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when did the new star wars movies come out
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[ { "docid": "360353", "text": "Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, created by George Lucas and centered around a film series that began with the eponymous 1977 movie. The saga quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The first film was followed by two successful sequels, \"The Empire Strikes Back\" (1980) and \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983); these three films constitute the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, albeit to mixed reactions from critics and fans. Finally, a sequel trilogy to conclude the nine-episode saga began in 2015 with \"\". The first eight", "title": "Star Wars" }, { "docid": "19130702", "text": "May 2015, when it was rebranded as Star Movies Action UK. Star Movies Action Star Movies Action is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcast Action Movies based in Mumbai. It was launched on 1 November 2014. Part of Star India network in Asia and distributed to worldwide by Fox International Channels. Star Movies Action ceased its operation on 18 December 2014. This channel was then rebranded as Life OK, launched by Star Network on 18 December 2014. There were talks of carrying on the two popular shows on the replacement channel, but these did not pan out. Star Movies", "title": "Star Movies Action" }, { "docid": "3786761", "text": "visual effects were felt to have \"stripped the film of every aspect that it had won its Academy Awards for\". Lance Ulanoff of \"Mashable\", who in 2015 viewed the original theatrical print of \"Star Wars\" submitted to the Library of Congress, notes merit to Lucas' belief that technology did not allow him to achieve his vision, noting that a visible marquee around Leia's ship is \"so jarring that it temporarily pulls me out of the film\" because it is \"lack[ing] the seamless quality [he has] come to expect from sci-fi and fantasy\". Despite this, he \"hate[s] each and every one\"", "title": "Changes in Star Wars re-releases" }, { "docid": "18825820", "text": "\"There's nothing really wrong with it, but if you were hoping for a \"Star Wars\" mobile game with a little more bite than the usual card battlers and tower defence titles, you're going to come away disappointed.\" IGN awarded it a score of 5.5 out of 10, saying \"\"Star Wars: Uprising\" boils down to the pursuit of upgradeable stuff administered through simple action and scant story.\" Star Wars: Uprising Star Wars: Uprising was an action role-playing game by Kabam and published by Disney Interactive Studios for iOS and Android. It was released on September 9, 2015. On September 22, 2016", "title": "Star Wars: Uprising" }, { "docid": "12152577", "text": "edition crystal Star Wars Pez were released in 2015: Pez were released in 2016: Star Wars Pez A \"Star Wars\" Pez is a Pez candy dispenser themed after the \"Star Wars\" movies, and is one of the company's most prominent merchandising deals. Twenty types have been released on the market from 1997 to 2005, among the many collectibles spawned by the franchise. The extreme interest of marketing executives in all things \"Star Wars\" has spawned a scholarly interest in the \"materializing fantasy media\" such as these PEZ dispensers. It has also led to several museums to feature such Stars Wars", "title": "Star Wars Pez" }, { "docid": "630896", "text": "different editions, with \"A New Hope\" available in both a box set of the original trilogy and with all six films on \"Star Wars: The Complete Saga\", which includes nine discs and over 40 hours of special features. The original theatrical versions of the films were not included in the box set; however, the new 2011 revisions of the trilogy were leaked a month prior to release, inciting controversy the new changes made to these movies and causing an online uproar against Lucas. On April 7, 2015, Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Fox, and Lucasfilm jointly announced the digital releases", "title": "Star Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "19364913", "text": "the events of \"\" (2015), the First Order used its star system destroying superweapon on Starkiller Base to shatter the New Republic government and starfleet, leaving the galaxy vulnerable for conquest, only to be opposed by the Resistance, whose fears had come true. The Resistance is the main protagonist-faction in the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy, first introduced in the 2015 film \"Star Wars: The Force Awakens\" and continuing to appear in \"\" (2017). It is expected to appear in \"\" (2019). One year after the Battle of Endor (depicted in \"Return of the Jedi\"), following Imperial defeat at the Battle", "title": "Resistance (Star Wars)" } ]
[ { "docid": "6142374", "text": "2008, after all six films had been released, Lucas said: \"The movies were the story of Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker, and when Luke saves the galaxy and redeems his father, that's where that story ends.\" In another 2008 interview in \"Total Film\", Lucas ruled out anybody else making \"Star Wars\" films, and additionally added that the \"Expanded Universe\" novels and comics did not lined up with his six films \"Star Wars\" saga. Asked if he was happy for new \"Star Wars\" films to be made after his death, he said: \"I've left pretty explicit instructions for there not to", "title": "Star Wars sequel trilogy" }, { "docid": "8773381", "text": "relinquishing \"Star Wars\" licensing rights to George Lucas. And Lanning realised that the reason sequels were not as successful as the originals was because video games did not come with emotionally compelling characters the way movies did. At this point, video game characters only existed to kill off other characters. So Lanning wanted to create a property that could be recognised as soon as it was seen, like The Muppets, like Star Wars and like Hanna Barber or the Looney Tunes so that new content within the same property, be they sequels or not, could maintain the brand familiarity of", "title": "Oddworld Inhabitants" }, { "docid": "2090680", "text": "concept of these \"lightsabers\" is similar to those as in the \"Star Wars\" universe, there are some still significant problems and differences. The photons used in these devices repulsed each other and caused an energy beam, but are still able to pass through one another when two separate beams come into contact, unlike the ones in \"Star Wars\". Physics and Star Wars The space opera interstellar epic \"Star Wars\" uses science and technology in its settings and storylines. The series has showcased many technological concepts, both in the movies and in the expanded universe of novels, comics and other forms", "title": "Physics and Star Wars" }, { "docid": "5507755", "text": "collectors figure out which minifigures are inside the opaque package. The minifigures can be based on movies, sports, fiction, history, or jobs/hobbies (i.e. Punk Rocker, Dino Tracker, Caveman). All CMF minifigures come with a Lego \"stand\". Most CMF come with an (often unique) accessory and many have uniquely printed body parts. Other variations of the standard minifigure produced for Star Wars sets included the light-up light-saber (L.U.L.S.) minifigures. These figures were released as a part of the more expensive Star Wars Episode III sets in 2005. These figures look like standard minifigures, but to facilitate internal electronics, their parts cannot", "title": "Lego minifigure" }, { "docid": "11559079", "text": "heart of every loyal fan of the movies. And now <nowiki>[George Lucas is]</nowiki> out to stick it to those too young to know about Jar Jar Binks.\" \"Variety\" magazine reviewer Todd McCarthy said, \"This isn't the \"Star Wars\" we've always known and at least sometimes loved.\" Joe Neumiar, of the \"New York Daily News\", wrote, \"If this were a true \"Star Wars\" film, right about now somebody would say, '...I've got a bad feeling about this.'\" In his review for \"Entertainment Weekly\", critic Owen Gleiberman gave the film an F grade and wrote, \"George Lucas is turning into the enemy", "title": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "10314033", "text": "movies. The first main subject of the special discusses the origins of films as they were written in the early 1970s, during a time of social unrest and political upheaval. When \"Star Wars\" was released it reaffirmed the notion that there is such a thing as good versus evil and evil must be defeated. The films made use of Joseph Campbell's model of the hero's journey as discussed in the book \"The Hero With a Thousand Faces\". In \"Star Wars\", two characters embark on the hero's journey, Anakin Skywalker and his son Luke. Luke starts out as a nobody much", "title": "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" }, { "docid": "12762044", "text": "on a number of products, notably the \"Dark•Matter\" campaign setting. After Wizards cancelled the \"Alternity\" game, Collins was one of the people working on Wizards of the Coast's new \"Star Wars Roleplaying Game\". While working on that game, Collins commented \"It's been interesting working with Bill [Slavicsek]. I know all the movies, and I've read several of the books, but he pretty much knows everything about Star Wars – all the books, all the movies, all the comics, all the source material. \"Everything.\"\" As a long-time gamer and Star Wars fan working on a Star Wars RPG, Collins summed up", "title": "Andy Collins (game designer)" }, { "docid": "13751353", "text": "in \"\". The ING headquarters building (in Amsterdam, Netherlands) has been described as looking like something out of \"Star Wars\" that could \"move forward on its legs\". Conversely, the Trinity College, Dublin, Long Room Library is thought to be the basis for the Jedi Academy Library in \"\". Architecture of Star Wars Architecture in \"Star Wars\" includes the cities, buildings, ships, and other structures of the fictional \"Star Wars\" universe as described and depicted in books, movies, comics, and cartoons. \"Architects Journal\" ranked the top 10, including the Death Star and the Jedi Temple. Comparing the urban and natural environments", "title": "Architecture of Star Wars" }, { "docid": "19338367", "text": "to be many limits on what you might find in the weirder corners of space.\" Artist Phil Noto said that, while \"trying to take some visual cues from the movies and apply them to the different environments in the book\", he hopes to establish the comic's new locations \"as something new and unique while having that traditional \"Star Wars\" feel to them\". Soule and Noto tried to capture Isaac's personality and likeness \"so people feel like it's really Poe from the film,\" with Noto adding that \"I think Oscar did a great job with the humor and heroism of the", "title": "Star Wars: Poe Dameron" }, { "docid": "6142372", "text": "that there would be no Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, since the time feels right to move on: In 1999, when asked about the possibility of someone else making \"Star Wars\" films, Lucas said, \"Probably not, it's my thing.\" In August 1999, at a press conference in New York City to discuss \"The Phantom Menace\", Lucas described the \"nine year commitment\" required to make a \"Star Wars\" trilogy. In 2002, he said: \"Basically what I said as a joke was, 'Maybe when Harrison and Carrie are in their 70s, we'll come back and do another version.' The thing", "title": "Star Wars sequel trilogy" }, { "docid": "7849319", "text": "Star Wars Tales Volume 5 Star Wars Tales Volume 5 is the fifth \"Star Wars Tales\" trade paperback, collecting issues 17-20. In this possibly canon story, Han Solo and Chewbacca come into the possession of some valuable glowing Tandgor gems, that Solo claims will pay off debts and mod the Millennium Falcon. When the Falcon runs low on fuel they head for a small unnamed planet. Solo receives no lifesign readings, as if the whole planet's population disappeared. After making planet fall, Solo and Chewbacca step out of their ship and into the fog, only for the Corellian to be", "title": "Star Wars Tales Volume 5" }, { "docid": "6391376", "text": "no other \"Star Wars\" movies prior to 1977. In addition, it was not certain if the film would be followed with a sequel. When \"The Empire Strikes Back\" was released in 1980, the episode number, \"Episode V\", and subtitle \"THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK\" appeared as the first two lines of the opening crawl. To match its sequel's crawl, the episode number \"Episode IV\" and subtitle \"A NEW HOPE\" were added for the film's theatrical re-release in April 1981. The original version, without the subtitle, was not released again until the 2006 limited edition DVDs. Star Wars opening crawl The opening", "title": "Star Wars opening crawl" }, { "docid": "630920", "text": "franchise as an unofficial Star Wars Day. To commemorate the film's 30th anniversary in May 2007, the United States Postal Service issued a set of 15 stamps depicting the characters of the franchise. Approximately 400 mailboxes across the country were also designed to look like R2-D2. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote in his book \"The Great Movies\", \"Like \"The Birth of a Nation\" and \"Citizen Kane\", \"Star Wars\" was a technical watershed that influenced many of the movies that came after.\" It began a new generation of special effects and high-energy motion pictures. The film was one of the first", "title": "Star Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "2090635", "text": "Physics and Star Wars The space opera interstellar epic \"Star Wars\" uses science and technology in its settings and storylines. The series has showcased many technological concepts, both in the movies and in the expanded universe of novels, comics and other forms of media. The \"Star Wars\" movies' primary objective is to build upon drama, philosophy, political science and less on scientific knowledge. Many of the on-screen technologies created or borrowed for the \"Star Wars\" universe were used mainly as plot devices. The iconic status that \"Star Wars\" has gained in popular culture and science fiction allows it to be", "title": "Physics and Star Wars" }, { "docid": "12199431", "text": "of Star Wars\", where he is credited as \"Tom Cantrell\". Chantrell's career dwindled from the early 1980s. His portfolio had mostly been built up working on posters for exploitation films, horror movies and British sex comedies, and as these film genres went out of fashion, so too did his style of illustration. As design trends shifted towards computer-based desktop publishing, demand for original artwork for film posters dropped. Chantrell moved into designing cover art for home video titles, but eventually was forced to retire. In his later years his work found new appreciation with the growing interest in collecting film", "title": "Tom Chantrell" }, { "docid": "9399196", "text": "style, with larger muscles, and are known to collectors as \"Power of the Force 2\". The \"Power of the Force 2\" figures continued to be branded as Kenner until 1999, when they were rebranded as Hasbro. Hasbro continues to market \"Star Wars\" action figures to the present day. Kenner's success with the \"Star Wars\" line motivated creators of other action-adventure movies to market their own action figure lines. In the 1982 horror film \"Poltergeist\", two children are shown playing with \"Star Wars\" action figures. Later that year, the film \"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\" also featured \"Star Wars\" action figures, which are", "title": "Kenner Star Wars action figures" }, { "docid": "17068025", "text": "quickly went viral, and was picked up by a number of blogs and news outlets. Broyls himself believed that \"there was no way that this broadcast was meant to turn out the way it turned out\" due to the large number of technical problems that were seen throughout \"First Night\", but acknowledged that the special may have a \"rough charm\" similar to that of B-movies or \"The Star Wars Holiday Special\". Professional wrestler Adam Pearce attended the event in person, but did not notice any abnormalities aside from the fight at the end. However, Pearce did not rule out the", "title": "First Night 2013 with Jamie Kennedy" }, { "docid": "18249793", "text": "High Adventure (band) High Adventure is an American rock band based in Connecticut. Since 2008, they have gathered a worldwide following of fans with their passionate music about comic books, movies, video games and fandom. The band has been featured on NPR, \"The Force-Cast,\" \"The Indy-Cast,\" \"Fanboy's Guide To The Galaxy,\" \"The Star Wars Report,\" \"The Star Wars Talk Show,\" \"TechnoRetro Dads\" and have played such high-profile shows as New York Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration, ComiCONN, TerrifiCon, Rhode Island Comic Con and New England Super MegaFest. High Adventure's music has been featured in the soundtrack to the \"Star Wars\"", "title": "High Adventure (band)" }, { "docid": "13826096", "text": "of the character Chewbacca. In this episode, the \"TGS\" crew tells Liz \"Do something Liz, you're our only hope\", in regards to the cutbacks. This line was said by Princess Leia in the \"Star Wars\" movies, in which she was played by actress Carrie Fisher, who guest-starred in the season two episode \"Rosemary's Baby\". Tina Fey, a fan of \"Star Wars\" herself, said that the weekly \"Star Wars\" joke or reference \"started happening organically\" when the crew realized that they had a \"Star Wars\" reference \"in almost every show\". Fey said that from then on \"it became a thing where", "title": "Cutbacks" }, { "docid": "11559064", "text": "both Japanese anime and manga, and the supermarionation of the British 1960s series \"Thunderbirds\". At a Cartoon Network-hosted discussion, Lucas said he did not want the \"Clones Wars\" film or television series to look like such movies as \"Beowulf\", because he wanted a stylized look rather than a realistic one. He also felt it should not look like the popular Pixar movies such as \"The Incredibles\", because he wanted the film and characters to have its own unique style. Lucas also decided to create the animated film and series from a live-action perspective, which Winder said set it apart from", "title": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "12338463", "text": "to Robert Carlock, who she described as \"the resident expert\". In this episode, \"Star Wars\" is referenced twice: once when Liz tells Floyd that she and Pete are watching the movies on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list, but they only own \"Star Wars\" and \"Tootsie\" so they keep watching those two films. It is again referenced during Tracy's dream, when Thomas Jefferson holds his hand up to Tracy and says \"May the Force be with you\". \"Fireworks\" brought in an average of 5.4 million American viewers upon its original broadcast in the United States, achieving a 2.5/7 in", "title": "Fireworks (30 Rock)" }, { "docid": "11101298", "text": "when his spine is broken, and clones extract Niner to heal him up, with Darman following along to stay with his wounded brother, now that he is grieving for his lost wife. Skirata and all the others leave Coruscant and head for the Mandalorian home planet of Mandalore just as the Clone Wars come to an end, along with the Jedi Order thanks to Order 66 and of the Republic, being replaced by Palpatine's self-promotion to Emperor of the new Galactic Empire. As for Darman and Niner, they are now Imperial Commandos. Star Wars Republic Commando: Order 66 Star Wars", "title": "Star Wars Republic Commando: Order 66" }, { "docid": "9672453", "text": "theaters. Despite the mounting financial pressures, distribution obstacles, and overall risk, a substantial number of genre movies from small studios and independent filmmakers were still reaching theaters. In September 1980, Corman released his most expensive movie to date: \"Battle Beyond the Stars\", with screenplay by John Sayles and art direction by James Cameron, cost his New World Pictures a grand total of $2 million. By comparison, the \"Star Wars\" sequel \"The Empire Strikes Back\", which came out three-and-a-half months before the Corman epic, was originally budgeted at $18.5 million and wound up costing $33 million, triple the cost of \"Star", "title": "B movies since the 1980s" }, { "docid": "19201203", "text": "come to support them, as their tradition expected, except, to her surprise, Thane. After the trial, they parted ways and did not meet again until when Thane's team had been dispatched to the site of Second Death Star to gather intelligence. After the destruction of the Second Death Star, Ciena was badly injured and had to take long medical leave. When she was back on duty, she was promoted to \"Captain\" and assigned a Star Destroyer to command. During the Battle of Jakku, Thane's team was tasked to infiltrate and capture the Star Destroyer. When Ciena realized that the ship", "title": "Star Wars: Lost Stars" }, { "docid": "13682881", "text": "Death Troopers Death Troopers is a \"Star Wars\" novel written by Joe Schreiber. Schreiber's idea was to create a horror story in the \"Star Wars\" universe that pulled from horror movies he enjoyed such as \"The Shining\" and \"Alien\". The novel is the first \"Star Wars\" horror story since the \"Galaxy of Fear\" series, released in the late 1990s. Released on October 13, 2009, Death Troopers is set just before the events shown in \"A New Hope\". It was heavily featured in the MMORPG \"Star Wars Galaxies\" with SOE confirming a full page of information and advertisements of the game", "title": "Death Troopers" }, { "docid": "3785143", "text": "real-life history behind their stories. When \"Young Indiana Jones\" ended, McCallum produced \"Radioland Murders\" (1994), for which Lucas served as executive producer. During its production, Lucas confided to McCallum the plans for three new \"Star Wars\" movies. To test the nascent digital technology just then becoming available, McCallum produced revised versions of \"Star Wars\", \"The Empire Strikes Back\", and \"Return of the Jedi\" – released in 1997 as the Special Editions. Assembling the teams that worked both in front of and behind the cameras, McCallum produced the next three films, which Lucas wrote and directed: \"\" (1999), \"\" (2002) and", "title": "Rick McCallum" }, { "docid": "15196300", "text": "was able to use his scientific training when he and Bill Shourt were hired in 1975 to work on creating the iconic shark in the movie \"Jaws\", marking his start in Hollywood, though he was uncredited. He was subsequently hired to work on the \"Star Wars\" movies as the franchise's chief model maker, responsible for the design details of the robots (such as R2-D2) and alien characters in the films. He and his team earned an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 50th Academy Awards for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He received a second Oscar", "title": "Grant McCune" }, { "docid": "380847", "text": "notable instances where samurai would be disloyal to their lord (\"daimyō\"), when loyalty to the Emperor was seen to have supremacy. Jidaigeki (literally historical drama) has always been a staple program on Japanese movies and television. The programs typically feature a samurai. Samurai films and westerns share a number of similarities and the two have influenced each other over the years. One of Japan's most renowned directors, Akira Kurosawa, greatly influenced western film-making. George Lucas's \"Star Wars\" series incorporated many stylistic traits pioneered by Kurosawa and \"Star Wars: A New Hope\" takes the core story of a rescued princess being", "title": "Samurai" }, { "docid": "10893200", "text": "to \"Star Trek\". \"It was \"Star Wars\" that thrust \"Star Trek\" into the people of Paramount's consciousness\" Shatner stated. The documentary \"Trek Nation\" features interviews where both Lucas and Roddenberry praise each other's respective franchises, with the former stating that \"Star Trek\" was an influence while writing the original screenplay for \"Star Wars\". He explained that while both franchises were so \"far out\", \"Star Trek\" produced a fanbase that \"softened up the entertainment arena\" so that \"Star Wars\" could \"come along and stand on its shoulders.\" This is also acknowledged by Shatner, who went as far as to call \"Star", "title": "Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars" }, { "docid": "12422837", "text": "Lucas Licensing, Howard Roffman, estimated that there were more than 65 million \"Star Wars\" books in print. He said, \"The books are a way of extending the fantasy of \"Star Wars\". The movies have had a really profound effect on a couple of generations. \"Star Wars\" has become a cultural touchpoint, and our fans are avidly interested in exploring more stories.\" The animated television series \"\" ran from 2008 to 2014 and was set between \"Attack of the Clones\" and \"Revenge of the Sith\". This new series grew from earlier lore, such as Anakin having been knighted early in the", "title": "Star Wars expanded to other media" }, { "docid": "2715203", "text": "and Ashley Davis, an insurance worker. Davis has a younger sister. He was educated at Chinthurst School and later the City of London Freemen's School. Davis was born with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, an extremely rare form of dwarfism. When Davis was 11, his grandmother heard a radio advert calling for people who were tall or shorter to be in \"Return of the Jedi\". To Davis, who was a fan of the \"Star Wars\" films, it was a dream come true. During the filming of \"Return of the Jedi\", Mark Hamill bought Davis every \"Star Wars\" figure he did not have.", "title": "Warwick Davis" }, { "docid": "19130701", "text": "Star Movies Action Star Movies Action is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcast Action Movies based in Mumbai. It was launched on 1 November 2014. Part of Star India network in Asia and distributed to worldwide by Fox International Channels. Star Movies Action ceased its operation on 18 December 2014. This channel was then rebranded as Life OK, launched by Star Network on 18 December 2014. There were talks of carrying on the two popular shows on the replacement channel, but these did not pan out. Star Movies Action continued to air in the UK and Ireland until 28", "title": "Star Movies Action" }, { "docid": "10893199", "text": "your whole life. You can also have fun.\" The two franchises have a \"symbiotic relationship\" stated Shatner, who credits \"Star Wars\" for launching the \"Star Trek\" films. He repeated this sentiment at a 2016 \"Star Trek\" fan convention in Las Vegas by stating \"\"Star Wars\" created \"Star Trek\"\". He clarified this statement by explaining that at the time of the release of the first \"Star Wars\" film (\"A New Hope\"), Paramount, then under new management, was struggling to come up with something that could compete with it. A \"Star Trek\" relaunch was the choice. Since then, public interest has returned", "title": "Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars" }, { "docid": "8803947", "text": "Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Star Wars Trilogy Arcade is an arcade game released in 1998. The game is a 3D rail shooter based on the original trilogy of \"Star Wars\" films and was released along with the special editions of these films. Accompanied by the \"Star Wars Trilogy\" pinball game, it is the second in Sega's \"Star Wars Arcade\" series; it is preceded by 1993's \"Star Wars Arcade\" and followed by 2000's \"Star Wars Racer Arcade\". The gameplay has two main themes: reenactments from each of the first three \"Star Wars\" movies, consisting of two missions each; and two boss", "title": "Star Wars Trilogy Arcade" }, { "docid": "14405381", "text": "production when it was sold to Alderac in 2001. As seen in 2000, the years 2001 and 2002 continued on with the CCG market being less likely to take chances on new and original intellectual properties, but instead it would invest in CCGs that were based off existing franchises. Cartoons, movies, television, and books influenced the creation of such CCGs as \"Harry Potter\", \"The Lord of the Rings\", \"A Game of Thrones\", \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\", \"Yu-Gi-Oh!\" and two \"Star Wars\" CCGs: \"Jedi Knights\" and a rebooted \"Star Wars\" TCG, by Decipher and Wizards of the Coast. They followed the", "title": "Collectible card game" }, { "docid": "630923", "text": "\"Annie Hall\" to films about spectacle and juvenile fantasy. One such critic, Peter Biskind, complained, \"When all was said and done, Lucas and Spielberg returned the 1970s audience, grown sophisticated on a diet of European and New Hollywood films, to the simplicities of the pre-1960s Golden Age of movies... They marched backward through the looking-glass.\" In an opposing view, Tom Shone wrote that through \"Star Wars\" and \"Jaws\", Lucas and Spielberg \"didn't betray cinema at all: they plugged it back into the grid, returning the medium to its roots as a carnival sideshow, a magic act, one big special effect\",", "title": "Star Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "580806", "text": "in her face, angering her (\"\"). However, she did get along with Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, so when Data had to leave on a mission at the same time Spot's kittens were due, he persuaded Barclay to take care of her (\"Genesis\"). Like Spock, Data became a sex symbol and Spiner's fan mail came mostly from women. He described the letters as \"romantic mail\" that were \"really written to Data; he's a really accessible personality\". Robotics engineers regard Data (along with the droids from the \"Star Wars\" movies) as the pre-eminent face of robots in the public's perception of their field.", "title": "Data (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "612992", "text": "Lucas decided the movies would work best as a trilogy. In the final act of the trilogy's final episode, \"Return of the Jedi\", Vader is ultimately redeemed through an act of sacrifice for Luke. This was in 1983, more than six years since the release of \"Star Wars\". Lucas admitted to being \"burned out\" and announced he would take a break from working on the saga. Throughout the 1980s, George Lucas remarked he had no desire to return to \"Star Wars\" and had unofficially canceled his sequel trilogy by the time of \"Return of the Jedi\". Because Lucas had developed", "title": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" }, { "docid": "19826000", "text": "Writing for \"[[Rolling Stone]]\", [[Peter Travers]] gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, complimenting the cast but criticizing the lack of creativity, saying, \"somehow Han Solo—the roguish \"Star Wars\" hellion famous for breaking all the rules—finds himself in a feel-good movie that doesn't break any.\" Bernard Boo of \"[[PopMatters]]\" wrote, \"If what you want from a \"Star Wars\" movie is an action-adventure romp, and the last two movies in the franchise (\"The Last Jedi\" and \"Rogue One\") felt a little too dreary and heavy on pathos, \"Solo\" is sure to lift your spirits and give you more thrills than", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "docid": "15311080", "text": "a clothes dryer, and to wake the dog and a doll. After he is unsuccessful in those attempts, he is startled to discover that he can start the car, though his father actually does it using a remote control. The film was directed by Lance Acord and produced by Park Pictures featuring the musical track \"Imperial March\" composed by John Williams. Max Page had never seen any of the \"Star Wars\" movies, saying he was too scared. He met James Earl Jones, the voice of Vader in the \"Star Wars\" movies, in New York City on February 7. On May", "title": "The Force (advertisement)" }, { "docid": "7732668", "text": "Wars\". Their followers follow a modified version of the Jedi Code, and they believe in the concept of \"The Force\" as an energy field of all living things, which \"surrounds us... penetrates us\" and \"binds the galaxy together\", as is depicted within \"Star Wars\" movies, although without the fictional elements such as telekinesis. Many citizens around the world answer list their religion as Jedi during their countries respective Census, among them Australia and New Zealand getting high percentages. A petition in Turkey to build a Jedi Temple within a University, also got international media attention. \"Star Wars\" has been the", "title": "Cultural impact of Star Wars" }, { "docid": "804752", "text": "franchise. \"Star Wars Rebels\" executive producer Dave Filoni said of the character in 2016, \"You couldn't have grown up a \"Star Wars\" fan without encountering Thrawn in \"Heir to the Empire\". It was a dark time when there weren't any more movies, and it blew our minds that there could be more.\" The \"Thrawn\" trilogy itself is widely credited with reviving interest in the \"Star Wars\" franchise. In 2010, \"\" creator Filoni expressed interest in using Thrawn in that series. Some fans of Zahn's \"Thrawn\" series had long hoped the books would be adapted, and after the 2012 announcement that", "title": "Grand Admiral Thrawn" }, { "docid": "5358739", "text": "a simple story for a \"Star Wars\" title. The events take place between the \"Star Wars\" movies \"A New Hope\" and \"The Empire Strikes Back\". The destruction of the Death Star at the hands of Luke Skywalker has severely crippled the Galactic Empire. The Emperor seeks retaliation against Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance. He recruits the services of the mysterious assassin Arden Lyn to eliminate the Alliance's key members. Luke and the others discover the Empire's plot and challenge Arden, face to face, in the art of Teräs Käsi, an unarmed combat discipline. This pits the rebels in one-on-one fights", "title": "Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi" }, { "docid": "4905065", "text": "from the other two movies in their desired order. Completing all the game's levels with full stud bars will unlock an additional chapter based on the opening scene of \"A New Hope\", which features a 'prototype' Darth Vader, who uses Anakin's fighting style, and a Stormtrooper whose movements are identical to the Clone Troopers (both of these are remodeled in ). The background music is the same music used in the \"Star Wars\" movies, but as the game was released before \"Episode III\"s soundtrack, music from the original trilogy (1977, 1980 and 1983) was used for that movie's levels. For", "title": "Lego Star Wars: The Video Game" }, { "docid": "4298362", "text": "WOW pack is wonders of the world. All of the packs come in tuck boxes instead of plastic cases. It was released in October 2009. There is also a Star Wars version of this featuring all of the Star Wars packs created by Winning Moves up until the point of release. This is available at HMV only until January 2010. It has, however, appeared on play.com as well, whether Winning moves allowed this or not is unknown. The Star Wars Tournament also comes with a new Star Wars pack, Star Wars: 30 Greatest Moments with a card for each greatest", "title": "Top Trumps" }, { "docid": "728355", "text": "the queue area of Disneyland's Star Tours–The Adventures Continue attraction. Although Kenny Baker is credited, Anthony Daniels (who portrays C-3PO) has stated that Baker did not film any scenes in \"Revenge of the Sith\". Baker himself has said he probably only appears in footage caught while shooting the previous two movies. For \"The Force Awakens\", producer Kathleen Kennedy hired two fans, Lee Towarsey and Oliver Steeples, to build new R2-D2 robots for the film, after being impressed by their working replicas that were brought to Star Wars Celebration Europe in 2013. R2-D2 was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame", "title": "R2-D2" }, { "docid": "9625912", "text": "(Jedi) Winner: Michael Dobbin and Peter Kambasis (\"The Carbon Freeze Sequence\") Runner up: Dave Frear (\"Star Wars: The Cantina\") Best Storyline (Jedi) Winner: John Meins (\"The Lucas Paradox\") Runner up: \"unknown by article creator - please update\" Best Use of Characters (Jedi) Winner: Dan Masen (\"Star Wars: The Phantom Medallists\") Runner up: Paul Rowley and John Collier (\"Star Wars : Saturday Night At-At The Movies\") Best Creativity (Padawn) Winner: Ben Crane (\"Star Wars: The Ultimate Mission\") Runner up: \"unknown by article creator - please update\" Best Storyline (Padawan) Winner: Toby Manhire (\"Honey I Shrunk The Star Wars\") Runner up: \"unknown", "title": "Star Wars Mini Movie Awards" }, { "docid": "13297747", "text": "orientated films. Starting at 6am each morning during the holiday period, the channel runs through until the end of the 7pm blockbuster movie slot each night. Additional Sky Movies Pop-Up channels are frequently broadcast for a certain period with certain themes. Some that have been broadcast in the past include Clint Eastwood, Star Wars, Christmas & Harry Potter Pop-Up channels. Sky Movies Vintage launched on 1 December 2018 replacing the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel. The channel plays classic movies from the golden age of Hollywood. Movies screened are from the 1940s to mid 1970s. Sky Movies (New Zealand) Sky", "title": "Sky Movies (New Zealand)" }, { "docid": "18293507", "text": "game's first \"season\". An update to the MOBA mobile game \"\" added new content from the sequel era, including some characters as they appeared in \"The Last Jedi\". Characters from the film also appeared in the mobile RPG \"\". Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released \"Star Wars: The Last Jedi\" digitally in HD and 4K via digital download and Movies Anywhere on March 13, 2018, with an Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD physical release on March 27. It was the first \"Star Wars\" film to be released on the Ultra HD Blu-ray format. The official novelization is by Jason", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "360408", "text": "a learning resource. For example, a project in Western Australia honed elementary school students storytelling skills by role-playing action scenes from the movies and later creating props and audio/visual scenery to enhance their performance. Others have used the films to encourage second-level students to integrate technology in the science classroom by making prototype lightsabers. Similarly, psychiatrists in New Zealand and the US have advocated their use in the university classroom to explain different types of psychopathology. Informational notes Citations Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, created by George Lucas and centered around a film series", "title": "Star Wars" }, { "docid": "13826095", "text": "leaves behind riddles, puzzles, and word games so that they can be solved. \"Star Wars\" is frequently referenced in \"30 Rock\", beginning with the pilot episode in 2006 where Tracy is seen shouting that he is a Jedi. Liz admits to being a huge fan of \"Star Wars\", saying that she had watched it many times with Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit), and dressed up as the \"Star Wars\" character Princess Leia during four recent Halloweens, and while trying to get out of jury duty in Chicago and New York. \"Star Wars\" is also referenced when Tracy takes on the identity", "title": "Cutbacks" }, { "docid": "20081814", "text": "single-player story mode, a customizable character class system, and content based on \"The Force Awakens\" and \"The Last Jedi\" movies. It also features vehicles and locations from the original, prequel, and sequel \"Star Wars\" movie trilogies. It also features heroes and villains that can be played based on characters from the \"Star Wars\" movies; the hero roster includes Luke Skywalker (Matthew Mercer), Leia Organa (Misty Lee), Han Solo (John Armstrong), Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), Yoda (Tom Kane), and Rey (Daisy Ridley), while the villain roster includes Darth Vader (Matt Sloan), Emperor Palpatine (Sam Witwer), Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison),", "title": "Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)" }, { "docid": "7288308", "text": "Weekly\" attributed the film's success to 3D glasses, but also to its \"astronomic word-of-mouth\". Not only do some theaters charge up to $18.50 for IMAX tickets, but \"the buzz\" created by the new technology was the possible cause for sold-out screenings. Gray said \"Avatar\" having no basis in previously established material makes its performance remarkable and even more impressive. \"The movie might be derivative of many movies in its story and themes,\" he said, \"but it had no direct antecedent like the other top-grossing films: \"Titanic\" (historical events), the \"Star Wars\" movies (an established film franchise), or \"The Lord of", "title": "Avatar (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "17579256", "text": "new science fiction and fantasy television shows and movies. Syfy has come under criticism from Foxtel subscribers for a number of programming related issues, specifically regarding the high number of repeats and the low quality of the Syfy programming. Significantly, Syfy Australia does not hold the rights to any of the \"Star Trek\" franchise, while its predecessor did. This has changed and \", , , \" and \"\" have made their way onto the channel. Syfy (Australian TV channel) Syfy is an Australian pay television channel dedicated to science fiction and fantasy television shows and movies. The channel was launched", "title": "Syfy (Australian TV channel)" }, { "docid": "1989556", "text": "claims that \"like Palpatine, the Bush administration has been able to feed on people's fears to gain more power\". Lucas stated that the Iraq conflict \"didn't exist\" when he developed the Clone Wars, but he did see parallels between the Vietnam conflict that inspired \"Star Wars\" and the conflict in Iraq. \"Star Wars\" producer Rick McCallum also said that the Clone Wars was developed before the War in Iraq, and he added that Lucas \"is a product of Vietnam\". Chris Taylor called the Clone Wars \"a major part of Star Wars lore\". In its attempt to keep its \"Star Wars\"", "title": "Clone Wars (Star Wars)" }, { "docid": "12152571", "text": "Star Wars Pez A \"Star Wars\" Pez is a Pez candy dispenser themed after the \"Star Wars\" movies, and is one of the company's most prominent merchandising deals. Twenty types have been released on the market from 1997 to 2005, among the many collectibles spawned by the franchise. The extreme interest of marketing executives in all things \"Star Wars\" has spawned a scholarly interest in the \"materializing fantasy media\" such as these PEZ dispensers. It has also led to several museums to feature such Stars Wars memorabilia in their exhibits and/or gift shops, as well as media attention on this", "title": "Star Wars Pez" }, { "docid": "13751347", "text": "Architecture of Star Wars Architecture in \"Star Wars\" includes the cities, buildings, ships, and other structures of the fictional \"Star Wars\" universe as described and depicted in books, movies, comics, and cartoons. \"Architects Journal\" ranked the top 10, including the Death Star and the Jedi Temple. Comparing the urban and natural environments pictured in \"Star Wars\", Mark Lamster wrote that the cities are places of danger and corruption, while the forces of good find sanctuary in the natural world. He also describes the \"retro-futurist\" cities in the series as being in between those extremes and places of \"great beauty but", "title": "Architecture of Star Wars" }, { "docid": "14396714", "text": "their mutual enjoyment of the film. \"Star Wars\" is frequently referenced in \"30 Rock\", beginning with the pilot episode in 2006 where Tracy is seen shouting that he is a Jedi. Liz admits to being a huge fan of \"Star Wars\", saying that she had watched it many times with Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit), and dressed up as the \"Star Wars\" character Princess Leia during four recent Halloweens, and while trying to get out of jury duty in Chicago and New York. \"Star Wars\" is also referenced when Tracy takes on the identity of the character Chewbacca. In this episode,", "title": "Don Geiss, America and Hope" }, { "docid": "13024950", "text": "March 2009, with guests including John Humphrys, Esther Rantzen, Rory McGrath and Hugh Dennis. A new host, Jo Brand, presented a December 2011 episode. Each episode of \"I've Never Seen Star Wars\" features a different guest trying things they have never done before, and seeing whether they liked their experiences or not. Some of the experiences come from the show's special list, which contains a range of different experiences, such as certain books, films, foodstuffs etc. The experiences tend to a mixture of things from the list and things the guest wants to try out themselves. The guest and Brigstocke", "title": "I've Never Seen Star Wars (TV series)" }, { "docid": "4616892", "text": "mode. It would have been fun to fly alongside or against another player in some of the missions.\" Alex Porter of \"Maxim\" gave it a similar score of eight out of ten and said: \"More than a Jedi mind trick to make you buy Nintendo's new whiz-bang console, this is the closest a video game has come to recreating a \"Star Wars\" movie.\" \"Rogue Leader\" was among the highest rated GameCube launch titles, and praised for its gameplay and graphics. \"Official Nintendo Magazine\" ranked it the 100th best game available on Nintendo platforms. The staff called it an essential launch", "title": "Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader" }, { "docid": "18637794", "text": "\"The Daily Telegraph\" gave it a four out of five star review and stated \"the beginning of season five was a promise of more greatness to come\" concluding that \"this wasn't the most dramatic episode so far, but the acting and writing were sharper than ever.\" The Wars to Come \"The Wars to Come\" is the first episode of the fifth season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 41st overall. The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Michael Slovis, his directorial debut for the series. It aired", "title": "The Wars to Come" }, { "docid": "7720051", "text": "meeting of his bravest, wisest, and most influential military officers in order to introduce them to his new right-hand man, Darth Vader! The new Emperor lays out his plans for his Empire, and those who have other ideas are dealt a swift lesson by Vader's blade. But one Captain wants nothing to do with the new government, and plans his defection. But what do you do when the Dark Lord of the Sith is determined to stop you? Republic 79-80 (November–December 2005). Written by Randy Stradley. Art by Doug Wheatley. Jedi on opposite ends of the galaxy try to come", "title": "Star Wars: Republic" }, { "docid": "630927", "text": "Wars\" at No. 22 on its list of the \"500 Greatest Movies of All Time\"; in 2010, the film ranked among the \"All-Time 100\" list of the greatest films as chosen by \"Time\" magazine film critic Richard Schickel; the film was also placed on a similar list created by \"The New York Times\", \"The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made\"; in 2012, the film was included in \"Sight & Sound\"s prestigious decennial critics poll \"Critics' Top 250 Films\", ranking at 171st on the list, and in their directors poll at 224th. Lucas's original screenplay was", "title": "Star Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "20020613", "text": "Mace Windu (Revenge Of The Sith) Obi-wan-Kenobi (The Phantom Menace) Darth Maul, with adapter for dual-sabers but sold as singles(The Phantom Menace) Star Wars: The Black Series Star Wars: The Black Series (TBS) is an ongoing \"Star Wars\" toy line produced by the Hasbro company. The toy line includes action figures, vehicles, Force FX lightsabers, and collectable items. Many of the action figures are based on characters from the movies, shows, books, comics, and video games from both the Expanded Universe and canon. Star Wars TBS was first announced by Hasbro in January 2013 in an article in USA Today", "title": "Star Wars: The Black Series" }, { "docid": "6089972", "text": "of a painting by artist Ralph McQuarrie, \"Yoda and R2-D2 in the swamps of Dagobah\". Star Wars: Behind the Magic Star Wars: Behind the Magic is an interactive CD-ROM released in 1998 by LucasArts. It was designed as an in-depth look at the \"Star Wars\" trilogy and features a preview for \"\". \"Behind the Magic\" is spread over two discs. Among their features include a detailed look at the \"Star Wars\" trilogy (with a complete script), details of the characters, locations, and technology, and a look at the making of the movies. A searchable glossary of entries is available as", "title": "Star Wars: Behind the Magic" }, { "docid": "6089970", "text": "Star Wars: Behind the Magic Star Wars: Behind the Magic is an interactive CD-ROM released in 1998 by LucasArts. It was designed as an in-depth look at the \"Star Wars\" trilogy and features a preview for \"\". \"Behind the Magic\" is spread over two discs. Among their features include a detailed look at the \"Star Wars\" trilogy (with a complete script), details of the characters, locations, and technology, and a look at the making of the movies. A searchable glossary of entries is available as well. Several games are included as well, including a trivia game and an area where", "title": "Star Wars: Behind the Magic" }, { "docid": "20020605", "text": "Star Wars: The Black Series Star Wars: The Black Series (TBS) is an ongoing \"Star Wars\" toy line produced by the Hasbro company. The toy line includes action figures, vehicles, Force FX lightsabers, and collectable items. Many of the action figures are based on characters from the movies, shows, books, comics, and video games from both the Expanded Universe and canon. Star Wars TBS was first announced by Hasbro in January 2013 in an article in USA Today written by Brian Truitt. Although this was not Hasbro's first foray into collectible 6\" action figures (with the sculpt and articulation of", "title": "Star Wars: The Black Series" }, { "docid": "13181677", "text": "movies.\" \"Computer Games Magazine\" nominated \"Battlefront\" for its 2004 \"Best Soundtrack\" award, which ultimately went to \"Battlefield Vietnam\". Star Wars: Battlefront (2004 video game) Star Wars: Battlefront is a first- and third-person shooter video game based on the \"Star Wars\" film franchise. Developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts, it is the first game in the \"\" series. It was released on September 21, 2004, for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows to coincide the release of the \"Star Wars Trilogy\" DVD set. It is also available for purchase on both the Xbox 360 and Xbox One through their", "title": "Star Wars: Battlefront (2004 video game)" }, { "docid": "3372605", "text": "the live-action film \"\" (1991). The \"Star Wars\" canon originally existed on several levels. The highest level was the original \"Star Wars\" films, and statements by George Lucas; tie-in fiction from the \"Star Wars\" expanded universe had a different level of canonicity. The complex system was maintained by Leland Chee, a Lucasfilm employee. After Disney bought the franchise, all material published prior to April 25, 2014 that was not any of the Star Wars movies or the CGI cartoon \"The Clone Wars\" was declared in the \"Legends\" continuity, marking them as no longer official canon. All subsequent material exists on", "title": "Canon (fiction)" }, { "docid": "12706926", "text": "fan of \"Star Wars\", saying that she had watched it many times with Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit), and dressed up as the \"Star Wars\" character Princess Leia during four recent Halloweens, and in this episode while trying to get out of jury duty in Chicago. \"Star Wars\" is also referenced when Tracy takes on the identity of the character Chewbacca. Fey, a fan of \"Star Wars\" herself, said that the weekly \"Star Wars\" joke or reference \"started happening organically\" when the crew realized that they had a \"Star Wars\" reference \"in almost every show\". She said that from then on", "title": "Believe in the Stars" }, { "docid": "630912", "text": "that the entire trilogy was intended to be considered one film. However, he said that his story material for \"Star Wars\" was too long for a single film, prompting Lucas to split the story into multiple films. Lucas also stated that the story evolved over time and that \"There was never a script completed that had the entire story as it exists now [in 1983] ... As the stories unfolded, I would take certain ideas and save them ... I kept taking out all the good parts, and I just kept telling myself I would make other movies someday.\" In", "title": "Star Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "3602519", "text": "Endor (Star Wars) Endor is a forested moon in the \"Star Wars\" universe. The moon was the site of a pivotal battle depicted in \"Return of the Jedi\". Endor first appears in \"Return of the Jedi\", in which it is the body in whose orbit the second Death Star is constructed, and is the home of a race of furry aliens called Ewoks. The moon later appears in the Ewok TV movies \"\" and \"\", as well as the animated Marvel Comics series and \"Ewoks\". In one of the \"Star Wars Tales\" comics, an Imperial veteran of Endor refers to", "title": "Endor (Star Wars)" }, { "docid": "544829", "text": "lines for actors auditioning for roles in his then-upcoming film \"Star Wars\" (1977). Lucas was eventually won over by Ford's performance during these line reads and cast him as Han Solo. \"Star Wars\" became one of the most successful movies of all time and established Ford as a superstar. He went on to star in the similarly successful \"Star Wars\" sequels, \"The Empire Strikes Back\" (1980) and \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983), as well as the \"Star Wars Holiday Special\" (1978). Ford wanted Lucas to kill off Han Solo at the end of \"Return of the Jedi\", saying, \"That would", "title": "Harrison Ford" }, { "docid": "12060781", "text": "\"The Force Unleashed\"\" and comparing it to how people see Bill Nighy as Davy Jones in the \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" movies. Blackman noted that Witwer brought new ideas and a sense of humanity to Starkiller. Sam Witwer has said that Starkiller would be a character he wouldn't mind revisiting. During the concept stages of \"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II\", the developers considered replacing the character with either a new Force wielder or a previously named \"Star Wars\" character; however, they decided to keep Starkiller as the player character as they were fond of and attached to him. Also,", "title": "Starkiller" }, { "docid": "630832", "text": "interpretation of \"future in most futurist movies\" that \"always looks new and clean and shiny.\" Christian supported Lucas's vision, saying \"All science fiction before was very plastic and stupid uniforms and \"Flash Gordon\" stuff. Nothing was new. George was going right against that.\" The designers started working with the director before \"Star Wars\" was approved by 20th Century Fox. For four to five months, in a studio in Kensal Rise, England, they attempted to plan the creation of the props and sets with \"no money\". Although Lucas initially provided funds using his earnings from \"American Graffiti\", it was inadequate. As", "title": "Star Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "13900643", "text": "Wars\" in general were evaluated to decide upon how each area was to be approached. After Dark Horse lost the rights to create a Star Wars comic, Marvel gained the rights as a subsidiary in the area of expertise. The way the movies are being handled is still in flux with possible spin-offs in talks as well as the planned new trilogy. The decisions regarding the other sectors like games, books and animated media can be interpreted as anti-consumer. With the elimination of the LucasArts developing arm, EA Games is being entrusted to make Star Wars Games. Furthermore, book consumers", "title": "Criticism of The Walt Disney Company" }, { "docid": "6505468", "text": "the intent of surpassing Namco's \"Xevious\". They decided to make it a horizontal shooting game because they wanted to reuse material from \"Scramble\" as much as possible, and \"Gradius\" was originally named \"Scramble 2\". The development lasted for a year after refining and experimenting with the gameplay. The team originally tried twenty different movement patterns for the Options and used a process of elimination when something did not work. For the story, Hiroyasu's team was inspired by science fiction movies, with the popular sci-fi films at the time being \"Star Wars\" and the anime adaptations of \"Lensman\". The team saw", "title": "Gradius" }, { "docid": "1706275", "text": "Earth for another planet, but (in a homage to the beginning of the \"Star Wars\" movies) were destroyed during a collision with 'a nonsensical prologue in gigantic lettering'. The show was not very successful with its target audience, possibly because its humour was still very British and it was so irreverent about Ronald Reagan at a time when he was enormously popular with the American public. It did, however, receive great praise from critics and it was followed by several more television specials: \"The Ronnie & Nancy Show\" (also satirising the Reagans), \"The 1987 Movie Awards\" (sending up the Academy", "title": "Spitting Image" }, { "docid": "11892871", "text": "as opposed to the franchise's later technical ones. Paramount Pictures and Roddenberry began developing a new series, \"\", in May 1975 in response to the franchise's newfound popularity. Work on the series ended, however, when the proposed Paramount Television Service folded. Following the success of the science fiction movies \"Star Wars\" and \"Close Encounters of the Third Kind\", Paramount adapted the planned pilot episode of \"Phase II\" into the feature film \"\". The film opened in North America on December 7, 1979, with mixed reviews from critics. The film earned $139 million worldwide, below expectations but enough for Paramount to", "title": "Star Trek" }, { "docid": "9874036", "text": "ability to license the content due to existing deals, such as Disney's deal with Electronic Arts for \"Star Wars\" games. Co-director Tai Yasue added that they were \"looking at all of Disney, the new ones as well\" when choosing worlds for the game, including worlds potentially based on Marvel Comics and \"Star Wars\" properties. He expanded, saying, \"We have to come up with a world that has a lot of originality. We want variety... so we don't want too many of one sort of world, that would look the same. For each world there has to be some meaning for", "title": "Kingdom Hearts III" }, { "docid": "5358744", "text": "\"\". In an interview with \"Destructoid\", Capcom's Seth Killian mentioned that \"Star Gladiator\" was originally pitched as a \"Star Wars\" fighting game. Ultimately the pitch did not succeed and LucasArts instead developed \"Masters of Teräs Käsi\". To promote the game, \"Star Wars: The Official Magazine\" ran a contest in June 1998 in which a black PlayStation console with the \"Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi\" logo on the top was given out. \"Teräs Käsi\" refers to a martial art used in the game; both words have been borrowed from Finnish (incidentally, also Estonian) and they literally mean \"steel hand\". The", "title": "Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi" }, { "docid": "10893192", "text": "movies provide special effects and action/adventure, audiences are not encouraged to engage with their overriding themes. Among his issues with \"Star Wars\" and George Lucas, whom he accused of \"having an agenda\", is that the \"Star Wars\" galaxy is too \"elitist\", with arbitrary rulers on both the evil and good sides, replacing one another without any involvement of the population. He criticizes both sides of the Galactic Civil War as part of the \"same genetically superior royal family\". He finds the \"Star Wars\" universe flawed with additional forms of absolutism, such as justified emotions leading a good person to evil", "title": "Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars" }, { "docid": "2576493", "text": "You can feel the sweat on the sticks of dynamite.\" He concluded the review by saying that the only aspect in which the movie failed was the fact that it came out around the same time as \"Star Wars\". Olson felt that \"the movie deserved a huge audience\" as well as fantasizing that \"somewhere there's an alternate universe where \"Sorcerer\" is a massive game-changing hit in Hollywood and I'm doing \"Trailers from Hell\" commentary on some unknown cult classic called \"Star Wars\". In that world Hollywood has spent the next 30 years making smart, edgy movies for grown-ups, the literacy", "title": "Sorcerer (film)" }, { "docid": "12257852", "text": "input from director J. J. Abrams. The 501st Legion Elite Stormtrooper Unit, or \"Vader's Fist\", is a stormtrooper unit from the \"Star Wars\" movies and \"Star Wars Legends\" continuity. Commanded by the ruthlessly cunning General Maximilian Veers and composed of the best trained soldiers in the \"Star Wars\" galaxy, the legion earned a fierce reputation for completing missions considered unwinnable or suicidal. The 501st serves as Darth Vader personal death squadron, who leads the 501st in the Jedi extermination. The 501st spearhead the assault upon the Tantive IV consular ship, and capture Princess Leia. During the Battle of Hoth, the", "title": "Stormtrooper (Star Wars)" }, { "docid": "7390561", "text": "projects. He wrote \"A Guide to the Star Wars Universe\", a definitive reference to Star Wars movies, books, and games, which was published by Del Rey in 1994. Slavicsek is considered one of the world's leading experts on Star Wars, and has written the second and third editions of \"A Guide to the Star Wars Universe\". By the end of 1997, Slavicsek was the Director of the TSR Product Group for Wizards of the Coast; that job was later divided in two, making him the Director of Roleplaying Game design. Peter Adkison selected Slavicsek to be the head of RPG", "title": "Bill Slavicsek" }, { "docid": "2993274", "text": "TheForce.Net TheForce.Net (\"TFN\") is a \"Star Wars\" news website that provides updates on the \"Star Wars\" media franchise. The web site launched in 1996 as the \"Star Wars Site At Texas A & M.\" It was founded by Scott Chitwood and Darin Smith. TFN is officially \"TheForce.Net, LLC,\" and is currently part-owned by Philip Wise, who also runs the \"Star Wars\" collecting news site Rebelscum.com. The main page of TheForce.Net features the site's news coverage. There are categories for movies, television, literature, games, and the fan community. Several categories also have special sections. For example, the television category hosts reviews", "title": "TheForce.Net" }, { "docid": "13278163", "text": "This frequent exchange of opinions led to several discussions on politics and even conversations on movies, especially Star Wars, that fostered a friendship for life. Soon after, Lean could be found hanging around the Third World Studies Center library reading up on various politics-related materials and works written by Karl Marx, Nikolai Lenin, Mao Tse Tsung, Leon Trotsky, thinkers from the European New Left, and historian E. H. Carr. He did not however, limit his readings to the treatises of these intellectuals and thinkers. He was fond of reading Marx's love letters to his wife. He was an avid fan", "title": "Lean Alejandro" }, { "docid": "4530683", "text": "in ITV's \"Coronation Street\". Young explained: \"Some of the best performances on screen have come out of soaps in the past few years. There is a fantastic amount of talent on those shows.\" This propensity for hiring established actors continued as the soap progressed, with former \"Brookside\" actress Patricia Potter cast as registrar Diane Lloyd, \"Star Wars\" actor Denis Lawson cast as consultant Tom Campbell-Gore, and \"Family Affairs\" star Rocky Marshall cast as SHO Ed Keating. Later roles were awarded to comedian Adrian Edmondson, former film actress Patsy Kensit, and \"Jesus of Nazareth\" star Powell. When Jane Asher was cast", "title": "Holby City" }, { "docid": "17453707", "text": "and I were sitting around talking about the \"Star Wars\" Special Edition that had just come out and Kirk jokingly suggested, 'wouldn't it be fun to do a special edition of Beauty with Human Again or new material in it?' When the head of Feature Animation said he thought it was a great idea, we stopped joking and began thinking about how we could actually do it. We had storyboarded the sequence for the original production, but completely reworked it for this special edition of the film.\" Kirk Wise (who directed the original film) also directed the reanimated sequence, with", "title": "Human Again (song)" }, { "docid": "160335", "text": "for a year after refining and experimenting with the gameplay. The team originally tried twenty different movement patterns for the Options and used a process of elimination when something did not work. For the story, Hiroyasu's team was inspired by science fiction movies, with the popular sci-fi films at the time being \"Star Wars\" and the anime adaptations of \"Lensman\". The team saw \"Lensman\" together and it influenced the game's story. Its plasma laser also left a big impression on them and was why \"Gradius\" featured a Laser weapon. The Moai were included because they wanted to add a mysterious", "title": "Gradius (video game)" }, { "docid": "648636", "text": "although he told Lucas that the surname 'Smith' was not right for the character. Lucas replied, \"OK. What about 'Jones'?\" Indiana was the name of Lucas' Alaskan Malamute, whose habit of riding in the passenger seat as Lucas drove was also the inspiration for \"Star Wars\" Chewbacca. Spielberg was at first reluctant to sign on, as Lucas had told him that he would want Spielberg for an entire trilogy, and Spielberg did not want to work on two more scripts. Lucas told him, however, that he already had the next two movies written, so Spielberg agreed. But when the time", "title": "Raiders of the Lost Ark" }, { "docid": "17953559", "text": "gallery at http://igorstudios.com/gallery/ Elsey, a huge Star Wars fan as a child, was elated to be given the opportunity in 2005 to work on the \"\" movie. The work resulted in an Oscar nomination for the creature effects / make-up effects department: a first for that department on a Star Wars film. In 2010, Elsey and his long admired icon Rick Baker partnered up for the film \"\"The Wolfman\",\" winning an Academy Award. Elsey's early childhood was filled with fascination and love for movies and special effects. When he was about ten or eleven, Elsey met \"Chris Tucker\", a talented", "title": "Dave Elsey" }, { "docid": "13682888", "text": "to a pirate group. Solo and Chewbacca leave to re-buy their impounded ship, while Cody and Trig use their share of the sale to visit a distant planet – home to one of the dead prison guards, and deliver a note he was in the process of writing when Blackwing took him. Critical reception has been mixed to positive. Death Troopers Death Troopers is a \"Star Wars\" novel written by Joe Schreiber. Schreiber's idea was to create a horror story in the \"Star Wars\" universe that pulled from horror movies he enjoyed such as \"The Shining\" and \"Alien\". The novel", "title": "Death Troopers" }, { "docid": "2342900", "text": "the universe\". To celebrate the 30th anniversary of \"Star Wars\", The History Channel premiered a two-hour event covering the entire \"Star Wars\" saga entitled \".\" Featuring interviews from the likes of Stephen Colbert, Newt Gingrich, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, Peter Jackson, acclaimed scholars and others, the program delved further into the Heroic Epic concept and the influences of mythology and other motifs that were important in making \"Star Wars\". Subjects include sins of the father and redeeming the father, coming of age, exiting the ordinary world and others. The stormtroopers from the movies share a name with the", "title": "Star Wars sources and analogues" } ]
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where is the heart located which body cavity what are the membranes that surround it
[ "Pericardium", "Pleural cavity", "Thoracic cavity" ]
[ { "docid": "820550", "text": "anterior to the abdominal cavity. Together the abdominal and pelvic cavity can be referred to as the abdominopelvic cavity while the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities together can be referred to as the ventral body cavity. Subdivisions of the Posterior (Dorsal) and Anterior (Ventral) Cavities The anterior (ventral) cavity has two main subdivisions: the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity. The thoracic cavity is the more superior subdivision of the anterior cavity, and it is enclosed by the rib cage. The thoracic cavity contains the lungs and the heart, which is located in the mediastinum. The diaphragm forms the floor", "title": "Body cavity" }, { "docid": "4483269", "text": "parts of the body may also have specific names for these structures. For example, the serosa of the uterus is called the perimetrium. The pericardial cavity (surrounding the heart), pleural cavity (surrounding the lungs) and peritoneal cavity (surrounding most organs of the abdomen) are the three serous cavities within the human body. While serous membranes have a lubricative role to play in all three cavities, in the pleural cavity it has a greater role to play in the function of breathing. The serous cavities are formed from the intraembryonic coelom and are basically an empty space within the body surrounded", "title": "Serous membrane" }, { "docid": "4483268", "text": "the walls and some organs of the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities. Serous membranes have two layers. The parietal layers of the membranes line the walls of the body cavity (pariet- refers to a cavity wall). The visceral layer of the membrane covers the organs (the viscera). Between the parietal and visceral layers is a very thin, fluid-filled serous space, or cavity. Each serous membrane is composed of a secretory epithelial layer and a connective tissue layer underneath. For the heart, the layers of the serous membrane are called the parietal pericardium, and the visceral pericardium (sometimes called the epicardium). Other", "title": "Serous membrane" }, { "docid": "6127051", "text": "hypochondriac regions; the right and left lumbar regions which flank the umbilical region (which surrounds the umbilicus, or belly button), the right and left iliac and inguinal regions which are where the hips are, and the hypogastric/pubic region, which lies between the hips. The thoracic cavity is separated from the abdominopelvic cavity by the diaphragm. The thoracic cavity is further separated into the pleural cavity which contains the lungs and the superior mediastinum which includes the pericardial (heart) cavity. The organs within the ventral body cavity are called the viscera. Ventral body cavity The ventral body cavity is a human", "title": "Ventral body cavity" }, { "docid": "820550", "text": "anterior to the abdominal cavity. Together the abdominal and pelvic cavity can be referred to as the abdominopelvic cavity while the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities together can be referred to as the ventral body cavity. Subdivisions of the Posterior (Dorsal) and Anterior (Ventral) Cavities The anterior (ventral) cavity has two main subdivisions: the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity. The thoracic cavity is the more superior subdivision of the anterior cavity, and it is enclosed by the rib cage. The thoracic cavity contains the lungs and the heart, which is located in the mediastinum. The diaphragm forms the floor", "title": "Body cavity" }, { "docid": "1991350", "text": "are suspended within the pleural cavity of the thorax. The pleurae are two thin membranes, one cell layer thick, which surround the lungs. The inner (visceral pleura) covers the lungs and the outer (parietal pleura) lines the inner surface of the chest wall. This membrane secretes a small amount of fluid, allowing the lungs to move freely within the pleural cavity while expanding and contracting during breathing. The lungs are divided into different lobes. The right lung is larger in size than the left, because of the heart's being situated to the left of the midline. The right lung has", "title": "Respiratory tract" }, { "docid": "17278242", "text": "from four components: the septum transversum (central tendon), the pleuroperitoneal membranes, the dorsal mesentery of the esophagus, and muscular components from somites at cervical levels three to five (C3–5) of the body wall. Since the septum transversum is located initially opposite cervical segments of three to five, and since muscle cells for the diaphragm originate from somites at these segments, the phrenic nerve, which innervates the diaphragm, also arises from these segments of the spinal cord (C3, 4, and 5). The thoracic cavity is divided into the pericardial cavity and two pleural cavities for the lungs by the pleuropericardial membranes.", "title": "Development of the digestive system" }, { "docid": "4483267", "text": "serous cavities, where they secrete a lubricating fluid which reduces friction from muscle movement. Serosa is entirely different from the adventitia, a connective tissue layer which binds together structures rather than reducing friction between them. The serous membrane covering the heart and lining the mediastinum is referred to as the pericardium, the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity and surrounding the lungs is referred to as the pleura, and that lining the abdominopelvic cavity and the viscera is referred to as the peritoneum. A serous membrane (also referred to as a serosa) is one of the thin membranes that cover", "title": "Serous membrane" }, { "docid": "11954747", "text": "finger was pricked by a student with the same knife that was being used in the autopsy. I do not recall which finger was cut. Professor Kolletschka contracted lymphangitis and phlebitis [inflammation of the lymphatic vessels and of the veins respectively] in the upper extremity. Then [...] he died of bilateral pleurisy, pericarditis, peritonitis, and meningitis [inflammation of the membranes of the lungs and thoracic cavity, of the fibroserous sac surrounding the heart, of the membranes of the abdomen and pelvic cavity, and of the membranes surrounding the brain, respectively]. A few days before he died, a metastasis also formed", "title": "Jakob Kolletschka" }, { "docid": "820546", "text": "body cavity is the \"hemocoel\" or \"haeomocoel\" of an open circulatory system, often derived from the blastocoel. Mammalian embryos develop two cavities: the intraembryonic coelom and the extraembryonic coelom (or chorionic cavity). The intraembryonic coelom is lined by somatic and splanchnic lateral plate mesoderm, while the extraembryonic coelom is lined by extraembryonic mesoderm. The intraembryonic coelom is the only cavity that persists in the mammal at term, which is why its name is often contracted to simply \"coelomic cavity\". Subdividing the coelomic cavity into compartments, for example, the pericardial cavity / pericardium, where the heart develops, simplifies discussion of the", "title": "Body cavity" }, { "docid": "7089532", "text": "Pericardial fluid Pericardial fluid is the serous fluid secreted by the serous layer of the pericardium into the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of two layers, an outer fibrous layer and the inner serous layer. This serous layer has two membranes which enclose the pericardial cavity into which is secreted the pericardial fluid. The fluid is similar to the cerebrospinal fluid of the brain which also serves to cushion and allow some movement of the organ. The pericardial fluid reduces friction within the pericardium by lubricating the epicardial surface allowing the membranes to glide over each other with each heart", "title": "Pericardial fluid" }, { "docid": "6775043", "text": "major salivary glands produce mixed (serous and mucus) saliva. Another type of serous fluid is secreted by the serous membranes (serosa), two-layered membranes which line the body cavities. Serous membrane fluid collects on microvilli on the outer layer and acts as a lubricant and reduces friction from muscle movement. This can be seen in the lungs, with the pleural cavity. Blood serum is the component of blood that is neither a blood cell, nor a clotting factor. Blood serum and blood plasma are similar, but serum does not contain any clotting factors, such as fibrinogen, prothrombin, thromboplastin and many others.", "title": "Serous fluid" }, { "docid": "7089535", "text": "the guidance of an ultrasound. It can be used to relieve pressure from pericardial effusions or for diagnostic purposes, showing the cause of abnormalities such as: Cancer, Cardiac perforation, Cardiac trauma, Congestive heart failure, Pericarditis rupture of a ventricular aneurysm. This can also be used to treat pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade. Pericardial fluid Pericardial fluid is the serous fluid secreted by the serous layer of the pericardium into the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of two layers, an outer fibrous layer and the inner serous layer. This serous layer has two membranes which enclose the pericardial cavity into which", "title": "Pericardial fluid" }, { "docid": "19003872", "text": "Pulmonary pleurae The pulmonary pleurae (\"sing.\" pleura) are the two pleurae of the invaginated sac surrounding each lung and attaching to the thoracic cavity. The visceral pleura is the delicate serous membrane that covers the surface of each lung (the lung parenchyma) and dips into the fissures between the lobes. The parietal pleura is the outer membrane which is attached to the inner surface of the thoracic cavity. It also separates the pleural cavity from the mediastinum. The parietal pleura is innervated by the intercostal nerves and the phrenic nerve. Between the membranes is a fluid-filled space called the pleural", "title": "Pulmonary pleurae" }, { "docid": "6127049", "text": "Ventral body cavity The ventral body cavity is a human body cavity that is in the anterior (front) aspect of the human body. It is made up of the thoracic cavity, and the abdominopelvic cavity. The abdominopelvic cavity is further divided into the abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity, but there is no physical barrier between the two. The abdominal cavity contains digestive organs, the pelvic cavity contains the urinary bladder, internal reproductive organs, and rectum. There are two methods for dividing the abdominopelvic cavity. The clinical method, used by physicians and nurses, utilizes four sections called quadrants. They are the", "title": "Ventral body cavity" }, { "docid": "820549", "text": "and spinal cord are protected by the bones of the skull and vertebral column and by cerebrospinal fluid, a colorless fluid produced by the brain, which cushions the brain and spinal cord within the posterior (dorsal) cavity. The thoracic cavity consists of three cavities that fill the interior area of the chest. The diaphragm divides the thoracic and the abdominal cavities. The abdominal cavity occupies the entire lower half of the trunk, anterior to the spine. Just under the abdominal cavity, anterior to the buttocks, is the pelvic cavity. The pelvic cavity is funnel shaped and is located inferior and", "title": "Body cavity" }, { "docid": "2103104", "text": "the disposition and clearance of fibrin (such as plasminogen). Mesothelial cells are capable of phagocytosis and are antigen presenting cells. Furthermore, the secretion of glycosaminoglycans and lubricants may protect the body against infection and tumor dissemination. Mesothelium The mesothelium is a membrane composed of simple squamous epithelium that forms the lining of several body cavities: the pleura (thoracic cavity), peritoneum (abdominal cavity including the mesentery), mediastinum and pericardium (heart sac). Mesothelial tissue also surrounds the male internal reproductive organs (the tunica vaginalis testis) and covers the internal reproductive organs of women (the tunica serosa uteri). Mesothelium that covers the internal", "title": "Mesothelium" }, { "docid": "762076", "text": "Abdominal cavity The abdominal cavity is a large body cavity in humans and many other animals that contains many organs. It is a part of the abdominopelvic cavity. It is located below the thoracic cavity, and above the pelvic cavity. Its dome-shaped roof is the thoracic diaphragm, a thin sheet of muscle under the lungs, and its floor is the pelvic inlet, opening into the pelvis. Organs of the abdominal cavity include the stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, small intestine, kidneys, large intestine, and adrenal glands. The abdominal cavity is lined with a protective membrane termed the peritoneum. The inside", "title": "Abdominal cavity" }, { "docid": "762082", "text": "the cavity. An abscess may also form as a secondary reaction to an infection. Antibiotics have become an important tool in fighting abscesses; however, external drainage is usually required also. Abdominal cavity The abdominal cavity is a large body cavity in humans and many other animals that contains many organs. It is a part of the abdominopelvic cavity. It is located below the thoracic cavity, and above the pelvic cavity. Its dome-shaped roof is the thoracic diaphragm, a thin sheet of muscle under the lungs, and its floor is the pelvic inlet, opening into the pelvis. Organs of the abdominal", "title": "Abdominal cavity" }, { "docid": "8061853", "text": "shown to contain high levels of compounds made of iron and porphyrin. These substances are evidence of hemoglobin decomposition products that may have formed in the organs as they decomposed. Based on its position, the organ in the thoracic cavity is probably the heart or liver, or even both of those organs. The organ in the abdominal cavity may be a kidney, although it is in a more anterior position than the kidneys of monitor lizards, mosasaurs' closest living relatives. The anterior position of the kidneys may have been an adaptation toward a more streamlined body, as their presumed position", "title": "Platecarpus" } ]
[ { "docid": "820554", "text": "a congenital malformation in which the heart is abnormally located outside the thorax. Another defect is gastroschisis, a congenital defect in the anterior abdominal wall through which the abdominal contents freely protrude. Another possibility is bladder exstrophy, in which part of the urinary bladder is present outside the body. In normal circumstances, the parietal mesoderm will form the parietal layer of serous membranes lining the outside (walls) of the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities. The visceral layer will form the visceral layer of the serous membranes covering the lungs, heart, and abdominal organs. These layers are continuous at the root", "title": "Body cavity" }, { "docid": "820547", "text": "anatomies of complex animals. Organisms can be also classified according to the type of body cavity they possess. Anatomical structures are often described in terms of the cavity in which they reside. The body maintains its internal organization by means of membranes, sheaths, and other structures that separate compartments. The dorsal (posterior) cavity and the ventral (anterior) cavity are the largest body compartments. These cavities contain and protect delicate internal organs, and the ventral cavity allows for significant changes in the size and shape of the organs as they perform their functions. The lungs, heart, stomach, and intestines, for example,", "title": "Body cavity" }, { "docid": "9098135", "text": "an embryoblast. By the end of the first week, the embryoblast has begun separating into two layers: the epiblast and hypoblast also called the primitive endoderm. At the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, the amniotic cavity finds a home between the epiblast and the trophoblast. The epiblast stretches to surround the cavity very quickly and this layer of the epiblast becomes known as the amnion, which is one of the four extraembryonic membranes. The rest of the hypoblast and epiblast, not including the amnion, is what contributes to the bilaminar embryonic disc (bilaminar blastoderm/blastocyst), which sits between the amniotic cavity", "title": "Bilaminar blastocyst" }, { "docid": "6529903", "text": "cavity is 1,200–1,700 cm. Neurocranium Intracranial pressure Cranial cavity The cranial cavity, also known as intracranial space, is the space within the skull. The skull, also known as the cranium, contains the brain. Meninges are protective membranes that surround the brain to minimize damage of the brain when there is head trauma. Meningitis is the inflammation of meninges caused by bacterial or viral infections. The spaces between meninges and the brain are filled with a clear cerebrospinal fluid, increasing the protection of the brain. Facial bones of the skull are not included in the cranial cavity. There are only eight", "title": "Cranial cavity" }, { "docid": "17278240", "text": "through which the abdominal contents freely protrude. Another possibility is bladder exstrophy, in which part of the urinary bladder is present outside the body. In normal circumstances, the parietal mesoderm will form the parietal layer of serous membranes lining the outside (walls) of the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities. The visceral layer will form the visceral layer of the serous membranes covering the lungs, heart, and abdominal organs. These layers are continuous at the root of each organ as the organs lie in their respective cavities. The peritoneum, a serum membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity, forms", "title": "Development of the digestive system" }, { "docid": "6529901", "text": "Cranial cavity The cranial cavity, also known as intracranial space, is the space within the skull. The skull, also known as the cranium, contains the brain. Meninges are protective membranes that surround the brain to minimize damage of the brain when there is head trauma. Meningitis is the inflammation of meninges caused by bacterial or viral infections. The spaces between meninges and the brain are filled with a clear cerebrospinal fluid, increasing the protection of the brain. Facial bones of the skull are not included in the cranial cavity. There are only eight cranial bones: The occipital, two parietal, the", "title": "Cranial cavity" }, { "docid": "1988039", "text": "Soft tissue In anatomy, soft tissue includes the tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body, not being hard tissue such as bone. Soft tissue includes tendons, ligaments, fascia, skin, fibrous tissues, fat, and synovial membranes (which are connective tissue), and muscles, nerves and blood vessels (which are not connective tissue). It is sometimes defined by what it is not. Soft tissue has been defined as \"nonepithelial, extraskeletal mesenchyme exclusive of the reticuloendothelial system and glia\". The characteristic substances inside the extracellular matrix of this kind of tissue are the collagen, elastin and ground substance.", "title": "Soft tissue" }, { "docid": "1988049", "text": "the structure of the original tissue. Some typical values of contraction for different fixation are: formalin (5% - 10%), alcohol (10%), bouin (<5%). Imaging methods used in ECM visualization and their properties. Soft tissue In anatomy, soft tissue includes the tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body, not being hard tissue such as bone. Soft tissue includes tendons, ligaments, fascia, skin, fibrous tissues, fat, and synovial membranes (which are connective tissue), and muscles, nerves and blood vessels (which are not connective tissue). It is sometimes defined by what it is not. Soft tissue has", "title": "Soft tissue" }, { "docid": "2134522", "text": "Pleurisy Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs and line the chest cavity (pleurae). This can result in a sharp chest pain with breathing. Occasionally the pain may be a constant dull ache. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, cough, fever or weight loss, depending on the underlying cause. The most common cause is a viral infection. Other causes include pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, autoimmune disorders, lung cancer, following heart surgery, pancreatitis, chest trauma, and asbestosis. Occasionally the cause remains unknown. The underlying mechanism involves the rubbing together of the pleurae instead of", "title": "Pleurisy" }, { "docid": "2134538", "text": "physician in the U.K. and Australia) may be enlisted to address the underlying cause and chart post-illness rehabilitation. Pleurisy Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs and line the chest cavity (pleurae). This can result in a sharp chest pain with breathing. Occasionally the pain may be a constant dull ache. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, cough, fever or weight loss, depending on the underlying cause. The most common cause is a viral infection. Other causes include pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, autoimmune disorders, lung cancer, following heart surgery, pancreatitis, chest trauma, and", "title": "Pleurisy" }, { "docid": "18539801", "text": "siphons are widely separated. The buccal siphon, through which water is drawn into the body cavity, has six lobes while the atrial siphon, through which water leaves, is short and has four lobes. About fourteen branched tentacles surround the base of the buccal siphon, and prevent particles that are too large from entering the body cavity. \"Molgula citrina\" is found in the Arctic Ocean and the northeastern Atlantic Ocean as far south as the British Isles and the northern coast of France. In the northwestern Atlantic it occurs as far south as the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Bay", "title": "Molgula citrina" }, { "docid": "2527946", "text": "of the telson. Like other crustaceans, malacostracans have an open circulatory system in which the heart pumps blood into the hemocoel (body cavity) where it supplies the needs of the organs for oxygen and nutrients before diffusing back to the heart. The typical respiratory pigment in malacostracans is haemocyanin. Structures that function as kidneys are located near the base of the antennae. A brain exists in the form of ganglia close to the antennae, there are ganglia in each segment and a collection of major ganglia below the oesophagus. Sensory organs include compound eyes (often stalked), ocelli (simple eyes), statocysts", "title": "Malacostraca" }, { "docid": "554370", "text": "Rib In vertebrate anatomy, ribs () are the long curved bones which form the rib cage, part of the axial skeleton. In most tetrapods, ribs surround the chest, enabling the lungs to expand and thus facilitate breathing by expanding the chest cavity. They serve to protect the lungs, heart, and other internal organs of the thorax. In some animals, especially snakes, ribs may provide support and protection for the entire body. Ribs are classed as flat bones which usually have a protective role in the body. Humans have 24 ribs, in 12 pairs. All are attached at the back to", "title": "Rib" }, { "docid": "4483270", "text": "by serous membrane. Early in embryonic life visceral organs develop adjacent to a cavity and invaginate into the bag-like coelom. Therefore, each organ becomes surrounded by serous membrane - they \"do not\" lie within the serous cavity. The layer in contact with the organ is known as the visceral layer, while the parietal layer is in contact with the body wall. In the human body, there are three serous cavities with associated serous membranes: The two layers of serous membranes are named parietal and visceral. Between the two layers is a thin fluid filled space. The fluid is produced by", "title": "Serous membrane" }, { "docid": "9098136", "text": "and the blastocyst cavity. The embryo proper and extramembryonic membranes are later derived from the embryonic disc. Beginning on day 8, the amniotic cavity is the first new cavity to form during the second week of development. Fluid collects between the epiblast and the hypoblast, which splits the epiblast into two portions. The layer at the embryonic pole grows around the amniotic cavity, creating a barrier from the cytotrophoblast. This becomes known as the amnion, which is one of the four extraembyonic membranes and the cells it comprises are referred to as amnioblasts. Although, the amniotic cavity starts off small", "title": "Bilaminar blastocyst" }, { "docid": "18539805", "text": "material exits via the atrial siphon. \"M. citrina\" is a hermaphrodite and is viviparous. Sperm is shed into the water column and enters another individual through its buccal siphon. A batch of eggs is liberated from the oviduct and these are fertilised within the body cavity. The eggs are opaque and have red or yellow yolks. They are about in diameter. The developing embryos are brooded in the body cavity. Hatching is initiated by the release of enzymes which cause the egg membranes to rupture. The larvae have notochords (stiffening rods) and resemble salamander tadpoles. They have fluid-filled sensory organs", "title": "Molgula citrina" }, { "docid": "13729403", "text": "osmoregulation, temperature control, immunity, storage (water, carbohydrates and fats) and skeletal function. It also plays an essential part in the moulting process. An additional role of the haemolymph in some orders, can be that of predatory defence. It can contain unpalatable and malodourous chemicals that will act as a deterrent to predators. Haemolymph contains molecules, ions and cells; regulating chemical exchanges between tissues, haemolymph is encased in the insect body cavity or haemocoel. It is transported around the body by combined heart (posterior) and aorta (anterior) pulsations, which are located dorsally just under the surface of the body. It differs", "title": "Insect morphology" }, { "docid": "18525748", "text": "is shed into the sea and sucked in through the buccal siphon of another individual, a batch of eggs is liberated from the oviduct, and fertilisation takes place within the body cavity. The eggs are opaque with pigmented yolks and are about in diameter. The developing embryos are brooded in the body cavity. Hatching is initiated by the release of enzymes which rupture the egg membranes. The larvae have notochords (stiffening rods) and resemble salamander tadpoles. They have fluid-filled sensory organs known as otocysts. The larvae continue to be brooded at first but are later liberated into the sea. After", "title": "Polycarpa fibrosa" }, { "docid": "79046", "text": "located between their two cell membranes. Like chloroplasts, they have thylakoids within. On the thylakoid membranes are photosynthetic pigments, including chlorophyll \"a\". Phycobilins are also common cyanobacterial pigments, usually organized into hemispherical phycobilisomes attached to the outside of the thylakoid membranes (phycobilins are not shared with all chloroplasts though). Somewhere around 1 to 2 billion years ago, a free-living cyanobacterium entered an early eukaryotic cell, either as food or as an internal parasite, but managed to escape the phagocytic vacuole it was contained in. The two innermost lipid-bilayer membranes that surround all chloroplasts correspond to the outer and inner membranes", "title": "Chloroplast" }, { "docid": "10579726", "text": "has a role in osmoregulation, temperature control, immunity, storage (water, carbohydrates and fats) and skeletal function. It also plays an essential part in the moulting process. An additional role of the hemolymph in some orders, can be that of predatory defence. It can contain unpalatable and malodourous chemicals that will act as a deterrent to predators. Hemolymph contains molecules, ions and cells. Regulating chemical exchanges between tissues, hemolymph is encased in the insect body cavity or haemocoel. It is transported around the body by combined heart (posterior) and aorta (anterior) pulsations which are located dorsally just under the surface of", "title": "Insect physiology" }, { "docid": "1777845", "text": "Each of the two auricles collects blood from the gills on one side, while the muscular ventricle pumps blood through the aorta and round the body. The excretory system consists of two nephridia, which connect to the pericardial cavity around the heart, and remove excreta through a pore that opens near the rear of the mantle cavity. The single gonad is located in front of the heart, and releases gametes through a pair of pores just in front of those used for excretion. The mouth is located on the underside of the animal, and contains a tongue-like structure called a", "title": "Chiton" }, { "docid": "11055272", "text": "is located at the center of one end of the body, which opens to a gastrovascular cavity that is used for digestion. It has tentacles that surround the mouth to capture food. Nettles have no excretory or respiratory organs. They generally feed on zooplankton and other jellyfish. Nettles immobilize and obtain their prey using their stinging tentacles. Each nettle tentacle is coated with thousands of microscopic nematocysts; in turn, every individual nematocyst has a \"trigger\" (cnidocil) paired with a capsule containing a coiled stinging filament. Upon contact, the cnidocil will immediately initiate a process which ejects the venom-coated filament from", "title": "Chrysaora achlyos" }, { "docid": "985040", "text": "Pulmonary alveolus A pulmonary alveolus (plural: alveoli, from Latin \"alveolus\", \"little cavity\") is a hollow cavity found in the lung parenchyma, and is the basic unit of ventilation. Lung alveoli are the ends of the respiratory tree, branching from either alveolar sacs or alveolar ducts, which like alveoli are both sites of gas exchange with the blood as well. Alveoli are particular to mammalian lungs. Different structures are involved in gas exchange in other vertebrates. The alveolar membrane is the gas exchange surface. Carbon dioxide rich blood is pumped from the rest of the body into the capillaries that surround", "title": "Pulmonary alveolus" }, { "docid": "8486653", "text": "held in location by a periodontal ligament, with the assistance of cementum. Teeth are surrounded by gingiva, or gums, part of the periodontium, support tissue of oral cavity protection. The periodontium includes all of the support membranes of the dental structures surround and support the teeth such as the gums and the attachment surfaces and membranes. These include epithelial tissues (epithelium), connective tissues, (ligaments and bone), muscle tissue and nervous tissue. There are three sets of salivary glands: the parotid, the submandibular and the sublingual glands. The (exocrine) glands secrete saliva for proper mixing of food and provides enzymes to", "title": "Head and neck anatomy" }, { "docid": "17466621", "text": "Malacostraca where the antennules may be generally biramous or even triramous. It is unclear whether the biramous condition is a derived state which evolved in crustaceans, or whether the second branch of the limb has been lost in all other groups. Trilobites, for instance, also possessed biramous appendages. The main body cavity is an open circulatory system, where blood is pumped into the haemocoel by a heart located near the dorsum. Malacostraca have haemocyanin as the oxygen-carrying pigment, while copepods, ostracods, barnacles and branchiopods have haemoglobins. The alimentary canal consists of a straight tube that often has a gizzard-like \"gastric", "title": "Crustacean" }, { "docid": "5767158", "text": "the arteria venosa to the left cavity of the two cavities of the heart; and of that mixture is created the animal spirit. Ibn al-Nafis also postulated that nutrients for heart are extracted from the coronary arteries: Again his [Avicenna's] statement that the blood that is in the right side is to nourish the heart is not true at all, for the nourishment to the heart is from the blood that goes through the vessels that permeate the body of the heart. Ibn al-Nafis had an insight into what would become a larger theory of the capillary circulation. He stated", "title": "Ibn al-Nafis" }, { "docid": "2557384", "text": "gizzard for grinding it up, although these are not present in all species. The oesophagus includes \"calciferous glands\" that maintain calcium balance by excreting indigestible calcium carbonate into the gut. A number of yellowish chloragogen cells surround the intestine and the dorsal blood vessel, forming a tissue that functions in a similar fashion to the vertebrate liver. Some of these cells also float freely in the body cavity, where they are referred to as \"eleocytes\". Most oligochaetes have no gills or similar structures, and simply breathe through their moist skin. The few exceptions generally have simple, filamentous gills. Excretion is", "title": "Oligochaeta" }, { "docid": "1777844", "text": "other soft parts beyond the girdle are visible from the dorsal side. The mantle cavity consists of a narrow channel on each side, lying between the body and the girdle. Water enters the cavity through openings either side of the mouth, then flows along the channel to a second, exhalant, opening close to the anus. Multiple gills hang down into the mantle cavity along part or all of the lateral pallial groove, each consisting of a central axis with a number of flattened filaments through which oxygen can be absorbed. The three-chambered heart is located towards the animal's hind end.", "title": "Chiton" }, { "docid": "3600527", "text": "body and tentacles. Unlike other cnidarians however, the cavity is subdivided by a number of radiating partitions, thin sheets of living tissue, known as mesenteries. The gonads are also located within the cavity walls. The polyp is retractable into the corallite, the stony cup in which it sits, being pulled back by sheet-like retractor muscles. The polyps are connected by horizontal sheets of tissue known as coenosarc extending over the outer surface of the skeleton and completely covering it. These sheets are continuous with the body wall of the polyps, and include extensions of the gastrovascular cavity, so that food", "title": "Scleractinia" }, { "docid": "14529090", "text": "of the jaw. The joint involved with jaw dislocation is the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). This joint is located where the mandibular condyles and the temporal bone meet. Membranes that surround the bones help during the hinging and gliding of jaw movement. For the mouth to close it requires the following muscles: the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscle. For the jaw to open it requires the lateral pterygoid muscle. There are four different positions of jaw dislocation: posterior, anterior, superior and lateral. The most common position is anterior, while the other types are rare. Anterior dislocation shifts the lower jaw", "title": "Dislocation of jaw" }, { "docid": "3660636", "text": "Peritoneal cavity The peritoneal cavity is a potential space between the parietal peritoneum (the peritoneum that surrounds the abdominal wall) and visceral peritoneum (the peritoneum that surrounds the internal organs). Both the parietal and visceral peritonea are not different but the same peritoneum given two names depending on their function/location. It is one of the spaces derived from the coelomic cavity of the embryo, the others being the pleural cavities around the lungs and the pericardial cavity around the heart. It is the largest serosal sac, and the largest fluid-filled cavity, in the body and secretes approximately 50 mL of", "title": "Peritoneal cavity" }, { "docid": "3727489", "text": "compound eyes, a mandible mouthpart, and shortened antennae. A distinctive characteristic is that the antennae are elbowed and contain three antennomeres that form a club at the end. Clown beetles have an open circulatory system within its hemocoel, also known as a body cavity. They have a tube shaped heart that spans the length of the body, and use hemolymph as blood. This blood does not contain any oxygen, but carries nutrients throughout the body. Spiracles are located on the abdomen and are the tracheal system of the beetle. Oxygen is brought into the body by spiracles and tiny sacks", "title": "Histeridae" }, { "docid": "6947061", "text": "braincase or brainpan or skull) of those vertebrates who have both a cranium and a brain. The volume of the cranium is used as a rough indicator of the size of the brain, although due to the thickness of the membranes that surround the brain, brain volume is less than cranial capacity. Cranial Capacity is often tested by filling the cranial cavity with particulate material (as mustard seed or small shot) and measuring the volume of the latter. However, this method of measuring cranial capacity must be validated in each species to know whether it is an accurate representation of", "title": "Brain size" }, { "docid": "10079532", "text": "with heat retention, high vascularised bones with Haversian canals, and possibly hair. More recently, it has been suggested that endothermy evolved as far back as \"Ophiacodon\". Modern monotremes have a low body temperature compared to marsupials and placental mammals, around . Phylogenetic bracketing suggests that the body temperatures of early crown-group mammals were not less than that of extant monotremes. There is cytological evidence that the low metabolism of monotremes is a secondarily evolved trait. Modern mammals have respiratory turbinates, convoluted structures of thin bone in the nasal cavity. These are lined with mucous membranes that warm and moisten inhaled", "title": "Evolution of mammals" }, { "docid": "507179", "text": "two layers cover the intraembryonic cavity. The parietal layer together with overlying ectoderm forms the lateral body wall folds. The visceral layer forms the walls of the gut tube. Mesoderm cells of the parietal layer form the mesothelial membranes or serous membranes which line the peritoneal, pleural and pericardial cavities. Mesoderm In all bilaterian animals, the mesoderm is one of the three primary germ layers in the very early embryo. The other two layers are the ectoderm (outside layer) and endoderm (inside layer), with the mesoderm as the middle layer between them. The mesoderm forms mesenchyme, mesothelium, non-epithelial blood cells", "title": "Mesoderm" }, { "docid": "12708383", "text": "Dried nasal mucus Dried nasal mucus, colloquially known as a boogie, snot, booger or bogey, is found in the nose. It is a result of drying of the normally viscous colloidal mucus, commonly known as \"snot\". The mucous membranes in the nasal cavity constantly produce a wet mucus that lines the cavity and removes dust and pathogens from the air flowing through. For the most part, the cilia that also line the cavity work to move the mucus down the nasal cavity to the pharynx where it can be swallowed. Not all of the mucus stays fluid enough to be", "title": "Dried nasal mucus" }, { "docid": "17570676", "text": "surgeon and three children. Valérie customizes her therapy to suit individual needs and does not follow a standard therapy protocol for her patients. Broadly however, she uses the following techniques: Energy and fasciatherapy: Fascia are fine membranes which surround the conjunctive tissue of the body. Fascia therapy is a manual therapy which addresses a person in his totality – physically and psychically – and seeks the auto-regulation forces of the body. The therapists place their hands on the body of the subject and “listen” to the natural movement of the fascia – movement which is extremely subtle and can be", "title": "Valérie Grumelin-Halimi" }, { "docid": "493339", "text": "through the water. The foot has been transformed into a set of eight arms and two tentacles, which surround the mouth; each takes the form of a muscular hydrostat. These are flexible and prehensile, and usually bear disc-like suckers. In the mature male, the outer half of one of the left arms is hectocotylised – and ends in a copulatory pad rather than suckers. This is used for depositing a spermatophore inside the mantle cavity of a female. A ventral part of the foot has been converted into a funnel through which water exits the mantle cavity. The main body", "title": "Squid" }, { "docid": "79097", "text": "semi-gel-like fluid that makes up much of a chloroplast's volume, and in which the thylakoid system floats. There are some common misconceptions about the outer and inner chloroplast membranes. The fact that chloroplasts are surrounded by a double membrane is often cited as evidence that they are the descendants of endosymbiotic cyanobacteria. This is often interpreted as meaning the outer chloroplast membrane is the product of the host's cell membrane infolding to form a vesicle to surround the ancestral cyanobacterium—which is not true—both chloroplast membranes are homologous to the cyanobacterium's original double membranes. The chloroplast double membrane is also often", "title": "Chloroplast" }, { "docid": "13963456", "text": "laterally compressed with a short body cavity. Like other members of its family, it has a long anal fin, a minute caudal fin, no pelvic or dorsal fins, and an electroreceptive dorsal appendage that originates about halfway along the back. There are 155–168 anal fin rays, 14–15 pectoral fin rays, and 16–17 caudal fin rays. The scales are large and diamond-shaped, with 6–8 rows above the lateral line but not reaching the upper surface of the head and body. Virtually unpigmented aside from tiny chromatophores speckling the bottom of the head and branchiostegal membranes, \"P. amazonensis\" is uniformly white-pink with", "title": "Pariosternarchus amazonensis" }, { "docid": "18868210", "text": "unit. It moves the membranes, which draw blood into the blood chamber and push it back into the body. Like the heart, EXCOR blood pumps have valves which ensure that the blood only flows in one direction. The blood pumps are connected to the heart and blood vessels via silicone cannula. The EXCOR product range covers blood pumps and cannula of various sizes and types. While EXCOR Adult is specifically designed for adults, EXCOR Pediatric includes devices for young patients (from newborns to adolescents). In 2018 Chloe Caldwell became the first pediatric patient to be flown for a medical treatment", "title": "Berlin Heart" }, { "docid": "2603117", "text": "organ systems. The digestive system consists of a mouth, pharynx, and a gastrovascular cavity. The mouth is located in the center of the underside of the body. Digestive enzymes are secreted from the mouth to begin external digestion. The pharynx connects the mouth to the gastrovascular cavity. This structure branches throughout the body allowing nutrients from food to reach all extremities. Planaria eat living or dead small animals that they suck up with their muscular mouths. Food passes from the mouth through the pharynx into the intestines where it is digested by the cells lining the intestines. Then its nutrients", "title": "Planarian" }, { "docid": "6127050", "text": "right upper quadrant, the left upper quadrant, the right lower quadrant, and the left lower quadrant. The directional terms refer to the model's right and left, not the viewer's. Clinicians use the quadrant method because in reality, organs are mobile and move around when the patient is in different positions. The second method for dividing the abdominopelvic cavity is preferred by anatomists. This method divides the cavity into nine regions. The regions are the left and right hypochondriac regions, so named because they lie under the ribs; the epigastric region which is approximately where the stomach is located between the", "title": "Ventral body cavity" }, { "docid": "4707282", "text": "reaction of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Adult \"T. solium \"is a triploblastic acoelomate, having no body cavity. It is normally 2 to 3 m in length, but can become much larger, sometimes over 8 m long. It is white in colour and flattened into a ribbon-like body. The anterior end is a knob-like attachment organ (sometimes mistakenly-referred to as a \"head\") called a scolex, 1 mm in diameter. The scolex bears four radially arranged suckers (acetabula) that surround the rostellum. These are the organs of adhesive attachment to the intestinal wall of the host. The rostellum is armed with two rows", "title": "Taenia solium" }, { "docid": "821138", "text": "Coelom The coelom is the main body cavity in most animals and is positioned inside the body to surround and contain the digestive tract and other organs. In developed animals, it is lined with mesothelium. In other animals, such as molluscs, it remains undifferentiated. The term \"coelom\" derives from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning \"cavity\". During the development of the embryo, coelom formation begins in the gastrulation stage. The developing digestive tube of an embryo forms as a blind pouch called the archenteron. In Protostomes, the coelom forms by a process known as schizocoely. The archenteron initially forms, and", "title": "Coelom" }, { "docid": "14747972", "text": "the body have been found. Shartegosuchids share several distinct characteristics in the skull. On the palate, the choanae (holes where the nasal cavity opens into the mouth) is placed within a deep depression of its midline. The palatal bones, located behind the choanae in what is known as the secondary palate, unite with each other at the midline of the palate. Shartegosuchids can also be diagnosed by the position of the teeth in their lower jaws, which are never found behind the mandibular fenestrae (holes found near the back of the jaw). The edges of the teeth are denticulated, or", "title": "Shartegosuchidae" }, { "docid": "14113255", "text": "are presented in what follows. where formula_43 is a multiset and formula_9, formula_10 are arbitrary membrane configurations. The next result claims that two PEP systems which are structurally equivalent are translated into systems of mutual membranes with objects on surface which are structurally equivalent. Proposition. If formula_194 is a PEP system and formula_214 is a system of mutual membranes with objects on surface, then there exists formula_10 such that formula_216 and formula_217, whenever formula_218. Proposition. If formula_194 is a PEP system and formula_214 is a system of mutual membranes with objects on surface, then there exists formula_197 such that formula_217", "title": "Mobile membranes" }, { "docid": "677629", "text": "animals in the regulation of their body temperature. Birds, mammals, and crocodilians show complete separation of the heart into two pumps, for a total of four heart chambers; it is thought that the four-chambered heart of birds and crocodilians evolved independently from that of mammals. Circulatory systems are absent in some animals, including flatworms. Their body cavity has no lining or enclosed fluid. Instead a muscular pharynx leads to an extensively branched digestive system that facilitates direct diffusion of nutrients to all cells. The flatworm's dorso-ventrally flattened body shape also restricts the distance of any cell from the digestive system", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "docid": "2822679", "text": "are sensory receptors on or near the surface of the body, such as photoreceptors in the retina of the eye, hair cells in the cochlea of the ear, touch receptors in the skin and chemical receptors in the mouth and nasal cavity. There are also sensory receptors in the muscles, joints, digestive tract, and membranes around organs such as the brain, the abdominal cavity, the bladder and the prostate (providing one source of sexual stimulation). Stimulation to the external or internal senses may evoke involuntary activity or guide intentions in action. Such emotional or motivating stimulation typically is also experienced", "title": "Stimulation" }, { "docid": "5429166", "text": "it enters the body. In order for this to happen, the nasal cavities must be constantly coated with liquid mucus. During cold, dry seasons, the mucus lining nasal passages tends to dry out, meaning that mucous membranes must work harder, producing more mucus to keep the cavity lined. As a result, the nasal cavity can fill up with mucus. At the same time, when air is exhaled, water vapor in breath condenses as the warm air meets the colder outside temperature near the nostrils. This causes an excess amount of water to build up inside nasal cavities. In these cases,", "title": "Rhinorrhea" }, { "docid": "323323", "text": "Paranasal sinuses Paranasal sinuses are a group of four paired air-filled spaces that surround the nasal cavity. The maxillary sinuses are located under the eyes; the frontal sinuses are above the eyes; the ethmoidal sinuses are between the eyes and the sphenoidal sinuses are behind the eyes. The sinuses are named for the facial bones in which they are located. Humans possess four paired paranasal sinuses, divided into subgroups that are named according to the bones within which the sinuses lie: The paranasal air sinuses are lined with respiratory epithelium (ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium). Paranasal sinuses form developmentally through excavation", "title": "Paranasal sinuses" }, { "docid": "14309251", "text": "determine where the occlusion is located, the severity, and what the cause was. To find out where the occlusion is located one of the things that can be done is simply a pulse examination to see where the heart rate can be detected and where it stops being sensed. Also there is a lower body temperature below the occlusion as well as paleness. A Doppler evaluation is used to show the extent and severity of the ischaemia by showing flow in smaller arteries. Other diagnostical tools are duplex ultrasonography, computed tomography angiography (CTA), and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). The CTA", "title": "Acute limb ischaemia" }, { "docid": "4894157", "text": "rectum or vagina. During \"manual body cavity\" searches, an inmate is temporarily transferred to an offsite clinic to be examined by a licensed physician of the same gender; body orifices are probed using fingers or instruments. The circumstances in which these inspections may be done are often restricted, such as on individuals refusing to offer to consent to a visual body cavity search for reasons other than anxiety or in situations where there is a strong evidence to suspect the presence of contraband, and require a court order. As cavity searches have proven as an ineffective strategy in the total", "title": "Body cavity search" }, { "docid": "18094580", "text": "advantage is possible by use of electrostatic-pneumatic actuation. Since the cavity is filled with air, mechanical amplification is lower than hydraulic machinery with a non-compressible fluid. Electrostatic–pneumatic activation Electrostatic–pneumatic activation is an actuation method for shaping thin membranes for MEMS and MOEMS devices. This method benefits from operation at high speed and low power consumption. It can also cause large deflection on thin membranes. Electrostatic-pneumatic MEMS devices usually consist of two membranes with a sealed cavity in between. One membrane calling actuator deflects into cavity by electrostatic pressure to compress air and increase air pressure. Elevated pressure pushes the other", "title": "Electrostatic–pneumatic activation" }, { "docid": "6355924", "text": "occurs. External intercostal muscles The external intercostal muscles, or external intercostals (Intercostales externi) are eleven in number on both sides. The muscles extend from the tubercles of the ribs behind, to the cartilages of the ribs in front, where they end in thin membranes, the external intercostal membranes, which are continued forward to the sternum. These muscles work in unison when inhalation occurs. The internal intercostal muscles relax while the external muscles contract causing the expansion of the chest cavity and an influx of air into the lungs. Each arises from the lower border of a rib, and is inserted", "title": "External intercostal muscles" }, { "docid": "6355922", "text": "External intercostal muscles The external intercostal muscles, or external intercostals (Intercostales externi) are eleven in number on both sides. The muscles extend from the tubercles of the ribs behind, to the cartilages of the ribs in front, where they end in thin membranes, the external intercostal membranes, which are continued forward to the sternum. These muscles work in unison when inhalation occurs. The internal intercostal muscles relax while the external muscles contract causing the expansion of the chest cavity and an influx of air into the lungs. Each arises from the lower border of a rib, and is inserted into", "title": "External intercostal muscles" }, { "docid": "14811275", "text": "is largely taken by a hemocoel, a cavity that runs most of the length of the body and through which blood flows. The heart is a tube in the upper part of the body, with a few ostia that act as non-return valves allowing blood to enter the heart from the hemocoel but prevent it from leaving before it reaches the front end. However, in spiders, it occupies only the upper part of the abdomen, and blood is discharged into the hemocoel by one artery that opens at the rear end of the abdomen and by branching arteries that pass", "title": "Spider" }, { "docid": "323327", "text": "Sinus is a Latin word meaning a \"fold\", \"curve\", or \"bay\". Compare \"sine\". Paranasal sinuses occur in many other animals, including most mammals, birds, non-avian dinosaurs, and crocodilians. The bones occupied by sinuses are quite variable in these other species. Paranasal sinuses Paranasal sinuses are a group of four paired air-filled spaces that surround the nasal cavity. The maxillary sinuses are located under the eyes; the frontal sinuses are above the eyes; the ethmoidal sinuses are between the eyes and the sphenoidal sinuses are behind the eyes. The sinuses are named for the facial bones in which they are located.", "title": "Paranasal sinuses" }, { "docid": "17067876", "text": "diet rich in cold-water fish (which are a rich source of omega-3s) and completely devoid of omega-6-rich seed oils. To date, \"no one knows what the optimal ratio in the diet is for these two families of fats.\" Susan Allport writes that the current ratio in Japan is associated with a very low incidence of heart and other diseases. A dietary ratio of 4:1 produces almost a 1:1 ratio of highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs) in cell membranes.\" Andrew Stoll, who advocates the consumption of the two fats in a 1:1 ratio, states, \"Once in the body, omega-3 and omega-6", "title": "Ratio of fatty acids in different foods" }, { "docid": "13972689", "text": "Scoville scale measures the pungency of chili peppers, as defined by the amount of capsaicin they contain. Pungency is not considered a taste in the technical sense because it is carried to the brain by a different set of nerves. While taste nerves are activated when consuming foods like chili peppers, the sensation commonly interpreted as \"hot\" results from the stimulation of somatosensory fibers in the mouth. Many parts of the body with exposed membranes that lack taste receptors (such as the nasal cavity, genitals, or a wound) produce a similar sensation of heat when exposed to pungent agents. The", "title": "Pungency" }, { "docid": "5767154", "text": "order to fully understand the nature of the living body and its soul; and an attempt to verify physiological claims through observation, including dissection of animals.” Ibn al-Nafis rejected Galen’s theory in the following passage: The blood, after it has been refined in the right cavity, must be transmitted to the left cavity where the (vital) spirit is generated. But there is no passage between these cavities, for the substance of the heart is solid in this region and has neither a visible passage, as was thought by some persons, nor an invisible one which could have permitted the transmission", "title": "Ibn al-Nafis" }, { "docid": "1565903", "text": "artificial rupture of membranes (AROM), also known as an amniotomy, may be clinically performed using an amnihook or amnicot in order to induce or to accelerate labour. Amniotic sac The amniotic sac, commonly called the bag of waters, sometimes the membranes, is the sac in which the fetus develops in amniotes. It is a thin but tough transparent pair of membranes that hold a developing embryo (and later fetus) until shortly before birth. The inner of these fetal membranes, the amnion, encloses the amniotic cavity, containing the amniotic fluid and the fetus. The outer membrane, the chorion, contains the amnion", "title": "Amniotic sac" }, { "docid": "311824", "text": "using electrolysis. Naturally occurring potassium is composed of three isotopes, of which is radioactive. Traces of are found in all potassium, and it is the most common radioisotope in the human body. Potassium ions are vital for the functioning of all living cells. The transfer of potassium ions through nerve cell membranes is necessary for normal nerve transmission; potassium deficiency and excess can each result in numerous signs and symptoms, including an abnormal heart rhythm and various electrocardiographic abnormalities. Fresh fruits and vegetables are good dietary sources of potassium. The body responds to the influx of dietary potassium, which raises", "title": "Potassium" }, { "docid": "1816848", "text": "heart: the inferior vena cava carries blood from the lower half of the body whilst the superior vena cava carries blood from the upper half of the body. Together, the venae cavae (in addition to the coronary sinus, which carries blood from the muscle of the heart itself) form the venous counterparts of the aorta. It is a large retroperitoneal vein that lies posterior to the abdominal cavity and runs along the right side of the vertebral column. It enters the right atrium at the lower right, back side of the heart. The name derives from . The inferior vena", "title": "Inferior vena cava" }, { "docid": "5753220", "text": "with electromagnetic radiation and go to an excited state. Sometimes people speculate about \"isolation\" for the universe as a whole, but the meaning of such speculation is doubtful. For radiative isolation, the walls should be perfectly conductive, so as to perfectly reflect the radiation within the cavity, as for example imagined by Planck. He was considering the internal thermal radiative equilibrium of a thermodynamic system in a cavity initially devoid of matter. He did not mention what he imagined to surround his perfectly reflective and thus perfectly conductive walls. Presumably, since they are perfectly reflective, they isolate the cavity from", "title": "Isolated system" }, { "docid": "890048", "text": "intention of removing dried nasal secretions\". Of those who responded, 91% said they were current nose-pickers (but only 75% of these believed everyone did it), and two respondents claimed to spend between 15 and 30 minutes and between one and two hours a day picking their noses. Mucous membranes in the nasal cavity constantly produce a wet mucus that removes dust and pathogens from the air flowing through the cavity. For the most part, the cilia that also line the cavity work to move the mucus toward the throat, where it can be swallowed. However, not all the mucus stays", "title": "Nose-picking" }, { "docid": "3077784", "text": "(layers of thin tissue covered in mucus that line the nasal cavity). The primary components of the layers of epithelial tissue are the mucous membranes, olfactory glands, olfactory neurons, and nerve fibers of the olfactory nerves. Odor molecules can enter the peripheral pathway and reach the nasal cavity either through the nostrils when inhaling (olfaction) or through the throat when the tongue pushes air to the back of the nasal cavity while chewing or swallowing (retro-nasal olfaction). Inside the nasal cavity, mucus lining the walls of the cavity dissolves odor molecules. Mucus also covers the olfactory epithelium, which contains mucous", "title": "Olfactory system" }, { "docid": "698175", "text": "which end at the stoma. Inside the stoma, the hyphae tips flatten out to form structures known as appressoria that lock to the cell walls. It is thought that the whole process is mediated by a mechano-sensitive calcium ion channel, located within the germ tube tip, which produces electric currents that stretch the cell membranes, changing gene expression and forming the appresorium. Then a peg grows into the plant's mesophyll cells. The peg produces specialised hyphal tips, known as haustoria. These spread around the plant cells without invading the membranes. The plant cell membranes invaginate around the main haustorial body", "title": "Rust (fungus)" }, { "docid": "1303143", "text": "crystallization that otherwise damages cell membranes. Hypothermia Hypothermia is reduced body temperature that happens when a body dissipates more heat than it absorbs. In humans, it is defined as a body core temperature below . Symptoms depend on the temperature. In mild hypothermia there is shivering and mental confusion. In moderate hypothermia shivering stops and confusion increases. In severe hypothermia, there may be paradoxical undressing, in which a person removes their clothing, as well as an increased risk of the heart stopping. Hypothermia has two main types of causes. It classically occurs from exposure to extreme cold. It may also", "title": "Hypothermia" }, { "docid": "79100", "text": "often branched and tangled with the endoplasmic reticulum. When they were first observed in 1962, some plant biologists dismissed the structures as artifactual, claiming that stromules were just oddly shaped chloroplasts with constricted regions or dividing chloroplasts. However, there is a growing body of evidence that stromules are functional, integral features of plant cell plastids, not merely artifacts. Usually, a thin intermembrane space about 10–20 nanometers thick exists between the outer and inner chloroplast membranes. Glaucophyte algal chloroplasts have a peptidoglycan layer between the chloroplast membranes. It corresponds to the peptidoglycan cell wall of their cyanobacterial ancestors, which is located", "title": "Chloroplast" }, { "docid": "1565897", "text": "Amniotic sac The amniotic sac, commonly called the bag of waters, sometimes the membranes, is the sac in which the fetus develops in amniotes. It is a thin but tough transparent pair of membranes that hold a developing embryo (and later fetus) until shortly before birth. The inner of these fetal membranes, the amnion, encloses the amniotic cavity, containing the amniotic fluid and the fetus. The outer membrane, the chorion, contains the amnion and is part of the placenta. On the outer side, the amniotic sac is connected to the yolk sac, the allantois and, via the umbilical cord, to", "title": "Amniotic sac" }, { "docid": "3111849", "text": "of one end of the body, which opens to a gastrovascular cavity that is used for digestion. It has tentacles that surround the mouth to capture food. Sea nettles have no excretory or respiratory organs. Each sea nettle is either in a free-swimming stage or a polyp stage. The free-swimming stage, or medusa stage reproduces sexually, and the polyp stage reproduces asexually. The Atlantic sea nettle is a bell-shaped invertebrate, usually semi-transparent and with small, white dots and reddish-brown stripes. Sea nettles without stripes have a bell that appears white or opaque. The sea nettle's sting is rated from \"moderate\"", "title": "Chrysaora quinquecirrha" }, { "docid": "8429184", "text": "proteins on cells comprising the brush border molecules. The epithelium of the brush border membranes separates the body cavity from the gut while allowing access for nutrients. The Cry toxin molecules attach themselves to specific locations on the cadherin-like proteins present on the epithelial cells of the midge and ion channels are formed which allow the flow of potassium. Regulation of potassium concentration is essential and, if left unchecked, causes death of cells. Due to the formation of Cry ion channels sufficient regulation of potassium ions is lost and results in the death of epithelial cells. The death of such", "title": "Bt cotton" }, { "docid": "7015217", "text": "where the sound has come from. A diffuse source located in front of the listener will be hard to localize and can be used to carry the surround signals. Virtual surround Virtual surround is an audio system that attempts to create the perception that there are many more sources of sound than are actually present. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to devise some means of tricking the human auditory system into thinking that a sound is coming from somewhere that it is not. Most recent examples of such systems are designed to simulate the true (physical) surround", "title": "Virtual surround" }, { "docid": "12814222", "text": "judged strictly, and which of them are to be judged leniently; as also the [required] removal of the sinew [of the two hind legs], and the membranes, as also the \"threads\" (i.e. blood vessels and nerves) which are forbidden under the category of \"suet,\" my heart has, [therefore], taken it upon itself to write what I have known about them, perchance those seeing my writing will give answer and show me the way of truth, and cause me to understand where I may have erred. All of the exponents of our laws whom I have known agree to [this] one", "title": "Nikkur" }, { "docid": "18094579", "text": "Electrostatic–pneumatic activation Electrostatic–pneumatic activation is an actuation method for shaping thin membranes for MEMS and MOEMS devices. This method benefits from operation at high speed and low power consumption. It can also cause large deflection on thin membranes. Electrostatic-pneumatic MEMS devices usually consist of two membranes with a sealed cavity in between. One membrane calling actuator deflects into cavity by electrostatic pressure to compress air and increase air pressure. Elevated pressure pushes the other membrane and cause dome shape. With direct electrostatic actuation on membrane, a concave shape is achieved. This method is used in MEMS deformable mirrors Moreover, mechanical", "title": "Electrostatic–pneumatic activation" }, { "docid": "9310326", "text": "C2 domain A C2 domain is a protein structural domain involved in targeting proteins to cell membranes. The typical version (PKC-C2) has a beta-sandwich composed of 8 β-strands that co-ordinates two or three calcium ions, which bind in a cavity formed by the first and final loops of the domain, on the membrane binding face. Many other C2 domain families don't have calcium binding activity. C2 domains are frequently found coupled to enzymatic domains; for example, the C2 domain in PTEN, brings the phosphatase domain into contact with the plasma membrane, where it can dephosphorylate its substrate, phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PIP),", "title": "C2 domain" }, { "docid": "8125719", "text": "aqueous salt disrupts proteins and their bonding patterns within the cell as well as disrupting the RNA content of the cell. The detergent dissolves the cellular membranes. Through the action of the lysis solution the cells are destroyed. All proteins, RNA, membranes and cytoplasmic and nucleoplasmic constituents are disrupted and diffuse into the agarose matrix. Only the DNA of the cell remains, and unravels to fill the cavity in the agarose that the whole cell formerly filled. This structure is called nucleoid (a general term for a structure in which DNA is concentrated). After lysis of the cells (typically 1", "title": "Comet assay" }, { "docid": "304731", "text": "made of chitin. Food is broken down and is forced into the oesophagus by two lateral extensions of the esophageal side walls in addition to the radula. From there it is transferred to the gastrointestinal tract, which is mostly suspended from the roof of the mantle cavity by numerous membranes. The tract consists of a crop, where the food is stored; a stomach, where food is ground down; a caecum where the now sludgy food is sorted into fluids and particles and which plays an important role in absorption; the digestive gland, where liver cells break down and absorb the", "title": "Octopus" }, { "docid": "9098133", "text": "an outer and inner group of cells: the peripheral outer cell layer, the trophoblast, and the central inner cell mass, the embryoblast. The trophoblast goes on to become the fetal portion of the placenta and related extraembryonic membranes. The epiblast and hypoblast arise from the embryoblast and later give rise to the embryo proper and its affiliated extraembryonic membranes. Once the zygote has differentiated into 30 cells, it starts to form a fluid-filled central cavity called the blastocyst cavity (blastocoele). This cavity is essential because as the embryo continues to divide, the outer layer of cells grows very crowded and", "title": "Bilaminar blastocyst" }, { "docid": "3192577", "text": "odontocetes is like listening to a group of children at a school playground. The multiple sounds odontocetes make are produced by passing air through a structure in the head called the phonic lips. The structure is analogous to the human nasal cavity, but the phonic lips act similarly to human vocal cords, which in humans are located in the larynx. As the air passes through this narrow passage, the phonic lip membranes are sucked together, causing the surrounding tissue to vibrate. These vibrations can, as with the vibrations in the human larynx, be consciously controlled with great sensitivity. The vibrations", "title": "Whale vocalization" } ]
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who produced tupac movie all eyez on me
[ "L.T. Hutton", "James G. Robinson", "David Robinson" ]
[ { "docid": "19232808", "text": "announced that Morgan Creek Productions was developing, and would finance and produce, \"Tupac\", a biographical film about rap legend Tupac Shakur, which would follow his entire life, from growing up in East Harlem to becoming a legendary songwriter and hip-hop artist, to his death in Las Vegas at the age of 25. Antoine Fuqua was attached as the director of the film, and the script was written by Steven Bagatourian, Stephen J. Rivele, and Christopher Wilkinson. James G. Robinson and David C. Robinson were set to produce the film, along with Program Pictures' L.T. Hutton, and Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "19232808", "text": "announced that Morgan Creek Productions was developing, and would finance and produce, \"Tupac\", a biographical film about rap legend Tupac Shakur, which would follow his entire life, from growing up in East Harlem to becoming a legendary songwriter and hip-hop artist, to his death in Las Vegas at the age of 25. Antoine Fuqua was attached as the director of the film, and the script was written by Steven Bagatourian, Stephen J. Rivele, and Christopher Wilkinson. James G. Robinson and David C. Robinson were set to produce the film, along with Program Pictures' L.T. Hutton, and Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" } ]
[ { "docid": "12705721", "text": "a signed client. On June 7, 2016, Woolard was arrested in Snellville, Georgia on charges of battery. In 2016, he starred in the movie \"\" as Marquese. Woolard reprised his role as The Notorious B.I.G. in \"All Eyez on Me\", a biopic about Tupac Shakur, which was released in June 2017. Jamal Woolard Jamal \"Gravy\" Woolard (born July 8, 1975) is an American actor, rapper, and comedian. He is best known for portraying musician The Notorious B.I.G. in the film \"Notorious\", and, as a supporting character, in the Tupac Shakur biopic \"All Eyez On Me\". Woolard, like Christopher Wallace, is", "title": "Jamal Woolard" }, { "docid": "19232820", "text": "was no backstage argument. She did, however, praise the performances of Shipp and Graham. Both Sean Combs and Suge Knight gave blessings to the film, praising their respective portrayals. All Eyez on Me (film) All Eyez on Me is a 2017 American biographical drama film about rapper Tupac Shakur, directed by Benny Boom and written by Jeremy Haft, Eddie Gonzalez and Steven Bagatourian. Titled after Shakur's 1996 fourth studio album, the film stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Shakur with Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper and Danai Gurira in supporting roles. Talks of a Tupac biopic began in 2011 by", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "19232801", "text": "All Eyez on Me (film) All Eyez on Me is a 2017 American biographical drama film about rapper Tupac Shakur, directed by Benny Boom and written by Jeremy Haft, Eddie Gonzalez and Steven Bagatourian. Titled after Shakur's 1996 fourth studio album, the film stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Shakur with Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper and Danai Gurira in supporting roles. Talks of a Tupac biopic began in 2011 by Morgan Creek Entertainment Group. The film languished in development hell for several years with various directors, including Antoine Fuqua and John Singleton, attached at different points before Boom was", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "19232804", "text": "Under manager Leila Steinberg, he begins to have hip-hop albums produced. Although his music becomes popular, some songs' controversial lyrics cause tensions between him and his record producers. Tupac begins acting in movies such as \"Juice\", as well as collaborating with performers including Biggie Smalls. He generates both praise and controversy. Tupac finds himself beaten by police officers over jaywalking. Another time, after he and E.D.I. Mean, a member of 2Pac's group called, \"Outlaws\" intervene when two white off-duty officers men assault a black man, Tupac is arrested for shooting at the cops. Tupac develops a contentious relationship with drug", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "8255224", "text": "Tupac got shot, I just think that Tupac just kind of turned against everybody.\" The incriminations against Stretch continued once Tupac was released from federal custody to Death Row Records on October 12, 1995 and began a flurry of recordings for his 1996 album, \"All Eyez on Me\"; on \"Ambitionz Az a Ridah\": \"\"Had bitch-ass niggas on my team / So, indeed, they wet me up,\"\" and in the first verse of \"Holla At Me\": \"\"When me and you was homies / No one informed me it was all a scheme / You infiltrated my team and sold a nigga", "title": "Stretch (rapper)" }, { "docid": "19232806", "text": "in prison, eventually is released and signs to Death Row Records under Suge Knight. Tupac and label-mate Dr. Dre work on the hit song \"California Love\". He releases the track \"Hit Em Up\" as a response to \"Who Shot Ya?\" in which Tupac brags about supposedly having an affair with Biggie's wife Faith Evans. Tupac parts ways with Death Row to launch his own company. Later, Suge offers Tupac a chance to become partners, and Tupac agrees to head Death Row's East Coast operations. On September 7, 1996, Tupac, Suge, and others are leaving the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "19232805", "text": "dealer and music partner Nigel. In 1993, Tupac goes on trial for rape and harassment charges. On November 30, 1994, he is attacked by three men in the lobby of Quad Recording Studios, is shot five times before the men flee, and is hospitalized. The following day, Tupac is found not guilty of rape, but found guilty of illegal touching, and sentenced to eighteen months in prison. While in prison, Tupac hears Biggie's song \"Who Shot Ya?\", and interprets it as a diss track bragging about Biggie's alleged involvement in his shooting. Tupac, who is assaulted by two guards while", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "19232807", "text": "boxing match at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. They confront the gang member who had jumped a friend, and Tupac knocks him to the ground, leading to a brawl. Tupac stops by his hotel to change clothes, and tells Kidada he will return in an hour. With Suge in his car, Tupac is at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane when a Cadillac pulls alongside Tupac's BMW and shoots Tupac multiple times before fleeing the scene. Onscreen text states that Tupac died six days later at age 25. His murder remains unsolved. On February 10, 2011, it was", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "423039", "text": "Throughout his career, Shakur expressed an increasingly aggressive attitude on his subsequent albums. The contradictory themes of social inequality and injustice, unbridled aggression, compassion, playfulness, and hope all continued to shape Shakur's work, as expressed in his incendiary 1995 album \"Me Against the World\". In 1996, Shakur released \"All Eyez on Me\", and many of the tracks are considered by critics to be classics, including \"Ambitionz Az a Ridah\", \"I Ain't Mad at Cha\", \"California Love\", \"Life Goes On\" and \"Picture Me Rollin\". Shakur described \"All Eyez on Me\" as a celebration of life, and the album was critically and", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "233277", "text": "continued to release other Gold and Platinum albums. Ecuadorian born rapper Gerardo received heavy rotation on video and radio for his single \"Rico, Suave\". While commercially watered-down, his album enjoyed a status of being one of the first mainstream Spanglish CDs on the market. Johnny J was a multi-platinum songwriter, music producer, and rapper who was perhaps best known for his production on Tupac Shakur's albums All Eyez on Me and Me Against the World. He also produced the 1990 single Knockin' Boots for his classmate Candyman's album \"Ain't No Shame in My Game\", which eventually went platinum thanks to", "title": "Latin hip hop" }, { "docid": "7815971", "text": "was continually postponed; and Dr. Dre himself, who began to resent Suge's strong-arm tactics and thirst for the spotlight. When Dre jumped ship for Aftermath Entertainment, Daz became the main producer for Death Row, handling much of Tupac Shakur's \"All Eyez on Me\" and Snoop Dogg's \"Tha Doggfather\", on which Kurupt was featured relatively sparingly, in contrast to his former high-profile on label projects. Even though Kurupt was a member of the DPG, he developed a very strong friendship with Tupac and the Outlawz during the mid 1990s. Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder began a mass exodus of artists from Death", "title": "Kurupt" }, { "docid": "9471100", "text": "summer,\" stylistically comparing it with Michael Jackson's 1983 hit single \"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)\", which the song partially samples. \"The same way that 'P.Y.T.' was, I was hoping 'All Eyez on Me' would be - more relaxing and you could have a good time. It's not based on anything emotional or anything sad.\" Jackson hand-delivered the original masters of the song for the production. The song's title also is a nod to Tupac Shakur, whose same titled song from 1996 was \"somewhat of an inspiration\", Monica explained. \"I always liked the idea of 'all eyes on me,' even from his", "title": "All Eyez on Me (song)" }, { "docid": "16350516", "text": "Kadafi) in the beginning and began rapping in some of Tupac Shakur's songs during the Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. sessions. They then added Mutah (Napoleon) to the group and became known as Dramacydal. On March 14, 1995 K-Dog was featured on Tupac Shakur's 2x Platinum album Me Against The World, on the song \"Outlaw\". The next year, on February 13, 1996 he was featured on Shakur's 10x Platinum Double LP All Eyez On Me on the songs \"Tradin War Stories\", \"When We Ride\", & \"Thug Passion\". It was around the time of this album's recording sessions when Tupac gave K-Dog", "title": "Kastro (Outlawz)" }, { "docid": "7407739", "text": "chose \"Dear Mama\" in particular. It is a song that spoke not just to me, but every mother that has been in that situation, and there have been millions of us. Tupac recognized our struggle, and he is still our hero.\" The song was played in the Tupac biopic, \"All Eyez On Me\", with Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, exiting Clinton Correctional Facility, after visiting 2Pac, who was serving 18 months to 4.5 years for sexual abuse. The song has impacted numerous rappers. Eminem stated that the song played constantly in his car in the year following its release. \" 'Dear", "title": "Dear Mama" }, { "docid": "423019", "text": "Want It\" and \"California Love\". It featured five singles in all, the most of any 2Pac album. Moreover, \"All Eyez on Me\" (which was the only Death Row release to be distributed through PolyGram by way of Island Records) made history as the first double-full-length hip-hop solo studio album released for mass consumption. It was issued on two compact discs and four LPs. Chartwise, \"All Eyez on Me\" was the second album from 2Pac to hit number one on both the \"Billboard\" 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. It sold 566,000 copies in the first week of its release", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "9251975", "text": "of Shakur's old group Digital Underground) and B-Legit who featured on Shakur's 1996 album on Death Row Records, \"All Eyez on Me\", on the track \"Aint Hard 2 Find\". Young Noble Rufus Cooper III (born March 21, 1978), also known by his stage name Young Noble, is an American rapper who is best known for being part of Tupac Shakur's rap group Outlawz. Noble joined the Outlawz in early 1996, and was also the last member to be added to the group by Tupac himself, before the late rapper's death in September 1996. Noble was born in Los Angeles, California.", "title": "Young Noble" }, { "docid": "3351576", "text": "Eyez on Me\" proved that Tupac was continuing to grow as a musician and a human being, but \"Don Killuminati\" erases that image by concentrating on nothing but tired G-funk beats and back-biting East Coast/West Coast rivalries\". \"Los Angeles Times\" critic Cheo Hodari Coker said, \"While there are moments of power and poignancy in \"The Don Killuminati\", it lacks the full ambition and range of Shakur's epic \"All Eyez on Me\" and \"Me Against the World\" packages. It's in those albums--and songs such as \"Brenda's Got a Baby\", \"Lord Knows\" and \"Only God Can Judge Me\"—that the legacy of this", "title": "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" }, { "docid": "19232813", "text": "Ray Luv. On January 19, TheWrap reported that Grace Gibson had been cast to play Biggie Smalls' wife, Faith Evans, and on January 22, 2016, Keith Robinson was cast as Atron Gregory, a TNT Records founder, who first helped Tupac become a dancer and a solo artist. Annie Ilonzeh was added to the cast in February 2016 to play Kidada Jones, who was engaged to Tupac at the time of his death. Principal photography on the film began in mid-December 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. Filming wrapped on April 12, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada. On June 16, 2016, on what", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "9493727", "text": "Underground Shock G both in the concert and studio segments. \"I Ain't Mad at Cha\" featuring singer Danny Boy, was released shortly after Shakur's death as the final single from the album, on September 15, 1996. For the video the song was re-recorded with a live band. The new track was recorded at Can-Am Studios by Conley Abrams. The video was shot weeks before Shakur's death. \"All Eyez on Me\" received widespread acclaim. \"Spin\" magazine gave it 7 out of 10 and said: \"As long as you don't expect philanthropy from Tupac, you'll find honesty and some pleasurably twisted scenarios.\"", "title": "All Eyez on Me" }, { "docid": "19232811", "text": "2015, it was reported that music director Benny Boom would direct the film, replacing Franklin. In early December 2015, the film's title was confirmed to be \"All Eyez On Me\". Newcomer Demetrius Shipp, Jr. was set to play Tupac. Jamal Woolard joined the film to play The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac's friend turned rival, reprising his starring role in the 2009 film \"Notorious\". On January 11, 2016, Danai Gurira was added to the film's cast to play Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur, a political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. \"Variety\" reported the next day that Kat Graham had signed", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "423078", "text": "inspired by Shakur to return to school and that Shakur was like a \"father figure\" to some. Demetrius Shipp Jr. played Shakur in the biopic \"All Eyez on Me\", which started filming in Atlanta in December 2015. Music video director Benny Boom helmed \"All Eyez on Me\", which had been hamstrung by production problems. With distribution from Morgan Creek Productions, the film had been in development since 2013, with producers Randall Emmett and George Furla having sued Morgan Creek for $10 million, claiming breach-of-contract after the production company allegedly picked a lead, and set a budget and a production schedule", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "423076", "text": "including \"All Eyez On Me\" (2,000; up 95%) and \"Me Against the World\" (1,000; up 53%). His singles also saw a boost in sales. His biggest seller of the week was \"Hail Mary\"—the song his projection opened with at Coachella. His second biggest seller was his No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit \"California Love\" (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman), shifting 11,000 downloads (119% increase). His third best-seller was the second Tupac song that was performed at Coachella – \"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted\" (with Snoop). It sold 9,000 (up 881%). \"Holler If Ya Hear Me\" (2014), was a Broadway", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "9471097", "text": "All Eyez on Me (song) \"All Eyez on Me\" is a song by American recording artist Monica. It was written in collaboration with Rodney \"Darkchild\" Jerkins and LaShawn Daniels for her original third studio album, \"All Eyez on Me\", released in 2002. Produced by Jerkins, it incorporates excerpts of Michael Jackson's 1983 hit \"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),\" penned by Quincy Jones and James Ingram. Picked as the album's leading single and Monica's first release on Clive Davis' then newly founded J Records label, \"All Eyez on Me\" was released in June 2002 to US radios. Its impact on the charts,", "title": "All Eyez on Me (song)" }, { "docid": "12770246", "text": "\"Death Around the Corner,\" which would appear on Me Against the World. The partnership was derailed, though, when Tupac was sent to prison in February 1995. After his release that October, the pair reunited at Can-Am Studios in L.A.. Tupac felt very secure with him in the studio. 2Pac and Johnny J recorded more than a hundred songs together—11 of them, including \"How Do U Want It\" and \"All About U\", ended up on \"All Eyez on Me\"; the rest composed the bulk of 2Pac’s posthumous work. Throughout producer Johnny J's career, he had sold over 100 million albums. He", "title": "Johnny \"J\"" }, { "docid": "19232819", "text": "space in which Tupac Shakur lived: a place that wanted to be all about pride and power, but was really about flying over the abyss.\" On her Twitter account, Jada Pinkett Smith stated that the film contained inaccuracies about her relationship with Tupac, and why he left for Los Angeles. Smith specified that Tupac never read the poem he read to her character in the film, and that she had no knowledge that it even existed until it was published in his book. She also stated that she never attended one of Tupac's shows at his request, and that there", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "19232821", "text": "Demetrius Shipp Jr. Demetrius Shipp Jr. (born November 20, 1988) is an American actor. He portrayed rapper and actor Tupac Shakur in the 2017 biopic \"All Eyez on Me\". Shipp was cast in the role of Tupac in 2011, after a friend suggested he audition given his strong resemblance to the legendary hip-hop artist. Shipp remarked in an interview that he \"never aspired to act.\" Principal photography did not begin until 2015, and the film was released in June 2017. Shipp's father worked with Tupac Shakur on the 1996 album \"\" on the song \"Toss It Up\". Shipp worked at", "title": "Demetrius Shipp Jr." }, { "docid": "7609218", "text": "before the release of the film, \"The Perfect Match\". In September 2016, Codeblack announced that it was partnering with Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment to co-produce and co-finance several films including \"The Love Playbook: Rules for Love, Sex, and Happiness\" based on the book by La La Anthony. In April 2017, the first trailer was released for \"All Eyez on Me\", a biopic about rapper Tupac Shakur distributed by Codeblack which would be released in June on what would have been his 46th birthday. The movie was featured as the closing film at the 2017 American Black Film Festival. Codeblack", "title": "Codeblack Films" }, { "docid": "19232822", "text": "Target and Dish Network prior to his acting career. Demetrius Shipp Jr. Demetrius Shipp Jr. (born November 20, 1988) is an American actor. He portrayed rapper and actor Tupac Shakur in the 2017 biopic \"All Eyez on Me\". Shipp was cast in the role of Tupac in 2011, after a friend suggested he audition given his strong resemblance to the legendary hip-hop artist. Shipp remarked in an interview that he \"never aspired to act.\" Principal photography did not begin until 2015, and the film was released in June 2017. Shipp's father worked with Tupac Shakur on the 1996 album \"\"", "title": "Demetrius Shipp Jr." }, { "docid": "9493724", "text": "since been certified 2x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. \"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted\" featuring rapper Snoop Dogg, was released as the second single on, May 7, 1996. The video was directed by one of 2Pac's production partners, Gobi M. Rahimi and was filmed four months prior to the September 1996 shooting of 2Pac. The prelude for the song shows a parody of Biggie Smalls (\"Piggie\") and Puff Daddy (\"Buff Daddy\") in discussion with Shakur about the November 1994 shooting. The beginning of the scene where Tupac is speaking to Biggie is in reference to the movie", "title": "All Eyez on Me" }, { "docid": "7439869", "text": "percussion is sampled from The Honey Drippers' 1973 track \"Impeach the President.\" In the 2009 book \"How to Rap\", Shock G recalled that 2Pac wrote the lyrics to the beat after hearing it for a while (rather than with no beat), and that 2Pac also ghostwrote Shock G's verse. Brian McKnight sampled the song on \"Hold Me\" on his 1997 \"Anytime\" album Nicole Wray sampled the song on her single, \"I Like It\". Part of the video was shown in the Tupac biopic, \"All Eyez On Me,\" released June 16th 2017. \"I Get Around\" peaked at number 11 on the", "title": "I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)" }, { "docid": "19232803", "text": "a documentary filmmaker arrives to interview Tupac Shakur. In flashback to 1971, Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur and other Black Panther Party members are released from prison following acquittal. From an early age, Tupac, instilled with black pride, witnesses multiple injustices in his neighborhood. His stepfather, Mutulu, a revolutionary, is caught by the FBI for an armored-truck robbery and murder. As Tupac gets older, he distances himself from his mother's revolutionary ideals. He attends the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he becomes friends with Jada Pinkett. Tupac's music career begins when he joins Digital Underground for their hit \"Same Song\".", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "9471105", "text": "39 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart as well as inside the lower halves of the national top 100 charts in Germany and Switzerland. The track would eventually become Monica's latest-charting single in years as no further single has been released or charted there ever since. All Eyez on Me (song) \"All Eyez on Me\" is a song by American recording artist Monica. It was written in collaboration with Rodney \"Darkchild\" Jerkins and LaShawn Daniels for her original third studio album, \"All Eyez on Me\", released in 2002. Produced by Jerkins, it incorporates excerpts of Michael Jackson's 1983 hit \"P.Y.T.", "title": "All Eyez on Me (song)" }, { "docid": "6400973", "text": "trying to escape her teen-pop past. Thankfully, the result is more successful than Aguilera's recent foray into brazen sexuality and strained grunge rock. Her first album in four years, \"All Eyez on Me\" continues the pleasant, light-hearted soul that Monica is known for, while expanding into more mature subject matter.\" \"Blender\" magazine, on the other hand, rated the album two out of five stars only. Though Rodney Jerkins-produced \"Ain't Gonna Cry No More\" was considered to be released as a single at times, \"All Eyez on Me\" yielded two singles only. Its lead single, \"All Eyez on Me\", entered the", "title": "All Eyez on Me (Monica album)" }, { "docid": "9966745", "text": "Cube-led Westside Connection album “Bow Down”, along with WC and Mack 10, including the title track “Bow Down”. Through the successful Westside Connection stint, and the mutual acquaintance of fellow Pittsburgh producer Sam Sneed, Dr. Dre wanted to feature snippets of a Bud’da-produced track in the beginning and end of the 2pac & Dr. Dre video for “California Love,” off Tupac Shakur’s \"All Eyez on Me\". Soon after Dr. Dre’s historic departure from Death Row Records, Bud’da was once again recruited by Dr. Dre to co-produce the lead single \"Been There, Done That\" off the \"Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath\"", "title": "Bud'da" }, { "docid": "9012423", "text": "Mann\" featuring Miguel Núñez, Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Polk and Tommy Davidson. His productions appear on rapper 2Pac's album, \"Pac's Life\", and he did production for BTNHResurrection and Thug World Order for the rap group, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He worked with Ashanti on her fourth studio album \"The Declaration\" which was released in early 2008. He co-owns an indie record label \"The Program\" with former NBA player Elton Brand. With Morgan Creek Productions, Hutton co-produced the Tupac Shakur biopic \"All Eyez on Me\". The film was released in North American theaters on June 16, 2017, on what would have been Shakur's", "title": "L.T. Hutton" }, { "docid": "423068", "text": "June 11, 2005. On November 14, 2003, a documentary about Shakur entitled \"\" was released under the supervision of his mother and narrated entirely in his voice. It was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2005 Academy Awards. Proceeds will go to a charity set up by Shakur's mother Afeni. On April 17, 2003, Harvard University co-sponsored an academic symposium entitled \"All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero\". The speakers discussed a wide range of topics dealing with Shakur's impact on everything from entertainment to sociology. Many of the speakers discussed Shakur's status", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "5956843", "text": "first verse, so that they can have the notoriety like me. So they trust what I'm saying...\" While credited to Teddy Riley, the musically backing is actually an incognito production by Dr. Dre, who was in the process of extricating himself from his label Death Row Records. The beat to \"No Diggity\" was initially offered to rapper 2Pac for his Death Row debut \"All Eyez On Me\" by label boss Suge Knight, but with Dre leaving the label he sold the beat to Teddy Riley. Upon the release of the finished recording by Blackstreet, Tupac and Death Row responded with", "title": "No Diggity" }, { "docid": "12705719", "text": "Jamal Woolard Jamal \"Gravy\" Woolard (born July 8, 1975) is an American actor, rapper, and comedian. He is best known for portraying musician The Notorious B.I.G. in the film \"Notorious\", and, as a supporting character, in the Tupac Shakur biopic \"All Eyez On Me\". Woolard, like Christopher Wallace, is from Brooklyn, specifically L.G., Lafayette Gardens. In real life he raps under the name \"Gravy\". He is featured in the song \"Untouchable\" by Tupac Shakur on the \"Pac's Life\" album. He had to add over 50 pounds to his already large frame to play The Notorious B.I.G. in the film \"Notorious\".", "title": "Jamal Woolard" }, { "docid": "423011", "text": "down to just take all the blunts and hits for all the young black males, to be the media's kicking post for young black males. I just figured since I lived that life I could do that, I could rap about that.\" The record was important in showcasing Shakur's political conviction and his focus on lyrical prowess. On MTV's Greatest Rappers of All Time list, \"2Pacalypse Now\" was listed as one of Shakur's \"certified classic\" albums, along with \"Me Against the World\", \"All Eyez on Me\" and \"\". \"2Pacalypse Now\" went on to be certified Gold by the RIAA. It", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "1403945", "text": "() for Tupac Shakur if the rapper agreed to sign with Death Row. Shakur agreed, setting the stage for his 1996 double album \"All Eyez on Me\" and the songs \"California Love\" and \"How Do U Want It.\" M.C. Hammer's relationship with Suge Knight dates back to 1988. With the success of Hammer's 1994 album, \"The Funky Headhunter\" (featuring Tha Dogg Pound), Hammer signed with Death Row Records by 1995, along with Snoop Dogg and his close friend, Tupac. The label did not release the album of Hammer's music (titled \"Too Tight\") while he had a career with them, although", "title": "Suge Knight" }, { "docid": "8255229", "text": "and he was found dead with four bullet wounds in his back. He was 27. Tupac denied involvement with Stretch's murder, but continued to talk about him after death, even up to his own death on September 13, 1996. \"All Eyez On Me\" was released two months after Stretch's death with all disses intact, and the follow-up \"\" (1996) contained more allusions to Stretch's supposed role in the 1994 attack on the tell-all diss track \"Against All Odds\": \"\"And that nigga that was down for me, restin' dead / Switch sides, guess his new friends wanted him dead\"\". Closing the", "title": "Stretch (rapper)" }, { "docid": "6009898", "text": "112th Avenue & 209th Street just after 12:30 A.M., and he was found dead with four bullet wounds in his back. Tupac denied involvement with Stretch's murder, but continued to talk about him after death, even up to his own on 13 September 1996. \"All Eyez On Me\" was released two month's after Stretch's death with all disses intact, and the follow-up \"\" (1996) contained more allusions to Stretch's role in the 1994 attack on the tell-all diss track \"Against All Odds\": \"\"And that nigga that was down for me, restin' dead / Switch sides, guess his new friends wanted", "title": "Live Squad" }, { "docid": "10320669", "text": "Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 - Evolution: Duets & Remixes is a posthumously released remix album from the late hip hop icon Tupac Shakur. The album was released through Koch. It is the follow-up to Tupac Shakur's \"Nu-Mixx Klazzics\", released previously on October 7, 2003. Its original title was Evolution: Duets & Remixes, and was released on August 14, 2007. This release contains mostly remixes of recordings from two of his biggest selling albums, \"All Eyez on Me\" and \"\". Hip-hop producer and rapper Daz Dillinger, Sha Money XL, and Street Radio were part of the record", "title": "Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2" }, { "docid": "12488994", "text": "affiliate group, Thug Life, and released their one and only album for PMP Records, the same label that launched the career of R&B star Montell Jordan a year later. \"I Gotta Be Me\" spawned two singles -- \"Get Away From Me\" and the Bass rap cut, \"Diggin Um' Out\". The musical backing track of the song \"Better Off\" was later recycled into the tune \"Picture Me Rollin'\" by Tupac for his album \"All Eyez On Me\" in 1996. I Gotta Be Me I Gotta Be Me is a Dancehall album that was the first and only album by the late", "title": "I Gotta Be Me" }, { "docid": "1914337", "text": "Death Row Records Death Row Records (formerly Future Shock Entertainment and Tha Row Records) was an American record label founded in 1991 by Suge Knight, The D.O.C. and Dr. Dre. The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (\"The Chronic\"), Snoop Dogg (\"Doggystyle\"), Tha Dogg Pound (\"Dogg Food\"), Tupac Shakur (\"All Eyez on Me\") during the 1990s. At its peak, Death Row Records was making over 100 million dollars a year. By the late 1990s the label began to decline after the shooting death of its star artist, Tupac Shakur,", "title": "Death Row Records" }, { "docid": "14513491", "text": "Leila Steinberg Leila Steinberg (born December 18, 1961) is an American manager, business woman, educator, writer, poet, and founder of AIM4TheHeART, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth find their voice using an emotional literacy curriculum and writing workshops. She is best known as the artist mentor and first manager for superstar rapper Tupac Shakur. They met when he was a student in her writing workshop, The Microphone Sessions, in the Oakland Bay area. Today Leila manages the rapper Earl Sweatshirt, formerly of Odd Future. In the 2017 Tupac biopic \"All Eyez On Me\", Leila was played by actress", "title": "Leila Steinberg" }, { "docid": "12770249", "text": "Way\". The beat for \"Better Off\" would later be recycled for 2Pac's \"Picture Me Rollin'\" in his 1996 album \"All Eyez On Me\". \"I Gotta Be Me\" is now out of print and hard to find. After 2Pac's release in late 1995, the two began collaborating for 2Pac's Death Row Records debut \"All Eyez On Me\". The double album was released early next year, and Johnny J produced the chart topping hits \"All Bout U\", \"How Do U Want It\" and \"Life Goes On\". He also produced \"Thug Passion\", \"Shorty Wanna Be A Thug\", \"Wonda Why They Call U Bitch\",", "title": "Johnny \"J\"" }, { "docid": "4891793", "text": "Dre, who tells him to get over to his summer house because he's throwing a house party. The rest of the music video takes place as if it were a home video celebrating 2Pac's welcome to Death Row and features several cameos, notably Roger Troutman who is now playing the piano, and guest appearances from DJ Quik, Big Syke, Deion Sanders, Danny Boy, Jodeci, B-Legit and E-40. The first video can be found on the DualDisc of \"All Eyez on Me\" and the second video can be found on \"Tupac: Live at the House of Blues\" DVD. The first video", "title": "California Love" }, { "docid": "423014", "text": "large part of Shakur's album \"All Eyez on Me\". The group usually performed their concerts without Shakur. The album was originally released by Shakur's label Out Da Gutta Records, though Amaru Entertainment has since gained the rights to it. Among the notable tracks are \"Bury Me a G\", \"Cradle to the Grave\", \"Pour Out a Little Liquor\" (which also appears on the soundtrack to the 1994 film \"Above the Rim\"), \"How Long Will They Mourn Me?\" and \"Str8 Ballin'\". As a result of criticism of gangsta rap at the time, the original version of the album was scrapped and re-recorded", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "1371119", "text": "would feature three artistically differentiated arrangements of \"I Want Your Sex\" in 1987, highlighting the potential of \"serial productions\" of a piece to find markets and expand the tastes of listeners. In 1995, after doing \"California Love\", which proved to be his best selling single ever, Tupac Shakur would do its remix with Dr. Dre again featured, who originally wanted it for his next album, but relented to let it be on the album \"All Eyez on Me\" instead. This also included the reappearance of Roger Troutman, also from the original, but he ended the remix with an ab lib", "title": "Remix" }, { "docid": "8610036", "text": "for the celebration of the release. It kicked off on Saturday November 11 at the Vaknin Gallery with \"All Eyez On Me: Hip-Hop's Legendary Performers and Photographers,\" where photographers displayed their material. On Tuesday November 14, at the same venue, a VIP party previewing Pac's Life took place from 7:00pm – 10:00pm. The events were then shifted to the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts (TASCA) where coat drives were held on Wednesday, November 15 and Friday, November 17 everyone who brought a winter coat received two admission tickets to the Pac's Life album release party. On Monday November", "title": "Pac's Life" }, { "docid": "1002107", "text": "\"Space Ghost Coast to Coast\". Clinton also appeared as the voice of The Funktipus, the DJ of the Funk radio station Bounce FM in the 2004 video game, \"\", in which his song \"Loopzilla\" also appeared. Rapper Dr. Dre sampled most of Clinton's beats to create his G-Funk music era. In 1999, Clinton collaborated with Lil' Kim, Fred Durst, and Mix Master Mike for Methods of Mayhem's single \"Get Naked\". Displaying his influence on rap and hip hop, Clinton also worked with Tupac Shakur on the song \"Can't C Me\" from the album \"All Eyez on Me\"; Ice Cube on", "title": "George Clinton (musician)" }, { "docid": "7467707", "text": "How Do U Want It \"How Do U Want It\" is a song performed by Tupac Shakur. The third single from his album \"All Eyez on Me\", it features R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo, who at the time were best known as the lead singers of Jodeci. The song was released on June 4, 1996. It was a Double A-side single to \"California Love\" in the United States, and the song reached #1 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #17 in the UK in 1996. It samples Quincy Jones's \"Body Heat\" from his 1974 album, \"Body Heat\". The song", "title": "How Do U Want It" }, { "docid": "7467710", "text": "appearances by K-Ci & JoJo, and fellow group member of Digital Underground Shock G both in the concert and studio segments. Hot 100 number-one hits of 1996 (USA) How Do U Want It \"How Do U Want It\" is a song performed by Tupac Shakur. The third single from his album \"All Eyez on Me\", it features R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo, who at the time were best known as the lead singers of Jodeci. The song was released on June 4, 1996. It was a Double A-side single to \"California Love\" in the United States, and the song reached", "title": "How Do U Want It" }, { "docid": "9493721", "text": "Pryor's comedy album \"That Nigger's Crazy\". Most of the album was produced by Johnny \"J\" and Daz Dillinger, with help from Dr. Dre on the songs \"California Love\", which he himself appeared in also as an album guest spot, and \"Can't C Me\", which was Clinton's appearance. DJ Quik also produced, mixed and made an appearance on the album, but had to use his real name on the credits because his contract with Profile Records prevented him from using his stage name. The songs on \"All Eyez on Me\" are, in general, unapologetic celebrations of living the \"Thug Lifestyle\". Though", "title": "All Eyez on Me" }, { "docid": "8708777", "text": "Ya No\" and on \"Murder Was The Case OST\" with \"The Eulogy\". Edwards' biggest feature was with Tupac Shakur on the track \"Picture Me Rollin\" from 'Pac's \"All Eyez on Me\" album in 1996. CPO left Death Row for Priority Records and made his guest appearances on Snoop-affiliated \"Tha Eastsidaz\", \"Bones OST\", and \"The Return of the Regulator\". In 2012, Edwards founded his independent record label Tilted Brimm Entertainment Group, LLC. Since 2013, CPO Boss Hogg announces that he was working on new material for his sophomore album release titled \"I, Boss.\" He dropped his first single off of it,", "title": "CPO Boss Hogg (rapper)" }, { "docid": "9493717", "text": "All Eyez on Me All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by American rapper 2Pac (and the last to be released during his lifetime), released on February 13, 1996 by Death Row and Interscope Records. The album features the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 number-one singles \"How Do U Want It\" and \"California Love\". It featured five singles in all, the most of any of Shakur's albums. Moreover, \"All Eyez on Me\" made history as the first double-full-length hip-hop solo studio album released for mass consumption globally. \"All Eyez on Me\" was the second album by 2Pac to chart at", "title": "All Eyez on Me" }, { "docid": "9493732", "text": "It has charted on Billboard 200 for 105 weeks in total. \"All Eyez on Me\" is 2Pac's best selling album. It was re-released in 2001 as enhanced CDs containing the \"California Love\" music video. Both discs contained the same data track. It was also re-released as a Dual-Disc in 2005. Credits for \"All Eyez on Me\" adapted from AllMusic and CD booklet. All Eyez on Me All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by American rapper 2Pac (and the last to be released during his lifetime), released on February 13, 1996 by Death Row and Interscope Records. The", "title": "All Eyez on Me" }, { "docid": "6400971", "text": "lead single, \"All Eyez on Me.\" Though originally expected to be released worldwide, \"All Eyez on Me\" received a wide release on October 21, 2002 in Japan only. The set was initially scheduled for a US release in July 2002 and then pushed back to September before setting a November 12 release date. By the time it was being scheduled for domestic release however, \"All Eyez on Me\" had been heavily bootlegged in Japan and become widely available through Internet file-sharing services. In addition, the first single released from the project, \"All Eyez on Me\" had experienced moderate success on", "title": "All Eyez on Me (Monica album)" }, { "docid": "423023", "text": "album, \"All Eyez on Me\". This double album was the first and second of his three-album commitment to Death Row Records. It sold more than nine million copies. The record was a general departure from the introspective subject matter of \"Me Against the World\", being more oriented toward a thug and gangsta mentality. Shakur continued his recordings despite increasing problems at the Death Row label. Dr. Dre left his post as in-house producer to form his own label, Aftermath. Shakur continued to produce hundreds of tracks during his time at Death Row, most of which would be released on his", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "422998", "text": "in the mainstream. Shakur achieved further critical and commercial success with \"Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...\" (1993) and \"Me Against the World\" (1995). Later that year, after suffering legal troubles and a robbery and shooting, Shakur became heavily involved in the growing East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry. His double-disc album, \"All Eyez on Me\", which was released in 1996, later became one of the best-selling albums in the United States. On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas; he died six days later and the gunman was never", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "14543179", "text": "several hit projects that went platinum including the Doggystyle album by Snoop Dogg, the All Eyez on Me album by Tupac, the Poetic Justice Soundtrack, the Above The Rim Soundtrack, the Grammy award-winning ‘Let Me Ride’ (Remix) by Dr. Dre, and Regulate by Warren G (\"see addt'l credits under Repertoire\"). As Founder and CEO of Hyped International Records, Tony has continued to develop an impressive repertoire of compositions referred to simply as ‘The Vault’. Many of his projects are an eclectic blend of R&B, Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, and Rock n’ Roll. His works having been sampled by artists such as", "title": "Edward Tony Green" }, { "docid": "7546036", "text": "knew Tupac Shakur, but Washington didn't believe him until Fula's mother informed him that they were going to visit Shakur in jail. When they went to visit him in jail, Washington performed a freestyle rap for Shakur. Shakur was pleased with Washington's lyrical abilities and promptly added him to his newly founded hip hop group, Outlaw Immortalz. In keeping with the Outlaw Immortalz's \"tyrant\" theme, Shakur endowed Washington with the stage name \"Hussein Fatal\", after then-Ba'athist Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. In February 1996, Washington made his debut on Shakur's double album, \"All Eyez on Me\", specifically on the songs \"All", "title": "Hussein Fatal" }, { "docid": "423082", "text": "On June 23, 2010, Shakur was inducted to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. The seat of the Catholic Church released a list of 12 songs onto the social networking Web site's streaming music service. Among the artists included are Mozart, Muse, and Dame Shirley Bassey; the list also includes Shakur's song \"Changes\", which was released two years after his shooting death on a greatest hits album in 1998. His double album, \"All Eyez on Me\", is one of the highest-selling rap albums of all time, with over 5 million copies of the album sold in the United States", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "19018190", "text": "originally set to direct before director George Tillman, Jr. signed on to direct the project. The film was distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Producers on \"Notorious\" include Sean Combs, Voletta Wallace and Biggie's former managers Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts. In early October 2007, open casting calls for the role of The Notorious B.I.G. began. Actors, rappers and members of the public all participated. Rapper Beanie Sigel auditioned for the role but was not picked. Eventually it was announced that rapper Jamal Woolard was cast as Biggie (he would also play Biggie in the Tupac biopic \"All Eyez on Me\").", "title": "Notorious (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "12803931", "text": "and which was released as a single. In 1993, Aron began a long affiliation with Death Row Records. He served as engineer and mixer for Tupac Shakur's album \"All Eyez on Me\", as well as \"Death Row Greatest Hits\", and all of Snoop Dogg's albums from \"Doggystyle\" to \"Paid the Cost to be the Boss\". To date, he exclusively mixes all of Snoop Dogg's live performances. In 1996, reggae-tinged rock band Sublime hired Aron as the producer for their self-titled debut \"Sublime\". His influence can be heard on their single \"What I Got\" which reached #1 on \"Billboard\"s Modern Rock", "title": "Dave Aron" }, { "docid": "4540228", "text": "albums of 2001. There are only three times \"Death Row Records\" hasn't been censored on this album . Those songs are \"Until the End of Time\" (Both Versions), \"U don't Have 2 Worry\", and \"All Out\". The album Itself was according to the \"All Eyez On Me\" recording and \"\", where recorded between those albums as unreleased songs. \"Until the End of Time\" debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" 200 and over seas on the UK R&B chart at number 2. On June 10, 2014 it was certified 4x platinum by RIAA. On 22 June 2001 it was certified", "title": "Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)" }, { "docid": "6324707", "text": "Against the World\". Later that year, Tupac Shakur started a group that included the members of Dramacydal. Initially called Outlaw Immortalz, the group's name was soon simplified to Outlawz. The Outlawz all adopted new stage names—Beale's was Napoleon. The next 2Pac album, 1996's \"All Eyez on Me\", featured guest appearances by both Dramacydal (2 songs) and Outlaw Immortalz (1 song). Beale—credited as Mutah—was also a featured guest on a fourth song, \"Run The Streetz\" . Outlawz were also featured on 2Pac's \"How Do U Want It\" single B-side \"Hit 'Em Up\". Dramacydal was absorbed into Outlaw Immortalz then Outlawz after", "title": "Napoleon (rapper)" }, { "docid": "13093149", "text": "the film \"Brotherly Love\" alongside Keke Palmer and Eric D. Hill Jr. In 2017, he played Jacques Agnant in the Tupac Shakur biopic titled \"All Eyez on Me\", alongside Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira and Money-B. After dating for six years, Hardrict and actress Tia Mowry were engaged on Christmas Day 2006. They married on April 20, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California. In 2011, Mowry's first pregnancy was chronicled on the reality TV show \"Tia & Tamera\" starring her and her twin sister on the Style Network. Hardrict and Mowry have a son born in 2011 and a daughter born", "title": "Cory Hardrict" }, { "docid": "9364016", "text": "studio of West Coast hip hop act Tupac \"2Pac\" Shakur. They recorded \"Got My Mind Made Up\" for Shakur's multi-platinum album \"All Eyez on Me\" (1996). After this they had friendly battles freestyling with each other on \"Yo! MTV Raps\", which ultimately led to their collaborative debut single \"How High\". In 1999, the two rappers appeared together on \"Rap Phenomenon\" from The Notorious B.I.G. posthumous album \"Born Again\". On May 7, 2009, in promotion for their third studio album, Method Man & Redman released a mixtape titled \"Lights Out\", which was hosted by DJ Green Lantern. In 2013, Method Man", "title": "Method Man & Redman" }, { "docid": "423018", "text": "on the Hot Rap Singles charts. \"All Eyez on Me\" was the fourth studio album by 2Pac, recorded in October 1995 and released on February 13, 1996, by Death Row Records and Interscope Records. The album is frequently recognized as one of the crowning achievements of 1990s rap music. Steve Huey of AllMusic stated that \"despite some undeniable filler, it is easily the best production 2Pac's ever had on record\". It was certified 5× platinum after just two months in April 1996 and 9× platinum in 1998. The album featured the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 number one singles \"How Do U", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "14299282", "text": "had a recurring roles on \"Person of Interest\" and \"Empire\". In 2017, Ilonzeh had her first major film role, playing Kidada Jones in the biographical drama \"All Eyez on Me\", about hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur. Later that year, appeared in the psychological thriller \"'Til Death Do Us Part\". In 2018, Ilonzeh appeared in the action thriller \"Peppermint\", and was cast in a lead role on the ABC drama pilot \"Staties\", which has yet to air as of October 2018. Annie Ilonzeh Annette Ngozi Ilonzeh is an American actress. From 2010 to 2011, she played Maya Ward on the ABC daytime", "title": "Annie Ilonzeh" }, { "docid": "6230393", "text": "nominate late rapper Tupac Shakur for one of its Image Awards and filed a $10 million lawsuit against his estate for comments that the rapper made in his song \"How Do U Want It?\" on the album \"All Eyez on Me\", in which Shakur rapped \"\"C. Delores Tucker you's a motherfucker / Instead of trying to help a nigga you destroy a brother\"\". In her lawsuit, Tucker claimed that comments in this song, and on the track \"Wonda Why They Call U Bitch\" from the same album, inflicted emotional distress, were slanderous and invaded her privacy. This case was eventually", "title": "C. Delores Tucker" }, { "docid": "423028", "text": "rappers and other associates, formed the original lineup of the Outlawz. When Shakur signed to Death Row after his release from prison, he recruited step brother Mopreme Shakur and Big Syke from Thug Life. Hussein Fatal, Napoleon, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Yaki Kadafi, and Storm (the only female Outlaw) were also added, and together they formed the original lineup of the Outlaw Immortalz that debuted on \"All Eyez on Me\". They later dropped the Immortal part of their name after the untimely deaths of Shakur and Yaki Kadafi and moved on as Outlawz without the members of Thug Life. Young Noble", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "2579149", "text": "Apple, taunting their East Coast rivals. In the October that followed, towards the end of the same year, Tupac Shakur had been bailed out of jail by Death Row's Suge Knight in exchange for releasing his following four albums on Death Row Records. In 1996, Tha Dogg Pound were featured on 2Pac's widely acclaimed Death Row Records debut album \"All Eyez on Me\" with Kurupt featured in \"Got My Mind Made Up\" and \"Check Out Time\" and Daz Dillinger producing the hit songs \"2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted\", \"Ambitionz Az A Ridah\", and \"I Ain't Mad At Cha\" among other", "title": "Tha Dogg Pound" }, { "docid": "8113468", "text": "her 2002 album \"All Eyez on Me\". Rapper Lil Wayne covered the song in his episode of \"MTV Unplugged\" in 2011. Electronic band Blood On The Dance Floor interpolated the first verse for their first single, \"Resurrection Spell\" from their 2017 album, Kawaii Monster. Hail Mary (2Pac song) \"Hail Mary\" is a single by American rapper Tupac Shakur from his final album \"\", under the new stage name, Makaveli. The song, released after his September 1996 death, features rap verses by Kastro, Young Noble and Yaki Kadafi of The Outlawz and Prince Ital Joe. A music video was shot for", "title": "Hail Mary (2Pac song)" }, { "docid": "423040", "text": "commercially successful. Shakur had enjoyed and had been influenced by the work of contemporary English and Irish pop musicians as a teenager such as Kate Bush, Culture Club, Sinéad O'Connor, and U2. His style on \"2Pacalypse Now\" was highly influenced by the social consciousness and Afrocentrism pervading hip-hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s. \"All Eyez on Me\" was a change of style from his earlier works; while still containing socially conscious songs and themes, this album was heavily influenced by party tracks and tended to have a more \"feel good\" vibe than his earlier albums. Shakur never professed", "title": "Tupac Shakur" }, { "docid": "1680728", "text": "featured on his debut album \"Ready to Die\". He was also featured on Spice 1's album \"AmeriKKKa's Nightmare\" on the track \"Hard 2 Kill\". In 1995, he was also featured on \"Got the Flava\" off Showbiz and A.G.'s album \"Goodfellas\". In 1996, Method Man appeared on Tupac Shakur's album \"All Eyez on Me\", on the song \"Got My Mind Made Up\" alongside his rhyme partner Redman, the Dogg Pound (Daz and Kurupt) and Inspectah Deck, whose verse did not make the released album version (although his nickname \"Rebel INS\" can be heard as the song fades). He was also featured", "title": "Method Man" }, { "docid": "9636056", "text": "Greenidge the alias E.D.I. Mean after former Ugandan president Idi Amin. On February 13, 1996, Tupac's double LP, \"All Eyez on Me\", was released. E.D.I. Mean appeared on \"Tradin' War Stories,\" \"When We Ride,\" and \"Thug Passion.\" On June 4, 1996, Tupac's \"How Do U Want It\" single was released. Its b-side, \"Hit 'Em Up\", featured E.D.I. Mean, Fatal and Kadafi. It is considered the most aggressive diss song in history, dissing Bad Boy Entertainment, Chino XL, Junior M.A.F.I.A. and Mobb Deep. On September 7, 1996, Tupac was shot four times in a drive-by-shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was", "title": "E.D.I. Mean" }, { "docid": "19232812", "text": "on to play Jada Pinkett, a friend of Tupac from the Baltimore School for the Arts. It was later revealed that Dominic L. Santana had been cast as record producer Suge Knight. On January 13, Jamie Hector signed on to play Mutulu Shakur, Tupac's stepfather. On January 15, Lauren Cohan joined the cast to play Leila Steinberg, a key figure in Tupac's life, as his mentor. Money B appeared in the film as himself, Tupac's coworker at Digital Underground, while Clifton Powell was cast as Floyd, an inmate at the Clinton Correctional Facility, and Johnell Young as Tupac's close friend", "title": "All Eyez on Me (film)" }, { "docid": "4365121", "text": "and 2013. While building a catalog of over 200 music videos, Douglas also helmed commercial spots for Jeep, Honda, Gatorade, Sears and others. In 2009, Douglas made his feature film debut with the comedy, \"Next Day Air\", starring Mike Epps, Omari Hardwick and Mos Def. His second film, the action drama \"\" was released in 2011. His third film, \"All Eyez on Me\", a biopic about rapper and actor Tupac Shakur, was released in June 2017. Douglas made his television directorial debut in 2013, with an episode of \"90210\" (Season 5) for the CW Network, followed by the entire Season", "title": "Benny Boom" }, { "docid": "20468031", "text": "for musician Curtis Mayfield whose sound track accompanied the hit Superfly. Though Blaxploitation genre is in the past, filmmakers have excited black and white audiences with stories of gangs and crime that tread a fine line between glorifying and vilifying gangsters, such as New Jack City, South Central and Juice. Rap music, too, has given a new dimension to black gang films, with All Eyez on Me about the life and death of Tupac Shakur and Notorious about the killing of Notorious B.I.G.. In the 1970s and 1980s a backlash against Civil Rights was met by more films about black", "title": "Films about race" }, { "docid": "16733739", "text": "to ride horses for the series, which she enjoyed because it was a physical challenge. In 2013, Gurira played a lead role in director Andrew Dosunmu's independent drama film \"Mother of George\", which premiered at 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Gurira received critical acclaim for her performance as a Nigerian woman struggling to live in the United States. In June 2013, Gurira won the Jean-Claude Gahd Dam award at the 2013 Guys Choice Awards. Gurira played rapper Tupac Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur, in \"All Eyez on Me\" (2017), a biopic about the rap star. She then starred in Marvel's film \"Black", "title": "Danai Gurira" }, { "docid": "15554732", "text": "charges, Kadafi visited him daily. At one of these visits, Tupac and Kadafi decided to form the rap group Outlawz which would bring many members back from Tupac's earlier groups; Dramacydal and Thug Life. Fula also teamed up with fellow Outlawz member Hussein Fatal to record material under the name \"Fatal-N-Felony.\" An album was planned but it never materialized, although some songs planned for the album appeared on \"Son Rize Vol.1\". That same year, upon Tupac's release from prison, Kadafi met with him to sign with Death Row. He guest starred on Tupac's \"All Eyez On Me\" and featured on", "title": "Yaki Kadafi" }, { "docid": "9493718", "text": "number one on both the \"Billboard\" 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, selling 566,000 copies in the first week. The album won the 1997 Soul Train R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year Award posthumously. Shakur also won the Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist at the 24th Annual American Music Awards. The album was certified Diamond by the RIAA on July 23, 2014, eighteen years after Shakur's death, with shipments of over 5 million copies (each disc in the double album counted as a separate unit for certification). Tupac Shakur died exactly seven months after the release of this", "title": "All Eyez on Me" }, { "docid": "4242659", "text": "his stage DJ/music conductor on a 2-month extensive Definitive Jux label U.S. and Canada tour. On January 20, 2009, Shock G's single \"Cherry Flava'd Email\" was renamed and released as a special edition called \"Cherry Flava'd Election\" to commemorate the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Shock G has worked, and finished a voice over for his character in the 2017 Tupac Shakur biopic \"All Eyez on Me\". year, \"title\", artist, (description) Shock G Gregory Jacobs, known professionally as Shock G (and his alter ego Humpty Hump), is an American musician, rapper, and lead vocalist for the hip hop group Digital", "title": "Shock G" }, { "docid": "19296063", "text": "yet. I'm kind of just showing what my influences are. Depending on what the reaction is, then I'll go somewhere with that.\" The album was influenced by the music that Malik grew up with, primarily his father's urban music records, including R&B artists R. Kelly, Usher, Donell Jones, and Prince, rappers Tupac and Biggie, and reggae artists Gregory Isaacs and Yellowman, as well as Bollywood music. He cited rapper Tupac's \"All Eyez on Me\" as the album that had the biggest impact on him, stating that it is \"so real, and from a perspective of a place where somebody is", "title": "Mind of Mine" }, { "docid": "13775164", "text": "\"Nixon\" (1995) and including \"Ali\" (2001) and \"Copying Beethoven\" (2006). He was a writer and executive producer on \"Pawn Sacrifice\" (2014) and \"Miles Ahead\" (2015), and wrote and directed the PBS film \"Virtuosity\" (2014). Wilkinson worked on the screenplays for \"Mercury\", a biopic about Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury, the long-planned \"All Eyez on Me\", about rapper Tupac Shakur, and \"Birth of the Dragon\", inspired by the real-life no-rules fight between Bruce Lee and Chinese kung fu master Wong Jack Man. Wilkinson resides in Los Angeles, California, with his son. He was formerly married to cartoonist Cathy Guisewite (creator of", "title": "Christopher Wilkinson" }, { "docid": "7404834", "text": "opens up with the words \"Dedicated to the memory of Latasha Harlins, it's still on\", in reference to the 1992 L.A. Riots. The video has a basic format with Shakur rapping in the middle of a circle surrounded by a crowd of people and in some scenes he is seen holding a young child. His mother Afeni Shakur also appears in the video. Jada Pinkett Smith (then known as Jada Pinkett) made a cameo appearance in the music video. The song was featured in the Tupac Biopic All Eyez On Me. Alyssa Rosenberg of \"Brisbane Times\" felt the song \"weaved", "title": "Keep Ya Head Up" }, { "docid": "12364774", "text": "single with \"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang.\" \"The Chronic\" took West Coast rap in a new direction, influenced strongly by P funk artists, melding smooth and easy funk beats with slowly drawled lyrics. This came to be known as G-funk and dominated mainstream hip hop for several years through a roster of artists on Death Row Records, including Tupac Shakur, whose double disc album \"All Eyez on Me\" was a big hit with hit songs \"Ambitionz az a Ridah\" and \"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted\", and Snoop Dogg, whose \"Doggystyle\" included the songs \"What's My Name?\" and \"Gin and Juice\",", "title": "Hip hop music" }, { "docid": "4365123", "text": "Kelly Rowland Keyshia Cole Benny Boom Benny Douglas, (born July 22, 1971), professionally known as Benny Boom, is an American director of film and music videos. He is best known for directing the comedy film \"Next Day Air\" (2009) and \"All Eyez on Me\" (2017), a biopic of late rapper Tupac Shakur, for Morgan Creek Productions. Shortly after finishing studies at Temple University, Douglas entered the music industry in 2000 directing music videos for platinum-selling artists such as Nicki Minaj, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Keyshia Cole, Akon and 50 Cent. For his efforts, Douglas was awarded B.E.T.’s \"Video Director of", "title": "Benny Boom" }, { "docid": "4365120", "text": "Benny Boom Benny Douglas, (born July 22, 1971), professionally known as Benny Boom, is an American director of film and music videos. He is best known for directing the comedy film \"Next Day Air\" (2009) and \"All Eyez on Me\" (2017), a biopic of late rapper Tupac Shakur, for Morgan Creek Productions. Shortly after finishing studies at Temple University, Douglas entered the music industry in 2000 directing music videos for platinum-selling artists such as Nicki Minaj, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Keyshia Cole, Akon and 50 Cent. For his efforts, Douglas was awarded B.E.T.’s \"Video Director of the Year\" in 2009", "title": "Benny Boom" }, { "docid": "1914365", "text": "million) and £4.2 million (6 million $) to purchase the music library assets of Death Row. Death Row Records Death Row Records (formerly Future Shock Entertainment and Tha Row Records) was an American record label founded in 1991 by Suge Knight, The D.O.C. and Dr. Dre. The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (\"The Chronic\"), Snoop Dogg (\"Doggystyle\"), Tha Dogg Pound (\"Dogg Food\"), Tupac Shakur (\"All Eyez on Me\") during the 1990s. At its peak, Death Row Records was making over 100 million dollars a year. By the late", "title": "Death Row Records" }, { "docid": "12569179", "text": "over $8 million worldwide. In June 2011, the film was released Straight-to-DVD in North America to negative reviews from critics though Graham's performance and dancing was praised. That same year Graham starred in another Dance film this time a Kung Fu Dance Action film called \"Dance Fu\" in which Graham appeared as the female lead. In 2017, she played actress Jada Pinkett Smith in the Tupac biopic \"All Eyez On Me\". In 2002, she wrote a song titled \"Derailed\", which was featured in the Jean-Claude Van Damme film of the same title. In 2006, Graham pursued a career as a", "title": "Kat Graham" }, { "docid": "8905051", "text": "record at the wrong speed. A sample of \"Rise\" is the entire musical groove of the 1997 number-one worldwide hit song, \"Hypnotize\", recorded by The Notorious B.I.G. and co-produced by Sean \"Puffy\" Combs. \"Run\" by Bell Biv DeVoe samples the same portion sampled in \"Hypnotize\". In 1999, Brazilian saxophonist Léo Gandelman included a remake of \"Rise\" in his album \"Brazilian Soul\". R&B singer Monica sampled the recording on the song \"I'm Back\" on her 2002 album \"All Eyez on Me\". In 2014, electronic music duo Glass Candy released a cover version of the song. In the 1981 Hindi movie \"Yaarana\"", "title": "Rise (instrumental)" }, { "docid": "9493731", "text": "\"All Eyez on Me\" debuted at number-one on both the \"Billboard\" 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. It was the second album from 2Pac to do so, selling 566,000 copies in the first week. \"All Eyez on Me\" has shipped 10 million copies in the United States as of July 23, 2014, and has been certified Diamond by the RIAA, which makes it one of the best-selling albums in the US. In the UK, BPI certified the album Silver (300,000 copies sold) on January 1, 1997, followed by Gold on July 22, 2013, and Platinum on November 14, 2014.", "title": "All Eyez on Me" }, { "docid": "6400975", "text": "All Eyez on Me (Monica album) All Eyez on Me is the third studio album by American recording artist Monica. Named after its same-titled lead single, it marked the singer's first record under Clive Davis' J Records roster and was first released on October 21, 2002 in Japan. The tracks on the album are a mixture of uptempos and ballads, which are basically inspired by contemporary R&B and soul genres; it also features elements of hip hop, dance-pop and gospel music, crafted by musicians suchs as Dallas Austin, Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Rodney \"Darkchild\" Jerkins, and Soulshock & Karlin.", "title": "All Eyez on Me (Monica album)" }, { "docid": "6400963", "text": "All Eyez on Me (Monica album) All Eyez on Me is the third studio album by American recording artist Monica. Named after its same-titled lead single, it marked the singer's first record under Clive Davis' J Records roster and was first released on October 21, 2002 in Japan. The tracks on the album are a mixture of uptempos and ballads, which are basically inspired by contemporary R&B and soul genres; it also features elements of hip hop, dance-pop and gospel music, crafted by musicians suchs as Dallas Austin, Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Rodney \"Darkchild\" Jerkins, and Soulshock & Karlin.", "title": "All Eyez on Me (Monica album)" }, { "docid": "9493720", "text": "changed to \"All Eyez on Me\" during the recording process. Shakur explained to MTV's Bill Bellamy in December 1995 saying: \"All Eyez on Me\" was originally intended for a Christmas 1995 release but was pushed back as Shakur continued to record music and shoot music videos for the album. The album features guest spots from 2Pac's regulars, such as former-Thug Life members and The Outlawz, as well as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, and George Clinton, Rappin' 4-Tay, The Click, Method Man, and Redman among others. The song \"Heartz of Men\" samples a portion of Richard", "title": "All Eyez on Me" } ]
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when was the first airplane used in war
[ "1911" ]
[ { "docid": "2427735", "text": "airships for bombing cities; various sorts of reconnaissance, surveillance and early warning aircraft carrying observers, cameras and radar equipment; torpedo bombers to attack enemy shipping; and military air-sea rescue aircraft for saving downed airmen. Modern aerial warfare includes missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. Surface forces are likely to respond to enemy air activity with anti-aircraft warfare. The history of aerial warfare began in ancient times, with the use of man-carrying kites in China. In the third century it progressed to balloon warfare. Airplanes were put to use for war starting in 1911, initially for aerial reconnaissance, and then for aerial", "title": "Aerial warfare" }, { "docid": "3424318", "text": "Jimmy Doolittle, then thirteen, saw his first airplane. In the years before the First World War, popular interest in aviation led to a large number of air races in Europe; including the 1911 Circuit of Europe race, the Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Air Race, and the Aerial Derby. In 1913, the first Schneider Trophy seaplane race was held. When the competition was resumed after the war, it was significant in advancing aeroplane design, particularly in the fields of aerodynamics and engine design, and would show its results in the best fighters of World War II. On 19 October 1919,", "title": "Air racing" }, { "docid": "18044891", "text": "apparatus that was first used on an airplane in flight, military aviators and similar.\" There were many advertisements in the publication. In 1911, the First International :Industrial Airplane Show was held in conjunction with the 11th U.S. International Auto Show at Manhattan’s :Grand Central Palace, in New York City. The aviation show was the invent of the Aero Club of New York, and the event had the largest Palace attendance ever recorded back then., The United States Aeronautical Reserve had an exhibition booth with interesting airplane displays and a demonstration on January 5, 1911 of early wireless communication technology utilizing", "title": "United States Aeronautical Reserve" }, { "docid": "8192750", "text": "used \"military\" titles; hence Lambert's title \"Major.\") He attended the Smith Academy at Washington University in St. Louis In 1909, Lambert met the Wright Brothers, and purchased his first airplane from them. He took flying lessons from Orville Wright, and in 1911 became the first St. Louis resident to hold a pilot's license. During World War I, he served in the Aviation Section of the United States Army Signal Corps, as an instructor in ballooning and parachuting. In 1925, for $68,000, Lambert purchased Kinloch Field of Kinloch, Missouri, a field northwest of St. Louis, which had been used for hot", "title": "Albert Bond Lambert" }, { "docid": "6534069", "text": "of airplanes in war was the Italo-Turkish War of 1911, when the Italians carried out several reconnaissance and bombing missions. During WWI both sides made use of balloons and airplanes for reconnaissance and directing artillery fire. To prevent enemy reconnaissance, some airplane pilots began attacking other airplanes and balloons, first with small arms carried in the cockpit, and later with machine guns mounted on the aircraft. Both sides also made use of aircraft for bombing, strafing and dropping of propaganda leaflets. The German air force carried out the first terror bombing raids, using Zeppelins to drop bombs on Britain. By", "title": "Industrial warfare" } ]
[ { "docid": "11821017", "text": "x 18.3 m) open throat, which is capable of testing aircraft with spans of 40 ft (12.2 m).The wind tunnel is a double-return, atmospheric pressure tunnel with two fans powered by 4,000 hp electric motors. The Vought O3U-1 biplane observation airplane was the first complete airplane tested in the tunnel. After that, it was used to test virtually every high-performance aircraft used by the United States in World War II. For much of the war, when it was operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the full-scale tunnel was the only tunnel in the free world large enough", "title": "Full-Scale Wind Tunnel" }, { "docid": "8611798", "text": "calling the concept of the flying bomb the \"gun of the future\". This was to no avail, however. World War I came to a close when the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. Almost a hundred flights had been flown in the N-9, but almost all of these were in the N-9s and had a safety pilot on board. The Navy took complete control of the program from Sperry, spelling the end of the Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane. During the early post-war years, the Navy sponsored similar projects. For the first program, Witteman-Lewis aircraft and Norden-designed gyrostabilizers were used, but", "title": "Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane" }, { "docid": "2383901", "text": "been criticized due to the number of losses it suffered, its loss rate compares favorably with other attack aircraft used by the Soviet Airforce in World War II. Su-2 ShB () Su-4 Sukhoi Su-2 The Sukhoi Su-2 () was a Soviet reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft used in the early stages of World War II. It was the first airplane designed by Pavel Sukhoi. The basic design received an engine and armament upgrade (Su-4) and was modified for the ground-attack role (ShB). In 1936, Joseph Stalin released a requirement for a multipurpose combat aircraft. Codenamed Ivanov, the airplane had to", "title": "Sukhoi Su-2" }, { "docid": "16341624", "text": "that the complex was used as a warehouse. Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company The Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company was a factory complex in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 and has since been demolished. The Lawson Airplane Company was founded by former Major League Baseball player Alfred Lawson. In 1919 and 1920, the company designed and built the first two US transports, the Lawson C.1 or T-1 and the Lawson C.2 or T-2 in an effort to establish a commercial airline after the war. The last", "title": "Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company" }, { "docid": "82199", "text": "construction used before the war. The Model 140 was named by the US Flight Instructors Association as the \"Outstanding Plane of the Year\", in 1948. Cessna's first helicopter, the Cessna CH-1, received FAA type certification, in 1955. Cessna introduced the Cessna 172 in 1956. It became the most produced airplane in history. In 1960 Cessna affiliated itself with Reims Aviation of Reims, France. In 1963 Cessna produced its 50,000th airplane, a Cessna 172. Cessna's first business jet, the Cessna Citation I performed its maiden flight on September 15, 1969. Cessna produced its 100,000th single-engine airplane in 1975. In 1985 Cessna", "title": "Cessna" }, { "docid": "10200378", "text": "own aircraft design software, Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA), as well as a second design program for a NASA Small Business Innovative Research contract. In 2002 he published \"Roskam's Airplane War Stories\" a collection of stories about airplane design and analysis and engineering mistakes that were made. Many of the stories are based on his own experiences and have previously been used to demonstrate to young engineers that \"when we make mistakes, we kill people\". Roskam has written eleven books on airplane design and flight dynamics. Shortly before his retirement in 2003 Roskam was honored with the Chancellor's Club Award for", "title": "Jan Roskam" }, { "docid": "14958179", "text": "bombs and to fire on farm workers in fields. Only decades later did historians surmise the likely origin of the plane. When the Allies gained a foothold in Italy in the later years of the war, pilots began flying tactical night missions to survey and intervene in German troop movements. It never occurred to them that they were inadvertently terrorizing the countryside. In particular, the Royal Air Force used a plane called the de Havilland Mosquito. Pippo (airplane) Pippo was a mythical plane, unique to Northern Italy, that flew during World War II. An example of oral history, Pippo is", "title": "Pippo (airplane)" }, { "docid": "4434641", "text": "designed to be remotely or computer-controlled. The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in 1903, recognized as \"the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight\". They built on the works of George Cayley dating from 1799, when he set forth the concept of the modern airplane (and later built and flew models and successful passenger-carrying gliders). Between 1867 and 1896, the German pioneer of human aviation Otto Lilienthal also studied heavier-than-air flight. Following its limited use in World War I, aircraft technology continued to develop. Airplanes had a presence in all the major battles of World War II.", "title": "Airplane" }, { "docid": "2560066", "text": "arc welding especially after metal coverings (known as flux) for the electrode, to stabilize the arc and shield the base material from impurities, continued to be developed. During World War I welding started to be used in shipbuilding in Great Britain in place of riveted steel plates. The Americans also became more accepting of the new technology when the process allowed them to repair their ships quickly after a German attack in the New York Harbor at the beginning of the war. Arc welding was first applied to aircraft during the war as well, and some German airplane fuselages were", "title": "Arc welding" }, { "docid": "12348327", "text": "On May 9, 1917, the company became the \"Boeing Airplane Company\". With the U.S. entering the war, Boeing knew that the U.S. Navy needed seaplanes for training. So Boeing shipped two new Model Cs to Pensacola, Florida, where the planes were flown for the Navy. The Navy liked the Model C and ordered 50 more. The company moved its operations to a larger former shipbuilding facility known as Boeing Plant 1, located on the lower Duwamish River, Washington state. When World War I ended in 1918, a large surplus of cheap, used military planes flooded the commercial airplane market, preventing", "title": "Boeing" }, { "docid": "16783250", "text": "10 litų The ten litų () note (LTL 10) was the lowest value of Lithuanian banknotes and has been used since 1922 when Lithuania became independent from German forces after World War I. The note measures 135x65mm, just like all banknotes in Lithuania. The ten litų banknotes show the flight of airplane Lituanica by Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas. Word \"litų\" is a genitive case of word \"litai\", which is plural of \"litas\". Plural genitive case is used with decimal numbers (10, 20, 50 and so on). The first litas was introduced on October 2, 1922, replacing the ostmark and", "title": "10 litų" }, { "docid": "4456132", "text": "the Air Force during the war. They were all child's play after the Morane . . . but I did come to love the Morane as I loved no other aeroplane.\" Three Pfalz A.II's were used by the Ottoman Empire in an attempt to combat the growing threat of the Arab Revolt A Morane-Saulnier \"Parasol\" was used for the first flight by an airplane across the Andes on April 13, 1918, when the Argentine aviator Luis Candelaria flew from Zapala, Argentina, to Cunco, Chile; the flight lasted 2 hours 30 minutes and reached an altitude of 4,000 meters. Morane-Saulnier L", "title": "Morane-Saulnier L" }, { "docid": "14526915", "text": "France. It was the first long range distance, and the first aviation undertaking in the southwest of Germany. It was then unused until 1913 when the German Imperial Army (Deutsches Heer) held maneuvers on the site, accompanied by an airplane. Afterwards, it became an intermediate airfield for Zeppelin airships based in Cologne. To facilitate this a large airship hangar was built at the field. During the war, it was used as a Zeppelin Airbase. A Zeppelin from Trier bombed Paris on 21 March 1915. In addition to the Zeppelins, several combat aircraft squadrons of the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Army Air", "title": "Trier Air Base" }, { "docid": "10178048", "text": "constructed in the Fantastic architectural style in the shape of an airplane. The structure ceased being used as a service station in the 1960s, when it became a liquor store. It has also been a produce stand, bait and tackle shop, and a used car lot. Knox Heritage and a local organization, the Airplane Filling Station Preservation Association (AFSPA), are working to preserve the structure. Airplane Service Station The Airplane Service Station, also known as the Powell Airplane, is a service station built in 1930 in the shape of an airplane. Located at 6829 Clinton Highway in Powell, an unincorporated", "title": "Airplane Service Station" }, { "docid": "12348326", "text": "was taught to fly by Glenn Martin himself. Boeing soon crashed the Birdcage and when Martin informed Boeing that replacement parts would not become available for months, Boeing realized he could build his own plane in that amount of time. He and his friend Cdr. G.C. Westervelt agreed to build a better airplane and soon produced the B&W Seaplane. This first Boeing airplane was assembled in a lakeside hangar located on the northeast shore of Seattle's Lake Union. Many of Boeing's early planes were seaplanes. On April 6, 1917, the U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.", "title": "Boeing" }, { "docid": "5533652", "text": "Civil War, when Solomon Andrews built two such airships. The first of these, \"Aereon\", used three individual cigar shaped balloons rigged together in a flat plane; the second, \"Aereon #2\", employed a single \"lemon-shaped\" balloon. Andrews' Aereons were propelled by angling the balloons upward and dropping ballast, then process was then reversed with the balloons being angled downward and large quantities of lifting gas being vented. In 1905 Alberto Santos-Dumont conducted various experiments with his first airplane, the Santos-Dumont 14-bis, prior to attempting to fly it for the first time. These included hanging it from a steel cable and towing", "title": "Hybrid airship" }, { "docid": "10597130", "text": "airships were delivered in late 1918, and examples served at all of the Navy's airship stations from 1918 to 1922. In 1921 the C-7 was the first airship ever to be inflated with helium. The Navy decommissioned its last two remaining C-type blimps, the C-7 and C-9 in 1922. Arriving too late for the war, the C-type became a sort of experimental airship and was used for a variety of activities besides training. C-1 was the first airship to release an airplane in flight when the C-1 dropped a Curtiss JN-4 over Fort Tilden, New York on 12 December 1918.", "title": "C-class blimp" }, { "docid": "19441778", "text": "the runway, when she offered her services for free. Mawuli skilfully cut the trees, showing analytical ability to determine the most efficient means of extraction. Porter recognized the same skill when he asked her to help him with an airplane he was assembling. Mawuli's ability to quickly learn, master the skills and tools used to build an airplane, prompted Porter to give her a paid job as his apprentice and teach her to fly. Mawuli became Ghana's first female civilian pilot in 2009. She is also the first black African to be certified to build Rotax Aircraft Engines, as well", "title": "Patricia Mawuli Nyekodzi" }, { "docid": "9980479", "text": "airplane, becoming the first Turkish pilot to bring down an enemy aircraft. He was subsequently taken prisoner by the Russians but managed to escape from Nargin island to Iran by swimming. Following his escape, he returned to Istanbul and joined the 9th combat aircraft squadron in 1918. He designed a fighter airplane but could not finish the project due to the terms contained within the Montreux Ceasefire Agreement. During the Turkish War of Independence he shot down a Greek airplane, and made the first and last flights of the war. After the war and despite many obstacles, he designed and", "title": "Vecihi Hürkuş" }, { "docid": "2383897", "text": "Sukhoi Su-2 The Sukhoi Su-2 () was a Soviet reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft used in the early stages of World War II. It was the first airplane designed by Pavel Sukhoi. The basic design received an engine and armament upgrade (Su-4) and was modified for the ground-attack role (ShB). In 1936, Joseph Stalin released a requirement for a multipurpose combat aircraft. Codenamed Ivanov, the airplane had to be capable of performing reconnaissance and then attacking the targets it located. P. O. Sukhoi was working in the Tupolev OKB at the time and designed (copied the aircraft from a Lithuanian", "title": "Sukhoi Su-2" }, { "docid": "17963588", "text": "starter. This project yielded the first car battery of the modern type. (Within 5 years, there was a substantial field of aftermarket brands in storage batteries and starters for automobiles, as evidenced by the advertisements in automotive trade journals of the era.) When the United States entered World War I, Exide batteries were used to operate airplane radio sets and power radio stations. In 1934 the Electric Storage Battery Company filed for the trademark Exide Ironclad and in 1935 their trademark was registered. In 1938, the Electric Storage Battery Company acquired the Giant Storage Battery Company, and expanded into battery", "title": "Exide Technologies" }, { "docid": "15303000", "text": "I. The improvements in aircraft technology during and after the war convinced many that \"the bomber will always get through\", and this belief influenced planning for strategic bombing in World War II. The first strategic bombing in history was also the first instance of bombs being dropped on a city from the air. On 6 August 1914 a German Zeppelin bombed the Belgian city of Liège. Within the first month of the war, Germany had formed the \"Ostend Carrier Pigeon Detachment\", actually an airplane unit to be used for the bombing of English port cities. During the First Battle of", "title": "Strategic bombing during World War I" }, { "docid": "2482648", "text": "it inaugurated their first jet, a BAC One Eleven (which was a popular twin jet airplane at the time with other airlines in Latin America). The aircraft model was used until June 1, 1988, when it was phased out in favor of the Boeing 737-200 aircraft. The Lockheed L-188 Electra four engine turboprop airliner was operated from 1976 by TACA Air Cargo including freight flights to Miami, Florida. Until 1980, TACA was owned by a United States company and had its corporate headquarters in New Orleans (due to the civil war raging in El Salvador) under the administration of the", "title": "Avianca El Salvador" }, { "docid": "11009309", "text": "tail on the airplane is modeled after the tail used on high-performance radio control airplanes. Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will receive the Oracle Challenger III which will be displayed at the entrance to the “Thomas W. Haas We All Fly” gallery opening in 2021. Tucker's first accident occurred in 1979, when he had to parachute out of his disabled aerobatic airplane. In 1993, as he was climbing out of the parked stunt plane he used at the time, a Pitts S-2S biplane, a runaway aircraft on the ground collided with his aircraft. Tucker escaped unscathed, but damage to", "title": "Sean D. Tucker" }, { "docid": "10188073", "text": "studying the design. The first aircraft engine to be tested with a power-recovery turbine was the Rolls-Royce Crecy. This was used primarily to drive a geared centrifugal supercharger, although it was also coupled to the crankshaft and gave an extra 15 to 35 percent fuel economy. Blowdown turbines became relatively common features in the late- and post-war era, especially for engines designed for long overwater flights. Turbo-compounding was used on several airplane engines after World War II, including the Napier Nomad and the Wright R-3350 being examples. The exhaust restriction imparted by the three blowdown turbines used on the Wright", "title": "Turbo-compound engine" }, { "docid": "9572030", "text": "Bulgarian airplane. In the summer of 1915, Assen Jordanoff was the first to succeed in this task by designing and building the first Bulgarian-made airplane, which was latter named Diplane Yordanov-1. Still, in September 1915, the airplane section had only two German-made Albatros B.I, two French-made Blériot IX-2 and one Blériot IX-bis. They were however joined by three German Fokker-Е80Е-III and their German crew, whose task was to defend Sofia from any attacks. It was only after Bulgaria entered the war that the air force was able to receive new aircraft. 1915 also saw the birth of the anti-aircraft component", "title": "Bulgaria during World War I" }, { "docid": "695568", "text": "Kettering from Dayton, Ohio. This was initially meant as an unmanned plane that would carry an explosive payload to a predetermined target. The first scaled remote piloted vehicle was developed by film star and model-airplane enthusiast Reginald Denny in 1935. More emerged during World War II used both to train antiaircraft gunners and to fly attack missions. Nazi Germany produced and used various UAV aircraft during the war. Jet engines entered service after World War II in vehicles such as the Australian GAF Jindivik, and Teledyne Ryan Firebee I of 1951, while companies like Beechcraft offered their Model 1001 for", "title": "Unmanned aerial vehicle" }, { "docid": "7492735", "text": "are remains of what may have been an Early Medieval Slavic castle wall. The coin-shaped city island in the Havel river is mentioned as being accessible via a bridge in a 1317 deed, when the \"ministeriales\" of the Brandenburg margraves had to sell the estates to the monks of nearby Lehnin Abbey. The town was devastated by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War. During World War II and prior thereto an airfield existed in the north of the city which, together with an adjacent park, was used during the war as an airplane pilot training area. Werder was the", "title": "Werder (Havel)" }, { "docid": "12088971", "text": "XIII airplane, the type he flew during the war. As he drew nearer the aircraft, he was astonished to discover it was \"his\" very aircraft. He climbed into the cockpit and was immediately approached by a restoration technician who advised him in a very stern manner that these aircraft are delicate pieces of American history and visitors are not permitted to touch, much less sit in them. When Mr. Brooks explained that this was his airplane, the technician’s first thought was of a doddering old veteran, longing for the real or imagined glory days of yesteryear. While Mr. Brooks' speech", "title": "Arthur Raymond Brooks" }, { "docid": "11512513", "text": "Flettner airplane A flettner airplane is a type of rotor airplane which uses a Flettner rotor to provide lift. The rotor comprises a spinning cylinder with circular end plates and, in an aircraft, spins about a spanwise horizontal axis. When the aircraft moves forward the Magnus effect creates lift. Anton Flettner, after whom the rotor is named, used it successfully as the sails of a ship. He also suggested its use as a wing for a rotor airplane. The Butler Ames Aerocycle was built in 1910 and tested on board a warship. There is no record of it having flown.", "title": "Flettner airplane" }, { "docid": "8123425", "text": "sent its first expedition ship, the \"Aurora\", into the Antarctic under Douglas Mawson. An air-tractor, the first airplane in the region, was aboard but it proved to be useless. The failed attempt to cross Antarctica, for which Shackleton used the \"Endurance\" and Mawson's \"Aurora\", was one of the last Antarctic expeditions before the outbreak of the First World War. After the war, Shackleton was one of the first to reengage in polar exploration. For a new Arctic expedition, he bought the \"Foca I\" which was designed in Norway and specified for polar areas. Organizational difficulties were encountered and Shackleton needed", "title": "History of research ships" }, { "docid": "6625366", "text": "In addition to funding several race teams, Jim Allison established his own racing team in 1915 and quickly gained a reputation for his work on race cars and automotive technology in general. When World War I began, Allison suspended racing, and the Allison Experimental Company began machining parts, tools and masters for the Liberty airplane engine — the main power plant used in the US war effort. After the war, Allison entered a car in the 1919 Indy 500 and won. It was the last race Allison’s team ever entered as he turned his company’s attention to aviation engineering. The", "title": "Allison Transmission" }, { "docid": "16341621", "text": "Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company The Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company was a factory complex in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 and has since been demolished. The Lawson Airplane Company was founded by former Major League Baseball player Alfred Lawson. In 1919 and 1920, the company designed and built the first two US transports, the Lawson C.1 or T-1 and the Lawson C.2 or T-2 in an effort to establish a commercial airline after the war. The last airplane it attempted to build was the Lawson", "title": "Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company" }, { "docid": "19622642", "text": "of all the planes that he shot down: Baake died on 15 June 1964 when he crashed in an aircraft accident with a Boeing 720. During a test flight, the crew made a successful barrel-roll, although this was not allowed by the Lufthansa for this kind of airplane. On a second attempt the airplane broke down due to overloading. It crashed near the village of Ansbach. All three crew members including Baake died in the accident. In 1946 a black cross was erected close to the point of impact. During the first years after the war, this was the place", "title": "Lancaster Memorial (Netherlands)" }, { "docid": "4992563", "text": "used Beechcraft Model 99 aircraft. The airline also offered cargo service to the destinations it served. Bar Harbor's first crash, on August 16, 1976, was on a cargo flight from Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine, to Bar Harbor. The airplane carried only one person, the pilot, and he was not injured. Peter Monighetti, chief pilot for the airline, was ferrying a Beechcraft 99 airplane from Bangor when the plane crashed on a ridge in Lamoine, Maine. Monighetti had been making an approach upon Bar Harbor Airport, located across the Jordan River in Trenton, Maine. In May 1978, the company", "title": "Bar Harbor Airlines" }, { "docid": "11579466", "text": "Grunt Records Grunt Records is a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records. Initially created to sign local Bay Area acts, the label later was used only for Jefferson Starship and Hot Tuna releases. The label ended use in 1987 after Grace Slick left Starship. Grunt Records was formed in 1970 when Jefferson Airplane renegotiated their contract with RCA Records. Initially, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and Bill Thompson were responsible for managing. The name was inspired by a working title for the \"Volunteers\" album, \"Squat on My Grunt.\" The first", "title": "Grunt Records" }, { "docid": "3586457", "text": "naval aviation. was the first purpose-built seaplane carrier and was also arguably the first modern aircraft carrier. She was originally laid down as a merchant ship, but was converted on the building stocks to be a hybrid airplane/seaplane carrier with a launch platform and the capacity to hold up to four wheeled aircraft. Launched on 5 September 1914, she served in the Dardanelles campaign and throughout World War I. During World War I the Royal Navy also used to experiment with the use of wheeled aircraft on ships. This ship was reconstructed three times between 1915 and 1925: first, while", "title": "Naval aviation" }, { "docid": "18493297", "text": "transformed the butcher supplies store into Precision Metal Products, a manufacturer first of frying pans and then airplane parts. Entering the field just as the United States Postal Service was beginning to use airplanes and commercial airplane companies were expanding, Precision proved to be a huge success. During World War II — Jacobs was exempt from service because of his leg injury — Precision supplied airplane parts to the U.S. military. After the war, he sold the company and launched Precisionware, a manufacturer of wooden kitchen cabinets, which were in great demand during the postwar surge of suburban home construction.", "title": "Harold M. Jacobs" }, { "docid": "13193315", "text": "test section, which means that the model need never be disturbed or touched in order to obtain the pressure distribution. Computer-aided photography can be used to produce false-color images, where the color range corresponds to the pressure variations. Due to the high cost of constructing airplanes, the first designs of proposed aircraft are usually subjected to aerodynamic testing in wind tunnels. In these tunnels, models (usually subscale) are subjected to airflows to simulate an actual airplane in free flight. The aerodynamic forces acting on the model are measured, and are used to predict the response of an airplane when subjected", "title": "Pressure-sensitive paint" }, { "docid": "18042245", "text": "tragic airplane deaths of Moisant and Archibald Hoxsey with Captain T. T. Lovelace the director of the First Industrial Airplane Show, and with Wright Brothers' representative J. Clifford Turpin, according to the \"New York Times\" According to the \"New York Times\" report, General Grant was pleased with the \"comprehensiveness\" of the airplane show. The United States Aeronautical Reserve had an exhibition booth with interesting airplane displays and a demonstration on January 5, 2011 of early : wireless communication technology utilizing the \"Wilcox aeroplane equipped with [Harry M. Horton|Horton] wireless apparatus\" used to communicate from the airplane to the land-based news", "title": "Industrial Airplane Show" }, { "docid": "10669478", "text": "repairing cargo ships by the war's end with women of all races from all over the country. Mrs. Solis-Thomas said recruiters wanted women who were small, short and thin for crawling into dangerous places in the ships. She said she worked nine-hour days, six days a week, striking and sealing steel rods with precision and purpose. Josephine Ledesma, from Austin, Texas, was 24 when the war broke out and worked as an airplane mechanic from 1942 to 1944. When her husband, Alfred, was drafted she decided to volunteer to work as an airplane mechanic. Even though the army waived her", "title": "Hispanic Americans in World War II" }, { "docid": "1625380", "text": "and Darracq boxer engines in his Demoiselle airplane, the first airplane with significant production (over 40). Multi-cylinder boxer layouts have proved to be well suited as light aircraft engines, as exemplified by Continental, Lycoming, Rotax, Jabiru and Verner. An important factor in aircraft use is the flat engine's absence of vibration, which allows a lighter engine mount. General aviation aircraft often use air-cooled flat-four and flat-six engines made by companies such as Lycoming and Continental. Ultralight and microlight aircraft often use engines such as the Rotax 912 and Jabiru 2200. During the Second World War, Boxer engines were used as", "title": "Flat engine" }, { "docid": "11243905", "text": "Secretary Samuel Langley and unsuccessfully tested shortly before the 1903 Kitty Hawk flights, was \"the first man-carrying airplane in the history of the world capable of sustained free flight,\" according to the plaque displayed with the Aerodrome. Orville believed that claim \"perverted\" the history of flying machines and refused to donate the 1903 Kitty Hawk Flyer to the Smithsonian, loaning it instead to the Science Museum, London in 1928. When the Smithsonian recanted its claim in 1942, Orville agreed to have the Flyer returned to the United States. The airplane remained in protective storage in Britain during World War II", "title": "History by Contract" }, { "docid": "10437551", "text": "PC-7 Team The PC-7 Team is an aerobatics team of the Swiss Air Force. It derives its name from the airplane used, nine Pilatus PC-7 trainers. Soon after the PC-7 was introduced in 1982, the Swiss Air Force started to present the new airplane in solo displays. The first public team display was in 1987, performed by an ad-hoc team of nine volunteer pilots. When the Swiss Air Force celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1989, the PC-7 Team was officially established. Since then, it has been performing in Switzerland several times a year, and since 1992 also occasionally abroad. Since", "title": "PC-7 Team" }, { "docid": "19702616", "text": "Prancing Horse The Prancing Horse () is the symbol of Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari and its racing division Scuderia Ferrari. Originally, the symbol was used by World War I pilot Francesco Baracca on his airplane. Enzo Ferrari was a racing driver for Alfa Romeo in the earlier decades of the twentieth century. Following one of his wins at the Targa Florio, he met Francesco Baracca's parents, who told him that their son used to paint a prancing horse on his airplane and suggested that if Ferrari painted the horse on his cars, he would have good luck. Ferrari took", "title": "Prancing Horse" }, { "docid": "8537953", "text": "starters for automobiles, as evidenced by the advertisements in automotive trade journals of the era.) When the United States entered World War I, Exide batteries were used to operate airplane radio sets and power radio stations. In 1934 the Electric Storage Battery Company filed for the trademark Exide Ironclad and in 1935 their trademark was registered. In 1938, the Electric Storage Battery Company acquired the Giant Storage Battery Company, and expanded into battery chargers and testers. During World War II, the Electric Storage Battery Company was a major supplier of batteries for U.S. Navy submarines and primary contractor for batteries", "title": "Exide" }, { "docid": "7407523", "text": "Yunker. Noel and Ralph made the first commercial flight from Fairbanks to Nome in June 1925. Noel flew until Nov. 1925 when he and Ralph quit the Fairbanks Airplane Company. Noel headed south to barnstorm the midwest in 1926, then headed back to Alaska with his brother Fritz in March 1927. In 1926, Noel was issued pilot license No. 39 signed by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Official Orville Wright. Noel and Ralph Wien went into partnership with Gene Miller, and purchased a very used Hisso Standard from the Fairbanks Airplane Co. in 1927. In June they established their business in Nome,", "title": "Noel Wien" }, { "docid": "15427440", "text": "of World War II, the \"Gazette\" acquired one of the last teletypesetters manufactured. With this machine, the paper could be produced with only two printers; this allowed it to remain in production at a time when Linotype operators were in short supply because of the war. The \"Gazette\" made a second attempt at air delivery in 1950. For four years, a Cessna 120 was used to deliver papers to outlying communities. The high cost of operating the airplane, and the increasing availability of good roads for ground delivery, ended the venture. The plane was replaced by a fleet of small", "title": "McCook Gazette" }, { "docid": "586750", "text": "in July 1918 for a parachute with a quick release buckle, known as the \"Mears parachute\" which was in common use from then onwards. The experience with parachutes during the war highlighted the need to develop a design that could be reliably used to exit a disabled airplane. For instance, tethered parachutes did not work well when the aircraft was spinning. After the war, Major Edward L. Hoffman of the United States Army led an effort to develop an improved parachute by bringing together the best elements of multiple parachute designs. Participants in the effort included Leslie Irvin and James", "title": "Parachute" }, { "docid": "1471468", "text": "Europe in 1909. It was used almost universally in rotary engined Allied aircraft in World War I. Germany had to make do with inferior ersatz oil (a German term for alternative, substitute, replacement) for its rotary engines, which resulted in poor reliability. The methanol-fueled two-cycle glow plug engines used for aeromodelling, since their adoption by model airplane hobbyists in the 1940s, have used varying percentages of castor oil as a lubricant. It is highly resistant to degradation when the engine has its fuel-air mixture leaned for maximum engine speed. Gummy residues can still be a problem for aeromodelling powerplants lubricated", "title": "Castor oil" }, { "docid": "3842926", "text": "The Spitfires briefly used a third jersey featuring a white, red and green colour scheme and an alternate logo featuring an airplane flying in front of the Ambassador Bridge. When the team was also known as the Compuware Spitfires the team's colours were brown and orange, with a logo featuring a Spitfire airplane. The original Spitfires logo featured a maple leaf. The Spitfires play their home games at the WFCU Centre, an arena located on the east end of Windsor. The WFCU Centre played host to its first Spitfires game on December 11, 2008 against the Belleville Bulls. The Spitfires", "title": "Windsor Spitfires" }, { "docid": "3741173", "text": "for the badge, and the badge was typically referred to as both the \"Airplane Observer Badge\" and the \"Balloon Observer Badge\". The design of the badge awarded was identical in both cases, and towards the end of the First World War was commonly referred to as the \"Airplane and Balloon Observer Badge\", although the ratings for which the badge was issued remained distinct. Between 1919 and 1935 the design of the Observer Badge remained unchanged, and was issued to both airplane and lighter-than-air ratings. However, as military aviation developed, changes in the concept of an Airplane Observer necessitated the redesign", "title": "Observer Badge" }, { "docid": "17450575", "text": "Newcomb House (Pasadena, California) The Newcomb House is a historic bungalow located at 675-677 N. El Molino Ave. in Pasadena, California, United States. The house was built in 1914 for Dr. R. H. Newcomb. The house is an example of an airplane bungalow, an uncommon style of bungalow named for its resemblance to a biplane. The broad first-floor roof is designed to resemble a wing when viewed from the small second floor, and the strut and fretwork on the porch gable is similar to that of an airplane. The American Craftsman style was also used in the house's detailed woodwork.", "title": "Newcomb House (Pasadena, California)" }, { "docid": "9980482", "text": "named after Vecihi Hürkuş. Vecihi Hürkuş Vecihi Hürkuş (6 January 1896 – 16 July 1969) was a Turkish aviation engineer and aviation pioneer, who fought during World War I and the Turkish War of Independence. He designed and manufactured the first airplane in Turkey. He also founded the first airline company in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he fought during World War I. When he returned to Yeşilköy he was injured. Subsequently, he joined Tayyare Mektebi, the Ottoman aviation school. Soon after receiving his pilot certificate he commenced bombing and reconnaissance missions against the Russians. In one of these sorties, he", "title": "Vecihi Hürkuş" }, { "docid": "9980478", "text": "Vecihi Hürkuş Vecihi Hürkuş (6 January 1896 – 16 July 1969) was a Turkish aviation engineer and aviation pioneer, who fought during World War I and the Turkish War of Independence. He designed and manufactured the first airplane in Turkey. He also founded the first airline company in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he fought during World War I. When he returned to Yeşilköy he was injured. Subsequently, he joined Tayyare Mektebi, the Ottoman aviation school. Soon after receiving his pilot certificate he commenced bombing and reconnaissance missions against the Russians. In one of these sorties, he shot down a Russian", "title": "Vecihi Hürkuş" }, { "docid": "4451387", "text": "Alberto went to study in Europe, where aviation flourished as he was a young adult. It was while in France that Braniff was able to acquire a French built airplane. Soon after, he shipped back to his home country, with his airplane aboard the ship. Mexico during that era was a relatively new country in need of new achievements. After their country lost the Mexican–American War, Mexicans needed to look up to someone or to some type of success as a source of national pride. When Braniff returned home with his airplane, many Mexicans began to see him as a", "title": "Alberto Braniff" }, { "docid": "9727844", "text": "Army Aviation traces its origins back to the American Civil War. Both Union and Confederate forces used hydrogen-filled balloons to direct artillery fire, marking the beginning of U.S. military aeronautics and of aerial support of Army ground forces. The Army also used balloons during the Spanish–American War and World War I, but airplanes replaced balloons for most military purposes during the latter conflict. While not part of the present Army Aviation Branch's heritage, United States military aviation began in 1907 with the Army’s acquisition of its first heavier-than-air aircraft, an airplane built to Army specifications by the Wright brothers. During", "title": "United States Army Aviation Branch" }, { "docid": "554724", "text": "material from impurities, but also stabilizes the arc and can add alloying components to the weld metal. World War I caused a major surge in the use of welding processes, with the various military powers attempting to determine which of the several new welding processes would be best. The British primarily used arc welding, even constructing a ship, the \"Fullagar\" with an entirely welded hull. Arc welding was first applied to aircraft during the war as well, as some German airplane fuselages were constructed using the process. Also noteworthy is the first welded road bridge in the world, the Maurzyce", "title": "Welding" }, { "docid": "5408582", "text": "up for 13,000 pairs of stockings, leading to fights breaking out. It took several months before Du Pont was able to ramp up production to meet demand, but until they did many women went without nylon stockings for months. Ripstop nylon, which was more effective than silk and canvas, was used for parachutes and other war materials, such as airplane cords and ropes. At first, canvas was used to create parachute canopies, and silk was much more effective (stronger and thinner). However, there were many other materials used for parachute canopies, such as Dacron. These materials did not compare to", "title": "Nylon riots" }, { "docid": "6655335", "text": "in the old 1905 Post Exchange Building. With the declaration of the Spanish–American War in 1898, many regular army and volunteer regiments were, once again, formed and outfitted at Jefferson Barracks. Jefferson Barracks was permanently designated as a recruiting depot in 1906; it had been used intermittently as such through generations. On March 1, 1912 Jefferson Barracks became the main base for the first experiments in aviation parachuting. Albert Berry became the first person to successfully parachute from an airplane, which was being flown by Anthony Jannus over the field. During World War I, Jefferson Barracks served as a training", "title": "Jefferson Barracks Military Post" }, { "docid": "2082305", "text": "\"lightning\". The He 70K (later He 170) was a fast reconnaissance airplane variant used by the German air force. Fitted with a new WM-K-14 radial engine, it was used by the Royal Hungarian Air Force as the He 170A early in World War II during 1941–42. The main weakness of the He 70 in military use was that crews considered it a fire risk. Elements of the airframe were made out of an extremely flammable magnesium alloy called \"Elektron\", though the majority of the monocoque fuselage was Duralumin. Elektron is very light yet strong, but burns readily when ignited and", "title": "Heinkel He 70" }, { "docid": "1046429", "text": "Southwestern State University), and the South Georgia Trade and Vocational School in 1948 (now South Georgia Technical College). South Georgia Technical College is located on the original site of Souther Field. In World War I, an Army Air Service training facility, Souther Field (now Jimmy Carter Regional Airport), was commissioned northeast of the city limits. Charles A. Lindbergh, the \"Lone Eagle,\" bought his first airplane and made his first solo flight there during a two-week stay in May 1923. Recommissioned for World War II, Souther Field was used for RAF pilot training (1941–1942) as well as US pilot training before", "title": "Americus, Georgia" }, { "docid": "9349603", "text": "activated at Engels on December 15, 1930. Around 10,000 people worked on the site. On February 16, 1932 the first airplane, a Polikarpov U-2 used the site. Reportedly that same day the school was renamed the Engels School of Pilots. By 1936 the Engels military aviation school was one of the best flight schools in the country. Students flew Polikarpov U-2, Polikarpov R-5 and CSS aircraft. Prior to the Second World War the school trained several thousand pilots. Many of them fought in the Spanish Civil War, participated in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol and the Soviet-Finnish War (1939–1940). For", "title": "Engels-2 (air base)" }, { "docid": "17840253", "text": "aerial demonstrations held by Aurel Vlaicu in August 1910 before a military commission : Underwriters assisting in day August 13, 1910, from flights performed by the airplane or engineer Vlaicu I agree to the following conclusions to be made to the Ministry of War, which subsidizes this engineer . Signatures: Captain (indecipherable) Major (probably) Mihailov Colonel D. Iliescu General Georgescu On September 28, 1910, as a part of the Fall military exercises, Vlaicu flew his airplane from Slatina to Piatra Olt carrying a message, an early instance of an airplane being used for military purposes. On October 17, 1910, he", "title": "A Vlaicu I" }, { "docid": "3672726", "text": "time, free public schools were improving. In the spring of 1922, only 36 girls registered. After graduation that year Hebron Academy became a boys' school. When World War I arrived, at least three faculty men resigned to enter the war and several students enlisted. Many alumni also fought in the war. Harold T. Andrews (1914) died in the battle of Cambrai in 1917, and was the first Maine soldier to die in the war. A Portland post of the America Legion carries his name. Philip Frothingham (1915) was killed in an airplane accident in France and the Portland post of", "title": "Hebron Academy" }, { "docid": "16604339", "text": "American Propeller Manufacturing Company American Propeller and Manufacturing Company, in Baltimore manufactured 75 percent of all propellers used by America in World War I. APMC was founded by a patent lawyer and engineering consultant Spencer Heath. His clients included Simon Lake, inventor of the even-keel-submerging submarine, and Emile Berliner, inventor of the flat-disk phonograph record. Heath helped Berliner design and build the first rotary engine blades used in helicopters while working in Washington as general manager of the Gyro Motor Company. Heath developed and first mass-produced airplane propellers at APMC. In 1922 he founded Paragon Engineers inc, and demonstrated the", "title": "American Propeller Manufacturing Company" }, { "docid": "757231", "text": "had managed to obtain their freedom. In 1945-1946, the population increased to 3500. Like many other cities in Transylvania, Brașov is also home to a significant ethnic Hungarian minority. During the communist period, industrial development was vastly accelerated. Under Nicolae Ceaușescu's rule, the city was the site of the 1987 Brașov strike. This was repressed by the authorities and resulted in numerous workers being imprisoned. Industrial development in Brașov started in the inter-war period, with one of the largest factories being the airplane manufacturing plant (IAR Brașov), which produced the first Romanian fighter planes used during World War II. After", "title": "Brașov" }, { "docid": "10114328", "text": "production began at Buffalo. The first 171 of the 221 produced used a streamlined nose radiator, the remainder used the unfaired installation. One PT-1 airframe was completed as XPT-2 with a 220 hp (164 kW) Wright J-5 radial engine. The PT-1 became the first training airplane purchased by the Army Air Service in substantial quantity following World War I. Aviation cadets in Texas and California flew it extensively during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It acquired the nickname 'Trusty' for their excellent ability to make a quick and effective recovery from a spin. Easy to fly, the Trusty made", "title": "Consolidated PT-1 Trusty" }, { "docid": "20776854", "text": "aircraft began, which was finished in 1927. According to the contract with the government, it was soon taken over by the French Breguet Aviation company, which used it for the production of the Breguet 19 airplane type. The factory was officially called \"Breguet Aeroplanska radionica u Kraljevu\" (\"Breguet airplane workshop in Kraljevo\"), but was colloquially known as FAK (\"Fabrika aviona Kraljevo\", \"Kraljevo airplane factory\"). Production of Breguet 19 began in 1928 and 470 units were made, more planes than any other factory in this period. The production was halted in 1933 when the contract expired and the French withdrew from", "title": "Aircraft industry of Serbia" }, { "docid": "13372537", "text": "summer of 1945, the Air Force closed its facilities at Connellsville on June 1, 1945. The airport remained under Federal Government control from 1941 until July 1947 when the Government returned the airport to the city of Connellsville, stipulating it be used for public purposes. During the war, the Government improved the airport facilities greatly, mainly due to the increased industrialization occurring during the war and the expectation that the war would last for some time. Connellsville Airport also served as the site of a Taylorcraft airplane maintenance facility where Taylorcraft airplanes were built and/or repaired in the late 1940s", "title": "Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport" }, { "docid": "19891510", "text": "Teddy Roosevelt in the Rough Riders in the Spanish–American War. When Davis was in the 3rd grade his family moved to Duchesne, Utah. His fourth grade teacher's husband had purchased an old Curtis Jenny mail plane. Emmett later said, \"I used to go up and watch him fly that old airplane, and I guess that was really when I got struck with being an aviator\". After his 7th grade year his family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. There he graduated from East High School. He later attended the University of Utah. In 1939, his family again moved, this time", "title": "Emmett Smith Davis" }, { "docid": "6252274", "text": "first commercial flight of an airplane, establishing a world cross-country speed record, holding the world flying endurance record, piloting the first aircraft to drop a bomb, conducting the first military reconnaissance flight and piloting the first aircraft involved in the world's first parachute jump. Parmelee was killed in the crash of an airplane he was piloting at an exhibition in Yakima, Washington, when turbulence flipped the airplane upside down. Parmelee was born on March 8, 1887 to Charles W. Parmelee, a sawmill owner in Matherton, Michigan. His birthplace is variously given as Matherton and as Hubbardston, Michigan. In 1901, the", "title": "Philip Orin Parmelee" }, { "docid": "13194253", "text": "he meets former football standout Tom Cassidy and Al Ludlow, a mechanic. Jeff and Al become close friends and support each other through training. Jeff meets singer Sally Vaughn, unaware that she used to be Al's sweetheart. Jeff, however, is already in love with photographer Carolyn Bartlett. When Tom crashes while avoiding another airplane, Jeff and Al are first responders to the burning airplane, but Jeff does nothing while Al rescues Tom. Afterward, Jeff is so ashamed of himself, he goes AWOL, gets drunk and goes to see Sally. He offers to take her to Mexico, but Jeff threatens to", "title": "I Wanted Wings" }, { "docid": "14502169", "text": "Province, receiving a Bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering. During the Second World War (the Second Sino-Japanese War), Li, as the Chief Engineer at that time, established the first airplane factory in China – the Dading Airplane Factory (大定飛機製造廠) in Dading, current Guizhou Province, Southwestern China. Li also led the building of the first Chinese indigenous aircraft engine. Li participated in the examination for the Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship Program, and obtained the same score as Qian Xuesen. However, there was only one scholarship awardee and Qian published two or three more articles than Li, so Qian was preferred. Nevertheless, Li", "title": "Y. T. Li" }, { "docid": "11468399", "text": "full scale development. The Airplane Information Management System software would become arguably the best-known of any Ada project, civilian or military. Some 550 developers at Honeywell worked on the flight system. Airplane Information Management System The Airplane Information Management System (AIMS) is the \"brains\" of Boeing 777 aircraft. It uses four ARINC 629 buses to transfer information. There are 2 cabinets on each plane (left and right). The Intel 80x86 processor was the first to be used for the system, in conjunction with a compiler and runtime system for the Ada programming language. Beginning in 1988 and continuing for a", "title": "Airplane Information Management System" }, { "docid": "20250863", "text": "was a civilian Maria A Sammut who died on 15 September 2003. There are a total of 424 war graves associated with First and Second World Wars; the CWGC also maintains 273 non-war graves. One group of graves and a memorial was erected to remember the Maltese servicemen of the Malta Fortress Squadron, Royal Engineers who died instantly and later of their injuries when their RAF Hastings airplane crashed at El Adem Airfield in Libya on 10 October 1961. Many other Maltese servicemen are buried in the cemetery. Malta's CWGC Cemeteries became the centre of a controversy when the then", "title": "Pembroke Military Cemetery" }, { "docid": "9836837", "text": "the joystick to keep the gun sight on the airplane as it moves at a constant rate. The airplane randomly changes direction when it hits the side of the screen or if a participant successfully targets it for multiple seconds.\" \"This test requires you to perform two previously tested tasks simultaneously. First, you track an airplane moving along a horizontal axis as you did in the Horizontal Tracking Test. Second, you track an airplane moving in two dimensions as you did in the Airplane Tracking Test.\" \"This test requires you to perform three previously tested tasks simultaneously. First, you will", "title": "Test of Basic Aviation Skills" }, { "docid": "1818892", "text": "the first aircraft delivered to the faction of the army in revolt in July 1936, as both a bomber and transport. In the former role, it participated in the bombing of Guernica. No more of the bomber variants were built after this war, though it was again used as a bomber during the bombing of Warsaw during the invasion of Poland in September 1939. The Luftwaffe then relied on the Ju 52 for transport roles during World War II, including paratroop drops. In service with Lufthansa, the Ju 52 had proved to be an extremely reliable passenger airplane. Therefore, it", "title": "Junkers Ju 52" }, { "docid": "3805383", "text": "Abrams P-1 Explorer The Abrams P-1 Explorer was American purpose-designed aerial photography and survey aircraft that first flew in November 1937. It was designed by aerial survey pioneer Talbert Abrams to best suit his needs for a stable aircraft with excellent visibility for this kind of work. Abrams was an early aerial photographer, in World War I. He used a Curtiss Jenny post-war, forming ABC airlines. In 1923 Abrams founded Abrams Aerial Survey Company, and in 1937 Abrams Aircraft Corporation to build the specialized P-1 aircraft. The standard single, front-engined airplane of this era created many problems for good scientific", "title": "Abrams P-1 Explorer" }, { "docid": "10054622", "text": "Ambrosini S.1001 The Ambrosini S.1001 \"Grifo\" (\"Griffin\") was an Italian light airplane that appeared shortly after the end of World War II. The first plane built by SAI Ambrosini postwar, the prototype flew in 1947 and was derived from the pre-war SAI.2S. It was a four-seat monoplane with spatted fixed undercarriage. A small series was produced for the Italian aeroclubs with an Alfa Romeo 110-ter engine of 97 kW (130 hp). Three examples were even bought by the Italian Aeronautica Militare (AMI), which used them between 1948 and 1950. From 28–29 April 1948, Leonardo Bonzi and Maner Lualdi established a", "title": "Ambrosini S.1001" }, { "docid": "7081129", "text": "School. In 1898 he married Johanna Maria Holm, a suffragist and friend of Susan B. Anthony. They had three daughters. As a patent lawyer and engineering consultant his clients included Simon Lake, inventor of the even-keel-submerging submarine, and Emile Berliner, inventor of the flat-disk phonograph record. Heath helped Berliner design and build the first rotary engine blades used in helicopters. Heath founded the American Propeller Manufacturing Company in 1909 and developed and first mass-produced airplane propellers, including 70 percent of the propellers used by Americans in World War I. In 1922 he demonstrated the first engine-powered and controlled, variable and", "title": "Spencer Heath" }, { "docid": "10274308", "text": "their greater firepower. The first airborne cannon appeared in World War II, but each airplane could carry only one or two, as cannon are heavier than machine guns, the standard armament. They were variously mounted, often in the wings, but also high on the forward fuselage, where they would fire through the propeller, or even through the propeller hub. Due both to the low number of cannon per aircraft, and the lower rate of fire of cannon, machine guns continued to be used widely early in the war, as there was a greater probability of hitting enemy aircraft. However, as", "title": "History of cannon" }, { "docid": "19506453", "text": "single piece of plywood; thousands were sold in the US. There was no ribs used in the building of the canoe. Haskel plywood was used for aircraft parts, especially fuselages and wings. The Haskelite company was considered Ludington's most important industry during WWI, since over 3000 military aircraft were constructed for the US and allies using its plywood. Haskell plywood was used for construction of experimental and commercial aircraft. A Johnson Twin 60 experimental airplane was built in 1927 that had 85% Haskelite plywood in its wings, seats, instrument board, and fuselage parts. The first successful commercial airplane it was", "title": "Haskelite" }, { "docid": "16328373", "text": "planes from ships. Albert S. Janin Albert Stanley Janin (1881-1931) was an American inventor of a hydro-airplane which he invented in 1907 independently of Glenn Curtiss. Even though Janin had a prior patent, he lost in prolonged patent litigations to Curtiss on the grounds that Janin's designs did not disclose sufficient detail. Janin did win his claim first but then lost it on appeals. Janin was honored by President Woodrow Wilson for donating much of his patents to the government during World War I. Janin was also credited with invention of the inflammable bullet used during that war, and the", "title": "Albert S. Janin" }, { "docid": "16328372", "text": "Albert S. Janin Albert Stanley Janin (1881-1931) was an American inventor of a hydro-airplane which he invented in 1907 independently of Glenn Curtiss. Even though Janin had a prior patent, he lost in prolonged patent litigations to Curtiss on the grounds that Janin's designs did not disclose sufficient detail. Janin did win his claim first but then lost it on appeals. Janin was honored by President Woodrow Wilson for donating much of his patents to the government during World War I. Janin was also credited with invention of the inflammable bullet used during that war, and the catapult to launch", "title": "Albert S. Janin" }, { "docid": "5280856", "text": "Joseph Conlan, and was never released for public consumption other than in the series. That music was used as background music for most of the series. On the US release DVD most of the Vietnam War era popular music was replaced by instrumental bits to cover the blank spots of music. All three seasons that have been released in the United Kingdom, has the complete original soundtrack including \"Paint It, Black\". The show was known for its classic American rock soundtrack including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, and Jefferson Airplane. One first-season episode, \"USO Down\", used \"live\" versions of \"Wooly", "title": "Tour of Duty (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6058793", "text": "high schools in the nation by Newsweek magazine; 17th in 2007, 28th in 2006, 7th in 2005 and 3rd in 2003. The site where the school was built was Paxon Air Field, where Bessie Coleman was killed in a plane accident in 1926. Coleman was the first African American (male or female) to become an airplane pilot, and the first American of any race or gender to hold an international pilot license. Paxon Field was Jacksonville's first airfield, with the exception of the beaches. The Navy used the (grass) airfield for training during World War II, but eventually declared the", "title": "Paxon School for Advanced Studies" }, { "docid": "16168922", "text": "of Pan American Airlines) bought his first airplane, a \"Curtiss Jenny\" for the Harvard Aero Club. After Teddy soloed his first airplane, he began taking airplanes into his father's field. He used a dirt road that ran down the middle of the fields as his runway. The dirt road is where the current runway lays. Eventually, Teddy bought his own airplane and began keeping it on the field. He also turned the dirt road into a grass runway. Friends began to bring their airplanes there and people started to rent tie down spaces. It was not until 1963 that Bart", "title": "Lufker Airport" }, { "docid": "1503469", "text": "marine engines. Chief engineer Jesse G. Vincent developed a V12 airplane engine called the \"Liberty engine\" that was used widely in Entente air corps during World War I. After the war the Liberty was adapted for marine use, becoming a multiple world record setter under inventor and boating pioneer Gar Wood from the late 1910s through the 1930s. In the interbellum, Packard built one of the world's first diesel aviation engines, the 225-hp DR-980 radial. It powered the Stinson SM-8D, among others. It also powered a Bellanca CH-300 on a record endurance flight of over 84 hours, a mark that", "title": "Packard" }, { "docid": "695567", "text": "lines and the launching ship \"Vulcano\". UAV innovations started in the early 1900s and originally focused on providing practice targets for training military personnel. UAV development continued during World War I, when the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company invented a pilotless aerial torpedo that would explode at a preset time. The earliest attempt at a powered UAV was A. M. Low's \"Aerial Target\" in 1916. Nikola Tesla described a fleet of unmanned aerial combat vehicles in 1915. Advances followed during and after World War I, including the Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane. This developments also inspired the development of the Kettering Bug by Charles", "title": "Unmanned aerial vehicle" }, { "docid": "11937523", "text": "used the \"TH airfoil\" to the Ki-94. The idea of this theory is very similar to the \"Supercritical airfoil\" theory that NASA created later in the 1960s, thus, when NASA lodged the patent application of the airfoil in Japan in 1979, this patent was not admitted to the agency. He lost job by the end of the war because Japan was prohibited to manufacture the airplane under control of the General Headquarters (GHQ) of General Douglas MacArthur, but, in next year, Hasegawa was employed by Toyota which was recruiting engineers at that time. After he joined Toyota, Hasegawa was involved", "title": "Tatsuo Hasegawa" }, { "docid": "3642325", "text": "was commonly used by World War II German military to generate steam for powering of fuel pumps in airplanes and rockets. The reaction produces manganese dioxide, which tends to clog the steam generators. Later generations of the Walter Rocket used solid-state catalyst instead of its water solution. Z-Stoff Z-Stoff was a name for calcium permanganate or sodium permanganate mixed in water. It was normally used as a catalyst for T-Stoff (high test peroxide) in military rocket programs by Nazi Germany during World War II. Z-Stoff was used in the cold engine of the Messerschmitt Me 163 A airplane, in the", "title": "Z-Stoff" }, { "docid": "16497538", "text": "Mechanical Engineering Landmark. Wyman-Gordon was a pioneer in forging titanium, with the first main use being for compressor disks in Pratt & Whitney engines. Westinghouse and General Electric also used the company's titanium forgings, and its products were used in building the engine of the LGM-30 Minuteman missile. Demand continued to grow during the 1960s and 1970s, with military demand due to the Vietnam war and growing demand from commercial civilian airplane manufacturers. The support beam for the Boeing 747 landing gear was larger than any closed-die titanium forging that had ever been made in the past. In 1980, Wyman-Gordon", "title": "Wyman-Gordon" }, { "docid": "19779647", "text": "at this same time. Fowler Airplane Corporation The Fowler Airplane Corporation was an aircraft manufacturing company that operated in San Francisco, California, from 1918 into the 1920s. It was founded by Robert G. Fowler, the first person to make a west-to-east transcontinental flight in stages. During World War I, the Fowler Aircraft Corporation, located on Howard Street in San Francisco, built Curtiss JN-4Ds for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. It was one of six companies that built the design under sub-contract. Some sources claim that the company built over 275 of the airframes, but only fifty serials in the block", "title": "Fowler Airplane Corporation" }, { "docid": "19779637", "text": "Fowler Airplane Corporation The Fowler Airplane Corporation was an aircraft manufacturing company that operated in San Francisco, California, from 1918 into the 1920s. It was founded by Robert G. Fowler, the first person to make a west-to-east transcontinental flight in stages. During World War I, the Fowler Aircraft Corporation, located on Howard Street in San Francisco, built Curtiss JN-4Ds for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. It was one of six companies that built the design under sub-contract. Some sources claim that the company built over 275 of the airframes, but only fifty serials in the block \"2405\"-\"2454\" are on record.", "title": "Fowler Airplane Corporation" }, { "docid": "8969669", "text": "Vincent Burnelli Vincent Justus Burnelli (November 22, 1895 – June 22, 1964) was an American aeronautics engineer, instrumental in furthering the lifting body and flying wing concept. Burnelli was born on November 22, 1895, in Temple, Texas. With his friend, John Carisi, he designed his first airplane in 1915, at Maspeth, Queens, New York. The open biplane was first demonstrated at the old Hempstead Plains Aviation Field, later to become Roosevelt Field. A few years later, he designed a \"night fighter\" in the hopes that it would be used as a combat aircraft in World War I. His hopes were", "title": "Vincent Burnelli" } ]
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why is the short form of pounds lbs
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[ { "docid": "313158", "text": "and for different applications, the pound (or its translation) has referred to broadly similar but not identical standards of mass or force. The libra (Latin for \"scales / balance\") is an ancient Roman unit of mass that was equivalent to approximately 328.9 grams. It was divided into 12 \"unciae\" (singular: \"uncia\"), or ounces. The \"libra\" is the origin of the abbreviation for pound, \"lb\". A number of different definitions of the pound have historically been used in Britain. Amongst these were the avoirdupois pound and the obsolete Tower, merchant's and London pounds. Troy pounds and ounces remain in use only", "title": "Pound (mass)" } ]
[ { "docid": "18742453", "text": "cumin, and alum (\"13½ stone, each stone containing 8 pounds\" or 108 Tower lbs.), coarse and woven linen, hemp canvas (a long hundred of 120 ells), and iron or horseshoes and shillings (a short hundred of 100 pieces). Later versions used the Troy or avoirdupois pounds in their reckonings instead and included hundreds of fresh herrings (a short hundred of 100 fish), cinnamon, nutmegs (13 st. of 8 lbs.), and garlic (\"15 ropes of 15 heads\" or 225 heads). Hundred (unit) The hundred () was an English unit of measurement used in the production, sale, and taxation of various items", "title": "Hundred (unit)" }, { "docid": "4611201", "text": "as more traditional lifting: shoulder presses, squats, bench presses, two-handed curls. His accomplishments as a strongman were nothing short of astounding. Some of his strength feats he made during his career include: In addition, Hepburn claimed the following best lifts in his biography: Hepburn also became the first man in history to bench press 400, 450, and 500 pounds. He set a series of bench press world records in the early 1950s: In November 1950 he pressed 400 lbs (181.82 kg), in 1951 he pressed 450 lbs (204.55 kg), and finally 500 lbs (227.27 kg) in December 1953. Like his", "title": "Doug Hepburn" }, { "docid": "10829930", "text": "Century Dog (1904)' wrote (concerning the history of the terrier): There were in different parts of the island yellow terriers, and red terriers, and black terriers, and black and tan terriers, and brindle terriers, and greyish terriers; there were large terriers, weighing from 30 pounds to 40 lbs., and one mentioned as weighing 50 lbs., and there were small terriers for whom an \"under 9 lbs.\" class was provided; there were terriers with smooth coats, and wire coats, and curly coats; there were, in short, terrier types enough to create a collection. By the early 19th century the Old English", "title": "Old English Terrier" }, { "docid": "13139124", "text": "the reason why I've won more Slams after the age of 29 than I did before. He's the reason why I'm still out there playing this sport at a time in my life when I can really understand and appreciate it.\" Reyes's approach transformed Agassi into a well-conditioned strong athlete. When they first began working together Agassi could bench press 135 pounds. Fourteen years later in 2003, he was benchpressing 350 lbs. Reyes described his job as being \"to get [Agassi] to be as good to himself as he is to others.\" The relationship between Reyes and Agassi was so", "title": "Gil Reyes (tennis)" }, { "docid": "5758212", "text": "275 pounds (sporting 9% bodyfat) his lifts shocked the world. He became one of the few men to achieve a total of 2400 pounds, in fact he is the third man in history to total 2400 (after Don Reinhoudt and Bill Kazmaier) and the first man ever to total 2400 pounds twice - all achieved at an astonishing 265-275 pound bodyweight. The first time, he totaled 2400 lbs (1088.6 kg) at the inaugural APF World Championships 1986 in Maui, Hawaii, squatting 986 lbs in an old squat suit, bench pressing 600 lbs in a loose size 60 bench shirt and", "title": "Doug Furnas" }, { "docid": "18200634", "text": "a total of 109 pounds since arriving at the ranch. The Red Team's total weight loss is 24 pounds (2.60%), which means the Blue Team lost the weigh-in and must face the Red Line. Sadly for Damien, despite posting big numbers week after week, the scale wasn't in his favor this time, and he is automatically eliminated. It will be interesting to see him take on the reigning champion Jackie at Comeback Canyon next week. When Blake started the Biggest Loser she weighed 251 lbs. She now weighs 161 lbs. and lost 90 lbs. She hopes to be in an", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 16)" }, { "docid": "310074", "text": "2012, the figures showed, and women's average height was 155.8 centimeters (5 ft 1.3 in). The same study showed an average Chinese man weighed 66.2 kilograms (145.9 lbs, or 10 stone 5.9 lbs), up 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lbs) over 10 years, while women were 2.9 kilograms (6.4 pounds) heavier on average at 57.3 kilograms (126.3 pounds, or 9 stone 0.3 lbs). They were up just 0.4 centimeters (0.16 in) and 0.7 centimeters (0.28 in) respectively from 10 years earlier. The People's Republic of China (PRC) officially recognizes 56 distinct ethnic groups, the largest of which are Han, who constitute 91.51%", "title": "Demographics of China" }, { "docid": "11517668", "text": "ewe - 200% Mature ewes - 250% Twin lambs will average 13 pounds each at birth with a growth rate that enables ram lambs to reach 160 lbs. at 21 weeks. Average lamb weight at 8 weeks: Singles - 57 lbs. Twins - 48 lbs. Micron count 33-35 Staple length 8-12 inches Yearling Fleece Weight 13-20 pounds. The mating of a Leicester ram with a Teeswater ewe in 1838 made the famous ram 'BLUE CAP' who was the first sire of the Wensleydale breed. Today this breed is established throughout the United Kingdom and extends into mainland Europe, this breed", "title": "Wensleydale sheep" }, { "docid": "6636192", "text": "the time she was in her 40's her weight peaked at 588 lbs (266 kg), and she sported measurements of 74½-68-84 inches. Her height was 4 ft-11in (150 centimeters). Her daily diet typically consisted of five pounds of meat, several pounds of potatoes, four loaves of bread, a gallon of milk, and almost two pounds of sugar primarily consumed in the form of baked goods and pastries. Dolly and Frank toured for over 20 years, wintering in a home they eventually established in Florida. The home became a heaven for Dolly, away from the crowds and fitted out with suitably", "title": "Celesta Geyer" }, { "docid": "15672024", "text": "perform kroc rows with 300 lb dumbbells. she also described lifting 300 lbs for 13 reps using straps and both 205 lbs for 30 reps and 175 lbs for 40 reps, neither with straps. The 300x13 claim was verified at the 2010 Arnold Sports Festival. In 2017 after 18 months on estrogen, performance was reduced to 210 pounds for 10 reps and deadlifted 605 pounds. Kroc is a world champion and world record holding powerlifter and a National Physique Committee bodybuilder. In 2012, Matt spoke at Learn To Train Seminar 4. Matt then shared this online from December 2012 to", "title": "Janae Kroc" }, { "docid": "19893636", "text": "bout. However, Briones pulled out a week before the event and was replaced by Marlon Vera. Due to the short notice and preparation for Vera, the bout was contested at a catchweight of 140 lbs. Veronica Macedo was expected to face Lina Länsberg at the event. However, Macedo pulled out of the fight on 28 February. She was replaced by promotional newcomer Lucie Pudilová. The fighters first met in 2015, when Länsberg won via unanimous decision at Battle of Botnia 2015 in Sweden. At the weigh-ins, Ian Entwistle came in at 139 lbs, three pounds over the bantamweight limit of", "title": "UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson" }, { "docid": "17257982", "text": "st 5 lbs) (bowseat), R.L. Murray (9 st 6 lbs) (2-seat), C. Fairburn (12 st 3 lbs) (3-seat), J.H. Balfour (10 st 13 lbs) (strokeseat) and were coxed by R.S. Browne (8 st 4 lbs) and the Glasgow crew were C.D. Johnstone (9 st 6 lbs) (bowseat), G.H. Robbs (10 st 10 lbs) (2-seat), J. Pinkerton (11 st 10 lbs) (3-seat), J. Crerar (10 st 6 lbs) (strokeseat) and were coxed by T.H. Mason (9 st 5 lbs). The oarmen were about equal in weight but Edinburgh's cox was 15 pounds lighter than Glasgow's. An account of the race from", "title": "Scottish Boat Race" }, { "docid": "15876567", "text": "also \"All for One\" week. If the contestants could lose 100 pounds, none of them would be eliminated. At the challenge, the players got a 10-pound advantage. At the weigh-in, the black team weighs in first and Alison tells John that he is 9 lbs. away from tying the record from Moses in Season 11 losing 100 lbs. in 6 weeks. John has tied the record with losing 10 lbs. Meanwhile, the other players put up with low numbers with Antone and Joe losing 8 lbs., Jennifer loses 4 lbs. and Sunny gains 5 lbs. The blue team weighs in", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 12)" }, { "docid": "9605525", "text": "missed weight by nearly seven pounds, weighing in at 162.6 lbs. Miller, who was already on weight, had to rehydrate to keep their weight difference within 7 pounds. Because of that, he came in at 157.6 lbs and the bout proceeded at catchweight. New York State Athletic Commission and UFC officials indicated that Alves must not weigh more than 173 lbs the day of the fight or the fight would be cancelled. As a result, Alves was fined 20% of his fight purse, which went to Miller. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. After the failed attempt at lightweight,", "title": "Thiago Alves (fighter)" }, { "docid": "13582405", "text": "used under authority of the United States Grain Standards Act, USGSA) include test weight criteria. Test weight Test weight refers to the average weight of a cereal as measured in pounds per bushel (1bu. = 8 gallons or 2150.42 cu. inches). Test weight is an important predictor of milling yield for rice and flour extraction rate for wheat. USDA’s official weight per bushel for the highest grade for major cereals and oilseeds include: wheat and soybeans (60 lbs./bu.); corn, sorghum, and rye (56 lbs./bu.); barley (48 lbs./bu.); oats (32 lbs./bu.); and rice (45 lbs./bu.). When producers deliver grain that is", "title": "Test weight" }, { "docid": "13582404", "text": "Test weight Test weight refers to the average weight of a cereal as measured in pounds per bushel (1bu. = 8 gallons or 2150.42 cu. inches). Test weight is an important predictor of milling yield for rice and flour extraction rate for wheat. USDA’s official weight per bushel for the highest grade for major cereals and oilseeds include: wheat and soybeans (60 lbs./bu.); corn, sorghum, and rye (56 lbs./bu.); barley (48 lbs./bu.); oats (32 lbs./bu.); and rice (45 lbs./bu.). When producers deliver grain that is significantly below the official weights the prices are discounted. Official U.S. Grain Standards (developed and", "title": "Test weight" }, { "docid": "8798687", "text": "avoid the emission of up to 7,100 pounds of CO and 15 pounds of NO each year per ton of compressor capacity (or 42,600 lbs. of CO and 90 lbs. of NO for a typical 6 ton system). In Northern climates, although the earth temperature is cooler, so is the incoming water temperature, which enables the high efficiency systems to replace more energy than would otherwise be required of electric or fossil fuel fired systems. Any temperature above is sufficient to evaporate the refrigerant, and the direct exchange system can harvest energy through ice. In extremely hot climates with dry", "title": "Geothermal heat pump" }, { "docid": "6977629", "text": "sustained by Mayweather. The bout was rescheduled and held on September 19, 2009. During the official weigh in, Márquez weighed in at 142 lbs and Mayweather weighed in at 146 lbs, thereby incurring a financial penalty as he was 2 pounds over the catchweight. It was later discovered that both parties had agreed just before the weigh-in to allow Mayweather fight over the catchweight with Mayweather paying additional $600,000 due to arriving two pounds over the 144 lbs weight limit. Mayweather controlled the action in the fight. Márquez struggled to conquer Mayweather's defense and could not get out of the", "title": "Juan Manuel Márquez" }, { "docid": "5052952", "text": "fighter generally weighs between 82 kg (181 lb) and 88 kg (195 lb). However, some governing bodies have slightly different classes. For example, the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Cruiserweight (professional and amateur) division is 186.1 lbs.–195 lbs. or 84.6 kg–88.6 kg. Cruiserweight (boxing) Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, \"light heavyweight\" and \"cruiserweight\" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. The current weight limit for the division is 200 pounds (14 stone 4 pounds / 90.7 kg). When", "title": "Cruiserweight (boxing)" }, { "docid": "8008230", "text": "cox to be light – as there is less weight for the crew to move. However, weight is generally considered of minor importance compared to steering, coaching, and motivational ability. Nevertheless, most competitive coxswains weigh in at under 110 pounds for female coxes, and 120 pounds for male coxes. USRowing regulations require that a coxswain in an event for men’s crews shall weigh at least 120 lbs and a coxswain in an event for women’s crews shall weigh at least 110 lbs. It is permissible in certain regattas to have lighter coxswains, but crews are required to sandbag their shells", "title": "Coxswain (rowing)" }, { "docid": "11290404", "text": "wins with a weight loss of 67 lbs (28.63%). The men weigh in next; Lynn (Green) shed 64 lbs, Curtis (Brown) dropped a staggering 100 lbs. Neill (White) lost 55 lbs, Trent (Grey) dropped 105 lbs, Paul (Yellow) shed 70 lbs, and Bernie (Blue) lost 88 lbs, two pounds shy of beating Mark, formerly of the original Black Team and Bob's reformed Blue Team, who won with a weight loss of 90 lbs (31.58%). Since Mark had the higher percentage, he got to choose which of the two trainers he wants to work with. Mark chose Bob. This means that", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 5)" }, { "docid": "2796583", "text": "66 cm (22 to 26 in) at the shoulder; the female averages 5 cm (2 in) shorter. The males are usually in the weight range (50–70 lbs), and the females are usually 5 to 10 lbs less. Collies in the US are sometimes reported to be over a hundred pounds – a large collie typically weighs no more than 70 pounds. US and UK standards may differ. The UK standard calls for dogs to be significantly smaller than those under the American Kennel Club. One of the characteristic features of the Rough Collie is its head. This is light in", "title": "Rough Collie" }, { "docid": "3379348", "text": "Current interim champions \"Updated 02 December 2018\" Below is a list of longest reigning bantamweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion ( for multiple time champions) does not apply. In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between 53 kg (116 lb) and 55 kg (120 lb). However, some governing bodies have slightly different classes. For example, the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Bantamweight division (professional and amateur) is 117.1 lbs.–122 lbs. or 53.22 kg–55.45 kg. In MMA, bantamweight is 126–135 pounds (57.2–61.2 kg). In Muay Thai, bantamweight is 115–118 pounds (52.2-53.5 kg). A", "title": "Bantamweight" }, { "docid": "2129746", "text": "supplies were as follows: 7 pack saddles, 1 riding saddle, 8 stands of arms, 6 pounds of gunpowder, 60 rounds of ball cartridge, 6 blankets, 2 tarpaulins, 1 tent, 1200 lbs flour, 350 lbs pork, 170 lbs sugar, 38 lbs tea and coffee, 8 lbs tobacco, 16 lbs soap, 20 lbs salt, 8 gal rum, 1 false horizon, 1 sextant, 3 pocket compasses, 1 pram, and cooking utensils. On 2 October 1824, Hovell and Hume met at Mr. Hume's house in Appin, and started upon their expedition. The party when complete, consisted of eight persons, Mr. Hume and his three", "title": "Hume and Hovell expedition" }, { "docid": "15765829", "text": "weight limit for their respective weight classes. Bailey came in 3 pounds over, while Pace came in six pounds over. Each fighter was fined 20 percent of their earnings and their bouts took at catchweights of 158 lbs and 141 lbs respectively. The event was well received by critics. The main event drew many accolades, including UFC President Dana White calling it \"one of the top three best fights ever in MMA\", later comparing the fight to the Thrilla in Manila. The fight would later garner numerous Fight of the Year awards. Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses. The following is", "title": "UFC 139" }, { "docid": "18200551", "text": "pounds, leading his team to a victorious 138-pound weight loss (6.63%). The Blue Team needs to lose more than 90 lbs. to beat the White Team. Even though Gina and Andrea both lost 14 lbs., it wasn't enough to keep the Blue Team safe because of Damien, Jackie, Lori, and Chandra put up low numbers. That means the Blue Team, who loses a meager 59 pounds (3.27%), must eliminate one of its own. While Damien and Chandra each get votes, it's Andrea who is sent to Comeback Canyon to take on Vanessa next week. After being eliminated the first week,", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 16)" }, { "docid": "4088559", "text": "pressed 722 lb (327.5 kg) raw in 2013. Mendelson also held the former all-time world record in equipped bench press: On February 18, 2006 at the Fit Expo at the 2006 Iron Man Bodybuilding contest, he pressed 457.5 kg (1008.6 lbs) on his first attempt, beating the previous record by Gene Rychlak. He even attempted 1031 pounds and 1048 pounds on that same event, but failed. The event also included the APF Mendelson Bench Press Classic in Pasadena, California. The new all-time equipped world record is now held by Ryan Kennelly with a weight of 488.6 kg (1075 lbs). Currently,", "title": "Scot Mendelson" }, { "docid": "11290370", "text": "drops 9 lbs, achieving a team weight loss of 40 lbs (2.48%). In order for the Black Team to win, its five members must lose an average of almost six pounds each, or 29 lbs. After only four team members weigh in (Kelly loses 7, Paul drops 12, Brittany loses 10, and Maggie loses 5.) they reach the goal — Brittany's 10-pound weight loss gives them a percentage of 2.70%. Bernie's 13-pound weight loss is \"just icing on the cake,\" says Alison, and gives the team a final weight-loss of 47 lbs, or a percentage of 4.09%. The Black Team", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 5)" }, { "docid": "20272001", "text": "a world title in his eighth weight class, the light middleweight, or super welterweight, division. A catchweight of 150 pounds was established for the fight, although the weight limit for the light middleweight division is 154 pounds. During the pre-fight, Pacquiao weighed in at a low 144.6 pounds, while Margarito weighed in at the limit of 150 pounds. Pacquiao said he was pleased with his weight because he loses too much speed when he gains pounds. During the fight itself, Pacquiao weighed 148 lbs, 17 pounds lighter than Margarito's 165. Prior to the fight, Pacquiao's team demanded to the Texas", "title": "Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao" }, { "docid": "9015767", "text": "3 lbs 3 lbs is an American drama that aired on CBS from November 14 to November 28, 2006, replacing the cancelled series \"Smith\". The show itself was then canceled three weeks later due to poor ratings. The title refers to the fact that the average human brain weighs approximately three pounds. The show follows the medical careers of prominent brain surgeon Doctor Douglas Hanson (played by Stanley Tucci) and his protégé, Jonathan Seger. The show was promoted as \"the next great medical drama.\" The theme song is \"Calling All Angels\" by Train. Eight episodes were made, and the five", "title": "3 lbs" }, { "docid": "10080361", "text": "by 4 lengths carrying 128 pounds (10 pounds more than the next highest weighted horse). On July 12, 2008, Curlin finished second, two lengths behind Red Rocks in the Grade I $500,000 Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park. The turf race, with a field of seven, was run over the distance of 1 miles. Curlin carried 116 lbs, as did Red Rocks, while 3rd place runner Better Talk Now, a previous Breeders' Cup Turf winner, toted 120 lbs. Curlin was sent off in this maiden turf run by punters as the odds-on 2–5 favorite and a crowd of 8,428", "title": "Curlin" }, { "docid": "10912282", "text": "immediately popular with hunters and custom gunsmiths, and within a year the Danish firm of Schultz & Larsen chambered its Model 65 for the round, and Husqvarna its Series 1600 and 1650 rifles. The .358 Norma is what is known as a \"short magnum,\" designed to work in long rifle actions; many 30-06 rifles such as the 1903 Springfield rifle have been rebarreled to the much-more powerful .358 Norma. Norma's factory ammunition for the .358 Norma drives a 250-grain bullet at 2880 fps and produces more than 4,600 ft-lbs (foot-pounds) of kinetic energy at the muzzle, while delivering a foot-ton", "title": ".358 Norma Magnum" }, { "docid": "9398416", "text": "New York Golden Gloves came around, Melissa had reduced her weight to 145 pounds (66 kg, 10 stone 5 lbs), and she signed up to fight at 138 pounds (63 kg, 9 stone 12 lbs). In her first amateur fight, she faced Golden Glove champion Jill Emery and lost. She then met former world champion Ada Vélez, who invited Belinda Laracuente to watch Melissa fight at the 2003 Women's U.S. Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Not long after that, Velez and Laracuente moved Melissa from New York City to Florida to train with them. She says of that time: \"I", "title": "Melissa Hernández" }, { "docid": "20567509", "text": "the book while pregnant with her daughter in 2011. Two days after first discussing it with her editor, she was rushed to the hospital and delivered her daughter prematurely at just 28 weeks, the baby weighing just two pounds. The birth left Valenti with a sense of failure about not living up to the ideal of a healthy birth and a healthy baby. The book is composed of short chapters presented in two parts: Truth and Lies. Why Have Kids? Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness is a 2012 book by feminist writer", "title": "Why Have Kids?" }, { "docid": "3224938", "text": "December 2006, Locke was offered a deal as spokeswoman with Jenny Craig. At the completion of filming for the show, Kimberley weighed in at a final weight of 149 lbs; down a total of 27 lbs. from her original start weight of 176 lbs. A feature in the September 10th issue of People Magazine shows Kimberley at 141 lbs., only 3 pounds away from her goal. Locke announced through her official MySpace blog on October 8, 2007 that she had finally achieved her 40-pound weight loss goal. In January 2008, Locke was featured as the centerfold of Us Weekly's \"Diets", "title": "Kimberley Locke" }, { "docid": "13359010", "text": "where the candy was not traditionally used, the maund (or \"mun\") was a much larger unit, 100 troy pounds (37.324 kg, equivalent to a candy of 746.5 kg). The effects of this standardisation can also be seen in other territories under direct British control. In Ceylon, the candy (also known as the bahar) was 500 lbs (226.796 kg) as on the Continent. Use of the candy is also recorded in British Burma, where it was the equivalent of 150 viss: its equivalent in Imperial units was measured as 500 lbs. (226.796 kg) in Pegu and 550 lbs. (249.476 kg) in", "title": "Candy (unit)" }, { "docid": "8336978", "text": "age with a big arm who trained with weights. Standing at 6 feet tall weighing only 150 pounds, moving around was a difficult task for him. He began training with a barbell and eventually worked his way up to pressing 85 lbs, snatching 70 lbs, and jerking 100 lbs. However, his right side was doing most of the work. After extensive training with one of his friends, Deal slowly began to develop his right side. When Deal was 17 years old, he competed at a weightlifting meet in Omaha. At this event, he totaled 470 lbs on three lifts in", "title": "Gary Deal" }, { "docid": "18476488", "text": "the weigh-ins, de Lima came in at 209.5 lbs, over the light heavyweight limit of 206 lbs. As a result, de Lima was fined 20% of his purse, which went to Kimball and the bout proceeded as scheduled at catchweight. He won the fight via TKO in the first round. De Lima next faced Ovince Saint Preux on April 22, 2017 at UFC Fight Night 108. At the weigh ins, de Lima weighed in at 210 pounds, 4 pounds over the Light Heavyweight limit of 206. This was the second time consecutively de Lima missed weight. As a result, he", "title": "Marcos Rogério de Lima" }, { "docid": "16405941", "text": "The initial scheme was developed and trialled as the ‘Pounds for Pounds’ programme over a three-month period from September to December 2007, with a maximum weight loss target of 15 lbs. Weight Wins Weight Wins is a UK weight loss business which has developed and commercialised the concept of personal contracts for weight loss. The company has attracted attention from UK and international media for its ‘Pounds for Pounds’ weight loss programme and for operating the first trial by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) of a weight loss incentive programme. The diet rewards sector addresses the specific problem of", "title": "Weight Wins" }, { "docid": "14511003", "text": "competed in the 1992 World's Strongest Man. Wilson set multiple world records throughout his career; at the 1989 Armed Forces Championships, O.D. Wilson squatted 1002 pounds (445 kg), benched 552 pounds (250 kg), and deadlifted 876 pounds (397 kg) for a then, all-time total record of 2430 pounds. Wilson's weight at that meet was measured at 400 lbs (28.5 St), while his height was measured at 6'6.78 (200 cm). It is believed that he had one of the biggest ever quadriceps, measuring a phenomenal 42 inches. Wilson's shoes size was 23 and his ring size was 26, while the ring", "title": "O.D. Wilson" }, { "docid": "14521855", "text": "Oliva as his replacement. The Massouh/Mamalis bout was originally contracted as a 140 lbs. catchweight fight. Massouh initially weighed in two pounds over the limit, but successfully made weight two hours after the original weigh-in on a subsequent attempt. Jason Guida weighed in five pounds over the 210 lbs. catchweight limit in his bout against Justin Lemke. Results Main Card Local Feature Fights Bellator 30 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, Kentucky. The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third", "title": "Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three" }, { "docid": "11290423", "text": "bodies looked like when they first arrived at the ranch, and its weight was equal to the exact number of pounds the contestant had lost so far. After shedding the suit, they must then carry their flag and plant it at the top of a nearby hill. The prize was personalized healthy prepared meals (provided by the new \"Biggest Loser Meal Plan\") during the months at home before the finale and $10,000. Roger had to carry 129 lbs on his fat suit, Ali had 88 lbs, Kelly had 80 lbs, and Mark had 103 lbs. Mark ended up winning the", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 5)" }, { "docid": "13847530", "text": "144 lbs to account for the size disparity between the two fighters. The fight was originally scheduled for July 18, 2009 at the MGM Grand arena but was postponed due to a rib injury sustained by Mayweather. The bout was rescheduled for September 19, 2009. During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Marquez weighed in at 142 lbs and Mayweather weighed in at 146 lbs thereby incurring a financial penalty ($300,000 for each pound over 144 lbs) as he was 2 pounds over the catchweight. It was later revealed that the contract was changed a few days", "title": "Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez" }, { "docid": "14778046", "text": "2 lbs. Elizabeth gains a pound. Frado gains 4 pounds. Jillian, Bob, and Ali are all disgusted at Frado, who gains 4 pounds, and he swears there was no game play involved in his gain. Ada had the highest percentage of weight loss, so she got immunity. The Black Team loses and they unanimously vote off Anna, as the rest of the team is a tight group At the check in, Anna was reported down to 250 pounds for a total weight loss of 80 pounds. \"First aired November 9, 2010\"<br> The episode starts out with a grueling workout by", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 10)" }, { "docid": "18200700", "text": "loses six pounds to weigh 220. She's very pleased. The last time she weighed that amount was when she retired from the Olympics and met her husband. Sonya then steps on the scale, and needs to lose more than four pounds to secure her spot in the final four. She celebrates her 40th birthday by losing six pounds, taking her to 169 and making her total weight loss 40% of her body weight! Next up is Rob, to make sure he's safe, he needs to lose more than 8 lbs., and loses an incredible 15 pounds! The now 315-pound member", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 16)" }, { "docid": "5052948", "text": "Cruiserweight (boxing) Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, \"light heavyweight\" and \"cruiserweight\" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. The current weight limit for the division is 200 pounds (14 stone 4 pounds / 90.7 kg). When originally established, the weight limit was 190 pounds (13st. 8 lbs. / 86.2 kg). The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great", "title": "Cruiserweight (boxing)" }, { "docid": "16731421", "text": "on November 11, 1972 by squatting 905 pounds and totaling an impressive 2350 pounds (905-600-845) (raw with just ace bandages), which is still one of the highest raw totals ever achieved until today. \"done in official Powerlifting full meets\" Career aggregate total (best official lifts): 2375.8 lbs (905 + 600 + 870.8) John Kuc John Kuc is a former world champion powerlifter from the United States. During the 1970s and 80s, he set numerous powerlifting national and world records, won three International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world championships and numerous national championships. Although Jon Cole squatted 905 pounds and totaled 2370", "title": "John Kuc" }, { "docid": "19510654", "text": "in at 162.6 lbs. Per New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) rules, opposing lightweight fighters must weigh within 7 pounds of one another. Having not yet completed his own official weigh-in, Alves' opponent Jim Miller (who was within the designated lightweight limit) was able to rehydrate and officially weigh in over the limit himself, at 157.6 lbs, allowing the bout to proceed as catchweight. NYSAC and UFC officials indicated that Alves must not weigh more than 173 lbs the day of the fight, or it would be cancelled. As a result of missing the original designated weight, Alves was fined", "title": "UFC 205" }, { "docid": "6362703", "text": "only bodybuilding competition of her career. She appeared in many magazines and on television talk shows, promoting bodybuilding for women. She also wrote a book on weight training for women titled \"Lisa Lyon’s Body Magic\" (), which was published in 1981. Her stats as taken on October 1980: Bust 37A, Waist 24\", Hips 35\", Height 5' 4\", Weight 120 lbs, Hair Color brunette. At the time, she could dead-lift 225 pounds, bench-press 120 pounds, and squat 265 pounds. Although Lyon is often cited as the first female bodybuilder to appear in \"Playboy\" (in October 1980), she was actually predated by", "title": "Lisa Lyon" }, { "docid": "20412613", "text": "However, Kennedy pulled out due to a back injury. The pairing was later rescheduled for this event. At the weigh-ins, Romero came in at 187.7 lbs (after coming in at 188.3 lbs in his first attempt), 2.7 pounds over the middleweight limit of 185 lbs. for a championship fight. As a result, in the event that Romero won the fight with Rockhold, he would be ineligible for the championship, while the latter was still eligible. Romero will be fined 30% of his purse, which will go to Rockhold and the bout proceeded as scheduled at a catchweight. The following fighters", "title": "UFC 221" }, { "docid": "8856782", "text": "big Ukraine Bench for Cash meet - surpassing the previous world record of Gene Rychlak by 26 pounds. A few months later on December 1, he pressed 1050 lbs (477.27 kg) for another world record. In 2008, he broke his own record again three times: On April 12, 2008, Kennelly set the bench press record with a lift of 1070 lbs (485.3 kg) during the American Powerlifting Association Open Iron War held in Kennewick, Washington. On July 13, 2008, Kennelly successfully bench pressed 1074.8 lbs (487.5 kg) during the United Powerlifting Association Bench Bash For Cash in Dubuque, Iowa. Finally,", "title": "Ryan Kennelly" }, { "docid": "3973749", "text": "the DAK (for Double Action Kellermann, after the designer of the system, Harald Kellermann of Eckernförde, Germany). The DAK capability is available in 220, 226, 229 and 239 models. When firing the pistol the first trigger pull is 6.5 lbs (compared to 10 pounds for the standard DAO). After the pistol fires and the trigger is released forward, the trigger has an intermediate reset point that is approximately halfway to the trigger at rest position. The trigger pull from this intermediate reset point is 8.5 lbs (38 N). If the trigger is released all the way forward, this will engage", "title": "SIG Sauer P239" }, { "docid": "1674323", "text": "ordered by King James II in 1686; two 3-pounders for each of the seven regiments (of one battalion each) encamped in Hyde Park. Attachment of guns to the infantry had practical reasons also. While the allocation of horses was reckoned at one for each 350-500 pounds of ordnance and its carriage, this was only true for availability of good horses and good roads, both in short supply due to unscrupulous civilian contractors and lack of road building technology. In cases where the work was excessive for horses alone, infantry would join them in pulling the guns, calculated at 80 lbs", "title": "Infantry support gun" }, { "docid": "17531903", "text": "ones, and they, with Bob, shared the things that they are thankful for. Bob had a talk with one of his team members about coming out of the closet to his parents. At the weigh-in, the Blue team fell two pounds short of beating the White Team; as a result, Holley fell victim to the red line, resulting in a tearful elimination. Immediately after departure, Alison told the contestants that Holley will not be the only one leaving the ranch. This episode ends in a cliffhanger. \"First aired December 3, 2013\" At home, Holley now weighs 260 lbs. and will", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 15)" }, { "docid": "20522088", "text": "On March 19, 2018, Gaulden participated at Tennessee's pro day and weighed in at 191 lbs, which was six pounds lighter than his weight at the NFL Combine. He ran the 40-yard dash (4.69s), 20-yard dash (2.78s), 10-yard dash (1.64s), and short shuttle (4.26s). At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Gaulden was projected to be a second round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the second best free safety prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com, was ranked the 10th best cornerback by Sports Illustrated, and was ranked the 13th best cornerback in the draft", "title": "Rashaan Gaulden" }, { "docid": "6355887", "text": "or lift may be adequate for a wheelchair, but too short for a mobility scooter. Hallways may be too narrow to make a right-angle turn. Or the \"privacy\" wall in most washrooms may restrict the entry so that the scooter cannot maneuver around it. The weight minimum and limitations may be cause for concern as well with the minimum weight requirement being 170 lbs and the maximum being between 250-400 pounds depending on the make. These limitations may prevent some disabled individuals from using scooters. In addition, scooter limitations may vary depending on model and manufacturer. A limitation of one", "title": "Mobility scooter" }, { "docid": "17770052", "text": "A Hundred Pounds of Clay \"A Hundred Pounds Of Clay\" is a song written by Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon, and Bob Elgin and performed by Gene McDaniels. The song reached #3 on the \"Billboard\" chart and #11 on the R&B chart in 1961. The song appeared on his 1961 album \"100 Lbs. Of Clay!\" The song was produced by Snuff Garrett. Earl Palmer played drums on the song. In the early 60s, the BBC banned the song and wouldn't allow British radio stations to play it. The controversy arose not from the fact that it was a religious song, but", "title": "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" }, { "docid": "17770053", "text": "because the censors interpreted the song as suggesting women were created simply to be sexual beings, and the BBC felt something that was considered blasphemous should not air to avoid controversy. McDaniels' version was used in the 1987 movie \"The Year My Voice Broke\". A Hundred Pounds of Clay \"A Hundred Pounds Of Clay\" is a song written by Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon, and Bob Elgin and performed by Gene McDaniels. The song reached #3 on the \"Billboard\" chart and #11 on the R&B chart in 1961. The song appeared on his 1961 album \"100 Lbs. Of Clay!\" The song", "title": "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" }, { "docid": "11290387", "text": "at home. Maggie shed 6 pounds, Kelly lost 7, and Bernie dropped 5. Brittany, however, lost only 3 pounds, and Paul shed 5 pounds. The team ends up losing a total of 26 lbs (2.42%). Jay wins Biggest Loser Player of the week for losing the most on the Blue Team, while Kelly; having the biggest percent of weight-loss on her team, won immunity from elimination. In the elimination room, Paul shows up wearing his original Yellow Team shirt. He says he is wearing it because he never felt like a member of the Black Team and felt that he", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 5)" }, { "docid": "19547619", "text": "bout after USADA revealed a potential anti-doping violation from a sample taken October 15. He was replaced by former Bellator Featherweight Champion and one time UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Joe Soto and the bout was contested at a catchweight of 140 lbs. At the event's weigh-ins, Charles Oliveira failed to make the featherweight limit for his fight with Ricardo Lamas, coming in nine pounds over the 146 lbs weight allowance. He was fined 30 percent of his earnings, and Lamas and promotion officials insisted that Oliveira not weigh more than 160 lbs the day of the fight or the fight", "title": "The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3" }, { "docid": "11290425", "text": "to 144 pounds, one pound more than contestant Neil Tejwani from Season Four, who went from 421 to 278 while on campus. Roger's weight-loss percentage was 6.41%. Mark was next, and dropped 12 lbs for a percentage of 6.63%. The two remaining women contestants surprised everyone once again. Ali lost 11 lbs (7.53%), pushing Roger below the yellow line. The biggest man in the house was finally below the line. But who would join him? Mark or Kelly? Kelly ended up also shocking the room, losing 13 lbs (6.81%) pushing Mark below the line. The last two members of Bob's", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 5)" }, { "docid": "14195543", "text": "total. This set a new record for the world's strongest bodybuilder and beat the previous title holders (Johnnie O. Jackson) record by nearly 100 pounds. On May 15, 2011, Stan entered the 2011 SPF California State Championships and competed raw without knee wraps. He set two all-time world records, squatting 854 lbs and a three lift total of 2,226.6 lbs beating the former world record holder, Konstantin Konstantinovs of Latvia, by over 50 lbs. On March 24, 2013, Efferding broke the old raw Total record in the 275-pound-class held by Jon Cole since 1972: At the event called supertrainng.tv \"March", "title": "Stan Efferding" }, { "docid": "9747698", "text": "him twenty-six pounds and left him sixteen and a half lengths behind. Didn't this prove that Flyingbolt was now every bit as good as his more illustrious stable-mate? Flyingbolt's next start was back at home in the Thyestes Handicap Chase at Gowran Park, where he carried the now customary top weight and beat Height O'Fashion by a distance (in excess of 30 lengths) whilst giving her 28 lbs, with Flying Wild (who received 29 lbs) another 25 lengths back in third. By comparison, Arkle failed by a length to give 32 lbs to Flying Wild in the previous season's Massey-Ferguson", "title": "Flyingbolt" }, { "docid": "18200643", "text": "needs to lose 11 pounds to save Jordan, and after a few bad weigh-ins, he personally needs a win. Woody steps on the scale... and loses an incredible 15 pounds! The team's total is 25 pounds, 2.79%. This means that Rondalee has fallen below the Red Line, and must leave the ranch. Jackie now weighs 208 lbs. and wants to create a health and wellness program at her Native American community. \"First aired November 20, 2014\"<br> Just when the new teams were settling in, they're dissolved for the week. The contestants are all on one team - and they have", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 16)" }, { "docid": "7574088", "text": "to the King declaring a preference for universal manhood suffrage but expressing willingness to settle for Lord Grey’s Reform Bill. It being intended to form a Manchester Reform Association a sub-committee was set up to draft rules and a statement of objects: Fielden was a member of the sub-committee and responsible for the draft produced. On passage of the Reform Act, Fielden Brothers gave a dinner for their entire workforce…\" Two thousand pounds weight of beef of the choicest cuts… between three and four hundred puddings weighing 7 or 8 lbs each, and a proportionate quantity of other dishes, bread", "title": "John Fielden" }, { "docid": "2163999", "text": "an Intelligent Anti Skid system developed in conjunction with Bosch, which gives drivers a level of control in extreme ice or snow conditions similar to a 4x4 In 2009, NHTSA upgraded its roof-crush standard for vehicles weighing 6000 pounds or less. The new standard increased the crush load requirement from 1.5 to 3 times the vehicle's curb weight. Form 2011, new cars should have brake assist system in the EU, according to The Pedestrian Protection Regulation (EC) 78/2009. Starting in 2012, all cars under 10,000 lbs. sold in the US are required to have Electronic Stability Control. In 2014, ESP", "title": "Automobile safety" }, { "docid": "1521917", "text": "champion Larry Holmes. Young won a short 3 round brutal battle with unranked Wendell Bailey, showing flashes of old form. But in other matches of note Young fared poorly. He was stopped due to cuts by new heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney after 4 rounds in a fight where he was dominated. He also lost on points to another rising prospect and future heavyweight champion Michael Dokes. In the 1979 match with Dokes Young was out of shape due to lack of training and weighed 229 lbs., nearly the heaviest he had weighed throughout his career and around 15 lbs. heavier", "title": "Jimmy Young (boxer)" }, { "docid": "15261250", "text": "Cub weighs 300 lbs less than a Piper Super Cub. The carbon cowling weighs six pounds. The fuselage is welded 4130 tube steel with fabric covering. The wings are fitted with vortex generators for low-speed flight control. Some models use a partial color on silver base coat paint job that weighs 11 lbs less than an all-color paint job. The CC340 engine is a Lycoming O-320 based engine developed with ECi using dual electronic ignition and ECi O-320 cylinders. The engine is rated at 5 gallons per hour at the 80 hp cruise setting. CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub SS The", "title": "CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub SS" }, { "docid": "16820912", "text": "their carbon footprint. In 2013, SweetWater recycled more than 9.5 million pounds of spent grain, 165,000-lbs of spent hops and 150,000-lbs of yeast for local farmers to feed livestock and use for compost. Water reclamation practices used during brewing and bottling also reclaim more than six million gallons of water annually to be used in future brewing. The SweetWater 420 Fest is an annual three-day craft beer, music and arts festival formerly held in Atlanta's historic Candler Park. As of 2014 the fest is held in Centennial Olympic park on or around the weekend of April 20. The Earth Day", "title": "SweetWater Brewing Company" }, { "docid": "13901735", "text": "and resistant to weather and disease and tolerates a harsh climate. It is hardy, very food-seeking and it has good juicy meat. Is somewhat temperamental, awake and guarding and will preferably be left alone during the breeding season.\" Further descriptions of the breed's phenotypic court detail: Gase 5-5,5 kg, (11-12 lbs) Goose: 4-4,5 kg, (8.8-9.9 lbs) Egg weight: 130 grams or 4.5 ounces. Most of the Faroese geese are slaughtered in of December at a weight of 4–5 kg or 9-11 pounds. After three to four weeks of fattening the chicks are slaughtered. Earlier, most got lightly salted or wind-dried", "title": "Faroese goose" }, { "docid": "20326464", "text": "on November 17, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 140. At the weigh-ins, Calvillo weighed in at 118 lbs, 2 pounds over the strawweight non-title fight limit of 116 lbs. She was fined 20 percent of her purse, which went to her opponent, Botelho, and the bout proceeded at catchweight. She lost the fight via a rear-naked choke in round one. Poliana Botelho Poliana Botelho (born December 15, 1988) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who is currently competing in the strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She previously held the Women's Flyweight Championship in the Xtreme Fighting Championships. Botelho", "title": "Poliana Botelho" }, { "docid": "691600", "text": "\"pound sign\". In Canada the symbol is called both the \"number sign\" and the \"pound sign\". The American company Avaya has an option in their programming to denote Canadian English, which in turn instructs the system to say \"number sign\" to callers instead of \"pound sign\". In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it is generally called a hash (probably ultimately from \"hatch\", referring to cross-hatching, although the exact derivation is disputed). It is never used to denote pounds, either as weight (\"lb\" or \"lbs\" is used for this) or currency (pounds sterling, for which \"£\" is used). It is never", "title": "Number sign" }, { "docid": "20238324", "text": "Chaceon quinquedens Chaceon quinquedens, commonly known as the Atlantic deep sea red crab, or simply Atlantic red crab or red crab is a crab that lives in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and Canada, from North Carolina to Nova Scotia. The crab is commercially fished as food; the National Marine Fisheries Service annual quota is 3.95 million pounds. The species resembles a snow crab from Alaska. According to the Virginia Marine Products Board, the average weight of the crab is about one to two pounds, and the average size is \"1-2 lbs. or 5", "title": "Chaceon quinquedens" }, { "docid": "11290376", "text": "this week. They weigh in first and Paul, Kelly and Bernie all have lost significant weight. Paul has dropped 10 lbs, Kelly has lost 8, and Bernie shed 7. Then Brittany weighs in and loses only one pound, followed by Maggie who loses two pounds. The Black Team's weight-loss is 28 lbs (2.54%). Kelly is upset because she feels that she will be the one to go home, if they lose. She worries that Bernie, Brittany, and Maggie have a stronger bond because they are closer to each other in age, and that she and Paul do not fit in", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 5)" }, { "docid": "3436886", "text": "longer perfluorinated carboxylic acid PFNA is increasing in the blood of US consumers. In 2016, the Environmental Working Group published an analysis of EPA data, and reported that unsafe levels of PFOA and PFOS were found in public water systems serving 5.2 million people in the US. The analysis was based on monitoring reports submitted to EPA by 52 water systems in 19 states and two territories. PFOA is released directly from industrial sites. For example, the estimate for the DuPont Washington Works facility is a total PFOA emissions of 80,000 pounds (lbs) in 2000 and 1,700 pounds in 2004.", "title": "Perfluorooctanoic acid" }, { "docid": "18479563", "text": "a tub of salt was 18 Imperial gallons. Tub (unit) Tub was a unit of capacity or of weight used in Britain and elsewhere. British laws for the sale of goods defined a tub of butter as a receptacle of a size which could contain 84 pounds of butter. 1 tub of butter or cheese = 84 pounds 1 tub = 1.5 Firkin (1 Firkin = 56 lbs) 1 tub = The \"Oxford English Dictionary\" has quotations illustrating other values of a \"tub\" as a unit: In Newfoundland, Canada, a tub of coal was defined as 100 pounds, while a", "title": "Tub (unit)" }, { "docid": "18479562", "text": "Tub (unit) Tub was a unit of capacity or of weight used in Britain and elsewhere. British laws for the sale of goods defined a tub of butter as a receptacle of a size which could contain 84 pounds of butter. 1 tub of butter or cheese = 84 pounds 1 tub = 1.5 Firkin (1 Firkin = 56 lbs) 1 tub = The \"Oxford English Dictionary\" has quotations illustrating other values of a \"tub\" as a unit: In Newfoundland, Canada, a tub of coal was defined as 100 pounds, while a tub of herrings was 16 Imperial gallons and", "title": "Tub (unit)" }, { "docid": "13495564", "text": "weys, 336 London stone, or 4200 merchants' pounds (about 1835 kg). The last subsequently varied with the different values given to the sack of wool. The flax and feather lasts were 1700 avoirdupois pounds (about 770 kg). The English Ordnance Board defined the as 24 barrels of 100 avoirdupois pounds each (2,400 lbs. or about 1090 kg). The last was also used as a measure of rice in Dutch Formosa. It was composed of 20 piculs & about equal to 1200 kg. The Assize of Weights and Measures describes the as ten long thousands or 12,000 fish. The Norman French", "title": "Last (unit)" }, { "docid": "15628988", "text": "lbs of product. It features 24 truck bays and three vessel berths and maintains USDA export certification, approval from the Russian confederation for poultry exports, and approval for poultry and beef exports to Mexico. It is especially designed to blast freeze meat and poultry to 0 degrees Fahrenheit within 24 hours with a total capacity of 1,200,000 lbs a day. The facility at Henry Clay, also located in New Orleans, was constructed in 2012 with 127,000 square feet (5,100,000 cubic feet) of cold storage warehouse with a total storage capacity of 38,000,000 pounds of product. This plant has riverfront bulk", "title": "New Orleans Cold Storage" }, { "docid": "5262956", "text": "(lbs AI/yr) in 1987: apricots, 124; cherries, 3,301; green beans, 13,437; lettuce, 24,779; nectarines, 1,449; onions, 829; peaches, 15,203; plums, 163; raspberries, 3,247; and strawberries, 41,006. In 1997, two applications totaling 285 pounds each, were applied to kiwifruit in California to prevent the gray mold and soft rot caused by Botrytis cinerea. In general, the United States has seen an overall decline in the national use of vinclozolin. In 1992, a total of approximately 135,000 pounds were used. However, in 1997 this number dropped to 122,000 and in 2002 it was down to 55,000 pounds. The following chemical reactions are", "title": "Vinclozolin" }, { "docid": "3694768", "text": "and up to two inches under the axle differentials. The new suspension reduces rear unsprung mass by 110 pounds, and allows for a full 9.4 inches of suspension travel (how much the wheels can travel up or down) improving its ability to traverse uneven terrain for improved control and ride quality. The four-wheel independent long-travel suspension itself is a purpose-built version of race suspensions found on off-road desert race vehicles. Towing capacity increased by 800 lbs (363 kg) for a high towing capacity of 8,900 lbs (4,037 kg) when properly equipped with the appropriate axle ratio and heavy-duty trailer towing", "title": "Ford Expedition" }, { "docid": "8064407", "text": "and 260 pounds, 3.87 between 260 and 270 lbs, and 4.09 between 280 and 270 lbs. Because FCR calculated on the basis of weight gained gets worse after pigs mature, as it takes more and more feed to drive growth, countries that have a culture of slaughtering pigs at very high weights, like Japan and Korea, have poor FCRs. Some data for sheep illustrate variations in FCR. A FCR (kg feed dry matter intake per kg live mass gain) for lambs is often in the range of about 4 to 5 on high-concentrate rations, 5 to 6 on some forages", "title": "Feed conversion ratio" }, { "docid": "1678428", "text": "receives about 2685 foot-pounds of energy, and the rifle only 11.5 ft-lbs of energy, even though the rifle and the bullet both receive about 1.89 pound-sec momentum. Given the following calculations: convert the bullet and rifle weights to slug (mass) the bullet: 150 grains/7000 grains per pound/32.17 ft/sec^2(g) = .000666 slugs the rifle: 5 lbs/32.17 = .155 slugs calculate the bullet momentum first, as its velocity is easiest to estimate from interior ballistics or directly measure at a firing range: Momentum (bullet) = mass x velocity = .000666 x 2840 ft/sec = 1.89 pound-second Working backwards to find the recoil", "title": "Recoil" }, { "docid": "16931156", "text": "hundreds losing 6 lbs and keeping her safe,while Michael and Francelina fall below and the group decides to vote off Michael.Michael is now at home with his family and him and his wife had their vows renewed and he has lost 124 lbs. \"First aired February 18, 2013\" Week 8 started with a twist after Allison offered all of the contestants immunity, if they could collectively lose 70 pounds. If the group failed to meet the goal, the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss would fall below the red line. After a pop challenge about nutrition and a", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 14)" }, { "docid": "6385157", "text": "As he put it, \"I was not born big\". Ted Arcidi bench pressed 705.5 pounds (320 kg) on March 3, 1985 at Gus Rethwisch's Budweiser World Record Breakers in Honolulu, Hawaii for an APF & USPF world record, to become the first man to bench 600 pounds in an officially recognized powerlifting competition. Then, after being 5 1/2 years away from competition due to his wrestling career, he made the comeback of the decade. Weighing 291 pounds, Arcidi set another world record with an amazing 718.1 lbs bench press at the APF Bench Press Invitational on September 30, 1990, in", "title": "Ted Arcidi" }, { "docid": "12458474", "text": "season. She was voted runner-up to 2008 American Horse of the Year Curlin. On May 23, 2009, Zenyatta won the Grade 2 Milady Handicap at Hollywood Park. She carried 126 lbs and defeated stablemate and Grade I winner Life Is Sweet, finishing the 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.30 and winning by 1¾ lengths. On June 27, 2009, Zenyatta won the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park for the second straight year. She carried 129 lbs, spotting her rivals from 13 to 18 pounds, and became the first horse to win under such a weight assignment since 1977. She won", "title": "Zenyatta" }, { "docid": "4088560", "text": "Mendelson holds the World Powerlifting Congress (WPC) bench press world record with a 1025.15 lbs (465 kg) press (SHW division in Open and Masters age class), done on November 23, 2008 at the WPC World Championships in Palm Beach Gardens West Palm Beach, Florida. Mendelson has since cut down some weight and became the current all-time equipped world record holder in the 275-pound weight class (in Open and Masters age class) besting the previous world record by 83 pounds with a 467.5 kg (1030.7 lbs) bench press on December 12, 2009 in Camarillo, California (APF). Scot Mendelson is a three-times", "title": "Scot Mendelson" }, { "docid": "6958229", "text": "Bar-B-Q, is located in downtown San Antonio adjacent to the San Antonio Police Department's former headquarters. The plant is built according to the U.S. Federal Government's meat-packing guidelines and is inspected routinely by the City of San Antonio and the State of Texas. Bill Miller Bar-B-Q owns all its own real estate and buildings and operates its own distribution center. In 2001, it sold 4.5 million pounds of brisket, enough for 4 & 1/2 lbs. for every person living within San Antonio city limits at the time. They also sold 7 million pounds of chicken, 2 million links of sausage,", "title": "Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises" }, { "docid": "11290377", "text": "as well. The Blue Team must lose an average of seven pounds per man in order to win the weigh-in, or 35 lbs total. Trent, Roger, and Dan all meet or exceed that goal (Trent loses 8, Roger drops 9, and Dan sheds 7). Mark, however, loses only six pounds. Jay is last to weigh in and needs a 5-pound loss in order to win. He loses only four, giving the Blue Team a final percentage of 2.48%. The Black Team wins. Everyone is shocked, and Bob looks like he is so disappointed that he walked right out of the", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 5)" }, { "docid": "11290366", "text": "each keep to the average, Brittany loses only two pounds; Kelly loses no weight; and Paul \"gains\" three pounds. The Black Team has a weight-loss percentage of 1.22% and goes to the Elimination Room. At elimination, Bernie, Brittany, Kelly and Paul vote for Jenn, while Jenn and Maggie vote for Kelly. Jenn is eliminated, and it is shown that at home, Jenn has continued her diet and is now down to 201 lbs. \"First aired February 5, 2008 The two teams participate in a chocolate-caramel candy Temptation: whoever eats the most of 100 candies in front of them in five", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 5)" }, { "docid": "9100297", "text": "the opposite end of the scale. CMC, CMC-II, and AI classes have a power to weight limitation, while AIX is unrestricted. The minimum weight for an American Iron race car is 2,700 pounds with driver included. The AI class has a maximum power to weight ratio of 9.5:1 (9.5 lbs of vehicle weight per horsepower) and a maximum torque to weight ratio of 9:1 (9 pounds of vehicle weight per each foot-pound). Both are measured at the rear wheels. These formulas are designed to allow differences in vehicle handling and power while equalizing the competition and keeping race team budgets", "title": "American Iron Racing" }, { "docid": "14724229", "text": "of \"10 degree beers\", \"12 degree beers\" and so on. Gravity measurements are used to determine the \"size\" of the beer, its alcoholic strength, and how much of the available sugar the yeast were able to consume (a given strain can be expected, under proper conditions, to ferment a wort of a particular composition to within a range of attenuation; that is, they should be able to consume a known percentage of the extract). Historically gravity was measured and recorded in brewer's pounds (also known as just \"pounds\"). If a wort was said to be \"26 lbs. gravity per barrel\"", "title": "Beer measurement" }, { "docid": "18200641", "text": "and loses nine pounds to 268 pounds. Lori drops four pounds to 245 pounds. Rondalee is hoping to get below 218 pounds, her plateau weight since high school. Unfortunately, she only loses three pound to 221, which Jen thinks has to do with the fact that she still hasn't gotten to the bottom of why Rondalee doesn't value herself. The White Team's total weight loss is 17 pounds, 2.27%. The Red Team needs to lose more than 18 pounds to stay safe from the Red Line. Sonya is up first and at 206 pounds, is shooting for Wonderland - she", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 16)" }, { "docid": "3859425", "text": "never returned to compete again in official championships in favor of his wrestling career. He weighed 380 lbs at that time, and his right upper arm was measured at 24” by Terry Todd. By basically ending his lifting career at the age of 26, it is probable that he never reached his full physical potential as a professional lifter. Henry remains the youngest man in history to squat more than 900 pounds without a squat suit as well as the youngest to total more than 2,300 pounds raw – he's the only person ever to have accomplished any of these", "title": "Mark Henry" }, { "docid": "13731311", "text": "148 pounds, three pounds over the featherweight limit of 145 lbs. for a championship fight. As a result, in the event that Pettis were to win the fight with Holloway, he would be ineligible for the UFC championship. Pettis was also fined 20% of his purse, which went to Holloway and the bout proceeded at a catchweight. Pettis is the first fighter to miss weight for a UFC championship bout since Travis Lutter at UFC 67 in February 2007. He lost the fight via TKO in the third round. Pettis faced Jim Miller in a lightweight bout on July 8,", "title": "Anthony Pettis" }, { "docid": "13942940", "text": "Deadlift Championships at Europe's Strongest Man 2014 with a lift of 461 kg (1016 lbs) on a standard bar and plates. Benedikt then went on to compete in the World Deadlift Championships at Europe's Strongest Man 2016, lifting 465 kg (1025 pounds) to equal the strongman world record deadlift on a standard bar, with standard plates, which had been set moments earlier by Eddie Hall. Eddie Hall then went on to be the first person to deadlift 500 kg (1102 pounds), which Benedikt Magnusson attempted also, but unfortunately was unsuccessful. Benedikt is the brother of another Iceland's Strongest Man winner,", "title": "Benedikt Magnússon" }, { "docid": "18200622", "text": "three and is heartbroken. It's once again up to Damien to pull through... and he does! Damien drops nine pounds, saving his team and bringing their total weight loss to 12 pounds, or 2.05%. But their joy is bittersweet, as this means that Blake has fallen below the Red Line and must leave the ranch. She's upset, but determined to keep working hard at home. Back at home, Gina weighs 172 lbs. and wants to do a triathlon by the finale. \"First aired November 6, 2014\"<br> The contestants have officially reached the halfway point, and to celebrate, there are three", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 16)" }, { "docid": "5551770", "text": "to fit kids 38-65 pounds. Large and extra large GoodNites were combined into large/extra-Large for kids from 60-125+ pounds. The small/medium size is the equivalent of size 4-8 underwear. The large/extra-large size is equivalent to size 8-14 underwear. In 2017, a new extra-small size was introduced for both boys and girls. It fits clothing sizes 3-5 and is designed for children weighing 28-45 lbs. In a study published in the Bulletin of Pediatric Health, GoodNites and similar bedwetting underpants were analyzed for effectiveness in relieving social anxiety related to bedwetting for boys ages 7 to 13 and for girls ages", "title": "GoodNites" }, { "docid": "15224349", "text": "leaders, the LBS Young Talent Programme is for high-performing graduates and undergraduates. The objective is to build a pipeline of bright academics for the African continent. Lagos Business School Lagos Business School (LBS) is the graduate business school of the Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. LBS offers academic programmes, executive programmes and short focused programmes in Management that have been ranked among the best in Africa. The LBS main campus is located in Lekki, Lagos. The school was established in 1991, and is committed to teaching management with a humanistic approach, delivering general management education to high potential professionals, across all levels", "title": "Lagos Business School" }, { "docid": "17002728", "text": "it would take a farmer a lifetime to accomplish that. Clearing rates averaged between 1.47 and 3.18 acres per year. The annual adult consumption of food in the 1830s would include 13 bushels of wheat, 120-160 lbs of pork, 60 pounds of beef, 30 pounds of lamb and 30 bushels of potatoes. A child would eat half that. With an average household having 6.5 people, they would need 62 bushels of wheat for themselves. This is roughly the product of 2.5 acres of land. A 25-acre farm would thus produce 132-188 bushel marketable surplus, raising between £5 and £45 depending", "title": "Agriculture in Upper Canada" } ]
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who has won bbc sports personality of the year the most
[ "Andy Murray" ]
[ { "docid": "12831923", "text": "once: tennis player Andy Murray is the only person to have won three times (in addition to the Young Sports Personality and Team awards), while boxer Henry Cooper and Formula One drivers Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill have each won twice. Snooker player Steve Davis has finished in the top three a record five times (one win). Eight people have twice finished second without ever winning, including Bobby Charlton and Sally Gunnell (Gunnell also finished third once). Jessica Ennis-Hill holds the record for most top three placements without a win; having finished second once and third three times. Both Charlton", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "2948696", "text": "In 2001, the award was replaced by the Young Sports Personality of the Year, and sprinter Amy Spencer was the first recipient of that award. Scottish tennis player Andy Murray, who won in 2004, is the only non-English recipient of the award. The only person to win the award more than once is diver Tom Daley, who won the award three times, in 2007, 2009, and 2010, and was nominated to the ten-person shortlist in five successive years (2007–2011). The most recent award was presented in 2017 to Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Including a Newcomer of the Year", "title": "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "19752723", "text": "2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 18 December 2016 at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. It was the 63rd presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a sixteen-person shortlist; the winner was Tennis player Andy Murray, who became the first person to win the award three times. The event, broadcast live on BBC One,", "title": "2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12831923", "text": "once: tennis player Andy Murray is the only person to have won three times (in addition to the Young Sports Personality and Team awards), while boxer Henry Cooper and Formula One drivers Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill have each won twice. Snooker player Steve Davis has finished in the top three a record five times (one win). Eight people have twice finished second without ever winning, including Bobby Charlton and Sally Gunnell (Gunnell also finished third once). Jessica Ennis-Hill holds the record for most top three placements without a win; having finished second once and third three times. Both Charlton", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "19204723", "text": "2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 20 December 2015 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Tennis player Andy Murray was announced as the winner. It was the 62nd presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a twelve-person shortlist; the winner was Andy Murray. In addition to the sports personality of the year award, there", "title": "2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "17726501", "text": "to step down as a presenter after 19 years. The winner of the main award was tennis player Andy Murray. Former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson won the special BBC Sports Personality Diamond Award. Prior to 2012, a panel of thirty sports journalists each submit a list of ten contenders. From these contenders a shortlist of ten nominees is determined—currently, in the event of a tie at the end of the nomination process, a panel of six former award winners determined the nominee by a Borda count. The shortlist was announced at the beginning of December, and the winner", "title": "2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12605943", "text": "tour to Australia as one of three fullbacks touring along with Stuart Hogg and Rob Kearney. Halfpenny played all three tests, winning player of the series, and breaking the Lions points record held by Neil Jenkins. He also broke the record for most points in one test. In November 2013 Halfpenny was named in a shortlist of five players for the IRB Player of the Year. In December 2013 Halfpenny was selected as BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year and was runner-up for BBC Sports Personality of the Year to Andy Murray. In March 2014, Halfpenny was ruled out", "title": "Leigh Halfpenny" } ]
[ { "docid": "12831921", "text": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. The winner is selected by a public-vote from a pre-determined shortlist. The most recent award winner is cyclist Geraint Thomas , who won in 2018. Sports Personality of the Year", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "2948636", "text": "Billie Jean King. This table lists the total number of awards won by each nationality based on the principle of \"jus soli\". This table lists the total number of awards won by the winners sporting profession. General Specific BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to a sportsperson \"who has made a major impact on the world of sport during their lifetime\". The winner is selected", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award" }, { "docid": "2944907", "text": "won by nationality based on the principle of \"jus soli\". This table lists the total number of awards won by recipient's sporting profession. This table lists the total number of awards won by gender. BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year The BBC World Sport Star of the Year (formerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year) is an award presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony. The award is presented to a non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantial contribution to a sport in that year. The award was", "title": "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "2948633", "text": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to a sportsperson \"who has made a major impact on the world of sport during their lifetime\". The winner is selected by BBC Sport. When football manager Alex Ferguson won the award in 2001, the BBC described the award as \"a new accolade\" to be presented annually; however, two people had already received the Lifetime Achievement Award. The inaugural", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award" }, { "docid": "15360598", "text": "Helens captain, Paul Sculthorpe, collected it on his behalf. In 2007, Enzo Calzaghe was the first recipient of the award who had coached an individual and not a team. The most recent award was presented in 2018 to England national football team manager Gareth Southgate. This table lists the total number of awards won by coaches of each nationality based on the principle of \"jus soli\". This table lists the total number of awards won by coaches' sporting profession. General Specific BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award is an", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award" }, { "docid": "2944436", "text": "by Scottish teams; Celtic in 1967, after they became the first British football club to win the European Cup, and the 1990 Grand Slam winning Scotland rugby union squad. Football has had the highest representation among the winners, with 13 recipients. The most recent award was presented in 2017 to the England women's cricket team. This table lists the total number of awards won by nations that the teams have represented. This table lists the total number of awards won by the teams sporting discipline. BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality Team of the", "title": "BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "2948697", "text": "award BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award is presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony. It is awarded to the sportsperson aged 17 or under as of 1 January of that year, who has made the most outstanding contribution to sport in that year. Nominees are generally British. Non-Britons are eligible if they are UK resident, play a significant amount of sport in the United Kingdom, and their core achievements for the year took place in the UK, and were not done with a non-UK", "title": "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "2948694", "text": "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award is presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony. It is awarded to the sportsperson aged 17 or under as of 1 January of that year, who has made the most outstanding contribution to sport in that year. Nominees are generally British. Non-Britons are eligible if they are UK resident, play a significant amount of sport in the United Kingdom, and their core achievements for the year took place in the UK, and were not done with a non-UK national", "title": "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "15360602", "text": "by recipients of each nationality based on the principle of \"jus soli\". This table lists the total number of awards won by recipients' sporting profession. General Specific BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given \"for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity\", and the winner is selected by BBC Sport. The award is named after the BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason, who died in August 1999", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award" }, { "docid": "2944903", "text": "sportsperson had the most total points. In the case of a points tie, the sportsperson chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner. If this is also a tie the award is shared. In 2015 the public voted for this award. The Overseas Personality award was first presented in 1960, six years after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award was introduced. The first recipient of the award was Australian middle distance runner Herb Elliott. Since then, the award has been presented to 49 sportspersons. Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has won the award four times.", "title": "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "2944433", "text": "of whom voted for their top two choices and followed a defined set of voting criteria. Before that, the winner of the Team of the Year Award has been chosen by public vote and picked by listeners of Radio 5 Live. The Team of the Year Award was first presented in 1960, six years after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award was introduced. The first recipient of the award was the Cooper Formula One Racing team. The England national rugby union team and the Ryder Cup team have won the award the most times; both teams have won", "title": "BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "2944432", "text": "BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. Currently, the award is given \"For the team in an individual sport or sporting discipline that has achieved the most notable performance in the calendar year to date. The team should have significant UK interest or involvement\". From 2012 the award's recipient is decided by an expert panel selected by the BBC. For some years before 2012 a panel of over 30 sporting journalists, each", "title": "BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "15360596", "text": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to the coach who was considered to have made the most substantive contribution to British sport in that year. The award is decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists. Each panellist votes for their top two choices; their first preference is awarded two points, and their second preference is awarded one point. The winning coach is the one with", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award" }, { "docid": "18391622", "text": "awards were also announced: 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, took place on 14 December at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow. It was the 61st presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a ten-person shortlist. Lewis Hamilton won the main award. The event was presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan. For 2014, the BBC", "title": "2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "18391620", "text": "2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, took place on 14 December at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow. It was the 61st presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a ten-person shortlist. Lewis Hamilton won the main award. The event was presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan. For 2014, the BBC introduced an expert panel", "title": "2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12831927", "text": "2012 and subsequent awards by the introduction of an expert panel. The panel produces a shortlist that reflects UK sporting achievements on the national and/or international stage, represents the breadth and depth of UK sports and takes into account ‘impact’ within and beyond the sport or sporting achievement in question. This table lists the total number of awards won by the winner's sport. The below table lists all people who have finished in the top three places more than once. General Specific BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12903352", "text": "Steve Redgrave, who won the award, and footballer David Beckham. The other members of the shortlist were footballer Bobby Moore, cricketer Ian Botham and ice skating duo Torvill and Dean. Alf Ramsey's squad won a poll to select a Team of the Decade for the 50th anniversary show. Representatives from each of the past winners of the Team of the Year award voted for their outstanding team of the last 50 years. Bobby Robson presented the award to Bobby Charlton, who collected the award on behalf of the late Bobby Moore's team. BBC Sports Personality of the Year The BBC", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "12831924", "text": "(2008) and Ennis-Hill (2017), received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. Princess Anne (1971) and her daughter Zara Phillips (2006) are the only award-winners to be members of the same family. The oldest recipient of the award is Dai Rees, who won in 1957 aged 44. Ian Black, who won the following year, aged 17, is the youngest winner. Torvill and Dean, who won in 1984, are the only non-individual winners of the award, so in the 61 years of the award there have been 62 recipients. Of these 13 have been female. 17 sporting disciplines", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "7070727", "text": "and was voted the European Tour Golfer of the Year. He again won the Mark H. McCormack Award for leading the Official World Golf Ranking for the most weeks in the year (22 of 52 weeks). He was awarded the RTÉ Sports Person of the Year for the second time, previously winning in 2011, and the BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year for the third time after victories in 2011 and 2012. He also came 2nd in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, behind Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. In 2015 McIlroy was shortlisted for", "title": "Rory McIlroy" }, { "docid": "2944902", "text": "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year The BBC World Sport Star of the Year (formerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year) is an award presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony. The award is presented to a non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantial contribution to a sport in that year. The award was decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists. Each panellist voted for their top two choices; their first preference was awarded two points, and their second preference was awarded one point. The winning", "title": "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "15360609", "text": "recipient qualified for the award. This table lists the total number of awards won by the sport the recipient contributed towards. General Specific BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award The BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to the sportsperson who has made a substantive yet unrecognised contribution to sport. Sportspeople are nominated by the public, and must be aged 16 years or over on 1 January that year. Nominees may not put themselves forward or be nominated by a member", "title": "BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award" }, { "docid": "9709177", "text": "the gold medal for Synchronised 10m Platform Competition. The following day he also won gold in the 10m Individual Platform competition. In November 2010, Daley was announced as a nominated sportsman for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010 and the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2010. He won BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2010 for the third time in his career, and is the first person to receive this award three times. For the 2011 season, Daley was paired in the synchronised competitions with 2004 Athens Olympic silver medallist Peter Waterfield in British Swimming's", "title": "Tom Daley" }, { "docid": "15360599", "text": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given \"for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity\", and the winner is selected by BBC Sport. The award is named after the BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason, who died in August 1999 at the age of 43 after suffering from cancer for two years. Helen Rollason was the first female presenter of \"Grandstand\". After being diagnosed with cancer, she", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award" }, { "docid": "12903327", "text": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Devised by Paul Fox in 1954, it originally consisted of just one, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Several new awards have been introduced, and currently eight awards are presented. The first awards to be added were the Team of the Year and Overseas Personality awards, which were introduced in 1960. A Lifetime Achievement Award was first given in 1995 and again in 1996, and has been presented annually since 2001. In 1999, three more", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "2944905", "text": "of the award is Nadia Comăneci, who won in 1976 at age 15. Boris Becker, who was 18 when he won in 1985, is the youngest male to have won. Twenty different countries have been represented by the award winners. United States sportspersons have won the award the most times, having had nineteen recipients, two of whom shared the award. Three cricketers have received the award -- Garfield Sobers of Barbados, Brian Lara of Trinidad and Tobago (both of whom played for the West Indies cricket team), and Shane Warne of Australia. Thirteen sporting disciplines have been represented; tennis has", "title": "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "12903338", "text": "broadcast. Hosted by Gary Lineker, the episodes were shown on BBC One for five consecutive nights from 8–12 December 2003; each covered one decade of Sports Personality history. At the end of each programme, viewers voted for their favourite Sports Personality winner from the decade covered; the five winners then went onto a shortlist for one of two special 50th Anniversary awards. From this shortlist, rower Steve Redgrave was voted Golden Sports Personality of the Year by the public. The England World Cup-winning team of 1966 won a Team of the Decades award, voted for by representatives from all previous", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "16147914", "text": "was broadcast live on BBC One. The winner, decided by a public telephone vote during the ceremony, was Mark Cavendish. The nominees and their achievements in 2011 as described by the BBC and their share of the votes cast were as follows: In addition to the main award as \"Sports Personality of the Year\", several other awards were also announced: 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, presented on 22 December, was the 58th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting", "title": "2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "16147912", "text": "2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, presented on 22 December, was the 58th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a 10-person shortlist. Other awards presented include team, coach, and young personality of the year. The shortlist of ten sportspeople, which was drawn up by \"a range of sports experts from newspapers and magazines across the", "title": "2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "15145292", "text": "2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, held on 19 December, was the 57th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Awarded annually by the BBC, the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year. The winner is selected by public vote from a 10-person shortlist. Other awards presented include team, coach, and young personality of the year. The ten sportspersons on the award shortlist was drawn up by a \"panel of 30 sports editors from national and regional newspapers and magazines\",", "title": "2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "17726503", "text": "cast were as follows: In addition to the main award as \"Sports Personality of the Year\", several other awards were also announced: 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award was presented on 15 December from the First Direct Arena in Leeds. It was the 60th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a ten-person shortlist. The event", "title": "2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "20466200", "text": "2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, held on 13 December, was the 56th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Awarded annually by the BBC, the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year. The winner is selected by public vote from a 10-person shortlist. Other awards presented include team, coach, and young personality of the year. The nominees and their achievements in 2009 as described by the BBC, and their share of the votes cast were as follows: The winner", "title": "2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12903345", "text": "keeps it for eight or nine months. The trophies for second and third place, and for the other awards, are smaller imitations of the main trophy, but have in the past been silver salvers. For the two special awards celebrating the 50th Anniversary, and for the Sports Personality of the Century award, similar miniature trophies were presented but they were gold in colour. The three BBC national regions of BBC Wales, BBC Scotland and BBC Northern Ireland each hold individual sports personality awards. Respectively, they are BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year, BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year,", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "19752724", "text": "was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan. The nominees were revealed on 28 November 2016, during BBC One's \"The One Show\". To reflect the vast success of the past year, a record 16 sportspeople were named on the shortlist. In addition to the main award as \"Sports Personality of the Year\", several other awards were also announced: 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 18 December 2016 at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. It was the 63rd presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of", "title": "2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "19204724", "text": "were seven other awards: Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, Young Sports Personality of the Year, Helen Rollason Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and Unsung Hero. There were calls to remove Tyson Fury from the nominees list, after comments he made were criticised as homophobic and sexist. The nominees were revealed on 30 November 2015. In addition to the main award as \"Sports Personality of the Year\", several other awards were also announced: 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on", "title": "2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "15360600", "text": "helped raise over £5 million to set up a cancer wing at the North Middlesex Hospital, where she received most of her treatment. The inaugural recipient of the award was horse trainer Jenny Pitman, in 1999. Other winners include South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who won the award in 2007. Several recipients have not played a sport professionally, including: Jane Tomlinson, who won in 2002, Kirsty Howard (2004), Phil Packer (2009), Anne Williams, who received the award posthumously in 2013, and eight-year-old Bailey Matthews (2015). Michael Watson, who won the award in 2003, had a career in boxing but", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award" }, { "docid": "20459417", "text": "2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 17 December 2017 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. It was the 64th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a twelve-person shortlist. The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds opened the ceremony", "title": "2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12903331", "text": "Year, two special anniversary awards were created to recognise the best team and Sports Personality from the previous fifty years. Rower Steve Redgrave was voted BBC Golden Sports Personality of the Year and England's 1966 World Cup-winning football team was chosen as Team of the Decades. The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year was created by Paul Fox, who came up with the idea while he was editor of the magazine show \"Sportsview\". The first award ceremony took place in 1954 as part of \"Sportsview\", and was presented by Peter Dimmock. Held at the Savoy Hotel on 30 December 1954,", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "2854242", "text": "had competed in more races than Button before winning the World Championship. Button wrote a book about his 2009 season, entitled \"My Championship Year\", which was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on 19 November 2009. On 30 November 2009, Button was announced as one of the ten men and women shortlisted for the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. At the awards ceremony on 13 December 2009, Button was awarded second place. On 6 December, Button won the BBC West Country's Sports Personality of the Year at the University of Bath. He won the main award against racehorse", "title": "Jenson Button" }, { "docid": "16720425", "text": "also announced: 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, presented on 16 December, was the 59th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a 12-person shortlist. The winner of the 2012 award was Bradley Wiggins, the Tour de France and Olympic time trial champion. The awards ceremony was hosted at ExCeL London, which had been a venue", "title": "2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "16720421", "text": "2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, presented on 16 December, was the 59th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a 12-person shortlist. The winner of the 2012 award was Bradley Wiggins, the Tour de France and Olympic time trial champion. The awards ceremony was hosted at ExCeL London, which had been a venue for several", "title": "2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "20466201", "text": "was announced as footballer Ryan Giggs. Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button was runner up, with world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis voted third. As part of the 2009 ceremony, awards were also to be presented for: 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, held on 13 December, was the 56th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Awarded annually by the BBC, the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year. The winner is selected by public vote from a 10-person shortlist.", "title": "2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "17726500", "text": "2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award was presented on 15 December from the First Direct Arena in Leeds. It was the 60th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a ten-person shortlist. The event was presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan with musical performances from John Newman and Russell Watson. Sue Barker decided", "title": "2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "15145294", "text": "of the votes cast were as follows: The winner was announced as jockey Tony McCoy. 15 time world champion darts player Phil \"The Power\" Taylor was runner up, with world and European heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis voted third. As part of the 2010 ceremony, awards were also to be presented for: 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, held on 19 December, was the 57th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Awarded annually by the BBC, the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement", "title": "2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "20977489", "text": "to his name. 2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018 took place on 16 December 2018 at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. It was the 65th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan. Des Clarke and Jazmin Sawyers provided the pre-show entertainment. George Ezra, Paloma Faith and Freya Ridings performed during the show. The Lightning Seeds along with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner performed \"Three Lions\" whilst a montage of", "title": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "20977483", "text": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018 took place on 16 December 2018 at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. It was the 65th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan. Des Clarke and Jazmin Sawyers provided the pre-show entertainment. George Ezra, Paloma Faith and Freya Ridings performed during the show. The Lightning Seeds along with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner performed \"Three Lions\" whilst a montage of England's run to", "title": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "2948634", "text": "recipient of the award was Frank Bruno in 1996, who won it after his retirement from boxing that year. Bruno was the favourite to win the main award in 1995, but lost to Damon Hill, causing many to criticise his Lifetime Achievement Award as being a consolation award. Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros won the award the following year, but after that the award was not presented for three years. The award has been presented annually since Ferguson ended the hiatus in 2001. Five of the eleven recipients have been associated with football; tennis and golf are the only other sports", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award" }, { "docid": "12903346", "text": "and BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year. The 12 local BBC English Regions also have their own award ceremonies, In 1969, Don Revie was presented with a Manager of the Year award for his achievements while in charge of Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds became champions of the Football League First Division that season, having lost only two games and scored a record number of points. In 1981, to recognise the year of the disabled, Dennis Moore received a Special Achievement Award for completing the inaugural London Marathon despite being blind since birth. Lester Piggott won an award in", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "5964900", "text": "(BBC and Channel 4). In February 2013 she was assessed as being one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by \"Woman's Hour\" on BBC Radio 4. and also won the award for Sports Presenter at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards. Her other awards include Attitude Awards TV Personality of the Year 2012, TRIC Sports Presenter of the Year 2013, British Equestrian Federation Outstanding Journalist of the Year 2014 and First Women Awards Lifetime Achievement 2015. Plus awards from \"Red\" magazine, \"Tatler\" and the Horserace Writers' Association. Balding formalised her relationship with Alice Arnold, then a", "title": "Clare Balding" }, { "docid": "11215111", "text": "Honours. British cycling's 14 medals, including eight golds, at the 2008 Summer Olympics won him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award on 14 December 2008. In November 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by University of Chester where he studied Sport and Exercise Science. In December 2012 he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award for a second time. On 19 December 2012 He received the Freedom of the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire. Dave Brailsford Sir David John Brailsford (born 29 February 1964) is a British cycling coach. He was formerly performance director", "title": "Dave Brailsford" }, { "docid": "12831922", "text": "was created by Paul Fox, who thought of the idea while he was editor of the magazine show \"Sportsview\". The first award ceremony took place in 1954 as part of \"Sportsview\", and was presented by Peter Dimmock. For the first show, votes were sent by postcard, and rules presented in a \"Radio Times\" article stipulated that nominations were restricted to athletes who had featured on the \"Sportsview\" programme since April. Approximately 14,500 votes were cast, and Christopher Chataway beat Roger Bannister to win the inaugural BBC Sportsview's Personality of the Year Award. Four people have won the award more than", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12903351", "text": "half-hour special programmes, entitled \"Simply The Best – Sports Personality\", were broadcast. Hosted by Gary Lineker, the episodes were shown on BBC One for five consecutive nights from 8 to 2003 and each covered one decade of Sports Personality. To celebrate the golden anniversary of the show, a special award was voted for by the public to recognise an all-time Golden Sports Personality from the previous winners of the last 49 years. A shortlist of five was planned to contain one winner from each decade of the award; however, the actual shortlist contained two winners from the most recent decade—rower", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "2944435", "text": "Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent in 1992 and 1996. The largest winning team was in 2012; the British representatives at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Six nations have been represented by the award winning team. Teams representing Great Britain have won the award the most times, having had twenty-three recipients, three of which shared the award. Excluding the 2000 British Olympic and Paralympic teams, which fielded competitors in many Paralympic and Olympic sports, the remainder of the winning teams have represented 15 sporting disciplines. Although dominated by teams from England or representing Great Britain, the award has been won twice", "title": "BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "15360606", "text": "BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award The BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to the sportsperson who has made a substantive yet unrecognised contribution to sport. Sportspeople are nominated by the public, and must be aged 16 years or over on 1 January that year. Nominees may not put themselves forward or be nominated by a member of their immediate family. A nominee must actively help others participate in a sport at any level on a voluntary basis. The work", "title": "BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award" }, { "docid": "12903337", "text": "a further three regular awards: Coach of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, and a Helen Rollason Award for \"outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity\". In a one-off award, boxer Muhammad Ali was voted as the Sports Personality of the Century. On 1 November 2003, BBC Books published \"BBC Sports Personality of the Year 50th Anniversary\" (), written by Steve Rider and Martyn Smith, to mark the golden anniversary of the show. Leading up to the anniversary show on 14 December 2003, a series of five half-hour special programmes, entitled \"Simply The Best – Sports Personality\", were", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "20459420", "text": "followed the team doctor’s advice to increase my Salbutamol dosage. As always, I took the greatest care to ensure that I did not use more than the permissible dose.\" Froome later reiterated these comments during the ceremony. The UCI officially closed the investigation on 2 July 2018, stating that Froome had supplied sufficient evidence to suggest that his \"sample results do not constitute an AAF\". In addition to the main award as \"Sports Personality of the Year\", several other awards will also be presented: 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year", "title": "2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "7850673", "text": "of 51 points), and had won the National League in the spring, all of which earned him a fifth All Star. Among his more notable performances of the year included an eight-point haul in the replayed first round match against Derry, and in the replayed Ulster Final, Canavan scored eleven points. He became the first GAA star to gain an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster, and was also voted BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year, a regional award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Following an email campaign throughout Ireland, Canavan was an early", "title": "Peter Canavan" }, { "docid": "3959286", "text": "of the Year Team Award at the Annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year Ceremony. This accolade recognises the best team in any sport within the United Kingdom. At the same ceremony Daniel Anderson was given the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award - this was the first time a rugby league coach had won the award. After a slow start to the 2007 season, Saints added to their history by beating Brisbane 18-14 to win the 2007 World Club Challenge. In July, they beat Super League rivals, Bradford, to reach the first Challenge Cup final at the", "title": "St Helens R.F.C." }, { "docid": "12903340", "text": "shortened to one year after complaints by ITV and RadioCentre caused the BBC Trust to rule in that \"Editorial Guidelines were breached and the editorial integrity of the BBC compromised by giving the impression to licence fee payers via Sports Personality of the Year that part of a BBC service had been sponsored.\" They decided that the 2008 awards should not be broadcast as a sponsored event, and no new sponsorship deal was negotiated after the Britvic deal expired. In , the BBC announced that the 2008 Sports Personality of the Year event would be held at the Echo Arena,", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "3671811", "text": "won the gold medal, her roommate Ann Packer won the 800 metres. Packer said: \"Mary was the most gifted athlete I ever saw. She was as good as athletes get, there has never been anything like her since. And I don't believe there ever will.\" Rand was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1965 New Year's Honours List and voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 1964. After Tokyo, her training was less intensive, but she won a gold the long jump at the 1966 Commonwealth Games. Due to injury, she failed", "title": "Mary Rand" }, { "docid": "5205889", "text": "apprentice for trainer Toby Balding, McCoy won the Conditional Jump Jockeys Title with a record 74 winners for a conditional jockey. McCoy claimed his first Champion Jockey title in 1995/96 and went on to win it every year until his retirement in 2015. McCoy has won almost every big race there is to win. His most high-profile winners include the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, King George VI Chase and the 2010 Grand National, riding Don't Push It. He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010, becoming the first jockey to win the", "title": "Tony McCoy" }, { "docid": "3046719", "text": "he rode contract races, riding an estimated . He rode 18 races, with each earning him £300–£350. Simpson ended the year second to Anquetil in the Super Prestige Pernod International, and won the \"Daily Express\" Sportsman of the Year, the Sports Journalists' Association Sportsman of the Year, presented by the Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In British cycling Simpson won the British Cycling Federation Personality of the Year and the Bidlake Memorial Prize. He was given the freedom of Sint-Amandsberg; his family, including his parents, were driven in an open-top car along the", "title": "Tom Simpson" }, { "docid": "18391621", "text": "who were asked to devise a shortlist that reflected UK sporting achievements on the national and/or international stage, represented the breadth and depth of UK sports and took into account \"impact\" within and beyond the sport or sporting achievement in question. The 2014 panel was announced on 22 October 2014. The panel members were: The shortlist of ten contenders was announced during BBC One's \"The One Show\" on 24 November and on the BBC website. Early favourites for the award included Rory McIlroy and Lewis Hamilton. In addition to the main award as \"Sports Personality of the Year\", several other", "title": "2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12903328", "text": "awards were introduced: the Helen Rollason Award, the Coach Award, and the Newcomer Award, which was renamed to Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2001. The newest is the Unsung Hero Award, first presented in 2003. In 2003, the 50th anniversary of the show was marked by a five-part series on BBC One called \"Simply The Best – Sports Personality\". It was presented by Gary Lineker and formed part of a public vote to determine a special Golden Sports Personality of the Year. That year Steve Rider and Martyn Smith wrote a book reflecting on the 50-year history of", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "8839518", "text": "Malcolm Boyden Malcolm George Boyden (born 5 August 1964) is a double Sony Award-winning BBC local radio presenter, who currently presents the Mid-morning show as well as a Sunday show on BBC Hereford and Worcester. He won a Sony gold award in 1997 for 'Radio Personality of the Year', and followed that up in 2001 when he took a bronze award in the 'Broadcaster of the Year' category. Boyden began his career as a newspaper journalist for the \"Redditch Indicator\". He then went on to work as a sports sub-editor on the \"Daily Star\" and then sports editor of the", "title": "Malcolm Boyden" }, { "docid": "12903333", "text": "introduced two new awards: the Team of the Year award and the Overseas Personality award, won by the Cooper Car Company and athlete Herb Elliott respectively. David Coleman joined the show the following year and remained a co-presenter until 1983. Swimmer Anita Lonsbrough became the first female recipient of the main award in 1962; females won it in the following two years as well. Frank Bough took over as presenter in 1964 and presented Sports Review for 18 years. In 1969, a new Manager of the Year award was given to Don Revie for his achievements with Leeds United, the", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "12903332", "text": "the show lasted 45 minutes. It consisted of one award for the sportsperson judged by the public to have achieved the most that year. Voting was by postcard, and rules presented in a \"Radio Times\" article stipulated that nominations were restricted to athletes who had featured on the \"Sportsview\" programme since April. For the inaugural BBC Sportsperson of the Year award, 14,517 votes were cast and Christopher Chataway beat fellow athlete Roger Bannister. The following year the show was renamed \"Sports Review of the Year\" and given a longer duration of 75 minutes. In 1960 Dimmock presented the show, and", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "11864139", "text": "in 2005. In November 2006, Weir shared the Individual male athlete award with tennis player Peter Norfolk. 2006 was a year of further award nominations for Weir, the year he took four medals in the IPC Athletics World Championships and won his second London Marathon. The Sports Journalists' Association named him as disabled sports personality of the year. In October 2006 Weir was given the Best Performance Award by the British Athletic Writers Association for his performances in Assen at the IPC World Championships. In 2006 Weir was also nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, only the second", "title": "David Weir (athlete)" }, { "docid": "2316692", "text": "1997, and was a host of the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony from 1994 to 2012 before stepping down in 2013. Barker has hosted BBC Sport's coverage of the Australian Open, the French Open, Queens Club Championships, Eastbourne, the Davis Cup, the ATP World Tour Finals and Wimbledon. Other sporting events she has hosted have included the Grand National (1996–2006), the Derby (2001–2007), Racing at Ascot and Longchamp (1995–1999), Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, the Great North Run, World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships (1999–2009), BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1994–2012), Commonwealth Games (1994–2010)", "title": "Sue Barker" }, { "docid": "3552474", "text": "Gabby Logan Gabrielle Nicole \"Gabby\" Logan (née Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a British presenter and a former Welsh international gymnast who is best known for her presenting roles with BBC Sport and ITV. Logan hosted \"Final Score\" for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented a variety of live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of \"Superstars\" in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015. Since 2013, she has co-hosted \"Sports Personality of the Year\" for the BBC and she presented the second series of \"The Edge\" in 2015. Logan was", "title": "Gabby Logan" }, { "docid": "12903336", "text": "having won his first in 1986. Sue Barker presented the show for the first time in 1994, at which racing driver Damon Hill won the first of his two awards, the second coming two years later. Boxer Frank Bruno was the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, and as of 2014 there have been 15 recipients of the award. In 1999 the show was renamed \"Sports Personality of the Year\", and Gary Lineker joined the show as a co-presenter alongside Rider and Barker. They were supported that year by John Inverdale and Clare Balding. The ceremony introduced", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "15677381", "text": "success in Beijing he was named the BBC South West Disabled Sports Personality of the year for 2008. In 2009 Laurens won three medals at the European Championships held in Kristiansand, Norway, and was one six people whose efforts were recognised with the award of a medal of honour for \"activities connected with international endeavour in relation to equestrian sport\". Later that year he was named Disability Sports Personality of the Year at the Gloucestershire Media Sports Awards. He announced his retirement from international para-equestrian dressage in January 2011, citing \"personal and financial reasons\" for his decision. Simon Laurens Simon", "title": "Simon Laurens" }, { "docid": "2948635", "text": "to have been represented more than once. Seven of the winners were born in the United Kingdom, and the other winners were born in Brazil, former Czechoslovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United States. Czechoslovak-born tennis player Martina Navratilova was the first woman to have won the award. The only recipient of the award on multiple occasions is Ballesteros who won in 1997 and again in 2009, for his contribution to golf winning \"the Open three times, the Masters twice as well as playing an inspirational role in the Ryder Cup\". The most recent winner, in 2018, was American tennis player", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award" }, { "docid": "2738161", "text": "the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 3000 metres steeplechase and won the Bronze medal in the 3000m at the 2017 European Indoor Athletics Championships .Eilish won a silver medal in the 5000 meters at the European championship 2018. The couple separated in November 2010 and finalised their divorce in March 2013. On 18 January 2014, McColgan married John Nuttall, a coach who has worked as head of endurance coaching for British Athletics and the ASPIRE Academy, Qatar. In December 1991, McColgan appeared on \"This Is Your Life\" and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She was appointed a", "title": "Liz McColgan" }, { "docid": "12903350", "text": "1999, a one-off award voted for by the British public selected a Sports Personality of the Century. Muhammad Ali accumulated more votes from BBC viewers than the combined total of the five other contenders: Pelé, George Best, Donald Bradman, Jack Nicklaus, and Jesse Owens. In 2005, Sebastian Coe received a Special Gold Award for chairing London's winning bid for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games. As part of the 50th Anniversary of BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2003, two additional awards were presented. In the lead up to the anniversary show on 2003, a series of five", "title": "BBC Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "3382768", "text": "on 1 September, which was attended by approximately 40,000 people. Holmes won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2004, saying she achieved her goals after \"twenty years of dreaming\". She also asserted the award was \"the biggest sporting honour your country can give you\". The tributes to her at the BBC awards ceremony were led by the six British female athletes who had previously won gold at the Olympic Games in a \"Magnificent Seven\"-style feature — those six being Mary Rand, Ann Packer, Mary Peters, Tessa Sanderson, Sally Gunnell and Denise Lewis. In 2010, Holmes was inducted into", "title": "Kelly Holmes" }, { "docid": "2822459", "text": "with Reading Football Club and even scored in a friendly against Leatherhead. Thompson was an ambassador for the London 2012 Summer Olympics, focusing during the bid stage on highlighting the benefits that hosting the Olympics would bring to education and sport in schools. He also took part in the 2011 TV series \"Jamie's Dream School\". Thompson was a natural showman who endeared himself to the British public with his irreverent personality and anti-establishment attitude. He won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 1982, and was appointed an MBE in the 1983 New Year Honours, and promoted to", "title": "Daley Thompson" }, { "docid": "19225733", "text": "other awards, and in December the same year, he was presented with the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award at a ceremony in Belfast. Bailey Matthews Bailey Matthews (born 2006) is a British schoolboy, from Worksop, who has won awards for his sporting achievements in the face of his cerebral palsy. These include completing his first junior triathlon (a swim, then a bike ride, ending with a run), at Castle Howard in July 2015, after throwing away his walking frame to complete the last of the final section on his own, despite stumbling twice. A video of", "title": "Bailey Matthews" }, { "docid": "14523199", "text": "hours, to raise funds for BRIT. In 2010 Packer founded the British Inspiration Trust (BRIT), which aims to \"deliver inspiration to young people facing adversity (who are physically or mentally disabled, deprived, have medical conditions, are injured or wounded)\". The Trust was launched with an event at 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister David Cameron. His principal role is with BRIT but he has also held positions in other charities: In 2009, he won the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, was \"Fundraiser of the Year\" at the Pride of Britain Awards, and received", "title": "Phil Packer" }, { "docid": "2948695", "text": "team. All winners to date have been British. Nominations are put forward via Youth Sport Trust, and a judging panel then decides on a ten-person shortlist. The panel later reconvenes to choose the top three, and decides on the winner by secret ballot. The Young Sports Personality of the Year award was preceded by the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Newcomer Award, in which the recipients could be aged up to 25. Decathlete Dean Macey was the inaugural winner of the Newcomer Award in 1999, and racing driver Jenson Button was the second and last winner the following year.", "title": "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "2944904", "text": "American boxer Muhammad Ali and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt have both won the award three times. The award has been shared on three occasions—by Ron Clarke and Gary Player in 1965, Eusébio and Garfield Sobers in 1966, and Evander Holyfield and Michael Johnson in 1996. The husband-and-wife skating duo of Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova are the only pair to have won the award, doing so in 1968. Belousova was the first woman to become Overseas Personality—she was also the oldest, aged 33. George Moore is the oldest recipient of the award, winning in 1967 aged 44. The youngest recipient", "title": "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year" }, { "docid": "9342553", "text": "by winning African Cup of Nations 2006. Aboutrika's brace in 2006 FIFA Club World Cup and his dazzling performances throughout the season made him a serious contender for the CAF African Footballer of the Year award (as well as the BBC one) and secured his standing as Egypt's most popular personality. He did not win the prize but got second place and later was given \"best inter-club player\" and \"best player in the CAF Champions League.\" \"Aboutrika has won the highest prize any person can achieve, that is the love of the people,\" sports columnist Hassan Mistikawi wrote in the", "title": "Mohamed Aboutrika" }, { "docid": "12069304", "text": "America, and suffered a stroke while they were together at the US Open together. Ward said ‘I am not using it as an excuse for what happened after Wimbledon but obviously it did not help. The most important thing is Darren’s health and it has been an upsetting and worrying situation.’ On 4 December, Ward booked his first practice session with his new coach Morgan Phillips, a former British player from Croydon, and one of his best friends. Ward joined the rest of the Davis Cup team at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Show, where they won the", "title": "James Ward (tennis)" }, { "docid": "4878895", "text": "team, who raced at the Clay Country Moto Parc in the clay pits near St Austell. The team took over from the St Austell Gulls who were an amateur speedway team which operated from 1997 to 2000. The Gulls also operated at Par Moor in the 1950s. During the Trelawny Tigers years, a local young speedway rider emerged called Chris Harris. He has twice won the local BBC television sports personality of the year, and was British champion in 2007. Chris, nicknamed 'Bomber', came through the ranks of Grasstrack racing, another popular sport in Cornwall. He currently competes in the", "title": "Sport in Cornwall" }, { "docid": "18587046", "text": "on Saturday - the weekend results show - for four years, as well as BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Wales Open Golf, Welsh Open Snooker, International Bowls and Welsh Amateur Boxing. She was the first female presenter of BBC Wales' iconic rugby programme, Scrum Five. She has reported for Match of the Day and Football Focus as well as The Open Championship for the BBC and has also fronted the sports news on BBC Breakfast. She is also the host of ITV Wales' sport chat show In Touch, where her easy, conversational style has drawn major sports figures like", "title": "Frances Donovan" }, { "docid": "12804542", "text": "rugby league footballer who made his senior debut for Wigan Warriors in the European Super League in 2012. Amy Spencer Amy Spencer (born 19 September 1985) is a retired English sprinter. She was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester and came to fame as a teenager. In 1998 she won a British U13 best for 80m and the next year won the AAA U15 200m title. In 2001, she was voted BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. She specialised in the 200 metres, and won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships and finished seventh at the 2002", "title": "Amy Spencer" }, { "docid": "12304689", "text": "in the qualifying round that morning. On 12 September 2016, at the Rio Paralympics, Ellie defended her Gold medal for the 200m individual medley setting a new world record, the first below 3 minutes at 2:59.81 Simmonds also won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle at the 2016 paralympics. In addition, Simmonds has won ten gold World Championship titles. She swims in the S6 disability category. Simmonds won the 2008 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award. Simmonds was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. At 14 years", "title": "Ellie Simmonds" }, { "docid": "13865034", "text": "their reputation as the team of the year by defeating Hull 26 points to 4 in the Super League Grand Final. Once more St Helens confirmed their status as the outstanding team of the summer era. Additionally, Paul Wellens received the Man of Steel Award for the 2006 season. In December 2006 St Helens were awarded with the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award at the Annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year Ceremony. This accolade recognises the best team in any sport within the United Kingdom. At the same ceremony Daniel Anderson was given the BBC Sports", "title": "History of St Helens R.F.C." }, { "docid": "11657379", "text": "ITF World Champion and a five-time ATP year-end No. 1 ranked player. Djokovic has won numerous awards, including the 2012, 2015, and 2016 Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year and the 2011 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award. He is also a recipient of the Order of St. Sava, the Order of Karađorđe's Star, and the Order of the Republika Srpska. Djokovic was born on 22 May 1987 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, to parents Srđan and Dijana (née Žagar). He is of paternal Serbian and maternal Croatian descent. His two younger brothers, Marko and", "title": "Novak Djokovic" }, { "docid": "3678330", "text": "performances in 1987 led to her being voted winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Whitbread had won the silver medal at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She was also known for her rivalry with fellow British javelin thrower Tessa Sanderson, who won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with Whitbread finishing in bronze medal position. In the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Whitbread won the silver medal behind Petra Felke, who had broken the world record in the interim. Whitbread is a one-time governor of King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford,", "title": "Fatima Whitbread" }, { "docid": "19647428", "text": "to have defeated Hannah Cockroft in aT34 Women’s wheelchair race. (Once in 2015 aged 14yrs and twice in 2018 aged 17 yrs old). She won the 2018 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award. Adenegan was born in 2000 in Coventry, England and attends Bablake School. She has cerebral palsy. Adenegan took up wheelchair racing in 2012, after being inspired by the Summer Paralympics in London. At school she found herself excluded from sports due to her cerebral palsy, but the Games made her realize that sport was open to her. That year she joined a wheelchair academy in", "title": "Kare Adenegan" }, { "docid": "7595103", "text": "in 2012. Bolt's most successful event is the 200 m, with three Olympic and four World titles. The 2008 Olympics was his international debut over 100 m; he had earlier won numerous 200 m medals (including 2007 World Championship silver) and holds the world under-20 and world under-18 records for the event. His achievements as a sprinter have earned him the media nickname \"Lightning Bolt\", and his awards include the IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Track & Field Athlete of the Year, BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year (three times) and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (four", "title": "Usain Bolt" }, { "docid": "2006848", "text": "Interlagos. The team was later bought by Ford and became Jaguar Racing in 2000 (which became Red Bull Racing in 2005). Stewart is also the head sports consultant/ patron for the Royal Bank of Scotland. In March 2009, he waived his fee for the year in response to the bank losing £24bn in 2008. Stewart received \"Sports Illustrated\" magazine's 1973 \"Sportsman of the Year\" award, the only auto racer to win the title. In the same year he also won BBC Television's \"Sports Personality Of The Year\" award, and was named as ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the", "title": "Jackie Stewart" }, { "docid": "16720424", "text": "the remaining candidates. In 2012, following the success of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the SPOTY shortlist was expanded to 12 contenders. The nominees for the 2012 award, as described by the BBC, and their share of the votes cast were as follows: The winner was decided by a public vote on the night of the awards ceremony. Unlike past years the voting opened after every contender has shown a video of them achieving in their sport, not at the beginning of the show. In addition to the main award as \"Sports Personality of the Year\", several other awards were", "title": "2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "2944906", "text": "the highest representation, with fifteen recipients. The most recent recipient in 2017 was Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. Only one winner has ever been stripped of the award – US cyclist Lance Armstrong, whose 2003 award was rescinded by the BBC following the UCI's 2012 decision to strip Armstrong of his titles and ban him for life from the sport. In 2018, the award was renamed BBC World Sport Star of the Year. Along with the change of name, votes could be cast from outside of the UK for the first time. This table lists the total number of awards", "title": "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year" } ]
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indian air force day is celebrated on which date
[ "8 October" ]
[ { "docid": "2419408", "text": "Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the airforces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honoured India's aviation service during World War II with the prefix \"Royal\". After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the name Royal Indian Air Force was kept and served in the", "title": "Indian Air Force" }, { "docid": "3280499", "text": "in celebration of the victory of the indigenous slave African and Gens de couleur versus the European forces led by France with support from United States and Spain. In Hungary, the Patriots and Homeland Defenders Day is celebrated on 21 May, honoring all those serving in the Hungarian Defence Force. In India, Army Day is celebrated on 15 January, Navy Day is celebrated on 4 December and Air Force Day is celebrated on 8 October every year and 7 December is celebrated as Armed Forces Flag Day Hari Tentara Nasional Indonesia (English: \"Indonesian National Armed Forces Day\") abbreviated HUT TNI", "title": "Armed Forces Day" }, { "docid": "9611626", "text": "History of the Indian Air Force The history of the Indian Air Force began with its establishment in 1932 and continues up to the present day. The Indian Air Force was established in British India as an auxiliary air force of the Royal Air Force with the enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 on 8 October that year and adopted the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. On 1 April 1933, the IAF commissioned its first squadron, No.1 Squadron, with four Westland Wapiti biplanes and five Indian pilots. The Indian pilots were led by RAF Commanding", "title": "History of the Indian Air Force" }, { "docid": "9611651", "text": "and was shot down by two IAF MiG-21 jets killing all 16 aboard. History of the Indian Air Force The history of the Indian Air Force began with its establishment in 1932 and continues up to the present day. The Indian Air Force was established in British India as an auxiliary air force of the Royal Air Force with the enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 on 8 October that year and adopted the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. On 1 April 1933, the IAF commissioned its first squadron, No.1 Squadron, with four Westland Wapiti", "title": "History of the Indian Air Force" }, { "docid": "15238245", "text": "Hindon Air Force Station Air Force Station Hindon (Hindon AFS) (also Hindan) is an Indian Air Force base under the Western Air Command (WAC). It is the biggest and largest air base in Asia and 8th in the world. Its area measured 14 km rounded and . This base celebrates Air Force Day on 8 October. It is located near Loni Ghaziabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the National Capital Region on the outskirts of Delhi, close to the Hindan River. Starting 2006, the annual Air Force Day Parade venue was shifted from Palam Airport to Hindan. There", "title": "Hindon Air Force Station" }, { "docid": "8327840", "text": "of flying training at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell. The other five were H.C. Sirkar, A.B. Awan, Bhupendra Singh, Amarjeet Singh and J.N. Tandon. On 8 October 1932, the six Indians cadets were commissioned in the Royal Air Force. On the same day, the Indian Air Force Act was passed by the Indian Legislative Assembly, and the Indian Air Force was born. Subroto was commissioned as a pilot. After completing their training at Cranwell, the Indian pilots passed through the Army Cooperation School at Old Sarum in Wiltshire. They served in RAF squadrons before coming back to India to", "title": "Subroto Mukerjee" }, { "docid": "2419408", "text": "Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the airforces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honoured India's aviation service during World War II with the prefix \"Royal\". After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the name Royal Indian Air Force was kept and served in the", "title": "Indian Air Force" } ]
[ { "docid": "3280526", "text": "in national history (the date, used since 2010, is in remembrance of the 2nd of the 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts in which the Air Force took part). From 1946 till 2009, 10 December was celebrated as Air Force Day in honor of the birth of national military aviation with the 1920 opening of the Air Force Academy in Maracay. National Guard Day is celebrated on 3 August, the date of the 1936 founding of the Venezuelan National Guard. The entire Venezuelan National Armed Forces are also honored on Independence Day, 5 July, which is also earmarked as National Armed", "title": "Armed Forces Day" }, { "docid": "10455433", "text": "country and what the responsibility is of the younger generation, the children, who are the future of Pakistan. The change of guard ceremony takes place at Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi, where the cadets of Pakistan Air Force Academy present the Guard of Honour and take the charge. Defence Day (Pakistan) Defence Day ( ) is celebrated in Pakistan as national day to commemorate the sacrifices made by Pakistani soldiers in defending its borders. The date of 6 September marks the day in 1965 when Indian troops crossed the international border to launch an attack on Pakistani Punjab, in a riposte to Pakistan's", "title": "Defence Day (Pakistan)" }, { "docid": "16068800", "text": "(\"The star of courage\") and bar for his actions. Pakistan Air Force gained a lot of credibility and reliability among Pakistan military and international war writers for successful defence of lahore and other important areas of Pakistan and heavy retaliation to India on the next day. The alertness of the airforce was also related to the fact that some pilots were scrambled six times in less than an hour on indication of Indian air raids. Air Force Day (Pakistan) Air Force Day ( or \"Youm-e-Fizaya\") is celebrated in Pakistan as a national day on 7 September, after the annual celebration", "title": "Air Force Day (Pakistan)" }, { "docid": "20358624", "text": "of State of India by unification Royal Corps of Engineers Personnel and Civilian Staff in 26 September 1923. Since then MES Day is celebrated on 26 September every year. The Military Engineering Services consists of the following zones:- CE- Chief Engineer, CCE- Chief Construction Engineer, AF- Air Force Military Engineer Services Military Engineer Services is one of the oldest and largest government defence infrastructure development agency in India. It is mainly employed in the engineering and construction for the Indian Armed Forces including the Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian Ordnance Factories, DRDO and the Indian Coast Guard.", "title": "Military Engineer Services" }, { "docid": "17425987", "text": "unilateral step. In any event, it appears that the \"Act\" establishing the Indian Air Force was proclaimed on October 8, 1932, a day that continues to be celebrated as Air Force Day in India. The first operation unit of the Indian Air Force, a flight, was formed in April 1933 with six officers and 19 airmen (hawai sepoy). At the outbreak of the Second World War (WW II), the IAF consisted of one squadron, 16 officers and 269 airmen. At the end of WW II, the IAF had nine squadrons. Squadrons 1,2,3,4,6,7,9 and 10 had Hurricanes and No.8 had Spitfires.", "title": "Dinshaw Eduljee" }, { "docid": "4028200", "text": "Force (RAF) formed in 1934. They later transformed into the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force (SSVAF) and the Malaya Volunteer Air Force (MVAF) formed in 1940 and dissolved in 1942 during the height of the Japanese advance over Malaya. The latter was re-established in 1950 in time for the Malayan Emergency and contributed very much to the war effort. On 2 June 1958 the MVAF finally became the Royal Federation of Malaya Air Force (RFMAF), this date is celebrated as RMAF Day yearly. On 25 October 1962, after the end of the Malayan Emergency, the RAF handed over their first", "title": "Royal Malaysian Air Force" }, { "docid": "1499149", "text": "with chalk and turmeric to throw on passers-by. The date of Okhali coincides with that of Songkran in Thailand and Thingyan in Myanmar, not with the dates of Holi, which is a north Indian festival. Songkran is celebrated annually on the U.S. territory of Wake Island by Air Force members and American and Thai contractors. Songkran occurs at the same time as that given by Bede for festivals of Eostre—and Easter weekend occasionally coincides with Songkran (most recently 1979, 1990, and 2001, but not again until 2085.) Police statistics show that the death toll from road accidents doubles during the", "title": "Songkran (Thailand)" }, { "docid": "16068798", "text": "Air Force Day (Pakistan) Air Force Day ( or \"Youm-e-Fizaya\") is celebrated in Pakistan as a national day on 7 September, after the annual celebration of the Defence Day. Airshows and other programs mark the Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) role in defending the nation in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. On 6 September, both countries openly went to war following a series of minor skirmishes that preceded the 6th, when Pakistan was attacked by India from the Lahore-Burki sector during the dead of night (at 5 am). The war began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces", "title": "Air Force Day (Pakistan)" }, { "docid": "9533228", "text": "Abkhazian Air Force The Abkhazian Air Force is a small air force, which is a part of the Abkhazian Armed Forces, operating from Abkhazia. Few details are available on its formation, but it is reported to have been established by Viyacheslav Eshba based upon several Yak-52 trainer aircraft armed with machine guns. Its first combat mission was conducted on 27 August 1992, which has come to be celebrated in Abkhazia as \"Aviation Day.\" The Abkhaz Air Force claims to have made 400 operational flights during the 1992-1993 Abkhaz-Georgian war. Abkhaz combat losses during the civil war are uncertain, but include", "title": "Abkhazian Air Force" }, { "docid": "4365837", "text": "played a significant role in the bombing of Karachi harbour in the 1971 war. On 4 December, it launched Operation Trident during which missile boats \"INS Nirghat\" and \"INS Nipat\" sunk the minesweeper and destroyer \"PNS Khyber\". The destroyer \"PNS Shahjahan\" was irreparably damaged. Owing to its success, 4 December has been celebrated as Navy Day ever since. The operation was so successful that the Pakistani Navy raised a false alarm about sighting an Indian missile boat on 6 December. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) planes attacked the supposed Indian ship and damaged the vessel before it was identified as being", "title": "History of the Indian Navy" }, { "docid": "12506780", "text": "Agra Civil Enclave Agra Airport is a military airbase and public airport serving the city of Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The air force station is one of the largest airbase of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and has been synonymous with the Taj Mahal for over half a century. On 15 August 2007, the airbase celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. The station was opened during World War II as Royal Air Forces Station Agra and had a number of flying units located there. It was closed after the war and transferred to the Royal Indian Air Force", "title": "Agra Civil Enclave" }, { "docid": "12506773", "text": "Agra Civil Enclave Agra Airport is a military airbase and public airport serving the city of Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The air force station is one of the largest airbase of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and has been synonymous with the Taj Mahal for over half a century. On 15 August 2007, the airbase celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. The station was opened during World War II as Royal Air Forces Station Agra and had a number of flying units located there. It was closed after the war and transferred to the Royal Indian Air Force", "title": "Agra Civil Enclave" }, { "docid": "9533233", "text": "based in Abkhazia with possible reinforcement in recent years by Russia with second-hand aircraft. No traditional contracts for aircraft purchases by Abkhazia have been reported. Abkhazian Air Force The Abkhazian Air Force is a small air force, which is a part of the Abkhazian Armed Forces, operating from Abkhazia. Few details are available on its formation, but it is reported to have been established by Viyacheslav Eshba based upon several Yak-52 trainer aircraft armed with machine guns. Its first combat mission was conducted on 27 August 1992, which has come to be celebrated in Abkhazia as \"Aviation Day.\" The Abkhaz", "title": "Abkhazian Air Force" }, { "docid": "5685311", "text": "they also run an office in the Army Headquarters with a secretariat. Field marshal is equivalent to an admiral of the fleet in the Indian Navy or a marshal of the Air Force in the Indian Air Force. While Arjan Singh is the only holder of the marshal of the air force to date, no officer has ever been promoted to admiral of the fleet. A field marshal's insignia consists of the national emblem over a crossed baton and sabre in a lotus blossom wreath. On appointment, field marshals are awarded a gold-tipped baton which they may carry on formal", "title": "Field marshal (India)" }, { "docid": "10895356", "text": "a parachute \"as a symbol of airborne units around the world\" and the wings of Archangel Michael and \"the flaming sword with which he hits the enemies\"). The color of the Ukrainian paratroopers was also changed to maroon. 21 November 2017 was the first time Air Assault Forces Day in Ukraine was celebrated on 21 November. Up to 2017 this day was celebrated on 2 August, as it was in the Soviet Union. According to President Poroshenko “It is logical to celebrate your professional holiday on November 21. The usual August 2 is the date of the first jump of", "title": "Ukrainian Air Assault Forces" }, { "docid": "3280525", "text": "holiday, marking the 70th anniversary since the creation of the Department of Defense. Aside from the federal holiday the Armed Forces and the National Guard Bureau are honored on the following days: Venezuela celebrates Army Day on 24 June, the anniversary of Simón Bolívar's victory in the Battle of Carabobo, which led to Venezuela's independence from Spain. Navy Day, honoring the 1823 Battle of Lake Maracaibo, is celebrated on the same day as the birthday of Simon Bolivar, 24 July. The Venezuelan Air Force marks Air Force Day on 27 November every year, honoring the role of Venezuelan military aviation", "title": "Armed Forces Day" }, { "docid": "14708765", "text": "Future of the Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force has been undergoing a modernization program to replace and upgrade its aging and outdated equipment since the late 90’s to advanced standards. For that reason it has started procuring and developing aircraft, weapons, associated technologies, and infrastructures. Some of these programs date back to the late 80’s. The primary focus of current modernization and upgrades is to replace aircraft purchased from the Soviet Union that currently form the backbone of the Air Force. The Indian Air Force began an upgrade of its MiG-29 fleet in 2007. India awarded Russia a", "title": "Future of the Indian Air Force" }, { "docid": "16436075", "text": "airbase due to lack of space. These aircraft are displayed only on the annual Air Force Day. The museum has a small souvenirs shop. Indian Air Force Museum, Palam The Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, is the museum of the Indian Air Force, and is located at the Palam Air Force Station in Delhi, India. Entrance to the museum is free. The museum was the only one of its kind in India until the opening of the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa in 1998 and HAL Aerospace Museum in Bangalore. One can reach the museum via road and Delhi Metro.", "title": "Indian Air Force Museum, Palam" }, { "docid": "5685307", "text": "the rank on 14 January 1986. Field marshal is equivalent to an admiral of the fleet in the Indian Navy or a marshal of the air force in the Indian Air Force. In the navy, admiral of the fleet has never been awarded, but from the air force, Arjan Singh was promoted to the marshal of the air force. To date, only two Indian Army officers have been conferred the rank. It was first conferred to Sam Manekshaw in 1973, in recognition of his service and leadership in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. In 1971, after the war, Prime Minister Indira", "title": "Field marshal (India)" }, { "docid": "20322067", "text": "Defense Forces, Land Forces and Mobile Forces. The Mobile Force of Tajik Army was founded in 2005 without increase in a total strength of the country's armed forces. Air and Air-Defense Forces were also united in 2005. Tajikistan's armed forces also include the National Guard and internal troops. The date is also celebrated in Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and South Ossetia as Defender of the Fatherland Day. The first military parade of Tajikistan took place in Dushanbe in honor of the founding of the Tajik National Army. It was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan. A", "title": "Armed Forces Day (Tajikistan)" }, { "docid": "17576019", "text": "faiths celebrated by a visitor to my hometown of Chicago more than a century ago—the renowned Swami Vivekananda. He said that, \"holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character.\" Swami Vivekananda's birthday, i.e. 12 January, is celebrated as the National Youth Day in India. On 17 October 1984, the Indian Government officially declared the birth date of Vivekananda as the National Youth Day, which was to be celebrated 1985 onwards. The circular stated: \"it was felt that the philosophy", "title": "Influence and legacy of Swami Vivekananda" }, { "docid": "8881733", "text": "flyby over Parliament Hill in Ottawa. In 2017, this flypast was extended to 39 aircraft to mark Canada's 150th birthday. The Pakistan Air Force conducts a flypast every year on 23 March to commemorate the Lahore Declaration and the Republic Day of Pakistan which occurred on 23 March 1956. This is done in Islamabad. In Singapore the National Day Parade on 9 August 2005 celebrated 40 years of independence with an elaborate flypast including two Chinook helicopters flying the national flag past the Esplanade Theatre in Padang. In Finland, during Independence Day parade on 6 December the Finnish Air Force", "title": "Flypast" }, { "docid": "3228923", "text": "held in the country. Similar conferences had been held in other Caribbean nations since 1975. The Government of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines officially designated the 7th of October as Indian Heritage Day. In Suriname, Indian Arrival Day is celebrated on June 5. In Trinidad and Tobago Indian Arrival Day is celebrated on May 30th. Trinidad and Tobago was the first country to start this holiday. Indian Arrival Day was first celebrated in Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, as the East Indian Centenary on May 30, 1945 which marked the hundredth anniversary of the coming of Indians", "title": "Indian Arrival Day" }, { "docid": "2830077", "text": "country from the Axis Powers, that date was officially celebrated as the \"Day of the Army\" in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia). In March 1945, the NOVJ was renamed the \"Yugoslav Army\" (\"\"Jugoslovenska Armija\"\") and, on its 10th anniversary, on 22 December 1951, received the adjective \"people's\" (\"\"narodna\"\"). The JNA consisted of the ground forces, air force and navy. It was organized into four military regions which were further divided into districts that were responsible for administrative tasks such as draft registration, mobilization, and construction and maintenance of military facilities. The regions were: Belgrade (responsible for eastern", "title": "Yugoslav People's Army" }, { "docid": "14082968", "text": "Secondary Education, New Delhi, and offers educational facilities under 10+2 scheme of education. In the mid 1990s in an India Today survey the school was listed in the top 10 schools of New Delhi, rising to 1st in 1995. Various agencies have since ranked it in top 10 or top 15 lists. In October 2005, the school celebrated its golden jubilee with a week-long festival \"Swarnajyoti\", with inter-school competitions. In 2007 AFBBS achieved ISO 9001-2000 certification. In 2012 Air Marshal J.N. Burma at the school's annual day stated that as per Indian Air Force computer records results of the school", "title": "Air Force Bal Bharati School" }, { "docid": "8881735", "text": "flypasts (also called flybys) by Philippine Air Force are held to celebrate Independence Day on 12 June and Rizal Day on 30 December. On 1 April 2008, a flypast by the Red Arrows over Central London marked the 90th Anniversary of the founding of the Royal Air Force. The milestone was also celebrated that June following Trooping the Colour 2008 with a flypast of 55 aircraft, and in July with a Royal Review and flypast of 90 aircraft at the Royal International Air Tattoo. Ten years later, the RAF's centenary was celebrated over The Mall, London and Buckingham Palace on", "title": "Flypast" }, { "docid": "567817", "text": "has since been copied by other Arab countries. In Argentina, Mother's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of October. The holiday was originally celebrated on 11 October, the old liturgical date for the celebration of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary but after the Second Vatican Council, which moved the Virgin Mary festivity to 1 January, the Mother's Day started to be celebrated the third Sunday of October because of popular tradition. Argentina is the only country in the world that celebrates Mother's Day on this date. In Armenia, Mother's Day is celebrated on 8 March, and on", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "docid": "3280520", "text": "are in Bangkok and on behalf of the Royal Family of Thailand, the Chief of Defence Forces takes the salute on this day's parade. The Ukrainian Ground Forces's Ground Forces Day is celebrated on 12 December. Navy Day for the Ukrainian Navy is celebrated on the first Sunday of July since June 2015. Air Force Day is the first Saturday in August. For the entire Armed Forces of Ukraine, Armed Forces Day is celebrated on 6 December, with fireworks displays and gun salutes nationwide. This holiday was established in 1993 by a resolution passed by the Verkhovna Rada. The first", "title": "Armed Forces Day" }, { "docid": "8399761", "text": "six combat squadrons posted under its Eastern Air Command by 1965. The air forces of both countries launched attacks against each other’s bases in the eastern theater as soon as hostilities commenced in September 1965. The IAF bombed airfields and airstrips located in East Pakistan (at Chittagong, Dhaka, Lalmunirhat Airport, and Jessore), while the PAF managed to launch two celebrated raids on the Indian Air Force base at Kalaikunda, near Kharagpur, in West Bengal. The PAF raids, a five-plane strike which had achieved total surprise, was followed up by a four-plane attack, which was opposed by Indian Interceptors, took place", "title": "East Pakistan Air Operations, 1971" }, { "docid": "6161674", "text": "British aircraft the English Electric Canberra). The Indian Air Force employed Russian and British aircraft like the Hawker Hunter, Folland Gnat and the MiG-21s. The book describes the day-to-day operations of the Indian Air Force and is the first detailed account of the airwar from the Indian side. Some reviews of the Book are available on the authors' web site at BharatRakshak.com. The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965 The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965 is a 2005 aviation history book written by PVS Jagan Mohan and Samir Chopra. The book deals with the Indian Air Force's role in the Indo-Pakistani", "title": "The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965" }, { "docid": "17425969", "text": "was piloting. The crash took place near Sizwe, Burma not too far from the Indian border on November 27, 1944, a date some records use as the date of his death. Dinshaw Eduljee was one of the first 200 officers in the Indian Air Force and served during the Second World War. Eduljee received his commission on March 3, 1941. Service numbers (SN) for Indian Air Force officers started at 1551 and Eduljee's service number was 1669, indicating he was the 118th member of the IAF (service numbers in 2002 were in the 25,000s). [Some prominent early IAF officers were:", "title": "Dinshaw Eduljee" }, { "docid": "15238255", "text": "mid February 2019. The new airport will have a capacity of serving 300 passengers an hour. 45.2 crores is being used to build the new civil terminal. Air traffic control will be provided by the Indian Airforce. All destinations are planned Round The Globe Expedition Hindon Air Force Station Air Force Station Hindon (Hindon AFS) (also Hindan) is an Indian Air Force base under the Western Air Command (WAC). It is the biggest and largest air base in Asia and 8th in the world. Its area measured 14 km rounded and . This base celebrates Air Force Day on 8", "title": "Hindon Air Force Station" }, { "docid": "20605350", "text": "event's theme or mark a country's meteorology achievements. Recent themes of World Meteorological Day have been: A new theme is allocated to each different year for World Meteorological Day. World Meteorological day The date of the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization in 23 March 1950 has been named World Meteorological Day. This organization announces a slogan for World Meteorology Day every year, and this day is celebrated in all member countries. World Meteorological Day is celebrated every year on 23 March to commemorate the entry into force in 1950 of the convention that created the World Meteorological Organization. The", "title": "World Meteorological day" }, { "docid": "19102488", "text": "country were bifurcated into the corps from the respective artillery units and regiments. Autonomous status was awarded to the Air Defence Guided Missile School at Gopalpur and the Air Defence Wing of the Artillery Centre, Nasik Road Camp was inducted into the Air Defence Guided Missile Centre. The day on which the Corps of Air Defence Artillery emerged as an autonomous corps of the Indian Army, 10 January, is celebrated as the raising day annually at air defence centers throughout the country. The Air Defence & Guided Missile School and Centre and the Corps of Air Defence Artillery were rechristened", "title": "Corps of Army Air Defence" }, { "docid": "2931784", "text": "air commodore-in-chief appointed in their name. These appointments are rare and to date have been reserved for senior members of the Royal Family. Air commodore-in-chief is not a rank and such an appointment does not convey the rank of air commodore upon the recipient. The rank of air commodore is also used in a number of the air forces in the Commonwealth, including the Bangladesh Air Force, Ghana Air Force, Indian Air Force, Pakistan Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Sri Lanka Air Force. The Royal Canadian Air Force used the rank until the", "title": "Air commodore" }, { "docid": "20689218", "text": "can be accessed by adding the Indian country dialing code +91 from abroad. Avinangudi people are following the dd/mm/yyyy date format in day-to-day life. Avinangudi domain name extension( cTLD) is '.in'. The nearest railway station to Avinangudi is Pennadam which is located around 6.7 km away. The following table shows other railway stations and their distance from Mamakudi. Avinangudi‘s nearest airport is Thanjavur Air Force Station situated at 73.5 km distance. Few more airports around Avinangudi are as follows. Avinangudi is located around 75.7 kilometer away from its district headquarter, Cuddalore. The other nearest district headquarters is Ariyalur situated at", "title": "Avinangudi" }, { "docid": "20605348", "text": "World Meteorological day The date of the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization in 23 March 1950 has been named World Meteorological Day. This organization announces a slogan for World Meteorology Day every year, and this day is celebrated in all member countries. World Meteorological Day is celebrated every year on 23 March to commemorate the entry into force in 1950 of the convention that created the World Meteorological Organization. The day also highlights the contribution that National Meteorological and Hydrological Services make to the safety and well-being of society. The United Nations' (UN) World Meteorological Day is annually held", "title": "World Meteorological day" }, { "docid": "3280524", "text": "Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Days, but the separate days are still observed, especially within the respective services. The first Armed Forces Day was celebrated by parades, open houses, receptions and air shows. The United States' longest continuously running Armed Forces Day Parade is held in Bremerton, WA. In 2017 Bremerton celebrated the 69th year of the Armed Forces Day Parade. Because of their unique training schedules, National Guard and Reserve units may celebrate Armed Forces Day/Week over any period in the month of May. On 19 May 2017, President Donald Trump reaffirmed the Armed Forces Day", "title": "Armed Forces Day" }, { "docid": "314401", "text": "of Pakistan's top military and civil officials. Wreaths of flowers are laid on the graves of the fallen soldiers and ceremonies are held across the country. The change of guard ceremony takes place at Mazar-e-Quaid, where the cadets of inter-services academies present Guard of Honour and take the charge. Additionally, the \"Youm-e-Fizaya\" (Air Force Day) is celebrated on 7 September, and the \"Youm-e-Bahriya\" (Navy Day) on 8 September. The Pakistan Armed Forces parades take place on 23 March, which is celebrated as \"Youm-e-Pakistan\" (Pakistan Day). All main service branches parade on Constitution Avenue in Islamabad, where the weapon exhibitions are", "title": "Pakistan Armed Forces" }, { "docid": "3021573", "text": "September is celebrated as Defence Day in Pakistan, in commemoration of the successful defence of Lahore against the Indian army. The performance of the Pakistani Air Force, in particular, was praised. However, the Pakistani government was accused by foreign analysts of spreading disinformation among its citizens regarding the actual consequences of the war. In his book \"Mainsprings of Indian and Pakistani foreign policies\", S.M. Burke writes — After the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 the balance of military power had decisively shifted in favor of India. Pakistan had found it difficult to replace the heavy equipment lost during that conflict while", "title": "Indo-Pakistani War of 1965" }, { "docid": "2706644", "text": "to throw coloured water at friends or strangers in jest. It is also observed broadly in the Indian subcontinent. Holi is celebrated at the end of winter, on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month marking the spring, making the date vary with the lunar cycle. The date falls typically in March, but sometimes late February of the Gregorian calendar. The festival has many purposes; most prominently, it celebrates the beginning of Spring. In 17th century literature, it was identified as a festival that celebrated agriculture, commemorated good spring harvests and the fertile land. Hindus believe", "title": "Holi" }, { "docid": "2757681", "text": "date; the majority of these were acquired for military purposes with the Indian Armed Forces, who have used them to perform various mission roles, including training, transport, CASEVAC (casualty evacuation), communications and liaison roles. By 2017, the Chetak was reportedly serving as the most widely used IAF helicopter for training, light utility and light attack roles. During 1986, the Indian Government constituted the Army's Aviation Corps; consequently, the majority of Chetaks previously operated by AOP Squadrons were transferred from the Indian Air Force to the Indian Army on 1 November 1986. The Air Force has continued to fly a force", "title": "Aérospatiale Alouette III" }, { "docid": "16902978", "text": "in 1964 and appointed as AOC-in chief of Eastern Air Command. For his services in the Eastern sector, he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. At the time of 1971 India-Pakistan War he was AOC-in Chief of Western Air Command. He was awarded Padma Bhushan for his leadership and services. Minoo Merwan Engineer Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer PVSM, MVC, DFC (1921–1997) is the most decorated officer of Indian Air Force till date, and the younger brother of 1960-1964 IAF Chief (and Indian Ambassador to Iran) Aspy Engineer. He joined Royal Indian Air Force in 1940 and served in", "title": "Minoo Merwan Engineer" }, { "docid": "9058594", "text": "Force) collar patches. Officers of three-star rank and above who hold command positions (army, naval or air force) wear an oak leaf wreath on each gorget patch. Only the three armed force chiefs hold four-star rank and only a field marshal or a marshal of the air force wears five stars. Till date, Sam Manekshaw and Kodandera Madappa Cariappa are the only two officers who have been appointed to the rank of Field Marshal, while Arjan Singh has been appointed to the rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force. If the Indian Navy rank of Admiral of the Fleet", "title": "Gorget patches" }, { "docid": "10455429", "text": "Defence Day (Pakistan) Defence Day ( ) is celebrated in Pakistan as national day to commemorate the sacrifices made by Pakistani soldiers in defending its borders. The date of 6 September marks the day in 1965 when Indian troops crossed the international border to launch an attack on Pakistani Punjab, in a riposte to Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam targeting Jammu. The Pakistani narrative holds that it was an unprovoked surprise attack by India, which was repulsed by the Pakistan Army despite its smaller size and fewer armaments. The narrative has been criticised by Pakistani commentators as representing false history. The", "title": "Defence Day (Pakistan)" }, { "docid": "19190272", "text": "Navy Day (India) Navy Day in India is celebrated on 4 December every year to celebrate the achievements and role of the Naval force to the country. The Indian Navy is the marine branch of the Indian Armed Forces and is led by the President of India as Commander-in-Chief. The Maratha Emperor, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhonsle of the 17th century is considered as \"Father of the Indian Navy\". The Indian Navy plays an important role in securing the marine borders of the country as well as enhancing the international relations of India through seaport visits, joint exercises, humanitarian calamity relief and", "title": "Navy Day (India)" }, { "docid": "19190267", "text": "Navy Day (India) Navy Day in India is celebrated on 4 December every year to celebrate the achievements and role of the Naval force to the country. The Indian Navy is the marine branch of the Indian Armed Forces and is led by the President of India as Commander-in-Chief. The Maratha Emperor, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhonsle of the 17th century is considered as \"Father of the Indian Navy\". The Indian Navy plays an important role in securing the marine borders of the country as well as enhancing the international relations of India through seaport visits, joint exercises, humanitarian calamity relief and", "title": "Navy Day (India)" }, { "docid": "7972760", "text": "was saved. The date of his liturgical feast, which, though not included in the General Roman Calendar, has been celebrated for centuries in several countries and dioceses, is May 15. Many towns venerate St Isidore and his wife Saint Maria Torribia with processions in which the fields are blessed. One of the most celebrated holidays of Madrid is held on May 15, the Feast Day of San Isidro who is the city's patron saint as well as the patron saint of farmers. The traditional festival and feast are held in an open-air area known as the Pradera del Santo. In", "title": "Isidore the Laborer" }, { "docid": "4548109", "text": "Saint George's Day Saint George's Day, also known as the Feast of Saint George, is the feast day of Saint George as celebrated by various Christian Churches and by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint. Saint George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of the saint's death in the Diocletianic Persecution of AD 303. For those Eastern Orthodox Churches which use the Julian calendar, this date currently falls on 6 May of the Gregorian calendar. In the 19th century, it was 5 May. In the calendars of", "title": "Saint George's Day" }, { "docid": "16902977", "text": "Minoo Merwan Engineer Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer PVSM, MVC, DFC (1921–1997) is the most decorated officer of Indian Air Force till date, and the younger brother of 1960-1964 IAF Chief (and Indian Ambassador to Iran) Aspy Engineer. He joined Royal Indian Air Force in 1940 and served in Burma in the world war. He was awarded the DFC for his part in the Arakan operations. Later in 1948 he served in Jammu and Kashmir front. He was the Station Commander at Srinagar Airfield then. He was awarded the Mahavir Chakra for his services there. He was made Air Marshal", "title": "Minoo Merwan Engineer" }, { "docid": "14439002", "text": "Air Force School Coimbatore Air Force School (Coimbatore) was set up to provide education to the children of the Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel. The school is an unaided private co-educational institute affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It is a day school for the students in the age group 3½ to 15. It has classes from Kindergarten to Class X. Its motto is विद्या ददाति विनयम् (vidyā dadāti vinayam), which is Sanskrit for \"knowledge gives education\". Air Force School Coimbatore was founded by the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Training Command, IAF. It was established in a", "title": "Air Force School Coimbatore" }, { "docid": "3168768", "text": "a pre-emptive strike on Indian Air Force bases on 3 December 1971. The attack was modelled on the Israeli Air Force's Operation Focus during the Six-Day War, and intended to neutralise the Indian Air Force planes on the ground. The strike was seen by India as an open act of unprovoked aggression, which marked the official start of the Indo-Pakistani War. As a response to the attack, both India and Pakistan formally acknowledged the \"existence of a state of war between the two countries\" even though neither government had formally issued a declaration of war. Three Indian corps were involved", "title": "Bangladesh Liberation War" }, { "docid": "5415258", "text": "Ayya Vaikunda Avataram The Ayya Vaikunda Avataram (Tamil: ஐயா வைகுண்ட அவதாரம் - \"Incarnation of Vaikundar\") is a festival celebrated by the followers of Ayyavazhi on the 20th day of the Tamil month of Masi, the date on which the Ayyavazhi followers believe that Lord Vaikundar arose from the sea at Thiruchendur as the son of Mummorthies to destroy the evil spirit of Kali and transform the Kaliyukam into Dharma Yukam. The 2018 date is March 4. This is the only Ayyavazhi festival which is celebrated simultaneously in all worship centres of Ayyavazhi on 19th Masi, the day before the date", "title": "Ayya Vaikunda Avataram" }, { "docid": "17132761", "text": "Iron Fist (exercise) Iron Fist is an Indian Air Force exercise held at Pokhran, Rajasthan. It has been held twice - 2013 and 2016. The Iron Fist 2013 was the Indian Air Force's first day-night exercise. It was conducted on 22 February 2013 at the Pokhran firing range. The main objective was to display network-centric operations capabilities of the Indian Air Force. More than 100 aircraft (equal number of aircraft were at standby) and 30 different weapon platforms participated. Along with aircraft, National Security Guard and Garud commandos displayed their tactical skills. The final day of the exercises saw several", "title": "Iron Fist (exercise)" }, { "docid": "8833466", "text": "selected was the Embraer ERJ 145. Three ERJ 145 were procured from Embraer at a cost of US $300 Million, including the contracted modifications to the airframe. Probable delivery date for the first batch of three is 2015. The Indian Air Force (IAF) made progress towards becoming a truly network-centric air force with the integration of Air Force Network (AFNET), a reliable and robust digital information grid that enables accurate and faster response to enemy threats, in 2010. The modern, state-of-the-art AFNET is a fully secure communication network, providing IAF a critical link among its command and control centre, sensors", "title": "Indian Armed Forces" }, { "docid": "15345508", "text": "a harp, sitting on a field cannon. Saint Barbara’s Day, December 4, is celebrated by the British (Royal Artillery, RAF Armourers, Royal Engineers), Australian (Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, RAAF Armourers), Canadian (Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians (EOD), Canadian Air Force Armourers, Royal Canadian Artillery, Canadian Military Field Engineers, Royal Canadian Navy Weapons Engineering Technicians), and New Zealand (RNZN Gunners Branch, RNZA, Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps, RNZAF Armourers) armed forces. It is celebrated by the Norwich University Artillery Battery with a nighttime fire mission featuring multiple M116 howitzers. Saint Barbara's Day is celebrated by United States Army and Marine", "title": "Saint Barbara" }, { "docid": "15407382", "text": "in the realm of aerospace, The words 'Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment' and 'Indian Air Force' are inscribed on the roundel in a light blue background. The 'Ashok Stambh' heads the crest and laurel leaves surround the crest. The motto printed on the crest \"Sukshamta Avum Utkarsh\", means \"Precision and Excellence\", two invariable and steadfast goals to which ASTE aims, in everything it does. Indian Air Force Test Pilot School The Indian Air Force Test Pilot School is a unit of the Indian Air Force (IAF) that evaluates aircraft and systems for induction into user organisations. Most new aircraft types", "title": "Indian Air Force Test Pilot School" }, { "docid": "20894549", "text": "the Day of the Border Guard is celebrated on August 18. It became a professional holiday in 1992, and was included to the calendar of professional holidays in 2002. Kyrgyzstan has recognized 28 May as Border Guards Day since its independence in 1991 and celebrates the holiday similarly to Russia. The date of the holiday was shifted to October 29 in 2003 by order of President Akayev, but was changed back to its original date 2 years later due to appeals veterans of the Soviet Border Troops and the Kyrgyz Frontier Force. The Day of the State Border Guard of", "title": "Border Guards Day" }, { "docid": "21079", "text": "use following the date of Arbor Day of Republic of China. National Tree Planting Day is on November 6. \"Día del Árbol\" is on June 15. is celebrated on October 20. Arbor Day is on January 15. Arbor Day (\"Tag des Baumes\") is on 25 April. Its first celebration was in 1952. Van Mahotsav is an annual pan-Indian tree planting festival, occupying a week in the month of July. During this event millions of trees are planted. It was initiated in 1950 by K. M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for Agriculture and Food, to create an enthusiasm in the", "title": "Arbor Day" }, { "docid": "14301581", "text": "until the 19th century. Since the 17th century Swedes were creating waffles over a fire with a waffle iron. In the India, National Waffle Day is celebrated July 19. In the United States, National Waffle Day is celebrated August 24, the date of a U.S. patent on a waffle iron. Waffle Day Waffle Day is a tradition that is celebrated in Sweden, and to a lesser extent elsewhere, on March 25. Waffles are typically eaten on this day. The name comes from \"Vårfrudagen\" (\"Our Lady's Day\"), which in vernacular Swedish sounds almost like \"Våffeldagen\" (waffle day). Our Lady's Day is", "title": "Waffle Day" }, { "docid": "12737328", "text": "of Air Vice Marshal or Air Commodore. They handle the day-to-day activities of the Command and act as the liaison between the various Wings. WAC also has a forward headquarters located at Chandigarh near the Army's Western Command. There is an Air Operations Group, formed in 1982, located at Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, which is principally tasked with the defence of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. No. 224 Squadron, Indian Air Force was raised in July 1983 at Adampur and operated with WAC until its disbandment in 2007. Squadrons include: WAC has been assigned 10 permanent Air Force Stations (AFS)and", "title": "Western Air Command (India)" }, { "docid": "7746033", "text": "Day is celebrated on 7 May. In Kyrgyzstan, Defender of the Fatherland Day is a non-working holiday. In Bishkek, there is a military parade of the Bishkek Garrison.The holiday was first introduced in the country by the Government of Kyrgyzstan on January 20, 2003. The Kyrgyz Army have their own professional holiday on May 29, which is the Day of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan. In Tajikistan, the holiday is known as \"Tajik National Army Day\" (), celebrating the Tajik National Army. However, it has been known that other military units, such as the Tajik Air Force, have taken part", "title": "Defender of the Fatherland Day" }, { "docid": "497584", "text": "colonial capitals of Mobile (now in Alabama), New Orleans (Louisiana), and Biloxi (Mississippi), all of which have celebrated for many years with street parades and masked balls. Other major American cities with celebrations include Washington, D.C.; St. Louis; San Francisco; San Diego; Galveston, Texas; and Miami, Pensacola, Tampa, and Orlando in Florida. Carnival is celebrated in New York City in Brooklyn. As in the UK, the timing of Carnival split from the Christian calendar and is celebrated on Labor Day Monday, in September. It is called the Labor Day Carnival, West Indian Day Parade, or West Indian Day Carnival, and", "title": "Carnival" }, { "docid": "12969712", "text": "badly affected the operational capabilities of the air force to carry out day-and-night combat missions. After much discussions, the F-16s were deployed but under the country's airspace and did not part in the war, although the aircraft began patrolling the Skardu air force base only to protect the base from any Indian Air Force incursion. After the aerial mission flew to support the Indian Army, the F-16s from the Northern Air Command were deployed for combat air patrol that began patrolling the Skardu Air Force Base only to protect the base from any Indian Air Force incursion. At several meetings,", "title": "Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi" }, { "docid": "3280491", "text": "personnel. Canadian Armed Forces Day is not a public holiday in Canada. In Chile, Día de las Glorias del Ejército (Army Day) is a national holiday celebrated every 19 September, a day after the independence day, with the \"Parada Militar\", a parade where all the branches of the armed forces display some of their troops and equipment in a special part of \"Parque O'Higgins\" in Santiago. Several other smaller parades can be seen on other cities of the country, as well as air displays by the air force, on Independence Day, 18 September. For the Chilean Navy, its counterpart is", "title": "Armed Forces Day" }, { "docid": "17316069", "text": "these camps for recruitment and training of Mukti Bahini guerrillas. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) launched a pre-emptive strike on Indian Air Force bases on 3 December 1971. The attack was modelled on the Israeli Air Force's Operation Focus during the Six-Day War, and intended to neutralise the Indian Air Force planes on the ground. The strike was seen by India as an open act of unprovoked aggression. This marked the official start of the Indo-Pakistani War. Three Indian corps were involved in the liberation of East Pakistan. They were supported by nearly three brigades of Mukti Bahini fighting alongside", "title": "Bangladesh Freedom Honour" }, { "docid": "15383284", "text": "escort and day/night strike missions. Three Indian aircraft, a Folland Gnat and Sukhoi Su-7 of the Indian Air Force and a Breguet Alizé of the Indian Navy, were shot down. Squadron Leader Amjad Khan ejected after being shot down during an attack on an Indian radar. Wing Commander Mervyn Middlecoat and Flight Lieutenant Samad Changezi were killed after being shot down during dogfights with more modern and maneuverable MiG-21 interceptors of the Indian Air Force. After the F-104 was retired in the early 1970s, the squadron was re-formed in January 1973 at PAF Base Rafiqui, equipped with the newly acquired", "title": "No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)" }, { "docid": "4536100", "text": "to keep an October date for national or international poetry day celebrations still holds in many countries. The United Kingdom generally uses the first Thursday in October, which in 2018 falls on October 4, but elsewhere a different October, or even sometimes a November date, is celebrated. World Poetry Day World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. Its purpose is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, as the original UNESCO declaration says, to \"give fresh recognition", "title": "World Poetry Day" }, { "docid": "10115227", "text": "and the Chinese air force was assessed as only capable of limited strategic raids which could be countered by the Indian air force. Indian Air Force soon started reconnaissance flights over the NEFA border. On 7 May 1962 Chinese troops shot down an Indian Dakota plane in which young officer B. P. Tiwari was lost. Following this incident, the Indian Air Force was told not to plan for close air support. In June, 1962, the Indian Intelligence Bureau said it received information about a Chinese military buildup along the border which could result in a war. Information was also received", "title": "Events leading to the Sino-Indian War" }, { "docid": "15019549", "text": "Pana Sankranti Pana Sankranti, () also known as Maha bisuba Sankranti, is the traditional new year day festival of Buddhists and Hindus in Odisha, India. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar calendar, as the first day of the traditional solar month of Mesha. This is identical to the purnimanta system of lunar month \"Baisakh\" (on Indian national system, it is the 24th day of Chaitra). It therefore almost always falls on 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar. The festival is celebrated with visits to Shiva, Shakti, or Hanuman temples, as the day", "title": "Pana Sankranti" }, { "docid": "14813432", "text": "Royal Indian Air Force began what they called the \"Punching\" drive, an air bridge of Dakotas, first by day and later by night. The air bridge flew in supplies and flew out refugees, despite interdiction by Pakistani mountain artillery, to counter which Indian 25 pounder guns were flown in. The air force also attacked the Pakistani columns with Tempests and Harvards. Attacks on Poonch reduced during summer due to the protracted operations in the Uri sector and were resumed in August 1948, necessitating an immediate relief of Poonch. Poonch was referred to as the \"Tobruk of Kashmir\", though unlike Tobruk,", "title": "Military operations in Poonch (1948)" }, { "docid": "17906126", "text": "Samar Day Samar Day is a Foundation Day celebrated in Samar Province, Philippines. It is currently celebrated on 11 August, but festivities start several days earlier. Samar Day was initially celebrated on 10 November, marking the day that Samar Island was established as a province. During the Marcos period of martial law, the date of the celebration was moved to August 23. The date was changed again when it was moved to 11 August in the late 1970s to honor the day that the Queen of Spain established Samar as a separate province from Leyte. Mutya Han Samar is a", "title": "Samar Day" }, { "docid": "6200747", "text": "Air Force ranks and insignia of India The Indian Air Force's rank structure is based on that of the Royal Air Force. The highest rank attainable in the Indian Air Force is Marshal of the Indian Air Force, conferred by the President of India after exceptional service during wartime. MIAF Arjan Singh was the only officer to have achieved this rank. The head of the Indian Air Force is the Chief of the Air Staff, who holds the rank of Air Chief Marshal. The current Chief of the Air Staff is Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, appointed on 31", "title": "Air Force ranks and insignia of India" }, { "docid": "4852232", "text": "spanning over a fortnight, with different days earmarked for celebrations in different areas. This festival is celebrated around March each year. It is linked to the Hindu lunar calendar, hence its date according to the Gregorian calendar varies. There are two variants of Shigmo festival: \"Dhakto Shigmo\" (\"small Shigmo\") and \"Vhadlo Shigmo\" (\"big Shigmo\"). \"Dhakto Shigmo\" is generally celebrated by farmers, the labour class and the rural population, while \"Vhadlo Shigmo\" is of greater consequence and is celebrated by everyone together. \"Dhakto Shigmo\" begins some five days before the full-moon day of the Indian lunar month of Phalguna and ends", "title": "Shigmo" }, { "docid": "6378905", "text": "to wards of Army and Navy personnel as well as to civilians. (TAFS)' was founded by the late Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, the Chief of Air Staff. It was established in temporary wartime barracks at Wellingdon Camp, Club Road, New Delhi on 18 July 1955 to educate children of Officers and Airmen of the Indian Air Force. In May 1967, the school shifted to its present location Aravalli Campus location in Subroto Park, Delhi Cantonment. Earlier the school was located in New Delhi near the present residence of the Prime Minister of India. The school celebrated its Silver Jubilee in", "title": "The Air Force School (Subroto Park)" }, { "docid": "5654469", "text": "Freedom Day (Belarus) Freedom Day () is an unofficial holiday in Belarus, which is celebrated on March 25 to commemorate the creation of the Belarusian Democratic Republic on that date in 1918. The day has been celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus by the Belarusian independence movement since the early 1920s. The day has been widely celebrated by the Belarusian diaspora. In the United States, governors and US presidents have traditionally issued official greetings to the Belarusian American community on the occasion of March 25. In today's Belarus, people and groups largely opposed to the current Belarusian government under", "title": "Freedom Day (Belarus)" }, { "docid": "2419457", "text": "under strength). The rank structure of the Indian Air Force is based on that of the Royal Air Force. The highest rank attainable in the IAF is Marshal of the Indian Air Force, conferred by the President of India after exceptional service during wartime. MIAF Arjan Singh is the only officer to have achieved this rank. The head of the Indian Air Force is the Chief of the Air Staff, who holds the rank of Air Chief Marshal. Anyone holding Indian citizenship can apply to be an officer in the Air Force as long as they satisfy the eligibility criteria.", "title": "Indian Air Force" }, { "docid": "205866", "text": "birth of Mahāvīra. It is celebrated on the 13th day of the luni-solar month of Chaitra in the traditional Indian calendar. This typically falls in March or April of the Gregorian calendar. The festivities include visiting Jain temples, pilgrimages to shrines, reading Jain texts and processions of Mahāvīra by the community. At his legendary birthplace of Kundagrama in Bihar, north of Patna, special events are held by Jains. Diwali is observed by Jains as the anniversary of Mahāvīra's attainment of \"moksha\". The Hindu festival of Diwali is also celebrated on the same date (\"Kartika Amavasya\"). Jain temples, homes, offices, and", "title": "Jainism" }, { "docid": "2419445", "text": "The President of India is the Supreme Commander of all Indian armed forces and by virtue of that fact is the national Commander-in-chief of the Air Force. The Chief of the Air Staff with the rank of air chief marshal is the Commander of the Indian Air Force. He is assisted by six officers, all with the rank of air marshal: In January 2002, the government conferred the rank of Marshal of the Air Force on Arjan Singh making him the first and only \"Five-star\" officer with the Indian Air Force and ceremonial chief of the air force. The Indian", "title": "Indian Air Force" }, { "docid": "14082966", "text": "Air Force Bal Bharati School Air Force Bal Bharati School (AFBBS) established 1955, is a senior secondary school situated on Lodi Road, New Delhi, India, and run by the Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. The school was the brainchild of Air Marshal M. S. Chaturvedi who encountered problems trying to get his children admitted to a school in New Delhi while he was posted there with the Air Force. The school was started by the Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society, which also runs The Air Force", "title": "Air Force Bal Bharati School" }, { "docid": "5827789", "text": "spread over a period of two years, 11 months and 18 days before adopting the Constitution. After many deliberations and some modifications, the 308 members of the Assembly signed two hand-written copies of the document (one each in Hindi and English) on 24 January 1950. Two days later which was on 26 January 1950, it came into effect throughout the whole nation.On that day began Dr. Rajendra Prasad's first term of office as President of the Indian Union. The Constituent Assembly became the Parliament of India under the transitional provisions of the new Constitution.This date is celebrated in India as", "title": "Republic Day (India)" }, { "docid": "18375020", "text": "Record. International Day of Yoga International Day of Yoga, or commonly and unofficially referred to as Yoga Day, is celebrated annually on 21 June since its inception in 2015. An international day for yoga was declared unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice originated in India. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his UN address suggested the date of 21 June, as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shares a special significance in many parts of the world. The idea of International Day", "title": "International Day of Yoga" }, { "docid": "18375011", "text": "International Day of Yoga International Day of Yoga, or commonly and unofficially referred to as Yoga Day, is celebrated annually on 21 June since its inception in 2015. An international day for yoga was declared unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice originated in India. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his UN address suggested the date of 21 June, as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shares a special significance in many parts of the world. The idea of International Day of", "title": "International Day of Yoga" }, { "docid": "2979350", "text": "Pahela Baishakh Pahela Baishakh () or Bangla Nabobarsho (, \"Bangla Nôbobôrsho\") is the first day of Bengali Calendar. It is celebrated on 14 April as a national holiday in Bangladesh, and on 14 or 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and part of Assam by people of Bengali heritage, irrespective of their religious faith. The festival date is set according to the lunisolar Bengali calendar as the first day of its first month \"Baishakh\". It therefore almost always falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar. The same day is observed elsewhere", "title": "Pahela Baishakh" }, { "docid": "575715", "text": "disciple of St. John the Evangelist, visited Rome to discuss the celebration of Passover with Anicetus. Polycarp and his Church of Smyrna celebrated the crucifixion on the fourteenth day of Nisan, which coincides with Pesach (or Passover) regardless of which day of the week upon this date fell, while the Roman Church celebrated the Pasch on Sunday—the weekday of Jesus's resurrection. The two did not agree on a common date, but St. Anicetus conceded to St. Polycarp and the Church of Smyrna the ability to retain the date to which they were accustomed. The controversy was to grow heated in", "title": "Pope Anicetus" }, { "docid": "17716570", "text": "Force Station Kalaikunda. Currently it is used as a Radar Station by the Indian Air Force. Air Force Station Salua Air Force Station Salua is an Indian Air Force Station located in West Midnapore District of West Bengal. It lies on the WB SH 5 at a distance of 7 km from IIT Kharagpur. It is a World War II air base, which was used by the 317th Airlift Squadron of the US Airforce and was the first base of operations for the B29 Superfortresses (units of the 58th Bomb Wing). The Air Strip fell out of use after World", "title": "Air Force Station Salua" }, { "docid": "8234169", "text": "Fame on October 1, 2016 in Dayton, Ohio. Day was the only person ever to have been awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross. He is widely considered to be the most-decorated airman in history. Rank and organization: Colonel (then Major), U.S. Air Force, Forward Air Controller Pilot of an F-100 aircraft. Place and date: North Vietnam, 26 August 1967. Entered service at: Sioux City, Iowa. Born: February 24, 1925, Sioux City, Iowa. General Orders: GB-180, 22 March 1976 Citation: On 26 August 1967, Colonel Day was forced to eject from his aircraft over North Vietnam", "title": "Bud Day" }, { "docid": "19922030", "text": "Air14 Air14, also named \"100 years Swiss Air Force\" was an international air show held by the Swiss Air Force in late August and early September 2014 at Payerne Air Base, Switzerland. It claimed to be the biggest airshow in Europe of 2014. Until 1991, when Switzerland celebrated its 700th formation jubilee, most Swiss airshows had been organized by civilians. Prior to that year, the Swiss Air Force participated in various military and civilian events only. There were no regular airshows organized by the military except one yearly open day at Dubendorf during the Air Force Flight Competitions (Armeeflugmeisterschaften) and", "title": "Air14" }, { "docid": "19922016", "text": "Air14 Air14, also named \"100 years Swiss Air Force\" was an international air show held by the Swiss Air Force in late August and early September 2014 at Payerne Air Base, Switzerland. It claimed to be the biggest airshow in Europe of 2014. Until 1991, when Switzerland celebrated its 700th formation jubilee, most Swiss airshows had been organized by civilians. Prior to that year, the Swiss Air Force participated in various military and civilian events only. There were no regular airshows organized by the military except one yearly open day at Dubendorf during the Air Force Flight Competitions (Armeeflugmeisterschaften) and", "title": "Air14" }, { "docid": "3254717", "text": "3, 1971 pre-emptive strike on 11 Indian airbases. After the initial preemptive strike, the PAF adopted a defensive stance in response to the Indian retaliation. As the war progressed, the Indian Air Force continued to fight the PAF over conflict zones, but the number of sorties flown by the PAF gradually decreased day-by-day. The Indian Air Force flew 4,000 sorties while its counterpart, the PAF offered little in retaliation, partly because of shortages of non-Bengali technical personnel. This lack of response has also been attributed to the decision of the PAF High Command to cut its losses as it had", "title": "History of aerial warfare" }, { "docid": "2718407", "text": "to tribal mythology. In Slovakia, the day is called International Children's Day (\"Medzinárodný deň detí\") and is celebrated on 1 June. Children get free entrance to some attractions like zoos. In Spain, this date is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of May, and it is called \"Día del niño\". In Sri Lanka, Children's Day is celebrated on 1 October. In Sudan, Children's Day is celebrated on 23 December, the birthday of North Sudan's \"greatest child\" according to tribal mythology. In Suriname, Children's Day or is celebrated on 5 December. Generally, children up to 12 years old receive presents from their", "title": "Children's Day" }, { "docid": "1158517", "text": "each Labor Day Weekend in Alameda Park by the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce. It is primarily a showplace for vendors of handmade items, but also features music, entertainment, and food. White Sands Balloon Invitational is held annually in late September. Hot air balloons launch from the Riner-Steinhoff Soccerplex on First Street or from White Sands National Monument and float over the Tularosa Basin. Oktoberfest is celebrated annually in late September, hosted by the German Air Force at Holloman Air Force Base. The public is invited, and shuttle buses run between Alamogordo and the base. New Mexico Museum of Space History", "title": "Alamogordo, New Mexico" }, { "docid": "17132764", "text": "2016. It featured the participation of 181 aircraft, 103 of them fighter planes. It also included a display of the firepower of Tejas LCA for the first time. Highlights Iron Fist (exercise) Iron Fist is an Indian Air Force exercise held at Pokhran, Rajasthan. It has been held twice - 2013 and 2016. The Iron Fist 2013 was the Indian Air Force's first day-night exercise. It was conducted on 22 February 2013 at the Pokhran firing range. The main objective was to display network-centric operations capabilities of the Indian Air Force. More than 100 aircraft (equal number of aircraft were", "title": "Iron Fist (exercise)" }, { "docid": "8666944", "text": "The Chinese version of this festival is called \"Laba\" (臘八) which means the Eighth Day of the La (or the Twelfth) Month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. It is most often observed in the first half of January, but it may happen on a date between the Winter Solstice (December 22) and the Chinese New Year (between January 22 and February 21). Bodhi Day is not as popularly celebrated as Vesak Day, on which the birth, enlightenment (Nirvāna), and passing away (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha are celebrated. Bodhi Day Bodhi Day is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that", "title": "Bodhi Day" } ]
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when did dustin johnson win the us open
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[ { "docid": "12539168", "text": "golfers with players such as Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Webb Simpson taking to social media to criticize the USGA for its decision. Johnson moved up three positions in the OWGR to number three after this win. On July 9, 2016, Johnson confirmed that he would not be participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics, because of concerns over the Zika virus. Johnson won his third tournament of the year, the BMW Championship, on September 11, 2016. Johnson finished the season as the leading money winner on the PGA Tour (winning the Arnold Palmer Award), had the lowest scoring", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12539166", "text": "two rounds of 75 on the weekend to fall out of contention. Zach Johnson went on to win the event in a playoff. Johnson started off the 2016 season well with six top-10 finishes in his first ten events. After two finishes outside the top 10, he came close to winning the Memorial Tournament, finishing one shot behind eventual winner William McGirt. He recorded another top-10 finish in the FedEx St. Jude Classic a week later. Johnson won the 2016 U.S. Open to claim his first major title on June 19, 2016 in his 29th major appearance. The win was", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12539171", "text": "first player to win all four of the WGC crowns, the 2013 WGC-HSBC Champions, the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship and 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship (previously the Cadillac Championship), the 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and the 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. This was his third consecutive Tour title through just seven starts in 2017. Johnson would withdraw from the following week's Shell Houston Open. Prior to the 2017 Masters Tournament, Johnson fell down a staircase in the Augusta home he was renting and suffered a back injury. He withdrew from the event before teeing off the 1st hole. Johnson won the first FedEx Cup", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12539150", "text": "him by finishing second at the BMW Championship on September 10. Johnson returned to the top of the world rankings on September 23 when he finished third to Rose's fourth in the Tour Championship. He lost the number one ranking on October 21, 2018 when Brooks Koepka won the CJ Cup. He won the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club with a 4-under-par score of 276 for his first major championship. He had previously finished in a tie for second at both the 2011 Open Championship and the 2015 U.S. Open. He also has five World Golf Championships victories,", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "5580131", "text": "only two per round. Cabrera had two of these sub-par rounds, shooting a 69 (-1) on Thursday and Sunday. The weather was much more agreeable than in 1994: the high temperatures were for the first three rounds and for the final round, and there were no weather delays in any of the rounds. The total purse was $7.0 million and the champion earned $1.26 million ($ and $ in dollars). The club hosted the U.S. Open for a record ninth time in 2016, and Dustin Johnson shot 276 (–4) to win his first major title by three strokes. Oakmont is", "title": "Oakmont Country Club" }, { "docid": "18830268", "text": "2016 U.S. Open (golf) The 2016 United States Open Championship was the 116th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont and Plum, Pennsylvania, suburbs northeast of Pittsburgh. Dustin Johnson won his first major championship. Play was delayed on the first day due to heavy rainfall, forcing most of the field to play half a round behind schedule. Andrew Landry was a surprise leader after the first round before Johnson led the field in the second. Shane Lowry carded a 65 in the third round to take the overall lead into the final round. Despite a controversial", "title": "2016 U.S. Open (golf)" }, { "docid": "6338531", "text": "family business that builds and develops trade and service businesses in the European market, with a main focus on the Nordic region. Group companies currently comprise Axel Johnson International, Axfood, Dustin, KICKS, Novax, Martin & Servera and Åhléns. The wholly and partly owned companies in the Axel Johnson AB group have annual sales of approximately SEK 72 billion and some 20,000 employees (2016). Axel Johnson AB is one of four independent companies in the Axel Johnson Group, together with property company AxFast, holding company Altocumulus and the US company Axel Johnson Inc. In addition, the Axel Johnson Group has an", "title": "Axel Johnson Group" }, { "docid": "12539168", "text": "golfers with players such as Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Webb Simpson taking to social media to criticize the USGA for its decision. Johnson moved up three positions in the OWGR to number three after this win. On July 9, 2016, Johnson confirmed that he would not be participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics, because of concerns over the Zika virus. Johnson won his third tournament of the year, the BMW Championship, on September 11, 2016. Johnson finished the season as the leading money winner on the PGA Tour (winning the Arnold Palmer Award), had the lowest scoring", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "13616569", "text": "11-3, to win her 8th US Open. In the 2014 US Open, Longoria beat Maria Jose Vargas in the first US Open final to feature two non-US players. In 2016, Longoria and Samantha Salas played the first US Open final between two Mexican players, with Longoria beating her long time doubles partner, 11-3, 11-7, 11-3. Longoria's beaten Rhonda Rajsich in four US Open finals: 2015, 2013, 2012 and 2011. Her first US Open win was in 2008 when she beat Cheryl Gudinas in the final, becoming the first Mexican to win that event or even reach the US Open final.", "title": "Paola Longoria" }, { "docid": "19012665", "text": "2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational The 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played June 30 – July 3 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 18th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2016. The event was played more than a month earlier than usual, due to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Because it ran opposite of the Open de France, the European Tour did not co-sanction the tournament this year. Dustin Johnson won his first WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and third WGC overall. The South Course was designed by", "title": "2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational" }, { "docid": "19012669", "text": "\"Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par\" 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational The 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played June 30 – July 3 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 18th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2016. The event was played more than a month earlier than usual, due to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Because it ran opposite of the Open de France, the European Tour did not co-sanction the tournament this year. Dustin Johnson won his first WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and third WGC overall.", "title": "2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational" }, { "docid": "4332267", "text": "after winning the WGC Matchplay in March 2016. On February 19, 2017, Dustin Johnson became the 20th player to reach number one in the rankings following his victory at the Genesis Open. He would remain number one for over a year before being overtaken in May 2018 by Justin Thomas, who had won the PGA championship and four other events in 2017. Johnson regained top spot but was overtaken again in September 2018 by Justin Rose, who had finished second at the Open and again in two FedEx Cup playoff events. Rose became the 22nd player to reach number one,", "title": "Official World Golf Ranking" }, { "docid": "12226090", "text": "take the victory. The 2016 season started with a third place at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa. In May, Wood won the 2016 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club; the win lifted him at the 22nd place of the Official World Golf Ranking and guaranteed him an automatic selection for the 2016 Ryder Cup. Wood paired up with Justin Rose in his career debut at the Ryder Cup for a 1 up victory against Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson in Saturday's foursomes; in the singles, he lost (1 up) to Dustin Johnson. European Tour playoff record", "title": "Chris Wood (golfer)" }, { "docid": "10654271", "text": "top-ranked American man for the first time in three years. Although he regained it in the following week, Johnson took it back again following the [[2016 US Open – Men's Singles|2016 US Open]], after Isner was unable to defend his fourth round points, losing in the third round to [[Kyle Edmund]] in four sets. Isner teamed up with Jack Sock to win his second Masters doubles title and fourth overall doubles title at the [[2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|2016 Shanghai Masters]]. Unseeded at the final regular tournament of the season, Isner would prevail against seeded players David Ferrer and", "title": "John Isner" } ]
[ { "docid": "19810913", "text": "and Gavin Green. \"Friday, 27 October 2017\" Dustin Johnson shot a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over first-round leader Brooks Koepka. \"Saturday, 28 October 2017\" Dustin Johnson shot a 4-under-par 68 to open a 6-shot lead over Brooks Koepka who was hurt by a triple-bogey on the par-5 8th hole. \"Sunday, 29 October 2017\" Justin Rose overcame an eight-stroke deficit to win by two strokes over third-round leader Dustin Johnson, as well as Brooks Koepka and Henrik Stenson. Rose shot a 5-under-par 67, tied for the low round with Phil Mickelson, while Johnson shot a 5-over-par 77 in", "title": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions" }, { "docid": "12539169", "text": "average (winning the Vardon Trophy and Byron Nelson Award) and won both the PGA Player of the Year and PGA Tour Player of the Year awards. After starting the season with two top-10 finishes in his first four events, Johnson won the Genesis Open in February by five strokes over Scott Brown and Thomas Pieters. The win moved him to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. Johnson's win at the Genesis Open also cemented a place in history as he joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only three golfers in PGA Tour history to win a", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "14587124", "text": "person to win the Masters. His victory was the first wire-to-wire Masters win since Raymond Floyd's in 1976. The victory moved Spieth to #2 in the Official World Golf Ranking. On June 21, Spieth won the U.S. Open to claim his second major championship. He carded a one-under 69 in the final round to finish with a total of 275 (-5) and win the tournament by one stroke over Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. Spieth had begun the day in a four-way tie for the lead and played in the penultimate group alongside Branden Grace. He opened his final round", "title": "Jordan Spieth" }, { "docid": "9587890", "text": "from the live studio audience when the result was announced, including many audible boos. A panellist on the programme, former Eurovision winner Dana, stated that Ireland would be better withdrawing from the competition than sending Dustin. Despite her lack of support, past Irish Eurovision entries Dickie Rock and Maxi stated their beliefs that Dustin could win. Dustin performed his song in the first semi-final on 20 May. The song contained, among other things, references to Riverdance (\"Give us another chance, we're sorry for Riverdance!\") and Michael Flatley (\"Sure Flatley he's a yank\"). Dustin failed to progress beyond the Eurovision semi-final.", "title": "Dustin the Turkey" }, { "docid": "12539164", "text": "on the third playoff hole to James Hahn. Johnson missed a 12 footer for birdie on the third extra hole to extend the playoff. Those results led Johnson back inside the top-15 in the World Ranking. After another missed cut at The Honda Classic, Johnson beat J. B. Holmes by one stroke to win the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida. The win earned Johnson $1,570,000 and marked the first win for Johnson since his self-imposed six-month leave of absence from professional golf to work on \"personal issues\" in his life. The win moved him to 7th", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "18157376", "text": "Lee Westwood (14), Bernd Wiesberger (14), Danny Willett (14) Kevin Kisner, Andy Sullivan \"None\" The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers. Alternates who gained entry: (a) denotes amateur (L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying Source: \"Thursday, June 18, 2015\" Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson both posted rounds of 65 (−5) to share the lead after the first round. Johnson recorded four birdies on his back-nine and did not make a bogey until the par-3 9th, his 18th hole of the round. Stenson, meanwhile, birdied four of his last five holes to tie Johnson for the lead. Jordan", "title": "2015 U.S. Open (golf)" }, { "docid": "12539174", "text": "FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis by five strokes. He finished the final round with a walk off eagle from the fairway on the final hole. It was his second time winning the event. The win helped him regain the Number 1 world ranking. In June 2018, Johnson opened up the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills with rounds of 69-67 for a 4-under-par total to hold the 36-hole lead by four strokes and be the only man under par at the halfway stage. He then shot a 77 during a tough third round, which dropped him back into a four-way", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "15512458", "text": "won the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. In Matsuyama's return to the Waste Management Phoenix Open, he again entered a playoff on Sunday to defend his title, this time against Webb Simpson. On the fourth playoff hole, Matsuyama made birdie to win the tournament for the second time in as many years. After finishing second in the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, while the top three players in the world at the time (Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day) failed to make the cut, Matsuyama reached 2nd in the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest ever, and", "title": "Hideki Matsuyama" }, { "docid": "16822818", "text": "80% fit. He recovered to successfully defend his U.S. Open title at Shinnecock Hills, becoming the first player since Curtis Strange in 1989 to win consecutive U.S. Open titles, which has occurred only seven times. He won his third major at the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club. At the 2018 Ryder Cup, an errant tee shot by Koepka struck a female spectator and caused her right eye to explode resulting in permanent blindness. Also at the Ryder Cup, it was rumored that Koepka and teammate Dustin Johnson got into a feud over some personal issues but Koepka denied", "title": "Brooks Koepka" }, { "docid": "17707408", "text": "play in the event, only one, Dustin Johnson (ranked 30), did not play. There was no cut. Billy Horschel won the tournament by three strokes over Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy. After starting the playoffs in 69th place and missing the cut in the first playoff tournament, Horschel finished T-2, win, and win in the next three events to win the FedEx Cup. For the full list see here. Table key:<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> First-time Playoffs participant 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs The 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs was the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA", "title": "2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs" }, { "docid": "4714670", "text": "PGA Championship), Berkshire Country Club in Reading, Pennsylvania and Glen Ridge Country Club in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Massachusett, The Milton Hoosic Club. Bellefonte Country Club in Ashland, Kentucky (Home of the longest continuously played AJGA event). Battle Creek Country Club (Battle Creek, Michigan) holds an annual Symetra Tour event, and Dustin Johnson qualified for his first US Open there. He also laid out the original six holes of The Sadaquada Club (1895) in Whitestown, NY, which were later improved to a full nine by Horace Rawlins, the first winner of the U.S. Open. He also made a stop in", "title": "Willie Park Jr." }, { "docid": "18408426", "text": "the back-9 to take a 5-shot lead after 54 holes. Both Holmes and Dustin Johnson recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3 4th within a span of 20 minutes. Bill Haas shot the low round of the day, a seven-under-par 65. \"Sunday, March 8, 2015\" Dustin Johnson shot a 3-under-par 69 to overcome a 5-shot deficit and win by one stroke over J. B. Holmes. It was his first win since his six-month leave from the game. Holmes shot a 3-over-par 75. 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship The 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played March 5–8 on the TPC Blue Monster", "title": "2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship" }, { "docid": "12539173", "text": "clear of the field with a 65 in the final round for a 24-under-par winning score. Johnson fell one shot short of David Duval's record nine-stroke win at the event in 1999. The win means that Johnson has won a title in his first 11 straight seasons on the PGA Tour, behind only Tiger Woods (14) and Jack Nicklaus (17). In winning, he also became only the third player in the last 30 years – alongside Woods and Phil Mickelson – to reach 17 PGA Tour wins before the age of 34. In June, Johnson went on to win the", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "20221486", "text": "June 15, 2018\" Dustin Johnson held the lead after shooting a 67, four shots ahead of Charley Hoffman and Scott Piercy. Amateurs: \"Grimmer (+5)\", \"Gagne (+7)\", \"Parziale (+7)\", Thornberry (+9), Strafaci (+10), Ghim (+13), Rasmussen (+14), Hagestad (+15), Bergeron (+16), Humphrey (+16), Yu (+17), Huang (+18), Lumsden (+18), Rank (+18), Reitan (+18), Wiseman (+18), Ban (+19), Ellis (+19), Goodwin (+19), Barbaree (+21) \"Saturday, June 16, 2018\" Second round leader Dustin Johnson shot a seven-over 77 to fall into a four-way tie with Daniel Berger, Tony Finau and defending champion Brooks Koepka. Johnson double bogeyed the par-3 2nd and went six-over", "title": "2018 U.S. Open (golf)" }, { "docid": "12539175", "text": "tie for lead heading into the final round. Despite shooting even par in the final round, Johnson finished in third place. On July 29, 2018, Johnson captured his third victory of the season when he won the RBC Canadian Open by three strokes over An Byeong-hun and Kim Meen-whee after starting the final round in a four-way tie for the lead. In September 2018, Johnson qualified for the U.S. team participating in the 2018 Ryder Cup. The U.S. team lost the Ryder Cup to the European team by a score of 17 1/2 to 10 1/2 at Le Golf National", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12539151", "text": "with only Tiger Woods having won more, and he is the first player to win each of the four World Golf Championship events. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour, having been ranked in the top five annually from 2008 and leading in 2015. By virtue of his 2018 Sentry Tournament of Champions win, Johnson became only the third player in Tour history to win a Tour title in each of his first 11 seasons, joining Jack Nicklaus (17) and Tiger Woods (14). Johnson was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and played collegiate golf at Coastal", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "14849052", "text": "by five strokes and move to second place in the standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. The BMW Championship was played September 9–12. All 70 players eligible to play in the event did so. There was no cut. The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2011 Masters, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship. Dustin Johnson won the event by one stroke over Paul Casey and moved to second in the rankings. Former FedEx Cup winners Tiger Woods", "title": "2010 FedEx Cup Playoffs" }, { "docid": "15205970", "text": "2011 Open Championship The 2011 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 140th Open Championship, held from 14–17 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England. Darren Clarke won his first and to date only major championship, three strokes ahead of runners-up Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson. This was the fourteenth Open Championship at Royal St George's; the last was in 2003 when Ben Curtis won his only major championship and finished as the only player under par at −1, a stroke clear of Vijay Singh and Thomas Bjørn. The course was lengthened by", "title": "2011 Open Championship" }, { "docid": "12539165", "text": "in the world rankings. At the 2015 U.S. Open, Johnson held a share of the lead heading into the final round. Johnson had two birdies on the front-nine but had three bogeys on the back-nine but birdied 17 to get within one of Jordan Spieth. Johnson hit a five iron to the par-5 18th, 12 feet from the hole. He hit his eagle putt to within 3 feet past the hole and then missed the three footer coming back to give the title to Spieth. Johnson led the 2015 Open Championship at The Old Course after 36 holes, but shot", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "4626194", "text": "25 April against fellow expansion side the Cleveland City Stars when he scored in the 13th minute of play. Johnson scored his second goal in the final minute of the match. In the 2009 season, Johnson played 22 league matches, scoring five goals making him the Aztex leading goalscorer, but he was forced to miss part of the season because of work permit problems after he returned to England with Evans. Johnson also played in two of the Aztex's three US Open Cup matches, playing in the first round, scoring the second goal in a 2–0 win over Mississippi Brilla", "title": "Eddie Johnson (English footballer)" }, { "docid": "12539162", "text": "the Monday and a final 18 on Tuesday. The event was Johnson's seventh PGA Tour win and his third in a 54-hole event; a 54-hole event is still considered an official win with full OWGR ranking points. In November, Johnson won the WGC-HSBC Champions, part of the 2013–14 PGA Tour season. On July 31, 2014, Johnson announced he was taking the rest of the season off to seek professional help for \"personal challenges\". On August 1, conflicting reports surfaced regarding the circumstances of Johnson's announcement from the previous day. \"Golf Magazine\" reported that Johnson had been suspended from the PGA", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12539170", "text": "title in each of their first 10 seasons. In March, Johnson won at the WGC-Mexico Championship by one stroke over Tommy Fleetwood. The win marked the fifth time that a golfer won his first tournament after becoming number one. This was Johnson's fourth WGC title and moved him into second place on the list of most World Golf Championships titles, trailing only Tiger Woods. Three weeks later Johnson would go undefeated at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play event for his first WGC Match Play title and his fifth overall WGC title. The win also meant that Johnson would become the", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "19404875", "text": "in 1993, with Donald Johnson. All three of his Challenger titles came in 1992. At Grand Slam level he featured in the men's doubles draws at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open. He reached the second round of the 1992 Wimbledon Championships with Mark Knowles. His best performance came at the 1993 US Open. As wildcards, Eisenman and partner Donald Johnson made the third round, a run which included a win over eighth seeds Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez. Doug Eisenman Doug Eisenman (born October 2, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Eisenman, a", "title": "Doug Eisenman" }, { "docid": "12539158", "text": "Johnson had been part of the final group on Sunday at a major championship and also occurring in three out of the four majors, the 2010 U.S. Open, the 2010 PGA Championship and the 2011 Open Championship. As a result of this second-place finish, Johnson moved to his highest spot in the Official World Golf Ranking at the time, seventh, and became the third-ranked American behind Steve Stricker and Mickelson. Johnson won his fifth PGA Tour title at The Barclays in 2011. He beat Matt Kuchar by two strokes. This was his second 54-hole tournament victory of his career, after", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12539163", "text": "Tour for six months after testing positive for cocaine. The magazine indicated that this was his third positive drug test, after a 2009 positive for marijuana and 2012 positive for cocaine. However, PGA Tour officials indicated that Johnson was taking a voluntary leave and was not under suspension. Johnson returned to the tour at the Farmers Insurance Open in February. He missed the cut by one stroke. In the next two events Johnson played, he recorded two top-five finishes: tied for fourth at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; and tied for second at the Northern Trust Open after losing", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "19558867", "text": "at the US Open he met Andre Agassi. The first occasion was in 1988 when he made it through qualifying, then had to face the then world number four in the first round. He managed to take Agassi to a tiebreak in the opening set but still lost in three. At the 1989 US Open he again entered the draw as a qualifier but on this occasion got past his first round opponent, with a straight sets win over Cássio Motta. He also won his second round match over Sweden's Anders Järryd, who had to retire hurt early in the", "title": "Philip Johnson (tennis)" }, { "docid": "16730922", "text": "Els (2,3,4,5,14), Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton (2), Pádraig Harrington (2,3,12), Paul Lawrie (5,6,17), Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (3), Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6,14), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,13,14,17) 2. The Open Champions for 2003–2012 3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2008–2012 Tom Watson 4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2012 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Thomas Aiken, Nicolas Colsaerts (5,6,17), Luke Donald (5,6,7,14,17), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6), Dustin Johnson (5,14,17), Zach Johnson (5,14,17), Matt Kuchar (5,13,14,17), Graeme McDowell (5,6,10,17), Alexander", "title": "2013 Open Championship" }, { "docid": "4332124", "text": "contention for his second major championship. Rose lost to García in a sudden-death playoff. In October, Rose won his second World Golf Championship event, taking the WGC-HSBC Champions by two strokes. He was tied for fourth place, eight strokes behind leader Dustin Johnson after the third round. Rose shot 67 to Johnson's 77 in the final round to win by two strokes. In November 2017, Rose won the Turkish Airlines Open, a Rolex Series event. In December 2017, Rose was officially unveiled as the host of the 2018 British Masters, following on from Ian Poulter, Luke Donald, and Lee Westwood.", "title": "Justin Rose" }, { "docid": "15205981", "text": "Jiménez, 2009 U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover, and Webb Simpson all shot 66, a stroke back. Pre-tournament favourite Rory McIlroy, the reigning U.S. Open champion, bogeyed his first hole and shot 71; world number one Luke Donald and number two Lee Westwood matched that score. Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen struggled in the calmer afternoon conditions, managing only a 72. Dustin Johnson earned shot of the day honors late in the morning when he aced the par-3 16th hole, part of a five-under-par four hole stretch from 14 through 17; he finished at 70. The large group at 68, three off", "title": "2011 Open Championship" }, { "docid": "13737663", "text": "once in 2010 and again in 2014. He was the first Mexican to do so. He lost both finals to Kane Waselenchuk but did win the first game of 2010 final, which was Waselenchuk's first loss of a game in six US Open finals. 2010 final was the first US Open final with two non-American players. Also of note, Beltrán is one of only two players to beat IRT #1 Waselenchuk in a completed match, since Waselenchk's return to the IRT tour in the fall of 2008. That win occurred at the 2009 California Open when Beltrán defeated Waslenchuk in", "title": "Álvaro Beltrán" }, { "docid": "19585716", "text": "regularly with the Greater Milwaukee Open preceded by the Milwaukee Open Invitational About half the field consisted of players who were exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses. Ángel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson (12,13,14,15), Martin Kaymer (14,15), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,13,14,15), Justin Rose (11,14,15), Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth (5,13,14,15) Brad Dalke (a) Scott Gregory (a) Maverick McNealy (a) Sergio García (12,14,15), Adam Scott (13,14,15), Bubba Watson (13,14,15), Danny Willett (14,15) Ernie Els, Zach Johnson (12), Henrik Stenson (14,15)", "title": "2017 U.S. Open (golf)" }, { "docid": "4755765", "text": "first child two week prior to the event. In 2015, Casey chose to give up his European Tour exemption and focus solely on the PGA Tour, citing a need to lessen his travel. In February 2015, Casey finished in a tie for second at the Northern Trust Open after losing in a sudden-death playoff to James Hahn. Casey finished the tournament at six-under-par, tied with Hahn and Dustin Johnson. After the trio all parred the first extra hole, Casey could only make a par on the second extra hole and was eliminated when Hahn and Johnson both got up and", "title": "Paul Casey" }, { "docid": "18550746", "text": "Nadal went on to win the Mercedes Cup against Serbian Viktor Troicki, his first grass court title since he won at Wimbledon in 2010.He was unable to continue his good form on grass as he lost in the first round of the Aegon Championships to Alexandr Dolgopolov in three sets and the second round of Wimbledon to Dustin Brown. He won his third title of the year at the German Open defeating Fabio Fognini in the final. Nadal's US Open Series wasnt that impressive as his best result was a quarterfinal at the Rogers Cup losing to Kei Nishikori. He", "title": "2015 ATP World Tour Finals" }, { "docid": "15119884", "text": "semifinal in Bernie Challenger, Sugita claimed his first challenger title in Kyoto. He defeated Australian Matthew Ebden in final, and he break him into world top 200 for the first time as ranked no.186. Sugita advanced to final round of qualifying in the 2010 US Open, losing to Lukáš Rosol in two sets. In November, Sugita won back-to-back Futures titles in Thailand, and reached final in the Toyota Challenger, but lost to fellow Japanese Tatsuma Ito in straight sets. Sugita started the season by playing the Chennai Open as qualifier, and recorded his first ATP main draw win against Dustin", "title": "Yūichi Sugita" }, { "docid": "15205987", "text": "countered with his own eagle on the 7th to open up a two shot lead. A short missed par putt stalled Mickelson's momentum, and he faded on the back nine with three further bogeys to finish with a 68 (−2), tied for second with Dustin Johnson. Johnson, playing with Clarke, also made a strong challenge, and was two shots out of the lead on the tee of the par-5 14th hole. Johnson tried to reach the green with a 2 iron from the fairway, but pushed it right and out of bounds to end his chances with a double-bogey seven", "title": "2011 Open Championship" }, { "docid": "2952963", "text": "1992, 2000, and 2010 U.S. Opens, and the 1977 PGA Championship. Watson got an ace on the 6th hole during the second round of the 2011 Open Championship. It was the second ace of the week after Dustin Johnson got one on 16 the day before. In an interview in 2012, Watson admitted that he was \"distraught\" at coming so close to becoming the oldest Major winner at the age of 59 and said that the experience in the 2009 British Open \"tore his guts out\". Watson said of his approach shot to the green at the 72nd hole, when", "title": "Tom Watson (golfer)" }, { "docid": "12539159", "text": "the 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The tournament was shortened due to the threat of Hurricane Irene. Johnson shot rounds of 66-63-65 to win at -19. This was Johnson's first victory of 2011 and it moved him from 19th to first in the FedEx Cup standings. It was also the second FedEx Cup playoff event win of his career after he won the BMW Championship in 2010. The win also took him to a career high of 4th in the world rankings, the second highest American (behind Steve Stricker). Although he started the playoffs well and held the number", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12539149", "text": "Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson (born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is a former World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Through May 6, 2018, he had held the title of the Number 1-ranked golfer for 64 consecutive weeks, which is the 5th longest streak in PGA Tour history. On May 13, 2018, Justin Thomas overtook Johnson, but Johnson regained the Number 1 ranking four weeks later by winning the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Johnson retained the top ranking for another 13 weeks until Justin Rose overtook", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "15205985", "text": "worst of the weather, to move into contention at −2. Co-leader Darren Clarke, in the final pairing, shot 69 to take the 54-hole lead at 205 (−5), a stroke behind was Dustin Johnson. Johnson was in the final Sunday pairing for the third time in six majors, after the U.S. Open and PGA Championship the previous year. Second round co-leader Lucas Glover shot 73 to fall back to 209 (−1). Four-time major winner Phil Mickelson had 71 for even par 210, while Thomas Bjørn, repeating his strong showing at the 2003 Open on this course, shot 71 for 208 (−2).", "title": "2011 Open Championship" }, { "docid": "20376888", "text": "were wounded. Initially the US acknowledged only 3 killed, as the fourth soldier initially was missing; his body was found two days later at the location of the incident. US Africa Command communicated that the soldiers killed were Staff Sergeants Bryan Black (35) of Puyallup, Washington, Jeremiah Johnson (39) of Springboro, Ohio, Dustin Wright (29) of Lyons, Georgia, and Sgt. La David Johnson (25) of Miami Gardens, Florida. No group has taken responsibility for the killings, although officials commented that the US suspected a local branch of Islamic State was responsible, but without publicly naming any group. At the time", "title": "Tongo Tongo" }, { "docid": "14587139", "text": "major title overall. With big names, including the world's top-three (defending champion and world no. 1 Dustin Johnson, world no. 2 Rory McIlroy and world no. 3 Jason Day) all failing to make the cut, Spieth did manage to do so and with just eight shots covering all the players who made the weekend, it was anyone's title to win. For Spieth however, a 4-over-par 76 on Saturday put pay to any chances and he eventually finished at one-over-par for the tournament and in a tie for 35th. The following week, Spieth made his debut at the Travelers Championship and", "title": "Jordan Spieth" }, { "docid": "16311953", "text": "Hughes to win the competition as well as $100,000. Dustin Ellermann Dustin Ellermann is a competitive shooter and director of Christian camp His Way. He is known for being the winner of the third season of History Channel's marksmen competition \"Top Shot\". Ellermann was born in the US to Rick and Lisa Ellermann. He has a sister called Risa. The Ellermann's founded Camp His Way in 1996, in Zavalla, Texas, near Angelina National Forest. The family moved to the camp grounds shortly after. Dustin studied at Stephen F. Austin State University, graduating Cum Laude with a degree in Business Administration.", "title": "Dustin Ellermann" }, { "docid": "5650442", "text": "in 1961. Best Actor winner Dustin Hoffman was the fifth person to win the aforementioned category twice. Sigourney Weaver became the fifth performer to receive two acting nominations in the same year but did not win in either category. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with double dagger (). At the time of the nominations announcement on February 15, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees at the US box office was $188 million, with an average of $37.7 million per film. \"Rain Man\" was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees, with $97", "title": "61st Academy Awards" }, { "docid": "10151274", "text": "1974 US Open – Women's Singles Reigning champion Margaret Court did not defend her title. Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1974 US Open. With her loss, Goolagong missed her chance to complete the career Grand Slam. Goolagong would snap Chris Evert's winning streak, at 55 matches in the semi-finals. This was an Open Era record for 10 years until 1984, when it was broken by Martina Navratilova. The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others show the round in", "title": "1974 US Open – Women's Singles" }, { "docid": "10151275", "text": "which they were eliminated. 1974 US Open – Women's Singles Reigning champion Margaret Court did not defend her title. Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1974 US Open. With her loss, Goolagong missed her chance to complete the career Grand Slam. Goolagong would snap Chris Evert's winning streak, at 55 matches in the semi-finals. This was an Open Era record for 10 years until 1984, when it was broken by Martina Navratilova. The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others", "title": "1974 US Open – Women's Singles" }, { "docid": "12539152", "text": "Carolina University. As an amateur, he won the Monroe Invitational and the Northeast Amateur in 2007 and played on the winning 2007 Walker Cup and Palmer Cup teams. Johnson is the first player since Tiger Woods to win at least once in each of his first seven seasons coming out of college. Johnson turned professional in late 2007 and earned his 2008 PGA Tour card by finishing in a tie for 14th place at the 2007 qualifying school in December. Toward the end of his rookie season in October 2008, Johnson won his first PGA Tour event, the Turning Stone", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "17611139", "text": "the 2013 Open Championship Zach Johnson (5,13,15), Hunter Mahan (5,13,15), Hideki Matsuyama (5,15,20), Francesco Molinari (5,6), Ian Poulter (5,6), Adam Scott (5,10,13,15,17), Henrik Stenson (5,6,13), Lee Westwood (5,6) 5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2014 Thomas Bjørn (6), Jonas Blixt, Keegan Bradley (11,13,15), Jason Day (13,15), Graham DeLaet (13,15), Luke Donald (7,13), Jamie Donaldson (6), Victor Dubuisson (6), Jason Dufner (11,13,15), Harris English, Matt Every, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk (13), Stephen Gallacher (6), Sergio García (6,13), Bill Haas (13,15), Russell Henley, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6), Dustin Johnson (13), Matt Jones, Martin", "title": "2014 Open Championship" }, { "docid": "14129831", "text": "Williams sisters to win a major title since Jennifer Capriati won the Australian Open in 2002 and the first to win the US Open since Lindsay Davenport in 1998. She also became the lowest-ranked US Open champion ever, and the fifth-lowest at any Grand Slam tournament. After the US Open, Stephens did not win another match the rest of the season. This stretch notably included two matches at the year-end WTA Elite Trophy as well as two singles rubbers in the Fed Cup final against Belarus. Nonetheless, the United States won the tie 3–2 to give Stephens her first Fed", "title": "Sloane Stephens" }, { "docid": "237563", "text": "mixed doubles partnering Belgian Kim Clijsters, his then girlfriend. They lost the match, to Americans Kimberly Po and Donald Johnson. Hewitt later won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open when he along with Max Mirnyi claimed the men's doubles championship, thus becoming the youngest male (at 19 years, 6 months) to win a Grand Slam doubles crown in the open era. At the end of the year, Hewitt became the first teenager in ATP history to qualify for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup (ATP World Tour Finals). Hewitt started off the 2001 season well by winning the", "title": "Lleyton Hewitt" }, { "docid": "4500665", "text": "then won his 27th masters title at the Madrid Open after Kei Nishikori retired in the third set of the final.</ref> On 8 June 2014, Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the Men's Singles French Open final to win his 9th French Open title and a 5th straight win at Roland Garros. Nadal equaled Pete Sampras' total of 14 Grand Slam wins. Nadal then lost in the second round of the Halle Open to Dustin Brown the following week. Nadal entered the Wimbledon Championships in a bid to win the tournament for the third time. In the fourth round he was", "title": "Rafael Nadal" }, { "docid": "9587889", "text": "one spot went to the Spice Girls with their song \"2 Become 1\". Originally the favourite to win, Dustin was chosen by the Irish viewers at Eurosong to represent Ireland in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, becoming the first puppet to do so. Though it was not announced on the Eurosong show how many votes Dustin won, an RTÉ radio show later revealed that the second place had an average of 15 points, while Dustin had 23, so the public really did want to send a puppet to Eurovision. Despite it being a public vote, there was a mixed reaction", "title": "Dustin the Turkey" }, { "docid": "12531749", "text": "a question on Quora, Moskovitz said that the film \"emphasizes things that didn't matter (like the Winklevoss brothers, whom I've still never even met and had no part in the work we did to create the site over the past 6 years) and leaves out things that we really did (like the many other people in our lives at the time, who supported us in innumerable ways).\" Dustin Moskovitz Dustin Aaron Moskovitz (; born May 22, 1984) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. In 2008, he left Facebook", "title": "Dustin Moskovitz" }, { "docid": "1340456", "text": "and make his team win. We didn't need his offense on this team. We did need his defense, penetration and assists. He gave us all three.\" Johnson retired after the 1997–98 season, but returned briefly during the 1999–2000 season to replace the injured Jason Kidd during the playoff run. Johnson helped the Suns win their first playoff series in five years. After Phoenix lost in the second round to the Los Angeles Lakers, he retired for the second and final time. The Kevin Johnson Corporation includes operations of several subsidiary organizations specializing in real estate development and management, sports management,", "title": "Kevin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12083530", "text": "win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936, but lost to Federer in the final. Murray would eventually win the title at this event four years later. Rafael Nadal had a chance to win Grand Slams on clay, grass and hard courts in the same calendar year, after having won this year's French Open and Wimbledon, and could have become the first man to win the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open since Rod Laver did it in 1969, but he lost to Murray in the semifinals. This was Juan Martín del Potro's first appearance as a seeded", "title": "2008 US Open – Men's Singles" }, { "docid": "18830270", "text": "the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses. Ángel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer (8,13,14), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,11,12,13,14), Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Rose (12,13,14), Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth (5,11,12,13,14) Derek Bard (a) Jon Rahm (a) Adam Scott (11,13,14), Bubba Watson (12,13.14), Danny Willett (13,14) Ernie Els, Zach Johnson (12,13,14), Phil Mickelson (13,14) Keegan Bradley, Jason Day (8,11,12,13,14), Jason Dufner (14) Rickie Fowler (12,13,14) Chris Wood (13,14) Jeff Maggert Branden Grace (13,14), Dustin Johnson (12,13,14), Shane Lowry (13,14), Louis Oosthuizen (12,13,14), Charl Schwartzel (13,14), Cameron", "title": "2016 U.S. Open (golf)" }, { "docid": "8784710", "text": "Grand Slam appearance was at the 2011 US Open with Delgado. They made it into the third round but lost to sixth seeds and tournament runners up Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in three sets 7–6, 2–6, 3–6. He finished the season ranked 86th in the world. Marray partnered Jamie Delgado at the Australian Open and Dustin Brown at the French Open, but lost both in the first round. He also reached seven Challenger tour finals, winning two in Bosnia and Italy with Dustin Brown. Marray had been friends with Frederik Nielsen since their early days on the senior tour,", "title": "Jonathan Marray" }, { "docid": "12539161", "text": "Memphis, Tennessee at TPC Southwind. He missed the cut at the U.S.Open the week after, finishing at +9, one stroke outside the cut mark. Johnson began his 2013 season with a win at the season opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions, an event reserved for winners from the past season. Johnson won by four strokes over defending champion Steve Stricker in an event that was shortened to 54 holes due the bad weather, mainly very strong wind that meant conditions were unplayable. The first three days of the tournament were wiped out, with the field having to complete 36 holes on", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "18157370", "text": "2015 U.S. Open (golf) The 2015 United States Open Championship was the 115th U.S. Open, played June 18–21, 2015 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington, southwest of Tacoma on the shore of Puget Sound. Jordan Spieth won his first U.S. Open and consecutive major titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. This was the first U.S. Open televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports, launching a 12-year contract with the United States Golf Association. Spieth, age 21, became the youngest U.S. Open champion in 92 years, since Bobby Jones in 1923. The reigning Masters", "title": "2015 U.S. Open (golf)" }, { "docid": "16770003", "text": "However he was stopped by the eventual champion Novak Djokovic in 4 sets. Edmund's American hard-court swing began with consecutive losses to Andy Murray at the Washington Open and Diego Schwartzman at the Canadian Open, before recording his first ever win at the Cincinnati Masters, defeating Mackenzie McDonald in the first round. He then lost to Denis Shapovalov in straight sets. After losing to Steve Johnson at the Winston-Salem Open, Edmund's American hard-court campaign ended with a first round loss to Paolo Lorenzi at the 2018 US Open, suffering from cramp as the match progressed. Following his didappointing US hard", "title": "Kyle Edmund" }, { "docid": "16070304", "text": "Johnson registered his first grass court ATP win at the 2014 Gerry Weber Open when he defeated Frenchman Albano Olivetti. Johnson's second round opponent withdrew giving Johnson a walkover to the quarterfinals where he lost to the number four seed Kei Nishikori. The following week, Johnson competed in the 2014 Topshelf Open and reached the second round before falling to the number seven seed Nicolas Mahut. Johnson then competed in the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Unfortunately, Johnson fell in the first round in four sets to twenty-seventh seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Returning to the U.S., Johnson competed in the 2014 Hall", "title": "Steve Johnson (tennis)" }, { "docid": "18157385", "text": "the low round of the championship, a 6-under-par 64 to tie for fourth. Amateurs: Campbell (+5), McCarthy (+7), Schniederjans (+7), Hardy (+10), Hossler (+12), Maguire (+12) \"Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par\" 2015 U.S. Open (golf) The 2015 United States Open Championship was the 115th U.S. Open, played June 18–21, 2015 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington, southwest of Tacoma on the shore of Puget Sound. Jordan Spieth won his first U.S. Open and consecutive major titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. This was the first U.S. Open televised by Fox Sports 1 and", "title": "2015 U.S. Open (golf)" }, { "docid": "4520972", "text": "earned three points on the way to victory for Europe, including a 3 & 2 win in his singles match against Zach Johnson. The 2007 season was the worst of Clarke's professional career. He did not record any top-10 finishes. He withdrew from a number of events in the year and finished 143rd on the Order of Merit list. Clarke ended his winless streak in April 2008 when he won the BMW Asian Open in an emotional victory after a birdie on the 72nd hole to see off Robert-Jan Derksen by one stroke. This was Clarke's first win in almost", "title": "Darren Clarke" }, { "docid": "8081377", "text": "top-10 finish of the season and took him to his highest ranking to date of world number six. Kuchar finished second at The Barclays, two strokes behind the winner, Dustin Johnson. The tournament was shortened to 54 holes due to Hurricane Irene. This finish moved him to second in the FedEx Cup standings. Kuchar and Gary Woodland combined to win the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in November. Kuchar had his best performance in a major championship at The Masters when he finished in a tie for third. Kuchar was tied for the lead on the back nine on Sunday,", "title": "Matt Kuchar" }, { "docid": "12539154", "text": "successfully defend his AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am title. He continued his Pebble Beach success by shooting 71-70-66 to take a three-shot lead over Graeme McDowell at the 2010 U.S. Open. In the last pairing on Sunday, Johnson had trouble early and never recovered; he shot an 82 and finished tied for eighth (McDowell won the championship). In the final round of the 2010 PGA Championship, Johnson held a one-shot lead entering the final hole. He appeared to have bogeyed the hole, which would have tied him for first and entered him into a three-hole playoff with Bubba Watson and", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12539156", "text": "in January, alongside Bubba Watson and Robert Garrigus. In March 2011, Johnson entered the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship with a two stroke lead over the rest of the field. However he could only manage a final round one-under-par 71 to finish as runner-up behind Nick Watney. Johnson earned his then-best finish in a major championship in July at the 2011 Open Championship in England. He finished in a tie for second place at Royal St George's, alongside fellow American Phil Mickelson, three strokes behind champion Darren Clarke. Johnson's first three rounds of 70-68-68 left him one stroke behind", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "12487928", "text": "Deming, New Mexico, between the 24th and 29 June. The following are the names and addresses of those called. Olen Ashby, Holdenville, E. F. McKinney, Dustin, Raymond Sieminshie, Stuart, C. E. Dewitt, Holdonville, Clarence Spruell, Holdenville, Earl Crane, Stuart, Daniel A. Johnson, Holdenville, William N. Stanfill, Wetumka, Albert Annis, Wetumka, Charles W. Stanfill, Wetumka, Rufus Garland, Wetumka, Leftric Perry, Holdenville, Tom Sanders, Holderville, R. B. White, Dustin. During the US-Mexican Border War the camp was named \"Camp Brooks\". Then with the beginning of the First World War it was renamed \"Camp Deming\". The camp was renamed again shortly after the", "title": "Camp Cody (military camp)" }, { "docid": "12539177", "text": "PGA Tour playoff record (1–1) 2010 The Shark Shootout (with Ian Poulter) CUT = Missed the half-way cut<br> T = Tied for a place \"Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.\" QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play<br> T = Tied for a place<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> \"As of the 2018 season\" Amateur Professional Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson (born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is a former World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Through May 6, 2018, he had held", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "docid": "16569800", "text": "at the Rex Hospital Open after defeating Scott Parel in a playoff – going for the green in two on the decisive par 5 because he had a flight to catch. He then proceeded to board a plane to California to play in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open the following day. Hahn won the event and played in his first major at the 2012 U.S. Open. In February 2015, Hahn won for the first time on the PGA Tour at the Northern Trust Open played at Riviera Country Club. He beat Paul Casey and Dustin Johnson in a sudden-death", "title": "James Hahn (golfer)" }, { "docid": "14919885", "text": "2014 US Open, and advanced to second round due to retired by his opponent Steve Johnson with cramping. His run ended by 19th seed Feliciano López in next match. In the Japan Open, Ito was given wildcard, and scored his career biggest win in the first round, beating top seed and reigning Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka with 7-5, 6-2. This was first time ever for him to win over top-5 player. He was beaten by unseeded Benjamin Becker in second round. In ATP Challenger Tour, Ito had reached finals for five times in this season, but he had lost", "title": "Tatsuma Ito" }, { "docid": "18944186", "text": "Johnson continued, \"I knew we had a fast race car. We had to come through traffic, and that made it harder on the tires.\" Kenseth reserved praise for his crew chief Robbie Reiser but spoke of his disappoint after he could not win the race, \"The 48 [Johnson] came out of nowhere and blew by us all and won the race. He just got through traffic better than us. He just did a better job of being in the right place getting through those cars.\" Third-placed Harvick said he could not challenge Johnson due to his fast pace, \"He pretty", "title": "2006 Brickyard 400" }, { "docid": "1651070", "text": "whom were found guilty: Elizabeth Johnson Jr., Sarah Wardwell, and Mary Post. When Stoughton wrote the warrants for the execution of these three and others remaining from the previous court, Governor Phips issued pardons, sparing their lives. In late January/early February, the Court sat again in Charlestown, Middlesex County, and held grand juries and tried five people: Sarah Cole (of Lynn), Lydia Dustin & Sarah Dustin, Mary Taylor and Mary Toothaker. All were found not guilty, but not released until they paid their jail fees. Lydia Dustin died in jail on March 10, 1693. At the end of April, the", "title": "Salem witch trials" }, { "docid": "19533432", "text": "the eventual champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He also made his Grand Slam debut later that year as a qualifier at the French Open, but lost to Ivo Karlović. After losing in qualifying at the US Open, Tsitsipas won his first Challenger title in Genoa. Overall, he did qualify for a tour-best eight events during the season, including Wimbledon and the Shanghai Masters. However, he did not win a tour-level match until the very end of the season when he defeated fellow Next Gen player Karen Khachanov in Shanghai. At the European Open in Belgium the following week, Tsitsipas reached his first", "title": "Stefanos Tsitsipas" }, { "docid": "7532430", "text": "Open, Johnson had a hole in one on the 172 yard par-3 9th hole. It was the 44th hole in one in U.S. Open history, and just the second at Pinehurst No. 2. On July 20, 2015, Johnson beat Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a 4-hole playoff to win the Open Championship at St Andrews for his 12th PGA Tour win and second major. He became only the sixth golfer to win majors at Augusta and St. Andrews, the others being Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, and Woods. Johnson is one of only two players (the", "title": "Zach Johnson" }, { "docid": "20170309", "text": "Dusty Johnson Dustin \"Dusty\" Johnson (born September 30, 1976) is an American politician who is the member-elect of South Dakota's at-large congressional district after winning the 2018 election. A former South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner and Chief of Staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard, Johnson is currently the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell, South Dakota. Dustin \"Dusty\" Johnson was born in Pierre, South Dakota. Johnson graduated from T.F. Riggs High School in 1995. He earned his B.A. in political science from University of South Dakota in 1999, where he was a member of fraternity Phi Delta Theta. He", "title": "Dusty Johnson" }, { "docid": "18157378", "text": "round of 67 (−3) to tie Patrick Reed for the 36-hole lead. First round co-leader Dustin Johnson got as low as 7-under before bogeys on three of his last five holes dropped him to a stroke behind the leaders. Jason Day was just two shots off the lead playing the 9th hole, his 18th of the round, when he collapsed from vertigo. After being treated by medical personnel for several minutes, Day was able to finish the hole and made bogey, dropping to three behind and a tie for 9th place. Tiger Woods missed the cut with a two-round score", "title": "2015 U.S. Open (golf)" }, { "docid": "6577090", "text": "Ireland made a second attempt to call Johnson up, but the efforts came to nothing. National team manager Lawrie Sanchez told the \"Belfast Telegraph\" that Johnson did not qualify. Sanchez said, \"I did speak to David Johnson a while ago; he was interested, but when we checked his eligibility we found out that his mother's English and therefore he can't play for us.\" Johnson was married to Alison Johnson from 1995 to September 2009, when they separated after Johnson had an affair. In July 2010, he was charged with causing more than £6,000 of damage to his ex-wife's home and", "title": "David Johnson (footballer, born 1976)" }, { "docid": "14323399", "text": "players to win in the women's singles tennis event. She defeated Andreea Mitu of Romania and Nao Hibino of Japan to progress to the third round. However, she was defeated comprehensively by the eventual Gold medalist Monica Puig of Puerto Rico. Muguruza did not have much success during the US Open series, either. At the US Open, she suffered another second-round loss, this time to Anastasija Sevastova. She did not fare well during the Asian Swing, with early round losses at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, the Wuhan Open in Wuhan, and the China Open in Beijing. The loss", "title": "Garbiñe Muguruza" }, { "docid": "20596965", "text": "achieved by winning all nine ATP Masters 1000 events at least once in one's career. At the US Open, he was able to reach the final facing #3 seed Juan Martín del Potro. He defeated del Potro in straight sets to win his third US Open title and second Grand Slam title of the year. Seeded second at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he claimed his fourth Shanghai title when he defeated Borna Ćorić in the final and did not drop a set all tournament. Finally at the Rolex Paris Masters he defeatead João Sousa, Damir Džumhur, Marin Čilić, and Roger", "title": "2018 ATP Finals" }, { "docid": "7070686", "text": "the third highest average driving distance, beaten only by Dustin Johnson and Andrés Romero. McIlroy played in two more events on the PGA Tour after the Masters Tournament including his first appearance at The Players Championship, where he missed the cut. McIlroy then returned to Europe and recorded two top-25 finishes leading up to his first U.S. Open. He finished fifth at the BMW PGA Championship and 12th at the European Open. McIlroy played in his second major as a professional at the 2009 U.S. Open. His final round of 68 (−2) helped him finish in a tie for 10th,", "title": "Rory McIlroy" }, { "docid": "8513018", "text": "the Australian Open in 1997, when she reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Amanda Coetzer. Po married Oliver Messerli in 2001, and was known thereafter as Kimberly Po-Messerli. Kimberly Po Kimberly Po-Messerli (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000 partnering Donald Johnson. She was also a women's doubles runner-up at the US Open in 2001, partnering Nathalie Tauziat, and a mixed doubles runner-up at the US Open in 1999, with Johnson. Po won six top-level doubles titles. Her", "title": "Kimberly Po" }, { "docid": "20376716", "text": "Mitch Moreland. Dustin Pedroia was on the active roster for the first time of the season, but did not play in the game. Earlier in the day, in order to open up a roster spot for Pedroia, the team announced that Hanley Ramírez had been designated for assignment. In the second game of the series, neither starting pitcher lasted four innings, and the two teams used a total of nine relief pitchers. Steven Wright was the most effective, pitching three innings of scoreless relief and picking up the win, as the Red Sox rallied from deficits of 3–0 and 5–3", "title": "2018 Boston Red Sox season" }, { "docid": "17492189", "text": "Chad Reiner Chad Reiner is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2005, he has competed for the UFC, Bellator, King of the Cage, Cage Warriors, and Adrenaline MMA. Reiner won his first 12 fights, earning them mostly by submission before losing to Dustin Hazelett, which he followed with an armbar submission win against Victor Moreno. Reiner signed with the UFC in 2007. He lost his first two fights with the promotion to Josh Burkman via unanimous decision and to Anthony Johnson Reiner was released after his loss to Johnson. After", "title": "Chad Reiner" }, { "docid": "462424", "text": "until 1987 when they ran into each other at a Los Angeles Lakers game that Gretzky and Alan Thicke were attending. Gretzky proposed in January 1988, and they were married on July 16, 1988 in a lavish ceremony the Canadian press dubbed \"The Royal Wedding\". Broadcast live throughout Canada from Edmonton's St. Joseph's Basilica, members of the Fire Department acted as ceremonial guards. The event reportedly cost Gretzky over US$1 million. He and Jones have five children: Paulina, Ty, Trevor, Tristan, and Emma. Paulina and golfer Dustin Johnson announced their engagement on August 18, 2013. Ty played hockey at Shattuck-Saint", "title": "Wayne Gretzky" }, { "docid": "3165523", "text": "Schnyder. She next entered the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, defeating Justine Henin. With this win, she ascended to her career-high ranking of No. 3. However, Petrova was defeated in the first round of the French Open by Akiko Morigami, 2–6, 2–6. This may have been caused by an ankle injury Petrova suffered during training for the tournament. She then withdrew from Wimbledon and did not win a match in the US Open Series, going 0–3. At the US Open, Petrova was upset in the third round by Tatiana Golovin. At the Stuttgart, Petrova won her first tournament title", "title": "Nadia Petrova" }, { "docid": "18212479", "text": "(13), Thongchai Jaidee (6), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6), Dustin Johnson (13), Zach Johnson (13,15), Martin Kaymer (6,9,11,12,13,15), Brooks Koepka (6), Matt Kuchar (13,15), Anirban Lahiri (OQS Thailand), Joost Luiten (6), Hunter Mahan (13,15), Ben Martin, Hideki Matsuyama (13), Ryan Moore, Kevin Na (13), Ryan Palmer (13), Ian Poulter (6,15), Patrick Reed (13,15), Justin Rose (6,9,13,15), Webb Simpson (9,13,15), Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth (9,10,13,15), Henrik Stenson (6,15), Brendon Todd (13), Jimmy Walker (13,15), Bubba Watson (10,13,15), Lee Westwood (6,15), Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett (6), Gary Woodland (13) Thomas Bjørn (15), Jonas Blixt, George Coetzee, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher (15),", "title": "2015 Open Championship" }, { "docid": "3165350", "text": "She made the Wimbledon quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champion Amélie Mauresmo in three sets. She had solid performance at the first two Grand Slams, making the 4th round on each occasion. After Wimbledon, her game completely fall apart. Along with second straight runner-up finish at the Tier IV event in Stockholm, she did not manage to win a single match in North America, going 0–3 during the US Open Series. The downfall reached its nadir when she became the first person to lose a Grand Slam match against future world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka at the US Open, having", "title": "Anastasia Myskina" }, { "docid": "1067959", "text": "Championships in Indianapolis. King then switched back to grass and won the US Open without losing a set, defeating Evert in the semifinals (6–3, 6–2) and Casals in the final. King then won the tournaments in Louisville, Phoenix, and London (Wembley Pro). King and Casals both defaulted at 6–6 in the final of the Pepsi Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles in September when their request to remove a lineswoman was denied, eventually resulting in the United States Lawn Tennis Association fining both players US$2,500. To end the year, King played two tournaments in New Zealand but did not win", "title": "Billie Jean King" } ]
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when will new 20 dollar bill be released
[ "by 2020" ]
[ { "docid": "2673090", "text": "of his administration the destruction of the National Bank. In his farewell address to the nation, he cautioned the public about paper money. In a campaign called \"Women on 20s\", selected voters were asked to choose three of 15 female candidates to have a portrait on the $20 bill. The goal was to have a woman on the $20 bill by 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote. Among the candidates on the petition were Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. On", "title": "United States twenty-dollar bill" } ]
[ { "docid": "2673093", "text": "the next redesigned bill will be the ten-dollar bill, not set to be released into circulation until at least 2026. Because of this, it appears that a redesigned twenty-dollar bill featuring Tubman might not be released until years after the original 2020 release date. United States twenty-dollar bill The United States twenty-dollar bill ($20) is a denomination of U.S. currency. The seventh U.S. President (1829–1837), Andrew Jackson, has been featured on the front side of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse. As of December 2013, the average circulation life of a $20 bill is", "title": "United States twenty-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "2673084", "text": "the bill in some way. The $10 bill was chosen because it was scheduled for a regular security redesign, a years-long process. The redesigned ten-dollar bill will be the first U.S. note to incorporate tactile features to assist those with visual disabilities. On April 20, 2016, it was announced that Alexander Hamilton would remain the primary face on the $10 bill, due in part to the sudden popularity of the first Treasury Secretary after the success of the Broadway musical [[Hamilton (musical)|\"Hamilton\"]]. It was simultaneously announced that [[Harriet Tubman]]'s likeness would appear on the [[United States twenty-dollar bill|$20 bill]] while", "title": "United States ten-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "2673086", "text": "\"People have been on the bills for a long period of time. This is something we’ll consider; right now we have a lot more important issues to focus on.\" According to a [[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]] spokesperson, the next redesigned bill will be the ten-dollar bill, not set to be released into circulation until at least 2026. Because of this, it appears that a redesigned twenty-dollar bill featuring Tubman might not be released until years after the original 2020 release date. [[Category:Currency introduced in 1861]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of Alexander Hamilton]] [[Category:Banknotes of the United States|*010]] [[Category:Ten-base-unit banknotes]] [[Category:Cultural depictions", "title": "United States ten-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "5235806", "text": "notes are not clearly seen). The redesigned $100 bill was released October 8, 2013. It costs 11.8 cents to produce each bill. \"The soundness of a nation's currency is essential to the soundness of its economy. And to uphold our currency's soundness, it must be recognized and honored as legal tender and counterfeiting must be effectively thwarted,\" Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said at a ceremony unveiling the $20 bill's new design. Prior to its current design, the most recent redesign of the U.S. dollar bill was in 1996. As a result of a 2008 decision in an accessibility lawsuit", "title": "History of the United States dollar" }, { "docid": "16066658", "text": "New Zealand. The note has a light blue background with ferns. The note has a see-through window of a fern on the left and another on the right. When the bill is shown to the light, a watermark of Elizabeth II is displayed. There is intaglio printing through the bill which gives it an embossed feel. Under UV light a yellow patch will appear with the denomination of the bill. There is a perfect register of a fern located above the see-through window, the two sides should be perfect when held up to the light. New Zealand ten-dollar note The", "title": "New Zealand ten-dollar note" }, { "docid": "14259927", "text": "Fundred Dollar Bill Project The Fundred Dollar Bill Project is an art project implemented by Mel Chin, and is aimed to connect and represent the voices of children across the United States, with the end goal to propose a funding solution for the lead contamination in the soil of New Orleans, Louisiana. People in the United States and around the globe are invited to draw their own 100 dollar bills and send to collection centers, or schools, for safekeeping. During a nationwide road-trip in an armored truck, the Fundred Dollar Bills will be collected. The completed Fundred Dollar Bills will", "title": "Fundred Dollar Bill Project" }, { "docid": "12926985", "text": "modifications for the new security features. Around 1999 - 2000, a commemorative $10 note was issued for the new millennium. In July 2011, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced a new issue of banknotes will be released for circulation from 2015. The new issue will use the same basic designs as the fifth and sixth note issues, but the overall look will be refreshed and the security features will be upgraded. The new banknote designs were finally revealed in a ceremony on 20 November 2014. The new type $5 and $10 notes were released in October 2015, and the", "title": "Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar" }, { "docid": "17481464", "text": "dollar and dollar in size.\" Concerned about likely Whig opposition to the coinage bill, McKay got his fellow Democrat, New Hampshire Senator Charles Atherton, to introduce the bill in the Senate on February 1, 1849—Atherton was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. McKay introduced a version of the bill into the House on February 20; debate began the same day. The dollar was attacked on ground it would be too small; the double eagle on the claim that it would be heavily abraded in circulation, and would become lightweight. McKay did not respond substantively, but stated that if no one", "title": "Liberty Head double eagle" }, { "docid": "10944269", "text": "is a fern printed on the both sides; when held up to the light the fern will be complete and match up perfectly. Above the oval window, there is a watermark of Elizabeth II when it's held up to the light. When put under UV Light a yellow patch will appear with the denomination on it. A tinnie is a colloquial term coined for marijuana buds wrapped in aluminium foil (typically around 1g) which are illegally sold in New Zealand. The most popular price and form of currency used in exchange for tinnies is a 20 dollar note, although this", "title": "New Zealand twenty-dollar note" }, { "docid": "18217229", "text": "63rd Congress, which took no action on it. When the 64th Congress opened in December 1915, Ashbrook reintroduced his bill, H.R. 2. A hearing was held before Ashbrook's committee on January 13. Originally, the bill called for mintage of 100,000 silver dollars in commemoration of McKinley, but at the hearing, Butler requested that they be gold instead, stating, \"if you will recall the fact, McKinley was elected in 1896 mainly on the question of the gold standard.\" The gold dollar had not been struck as a circulating coin since 1889. Asked a question from New York Congressman James W. Husted", "title": "McKinley Birthplace Memorial dollar" }, { "docid": "16066903", "text": "there is a fern printed on both sides; these will match up perfectly when held up to the light. When the note is put under UV light, a yellow patch should appear with the number \"50\" through the use of fluorescent dyes. New Zealand fifty-dollar note The New Zealand fifty-dollar note ($50) is the current middle denomination banknote of the New Zealand dollar. The $50 note was introduced at the end of 1983. The 50 dollar note was issued in 1983 to fill the gap between the 20 and 100 dollar notes. The first issue had a portrait of Elizabeth", "title": "New Zealand fifty-dollar note" }, { "docid": "2673088", "text": "United States twenty-dollar bill The United States twenty-dollar bill ($20) is a denomination of U.S. currency. The seventh U.S. President (1829–1837), Andrew Jackson, has been featured on the front side of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse. As of December 2013, the average circulation life of a $20 bill is 7.9 years before it is replaced due to wear. About 11% of all notes printed in 2009 were $20 bills. Twenty-dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in violet straps. Andrew Jackson first appeared on the $20 bill in 1928. Although 1928 coincides", "title": "United States twenty-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "19689738", "text": "again?\"; Cochran responded, \"No; this is not for St. Louis.\" New York's Charles D. Millard asked if the minority (Republican) members of the committee had been consulted; Cochran assured him this was so and they were in favor of the bill. William D. McFarlane of Texas asked what the expense to the federal government would be; Cochran responded, \"it will not cost the Government five cents\". The bill passed without recorded objection, after which Cochran got the Hudson, New York Sesquicentennial half dollar passed. In the Senate, the bill was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. That bill", "title": "Old Spanish Trail half dollar" }, { "docid": "14227451", "text": "from Borgeous' new album. The next day the music video for the single was released on Vevo. Anarchy was released on 22 July. The album does not include any of her previously released material, but it does include a remixed version of \"Freedom.\" In August 2016, one month after the release of \"Anarchy,\" Hitch appeared on and performed \"Please\" for \"Million Dollar Matchmaker\" on WeTV. On 20 October 2016, Neon featured on the Nytrix track \"When Will I See You Again\" and appeared in the music video released the same day. A week later on 27 October, another feature was", "title": "Neon Hitch" }, { "docid": "2673071", "text": "$5 bill in circulation is 5.5 years before it is replaced due to wear. Approximately 6% of all paper currency produced by the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 2009 were $5 bills. The redesigned $5 bill was unveiled on September 20, 2007, and was issued on March 13, 2008 during a ceremony at President Lincoln's Cottage. New and enhanced security features make it easier to check the new $5 bill and more difficult for potential counterfeiters to reproduce. The redesigned $5 bill has: The five dollar bill lacks the Optically variable ink of higher denomination US bills.", "title": "United States five-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "7330793", "text": "Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability benefits, while receiving the AISH monthly income and its health benefits. The CPP amount is deducted, dollar-for-dollar from the AISH benefit. When the AISH client reaches the minimum age of 65 for receiving full CPP, all AISH benefits terminate and the client's file is permanently closed. As of Dec 19th, 2018, and in accordance with Bill 26, the AISH rate will be $1,685 per month. This new amount is arrived at after applying a cost of living adjustment covering the period of May 2015 to Dec 2018. As of Jan 1 2020 the cost of", "title": "Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped" }, { "docid": "8704856", "text": "successor as chief engraver, James B. Longacre, prepared patterns, including some with a square hole in the middle. McKay got his fellow Democrat, New Hampshire Senator Charles Atherton, to introduce the bill to authorize the gold dollar and the double eagle in the Senate on February 1, 1849—Atherton was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. McKay introduced a version into the House on February 20; debate began the same day. The dollar was attacked by congressmen from the Whig Party, then in the minority, on the grounds that it would be too small, would be counterfeited and in bad light", "title": "Gold dollar" }, { "docid": "19828866", "text": "Other Music Recording Company. Their second album, \"Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock\", was released in 2016 on the Los Angeles-based label Thin Wrist. 75 Dollar Bill 75 Dollar Bill is a musical duo formed in New York City in 2012. Its members are Che Chen (guitar), formerly of True Primes, and Rick Brown (drums), formerly of V-Effect and Curlew. Sasha Frere-Jones described their music as displaying \"a certain kind of formal fullness and technical freedom,\" which he said has helped introduce jazz to a new generation. Other critics have noted that their music shows signs of Mauritanian influences, because Chen studied Moorish music in", "title": "75 Dollar Bill" }, { "docid": "19828865", "text": "75 Dollar Bill 75 Dollar Bill is a musical duo formed in New York City in 2012. Its members are Che Chen (guitar), formerly of True Primes, and Rick Brown (drums), formerly of V-Effect and Curlew. Sasha Frere-Jones described their music as displaying \"a certain kind of formal fullness and technical freedom,\" which he said has helped introduce jazz to a new generation. Other critics have noted that their music shows signs of Mauritanian influences, because Chen studied Moorish music in that country with Jheich Ould Chighaly in 2013. Their first full-length album, \"Wooden Bag\", was released in 2015 by", "title": "75 Dollar Bill" }, { "docid": "16058490", "text": "commonly known as the Ross lily, with yellow flower heads, was also featured. New $5 and $10 banknotes were released in October 2015 as part of the Series 7 banknote release. The remaining three banknote denominations ($20, $50, $100) in Series 7 were released in May 2016. The polymer note has a watermark of Elizabeth II on the right side. There are two transparent windows with images of a fern, on the left, and on the right. When held up to the light the window will show a \"5\" in its center, and images of ferns printed on each side", "title": "New Zealand five-dollar note" }, { "docid": "854273", "text": "circulation from 20 September 2017, and a new $50 note has been released starting from 18 October 2018. In 1966, when the dollar was introduced, the international currency relationships were maintained under the Bretton Woods system, a fixed exchange rate system using a U.S. dollar standard. The Australian dollar, however, was effectively pegged to the British pound at an equivalent value of approximately 1 gram of gold. The highest valuation of the Australian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar was during the period of the peg to the U.S. dollar. On 9 September 1973, the peg was adjusted to US$1.4875,", "title": "Australian dollar" }, { "docid": "15759867", "text": "first coins were minted and issued in December 2007. Bills were, and still are, issued in $$1, $$2, $$5, $$10, $$20, $$50, and $$100 denominations. Each bears the image of a distinct figure from Salt Spring history, such as Henry Wright Bullock ($$1 bill), Matilda Naukana Harris ($$2 bill), or Sylvia Stark ($$5 bill). Along with the figure is a quote by Albert Einstein: \"How I wish that somewhere there existed an Island for those who are wise and of good will! In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot.\" In the centre exists a landscape shot", "title": "Salt Spring dollar" }, { "docid": "19689806", "text": "public at a premium. In the case of the Norfolk half dollar, the responsible group was the Norfolk Advertising Board, Inc., affiliated with the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce. Virginia Senator Carter Glass introduced a bill for a Norfolk Bicentennial half dollar on May 20, 1936; it was referred to the Committee on Banking and Commerce. The bill was reported back to the Senate by Alva Adams of Colorado on June 20, with a report. The committee recommended that a medal, not a coin be issued, attaching a 1935 letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt complaining that commemorative coins of a", "title": "Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial half dollar" }, { "docid": "4954011", "text": "In \"The Curse of Cash\", published in 2016, he urged that the United States phase out the 100-dollar bill, then the 50-dollar bill, then the 20-dollar bill, leaving only smaller denominations in circulation. Kenneth Rogoff Kenneth Saul \"Ken\" Rogoff (born March 22, 1953) is an American economist and chess Grandmaster. He is the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Rogoff grew up in Rochester, New York. His father was a Professor of Radiology at the University of Rochester. Rogoff received a BA and MA from Yale University \"summa cum laude\" in 1975,", "title": "Kenneth Rogoff" }, { "docid": "9632350", "text": "help the visually impaired community to tell the value of the note after a successful campaign led by 15-year-old Connor McLeod, who is blind, to introduce the new feature. The $5 banknote includes the tactile feature and was issued on 1 September 2016, to coincide with Australia's National Wattle Day, followed by the new $10 banknote on 20 September 2017. For the remaining denominations, the new $50 note will be released for circulation on 18 October 2018 with the remaining denomination released in subsequent years. The Reserve Bank has no plans to release fourth series banknotes in denominations higher than", "title": "Banknotes of the Australian dollar" }, { "docid": "20105295", "text": "show support for Second Amendment rights, particularly at stores that allow open carry or concealed carry of weapons on their premises. Two-dollar notes have also seen increased usage in situations where tipping is encouraged, especially in gentlemen's clubs. This is due to the idea that tips will increase because of the ease of use of a single, higher-denomination bill as the lowest common note in use. The use of the two-dollar bill is popular among fans and alumni of Clemson University, who often bring notes with them when traveling to university athletic events in other localities as a demonstration of", "title": "United States two-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "2673092", "text": "by Tubman on the front of the $20 bill, with Jackson appearing on the reverse. Lew simultaneously announced that the five- and ten-dollar bills would also be redesigned in the coming years and put into production in the next decade. On August 31, 2017, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he would not commit to putting Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill, explaining \"People have been on the bills for a long period of time. This is something we’ll consider; right now we have a lot more important issues to focus on.\" According to a Bureau of Engraving and Printing spokesperson,", "title": "United States twenty-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "1404667", "text": "same, but were changed slightly to accommodate new security features, with the most obvious changes being the two transparent windows. New banknotes are being printed in New Zealand at the moment. The new notes are the same sizes and denominations as the older banknotes, and they will continue to be made of the same flexible plastic material. The themes of the notes remain the same, with the same respected New Zealanders, the Queen, and flora and fauna remaining central to the designs. The $5 and $10 notes were released in October 2015, with the $20, $50 and $100 notes set", "title": "New Zealand dollar" }, { "docid": "2673072", "text": "The new $5 bills remain the same size and use the same—but enhanced—portraits and historical images. The most noticeable difference is the light-purple coloring of the center of the bill, which blends into gray near the edges. Similar to the recently redesigned $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills, the new $5 bill features an American symbol of freedom printed in the background: The Great Seal of the United States, featuring an eagle and shield, is printed in purple to the right of the portrait and an arc of purple stars surround both it and the portrait. When the Lincoln Memorial", "title": "United States five-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "13687778", "text": "Million Dollar Bill \"Million Dollar Bill\" is a song performed by American recording artist Whitney Houston from her seventh studio album, \"I Look to You\" (2009). It was released as the official worldwide lead (second US single) from the album on August 18, 2009 through Arista Records in the US and August 24, 2009 through RCA Records in the UK. It is Houston's final single from a studio album, and the last song released in her lifetime before her death in 2012. The song samples R&B singer Loleatta Holloway's \"We're Getting Stronger\", co-written by Norman Harris. \"Million Dollar Bill\" was", "title": "Million Dollar Bill" }, { "docid": "1815115", "text": "16 gates. On March 20, 2012, the municipal airport commission voted to rename the airport the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, after former United States President Bill Clinton and his wife, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The name Adams Field will continue to be used when referring to the airport's runways and air traffic and will be the airport's official designator. In October 2013, \"Travel + Leisure\" released a survey of travelers that ranked Clinton National Airport as the worst of the 67 domestic airports considered in the survey. The survey report cited long lines and few", "title": "Clinton National Airport" }, { "docid": "15331556", "text": "was inefficient to stock both, so eventually they scrapped Betamax and went with VHS. Similarly, retailers find it inefficient to handle both dollar bills and dollar coins, so they will not switch to dollar coins until dollar bills are phased out. David Clayton, owner of Automatic Food Service in Nashville, Tennessee, then spoke in favor of eliminating the paper dollar. He said, \"Until the coin circulates widely, our industry will continue to be burdened by the capital investment, high operating costs and customer frustration and inconvenience in using the one-dollar bill... In the early 1960s, one coin, a quarter, could", "title": "United States $1 Coin Act of 1997" }, { "docid": "5470295", "text": "as Jane Danger They are featured in the book \"Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise Of Queer Punk\", released in 2005. Three Dollar Bill Three Dollar Bill is a band founded by Jane Danger and Chris Piss, in Chicago, Illinois in 1998. The name comes from the expression \"\"Queer as a three dollar bill\"\". Jane Danger previously played in Chicago's first queercore band Heterocide in the late 1990s. In Three Dollar Bill, Jane and Chris Piss both play guitar and sing, while the rhythm section is provided by G. Rex on bass and backing vocals and Chip Lash on drums,", "title": "Three Dollar Bill" }, { "docid": "16066654", "text": "a red circle with a bird with the year \"1990\" underneath the circle. The back shows the treaty being signed by a group of people. To the right of the treaty being signed reads \"New Zealand 1990 commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi 1840\". The bill is made of cotton and the most prominent color is purple. The value is around $20(USD) to a collector. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand issued a note in 1999 to celebrate the new millennium in New Zealand. The ten-dollar bill is a polymer banknote, which is more secure than the cotton", "title": "New Zealand ten-dollar note" }, { "docid": "16066653", "text": "New Zealand ten-dollar note The New Zealand ten-dollar note is a polymer banknote. It was issued in 1999 from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Two commemorative banknotes have also been issued. One of the notes was to celebrate New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi and was released in 1990. Another polymer banknote was issued in 1999 to celebrate the new millennium. A ten-dollar note was issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to celebrate New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi in 1990. The front of the bill has a portrait of Kate Sheppard. To the right of the portrait is", "title": "New Zealand ten-dollar note" }, { "docid": "20105296", "text": "their economic impact in an area. The idea was first popularized in 1977 when Georgia Tech had threatened no longer to play the Tigers in football and has since caught on as a token of fandom when traveling to other locations. Fans will often stamp an orange tiger paw (Clemson's logo) on the note as a sign of its origin. During the 1930s, the $2 bill was often used at East Coast horse race tracks to make a bet. Because of the German and Jewish influence, the bill was locally known in parts of New Jersey as a \"zwei-buck\", and", "title": "United States two-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "5235803", "text": "introduce new colors into the $20 bill, the first U.S. currency since 1905 (not counting the 1934 gold certificates) to have colors other than green or black. The move was intended primarily to reduce counterfeiting, rather than to increase visual differentiation between denominations. The main colors of all denominations, including the new $20 and $50, remain green and black; the other colors are present only in subtle shades in secondary design elements. This contrasts with notes of the euro, Australian dollar, and most other currencies, where strong colours are used to distinguish each denomination from the other. The new $20", "title": "History of the United States dollar" }, { "docid": "19689634", "text": "to the Senate on January 20, with an amendment and a recommendation that it pass. The amendment deleted the proposed one-dollar piece and increased the mintage of the half dollar from 20,000 to 40,000. On January 24, New Hampshire's George H. Moses, acting on Greene's behalf, moved that the Senate consider the bill, and it passed that body without opposition. After the House received the Senate-passed bill, it was referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, which held hearings on January 30, with the chairman, Indiana Representative Albert H. Vestal, presiding. He introduced into the record a letter", "title": "Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar" }, { "docid": "13552588", "text": "Diane Warren who told \"Vibe Magazine\" she had penned the single especially for Houston, and it would be released as the first single. At the album listening parties, Davis said the album track \"Call You Tonight\" was a candidate for the lead single. Following previous reports, this led to speculation that \"I Didn't Know My Own Strength\" would receive a limited release to generate buzz for the album, whilst a different song will be fully promoted and released to propel the album's release. Title song \"I Look to You\" was released as the U.S. lead single whilst \"Million Dollar Bill\"", "title": "I Didn't Know My Own Strength (Whitney Houston song)" }, { "docid": "243977", "text": "eliminated despite a lack of evidence that Canadians would support the move. The government argued that it would save between $175 million and $250 million over 20 years by switching from bills that had a lifespan of less than a year to coins that would last two decades. The government announced on March 25, 1986, that the new dollar coin would be launched the following year as a replacement for the dollar bill, which would be phased out. It was expected to cost $31.8 million to produce the first 300 million coins, but through seigniorage (the difference between the cost", "title": "Loonie" }, { "docid": "6578740", "text": "plant from Old Carco LLC for USD$20 million. The plant will retain its current 1,200 employees. Chrysler will break ground on a new paint shop at the plant on June 21, 2011. This comes after an announcement of an 850 million dollar investment in October 2010. When the Chrysler 200 was discontinued in December 2016, FCA announced that the Sterling Heights facility would receive a $1.49 billion investment to retool so it can build the next-generation Ram 1500 pickup, which will be transferred from the Warren Truck Assembly so that it can build the all-new, full size Jeep Wagoneer with", "title": "Sterling Heights Assembly" }, { "docid": "20105276", "text": "bill's low use and unpopularity as the reason for not immediately resuming use of the denomination. In 1976, production of the two-dollar denomination was resumed and the two-dollar bill was finally assigned as a Federal Reserve Note, with a new reverse design featuring John Trumbull's depiction of the drafting of the United States Declaration of Independence replacing the previous design of Monticello. It has remained a current denomination since that time. It was estimated that if the two-dollar bill replaced approximately half of the one-dollar bills in circulation, the federal government would be able to save about $26 million in", "title": "United States two-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "20183288", "text": "price of $15 million. The Purchase was ratified by the U.S. Senate on October 20, 1803, and the new land subsequently doubled the size of the United States and opened the door to a new period of westward expansion. Nearing the one hundred year anniversary of the Purchase in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a bill which authorized the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which would become known as the St. Louis World Fair, to celebrate the Purchase and the past years of American history. This included the authorization of the creation of gold one-dollar pieces to be created as commemorative coins.", "title": "Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial Commemorative Half Dollar" }, { "docid": "19689585", "text": "Centennial Exposition and State Fair, to be held in Sedalia from August 8 to 20, 1921. Legislation for such a half dollar was introduced in the Senate by that state's Selden P. Spencer on January 20, 1921, the bill being designated S. 4893. It was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. The bill was reported to the full Senate by Connecticut's George P. McLean on January 25 with an amendment reducing the authorized mintage from 500,000 to 250,000 and a recommendation that it pass. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, who was presiding over the Senate, asked if there", "title": "Missouri Centennial half dollar" }, { "docid": "19689659", "text": "the House floor on March 20, and passed without any recorded discussion. The bill was transmitted to the House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. That committee made report on April 25, 1934, through New York Representative Andrew Somers, recommending the bill pass, but with several amendments, including increasing the authorized mintage from 10,000 to 25,000 and requiring that the federal government would not pay for the coinage dies and other preparations for the coinage. Somers brought the bill to the House floor on May 2, and when he asked the House to consider", "title": "Maryland Tercentenary half dollar" }, { "docid": "2207768", "text": "been depicted on all Namibian banknotes. However, on 21 March 2012, the Bank of Namibia introduced a new series of banknotes to be issued in May 2012. The new family of banknotes will have the same denomination structure as the current series. All denominations have improved anti-counterfeiting features, and the portrait of Hendrik Witbooi are retained for all but the 10- and 20-dollar notes, which feature a new portrait of Sam Nujoma, the founding president and father of the Namibian nation. The Bank of Namibia has discovered that the diamond-shaped optically variable ink patch on the N$10 and N$20 notes", "title": "Namibian dollar" }, { "docid": "12349521", "text": "William Dollar William Dollar (20 April 1907 – 28 February 1986) was an American dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and teacher. As one of the first American \"danseurs nobles\", he performed with numerous companies, including the Philadelphia Opera Ballet, the American Ballet, Ballet Caravan, Ballet Society, Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet. William Henry Dollar, born in St. Louis, Missouri, was raised in East St. Louis, a city just across the Mississippi River in Illinois, where his parents ran a grocery store and meat market. As a boy, Bill Dollar was a student of piano and gymnastics, in which he", "title": "William Dollar" }, { "docid": "7998364", "text": "reference to the idiomatic expression \"queer as a three-dollar bill\" or \"phony as a three-dollar bill\". In the 1960s, \"Mad\" printed a $3 bill that featured a portrait of Alfred E. Neuman and read: \"This is not legal tender—nor will a tenderizer help it.\" \"Mad\" writer Frank Jacobs said that the magazine ran afoul of the US Secret Service because the $3 bill was accepted by change machines at casinos. The United States has never issued a million dollar bill. However, many businesses print million dollar bills for sale as novelties. Such bills do not assert that they are legal", "title": "Promotional United States fake currency" }, { "docid": "12926986", "text": "$20, $50, and $100 notes were released in May 2016. Both the older 1999–2014 and the new issues will be legal tender. These banknotes are in regular circulation as of October 2015 and in May 2016. Due to changes in printer, designs, and base material, there have been several designs on New Zealand banknotes. With the exception of the demonetised $1 and $2 notes, all decimal notes are still legal tender, although it is rare to see them in regular circulation. In 1990, a commemorative $10 note was printed to commemorate 150 Years of the Treaty of Waitangi. This was", "title": "Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar" }, { "docid": "2302690", "text": "in Georgia and the surrounding states. In 2017, Dollar General began construction for its 16th distribution center in Amsterdam, New York. The distribution center is to cost $91 million and is expected to create 400 jobs in Montgomery County, New York. Dollar General plans to open 900 new stores in 2018. Also in 2017, Dollar General acquired Dollar Express, a spinoff from the Family Dollar-Dollar Tree deal, and converted the store. A second distribution center will be established in Texas with a planned opening in 2019. The distribution center will be located in Longview, Texas and will bring 400 jobs", "title": "Dollar General" }, { "docid": "2673089", "text": "with the 100th anniversary of Jackson's election as president, it is not clear why the portrait on the bill was switched from Grover Cleveland to Jackson. (Cleveland's portrait was moved to the new $1000 bill the same year). According to the U.S. Treasury, \"Treasury Department records do not reveal the reason that portraits of these particular statesmen were chosen in preference to those of other persons of equal importance and prominence.\" The placement of Jackson on the $20 bill may be a historical irony; as president, he vehemently opposed both the National Bank and paper money and made the goal", "title": "United States twenty-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "4054106", "text": "New Old Songs New Old Songs is a remix album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit. Released on December 4, 2001, the album contains hip hop remixes of songs from the band's albums \"Three Dollar Bill, Yall\", \"Significant Other\" and \"Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water\". The album is also tenth best-selling remix album. The sound of \"New Old Songs\" is predominately based in hip hop music. The album compiles remixes of songs from \"Three Dollar Bill, Yall\", \"Significant Other\" and \"Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water\". This album's remix of \"Faith\", a cover of", "title": "New Old Songs" }, { "docid": "5509975", "text": "with the intent of resuming mintage of small-sized dollar coins to keep up with demand. On March 20 of that year, Arizona Republican Representative Jim Kolbe introduced legislation calling for more dollar coins to be minted. Four months later, on July 24, Republican Representative Michael Castle of Delaware, a member of the House Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, also introduced legislation, calling for the Statue of Liberty to be the subject of the design. On October 21, Minnesota Republican Rod Grams introduced a bill in the Senate, also calling for the mintage of a newly designed dollar coin.", "title": "Sacagawea dollar" }, { "docid": "6318975", "text": "process by redefining the conversion factor as the stock price declines, thus leading to a \"death spiral\". Options and warrants are converted at pre-defined rates. As the stock price increases, their value increases dollar-for-dollar. If the stock is valued at a stable price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) it can be predicted that the options' rate of increase in value will be 20 times (when P/E=20) the rate of increase in earnings. The calculation of \"what percentage share of future earnings increases goes to the holders of options instead of shareholders?\" is For example, if the options outstanding equals 5% of the issued", "title": "Stock dilution" }, { "docid": "17438321", "text": "McKinley was assassinated in September of that year. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition dollar was authorized by Congress on June 28, 1902, when President Theodore Roosevelt signed an appropriations bill that included a $5,000,000 rider to subsidize the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The bill in question authorized 250,000 gold one-dollar pieces to be paid over to the exposition organizers as part of the appropriation, upon their posting a bond that they would fulfill the requirements of the legislation. The bill did not specify the wording or design to be placed on the coins, leaving that to the discretion of the Secretary of", "title": "Louisiana Purchase Exposition dollar" }, { "docid": "6717254", "text": "a phone call. He enters the diner and orders coffee and cigarettes, which he pays for with a twenty-dollar bill. The younger man confesses that he has paid to have Steve and his wife killed. As the waitress gives them their change, the older man notices the name \"Douglas Walker\" written on a $20 bill. He drops it on the floor. Bill returns to his car and opens the trunk; Steve is inside. The couple leave and the woman takes the bill. The older man tells the younger man that drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette will make everything right.", "title": "Cigarettes & Coffee" }, { "docid": "14259928", "text": "be presented to Congress for an even exchange of U.S. dollars to help the remediation of lead in the soil of New Orleans. This funding supports Operation Paydirt, which is the program that, once implemented, will make the lead content in the soil safe for inhabitants of New Orleans and cities affected by lead poisoning-across the United States. So far nearly half a million people have created and sent in their unique Fundreds. Armored Truck Tour Throughout 2010, students at hundreds of schools across the country created Fundred Dollar Bills that were picked up in a specially designed armored truck.", "title": "Fundred Dollar Bill Project" }, { "docid": "5235804", "text": "bills entered circulation October 9, 2003, the new $50 bills, September 28, 2004. The new $10 notes were introduced in 2006 and redesigned $5 bills began to circulate March 13, 2008. Each will have subtle elements of different colors, though will continue to be primarily green and black. The Treasury said it will update Federal Reserve notes every 7 to 10 years to keep up with counterfeiting technology. In addition, there have been rumors that future banknotes will use embedded RFID microchips as another anti-counterfeiting tool. The 2008 $5 bill contains significant new security updates. The obverse side of the", "title": "History of the United States dollar" }, { "docid": "749189", "text": "to be switched around. The first bill to contain both sides of the seal was the series 1935 $1 [[Silver certificate (United States)|silver certificate]]. The obverse had originally appeared on the back of the $20 [[gold certificate]], Series 1905. In 2008, the redesigned front side of the [[United States five-dollar bill|five-dollar bill]] added a purple outline of the obverse of the Great Seal as a background, as part of freedom-related symbols being added to redesigned bills. On August 4, 1945, a delegation from the [[Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union]] presented a carved wooden plaque of the Great Seal", "title": "Great Seal of the United States" }, { "docid": "4332820", "text": "Three Dollar Bill, Y'all Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$ is the debut studio album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, released on July 1, 1997 by Flip and Interscope Records. It established the band's trademark sound with the singles \"Counterfeit\", which was influenced by hip hop and heavy metal, and \"Faith\", a cover of the song of the same name by George Michael. Limp Bizkit's rearrangement of the song incorporated heavier guitar playing by Wes Borland and scratching by DJ Lethal. \"Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$\" was produced by Ross Robinson, who was introduced to the band through Korn bassist Reginald", "title": "Three Dollar Bill, Y'all" }, { "docid": "1527758", "text": "28, 2004; the new $10 bill on March 2, 2006; the new $5 bill on March 13, 2008; the new $100 bill on October 8, 2013. The one and two dollar bills still remain small portrait, unchanged, and not watermarked. All small-sized bills measure , with thickness of . Note: While the series 2009A was the first series of these $100 bills released for circulation, the first printing was series 2009 printed in 2010 and 2011. These were withheld from circulation due to issues with the printing process and none were released until 2016. Federal Reserve Note Federal Reserve Notes,", "title": "Federal Reserve Note" }, { "docid": "5326869", "text": "were sold at above face value, in various combinations and presentations, as a commemorative charity issue. Although legal tender, the notes are unlikely to enter circulation, due to their rarity and expected higher re-sale value. From the 13–20 February 2012, Hong Kong's Bank of China will be taking orders for a new 100-dollar note to commemorate the bank's 100th anniversary. Although legal tender, the notes aren't intended for circulation. 1,100,000 notes will be sold as numismatic products packaged in a folder for HK$150. An additional 100,000 sets of three uncut notes in a folder for HK$600. Finally, 20,000 uncut sheets", "title": "Banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar" }, { "docid": "11819790", "text": "programs - Pell, SMART, ACG, and TEACH - and many of the state student aid programs. Although the bill is widely considered an important piece of legislation, some flaws in the new GI Bill have been noted. Specifically, the fact that service-members who participated in the $600 Buy-up option will no longer be compensated. The Buy-Up option allows active duty members to contribute up to $600 more toward their MGIB. For every dollar the service-member contributes, the federal government contributes $8. Those who contribute the maximum ($600) will receive $5,400 in additional funds, but not until after leaving active duty.", "title": "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008" }, { "docid": "17413211", "text": "of the ten-dollar bill, and completely covers the space needed, which has led to Lichtenstein being considered by Hendrickson as \"almost seeming to be forging money\". Hendrickson also describes the picture as being a \"brand-new bill of tender and not a picture of one\". Mary Lee Corlett and Hendrickson noted that the \"schematic head\" of the medallion portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the prominent feature of the print, \"shows him as a planar, anteater-like being\" with a \"hair-do of the young Picasso\" and eyes similar to a \"figure by Francis Picabia\". According to Hendrickson, the exterior framing for \"The Dollar Bill\"", "title": "Ten Dollar Bill (Roy Lichtenstein)" }, { "docid": "7642993", "text": "9 (common). In 1973, an RCMP quarter came out; it also has two varieties: a large bust (rare) and small bust (common). In 1987, the loonie was introduced, replacing the voyageur dollar with a new design, new colour, and smaller size. This coin also replaced the $1 bill, which was subsequently withdrawn from circulation by the Bank of Canada. In February 1996, the $2 coin, or toonie, was released; it currently has three varieties. (Early examples had problems with the centres being punched out in circulation.) The toonie replaced the $2 bill. To date there have been four different obverse", "title": "Coins of the Canadian dollar" }, { "docid": "7987573", "text": "that way to white people; Emmie retorts that slavery is over. (\"Kitchen Fight\") Mr. Stopnick's Chanukah present to Noah is a $20 bill, intended as a life lesson about money and its value. (\"A Twenty Dollar Bill and Why\") At the bus stop, Emmie says she wants a car and a big house when she grows up. (\"I Hate the Bus\") Back at the house, Stuart laments that he can give neither Rose nor Noah what they need. (\"Moon, Emmie, Stuart Trio\") Noah inadvertently leaves the $20 bill in his pants; after school he rushes to the basement, but Caroline", "title": "Caroline, or Change" }, { "docid": "6015517", "text": "bills' often being crumpled, torn, or otherwise unreadable. Furthermore, the continuation of the dollar bill discourages any meaningful reform of the coinage, as people would be slow to use any dollar coin with the dollar bill still around simply out of habit, as proven with the Sacagawea dollar. Lastly, other countries, including the entire Eurozone, Japan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, have successfully made similar transitions. For comparison, here are the lowest-denomination banknotes of some other developed countries (with equivalent U.S. dollar value in exchange, as of August 23, 2015): In contrast, poorer countries with weaker currencies,", "title": "Save the Greenback Act" }, { "docid": "2785721", "text": "single dollar bill and plain paper in the bag). Bobby Hayes, the man responsible for the letters, arrived to retrieve the bag when he was confronted by Upshaw. Police were later called to the scene after a resident heard men talking about killing someone. Bobby Hayes was brought into custody and later released on bail, receiving orders not to contact Brandon, Newman or their families. Terrell Brandon Thomas Terrell Brandon (born May 20, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played for three teams during his 11-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Brandon was born in", "title": "Terrell Brandon" }, { "docid": "5632586", "text": "Peters (Faizon Love), two crooked cops. Dollar Bill is found in the trunk and is arrested on warrants; he is later bailed out and returns to the club. The following night rapper Luther \"Luke\" Campbell comes to the strip club, Reggie and Clyde discuss him. When Dollar Bill is notified that Luke is at his club, he alerts the strippers via a money alarm, believing he will make a fortune. Clyde attempts to meet Luke, but Luke's bodyguard (Michael Clarke Duncan) informs Clyde that Luke is trying to relax and not meet with fans. Clyde insults the bodyguard, causing him", "title": "The Players Club" }, { "docid": "17413205", "text": "Ten Dollar Bill (Roy Lichtenstein) Ten Dollar Bill (also referred to as The Dollar Bill) is a 1956 proto-pop art lithographic drawing by Roy Lichtenstein. Considered to be a combination of Americana art and cubism, the work is referred to as the beginning of Lichtenstein's work on pop art. Twenty-five editions of the lithograph were made by Lichtenstein, which were exhibited at several galleries. The piece is based on the design for the ten-dollar bill and has influenced several of Lichtenstein's later works. The picture has received generally favorable reception from critics, and is considered to be one of the", "title": "Ten Dollar Bill (Roy Lichtenstein)" }, { "docid": "12926989", "text": "note, of which there are four. For instance, if a $5 note is ripped in half vertically, two \"5\" symbols will still be visible on each half, and the amount exchanged will be $2.50 for each half. To receive payment people can return in the note to any commercial bank or the Reserve Bank in Wellington. Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar This article concerns the banknotes of the New Zealand dollar Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar have all been issued by the Reserve Bank which also had two pre-dollar issues. Consequently, the first dollar issue is the third", "title": "Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar" }, { "docid": "15113823", "text": "of Canada Library, Canadian Heritage. On February 2, 2002, Tondino created a painting representing a Canadian 5-dollar bill (featuring the kingfisher) with the serial number ANR2312049 that he titled \"Where Is It?\". The painting included the statement \"I spent this 5 Dollar Bill on Feb 02 2002.\" Tondino then began to hang posters offering a $1000 reward to the person who found the bill. The story was picked up by The Montreal Gazette’s Bill Brownstein, The Suburban’s Bernie Mendelman, The Hour, CBC radio and Raymond Saint-Pierre of Radio Canada. A second painting was created representing the newly released 5-dollar bill", "title": "Tristan Tondino" }, { "docid": "6267069", "text": "there was no call for them in commerce due to the Depression. Since 1930, there had been an effort among those organizing the commemoration of the bicentennial of George Washington's 1732 birth to seek a Washington half dollar, to be struck as the regular issue for 1932. When a bill for a Washington commemorative was introduced to Congress in February 1931, it changed the quarter rather than the half dollar. While the reasons for the change were not recorded, the House Coinage Committee issued a memorandum stating that \"the new design would replace the present type of quarter dollar\", was", "title": "Standing Liberty quarter" }, { "docid": "17413213", "text": "told reporters, \"The idea of counterfeiting money always occurs to you when you do lithography\". Despite the assessments of critics, Lichtenstein, in an interview with Joan Marter, considered the work to be \"a kind of Cubist dollar bill, not a Pop one\". He continued, \"The fact it was a ten-dollar-bill at all [suggests that] there was some kind of Pop influence on me that I wasn't aware of so much. They're really not Pop at all. They're more funny, or humorous, or something\". In the book \"Off Limits: Rutgers University and the Avant-garde, 1957-1963\", the piece was described as a", "title": "Ten Dollar Bill (Roy Lichtenstein)" }, { "docid": "19689695", "text": "included his report in the \"Congressional Record\". The bill thus passed to the Senate, where it was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. On April 11, 1935, New York Senator Robert F. Wagner issued a report, recommending that the bill pass unamended. When the bill was considered in the Senate on April 15, Rhode Island's Jesse H. Metcalf moved to amend it so that the bill would also provide for the issuance of a Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar. There was no objection or debate concerning either the amendment or the bill as a whole, and it passed", "title": "Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollar" }, { "docid": "13629757", "text": "the song would succeed the others as the lead single. However both \"Rap-Up\" and Houston's official website have confirmed the title song will indeed be the first US single whilst \"Million Dollar Bill\" is being released as the worldwide lead single (second US single, almost simultaneously with first single). \"I Look to You\" was the second single from the album in the United Kingdom, where it was released on December 14, 2009. The video for \"I Look to You\" premiered on September 10, 2009 on Whitney Houston's official website and on \"Entertainment Tonight\". The video, also directed by Melina Matsoukas,", "title": "I Look to You (song)" }, { "docid": "5437119", "text": "his old plane, setting off to find an island and start a new country. The three land in Cuba and appear before Fidel Castro. Burns tries to buy the island, but Castro foils his plan when asks to see the trillion-dollar bill and then refuses to give it back. Later, Burns, Smithers, and Homer are on a makeshift raft. Smithers asks whether Burns will be facing jail time; Burns replies that, if it is a crime to love one’s country or steal a trillion dollars or bribe a jury, he is guilty. The episode was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham, though", "title": "The Trouble with Trillions" }, { "docid": "13687791", "text": "the video progresses, a pink dress and a full-length silver dress. The video concludes as Houston is walking away in the silver dress, with dollar bills blowing around. Source adapted from Discogs. \"We're Getting Stronger\" by Loleatta Holloway Million Dollar Bill \"Million Dollar Bill\" is a song performed by American recording artist Whitney Houston from her seventh studio album, \"I Look to You\" (2009). It was released as the official worldwide lead (second US single) from the album on August 18, 2009 through Arista Records in the US and August 24, 2009 through RCA Records in the UK. It is", "title": "Million Dollar Bill" }, { "docid": "16067358", "text": "the right. When held up to the light the window will show a \"100\" in its center, and images of ferns printed on each side will line up perfectly. When the note is put under ultraviolet light a yellow patch should appear with the number \"100\" through the use of fluorescent dyes. New Zealand one hundred-dollar note The New Zealand one-hundred-dollar note was issued on May 3, 1999. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand issued the note because it will last four times longer than its counterpart, the paper banknote. The \"Bank\" also said the notes are non-porous, meaning they", "title": "New Zealand one hundred-dollar note" }, { "docid": "7052464", "text": "based filmmaker Jay Holben made an adaptation of \"Paranoid: A Chant,\" a 100-line poem that appears in \"Skeleton Crew\". \"Paranoid\" was the first Dollar Baby to be released with King's permission for a limited time on the Internet in 2002. Again with King's permission, the film was then the first Dollar Baby released on a commercial DVD, in a package with \"Total Movie Magazine\", a short-lived offshoot of the UK publication \"Total Film\". In September 2004, fellow Dollar Baby James Renner (\"All That You Love Will Be Carried Away\") put together the first public film festival presentation of Dollar Babies.", "title": "Dollar Baby" }, { "docid": "7321581", "text": "New Brunswick dollar The dollar was the currency of New Brunswick between 1860 and 1867. It replaced the pound at a rate of 4 dollars = 1 pound (5 shillings = 1 dollar) and was equal to the Canadian dollar. The New Brunswick dollar was replaced by the Canadian dollar at par when New Brunswick entered the Canadian Confederation. Coins were issued between 1861 and 1864 in denominations of ½, 1, 5, 10 and 20 cent. The ½ and 1 cent were struck in bronze, the others in silver. Four chartered banks issued notes, the Bank of New Brunswick, the", "title": "New Brunswick dollar" }, { "docid": "3428184", "text": "for action against slumlords. Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Nix commented that unless the nation made a commitment to racial equality, it faced \"an internal conflagration that will reduce it to ashes.\" He also defended Philadelphia Magistrate Earl Lane in a 1966 case with political and racial overtones. Lane was accused of collecting $2 to $20 fees for signing copies of charges that released people accused of crimes, a procedure that was supposed to be free or, if bail was required, cost a dollar. Nix unsuccessfully sought a new judge and a change of venue for the", "title": "Robert N. C. Nix Jr." }, { "docid": "13687780", "text": "night before the album was released in that territory. Million Dollar Bill has an uptempo \"pop dance groove\" with strong disco influences. The song lasts for three minutes and twenty four seconds. Written in they key of B Minor, the song's beat is set in common time and moves at a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Houston's voice spans A to the note of B. The song also features a sample of Loleatta Holloway's 1977 song \"We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together)\". From the New York listening party, \"Rolling Stone\" said the song \"is a clattering, uptempo", "title": "Million Dollar Bill" }, { "docid": "2668104", "text": "by 1985. In 1985, the second series of coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 dollar. The reverse of these coins were designed by Christopher Ironside. The new series offered smaller coins depicting a floral theme. One-dollar banknotes were discontinued and gradually replaced with an aluminium-bronze coin. The 5-cent coin was also changed to aluminum-bronze while the 10, 20, and 50 cents remained copper-nickel. Limited numbers of commemorative bimetallic 5-dollar coins with scalloped edges were also periodically issued later during this series. The Monetary Authority of Singapore will start withdrawing this series", "title": "Singapore dollar" }, { "docid": "13687786", "text": "re-entered the chart at #95, then dropped out the next week. This 15-week chart run was Houston's longest run since 1999's \"It's Not Right but It's Okay\", also 15 weeks. The song re-entered on the week of February 25, 2012, following Houston's death. It charted at number 62. \"Million Dollar Bill\" entered the UK Top 40 R&B Singles chart at number-seven on October 17, 2009. It went on to last 20 weeks, its last entry dated February 27, 2010 (number 32). The single charted in other European countries. \"Million Dollar Bill\" entered the Irish Singles Chart on October 8, 2009", "title": "Million Dollar Bill" }, { "docid": "4065897", "text": "company following the merger and will be appointed to Dollar Tree's board of directors. Dollar General entered the bidding, shortly thereafter, surpassing Dollar Tree's offer on August 18, 2014, $78.50 a share compared to Dollar Tree's offer of $74.50 a share. The enterprise value of the Dollar General bid was $9.7 billion compared to that of Dollar Tree of $9.2 billion, while the quantum return to shareholders was varying as the stock and cash deal valuation was subjected to fluctuations of price of the competing bidders stock. On August 20, 2014 Family Dollar rejected the Dollar General bid, saying it", "title": "Family Dollar" }, { "docid": "18217230", "text": "as to whether a gold dollar would be too small to be a souvenir, Butler responded, \"No; I do not think so. I think, on the other hand, a silver dollar might be too large. I think we can dispose of gold dollars very much easier. Mr. Husted, and you know gold dollars are rather scarce just now.\" Ashbrook agreed, and stated: Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding was present at the House committee meeting and spoke in favor of the bill, arguing that \"this assistance on the part of the Federal Government will cost nothing more than the making of", "title": "McKinley Birthplace Memorial dollar" }, { "docid": "2761503", "text": "as the mostly abstract filigrees were replaced with designs that were mostly botanical in nature. In addition, the word \"one,\" which appeared eight times around the border in small type, was eliminated. The serial numbers and treasury seal were printed in green ink. This was the first time the one-dollar bill was printed as a Federal Reserve Note. The $1 bill became the first denomination printed at the new Western Currency Facility in February 1991, when a shipment of 3.2 million star notes from the Dallas FRB was produced. Though bill denominations of $5 and higher have been redesigned twice", "title": "United States one-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "749188", "text": "pamphlet on the Great Seal by [[Gaillard Hunt]]. The pamphlet included a full-color copy of the reverse of the Great Seal, which Wallace had never seen. He especially liked the motto \"Novus Ordo Seclorum\" (\"New Order of the Ages\"), likening it to Roosevelt's [[New Deal]] (i.e., \"New Deal of the Ages\"). He suggested to Roosevelt that a coin be made which included the reverse, but Roosevelt instead decided to put it on the [[United States one-dollar bill|dollar bill]]. The initial design of the bill had the obverse on the left and the reverse on the right, but Roosevelt ordered them", "title": "Great Seal of the United States" }, { "docid": "16600283", "text": "them for high priced meals. The story begins as the crocodile is released, swallows a fortune won by a local woman who forces the police to hunt it, and begins to terrorize the local town. \"Million Dollar Crocodile\" was shown as a \"work-in-progress\" print at Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2012. Australian sales firm Odin's Eye Entertainment picked up the rights to \"Million Dollar Crocodile\". The film was released in China on June 8, 2012. \"Million Dollar Crocodile\" will be the opening film at the 36th Montreal World Film Festival. Million Dollar Crocodile Million Dollar", "title": "Million Dollar Crocodile" }, { "docid": "4251658", "text": "which was later covered in late 2006 as a charity single by U2 and Green Day. Skids enjoyed a further year of chart success as \"Masquerade\" and \"Working for the Yankee Dollar\" reached the UK Top 20 singles chart. Both came from their second album, also released in 1979, \"Days in Europa\", with the record's production and keyboards by Bill Nelson (Be-Bop Deluxe, , Channel Light Vessel and solo artist). Nelson was the obvious choice for the record's production duties as he was not only Adamson's principal 'guitar hero' but also an enormous influence on Adamson's playing. Nelson also played", "title": "Skids (band)" }, { "docid": "5632585", "text": "Dollar Bill if he doesn't make a payment of $10,000 to St. Louis, he will hunt him down. That same night, St. Louis comes to his club to collect. L'il Man, the doorman of the club, tells St. Louis that Dollar Bill is not at the club; St. Louis and his men leave. The next day as Dollar Bill tries to leave the club, St. Louis' men Brooklyn (Charlie Murphy) and KC (Terrence Howard) confront him. They beat him unconscious and throw him into the back of his car. Luckily for him, they are stopped by Freeman (John Amos) and", "title": "The Players Club" }, { "docid": "2079330", "text": "the NT$20 coin is rare because of the government's lack of willingness to promote it. As of 2010, the cost of the raw materials in a NT$ coin was more than the face value of the coin. The current series of banknotes for the New Taiwan dollar began circulation in July 2000. This set was introduced when the New Taiwan dollar succeeded the silver yuan as the official currency within Taiwan. The current set includes banknotes for NT$100, NT$200, NT$500, NT$1000, and NT$2000. Note that the NT$200 and NT$2000 banknotes are not commonly used by consumers. This may be due", "title": "New Taiwan dollar" }, { "docid": "17791442", "text": "Dollar Bill (group) Dollar Bill is a Swedish hip hop group from Rosengård (Malmö County), Sweden established in 2002, and made up of Tax (real name Muhammed Ahmadi), The Beast (real name Besfort Sulejmani) and their friend Edo (real name Eldin Telalovic). Jassim \"Jask\" Ahmadi, Tax's brother, was a former group member, but left in 2014 for his job. Isen \"Ice\" Sulejmani (The Beast's brother) is another past member; he was left out of the formation in 2006 because the group wanted a more serious image. After putting out materials online via their MySpace account, they released their debut album", "title": "Dollar Bill (group)" }, { "docid": "12301851", "text": "Bill Dollar William Everett Dollar (August 22, 1950 - November 21, 1996) was a radio host for 16 years on country music station WSOC-FM in Charlotte, North Carolina, a weather reporter on WSOC-TV, and the host of the syndicated program \"NASCAR Country\", carried by over 300 stations at the time of his death. Bill Dollar was the number one DJ in Charlotte for seven years, according to Arbitron. Dollar was born in Humboldt, Tennessee to Dick, a farmer, and Pauline, an English teacher. When he was a boy he would play with crystal radio sets and homemade transmitters. As a", "title": "Bill Dollar" }, { "docid": "3439434", "text": "quarter, half dollar and dollar, gave permission for coins to be struck at West Point and allowed for 40% silver clad versions of the new coins for collectors was reported favorably by the Senate Banking Committee. It passed the Senate on July 13. However, amendments authorizing US citizens to own gold, and to implement the Hatfield proposal were attached to the bill. A similar bill passed the House of Representatives on September 12, differing from the Senate bill in lacking any provision relating to gold, and in not authorizing silver versions of the new coins. Members of the two houses", "title": "United States Bicentennial coinage" }, { "docid": "17413214", "text": "\"humorous, Cubist abstraction of the currency\". Discussing the piece after edition 10 was given to the National Gallery of Australia, critic Jaklyn Babington considered Lichtenstein's early works, including \"Ten Dollar Bill\", to be \"intriguing precursors to the artist’s subsequent development\". She called it a \"finely hand-drawn lithograph\", and considered the work to be \"the only hint of Lichtenstein’s imminent obsession with American popular culture\". Babington finished by noting, \"we see Lichtenstein first taking an everyday object, symbolic of the growing American consumer culture, as his subject matter\". Ten Dollar Bill (Roy Lichtenstein) Ten Dollar Bill (also referred to as The", "title": "Ten Dollar Bill (Roy Lichtenstein)" }, { "docid": "11083120", "text": "ordinary engineering malpractice case,\" U.S. Judge James D. Whittemore determined the utility owed HDR more than $20 million in legal fees as a result of April 2012's jury verdict. The court document cited TBW's own legal expenses at more than $11.6 million. A federal appeals court in Atlanta issued a 33-page ruling on September 23, 2013 rejecting the utility's arguments that the trial judge had committed a series of errors that should be overturned. As a result, the cost of the multi-million-dollar repair work will likely fall on the shoulders of the 2 million ratepayers in Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough", "title": "C. W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir" }, { "docid": "2761496", "text": "1935) when it was first issued as a Federal Reserve Note (previously, one dollar bills were Silver Certificates). The inclusion of the motto, \"In God We Trust,\" on all currency was required by law in 1955, and first appeared on paper money in 1957. An individual dollar bill is also less formally known as a one, a single, a buck, a bone, and a bill. The Federal Reserve says the average life of a $1 bill in circulation is 5.8 years before it is replaced because of wear. Approximately 42% of all U.S. currency produced in 2009 were one-dollar bills.", "title": "United States one-dollar bill" }, { "docid": "4332830", "text": "hated Limp Bizkit's cover and \"hates us for doing it\". Through extensive touring and the band's later breakthrough into the mainstream, the album went double platinum in 2001. Albums - Billboard (United States)/RPM (Canada) Singles - Billboard (United States)/RPM (Canada) Three Dollar Bill, Y'all Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$ is the debut studio album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, released on July 1, 1997 by Flip and Interscope Records. It established the band's trademark sound with the singles \"Counterfeit\", which was influenced by hip hop and heavy metal, and \"Faith\", a cover of the song of the same name", "title": "Three Dollar Bill, Y'all" } ]
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who was the last republican mayor in chicago
[ "William Hale Thompson" ]
[ { "docid": "514696", "text": "William Hale Thompson William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician, mayor of Chicago for three terms, from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as \"Big Bill\" Thompson, he is the last Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago to date. Historians rank Thompson among the most unethical mayors in American history, mainly for his open alliance with Al Capone. However, others recognize the effectiveness of his political methods and publicity-oriented campaigning, acknowledging him as a \"Political Chameleon\" and an effective political machine. TIME magazine said in 1931, \"chief", "title": "William Hale Thompson" }, { "docid": "20761920", "text": "1927 Chicago mayoral election The 1927 Chicago mayoral election was held on April 5, 1927, on the same day as elections for City Clerk and City Treasurer. Incumbent William Dever was defeated by Republican candidate William Hale Thompson, who had previously served as Mayor from 1915 to 1923. Former Health Commissioner and Thompson ally J.D. Robertson broke with Thompson to run on his own and secured 5.14% of the vote. This remains as of 2018 the last Chicago mayoral election won by a Republican, as well as the last such election not won by a Democrat. The main issue of", "title": "1927 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "514696", "text": "William Hale Thompson William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician, mayor of Chicago for three terms, from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as \"Big Bill\" Thompson, he is the last Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago to date. Historians rank Thompson among the most unethical mayors in American history, mainly for his open alliance with Al Capone. However, others recognize the effectiveness of his political methods and publicity-oriented campaigning, acknowledging him as a \"Political Chameleon\" and an effective political machine. TIME magazine said in 1931, \"chief", "title": "William Hale Thompson" }, { "docid": "4125202", "text": "In a few years, De Priest's black political organization became the most powerful of many in Chicago, and he became the top black politician under Chicago Republican mayor William Hale Thompson. In 1928, when Republican congressman Martin B. Madden died, Mayor Thompson selected De Priest to replace him on the ballot. He was the first African American elected to Congress outside the South and the first to be elected in the 20th century. He represented the 1st Congressional District of Illinois (which included The Loop and part of the South Side of Chicago) as a Republican. During De Priest's three", "title": "Oscar Stanton De Priest" }, { "docid": "4138173", "text": "city's first Jewish mayor (an accomplishment that eventually was claimed by Rahm Emanuel when he was elected in 2011) and its first Republican mayor since William Hale Thompson left office in 1931. After being defeated by Washington, Epton briefly returned to private life. He briefly sought the Republican nomination in the 1987 Chicago mayoral election. Four years after the 1983 mayoral election (and fewer than three weeks after Mayor Washington died suddenly of a heart attack) Epton himself suffered a coronary and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the age of sixty-six on December 13, 1987. Epton was there visiting", "title": "Bernard Epton" }, { "docid": "15262759", "text": "Chicago-style politics Chicago-style politics is a phrase which has been used to refer to the city of Chicago, regarding its hard-hitting sometimes corrupt politics. It was used to refer to the Republican machine in the 1920s run by William Hale Thompson, as when \"TIME\" magazine said, \"to Mayor Thompson must go chief credit for creating 20th Century Politics Chicago Style.\" The phrase has often been used to refer to the Democratic Party-dominated machine, or \"boss,\" politics of Chicago during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Political scientist Harold Gosnell wrote the most detailed analysis in \"Machine Politics: Chicago Style\"", "title": "Chicago-style politics" } ]
[ { "docid": "20999385", "text": "1911 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1911 Democrat Carter Harrison Jr. was elected to his fifth non-consecutive term as mayor, tying the then-record set by his father Carter Harrison Sr. for the most Chicago mayoral election victories. Harrison defeated Republican Charles E. Merriam and Socialist William E. Rodriguez. In the years between the 1907 and 1911 elections, Illinois had implemented a law which scheduled Chicago's mayoral primaries for the last tuesday of February. Harrison, who had previously served four terms as mayor, defeated former mayor Edward F. Dunne as well as Andrew J. Graham in the", "title": "1911 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "948441", "text": "townships of Cook County. The organization has dominated County, city, and state politics since the 1930s. The last Republican mayor of Chicago was William Hale \"Big Bill\" Thompson, who left office in 1931 with a record of corruption. The high-water mark for Republican candidacies for mayor since then was that of Republican candidate Bernard Epton, who in 1983 came within 3.3 percentage points of defeating Democrat Harold Washington. To establish more localized government control and policies which reflect the often different values and needs of large suburban sections of the sprawling county, several secession movements have been made over the", "title": "Cook County, Illinois" }, { "docid": "20999386", "text": "Democratic primary. Harrison received 68.91% of the Polish vote while Merriam received 24.40% and Rodriguez received 5.60%. 1911 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1911 Democrat Carter Harrison Jr. was elected to his fifth non-consecutive term as mayor, tying the then-record set by his father Carter Harrison Sr. for the most Chicago mayoral election victories. Harrison defeated Republican Charles E. Merriam and Socialist William E. Rodriguez. In the years between the 1907 and 1911 elections, Illinois had implemented a law which scheduled Chicago's mayoral primaries for the last tuesday of February. Harrison, who had previously served four", "title": "1911 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "5547644", "text": "much of the last century, Chicago has been considered one of the largest Democratic strongholds in the United States. For example, the citizens of Chicago have not elected a Republican mayor since 1927, when William Thompson was voted into office. Brian Doherty was the only Republican council member in recent decades. The police corruption that came to the light from the Summerdale Scandals of 1960, where police officers kept stolen property or sold it and kept the cash, was another black eye on the local political scene of Chicago. Eight officers from the Summerdale police district on Chicago's Northwest Side", "title": "Political history of Chicago" }, { "docid": "3758040", "text": "During his administration, the Great Chicago Fire occurred. Mason responded by directing General Philip Sheridan to place the city under martial law. To date he is the last non Republican or Democratic Mayor of Chicago. He is the namesake of Mason, Illinois. An elementary school in west Chicago is named after him. Roswell B. Mason Roswell B. Mason (September 19, 1805January 1, 1892; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1869–1871) for the Citizens Party. Mason was born on September 19, 1805 in New Hartford, New York to Arnold Mason and Mercy Coman. His mother was a", "title": "Roswell B. Mason" }, { "docid": "21000979", "text": "hotels. Mason would only serve a single term as mayor. Gage would go on to serve as the president of the Chicago White Stockings baseball team (today's Chicago Cubs) and serve as Chicago's South Parks Commissioner (during which time he commissioned a park which would subsequently bear his name). 1869 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1869 Citizens Party nominee Roswell B. Mason defeated Republican nominee George W. Gage. This was the last mayoral election before the Great Chicago Fire took place. Excluding the April 1876 election (which was invalidated by the courts), this is the last", "title": "1869 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "15950283", "text": "the \"Chicago Tribune\" to opine that \"Tommy Morgan...bossed the convention from first to last.\" The party's candidate for Mayor of Chicago was ultimately defeated by political fusion of the so-called \"Old Parties\" when the Democrats withdrew their candidate to support the Republican nominee \"to save city government from capture by the 'Reds.'\" Morgan was himself later to be a candidate for Chicago mayor in 1891, when he was tapped by the SLP as its nominee for that position. The year 1891 also saw Morgan help to organize the International Association of Machinists, a successful union which survives into the 21st", "title": "Thomas J. Morgan" }, { "docid": "20443479", "text": "in the 1980s. In 1983, Chicago voters elected their first black mayor, Democrat Harold Washington. The Republican candidate for mayor, Bernard Epton, received 48% of the vote, an unusually high percentage for a Republican candidate in a city that had historically been strongly Democratic. This campaign was racially charged. Epton used the slogan \"before it's too late\" in reference to Washington being a mayor; 81 percent of white residents in Chicago voted for the Republican candidate. Much of the surge in Republican support came from traditionally Democratic \"white ethnic\" neighborhoods on the southwest side, made up of descendants of European", "title": "Marquette Park rallies" }, { "docid": "21000978", "text": "1869 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1869 Citizens Party nominee Roswell B. Mason defeated Republican nominee George W. Gage. This was the last mayoral election before the Great Chicago Fire took place. Excluding the April 1876 election (which was invalidated by the courts), this is the last Chicago mayoral election not to be won by a member of the Democratic or Republican parties (or an offshoot of either party). Citizens Party candidate Mason was an executive in the Illinois Central Railroad. Republican Party candidate Gage was a businessman who operated the Tremont House and Sherman House", "title": "1869 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "5039789", "text": "Denver, Colorado during the 1890s there was Jefferson Randolph \"Soapy\" Smith who operated as the Republican party boss and political fixer. Charles Brayton exercised great influence over the politics of turn of the 20th century Rhode Island. He exemplified rural bossism within the Republican Party. Chicago had numerous colorful bosses, such as Democrats Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John. The Republican counterparts included Big Bill Thompson, who became mayor in the 1920s. Of course the iconic figure was longtime mayor and chairman of the Cook County Democratic Committee Richard J. Daley. Daley had a major voice in state and national Democratic", "title": "Political boss" }, { "docid": "7450006", "text": "been passed in 1943 over President Roosevelt's veto. Samuel was succeeded by Democrat reformist mayors Joe Clark, later a U.S. Senator, and Richardson Dilworth, later a Democratic candidate for Governor. Samuel is buried at Arlington Cemetery in suburban Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. He remains the last Republican Mayor of Philadelphia. Bernard Samuel Bernard \"Barney\" Samuel (March 9, 1880 – January 12, 1954) was a Republican politician who served as the 115th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1941 to 1952. He is to date the last Republican elected mayor of Philadelphia . Samuel first won election to City Council in 1923. When in", "title": "Bernard Samuel" }, { "docid": "9036474", "text": "when it became Bond & West. Bond was one of the founders of the Republican party in Chicago. In 1862 and 1864 he was elected a Chicago alderman. In 1867, he was elected to the Illinois General Assembly, and served until 1871. When Chicago Mayor and newspaper publisher Joseph Medill traveled to Europe in 1873, Medill named Bond acting mayor of Chicago. When Medill's term expired that same year, Bond ran as an independent on a law and order platform, supporting laws which would ban the sale of liquor on Sundays. He was defeated by Harvey Colvin, who won with", "title": "Lester L. Bond" }, { "docid": "17412518", "text": "1989 Chicago mayoral special election The Chicago mayoral election of 1989 saw the return of the Daley family to the office of mayor. The elections was held two years early because of the death of Harold Washington early in the term. Eugene Sawyer had been appointed Mayor by the City Council to serve until the special election midway through the term. Richard M. Daley was elected over Alderman Timothy Evans, the nominee of the newly formed Harold Washington Party, and the Republican nominee Ed Vrdolyak. Richard M. Daley won the Democratic primary, defeating Eugene Sawyer, who had been appointed mayor", "title": "1989 Chicago mayoral special election" }, { "docid": "20998748", "text": "1893 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1893 Democrat Carter Harrison Sr. won election to a (then-record) fifth non-consecutive term as mayor of Chicago. Harrison defeated Republican Samuel W. Allerton and former mayor DeWitt Clinton Cregier (who ran under the \"United Citizens \" banner). The election took place against the backdrop of the city's preparations for the World's Columbian Exposition. The race was considered to have been one of the most rancorous in Chicago's history. Harrison was regarded to be an underdog in the race. The city elite largely considered Harrison to be too liberal and believed", "title": "1893 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "7816039", "text": "Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly (January 22, 1912 – April 18, 1978), a.k.a. Lar \"America First\" Daly, was a fringe American politician who ran unsuccessfully for a variety of political offices (including President of the United States), often campaigning wearing an Uncle Sam suit. Daly was a Republican primary candidate for Governor of Illinois in both 1956 and 1964. He was also a primary candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1959, for both the Democratic and Republican parties, and also ran in the Republican primary in the 1963 and 1967 Chicago mayoral elections. He was the \"Tax", "title": "Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly" }, { "docid": "3310592", "text": "World Series. It is likely that Mayor Dunne threw out a ceremonial opening pitch for the first game of the World Series of 1906. It must have been a most exciting time for all of Chicago. Some have said this was the first \"subway series\", yet at this time there were no subways in Chicago. Dunne was defeated in his bid for reelection in 1907 by Republican Fred A. Busse and he returned to his legal practice. Dunne was narrowly defeated in the 1911 Democratic mayoral primary by another former Chicago mayor, Carter H. Harrison II, who went on to", "title": "Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne" }, { "docid": "7816041", "text": "campaign (which led to a particularly bizarre appearance on NBC's \"Tonight Starring Jack Paar\") and later with Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley during the Chicago mayoral campaigns. Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly (January 22, 1912 – April 18, 1978), a.k.a. Lar \"America First\" Daly, was a fringe American politician who ran unsuccessfully for a variety of political offices (including President of the United States), often campaigning wearing an Uncle Sam suit. Daly was a Republican primary candidate for Governor of Illinois in both 1956 and 1964. He was also a primary candidate for Mayor of Chicago in", "title": "Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly" }, { "docid": "19806414", "text": "1977 Chicago mayoral special election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1977, Illinois politician Michael A. Bilandic was elected as mayor, took office as permanent mayor on June 22, 1977. Due to the sudden death of mayor Richard J. Daley on December 20, 1976, Bilandic was selected by the Chicago city council to serve as acting mayor for six months until this election. In the general election, Bilandic faced Republican nominee Dennis H. Block and Socialist Workers nominee Dennis Brasky. Bilandic won the election with 77% of the vote. ! colspan=\"5\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"center\" |Chicago Democratic Party Mayoral Primary, 1977 !", "title": "1977 Chicago mayoral special election" }, { "docid": "19806415", "text": "colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"left\" | Candidate ! width=\"75\" | Votes ! width=\"30\" | % 1977 Chicago mayoral special election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1977, Illinois politician Michael A. Bilandic was elected as mayor, took office as permanent mayor on June 22, 1977. Due to the sudden death of mayor Richard J. Daley on December 20, 1976, Bilandic was selected by the Chicago city council to serve as acting mayor for six months until this election. In the general election, Bilandic faced Republican nominee Dennis H. Block and Socialist Workers nominee Dennis Brasky. Bilandic won the election with 77% of", "title": "1977 Chicago mayoral special election" }, { "docid": "8087047", "text": "the Republican nomination for Mayor of Chicago, to unseat Mayor Sawyer. Richard M. Daley defeated Sawyer in the Democratic primary and Republican nominee Edward Vrdolyak in the general election to become mayor. In 1990, Stone returned to the Democratic Party. Although resident and corporate relations between Chicago and neighboring suburb Evanston are generally cordial and co-operative, Stone was a protagonist in perhaps the most significant altercation in recent decades. The Evanston City Council adopted the Southwest II Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District, also called the Howard-Hartrey TIF, on April 27, 1992, in order to incent the development of a disused", "title": "Bernard Stone" }, { "docid": "1051568", "text": "was a main route from McHenry County to the port of Waukegan. Stage coaches ran on this route as late as 1870. The hamlet was originally called \"Wentworth\", after Congressman \"Long John\" Wentworth, who also served as the Republican Mayor of Chicago between 1857-1863. Thereafter, Walter S. Gurnee, the 14th Mayor of Chicago and one of the directors of the railroad, agreed to develop a station in Wentworth, which was called \"Gurnee Station\" in honor of Mr. Gurnee. Over time, Gurnee Station became known simply as \"Gurnee\" and was incorporated as such. Just east of the bridge, at the junction", "title": "Gurnee, Illinois" }, { "docid": "14335807", "text": "his first run as Post Office Inspector. In June 1886, he was elected mayor of Ashland, Kentucky. Patterson was a Kentucky delegate at the 1888 Republican National Convention, held June 19–25 in Chicago. He was an early supporter of Benjamin Harrison, who came in only fifth place at the first ballot. After Harrison obtained the nomination and, later that year, narrowly won the elections (while losing the popular vote), Patterson chased \"nice, fat government\" positions as a Harrison man. The Maysville Democrat newspaper, \"The Evening Bulletin\", ran several items on the job search and retention of the Republican mayor. After", "title": "William Worth Patterson" }, { "docid": "13411711", "text": "George E. McNally George E. McNally was a Mobile, Alabama community leader and politician who served the city as its first Republican mayor elected since Reconstruction. He first served as the city's Public Safety Commissioner. He served as the city's Mayor while serving on the City Commission during the 1960s. George E. McNally was born in 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. He went to local schools. He graduated from Northwestern University School of Law and practiced law in Mobile, AL after serving in World War II in the OSS behind enemy lines in China/Burma/India. George E. McNally entered the Republican Party.", "title": "George E. McNally" }, { "docid": "16579455", "text": "1929 Pittsburgh mayoral election The Mayoral election of 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1929. Incumbent Republican mayor Charles H. Kline was re-elected over Thomas A. Dunn, who ran on the Democratic and Good Government party tickets. Until this election, no mayor of Pittsburgh had won consecutive terms since Henry A. Weaver in 1858, owing in part to a prior long-standing law prohibiting a mayor from succeeding himself. As of 2017, this is the last time a Republican was elected mayor of Pittsburgh. Prior to the Great Depression, Republicans dominated city politics. In this party's primary,", "title": "1929 Pittsburgh mayoral election" }, { "docid": "16579457", "text": "received 29,838 votes on the Democratic ticket and 8,454 votes on the Good Government slate. 1929 Pittsburgh mayoral election The Mayoral election of 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1929. Incumbent Republican mayor Charles H. Kline was re-elected over Thomas A. Dunn, who ran on the Democratic and Good Government party tickets. Until this election, no mayor of Pittsburgh had won consecutive terms since Henry A. Weaver in 1858, owing in part to a prior long-standing law prohibiting a mayor from succeeding himself. As of 2017, this is the last time a Republican was elected mayor", "title": "1929 Pittsburgh mayoral election" }, { "docid": "7450002", "text": "Bernard Samuel Bernard \"Barney\" Samuel (March 9, 1880 – January 12, 1954) was a Republican politician who served as the 115th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1941 to 1952. He is to date the last Republican elected mayor of Philadelphia . Samuel first won election to City Council in 1923. When in 1939 George Connell, then president of City Council, became acting mayor upon the death of S. Davis Wilson, Samuel ascended to the position of president pro tempore. Upon the death in August 1941 of Mayor Robert Lamberton, however, Samuel assumed the mayoralty for the remainder of Lamberton's term. Samuel", "title": "Bernard Samuel" }, { "docid": "21001908", "text": "that the April 1876 aldermanic elections, which had seen a Republican landslide, indicated strong prospects of a Republican candidate winning the special mayoral election. Thus, they nominated Monroe Heath for mayor. Mark Kimball was nominated by the Democratic Party. J. J. McGrath ran as an Democratic-leaning independent aligned with Colvin's politics. Chicago voters, rebuking Colvin, elected Republican Monroe Heath in a landslide. 1876 Chicago mayoral special election In the Chicago mayoral special election of 1876 Monroe Heath defeated Democrat Mark Kimball and independent J. J. McGrath. The election was held on July 12, 1876 and had been called for as", "title": "1876 Chicago mayoral special election" }, { "docid": "20761921", "text": "the election was Prohibition. Despite his personal opposition to the law, Dever felt that it needed to be enforced and cracked down on bootlegging in the city. While this increased his popularity nationwide it also increased violence in the city, lowering his approval in Chicago. Thompson, who had retired in 1923, took advantage of this and ran for a third term as mayor. Dever, the incumbent mayor, faced no genuine opposition from within his party, winning all of the wards with available data with at least 80% of the vote, for a citywide figure of 92.23%. The Republican primary was", "title": "1927 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "2452287", "text": "was rewarded with the deputy chairmanship of the state party. In 1999, Rush ran for Mayor of Chicago, but lost in the Democratic primary to incumbent Richard M. Daley, an ethnic Irish American whose father had long controlled the city as mayor. He remained active in city and regional politics. In 2013, Rush criticized a proposal by former Republican Senator Mark Kirk who suggested that 18,000 members of the Chicago gang \"Gangster Disciples\" be arrested. Rush called Kirk's approach \"headline grabbing\", and said it was an \"upper-middle-class, elitist white boy solution to a problem he knows nothing about\". A spokesman", "title": "Bobby Rush" }, { "docid": "5547640", "text": "Political history of Chicago In 1855, Chicago Mayor Levi Boone threw Chicago politics into the national spotlight with some dry proposals that would lead to the Lager Beer Riot by the wets. The 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated home-state candidate Abraham Lincoln. During the 1880s, 1890s, and early 1900th century, Chicago also had an underground radical tradition with large and highly organized socialist, communist, anarchist and labor organizations. The Republicans had their own machine operations, typified by the \"blonde boss\" William Lorimer, who was unseated by the U.S. Senate in 1912 because of his corrupt election methods. The", "title": "Political history of Chicago" }, { "docid": "20885869", "text": "and when wards elected two aldermen each. An alderman for 43 years, and the last to have served under a Republican mayor, he is as of 2018 the third-longest serving alderman in Chicago history, behind Ed Burke of the 14th ward and John Coughlin of the 1st. A corrupt and mob-linked yet popular and effective alderman, Crowe kept his affiliation with the machine in a changing climate and was able to maintain and entrench his power within the 42nd ward as the decades wore on. His long tenure witnessed many political changes in Chicago and his ward. When he assumed", "title": "Dorsey Crowe" }, { "docid": "20723913", "text": "Ed Zabrocki Ed Zabrocki is a politician who served as the Mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois from May 1981 until his resignation in June 2016. During his mayoral tenure, he briefly served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1995. After his resignation from the Illinois House of Representatives, local Republicans appointed John Doody, the Mayor of Homewood, Illinois to replace him. While Mayor, Zabrocki also taught at Brother Rice High School in the City of Chicago for a period. In 2016, Zabrocki resigned as Mayor for health and family reasons. In 2017, Zabrocki was appointed", "title": "Ed Zabrocki" }, { "docid": "3752908", "text": "Republican Party. Walter S. Gurnee Walter Smith Gurnee (March 9, 1813 – April 17, 1903) served as Mayor of Chicago (1851-3) for the Democratic Party. The town of Gurnee, Illinois is named for him. Gurnee was born in Haverstraw, New York and arrived in Chicago in 1836 after spending time in Michigan. Once in Chicago, he established a tannery, which, by 1844, employed between thirty and fifty men. He was a founding member of the Chicago Board of Trade. Prior to becoming the mayor of Chicago, Gurnee was the primary partner of Gurnee & Matteson, a sadlery and leather firm.", "title": "Walter S. Gurnee" }, { "docid": "3758057", "text": "George Bell Swift George Bell Swift (December 14, 1845July 2, 1912; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1893; 1895–1897) for the Republican Party. He was selected to replace the assassinated Carter Harrison, Sr. as Mayor pro tem in 1893 and lost his re-election bid. He was re-elected when he ran in 1895. Swift was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Samuel W. Swift and Elizabeth Swift (born Bell). His family moved to Galena, Illinois when he was young. By his teenage years, the family was living in Chicago. Prior to serving as mayor of Chicago, Swift served", "title": "George Bell Swift" }, { "docid": "13184871", "text": "1877 and a major railroad strike. Government corruption was rampant. A new city charter provided opportunities for vote fraud. Long John Wentworth, the colorful former newspaper editor, police commissioner, two-time mayor, and congressman, saw an opportunity to form a “marching club,” a group of partisans who worked and paraded for their favorite candidates. The Republican National Convention of 1880 was in Chicago and Wentworth formed the Union League Club to support Ulysses S. Grant, who sought a third-term nomination for president. Though the Convention denied Grant the nomination and selected James A. Garfield of Ohio, the Union League of Chicago", "title": "Union League Club of Chicago" }, { "docid": "10816533", "text": "Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak in 1928 after the death of George Brennan. Nash's period of domination in Chicago began with Cermak's assassination in 1933. When Cermak died, Nash helped promote Frank J. Corr to be the acting mayor of Chicago. Nash and other party leaders lobbied for a change in the city charter which called for a special election in the case of the death of an incumbent mayor. With an expensive special election looming during the Great Depression, they struck a deal with the Republican-led state legislature to grant the Chicago City Council the authority to appoint a permanent", "title": "Patrick Nash" }, { "docid": "8353465", "text": "In Chicago, Murray sold life insurance and real estate. In 1908 he married Cornelia Martin, who brought her daughter Gaynell to the marriage. Together in the 1920s, the Murrays adopted a 10-year-old boy, Donald; they also fostered numerous children. Murray became active in the Illinois Republican Party and an ally of Chicago Mayor \"Big Bill\" Thompson. During this time, he published two books on race relations, which were collections of speeches he gave across the country. Murray died in Chicago on April 21, 1926. The eulogy was given by his neighbor John Roy Lynch, who had served as a US", "title": "George W. Murray" }, { "docid": "8532927", "text": "powerful local political factions including, notably, the Independent Democrat movement of Chicago that helped elect James Hutchinson Woodworth Mayor in 1848. The early Illinois Republican Party enjoyed many members from commerce who shared the vision of Illinois generally, and Chicago in particular, as a gateway to the Western frontier of the United States. The early party members quickly identified their shared anti-slavery sentiment which further differentiated them from the older parties based on the East Coast. Many early members of the party failed to gain statewide office or election to the United States Congress due to this anti-slavery view, although", "title": "Illinois Republican Party" }, { "docid": "3310599", "text": "with his oldest daughter, Eileen and her family. He died in Chicago on May 24, 1937, aged 83. He was surrounded by three of is nine children when he died. Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (October 12, 1853 – May 24, 1937) was an American politician who was the 24th Governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917 and previously served as the 38th mayor of Chicago from April 5, 1905 to 1907. He is to date the last Mayor of Chicago to be elected Governor of Illinois. Born in 1853, in Watertown, Connecticut, he was the son of an", "title": "Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne" }, { "docid": "3394590", "text": "Billy Graham disapproved of the speech, and distanced himself from Clement afterward. Arthur Langlie, who was slated to deliver the keynote address at the Republican convention later that year, stated, \"I'll be passing up the Chicago brand of prejudicial fire and brimstone.\" In 1962, Clement once again sought the party's nomination for governor. In the primary, he defeated Memphis attorney Bill Farris and Chattanooga mayor Rudy Olgiati, 309,333 votes to 211,812 for Olgiati and 202,813 for Farris. In the general election, he defeated Maryville attorney Hubert Patty, the Republican candidate, and retired naval captain William Anderson of Waverly, who was", "title": "Frank G. Clement" }, { "docid": "6430123", "text": "mayoral elections held between 1897 and 2005 were won by the official candidate of the Democratic Party, eight by the Republican Party's nominee, and four by others. (The last official Democratic candidate to win the mayoralty was David Dinkins in the election of 1989; the last candidate to win the mayoralty without winning either the Republican or the Democratic primary was Mayor John V. Lindsay, running for re-election on the Liberal column in 1969.) Michael Bloomberg, formerly a Democrat, was elected as a Republican in 2001 and 2005, succeeding another Republican mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, elected in 1993 and 1997. Bloomberg", "title": "2009 New York City mayoral election" }, { "docid": "20998468", "text": "1905 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1905 Democrat Edward F. Dunne defeated Republican John Maynard Harlan and Socialist John Collins. Republican John Maynard Harlan was an Alderman, and the son of then-sitting United States Supreme Court Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan. John Manyard Harlan had previously been an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1897. John Manyard Harlan's own son would also later serve as a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. This was the final regularly-scheduled Chicago mayoral election for a two-year term. Subsequent elections have been for four-year terms. The election took place on April", "title": "1905 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "10357782", "text": "as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention from Illinois in 1904. In 1908 Lundin was elected as a Republican Congressman to the 61st United States Congress from Illinois' 7th congressional district, a Chicago seat. He was a one-term congressman from March 4, 1909 until March 3, 1911 and was defeated for reelection in 1910. He resumed manufacturing interests and became involved as a Republican party political boss in Chicago. Richard Norton Smith describes Lundin as Lundin was instrumental in the election of Big Bill Thompson as mayor in 1915 and succeeded in getting Thompson to appoint over 30,000", "title": "Frederick Lundin" }, { "docid": "713890", "text": "whom Medill helped secure the presidency in 1860, and pushed an abolitionist agenda. The paper remained a force in Republican politics for years afterwards. In 1861, the \"Tribune\" published new lyrics by William W. Patton for the song \"John Brown's Body\". These rivaled the lyrics published two months later by Julia Ward Howe. Medill served as mayor of Chicago for one term after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Under the 20th-century editorship of Colonel Robert R. McCormick, who took control in the 1920s, the paper was strongly isolationist and aligned with the Old Right in its coverage of political", "title": "Chicago Tribune" }, { "docid": "3310582", "text": "Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (October 12, 1853 – May 24, 1937) was an American politician who was the 24th Governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917 and previously served as the 38th mayor of Chicago from April 5, 1905 to 1907. He is to date the last Mayor of Chicago to be elected Governor of Illinois. Born in 1853, in Watertown, Connecticut, he was the son of an ardent Irish nationalist, Patrick William (P. W.) Dunne (1832–1921), who emigrated to America in 1849 after the failed Young Ireland revolt. His mother, Delia Mary (Mary) Lawlor, was the daughter", "title": "Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne" }, { "docid": "11180992", "text": "Act of 1968 and for his unsuccessful opposition to the imposition of a state income tax in 1970. Frustrated by the corruption of Providence politics under the administration of Mayor Vincent \"Buddy\" Cianci, Lippitt ran for mayor three times - once as a Republican (1982) and twice (1984 and 1990) as an Independent. He lost each election - the last two times by margins of less than 320 votes. In 1982, Lippitt did not seek re-election as a state representative but, instead, ran as a Republican for Mayor of Providence. He finished third to Cianci, who ran as an independent,", "title": "Frederick Lippitt" }, { "docid": "18054140", "text": "| % ! width=\"45\" | +/- 1979 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1979, Chicago's first female mayor, Jane Byrne, took office. In the election, Byrne faced Republican nominee Wallace Johnson and Socialist Worker nominee Cleve Andrew Pulley. She won the election with a landslide majority, winning more than 82% of the vote. ! colspan=\"5\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"center\" |Chicago Democratic Party Mayoral Primary, 1979 ! colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"left\" | Candidate ! width=\"75\" | Votes ! width=\"30\" | % ! width=\"45\" | +/- ! colspan=\"5\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"center\" |Chicago Republican Party Mayoral Primary, 1979 ! colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"left\" | Candidate", "title": "1979 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "83734", "text": "Democratic vote the state of Illinois has been \"solid blue\" in presidential elections since 1992. Even before then, it was not unheard of for Republican presidential candidates to win handily in downstate Illinois, only to lose statewide due to large Democratic margins in Chicago. The citizens of Chicago have not elected a Republican mayor since 1927, when William Thompson was voted into office. The strength of the party in the city is partly a consequence of Illinois state politics, where the Republicans have come to represent rural and farm concerns while the Democrats support urban issues such as Chicago's public", "title": "Chicago" }, { "docid": "4372938", "text": "Eden T. Brekke Edon Thoranius Brekke (December 21, 1893 – July 29, 1978) was a Chicago businessman and politician who served as the last Commissioner of the West Chicago Park District and was Republican Committeeman of the 36th Ward and 37th Ward. He was born as Edon Thoranius Brekke on December 21, 1893 in Chicago. He would later spell his name as \"Eden\". His siblings included: Mabel Brekke (1898–1980) who married a Bowie; John Brekke; and Evelyn Brekke who married a Mackett. In 1910 Eden was working as a clerk and living at 815 North 51st in Chicago. Eden married", "title": "Eden T. Brekke" }, { "docid": "3758141", "text": "in the April 1977 primary election. On June 7, 1977, Bilandic was elected the mayor of Chicago in the general election, defeating Dennis Block (Republican), Dennis Brasky (Socialist Labor) and Gerald Rose (U.S. Labor). Bilandic delivered his inaugural address and took office on June 22, 1977. However, popular though he was at this time, his term as mayor would prove to be short and difficult. Bilandic had to face several labor disputes while in the mayor's office, including a gravediggers and cemetery owners' strike and a threatened strike by members of Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Chicago Butcher's Union worked", "title": "Michael Anthony Bilandic" }, { "docid": "3956986", "text": "of the Rosemont neighborhood in 1966 to build the East West Expressway \"Highway to nowhere\" that he started as a project with Robert Moses in 1941. McKeldin served his second term as mayor until 1967. He is to date the last Republican to be elected mayor of Baltimore. He is only one of two Republican governors in Maryland to be re-elected, the only other being Larry Hogan, who was relected in 2018. Theodore McKeldin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, attending Maryland public schools and later graduating from Baltimore City College. He furthered his education by earning his law degree from", "title": "Theodore McKeldin" }, { "docid": "13717597", "text": "to Congress instead; and in November 2009 Davis announced he would seek re-election. In 2010 Davis's opponent in the general election was Republican nominee Mark Weiman, a dentist. Clarence Clemons, who has worked with Mayor of Chicago Eugene Sawyer and state representative Shirley Jones, ran as an independent candidate. James Ascot, a businessman and real estate agent; Sharon Denise Dixon, a member of the Chicago City Council; and Darlena Williams-Burnett, the chief deputy for the Cook County Recorder of Deeds, also sought the Democratic nomination. State representative Annazette Collins; Chicago City Council member Robert Fioretti; pastor Marshall Hatch; and Rickey", "title": "2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois" }, { "docid": "12778963", "text": "Arthur Schultz Arthur Schultz (July 4, 1933 – November 26, 2011) was an American Republican politician. He was a five-term mayor of Joliet, Illinois, the fourth largest municipality in the state after Chicago, Aurora, and Rockford. He was last elected in April 2007. Prior to his first election, he served in the United States Navy and in the Joliet Police Department. He finished as the first runner-up in the Joliet City Council election of 1989, but when a sitting councilwoman died a few months after the election he was passed over several times for the nomination. This was controversial as", "title": "Arthur Schultz" }, { "docid": "18054139", "text": "1979 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1979, Chicago's first female mayor, Jane Byrne, took office. In the election, Byrne faced Republican nominee Wallace Johnson and Socialist Worker nominee Cleve Andrew Pulley. She won the election with a landslide majority, winning more than 82% of the vote. ! colspan=\"5\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"center\" |Chicago Democratic Party Mayoral Primary, 1979 ! colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"left\" | Candidate ! width=\"75\" | Votes ! width=\"30\" | % ! width=\"45\" | +/- ! colspan=\"5\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"center\" |Chicago Republican Party Mayoral Primary, 1979 ! colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"left\" | Candidate ! width=\"75\" | Votes ! width=\"30\"", "title": "1979 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "3973221", "text": "contrast to his easy win in 1984. Democratic Senator Al Gore won re-election to a second term over Republican William R. Hawkins, a conservative author. As of 2016, this is the last Senate election in Tennessee that was won by a Democrat and the last time they won the state's Class 2 Senate Seat. Incumbent Republican Phil Gramm won re-election to a second term, beating Hugh Parmer, State U.S. Senator and former Mayor of Fort Worth Gramm, a popular incumbent who switched parties a few year prior, had over $5 million on hand. Incumbent Republican John W. Warner won re-election", "title": "1990 United States Senate elections" }, { "docid": "5325571", "text": "Illinois. Claypool ran against Democrat Joseph Berrios, Green Robert Grota and Republican Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall. He was the first independent candidate to run in the history of the Cook County Assessor's office. Berrios won the race with 47.9 percent of the vote, against 31.8 percent for Claypool, 17.7 percent for Strobeck-Eckersall, and 2.6 percent for Grota. On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel—a longtime political ally of Claypool—appointed him president of the Chicago Transit Authority Claypool was named Chief of Staff to mayor Rahm Emanuel in April 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on July 16, 2015, that Claypool would", "title": "Forrest Claypool" }, { "docid": "20723914", "text": "by Larry Walsh, Sr., the Will County Executive, to the Will County Board of Health. Ed Zabrocki Ed Zabrocki is a politician who served as the Mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois from May 1981 until his resignation in June 2016. During his mayoral tenure, he briefly served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1995. After his resignation from the Illinois House of Representatives, local Republicans appointed John Doody, the Mayor of Homewood, Illinois to replace him. While Mayor, Zabrocki also taught at Brother Rice High School in the City of Chicago for a period. In", "title": "Ed Zabrocki" }, { "docid": "6203040", "text": "Joseph M. Barr Joseph M. Barr (May 28, 1906 – August 26, 1982) was an American politician who held a variety of positions, including an eleven-year tenure as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1959 to 1970. Barr was born in Pittsburgh to James P. and Blanche E. Moran Barr. He married Alice White, when she was 29 and he was 43. White had been active with women's Republican groups in Chicago but left the Republican party in support of her Democrat husband. Together they had two children, Alice (\"Candy\") and Joseph (\"Skipp). In 1959 Barr the consummate Harrisburg insider and Lawrence", "title": "Joseph M. Barr" }, { "docid": "12778974", "text": "prospects of continued growth necessitated that Joliet agree on borders with the neighboring municipality of Oswego and that it consider future borders with others. Arthur Schultz Arthur Schultz (July 4, 1933 – November 26, 2011) was an American Republican politician. He was a five-term mayor of Joliet, Illinois, the fourth largest municipality in the state after Chicago, Aurora, and Rockford. He was last elected in April 2007. Prior to his first election, he served in the United States Navy and in the Joliet Police Department. He finished as the first runner-up in the Joliet City Council election of 1989, but", "title": "Arthur Schultz" }, { "docid": "514702", "text": "was completed by Lundin's cunning political ideas and projects. In 1915, Thompson was elected as the 31st Mayor of Chicago, beating County Clerk Robert M. Sweitzer, John H. Hill, Seymour Steadman, and Charles Thompson. He was the last Republican to be elected into office since, aside from his third term in 1928. As Thompson entered the first term of his mayorship, he appointed Fred Lundin as chairman on the committee of patronage. Early in his mayoral career, Thompson began to amass a war chest to support an eventual run for the Presidency, by charging city drivers and inspectors $3 per", "title": "William Hale Thompson" }, { "docid": "7702177", "text": "Roosevelt under the \"Bull Moose\" ticket in 1912. He again served as an Alderman from 1913 to 1917, albeit as an Independent rather than a Republican. Merriam ran again for mayor in 1915, losing the Republican primary to William Hale \"Big Bill\" Thompson. In 1916, he established the Bureau of Public Efficiency, a private organization which helped establish many quasi-public corporations and organized the Chicago Park District. Merriam lost his bid for re-election as alderman after being defeated in the Republican primary by just five votes in 1917. He unsuccessfully ran again for mayor in 1919, losing the Republican primary", "title": "Charles Edward Merriam" }, { "docid": "20999478", "text": "1915 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1915 Republican William H. Thompson defeated Democrat Robert M. Sweitzer. Five-term incumbent Democrat Carter Harrison Jr. had been defeated in the Democratic primary by Sweitzer. This was the first mayoral election to take place after Illinois granted women's suffrage. Cook County Clerk Robert M. Sweitzer successfully challenged incumbent mayor Carter Harrison Jr. in the Democratic primary, defeating Harrison by a broad margin. At the time of the primary, the Illinois Republican Party had been divided into two groups, one led by fromer governor Charles S. Deneen and another which was", "title": "1915 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "2472948", "text": "for reelection in 1982 but trailed other Republican candidates badly in early polls and was short on money. He dropped out of the race early in the year and was ultimately succeeded by Republican San Diego mayor Pete Wilson. Hayakawa founded the political lobbying organization U.S. English, which is dedicated to making the English language the official language of the United States. Hayakawa, who lived in Chicago as a Canadian citizen during World War II and was thus not subject to confinement, argued that the internment of Japanese Americans \"eventually worked to their advantage\" and that Japanese Americans should not", "title": "S. I. Hayakawa" }, { "docid": "13965944", "text": "he was asked to return as pastor of Greater Institutional AME Church in Chicago where he concluded his pastoral career. In 1968 he ran for City Commission representing the city's Third ward, and was elected. In June 1971, he was selected by his fellow commissioners to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of mayor Robert Boelens. In 1973, he ran for the office. Grand Rapids mayoral elections are non-partisan, but Republican U.S. Representative Gerald R. Ford (who would shortly be appointed Vice President and then become President) encouraged businessman and Republican activist Peter Secchia to support Parks' campaign. Parks", "title": "Lyman Parks" }, { "docid": "17412520", "text": "seeking the nomination, John Holowinski, had withdrawn from the race in late-January. 1989 Chicago mayoral special election The Chicago mayoral election of 1989 saw the return of the Daley family to the office of mayor. The elections was held two years early because of the death of Harold Washington early in the term. Eugene Sawyer had been appointed Mayor by the City Council to serve until the special election midway through the term. Richard M. Daley was elected over Alderman Timothy Evans, the nominee of the newly formed Harold Washington Party, and the Republican nominee Ed Vrdolyak. Richard M. Daley", "title": "1989 Chicago mayoral special election" }, { "docid": "514590", "text": "John Wentworth (Illinois) John Wentworth (nicknamed \"Long John\") (March 5, 1815 – October 16, 1888) was the editor of the \"Chicago Democrat,\" publisher of an extensive Wentworth family genealogy, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives, both before and after his service as mayor. After growing up in New Hampshire, he joined the migration west and moved to the developing city of Chicago in 1836, where he made his adult life. Wentworth was affiliated with the Democratic Party until 1855; then he changed to the Republican Party. After retiring from politics,", "title": "John Wentworth (Illinois)" }, { "docid": "14940470", "text": "seat by a vote of 71-29 percent over fellow Democrat Arthur J. \"Bud\" Sweeney, Jr., to score a second nonconsecutive four-year term. In that same election, Cunningham was defeated in a race for mayor by Fred Baden, the last term that Baden would serve. In 1998, Hearn was unseated, 55-45 percent, by Republican Carol Jeukens Cunningham, the wife of Chris Cunningham. In 2000, Hearn unsuccessfully opposed, 66-32 percent, the Democrat Clarence R. Fields, a former city council member who became mayor in 1999 and ran for the remainder of the term vacated by Fields' predecessor, Republican Leo Deslatte. Fields, an", "title": "George E. Hearn" }, { "docid": "10272507", "text": "Connecticut Republican Party The Connecticut Republican Party is the Connecticut affiliate of the U.S. Republican Party. J.R. Romano, a Derby resident and campaign organizer, is the party chairman, elected June 23, 2015. Prior to his election as chairman, Romano managed the campaigns of New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart and Trumbull First Selectman Timothy Herbst in his run for State Treasurer. The party currently holds none of the state's five congressional seats and neither of its two Senate seats. The last Republican to represent the state in the House of Representatives was Chris Shays, a moderate who lost his seat in", "title": "Connecticut Republican Party" }, { "docid": "3758050", "text": "Hempstead Washburne Hempstead Washburne (November 11, 1851April 13, 1918) was a Republican attorney and politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1891 to 1893. He was the son of Elihu B. Washburne. Hempstead Washburne was born in Galena, Illinois on November 11, 1851, and attended Maine's Kents Hill School. He studied at the University of Bonn in Germany, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1874. In 1875, he completed supplemental legal education at Union College of Law (now Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law). Washburne practiced law in Chicago. In 1880 he was appointed", "title": "Hempstead Washburne" }, { "docid": "19499815", "text": "elected mayor of Dixon. In 1871, Edsall served in the Illinois State Senate and was a Republican. From 1873 to 1881, Edsall served as Illinois Attorney General. In 1878, he moved to Chicago, Illinois and continue to practice law after he left office in 1881. Edsall died of heart failure at his home in Chicago, Illinois. His son was Samuel Cook Edsall who served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota. James K. Edsall James Kirkland Edsall (May 10, 1831 – June 19, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Windham, Greene County, New York, Edsall studied", "title": "James K. Edsall" }, { "docid": "4148841", "text": "by a relatively slim margin. Once he returned to City Hall in the spring of 1927, Thompson turned the city's resources away from fighting the bootleggers, and toward fighting those who advocated reforming the city government. Chicago Mayor \"Big Bill\" Thompson was the leader of one faction of the state Republican Party. Leading the opposition to the Thompson camp was former Governor and incumbent U.S. Senator Charles Deneen. Thompson and Deneen had been rivals for control of the Illinois Republican Party, and the bad blood between the two politicians dated at least as far back as the 1904 state convention.", "title": "Pineapple Primary" }, { "docid": "3758052", "text": "Clarke (1856-1939), a stage actress and the daughter of a prominent Chicago banker; they were the parents of four children. Hempstead Washburne Hempstead Washburne (November 11, 1851April 13, 1918) was a Republican attorney and politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1891 to 1893. He was the son of Elihu B. Washburne. Hempstead Washburne was born in Galena, Illinois on November 11, 1851, and attended Maine's Kents Hill School. He studied at the University of Bonn in Germany, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1874. In 1875, he completed supplemental legal education at Union", "title": "Hempstead Washburne" }, { "docid": "13845516", "text": "Ralph A. Villani Ralph A. Villani (September 11, 1901 – February 28, 1974) served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1949 to 1953. To date he is the last elected mayor of Newark from the Republican party. Villani was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on September 11, 1901, the eldest child of Anna and Carmine Villani. His parents were Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States in 1898. On Tuesday, May 17, 1949 Villani was named Mayor of Newark by his fellow City Commissioners. In 1953, a grand jury charged that Mayor Villani and other officials in the", "title": "Ralph A. Villani" }, { "docid": "17046438", "text": "his opponents. Running as an independent, attorney Cam Winton is mentioned in a \"Star Tribune\" article dated March 20, 2013. Winton, a Republican, stated that he did not intend to seek the DFL endorsement, making him the only candidate declared at the time to do so. Dan Cohen, a Republican former City Council member, said on May 28 that he would run for mayor if the DFL failed to agree on an endorsement. Cohen, who sits on Minneapolis' Charter and Planning Commissions, was a Council member in the 1960s He last ran for mayor in 1969, losing to Charles Stenvig.", "title": "2013 Minneapolis mayoral election" }, { "docid": "17140688", "text": "Edward J. Finnegan Edward J. Finnegan (born ca. 1862) was a one term Democratic mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1910 to 1913. He was the last mayor of Norwalk, before the city was consolidated with South Norwalk. He was the son of Michael and Julia Finnegan, immigrants from Ireland. He originally took the office upon the death of Mayor Leeman M. Brundage as acting mayor by a vote of the Democratic majority on the city council. However, subsequent to that vote, a Republican candidate who lost by one vote contested the election results. A judge ruled that several illegal ballots", "title": "Edward J. Finnegan" }, { "docid": "11118334", "text": "This district includes the towns of Joliet, Kankakee, LaSalle, Ottawa and Streator, and all or parts of Will, Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Woodford and McLean counties. An open seat, Democratic State Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson ran against Republican nominee Marty Ozinga, a local businessman, and Green Party nominee Jason Wallace. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'. Republican incumbent Jerry Weller, who had held the seat since 1995, decided not to seek re-election, leaving this an open seat. Tim Baldermann, mayor of New Lenox and police chief of Chicago Ridge, won the Republican nomination but withdrew on February", "title": "2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois" }, { "docid": "6456778", "text": "Daniel E. Morgan Daniel Edgar Morgan (August 7, 1877 – May 1, 1949) was an American politician of the Republican party who served as the second and last city manager of Cleveland, Ohio, but is often regarded as the 42nd mayor of the city. He was the last member of Cleveland City Council to become mayor until Frank G. Jackson was elected in 2005. Morgan was born in Oak Hill, Ohio, to Elias and Elizabeth Jones Morgan. In 1897, he received his Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1901. He", "title": "Daniel E. Morgan" }, { "docid": "12233919", "text": "consultant on security for national conventions of both political parties until 1992. His success managing the Republican National Convention drew national attention and in 1967 he was made Coordinator of Federal Law Enforcement. Under Warren Christopher, who was the Deputy Attorney General, he managed the Federal Command Post at the Conrad Hilton hotel overlooking Grant Park in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention. Mayor Richard Daley had requested federal back-up after numerous threats by protesters. After assessing the situation, Pomeroy was frustrated with Mayor Daley's approaches, especially putting officers on 12-hour shifts, as well as being informed that he had", "title": "Wesley Pomeroy" }, { "docid": "514616", "text": "with Greeley. During World War II the Liberty ship was built in Panama City, Florida, and named in his honor. The Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University is also named in his honor. The tree omits Medill's third daughter, Josephine, who died in 1892. Joseph Medill Joseph Medill (April 6, 1823March 16, 1899) was a Canadian-American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican party politician. He was co-owner and managing editor of the \"Chicago Tribune\", and was Mayor of Chicago after the great fire of 1871. Joseph Medill was born April 6, 1823, in Saint John,", "title": "Joseph Medill" }, { "docid": "11147561", "text": "of the tiny Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois who served 51 years from the village's incorporation in 1956 to his death in 2007. Robert L. Butler Robert L. Butler (born January 23, 1927) served as the Mayor of Marion, Illinois from May 1963 until he resigned on January 31, 2018 for health reasons. At the time of his resignation, he was the second longest serving mayor in the United States. He was succeeded by Commissioner Anthony Rinella. Butler has long been associated with the Republican party, but is classified as an Independent due to his paleolibertarian-paleoconservative stances on issues. Many", "title": "Robert L. Butler" }, { "docid": "17140689", "text": "were cast, and the recount resulted in that Republican being seated on the council. This also resulted in a city council, whose membership including the mayor, was tied with three Democrats, and three Republicans. Since the city charter stated that the mayor only votes in the case of a tie, this had the effect of creating a Republican majority. Edward J. Finnegan Edward J. Finnegan (born ca. 1862) was a one term Democratic mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1910 to 1913. He was the last mayor of Norwalk, before the city was consolidated with South Norwalk. He was the son", "title": "Edward J. Finnegan" }, { "docid": "20999499", "text": "of swollen fortunes and robbers of the working classes.\" All major newspapers were opposed to Thompson, with the exception of those owned by news magnate William Randolph Hearst. However, Hearst himself had personally backed Hoyne. As he had in his previous campaign, Thompson demonized the news industry. He distributed bills with the slogan, \"By voting for Mayor William Thompson you fight the commercialized newspapers who cheat the school children and you\" Independent candidate Hoyne diverted support from Robert E. Sweitzer. 1919 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1919 Republican William H. Thompson won reelection, winning a four", "title": "1919 Chicago mayoral election" }, { "docid": "12148036", "text": "Mayor of Chicago, but lost to acting mayor Michael Bilandic. Over the years, he has run for various offices in Connecticut, Florida, and Illinois as a Democrat, a Republican, and an independent. Among them: His 1996 run for the Florida State Senate unraveled when it was revealed that he had named his campaign committee for his 1986 congressional run \"The Anthony R. Martin-Trigona Congressional Campaign to Exterminate Jew Power in America.\" The revelation led the state Republican Party to renounce him. Just before the election, he assaulted two cameramen from WPTV, the NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach. He was", "title": "Andy Martin" }, { "docid": "4372941", "text": "was set off outside his house. He died on July 29, 1978 at a nursing home in Long Grove, Illinois and was buried in Mount Emblem Cemetery in Elmhurst, Illinois. Eden T. Brekke Edon Thoranius Brekke (December 21, 1893 – July 29, 1978) was a Chicago businessman and politician who served as the last Commissioner of the West Chicago Park District and was Republican Committeeman of the 36th Ward and 37th Ward. He was born as Edon Thoranius Brekke on December 21, 1893 in Chicago. He would later spell his name as \"Eden\". His siblings included: Mabel Brekke (1898–1980) who", "title": "Eden T. Brekke" }, { "docid": "4161574", "text": "won with 59%. In 1989, Vrdolyak again ran for mayor, in a special election for the last half of Washington's term; he won the Republican primary as a write-in candidate. The general election was won by Democrat Richard M. Daley. Vrdolyak managed less than 4% of the vote, effectively ending his political career. After his final electoral defeat, Vrdolyak returned to his law practice. He hosted a popular talk radio show from 1993 to 1996 – first on WLS radio (890 AM) and then on WJJD Radio (1160 AM). He also maintained a strong behind-the-scenes presence in Chicago area politics.", "title": "Edward Vrdolyak" }, { "docid": "3758073", "text": "Fred A. Busse Fred A. Busse (March 3, 1866 – July 9, 1914) was the mayor of Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, from 1907 to 1911. Busse became a local Republican leader, first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1894 and again in 1896. In 1898, Busse was elected to the Illinois State Senate. He then served as Illinois state treasurer beginning in 1902. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him Postmaster of Chicago, a political position at that time (see USPS History). He won the 1907 election for mayor against Democratic incumbent Edward F. Dunne.", "title": "Fred A. Busse" }, { "docid": "8306493", "text": "and the last mayor to serve under the council-manager form of Government. He served one term in office, ran for re-election in 2000, but retired after losing his re-election bid to lawyer John Powers. Though the position of Mayor wasn't political, Talbott is a Republican. In December 2010 Talbott was elected State Committeeman of the Franklin County Republican Central Committee. John Talbott (mayor) John Talbott is a former Mayor of Spokane, Washington, United States. Talbott served in the United States Air Force from 1953–1982, first as an airborne radio and radar repairman in post-World War II Japan in a variety", "title": "John Talbott (mayor)" }, { "docid": "4148839", "text": "bitter political rivalry between several of the Illinois Republican candidates. The threat of election day violence was so severe that Chicago's U.S. Marshal requested the U.S. Attorney General for authority to deputize 500 additional federal marshals to assure the electorate to cast their ballots in safety. The Pineapple Primary took place in 1928, during the administration of the notoriously corrupt Chicago Mayor William Hale (\"Big Bill\") Thompson, a Republican. Thompson had served two corruption-marred terms as mayor in 1915 and 1919. Following exposure of several scandals tied to his political organization, Thompson sat out the 1923 contest, with the result", "title": "Pineapple Primary" }, { "docid": "15170918", "text": "and took sole ownership of the paper, which he renamed the \"Coshocton Republican\" in 1855. Medill later sold it, moved to Chicago, and brought the Chicago Tribune. McIlvaine was first elected Justice of the Peace of Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio in 1849, and was elected to a one year term as Mayor of New Philadelphia in 1851. In 1861, McIlvaine was elected a Judge of the Common Pleas, and re-elected in 1866 unopposed. At the 1870 Republican State Convention, he finally won nomination for Judge on the Ohio Supreme Court on the fifth ballot, and defeated his Democratic opponent", "title": "George W. McIlvaine" }, { "docid": "5188373", "text": "Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, and his prosecutors Dwight H. Green, Samuel Clawson, Jacob Grossman and William Froelich. In 1939, he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago. In 1940, a backlash against the New Deal and the U.S. Democratic Party had begun to affect Illinois and many other states, especially in the Midwest. The Republican Green, with his record as a prosecutor and established opposition to the big-city Chicago political machine, was elected governor of Illinois. He was inaugurated on January 13, 1941. At the end of the same year, Pearl Harbor thrust Governor Green into the", "title": "Dwight H. Green" }, { "docid": "10090741", "text": "Donald Stephens Donald E. Stephens (March 13, 1928 – April 18, 2007) was the first mayor of Rosemont, Illinois, USA, and a leading Illinois Republican politician. Stephens, born in Chicago, is believed to have been the longest-serving mayor in the United States at the time of his death. He was in the middle of serving his thirteenth consecutive four-year term as mayor of the suburban Cook County village; he almost exceeded the Illinois record for longest-serving mayor, set by Frank Caliper of Colp. He had served as mayor since its incorporation in 1956. Prior to that, he had been the", "title": "Donald Stephens" }, { "docid": "15449782", "text": "\"the Mayor of Chicago who is diagnosed with a degenerative mental condition that only he and his doctor know about\". Next to join the series was Connie Nielsen as Meredith Kane, Tom's wife: \"Meredith and Kane have a bad marriage and barely speak when they aren't in public\". Jeff Hephner was next to be cast, as Ben Zajac, \"the state's treasurer, an impeccably handsome and ambitious Chicago native who is clearly about to become a major player on the Chicago political scene\". Hannah Ware and Kathleen Robertson were the last actors to join the main cast, with Ware playing Emma", "title": "Boss (TV series)" }, { "docid": "3250920", "text": "2005 New York City mayoral election The New York City mayoral election of 2005 occurred on Tuesday November 8, 2005, with incumbent Republican mayor Michael Bloomberg soundly defeating former Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer, the Democratic nominee. They also faced several third party candidates. As of 2019, this is the last time a Republican was elected mayor of New York City. Bloomberg would leave the Republican Party in 2008 and register as an independent. However he was re-nominated by the Republican Party in 2009. Bloomberg's 2001 opponent Mark Green did not participate in the 2005 race in preparation for a", "title": "2005 New York City mayoral election" }, { "docid": "58090", "text": "has been a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections since 1960, becoming one of the most Democratic cities in the country. The last Republican presidential candidate to receive at least one-quarter of the vote in Berkeley was Richard Nixon in 1968. However, at the local level, Republicans dominated Berkeley city politics into the 1970s, with Republicans holding the mayor's office for all but eight years from 1919 to 1971, with Wallace J.S. Johnson being the last Republican mayor. Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Berkeley include actors Ben Affleck and Andy Samberg, Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer", "title": "Berkeley, California" }, { "docid": "3085731", "text": "Democratic primary against then-Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon. Though Simon had a \"good government\" reputation, Walker attacked Simon for soliciting and accepting the endorsement of the Cook County Democratic Party chaired by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, which Walker charged reflected servility to the \"Daley Machine\". In the 1972 general election, he defeated incumbent Republican Richard B. Ogilvie by a 51% to 49% margin. In the early 1970s, Walker was discussed as a possible presidential candidate. The enmity between Walker and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley's political organization was deep. In 1974, Walker supported state legislative candidates against Daley allies. Walker's", "title": "Dan Walker (politician)" } ]
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who played the voice of jabba the hutt
[ "Larry Ward" ]
[ { "docid": "12566399", "text": "only speaks Huttese on film, but his lines are subtitled in English. His voice and Huttese-language dialogue were performed by voice actor Larry Ward, whose work is not listed in the end credits. A heavy, booming quality was given to Ward's voice by pitching it an octave lower than normal and processing it through a subharmonic generator. A soundtrack of wet, slimy sound effects was recorded to accompany the movement of the puppet's limbs and mouth. Jabba the Hutt's musical theme throughout the film, composed by John Williams, is played on a tuba. One reviewer of \"Return of the Jedi\"'s", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566402", "text": "coat. George Lucas has stated his intention was to use an alien creature for Jabba, but the special effects technology of the time was not up to the task of replacing Mulholland. In 1997, the \"Special Edition\" re-releases restored and altered the original scene to include a computer generated portrayal of Jabba. In \"Return of the Jedi\", he was played by puppeteers Mike Edmonds, Toby Philpott, David Alan Barclay and voiced by Larry Ward. Jabba is played by an uncredited voice-actor in post-1997 editions of \"Star Wars\" and in \"\". In \"The Phantom Menace\" end credits, Jabba is credited as", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566399", "text": "only speaks Huttese on film, but his lines are subtitled in English. His voice and Huttese-language dialogue were performed by voice actor Larry Ward, whose work is not listed in the end credits. A heavy, booming quality was given to Ward's voice by pitching it an octave lower than normal and processing it through a subharmonic generator. A soundtrack of wet, slimy sound effects was recorded to accompany the movement of the puppet's limbs and mouth. Jabba the Hutt's musical theme throughout the film, composed by John Williams, is played on a tuba. One reviewer of \"Return of the Jedi\"'s", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" } ]
[ { "docid": "12566376", "text": "played by Declan Mulholland in human form. In the 1997 Special Edition version of the film, a CGI rendering of Jabba replaces Mulholland, and his voice is redubbed in the fictional language of Huttese. Jabba the Hutt makes his third film appearance in the 1999 prequel, \"\", set 36 years before \"Return of the Jedi\". Jabba gives the order to begin a podrace at Mos Espa on Tatooine. With this done, Jabba falls asleep, and misses the race's conclusion. Jabba figures into the plot of the animated film \"\", wherein his son Rotta is captured by Separatists; Anakin Skywalker and", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566368", "text": "Jabba the Hutt Jabba Desilijic Tiure, commonly known as Jabba the Hutt, is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise created by George Lucas. He is a large, slug-like alien known as a Hutt who, like many others of his species, operates as a powerful crime lord within the galaxy. In the original theatrical releases of the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy, Jabba the Hutt first appeared in \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983), though he is mentioned in \"Star Wars\" (1977) and \"The Empire Strikes Back\" (1980), and a previously deleted scene involving Jabba the Hutt was added to the", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566398", "text": "movement of Jabba's tail. Tony Cox, who also played an Ewok, would assist as well. The eyes and facial expressions were operated by radio control. Lucas voiced displeasure in the puppet's appearance and immobility, complaining that the puppet had to be moved around the set to film different scenes. In the DVD commentary to the Special Edition of \"Return of the Jedi\", Lucas notes that if the technology had been available in 1983, Jabba the Hutt would have been a CGI character similar to the one that appears in the Special Edition scene of \"A New Hope\". Jabba the Hutt", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566403", "text": "playing himself. His puppeteers have appeared in the documentaries \"\" and \"\". David Alan Barclay, who was one of the puppeteers for Jabba in the film, voiced Jabba in the Super NES video game adaptation of \"\". In the radio drama adaption of the original trilogy, Jabba is played by Ed Asner. In the film \"\" and the following , Jabba is portrayed by Kevin Michael Richardson. All other video game appearances of Jabba were played by Clint Bajakian. Jabba was supposed to appear in \"\", but was left out due to time constraints. A cutscene was produced featuring a", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566410", "text": "the Hutt has come to represent greed and anarchy, especially in the business world. Jabba the Hutt ranked #4 on the Forbes Fictional 15 list of wealthiest fictional characters in 2008. Jabba the Hutt has likewise become a popular means of caricature in American politics. William G. Ouchi uses the term to describe what he sees as the inefficient bureaucracy of the public school system: \"With all of these unnecessary layers of organizational fat, school districts have come to resemble Jabba the Hutt—the pirate leader in \"Star Wars\".\" Jabba the Hutt Jabba Desilijic Tiure, commonly known as Jabba the Hutt,", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566401", "text": "says Williams' piece \"blends the monstrous and the lyrical.\" According to film historian Laurent Bouzereau, Jabba the Hutt's death in \"Return of the Jedi\" was suggested by script writer Lawrence Kasdan. Lucas decided Leia should strangle him with her slave chain. He was inspired by a scene from \"The Godfather\" (1972) where an obese character named Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana) is garroted by an assassin. Jabba the Hutt was played by Declan Mulholland in scenes cut from the 1977 release of \"Star Wars\". In Mulholland's scenes as Jabba, Jabba is represented as a rotund human dressed in a shaggy fur", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566407", "text": "the birthday cake, I feel a Jabba the Hutt moment coming on.\" Likewise, in the novel \"Steps and Exes: A Novel of Family\" (2000), Laura Kalpakian uses Jabba the Hutt to emphasize the weight of a character's father: \"The girls used to call Janice's parents Jabba the Hutt and the Wookiee. But then Jabba (Janice's father) died, and it didn't seem right to speak of the dead on those terms.\" In Dan Brown's first novel \"Digital Fortress\", an NSA technician is affectionately nicknamed Jabba the Hutt. In his book of humor and popular culture \"The Dharma of Star Wars\" (2005),", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566405", "text": "by Donald Trump. Jabba's role in popular culture extends beyond the \"Star Wars\" universe and its fans. In Mel Brooks' \"Star Wars\" spoof film \"Spaceballs\" (1987), Jabba the Hutt is parodied as the character Pizza the Hutt, a cheesy blob shaped like a slice of pizza whose name is a double pun on Jabba the Hutt and the restaurant franchise Pizza Hut. Like Jabba, Pizza the Hutt is a loan shark and mobster. The character meets his demise at the end of \"Spaceballs\" when he becomes \"locked in his car and [eats] himself to death.\" The Smithsonian Institution's National Air", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566404", "text": "conversation between Jabba and Juno Eclipse (voiced by Nathalie Cox), which was scrapped from the game. He appears in the Ultimate Sith Edition. With the premiere of \"Return of the Jedi\" in 1983 and the accompanying merchandising campaign, Jabba the Hutt became an icon in American popular culture. The character was produced and marketed as a series of action figure play sets by Kenner/Hasbro from 1983 to 2004. In the 1990s, Jabba the Hutt starred in his own comic book series collectively titled \"Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal\", a reference to the book of the same title", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566378", "text": "free Ziro the Hutt from prison. Jabba next makes a short appearance in the episode \"Hunt for Ziro\" in which he is seen laughing at Ziro's death at the hand of Sy Snootles, and pays her for delivering Ziro's holo-diary. In the fifth season's episode \"Eminence\", Jabba and the Hutt Council are approached by Darth Maul, Savage Oppress, and Pre Vizsla; and when disappointed by these, Jabba sends bounty hunters Embo, Sugi, Latts Razzi, and Dengar to capture them. After a battle, the Shadow Collective confront Jabba at his palace on Tatooine, where Jabba agrees to an alliance. The first", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566383", "text": "was born 596 years before the events of \"A New Hope\", making him around 600 years old at the time of his death in \"Return of the Jedi\". Ann C. Crispin's novel \"The Hutt Gambit\" (1997) explains how Jabba the Hutt and Han Solo become business associates and portrays the events that lead to a bounty being placed on Han's head. Other Expanded Universe stories—especially the anthology of Dark Horse comics by Jim Woodring titled \"Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal\" (1998)—likewise detail Jabba the Hutt's rise to the head of the Desilijic clan, his role in the", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566379", "text": "released appearances of Jabba the Hutt in any visual capacity were in Marvel Comics' adaptations of \"A New Hope\". In \"Six Against the Galaxy\" (1977) by Roy Thomas, \"What Ever Happened to Jabba the Hut?\" (1979) and \"In Mortal Combat\" (1980), both by Archie Goodwin, Jabba the Hutt (originally spelled \"Hut\") appeared as a tall humanoid with a walrus-like face, a topknot, and a bright uniform. The official \"Jabba\" was not yet established as he had yet to be seen. While awaiting the sequel to \"Star Wars\", Marvel kept the monthly comic going with their own stories, one of which", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "5184992", "text": "\"Pizza the Hutt\" from the \"Star Wars\" spoof film \"Spaceballs\". Hutt (Star Wars) The Hutts are a fictional alien species in the \"Star Wars\" franchise. Hutts are rotund, voracious and grotesque-looking slug-like creatures with a predisposition to being involved as leaders in organized crime. The most famous Hutt and the first to be depicted, from whose design template that later used for other members of the race is derived, is Jabba the Hutt, who appears in the films \"Return of the Jedi\", the Special Edition release of \"A New Hope\", and \"\". Both Jabba and numerous other Hutts additionally feature", "title": "Hutt (Star Wars)" }, { "docid": "12566377", "text": "Ahsoka Tano return him to Jabba, in exchange for the safe passage of Republic ships through his territory. Jabba subsequently appeared in a handful of episodes of , starting in the third season. In the episode \"Sphere of Influence\", where Jabba is faced by Chairman Papanoida, whose daughters were kidnapped by Greedo, and Jabba allows a sample of Greedo's blood to be taken to prove him the kidnapper. In the episode \"Evil Plans\", Jabba hires the bounty hunter Cad Bane to bring him plans for the Senate building. When Bane returns successful, Jabba and the Hutt Council send Bane to", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566385", "text": "of the Jedi\", his surviving former courtiers join forces with his rivals on Tatooine and his family on the Hutt homeworld Nal Hutta make claims to his palace, fortune, and criminal empire. Timothy Zahn's novel \"Heir to the Empire\" (1991) reveals that a smuggler named Talon Karrde eventually replaces Jabba as the \"big fish in the pond\", and moves the headquarters of the Hutt's criminal empire off of Tatooine. Lucas has noted that there was a potential role for Jabba in future \"Star Wars\" films. In August 2017, a Jabba the Hutt anthology film was announced to be in development", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566371", "text": "of the Jedi\". Besides the canonical films, Jabba the Hutt is additionally featured in various pieces of \"Star Wars Legends\" literature. Since his appearance in \"Return of the Jedi\", Jabba the Hutt's image has been highly influential and recognizable in contemporary popular culture, commonly being used as a satirical literary device and/or political caricature to underscore negative qualities such as morbid obesity and corruption. Jabba the Hutt appears in three of the eight live-action \"Star Wars\" films (\"The Phantom Menace\", \"A New Hope\" and \"Return of the Jedi\") and \"\". He has a recurring role in \"Star Wars\" expanded universe", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566408", "text": "writer Matthew Bortolin attempts to show similarities between Buddhist teachings and aspects of \"Star Wars\" fiction. Bartolin insists that if a person makes decisions that Jabba the Hutt would make, then that person is not practicing the proper spiritual concept of dharma. Bortolin's book reinforces the idea that Jabba's name is synonymous with negativity: One way to see if we are practicing right livelihood is to compare our trade with that of Jabba the Hutt. Jabba has his fat, stubby fingers in many of the pots that led to the dark side. He dealt largely in illegal \"spice\" trade—an illicit", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "5184985", "text": "Hutt (Star Wars) The Hutts are a fictional alien species in the \"Star Wars\" franchise. Hutts are rotund, voracious and grotesque-looking slug-like creatures with a predisposition to being involved as leaders in organized crime. The most famous Hutt and the first to be depicted, from whose design template that later used for other members of the race is derived, is Jabba the Hutt, who appears in the films \"Return of the Jedi\", the Special Edition release of \"A New Hope\", and \"\". Both Jabba and numerous other Hutts additionally feature in various works of the \"Star Wars\" expanded universe, which", "title": "Hutt (Star Wars)" }, { "docid": "12566372", "text": "literature and stars in the comic book anthology \"Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal\" (1998), a collection of comics originally published in 1995 and 1996. Jabba is first seen in 1983 in \"Return of the Jedi\", the third installment of the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy. Directed by Richard Marquand and written by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas, the first act of \"Return of the Jedi\" features the attempts of Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), the Wookiee Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), and Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to rescue their friend, Han Solo (Harrison Ford), who had been imprisoned", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566391", "text": "Edition, explained that the ultimate goal of the revised scene was to make it look as if Jabba the Hutt was actually on the set talking to and acting with Harrison Ford and that the crew had merely photographed it. Letteri stated that the new scene consisted of five shots that took over a year to complete. The scene was polished further for the 2004 release on DVD, improving Jabba's appearance with advancements in CGI techniques, although neither release looks exactly like the original Jabba the Hutt puppet. At one point of the original scene, Ford walks behind Mulholland. This", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566406", "text": "and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., included a display on Jabba the Hutt in the temporary exhibition \"Star Wars: The Magic of Myth\", which closed in 1999. Jabba's display was called \"The Hero's Return,\" referencing Luke Skywalker's journey toward becoming a Jedi. Since the release of \"Return of the Jedi\", the name \"Jabba the Hutt\" has become synonymous in American mass media with repulsive obesity. The name is utilized as a literary device—either as a simile or metaphor—to illustrate character flaws. For example, in \"Under the Duvet\" (2001), Marian Keyes references a problem with gluttony when she writes, \"wheel out", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566380", "text": "includes Jabba tracking Han Solo and Chewbacca down to an old hideaway they use for smuggling. However, circumstances force Jabba to lift the bounty on Solo and Chewbacca, thus enabling them to return to Tatooine for an adventure with Luke Skywalker—who has returned to the planet in order to recruit more pilots for the Rebel Alliance. In the course of another adventure, Solo kills the space pirate Crimson Jack and busts up his operation, which Jabba bankrolled. Jabba thus renews the reward for Solo's head and Solo later kills a bounty hunter who tells him why he is hunted once", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566409", "text": "drug in the Star Wars galaxy. He also transacts business in the slave trade. He has many slaves himself, and some he fed to the Rancor, a creature he kept caged and tormented in his dungeon. Jabba uses deception and violence to maintain his position. Outside literature, the character's name has become an insulting term of disparagement. To say that someone \"looks like Jabba the Hutt\" is commonly understood as a slur to impugn that person's weight or appearance. The term is often employed by the media as an attack on prominent figures. In another sense of the term, Jabba", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566393", "text": "generated by a computer. By the 2004 DVD, Jabba's appearance was modified yet again to match his appearance in \"Episode I\". When Han steps on Jabba's tail, Jabba reacts more strongly, winding up as if to punch him. Also, in order to make Jabba look more convincing, shadows of Han can be seen on his body. Lucas based the CGI on the character as he originally appeared in \"Return of the Jedi\". In this film, Jabba the Hutt is an immense, sedentary, slug-like creature designed by Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic Creature Shop. Design consultant Ralph McQuarrie claimed, \"In my", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566373", "text": "in carbonite in the previous film, \"The Empire Strikes Back\". The captured Han is delivered to Jabba by the bounty hunter Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch) and placed on display in the crime lord's throne room as a decoration. Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), droids C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), Leia, and Chewbacca infiltrate Jabba's palace to save Han. Leia is able to free Han from the carbonite, but she is caught and enslaved by the Hutt. Chained to Jabba, she is forced to wear her iconic metal bikini. Luke arrives to \"bargain for Solo's life\", but Jabba attempts", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "8164971", "text": "Declan Mulholland Thomas Declan Mulholland (6 December 1932 – 29 June 1999) was a Northern Irish character actor of film and television. Born in Belfast, his first role was in \"H.M.S. Defiant\" (1962) as Morrison. He also played Jabba the Hutt in a deleted scene of the original \"Star Wars\" (1977; the scene was later placed back into the movie for the film's twentieth anniversary re-release in 1997 replacing Mulholland with a computerized Jabba). He had a substantial part in the 1975 Amicus Productions film \"The Land That Time Forgot\". His many TV appearances included the \"Doctor Who\" stories \"The", "title": "Declan Mulholland" }, { "docid": "1390798", "text": "well as Maria De Aragon for some close-in pickup shots in 1977, while a younger version of him was played by Simon Rose and Oliver Walpole in a deleted scene from the 1999 prequel film \"\". Greedo is a Rodian bounty hunter working for Jabba the Hutt in \"Star Wars: A New Hope\". Jabba hires him to capture Han Solo, who lost the Hutt's cargo during a smuggling mission while evading pursuit from an Imperial Star Destroyer. Greedo tracks his target to the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine, where Han kills him with a concealed blaster. In \"\", a young", "title": "Greedo" }, { "docid": "5184986", "text": "greatly elaborates on their kind's history, culture and role in galactic society at large. A Hutt first appeared in the film \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983), and was designed by Phil Tippett. Jabba the Hutt is a crimelord that keeps an imprisoned Han Solo as a trophy. He reappeared in a deleted scene that was completed for the Special Edition of \"A New Hope\" in 1997. In \"The Phantom Menace\" (1999), Jabba appears alongside Gardulla the Hutt, the original owner of main character Anakin Skywalker and his mother, Shmi. She is explained as having lost them while betting with junk", "title": "Hutt (Star Wars)" }, { "docid": "15759184", "text": "of Northern California for the Endor scenes, the filming of the speeder bike chase sequence, and the creation of the various alien languages and the songs \"Lapti Nek\" as performed by the character Sy Snootles and the Ewok celebration song at the end of the film. It also includes footage from the original deleted scene from \"Star Wars\" featuring Han Solo's meeting with Jabba the Hutt, who was then played by Irish actor Declan Mulholland (the scene was later restored for the 1997 Special Edition of \"Star Wars\" in which a CGI Jabba was superimposed over Mulholland and his dialogue", "title": "From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga" }, { "docid": "12566384", "text": "criminal underworld of the \"Star Wars\" universe, and the establishment of his crime syndicate on Tatooine in the \"Star Wars\" galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. \"Tales From Jabba's Palace\" (1996), a collection of short stories edited by science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson, pieces together the lives of Jabba the Hutt's various minions in his palace and their relationship to him during the last days of his life. These stories reveal that very few of the Hutt's servants are loyal to him, with many plans underway among their ranks to attempt his assassination. When Jabba the Hutt is killed in \"Return", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566386", "text": "alongside an Obi-Wan Kenobi film. Although no cast or crew have been announced, Guillermo del Toro has expressed interest in serving as the director. Jabba the Hutt exemplifies lust, greed, and gluttony. The character is known throughout the \"Star Wars\" universe as a \"vile gangster\" who amuses himself by torturing and humiliating his subjects and enemies. He surrounds himself with scantily-clad slave girls of all species, chained to his dais. The Star Wars Databank—an official online database of \"Star Wars\" information—remarks that residents of his palace are not safe from his desire to dominate and torture: in \"Return of the", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "11559059", "text": "and fears for his safety. She decides to contact Jabba's uncle Ziro in Coruscant. The Hutt refuses to cooperate, apparently believing that it is the Jedi who are responsible for the situation. However, Padmé soon discovers that Ziro has actually conspired with Dooku to have Rotta killed in order for Jabba to have Anakin and Ahsoka executed in return, which will force the Jedi Council, led by Yoda, to take Jabba into custody and allow Ziro to seize power over the Hutt clans. Padmé is discovered and detained, but a chance call by C-3PO enables her to summon a squadron", "title": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "12566374", "text": "to feed him to his pet Rancor, an enormous monster. Luke kills the Rancor, and he, Han, and Chewbacca are condemned to be devoured by the Sarlacc. At the Great Pit of Carkoon, Luke escapes execution with the help of R2-D2, and defeats Jabba's guards. During the subsequent confusion, Leia strangles Jabba to death; whereafter Luke, Leia, Han, Lando, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 escape, and Jabba's sail barge explodes over the Sarlacc pit in the background. The second film appearance of Jabba the Hutt is in the of \"Star Wars\" which was released in 1997 to commemorate the 20th anniversary", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566395", "text": "Jedi\" costume designer Nilo Rodis-Jamero commented, My vision of Jabba was literally Orson Welles when he was older. I saw him as a very refined man. Most of the villains we like are very smart people. But Phil Tippett kept imagining him as some kind of slug, almost like in \"Alice in Wonderland\". At one time he sculpted a creature that looked like a slug that's smoking. I kept thinking I must be really off, but eventually that's where it led up to.\" Designed by visual effects artist Phil Tippett, Jabba the Hutt was inspired by the anatomy of several", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566389", "text": "a \"fat, slug-like creature with eyes on extended feelers and a huge ugly mouth\", but Lucas stated in an interview that the initial character he had in mind was much furrier and resembled a Wookiee. When filming the scene between Han Solo and Jabba in 1976, Lucas employed Northern Irish actor Declan Mulholland to stand-in for Jabba the Hutt, wearing a shaggy brown costume. Lucas planned to replace Mulholland in post-production with a stop-motion creature. The scene was meant to connect \"Star Wars\" to \"Return of the Jedi\" and explain why Han Solo was imprisoned at the end of \"The", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "1538649", "text": "the voice of Boba Fett and Edward Asner, speaking only in Huttese, voiced Jabba the Hutt. The only actor who starred in all the feature films as well as all three radio dramas was Anthony Daniels. The supporting cast included Rick Hall, Andrew Hawkes, Sherman Howard, Karl Johnson, John Kapelos, Ron Le Paz, Joe Liss, Paul Mercier, Steven Petrarca, Jonathan Penner, Gil Segel, Nia Vardalos and Ron West. Ken Hiller provides the narration. Existing radio promos, deleted scenes, and additional music tracks are available which originated on previous releases of this collection and in the NPR broadcast versions. In 2013,", "title": "Star Wars (radio)" }, { "docid": "12566369", "text": "1997 theatrical re-release and subsequent home media releases of \"A New Hope\". When first shot, this scene featured Declan Mulholland as a humanoid version of Jabba, which was digitally superimposed over with the character's monstrous current design when the footage was reincorporated into the film. In the storyline context of the original trilogy, Jabba is introduced as the most powerful crime boss on Tatooine, who has a bounty on the head of heroic smuggler Han Solo and employs bounty hunters such as Greedo and Boba Fett to capture or kill him. When confronted at his home palace after managing to", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "1412014", "text": "Gial Gahan, a Mon Calamari Senator character who played a minor role in the \"\" comic book series. Rose was not originally hired to portray Admiral Ackbar, but instead to help build and operate the Sy Snootles puppet for the Max Rebo Band, which performs at the palace of the alien crime lord Jabba the Hutt. While backstage at the workshop where several alien puppets were stored, Rose saw Ackbar's sculpt on a display stand and asked Phil Tippett, who designed most of the creatures, if he could play the part. He did not know that Ackbar played a major", "title": "Admiral Ackbar" }, { "docid": "12566375", "text": "of the original \"Star Wars\". Here (as in the original), Han Solo disputes with the alien bounty hunter Greedo (Paul Blake and Maria De Aragon), whom he kills; and Jabba confirms Greedo's last words and demands that Han pay the value of the payload lost by him. Han promises to compensate Jabba as soon as he receives payment for delivering Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, and C-3PO to Alderaan; Jabba agrees, but threatens to place a price on Solo's head if he fails. This conversation was an unfinished scene of the original 1977 film, in which Jabba was", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "7720022", "text": "of Cerea, most of the planet's citizens are happy to continue their low-tech lives of simplicity, isolated from the Republic, but a growing voice calls for the advanced technologies brought by offworlders. When Ki becomes a strong voice of opposition for such development, he is falsely charged with murder and is swiftly drawn into a web of conspiracy and intrigue that could rock the galaxy to its foundations—a web that may have the vile crime lord Jabba the Hutt and the powerful Trade Federation at its center. Star Wars 7-12 (June–November 1999). Written by Timothy Truman. Art by Tom Raney,", "title": "Star Wars: Republic" }, { "docid": "3326435", "text": "the mood from scenes involving Jabba the Hutt in \"Return of the Jedi\". His score for the expansion pack was accepted upon first submission to LucasArts. As Petroglyph's audio director, he also selected sound effects—a tricky process due to the issue of making the criminal faction's sounds a \"little different, without straying too much from the original signature sounds.\" Klepacki worked with LucasArts to select voice actors, and contributed his own talents to the role of IG-88 and other minor characters. A blooper reel of his voice acting was released on Petroglyph's forums after the one-thousandth member registered. Klepacki was", "title": "Frank Klepacki" }, { "docid": "2973292", "text": "Planeteers\" (1990–95); Hudson on \"Gargoyles\" (1994–96); Jabba the Hutt on the radio version of \"Star Wars\"; Master Vrook from \"\" and its ; Roland Daggett on \"\" (1992–94); Cosgrove on \"Freakazoid!\"; Ed Wuncler on \"The Boondocks\" (2005–14); and Granny Goodness in various DC Comics animated series. Asner provided the voice of famed American orator Edward Everett in the 2017 documentary film \"The Gettysburg Address\". Asner provided the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the Academy Award-winning Pixar film \"Up\" (2009). He received great critical praise for the role, with one critic going so far as to suggest \"They should create a", "title": "Ed Asner" }, { "docid": "12566390", "text": "Empire Strikes Back\". Nevertheless, Lucas decided to leave the scene out of the final film on account of budget and time constraints and because he felt that it did not enhance the film's plot. The scene remained in the novelization, comic book, and radio adaptations of the film. Lucas revisited the scene in the 1997 Special Edition release of \"A New Hope\", restoring the sequence and replacing Mulholland with a CGI version of Jabba the Hutt and the English dialogue with Huttese, a fictional language created by sound designer Ben Burtt. Joseph Letteri, the visual effects supervisor for the Special", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12558161", "text": "the jump to hyperspeed and get to the Rebel fleet. While Luke heals and is given a robotic right hand to replace the one he lost against Vader, Lando and Chewbacca prepare to leave to find Jabba the Hutt and Boba Fett and rescue Han. In \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983), Chewbacca pretends to be the prisoner of a bounty hunter named Boushh, which is actually Leia in disguise as part of Luke's plan to rescue Han from Jabba the Hutt. During the Battle of Endor, Chewbacca and some Ewoks commandeer an AT-ST from the Empire and use it to", "title": "Chewbacca" }, { "docid": "12566392", "text": "became a problem when adding the CGI Jabba, since he had a tail that happened to be in the way. Eventually, this problem was solved by having Han stepping on Jabba's tail, causing the Hutt to yelp in pain. Lucas confesses that people were disappointingly upset about the CGI Jabba's appearance, complaining that the character \"looked fake\". Lucas dismisses this, stating that whether a character is ultimately portrayed as a puppet or as CGI, it will always be \"fake\" since the character is ultimately not real. He says he sees no difference between a puppet made of latex and one", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "6395527", "text": "2018 film \"\". Smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) has jettisoned cargo belonging to crime lord Jabba the Hutt to avoid capture by an Imperial search party. As a result, Jabba has offered a bounty on Solo. In the Mos Eisley cantina, bounty hounter Greedo (Paul Blake) corners Solo and forces him at gunpoint to sit. Solo tells Greedo he has the money to compensate Jabba, but Greedo demands the money for himself. Solo says he does not have the money with him and quietly readies his gun under the table. Greedo tells him that Jabba has run out of patience", "title": "Han shot first" }, { "docid": "612862", "text": "with my tits bouncing around. So I wasn't threatening to women\", adding \"I \"like\" Princess Leia. I like how she was feisty. I like how she killed Jabba the Hutt\". Leia's slave costume when she is held captive by Jabba the Hutt at the beginning of \"Return of the Jedi\"—made of brass and dubbed Leia's \"Metal Bikini\" or \"Gold Bikini\"—immediately made the character (and Fisher) a \"generational sex symbol\" celebrated by pin-up posters, and later merchandising and cosplay. The outfit has gained a cult following of its own. Rosenberg noted that \"the costume has become culturally iconic in a way", "title": "Princess Leia" }, { "docid": "12566382", "text": "\"Star Wars\" novels and comics adopt a version of the character's image as seen in the film and greatly elaborate on his background and activities prior to the events of the \"Star Wars\" films. With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, all literature in this category was rebranded as \"Star Wars Legends\" and designated as non-canonical to any and all new media released after April 2014. \"Zorba the Hutt's Revenge\" (1992), a young adult novel by Paul and Hollace Davids, identifies Jabba's father as another powerful crime lord named Zorba the Hutt and reveals that Jabba", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566396", "text": "animal species. His body structure and reproductive processes were based on annelid worms, hairless animals that have no skeleton and are hermaphroditic. Jabba's head was modeled after that of a snake, complete with bulbous, slit-pupilled eyes and a mouth that opens wide enough to swallow large prey. His skin was given moist, amphibian qualities. Jabba's design would come to represent almost all members of the Hutt species in subsequent \"Star Wars\" fiction. In \"Return of the Jedi\", Jabba is portrayed by a one-ton puppet that took three months and half a million dollars to construct. While filming the movie, the", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12243019", "text": "fight against the Empire. Chief Chirpa has a medallion signifying he is the chief of the Ewoks. Chirpa was played by Jane Busby. Logray is the Ewok tribal shaman, who relies on ancient magic in order to assist his tribe. He is suspicious of all outsiders, which is reinforced due to the arrival of Imperial troops. Logray was portrayed by Mike Edmonds who also was \"tail-puppeteer\" for Jabba the Hutt. Paploo is Chief Chirpa's nephew and a scout who, along with Wicket, helps lead the Rebels to the shield generator protecting the Death Star. Although his effort to lure four", "title": "Ewok" }, { "docid": "12566394", "text": "sketches Jabba was huge, agile, sort of an apelike figure. But then the design went into another direction, and Jabba became more like a worm kind of creature.\" According to the 1985 documentary \"From Star Wars to Jedi\", Lucas rejected initial designs of the character. One made Jabba appear too human—almost like a Fu Manchu character—while a second made him look too snail-like. Lucas finally settled on a design that was a hybrid of the two, drawing for further inspiration on an O'Galop cartoon figure flanking an early depiction of Bibendum (also known as the \"Michelin Man\"). \"Return of the", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566387", "text": "Jedi\", the Twi'lek slave dancer Oola is fed to the rancor monster. Jabba the Hutt's physical appearance reinforces his personality as a criminal deviant. In \"Return of the Jedi\", Han Solo calls Jabba a \"slimy piece of worm-ridden filth\". Film critic Roger Ebert described him as \"a cross between a toad and the Cheshire Cat.\" Science fiction writer Jeanne Cavelos wrote that Jabba deserved the \"award for most disgusting alien\". Science fiction authors Tom and Martha Veitch write that Jabba's body is a \"miasmic mass\", and that \"The Hutt's lardaceous body seemed to periodically release a greasy discharge, sending fresh", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "6539781", "text": "the story is the Battle of Nar Shaddaa, which is fought between the Galactic Empire and an alliance of smugglers and mercenaries. In the wake of an attack on Rampa II by one of the groups that would go on to form the Rebel Alliance, Emperor Palpatine instructs each sector's Moffs to end the smuggling of contraband. In response, the previously ineffectual Moff who governed Hutt Space, Sarn Shild, proclaims that he will restore law and order to Hutt Space. This announcement is met with dismay by the Hutts, and clan leader Jabba the Hutt plans to bribe Shild into", "title": "The Han Solo Trilogy" }, { "docid": "12566400", "text": "soundtrack comments, \"Among the new thematic ideas [of the score is] Jabba the Hutt's cute tuba piece (playing along the politically incorrect lines of tubas representing fatness) ...\" The theme is very similar to one Williams wrote for a heavyset character in \"Fitzwilly\" (1967), though the theme does not appear on that film's soundtrack album. Williams later turned the theme into a symphonic piece performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra featuring a tuba solo by Chester Schmitz. The role of the piece in film and popular culture has become a focus of study by musicologists such as Gerald Sloan, who", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566370", "text": "capture Solo, Jabba is seen surrounded by a large host of extraterrestrial acquaintances, such as various fellow criminals, entertainers such as the Max Rebo Band, and slave girls, of which Princess Leia is briefly made one before ultimately murdering her captor in the midst of a climactic battle sequence. Jabba is portrayed as a cruel antagonist with a grim sense of humor, an insatiable appetite (as is typical of his species), and affinities for torture and other heinous activities. The character has incorporated prominently into \"Star Wars\" merchandising beginning with the marketing campaign corresponding with the theatrical release of \"Return", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566381", "text": "more. He and Chewbacca return to the rebels. (Solo mentions an incident with a \"bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mantell\" in the opening scenes of \"The Empire Strikes Back\".) The Marvel artists based this Jabba on a character later named Mosep Binneed, an alien visible only briefly in the Mos Eisley Cantina scene of \"A New Hope\". The 1977 mass market paperback of Lucas's \"Star Wars\" script describes Jabba as a \"great mobile tub of muscle and suet topped by a shaggy scarred skull\", but gives no further detail as to the character's physical appearance or species. Later", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "12566388", "text": "waves of rotten stench\" into the air. Jabba's appetite is insatiable, and some authors portray him threatening to eat his subordinates. Among Jabba's only displays of any positive qualities within the franchise occur in \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\", where he demonstrates genuine affection for his son Rotta and is worried by his kidnapping and angered by his supposed death. In one Expanded Universe story, Jabba prevents a Chevin named Ephant Mon from freezing to death on an ice planet, whereafter Ephant Mon becomes one of his most loyal servants. The original script to \"A New Hope\" describes Jabba as", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "8248349", "text": "appeared as Bobby in David Fickas', \"\", which was an official selection of the Slamdance Film Festival. He has also voiced the role of Eddie in the video game version of \"Reservoir Dogs\". Michael is also well known as Jabba the Hutt and Admiral Ackbar in Patrick T. Gorman's critically acclaimed, \"The Star Wars Trilogy in Thirty Minutes\". Some of his voicework includes Bouncing Boy in the 2006 animated series \"Legion of Super Heroes\", the voice of Candy from \"Driver Parallel Lines\" as well as Frankie the skua in the Academy Award Winning animated film \"Happy Feet\" and its sequel,", "title": "Michael Cornacchia" }, { "docid": "12566397", "text": "puppet had its own makeup artist. The puppet required three puppeteers to operate, making it one of the largest ever used in a motion picture. Stuart Freeborn designed the puppet, while John Coppinger sculpted its latex, clay, and foam pieces. Puppeteers included David Alan Barclay, Toby Philpott, and Mike Edmonds, who were members of Jim Henson's Muppet group. Barclay operated the right arm and mouth and read the character's English dialogue, while Philpott controlled the left arm, head, and tongue. Edmonds, the shortest of the three men (he also played the Ewok Logray in later scenes) was responsible for the", "title": "Jabba the Hutt" }, { "docid": "10960128", "text": "(overworked) assistants round London parks and play spaces to perform a comic series based around her character \"Bandicoot\". The couple were described as Theosophists, vegetarians and pacifists, providing a hospitable unworldly environment for their collaborators. Panto's son Toby Philpott from his first marriage (to the actress and voice teacher Sheila Moriarty) worked with Jim Henson as an animatronic puppet operator, on \"The Dark Crystal\" and \"Labyrinth\", and formed part of the team inside the original Jabba the Hutt (before CGI took over). A. R. Philpott A.R. (Alexis) Philpott, also known as Pantopuck the Puppet Man or Panto to his friends,", "title": "A. R. Philpott" }, { "docid": "13222652", "text": "revealed about Bane's attack on the senate building. The episode \"Evil Plans\" takes place before the events of the season one finale, and depicts Bane capturing the two droids R2-D2 and C-3PO who involuntarily give him the plans to the Senate building. Then in the following episode \"Hunt for Ziro\", which takes place after \"Hostage Crisis\", it is revealed that he was hired to extract Ziro from custody by Jabba the Hutt, due to an incriminating datapad the latter possessed. Shortly after Bane is congratulated by Jabba for his success, Ziro escapes and the bounty hunter is hired to track", "title": "Cad Bane" }, { "docid": "6539787", "text": "refuses to believe Han was not involved in the swindle, and punches his former friend in the jaw. Desperate for money, Han and Chewbacca take a spice smuggling run from Jabba the Hutt (who has inherited his aunt's criminal empire) through the Kessel Run. However, they are met mid-Run by an Imperial patrol, and are forced to abandon their cargo in deep space while the \"Falcon\" is searched and escorted to a nearby world. When they come back to look for the cargo, however, they discover it has disappeared. Han tries to explain what happened, but Jabba — in a", "title": "The Han Solo Trilogy" }, { "docid": "612450", "text": "speaking only in grunts as the voice of Jabba the Hutt. The radio drama had a running time of three hours. Principal production of the show was completed on February 11, 1996. Only hours after celebrating its completion with the cast and crew of the show, Daley died of pancreatic cancer. The show is dedicated to his memory. The cast and crew recorded a get-well message for Daley, but the author never got the chance to hear it. The message is included as part of the Star Wars Trilogy collector's edition box set. Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation", "title": "Return of the Jedi" }, { "docid": "612990", "text": "Greg Proops and Scott Capurro voice Fode and Beed, the two-headed announcer of the Boonta Eve Race. Matthew Wood appears as Twi'lek Bib Fortuna, alongside a CGI Jabba the Hutt. Dominic West plays the role of a Naboo guard. Sofia Coppola appears as Saché, one of Amidala's handmaidens, and Ralph Brown appears as Ric Olié, the Queen's starship pilot. Christian Simpson appears as Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes. While writing the original \"Star Wars\", Lucas realized the story was too vast in scope to be covered in one film. The original film was written to introduce a wider story arc that could", "title": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" }, { "docid": "5395248", "text": "robust female Pa'lowick who is the lead vocalist and original member of the band. She had an affair with her Yuzzum groupie, Clayton. She is angered at Max's acceptance of Jabba's contract, and after attempts to rework the deal prove futile, Sy resorts to secretly spying for over a dozen of Jabba's enemies to earn credits, but then works as a double agent by giving them false information provided by Bib Fortuna. She was also not above getting her hands dirty when she killed Ziro the Hutt to obtain for Jabba a book containing dirt on the other Hutt leaders.", "title": "Max Rebo Band" }, { "docid": "9028639", "text": "and thus goes against the wishes of Marge and Lisa. However, during the story, Homer is seen to have made amends with the Rich Texan after hearing that they are both from Connecticut. At the end, the credits read \"Dedicated to all who died in the \"Star Wars\" films\". The list includes Darth Vader, Darth Maul (whose death was later retconned by the Clone Wars series), Greedo, Uncle Owen, Storm Trooper #5, Jango Fett, General Grievous (Droid), Storm Trooper #22, Dak, Obi Wan (Ben) Kenobi, Yoda, \"Whoever Jimmy Smits Played\", Hutt, Jabba the, Sy Snoodles, \"Unfortunately, not Jar-Jar Binks,\" and", "title": "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" }, { "docid": "12485534", "text": "Dark Crystal\", in which he worked side-by-side with Henson. The next year, Philpott was approached to serve as one of the puppeteers controlling Jabba the Hutt in \"Return of the Jedi\". Philpott controlled the left arm, head, tongue and body of the giant Hutt puppet. Philpott would lend his puppetry skills to other such movies as \"The Company of Wolves\" (1984), \"Labyrinth\" (1986), \"Little Shop of Horrors\" (1986) and \"Who Framed Roger Rabbit\" (1988) before leaving the film industry. Reflecting upon his movie career, Philpott describes himself as a \"street juggler that got lucky\". Toby Philpott was born 14 February", "title": "Toby Philpott" }, { "docid": "4029744", "text": "sarlacc first appeared in the 1983 film \"Return of the Jedi\", wherein Jabba the Hutt attempts to drop Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca into the creature's mouth; but Luke frees himself and the others with the aid of Lando Calrissian and R2-D2, while Princess Leia strangles Jabba. According to the Star Wars Databank, the sarlacci inhabit remote, inhospitable locations in the galaxy, but defies taxonomic classification, in so far as most texts claim that the sarlacc is an arthropod (as in \"The Essential Guide to Alien Species\" and \"The Wildlife of Star Wars\"), while its anchored root system and", "title": "Sarlacc" }, { "docid": "12485557", "text": "hopping around the set. The final scene Philpott filmed was the death of Jabba the Hutt; he and the other puppeteers \"trashed around and went crazy\" and Philpott said once Carrie Fisher realized she couldn't hurt the performers inside Jabba, \"she really went for it.\" Philpott described actor Harrison Ford as \"rueful, and funny as he appeared;\" actress Carrie Fisher as mischievous on the set and petulant due to being stuck in a long contract; and actor Mark Hamill was \"a bit insecure\" and not nearly as boyish as he seemed on-screen. Like most bit players in the original \"Star", "title": "Toby Philpott" }, { "docid": "12558157", "text": "a plan to rescue Leia, Luke tries to put handcuffs on Chewbacca to make it look like he's a prisoner. Chewbacca almost attacks Luke believing him to be selling him and Solo out, but Han explains that he knows what Luke has in mind and convinces the Wookiee to play along. After rescuing Leia and taking her to the rebel base on Yavin IV, the two smugglers are given reward money in the value of a payload lost by him to which he owes Jabba The Hutt. Somehow, Chewbacca is able to convince Han to put his debt to Jabba", "title": "Chewbacca" }, { "docid": "17704601", "text": "argument after they have sex, he attempts to prolong their lovemaking as much as possible. Just as Ted, Robin, and Barney are ready to call it a night, Barney reveals embarrassing information about himself. Previously, the gang had thought that Barney maxed out at \"Jabba drunk\", where he talked like Jabba the Hutt from \"Star Wars\". However, Ted and Robin realize the drinks have brought Barney into a drunken state where he will truthfully answer any question, giving them the opportunity to ask anything they've always wanted to know about him. As Ted and Robin ask Barney questions, Barney makes", "title": "Unpause" }, { "docid": "8164972", "text": "Sea Devils\" (1972) and \"The Androids of Tara\" (1978), \"The Bill\", \"The Onedin Line\" and \"Quatermass\". Mulholland died of a heart attack on 29 June 1999, aged 66. Declan Mulholland Thomas Declan Mulholland (6 December 1932 – 29 June 1999) was a Northern Irish character actor of film and television. Born in Belfast, his first role was in \"H.M.S. Defiant\" (1962) as Morrison. He also played Jabba the Hutt in a deleted scene of the original \"Star Wars\" (1977; the scene was later placed back into the movie for the film's twentieth anniversary re-release in 1997 replacing Mulholland with a", "title": "Declan Mulholland" }, { "docid": "5537711", "text": "the planet Gall. Dash finds Fett, and damages his ship, Slave I, but Fett manages to escape. Believing that the Emperor will let him take Darth Vader's place if Skywalker is killed, Prince Xizor orders Jabba the Hutt to kill Luke Skywalker. Chapter three sees Jabba send a group of swoop bikers to Obi-Wan Kenobi's home, where Luke is practicing his Jedi skills. Dash races them to Kenobi's, and eliminates all members of the gang. Luke informs Dash of a secret imperial supercomputer aboard the Imperial Freighter \"Suprosa\", containing unknown important Imperial construction plans. Dash steals the computer, and battles", "title": "Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (video game)" }, { "docid": "630863", "text": "complete \"Star Wars\". Ladd reluctantly agreed to release an extra $20,000 funding and in early 1977 second unit filming completed a number of sequences including exterior desert shots for Tatooine in Death Valley and China Lake Acres in California, and exterior Yavin jungle shots in Guatemala, along with additional studio footage to complete the Mos Eisley Cantina sequence. Lucas had planned to rework a confrontation scene between Han Solo and Jabba the Hutt in Mos Eisley Spaceport by compositing a stop-motion animated model of Jabba to replace the actor Declan Mulholland, but with time and money running out, Lucas reluctantly", "title": "Star Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "1538641", "text": "one scene, Han Solo has a meeting with an agent of Jabba the Hutt called Heater; this dialogue is based on a scene in which Solo meets Jabba in the docking bay, cut from the original film but later reinstated in the 1997 special edition. In another episode, Daley inserts a conversation in which Admiral Motti attempts to convince Grand Moff Tarkin to leverage the Death Star as a political tool. When the series was re-issued on NPR several years later, it was retitled The New Hope\" (as opposed to the official alternate title, A New Hope\"), keeping in line", "title": "Star Wars (radio)" }, { "docid": "13543789", "text": "an elaborate scheme to kill Rotta, frame the Jedi for his murder and force Jabba to attempt revenge, leaving Ziro as the Hutts' ruler. After being discovered, Dooku suggests Ziro collect the bounty placed on her head. When battle droids confiscate Padmé's comlink and blaster, she outwits and tricks one into activating her comlink as C-3PO is attempting to contact her before a droid smashes the device. C-3PO leads a squad of Coruscant Guard troopers to rescue her. Padmé then contacts Jabba just as the Hutt is about to execute Anakin and Ahsoka, and forces Ziro to confess his betrayal", "title": "Padmé Amidala" }, { "docid": "12759756", "text": "(1977), when he and his co-pilot Chewbacca accept a charter request to transport Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO, and R2-D2 from Tatooine to Alderaan on their ship, the \"Millennium Falcon\". Han owes crime lord Jabba the Hutt a great deal of money and has a price on his head. Bounty hunter Greedo tries to deliver Solo to Jabba, dead or alive, but after a failed attempt to extort the money as a bribe for letting him go, Han shoots first and kills Greedo. Han then prepares to leave Tatooine. He and his passengers are attacked by Imperial stormtroopers, but escape", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "docid": "5207715", "text": "with Jabba the Hutt, leaves Leia on Dagobah to train with Yoda. During the next several months, Han gathers together the money he needs to pay off Jabba, Leia trains with great fervor, and Darth Vader continues his search for Luke, not knowing the youth's fate; dismissing rumors that Luke has died, Vader insists that he can still sense Luke's presence. Eventually, Han, Chewbacca, and C-3PO return to Tatooine to settle Han's debt, but upon their arrival, they are captured by Jabba's thugs and the \"Falcon\" is stolen by a bounty hunter. Han and Chewbacca are taken to Jabba's palace", "title": "Star Wars Infinities" }, { "docid": "644660", "text": "Han from the vile crime lord, Jabba the Hutt. Luke offers to negotiate with Jabba, but instead, Luke falls into a trap, battling against Jabba's Rancor. When Luke kills the Rancor, he is sentenced to death in the Sarlacc Pit. Luke escapes with R2-D2's help, saving his friends and destroying Jabba's sail barge. During his return trip to Dagobah, Luke hears a dying Yoda confirm that Vader is his father. Luke then learns from Obi-Wan's spirit that he has a twin sister, whom he immediately realizes is Leia. Obi-Wan tells Luke that he must face Vader again in order to", "title": "Luke Skywalker" }, { "docid": "5207716", "text": "where they are forced to do battle with two nexu that Jabba keeps in a pit beneath his audience chamber, where the rancor used to be. Han and Chewbacca are able to escape with R2's help, and the now freed nexu tear through Jabba's palace, destroying everything in sight. In the confusion, Han and Chewbacca are able to board a Hutt shuttlecraft and escape to the docked \"Falcon\" in Mos Eisley. Soon after Han's escape, Vader arrives at Jabba's palace to question him about Han's presence. Jabba says that he does not know where Han is now. Vader recognises C-3PO", "title": "Star Wars Infinities" }, { "docid": "726597", "text": "to overpower him, severing both of Dooku's hands and leaving him helpless. Palpatine then tells Anakin to execute Dooku on the spot; after initial hesitation, Anakin brutally decapitates Dooku. This act sets off a chain of events that leads to Anakin's eventual fall to the dark side and transformation into Darth Vader. In the 2008 CGI film \"\", Count Dooku plots to bring Jabba the Hutt into the folds of the Confederacy by enlisting Jabba's uncle Ziro the Hutt to kidnap Jabba's son Rotta. After Ziro's agents deliver the Huttlet to the planet Teth, Dooku contacts Ziro again to arrange", "title": "Count Dooku" }, { "docid": "12759776", "text": "wins the \"Millennium Falcon\" from Lando Calrissian in a card tournament. Tharen, now a Rebel agent, reappears and asks for Solo, Chewbacca and Calrissian's help in attacking a slave colony. After succeeding, Tharen's troopers steal the smuggler's valuables to aid the Rebel Alliance. To compensate their losses, Solo and Chewbacca accept a smuggling job from Jabba the Hutt; but Imperial ships force the smugglers to jettison their cargo, invoking the debt Solo and Chewbacca owe the Hutt at the beginning of \"Star Wars\". Solo plays a central role in a couple of \"Star Wars\" stories set after \"Return of the", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "docid": "12867737", "text": "choose whether to control a Rebel Alliance soldier or an Imperial Stormtrooper. Other playable characters from the films can also be controlled, such as Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Emperor Palpatine, Leia Organa, Boba Fett, with Nien Nunb, Greedo, Lando Calrissian, Dengar, Bossk, Chewbacca, Jyn Erso, and Director Krennic being available through DLC. Non-playable characters such as C-3PO, Admiral Ackbar, and Jabba the Hutt make minor appearances in the game. The game includes cooperative missions, which can be played offline, but excludes a campaign mode. Players can complete the missions both independently and with bots or another player; the", "title": "Star Wars Battlefront (2015 video game)" }, { "docid": "7528318", "text": "Jabba (presenter) Jason Davis, known professionally as Jabba, is an Australian actor, media personality, video jockey, television and radio host, who first made a name for himself as part of the launch of subscription television in Australia in 1995. He was a host for music television station \"Red\" on the now-defunct Galaxy subscription television network, before the channel changed its name to Channel [V]. Born Jason Davis, Jabba attended Hunters Hill Primary School, where he gained his name, and James Ruse Agricultural High School. He also played with the All Saints Hunters Hill soccer team, and Parramatta Waterpolo Club. Jabba", "title": "Jabba (presenter)" }, { "docid": "666387", "text": "is the name of the zone, in the galactic West, which is illegally controlled by the Hutts and, in the \"Star Wars Legends\" continuity, covers the dominions of the former Hutt Empire). It is spoken in the films by both non-humans (Jabba the Hutt, Watto, Sebulba and others) and humans. In fact, the whole Max Rebo Band communicates and sings in Huttese. Its phonology is said to be based on the Quechuan languages. Many Huttese alphabets are featured through the franchise (most notably Boonta alphabet and Nal Huttese), but the one considered \"canonical\" by fans is the one found on", "title": "Languages in Star Wars" }, { "docid": "1424577", "text": "remain friends with him. With his and Raynar's help, they discover a threat to the New Republic: the Diversity Alliance, an alien, anti-human group. The Alliance is building up massive support among peoples that had been oppressed by the Empire. They are led by a Twi'lek Nolaa Tarkona, the sister of Oola, who was murdered by Jabba the Hutt in \"Return of the Jedi\". In \"Jedi Bounty\", Jacen, Jaina, and their friends are briefly held captive on Ryloth and have to escape to its harsh surface. They have gone there in an attempt to rescue Lowbacca, who had misguidedly joined", "title": "Jacen Solo" }, { "docid": "612908", "text": "Fett \"the unknowable \"Star Wars\" character\" who \"delivers mythic presence.\" Although Tom Bissell asserts that no one knows why Boba Fett has become so popular, nor cares why, both Lucas and Bulloch cite Fett's mysterious nature as reasons for his popularity. Bulloch, who has never fully understood the character's popularity, attributes it to the costume and the respect Fett garners from Darth Vader and Jabba the Hutt. The initial Boba Fett toy, more than Fett's actual film appearance, might be responsible for the character's popularity; Henry Jenkins suggests children's play helped the character \"take on a life of its own\".", "title": "Boba Fett" }, { "docid": "612812", "text": "of a space slug, they finally share a kiss. With his ship needing repairs, Han seeks out his old friend Lando Calrissian in Cloud City, the floating city over Bespin. Though he welcomes them graciously, Lando soon turns them over to a newly arrived Darth Vader, who hopes to use them as bait to capture Luke. Leia confesses her love for Han as he is frozen in carbonite and then handed over to bounty hunter Boba Fett, who is charged with bringing him to the crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Lando helps Leia, Chewbacca and the two droids escape. Leia", "title": "Princess Leia" }, { "docid": "612894", "text": "band of bounty hunters, who are in the court of Jabba the Hutt, to capture the pilot who destroyed the Death Star. In the 2015 \"Star Wars\" comic, Fett discovers the identity of the pilot and tells Darth Vader, who realizes Luke Skywalker is his son. Fett also appears in \"Star Wars Battlefront\". In early 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the development of a \"Star Wars\" spin-off film written by Simon Kinberg, which \"Entertainment Weekly\" reported would focus on Boba Fett during the original trilogy. In mid-2014, Josh Trank was officially announced as the director of an undisclosed spin-off", "title": "Boba Fett" }, { "docid": "7019559", "text": "crop of \"space wheat\". Taking a break from his work, George goes on to encounter classmates and teachers who resemble and will influence the eventual creation of, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt, R2-D2, and C-3PO. Lucas is surrounded by inspiration, but he sees nothing. Even his wise advisor, who suspiciously looks and speaks like Yoda, is unable to help him. Eventually, young Lucas meets his muse, a young woman (with a very unusual hairdo) named Marion who is \"kind of leading a student rebellion\". After they meet, everything falls into place for Lucas, as she", "title": "George Lucas in Love" }, { "docid": "3934503", "text": "killed by Sev'rance Tann, sinking Echuu into depression. The campaign follows the climax of the CIS campaign. The Jedi Council sends Shen-Jon to the planet along with his new padawan, Stam Reath's sister Naat, to reactivate Sarapin's energy platforms. The wreckage of a Decimator found on the planet reveals the usage of stolen Republic technology. The Republic forces successfully take back Sarapin and Shen-Jon interrogates CIS officer Zian Finnis, who gives away the Confederacy's presence on Tatooine. Shen-Jon goes to Tatooine and strikes an alliance with Jabba the Hutt, who tips him off about the CIS' alliance with Boorka the", "title": "Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds" }, { "docid": "651576", "text": "Fett, who plans to collect the bounty on Han from Jabba the Hutt. Lando frees Leia and Chewbacca, but they are too late to stop Fett from departing with Han. They fight their way back to the \"Falcon\" and flee the city. Meanwhile, Luke arrives and engages Vader in a lightsaber duel that leads them over the city's central air shaft. Vader severs Luke's right hand, disarming him, and tempts him to join forces. Luke accuses Vader of murdering his father, who reveals that \"he\" is his father. Horrified, Luke drops into the air shaft and is ejected beneath the", "title": "The Empire Strikes Back" }, { "docid": "7528323", "text": "the 2007 Australian Commercial Radio Awards held at Crown Casino. Jabba (presenter) Jason Davis, known professionally as Jabba, is an Australian actor, media personality, video jockey, television and radio host, who first made a name for himself as part of the launch of subscription television in Australia in 1995. He was a host for music television station \"Red\" on the now-defunct Galaxy subscription television network, before the channel changed its name to Channel [V]. Born Jason Davis, Jabba attended Hunters Hill Primary School, where he gained his name, and James Ruse Agricultural High School. He also played with the All", "title": "Jabba (presenter)" }, { "docid": "612801", "text": "with the smuggler, Han Solo. In \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983), Leia leads the operation to rescue Han from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, and is revealed to be Vader's daughter and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker. The prequel film \"\" (2005) establishes that the twins' mother is Senator (and former queen) Padmé Amidala of Naboo, who dies after childbirth. Leia is adopted by Senator Bail and Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan. In \"\" (2015) and \"\" (2017), Leia is the founder and General of the Resistance against the First Order. She and Han have a son named", "title": "Princess Leia" }, { "docid": "12485550", "text": "the techniques and methods were so new during \"The Dark Crystal\", he enjoyed a level of hands-on involvement that would not be matched in his future movies. While working on \"The Dark Crystal\" at the Creature Shop, rumors began to circulate that alien characters for \"Return of the Jedi\" were being developed at that same studio, and several of the puppeteers began looking for ways to get a job on the film. David Barclay, who had been a puppet builder for \"The Dark Crystal\", was chosen as one of the operators of the massive Jabba the Hutt puppet, and asked", "title": "Toby Philpott" }, { "docid": "18766265", "text": "of the Republic\" Playset storyline is based on the era of the \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy. Set during the events of \"\", Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Yoda and Ahsoka Tano discover a reactivated Droid factory on the planet Geonosis. The four Jedi then decide to find out who is the mastermind behind the newly minted droid army. As the story progresses, the pair cross paths with General Grievous, Jabba the Hutt, Cad Bane, Mace Windu, Sebulba, Padme Amidala and the main antagonist Darth Maul, and travel to planets Coruscant, Naboo, Geonosis and Tatooine. The \"Rise Against the Empire\" Playset storyline", "title": "Disney Infinity 3.0" }, { "docid": "838249", "text": "species. Composer John Williams wrote music for the alien band in this scene in the style of swing musician Benny Goodman, and arranged with unusual instrumentation to convey an other-worldly sound. Tatooine features once again in the 1983 film \"Return of the Jedi\", in which the story's heroes return to Tatooine to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, a fearsome gangster who dominates the criminal underworld on Tatooine. When the prequel trilogy revived the film franchise in 1999, the action returned to Tatooine for \"\" as the setting for the childhood of Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker. Living as a", "title": "Tatooine" }, { "docid": "10314036", "text": "Vader, but Obi-Wan is still there inside of Luke. The hero relies on the friendship of others. The show includes comparing Jabba the Hutt to a dragon, where he steals the damsel in distress. The planet of Naboo is spoken of in reference of Nabu, the Queen of Wisdom in Babylon. Padmé Amidala, who is from Naboo (pronounced the same as the God), is also said to be \"the Queen of Wisdom\". Luke and Leia are said to be like Apollo and Artemis. Another large portion of the special was focused on Han Solo. Han Solo's name represents him, Solo", "title": "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" } ]
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who won men 's figure skating in olympics 2018
[ "Yuzuru Hanyu" ]
[ { "docid": "20518266", "text": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles The men's single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 16 February and the free skating was held on 17 February. This medal event was the 1000th medal event in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. With his victory at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Yuzuru Hanyu became the first male figure skater to win two consecutive gold medals after Dick Button, who did so in", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles" }, { "docid": "20518266", "text": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles The men's single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 16 February and the free skating was held on 17 February. This medal event was the 1000th medal event in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. With his victory at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Yuzuru Hanyu became the first male figure skater to win two consecutive gold medals after Dick Button, who did so in", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles" } ]
[ { "docid": "10671778", "text": "while executing a quad lutz, but he was able to continue with his performance without stopping. At the 2018 U.S. Championships, Rippon placed 4th. On January 7, 2018, he was one of three men selected to represent USA in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Rippon won a bronze medal in the figure skating team event as part of the U.S. team, which made him the United States’ first openly gay athlete to win a medal at any Winter Olympics. In November 2018 Rippon announced his retirement from competitive figure skating. On April", "title": "Adam Rippon" }, { "docid": "19718556", "text": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The five events took place between 9 and 23 February 2018. A total of 148 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. Each NOC could enter a maximum of 18 athletes, with a maximum of nine men or nine women. An additional six quota spots were made available for the team event. A further ten team trophy quotas (two in each discipline) were distributed to countries who qualified for the team", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "20079337", "text": "figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Hungary qualified a full squad of 5 men and 5 women each. Hungary earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cups used for qualification. Hungary at the 2018 Winter Olympics Hungary competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. With the men's 5000 metre relay victory in short track speed skating, the nation had won its first ever Winter Olympic gold, and first Winter", "title": "Hungary at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "20502548", "text": "Winter Olympics. Cha Jun-hwan and You Young both won their second senior national titles. The 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will be held on 22-28 January 2018, in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. Based on the results of the 2017 KSU President Cup Ranking Competition from December 1–3, 2017. The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 9-25, 2018. The 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, March 5-11, 2018. The 2018 World Figure Skating Championships will be held in Milan, Italy, March 19-25, 2018. 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships", "title": "2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "20522301", "text": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pairs skating The pairs figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 14 February and the free skating on 15 February 2018. Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot became Olympic champions after finishing fourth in the short program and setting a record with their score in the free program. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, leading after the short program, made a couple of mistakes in the free program and won silver. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pairs skating" }, { "docid": "19718558", "text": "made their Olympic debuts in the sport. Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The five events took place between 9 and 23 February 2018. A total of 148 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. Each NOC could enter a maximum of 18 athletes, with a maximum of nine men or nine women. An additional six quota spots were made available for the team event. A further ten team trophy quotas (two in each discipline) were distributed", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "17129690", "text": "at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] [[Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Freestyle skiing at the", "title": "Olympic results index" }, { "docid": "20035343", "text": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification The following is about the qualification rules and allocation of spots for the figure skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics. A total of 148 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 18 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 9 men or 9 women. A further ten team trophy quotas can be distributed to countries qualifying for the team event, but not the discipline itself. This means up to a maximum of 158 athletes can partake. If", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "docid": "12870183", "text": "4, 2018. Ashworth won the bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in speed skating. Ashworth died on October 4, 2018 in Wilmington, New York. Jeanne Ashworth Jeanne Chesley Ashworth (July 1, 1938 – October 4, 2018) was an American speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics, 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics. Ashworth competed in the first Olympic speed skating event for women. She won the bronze medal, finishing behind a German and Russian. During the late 50's and 60's, when Ashworth was at the height of her career, she won 11 national championships. She was", "title": "Jeanne Ashworth" }, { "docid": "10874067", "text": "1949 World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which amateur figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1949 championships took place from February 16 to 18 in Paris, France. At the men´s event, the favorite, Dick Button won. At the women´s event, however, the favorite, Eva Pawlik of Austria, who had been the Olympic runner-up behind Barbara Ann Scott one year before and who had just won the European title in 1949, dropped out because of a broken boot heel just before", "title": "1949 World Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "141260", "text": "World Championships were held in 1896 and won by Gilbert Fuchs. Only men competed in these events. In 1902, a woman, Madge Syers, entered the World competition for the first time, finishing second. The ISU quickly banned women from competing against men, but established a separate competition for \"ladies\" in 1906. Pair skating was introduced at the 1908 World Championships, where the title was won by Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger. Figure skating was the first winter sport introduced to the Olympics; its Olympic debut came at the 1908 Summer Olympics. On March 20, 1914 an international figure skating championship", "title": "Figure skating" }, { "docid": "17129689", "text": "Olympics|2018]] [[Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] [[Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] [[Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] [[Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Figure skating", "title": "Olympic results index" }, { "docid": "19931256", "text": "from October to November 2017 or earned a bye. Skaters must place in the top 4 in order to earn a spot at the National Figure Skating Championships. In late December 2017, U.S. Figure Skating published the list of skaters who had qualified or received a bye. The competition took place over ten days. All times are in PST. U.S. Figure Skating began announcing the team for the 2018 Winter Olympics on January 6, 2018. The selections for the team event at the Olympics were as follows: U.S. Figure Skating began announcing the team for the 2018 World Championships on", "title": "2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "14353145", "text": "Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's singles The men's figure skating competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held on 29 January and 1 February 1956. Sixteen men from eleven countries participated in the competition. The event was dominated by the American skaters who swept the medals. Hayes Jenkins and his brother, David Jenkins, won gold and bronze respectively. The event was held outdoors at the Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the host city for the Games. This would be the last time that", "title": "Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's singles" }, { "docid": "17753593", "text": "For complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating. The following new best score was set during this competition: Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) tied the record of four Olympic figure skating medals. (Gillis Grafström won four in the early years of the sport, in 1920–1932). Yulia Lipnitskaya (RUS) became the second-youngest Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, behind Maxi Herber who won pair skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Under modern age eligibility rules, Herber would have been 99 days too young to skate at the Olympics. Member nations submitted the following entries: Figure skating", "title": "Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team trophy" }, { "docid": "20519404", "text": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles The ladies' single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 21 February, and the free skating was held on 23 February. For a complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating. The following new best scores were set during this competition: The Olympic Athletes from Russia set two subsequent world records in the short program on February 21, with Evgenia Medvedeva scoring 81.61 and then Alina", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles" }, { "docid": "20518267", "text": "1952. Fellow countryman Shoma Uno won the silver medal, and Spain's Javier Fernández won the bronze medal. Fernández won Spain's first figure skating medal and fourth medal at the Winter Olympics. After the short program, Hanyu, Fernández, Uno, and Jin Boyang were first, second, third, and fourth respectively. Nathan Chen, originally one of the favorites for the podium, skated an uncharacteristically poor short program that placed him at 17th, but fought back to win the free skating with a score of 215.08--8.91 points above the second place free skating by Hanyu. He ended up fifth overall. In the free program,", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles" }, { "docid": "20522304", "text": "the minimum total elements score, which does not include component scores. For the short program this was 20.00 and the free skate 36.00. The short program was held on 14 February. The free skating was held on 15 February. The skaters are ranked according to their overall score. Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pairs skating The pairs figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 14 February and the free skating on 15 February 2018. Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Pairs skating" }, { "docid": "20518270", "text": "was held on 16 February 2018. The free skating was held on 17 February 2018. The skaters were ranked according to their overall score. Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles The men's single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 16 February and the free skating was held on 17 February. This medal event was the 1000th medal event in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. With his victory at the", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles" }, { "docid": "20519406", "text": "free skate 36.00. The short program was held on 21 February. The free skating was held on 23 February. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Evgenia Medvedeva finished at higher place due to better program component score <BR> The skaters were ranked according to their overall score. Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles The ladies' single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short program was held on 21 February, and the free skating was held on 23 February. For a complete list of figure skating records, see", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles" }, { "docid": "20525830", "text": "scored enough points overall to win the gold medal, setting another world record with a total score of 206.07. This was the third Olympic medal that Virtue/Moir had won in ice dance; they won their first gold in 2010 and they took silver in 2014. It was also their fifth Olympic medal overall (including two team medals in 2014 and 2018), making them the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history. For complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating. The following new best scores were set during this competition: A total of 24", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dance" }, { "docid": "15414134", "text": "8th at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy after placing 4th in the short program and 9th in the free skate. He received two Grand Prix assignments, 2017 Rostelecom Cup and 2017 Cup of China. He withdrew from the first event due to a muscle injury in his right hip-pelvic area. In December, Tanaka won his second National silver medal, and was named to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships. At the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Tanaka set new personal bests in the short program,", "title": "Keiji Tanaka" }, { "docid": "12066526", "text": "Dalilah Sappenfield Dalilah Sappenfield is an American World and Olympic figure skating coach and choreographer who specializes in pair skating. She has worked as a coach since 1993 and is the 2008 USFSA/PSA Coach of the Year, an award she won after her pair teams won the gold medals at the novice, junior, and senior levels at the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Her pair Alexa Scimeca Knierim & Chris Knierim qualified to the 2018 Winter Olympics. She is the adoptive mother of Laureano Ibarra, and he and his first partner were her first pair team. Sappenfield coaches in Colorado", "title": "Dalilah Sappenfield" }, { "docid": "9560315", "text": "the 2017-18 figure skating season, Weaver/Poje returned with a free dance from the 2011-12 season, 'Je Suis Malade'. They came in second at 2017 Skate Canada and placed fourth at 2017 Inernationaux de France. The couple came in third at the 2018 Canadian Championships, behind Virtue/Moir and Gilles/Poirier. Weaver/Poje represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, placing 7th in ice dancing. At the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships, Weaver/Poje won the bronze medal after placing third in the short dance and fourth in the free dance. For the 2018-19 figure skating season, Weaver/Poje chose for their free dance", "title": "Andrew Poje" }, { "docid": "14295279", "text": "Christina Riegel Christina \"Tina\" Riegel (born 25 August 1965 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a former German figure skater who competed in pair skating and ladies singles at the 1980 Winter Olympics. With partner Andreas Nischwitz, Riegel won the gold medal at the German Figure Skating Championships three straight years, beginning in 1979. They finished eighth at the 1980 Olympics, when Riegel was just 14 years old, and the following year, the pair won the silver medal at the European Figure Skating Championships and the bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships. Riegel also won the bronze medal at the German", "title": "Christina Riegel" }, { "docid": "14333891", "text": "Chen performed a total seven clean quadruple jumps (two in the short program and five in the free skate) and scored 315.23 to win his second consecutive national title. Following the event, Chen, Adam Rippon, and Vincent Zhou were nominated by U.S. Figure Skating to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea as part of the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Chen placed 4th in the men's short program of the team event, became the first skater to land a quad Flip at the Olympics. Chen won a bronze medal in the", "title": "Nathan Chen" }, { "docid": "20525225", "text": "was held on 11 February 2018. The women's short program was held on 11 February 2018. The pairs free program was held on 11 February 2018. The men's free program was held on 12 February 2018. The women's free program was held on 12 February 2018. The ice dancing free program was held on 12 February 2018. After all events. Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event The team event was a figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics that was held from 9 to 12 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event" }, { "docid": "14353149", "text": "gold medal in the men's competition at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Hayes Jenkins retired from competitive skating after the 1956 season, and later married Carol Heiss who was the women's silver medalist at the 1956 Games and gold medalist at the 1960 Games. Source: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's singles The men's figure skating competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held on 29 January and 1 February 1956. Sixteen men from eleven countries participated in the competition. The event", "title": "Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's singles" }, { "docid": "14897105", "text": "the first time during the figure skating competitions to help tabulate the judges' marks and relay the results instantaneously. American Dick Button was the dominant force in men's international skating, having won the Olympic title in 1948, and the World Championships in 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951. Only three men had come close to challenging him in the years since his first Olympic victory, teammates Hayes Jenkins and James Grogan, and Austrian Helmut Seibt, who had won the European Championships in 1951 and 1952. Button took a strong lead after the compulsory figures and just needed to skate safely in", "title": "Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's singles" }, { "docid": "3085447", "text": "programs to fit the ice surface. Only Austria was able to win more than one medal. Eight figure skater competed in both the singles and the pairs event. A total of 29 figure skaters (16 men and 13 ladies) from eleven nations (men from ten nations and ladies from eight nations) competed at the Chamonix Games: Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics Three figure skating events were contested at the 1924 Winter Olympics. The competition was held from January 29 to January 31, 1924. The events held at this Games were not the first figure skating events contested at", "title": "Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "14347860", "text": "1956 Games. Ingrid Wendl from Austria won the bronze medal, the only Olympic medal of her career. Source: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles The women's figure skating competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held on 30–31 January and 2 February 1956. Twenty-one women from eleven countries participated in the competition. The event was dominated by the American skaters and who won gold and silver. Tenley Albright, who overcame a significant injury two weeks before the start of the competition, was the", "title": "Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles" }, { "docid": "3686763", "text": "mark the especially bad places, which became more numerous as the day wore on. Again only Austria was able to win more than one medal but this time without winning a gold medal. Twelve figure skater (seven men and five ladies) competed in both the singles and the pairs event. A total of 51 figure skaters (23 men and 28 ladies) from eleven nations (men from eleven nations and ladies from eleven nations) competed at the St. Moritz Games: Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics At the 1928 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were", "title": "Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "20553844", "text": "2018 Winter Olympics. Due to their result, Israel received a spot in the Olympic pairs event. In October, the two won the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star. In November 2017, Conners/Krasnopolski were named in Israel's Olympic team. In January 2018, they finished 9th at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. She competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Figure Skating in pairs skating (coming in 19th) and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea. \"CS: Challenger Series\" Paige Conners Paige Conners (born 9 April 2000) is an American-Israeli pair skater. With her skating", "title": "Paige Conners" }, { "docid": "7227141", "text": "certain placement at the European Figure Skating Championships and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. \"Updated after the 2018 Winter Olympics.\" The number in each box represents the number of figure skaters the nation sent. General Specific Figure skating at the Olympic Games Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games. Men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating have been held most often. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976 and a team event debuted at the 2014 Olympics.", "title": "Figure skating at the Olympic Games" }, { "docid": "4590200", "text": "ambassadors for the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England. In February 2014, they visited Sarajevo for the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Olympics, and recreated their Bolero routine in the same arena where they won the gold. In 2018, Dean choreographed the free program of Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, who won the gold medal in Pair skating with a world record at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. 28 April 1983 Dean was appointed Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham. Dean was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1999. Between 1991 and", "title": "Christopher Dean" }, { "docid": "20525222", "text": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event The team event was a figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics that was held from 9 to 12 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. It took place over three days between 9–12 February with the short programs and the short dance taking place on 9 and 11 February, and the free skates and the free dance taking place on 11 and 12 February. In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Tricia Smith, Lydia Nsekera, and Britta Heidemann, members of the International", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event" }, { "docid": "18562223", "text": "2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships The 2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2016–17 figure skating season. It was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea on February 16–19. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The competition served as the figure skating test event for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The competition was open to skaters from non-European member nations of the International Skating Union who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016. The corresponding competition", "title": "2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "16343705", "text": "again for the Grand Prix Final, this time in Nagoya, Japan, where she earned the bronze medal, behind Alina Zagitova and Maria Sotskova. At the 2018 Candian Figure Skating Championships she placed second, again behind Daleman. As a member of Canada's figure skating team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, she placed third in the short program portion of the team event, where the Canadians ultimately won the gold medal. In the individual event, Osmond set new personal bests in the short program and free skate, and won the bronze medal behind Zagitova and Medvedeva. Osmond's was the twenty-seventh medal won", "title": "Kaetlyn Osmond" }, { "docid": "17848812", "text": "competed who were openly gay; Canadian figure skater Eric Radford became the first out gay male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, while figure skater Adam Rippon became the first American out gay male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic medal, both in Team Figure Skating. Radford later also won Bronze in Pairs Figure Skating. At least one openly LGBT athlete competed in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang. Pride Houses are a dedicated temporary location designed to play host to LGBT athletes, volunteers and visitors attending the Olympics, Paralympics or other international sporting event in", "title": "LGBT athletes in the Olympic and Paralympic Games" }, { "docid": "20057168", "text": "female figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Latvia qualified 8 sleds. Latvia has qualified two skaters for men's events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017. Based on the world rankings, Latvia qualified 3 sleds. Latvia at the 2018 Winter Olympics Latvia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 34 competitors in 9 sports. They won one bronze medal in", "title": "Latvia at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "20525223", "text": "Olympic Committee; accompanied by Halina Gordon-Poltorak, ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee Chair, Fabio Bianchetti, ISU Single and Pair Skating Technical Committee Chair, and Christopher Buchanan, ISU Synchronized Skating Technical Committee Chair. For a complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating. The following new best score was set during this competition: This record was shortly broken in the 2018 Winter Olympics Ladies's Short Program by Alina Zagitova with a score of 82.92. Evgenia broke her own record with a score of 81.61, before Zagitova scored higher after skating after. A total of 10 teams", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event" }, { "docid": "20043919", "text": "cross-country skiing and received one additional quota place based on the reallocation process. Four male and three female competitors were announced on January 29. Kazakhstan qualified one male and two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Kazakhstan qualified 3 men and 2 women. During reallocation process got 2 additional quotas: 1 quota for 1500 meters men's event and 1 quota for men's relay. Kazakhstan qualified one ski jumper. Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics Kazakhstan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics", "title": "Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "4065959", "text": "Assistant Referee: Judges: Men Ladies Pairs Dance Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics The figure skating events in 1998 Winter Olympics were held at the White Ring in Nagano. There were no changes in the format or scoring systems from 1994. Professionals were again allowed to compete, although they had to declare that intention and compete in ISU-approved events to do so. Most of the top competitors by 1998 were now openly professional. The competitions took place on the following days: The favourites and top two after the short program were Ilia Kulik and Elvis Stojko, who would skate", "title": "Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "10850908", "text": "Frabique, who, though didn't perform well on the Olympic stage, won eight medals in three Summer Universiade Games. In figure skating, Alain Calmat is one of the more notable skaters who originated from the club. Calmat won over 25 medals, which includes five golds at the French Figure Skating Championships, three golds at the European Figure Skating Championships, and one gold at the World Figure Skating Championship. Calmat also won a silver medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics, held in Innsbruck, Austria. Other notable skaters that began their careers at the club include Alain Giletti, an early rival of Calmat,", "title": "Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt" }, { "docid": "17751546", "text": "Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Ice dance The ice dance competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The short dance was held on 16 February and the free dance on 17 February. The competition was won by Meryl Davis and Charlie White from the United States. This was the first time the U.S. had won a gold medal in ice dance. For complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating. Prior to the competition, the existing ISU highest scores were: The following", "title": "Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Ice dance" }, { "docid": "20350224", "text": "published the full list of entries on 22 January 2018. Russia's team to the 2018 European Championships was published on 24 December 2017. Russia's team to the 2018 Winter Olympics was published on 21 January 2018. Russia's team to the 2018 World Junior Championships. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on 13 February 2018. Russia's team to the 2018 World Championships. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on 28 February 2018. 2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships The 2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships () were held from 19 to 24 December 2017 in", "title": "2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "10288749", "text": "Ethel Muckelt Ethel Muckelt (30 May 1885 – 13 December 1953) was a British figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics, became one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists. As a pair skater, she placed fifth at the 1920 Summer Olympics with Sydney Wallwork. With John Page, she won the silver medal at the 1924 World Figure Skating Championships and placed fourth at that year's Olympics. Muckelt came from a family of prosperous dye manufacturers. She was one of the oldest Winter Olympics medallists,", "title": "Ethel Muckelt" }, { "docid": "14347856", "text": "Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles The women's figure skating competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held on 30–31 January and 2 February 1956. Twenty-one women from eleven countries participated in the competition. The event was dominated by the American skaters and who won gold and silver. Tenley Albright, who overcame a significant injury two weeks before the start of the competition, was the Olympic champion. The event was held outdoors at the Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the host city for", "title": "Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles" }, { "docid": "17550028", "text": "Karen Chen Karen Chen (born August 16, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is the 2017 U.S. national champion and won bronze medals at two ISU Challenger Series events and at 2015 and 2018 U.S. Nationals. She placed 4th at the 2017 World Championships, helping Team USA secure three berths for the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships. Karen Chen was born in Fremont, California. Her parents moved to the United States from Taiwan. She has a younger brother, Jeffrey, who is also a figure skater. She is studying at home through Connections Academy. Chen", "title": "Karen Chen" }, { "docid": "9708006", "text": "were contested in 1908 at the Summer Olympic Games in London, the first time that figure skating had ever been included in the Olympics. Nikolai Panin of the Russian Empire won the Olympic gold medal that year, becoming the first Winter Olympic sport champion. In August 2015, and December 2016, Clark won the silver medal in men's figures at the World Figure Championship & Figure Festival in Lake Placid, New York. He proceeded to win the gold medal in both 2017 and 2018, setting a world record by winning a total of four World Figure & Fancy Skating medals (two", "title": "Shepherd Clark" }, { "docid": "7315511", "text": "Theresa Weld Theresa Weld Blanchard (August 21, 1893 in Brookline, Massachusetts – March 12, 1978 in Brookline, Massachusetts) was an American figure skater who competed in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating. Her pairs partner was Nathaniel Niles. As a singles skater, she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships six times and competed three times in the Olympics, capturing a bronze medal in 1920. With Niles, she won the national pairs title nine times and also participated in the Olympics three times. Blanchard was also the long-time volunteer editor of the United States Figure", "title": "Theresa Weld" }, { "docid": "20677695", "text": "Jean-François Ballester Jean-François Ballester (1 September 1965 – 2 December 2018) was a French figure skating coach. He is best known for his work with Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot, who won gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 World Championships and 2017–18 Grand Prix Final. Jean-François \"Jeff\" Ballester was born on 1 September 1965, in Rouen, France. He died on 2 December 2018 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, following a heart attack at his home. His mother and sister have also worked as skating coaches. Ballester started learning to skate as a five-year-old and was competing in junior pairs when", "title": "Jean-François Ballester" }, { "docid": "20518268", "text": "Jin Boyang overtook Chen by less than a point overall, and placed fourth. In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Tsunekazu Takeda, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Alexander Lakernik, ISU Figure Skating Vice President. Vincent Zhou landed the first quadruple lutz at the Olympics. Nathan Chen became the first to ever land six quads, five clean. He also landed the first quadruple flip at the Olympics. With these jumps he holds the new record for highest free skating technical score. For complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles" }, { "docid": "10671762", "text": "Adam Rippon Adam Rippon (born November 11, 1989) is an American figure skater. He won the 2010 Four Continents Championships and the 2016 U.S. National Championships. Earlier in his career, he won the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Championships, the 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2008 U.S junior national title. Rippon was selected to represent the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Rippon won a bronze medal as part of the figure skating team event, thus becoming the first openly gay U.S. male athlete to win a medal", "title": "Adam Rippon" }, { "docid": "14246473", "text": "Monica MacDonald Monica MacDonald (born 5 May 1967) is an Australian figure skating coach and former competitor. Competing in ice dancing, she became a seven-time Australian national champion. With Rodney Clarke, she won four national titles and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics. She won three national titles with Duncan Smart. MacDonald was born on 5 May 1967. She is the mother of Brendan Kerry, who competed in men's singles at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, and of Chantelle Kerry, who competed in ladies' singles at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. She has one other daughter, Lilly. MacDonald began", "title": "Monica MacDonald" }, { "docid": "7121079", "text": "and on 1 February 2018 the results were restored. The IOC is challenging this decision. Alex Gough won Canada's first ever Olympic medal (Bronze) in Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Canada has won at least one medal in figure skating in 14 of the 17 post-war Winter Olympic games (since 1948). Canada's gold medalists are Barbara Ann Scott (1948) and the pairs of Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (1960); Jamie Salé and David Pelletier (2002); and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (2010 and 2018). Canada also won gold in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics", "title": "Canada at the Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "13186180", "text": "Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Qualification The overall quota for the figure skating competition is 148 total skaters, consisting of 74 men and 74 ladies. There will be 30 skaters in each of the single skating disciplines (men's and ladies'), 20 pair skating teams, and 24 ice dancing team. The maximum number of entries that can be qualified by a National Olympic Committee is 3 per event, making 18 (9 men, 9 ladies) the maximum number of entries that a country can qualify. Skaters must be older than fifteen as of July 1, 2009 and must be", "title": "Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "docid": "13186175", "text": "Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Qualification The overall quota for the figure skating competition is 148 total skaters, consisting of 74 men and 74 ladies. There will be 30 skaters in each of the single skating disciplines (men's and ladies'), 20 pair skating teams, and 24 ice dancing team. The maximum number of entries that can be qualified by a National Olympic Committee is 3 per event, making 18 (9 men, 9 ladies) the maximum number of entries that a country can qualify. Skaters must be older than fifteen as of July 1, 2009 and must be", "title": "Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "docid": "17452173", "text": "Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles The ladies' single skating competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The short program took place on 19 February 2014, and the free skating took place on 20 February. Adelina Sotnikova of Russia won the gold medal. For complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating. The following ISU season best scores (2013–2014) were set during this competition: The short program (SP) took place on 19 February 2014. The Free skating took place on 20", "title": "Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles" }, { "docid": "7213501", "text": "Ronald Robertson (figure skater) Ronald Frederick \"Ronnie\" Robertson (September 25, 1937 – February 4, 2000) was an American figure skater who was best known for his spinning ability. He won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists. He twice won the silver at the World Figure Skating Championships. He retired from skating after the 1956 U.S. Championships, where he was nearly disqualified after he was accused by the German Figure Skating Federation for excessive expenses on a European tour. His father, Albert Robertson, a naval architect, accused Hayes Jenkins", "title": "Ronald Robertson (figure skater)" }, { "docid": "20495282", "text": "Maame Biney Maame Biney (born January 28, 2000) is an American short track speed skater who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Biney was born in Accra, Ghana. At the age of five, she relocated to the United States to live with her father. Biney began skating when she was six years old in Northern Virginia. She began figure skating but switched to speed skating on a coach's recommendation. Biney won the bronze medal in the 500-meters at the 2017 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships. She made her senior team debut later that year winning the", "title": "Maame Biney" }, { "docid": "20035344", "text": "these additional ten quotas are not used, then the host (South Korea) may use them to qualify for each event, but may not qualify for the team event by use of these additional quotas. There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of which athlete(s) to send to the Games is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee. Each country is allowed a maximum of three entries per discipline, resulting in a maximum of 18 athletes (nine men and nine women) possible per country. According to ISU rules, countries must select their entries from among", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "docid": "6987073", "text": "Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos. Historically, the Dutch have only won medals in skating; of their 78 Winter Olympic medals since 1952, 75 have been won in speed skating, and a further three in figure skating. The Netherlands have not won a figure skating medal since 1976. Dirk Matschenz (skeleton) did meet the limits set by the Dutch Olympic", "title": "Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "360349", "text": "Pyeongchang was chosen by the IOC to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. South Korea has won more medals in the Winter Olympics than any other Asian country with a total of 45 medals (23 gold, 14 silver, and 8 bronze). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, South Korea ranked fifth in the overall medal rankings. South Korea is especially strong in short track speed skating. However, speed skating and figure skating are very popular, too, and ice hockey is an emerging sport with Anyang Halla winning their first ever Asia League Ice Hockey title in March 2010. Seoul hosted a professional", "title": "South Korea" }, { "docid": "10288750", "text": "as she was 38 in 1924, and she continued competing into her fifties. Ladies singles Pairs Ethel Muckelt Ethel Muckelt (30 May 1885 – 13 December 1953) was a British figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics, became one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists. As a pair skater, she placed fifth at the 1920 Summer Olympics with Sydney Wallwork. With John Page, she won the silver medal at the 1924 World Figure Skating Championships and placed fourth at that year's Olympics. Muckelt came", "title": "Ethel Muckelt" }, { "docid": "7239854", "text": "Winter Olympics, where figure skating made its fifth Olympic appearance. Figure skating grew in the U.S. following World War II. In 1948, Dick Button became the first American men's skater to win the Olympics, and the first to become World champion. In 1950, Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy won the United States' first World pair skating title. In 1953, Tenley Albright became the first American woman to win the World title. From 1948 through 1959, the United States won twelve consecutive World men's titles – Button won five (1948–52), Hayes Alan Jenkins won four (1953–56), and David Jenkins won three", "title": "International figure skating" }, { "docid": "3750058", "text": "Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics At the 1952 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Compulsory figures were skated at the outdoor Jordal Amfi rink, while the free skating portions of the competition were held at the huge Bislett Stadion, on a regulation-sized ice surface set inside the speed skating track. The competition opened with the ladies' figures on February 16 and 17, followed by the men's figures on February 19 and then the three free skating events for ladies, men, and pairs. Somewhat unusually for competitions of this era, there were no particular problems with bad", "title": "Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "19931255", "text": "2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships The 2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from December 29, 2017 – January 8, 2018 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing at the senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Four Continents Championships, 2018 World Junior Championships, and the 2018 World Championships. San Jose was announced as the host in August 2016. Competitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions held", "title": "2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "16902307", "text": "not the discipline itself. This means up to a maximum of 158 athletes can partake. There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of which athlete(s) to send to the Games is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee. Each country is allowed a maximum of three entries per discipline, resulting in a maximum of 18 athletes (nine men and nine women) possible per country. The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Olympic Games is limited by a quota set by the International Olympic Committee. A total of 148 quota spots", "title": "Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "docid": "14827066", "text": "Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the OlympiaWorld venue in Innsbruck, Austria. Unique to the Youth Olympic Games was a mixed NOC team trophy competition. To be eligible for the 2012 Youth Olympic Games, athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997. Exception: Male skaters in pairs and ice dance may have been born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1997. The overall quota for the figure skating competition was 76 total skaters, consisting of 38 men and 38 ladies. There", "title": "Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "7162991", "text": "2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal At the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, allegations arose that the pairs' figure skating competition had been fixed. The controversy led to two pairs teams receiving gold medals: the original winners Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia and original silver-medalists Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada. The scandal was one of the causes for the revamp of scoring in figure skating to the new ISU Judging System. In the figure skating pairs competition, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia won the short program over Jamie Salé and David", "title": "2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal" }, { "docid": "20495284", "text": "bronze in the 1000-meters, and bronze overall. Maame Biney Maame Biney (born January 28, 2000) is an American short track speed skater who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Biney was born in Accra, Ghana. At the age of five, she relocated to the United States to live with her father. Biney began skating when she was six years old in Northern Virginia. She began figure skating but switched to speed skating on a coach's recommendation. Biney won the bronze medal in the 500-meters at the 2017 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships. She made her senior", "title": "Maame Biney" }, { "docid": "19293564", "text": "Helgesson at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. It was the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Algotsson won the silver medal and earned a spot for Sweden in the ladies' event at the Olympics. Algotsson won the gold medal at the 2018 Swedish Figure Skating Championships \"CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix\" Matilda Algotsson Matilda Algotsson (born 29 May 1998) is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 2015 Volvo Open Cup champion, the 2015 Nordic junior champion, and a two-time Swedish national senior medalist. She has qualified to the free skate at two ISU Championships. Matilda", "title": "Matilda Algotsson" }, { "docid": "6295053", "text": "Buttle (third in men), Belbin and Agosto (second in dance), Sasha Cohen (second in ladies), Shen and Zhao (third in pairs), Stéphane Lambiel (second in men), Navka and Kostomarov (first in dance), Shizuka Arakawa (first in ladies), Totmianina and Marinin (first in pairs), and Evgeni Plushenko (first in men). Russian pair Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin and Evgeni Plushenko skate accompanied by Edvin Marton at the violin, playing from the ice. At the end of the gala, the skaters all gathered together to close the show with their bows. Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Four figure skating events", "title": "Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "20538646", "text": "Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea. The event was won by Ted-Jan Bloemen, the world record holder at this distance. Defending champion Jorrit Bergsma was second, and Nicola Tumolero won the bronze medal. During the competition, first Bergsma and then Bloemen set Olympic records. This was the first skating event at the 2018 Olympics not won by a Dutch skater. For Tumolero, this was his first Olympic medal; for Bloemen", "title": "Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres" }, { "docid": "15406907", "text": "2018 Winter Olympics. He was assigned to the 2018 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. Ranked fourth in the short and third in the free, he won the bronze medal, achieving his first podium finish at a senior-level ISU Championship. After Adam Rippon withdrew from the 2018 World Championships, Brown, who was first alternate, declined U.S. Figure Skating's invitation and it was transferred to Max Aaron. In late May 2018, Brown announced his decision to leave his coaching team in Colorado and move to Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, Karen Preston, and Lee Barkell at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling", "title": "Jason Brown (figure skater)" }, { "docid": "9560285", "text": "2016 Rostelecom Cup. They won the silver medal at the Canadian Championships and placed fifth at Four Continents. Weaver/Poje finished their season in fourth place at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships. For the 2017-18 figure skating season, Weaver/Poje returned with a free dance from the 2011-12 season, 'Je Suis Malade'. They came in second at 2017 Skate Canada and placed fourth at 2017 Inernationaux de France. The couple came in third at the 2018 Canadian Championships, behind Virtue/Moir and Gilles/Poirier. Weaver/Poje represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, placing 7th in ice dancing. At the 2018 World", "title": "Kaitlyn Weaver" }, { "docid": "20350222", "text": "2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships The 2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships () were held from 19 to 24 December 2017 in Saint Petersburg. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results are among the criteria used to select Russia's teams to the 2018 European Championships, 2018 Winter Olympics, and 2018 World Championships. In the 2017–18 season, Russian skaters will compete in domestic qualifying events and national championships for various age levels. The Russian Cup series will lead to three events – the Russian Championships, the Russian Junior Championships, and the", "title": "2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "16398817", "text": "Matteo Guarise Matteo Guarise (born 15 September 1988) is an Italian pairs figure skater and roller skater. Guarise is the 2008 World champion in pairs roller skating with Sara Venerucci. With his figure skating partner Nicole Della Monica, he is a four-time Italian national champion (2016-2019). The pair have represented Italy at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. Guarise was originally a roller skater and won the 2008 World title with Sara Venerucci. He ended his roller career in 2009 and moved to Milan. In January 2010, Guarise began training in figure skating. In June 2010, it was reported that", "title": "Matteo Guarise" }, { "docid": "3680158", "text": "captured the gold on the strength of three second-place ordinals. She was three months pregnant at the time. Bronze medalist Phyllis Johnson from the UK had captured the silver medal at the 1908 Olympics with a different partner. A total of 26 figure skaters, 14 men and 12 women, from eight nations competed at the Antwerp Games: Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics Three figure skating events were contested at the 1920 Summer Olympics, but they were held in April 1920, four months before most of the other Olympic events. Gillis Grafström of Sweden captured the first of three", "title": "Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "12870182", "text": "Jeanne Ashworth Jeanne Chesley Ashworth (July 1, 1938 – October 4, 2018) was an American speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics, 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics. Ashworth competed in the first Olympic speed skating event for women. She won the bronze medal, finishing behind a German and Russian. During the late 50's and 60's, when Ashworth was at the height of her career, she won 11 national championships. She was born in Burlington, Vermont. She lived near Lake Placid, where she ran her family toy and candy company. She died of pancreatic cancer on October", "title": "Jeanne Ashworth" }, { "docid": "9183848", "text": "Henry Graham Sharp Henry Graham Sharp (19 December 1917 – 2 January 1995) was a British figure skater. In 1939, he won both the European Figure Skating Championships and the World Figure Skating Championships. Before that, he had won three consecutive silver medals at Worlds and Europeans. He competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics, where he placed fifth, and at the 1948 Winter Olympics, where he placed seventh. Writing in 1938, T. D. Richardson (author of \"Modern Figure Skating\" and \"Ice Rink Skating\") said \"Graham Sharp is by far the best male School Skater of the day. He has an", "title": "Henry Graham Sharp" }, { "docid": "13442171", "text": "György Czakó György Czakó (born 11 July 1933 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian figure skater. He is a three-time (1951, 1952, 1954) Hungarian national champion. He represented Hungary at the 1952 Winter Olympics where he placed 12th. He is the father of Krisztina Czakó. György Czakó started skating at age 6 at the suggestion of a pediatrician. He won the Hungarian Figure Skating Championships three times and competed at the European Figure Skating Championships, the World Figure Skating Championships, and the 1952 Winter Olympics. He won the silver medal at the 1955 Winter Universiade. The Czako jump is named", "title": "György Czakó" }, { "docid": "15461034", "text": "Trondheim bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics Trondheim 2018 was a proposed bid for Trondheim, Norway, to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. Along with Oslo and Tromsø bid, it was one of three options for the Norwegian Olympic Committee, who ultimately chose to not bid for the games. Most of the events would take place in Trondheim and its suburbs. Nordic skiing and biathlon would have taken place at Granåsen, which previously has hosted the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997. Five competition ice rinks would be built: two at Leangen, for short-track speed skating and figure skating and ice", "title": "Trondheim bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "docid": "14986099", "text": "2017 Rostelecom Cup and the 2nd bronze came at the 2017 Internationaux de France. They then won the silver medal at the 2018 Russian Championships. A month later they won the Bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships after placing 2nd in the short dance and 3rd in the free dance. They weren't sent to the 2018 Winter Olympics because it was announced by the Russian Figure Skating Federation on 23 January 2018 that the International Olympic Committee did not invite Bukin to compete at the Olympics. They later competed at the 2018 World Championships where they finished 7th after", "title": "Alexandra Stepanova" }, { "docid": "20581318", "text": "Ronald Zilberberg Ronald Zilberberg (born 4 April 1996) is an Israeli Olympic figure skater. He competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Adel Tankova in Figure Skating in ice dancing and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Zilberberg was born in Kiryat Shmona, Israel, and is Jewish. He lives in Hackensack, New Jersey. His nickname is Rony. Zilberberg started skating in 2005. His club is Israel ISF. His former partners were Kimberly Berkovich and Anna Bolshem. He is coached by Galit Chait Moracci. In 2017/2018, he and Adel Tankova won the Israeli National Championship, and came in", "title": "Ronald Zilberberg" }, { "docid": "20581271", "text": "Adel Tankova Adel Tankova (born 22 May 2000) is an Israeli Olympic figure skater. She competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Ronald Zilberberg in Figure Skating in ice dancing and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Tankova was born in Dnipro (formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk), Ukraine, and is Jewish. Her hometown is Hackensack, New Jersey. Tankova began skating in 2004. Her former partner in pairs was Evgeni Krasnopolski. Her current partner is Ronald Zilberberg, with whom she began competing in 2016. Her coach and choreographer is Galit Chait Moracci. In 2017/2018, the pair won the Israeli", "title": "Adel Tankova" }, { "docid": "16362522", "text": "well as overall. At the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, Martinez won silver behind Malaysia's Julian Yee. In September, he placed 8th at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Due to his result, his country did not qualify in figure skating but finished as the first alternate. Sometime after the Nebelhorn Trophy competition, considering the end of his sponsorship, he decided to retire from figure skating to return to business law studies and be assistant in a Law Office, altogether with body building, bulking up to from his usual . In January 2018,", "title": "Michael Christian Martinez" }, { "docid": "7213504", "text": "Fair, Ronnie Robertson appeared as the main attraction for Dick Button's Ice Travaganza show. Ronnie Robertson died on February 4, 2000 at a hospital in Fountain Valley, California from complications of AIDS related pneumonia. Ronald Robertson (figure skater) Ronald Frederick \"Ronnie\" Robertson (September 25, 1937 – February 4, 2000) was an American figure skater who was best known for his spinning ability. He won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists. He twice won the silver at the World Figure Skating Championships. He retired from skating after the 1956", "title": "Ronald Robertson (figure skater)" }, { "docid": "19309646", "text": "World Junior Championships, the 2018 World Championships, and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Vancouver was named as the host in January 2017. Competitors qualified at the Skate Canada Challenge held in Pierrefonds, Quebec in December 2017. The competition took place in January 2018. The team for the 2018 Winter Olympics was announced on January 14, 2018. The team for the 2018 World Championships was announced on January 14, 2018. The team for the 2018 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 14, 2018. The team for the 2018 World Junior Championships was announced on January 14, 2018. 2018 Canadian Figure Skating", "title": "2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "20538142", "text": "started at 16:00. Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung on 11 February 2018. The event was won by two-time defending champion Sven Kramer in an Olympic record time of 6:09:76. In doing so, he became the first man to win three gold medals in a speed skating event in three consecutive editions of the Olympics. Ted-Jan Bloemen won the silver medal, and Sverre Lunde Pedersen won the bronze medal. Bloemen and Pedersen skated in the same", "title": "Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres" }, { "docid": "20538139", "text": "Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung on 11 February 2018. The event was won by two-time defending champion Sven Kramer in an Olympic record time of 6:09:76. In doing so, he became the first man to win three gold medals in a speed skating event in three consecutive editions of the Olympics. Ted-Jan Bloemen won the silver medal, and Sverre Lunde Pedersen won the bronze medal. Bloemen and Pedersen skated in the same pair, posted the", "title": "Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres" }, { "docid": "11234365", "text": "Winter Olympics. Liselotte Landbeck Liselotte Landbeck (13 January 1916 – 15 February 2013) was an Austrian athlete who competed at a high level in both figure skating and speed skating in the 1930s. In figure skating, she won the bronze medal at the 1934 World Championships. In speed skating, she won the first unofficial World Championship for ladies in 1933, and held the ladies' world record in the 500m as well as the 1000 m. Although she originally was from Vienna, in 1935, she married the Belgian figure skater Robert Verdun and moved to that country. She represented Belgium in", "title": "Liselotte Landbeck" }, { "docid": "14059409", "text": "inspired by 2010 Olympic Champions Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo and started skating after watching them competing in the 2002 Winter Olympics. They made their international debut in the 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix, where they placed 1st at their events. In the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final they placed 1st. They won the 2010 Chinese Figure Skating Championships and earned a trip to the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where they placed 1st. They became the second Chinese pair winning the World Junior Figure Skating Championships after Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao who won the title in 2001", "title": "Han Cong" }, { "docid": "20035345", "text": "skaters who have achieved a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an ISU-recognized international competition on or before 29 January 2018. The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Olympic Games is limited by a quota set by the International Olympic Committee. A total of 148 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. There will be 30 skaters in the disciplines of men's and ladies singles, 20 pair skating teams, and 24 ice dancing teams. Additionally, ten nations qualified for the team event. Countries were able to qualify entries to the 2018 Winter", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "docid": "14295280", "text": "Nationals in ladies singles in 1980 and 1981. She finished 18th at the 1980 Olympics and 19th at that year's World Championships. Christina Riegel Christina \"Tina\" Riegel (born 25 August 1965 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a former German figure skater who competed in pair skating and ladies singles at the 1980 Winter Olympics. With partner Andreas Nischwitz, Riegel won the gold medal at the German Figure Skating Championships three straight years, beginning in 1979. They finished eighth at the 1980 Olympics, when Riegel was just 14 years old, and the following year, the pair won the silver medal at the", "title": "Christina Riegel" }, { "docid": "12953967", "text": "won the title on a 4-1 ordinal decision. Heiss and Jenkins went on to capture gold medals in their disciplines in the 1960 Winter Olympics, while Roles and the Ludingtons won bronze medals at the Games. At the 1960 World Championships, Heiss finished first and Roles came in third. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Eliminated before Final Round 1960 U.S. Figure Skating Championships The 1960 United States Figure Skating Championships was an event organized by U.S. Figure Skating to determine the U.S. national champions and the U.S. teams for the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1960 World Championships. Medals were awarded in three colors: gold", "title": "1960 U.S. Figure Skating Championships" }, { "docid": "20525828", "text": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dance The ice dance competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 20 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short ice dance was held on 19 February and the free ice dance was held on 20 February. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir scored 83.67 in the short dance, breaking their own world record. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron finished in second place, 1.74 points behind Virtue/Moir. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue finished in third place, and Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani were", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dance" }, { "docid": "20525832", "text": "to have met the minimum total elements score, which did not include component scores. For the short program this was 19.00 and for the free skate it was 29.00. The short ice dance was held on 19 February. The free ice dance was held on 20 February. The skaters were ranked according to their total combined (overall) score. Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dance The ice dance competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 20 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The short ice dance was held", "title": "Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dance" } ]
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who plays dennis on it 's always sunny
[ "Glenn Franklin Howerton III" ]
[ { "docid": "8283209", "text": "actress Jill Latiano, who guest starred on the \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" episode \"The D.E.N.N.I.S. System\" two months later. Their first son, Miles Robert, was born in 2011. The couple had a second son, Isley Ray, in August 2014. Glenn Howerton Glenn Franklin Howerton III (born April 13, 1976) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his roles as Dennis in \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", for which he is also a writer and executive producer, and Jack Griffin in \"A.P. Bio\", as well as the lead role in the short-lived sitcom \"That '80s Show\".", "title": "Glenn Howerton" }, { "docid": "8283209", "text": "actress Jill Latiano, who guest starred on the \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" episode \"The D.E.N.N.I.S. System\" two months later. Their first son, Miles Robert, was born in 2011. The couple had a second son, Isley Ray, in August 2014. Glenn Howerton Glenn Franklin Howerton III (born April 13, 1976) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his roles as Dennis in \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", for which he is also a writer and executive producer, and Jack Griffin in \"A.P. Bio\", as well as the lead role in the short-lived sitcom \"That '80s Show\".", "title": "Glenn Howerton" }, { "docid": "8283205", "text": "Glenn Howerton Glenn Franklin Howerton III (born April 13, 1976) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his roles as Dennis in \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", for which he is also a writer and executive producer, and Jack Griffin in \"A.P. Bio\", as well as the lead role in the short-lived sitcom \"That '80s Show\". Glenn Franklin Howerton III was born in Japan on April 13, 1976, the son of American parents Janice and Glenn Franklin Howerton Jr. His father was a fighter pilot. He spent his childhood moving back and forth between foreign countries", "title": "Glenn Howerton" } ]
[ { "docid": "19294873", "text": "Frank takes the name tag of Nikki Potnick. Later on, The Waitress shows up drunk and complaining that there was no tag with her name on it at the table, seemingly implying that Frank took her name tag and that she is Nikki Potnick. However, Glenn Howerton (who plays Dennis on the show and is also a writer and executive producer), debunked this theory, explaining that the situation was a further joke about no one knowing The Waitress’ name, as well as a call-back to the first season episode \"Underage Drinking: A National Concern.\" The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in", "title": "The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "14294112", "text": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) Charles Rutherford Kelly is a fictional character on the FX series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", portrayed by Charlie Day. Charlie is co-owner at Paddy's (although he later sells his shares) and a childhood friend of Mac and Dennis. He is also Frank's roommate and possible biological son (\"\"Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad\"\"). He is addicted to various harmful substances (such as glue and alcohol), and is called illiterate by his peers (\"\"The Gang Gives Back\"\"). Charlie is an easily excitable man-child who is prone to emotional outbursts and is often", "title": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "16764122", "text": "hits Dennis' car, which turns into a real tragedy when Dennis spills his cereal all over himself. Of course, in order to resolve this legal issue, The Gang decides to hold a trial at Paddy's, with Dee and Charlie serving as lawyers. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 8) The eighth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on October 11, 2012. The season consists of 10 episodes, and concluded airing on December 20, 2012. Mac has lost the weight he had gained last season. Dennis and Dee have to decide", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 8)" }, { "docid": "16764119", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 8) The eighth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on October 11, 2012. The season consists of 10 episodes, and concluded airing on December 20, 2012. Mac has lost the weight he had gained last season. Dennis and Dee have to decide whether or not to \"pull the plug\" on their ailing grandfather, who is a former Nazi; meanwhile, Mac, Charlie and Frank set off in search of a watercolor possibly painted by Adolf Hitler. With the South Philly waste management workers on strike, Frank", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 8)" }, { "docid": "15006560", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 2) The second season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on June 29, 2006. The season contains 10 episodes and concluded airing on August 17, 2006. The series' second season introduces veteran actor Danny DeVito portraying Dennis and Dee's father Frank, who moves in with a wheelchair-bound Charlie following a car accident and blackmails his way into the group. Anne Archer also has a recurring role as Barbara Reynolds, Dee and Dennis's promiscuous, cold-hearted mother. Meanwhile, Mac has sex with Barbara and spins a web of", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 2)" }, { "docid": "14294132", "text": "she will never be interested in him (the actress who plays The Waitress, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, is in fact married to Charlie Day, who portrays Charlie). Charlie's attempts to woo The Waitress invariably end badly for her, as his actions have caused her to lose jobs and sleep with Frank and Dennis. Despite this, he seems to have had luck with other women, such as in the pilot episode \"\"The Gang Gets Racist\"\", where he begins dating a girl he meets at a community center, only to be dumped when trying to use her to get a date with The", "title": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "15880584", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 7) The seventh season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", premiered on FX on September 15, 2011. The season contains 13 episodes, and concluded airing on December 15, 2011. The episode \"How Mac Got Fat\" includes scenes produced during season 6 that featured Mac before he got fat. Frank falls in love with a prostitute named Roxy which sets the rest of the gang off to try and transform her into a presentable woman. Meanwhile, Dennis attempts to help Mac get healthy after gaining nearly fifty pounds. The gang", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 7)" }, { "docid": "15006632", "text": "a sprawling musical to win over The Waitress. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 4) The fourth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on September 18, 2008. The season contains 13 episodes and concluded airing on November 20, 2008. The Gang gets even crazier this season when Sweet Dee and Charlie become cannibals while Mac and Dennis decide to hunt humans for sport. Later, the gang hatches a plot to counter soaring prices at the pump by stealing and reselling gasoline, then try living the healthy life—by scamming their way", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 4)" }, { "docid": "15006629", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 4) The fourth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on September 18, 2008. The season contains 13 episodes and concluded airing on November 20, 2008. The Gang gets even crazier this season when Sweet Dee and Charlie become cannibals while Mac and Dennis decide to hunt humans for sport. Later, the gang hatches a plot to counter soaring prices at the pump by stealing and reselling gasoline, then try living the healthy life—by scamming their way to free medical insurance, but not before trying to", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 4)" }, { "docid": "15006593", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 3) The third season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on September 13, 2007. The season contains 15 episodes and concluded airing on November 15, 2007. The Gang's narcissism spins out of control, as usual. First they decide to do good: Sweet Dee and Mac adopt a baby that was abandoned in a dumpster, Dennis volunteers with environmental rights activists, and everyone in the gang become vigilantes to solve Philadelphia's homeless problem. The gang then hatches several schemes to become famous: Mac, Frank, and Charlie try", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 3)" }, { "docid": "15006543", "text": "may be the culprit. Following that, the gang finds a dead man in one of their booths and Dee and Dennis visit their ailing (Nazi) grandfather at a nursing home. Finally, Charlie is suspected of being a victim of child molestation when a former gym teacher is accused of sexually molesting his students—and Mac is livid that wasn't one of the victims. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 1) The first season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. The season contains 7 episodes and concluded airing on", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 1)" }, { "docid": "14294043", "text": "Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) Ronald \"Mac\" McDonald is a fictional character on the FX series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\". Mac is Charlie Kelly's childhood friend and Dennis Reynolds's high school friend and later roommate. Mac is a co-owner of Paddy's, the self-proclaimed \"Sheriff of Paddy's,\" and is generally the pub's most active manager. Mac is played by Rob McElhenney. Mac frequently uses his signature line, \"What's up, bitches?\" throughout the series. In many episodes, Mac will enter the bar announcing \"I've got news\" or a variation of the phrase, to set the episode's plot in motion. The", "title": "Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "4597616", "text": "film \"The Associate\", Whoopi Goldberg plays character Laurel Ayres who has to quickly create a fictional white man's name. She is inspired by a bottle of Cutty Sark and uses the name Robert S. Cutty. Cutty Sark is the mentioned in Gary Paulsen's young adult novel, \"The Crossing\", which tells the story of an alcoholic sergeant who helps a young boy immigrate to El Paso. Cutty Sark also features in the film \"Goodfellas\" as cases of it are transported from the back of a truck into a restaurant. Cutty Sark is drunk in \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" Season 2", "title": "Cutty Sark (whisky)" }, { "docid": "15880586", "text": "more democratic way of running Paddy's Pub, which ultimately results in more shouting. Frank's long lost brother shows up at Paddy's, revealing secrets about Frank's former life as a club owner, drug addict, and about Frank's former lover. The gang runs into trouble when they try to prepare for a giant storm, and Dennis meets a woman he can't seduce. On a slow news day the gang plays a board game they invented (ripped off from other games) called \"Chardee MacDennis\". The gang tries to track down an annoying shusher on Facebook and end up bickering about the use of", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 7)" }, { "docid": "19294870", "text": "Anonymous, grinding on homeless people, and sleeping with Frank. On several occasions, Dennis has used her undying love for him against her, mostly to blackmail Charlie into doing whatever it is Dennis would like. He has slept, flirted, dated, and been in overall close sexual contact with The Waitress in order to do said blackmailing, usually involving \"climbing up the ranks\" of Paddy's, getting out of Charlie work (earlier in the series) or general tomfoolery. Throughout the course of the show, Dennis has slept with The Waitress several times, of which he records their sex, giving it a \"one star\"", "title": "The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "20804508", "text": "approval rating of 100% with an average score of 7.8/10 based on 12 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"It's Always Sunny\"s winning formula keeps the laughs rolling and the stomachs turning in a thirteenth season that's topical, triumphant, and toxic in the best way.\" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 13) The thirteenth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FXX on September 5, 2018. The season consists of 10 episodes and concluded on November 7, 2018. On April 1, 2016, the series was renewed for a thirteenth and fourteenth season, which", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 13)" }, { "docid": "5184631", "text": "\"Billboard\"s ranking of \"1954's Top C&W Records according to Juke Box Plays\". It was also ranked No. 17 in \"Cash Box\"s ranking of \"1954's Top Country Records as Voted in the \"Cash Box\" Poll\". Sunny Gale also released a version in 1954, which reached No. 27 on \"Billboard\"s chart of \"Best Sellers in Stores\". The song reached No. 8 on the \"Cash Box\" Top 50, in a tandem ranking of the McGuire Sisters, Sunny Gale, the Spaniels, Johnnie & Jack, Ella Mae Morse, and Gloria Mann & Carter Rays' versions, with the McGuire Sisters and Sunny Gale's versions marked as", "title": "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite" }, { "docid": "5773556", "text": "show.\" This pilot was shopped by the actors around various studios, their pitch being simply showing the DVD of the pilot to executives. After viewing the pilot, FX Network ordered the first season. Although it is often stated publicly that \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" was one of the first shows to be shot in 24p standard-definition video, using Panasonic's DVX100 MiniDV prosumer video camera, from the sixth season forward, the show was shot in 24p using high-definition video cameras. Danny DeVito joined the cast in the first episode of the second season, playing the father of Dennis (played by", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" }, { "docid": "14294140", "text": "Charlie's father (\"\"Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad\"\" & \"\"The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby\"\"). The promiscuity of Charlie's mother is suggested more visibly in the episode \"\"A Very Sunny Christmas\"\", where Charlie reminisces about numerous men dressed in Santa suits visiting his mother's bedroom on Christmas morning each year. Though not explicitly stated, Charlie has teenage twin sisters who only appear in the intervention scene of \"\"Charlie Got Molested\"\". Later in the episode, Charlie mentions one of his sisters while in the car with the McPoyle brothers, however, no further references are made to them in any following", "title": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "14668141", "text": "all owned by companies. They decided on an 1980s format since the music is fun to dance to, which goes with their 'sunny' theme, and also to cater to the older audience who were previously left with no choice but to listen to modern music because there was little variety. They went with the slogan \"Sunny Radio, where it's ALWAYS in the 80's!\" Although it is mainly a Sioux Empire station, a great deal of talk revolves around Brandon, the community the Smalls live in. In 2010, they purchased an old AM station from Backyard Broadcasting, since they did not", "title": "Sunny Radio" }, { "docid": "15006594", "text": "to be viral video stars by covering the local news while Dennis and Dee seek fame as spoiled, drug-addled club hoppers. Sweet Dee dates a local rapper mistakenly thought to be mentally handicapped by Mac and Dennis, the two of whom start a band, but can't quite pinpoint their genre of music—especially when Charlie comes up with a raunchy, disjointed song about a mysterious creature who violates him in his sleep. The Gang's jealousy and greed come roaring back when they fight over Barbara's inheritance, after she wills the house to Dennis. Dee gets jealous of her high school friend", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 3)" }, { "docid": "14294048", "text": "betraying the others, though he does usually stick with Dennis, who is his best friend and has known him longer than anybody in The Gang other than Charlie. Like Dennis, Mac sees himself as superior to the rest of The Gang and often attempts to prove his supremacy. For instance, in an attempt to impress Charlie and Dennis, he makes a series of \"Project Badass\" videotapes that consist of various idiotic stunts set to music. He had a sexual relationship with a pre-op transgender woman named Carmen, for whom he claimed he was just \"putting in time\" as he waited", "title": "Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "15006562", "text": "hilarious results, while Frank, Mac, and Dennis fight back against their freedoms being encroached by making their bar an \"anything goes\" establishment that first attracts drunk college girls willing to flash their breasts for beads, but goes pearshape when heroin addicts, Vietnamese gamblers, and the incestuous McPoyle siblings get in on the action. At the end of the season, Dennis and Dee find a man on MySpace who claims (and turns out) to be their biological father, while Mac reunites with his convict dad, and Charlie is still trying to find the identity of his missing father. Before production of", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16034441", "text": "episode. The Los Angeles performance, filmed at The Troubadour, was included as a bonus feature on the season four DVD box set. The Nightman Cometh \"The Nightman Cometh\" is the thirteenth and final episode of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\"’s fourth season. The episode features a rock opera based on songs written by Charlie Kelly. The episode was later adapted into a short-lived stage musical in 2009. With a spring in his step, Charlie notifies the gang that he's written a musical. Dennis and Mac quiz Charlie over his motivations, but ultimately want to play the parts that Charlie has", "title": "The Nightman Cometh" }, { "docid": "16034436", "text": "The Nightman Cometh \"The Nightman Cometh\" is the thirteenth and final episode of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\"’s fourth season. The episode features a rock opera based on songs written by Charlie Kelly. The episode was later adapted into a short-lived stage musical in 2009. With a spring in his step, Charlie notifies the gang that he's written a musical. Dennis and Mac quiz Charlie over his motivations, but ultimately want to play the parts that Charlie has written for them. Charlie enlists the help of Artemis to transcribe the script into words and the gang squabble over which parts", "title": "The Nightman Cometh" }, { "docid": "14294129", "text": "purchasing an even more expensive portable generator) to actually quite skilled (successfully managing to trick the health inspectors into giving the pub a passing grade). In contrast, the other members of the Gang either hate their jobs and scheme to get better ones (Dee and Dennis), are incompetent (Mac, a terrible bouncer who puts no effort into training), or are simply using the pub as a front for illegal activities (Frank). Charlie seems almost inhumanly tough and resistant to injury. Mac and Dennis, who believe him to be nearly indestructible, frequently manipulate him into tests of his fortitude, such as", "title": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "5773569", "text": "yes\". It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005, and moved to FXX beginning with the ninth season in 2013. It was created by Rob McElhenney, who developed it with Glenn Howerton. It is executive produced and primarily written by McElhenney, Howerton, and Charlie Day, all of whom star alongside Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito. The series follows the exploits of \"The Gang,\" a group of debauched, nihilistic, self-centered, politically incorrect friends who run the Irish bar Paddy's Pub in South Philadelphia. On April 1, 2016,", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" }, { "docid": "5773549", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005, and moved to FXX beginning with the ninth season in 2013. It was created by Rob McElhenney, who developed it with Glenn Howerton. It is executive produced and primarily written by McElhenney, Howerton, and Charlie Day, all of whom star alongside Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito. The series follows the exploits of \"The Gang,\" a group of debauched, nihilistic, self-centered, politically incorrect friends who run the Irish bar Paddy's Pub in South Philadelphia. On April 1, 2016, the", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" }, { "docid": "13719115", "text": "Orphans (Dennis Kelly play) Orphans is a 2009 play by London playwright Dennis Kelly, an exploration of violence in urban areas. Kelly said “I always want my plays to have tension; whether the audience hates it or loves it is up to them, but I never want them to be bored.” Helen and her husband Danny are celebrating the news that Helen is newly pregnant with their second child with a quiet night in, but it is interrupted by Helen's brother Liam, who arrives covered in blood claiming to have found a young lad injured on the street. When Liam's", "title": "Orphans (Dennis Kelly play)" }, { "docid": "15006649", "text": "wrestling show for American troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq, with Frank also dresses up as a trash man for his wrestling-for-the-troops persona. In their dating lives, The Waitress announces her upcoming wedding, which sends Dee into a panic while Mac and Dennis introduce Charlie to online dating to get his mind off the fact that his days of stalking The Waitress are over once she says, \"I do.\" Dennis introduces the gang to his manipulative guide to scoring with women, while Dee has an online relationship with a soldier who turns out to be a wheelchair user. This season", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 5)" }, { "docid": "5773550", "text": "series was renewed for a 13th and 14th season, which will tie it with \"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet\" as the longest-running (in number of seasons) live-action sitcom in American TV history. Season 13 premiered on September 5, 2018. The series follows \"The Gang,\" a group of five fictional misfit friends: twins Dennis (Glenn Howerton) and Deandra \"Sweet Dee\" Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson), their friends Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day) and Ronald \"Mac\" McDonald (Rob McElhenney), and (from season 2 onward) Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito), Dennis' and Dee's legal father. The Gang runs the fictional Paddy's Pub, a dilapidated Irish bar", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" }, { "docid": "19294863", "text": "The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) The Waitress is a fictional character on the FX series (which later moved to FXX), \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", and is portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Ellis. The Waitress is the most prominent recurring character in the series; initially a waitress at a Philadelphia coffee shop, who is the unfortunate love interest of main character Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), who routinely stalks her, much to her disgust. The Waitress is the most frequently featured character of the recurring cast of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\". The Waitress is not a part of \"the", "title": "The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "5411992", "text": "coach at East Coweta High School. In 2008, Bedrosian was inducted into the Coweta Sports Hall of Fame. Bedrosian has also been inducted into the University of New Haven Hall of Fame. Bedrosian has four sons: Cameron, who plays for the Los Angeles Angels, drafted by them in the 2010 MLB draft; Kyle, who played for Mercer University and is a pitching coach at local baseball academy Home Plate; Cody; and Carson, who also played for East Coweta High. Bedrosian was referenced in the \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" \"A Very Sunny Christmas\" episode. Steve Bedrosian Stephen Wayne Bedrosian (born", "title": "Steve Bedrosian" }, { "docid": "14294047", "text": "a warm letter from his father, specifically requesting that Mac stay away from him. This letter is written as Mac's father fears that Mac's destructive tendencies could harm him. Dennis notes that the only reason Mac hung out with the popular kids in high school was because he sold them all weed and even then was considered an \"asshole.\" Though Dennis reigns supreme as selfish and arrogant, Mac has made his fair share of selfish, inconsiderate decisions and observations. Mac is considered by every member of The Gang to be a \"jerk\" and is nearly always the first to start", "title": "Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "19294864", "text": "Gang,\" but frequently finds herself involved in the Gang's antics due to being dragged in as a pawn for one member to get revenge on or humiliate another member. Despite having an on-again off-again crush on Dennis Reynolds, the Waitress despises the Gang, most notably Dee Reynolds, who is responsible for most of The Waitress' involuntary involvement with the Gang. The Waitress is openly stalked by Charlie Kelly, who is enamored with her, but the Waitress constantly rebuffs him. She has numerous restraining orders against him, but that doesn't stop him, as she begins to allow him to continue his", "title": "The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "15006595", "text": "(who lost weight and has a successful career in fashion design) and decides to start her very own sweatshop. The entire gang struggles to compete with a local bar owned by a Korean man who looks like Kim Jong-il, and then decide to sell out by offering Paddy's Pub to a corporate chain. Two members of the gang find themselves on the wrong side of the law due to mistaken identity: Mac is suspected to be a serial killer after becoming distant from the gang and Dennis is mistaken for a registered sex offender after a real sex offender (who", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 3)" }, { "docid": "5773568", "text": "Russia on the television channel TNT on May 12, 2014. This version is titled \"В Москве всегда солнечно\" (\"V Moskve vsegda solnechno\", \"It's Always Sunny in Moscow\") and like the original, centers around four friends, who own a bar called \"Philadelphia\" in Moscow. A book based upon \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" was released on January 6, 2015, titled \"The Gang Writes a Self-Help Book: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today\". In a ask me anything Twitter Q&A, Glenn Howerton was asked if there would be a \"It's Always Sunny\" movie. He responded with \"Someday", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" }, { "docid": "17034113", "text": "and Paul Yates. Sunny Skies Sunny Skies is a New Zealand comedy television show that aired on TV3 in the summer of 2013. The show stars Tammy Davis and Oliver Driver as two brothers who unwittingly inherit a local campground. \"Sunny Skies\" is a New Zealand comedy starring Oliver Driver and Tammy Davis as two brothers who unwittingly discover they’ve inherited a campground. Oliver Driver plays Oscar, a sharp-edged, arrogant businessman, intent on gaining profit from the Sunny Skies campground. Tammy Davis plays his brother Deano, who loves a laugh with the new friends he’s discovered. The show was created", "title": "Sunny Skies" }, { "docid": "17034112", "text": "Sunny Skies Sunny Skies is a New Zealand comedy television show that aired on TV3 in the summer of 2013. The show stars Tammy Davis and Oliver Driver as two brothers who unwittingly inherit a local campground. \"Sunny Skies\" is a New Zealand comedy starring Oliver Driver and Tammy Davis as two brothers who unwittingly discover they’ve inherited a campground. Oliver Driver plays Oscar, a sharp-edged, arrogant businessman, intent on gaining profit from the Sunny Skies campground. Tammy Davis plays his brother Deano, who loves a laugh with the new friends he’s discovered. The show was created by Mike Smith", "title": "Sunny Skies" }, { "docid": "12918908", "text": "David Hornsby David Hornsby (born December 1, 1975) is an American actor, screenwriter and producer. He is known for a recurring role as defrocked priest Matthew \"Rickety Cricket\" Mara on the comedy series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", for which he also writes and co-produces. Hornsby was born in Newport News, Virginia. He grew up in Houston, Texas, and majored in acting at Carnegie Mellon University. Hornsby plays defrocked priest Matthew \"Rickety Cricket\" Mara on the FX sitcom \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", also serving as an executive producer and writer on the show. He appeared as Steve \"The Hutch\"", "title": "David Hornsby" }, { "docid": "8022372", "text": "peaked at #7. On June 10, it was announced that Sunny Hill would be making comeback with their third extended play, \"Young Folk\". The title track would be folk music with featured folk musician Hareem. The same day, the group held a showcase announcing their comeback. Sunny Hill official released their third extended play, \"Young Folk\" on June 19 and charted high on real-time charts. On August 13, Kota was featured in a duet with SS501's Kim Hyung-jun entitled \"Always Love You\", a special digital single, with a release of a video teaser on August 8. The song is an", "title": "Sunny Hill" }, { "docid": "15006630", "text": "prove that Paddy's Pub is historically relevant, and kidnapping a newspaper critic who panned their bar. Dee and Frank set out to stop Bruce Mathis (Dee and Dennis's biological father) from donating Barbara's inheritance to a community center for Muslims while Charlie and Mac fake their deaths to escape Mac's convict father, Luther, who vowed in \"Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender\" to get revenge on the two of them for screwing up his plan to make amends with the people he terrorized before he was sent away to prison for the first time. This season also sees Frank", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19294869", "text": "by pretending to be an alcoholic so he could continue to spend time with her at Alcoholics Anonymous, where he continues to guilt her into being his sponsor. Charlie once proposed to The Waitress, but she declined. Dennis does not care for The Waitress whatsoever; however, she is notably infatuated with him. When together, she seems to forget herself and follows Dennis blindly and will do most anything to get his attention; some instances even involve her making decisions against her better moral judgment. Her most extreme cases of trying to grab Dennis' attention include being Charlie's sponsor for Alcoholics", "title": "The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "12644277", "text": "Jack Slade was a famous gunfighter who was hung by Montana vigilanties in 1864. Elias S Dennis had one son with Mary, Elias S. Dennis Jr. Dennis served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1842 to 1844 and was an Illinois State Senator from 1846 to 1848. Elias was appointed Kansas Territory Marshal for the Leavenworth, Kansas area March 12, 1857 by President Buchanan. The announcement of his appointment was published in \"The New York Herald\" New York, NY May 11, 1857 pg. 8, col B. ...\". In politics he has always been an unwavering national democrat. In person", "title": "Elias Smith Dennis" }, { "docid": "16764121", "text": "Mac, Charlie and Dennis are holding a \"Beef & Beer & Jesus\" fundraiser at Paddy's; Frank and Dee are on a quest to find buried treasure. With Charlie under his wing, Frank cleans up so he can get his hands dirty and help out his old company with one last big merger; and Dee, Dennis and Mac try to get some benefits out of Frank's \"new\" status. The whole Gang falls into an obsession with computer games. The whole Gang takes a night off from Paddy's to put on airs at Guigino's Italian Restaurant. In the season finale, Frank accidentally", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 8)" }, { "docid": "19294865", "text": "obsession when she realizes he has been helping her avoid danger by testing her food for poison and putting vitamins in her shampoo. The Waitress is \"easily forgettable\" according to the Gang, who only refer to her as \"The Waitress,\" with the only one who possibly knows her name being Charlie. Dennis once received a phone call from The Waitress, but he did not recognize who she was when she referred to herself by her real name. Her name tag was also missing at the high school reunion and Dee forgot she went to school with her, believing that they", "title": "The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "14294053", "text": "religious views on homosexuality. In the final scene of the season 4 episode \"Mac's Banging the Waitress,\" Charlie says to Dennis, \"Do you still get the feeling he wants to bang us? That's what this is all about,\" after Mac tries to demonstrate how \"badass\" he is by falling from the roof onto a pile of mattresses. In the season 9 episode \"Mac Day,\" Charlie says, \"I know we've never said this as a group, but Mac's gay,\" to which the rest of The Gang readily agrees. In Season 10, when Dennis is listing all of the delusions The Gang", "title": "Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "14294049", "text": "for Carmen's surgery. Mac sincerely believes that he is an adept martial artist with \"cat-like reflexes\" and usually wears sleeveless shirts to draw attention to his physique and exhibit his tribal tattoos. Despite his apparent fitness, Mac generally focuses his workout time on developing his, as Dennis called them, \"glamor muscles\" and is largely the weakest member in The Gang, behind everyone but Dennis. Despite his enthusiasm towards karate, he is shown to have no real skills in the sport. A Catholic, Mac is the only member of The Gang to profess a religious faith. In \"The Gang Exploits a", "title": "Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "8464481", "text": "critics. It is certified \"fresh\" with a 71% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a \"generally favorable\" rating with a 63/100 on Metacritic, and a 4/5 stars on Common Sense Media. The film also inspired the show \"It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" in its third season in an episode called “The Gang Gets Invincible” in which Dennis, Mac and Dee try out for the Philadelphia Eagles due to the movie \"Invincible.\" The film released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 19, 2006. It re-released on Blu-ray on March 29, 2011. Invincible (2006 film) Invincible is a 2006 American sports drama film", "title": "Invincible (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "19294871", "text": "rating in terms of enjoyability and fun. Mac has little relationship with The Waitress outside of trying to sleep with her in order to upset Charlie, on account of Charlie smashing one of Mac's \"Project Badass\" tapes. This is later revealed to be untrue, as the tape Charlie was smashing was actually Frank and The Waitress' sex tape that Charlie mistakenly watched. Mac and The Waitress actually have only engaged in \"hand stuff.\" The Waitress sleeps with Frank in order to make Dennis jealous of her. She does this under the guidance of Dee, who is being instructed by Charlie,", "title": "The Waitress (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "5990213", "text": "the album The Upsides opens with \"They turned on the fountain today at Logan Circle.\" There are several fountain references, and references to the city of Philadelphia in the band's lyrics. It is the subject of the song Spit Fountain by Philadelphia emo band Algernon Cadwallader. It is also featured in the Philly level of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, and in \"Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life,\" the seventh episode of the fourth season of the television show, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Swann Memorial Fountain The Swann Memorial Fountain (also known as the \"Fountain of the Three Rivers\") is", "title": "Swann Memorial Fountain" }, { "docid": "19035157", "text": "\"Mock the Week\", and \"8 Out of 10 Cats\". In December 2018 he won a week-long series in the BBC's House of Games . In 2016, BBC Three commissioned \"Sunny D\", a sitcom that Baptiste wrote and starred in where he plays a Dane who still lives with his parents and twin sister Kadean in a crammed house that he is desperate to escape. Baptiste has also appeared on \"\". Dane Baptiste Dane Baptiste is a British stand-up comedian and writer. He was nominated for the \"Best Newcomer\" at 2014's Edinburgh Comedy Awards and his comedy series \"Sunny D\" premiered", "title": "Dane Baptiste" }, { "docid": "9812926", "text": "in 1982. In season six episode 2 of \"It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia\" (\"Dennis Gets Divorced\") Mac is seen wearing a Deer Park tee shirt. Deer Park Tavern Deer Park Tavern is a historic hotel located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1851 on the land where the remains of the burned down St. Patrick's Inn had resided since 1747. It is a -story \"U\"-plan building with nine bays at the south front facade. The building is constructed of wood joists with brick and masonry load bearing walls with Greek Revival elements. It was converted", "title": "Deer Park Tavern" }, { "docid": "207112", "text": "In the series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", Charlie Kelly has an addiction to huffing glue. Additionally, season nine episode 8 shows Dennis, Mac and Dee getting a can of gasoline to use as a solvent, but instead end up taking turns huffing from the canister. A 2008 episode of the reality show \"Intervention\" (season 5, episode 9) featured Allison, who was addicted to huffing computer duster for the short-lived, psychoactive effects. Allison has since achieved a small but significant cult following among bloggers and YouTube users. Several remixes of scenes from Allison's episode can be found online. Since 2009,", "title": "Inhalant" }, { "docid": "14294146", "text": "started chanting, 'Green Man! Green Man!' It went on for several hours, and all I could think was, 'My God, there has to be a way I can take advantage of this on the show.' When McElhenney returned to Los Angeles, he ordered a suit from Japan that was identical to the outfit that his friend had worn. The character made his debut in the episode \"\"The Gang Gets Invincible\"\", which centered on Mac, Dennis, and Dee trying out for the Eagles, just as they had seen in the film \"Invincible\". \"Paste\" ranked him No. 8 in their list of", "title": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "14294137", "text": "platonic activities and frequently teaming up in The Gang's misadventures, often against Mac and Dennis. Charlie has even once or twice shown a small romantic interest in Dee but usually agrees with the rest of the gang that she is unattractive. However, their friendship is frequently marred when The Gang gets caught up in controversial issues, or whenever one of the two switches sides in their many battles against Mac and Dennis. Charlie's deeper understanding of right and wrong likely stems from a lifetime of mistreatment by other people. Charlie, unlike the rest of The Gang, also appears to have", "title": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "14294135", "text": "waitress in season 12 \"Dennis' Double Life\" where they both expressed their feelings together and ended up having sex, only for Charlie to realize she is not what he pictured her to be. Charlie consistently shows more empathy than any other member of The Gang and seems to have slightly higher ethical standards. For example, he turned in the McPoyle Brothers when they attempted to profit from accusing a former teacher of molestation. In the episode \"\"The Gang Finds a Dead Guy\"\", he and Mac burn a box of authentic Nazi memorabilia once belonging to Dennis and Dee's grandfather, although", "title": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "17445498", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 9) The ninth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on the new channel FXX on September 4, 2013. The season consists of 10 episodes, and concluded airing on November 6, 2013. The ninth season was released on DVD in region 1 on September 2, 2014. On August 6, 2011, FX announced it had picked up the show for a ninth season. It premiered on the new FXX channel and moved timeslots to Wednesday nights. On May 14, 2013, Rob McElhenney revealed that \"Game of Thrones\" series creators", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 9)" }, { "docid": "20804507", "text": "doubt in his return for the thirteenth season, describing it as \"partially a creative and personal decision.\" He also suggested that the show would take an \"extended hiatus\" in order to accommodate the cast's other projects. In late April, Kaitlin Olson confirmed \"Sunny\"s extended hiatus ahead of the thirteenth season due to the cast's busy schedules. In August 2018, Rob McElhenney confirmed that Howerton is \"in pretty much every episode\" of the season. Howerton appeared in six of the season's ten episodes, but had no writing credits. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The thirteenth season received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 13)" }, { "docid": "15006677", "text": "as the last episode of season 6. A video disclaimer on the Blu-ray release indicates it was not filmed in high definition, but was upconverted.</onlyinclude> It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 6) The sixth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on September 16, 2010. It is the first season of the show to be filmed in High-definition. The season contains 14 episodes and concluded airing on December 9, 2010 with the hour-long Christmas special (which was produced for season 5, however aired as part of season 6). An additional episode called", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 6)" }, { "docid": "16764120", "text": "concocts a plan to get the contract to collect the city's trash; The Gang realizes they've run out of original money-making schemes. In a police department, The Gang explains why they crashed Maureen and Liam's wedding, and start to fight all invited \"zombies\" - Halloween, baby! Charlie and Dee find a romantic connection with two members of one of Philly's wealthiest families, while the rest of The Gang tries to get their piece of the \"high life\" action. The Gang gets Freudian in the therapist's office, who finds Dennis' psychology to be abnormal. As Charlie's mom battles the lung cancer,", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 8)" }, { "docid": "15006675", "text": "waste of time. Later, the gang decides to buy a boat with the money made from their merchandise in \"Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens,\" but, as usual, everything goes wrong. When a heat wave hits Philadelphia, Mac and Charlie restore an abandoned pool while Frank wreaks havoc at a public pool, and Dee and Dennis are accused of being \"white trash\" while trying to get a membership at a country club pool. This season also sees Dee becoming pregnant and every male panicking over who could be the possible father (with the surprise revealed to be Carmen", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 6)" }, { "docid": "15006542", "text": "is his—and Charlie attempts to get a paternity test at a free clinic but the old flame finally reveals that is not true, while Mac and Dennis frequent pro- and anti-abortion rallies to pick up women. The gang then turns their bar into a safe haven for underage drinkers—and find themselves regressing to their high school ways when they get invited to the prom. Charlie has a cancer scare and the gang looks for a woman to sleep with him before he dies. The gang then gets gun-crazy when their bar has been robbed and Dee dates a man who", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 1)" }, { "docid": "8283105", "text": "to write an episode of \"It's Always Sunny\". He and his co-producers accepted the offer, resulting in the Season 9 episode \"Flowers for Charlie\" in 2013. On July 21, 2015, McElhenney was confirmed by Mojang as the director of the upcoming animated \"Minecraft\" movie, announced for 2019. He has since left the project. In 2017, he appeared as a guest in the acclaimed \"Fargo\" episode \"The Law of Non-Contradiction\". He received praise for his performance from critics, who saw his character as a reference to \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.\" Before the first season of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\"", "title": "Rob McElhenney" }, { "docid": "15006650", "text": "also sees Frank becoming more self-destructive and worried over his mortality: becomes a slobbering drunk, attempts to hang himself after losing all his money, has sex with Artemis (the strange actress from Sweet Dee's acting class), and tries to sleep with the same women as Dennis...after Mac has had his shot at them. The gang then decide to take a trip to the Grand Canyon as part of an item on Frank's bucket list—but the trip ends before it can begin after several unfortunate events. The gang then gets their taste of Hollywood stardom when M. Night Shyamalan films his", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 5)" }, { "docid": "15006631", "text": "holding a contest to find a new billboard model for the bar and the gang trying to bring good karma to a Hispanic family by rebuilding their hovel. Dennis' erotic memoirs land him in a mental hospital with comedian Sinbad and Matchbox Twenty lead singer, Rob Thomas. Dee and Artemis live it up like the girls on \"Sex and the City\", while Frank and the rest of the gang solve a scatological mystery. Charlie continues to stalk The Waitress, especially in light of news that someone else is having sex with her; then Charlie reworks his \"Night Man\" song into", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 4)" }, { "docid": "6213849", "text": "Money\", \"Pootie Tang\", \"Honey 2\", \"Pineapple Express\", \"Think Like A Man Too\", \"Pitch Perfect 2\"), television (\"A Different World\", \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", \"Scrubs\", \"Glee\", \"The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story\", \"Hindsight\"), and video games (2004's \"\", on new jack swing radio station , 2009's \"DJ Hero\", 2010's \"Dance Central\"). It is also referenced in the Madvillain song, \"Fancy Clown\" and the Donald D. track, \"She Gets Buck Wild\". \"Poison\" was named #60 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s as well as #1 on VH1's 40 Greatest R&B Songs of the 90s. The song was used", "title": "Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song)" }, { "docid": "19653152", "text": "Beat\". Dennis Gruenling Dennis Gruenling is an American electric blues harmonicist, songwriter, record producer and radio DJ. He has released seven albums since 1999, with his most recent being 2016's \"Ready or Not\". His contributions to other musician's albums has included stints playing the harmonica, audio engineering and mixing, production and album sleeve artwork. Gruenling has also been employed for over a decade as a DJ on WFDU college radio. His dynamic harmonica playing style has been inspired variously by Little Walter, Lester Young and Illinois Jacquet. Gruenling, who plays both chromatic and diatonic harmonica, has been awarded the title", "title": "Dennis Gruenling" }, { "docid": "19653144", "text": "Dennis Gruenling Dennis Gruenling is an American electric blues harmonicist, songwriter, record producer and radio DJ. He has released seven albums since 1999, with his most recent being 2016's \"Ready or Not\". His contributions to other musician's albums has included stints playing the harmonica, audio engineering and mixing, production and album sleeve artwork. Gruenling has also been employed for over a decade as a DJ on WFDU college radio. His dynamic harmonica playing style has been inspired variously by Little Walter, Lester Young and Illinois Jacquet. Gruenling, who plays both chromatic and diatonic harmonica, has been awarded the title of", "title": "Dennis Gruenling" }, { "docid": "10190764", "text": "Toytown Toytown was a BBC radio series for children, broadcast for \"Children's Hour\" on the Home Service. The plays were based on a set of puppets created by S. G. Hulme Beaman, who also wrote the stories for the series. The first \"Toytown\" plays were broadcast in 1929, and the pool of stories was re-used until the end of \"Children's Hour\". There were 31 plays in all. During the 1970s, most of the plays were adapted as short films which were broadcast on ITV. The series starred Larry the Lamb, the central character, and his clever sidekick, Dennis the Dachshund.", "title": "Toytown" }, { "docid": "15564857", "text": "the poem from the 2009 film \"Invictus\" and wonders aloud, \"Who was the white guy in that?\" She is thinking of Matt Damon, who had formerly portrayed her boyfriend Carol on \"30 Rock\". King Jong-Il mentions that Laura Ling left North Korea because \"she can't party as hard as we can\". At the end of the episode, there is another clip (possibly from the same movie as the first clip) starring Tracy Jordan and Kim Jong-Il. The scene starts out with the \"Coffee's for closers\" bit from \"Glengarry Glen Ross\" (a movie in which Alec Baldwin, who plays Jack Donaghy,", "title": "Everything Sunny All the Time Always" }, { "docid": "19404740", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 12) The twelfth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FXX on January 4, 2017. The season consists of 10 episodes and concluded on March 8, 2017. The series was renewed for an eleventh and twelfth season on April 4, 2014, each to consist of 10 episodes. In December 2016, Glenn Howerton revealed the season premiere would be a musical episode. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The twelfth season received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 93% with an average score of 8.76 out of 10", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 12)" }, { "docid": "17496499", "text": "2015. Glenn Howerton said in July 2013 that the series was planned to end after ten seasons, but it was renewed for an 11th and 12th season in April 2014. JD Harmeyer guest-directed a scene in the episode \"The Gang Group Dates\". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 10) The tenth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FXX on January 14, 2015. The season consists of 10 episodes and concluded on March 18, 2015. The tenth season was released on DVD in region 1 on January 5, 2016. The series was", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 10)" }, { "docid": "9287352", "text": "part of the Philippine team on group stages of the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup (2012 AFF Suzuki Cup), the football championship of Southeast Asia, which was hosted by Thailand and Malaysia. He played in all three matches of the group A stage in Thailand. Cagara is married to Natashia. The couple has one child (Milas). Cagara's older brother Sunny is an entertainer, who participated in \"Talent 2009\", the Danish version of America's Got Talent. Dennis Cagara Dennis Mengoy Cagara (born 19 February 1985) is a Danish–Filipino professional footballer who previously played for Hvidovre as a left back. He represents", "title": "Dennis Cagara" }, { "docid": "9996585", "text": "Sunny (1930 film) Sunny is a 1930 American all-talking Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie, and Inez Courtney. It was produced and released by First National Pictures. The film was based on the Broadway stage hit, \"Sunny\", produced by Charles Dillingham, which played from September 22, 1925, to December 11, 1926. Marilyn Miller, who had played the leading part in the Broadway production, was hired by Warner Brothers to reprise the role that made her the highest-paid star on Broadway. Marylin Miller plays the part of an American circus performer,", "title": "Sunny (1930 film)" }, { "docid": "4684481", "text": "Show\", where it may spontaneously and without apparent reason follow the show's standard cheer of \"Jer-ry, Jer-ry!\" and is also often delivered by Homer Simpson on \"The Simpsons\" as a celebration of almost anything, often accompanied by honking of his car's horn and flashing of its headlights. The chant is also used on \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" when the gang come up with a plan. U-S-A! \"U-S-A!\" is a chant of the United States of America's initials popular in expressing U.S. pride and supporting U.S. national sports teams. It is also used in other community events, such as at", "title": "U-S-A!" }, { "docid": "20804506", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 13) The thirteenth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FXX on September 5, 2018. The season consists of 10 episodes and concluded on November 7, 2018. On April 1, 2016, the series was renewed for a thirteenth and fourteenth season, which will tie it with \"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet\" as the longest running (in number of seasons) live-action American comedy series in history. In March 2017, following the twelfth season finale in which Glenn Howerton's character was seemingly written off the show, Howerton expressed", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 13)" }, { "docid": "19404741", "text": "based on 15 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Twelve seasons in and \"It's Always Sunny\" still shines bright thanks to its willingness to trod into new comedic territory and push the limits of its already limitless characters.\" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 12) The twelfth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FXX on January 4, 2017. The season consists of 10 episodes and concluded on March 8, 2017. The series was renewed for an eleventh and twelfth season on April 4, 2014, each to consist of 10 episodes. In December", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 12)" }, { "docid": "19331740", "text": "for Steven Bergwijn in a 3–1 win over Croatia. He scored his first goal for the U19's in Netherlands' final match at the tournament, which ultimately ended in a penalty-shootout loss against Germany which saw them fail to qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. On 7 October 2016, van der Heijden scored four goals for Netherlands U20 in a 5–3 win over the United States in a Four Nations Tournament. Dennis van der Heijden Dennis van der Heijden (born 17 February 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for as a forward for Italian side Carpi and", "title": "Dennis van der Heijden" }, { "docid": "15006674", "text": "material for season 6. It was later re-edited with new scenes to create the season 7 episode \"How Mac Got Fat\". In this season, Mac fights against gay marriage after he discovers that Carmen (the trans woman he secretly dated in \"Mac Is a Serial Killer\" and first met in \"Charlie Has Cancer\") has had gender reassignment surgery and gotten married to someone else. Meanwhile, Dennis marries an old friend—then quickly divorces her and gets stuck with paying exorbitant alimony, and Charlie and Frank decide to exploit gay marriage by getting married themselves for benefits, only to find it a", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 6)" }, { "docid": "15006673", "text": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 6) The sixth season of the American comedy television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" premiered on FX on September 16, 2010. It is the first season of the show to be filmed in High-definition. The season contains 14 episodes and concluded airing on December 9, 2010 with the hour-long Christmas special (which was produced for season 5, however aired as part of season 6). An additional episode called \"The Gang Gets Successful\" (production code IP06004) was produced for this season, but was not aired, despite scenes from the episode being included in promotional", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 6)" }, { "docid": "18651562", "text": "Charlie Work \"Charlie Work\" is the fourth episode of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\"’s tenth season. Featuring an uninterrupted seven minute long shot, the episode garnered critical acclaim from critics and fans and is considered one of the best episodes of \"Always Sunny.\" Contrary to popular belief, the episode is not a tribute to \"Birdman\", but in fact, pays homage to HBO's \"True Detective\". Charlie gets tipped off that the health inspector is coming to do a surprise inspection of Paddy's Pub, alerting Frank and rushing back to the bar, only to discover the gang is in the midst of", "title": "Charlie Work" }, { "docid": "17988340", "text": "went on to star in the television film \"Safe House\", which aired during TV One's Sunday Night Theatre. She was also cast in TV3's comedy series \"Sunny Skies\" as Nicky, an \"independent, organised campground owner\". On 30 December 2013, it was announced O'Reilly had joined the cast of \"Neighbours\" as Naomi Canning. O'Reilly attended two rounds of auditions before she won the role. O'Reilly and her husband filmed her first audition in their garden in Sydney, before O'Reilly flew to Melbourne to audition in the studio, with cast members Colette Mann and Stefan Dennis. She made her first appearance as", "title": "Morgana O'Reilly" }, { "docid": "11519618", "text": "The Mighty Echoes The Mighty Echoes, an American a cappella doo-wop quartet from Los Angeles, California, United States, was formed backstage at the Olio Theater in Silverlake, California during the production of Harvey Shield’s 1986 musical \"1284: The Pied Piper\". The Echoes went on to appear on many TV shows including “Frank's Place”, “Family Matters”, “Brooklyn Bridge”, “Murphy Brown” a stint as Tony Danza's high school singing group on \"Who's The Boss\" and recent appearances on “It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia” and “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody”. The group appeared in one feature film, the Dennis Quaid /", "title": "The Mighty Echoes" }, { "docid": "8738244", "text": "Channel Communications can add commercials to channels which it already provides programming to, such as KISS, Sunny, and Mix. In response, XM changed their slogan from \"100% commercial-free music\" to \"the most commercial-free music channels on satellite radio\". In the United States, the newly commercialized channels were moved, whereas they were deleted outright from XM Canada. XM described Flight 26 as \"Modern Hits of the 90's & Now,\" although since it leans towards Hot AC, the station plays no urban music. The music is targeted for the younger adult group, especially for those who are age 16 or older, and", "title": "The Pulse (SiriusXM)" }, { "docid": "9897998", "text": "take them to a music convention/competition under the name \"Sweeta than Suga\"; the group eventually being heard by music producer Michael Bivins. Sinbad also made a cameo appearance on the television show \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" as himself in a rehab center in the episode \"Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life\", which originally aired October 23, 2008. His cameo was met with positive acclaim from fans of both him and the series. Sinbad was the host of \"Thou Shalt Laugh 3\". The DVD was released on November 11, 2008. He performed his Comedy Central television special \"Where U Been?\" at", "title": "Sinbad (comedian)" }, { "docid": "13589872", "text": "In 1899 Ada Blenkhorn was inspired to write the Christian hymn by a phrase used by her nephew. Blenkhorn's nephew was disabled and always wanted his wheelchair pushed down \"the sunny side\" of the street. The Carter Family learned of the song from A. P. Carter's uncle who was a music teacher, and they recorded the song in Camden, New Jersey in 1928. \"Keep on the Sunny Side\" became their theme song on the radio in later years. A.P. Carter's tombstone has a gold record of the song embedded in it. In later years, the Carter Family treated \"Keep on", "title": "Keep On the Sunny Side" }, { "docid": "14294147", "text": "the 20 Best Characters of 2011, explaining: \"In a cast full of douchebags, the childlike ball of energy played by Charlie Day comes off as more endearing than despicable. He’s the personification of what makes \"It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" such a great show: perverse, loud, crude and surprisingly likable.\" \"TV Guide\" listed him in their list of TV's Most Lovable Lunkheads. Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) Charles Rutherford Kelly is a fictional character on the FX series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", portrayed by Charlie Day. Charlie is co-owner at Paddy's (although he later sells his shares)", "title": "Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)" }, { "docid": "6321089", "text": "Shahril Ishak Shahril Ishak (born 23 January 1984) is a Singaporean football player who currently plays for Home United in the S. League. Shahril is the captain of Singapore national football team. Awarded the AFF Suzuki Cup MVP, he led Singapore to become the first nation to win four titles in the tournament's history. He followed it up by winning the inaugural AFF Player of the Year (Men) award in 2013. He is a natural centre midfielder who can also play as a striker or winger. Along with Baihakki Khaizan, Hassan Sunny and Khairul Amri, Shahril was in the pioneer", "title": "Shahril Ishak" }, { "docid": "900603", "text": "Always Sunny In Philadelphia\" comically explored if blackface could ever be done \"right\". One of the characters insists that Laurence Olivier's blackface performance in his 1965 production of \"Othello\" was not offensive. In the same episode, the gang shows their fan film, \"Lethal Weapon 5\", in which the character Mac appears in blackface. In the season 9 episode \"The Gang make Lethal Weapon 6\", Mac once again dons black make-up, along with Dee, who plays his character's wife in the film. The 2012 Popchips commercial showing actor Ashton Kutcher with brown make-up on his face impersonating a stereotypical Indian person", "title": "Blackface" }, { "docid": "1555843", "text": "disorder... had she been evaluated for personality disorders, she would receive a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder\". Other examples in popular fiction include television characters Adam Demamp (portrayed by Adam DeVine in \"Workaholics\") and Dennis Reynolds (portrayed by Glenn Howerton in \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\"). A Norwegian study concluded that narcissism should be conceived as personality dimensions pertinent to the whole range of PDs rather than as a distinct diagnostic category. Alarcón and Sarabia, in examining past literature on the disorder, concluded that narcissistic personality disorder \"shows nosological inconsistency and that its consideration as a trait domain with needed", "title": "Narcissistic personality disorder" }, { "docid": "10861656", "text": "Deandra Reynolds Deandra \"Dee\" Reynolds is a fictional character on the FX television series \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", She was played by Jordan Reid in the unaired pilot episode, and portrayed by Kaitlin Olson for the actual series. Dee was the only major character in the show to be conceived without an actor in mind. Although she was originally written to be a female voice of reason, Dee's character quickly became an equal participant in The Gang's illicit and morally questionable activities once Olson was cast. Dee is Dennis Reynolds' twin sister and is the main bartender at their", "title": "Deandra Reynolds" }, { "docid": "2159562", "text": "members have gone on to bigger success, including Kristen Wiig, who landed a regular spot on \"Saturday Night Live\" in 2005, and also went on to co-write and star in the 2011 film \"Bridesmaids\"; Lance Krall, creator, writer and lead of VH1's \"Free Radio\"; Ralph Garman, a voice actor on \"Family Guy\" and co-host of \"Hollywood Babble-On\"; and David Hornsby, who is a writer, supervising producer, and performer on \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\". Creator/producers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick went on to a number of projects, including the films \"Zombieland\" and \"Deadpool\". In 2004, Spike TV aired a second", "title": "The Joe Schmo Show" }, { "docid": "2074728", "text": "the Sacramento gubernatorial debate on September 24, 2003. He went on to speak at a Schwarzenegger rally that same night. When asked about the possibility of facing a Miller candidacy, Boxer spokesman Roy Behr dismissed his odds: \"The Republican Party has gone through a desperate search to find someone who is remotely credible—they've looked at everybody and everything, and they couldn't find anybody, so they're looking at bringing in the circus. I think the public has always registered how they feel about Dennis Miller. And that's why he got booted off \"Monday Night Football\".\" \"The Weekly Standard\"'s Bill Whalen saw", "title": "Dennis Miller" }, { "docid": "13923348", "text": "Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8 Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8 is part of the Miami-Dade County School District. It educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade from Sunny Isles Beach, Eastern Shores, and Golden Beach. The school opened in 2008. It was initially discussed as a means to relieve class sizes in \"Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor Elementary School\", \"Ojus Elementary School\", and \"Highland Oaks Middle School\". The school opened in August 2008, under the name \"Sunny Island Community School\". The name change was first proposed in February 2011. It was the first school established in Sunny Isles", "title": "Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8" }, { "docid": "18651571", "text": "excitable dialogue is one of \"Sunny\"’s chief assets, and Day's performance here is pure exhilaration as he wrangles: crates of chickens, 4000 steaks, a clogged toilet, a disabled carbon monoxide detector, a hungry and confused truck driver, a repeatedly blown fuse, a painted Frank blowing a recorder, Mac grunting and apologizing at just the right time, and two separate carjackings to make everything turn out all right.\" Charlie Work \"Charlie Work\" is the fourth episode of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\"’s tenth season. Featuring an uninterrupted seven minute long shot, the episode garnered critical acclaim from critics and fans and", "title": "Charlie Work" }, { "docid": "2156300", "text": "revenge, defeating the Sharks in the American Conference Championship game, advancing to ArenaBowl XXIX. The Jacksonville Sharks left the AFL after the 2016 season, ending the Soul-Sharks rivalry. The Soul logo appeared on a 2008 episode of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" entitled \"Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life\". Actress Lisa LoCicero played the role of a \"representative\" of the team. Colt Bennett also wore a Soul T-shirt in season 1 episode 4 of \"The Ranch\". On a Season 5 punishment of \"Impractical Jokers\", Joe Gatto has to shoot his own clothes into the crowd at a Soul game. The Soul", "title": "Philadelphia Soul" }, { "docid": "15006561", "text": "lies and deception in order to throw the rest of the gang off his tracks. The gang ups their efforts on the scheming front: the gang tries to fight back against a property anomaly that leaves their bar in the path of an Israeli immigrant's new place, Dennis and Dee quit their jobs and hatch a plot to get on welfare so they can live out their dream careers, and Frank—along with Charlie and Mac—exploit the religious when they discover a water stain in the back room that resembles The Virgin Mary. Charlie and Dee fight against cigarette smoking, with", "title": "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 2)" } ]
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when did the battle of omaha beach start
[ "June 6 , 1944" ]
[ { "docid": "704244", "text": "Omaha Beach Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. 'Omaha' refers to a section of the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel long, from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve River estuary and an estimated tall cliffs. Landings here were necessary to link the British landings to the east at Gold with the American landing to the west at Utah, thus providing", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "7644081", "text": "Severloh, a German machine gunner on Omaha Beach that day, wrote in his book \"WN62: A German Soldier's Memories of the Defence of Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944\" that Pluskat was not with his unit the day of the invasion and \"was not truthfully portrayed\" in the film. Pluskat's men fired their guns on Omaha Beach until they ran out of ammunition. Pluskat was with Generalleutnant Kurt Dittmar when they surrendered to soldiers of the U.S. 30th Infantry Division at Magdeburg on 23 April 1945. For the production of \"The Longest Day\", Pluskat was one of many Axis and", "title": "Werner Pluskat" }, { "docid": "704244", "text": "Omaha Beach Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. 'Omaha' refers to a section of the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel long, from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve River estuary and an estimated tall cliffs. Landings here were necessary to link the British landings to the east at Gold with the American landing to the west at Utah, thus providing", "title": "Omaha Beach" } ]
[ { "docid": "6825773", "text": "before a judge. I thought that if I was going to fight for this country, I should be a U.S. citizen. MacGillivary's first wartime action came during the Battle of Normandy, landing on Omaha Beach in 1944. From Omaha Beach MacGillivary would be involved in numerous battles throughout France, before reaching Wœlfling during the Battle of the Bulge. When his unit was surrounded on January 1, 1945 by the 17th German Panzer Grenadier Division a Waffen-SS Panzer unit in Wœlfling, France, MacGillivary, then 27, picked up a machine gun and knocked out four German machine gun nests, killing 36 German", "title": "Charles Andrew MacGillivary" }, { "docid": "1968014", "text": "time, one for the semi-documentary \"The Battle of Midway\" (1942), and one for the propaganda film \"\" (1943). Ford filmed the Japanese attack on Midway from the power plant of Sand Island and was wounded in the arm.</ref> Ford was also present on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He crossed the English Channel on the , which anchored off Omaha Beach at 0600. He observed the first wave land on the beach from the ship, landing on the beach himself later with a team of Coast Guard cameramen who filmed the battle from behind the beach obstacles, with Ford directing operations.", "title": "John Ford" }, { "docid": "17760331", "text": "Battle of Port-en-Bessin The Battle of Port-en-Bessin also known as Operation Aubery took place from 1944, at a small fishing harbour west of Arromanches during the Normandy landings of World War II. The village was between Omaha Beach to the west in the U.S. V Corps sector, and Gold Beach to the east in the British XXX Corps sector. An objective during Operation Overlord, the fortified port was captured by No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando of the 4th Special Service Brigade. The port lay between Omaha and Gold beaches and was close to Blay, the site of a prospective command", "title": "Battle of Port-en-Bessin" }, { "docid": "17760343", "text": "136 casualties, 46 killed and 70 wounded. Citations Bibliography Books Newspapers Battle of Port-en-Bessin The Battle of Port-en-Bessin also known as Operation Aubery took place from 1944, at a small fishing harbour west of Arromanches during the Normandy landings of World War II. The village was between Omaha Beach to the west in the U.S. V Corps sector, and Gold Beach to the east in the British XXX Corps sector. An objective during Operation Overlord, the fortified port was captured by No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando of the 4th Special Service Brigade. The port lay between Omaha and Gold beaches", "title": "Battle of Port-en-Bessin" }, { "docid": "704264", "text": "H+195 minutes two further Regimental Combat Teams, the 115th RCT of the 29th Infantry Division and the 18th RCT of the 1st Infantry Division were to land, with the 26th RCT of the 1st Infantry Division to be landed on the orders of the V Corps commander. The objective was for the beach defenses to be cleared by H+2 hours, whereupon the assault sections were to reorganize, continuing the battle in battalion formations. The draws were to be opened to allow traffic to exit the beach by H+3 hours. By the end of the day, the forces at Omaha were", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "704278", "text": "out. To reach the beach they had to wade through water sometimes neck deep, and they still had or more to go when they did reach shore. Those that made it to the shingle did so at a walking pace because they were so heavily laden. Most sections had to brave the full weight of fire from small arms, mortars, artillery, and interlocking fields of heavy machine gun fire. Where the naval bombardment set grass fires burning, as it had at Dog Red opposite the Les Moulins strongpoint, the smoke obscured the landing troops and prevented effective fire from being", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "704262", "text": "of Omaha. Meanwhile, C Company 2nd Rangers was to land on the right of the 116th RCT and take the positions at Pointe de la Percée. The remaining companies of 2nd Rangers and the 5th Ranger Battalion were to follow up at Pointe du Hoc if that action proved to be successful, otherwise they were to follow the 116th into Dog Green and proceed to Pointe du Hoc overland. The landings were scheduled to start at 06:30, \"H-Hour\", on a flooding tide, preceded by a 40-minute naval and 30-minute aerial bombardment of the beach defenses, with the DD tanks arriving", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "7946056", "text": "of Bloody Gulch\". Battle of Carentan The Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airborne forces of the United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy. The battle took place between 6 and 13 June 1944, on the approaches to and within the city of Carentan, France. The objective of the attacking American forces was consolidation of the U.S. beachheads (Utah Beach and Omaha Beach) and establishment of a continuous defensive line against expected German counterattacks. The defending German force attempted to hold the city long enough to allow reinforcements en route", "title": "Battle of Carentan" }, { "docid": "7946025", "text": "Battle of Carentan The Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airborne forces of the United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy. The battle took place between 6 and 13 June 1944, on the approaches to and within the city of Carentan, France. The objective of the attacking American forces was consolidation of the U.S. beachheads (Utah Beach and Omaha Beach) and establishment of a continuous defensive line against expected German counterattacks. The defending German force attempted to hold the city long enough to allow reinforcements en route from the south", "title": "Battle of Carentan" }, { "docid": "704263", "text": "five minutes before H-Hour. The infantry were organized into specially equipped assault sections, 32 men strong, one section to a landing craft, with each section assigned specific objectives in reducing the beach defenses. Immediately behind the first landings the Special Engineer Task Force was to land with the mission of clearing and marking lanes through the beach obstacles. This would allow the larger ships of the follow-up landings to get through safely at high tide. The landing of artillery support was scheduled to start at H+90 minutes while the main buildup of vehicles was to start at H+180 minutes. At", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "19808003", "text": "and shapes approaching the Normandy coast, American assault troops landing on Omaha Beach and moving inland to further strengthen the opposition. These photographs would come to be seen by the entire world. Due to military protocol that no individual soldier get credit, Wall seldom is recognized for taking the first combat photos of the initial invasion. Currently, however, the Omaha Beach Museum, on site, has given him personal credit for his photos. After the landing, Wall was moved from England to Percy Jones Hospital, in Battle Creek, Michigan for further medical service. As his initial leg amputation wasn’t properly carried", "title": "Herman V. Wall" }, { "docid": "704331", "text": "have grown and merged, but the geography of the beach remains as it was and the remains of the coastal defenses can still be visited. At the top of the bluff overlooking Omaha near Colleville is the American cemetery. In 1988, particles of shrapnel, as well as glass and iron beads resulting from munitions explosions were found in the sand of the beach, and the study of them estimated that those particles would remain in the sand of the beach for one to two centuries. Omaha Beach Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "16296556", "text": "cross-channel trip to the mainland, but did not leave for Normandy until 16–18 June. Batteries A, C, and D were all offloaded on Omaha Beach between 17–20 June, but Battery B and HQ Battery were prevented from landing by strong storms until 25 June. The unit was located about inland and had the mission of protecting the beach from Luftwaffe air attacks against the Allied shipping that was still offloading personnel and supplies. These raids took place mainly at night, due to the daytime air superiority enjoyed by the Allies. During their time at Omaha Beach, the 184th was credited", "title": "184th AAA Battalion (United States)" }, { "docid": "18594742", "text": "come back ... \" As a Patrol Control Craft, \"PC-552\" guided and controlled the invasion of Fox Green sector of Omaha Beach, Normandy on D-day. There were 18 patrol control craft in total at Normandy organized as PC Squadron One. During the Battle of Normandy, all PC's were under intense 50 cal. and artillery fire. By 0530 on 6 June 1944, the first wave of attackers approached the beach, the 741 Tank Battalion (Duplex drive (DD) Sherman amphibious tanks destined for the eastern half of Omaha were guided by LCC-20). At 0542, the first wave was dispatched. At 0641 \"PC-552\"", "title": "USS PC-552" }, { "docid": "4922425", "text": "They suffered heavy initial casualties, but were still able to make good progress. Utah Beach On Utah Beach, the DDs were operated by the 70th Tank Battalion. Armoured support was reduced by four DDs when their LCT was lost to German artillery fire. The remaining tanks were launched 15 minutes late from the beach. Twenty-seven out of twenty eight reached the beach but confusion caused by the massive smoke screen meant they landed around from their aiming point and saw little German opposition. Omaha Beach<br> At Omaha Beach almost all of the tanks launched offshore were lost, their absence contributing", "title": "DD tank" }, { "docid": "14449620", "text": "a key objective for the Allies to hold. The 82nd Airborne Division's assault on the bridge in September 1944 received the nickname \"Little Omaha\" due to the heavy casualties and became a significant turning point in the battle. War reporter Bill Downs described it as: \"A single, isolated battle that ranks in magnificence and courage with Guam, Tarawa, Omaha Beach. A story that should be told to the blowing of bugles and the beating of drums for the men whose bravery made the capture of this crossing over the Waal possible.\" Despite all that sacrifice, german special forces divers were", "title": "Nijmegen railway bridge" }, { "docid": "7410305", "text": "road running past the manor \"Bloody Gulch\", after a place mentioned in a popular western movie. When the 101st Airborne entered the town of Carentan on June 12, 1944 (D-Day + 6) after heavy fighting on the two previous days, they met relatively light resistance. The bulk of the surviving German defenders (from the 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment) had withdrawn to the southwest the previous night after a heavy Allied naval and artillery bombardment. Both sides realized the importance of the town: for the Americans, it was a link between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, and would provide a base for", "title": "Battle of Bloody Gulch" }, { "docid": "8994662", "text": "Omaha, New Zealand Omaha is a small beach town on Omaha Bay in the Rodney District, in the north of New Zealand. It is located 74.7 km north of Auckland. It is on a sandspit that adjoins Tawharanui Peninsula and separates Whangateau Harbour from Omaha Bay. The nearest sizable town is Warkworth which is situated 16.8 km south west of Omaha. \"Omaha\", translated from Maori, means a 'place of pleasure' Omaha was a Marutūāhu settlement until, in 1841, when it was bought by the Crown. Early European settlement was at Sandspit. The sandspit of Omaha was formed during the last", "title": "Omaha, New Zealand" }, { "docid": "704297", "text": "for the defenders. The reserve force of the German 352nd division, the 915th regiment, which had earlier been deployed against the US airborne landings to the west of Omaha, was diverted to the Gold zone east of Omaha, where German defenses were crumbling. The key geographical features that had influenced the landings also influenced the next phase of the battle: the draws, the natural exits off the beaches, were the main targets in the initial assault plan. The strongly concentrated defenses around these draws meant that the troops landing near them quickly became incapable of carrying out a further assault.", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "5911784", "text": "I Flying Ace) they soon become lost and camp at a nearby beach for the night. Linus, however, wakes up shortly before daybreak and walks along the beach, realizing they are at Omaha Beach. Linus then tells of the battle of D-Day, leading the group to the nearby cemetery for all of the American soldiers. The voice of General Dwight D. Eisenhower is also heard, reminiscing about the experiences of the battle. Archival news footage is also used, in some cases with the characters inserted through rotoscoping. While proceeding up north, they head towards Ypres, which Linus recognized as the", "title": "What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?" }, { "docid": "4114936", "text": "flooded Douve River using a few causeways passing through the flooded fields. The next day Carentan fell to the 101st in the Battle of Carentan. Beginning with a dawn assault, it was an all-day, hard-fought, house-to-house fight against German troops embedded in strongly prepared positions. The capture of the town gave the Allies a continuous front joining Omaha to Utah Beach and the other three lodgements to the east of Omaha. Possession of the town was maintained despite a German armor reinforced counterattack just to the south-west of town on the 13th known as the Battle of Bloody Gulch. On", "title": "Carentan" }, { "docid": "8994665", "text": "course, tennis courts, bowling club and children's playgrounds. From 2018 it is served by 7 buses a day to Warkworth. Omaha, New Zealand Omaha is a small beach town on Omaha Bay in the Rodney District, in the north of New Zealand. It is located 74.7 km north of Auckland. It is on a sandspit that adjoins Tawharanui Peninsula and separates Whangateau Harbour from Omaha Bay. The nearest sizable town is Warkworth which is situated 16.8 km south west of Omaha. \"Omaha\", translated from Maori, means a 'place of pleasure' Omaha was a Marutūāhu settlement until, in 1841, when it", "title": "Omaha, New Zealand" }, { "docid": "7946028", "text": "its primary mission of seizing the port of Cherbourg. The glider troopers landed by glider and ships on 6 and 7 June. Merging the American beachheads at Utah and Omaha Beach was a D-Day objective of the amphibious forces but was not achieved because of heavy German resistance at Omaha. Moreover, Allied intelligence believed that three German divisions were massing to drive a wedge between them. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspected Omaha on 7 June and ordered a \"concentrated effort\" to make the linkup. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, senior American ground commander, ordered the original tactical plan", "title": "Battle of Carentan" }, { "docid": "19656785", "text": "Britain. The route starts in London and here goes through Kent (Operation Fortitude South, Operation Pluto and Operation Dynamo) and Hampshire (where Operation Overlord was prepared). Important remembrance sites During Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious assault in history, Allied forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of Normandy coast on D-Day. This operation marked the start of the liberation of Western Europe. The route here comprises the 5 landing beaches: Sword Beach (from Ouistreham to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer), Gold Beach (between Port-en-Bessin and La Rivière), Utah Beach (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont), Omaha Beach (from Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to Vierville-sur-Mer), Juno Beach (from Courseulles to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer)", "title": "Liberation Route Europe" }, { "docid": "16349292", "text": "1999 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The 1999 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 18, 1999, on the streets of Long Beach, California. In qualifying, Tony Kanaan, the Rookie of the Year in 1998, took his first CART career pole after a close battle with Dario Franchitti. At the start, it was Bryan Herta who took the lead after passing both Kanaan and Franchitti at the first corner, but that did not last long, as both Kanaan and Franchitti passed Herta on", "title": "1999 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach" }, { "docid": "3161592", "text": "were provided with a code name taken from one of the spelling alphabets of the time. The coast was divided between Able, west of Omaha, to Rodger on the eastern flank of the invasion area. Eight further sectors were added when the planned invasion was extended to include Utah. Each sector was further subdivided into beaches identified by the colours Green, Red, and White. Gold did not refer to a particular beach but to a landing area. It was delineated by Port-en-Bessin on the west and La Rivière on the east, and included Arromanches, location of one of the artificial", "title": "Gold Beach" }, { "docid": "1563075", "text": "Omaha Beach, in the Western Taskforce. Her firing area of Omaha was the western half, supporting the US 29th Infantry Division and the US 2nd Ranger Battalion at Pointe du Hoc, and the US 5th Ranger Battalion, which had been diverted to Western Omaha to support the troops at Pointe du Hoc. The Omaha Beach bombardment force consisted of two sections with \"Texas\" and the British light cruiser responsible for the western half with \"Arkansas\", and the French light cruisers and responsible for the east. Also assigned to Omaha Beach were the American destroyers , , , , , ,", "title": "USS Texas (BB-35)" }, { "docid": "16225454", "text": "Allied invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944 or D-Day. It lay between Omaha Beach and Juno Beach, was 8 km wide and divided into four sectors. From west to east they were How, Item, Jig, and King. This was the hardest and costliest of the 231st Brigade's three assault landings and the Battle of Normandy exacted a heavy toll on the brigade. The task of invading Gold Beach was given to the 50th Infantry Division and the 8th Armoured Brigade. The beach was assaulted in multiple brigades of the 50th Infantry Division; on the West was the 231st Infantry Brigade,", "title": "231st Brigade (United Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "18594708", "text": "USS PC-552 USS \"PC-552\" was a class-461 patrol craft (\"PC\") that was at the forefront of the naval efforts during the Normandy invasion. It served as convoy protection in the North Atlantic and as one of about ten PC control vessels off Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion. \"PC-552\" was among the first ships to reach waters off Omaha Beach. \"PC-552\", primary control vessel for Fox Green sector of the beach, was forced into rescue efforts and recovery of bodies at the departure line for Fox Green when the Duplex Drive tanks that survived the initial disastrous launch were swamped", "title": "USS PC-552" }, { "docid": "2520636", "text": "the 2–16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, on the beach at Omaha. This is where the famous Ranger slogan comes from, when Major Max F. Schneider, commanding the 5th Ranger Battalion, met with General Norman Cota. When Schneider was asked his unit by Cota, someone yelled out \"5th Rangers!\", to which Cota replied, \"Well then Goddammit, Rangers, lead the way!\" This drive cut the German line allowing the conventional army to move in. The 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions worked on special operation tasks in the Normandy Campaign. The two battalions fought in many battles such as Battle for Brest", "title": "75th Ranger Regiment (United States)" }, { "docid": "7764729", "text": "Jyve V Jyve V is a Puerto Rican Latin pop band which got its first public exposure when they won dance contest \"La Batalla de los Sexos\" (Battle of the Sexes) in 1997. Next year they won another dance contest held in Miami Beach, Florida. \"Jyve V\" did originally start as three member group consisting of Alex and brothers Jasond and Rafael. Chelo joined \"Jyve V\" in 1999. The band name comes from dance style Jive and number of group members. Chelo's solo album \"360 °\" was released in June 2006. Song \"Magic of the Night\" is theme for \"Destination", "title": "Jyve V" }, { "docid": "7764730", "text": "Stardom\" television show on Pax TV network. Song \"Sólo a Tu Lado Quiero Vivir\" (I want to spend my whole life with you) is theme for Venezuelan telenovela \"Juana la virgen\" (Juana the virgin). Jyve V Jyve V is a Puerto Rican Latin pop band which got its first public exposure when they won dance contest \"La Batalla de los Sexos\" (Battle of the Sexes) in 1997. Next year they won another dance contest held in Miami Beach, Florida. \"Jyve V\" did originally start as three member group consisting of Alex and brothers Jasond and Rafael. Chelo joined \"Jyve V\"", "title": "Jyve V" }, { "docid": "10216012", "text": "reaches Bauptois, it alters its direction towards the Bay of the Seine in the south-eastern English Channel, passing through Carentan. The Douve is a navigable river owing to its flat bottom and adequate depth of flow. In 1944 German troops, preparing Rommel's Fortress Europa, flooded the valley to prevent landing paratroops or gliders. On D-Day, the river was the boundary between the allied left flank landing forces on Utah Beach (on its left bank and so to the west nearest Roune) and the bloody defensive battle that occurred at Omaha Beach. The Utah beach landings were part of contingency planning", "title": "Douve" }, { "docid": "10572964", "text": "an order where the U.S. government was not prepared to otherwise. In 1857 when the Buchanan Administration announced the sale of lands in Nebraska would start in 1858, claims clubs across the state, led by Omaha, protested against him on the grounds that they would not be ready for the sale. The Administration was persuaded to wait until 1859. The Saratoga Claim Club, established in 1857 north of Omaha City, was formed in admiration of Omaha's club. The East Omaha Land Company of 1882 and the South Omaha Land Company of 1887 are unrelated. Omaha Claim Club The Omaha Claim", "title": "Omaha Claim Club" }, { "docid": "380516", "text": "relatively uncontested, with assault units landing on largely unoccupied beaches and experiencing far less action than the landings at Omaha. The filmmakers chose to begin the narrative with a depiction of the more dramatic story of Omaha, despite the strategic inaccuracy of an impossible mission that could easily have been pursued from the other beach area. In addition, one of the most notable of the operational flaws is the depiction of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich as the adversary during the fictional Battle of Ramelle. The 2nd SS was not engaged in Normandy until July, and then at", "title": "Saving Private Ryan" }, { "docid": "1475821", "text": "speaking German. When he returns to his company's headquarters, the private is told that the \"war's been over for four hours.\" In November 1942, the soldier, now a sergeant in the \"Big Red One\", leads his squad of infantrymen through North Africa, where they are initially fired on by a Vichy French general, who is then overpowered by his French troops who are loyal to Free France. Over the next two years, the squad serves in campaigns in Sicily, where they are given intelligence by a peasant boy, and are fed by grateful women, Omaha Beach at the start of", "title": "The Big Red One" }, { "docid": "4630294", "text": "if necessary--but also via suicidal acts of bravery or inspiring words to the same effect. History is replete with famous rallying speeches, such as Frederick the Great, exhorting his elite (but wavering) Prussian Army in the center of the Battle of Kolín in 1757 (\"Scoundrels, do you wish to live forever?!\") or US Army Brigadier General Norman Cota addressing his mauled units under fire on Omaha Beach (\"Gentlemen, we are being killed on these beaches! Let us go \"inland\" and be killed!\"). Historically, lightly equipped soldiers such as auxiliaries, light cavalry, partisans or militia were important when pursuing a fast-moving,", "title": "Rout" }, { "docid": "16573588", "text": "which remains unpublished. \"The publishers told me it was too early for a book about this American tragedy. The public is not ready for it yet.\" Later Eastlake was transferred to a reinforcement company in England, where his job was \"to process and instruct\" newly arrived troops, including acclimatizing them to British customs. His unit then landed at Omaha Beach, after which he fought in France and Belgium, and was a platoon leader when wounded in the right shoulder in the 1944 Battle of the Bulge, receiving a steel plate that hampered movement of his arm. Though he was awarded", "title": "William Eastlake" }, { "docid": "5889918", "text": "some of the major American operations during the Battle of Normandy. The game begins with Able Company's assault at Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings (D-Day) of Operation Overlord. Able Company must first breach the Atlantic Wall, then take out German bunkers overlooking the beach, and finally disable three 88 mm Flak 36 guns shelling the beach. The game also introduces two of the game's major characters: Captain MacKay and Sergeant Conti. The next three missions are about Fox Company and their actions during the capture and defense of Carentan. On the night before D-Day, Fox Company must first regroup", "title": "Company of Heroes" }, { "docid": "470700", "text": "site. The Union Pacific Railroad did not start construction for another 18 months until July 1865. They were delayed by difficulties obtaining financial backing and the unavailability of workers and materials due to the Civil War. Their start point in the new city of Omaha, Nebraska was not yet connected via railroad to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Equipment needed to begin work was initially delivered to Omaha and Council Bluffs by paddle steamers on the Missouri River. The Union Pacific was so slow in beginning construction during 1865 that they sold two of the four steam locomotives they had purchased. After", "title": "First Transcontinental Railroad" }, { "docid": "10396301", "text": "turrets and supporting infantry. Infantry deployments on the Beach consisted of five companies concentrated at 15 strongpoints called \"Widerstandsnester\" (Resistance Nests), numbered WN-60 in the east to WN-74 in the west. Severloh was part of WN-62, the largest strongpoint defending Omaha Beach. The American plan of attack divided Omaha Beach into ten sectors, codenamed Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog Green, Dog White, Dog Red, Easy Green, Easy Red, Fox Green and Fox Red. WN-62 at the eastern side of Omaha Beach overlooked both Easy Red and Fox Green sectors. WN-62 was 332 meters long by 324 meters wide and between 12", "title": "Heinrich Severloh" }, { "docid": "16366747", "text": "encountered heavy resistance from the machine gun nests at the east end of their landing beach; and XVIII Coastal Brigade artillery and mortars were targeting the beach as LCIs began landing support troops east of the Gela River at 04:30. After sunrise, minesweepers began clearing mines near the beach so the LSTs could start landing vehicles at 08:00. \"LST-338\" was straddled by Italian shellfire as soon as it beached. Italian artillery intensified firing at the eastern beach from 07:10 until \"Boise\" and \"Savannah\" temporarily silenced the batteries at 09:40. Landing craft temporarily stopped using the beach when Italian artillery resumed", "title": "Battle of Gela (1943)" }, { "docid": "3840025", "text": "booklets and on the Days of Wonder internet site) have full support from the DoW team and are thoroughly playtested to ensure balance between the two players (e.g. not a total overrun of German troops at the start of the Soviet campaign) and others represent tougher battles like the assault on Omaha Beach, where the Allied player has difficulty in crossing the beach inland. Another section online is devoted to scenarios the Memoir '44 owners themselves created. These are unofficial and so not playtested by the DoW team, but mostly by the creators themselves. (In rare cases these scenarios are", "title": "Memoir '44" }, { "docid": "12915940", "text": "of Operations (ETO). The 30th Infantry Division arrived in England on February 22, 1944, and trained until June of that year. Major General Hobbs landed in Normandy, France on Omaha Beach with his division on June 11, five days after the initial D-Day landings. The 30th Division fought in the Battle of Normandy and secured the Vire-et-Taute Canal, crossed the Vire River, July 7, and, beginning on July 25 spearheaded the St. Lô break-through, Operation Cobra. Hobbs led the 30th Infantry Division in the Battle of Normandy, Mortain counteroffensive, the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Aachen and for", "title": "Leland Hobbs" }, { "docid": "17824849", "text": "part of Operation Husky in the Sicily Campaign, the 82nd Armored Reconnaissance battalion played a big role in the capture of Butera when the battalion landed in Gela, Sicily in south-central Sicily, on July 11, 1943. While, the tank company also participated in the Battle of Mazzarino, then moving on to Palermo. After the liberation of Palermo it was a part of the Palermo Military District administering prisoners of war. On June 9, 1944, along with other battalions, the 82nd Battalion landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy as a part of Combat Command \"A\" as part of the Normandy landings", "title": "82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion" }, { "docid": "2481510", "text": "of June from Omaha Beach. More 5th Ranger units arrived by sea on the 7th of June when some of their wounded along with German prisoners were taken away to the waiting ships. Currently no memorial exists at Pointe du Hoc to commemorate the actions of the 5th Rangers at Pointe du Hoc—only one to the members of the 2nd Battalion. However, the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) have said that they will correct this error in the near future. The 5th Rangers along with members of the 2nd Btn (with 2 × 75 mm mobile half tracks) then went", "title": "United States Army Rangers" }, { "docid": "13837194", "text": "staging in England for the invasion of France. On D-Day plus three, the 12th landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy and participated in the breakout from the beachhead. Later, the 12th was in the thick of the fighting of the Battle of the Bulge and it joined in the race across Germany and on VE Day was in Pilson, Czechoslovakia. The 12th returned to Fort Lewis, Washington where it remained until it was inactivated. When the Korean War broke out, the 12th was reactivated and in July 1950, departed for Korea where it participated in the fighting on the Pusan", "title": "12th Field Artillery Regiment" }, { "docid": "16726085", "text": "in Davenport, Iowa. In 1942, Fletcher's career was interrupted by World War II. He enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa and attended Officer Candidate School in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A year later, he was commissioned in the Corp of Engineers and assigned as a 1st Lieutenant S-1 Adjutant to the 308th Engineer Combat Battalion Headquarters with the 83rd Infantry Division. Fletcher went through five European military campaigns from D-Day +10 at Omaha Beach, France, the hedgerows of Normandy, through France to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. When General Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered all Armies", "title": "Rick Fletcher" }, { "docid": "3961870", "text": "condition\", the sailor was uninjured. Other such occurrences did not always end as well. On 30 October 1942, while in Trinidad, six of \"Omaha\"s baseball team were injured when one of the sides of the truck carrying them fell off. Just six days later, while \"Omaha\" and were on escort duty, one of her newly arrived Vought OS2U Kingfishers flipped upon landing, while the aviator was able to make it out safely, the plane sustained serious damage which required it to need overhauling when \"Omaha\" put back into port. Tragedy did strike \"Marblehead\" though in November 1942. As her whaleboat", "title": "USS Omaha (CL-4)" }, { "docid": "704248", "text": "the beach. This caused further problems and consequent delays for later landings. Small penetrations were eventually achieved by groups of survivors making improvised assaults, scaling the bluffs between the most heavily defended points. By the end of the day, two small isolated footholds had been won, which were subsequently exploited against weaker defenses further inland, thus achieving the original D-Day objectives over the following days. The coastline of Normandy was divided into seventeen sectors, with codenames using a spelling alphabet—from Able, west of Omaha, to Roger on the east flank of Sword. Eight further sectors were added when the invasion", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "704329", "text": "Channel and assembled just off shore. Construction of 'Mulberry A' at Omaha began the day after D-Day with the scuttling of ships to form a breakwater. By D+10 the harbor became operational when the first pier was completed; \"LST 342\" docking and unloading 78 vehicles in 38 minutes. Three days later the worst storm to hit Normandy in 40 years began to blow, raging for three days and not abating until the night of June 22. The harbor was so badly damaged that the decision was taken not to repair it; supplies being subsequently landed directly on the beach until", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "1660796", "text": "plane artillery observer pilots were temporarily assigned to VOS-7 flying Spitfires from RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). On 3 June, she left her moorings, and on the morning of 6 June, took up a position about from Omaha Beach. At 05:52, the battleship's guns fired in anger for the first time in her career. She bombarded German positions around Omaha Beach until 13 June, when she was moved to support ground forces in Grandcamp les Bains. On 25 June, \"Arkansas\" bombarded Cherbourg, in support of the American attack on the port; German coastal guns straddled her several times, but scored no", "title": "USS Arkansas (BB-33)" }, { "docid": "12509880", "text": "Battalion, were soon briefed on the upcoming mission. On 5 June 1944, a provisional Ranger Assault Group, would take part in the amphibious landings in Normandy. Force A, commanded by Rudder, would capture Pointe du Hoc, destroy the guns, and seize a German observation post. Force B, commanded by Captain Ralph Goranson, would land on Omaha Dog Green Beach. Force C, commanded by Schneider, would join Force A at the Pointe if Rudder signaled that his men had scaled the cliffs there. If not, Force C would land at Omaha Beach. When the D-Day landings were rescheduled for 5 June,", "title": "Ranger Assault Group" }, { "docid": "12757430", "text": "soldiers and Coast Guardsmen. Among those injured were Stewards Mate 2/c John Roberts, an African American crewman, who lost his leg when an enemy shell passed through a bulkhead. Badly damaged, \"LCI(L)-93\" was lost as a result of this action. In addition to several photographs taken of \"LCI(L)-93\" after the battle, several paintings of Omaha Beach depict the ship under fire on D-Day. The story of \"LCI(L)-93\" was also told in The History Channel documentary , with veteran John Roberts recounting his story of the ship's action at Normandy. USS LCI(L)-93 USS \"LCI(L)-93\" was an amphibious assault ship (Landing Craft", "title": "USS LCI(L)-93" }, { "docid": "704246", "text": "Utah. Opposing the landings was the German 352nd Infantry Division. Of the 12,020 men of the division, 6,800 were experienced combat troops, detailed to defend a front. The German strategy was based on defeating any seaborne assault at the water line, and the defenses were mainly deployed in strongpoints along the coast. The untested American 29th Infantry Division, along with nine companies of U.S. Army Rangers redirected from Pointe du Hoc, assaulted the western half of the beach. The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the eastern half. The initial assault waves, consisting of tanks, infantry, and combat engineer forces,", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "10383369", "text": "Normandy into Germany. British and American small arms and uniforms are displayed. A life-size diorama includes a Jeep pulling a field-gun in front of a wall-sized photograph of Omaha Beach. The photograph is Omaha Beach as depicted in the movie \"The Longest Day\" (1962), not of Omaha Beach in June 1944. Among the collection are items that once belonged to Adolf Hitler and other Nazi officials. The last halls display the post-war and modern developments of the Soviet Army and Navy, the Cold War section contains wreckage from the U-2 spy-plane that was piloted by Gary Powers and the involvement", "title": "Central Armed Forces Museum" }, { "docid": "15572610", "text": "of June 6. He was told he would know what to film. As dawn came up, he witnessed, and filmed, the D-Day invasion of Omaha Beach by the United States Army - the only known Allied footage from the German perspective. After using up all of his film, he managed to get through the American lines unharmed and returned to England. Absurdly, when the film was to be screened, he was ordered out of the room because he did not have the top secret clearance required to see it. Hjorth also shot pictures of Buchenwald concentration camp and the aftermath", "title": "George Ernest" }, { "docid": "8614378", "text": "fight. Relief did not come until D+2, when members of the 743rd Tank Battalion arrived. Omaha, the most heavily defended sector, was assigned to the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, supplemented by troops from the U.S. 29th Infantry Division. They faced the 352nd Infantry Division, rather than the expected single regiment. Strong currents forced many landing craft east of their intended position or delayed them. Casualties were heavier than all the other landings combined, as the men were subjected to fire from the cliffs above. Problems clearing the beach of obstructions led to the beachmaster calling a halt to further landings", "title": "Operation Overlord" }, { "docid": "14618831", "text": "2nd Special Air Service Regiment. Appleyard did not survive the war. He was returning from a Special Air Service mission when his plane was reported missing. It was the same day that Captain Hayes was executed in Paris. Operation Aquatint Operation Aquatint was the codename for a failed raid by British Commandos on the coast of occupied France during the Second World War. The raid was undertaken in September 1942 on part of what later became Omaha Beach by No. 62 Commando, also known as the Small Scale Raiding Force. Prior to the operation, a raid on the French coastal", "title": "Operation Aquatint" }, { "docid": "7998507", "text": "won the first of three consecutive Nebraska Amateur titles. He won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur three times (1927, 1931, and 1935). He gained national notoriety at age 19 in 1929 when he defeated Bobby Jones in the first round of match play competition at the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach. Goodman served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and did not turn professional until 1960; he supported himself throughout his career by selling insurance. A municipal golf course in southwest Omaha is named for him. \"Note: Goodman never played in The Open Championship or the PGA Championship.\" LA =", "title": "Johnny Goodman" }, { "docid": "6339261", "text": "(Le Régiment de Maisonneuve), and in the bombing campaign over Germany (No. 425 Squadron RCAF). On 6 June 1944, the 3rd Canadian Division landed on Juno Beach in the Battle of Normandy and sustained heavy casualties in their first hour of attack. By the end of D-Day, the Canadians had penetrated deeper into France than either the British or the American troops at their landing sites, overcoming stronger resistance than the other beachheads except Omaha Beach. In the first month of the Normandy campaign, Canadian, British and Polish troops were opposed by some of the strongest and best trained German", "title": "Military history of Canada during World War II" }, { "docid": "10007960", "text": "the LST collided with a buoy, snapping off a blade from her port propeller. As the convoy's speed was already slow (5 knots), the damage did not prevent the tank landing ship from continuing her mission. Just after noon on 7 June, the tank landing ship cast off her tow at Utah Beach before proceeding to Omaha Beach where she anchored for the night. During this time, the ship's two LCVPs delivered medical supplies ashore. The next afternoon, the LST disembarked 218 Army engineers and unloaded mine-clearing equipment to LCTs for transfer to the beach. At 1917, the LST beached", "title": "USS LST-306" }, { "docid": "4500248", "text": "a battlegroup in mid-April and surrendered near Darmstadt. Major Werner Pluskat, who was featured in Cornelius Ryan's book \"The Longest Day\", was in the 352nd Artillery (\"Artillerie Regiment\") and fired his guns on Omaha Beach until he ran out of ammunition. He was forward observer on 'WN59 – Resistance Point 59' above the beach on the Eastern flank. The 352nd's order of battle on the eve of the Allied Invasion was as follows (NB: the artillery component is also shown): 352nd Infantry Division The 352nd Infantry Division (\"352. Infanterie-Division\") was an infantry division of the German Army during World War", "title": "352nd Infantry Division" }, { "docid": "8583417", "text": "he fought in the Battle of Kasserine Pass (February 1943). Roosevelt was among the first wave of soldiers to land at Omaha Beach while his father landed with the first wave at Utah Beach on D-day. Roosevelt earned Silver Star, Purple Heart and French Croix de Guerre for his war service. He was promoted to Major by the end of war and left active service. While serving as the Director of the China National Aviation Corporation, he was killed in a plane crash in Hong Kong, on December 21, 1948. He was 29. His C-54 plane crashed on a mountain", "title": "Quentin Roosevelt II" }, { "docid": "704303", "text": "WN-62. 150 men, mostly from G/16, having reached the top hampered more by minefields than by enemy fire, continued south to attack the WN-63 command post on the edge of Colleville. Meanwhile, E/16, led by Second Lieutenant John M. Spalding and Captain Robert L. Sheppard V, turned westward along the top of the bluffs, engaging in a two-hour battle for WN-64. His small group of just four men had effectively neutralized this point by mid-morning, taking 21 prisoners—just in time to prevent them from attacking freshly landing troops. On the beach below, the 16th RCT commander, Colonel George Taylor had", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "8673434", "text": "Operation Market Garden alongside his former United Press colleague Walter Cronkite, following the 101st Airborne Division's fight to maintain control of key bridges. Downs described the 82nd Airborne Division's assault on the Waal river crossing at Nijmegen on September 20, describing it as \"a single, isolated battle that ranks in magnificence and courage with Guam, Tarawa, Omaha Beach. A story that should be told to the blowing of bugles and the beating of drums for the men whose bravery made the capture of this crossing over the Waal possible.\" During the Battle of Arnhem Downs and Cronkite were stranded at", "title": "Bill Downs" }, { "docid": "9871975", "text": "Legislature\" did not succeed in swaying the Nebraska Territory governor, and the Capitol remained in Omaha until 1867 when Nebraska gained statehood. When Omaha eventually lost the capital to Lincoln in 1867, the city was by then strong enough to maintain economic growth for a period of time. While Council Bluffs was chosen as the eastern terminus of the United States' first transcontinental railroad in 1862 with the passage of the Pacific Railway Act, construction on the railroad began west from Omaha to avoid the difficulties of constructing a bridge across the Missouri River. This ensured that Omaha would become", "title": "History of Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "704277", "text": "out). Of the nine companies landing in the first wave, only Company A of the 116th RCT at Dog Green and the Rangers to their right landed where intended. E/116, aiming for Easy Green, ended up scattered across the two beaches of the 16th RCT area. G/116, aiming for Dog White, opened up a 1,000-yard (900 m) gap between themselves and A/116 to their right when they landed at Easy Green instead. I/16 drifted so far east it did not land for another hour and a half. As infantry disembarked from the landing craft, they often found themselves on sandbars", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "20143355", "text": "Battalion. Afterwards he was assigned to the provisional Ranger Assault Force, commanded by Colonel James Earl Rudder. Just before the Battle of Normandy, Schneider was given command on the 5th Ranger Battalion. He led the 5th Ranger Battalion during the landing on Omaha Beach. For Schneider's actions in the battle, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. On August 1944 Schneider, by then a lieutenant colonel, was sent to the United States. He completed Command and General Staff College and received a Regular Army commission in 1946. Schneider fought in the Korean War. In 1959, while he was posted in", "title": "Max Ferguson Schneider" }, { "docid": "9871982", "text": "a number of sideshows, including Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the Everleigh House. Run by Ada and Minna Everleigh, the house continued operating until 1900, when the two women moved to Chicago. This period also saw the rise of formal crime in Omaha that presaged the arrival of Tom Dennison. The Sporting District was an area in downtown Omaha where many of the city's vice activities happened, including gambling, prostitution, and grafting. Anna Wilson was an early madam who got her start in Omaha. She eventually opened a 25-room mansion brothel at Ninth and Douglas Streets. She was the", "title": "History of Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "7493189", "text": "relatively uneventful until the Allied landings in North Africa (Operation Torch) and the German occupation of Vichy France, when she joined the Allies, as did other French warships. \"Montcalm\" was refitted at Philadelphia, from February until August 1943, the engines were overhauled, aircraft installations removed and the French light anti-aircraft weapons were replaced and augmented. \"Montcalm\"'s next duty was anti-blockade-runner patrols, based from Dakar. She was allocated to the Western Task Force and supported Allied landings in Normandy at Omaha Beach in June 1944 and southern France in August. Her war ended with coastal bombardments along the Riviera coastline until", "title": "French cruiser Montcalm" }, { "docid": "9320029", "text": "South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge The South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge (originally the South Omaha Bridge but renamed the Veterans Memorial Bridge in 1995) was a continuous warren through truss bridge over the Missouri River connecting Omaha, Nebraska with Council Bluffs, Iowa via U.S. Highway 275. Omaha floated a $2 million bond issue for the bridge in 1931. However, when the bonds did not sell, the Omaha Bridge Commission was formed to secure financing from the Public Works Administration. The initial design by the Kansas City architects Ash, Howard, Needles and Tammen called for the bridge to have seven spans.", "title": "South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge" }, { "docid": "6313667", "text": "the US Assault Training Centre. The beaches here were ideal for amphibious exercises, despite the fierce Atlantic surf, and the nearby sands were soon found to be identical to Omaha in every respect – including sand quality, beach gradient and tidal range. Anyone who has seen Omaha beach will instantly recognise an uncanny resemblance to Woolacombe and Saunton. Thompson was originally tasked with teaching the troops how to neutralise the enemy beach defences and then fight their way inland, although the second part of his mission was later relocated to Slapton beach in South Devon. Ranges for all weapons were", "title": "Braunton Burrows" }, { "docid": "16934892", "text": "first week of February, the battalion provided platoons to support the division artillery to provide nighttime indirect harassment and interdiction fires, while the main body of the battalion reinforced their defensive positions and continued combined arms exercises with the infantry. Although the 29th Infantry Division was a battle-tested veteran unit, having participated in the landings at Omaha Beach, the reduction of Brest, and numerous battles since, they found themselves in a quiet sector of the front during this period. Operation Market Garden, the hard fought battles for Aachen, the Roer River dams, the Hürtgen Forest and even the Battle of", "title": "747th Tank Battalion (United States)" }, { "docid": "5127590", "text": "5th Cavalry at Fort Clark, Texas. During World War II he was assigned to the Second Division as platoon sergeant. During D-day he landed at Omaha Beach and then fought in the Battle of the Bulge where he was seriously wounded. He served in the Korean War with the Second Division as Second Lt., promoted to First Lt., wounded at Battle of Bloody Ridge. Later served in Laos with 77th Special Forces Group as Captain, retiring from them in 1960. Lynch received a BA degree in political science from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1953. (1960-1971)<br> In 1960", "title": "Grayston Lynch" }, { "docid": "6358197", "text": "the Rangers prevented their use, saving American lives on the shores of Normandy. Meanwhile, Able, Baker and Charlie Companies landed along with the 5th Rangers, the 1st Infantry Division and the 29th Infantry Division at Omaha Beach. They suffered extremely heavy casualties but were able to complete their D-Day objectives. Able alone lost up to 96% casualties with just two men making it off the beaches. The 2nd Rangers were later involved in the Battle for Brest and the Battle of Hürtgen Forest where they led the assault on Hill 400, Bergstein. The battalion was deactivated after the war together", "title": "2nd Ranger Battalion (United States)" }, { "docid": "18092066", "text": "they performed railway sabotage until the liberation (Operation Lapwing, also known as Operation Grouse). Battalion 99 landed on Omaha Beach on the evening of June 22, 1944, and then attended the final battle at Cherbourg. As a \"separate\" battalion, it belonged to no regiment, but was attached to different formations as needed. From September, the battalion operated in Belgium. During Christmas 1944, the battalion was involved in the Battle of the Bulge. The battalion participated in the following campaigns: Battalion 99 spent 101 days in combat. The casualties suffered were 52 killed in combat, 207 wounded and six missing in", "title": "99th Infantry Battalion (United States)" }, { "docid": "17677710", "text": "John Ellsworth Murphy John Ellsworth Murphy (October 27, 1925 Omaha, Nebraska – November 12, 1984, Omaha Nebraska) was a lawyer and judge in Omaha, Nebraska. From 1960 to 1978 he served as a judge on the district 8 court of Nebraska. The most notable cases over which he presided were the bribery cases against then Mayor James Dworak and four others and a murder case against Robert Julian Jacobs. Also, he was the judge who heard the first part of the legal battle that occurred when Omaha annexed the town of Millard in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Murphy", "title": "John Ellsworth Murphy" }, { "docid": "10852691", "text": "Shuttle Control exercised from \"Capetown\". Subsequently, following the destruction of the artificial harbour off Omaha Beach during the Great Storm that occurred approximately two weeks after 6 June 1944 and as a result of the German demolition of the Port of Cherbourg in late June, HMS \"Ceres\" and her sister ship, HMS \"Capetown\", was assigned to the task of Shuttle Control, expediting the passage and unloading of vessels from the UK to Omaha and Utah Beaches. HMS \"Ceres\" remained \"On Station\" off Omaha Beach for the entire summer of 1944 from the early hours of 7 June until the end", "title": "HMS Ceres (D59)" }, { "docid": "12757393", "text": "Barrage Balloon Battalions, Quartermaster and Transportation Companies, and Engineers, as well as Coast Guard veteran, John Roberts, from USS LCI(L)-93, who lost a leg during the landings at Omaha Beach. Author/Historian Yvonne Latty was also interviewed for the program. In the decades leading up to World War II, the United States Army was segregated between white and \"colored\" units. Before the American Civil War, the Army had very few African American enlisted-men (though many former slaves did serve in the American Revolution), until 1863 when regiments of black soldiers, led by white officers, began taking the field. The system of", "title": "A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day" }, { "docid": "704322", "text": "landed. An accurate figure for casualties incurred by V Corps at Omaha on 6 June is not known; sources vary between 2,000 and over 5,000 killed, wounded, and missing, with the heaviest losses incurred by the infantry, tanks and engineers in the first landings. Only five tanks of the 741st Tank Battalion were ready for action the next day. The German 352nd division suffered 1,200 killed, wounded and missing; about 20% of its strength. Its deployment at the beach caused such problems that Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commander of the U.S. First Army, at one stage considered evacuating Omaha, while", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "3011008", "text": "men planted charges and demolished many obstacles. As the infantry came ashore, some soldiers took cover on the seaward sides of obstacles that had demolition charges on them. They quickly moved onto the beach. The greatest difficulty was on Omaha Beach. By nightfall only thirteen of the planned sixteen gaps were open, and of the 175 NCDU men who went ashore there, 31 were killed and 60 were wounded. The attack on Utah Beach was much more successful. There, only four were killed and eleven wounded, when an artillery shell hit a team working to clear the beach. Overall, NCDUs", "title": "Underwater Demolition Team" }, { "docid": "11848973", "text": "the Royal Winnipeg Rifles would land on the western edge of Courseulles, which had the code names Mike Red beach and Mike Green beach. In the first hour of the assault on Juno Beach, the Canadian forces suffered approximately 50% casualty rates, comparable to those suffered by the Americans at Omaha Beach. Once the Canadians cleared the seawall (about an hour after leaving the landing craft transports) they started to advance quickly inland and had a much easier time subduing the German defences than the Americans at Omaha had. By noon, the entire 3rd Canadian Division was ashore and leading", "title": "7th Canadian Infantry Brigade" }, { "docid": "4817545", "text": "would become South Omaha was rural until the early 1880s, when cattle baron Alexander Hamilton Swan decided to establish a stockyards operation just south of Omaha. The South Omaha plat was registered on July 18, 1884. Two years later, South Omaha was incorporated as a city. By 1890, the city had grown to 8,000 people, a rate of growth that earned it the nickname of \"The Magic City\". In less than 10 years, South Omaha had developed as a regional stockyards and meatpacking center. As its industrial jobs did not require high-level language skills, it drew thousands of immigrant workers,", "title": "South Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "704271", "text": "latter planned to hit as the assault craft were just from the beach. At 06:00, 448 B-24 Liberators of the United States Army Air Forces, having already completed one bombing mission over Omaha late the previous day, returned. However, with the skies overcast and under orders to avoid bombing the troops which were by then approaching the beach, the bombers overshot their targets and only three bombs fell near the beach area. Shortly after the bombardment began, the German 916th Grenadiers reported their positions to be under particularly heavy fire, with the position at WN-60 very badly hit. Although the", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "15070496", "text": "Swedes in Omaha, Nebraska The Swedes in Omaha, Nebraska are a long-standing ethnic group in the city with important economic, social, and political ties. The first Swedes in Omaha came through Florence at the Winter Quarters of the Mormons. The group continued to come through, particularly with the construction of the Union Pacific railroad in the 1860s and the Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility near downtown Omaha. In 1871, a committee of Swedes came from Illinois to determine whether the Nebraska prairie was suitable for Swedish settlement and farming. When they did, this committee effectively ushered in an entirely", "title": "Swedes in Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "1563078", "text": "fire of 7.5 shells per minute, which was the longest sustained period of firing for \"Texas\" in World War II. While shells from the main guns were hitting Pointe du Hoc, the 5-inch guns were firing on the area leading up to Exit D-1, the route to get inland from western Omaha. At 06:26, \"Texas\" shifted her main battery gunfire to the western edge of Omaha Beach, around the town of Vierville. Meanwhile, her secondary battery went to work on another target on the western end of \"Omaha\" beach, a ravine laced with strong points to defend an exit road.", "title": "USS Texas (BB-35)" }, { "docid": "704330", "text": "fixed port facilities were captured. In the few days that the harbor was operational, 11,000 troops, 2,000 vehicles and 9,000 tons of equipment and supplies were brought ashore. Over the 100 days following D-Day more than 1,000,000 tons of supplies, 100,000 vehicles and 600,000 men were landed, and 93,000 casualties were evacuated, via Omaha. Today at Omaha jagged remains of the harbor can be seen at low tide. The shingle bank is no longer there, cleared by engineers in the days following D-Day to facilitate the landing of supplies. The beachfront is more built-up and the beach road extended, villages", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "7267513", "text": "continuing to the intersection of Blair High Road and North 90th Street, which is the start of Nebraska Highway 133. John A. Creighton Boulevard was named after the brother of Edward Creighton. U.S. Highway 75 is a historic highway flowing along North 30th Street to become the North Expressway. This stretch of the highway was the source of much contention in when it was constructed in the 1970s and 80s. As a Nebraska state agency reports, \"Construction of the North Omaha Freeway, coupled with social unrest in the 1970s, greatly impacted the North Omaha area. One neighborhood experienced a 30", "title": "North Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "10016081", "text": "Overlord, LST-504 departed Weymouth, England, on June 4th 1944. However, she turned back due to bad weather and would later re-embark on the night of June 5th. LST-504 reached Omaha beach the next morning, and dropped anchor about a half mile off shore to avoid floating mines. In subsequent round trips made over the course of 30 days, the ship did land directly on the beach. On one such trip, the ship carried members of the 38th Cavalry Reconnoissance Squadron (Mechanized). Following her service in Operation Overlord, LST-504 was directed towards Sicily to prepare for the invasion of Southern France.", "title": "USS LST-504" }, { "docid": "726272", "text": "radio broadcast of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for a sophomore-year music appreciation class when he heard the news of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. In January 1942 he drove with nine other students to Omaha, Nebraska, and volunteered to join the United States Army Air Forces. The military accepted him, but they did not yet have enough airfields, aircraft, or instructors to start training all the volunteers, so McGovern stayed at Dakota Wesleyan. George and Eleanor became engaged, but initially decided not to marry until the war was over. During his sophomore year, McGovern won the", "title": "George McGovern" }, { "docid": "704311", "text": "to land, and one capsized as they turned for the beach. Two were destroyed by enemy fire as they approached the beach and the lone survivor managed to offload its howitzer to a passing craft before it also succumbed to the sea. This one gun eventually landed in the afternoon. The official record of Omaha reports that \"...the tanks were leading a hard life...\". According to the commander of the 2nd battalion 116th RCT the tanks \"...saved the day. They shot the hell out of the Germans, and got the hell shot out of them.\" As the morning progressed the", "title": "Omaha Beach" }, { "docid": "10759276", "text": "own rough justice. Victims were likely to be outsiders, transient workers or laborers who did not live in the city, whom no one knew. In the west and south, victims were lynched for alleged crimes of property as well as of violence. In 1891 there was the first recorded lynching in Omaha of an African American. A mob lynched George Smith, a worker from Council Bluffs across the river. He had allegedly raped a white woman. No one was tried for Coe's murder. At the start of the 20th century, Anna Wilson ran a high-class brothel in the Sporting District,", "title": "Crime in Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "10850183", "text": "publication. According to a 1954 \"World-Herald\" report, \"Edward Rosewater actually did not have journalism in mind when he launched the first edition of the Bee on June 19, 1871, to influence the public in favor of the ratification of a legislative bill originated by him, creating the Board of Education.\" \"Bee\" and \"Bee-News\" alumni include Don Hollenbeck, who later worked for CBS News. Omaha Daily Bee The Omaha Daily Bee was a leading newspaper, and early on featured Rosewater's opinions. The paper's editorial slant frequently pitted it against the \"Omaha Herald\", the \"Omaha Republican\" and other local papers. After a", "title": "Omaha Daily Bee" }, { "docid": "11575196", "text": "she was sent to the Normandy coast to assist in Operation Neptune. Her task was to take up position on the western side of the Mulberry Harbour at Omaha Beach and protect the invading US troops there by giving covering fire. At one stage, she was ordered to run herself aground if she did not have enough coal to return to England, but she did. She was also hit in the engine room by a shell, but it did not explode. Following the war, she returned to her duties as a cross-Solent passenger ferry, being licensed to carry 1,011 passengers.", "title": "Island Harbour Marina" }, { "docid": "4500246", "text": "The 916th Grenadier Regiment and a mix of other units either already in place or brought forward throughout the day defended Omaha beach against the landings of the US 1st and 29th Divisions at Omaha Beach, holding the bluffs above the beach for several hours, inflicting heavy casualties, before being overwhelmed. The survivors of the 916 Grenadier battalion along with other units retreated in the morning hours of 7 June after the commander, Colonel Ernst Goth, could no longer hold the positions retaken in the night of 6/7 June. The 352nd was shattered in the fighting during June and July", "title": "352nd Infantry Division" }, { "docid": "3225098", "text": "Pointe du Hoc La Pointe du Hoc () is a promontory with a cliff overlooking the English Channel on the north-western coast of Normandy in the Calvados \"department\", France. During World War II it was the highest point between Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east. The German army fortified the area with concrete casemates and gun pits. On D-Day, the United States Army Ranger Assault Group assaulted and captured Pointe du Hoc after scaling the cliffs. Pointe du Hoc lies west of the center of Omaha Beach. As part of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, the", "title": "Pointe du Hoc" }, { "docid": "704318", "text": "lifted and holes blown in the embankment to permit the passage of vehicles. As the tide receded, engineers were also able to resume their work of clearing the beach obstacles, and by the end of the evening, 13 gaps were opened and marked. Observing the build-up of shipping off the beach, and in an attempt to contain what were regarded as minor penetrations at Omaha, a battalion was detached from the 915th Regiment being deployed against the British to the east. Along with an anti-tank company, this force was attached to the 916th Regiment and committed to a counterattack in", "title": "Omaha Beach" } ]
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which nfl team is responsible for the 1985 shuffle
[ "Chicago Bears" ]
[ { "docid": "5765360", "text": "The Super Bowl Shuffle \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\" is a rap song performed by players of the Chicago Bears football team in . It was released December 3, 1985 and recorded the day after their only loss of the season at the hands of the Miami Dolphins, two months prior to their win in Super Bowl XX. It peaked at No. 41 in February 1986 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. The 1985 rap hit recorded by the players of the Chicago Bears known as the “Super Bowl Shuffle” instantly became a mainstream phenomenon. The single sold more than 500,000", "title": "The Super Bowl Shuffle" }, { "docid": "10428402", "text": "Tyrone Keys Tyrone Keys (born October 24, 1960) is a former professional American football player who played defensive lineman for six seasons for the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Diego Chargers. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. He was also a member of the \"Shuffling Crew\" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. In high school Keys was a member of the Callaway High School Chargers of Jackson, Mississippi which won all 12 of their 1975 season games and won the Big 8 Conference championship (the", "title": "Tyrone Keys" }, { "docid": "9869867", "text": "Jim Morrissey Jim Morrissey (born December 24, 1962) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for nine seasons for the Chicago Bears and one with the Green Bay Packers. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. Morrissey had an interception down to the 5 yard line in the Super Bowl. He was also a member of the \"Shuffling Crew\" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. Morrissey was the last Bear to wear number 51 before it was retired in Dick Butkus' honor. All-Big Ten linebacker", "title": "Jim Morrissey" }, { "docid": "5765360", "text": "The Super Bowl Shuffle \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\" is a rap song performed by players of the Chicago Bears football team in . It was released December 3, 1985 and recorded the day after their only loss of the season at the hands of the Miami Dolphins, two months prior to their win in Super Bowl XX. It peaked at No. 41 in February 1986 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. The 1985 rap hit recorded by the players of the Chicago Bears known as the “Super Bowl Shuffle” instantly became a mainstream phenomenon. The single sold more than 500,000", "title": "The Super Bowl Shuffle" }, { "docid": "6151288", "text": "record and a platinum video award for the 1985 \"Super Bowl Shuffle\", for which he was the sixth of the ten solo singers. In 2010, during Super Bowl XLIV, Fuller joined other members of the 1985 Chicago Bears in recreating the Super Bowl Shuffle in a Boost Mobile commercial. Fuller and his wife, Anna, have two children. The couple live in South Carolina where Fuller was a high school football coach at Hilton Head Prep School. Fuller currently works as offensive coordinator for the Hilton Head Island High School football team. Steve Fuller (American football) Stephen Ray Fuller (born January", "title": "Steve Fuller (American football)" }, { "docid": "1439815", "text": "Doctors for Cannabis Regulation and signed by several other NFL players. McMahon is also a member of the Doctors for Cannabis Regulation NFL steering committee. In December 2006 McMahon went to Iraq with the USO to visit American forces in the field. During Super Bowl XLIV, McMahon joined other members of the 1985 Chicago Bears in resurrecting the Super Bowl Shuffle in a Boost Mobile commercial. In 2010, McMahon became a part owner of the Indoor Football League's Chicago Slaughter. In November 2012, McMahon appeared on an episode of the sitcom \"The League\" called \"The Tailgate.\" Throughout his career, McMahon", "title": "Jim McMahon" }, { "docid": "9363955", "text": "Shaun Gayle Shaun Lanard Gayle (born March 8, 1962) is a former American football cornerback/safety in the NFL. He played twelve seasons, eleven for the Chicago Bears (1984–1994), and one for the San Diego Chargers (1995). He was a member of the Bears squad that won Super Bowl XX in 1985. He was also a member of the \"Shuffling Crew\" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. Gayle attended Ohio State University. Gayle owns the distinction of returning the shortest punt for a touchdown in NFL history, when he returned a punt five yards for a touchdown against the New", "title": "Shaun Gayle" }, { "docid": "6949422", "text": "Dennis Gentry Dennis Louis Gentry (born February 10, 1959) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 4th round of the 1982 NFL Draft. He spent his entire 11-year NFL career with the Bears from 1982 to 1992, and was a part of the Bears team that was victorious in Super Bowl XX versus the New England Patriots. He was also a member of the \"Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew\" in the video \"The Super Bowl Shuffle,\" which featured him pantomiming on the bass. In 2001, he was the running backs coach for", "title": "Dennis Gentry" }, { "docid": "5729278", "text": "Maury Buford Maury Anthony Buford (born February 18, 1960) is a former American football punter in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. Buford attended Texas Tech and was selected by the Chargers in the 1982 NFL Draft. He won a Super Bowl ring as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX. He was also a member of the \"Shuffling Crew Band\" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle, \"playing\" cowbell. During Super Bowl XLIV, Buford joined other members of the 1985 Chicago Bears in resurrecting", "title": "Maury Buford" }, { "docid": "3882470", "text": "NFL television commentator on CBS. He has two children, Garrison and Evan. Gary Fencik John Gary Fencik (born June 11, 1954) is a former professional American-football free safety and an executive with Adams Street Partners. Fencik played twelve seasons with the Chicago Bears and is their all-time leader in interceptions and total tackles. He was the team's defensive captain through the 1980s including the 1985 Super Bowl championship season. He made two Pro Bowl appearances (1980, 1981). He was also awarded a gold record and a platinum video award for the 1985 \"Super Bowl Shuffle\". Fencik finished his career with", "title": "Gary Fencik" }, { "docid": "5765367", "text": "Best Show on WFMU\", Scott Aukerman of \"Comedy Bang! Bang!\", David Wain of \"The State\" and Stella, Kyle Kinane, and Dave Hill), and other notables (wrestler Colt Cabana and internet cat celebrity Lil Bub). Organized by radio host Sean Cannon with production from musician Alexander Smith, all proceeds from sales were to be donated to Reading Is Fundamental. The Super Bowl Shuffle \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\" is a rap song performed by players of the Chicago Bears football team in . It was released December 3, 1985 and recorded the day after their only loss of the season at the", "title": "The Super Bowl Shuffle" }, { "docid": "4203862", "text": "to secure some of the 1985 Chicago Bears players (including Jim McMahon, Willie Gault, and Mike Singletary) to re-create the team's famous \"Super Bowl Shuffle\" rap song and music video as \"The Boost Mobile Shuffle\" during the first quarter of the Super Bowl XLIV. The commercial was directed by comedy duo Tim & Eric. Boost runs the Boost Mobile Freestyle Motocross Tour/Team, which also makes stops at select NASCAR events throughout the country, as NASCAR's title sponsor is Sprint Nextel (Boost's parent company). Boost Mobile regularly sponsors sports teams and sporting events. Boost Mobile have sponsored the RockCorps since 2005,", "title": "Boost Mobile" }, { "docid": "9363958", "text": "On October 4, before hearing of Reuter's death, Gayle's attorney had filed a new complaint against this woman, claiming that the woman had violated the order. Shaun Gayle Shaun Lanard Gayle (born March 8, 1962) is a former American football cornerback/safety in the NFL. He played twelve seasons, eleven for the Chicago Bears (1984–1994), and one for the San Diego Chargers (1995). He was a member of the Bears squad that won Super Bowl XX in 1985. He was also a member of the \"Shuffling Crew\" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. Gayle attended Ohio State University. Gayle owns", "title": "Shaun Gayle" }, { "docid": "5735609", "text": "1985 NFL season The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots 46–10 at the Louisiana Superdome. The Bears became the second team in NFL history (after the previous season's San Francisco 49ers) to win 15 games in the regular season and 18 including the playoffs. \"W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against\" The following players set all-time records during the season: The 1985 NFL Draft", "title": "1985 NFL season" }, { "docid": "9449152", "text": "unofficial title of the greatest NFL team of all time. In 2007, the 1985 Bears were ranked as the second greatest Super Bowl championship team on the NFL Network's documentary series \"\", ranking behind the 1972 Dolphins. Other sources rate the 1985 Chicago Bears as the greatest NFL team ever. After the draft, the Bears signed 3 undrafted free agents, quarterback Mike Tomczak from Ohio State, along with defensive back Ken Taylor and receiver Keith Ortego of Oregon State and McNeese State, respectively. In a trade with the San Diego Chargers, the Bears acquired linebacker Cliff Thrift and punter Maury", "title": "1985 Chicago Bears season" }, { "docid": "5729395", "text": "Sports Illustrated and was ranked by many as one of the best tackles in professional football. In Covert’s third year, he was named consensus All-Pro, made first-team All-NFL, was selected to the Pro Bowl, and was named 1985 National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) NFC Offensive Lineman of the Year. The 1985 Chicago Bears also won Super Bowl XX. During Covert's career, he was named to an All-Pro team four straight years (1984–1987), a first- or second-team All-NFC selection four times (1985–1987, 1990), and a first- or second-team All-NFL selection three times. Covert was a consensus All-NFL and All-Pro pick", "title": "Jim Covert" }, { "docid": "9449184", "text": "\"Challenger\" disaster. President Barack Obama is a Bears fan. At that time, Obama called them the greatest team ever; however, he called his own words into question when hosting the 1972 Dolphins, the only NFL team with a perfect season. Obama noted that the only loss the 1985 Bears had was to the Dolphins. 1985 Chicago Bears season The 1985 Chicago Bears season was their 66th regular season and 16th post-season completed in the National Football League (NFL). The Bears entered 1985 looking to improve on their 10–6 record from 1984 and advance further than the NFC Championship Game, where", "title": "1985 Chicago Bears season" }, { "docid": "9861600", "text": "disastrous 62–7 rout, the second most lopsided postseason game in NFL history after the 1940 NFL Championship. Marino subsequently announced his retirement, and head coach Jimmy Johnson also left the team. The post-Marino era saw the Dolphins shuffle nine quarterbacks in seven years. Before the 2000 season, Dave Wannstedt, formerly of the Chicago Bears, became the new head coach, and ex-Jacksonville Jaguars backup Jay Fiedler became the new starting quarterback, even though Damon Huard had been considered the favorite. Despite lowered expectations, the defense broke through with Jason Taylor and Trace Armstrong each getting 10 sacks, and four players (Sam", "title": "History of the Miami Dolphins" }, { "docid": "5735610", "text": "was held from April 30 to May 1, 1985 at New York City's Omni Park Central Hotel. With the first pick, the Buffalo Bills selected defensive end Bruce Smith from Virginia Tech. 1985 NFL season The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots 46–10 at the Louisiana Superdome. The Bears became the second team in NFL history (after the previous season's San Francisco 49ers) to win 15 games in the regular season and 18 including the playoffs. \"W", "title": "1985 NFL season" }, { "docid": "9712030", "text": "national championship. This was Oklahoma's sixth national championship and 34th conference championship in school history. After struggling in the 1985 Orange Bowl to a scrappy Washington Huskies football team and letting any National Championship aspirations for that year disappear in a puff of smoke (and be awarded to the BYU Cougars, the nation's only undefeated college football team that year), the defending Big 8 Champion Sooners came into the 1985 season on a mission. Led by an aggressive and punishing defense (which later drew comparisons to their NFL counterpart Chicago Bears) and budding superstar quarterback sophomore Troy Aikman, the Sooners", "title": "1985 Oklahoma Sooners football team" }, { "docid": "5765362", "text": "attention as they completed their one-loss regular season. The Bears dominated their playoff opponents including the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, 46–10. The 1985 Chicago Bears were the first sports team to have their own rap video. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1985 for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, eventually losing to \"Kiss\" by Prince. The 20th Anniversary DVD was released in 2004, including the making of the video, outtakes, and the music video itself. Julia Meyer has kept the copyright to the video. Over $300,000 in profits from the song", "title": "The Super Bowl Shuffle" }, { "docid": "5765361", "text": "copies and reached No. 41 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The Bears finished with a 15–1 record for the 1985 season. Randy Weigand, a die-hard Bears fan and music lover, had the idea to write, produce, and choreograph a rap song for the Chicago Bears. Weigand's girlfriend, cheerleader Courtney Larson, introduced them to Willie Gault who put them in touch with other Bears players and the “Super Bowl Shuffle” was born. The lyrics related to each player and his craft on the field, and fame in the community. “The Super Bowl Shuffle” fell in line with the Bears high-media", "title": "The Super Bowl Shuffle" }, { "docid": "4132305", "text": "Ron Rivera Ronald Eugene \"Ron\" Rivera (born January 7, 1962) also known as \"Riverboat Ron\" is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He has also been the defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears and San Diego Chargers. Rivera played college football at the University of California in Berkeley, and was recognized as an All-American linebacker. He was selected in the second round of the 1984 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, and was a backup on the 1985 team which won Super Bowl XX.", "title": "Ron Rivera" } ]
[ { "docid": "13235420", "text": "against the player's team. The dance was in danger of being prohibited by NFL rules concerning planned celebrations, but after investigation, was not banned. Ickey Shuffle The Ickey Shuffle was a touchdown celebration performed by National Football League (NFL) fullback Elbert \"Ickey\" Woods, who played for the Cincinnati Bengals. After scoring a touchdown, Woods would shuffle his feet to the right and hold the football out to the right, shuffle his feet to the left and hold the football out to the left, and finally finish by doing three hops to the right and spiking the football into the ground.", "title": "Ickey Shuffle" }, { "docid": "3080631", "text": "of the meeting that formed the NFL in 1920. His eldest daughter, Virginia Halas McCaskey, succeeded him as majority owner, and her son Michael McCaskey served as team president from 1983–1999 at which time the elder McCaskey was forced to fire her own son. In the 1985 season when the Bears won their only Super Bowl, they recorded a song called \"Super Bowl Shuffle.\" In the song, backup quarterback Steve Fuller rhymes \"Bring on Atlanta, Bring on Dallas / This is for Mike [then-current coach Mike Ditka] and Papa Bear Halas.\" Super Bowl XVIII was dedicated to Halas. The pregame", "title": "George Halas" }, { "docid": "80027", "text": "as Piccolo and Mekhi Phifer as Sayers. The 1985 team is also remembered for recording the song \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\", which reached number forty-one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and was nominated for a Grammy Award. The music video for the song depicts the team rapping that they are \"not here to start no trouble\" but instead \"just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle\". The team took a risk by recording and releasing the song before the playoffs had even begun, but were able to avoid embarrassment by going on to win Super Bowl XX by a then-record", "title": "Chicago Bears" }, { "docid": "13235419", "text": "Ickey Shuffle The Ickey Shuffle was a touchdown celebration performed by National Football League (NFL) fullback Elbert \"Ickey\" Woods, who played for the Cincinnati Bengals. After scoring a touchdown, Woods would shuffle his feet to the right and hold the football out to the right, shuffle his feet to the left and hold the football out to the left, and finally finish by doing three hops to the right and spiking the football into the ground. The move led to the NFL creating a rule designating it (and similar moves by other players) as \"Excessive Celebration\" and subject to penalty", "title": "Ickey Shuffle" }, { "docid": "5765365", "text": "Super Bowl champs. The song, \"We Are the 49ers,\" was in the vein of post-disco/80's dance-pop music. Later in the 1980s, the 49ers would put out another team song titled \"49ers Rap.\" Neither of these songs, however, became a hit on the scale of the \"Super Bowl Shuffle\". No professional sports team has released a song that was an American hit on the scale of \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\". The success of \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\" initiated the following imitations: Seven of the surviving 1985 Bears (Walter Payton had died in 1999 of liver cancer) were reunited to film an", "title": "The Super Bowl Shuffle" }, { "docid": "9869800", "text": "1986 album \"Fore!\"). While achieving some local airplay in San Francisco on radio stations like KMEL, it did not catch on nationally the way the Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle would a year later. In the 1985 season, Roger Craig became the first NFL player to gain 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in the same season. The 49ers were not as dominant as in 1984, however, and they settled for a 10–6 record, a wild card berth and a quick elimination from the playoffs when the New York Giants beat them 17–3. In addition, 1985 marked the appearance of", "title": "History of the San Francisco 49ers" }, { "docid": "7765815", "text": "quarterback Jim McMahon. The Bears' 46 defense of that season would go on to become one of the best in NFL history, setting a record for fewest points allowed. In one 1984 game, Payton was pressed into service as the team's fourth-string quarterback. Payton performed with his teammates in the widely released 1985 music video \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\". The Bears went on to a 15–1 record that culminated in a 46–10 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX. Although Payton's offensive prowess had assisted the Bears throughout the 1985 season, he did not score any touchdowns", "title": "Walter Payton" }, { "docid": "5765364", "text": "a constructive trust be established for charitable purposes that they select in order to continue the Super Bowl Shuffle’s charitable objective.\" Lyrics written by Richard E. Meyer and Melvin Owens. Music composed by Bobby Daniels and Lloyd Barry. The \"Referee\" in the video was portrayed by Julia Kallish. Bears defensive end Dan Hampton declined involvement with the Shuffle, thinking it may have been too arrogant. The 1985 Bears were not the first pro football team with a group song. The 1984 San Francisco 49ers put out a record during that season, one in which they also went on to become", "title": "The Super Bowl Shuffle" }, { "docid": "4227484", "text": "1986 NFL Draft, their third round pick in 1985 (#63) and their sixth round pick in 1986 to the Buffalo Bills for their first round pick in the 1986 NFL Draft. Since the Bills had the worst record in the 1984 season, they held the first pick in both the regular NFL draft and the supplemental draft in 1985. When a selection is used in the supplemental draft, that team forfeits the pick in the next regular draft which meant that the Browns could use the Bills 1986 regular draft first round pick as the first pick in the 1985", "title": "Bernie Kosar" }, { "docid": "79997", "text": "XX after the 1985 season in which they dominated the NFL with their then-revolutionary 46 defense and a cast of characters that recorded the novelty rap song \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\". The season was notable in that the Bears had only one loss, the \"unlucky 13th\" game of the season, a Monday night affair in which they were defeated by the Miami Dolphins. At the time, much was made of the fact that the Dolphins were the only franchise in history to have had an undefeated season and post-season. The Dolphins came close to setting up a rematch in the", "title": "Chicago Bears" }, { "docid": "3882468", "text": "also recorded 2 sacks and recovered 14 fumbles, returning them for 65 yards. He played college football at Yale University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1976. In 1985, he received an MBA from Northwestern University. John Madden once said in a broadcast that \"Gary Fencik played football at Yale; that is like saying clean dirt\". Fencik was originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the tenth round of the 1976 NFL Draft, with the 281st overall selection. Fencik along with Doug Plank were dubbed \"The Hit Men\", a fact referenced by Fencik in \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\". In", "title": "Gary Fencik" }, { "docid": "7182777", "text": "for ESPN. In the same fashion as all ESPN NFL studio shows, \"Monday Night Countdown\" adopted ABC's alternate football musical theme, though presented as a shuffle. Beginning with the 2007, the show cutback its onsite presence by having its main anchor team at ESPN studio's in Bristol, but still kept a set at the actual game site. The Bristol team was Berman, Jackson, Mortensen, Mike Ditka, Keyshawn Johnson, and Cris Carter. The on-site team is Scott, Young, and Emmitt Smith. The Bristol team was Berman, Jackson, Mortensen, Ditka, Johnson, and Carter. The on-site team was Scott, Young, and Matt Millen", "title": "Monday Night Countdown" }, { "docid": "5266070", "text": "Beginning in 2016, two ministers were named to jointly administer the department, a Minister of Families and Children and a Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care. At a 2016 cabinet shuffle, the government announced that the Department of Social Development would remain as a single department with a single deputy minister and senior management team but that the department would be jointly administered by two cabinet ministers. The minister of families and children is responsible for child welfare and youth services, income security, housing services and wellness. At a 2016 cabinet shuffle, the government announced that the Department of Social", "title": "Department of Social Development (New Brunswick)" }, { "docid": "4314001", "text": "Linebacker of the Year by the NFL Players Association for three straight seasons from 1985–87. He was voted to the Associated Press All-NFL First-team on two occasions (1985 and 1987) and Second-team on two other occasions (1986 and 1988). He was also named to the NFL Films All-Pro team in 1984. He was voted the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) co-Defensive Player of the Year (with Raider Howie Long) in 1985. Additionally, he was voted the 1985 UPI AFL-AFC Defensive Player of the Year. Tippett twice earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week awards. The first in the Patriots 20–13 win", "title": "Andre Tippett" }, { "docid": "11016222", "text": "Shuffle offense The shuffle offense is an offensive strategy in basketball, developed in the early 1950s by Bruce Drake at the University of Oklahoma. It was later used by Bob Spear, who was the first head basketball coach of the United States Air Force Academy in 1957–71. The shuffle offense has all five players rotate in each of the five shuffle positions. This offense would be an option for a team that has good ball-handlers but is not blessed with height or a strong dominant post player (which may be why Spear used it at Air Force, which has a", "title": "Shuffle offense" }, { "docid": "4315171", "text": "Ickey Woods Elbert L. \"Ickey\" Woods (born February 28, 1966) is a former American football fullback who played his entire NFL career (1988 to 1991) with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at UNLV. He is best remembered for his \"Ickey Shuffle\" end zone dance, performed each time he scored a touchdown. After an amazing rookie season, in which he led the NFL in rushing touchdowns, a series of injuries shortened his NFL career and he was forced to retire after just four years. Elbert Woods was given the nickname \"Ickey\" based on his little brother's pronunciation of his", "title": "Ickey Woods" }, { "docid": "394642", "text": "first pick in the 1989 NFL Draft. Jones and Johnson picked UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman, who would eventually go on to be selected to the Pro Bowl six times in his NFL career. Meanwhile, Jones and Johnson immediately started to shuffle the team's depth chart to find players talented enough to build a winning team. Linebacker Ken Norton Jr., one of the few holdovers from Landry's last losing seasons, would later claim that he would often go into a player huddle and meet new teammates for the first time. Then, Jones and Johnson made a move midway through the 1989", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII" }, { "docid": "11784434", "text": "1985 New York Giants season The 1985 New York Giants season was the 61st season for the club in the National Football League (NFL). The Giants entered the season looking to improve on their 9–7 record in 1984, which was enough to qualify the team for the playoffs as the second wild-card team, and to return to the playoffs for the second consecutive year under third-year head coach Bill Parcells. The Giants managed to do both, finishing with 10 victories for the first time since 1963 when the team won 11 games and finishing as the first wild-card team which", "title": "1985 New York Giants season" }, { "docid": "16154221", "text": "Team. Also coached successfully at Wilcox High School in his hometown of Santa Clara, CA as an assistant for 7 years helping earn the schools 2 CCS championships John Hendy (American football) John Hendy is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for two seasons for the San Diego Chargers* John H. Hendy American football player San Diego Chargers 1985 to 1987 Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round (69th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft. Voted First Team NFL All-Rookie at cornerback 1985 was also named AFC Player of the Week 14 for", "title": "John Hendy (American football)" }, { "docid": "16154220", "text": "John Hendy (American football) John Hendy is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for two seasons for the San Diego Chargers* John H. Hendy American football player San Diego Chargers 1985 to 1987 Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round (69th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft. Voted First Team NFL All-Rookie at cornerback 1985 was also named AFC Player of the Week 14 for his 2 interception game returning one 75 yards for a touchdown against Buffalo Bills. First Team All PCAA cornerback. Named to the 1984 Honorable Mention All American Football", "title": "John Hendy (American football)" }, { "docid": "18912711", "text": "1985–86 National Football League (Ireland) The 1985–86 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Ford National Football League, was the 55th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Laois won their second title to bridge a sixty-year gap. 1985-86 saw a change in format of the National League. Divisions Three and Four were amalgamated into a new Division Three, which was split by region. Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or", "title": "1985–86 National Football League (Ireland)" }, { "docid": "11214897", "text": "is an advanced technique used with card counting. Many types of shuffle tracking exist. Generally, the player, or a team member, keeps track of the count (high cards versus low cards) of one or more subsections of the cards as they are played. The selected sections may or may not be predetermined by observing and mapping the shuffle. These sections are referred to as tracking zones. The player may attempt to follow slugs of cards through the shuffle, or have a good idea of the final location by previously analyzing the shuffle. After the shuffle, play zones exist which contain", "title": "Shuffle track" }, { "docid": "3895170", "text": "get their footing for the Wedge, but the backs are slipping. I'm right there, I can just shuffle my feet and lunge in.\" Lombardi told Starr, \"Run it, and let's get the hell out of here!\" Lombardi was asked by Pat Peppler what play Starr would call, to which Lombardi replied, \"Damned if I know.\" Starr returned to the huddle and called a \"Brown right 31 Wedge.\" The play was a short yardage play using a double-team block to force an opening for the fullback. Starr made the play call in the huddle, but did not tell his teammates he", "title": "1967 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "1596513", "text": "Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills. He served two years as caucus chair for his party until April 10, 1995, when Premier Mike Harcourt dismissed Robin Blencoe from his cabinet and replaced him with Dosanjh as Minister of Government Services and Minister Responsible for Sports. A month later, in a small cabinet shuffle upon the resignation of Moe Sihota, Harcourt added Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism and Human Rights to Dosanjh's portfolio. In another cabinet shuffle, as Sihota was re-instated into the cabinet in August, Dosanjh's portfolio was changed to Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights", "title": "Ujjal Dosanjh" }, { "docid": "5729396", "text": "in 1985 and 1986. He was selected to two Pro Bowls, in 1985 and 1986. In 1986, he was selected as the Miller Lite NFL Offensive Lineman of the Year. In 1990, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors selected Covert to the NFL All-Decade Team. With Covert on the team, the Bears won six NFL Central Division titles and played in three NFC Championship games, along with the Super Bowl win. Covert's last season was 1990. In 1991, he was placed on injured reserve for the entire season following back surgery, and he retired from the NFL", "title": "Jim Covert" }, { "docid": "8104086", "text": "1986 with an estimated salary of $625,000. Hampton was making $325,000 during for the 1985 season. Also in the middle of 1985 Hampton moved from right defensive tackle to left defensive end, allowing William Perry to move into the starting lineup. Also that season, Hampton, feeling the \"Bears Super Bowl Shuffle\" was too cocky, declined involvement. \"Sports Illustrated\" 's Paul Zimmerman relates an anecdote that when he picked fellow Bear DT Steve McMichael for his All-Pro team in 1985 he was chided a year later by Buddy Ryan, then the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Ryan told Zimmerman that", "title": "Dan Hampton" }, { "docid": "19898613", "text": "played the 20th ranked, Mid-American Conference (MAC) champion Bowling Green Falcons in the fifth annual California Bowl in Bulldog Stadium on December 18. The Bulldogs beat Bowling Green 51–7. No Fresno State Bulldogs were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft. The following finished their college career in 1985, were not drafted, but played in the NFL. 1985 Fresno State Bulldogs football team The 1985 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Jim Sweeney,", "title": "1985 Fresno State Bulldogs football team" }, { "docid": "19997419", "text": "NFL. 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team The 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Titans competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Gene Murphy and played home games in Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana, California. They finished the season with six wins and five losses (6–5, 5–2 PCAA). The following Cal State Fullerton Titans were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft. The following finished their college career in 1985, were not drafted, but played in", "title": "1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team" }, { "docid": "3790056", "text": "Some Useful Information (for determining the last card in an Under-Down shuffle) – Issue 18, February 1994 RICHARD'S ALMANAC by Richard Kaufman Duck Soup – Summer 1985 RIFFLE SHUFFLE SET-UPS by Karl Fulves Influential Pairs, page 10 – Fulves/Walton Miracle Location, page 73 Influence, page 75 RIFFLE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE – PART 1 by Karl Fulves Z-Notes, page 27 – Notes on The Zarrow Shuffle RIFFLE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE – PART 3 by Karl Fulves The Double Ended Run Up, page 149 Analysis of the Cull Stock System, page 163 ROGER'S THESAURUS by Roger Crosthwaite Leave'Em Laughing SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl", "title": "Roy Walton" }, { "docid": "9449182", "text": "success was that two of the Bears top defensive players, linebacker Al Harris and strong safety Todd Bell, missed the entire season due to contract disputes. Additionally, the team possessed several talented offensive players to back up their defense. The 1985 season was the team's cheerleading squad Chicago Honey Bears' final season with the team, as team owner Virginia Halas McCaskey eventually severed all ties with them. After the loss to the Miami Dolphins, most of the team recorded the song \"The Super Bowl Shuffle\" (defensive lineman Dan Hampton refused to participate due to the song's arrogance), becoming the first", "title": "1985 Chicago Bears season" }, { "docid": "4461840", "text": "players against each other in two-versus-two or one-versus-three situations. \"Sonic Shuffle\" was developed by Sega, with assistance from the Hudson Soft team behind \"Mario Party\" (1998), and supervision from Sonic Team. Most sources attributed Sega as the developer although some attributed the game to Sega's internal development team Smilebit. Smilebit had previously developed \"Jet Set Radio\" (2000) for the Dreamcast which was well regarded for its cel shaded visuals. Sega used the same cel shading techniques in \"Sonic Shuffle\". Sega revealed that a \"Sonic Adventure\" spin-off was in development alongside \"Sonic Adventure 2\" in October 1999. The game was revealed", "title": "Sonic Shuffle" }, { "docid": "2854326", "text": "did enjoy his work as a layout artist on the 1985 series of \"The Jetsons\" as he was able to train a team of Taiwanese animators to draw characters more emotive and wild, which at the time was considered radical. He recalls being \"saved\" from having to work on these cartoons by director Ralph Bakshi, who'd worked with him before in 1981 and 1982. They began working on the designs for the film \"Bobby's Girl\", which was sold to TriStar Pictures but was later cancelled. Under Bakshi, Kricfalusi directed the animation for The Rolling Stones' 1986 music video \"Harlem Shuffle\".", "title": "John Kricfalusi" }, { "docid": "15571962", "text": "Quebec government. Clair ultimately declined this proposal and announced in June 1983 that the Quebec government would take over and restructure the airline. This was not intended as a nationalization; Clair said that he hoped private investors would manage the company. Clair strongly criticized the Canadian National Railway's decision in 1983 to shift its administrative offices for trucking and express services from Montreal to Toronto. After a cabinet shuffle on March 5, 1984, Clair was named as president of the treasury board and minister responsible for administration. In early 1985, he introduced new labour legislation that cut the right of", "title": "Michel Clair" }, { "docid": "1439796", "text": "In 1985, the Bears won their first 12 games and finished 15–1 for the season. McMahon became a media darling, not only for his outstanding play on the field, but also for his personality. He appeared in a rap record made by the team, \"The Super Bowl Shuffle,\" in which he proclaimed \"\"I'm the punky QB known as McMahon.\"\" He ended the season with a strong performance in Super Bowl XX, which the Bears won 46–10 over the New England Patriots. In that game McMahon became the first quarterback in the history of the Super Bowl to rush for two", "title": "Jim McMahon" }, { "docid": "19879966", "text": "but played in the NFL. 1985 San Diego State Aztecs football team The 1985 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach Doug Scovil, in his fifth and last year, and played home games at Jack Murphy Stadium> in San Diego, California. They finished with a record of five wins, six losses and one tie (5–6–1, 3–4–1 WAC). The following were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft. The following finished their college career", "title": "1985 San Diego State Aztecs football team" }, { "docid": "4318159", "text": "Pension Benefits Act and the Public Servants Insurance Act, and well as the minister responsible for the Status of Women. Following a cabinet shuffle on November 4, 1983, she retained the Labour portfolio and the Status of Women responsibility, while also becoming the Minister of Urban Affairs. As Labour Minister, Dolin conducted the final pension review in Manitoba before 2004. She left cabinet on January 30, 1985, as a result of a battle with breast cancer. She died shortly thereafter. The Mary Beth Dolin Meritorious Fire Service Medal was established in her honour in 1988. Her husband Marty was elected", "title": "Mary Beth Dolin" }, { "docid": "4487989", "text": "Houston Oilers. The Patriots set the all-time single season team rushing record with 3,156 yards (Grogan rushing for 539 yards and 5 touchdowns himself). That record still stands as the most productive rushing team ever in the history of the NFL. It is also the only season an NFL team has had 4 players rush for over 500 yards apiece. In the early 1980s, Grogan suffered several injuries, and the Patriots drafted quarterback Tony Eason in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft. By the Patriots 1985 season, Eason had taken the starting quarterback position and led the Patriots", "title": "Steve Grogan" }, { "docid": "11016223", "text": "height restriction). Coach Dean Smith of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also taught the shuffle offense. Shuffle offense The shuffle offense is an offensive strategy in basketball, developed in the early 1950s by Bruce Drake at the University of Oklahoma. It was later used by Bob Spear, who was the first head basketball coach of the United States Air Force Academy in 1957–71. The shuffle offense has all five players rotate in each of the five shuffle positions. This offense would be an option for a team that has good ball-handlers but is not blessed with height", "title": "Shuffle offense" }, { "docid": "12699995", "text": "1985 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1985 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 53rd in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved upon their previous output of 6–9–1, winning seven games. This was the fourth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs. Philadelphia was in position to earn a wild-card berth with a 6–5 record by late November, but a four-game losing streak, which included a home loss to the Minnesota Vikings in which the Eagles squandered a 23-0 fourth quarter lead, foiled their playoff hopes. That losing streak also cost head coach Marion Campbell his", "title": "1985 Philadelphia Eagles season" }, { "docid": "7306998", "text": "States Football League (USFL) in the 1983 Territorial Draft. Bostic joined the Oilers who were rebuilding from being the oldest average age NFL team in 1981. Bostic started the last 12 games of the 1983 NFL season and every game thereafter as an Oiler until leaving the team in 1989. The 1983 Houston Oilers under coaches Ed Biles and Chuck Studley went 2–14. The 1984 and 1985 teams of Hugh Campbell also were below .500. By 1985 he had nonetheless become one of the best safeties in the league. During the 1985 NFL season he had a career-high five quarterback", "title": "Keith Bostic (American football)" }, { "docid": "20445796", "text": "Ken Reeves (American football) Kenneth Wayne Reeves (born October 4, 1961) is a former American football offensive tackle who played for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 1985 NFL Draft after playing college football for Texas A&M. He played for the Eagles for five seasons from 1985–1989 and the Cleveland Browns in 1990. He was the starting left tackle for the Eagles in 1985, and the starting left tackle and left guard for the team in 1986. Reeves was drafted in the sixth round, 156th", "title": "Ken Reeves (American football)" }, { "docid": "15240508", "text": "Five weeks later, he kicked a field goal of 53 yards against Syracuse. At the end of his career at WVU, Woodside was responsible for four of the five longest field goals in school history. WVU completed the season with a record of 8-4, including a victory over Texas Christian University in the Bluebonnet Bowl, the fourth consecutive bowl appearance for WVU. WVU was ranked in the top 25 in both national polls. Woodside was named to the All-America first team. Woodside was drafted in the 12th round of the 1985 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills as the 333rd", "title": "Paul Woodside" }, { "docid": "4172054", "text": "was named to the 10th Anniversary All-Madden team in 1994. Long was voted the NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Year and the NFLPA AFC Defensive Lineman of the Year in 1985. He capped off a stellar 1985 season earning the George S. Halas Trophy for having been voted the NEA's co-NFL Defensive Player of the Year (along with Andre Tippett). He was also named the Seagrams' Seven Crown NFL Defensive Player of the year. The following year, Long was voted the Miller Lite NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year. Both those awards were taken by polls of NFL players.", "title": "Howie Long" }, { "docid": "12969064", "text": "Canadian team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, and was a member of the Canadian team at the 1984 Olympics. The Vols opened the 1985 campaign hosting #10 UCLA, which was coming off a 9-3 season in 1984, and had defeated defending national champion BYU in their first game of the 1985 season. Bruins coach Terry Donahue entered the game needing one win to become UCLA's all-time winningest football coach. The Bruins' offense featured running back Gaston Green, two future NFL receivers, Willie \"Flipper\" Anderson and Mike Sherrard, and All-American kicker John Lee. Matt Stevens and David Norrie were vying for", "title": "1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team" }, { "docid": "12699997", "text": "RFK Stadium. On November 10, at Veterans Stadium, Jaworski combined with wide receiver Mike Quick for a club-record 99-yard touchdown pass in overtime to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 23–17. 1985 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1985 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 53rd in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved upon their previous output of 6–9–1, winning seven games. This was the fourth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs. Philadelphia was in position to earn a wild-card berth with a 6–5 record by late November, but a four-game losing streak, which included a home", "title": "1985 Philadelphia Eagles season" }, { "docid": "9104365", "text": "in 2007 as a member of the government, he was appointed to cabinet as the Minister of Crown Corporations. In a cabinet shuffle in 2009, he became Minister of Enterprise, and in 2010, he was appointed Minister of First Nations and Métis relations. On May 25, 2012, Cheveldayoff was appointed Minister of Environment, Responsible for SaskWater and the Water Security Agency. In 2014, Cheveldayoff was appointed Government House Leader. With the Cabinet shuffle on August 23, 2016, Cheveldayoff was asked by the Premier to serve as Minister of Parks, Culture, Sport and Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission (PSC).", "title": "Ken Cheveldayoff" }, { "docid": "19165264", "text": "Kevin Belcher (offensive tackle) Kevin Leander Belcher (November 9, 1961 – April 12, 1997) was an American football offensive tackle who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Raiders and Denver Broncos. He was drafted by the Raiders in the seventh round of the 1985 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and attended Bassick High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Belcher was selected by the Los Angeles Raiders with the 186th pick in the 1985 NFL Draft and played in four games for the team during the 1985 season. He", "title": "Kevin Belcher (offensive tackle)" }, { "docid": "2716557", "text": "team and is one of only eight numbers retired in the history of the franchise. When the Eagles established their Honor Roll in 1987, Bednarik was one of the first class of inductees. He attended reunions for the 25th anniversary of the 1960 NFL Championship team in 1985 and the 40th anniversary of the 1948–49 NFL Championship team in 1988 (though he had not played for the 1948 team), held in pregame ceremonies at Veterans Stadium. Bednarik quarreled with current Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie in 1996. Lurie refused to buy 100 copies of Bednarik's new book for $15 each for", "title": "Chuck Bednarik" }, { "docid": "10140142", "text": "Faro shuffle The faro shuffle (American), weave shuffle (British), or dovetail shuffle is a method of shuffling playing cards. Mathematicians use the term \"faro shuffle\" for a shuffle in which the deck is split into equal halves of 26 cards that are then interwoven perfectly. Magicians use these terms for a particular technique (which Diaconis, Graham, and Kantor call \"the technique\") for achieving this result. A right-handed practitioner holds the cards from above in the right and from below in the left hand. The deck is separated into two preferably equal parts by simply lifting up half the cards with", "title": "Faro shuffle" }, { "docid": "10140154", "text": "0's are out shuffles. For example, if the top card was wanted in the 23rd position first, the 23 would become 22. Then, in binary, 22 is 10110, so the series of shuffles would be in, out, in, in, out. Faro shuffle The faro shuffle (American), weave shuffle (British), or dovetail shuffle is a method of shuffling playing cards. Mathematicians use the term \"faro shuffle\" for a shuffle in which the deck is split into equal halves of 26 cards that are then interwoven perfectly. Magicians use these terms for a particular technique (which Diaconis, Graham, and Kantor call \"the", "title": "Faro shuffle" }, { "docid": "1268556", "text": "break in the mid-1980s. In 1985, he teamed up with young Canadian-born-and-raised animator John Kricfalusi to make a hybrid live-action/animated music video for The Rolling Stones' \"The Harlem Shuffle\", which was released in early 1986. The music video put together a production team at Bakshi Animation whose next project was the short-lived TV series \"\". Bakshi and company worked on several other projects in the late 1980s, but his biggest project, 1992's \"Cool World\", was a critically panned commercial disappointment. In 2005, Bakshi announced that he would begin working on another feature film, \"Last Days of Coney Island\", which he", "title": "Modern animation in the United States" }, { "docid": "5696263", "text": "last remaining active player from the 1985 Bears team. When asked about this, he replied, \"Well, I had my run and I think it's time for new rookies to take my place in this team.\" For his career, Tomczak has 73 starts, completed 55.3% of his passes for 88 touchdowns and 106 interceptions. Among Tomczak's NFL career highlights, he won his first 10 starts at quarterback, all with Chicago, which set an NFL Record (breaking the mark set by former Pittsburgh Steeler Mike Kruczek). The mark was eventually topped by current Steeler QB Ben Roethlisberger. In 1988, Tomczak was the", "title": "Mike Tomczak" }, { "docid": "2841025", "text": "him professional football's all-time sacks leader. White also recorded three interceptions, which he returned for 79 yards. He recovered 19 fumbles, which he returned for 137 yards and three touchdowns. His nine consecutive seasons (1985–1993) with at least 10 sacks remain an NFL record. He was named an All-Pro for 13 of his 15 seasons, including eight as a first-team selection. Reggie White is considered by many to be the best defensive player in NFL history. White appeared on screen at two professional wrestling events, wrestling one match. In April 1995, he was ringside as part of Lawrence Taylor's \"All-Stars\"", "title": "Reggie White" }, { "docid": "18912696", "text": "1984–85 National Football League (Ireland) The 1984–85 National Football League was the 54th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Monaghan won their first and only national title with a win over Armagh in the final. This was the final year of the NFL in its present format before a move to a three division league for the 1985–86 NFL. Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away. 2 points were awarded for", "title": "1984–85 National Football League (Ireland)" }, { "docid": "6970445", "text": "Darrien Gordon Darrien Jamal Gordon (born November 14, 1970) is a former professional American Football player who played cornerback for 10 seasons in the National Football League (1993–2002). During his NFL career, he played for 5 different teams and in 3 Super Bowls. Before his NFL career, Gordon played for Stanford University. Since the NFL Scouting Combine began in 1985, he is one of three players who have been drafted in the first round after not being invited to the combine. Gordon spent his first 4 years in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers, assisting the team to a", "title": "Darrien Gordon" }, { "docid": "13034667", "text": "an offensive tackle and became a starter. The next year he was moved as the starting center, but also saw action at guard during his career. Darwin was selected in the fifth round of the 1985 NFL Draft (119th overall) by the Dallas Cowboys. He had a contentious negotiation with the team and didn't reach a contract agreement during the season. After not signing with any team during the 1985 season, he re-entered the NFL Draft and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round (106th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft. After experiencing another contract holdout, he", "title": "Matt Darwin" }, { "docid": "3569373", "text": "the 1985 election. Following a cabinet shuffle on May 17, 1985, Timbrell retained his previous postings and was additionally appointed Provincial Secretary for Resource Development. Miller's government was defeated in the House in June, 1985. In opposition, Timbrell served as House Leader of the Official Opposition and his party's critic for Education and Women's Issues. Miller resigned as leader, and the party called another leadership convention for November 1985. This contest was an extremely divisive struggle between Timbrell and Grossman, which exposed deep divisions in the party. A third candidate, Alan Pope, drew attention to the animosity between the candidates", "title": "Dennis Timbrell" }, { "docid": "20548939", "text": "1985 Syracuse Orangemen football team The 1985 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Dick MacPherson and played their home games in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished with a 7–5 record and played in the 1985 Cherry Bowl against Maryland, where they lost, 18–35. Notable players included Tim Green, who earned unanimous All-American honors at defensive tackle and was a finalist for the Lombardi Award. Green was drafted 17th overall in the 1986 NFL Draft, ending his career at Syracuse", "title": "1985 Syracuse Orangemen football team" }, { "docid": "5806756", "text": "the second anime adaptation of the game \"Shuffle! Memories\", an album titled \"Shuffle! Memories Character Song Collection\" was released containing twelve tracks of character songs performed by their respective voice actors. The original soundtrack for the second adaptation of the game was released in May 2007. Most of the singles and albums ranked on Oricon charts with the highest ranking album being \"Shuffle! Memories Character Song Collection\" at 104th, and the highest ranking single being \"Original!\", the opening theme for \"Shuffle! On the Stage\" PS2 game, at 32nd. \"Shuffle!\" had much pre-sale hype as the development team was largely composed", "title": "Shuffle!" }, { "docid": "4320200", "text": "1989 and 1992. He garnered second-team All-Pro selections in 1990 and 1993. In 2012, Doleman was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Spouse: LaTresa Doleman (m. 2018), Toni Yuille (m. 1985-2007) On January 25, 2018, Doleman had brain surgery which was later diagnosed as Glioblastoma. Chris Doleman Christopher John Doleman (born October 16, 1961) is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, and San Francisco 49ers from 1985 to 1999. He was an 8-time Pro Bowl selection and a 3-time First-team All-Pro, recording 150.5 career", "title": "Chris Doleman" }, { "docid": "7641649", "text": "1985 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners, led by head coach Barry Switzer, win the national championship. Oklahoma finished the season 11-1, with their only loss to Miami at home, in a game in which future NFL star Troy Aikman was lost for the season. The Sooners regrouped and went undefeated the rest of the way, finishing the season with a win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl. Michigan would finish #2, the highest finish of a Bo Schembechler led team. The team shined on defense, led by All-Americans", "title": "1985 NCAA Division I-A football season" }, { "docid": "20246248", "text": "players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft. 1985 San Francisco State Gators football team The 1985 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season. San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 25th year at the helm. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie (3–6–1, 2–3 NCAC). For the season the team was outscored", "title": "1985 San Francisco State Gators football team" }, { "docid": "12085455", "text": "certain genre, and even all songs on the device. Users can also create playlists of whatever songs they like and shuffle them. Shuffle play Shuffle play is a mode of music playback in which songs are played in a randomized order that is decided upon for all tracks at once. It is commonly found on CD players, digital audio players and media player software. Shuffle playback prevents repeated tracks, which makes it distinct from random playback, in which the next track is chosen at random after the last track has ended. In a Compact Disc player one can only shuffle", "title": "Shuffle play" }, { "docid": "12085453", "text": "Shuffle play Shuffle play is a mode of music playback in which songs are played in a randomized order that is decided upon for all tracks at once. It is commonly found on CD players, digital audio players and media player software. Shuffle playback prevents repeated tracks, which makes it distinct from random playback, in which the next track is chosen at random after the last track has ended. In a Compact Disc player one can only shuffle songs on that CD, or with some models that could hold more than one CD, shuffle the songs on all of those", "title": "Shuffle play" }, { "docid": "7417411", "text": "Leonard Marshall Leonard Allen Marshall Jr. (born October 22, 1961) is a former American football defensive lineman who played twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Selected 37th overall in the 1983 NFL Draft, he spent the first ten seasons of his career with the New York Giants where he accumulated 79.5 sacks, ranking him third in team history. He was twice selected to the Pro Bowl and twice named NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year following the 1985 and 1986 seasons. He won two championships with the Giants, recording three sacks in the two Super Bowl games which", "title": "Leonard Marshall" }, { "docid": "20114476", "text": "WFC, with a record of eight wins, two losses and one tie (8–2–1, 4–0–1 WFC). The Broncos outscored their opponents 306–203 for the season. The following Santa Clara Broncos players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft. 1985 Santa Clara Broncos football team The 1985 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season. Santa Clara competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The WFC added two new members for the 1985 season, Cal Lutheran and Cal State Sacramento. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Terry Malley. Terry Malley took", "title": "1985 Santa Clara Broncos football team" }, { "docid": "15273428", "text": "voiced by Zach Appelman. The Gameballz – Ish's guardians in the first season: BlitzBotz – Sudden Death's mechanical minions with one mission: collect the shards. They also have an arsenal of corruption footballs, which corrupt biological beings, transforming them into fellow BlitzBotz. 6 Rusherz had succumbed to this power, but were freed from it after Sudden Death's defeat. The Rusherz are a race of humanoid alien beings from a distant planet, who bear some resemblance to an NFL team's logo, the city the team is from, or from that franchise's history. According to OT, they were responsible for the creation", "title": "NFL Rush Zone" }, { "docid": "18556632", "text": "was captain of Brown's 1922 team. His play was reported to have been largely responsible for Brown's 3–0 victory over Harvard in 1922. He was selected by \"Athletic World\" magazine, Billy Evans, Lawrence Perry and the Romelke Press Clipping Bureau as a first-team tackle on the 1922 College Football All-America Team. His total of 97 votes in the Romelke poll was the fifth highest that year. Gulian also played five seasons in the NFL for the Buffalo All-Americans (1923), Frankford Yellow Jackets (1924), and Providence Steam Roller (1925–1927). He was the first Armenian-born player in the NFL. He is distinguished", "title": "Mike Gulian" }, { "docid": "20538930", "text": "! colspan=8 | 1985 Division II Playoffs The following UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft. 1985 UC Davis Aggies football team The 1985 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 1985 NCAA Division II football season. UC Davis competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). The Aggies were led by head coach Jim Sochor in his 16th year. They played home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the season as champion of the NCAC for the 15th consecutive season and it was their 16th consecutive winning season. The", "title": "1985 UC Davis Aggies football team" }, { "docid": "20081668", "text": "season. The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft. 1985 Cal Poly Mustangs football team The 1985 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season. Cal Poly competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The WFC added two new members for the 1985 season, Cal Lutheran and Cal State Sacramento. The Mustangs were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Sanderson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses", "title": "1985 Cal Poly Mustangs football team" }, { "docid": "20079312", "text": "1985 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team The 1985 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented Cal State Northridge during the 1985 NCAA Division II football season. Cal State Northridge competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The 1985 Matadors were led by seventh-year head coach Tom Keele. They played home games at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California. Cal State Northridge finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 1–4 WFC). The Matadors were outscored by their opponents 281–339 for the season. No Cal State Northridge players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft.", "title": "1985 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team" }, { "docid": "14563979", "text": "in the I-AA playoffs. After a two-season absence, Idaho returned to the 12-team I-AA playoffs, hosting independent Eastern Washington, whom they had defeated four weeks earlier by three touchdowns. The Eagles won the rematch, a back-and-forth contest before a sparse crowd at the Kibbie Dome, two days after Thanksgiving. (EWU joined the Big Sky in 1987, raising league membership to nine.) For the following season in 1986, the I-AA playoffs expanded from 12 to 16 teams, which eliminated the bye week for the top four seeds. The 1985 team included two future NFL head coaches: quarterback Scott Linehan and offensive", "title": "1985 Idaho Vandals football team" }, { "docid": "4580017", "text": "kick returner Clarence Verdin, and future Cleveland Browns wide receiver Gerald McNeil. Todd Fowler, the featured running back on the team, was also notable as the first USFL player the rival NFL signed away from the league in 1985 (by the Dallas Cowboys). The Gamblers were well known for a 7-11 promotion in which two huge dice were dropped onto the field from the roof of the Astrodome. ! 1984 ! 1985 ! Totals || 23 || 15 || 0 || || Houston Gamblers The Houston Gamblers were an American football team that competed in the United States Football League", "title": "Houston Gamblers" }, { "docid": "9489191", "text": "230 in 1981 and 24 in a game against Detroit in 1985. He was a member of the Vikings 25th and 40th Anniversary season teams and was named one of the 50 greatest Vikings in 2010. After a successful career with the Vikings, he moved into their front office and since 2002 he has been the Director of College Scouting which is responsible for all the preparations of the NFL Draft. Studwell personally scouts the majority of the players the Vikings pursue and spends nearly half of each year on the road. Scott Studwell Scott Studwell (born August 27, 1954", "title": "Scott Studwell" }, { "docid": "17426093", "text": "\"n\" (which would be \"2\"), because the identity permutation can be represented in multiple ways as a (\"p\",\"q\")-shuffle for different values of \"p\" and \"q\". Instead, the number of distinct riffle shuffle permutations of a deck of \"n\" cards, for \"n\" = 1, 2, 3, ..., is More generally, the formula for this number is 2 − \"n\"; for instance, there are 4503599627370444 riffle shuffle permutations of a 52-card deck. The number of permutations that are both a riffle shuffle permutation and the inverse permutation of a riffle shuffle is For \"n\" = 1, 2, 3, ..., this is and", "title": "Riffle shuffle permutation" }, { "docid": "13394509", "text": "New York Jets in 1989 after being left unprotected by the Buccaneers, but was cut from the Jets in training camp. He later played for the Cincinnati Rockers, Miami Hooters, and Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. Southwestern Athletic Conference most valuable defensive player, 1985<br> 1st Team All-American, 1985 Jackie Walker (American football, born 1962) Jackie Walker (born November 3, 1962) is a former an American football linebacker who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was the 28th player selected in the 1986 NFL Draft, the first player drafted in the second", "title": "Jackie Walker (American football, born 1962)" }, { "docid": "6697662", "text": "Vance Johnson Vance Edward Johnson (born March 13, 1963), is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 5'11\", 174 lb. wide receiver from the University of Arizona, Johnson played his entire NFL career for the Broncos from 1985 to 1995. Johnson was a World-Class long jumper. In 1982, Johnson won the NCAA championship, as well as winning the gold medal at the Junior Pan American games. In 1984 Johnson just missed making the U.S. Olympic team, finishing fourth in the long jump at the", "title": "Vance Johnson" }, { "docid": "19480797", "text": "Allanda Smith Allanda Smith (born March 7, 1962) is a former American football player. Smith attended Texas Christian University. He was a defensive back on the school's football team. Smith was drafted by the Washington Federals in the 1984 United States Football League draft. His rights were traded to the LA Express. Smith signed with the Express and played the 1984 and 1985 USFL seasons with LA. Smith was drafted by the NFL's Minnesota Vikings in the 1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players. Smith signed with the Vikings in time for the 1985 NFL season. He was", "title": "Allanda Smith" } ]
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who won the women 's fifa world cup
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[ { "docid": "1830196", "text": "Norway in the final 2-1. In the 1999 edition, one of the most famous moments of the tournament was American defender Brandi Chastain's victory celebration after scoring the Cup-winning penalty kick against China. She took off her jersey and waved it over her head (as men frequently do), showing her muscular torso and sports bra as she celebrated. The 1999 final in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California had an attendance of 90,185, a world record for a women's sporting event. The 1999 and 2003 Women's World Cups were both held in the United States; in 2003 China was supposed", "title": "FIFA Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "4732580", "text": "Canada's national \"A\" team has won two CONCACAF championships: in 1985 to qualify for the FIFA World Cup and in 2000 to qualify for the FIFA Confederations Cup. Canada's women's \"A\" team has also won two CONCACAF championships: in 1998 and 2010. The Canadian women have participated in six FIFA Women's World Cups (Sweden 1995, United States 1999, United States 2003, China 2007, Germany 2011 and as hosts in 2015) and three Women's Olympic Football Tournaments (Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016), winning a bronze medal in both London and Rio. Canada also hosted the FIFA Women's World Cup", "title": "Sports in Canada" }, { "docid": "1830194", "text": "venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about one month. The seven FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments have been won by 4 national teams. The current champion is the United States, after winning their third title in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. In 1971 an unofficial tournament was held in Mexico. In 1988 – 58 years after the first Men's FIFA World Cup tournament in 1930 and approximately 17 years after the FA ban on women's football was eliminated in 1971 – FIFA hosted an invitational in China as a test to see if a global women's", "title": "FIFA Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "15291200", "text": ". She's also won the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship with the United States women's national soccer team. Personal Klingenberg was featured with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in \"FIFA 16\", the first time women players were included in the game. Following the United States' win at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Klingenberg and her teammates became the first women's sports team to be honored with a ticker tape parade in New York City. Each player received a key to", "title": "Meghan Klingenberg" }, { "docid": "2183380", "text": "2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in the United States and won by Germany. They won their first women's world title and became the first country to win both men's and women's World Cup. The men's team had won the World Cup three times at the time. The tournament was originally scheduled for China from 23 September to 11 October. On 3 May 2003, FIFA announced that they would move the tournament to an alternate host country because of the 2003 SARS outbreak in", "title": "2003 FIFA Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "2183385", "text": "all matches. Goal differences were used thereafter. 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in the United States and won by Germany. They won their first women's world title and became the first country to win both men's and women's World Cup. The men's team had won the World Cup three times at the time. The tournament was originally scheduled for China from 23 September to 11 October. On 3 May 2003, FIFA announced that they would move the tournament to an alternate host country", "title": "2003 FIFA Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "5693595", "text": "Miyama of Japan won the assists table with four assists. Table source 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in October 2007. Japan won the final against the United States on a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw after extra time and became the first Asian team to win a senior FIFA World Cup. The matches were played in", "title": "2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" } ]
[ { "docid": "5085747", "text": "at least one match of the Brazilian national team in every FIFA World Cup qualifications, and matches of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and men/women football matches of Olympic Games 2016. Important matches and trophies won by local teams on Mineirão's pitch include: The stadium's top scorer is Reinaldo, who played for Atlético from 1973 to 1984 and swung the nets 144 times. On the other hand, Cruzeiro's Tostão played from 1965 to 1972, scored 143 goals and had the best yearly average (17 goals). Mineirão has been the venue to music events since its", "title": "Mineirão" }, { "docid": "8236021", "text": "1998 FIFA World Cup Final The 1998 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that was played on 12 July 1998 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis to determine the winner of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The final was contested by Brazil, who were the defending champions having won the previous FIFA World Cup four years earlier in 1994, and the host nation France, who had reached the final of the tournament for the first time. France won the match 3–0 to claim the World Cup for the first time, with the timing of the match two", "title": "1998 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "19273944", "text": "he was a member of the U20's and the U23's. With the U20's he won the 2014 OFC U-20 Championship and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. This was the first time that Fiji had qualified for a FIFA World Cup event. Tuivuna played in all three group matches, including in the historical 3-0 victory against Honduras. Antonio Tuivuna Antonio Tuivuna (born 20 March 1995) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dreketi. Tuivana advanced through the youth ranks at Ba, making his senior debut in 2012 at the age of seventeen. After two years", "title": "Antonio Tuivuna" }, { "docid": "6615197", "text": "States women's national soccer team won the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the team received $2 million total in prize money, while Germany national football team men's side received $35 million for winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Teams that were eliminated in the first round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup collected $8 million in winnings, twice as much as the winner of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Women's sport in England only receives about 0.5% of sponsorship money, leaving many women seeking part-time employment Revenue generated from women's sports is much less than that generated by men,", "title": "Women's National Team" }, { "docid": "4548568", "text": "2005 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005, as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The final was a rematch of the Copa América final also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup. Argentina were awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won both the 2002 FIFA", "title": "2005 FIFA Confederations Cup" }, { "docid": "9334895", "text": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 December to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament. The trophy was won by Milan, who became the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18) and the first European team to win the trophy. The qualified teams were decided during 2007", "title": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup" }, { "docid": "16603045", "text": "of the Game. Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Cameroon won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ghana won 7–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. 3–3 on aggregate. Algeria won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Burkina Faso's protest that Algeria goalscorer Madjid Bougherra was ineligible to play in qualification has been thrown out by FIFA. 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification –", "title": "2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round" }, { "docid": "9945586", "text": "is as follows: -1 for yellow card, -3 for a red card (straight or 2 yellows in the same game), -4 in case of a yellow card followed by a straight red card in the same game. If the teams are still level at this point, a drawing of lots determine the qualified team(s). All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1) 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009. The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the", "title": "2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup" }, { "docid": "14688658", "text": "FIFA World Cup Dream Team The FIFA World Cup Dream Team is an all-time FIFA World Cup all-star team published by FIFA in 2002 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a World Cup dream team. Diego Maradona of Argentina received the most votes. More than one-and-a-half million fans worldwide voted in the poll, conducted by the official FIFA website, www.FIFAworldcup.com, with Maradona receiving 111,035 votes. Brazil's Pelé, who played for three World Cup-winning teams, won 107,539 votes and Zinedine Zidane, who scored twice for France in their 1998 triumph, came in third with 80,527. It is an", "title": "FIFA World Cup Dream Team" }, { "docid": "16539886", "text": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final The final of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was played between Germany and Brazil. The match took place at the Hongkou Football Stadium, in Shanghai, China, on 30 September 2007. The match was between Germany, who had won the previous Women's World Cup final and Brazil, who had never won a major world title, or indeed even reached the finals of a Women's World Cup. This was the first time in the history of the Women's World Cup that a European and South American had met each other in the final. Germany had", "title": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "14688659", "text": "eleven-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three defenders, four midfielders, and three forwards (3-4-3 formation). FIFA World Cup Dream Team The FIFA World Cup Dream Team is an all-time FIFA World Cup all-star team published by FIFA in 2002 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a World Cup dream team. Diego Maradona of Argentina received the most votes. More than one-and-a-half million fans worldwide voted in the poll, conducted by the official FIFA website, www.FIFAworldcup.com, with Maradona receiving 111,035 votes. Brazil's Pelé, who played for three World Cup-winning teams, won 107,539 votes and Zinedine Zidane, who scored", "title": "FIFA World Cup Dream Team" }, { "docid": "701812", "text": "1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950, was the fourth FIFA World Cup. It was the first World Cup since 1938, the planned 1942 and 1946 competitions having been cancelled due to World War II. It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930. They clinched the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2–1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group. This was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final. It was also the first tournament where the trophy was", "title": "1950 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "701790", "text": "1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950, was the fourth FIFA World Cup. It was the first World Cup since 1938, the planned 1942 and 1946 competitions having been cancelled due to World War II. It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930. They clinched the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2–1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group. This was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final. It was also the first tournament where the trophy was", "title": "1950 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "8750151", "text": "2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title \"Beach Soccer World Championships\". Overall this was the twelfth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–12 November 2006. The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their tenth title overall. After the 2005 World", "title": "2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup" }, { "docid": "11106075", "text": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title \"Beach Soccer World Championships\". Overall, this was the thirteenth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–11 November 2007. The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their second consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their eleventh title overall. The qualifiers to", "title": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup" }, { "docid": "11106081", "text": "listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3) 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title \"Beach Soccer World Championships\". Overall, this was the thirteenth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–11 November 2007. The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their second consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup", "title": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup" }, { "docid": "11219674", "text": "moved forward by one week, from 19 August 2009 to 12 August 2009, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 27 May 2008. There were 74 goals scored over the 30 games, an average of 2.46 goals per game. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup hosts Germany along with Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The group was won by Germany, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4" }, { "docid": "16356284", "text": "the only one of those three from a country that has never won the World Cup, either. Ernst Wilimowski was the first player ever to score four goals in one match at a FIFA World Cup, and to this day is the only player who managed this feat and still lost the match. Poland at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Poland's results at the FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for the finals on eight occasions, most recently in 2018. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but", "title": "Poland at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "4548570", "text": "five goals. In total, 56 goals were scored by 29 different players, with none credited as own goals. 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005, as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The final was a rematch of the Copa América final also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the", "title": "2005 FIFA Confederations Cup" }, { "docid": "8236035", "text": "Lennart Johansson, and co-president of local organizing committee Michel Platini were among those present at the stands during the awards ceremony. President Chirac handed the trophy to French captain Didier Deschamps. 1998 FIFA World Cup Final The 1998 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that was played on 12 July 1998 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis to determine the winner of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The final was contested by Brazil, who were the defending champions having won the previous FIFA World Cup four years earlier in 1994, and the host nation France, who had", "title": "1998 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "1375541", "text": "1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, quadrennial international football world championship tournament, was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by the Argentine hosts, who defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in the final, after extra time. The final was held at River Plate's home stadium, Estadio Monumental, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team (after Uruguay, Italy, England and West Germany) to be both hosts and world champions. Argentina, the", "title": "1978 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "1375511", "text": "1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, quadrennial international football world championship tournament, was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by the Argentine hosts, who defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in the final, after extra time. The final was held at River Plate's home stadium, Estadio Monumental, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team (after Uruguay, Italy, England and West Germany) to be both hosts and world champions. Argentina, the", "title": "1978 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "11876189", "text": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title \"Beach Soccer World Championships\". Overall, this was the fourteenth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. It took place in Marseille, France, in the Plages du Prado. It was the first tournament to take place outside Brazil, from 17–27 July 2008. The winners of the tournament were Brazil, who won their third consecutive FIFA Beach", "title": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup" }, { "docid": "19520198", "text": "the first time by two presidents of football federations. Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974 as a player and as coach in 1990, was the organiser of the 2006 World Cup, played in Germany. FIFA World Cup Organisers The following were the presidents of the organising committees of the FIFA World Cup, also the presidents of FIFA and the heads of state of the hosting nation included. Besides being the president of FIFA and the French Football Federation, Jules Rimet was also chairman of the organising committee of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. In", "title": "FIFA World Cup Organisers" }, { "docid": "11219719", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro. The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up the Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA play-off stage. The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar. There were 77 goals scored during the 30 games,", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8" }, { "docid": "11219673", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup hosts Germany along with Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The group was won by Germany, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Russia entered the UEFA play-off stage. The fixtures for the group were determined on 10 January 2008, after a meeting between representatives of each nation in Frankfurt, Germany. The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4" }, { "docid": "11219720", "text": "an average 2.56 goals per game. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro. The group was won by Italy, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up the Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA play-off stage. The representatives of the six federations met in Sofia, Bulgaria on 15 January 2008 to decide on a fixture calendar. There were 77", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8" }, { "docid": "19872625", "text": "decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 72). <section begin=Knockout stage /> <section end=Knockout stage /> Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: The following three teams from CAF qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations The 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total Women's Africa Cup Of Nations, Ghana 2018, was the 11th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations (13th edition if tournaments without hosts are", "title": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations" }, { "docid": "20380811", "text": "begin=playoff1 /> <section end=playoff1 /> Spain won the tie and qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup. <section begin=playoff2 /> <section end=playoff2 /> Yugoslavia won the tie and qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup. <section begin=playoff3 /> <section end=playoff3 /> Mexico won the tie and qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup. There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match. 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs) For the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification, there were three inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final three qualification spots to the 1962 FIFA World", "title": "1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)" }, { "docid": "15417808", "text": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (UEFA) was the first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for Europe, held in May 2008, in Benidorm, Spain. Hosts Spain won the championship, with Portugal finishing second and Russia winning the third place play of to finish third, beating Italy who finished fourth. The four nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France from July 17 - July 27. France qualified as the fifth European nation, being the hosts of the world cup.", "title": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)" }, { "docid": "11219702", "text": "to 12 August, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in May 2008. There were 81 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 2.7 goals per game. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria and Faroe Islands. The group was won by Serbia, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up France entered the UEFA play-off stage. The representatives of the six federations met in Vienna, Austria", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7" }, { "docid": "11219699", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra. The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Ukraine entered the UEFA play-off stage. The fixture list was determined on 14 January 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia. The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was moved forward by one week, from 19 August to 12 August 2009, at the FIFA Executive Committee", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6" }, { "docid": "11219660", "text": "August 2009, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 27 May 2008. There were 90 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 3 goals per game. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised the Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino. The group was won by Slovakia, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovenia entered the UEFA play-off stage. The match schedule was determined at a", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3" }, { "docid": "4224914", "text": "attempted to win their first FIFA Club World Cup (a feat never done by any club outside of Europe and South America), but were denied by Real Madrid, who won 4-2 in extra time, thanks to a hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo. The victory saw Real Madrid win their second FIFA Club World Cup, and their fifth International title (counting the three Intercontinental Cups Real Madrid had won prior to 2014). As early as late 2016, FIFA President Gianni Infantino suggested an initial expansion of the Club World Cup to 32 teams beginning in 2019 and the reschedule to June to", "title": "FIFA Club World Cup" }, { "docid": "6507438", "text": "advanced to the Third Round.\" \"Algeria won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.\" \"Libya won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.\" \"Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.\" \"Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.\" \"Algeria won 7–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.\" \"Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.\" 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone", "title": "1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)" }, { "docid": "8235977", "text": "2002 FIFA World Cup Final The 2002 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 30 June 2002 at the International Stadium in Yokohama to determine the winner of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The final was contested by Germany and Brazil. It was the first World Cup meeting between the two sides. Brazil won the match 2–0, winning a record fifth title. Ronaldo, who became the record World Cup goalscorer at the 2006 tournament, scored two of his fifteen World Cup goals in the second half of the match, leading Brazil to the title and", "title": "2002 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "8236003", "text": "Blatter and former Brazilian World Cup winner Pelé handed the trophy to Brazilian captain Cafu on the pitch stage. 2002 FIFA World Cup Final The 2002 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 30 June 2002 at the International Stadium in Yokohama to determine the winner of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The final was contested by Germany and Brazil. It was the first World Cup meeting between the two sides. Brazil won the match 2–0, winning a record fifth title. Ronaldo, who became the record World Cup goalscorer at the 2006 tournament, scored two", "title": "2002 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "11084045", "text": "The following list consist of previous Ghana U-17 national team players who have won or were influential at the FIFA U-17 World Cup with the Ghana U-17 national team or the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Ghana U-20 national team, and those who were part of the Ghana U-23 national team that won the Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The list also includes the players who have graduated from the Ghana U-20 national team and gone on to represent the senior Ghana national team at the FIFA World Cup or African Cup of Nations: Ghana national under-17", "title": "Ghana national under-17 football team" }, { "docid": "19440260", "text": "winners), and Vietnam (Group D winners). Group A Group B Knockout stage (top five teams qualify for World Cup) As in the previous World Cup cycle, the Africa Women Cup of Nations served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for CAF members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows: FIFA banned Equatorial Guinea from qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, meaning they could not qualify for the World Cup regardless of their performance in the Africa Women Cup of Nations. The seven winners of the second qualifying round advanced to the final tournament: Algeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea,", "title": "2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "13196042", "text": "on this matter, Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given said: \"Sports Illustrated\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Gabriele Marcotti gave the opinion that \"FIFA is pretty much changing the rules halfway through the qualifying tournament.\" The eight teams were seeded according to the FIFA World Rankings released on 16 October (shown in parentheses in the table below). France won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Ireland officially asked FIFA for the second leg to be replayed after Thierry Henry clearly handled the ball twice during the build-up to the French goal. This request was denied. Ireland eventually pursued legal action", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round" }, { "docid": "17309480", "text": "won their fourth World Cup penalty shoot-out, tied with Germany for most wins, and were involved in their fifth World Cup shoot-out, a record for any nation. <section begin=k2 /><section end=k2 /> The two teams had met in 11 previous meetings, including four times in the FIFA World Cup: Netherlands won 2–0 in the second group stage of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and 2–1 in the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and Brazil won 3–2 in the quarter-finals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw (after extra time) in the", "title": "2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage" }, { "docid": "11219701", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria and Faroe Islands. The group was won by Serbia, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up France entered the UEFA play-off stage. The representatives of the six federations met in Vienna, Austria on 8 December 2007 to decide on a fixture calendar. The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was moved forward by one week, from 19 August", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7" }, { "docid": "11219700", "text": "meeting on 27 May 2008. There were 107 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 3.56 goals per game. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra. The group was won by England, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Ukraine entered the UEFA play-off stage. The fixture list was determined on 14 January 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia. The August 2009 date in the", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6" }, { "docid": "11219659", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised the Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino. The group was won by Slovakia, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovenia entered the UEFA play-off stage. The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia on 16 January 2008. The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was moved forward by one week, from 19 August to 12", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3" }, { "docid": "11219603", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 9 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised the Netherlands, Scotland, Norway, Iceland and Macedonia. This group had one team fewer than the other eight. The group was won by the Netherlands, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. As runners-up, Norway were in contention for the UEFA play-off stage, but their record was the worst of all runners-up and so they were eliminated. The fixtures were decided at a meeting held in Amsterdam, Netherlands", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9" }, { "docid": "12010239", "text": "2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title. At a FIFA Executive Committee meeting held in Sydney on 26 May 2008, Colombia beat the only other candidate country, Venezuela, for the right to organize the U-20 World Cup. It was suggested by the then-Vice President of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón that it was needed to withdraw from the race with Brazil", "title": "2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup" }, { "docid": "11219692", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised European champions Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia and Estonia. The group was won by Spain, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup without dropping a single point in qualification. The runners-up Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the UEFA play-off stage. A meeting was held in Barcelona, Spain on 8 January 2008 to determine the fixtures for Group 5. However, the Bosnian delegation arrived several hours late,", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5" }, { "docid": "11219641", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia and Luxembourg. The group was won by Switzerland, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Greece entered the UEFA play-off stage. The match schedule was established at a meeting in Israel on 8 January 2008. However, Greece and Latvia failed to come to an agreement on matches between themselves, and, since the match schedule was not finalised by 16 January", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2" }, { "docid": "15417809", "text": "24 teams confirmed their participation in the competition. The 24 teams were drawn into 6 groups of 4 teams. http://theroonba.com/beach08.htm 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (UEFA) was the first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for Europe, held in May 2008, in Benidorm, Spain. Hosts Spain won the championship, with Portugal finishing second and Russia winning the third place play of to finish third, beating Italy who finished fourth. The four nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France", "title": "2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)" }, { "docid": "11705140", "text": "2009 FIFA Club World Cup The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played from 9 December to 19 December 2009. It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup and was played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Australia, Japan and Portugal also placed bids to host the tournament, but Portugal later withdrew from the process. The final was played on 19 December 2009 and was won by European champions Barcelona, who came from behind to defeat the South American entrants, Estudiantes,", "title": "2009 FIFA Club World Cup" }, { "docid": "8166352", "text": "Union won six titles, including five in a row from 1959 to 1975. The only other countries to win have been Brazil in 1994 and Australia in 2006. The 2014 World Championship for Women was the last tournament played in the same year as the men's, and also the last to be known as the \"World Championship for Women\". The Women's World Cup remains on the same four-year cycle, with the final tournament played a few months after the men's FIFA World Cup. The men's FIBA World Cup will move to the year after the Women's World Cup. Accordingly, only", "title": "FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup" }, { "docid": "14345946", "text": "Ana Fleitas who scored 6 goals. 2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship The 2010 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 4th instance of the South American Under-20 Women Championship. It was held from March 3 to 17 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. All matches were played at the Estadio Alfonso Lopez. The winners, Brazil, and the runners-up, Colombia, qualified for 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Germany. The winners of the two semifinal matches will qualify directly to the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Germany. Alanna Santana De Carvalho from Brazil won the top-scorer award", "title": "2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship" }, { "docid": "13196043", "text": "against FIFA over the decision until ultimately receiving a 5 million Euros settlement. Portugal won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Greece won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 2–2 on aggregate; Slovenia qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on the away goals rule. After the game Russian fans followed the Republic of Ireland's lead. They demanded a replay of their World Cup qualification play-off against Slovenia on the official site of FIFA. However, there was not any reaction from FIFA on this event. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round" }, { "docid": "20487813", "text": "club Grêmio, representing CONMEBOL as the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores. Real Madrid won the match 1–0 via a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo for their third FIFA Club World Cup title. This was the first time a team had successfully defended the FIFA Club World Cup title, after Real won the previous year. The victory also marked the tenth time a UEFA team had won the Club World Cup. Note: On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognized all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup. The Zayed", "title": "2017 FIFA Club World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "20354733", "text": "Jama presented the weekly music video countdown on JumpOff.TV in London. She then worked for Sky on TRACE Sports, and was later a weekday DJ on Rinse FM. In August 2014, Jama joined MTV as a presenter for \"The Wrap Up\". Additionally, she hosted Copa90's \"Maya's FIFA World Cup Cities\", a travelogue covering the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Jama likewise co-hosted the channel's nine-part World Cup Taxi series dedicated to the event. In September 2017 and February 2018, Jama was a guest panellist on ITV's \"Loose Women\". She also co-hosted the \"MOBO Awards\" on Channel 5 with Marvin", "title": "Maya Jama" }, { "docid": "1375586", "text": "Tango España. 1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 during the final match, held in the Spanish capital of Madrid. It was Italy's third World Cup win and first since 1938. The defending champions Argentina were eliminated in the second group round. Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait and New Zealand made their first appearances in the finals. The tournament featured the first penalty shoot-out in World Cup competition. It was also the", "title": "1982 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "1375542", "text": "1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 during the final match, held in the Spanish capital of Madrid. It was Italy's third World Cup win and first since 1938. The defending champions Argentina were eliminated in the second group round. Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait and New Zealand made their first appearances in the finals. The tournament featured the first penalty shoot-out in World Cup competition. It was also the third time", "title": "1982 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "12529696", "text": "1962 FIFA World Cup Final The 1962 FIFA World Cup Final was the deciding match of the 1962 FIFA World Cup. The match was held at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, and was contested by Czechoslovakia and Brazil. Brazil won the game 3–1 to record their second consecutive World Cup victory. Both teams had played each other during the group stage which ended in a goalless draw. This was the second World Cup final match featuring teams who had already competed against each other during the group stage (the first was the 1954 final between Hungary and West Germany). This", "title": "1962 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "18043555", "text": "Cameroon v Colombia (1990 FIFA World Cup) Cameroon vs Colombia was a FIFA World Cup match that took place in the Stadio San Paolo in Naples, Italy on 23 June 1990, during the 1990 World Cup. Cameroon won 2–1, thus becoming the first African team to win a World Cup knockout match. For both teams it was the first participation in the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup: Cameroon got there by winning Group B, Colombia instead obtained the qualification as one of the best third-placed teams. The race was decided in extra time; Milla, who came in the", "title": "Cameroon v Colombia (1990 FIFA World Cup)" }, { "docid": "16148057", "text": "2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament hosted by Japan. It was the eighth final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organized tournament between the champion clubs from each of the six continental confederations as well as the league winner from the host nation. The final was played between CONMEBOL's champion Santos and UEFA's champion Barcelona. Barcelona defeated Santos 4–0 and won their second FIFA Club World Cup, two years after they won their first one in 2009. The", "title": "2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "145436", "text": "preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the \"World Cup Finals\". After this, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month. The 21 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France and inaugural winner Uruguay, with", "title": "FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "11219642", "text": "2008 deadline, FIFA conducted a random draw to determine the fixtures. The draw took place in Zagreb, Croatia at 16:00 CET on 30 January 2008, the eve of the XXXII Ordinary UEFA Congress. There were 86 goals scored during the 30 games, an average of 2.86 goals per game. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia and Luxembourg. The group was won by Switzerland, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2" }, { "docid": "5320123", "text": "the Argentine Primera División after goalkeeper Hugo Gatti, who played in 775 league matches. Argentine coach César Menotti had selected Bochini several times in the 70's, but eventually he lost his place to Norberto Alonso for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Bochini played again in the national team when Carlos Bilardo succeeded Menotti as coach, but lost his place to younger players such as Diego Maradona. Nevertheless, he was part of the squad that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup but played only a few minutes in the semi-finals against Belgium replacing Jorge Burruchaga. Although he was not a prolific", "title": "Ricardo Bochini" }, { "docid": "9867859", "text": "de France in 1972. Georges Carnus Georges Carnus (born 13 August 1940) is a former French international footballer who played as goalkeeper. He was selected in France for FIFA World Cup 1966 in England but remained Marcel Aubour's substitute.He later signed with AS Saint-Étienne, winning his first titles.His successes with \"les Verts\" and his talent as a goalkeeper allowed him to take Marcel Aubour's titular spot in France's goal after the FIFA World Cup 1966.In 1971, he surprisingly left AS Saint-Étienne, along with teammate Bernard Bosquier for Olympique Marseille.Their combination in \"l'OM\"'s defense was full of success, and Marseille won", "title": "Georges Carnus" }, { "docid": "9867858", "text": "Georges Carnus Georges Carnus (born 13 August 1940) is a former French international footballer who played as goalkeeper. He was selected in France for FIFA World Cup 1966 in England but remained Marcel Aubour's substitute.He later signed with AS Saint-Étienne, winning his first titles.His successes with \"les Verts\" and his talent as a goalkeeper allowed him to take Marcel Aubour's titular spot in France's goal after the FIFA World Cup 1966.In 1971, he surprisingly left AS Saint-Étienne, along with teammate Bernard Bosquier for Olympique Marseille.Their combination in \"l'OM\"'s defense was full of success, and Marseille won French championship and Coupe", "title": "Georges Carnus" }, { "docid": "14847085", "text": "September and 15–16 September. France won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Italy advanced to the repechage qualification. England won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Switzerland advanced to the repechage qualification. Norway won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Ukraine advanced to the repechage qualification. Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Denmark advanced to the repechage qualification. The four losing teams from the qualification play-offs played-off for the right to play against the", "title": "2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs" }, { "docid": "18920503", "text": "by Mexican TV presenter Vanessa Huppenkothen with the assistance of former Spain international Fernando Hierro. The first legs were played on 9–11 November, and the second legs were played on 12–14 November 2017. Times are CET () as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Switzerland won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Croatia won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Denmark won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Sweden won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round" }, { "docid": "15806397", "text": "2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2010 FIFA World Cup winners Spain, along with France, Belarus, Georgia and Finland. Spain won the group and thus qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. France ranked among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Ukraine. After losing the first match by two goals, they won the second by three, thus qualifying for the World", "title": "2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I" }, { "docid": "714152", "text": "1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 to 29 June. The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5–2 in the final in the Stockholm suburb of Solna for their first title. The tournament is also notable for marking the debut on the world stage of a then 17-year-old Pelé. Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Sweden expressed interest in hosting the tournament. Swedish delegates lobbied other countries at the FIFA Congress held in Rio de Janeiro around the opening of the 1950 World Cup finals.", "title": "1958 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "14820745", "text": "FIFA World Cup qualification Friendly FIFA World Cup qualification FIFA World Cup qualification FIFA World Cup qualification Friendly Friendly In bold are the overall records for the national team as opposed to the current-year records in regular script. Note: In red are highlighted players for whom the international career in the Ukrainian football national team ended. In green are indicated players for whom this year was their debut. In pink are players who debuted this year and were never called upon afterward. Players in bold script participated in the next season(s) </div> Ukraine national football team 2009 In 2009, the", "title": "Ukraine national football team 2009" }, { "docid": "20647829", "text": "but lost to Ajibade. Okoronkwo represented Nigeria at 2010 African Women's Championship. She was called up for a friendly game against Germany as preparation for Nigeria's participation in the FIFA Women's World Cup. In 2018, Okoronkwo featured for Nigeria at 2018 WAFU Women's Cup, winning the bronze medal for the team.. She also featured for the Nigeria women's national football team at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations and won the tournament with the team. Amarachi Okoronkwo Amarachi Grace Okoronkwo (born December 12, 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Nasarawa Amazons in the Nigerian Women Premier", "title": "Amarachi Okoronkwo" }, { "docid": "14645680", "text": "2010, a period of six years. Four managers have won major tournaments while managing the national team. The first was Michel Hidalgo, who managed the team from 1976–1984, which is the second-longest tenure behind Domenech. Hidalgo won UEFA Euro 1984. In 1998, Aimé Jacquet won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil and, two years later, Roger Lemerre led the team to glory at UEFA Euro 2000. Lemerre also won the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Finally, current manager Didier Deschamps won the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, twenty years after he lifted the trophy as captain. On 8", "title": "France national football team manager" }, { "docid": "20735096", "text": "1934 FIFA World Cup final tournament The final tournament of the 1934 FIFA World Cup was a single-elimination tournament involving the 16 teams which qualified for the tournament. The tournament began with the round of 16 on 27 May and concluded with the final on 10 June 1934. Italy won the final 2–1 for their first World Cup title. <section begin=Bracket /><section end=Bracket /> Brazil – who had only kept Carvalho Leite from the squad participating in the previous edition of the World Cup – were outclassed by Spain in the first half, who scored thrice. In the second half,", "title": "1934 FIFA World Cup final tournament" }, { "docid": "11120393", "text": "2013 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 June to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tournament, along with hosts Brazil and UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up Italy, who qualified because the Euro 2012 winners, Spain, had also won the most recent FIFA World Cup in 2010 thus securing a spot in the tournament. Host nation, Brazil successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Spain in the", "title": "2013 FIFA Confederations Cup" }, { "docid": "4524063", "text": "France national team, scoring eight goals in the process. With France, Dugarry won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. He also played at UEFA Euro 1996 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Christophe Dugarry Christophe Jérôme Dugarry (; born 24 March 1972) is a former French international footballer who played as a forward. His clubs include Bordeaux, Milan, Barcelona, Marseille, Birmingham City and Qatar SC. He was also a member of the France team that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. Dugarry came through the youth ranks at Bordeaux alongside future", "title": "Christophe Dugarry" }, { "docid": "12496110", "text": "1978 FIFA World Cup Final The 1978 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match played to determine the winner of the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The match was contested by hosts Argentina and the Netherlands, in the biggest stadium used in the tournament and in Argentina, the Estadio Monumental in the Argentine capital city of Buenos Aires. The match was won by the Argentine squad in extra time by a score of 3–1. Mario Kempes, who finished as the tournament's top scorer, was named the man of the match. The Netherlands lost their second World Cup final in a", "title": "1978 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "707605", "text": "1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average number of goals scored per game. The tournament was won by West Germany, who defeated Hungary 3–2 in the final, giving them their first title. Switzerland was awarded the tournament unopposed on 22 July 1946, the same day that Brazil was selected for the 1950 World Cup, in Luxembourg City. The", "title": "1954 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "18043556", "text": "54th minute, went to score after 106 and 109 minutes. In his second goal, Milla took the ball from the goalkeeper Higuita who was trying to dribble him near the halfway line. Redín pulled one back for Colombia after 115 minutes but it wasn't enough, Cameroon became the first African nation to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup. Cameroon v Colombia (1990 FIFA World Cup) Cameroon vs Colombia was a FIFA World Cup match that took place in the Stadio San Paolo in Naples, Italy on 23 June 1990, during the 1990 World Cup. Cameroon won 2–1, thus", "title": "Cameroon v Colombia (1990 FIFA World Cup)" }, { "docid": "469431", "text": "held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Brazil won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, West Germany won the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany, and Argentina won the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the first world cup to be televised in color. On April 9, 1975, Asia's first professional basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) were played first game at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines. The Oakland Athletics three-peated at the World Series in 1972–1974. The Cincinnati Reds go to the World Series in 1970, 1972, 1975, and", "title": "1970s" }, { "docid": "13237816", "text": "<section end=playoff1 /> New Zealand won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. <section begin=playoff2 /> <section end=playoff2 /> Uruguay won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. There were 4 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs) For the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, there were two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The four teams participating were: The ties themselves were not drawn, but were allocated by", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)" }, { "docid": "18851357", "text": "Africa Women Cup of Nations The Total Africa Women Cup of Nations (known as the African Women's Championship until 2015) is an international women's football competition held every two years and sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was first contested in 1991, but was not held biennially until 1998. Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, having won a record 11 titles, meaning they have won all but two of the previous tournaments. Ghana hosted the tournament in 2018. The competition has served as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup every", "title": "Africa Women Cup of Nations" }, { "docid": "11841481", "text": "at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic football tournament. Prior to that, Argentina won two silver medals in the 1928 and 1996 editions. On other levels of international competition, Argentina has won the FIFA U-20 World Cup a record six times. The FIFA U-17 World Cup is the only FIFA international competition yet to be won by Argentina. The inaugural FIFA World Cup tournament culminated with Argentina facing hosts and current Olympic champions Uruguay. The match was turned twice: Argentina went into half-time with a 2-1 lead in spite of an early goal for Uruguay, but the hosts ultimately won 4-2.", "title": "Argentina at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "16603043", "text": "2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round This page provides the summaries of the CAF Third Round matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. The ten group winners from the second round were drawn into five home-and-away ties. Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria won their respective ties and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Exactly the same five African teams won qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The teams were seeded based on the 12 September 2013 edition of the FIFA World Rankings (shown below, with their second-round groups in small brackets). The", "title": "2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round" }, { "docid": "17626465", "text": "France at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of France's results at the FIFA World Cup. France was one of the four European teams that participated at the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and have appeared in 15 FIFA World Cups, tied for the sixth most of any country. The national team is one of eight to have won the FIFA World Cup title and one of only six to have done so more than once. The French team won its first World Cup title in 1998. The tournament was played on home soil and France defeated Brazil", "title": "France at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "8236025", "text": "Korea in 2002. Ronaldo went on to set the record for goals in World Cups, which was later broken by Miroslav Klose of Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Blanc and Deschamps both later had spells as manager of the France national team, with Deschamps leading them to a second World Cup title almost exactly 20 years later in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, making him only the third man to have won the World Cup as both player and manager after Zagallo and Germany's Franz Beckenbauer. Many of the French players who won the 1998 World Cup", "title": "1998 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "14659800", "text": "Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Uruguay's results at the FIFA World Cup. Uruguay have won four FIFA-organized World Football Championships. They won the first World Championship organized by FIFA under the Olympic Committee umbrella with true representation from all continents; before then, football in the Olympics comprised only European teams). Uruguay then won the next two World Championships (Jules Rimet Trophy) in which they participated; these tournaments, the 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cups, were fully independent from the Olympics and employed clear rules distinguishing professional and amateur football players. Since 1924 marked the", "title": "Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "7155983", "text": "jerseys the FIFA badge of World champions. CONCACAF Champions Cup is replaced by the CONCACAF Champions League, modelled after the UEFA Champions League expand his participant teams from 8 to 24. The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is played for the first time in New Zealand, won by Korea DPR. The Women's Viva World Cup, the first World Cup for women's national teams not affiliated to FIFA, is played for the first time, hosted and won by Sapmi. The FIFA Confederations Cup is won by Brazil and is held in South Africa (for the first time a FIFA tournament for", "title": "Timeline of association football" }, { "docid": "21005700", "text": "Mundialito tournaments throughout the 1980s in Italy, and FIFA's Women's Invitation Tournament in China in 1988\" before the first official Women's World Cup in China in 1991. 1971 Women's World Cup The 1971 Women's World Cup (Spanish: 1971 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenil) was a non-FIFA sanctioned association football tournament for women which took place in Mexico in August and September 1971. Denmark won the tournament. The first unofficial Women's World Cup took place in Italy in 1970, also won by Denmark. The six-team tournament featured three different qualifying groups, two in Europe played in April and June 1971, and one", "title": "1971 Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "6507546", "text": "advanced to the Third Round.\" \"Zaire won 4–3 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.\" \"Egypt advanced to the Third Round, Libya withdrew.\" \"Algeria won 4–1 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.\" \"Nigeria won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.\" \"Morocco won 1–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.\" \"Cameroon won 6–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.\" Algeria won 4–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Cameroon won 4–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)", "title": "1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)" }, { "docid": "12141804", "text": "1958 FIFA World Cup Final The 1958 FIFA World Cup Final took place in Råsunda Stadium, Solna (near Stockholm), Sweden on 29 June 1958 to determine the champion of the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won the World Cup by defeating Sweden, and thus won their first World Cup title. The 1958 final holds the record for most goals scored in a World Cup Final, and it shares the record for the greatest winning margin (with the 1970 and 1998 tournaments). The records for both the youngest and oldest goalscorer in a World Cup final were set in this match;", "title": "1958 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "14752096", "text": "Spain at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Spain's results at the FIFA World Cup. Spain is one of only eight countries ever to have won the FIFA World Cup, which it did at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in South Africa, the first time the team had reached the final. The team is one of the most present at the World Cup finals, with 15 appearances out of the 21 tournaments. Spain reached fourth-place in 1950, and has reached the quarter-finals four times. The Spanish team has also won three UEFA European Football Championships, in 1964,", "title": "Spain at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "6507368", "text": "the competition, annulling their results. The four group winners from the second round were drawn into two ties. The winner of each two-legged tie qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup. Cameroon won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup. 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for two berths in the final tournament in Italy. 26 nations in total entered the qualifying stage. FIFA rejected the entries of", "title": "1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)" }, { "docid": "4513283", "text": "2001 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organised by FIFA. It was also the first in which the original hosts, Saudi Arabia, did not participate (they were the nation who founded the tournament, previously known as the King Fahd Cup). The tournament was played from 30 May to 10 June 2001, and co-hosted by South Korea and Japan, who were also hosts for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. It was won by France, beating hosts Japan 1–0, with a goal from Patrick Vieira. By winning the", "title": "2001 FIFA Confederations Cup" }, { "docid": "18960175", "text": "2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada, where she scored 3 goals in 6 matches. She scored three goals at the second round of the 2014 African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women. She made her debut at the FIFA Women's World Cup and appeared in three matches of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A for the Nigeria women's national football team. Uchechi Sunday Uchechi Lopez Sunday (born September 9, 1994) is a Nigerian women's football striker, who currently plays for FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League. The -tall athlete wears number 18. She is also", "title": "Uchechi Sunday" } ]
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last team to win fa cup not in top division
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[ { "docid": "142443", "text": "of the Football League in 1888, the final has never been contested by two teams from outside the top division, and there have only been eight winners who were not in the top flight: Notts County (1894); Tottenham Hotspur (1901); Wolverhampton Wanderers (1908); Barnsley (1912); West Bromwich Albion (1931); Sunderland (1973), Southampton (1976) and West Ham United (1980). With the exception of Tottenham, these clubs were all playing in the second tier (the old Second Division) – Tottenham were playing in the Southern League and were only elected to the Football League in 1908, meaning they are the only non-League", "title": "FA Cup" }, { "docid": "7171236", "text": "than league championships. Arsenal faced Valencia of Spain in the European Cup Winners' Cup final, days after their FA Cup final loss. It finished goalless after extra time, and Arsenal lost the penalty shoot-out after misses from Liam Brady and Graham Rix. Second Division West Ham United, managed by John Lyall, won the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1–0 with a Trevor Brooking goal. They are the last team to win the FA Cup from outside the top division. Wolverhampton Wanderers overcame the challenge of European champions Nottingham Forest to lift their second League Cup. The match finished 1–0 with a", "title": "1979–80 in English football" }, { "docid": "11299915", "text": "in the 1973 FA Cup Final, Sunderland were the first Cup winners from outside the top flight since West Bromwich Albion in 1931. The feat was repeated twice over the next seven seasons (by Southampton in 1976 and West Ham United in 1980) but has not been accomplished since. In 1980, West Ham United became the last side to date to win the competition from outside the top division in football. They were a Second Division outfit when they beat holders Arsenal 1–0 thanks to a goal by Trevor Brooking. Four second level clubs – Queens Park Rangers in 1982,", "title": "History of the FA Cup" }, { "docid": "11703658", "text": "1979–80 FA Cup The 1979–80 FA Cup was the 99th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The final saw second division West Ham United beat holders Arsenal 1–0. As of 2018, this was the last occasion when a club outside the top division of English football won the FA Cup. The first round of games were played on 24 November 1979. Replays were played on 26–28 November. The second round of games were intended to be played on 15 December 1979, but some matches were not played until 17–19 December", "title": "1979–80 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "9602548", "text": "capitalised after Mellor failed to hold on to Graham Paddon's shot. The 1975 West Ham team remains the last all-English team to win the FA Cup. It also remains the only occasion that Fulham have appeared in an FA Cup final, and it was their last major final for 35 years, until the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final. 1975 FA Cup Final The 1975 FA Cup Final was the 94th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 3 May 1975 at Wembley Stadium and was contested by London clubs West Ham United and Fulham. The Fulham team contained", "title": "1975 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "3652184", "text": "into double figures). However Southampton, who were in the Second Division at the time (the current Championship) and had a much older team, put up a stern challenge for United. The only goal of the game was scored by Bobby Stokes with just seven minutes to go, and captain Peter Rodrigues received the FA Cup from the Queen. They were the second club in four seasons to win the FA Cup from outside the First Division of English football after Sunderland in 1973 and only one more side from outside the top flight (West Ham United in 1980) has won", "title": "Lawrie McMenemy" }, { "docid": "12410276", "text": "completion of Leicester City's fifth round tie, their match with Mansfield Town was not played until 8 March. There were no replays. The semi-final matches were played on Saturday 22 March and Saturday 29 March 1969. The 1969 FA Cup Final was contested by Manchester City and Leicester City at Wembley on Saturday 26 April 1969. The match finished 1–0 to Manchester City who, behind West Ham United in 1975, are the second-last all-English team to win the FA Cup. 1968–69 FA Cup The 1968–69 FA Cup was the 88th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football", "title": "1968–69 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "1550732", "text": "appearances for the Republic of Ireland. The club's widest victory margin in the league was in the 9–1 win against Newcastle United in the First Division in 1908. Sunderland's biggest ever win in the FA cup was against Fair field (a non-league team) and the final score was 11–1. Their heaviest defeats in the league were 8–0 against Sheffield Wednesday in 1911, West Ham United in 1968, Watford in 1982 and Southampton in 2014 Sunderland joined the top division in England, The Football League, in the 1890–91 season and were not relegated until 1957–58 (a span of 67 seasons). In", "title": "Sunderland A.F.C." }, { "docid": "4299085", "text": "also contributed to the League title triumph of 1967, relegation in 1974, promotion in 1975 and FA Cup glory in 1977. 2 May 1978: Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Aston Villa 3–1 to stay in the First Division at West Ham United's expense. 4 May 1978: Champions Nottingham Forest draw 0–0 with second-place Liverpool at Anfield to finish seven points clear at the top of the table. They are unbeaten in their last 26 League matches, a run stretching back to November, and have lost just three League games all season. 6 May 1978: Ipswich Town win the FA Cup for the", "title": "1977–78 in English football" }, { "docid": "11703661", "text": "were shown. Occasional highlights of replays would be shown on either the BBC or ITV. These matches were. 1979–80 FA Cup The 1979–80 FA Cup was the 99th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The final saw second division West Ham United beat holders Arsenal 1–0. As of 2018, this was the last occasion when a club outside the top division of English football won the FA Cup. The first round of games were played on 24 November 1979. Replays were played on 26–28 November. The second round of games", "title": "1979–80 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "9610719", "text": "1980 FA Cup Final The 1980 FA Cup Final was contested by West Ham United and Arsenal at Wembley. West Ham won by a single goal, scored by Trevor Brooking. To date, it is the last time a team from outside the top flight has won the FA Cup. It was West Ham's third FA Cup triumph and the last time that they have won a major trophy. The 1980 Cup Final was the 99th final to be played since 1872, and the 52nd to be played at Wembley since 1923. The tie involved Arsenal, who had played in the", "title": "1980 FA Cup Final" } ]
[ { "docid": "11299917", "text": "were in the Conference at the time, whilst Coventry were in the First Division, and had won the cup 18 months earlier. This was the last occasion that a non-League club beat a top division club in the FA Cup until Luton Town defeated Norwich City in the 4th round in 2012–13 season. On 11 December 2007 Chasetown became the smallest team ever to reach the FA Cup third round. The Southern League Division One Midlands side stunned League One Port Vale as Danny Smith's last-minute goal sealed a 1–0 win after Port Vale missed two penalties. There was a", "title": "History of the FA Cup" }, { "docid": "142445", "text": "Cup Final and were also the cup holders from the previous year as well as just having finished 4th in the First Division, whereas West Ham had ended the season 7th in Division 2. This also marked the last time (as of 2017-18) a team from outside the top division won the FA cup. Uniquely, in 2008 three of the four semi-finalists (Barnsley, Cardiff City and West Bromwich) were from outside the top division, although the eventual winner was the last remaining top-flight team, Portsmouth. West Bromwich (1931) are the only team to have won the FA Cup and earned", "title": "FA Cup" }, { "docid": "2119256", "text": "in English and European football. He led Liverpool to the Second Division Championship to gain promotion to the top-flight First Division in 1962, before going on to win three First Division Championships, two FA Cups, four Charity Shields and one UEFA Cup. Shankly announced his surprise retirement from football a few weeks after Liverpool had won the 1974 FA Cup Final, having managed the club for 15 years, and was succeeded by his long-time assistant Bob Paisley. He led the Liverpool team out for the last time at Wembley for the 1974 FA Charity Shield. He died seven years later,", "title": "Bill Shankly" }, { "docid": "6657508", "text": "Aston Villa and Norwich City mirrors that of the final Second Division table of 1974-75, the last season Manchester United played outside the top flight. Blackburn Rovers won the Third Division the same season. Arsenal became the first team to win the FA Cup and League Cup in the same season, beating Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in both finals. Steve Morrow scored the winning goal in the League Cup final, but was accidentally dropped by captain Tony Adams during the post-match celebrations, broke his arm and missed the FA Cup triumph. Arsenal's double gave them two places in UEFA competitions, meaning", "title": "1992–93 in English football" }, { "docid": "9492018", "text": "win their seventh FA Cup. Manchester United also came out on top in their two league meetings in the 1998–99 season, winning 2–1 at St James' Park on 13 March after playing out a goalless draw at Old Trafford on 8 November. As Premier League teams, both Manchester United and Newcastle United entered the 1998–99 FA Cup in the Third Round Proper, with Newcastle drawn at home to First Division Crystal Palace, and Manchester United at home to fellow Premier League side Middlesbrough, the last team to beat them all season. Despite having goalkeeper Shay Given sent off within the", "title": "1999 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "9598038", "text": "the following Saturday confirmed the club's promotion to the First Division. The \"double\" of winning the FA Cup and promotion in the same season has not been achieved before or since. This would be the last time the FA Cup was won by a team from outside the top flight of English football until 42 years later when Sunderland beat Leeds in the 1973 FA Cup Final. Teddy Stanford, who played on the winning side, is believed to have been the last surviving player from the game when he died in May 1995 at the age of 84, six months", "title": "1931 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "2580897", "text": "Notts County made up for this on 31 March 1894, when they won the FA Cup at Goodison Park, defeating Bolton Wanderers 4–1 in a game in which Jimmy Logan scored the second hat-trick in FA Cup final history. This achievement is also memorable for Notts County becoming the first club outside the top division to win the FA Cup: Notts County finished third in Division Two that season. In 1910 they moved to Meadow Lane. Notts County were relegated in 1926 in what was to be their last season in the English top flight for over half a century.", "title": "Notts County F.C." }, { "docid": "9610764", "text": "was the last all-English team to play in an FA Cup final, while the Manchester United team was the last team to be composed solely of players from the United Kingdom to win the FA Cup final. The 1990 FA Cup win was the third time Bryan Robson had been in the winning side in an FA Cup final; he had also now scored a total of three goals in FA Cup finals. He was the only player left from the 1983 FA Cup winning team, in which he had scored two goals in the final replay. He left the", "title": "1990 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "7171447", "text": "draw. 19 March 1977: First Division heavyweights Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester United all win their FA Cup sixth round ties to reach the last four. 20 March 1977: Peter Houseman, who helped Chelsea win the FA Cup in 1970 and the European Cup Winners' Cup a year later, dies in a car crash at the age of 31. His wife is among the four people who die in the crash, which takes place near Oxford. 31 March 1977: With ten matches left, Ipswich Town have joined Liverpool at the top of the First Division table. Manchester City are", "title": "1976–77 in English football" }, { "docid": "8128780", "text": "– and to date have not returned to the top flight of English football since. 1960–61 still remains the last time Tottenham Hotspur won the League Championship. Portsmouth F.C. became the first former English League champion to be relegated to the Third Division, ten years after winning their second title. Peterborough United set a football league record by scoring the most league goals in one season (134). Tottenham Hotspur beat Leicester City 2–0 to win the 1961 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium to become the first team in the 20th Century to win the double. The 1960–61 was the", "title": "1960–61 in English football" }, { "docid": "17934426", "text": "relegated the next season but Walker ended up as top scorer with 9 goals and played in every League and FA Cup game. A second successive relegation came for Doncaster, and with it Walker was again top scorer at the club, sharing this with Jimmy Fletcher. Now in Division 4, Walker played in all but 2 league and FA Cup games, scoring his very first FA Cup goal in the round 1 replay win at Gainsborough Trinity. In the 1960−61 season, his last at Doncaster, he played in 25 league and cup games including the first season of the Football", "title": "Ron Walker (footballer)" }, { "docid": "5402269", "text": "United remained firmly in control at the top and sealed the title on the last day of the season with a 3–0 win at Bryan Robson's Middlesbrough. A week later, Manchester United beat Liverpool 1–0 in the FA Cup final to become the first ever English club to win the league/FA Cup Double twice. Eric Cantona, who scored 19 goals in 1995–96 (including the FA Cup final winner), was voted FWA Footballer of the Year by football journalists and was made team captain following the departure of Steve Bruce to Birmingham City. United once again tried to sign Alan Shearer", "title": "History of Manchester United F.C. (1986–2013)" }, { "docid": "8128764", "text": "May 1960: Wolverhampton Wanderers defeat Blackburn Rovers 3–0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, with two goals from Norman Deeley and an own goal from Mick McGrath. Football Writers' Association Burnley failed to top the First Division all season, but pipped Wolves to top spot on the final day of the season to clinch the title. The runners-up, while missing out on a third successive league title and becoming the first team this century to win the elusive double, went on to win the FA Cup this season. Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday", "title": "1959–60 in English football" }, { "docid": "1977605", "text": "the club being only five points from being crowned champions although never being in contention to win the league and never being top. County sealed promotion in the last match of the season with a 4–2 win at high-flying Walsall. Walsall finished second in the league and were also promoted. The team included a young John Aldridge who later became one of the most prolific goal-scorers in English football history, most famous for helping Liverpool win the First Division title in 1988 and FA Cup in 1989, as well as helping Oxford United win two successive promotions and the Football", "title": "Newport County A.F.C." }, { "docid": "7394714", "text": "featured the first penalty save in an FA Cup final, by Dave Beasant from John Aldridge, while Beasant also became the first goalkeeper to captain an FA Cup-winning side. It was the last FA Cup final to be broadcast by both the BBC and ITV, which had happened since 1958. Wimbledon's victory ended Liverpool's bid to become the first team to win the Double twice, a feat that was eventually achieved by rivals Manchester United in 1996 and Arsenal in 1998. Liverpool were the winners of Division One and were the giants of England in the 1980s. Wimbledon finished seventh", "title": "1988 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "11299913", "text": "division to win the FA Cup: Notts County finished 3rd in Division Two that season. However, as they have not won the FA Cup since then, this means that Notts County have been waiting longer than any other winning professional club to win the trophy for a second time. Their first ever final appearance had come three year's earlier in 1891, where they were defeated 3–1 by Blackburn Rovers at The Oval, despite having beaten the same side 7–1 in the league only a week earlier. In 1901 Tottenham Hotspur became the first team from outside the Football League to", "title": "History of the FA Cup" }, { "docid": "16914033", "text": "Cup, as announced by the Football Association, is as follows: All of the teams entering the competition that are not members of either the FA WSL, FA Women's Premier League National Division, FA Women's Premier League Northern Division or FA Women's Premier League Southern Division had to compete in the qualifying rounds to win a place in the competition proper. The draw was made on 12 November 2012 with ties were scheduled to be played on 9 December 2012. Colne Valley Ladies were the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, competing in the Greater London Division 1 at level 8", "title": "2012–13 FA Women's Cup" }, { "docid": "2337102", "text": "season saw them win promotion to the First Division once more, as well as reaching the FA Cup semi-final, only to lose to Sunderland. The next season was one of consolidation in the top flight, but more importantly their first major honour, the FA Cup, was won, against fellow Lancastrians Liverpool in the final (1–0). Ex-Evertonian Bert Freeman, whose father travelled from Australia to see his son play in the final, scored the only goal, as Burnley became the first club to beat five First Division clubs in one cup season. This was the last final to be played at", "title": "Burnley F.C." }, { "docid": "2580931", "text": "47,310 vs York City, FA Cup 6th Round, 12 March 1955 Highest Gate Receipts £277,781.25 vs Manchester City, FA Cup 4th Round, 30 January 2011 Record League Victory 11–1 vs Newport County, Division Three South, 15 January 1949 Record Cup Victory 15–0 vs Rotherham Town, FA Cup 1st Round, 24 October 1885 Most League Points (2 for a win) 69, Division Four 1970–71 Most League Points (3 for a win) 99, Division Three 1997–98 Most League Goals 107, Division Four 1959–60 Highest Scorer in One Season Tom Keetley, 39, Division Three South 1930–31 All Time Top Scorer (League) Les Bradd,", "title": "Notts County F.C." }, { "docid": "18941899", "text": "The Panthers finished 12th in the league, round two in FA Cup and last in the Malaysia Cup group stage. For the same season until 2012, the club was facing a critical financial condition. The state's footballers had not been paid for four months, and called on the current administration to honour the contracts signed with players. In 2009, Penang FA finished third from the last in the top division league. Penang was knocked out from the FA Cup in round two for two consecutive years. Penang was eliminated from the Malaysia Cup tournament after finished third in the group", "title": "Penang FA" }, { "docid": "9587846", "text": "1904 FA Cup Final The 1904 FA Cup Final was a football match between Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City on 23 April 1904 at Crystal Palace in London. The showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (better known as the FA Cup), it was the 32nd Cup final, and the tenth at Crystal Palace. Each team progressed through four rounds to reach the final. Manchester City were a First Division team chasing a league and cup double; Bolton Wanderers were a mid-table Second Division team. Consequently, most observers anticipated a Manchester City win. In", "title": "1904 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "11299941", "text": "start of a string of 14 consecutive finals (including 3 replays, thus 17 matches) in which the losing side failed to score. This series was not approached until 1994–2000, with seven consecutive finals (no replays). In 1948, Manchester United became the only team to win the FA Cup after being drawn against top-division opposition in every round. 1956–57 saw the record for highest number of rounds played in a row, when former League club New Brighton played in nine rounds. They started in the preliminary round, and progressed through four qualifying rounds to the fourth round proper, where they lost", "title": "History of the FA Cup" }, { "docid": "20480024", "text": "team at the last minute for the home match against Gillingham on 23 November, he scored twice in a 5–0 win, and this time kept his place apart from two brief absences through injury. From 35 appearances in league and FA Cup, he scored 30 goals, which made him Coventry's top scorer by a distance; his 24 goals from 31 league matches helped his club finish sixth in the division. Despite his goalscoring, Loughlin was not universally popular at Coventry. Writing in the \"Evening Telegraph\", the pseudonymous \"Nemo\" suggested that inconsistency may have been the reason: He began the 1930–31", "title": "Jimmy Loughlin" }, { "docid": "15776437", "text": "was named in Senegal's 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Moussa Konaté (footballer) Pape Moussa Konaté (born 3 April 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Amiens and the Senegal national team. He was called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Moussa Konaté started his career playing for Senegalese second division club ASC Toure Kunda de Mbour, helping them to win promotion to top division and win the Senegal FA Cup for 2010 season, which resulted in 2011 CAF Confederation Cup appearance. In spring 2011 Konaté went", "title": "Moussa Konaté (footballer)" }, { "docid": "20779172", "text": "team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (NA)=National Division; (NO)=Northern Division; (S)=Southern Division. 2004–05 FA Women's Premier League Cup The 2004–05 FA Women's Premier League Cup was the 14th edition of the FA Women's Premier League's league cup competition, which began in 1991. It was sponsored by Nationwide and was officially known as the FA Nationwide Women's Premier League Cup. The competition was contested by all 34 teams of the three divisions of the FA Women's Premier League (National Division, Northern Division and Southern Division). Arsenal won their eight title after a 3–0 win over Charlton Athletic", "title": "2004–05 FA Women's Premier League Cup" }, { "docid": "17204231", "text": "League, Wolves benefited from the first own goal in the league's history, scored by Gershom Cox of Aston Villa. Wolves remained as members of what became the First Division from 1888 until relegation in 1906, winning the FA Cup for the first time in 1893 when they beat Everton 1–0 at Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester. Two years after relegation the team enjoyed another FA Cup win, as a Second Division club, surprisingly beating Newcastle United 3–1 in the 1908 final. After struggling for many years to regain their place in the top division, Wolves suffered relegation again in 1923, dropping", "title": "History of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C." }, { "docid": "11972077", "text": "1930–31 FA Cup The FA Cup 1930–31 was the 56th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. West Bromwich Albion of the Football League Second Division won the competition, beating First Division team Birmingham City 2–1 in the final at Wembley, London. In doing so Albion became the first and to date only club to both win the cup and gain promotion in the same year. Matches were played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a", "title": "1930–31 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "9990363", "text": "16 consecutive matches to enter the top four. Despite losing three of their last four fixtures, York remained in fourth place to earn a third promotion. They also reached the FA Cup fourth round for the second successive season; after drawing 3–3 at home to First Division team Southampton they were beaten 3–2 in the replay at the Dell. York started 1971–72 with three wins from eight matches, but after failing to win in 11 consecutive matches they dropped into the bottom four. They finished 19th on goal average and avoided relegation. In the third round of the League Cup,", "title": "History of York City F.C. (1908–80)" }, { "docid": "15776434", "text": "Moussa Konaté (footballer) Pape Moussa Konaté (born 3 April 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Amiens and the Senegal national team. He was called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Moussa Konaté started his career playing for Senegalese second division club ASC Toure Kunda de Mbour, helping them to win promotion to top division and win the Senegal FA Cup for 2010 season, which resulted in 2011 CAF Confederation Cup appearance. In spring 2011 Konaté went to Israel for a month trial for Maccabi Tel Aviv. He impressed Maccabi's coach Moti", "title": "Moussa Konaté (footballer)" }, { "docid": "8816260", "text": "to non-payment of salaries. In May 2011, they boycotted their state FA cup final and had a protest at the Bayelsa State government building because of non-payment, in some cases going back two years to their league title. At the time, they were at the top of the table in the National League Division 1-B. They won their nine-team division to win promotion back to the Premier League and placed second to rivals Nembe City F.C. in the Nigerian National League Super Four tournament. They were relegated after a last place finishin 2015. Bayelsa United F.C. Bayelsa United FC is", "title": "Bayelsa United F.C." }, { "docid": "11844593", "text": "with 6–2 win. He scored 11 goals in his first season with the team. In 2004 season, he only managed to score two league goals. In his last season with Kuala Lumpur, he scored 11 goals (7 league goals, 3 goals in Malaysia FA Cup and 1 goal in Malaysia Cup). Safee later joined Sarawak FA. He became the top local goalscorer with 10 goals. His performance attracted the attention of the Malaysia football fans and the national team coach. In 2006/2007 season, Safee joined Selangor FA. He was given the number 10 jersey which was once worn by legendary", "title": "Safee Sali" }, { "docid": "2834393", "text": "last match against Watford in January 1909, but filled the gap he left, as well as showing his eye for spotting talent, by signing players such as future England international Fanny Walden. As Southern League champions, Northampton contested and lost the 1909 FA Charity Shield, 2–0 to Newcastle United, and although they did not win the Southern League title again during Chapman's time as manager, they finished in the top four in each of the following three seasons. Additionally, they proved their mettle in the FA Cup against First Division sides, knocking out The Wednesday and taking Nottingham Forest and", "title": "Herbert Chapman" }, { "docid": "11299903", "text": "Wednesday 2–1. Arsenal became the first team to win both the FA Cup and the League Cup in the same season, beating Sheffield Wednesday in both finals, the first time the same teams contested the two cup finals in the same season. In 1999, the last ever FA Cup semi-final replay took place. From 2000 onwards, it was decided that any semi-finals and finals would go first to extra time then penalties, rather than be replayed. In 1999, under pressure from The FA, Manchester United became the first FA Cup holders not to defend their title when they withdrew from", "title": "History of the FA Cup" }, { "docid": "16870943", "text": "Division and tied up with Wembley FC to enter the top division. Part of the deal was a merger with Pinner Park Girls FC, which meant that Wembley inherited Pinner Park's Kelly Smith. As a former Physical Training Instructor in the Royal Navy, Jones ensured his team were strong and fit. He favoured an unorthodox 3–2–3–2 formation which accommodated a blend of promising youngsters and experienced campaigners such as Naz Ball. Wembley's progress culminated in a shock FA Women's Premier League Cup win over Doncaster Belles in March 1996. Jones was angry when his players subsequently began to join rival", "title": "1997 FA Women's Cup Final" }, { "docid": "15304782", "text": "and won the last nine matches of the League season to take the Second Division title at their first attempt. Promotion to the First Division was not automatic, even for the champions, but depended on the results of test matches between the top three Second Division and bottom three First Division teams. Small Heath lost to Newton Heath, the 16th-placed First Division team, after a replay, so were not promoted, although the teams placed second and third were. Small Heath entered the 1892–93 FA Cup at the first round proper, and lost in that round to First Division club Burnley.", "title": "1892–93 Small Heath F.C. season" }, { "docid": "10645033", "text": "stagnating in mid-table into one needing to win the last match of the season, away at Doncaster Rovers, in order to be promoted as champions on goal average. Boyd led the team to a 5–1 win, later recalling: The same squad of players carried their promotion form into the 1955–56 season in the First Division, achieving the club's highest league finish of sixth place, and reaching the FA Cup final. They became attractive to the media; after the FA Cup semifinal victory, Boyd signed an exclusive contract committing himself and his teammates to appearing only on BBC programmes in the", "title": "Len Boyd" }, { "docid": "16298973", "text": "was created in 1995 but was not held from season 2004 to 2011. The most successful Super Cup clubs is Guangzhou Evergrande, with four titles. The winner is typed in bold. Chinese FA Super Cup The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a pre-season football competition held before the season begins in China. It is a Chinese football championship contested by the winners of top division of Professional League (former Chinese Jia-A League, now Chinese Super League) and the FA Cup last season. If both teams are the same, the opponent is the", "title": "Chinese FA Super Cup" }, { "docid": "9077083", "text": "final – \"Tottenham Tottenham\". 1982 FA Cup Final The 1982 FA Cup Final took place on 22 May 1982 at Wembley Stadium. It was contested between Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers. Spurs were the holders of the cup, and were hot favourites, while unfancied QPR had just missed out on promotion from the Second Division. After three and a half hours of football, Spurs ran out eventual winners, 1–0 in the replay, which was only the third at that point in the 20th century. It would be the last final involving a team from outside the top flight for", "title": "1982 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "9077077", "text": "1982 FA Cup Final The 1982 FA Cup Final took place on 22 May 1982 at Wembley Stadium. It was contested between Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers. Spurs were the holders of the cup, and were hot favourites, while unfancied QPR had just missed out on promotion from the Second Division. After three and a half hours of football, Spurs ran out eventual winners, 1–0 in the replay, which was only the third at that point in the 20th century. It would be the last final involving a team from outside the top flight for 10 years. Tottenham's victory", "title": "1982 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "14396521", "text": "Division Two side Sheffield Wednesday, and he made his debut in a League Cup tie on 20 August 1974. That season he made just one more appearance at Hillsborough, in the FA Cup, as Wednesday were relegated to Division Three. He did however win two further international caps that season, against Norway and Sweden, which were his last international caps. Over subsequent seasons, Dowd began to establish himself in the first team at Hillsborough, but Wednesday remained in Division Three. He made his final appearance for the Sheffield team on 30 September 1978. In August 1979, Dowd joined Doncaster Rovers", "title": "Hugh Dowd" }, { "docid": "10927429", "text": "Mohd Hasmawi Hassan Hasmawi Hassan (born 4 August 1980) is a former Malaysian footballer. Known as \"Mawi\" by fans, the Penang-born striker was one of top player at Penang FA since drafted to senior team in the 1998 season. While at Penang, he helps the team win Premier 1 championship in 1998 and 2001, Malaysia FA Cup in 2002 and Malaysia Charity Shield in 2003. After playing several season with his hometown team, he signed with Kedah FA in 2004 and was an instrumental figure in helping Kedah win the 'double treble' championship (League, FA Cup and Malaysia Cup) in", "title": "Mohd Hasmawi Hassan" }, { "docid": "16298972", "text": "Chinese FA Super Cup The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a pre-season football competition held before the season begins in China. It is a Chinese football championship contested by the winners of top division of Professional League (former Chinese Jia-A League, now Chinese Super League) and the FA Cup last season. If both teams are the same, the opponent is the runners-up of league last season. It is the Chinese equivalent to the English FA Community Shield, where the winners of the Premier League and FA Cup compete for the trophy. It", "title": "Chinese FA Super Cup" }, { "docid": "11193581", "text": "won his blue for football in 1883. A \"speedy, two-footed defender\", he appeared in two FA Cup Finals for Old Etonians, being on the winning side in 1882 against Blackburn Rovers, but losing out the following year to Blackburn Olympic. In the 1882 final, he was part of the last \"all amateur\" side to win the FA Cup as well as the last team from south of Birmingham to win it during the nineteenth century. The Old Etonians fielded a team with nine players with previous FA Cup final experience, having reached the final four times in the previous seven", "title": "Percy de Paravicini" }, { "docid": "7479588", "text": "1967–68 in English football The 1967–68 season was the 88th season of competitive football in England. Defending First Division champions, Manchester United, became the first English team to win the European Cup, while the First Division title went to their cross city rivals City. West Bromwich Albion lifted the FA Cup this season, for the fifth time in their history. Leeds United won their first two major trophies when they lifted the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Football League Cup at the expense of an Arsenal side who had not played at Wembley for 16 years. The 1968 FA Cup Final", "title": "1967–68 in English football" }, { "docid": "7027644", "text": "World War. While in the West Sussex Football League, the club also won the Sussex County FA Intermediate Cup in the 1958–59 campaign. The 1960–61 season saw the club win their last of their six West Sussex Football League titles and gain promotion to Division Two of the Sussex County Football League. The club finished as runners up in their first season, and repeated this finish in the next seasons. The 1963–64 campaign saw the club do a double by finishing top of the division and winning the Division two cup, they also gained promotion to Division one. The club", "title": "Selsey F.C." }, { "docid": "1788678", "text": "off the proposed merger. The team went on to reach the 1920 FA Cup Final and win promotion to Division One. In 1926, Huddersfield became the first English team to win three successive league titles – a feat that only three other clubs (Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United) have been able to match – under the leadership of legendary manager and pioneer Herbert Chapman and his successor Cecil Potter. Huddersfield Town also won the FA Cup and Charity Shield in 1922 and have been runners-up on four other occasions in the FA Cup. During the club's heyday in the 1920s", "title": "Huddersfield Town A.F.C." }, { "docid": "16600151", "text": "2012–13 South China AA season South China AA will seek to win their first trophy for one season after Kitchee won the Hong Kong First Division League, the Hong Kong FA Cup and Hong Kong League Cup while Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei defeated them to win the Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield last season. South China are competing in the First Division League, Senior Shield and FA Cup this season. After an unsuccessful season coached by Slovak Ján Kocian, South China will like to take revenge from Kitchee, who claimed an historic treble as they won the First Division", "title": "2012–13 South China AA season" }, { "docid": "13187500", "text": "spun on its head when stand-in goalkeeper Andy Dibble turned Nigel Winterburn's penalty around the post with ten minutes left – had Winterburn scored, Arsenal would have almost certainly have won the final 3–1. In the last seven minutes Luton, galvanised by new self-belief, scored twice to win 3–2, Brian Stein sealing the win with the last kick of the match. On top of this, Luton finished ninth in the First Division, reached the FA Cup semi-finals before falling to Everton at Villa Park, and played at Wembley in the Simod Cup final against Reading, which they lost 4–1. The", "title": "History of Luton Town F.C. (1970–present)" }, { "docid": "8615008", "text": "of women's football, and was again named FA Young Player of the Year. She also played in Fulham's 1–0 FA Women's Cup final defeat to Arsenal. In 2001–02 Chapman helped Fulham win the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division and promotion to the top flight. She also scored two goals in the 7–1 Premier League Cup final win over Birmingham City, after which Fulham's manager Gaute Haugenes claimed Chapman was good enough to play in any national side in the world. Chapman then scored the winning goal in the 2–1 FA Women's Cup final victory over Doncaster Belles, a volley", "title": "Katie Chapman" }, { "docid": "14592934", "text": "measure of revenge by scoring in Charlton's 1–0 FA Women's Community Shield win over Arsenal, then helping the club beat Everton 1–0 to win the 2005 FA Women's Cup. After suffering with injuries, Heatherson appeared as an 85th-minute substitute as Charlton lost the 2007 FA Women's Cup final to quadruple-winning Arsenal. When Charlton Athletic withdrew their women's club's funding that summer, Heatherson joined the player exodus and turned out for the Icelandic club Stjarnan. She then joined Southern Division WFC Fulham ahead of 2007–08, scoring 16 goals in four pre-season friendlies. Heatherson finished as the Southern Division top-scorer but broke", "title": "Ann-Marie Heatherson" }, { "docid": "3638486", "text": "40 years after his death, he was named by BBC Sport as the former player Aston Villa needed in their modern-day team – who were struggling for goals that season and narrowly avoided relegation from the FA Premier League (top flight of English football). Football League First Division FA Cup FA Cup FA Cup Football League Second Division Football League Third Division (South) FA Charity Shield Billy Walker (English footballer) William Henry Walker (29 October 1897 – 28 November 1964) was a prominent English footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. He is considered by many to be the greatest footballer", "title": "Billy Walker (English footballer)" }, { "docid": "7548213", "text": "burden caused by an ambitious attempt to redevelop Stamford Bridge, brought the club to the brink of extinction, before a revival under John Neal in the mid-1980s saw the club win the Second Division title and ultimately re-establish itself in the top flight. A further revival under managers Ruud Gullit and Gianluca Vialli from 1996 to 2000 saw Chelsea win the FA Cup in 1997 and 2000, the League Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1998, and qualify for the Champions League for the first time; the club have not finished outside of the top ten in the Premier", "title": "History of Chelsea F.C." }, { "docid": "6892872", "text": "1927–28, they joined Division One East of the Spartan League in 1928, with the reserves joining Division Two East. Both teams won their division in their first season in the league. The reserves then left the league, with the first team placed in the Premier Division amidst league reorganisation, going on to win the title in the 1929–30 season. In 1931–32 they reached the first round of the FA Cup but lost 9–0 at Northampton Town. The following season saw them win the Surrey Senior Cup, beating Dulwich Hamlet 2–1 in the final. The club were FA Amateur Cup semi-finalists", "title": "Metropolitan Police F.C." }, { "docid": "17060420", "text": "Norwich City 0–1 Luton Town (2013) Norwich City vs Luton Town was an FA Cup Fourth Round tie, played on 26 January 2013 at Carrow Road, Norwich. Luton won the match 1–0. This was the first time in the Premier League era that a top division side was beaten by a non-League team, and the first time since Altrincham beat Birmingham City at St. Andrew's in 1986 that this feat was achieved at the home of the top-flight team. The last team to beat a top division side from the Conference was Sutton United when they beat Coventry City in", "title": "Norwich City 0–1 Luton Town (2013)" }, { "docid": "7170581", "text": "third round. 30 January 1985: Sheffield Wednesday and Chelsea draw a thrilling Milk Cup replay 4-4 at Hillsborough. Chelsea come from 3-0 down to lead 4-3 during normal time and then kick off in both halves of extra time. In the FA Cup, Blackburn win at Oxford and Wimbledon beat Nottingham Forest in a replay. Last season, as a Third Division club, the Dons knocked Forest out of the Milk Cup. 2 February 1985: Everton beat Watford 4-0 to go four points clear of Tottenham, held 2-2 at Luton. The top four in Division Two are separated only by goal", "title": "1984–85 in English football" }, { "docid": "8627038", "text": "West Cheshire League Division One title in 2014/15 with its youth team recording a treble success of West Cheshire League title, West Cheshire Youth Plate and Liverpool County FA Youth Cup (last won in 1974). The first team then retained the First Division Championship in 2015/16. This would be the clubs best season since the drop from semi professional status as the club also won the West Cheshire Division One League Cup – known as the Pyke Cup, and the Liverpool County FA Challenge Cup (last won by the club in 1967). Manager Martin Ryman has been at the helm", "title": "South Liverpool F.C." }, { "docid": "7170750", "text": "their centenary season in the Third Division. 16 May 1984: Nottingham Forest beat Manchester United 2-0 to leapfrog their opponents in second place in the First Division on goal difference. 17 May 1984: In the last match of the First Division season, Southampton beat Notts County 3-1 to finish in second place – the highest finish in their history - while Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and QPR complete the top five and qualify for the UEFA Cup. 19 May 1984: Everton win their first major trophy in 14 years by defeating Watford 2–0 in the FA Cup final with goals", "title": "1983–84 in English football" }, { "docid": "2590589", "text": "Clubcall Cup (League Cup), the final being played at Telford United's Bucks Head Ground, by beating Hyde United on penalties after a 3–3 draw. 1989–90 saw Barnet yet again finish runners-up in the Conference. This time it was Darlington that took the top spot. A good run in the 1990–91 FA Cup culminated in a home defeat by Portsmouth in the 3rd round. A win in the last game of the season against Fisher Athletic finally saw Barnet promoted to the Fourth Division of the Football League. Barnet F.C. joined the Fourth Division of the Football League on winning the", "title": "Barnet F.C." }, { "docid": "14862178", "text": "South London clubs. Seed was in charge of Charlton for 23 years from 1933 to 1956, leading them to one of the most successful periods of their history, with successive promotions to the top-flight and an FA Cup Final win in 1947. He was sacked in 1956 after a bad run of form and took over at Millwall in 1958. Seed's start at The Den was poor, with the team going nine matches without a win. The team finished in 23rd place in Division Three (south). The following year saw The Lions playing in the new Fourth Division in which", "title": "South London derby" }, { "docid": "2337158", "text": "previous two seasons. Their most local rivals will be West Yorkshire side Huddersfield Town, who are based 25 miles (40 kilometres) away from Turf Moor. First Division/Premier League (Tier 1) Second Division/First Division/Championship (Tier 2) Third Division/Second Division/League One (Tier 3) Fourth Division/Third Division/League Two (Tier 4) FA Cup FA Charity Shield Anglo–Scottish Cup Lancashire Senior Cup (nowadays for reserve teams) The Central League FA Youth Cup The holder of the record for the most appearances in all competitions for Burnley is goalkeeper Jerry Dawson, having made 569 first team appearances between 1907 and 1928. The club's top goal scorer", "title": "Burnley F.C." }, { "docid": "10250036", "text": "their affiliation. In 1990–91 Newington became the first Dunmurry League club to win the County Antrim Junior Shield. The club joined the Northern Amateur League in 1994. They played in Division 2C and won five trophies, including the league title in their first season. The following season saw them win Division 2B, gaining promotion to the top junior division of the Amateur League in the process. Their greatest achievement in junior football came on 1 May 1997 when they won the biggest prize in junior football – Irish FA Junior Cup. Newington defeated Fermanagh team Lisbellaw United in the final.", "title": "Newington F.C." }, { "docid": "16289905", "text": "1982–83 Birmingham City F.C. season The 1982–83 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 80th in the Football League and their 48th in the First Division. After five wins and a draw from the last six league games, and needing to win their last game, away at Southampton, to ensure safety, they finished in 17th position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1982–83 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Crystal Palace in the fourth, and were eliminated by Burnley in the fourth round of the League Cup. Thirty players appeared in at least one", "title": "1982–83 Birmingham City F.C. season" }, { "docid": "15788501", "text": "Adama and Samuel Tona. The table below shows the Youngstars' FA Cup progress. (H) = Home match (A)= Away match Dawu Youngstars' Awudu Adama was the league's joint second top-scorer, with 9 goals. Dawu were knocked out in the early stages of the 2001 Ghanaian FA Cup and did not reach the quarter-finals of the competition. Adansiman and Kwaebibirem United were relegated to the Ghanaian First Division. Dawu's results in the league included a 4-1 win over Maxbees and a 1-0 win over domestic giants and 2nd placed Asante Kotoko. Dawu and Maxbees were automatically relegated to the Ghana First", "title": "Dawu Youngstars F.C." }, { "docid": "12042676", "text": "12–13 March 1988. There were no replays. Luton Town's fine season in the cup competitions culminated in a semi-final clash with Wimbledon at White Hart Lane. Wimbledon emerged as 2-1 winners to reach the FA Cup final, in only their second season in the First Division and their 11th in the Football League. On the same day, First Division leaders Liverpool took on a resurgent Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough. Top scorer John Aldridge found the net twice in a 2-1 win. The right to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV.", "title": "1987–88 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "8478594", "text": "1934 FA Cup Final The 1934 FA Cup Final was won by Manchester City in a 2–1 win over Portsmouth. The match is most remembered for a young Frank Swift's heroics in goal and the predictions of City forward Fred Tilson. The match was also refereed by future FIFA president Stanley Rous, in his penultimate game as an official. Both Manchester City and Portsmouth entered the competition in the third round, the entry point for First Division clubs. The third round draw saw an unusual number of contests between First Division clubs; twelve top-flight teams faced a fellow First Division", "title": "1934 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "11333702", "text": "saw Helvecia win. Helvecia comfortably won the return game, but ended their losing to Oxford Lions on penalties, in the Grand Finals. In the FA Futsal Cup, the club made it to the Quarter Finals of the competition, but surprisingly lost to Midlands Division 2 team Cambridge United, in a game that was controversially re-arranged. Samuel Richardson and Raducio King who were the joint top scorers over the season with 18 goals each, were both unavailable due to the re-arrangement. Oxford Lions beat Genesis in the finals of the FA Futsal Cup, to complete a season double. The development focus", "title": "Manchester Futsal Club" }, { "docid": "4259020", "text": "FA Cup to participate in the FIFA World Club Championship at the request of the FA who wanted Manchester United to compete to support England's bid to host the World Cup. Chelsea would go on to win the last FA Cup held at Wembley Stadium before its redevelopment. The League Cup final was won by Leicester City, for the second time in four seasons. In Europe, Leeds United reached the UEFA Cup semi final and Arsenal were on the losing side to Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup final. Only one newly promoted team suffered relegation: Watford, who finished in last", "title": "1999–2000 FA Premier League" }, { "docid": "7084170", "text": "a long period of time. The Spartans set a new record being the first local team to win both the home and away legs in a UEFA competition after beating Ballymena of Northern Ireland. In a decade, Ħamrun won three league titles, three FA Trophies, the Super Cup and Euro Cup twice each. After such successful campaigns, the Spartans faced financial difficulties. The team had to transfer its best players until finally they were relegated to the First Division in 1998–99. After one year, they were promoted back to the Premier League after winning the Division 1 title. The last", "title": "Hamrun Spartans F.C." }, { "docid": "15343355", "text": "Wembley played in the Second Division or lower. This made West Ham the first team since the introduction of multiple divisions in The Football League to reach the FA Cup final without facing opposition from the top division. The match was the first event of any kind to take place at Wembley Stadium, which had not been due to open until 1924 but was completed ahead of schedule. After sub-capacity crowds had attended the first three finals after the First World War at Stamford Bridge, The Football Association (The FA) was unconvinced that the match could fill the large capacity", "title": "1923 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "6941692", "text": "reached the 4th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, losing in the replay to Whitby Town. After their relegation from the top division in 2004–05, the team finished at the bottom of Division Two in 2005–06 and were relegated to the Northern Alliance. In 2006 the club changed its name to Peterlee Town F.C. In September 2008 Peterlee beat Billingham Town 2–0 in the Second Round Qualifying of the FA Vase at the Eden Lane Ground. This win saw them play Newcastle Benfield in the First Round Proper of the competition where they lost 4–1. In 2011 they club rejoined", "title": "Peterlee Town F.C." }, { "docid": "1995399", "text": "to win the Double since the Shield's foundation, but owing to their previously arranged pre-season friendly matches, they could not take part. Leicester City were invited as Division Two champions to play FA Cup runners-up Liverpool instead and went on to win the trophy, despite having won neither the League (until 2016, when they contested it again and were runners-up) nor the FA Cup (at all). In 1972, league champions Derby County and FA Cup winners Leeds United both declined to take part in the Charity Shield, so Manchester City, who had finished in fourth in the First Division, and", "title": "FA Community Shield" }, { "docid": "20161208", "text": "2017–18 Manchester City F.C. season The 2017–18 season was Manchester City's 116th season of competitive football, 89th season in the top division of English football and 21st season in the Premier League since the league was first created. In addition to the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League. City won their third Premier League title on 15 April 2018 following West Bromwich Albion's 1–0 win away to second place Manchester United, and the EFL Cup with a 3–0 win over Arsenal. The team set a number of Premier League records", "title": "2017–18 Manchester City F.C. season" }, { "docid": "12630616", "text": "Notts County won 4–1 with Jimmy Logan becoming the second player to ever score a hat-trick at an FA Cup Final 1893–94 FA Cup The 1893–94 FA Cup was the twenty-third edition of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The cup was won by Notts County of the Football League Second Division, who defeated Bolton Wanderers 4–1 in the final to win the cup for the first and, to date, only time. Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each", "title": "1893–94 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "10969635", "text": "as champions with a 5–1 win away at Doncaster Rovers. Birmingham City's official history rated 1955–56 as the club's best season to date. Turner led the team he inherited to their highest league finish, sixth place in the First Division, only four points off runners-up spot. They reached the 1956 FA Cup Final, losing to Manchester City 3–1 in the game best remembered for City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann playing the last 20 minutes with a broken bone in his neck. The following year he led them to the FA Cup semifinal, only to lose to Manchester United's \"Busby Babes\". Also", "title": "Arthur Turner (footballer, born 1909)" }, { "docid": "7170755", "text": "League Cup, with a 1–0 win over neighbours Everton in a replay. Liverpool went from strength to strength by becoming only the third English team to win three successive First Division titles and the first to win three major trophies in the season, as they won their fourth European Cup in eight seasons and their fourth Football League Cup in succession. But they were not without their contenders in the title race, which was not won until the beginning of May. Southampton enjoyed their best league season ever, finishing runners-up and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup (being unlikely", "title": "1983–84 in English football" }, { "docid": "9637004", "text": "side to FA Cup semi-finals, the first time a team from the third tier of English football had reached that stage. In the 1937–38 season Smith enjoyed even greater success, as Millwall hurtled to the Division Three South title, while also claiming the London FA Challenge Cup by defeating Crystal Palace. Smith became Millwall's last full England internationalist in 1938, when he was selected for two games in seven days in November, despite only playing in the English second tier at the time. He scored twice on his debut versus Norway in a 4–0 win, but didn't score in a", "title": "Reg Smith" }, { "docid": "8128779", "text": "1960–61 in English football The 1960–61 season was the 81st season of competitive football in England. This season was a particularly historic one for domestic football in England, as Tottenham Hotspur became the first club in the twentieth century to \"do the Double\" by winning both the League and the FA Cup competitions in the same season. Tottenham Hotspur sealed the Football League First Division title with a 2–1 home win over Sheffield Wednesday on 17 April 1961. Preston North End, who had been the first team to achieve the League and FA Cup \"double\", was relegated in last place", "title": "1960–61 in English football" }, { "docid": "16600167", "text": "Hei for the FA Cup quarter-finals 1st leg match at Hong Kong Stadium. Goals from Au Yeung Yiu Chung, Ticão and Itaparica helped secure a 3–1 victory for them. Player with dual nationality 2012–13 South China AA season South China AA will seek to win their first trophy for one season after Kitchee won the Hong Kong First Division League, the Hong Kong FA Cup and Hong Kong League Cup while Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei defeated them to win the Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield last season. South China are competing in the First Division League, Senior Shield and", "title": "2012–13 South China AA season" }, { "docid": "8122405", "text": "City 3-1 in the final of the FA Cup. This was the beginning of a great run of success for the West Midlands side. First Division Second Division Third Division North Third Division South 1948–49 in English football The 1948–49 season was the 69th season of competitive football in England. Portsmouth won the First Division title for the first time with a team of no recognised stars and very few international players. However, it was not the first major honour for the Hampshire club, as they had been the last winners of the FA Cup before the outbreak of the", "title": "1948–49 in English football" }, { "docid": "19258527", "text": "in which his performance was praised by supporters and pundits. He made his professional debut for Arsenal on 9 January 2016 against Sunderland in the FA Cup, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Joel Campbell in a 3–1 win at the Emirates Stadium. Reine-Adélaïde played for Arsenal in their victorious U21 Premier League's play off final of 2016. Also held at the Emirates, this win thus earned the Gooners promotion to the U21 league's first division. Adelaide made six appearances for the club's first team during the 2016–17 season, with the last of those caps coming in Arsenal's FA", "title": "Jeff Reine-Adélaïde" }, { "docid": "11062049", "text": "also won the FA Youth Cup with a side including Kenny Sansom, Vince Hilaire and Billy Gilbert. The following season, 1977–78 saw the youth team became the first team to win the FA Youth Cup in successive seasons since Chelsea did in 1960 and 1961. These talented young players had become regulars in the team by the 1978–79 season which saw Palace vying not only for promotion but also the Second Division Championship. The final game of the season was a Friday night match at home to Burnley. In front of the club's record home crowd of 51,801, there was", "title": "History of Crystal Palace F.C." }, { "docid": "12042653", "text": "in dramatic fashion during the previous two seasons) by beating QPR in a quarter-final replay. Aston Villa's double hopes were ended when they crashed 3–0 to an Oldham Athletic team that hadn't played top-division football since 1923. Cambridge United's hopes of becoming the first Fourth Division team to reach the FA Cup semi-finals were ended with a 1–0 defeat at home to Crystal Palace, who moved closer to a first FA Cup final but were first faced with the task of overcoming a Liverpool side that had crushed them 9–0 in the league earlier in the season. The semi-final matches", "title": "1989–90 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "14804374", "text": "F.A., resulting in a 3–2 victory for Tottenham. The 1961 Charity Shield was the last time, to date, that the match has featured a team that was not a club side. The 1971 Double winning Arsenal team were unable to compete, so FA Cup runners-up Liverpool played against Division Two champions Leicester City. In the 1986 Charity Shield, following Liverpool's Double-winning 1985–1986 season, league runners-up Everton were chosen as opponents. This practice has been followed in all subsequent years where a team has won the Double. 1961 FA Charity Shield The 1961 FA Charity Shield was the 39th FA Charity", "title": "1961 FA Charity Shield" }, { "docid": "17634212", "text": "History of Terengganu FA Terengganu Football Association was founded in 1972 as Terengganu Football Association () but records show this football association already existed as early as 1944. The team is based in the state of Terengganu, traditionally a conservative Muslim area. Terengganu have consistently been a decent team throughout their history, producing top-class national team players such as Sapian Wahid, Abdul Rahman Ibrahim and Ariffin Osman. Terengganu were runners-up in Division 1, the team was runners-up in 1944 season. In the 1973, 1982, 1998 Malaysia Cup and 1999 FA Cup season, the team were runners-up. In Division 2, Terengganu", "title": "History of Terengganu FA" }, { "docid": "457738", "text": "They have had more success in the FA Cup, winning it five times. The first came in 1888, the year the league was founded, and the most recent in 1968, their last major trophy. They also won the Football League Cup at the first attempt in 1966. The club's longest consecutive period in the top division spanned twenty-four years between 1949 and 1973, and from 1986 to 2002 they spent their longest ever spell out of the top division. The team has played in navy blue and white stripes for most of the club's history; and the club badge features", "title": "West Bromwich Albion F.C." }, { "docid": "7479589", "text": "was won by West Bromwich Albion who beat Everton 1–0 in extra time with a goal from Jeff Astle. It was Albion's fifth FA Cup success. Leeds United beat Arsenal 1–0 in the final of the League Cup to win the competition for the first time. For the first time since 1937, Manchester City won the First Division, finishing two points clear of their local rivals Manchester United. Fulham finished in last place and were relegated along with Sheffield United. Coventry City, under Noel Cantwell escaped relegation by one point and would go on to stay in the top division", "title": "1967–68 in English football" }, { "docid": "14806367", "text": "scored by Kanu against Aston Villa on the final day ensured Arsenal finished a point behind, in second place. As holders and participants of the top division, Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to play Preston North End of the Second Division. Despite being 2–0 down in the first half, Arsenal came back to win the match 4–2 at Deepdale. In the fourth round, Arsenal played Wolverhampton Wanderers – a repeat of last year's semi-final. Goals from Overmars and Bergkamp helped Arsenal win 2–1; the match was overshadowed by the sending off", "title": "1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season" }, { "docid": "12079879", "text": "still impressed upon their return to the top flight, peaking as high as eighth at one point. The club's good form gave hope to fans that their team could challenge for European qualification either through the league or their FA Cup run, but a run of nine games without a win dragged the club down to 16th with four games left to play and four points between them and 18th-placed Ipswich. Seven points from the club's last four games lifted Fulham to safety in 13th, and, despite the poor league form and elimination from the FA Cup in the semi-finals,", "title": "2001–02 Fulham F.C. season" }, { "docid": "8080655", "text": "for Tottenham, in a 3-0 FA Cup win over Altrincham in January 1995. For a while it looked as though Nethercott would be the long-term successor to the ageing Gary Mabbutt, but by 1998 he had fallen out of favour in the first team and was transferred to Millwall. He helped them win the Division Two title in 2001 and reach their first-ever FA Cup final in 2004, but he was loaned out to Wycombe Wanderers for the latter part of the cup final season meaning he missed out on the final itself. After the FA Cup final defeat, he", "title": "Stuart Nethercott" }, { "docid": "16425793", "text": "changed from a straight knock-out to a group stage format with the top two advancing to the semi-finals. Arsenal defended their title with a 1–0 win over Birmingham City in a rematch of last year's final. They thus won a double this season of League and League Cup, missing out on the Women's FA Cup. 2012 FA WSL The 2012 FA WSL is the second season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season began on 8 April 2012 and was scheduled to end in October 2012. The league is to break between 8 July", "title": "2012 FA WSL" } ]
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who was the 41st president of the united states of america
[ "George Herbert Walker Bush" ]
[ { "docid": "150882", "text": "George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924November 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. As a member of the Republican Party, he had previously been a congressman, ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence. During his career in public service, he was known simply as George Bush, but after his son George W. Bush became the 43rd president in 2001, he was referred to", "title": "George H. W. Bush" }, { "docid": "150882", "text": "George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924November 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. As a member of the Republican Party, he had previously been a congressman, ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence. During his career in public service, he was known simply as George Bush, but after his son George W. Bush became the 43rd president in 2001, he was referred to", "title": "George H. W. Bush" }, { "docid": "11726219", "text": "Presidential tally): United States presidential election, 1980 1984 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally): United States presidential election, 1984 1988 Republican presidential primaries: 1988 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally): United States presidential election, 1988 1992 Republican presidential primaries: 1992 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally): 1992 New York State Right to Life Party Convention: United States presidential election, 1992 Electoral history of George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989–1993), 43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989); Director of the CIA (1976–1977) and United States Representative from Texas (1967–1971). Texas United States Senate", "title": "Electoral history of George H. W. Bush" }, { "docid": "11726218", "text": "Electoral history of George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989–1993), 43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989); Director of the CIA (1976–1977) and United States Representative from Texas (1967–1971). Texas United States Senate election, 1964 (Republican primary): Texas United States Senate election, 1964 (Republican primary runoff): Texas United States Senate election, 1964: Texas' 7th congressional district, 1966: Texas' 7th congressional district, 1968: Texas United States Senate election, 1970 (Republican primary): Texas United States Senate election, 1970: 1980 Republican presidential primaries: 1980 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally): 1980 Republican National Convention (Vice", "title": "Electoral history of George H. W. Bush" }, { "docid": "5349761", "text": "Dr. John Mercer Walker Sr. (S&B 1931) and Louis Walker (S&B 1936); and his nephew, the 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush (S&B 1947); and Bush's son (therefore George's great-nephew), the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush (S&B 1968). Walker was an original owner of the New York Mets, a team which he co-founded in 1960 with Joan Whitney Payson. He married Mary Carter (20 November 1905 – 5 September 1998) on October 29, 1927. They had three children, one of whom was George Herbert Walker III, the former United States Ambassador to", "title": "George Herbert Walker Jr." }, { "docid": "2119694", "text": "now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is open for tours. In addition to artifacts from the China Trade period, the museum's grounds include a log cabin replica and a collection of Lincoln memorabilia. George Herbert Walker Bush was born at 173 Adams Street on Milton Hill on June 12, 1924. He became the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993, and his son would become the 43rd President. Coincidentally, Adams Street is named for the family of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, who lived on the same street just a", "title": "Milton, Massachusetts" } ]
[ { "docid": "20012229", "text": "Soviet Scientists Immigration Act of 1992 Soviet Scientists Immigration Act of 1992 granted authorization for engineers and scientists from the post-Soviet states to acquire employment within America. The Act of Congress implemented specific provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act providing United States visas for former Soviet Union foreign nationals classified as scientific immigrants being employed in the continental United States. The Senate bill was passed by the 102nd United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush on October 24, 1992. The 1992 public law was authored as four", "title": "Soviet Scientists Immigration Act of 1992" }, { "docid": "20331586", "text": "(D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 10.85% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state. 1860 United States presidential election in Georgia The 1860 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by the 14th Vice President of the United States John Breckenridge (SD–Kentucky), running with Senator Joseph Lane, with 48.89% of", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Georgia" }, { "docid": "20331543", "text": "(D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 15.11% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state. 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama The 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Alabama was won by the 14th Vice President of the United States John Breckenridge (SD–Kentucky), running with Senator Joseph Lane, with 54.00% of", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Alabama" }, { "docid": "20331554", "text": "Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel Johnson, with 9.89% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state. 1860 United States presidential election in Arkansas The 1860 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Arkansas voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arkansas was won by the 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge (SD–Kentucky), running with Senator Joseph Lane, with 53.06%", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Arkansas" }, { "docid": "20331579", "text": "with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 23.72% of the popular vote and the 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 6.61% of the popular vote. 1860 United States presidential election in Delaware The 1860 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Delaware voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware was won by the 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge (SD–Kentucky), running with Senator", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Delaware" }, { "docid": "20331622", "text": "41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 27.99% of the popular vote. 1860 United States presidential election in Oregon The 1860 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Oregon voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oregon was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 36.20% of the popular vote, against the 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge (SD–Kentucky), running with Senator Joseph Lane, with", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Oregon" }, { "docid": "18176894", "text": "Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution is a 2013 non-fiction book about immigration in the United States co-written by Jeb Bush, who served as the Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, and Clint Bolick, who serves as the Vice President of Litigation at the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. The book was co-written by Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick. Bush is the son of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush and the brother of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. He served as the", "title": "Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution" }, { "docid": "20705736", "text": "of the popular vote. 1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia The 1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. West Virginia was won by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 54.89 percent of the popular vote, against the 41st Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with the 54th Governor of Ohio, John W.", "title": "1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia" }, { "docid": "20705735", "text": "1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia The 1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. West Virginia was won by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 54.89 percent of the popular vote, against the 41st Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with the 54th Governor of Ohio, John W. Bricker, with 45.11 percent", "title": "1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia" }, { "docid": "1412396", "text": "Barbara Bush Barbara Bush (née Pierce; June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was the First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993 as the wife of George H. W. Bush, who served as the 41st President of the United States, and founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She previously was Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Among her six children are George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida. Barbara Pierce was born in New York, New York, on June", "title": "Barbara Bush" }, { "docid": "20329609", "text": "(D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 7.72% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Tennessee. 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee The 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Tennessee was won by the Senator John Bell (CU–Tennessee), running with the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett, with 47.72% of the popular vote,", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "20329612", "text": "1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota The 1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Minnesota voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 57.23% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 43.97% of the popular vote. With 63.53 percent of the popular vote, Lincoln's victory within the", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota" }, { "docid": "20331587", "text": "1860 United States presidential election in Illinois The 1860 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Illinois voters chose eleven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 50.69% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 47.17% of the popular vote. Liberty Party (under the name Union Party) candidate Gerrit Smith received", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Illinois" }, { "docid": "20329672", "text": "1860 United States presidential election in Ohio The 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose twenty three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 51.24% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 43.30% of the popular vote. Liberty Party (under the name Union Party) candidate Gerrit Smith", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Ohio" }, { "docid": "20329613", "text": "state would be his second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote in the 1860 election after Vermont. 1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota The 1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Minnesota voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 57.23% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota" }, { "docid": "20331588", "text": "35 of his 171 popular votes in Illinois alone. The other 136 votes came from Ohio. 1860 United States presidential election in Illinois The 1860 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Illinois voters chose eleven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 50.69% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Illinois" }, { "docid": "20329673", "text": "received 136 of his 171 popular votes in Ohio alone. The other 35 votes came from Illinois. 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio The 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose twenty three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 51.24% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V.", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Ohio" }, { "docid": "4109530", "text": "Dorothy Bush Koch Dorothy Walker \"Doro\" Bush Koch (born August 18, 1959) is an American author and philanthropist. She is the sixth child and only living daughter of the late 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and former First Lady Barbara Bush. Dorothy Walker Bush was born on August 18, 1959, in Harris County, Texas. Her father, George H. W. Bush, was the 41st President of the United States, and her mother, Barbara Bush, was the First Lady. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Dorothy Walker Bush. Her brother, George W. Bush, was the 43rd", "title": "Dorothy Bush Koch" }, { "docid": "15579233", "text": "Women in the 41st Canadian Parliament The 41st Canadian Parliament includes a record number of female Members of Parliament, with 76 women elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. This represents a gain of seven seats over the previous record of 69 women in the 40th Canadian Parliament. By contrast, the 112th United States Congress had 72 women sitting in the 435-seat United States House of Representatives, and the 113th United States Congress has 81. Of those 76 women, 38 were elected for the first time in the 2011 election. This included former PSAC president", "title": "Women in the 41st Canadian Parliament" }, { "docid": "4109534", "text": "She resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with her family. Dorothy Bush Koch Dorothy Walker \"Doro\" Bush Koch (born August 18, 1959) is an American author and philanthropist. She is the sixth child and only living daughter of the late 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and former First Lady Barbara Bush. Dorothy Walker Bush was born on August 18, 1959, in Harris County, Texas. Her father, George H. W. Bush, was the 41st President of the United States, and her mother, Barbara Bush, was the First Lady. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Dorothy Walker Bush.", "title": "Dorothy Bush Koch" }, { "docid": "10380318", "text": "J. Michael Farren John Michael Farren (born 1953 in West Hartford, Connecticut) is a former American attorney who served as Deputy White House Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the President under the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush from 2007 to 2009. Farren also served as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the United States Department of Commerce and head of the International Trade Administration under the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1992. He is currently serving a 15-year jail sentence for the attempted murder", "title": "J. Michael Farren" }, { "docid": "15530210", "text": "President from 1789 to 1797 and then second President from 1797 to 1801. The last to do this was Barbara Bush, who was married to George H. W. Bush, who was the 43rd Vice President from 1981 to 1989 and then 41st President from 1989 to 1993. The current Second Lady is Karen Pence, who is married to Mike Pence, who has been the 48th Vice President in Donald Trump's administration since January 20, 2017. There are four living former second ladies: Marilyn Quayle, wife of Dan Quayle; Tipper Gore, wife of Al Gore; Lynne Cheney, wife of Dick Cheney;", "title": "Second Lady of the United States" }, { "docid": "3650935", "text": "command of Brigadier General (later Chief of the US Army) George Marshall, then the commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade at Vancouver Barracks. The 41st Division's mission was accomplished by a night crossing of the river. The 41st Division's annual summer camp at Fort Lewis in June and July 1940 was extended from two weeks to three, and on 16 September 1940 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, the 41st Division was inducted into federal service for one year. By this time, a National Guard recruiting campaign had raised the strength", "title": "41st Infantry Division (United States)" }, { "docid": "8888639", "text": "prize are former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt (2007); 41st President of the United States of America George H. W. Bush (2008); former President of the Federal Republic of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker (2009); New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (2010); and former German chancellor Helmut Kohl (2011). The American Academy's house magazine, \"The Berlin Journal\", contains a range of articles, opinion pieces, fiction, art, and poetry by fellows and distinguished visitors. The Richard C. Holbrooke Forum brings together international scholars, policy experts, and government officials in a series of workshops to discuss some of the most intractable problems in modern diplomacy.", "title": "American Academy in Berlin" }, { "docid": "12421349", "text": "officials did not consider any other candidates besides Eid, who suspended his campaign for the University of Colorado Board of Regents in order to accept the U.S. Attorney position. Eid was appointed to the position by President George W. Bush on June 9, 2006, making him the 41st United States Attorney for the state of Colorado and the first Arab-American ever appointed to serve as a U.S. Attorney. Eid, who said he was \"totally stunned\" by the invitation, was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on August 4, 2006. He served as Colorado's chief federal criminal prosecutor and represented", "title": "Troy Eid" }, { "docid": "4174572", "text": "and reflagged as the 1st Cavalry Division Artillery (United States). On 30 November 2018, the 41st Field Artillery Brigade was reconstituted at U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria. The 41st Field Artillery structure as of 2018 is as follows: Ranks indicated are the highest ranks held by the individual, not necessarily the rank held at time of command. Inactivated April 2015 Activated October 2018 Col. Seth Knazovich, October 2018 - Present 41st Field Artillery Brigade (United States) The 41st Field Artillery Brigade (\"Railgunners)\" is a field artillery brigade of the United States Army. The brigade was active in 1918, from 1921–1931, 1942–1944,", "title": "41st Field Artillery Brigade (United States)" }, { "docid": "18498476", "text": "Asia between 1961 and 1975. The H.R. 556 legislation was passed by the 102nd United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush on February 6, 1991. On December 6, 1979, the 96th United States Congress passed the \"Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979\" which was enacted into law by United States President Jimmy Carter on December 20, 1979. House Bill 3892 endorsed the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct an epidemiological study concerning human exposure and the adverse health effects of dioxins and phenoxy", "title": "Agent Orange Act of 1991" }, { "docid": "437741", "text": "2000 United States presidential election The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican candidate George W. Bush, the Governor of Texas and the eldest son of the 41st President George H. W. Bush, won the election by defeating Democratic nominee Al Gore, the incumbent vice president. It was the fourth of five presidential elections in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote. Vice President Gore secured the Democratic nomination with relative ease, defeating a challenge by former Senator Bill Bradley. Bush was seen as the early", "title": "2000 United States presidential election" }, { "docid": "11892468", "text": "41st Infantry Regiment (United States) The U.S. 41st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. Its 1st Battalion is currently assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. Its 3rd Battalion is assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. The 41st United States (Colored) Infantry Regiment was one of six segregated regiments (2 cavalry and 4 infantry) created in 1866 following the American Civil War to provide for African American participation in the defense of the United States. It was consolidated in 1869 with the 38th (Colored) Infantry Regiment to", "title": "41st Infantry Regiment (United States)" }, { "docid": "20329684", "text": "(D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 6.45% of the popular vote. Despite coming in a distant fourth place with 2,294 votes Abraham Lincoln did receive over 2,000 more votes than John C. Frémont received in 1856 and would later win the state in 1864 with 55% of the vote. 1860 United States presidential election in Maryland The 1860 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Maryland voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and", "title": "1860 United States presidential election in Maryland" }, { "docid": "437804", "text": "long 2000 election helped to cement red and blue as colors in the collective mind. 2000 United States presidential election The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican candidate George W. Bush, the Governor of Texas and the eldest son of the 41st President George H. W. Bush, won the election by defeating Democratic nominee Al Gore, the incumbent vice president. It was the fourth of five presidential elections in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote. Vice President Gore secured the Democratic nomination with relative", "title": "2000 United States presidential election" }, { "docid": "15504196", "text": "line.\" In 2006, a few months after Allison Eid was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court, President George W. Bush appointed Troy Eid as the 41st United States Attorney for the District of Colorado and the first Egyptian-American U.S. Attorney in the country's history. The Eids reside in Morrison, Colorado, with their son Alex and daughter Emily. Allison H. Eid Allison Hartwell Eid (born January 1965) is a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit who previously served as the 95th Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Born in Seattle and raised", "title": "Allison H. Eid" }, { "docid": "4174567", "text": "41st Field Artillery Brigade (United States) The 41st Field Artillery Brigade (\"Railgunners)\" is a field artillery brigade of the United States Army. The brigade was active in 1918, from 1921–1931, 1942–1944, 1952–1969, 1972–2005, 2007–2015, and 2018 to present day. It has been stationed in Virginia; Hawaii; Oklahoma; Texas, and Germany. It has served in World War II, Vietnam, Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm, Kosovo, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 41st Fires Brigade traces its lineage back to the 41st Artillery Regiment (Coast Artillery Corps), a heavy artillery formation activated near the end of World War I. The 41st Artillery", "title": "41st Field Artillery Brigade (United States)" }, { "docid": "1130060", "text": "include: Notable people who have lived in Webster Groves include: Specific references: General references: Webster Groves, Missouri Webster Groves is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 22,995 at the 2010 census. Webster Groves is one of the more affluent communities in Missouri, ranking 41st in per-capita income. In 2008, it was ranked #9 in \"Family Circle Magazine\"'s list of the \"10 Best Cities for Families in America\". The city is home to the main campus of Webster University. Webster Groves is located at (38.587702, -90.354366). According to the United States", "title": "Webster Groves, Missouri" }, { "docid": "2753338", "text": "and three Navy and Marine Regiments, as well as The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band whose members may be affiliated with any military branch. In December 2018, the Corps of Cadets had the honor, and distinction, of saying their final farewell and salute to George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States of America, as he was laid to rest alongside the late First Lady Barbara Bush and their daughter Robin at the George Bush Presidential Library on the Texas A&M campus. Following the Corps reorganization and dropping of Army branch designations, cadets required a new symbol to", "title": "Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets" }, { "docid": "3409318", "text": "41st parallel north The 41st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 41 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 8 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 13 minutes during the winter solstice. Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 41° north passes through: In the United States, the parallel defines the southernmost border of Wyoming (bordering Utah and Colorado), and part of the border between Nebraska", "title": "41st parallel north" }, { "docid": "6666597", "text": "before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. Bush was elected President of the United States in 2000 when he defeated Democratic incumbent Vice President Al Gore after a close and controversial win that involved a stopped recount in Florida. He became the fourth person to be elected president while receiving fewer popular votes than his opponent. Bush is a member of a prominent political family and is the eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. He is only the second president to assume the nation's highest office after", "title": "George W. Bush" }, { "docid": "3409321", "text": "the Northwest Ordinance (see the Toledo Strip). The later survey used the boundary with Indiana as the meridian. 41st parallel north The 41st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 41 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 8 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 13 minutes during the winter solstice. Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 41° north passes through: In the United States, the", "title": "41st parallel north" }, { "docid": "5765521", "text": "Seth P. Waxman Seth Paul Waxman (born November 28, 1951) is an American lawyer who served as the 41st Solicitor General of the United States. He was nominated by President Clinton on September 19, 1997, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 1997. He received his commission and took the oath of office on November 13, 1997, serving as Solicitor General until January 20, 2001. Waxman was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from the area's public schools. He received his bachelor's degree \"summa cum laude\" in social studies from Harvard College in 1973 and was a", "title": "Seth P. Waxman" }, { "docid": "1549454", "text": "Presidency of George W. Bush The presidency of George W. Bush began at noon EST on January 20, 2001, when George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2009. Bush, a Republican, took office following a very close victory over Democratic incumbent Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. Four years later, in the 2004 election, he defeated Democrat John Kerry to win re-election. Bush, the 43rd President, is the eldest son of the 41st President, George H. W. Bush. He was succeeded by Democrat Barack Obama, who", "title": "Presidency of George W. Bush" }, { "docid": "5765525", "text": "of Columbia, where he practices law as a partner with the law firm WilmerHale. Seth P. Waxman Seth Paul Waxman (born November 28, 1951) is an American lawyer who served as the 41st Solicitor General of the United States. He was nominated by President Clinton on September 19, 1997, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 1997. He received his commission and took the oath of office on November 13, 1997, serving as Solicitor General until January 20, 2001. Waxman was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from the area's public schools. He received his bachelor's degree", "title": "Seth P. Waxman" }, { "docid": "18797166", "text": "United Hatters of North America The United Hatters of North America (UHU) was a labor union representing hat makers, headquartered in the United States. The UHU was founded and received a charter in the American Federation of Labor in 1896 through a merger of the International Trade Association of Hat Finishers of America and the National Hat Makers' Association of the United States. One of its co-founders was John A. Moffitt, who served consecutively as UHU vice president, president, and editor of its official journal from 1896 to 1911. In 1934, the UHU merged with the Cloth Hat, Cap and", "title": "United Hatters of North America" }, { "docid": "18797168", "text": "union members could be held personally liable for damages incurred by their union. United Hatters of North America The United Hatters of North America (UHU) was a labor union representing hat makers, headquartered in the United States. The UHU was founded and received a charter in the American Federation of Labor in 1896 through a merger of the International Trade Association of Hat Finishers of America and the National Hat Makers' Association of the United States. One of its co-founders was John A. Moffitt, who served consecutively as UHU vice president, president, and editor of its official journal from 1896", "title": "United Hatters of North America" }, { "docid": "20990396", "text": "Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush On November 30, 2018, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, died at his home in Houston, Texas, seven months after the death of his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush. Bush was the first former president to die since Gerald Ford in 2006; at the age of 94 years and 171 days, Bush was the longest-lived U.S. president in history. His death resulted in Jimmy Carter becoming the oldest living former President of the United States; Carter is also 94, having been born four months after", "title": "Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush" }, { "docid": "19066849", "text": "generally considered to be a liberal Republican, and Ford decided that picking Rockefeller would help his candidacy gain support in the 1976 presidential election. The confirmation hearings for Rockefeller lasted for months, but Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st Vice President of the United States on December 19, 1974. Due to the pressure on Ford by the party conservatives, Rockefeller was ultimately passed over for the 1976 ticket, and Ford instead chose Bob Dole as his running mate. Ford, however, regreted this move later. United States vice presidential selection, 1974 In 1974, Republican President Richard Nixon was forced to", "title": "United States vice presidential selection, 1974" }, { "docid": "19784299", "text": "am helping to preserve the constitutional government\". United States of America v. Campo and Flores The United States of America v. Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas was a court case surrounding two nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, who were found guilty of attempting to transport 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Campo Flores and Flores de Freitas were allegedly involved in illicit activities such as drug trafficking and possibly financially assisted President Maduro's presidential campaign in the 2013 Venezuelan presidential election and potentially", "title": "United States of America v. Campo and Flores" }, { "docid": "19784274", "text": "United States of America v. Campo and Flores The United States of America v. Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas was a court case surrounding two nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, who were found guilty of attempting to transport 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Campo Flores and Flores de Freitas were allegedly involved in illicit activities such as drug trafficking and possibly financially assisted President Maduro's presidential campaign in the 2013 Venezuelan presidential election and potentially for the 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary elections. One", "title": "United States of America v. Campo and Flores" }, { "docid": "19093350", "text": "When Dudley, who was president of \"United Hotels Company of America\", vice-president of \"American Hotels Corporation\", and president or vice-president of 24 subsidiary hotel companies, died on September 21, 1945 at the age of 81, the hotel chain was managing 60 hotels. After his death, many of the company's hotels were acquired by other hotel chains, such as the Hilton Hotel. While in operation, the company operated several upscale and famous hotels in the United States, including: In Canada, the company operated: Outside the United States and Canada, the company operated: The \"United Hotels Company\" was affiliated international with Important", "title": "United Hotels Company of America" }, { "docid": "4005414", "text": "the U.S., and Ireland or Britain. The cup is named after George Herbert Walker who was president of the USGA in 1920 when the match was initiated. Walker is the grandfather and namesake of George H. W. Bush and great-grandfather of George W. Bush, the 41st and 43rd Presidents of the United States, respectively. Unlike the Ryder Cup, which similarly began as a competition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom, the Walker Cup has never been expanded to include all European amateur golfers who would otherwise be eligible. As of 2017, the U.S. lead the Walker Cup series 36", "title": "Walker Cup" }, { "docid": "1371211", "text": "USS George H.W. Bush USS \"George H.W. Bush\" (CVN-77) is the tenth and final supercarrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st President of the United States and former Director of Central Intelligence George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II. \"Bush\" callsign is \"Avenger\", after the TBM Avenger aircraft flown by then-Lieutenant George H.W. Bush in World War II. Construction began in 2003 at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard's Dry Dock 12, the largest in the western hemisphere. She was completed in 2009 at a cost of $6.2 billion", "title": "USS George H.W. Bush" }, { "docid": "12891961", "text": "2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey In 2000, the United States presidential election in New Jersey, along with every U.S. state and Washington, D.C., took place on November 7, 2000. It was the 54th U.S. presidential election. The major party candidates were Democratic Vice President Al Gore of the incumbent administration and Republican Governor of Texas George W. Bush, son of the 41st U.S. president, George H. W. Bush. Owing to the indirect system of voting used in U.S. presidential elections, George W. Bush narrowly defeated Gore in Electoral College votes despite that Gore earned a higher percentage", "title": "2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey" }, { "docid": "1371239", "text": "the Franco-American exercise Chesapeake Mission, with twelve Dassault Aviation Rafale M and a Grumman E-2C Hawkeye from the French Navy embarked on board. USS George H.W. Bush USS \"George H.W. Bush\" (CVN-77) is the tenth and final supercarrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st President of the United States and former Director of Central Intelligence George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II. \"Bush\" callsign is \"Avenger\", after the TBM Avenger aircraft flown by then-Lieutenant George H.W. Bush in World War II. Construction began in 2003 at the Northrop Grumman", "title": "USS George H.W. Bush" }, { "docid": "19532577", "text": "Battle of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. 41st United States Colored Infantry The 41st United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863. The regiment engaged in the Siege of Petersburg and Appomattox Campaign and was present at the unconditional surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia", "title": "41st United States Colored Infantry" }, { "docid": "4002231", "text": "continue in this format until one team reaches the required point total to win the Presidents Cup. Remaining singles matches were only to be played to the regulation 18 holes and could be halved. Although this rule was in force for five Presidents Cup contests, no matches actually went beyond 18 holes. The event was created and is organized by the PGA Tour. Each contest has an Honorary Chairman. These have been 1994: Gerald Ford, 38th United States President, 1996: George H. W. Bush, 41st United States President, 1998: John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, 2000: Bill Clinton, 42nd United", "title": "Presidents Cup" }, { "docid": "19532572", "text": "41st United States Colored Infantry The 41st United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863. The regiment engaged in the Siege of Petersburg and Appomattox Campaign and was present at the unconditional surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. The", "title": "41st United States Colored Infantry" }, { "docid": "6095347", "text": "41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) The 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (\"Sunset\") is an element in the Oregon Army National Guard. Headquartered at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas, Oregon, it was part of the 7th Infantry Division based at Ft. Carson in Colorado (inactivated in 2006). The brigade traces its lineage back to the 41st Infantry Division. The history of the Oregon National Guard's 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, or 41st IBCT, began during the frontier days preceding the founding of the state. The genesis of what is now the Oregon National Guard began on March 6, 1843, with the", "title": "41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)" }, { "docid": "6095356", "text": "2010 on 24 September 2013 by GO 2013-77. In 2014, Units of the 41st IBCT deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, to include the 2-162 IN, 1-186 IN, and 1-82 CAV. In 2016, the 41st IBCT was reorganized as a part of transformation to add a brigade engineer battalion and a Stryker battalion. With elements located in Washington and New Mexico. There are seven major commands of the 41st Infantry Brigade: 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) The 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (\"Sunset\") is an element in the Oregon Army National Guard. Headquartered at Camp", "title": "41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)" }, { "docid": "4174569", "text": "II. At that time, it was retired from the rolls of the regular Army and incorporated into the Hawaiian Department. On 28 June 1950, Headquarters Battery, 41st Coast Artillery was reconstituted as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Group and was inactivated 18 January 1952 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In April 1967, the 41st Field Artillery Group deployed to the Republic of Vietnam, where it earned nine campaign streamers. On 15 November 1969, the Group was inactivated and its colors returned to the United States. On 15 March 1972, the 41st Field Artillery Group was re-activated in Babenhausen, West", "title": "41st Field Artillery Brigade (United States)" }, { "docid": "3650931", "text": "41st Infantry Division (United States) The 41st Infantry Division was composed of National Guard units from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, North Dakota and Washington that saw active service in World War I and World War II. It was one of the first to engage in offensive ground combat operations during the last months of 1942. In 1965 it was reorganized as the 41st Infantry Brigade. The brigade has seen combat in the Iraq War in 2003. The 41st was first activated for U.S. Army service on 1 April 1917, just five days before the American entry into World War I, primarily", "title": "41st Infantry Division (United States)" }, { "docid": "12445426", "text": "Jimmy Carter, former President Gerald Ford, more than 100 members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives including Senator Barry Goldwater, and official representatives from 71 foreign countries. Eulogies were delivered by two of Rockefeller's children, his brother David, and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The following institutions and facilities have been named in honor of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th Governor", "title": "Nelson Rockefeller" }, { "docid": "2252810", "text": "38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry Regiments. These units, made up of black enlisted personnel and white officers, were not the first of such units to serve on the Western Frontier. During late 1865 through early 1866, companies from the 57th US Colored Infantry Regiment and the 125th United States Colored Infantry Regiment had been assigned to posts in New Mexico Territory to provide protection for settlers in the area, and escort those going further west. Wade, along with most other Radical Republicans, was highly critical of President Andrew Johnson (who became President after Lincoln's assassination). Wade supported the Freedmen's", "title": "Benjamin Wade" }, { "docid": "6260125", "text": "Happy Rockefeller Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy \"Happy\" Rockefeller (June 9, 1926 – May 19, 2015) was a philanthropist and the second wife of the 49th Governor of New York and 41st Vice President of the United States, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979). She was First Lady of New York from her marriage to then-Governor Rockefeller in 1963 until he left office in 1973, and Second Lady of the United States during her husband's tenure as Vice President from December 19, 1974 until his term ended on January 20, 1977. Margaretta Large Fitler was born at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1926. Her", "title": "Happy Rockefeller" }, { "docid": "19865156", "text": "exclusive economic zone of any sovereign state and the United States. The 1992 legislation was drafted as House Bill H.R. 2152 and Senate Bill S. 884. The H.R. 2152 bill superseded the S. 884 bill which was passed by the 102nd United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush on November 2, 1992. The federal statute was drafted as five titles defining the United States bearing on judicial enforcement and marine conservation of large scale driftnet fishing in the Seven Seas. High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992", "title": "High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992" }, { "docid": "3940719", "text": "her sons, Eric, was born with \"Down Syndrome\". List of Latino Republicans Rosario Marin Rosario Marin (born April 4, 1958) was the 41st Treasurer of the United States from August 16, 2001, to June 30, 2003, serving under President George W. Bush. She is the first person since William Clark to assume the post without having been born a United States citizen. She is the only foreign-born Treasurer of the United States. Marin was born Rosario Spindola in Mexico City, Mexico. Her father Mariano, a worker in a label-making factory in California, brought his family to the United States in", "title": "Rosario Marin" }, { "docid": "3940690", "text": "Rosario Marin Rosario Marin (born April 4, 1958) was the 41st Treasurer of the United States from August 16, 2001, to June 30, 2003, serving under President George W. Bush. She is the first person since William Clark to assume the post without having been born a United States citizen. She is the only foreign-born Treasurer of the United States. Marin was born Rosario Spindola in Mexico City, Mexico. Her father Mariano, a worker in a label-making factory in California, brought his family to the United States in 1972 on visas provided by his employer. The move was initially resisted", "title": "Rosario Marin" }, { "docid": "14349373", "text": "Third Army as part of the Occupation of the Rhineland in Germany. It returned to the United States in July 1919 and was demobilized. In 1924, the squadron was reconstituted and consolidated with the United States Army Air Service 41st Squadron. It was inactivated by the United States Air Force as the 429th Bombardment Squadron in 1962. The 41st Aero Squadron has its origins at the Signal Corps Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. There, a squadron of 180 men was formed and sent to Kelly Field, Texas, arriving there on 5 July 1917. At this time, Kelly Field was a barren,", "title": "41st Aero Squadron" }, { "docid": "3109632", "text": "Sumner and co-sponsored by Representative Benjamin F. Butler, both Republicans from Massachusetts, in the 41st Congress of the United States in 1870. Congress removed the coverage of public schools that Sumner had included. The act was passed by the 43rd Congress in February 1875 as a memorial to honor Sumner, who had just died. It was signed into law by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1875. President Grant had wanted an entirely different law to help him suppress election-related violence against blacks and Republicans in the South. Congress did not give him that, but instead wrote a", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1875" }, { "docid": "18127957", "text": "Governor Horatio Seymour of New York. Incumbent President Andrew Johnson sought the 1868 Democratic nomination, but Seymour took the nomination after twenty two ballots. Democrats gained several seats in the House elections, but Republicans continued to maintain a commanding majority. In the Senate elections, Republicans and Democrats both won seats, but Republicans maintained a huge majority in the chamber. 1868 United States elections The 1868 United States elections was held on November 3, electing the members of the 41st United States Congress. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were barred from voting. This was the", "title": "1868 United States elections" }, { "docid": "14349372", "text": "41st Aero Squadron The 41st Aero Squadron was a Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron as part of the 5th Pursuit Group, Second United States Army. Its mission was to engage and clear enemy aircraft from the skies and provide escort to reconnaissance and bombardment squadrons over enemy territory. The squadron was never fully organized, and with Second Army's planned offensive drive on Metz cancelled due to the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron was assigned to the United States", "title": "41st Aero Squadron" }, { "docid": "5712277", "text": "be known as Loop 9 and would likely be the first segment to be built. President George Bush Turnpike The President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT) is a toll road running through the northern, northeastern and western suburbs, forming a partial loop around Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. At its west end near Belt Line Road in Irving, State Highway 161 (SH 161) continues southwest to Interstate 20 (I-20) in Grand Prairie. The discontinuous free frontage roads along the turnpike from I-35E in Carrollton east to its", "title": "President George Bush Turnpike" }, { "docid": "5712262", "text": "President George Bush Turnpike The President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT) is a toll road running through the northern, northeastern and western suburbs, forming a partial loop around Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. At its west end near Belt Line Road in Irving, State Highway 161 (SH 161) continues southwest to Interstate 20 (I-20) in Grand Prairie. The discontinuous free frontage roads along the turnpike from I-35E in Carrollton east to its end at I-30 in Garland are assigned the State Highway 190 (SH 190) designation. SH", "title": "President George Bush Turnpike" }, { "docid": "13100737", "text": "and the vice president of Bluestem Beef, Inc. Prior to her election to the legislature, she was the treasurer of Cedar Rapids School Board. Sullivan was elected in 2008 to represent the 41st Nebraska legislative district. She was named to the Building Maintenance, Education, Government, Military and Veterans Affairs, and the Legislature's Planning Committees. Kate Sullivan (legislator) Kate Sullivan (born March 1, 1950 in Burwell, Nebraska) is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2008, she was elected to the Nebraska Legislature, representing the 41st District. Kate Sullivan graduated from Ord High School in", "title": "Kate Sullivan (legislator)" }, { "docid": "3759862", "text": "41st United States Congress in November 1866, but did not take his seat, instead entering the U.S. Senate. Conkling was elected in January 1867 a U.S. Senator from New York, and re-elected in 1873 and 1879, served from March 4, 1867 to May 16, 1881. Through the eight years of President Grant's administration (March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877), he stood out as the spokesman of the President and one of the principal leaders of the Republican Party in the Senate. In 1873, Grant urged him to accept an appointment as Chief Justice of the United States, but Conkling", "title": "Roscoe Conkling" }, { "docid": "661903", "text": "for his service to the nation as a \"soldier, legislator and statesman.\" Despite being immobile, Dole signaled over to an aide to assist him in standing for the national anthem prior to the ceremony. Dole, age 95, using a wheelchair, stood-up with the help of an aide at the funeral of George H.W. Bush in the United States Capitol rotunda on December 4, 2018, and saluted to pay his respects to the late 41st President of the United States. On January 18, 1989, Dole was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Reagan. On January 17, 1997, Senator Dole", "title": "Bob Dole" }, { "docid": "18563048", "text": "in 1998, Bush ran again, defeating Lieutenant Governor Buddy MacKay (incumbent Governor Lawton Chiles would die in early December 1998, so although defeating McKay, Bush succeeded McKay, who ascended upon Chiles' death). He was reelected in 2002 by a sizeable margin. The second-born son of George H. W. Bush and younger brother of George W. Bush, the 41st and 43rd Presidents of the United States, respectively, Jeb Bush would have been, had he been elected, the first brother of a President, and his father, George H. W. Bush, would have been the first President to have two sons hold the", "title": "Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign" }, { "docid": "9647034", "text": "June 2015 the 589th Brigade Support Battalion was inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX as a result of the 41st Field Artillery Brigade Transformation to the 1st Cavalry Division Artillery (DIVARTY). On 16 April 2007, 4th Fires Brigade reflagged to 41st Fires Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. 589th Brigade Support Battalion (United States) The 589th Brigade Support Battalion (589th BSB) was a support unit in the 41st Fires Brigade stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. The unit inactivated at during a ceremony at Fort Hood in 2015. The 589th BSB was originally constituted 31 July 1944 in the Army of the United States", "title": "589th Brigade Support Battalion (United States)" }, { "docid": "16908220", "text": "law by President Ulysses S. Grant on February 28, 1871. Second Enforcement Act The Enforcement Act of 1871, sometimes called the Civil Rights Act of 1871 or the Second Ku Klux Klan Act, was a United States federal law. The act was the second of three Enforcement Acts passed by the United States Congress from 1870 to 1871 during the Reconstruction Era to combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans from groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Republican Representative John C. Churchill from New York introduced his bill H.R. 2634 in the 41st United States Congress. The bill", "title": "Second Enforcement Act" }, { "docid": "12740388", "text": "redesignated the 41st Tactical Group and activated At Cigli Air Base, Turkey in April 1966, where it replaced the 7231st Combat Support Group controlling tactical fighter squadrons deploying to Cigli. The squadron was inactivated in July 1970 as United States Air Force deployments were concentrated at Incirlik Air Base. The 7241 Support Squadron assumed the remaining personnel and equipment of the group until American operations at the base ended. 41st Tactical Group The 41st Tactical Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 7217th Air Division at Cigli Air Base, Turkey, where it", "title": "41st Tactical Group" }, { "docid": "14800697", "text": "nominee. On August 28, 2008, at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, in a stadium filled with supporters, Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Obama was elected 44th President of the United States of America on November 4, 2008, opening his victory speech with, \"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.\" On January 20, 2009, Obama was sworn", "title": "Post–civil rights era in African-American history" }, { "docid": "5757279", "text": "41st United States Congress The Forty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1871, during the first two years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority. The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this", "title": "41st United States Congress" }, { "docid": "9644851", "text": "the administration of President José Manuel Marroquín. The Panamanian troops, aided by military advisers and troops from the United States of America, had declared their independence. This action was supported by President Theodore Roosevelt, who had expressed interest in building an interoceanic canal in this strategic region. There had been a treaty between Colombia and United States of America, the Hay–Herrán Treaty, signed on January 12, 1903, by which the United States would finance, direct and supervise the construction of the canal. In the 1904 presidential race, which did not have any Liberal candidates, Reyes ran against another conservator; General", "title": "Rafael Reyes" }, { "docid": "3650966", "text": "wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Many of the veterans also visited the World War II memorial for the first time. Several were accompanied by family (including spouses, children, grandchildren, and in a couple of cases, great grandchildren). \"The Jungeleer\" is the publication of the 41st Infantry and is available to all former members of this division. 41st Infantry Division (United States) The 41st Infantry Division was composed of National Guard units from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, North Dakota and Washington that saw active service in World War I and World War II. It was one of", "title": "41st Infantry Division (United States)" }, { "docid": "3650932", "text": "from Guard units of the northwestern United States and trained at Camp Greene, North Carolina. It consisted of the 81st Infantry Brigade (161st and 162nd Infantry Regiments) and the 82nd Infantry Brigade (163rd and 164th Infantry Regiments). On 26 November 1917 the 41st Division embarked for Europe as part of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), commanded by General John J. Pershing. Men of the 41st were aboard the \"SS Tuscania\" when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk off the coast of Northern Ireland. In France, however, the 41st Division received a major disappointment. It was designated a", "title": "41st Infantry Division (United States)" }, { "docid": "19217145", "text": "idea came about to restructure all these individual organizations into one permanent organization. These fighting group organizations founded the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America that was open to all who had served honorably or are serving in the United States Armed Forces. A bill was introduced on July 17, 1985 in ninety-ninth Congress (1985–1986) to recognize the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America. It was signed by then US President Ronald Reagan to be put into force from November 6, 1986. This patriotic organization was originally formed in Ohio by 30", "title": "Army and Navy Union of the United States of America" }, { "docid": "11892494", "text": "Battalion redeployed to Fort Bliss TX in September 2013 after 9 successful months of fighting. Within a year of redeployment from Afghanistan, 3-41 was once again called upon, deploying to Fort Knox, KY in support of Cadet Training from March to August 2014. World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire Southwest Asia: Campaigns to be determined Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Freedom 41st Infantry Regiment (United States) The U.S. 41st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army.", "title": "41st Infantry Regiment (United States)" }, { "docid": "16244956", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky The 1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kentucky was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 45.84% to 44.88% by a margin of 0.96%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.67% of the popular vote. , this is the last time that the", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky" }, { "docid": "16270588", "text": "Sussex County voted for the Democratic candidate. 1996 United States presidential election in Delaware The 1996 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 51.82% to 36.58% by a margin of 15.24%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 10.60% of the popular vote. ,", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Delaware" }, { "docid": "16270587", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Delaware The 1996 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 51.82% to 36.58% by a margin of 15.24%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 10.60% of the popular vote. , this is the last election in which", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Delaware" }, { "docid": "16244055", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Illinois The 1996 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 54.32% to 36.81% by a margin of 17.51%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.03% of the popular vote. , this is the last election in which", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Illinois" }, { "docid": "16217174", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Idaho The 1996 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Idaho was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) over President Bill Clinton (D), with Dole winning 52.18 percent to 33.65 percent for a margin of 18.53 percent. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 12.71 percent of the popular vote. , this is the", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Idaho" }, { "docid": "16205803", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Wyoming The 1996 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wyoming was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Dole winning 49.81% to 36.84% over President Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 12.97%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 12.25% of the popular vote. , this is the last election in which", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Wyoming" }, { "docid": "16245088", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Kansas The 1996 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kansas was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) over President Bill Clinton (D), with Dole winning 54.29 percent to 36.08 percent by a margin of 18.21 percent. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.62 percent of the popular vote, a sharp decline from", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Kansas" }, { "docid": "16222786", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Washington (state) The 1996 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Washington State was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 49.84 percent to 37.30 percent for a margin of 12.54 percent. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.92 percent of the popular vote. , this", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Washington (state)" }, { "docid": "16213888", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Wisconsin The 1996 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wisconsin was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning by 48.81 percent to 38.48 percent, or a margin of 10.33 percent. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 10.35 percent of the popular vote. , this is", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Wisconsin" }, { "docid": "11683441", "text": "1996 United States presidential election in Missouri The 1996 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Missouri was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 47.54% to 41.24% by a margin of 6.3%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 10.06% of the popular vote. Since 1904, this state has been carried by", "title": "1996 United States presidential election in Missouri" } ]
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who plays ruben amaro jr on the goldbergs
[ "Niko Guardado" ]
[ { "docid": "8047634", "text": "Also in 2009, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (PSWA) named him its Executive of the Year. Amaro is co-founder of the Richie Ashburn Harry Kalas Foundation, which provides baseball camps for underprivileged children in the Delaware Valley. He also serves on the local YMCA board in Philadelphia. A teenage Amaro (portrayed by Niko Guardado) is a recurring minor character in the ABC series \"The Goldbergs\", which is set in the 1980s. Amaro attended the same school as TV and film producer Adam F. Goldberg, on whose adolescence the show is based. Amaro portrayed his own father in Season 5, Episode", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "8047634", "text": "Also in 2009, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (PSWA) named him its Executive of the Year. Amaro is co-founder of the Richie Ashburn Harry Kalas Foundation, which provides baseball camps for underprivileged children in the Delaware Valley. He also serves on the local YMCA board in Philadelphia. A teenage Amaro (portrayed by Niko Guardado) is a recurring minor character in the ABC series \"The Goldbergs\", which is set in the 1980s. Amaro attended the same school as TV and film producer Adam F. Goldberg, on whose adolescence the show is based. Amaro portrayed his own father in Season 5, Episode", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." } ]
[ { "docid": "8047601", "text": "Aguilas del Zulia baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, recently winning the LVBP championship 2017. He also has a son David Amaro, a daughter Alayna Amaro, and his youngest son Ruben Andres Amaro. Amaro served as a member of the board of the Baseball Assistance Team, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping former Major League, Minor League, and Negro League players through financial and medical hardships. Amaro died on March 31, 2017 of natural causes. His son, Rubén Amaro Jr., portrayed him on a season 5 episode of \"The Goldbergs\", an ABC series which is set in", "title": "Rubén Amaro Sr." }, { "docid": "15494772", "text": "of the most consistent hitters that have passed through the Mexican League, playing for seventeen seasons and batting over .300 in eleven of them. When he hung up his spikes in 1955, he retired with a .314 overall average with 1,339 hits. In 1951, he replaced Martin Dihigo as manager of the Veracruz Eagle, a team he led to the championship in 1952 and 1961. His son Ruben Amaro, played 11 years in American Major League Baseball, and his grandson, Ruben Amaro, Jr., also played in the major leagues and was the general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. <br> Santos", "title": "Santos Amaro" }, { "docid": "13393620", "text": "Citizens Bank Park. Ultimately, Mayberry played in 134 games, recording just a .227 batting average, 11 home runs, and 39 runs batted in. After the season, the Phillies tendered a contract to him despite external pressure not to do so. Ruben Amaro Jr. commented that he sees Mayberry as a valuable player off the bench for a relatively cheap price. Bill Baer, a writer for \"Crashburn Alley\", a Phillies blog sponsored by ESPN, countered, \"Everything Amaro said there is accurate. Mayberry is not starter-caliber; he is an ideal platoon partner in the outfield or at first base. The only problem", "title": "John Mayberry Jr." }, { "docid": "17580465", "text": "be \"sellers\" rather than \"buyers\" (trade better players for future prospects, rather than trading future prospects for established players) by the July 31 trade deadline. However, the Phillies management (including general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. and president Dave Montgomery) did not think a fire sale would benefit the organization. According to Amaro: Marlon Byrd and closer Jonathan Papelbon were top trade candidates because of other teams' needs and the fact that neither had no-trade clauses. Papelbon expressed a willingness to be traded, saying that it was \"mind-boggling\" to him that some players would prefer to remain on a losing team.", "title": "2014 Philadelphia Phillies season" }, { "docid": "9444779", "text": "Andrés Montiel Andrés Montiel (), is a Mexican actor born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He started acting professionally at age 19, and soon developed solid theatre experience appearing in several plays and notable productions of Hamlet and The Lonesome West. Since year 2001, he began to act in films. He can be seen opposite Gael García Bernal as journalist Ruben in the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award Nominated El crimen del Padre Amaro (\"The Crime of Father Amaro\") and in many other films such as the critically acclaimed \"Más que a nada en el mundo\" (More than Anything in the", "title": "Andrés Montiel" }, { "docid": "18255598", "text": "award. On 3 March 2014, Doctora was included in the starting lineup of the Philippines against Malaysia for a friendly before the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. On 11 April 2014, Doctora registered his first international goal for the Philippines while playing against the Nepal national football team in a friendly. Ruben Doctora Ruben \"Balot\" Doctora Jr. (born May 17, 1986) is a Filipino footballer who plays for Philippines Football League club Stallion Laguna F.C. as a striker. Doctora is the captain of his club. He has represented the Philippines at the international level. On 17 December 2012, Stallion FC defeated", "title": "Ruben Doctora" }, { "docid": "18255597", "text": "Ruben Doctora Ruben \"Balot\" Doctora Jr. (born May 17, 1986) is a Filipino footballer who plays for Philippines Football League club Stallion Laguna F.C. as a striker. Doctora is the captain of his club. He has represented the Philippines at the international level. On 17 December 2012, Stallion FC defeated Global FC to win the 2012 UFL Cup at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila to a score of 2–1. Doctora and Spanish striker Rufo Sánchez scored one goal apiece to upset previous league champions Global. Doctora also won the Golden Ball award, the tournament’s equivalent to the Most Valuable Player", "title": "Ruben Doctora" }, { "docid": "8047635", "text": "11. Rubén Amaro Jr. Rubén Amaro Jr. (born February 12, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player and General Manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1991 to 1998. Amaro was named the General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on November 3, 2008, succeeding Pat Gillick and remained in that position until September 10, 2015. He previously served as the first base coach for the Boston Red Sox. He is the son of former Major League Baseball player Rubén Amaro Sr. Born and raised in the Rhawnhurst neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Amaro played Little League", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "8047623", "text": "Rubén Amaro Jr. Rubén Amaro Jr. (born February 12, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player and General Manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1991 to 1998. Amaro was named the General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on November 3, 2008, succeeding Pat Gillick and remained in that position until September 10, 2015. He previously served as the first base coach for the Boston Red Sox. He is the son of former Major League Baseball player Rubén Amaro Sr. Born and raised in the Rhawnhurst neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Amaro played Little League Baseball", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "2092704", "text": "the season with a 17–10 record, giving him a career win percentage of .660, good enough for 18th all-time. In December, \"Sports Illustrated\" named Halladay as one of the five pitchers in the starting rotation of its MLB All-Decade Team. On December 15, 2009, the Blue Jays traded Halladay to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league prospects Travis d'Arnaud, Kyle Drabek, and Michael Taylor. He agreed to a contract extension worth US$60 million that included a US$20 million vesting option for a fourth season. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. had unsuccessfully attempted to get Halladay at the non-waiver trade", "title": "Roy Halladay" }, { "docid": "15435335", "text": "of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Galvis denied any wrongdoing, commenting, \"I cannot understand how even this tiny particle of a banned substance got into my body. I have not and never would knowingly use anything illegal to enhance my performance.\" He was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for a banned substance. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. said \"It's disappointing. We fully support the program and the decision. At the same time, we support the player.\" He did not play for the remainder of the Phillies' 2012 season. There was", "title": "Freddy Galvis" }, { "docid": "5855775", "text": "league and from the Phillies fan base mostly consisted of sadness, a growing disdain for Ruben Amaro Jr. and gratitude to Manuel for his tenure. Several Phillies veterans, including Chase Utley and Cole Hamels, expressed regret and guilt, believing their lack of production led to Manuel's firing; they said that they viewed Manuel as a fatherly figure. Sandberg commented the next day, \"It was a roller coaster of a day emotionally. It affected me and I think it affects the players.\" Manuel received praise from the media for his class in handling the situation, and sportswriters mostly exonerated him of", "title": "Charlie Manuel" }, { "docid": "8047632", "text": "voters wanted Amaro to be removed from his position, with only 6.4% wanting Amaro to remain GM. His performance with the Phillies was unlike his predecessor; in May 2014, \"Sporting News\" ranked Amaro the worst general manager in Major League Baseball, noting his propensity to sign aging veterans who fail to perform at a level commensurate with their contract. He was removed from his position with the Phillies on September 10, 2015. Amaro was hired as first base coach by the Boston Red Sox for the 2016 season, returning to the field for the first time since retiring as a", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "20192104", "text": "Ruben Henriques Jr. Ruben Henriques Jr. (1771-1846) was a Jewish-Danish banker. He founded the brokerage firm R. Henriques jr. in 1801. Ruben Henriques Jr. was born into the Jewish Henriques family in 1771 in Copenhagen, the son of Bendix Moses Henriques and Elischewa Chawa Henriques. He founded the brokerage firm R. Henriques jr. in 1801. It grew and Hentiques became one of the richest men in Copenhagen. The company was based in a building on Amagertorv. Ruben Henriques Jr. married twice. His first wife was Frederikke Rée and his second wife was Jeruchim-Jorika Henriques. He had a total of 18", "title": "Ruben Henriques Jr." }, { "docid": "2131833", "text": "comics when he was a child (his biggest influence being Garry Trudeau's \"Doonesbury\"), and sometimes features their styles in his work. However, he didn't aspire to be a full-time cartoonist; instead he studied economics as an undergraduate at Tufts University and later attended Harvard Law School (graduating in 1987). It was at Harvard in the mid-1980s that Fisher came up with the idea for \"Tom the Dancing Bug\" and his pseudonym, Ruben Bolling (which is a melding of the names of two favorite old-time baseball players, Ruben Amaro and Frank Bolling). Tom the Dancing Bug originally ran in the \"Harvard", "title": "Ruben Bolling" }, { "docid": "8047629", "text": "being the defending World Series holders, Amaro traded for Cliff Lee and signed free agent Pedro Martinez who contributed to the Phillies' run to the World Series. In 2010, Amaro traded for Roy Halladay while dealing away Lee, then when the Phillies were 3½ games behind the Braves in late July he pulled off another trade to get Roy Oswalt \"triggering a late-season blitz to baseball's best record\". Before the 2011 season Amaro managed to convince Lee, then a free agent courting interest from the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees, to re-sign with the Phillies and join a pitching", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "9240669", "text": "Ruben Santiago-Hudson Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born Ruben Santiago, Jr., November 24, 1956) is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. From 2009 to 2011, he played Captain Roy Montgomery in ABC's \"Castle\". In November 2011 he appeared on Broadway in Lydia R. Diamond's play \"Stick Fly\". In 2013 he starred in the TV series \"Low Winter Sun\", a police drama set in Detroit. Ruben Hudson was born in 1956 in Lackawanna, New York, the son of Alean Hudson and Ruben Santiago, a railroad worker. He later adopted his mother's maiden", "title": "Ruben Santiago-Hudson" }, { "docid": "15803470", "text": "EFL Trophy tie against AFC Wimbledon on 29 August 2017. He was released by Barnet at the end of the 2017–18 season. Bover joined FC Andorra on 8 December 2018. He scored on his debut the following day. Ruben Bover Ruben Bover Izquierdo (born 24 June 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Andorra. He plays primarily as a winger, but can also play as an attacking midfielder or a striker. Born in Majorca, Bover began his career at the academy of Mallorca. When he was 17, he moved to England and signed for Conference National side Kidderminster", "title": "Ruben Bover" }, { "docid": "20192105", "text": "children. Two of his sons, Aron and Martin Henriques, took over the company in 1852. Sally Henriques, Samuel Henriques and Nathan Henriques, were all painters. His granddaughter Marie Henriques, the youngest daughter of Martin Henrigues, was also a painter. His daughter Dorothea Melchior née Henriques was a close friend of Hans Christian Andersen. Ruben Henriques Jr. Ruben Henriques Jr. (1771-1846) was a Jewish-Danish banker. He founded the brokerage firm R. Henriques jr. in 1801. Ruben Henriques Jr. was born into the Jewish Henriques family in 1771 in Copenhagen, the son of Bendix Moses Henriques and Elischewa Chawa Henriques. He founded", "title": "Ruben Henriques Jr." }, { "docid": "18979873", "text": "add a pitcher who was needed by the team. The Philadelphia Phillies selected Hoskins in the fifth round, with the 142nd overall selection, of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, based on the scouting report by scout Joey Davis and the recommendation by then–scouting director Marti Wolever to then–general manager Ruben Amaro. He signed with the Phillies, receiving a $349,700 signing bonus. Hoskins spent his first professional season with the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League, where he posted a .237 batting average with nine home runs and 40 runs batted in (RBIs). He started 2015", "title": "Rhys Hoskins" }, { "docid": "8047624", "text": "for Crispin Gardens. Amaro is Jewish; his mother Judy Amaro-Perez (née Herman) is of Russian-Jewish heritage and his father was a Marrano Sephardic Mexican-Cuban. He later was a batboy for the Phillies from 1980 to 1983 when his father, Rubén Amaro Sr., was their first base coach. Amaro graduated from William Penn Charter School (same high school as Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan) in 1983, where he played baseball and soccer. He graduated from Stanford University in 1987. He was a member of the Stanford team that won the NCAA 1987 College World Series. He led the team in runs", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "4669229", "text": "general manager Rubén Amaro, Jr. was named his successor. Gillick remained in the organization as a senior advisor to Amaro and Phillies president David Montgomery. In August 2014, Gillick became interim president of the Phillies while Montgomery was on medical leave. In January 2015, Montgomery returned but became Phillies chairman, while Gillick assumed the club presidency on a permanent basis. Gillick returned to his senior advisor role after the Phillies promoted Andy MacPhail to President, who first joined the Phillies organization as a special assistant to Gillick during the 2015 season. Since 2016, Gillick served as part-owner of teams in", "title": "Pat Gillick" }, { "docid": "9240674", "text": "and was asked if he spoke Spanish. (He does not.) When he wanted to work at the Negro Ensemble Company, \"they laughed and said, 'We don't have Puerto Ricans,' \" he said. So he added his mother's name, Hudson, and eventually won a part in \"\"A Soldier's Play\"\" at the Ensemble Company. Ruben Santiago-Hudson Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born Ruben Santiago, Jr., November 24, 1956) is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. From 2009 to 2011, he played Captain Roy Montgomery in ABC's \"Castle\". In November 2011 he appeared on", "title": "Ruben Santiago-Hudson" }, { "docid": "7004511", "text": "Ruben Ecleo Ruben Edera Ecleo Sr. (December 9, 1934 – December 20, 1987) was a Filipino cult leader who founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, Incorporated (PBMA, INC.) in 1965, and the mayor of the Municipality of Dinagat, Surigao del Norte from 1963 up to 1987. Married to Glenda Buray Ecleo, they had eight children: Ruben Jr., Glorigen, Grace, Benglen, Allan I, Allan II, Geraldine and Gwendolyn. Ecleo also has a son with former mistress Reyneria Borja named Ruben Al. According to the teachings he propagated, he was born from a poor family in the island of Cabilan in the", "title": "Ruben Ecleo" }, { "docid": "7004518", "text": "Ruben Ecleo Sr. and his group PBMA has an estimated membership of 3.5 million in 2002, but real statistics could be significantly lower. Ruben Ecleo Ruben Edera Ecleo Sr. (December 9, 1934 – December 20, 1987) was a Filipino cult leader who founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, Incorporated (PBMA, INC.) in 1965, and the mayor of the Municipality of Dinagat, Surigao del Norte from 1963 up to 1987. Married to Glenda Buray Ecleo, they had eight children: Ruben Jr., Glorigen, Grace, Benglen, Allan I, Allan II, Geraldine and Gwendolyn. Ecleo also has a son with former mistress Reyneria Borja", "title": "Ruben Ecleo" }, { "docid": "20735404", "text": "first try for the Selects on October 15, 2017, appearing as a substitute in the Selects' 45–26 victory over Canada. De Haas made his debut with the USA Eagles on February 17, 2018, appearing as a substitute in the Eagles' 45–13 victory over Chile in the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship. Ruben de Haas Ruben Pieter de Haas (born October 9, 1998) is a rugby union player who plays scrum-half for the United States men's national team, the in the Pro14, and the in the Rugby Challenge. Ruben de Haas was born on October 9, 1998, the son of Pieter de", "title": "Ruben de Haas" }, { "docid": "20735400", "text": "Ruben de Haas Ruben Pieter de Haas (born October 9, 1998) is a rugby union player who plays scrum-half for the United States men's national team, the in the Pro14, and the in the Rugby Challenge. Ruben de Haas was born on October 9, 1998, the son of Pieter de Haas and grandson of Gerard de Haas, both first class rugby players with the . De Haas attended Jessieville High School and played rugby for the Little Rock Junior Stormers, the only high school rugby team in the state of Arkansas. After having represented the United States on age-grade level", "title": "Ruben de Haas" }, { "docid": "19402351", "text": "Ruben Licera Jr Ruben Batiancila Licera Jr (born May 17, 1980) is a blogger, digital marketer and social media consultant from Cebu Philippines. As a blogger, Licera is one of the Anti-Cybercrime Law advocates in Cebu. He is active in social media-related discussions in Cebu. In 2013, he organized the first Social Media Influencers Summit (Philippines), and is the front runner of Social Good Summit Cebu. In 2014, he was awarded as the \"Social Media Advocate\" and the \"Blogger of the Year\" by Cebu Media Excellence Awards. Ruben Licera is married to Iren Sangre-Licera, with whom he has two children.", "title": "Ruben Licera Jr" }, { "docid": "7536061", "text": "United States at the time of his appointment. Ruben Garcia Jr. (FBI agent) Ruben Garcia Jr. (born August 15, 1951) is a former Executive Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Garcia was born to Mexican-American parents, Cecilia and Ruben Garcia in Brownfield, the seat of Terry County in West Texas near Lubbock. After graduation from Brownfield High School, Garcia subsequently earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where he excelled in baseball as an All-American pitcher for the Red Raiders. After a short lived career with the Kansas City Royals baseball organization,", "title": "Ruben Garcia Jr. (FBI agent)" }, { "docid": "7536059", "text": "Ruben Garcia Jr. (FBI agent) Ruben Garcia Jr. (born August 15, 1951) is a former Executive Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Garcia was born to Mexican-American parents, Cecilia and Ruben Garcia in Brownfield, the seat of Terry County in West Texas near Lubbock. After graduation from Brownfield High School, Garcia subsequently earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where he excelled in baseball as an All-American pitcher for the Red Raiders. After a short lived career with the Kansas City Royals baseball organization, Garcia joined the FBI as a Special Agent", "title": "Ruben Garcia Jr. (FBI agent)" }, { "docid": "15803465", "text": "Ruben Bover Ruben Bover Izquierdo (born 24 June 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Andorra. He plays primarily as a winger, but can also play as an attacking midfielder or a striker. Born in Majorca, Bover began his career at the academy of Mallorca. When he was 17, he moved to England and signed for Conference National side Kidderminster Harriers. Following his release by cash strapped Kidderminster, he joined Halesowen Town during the summer of 2010. He impressed during pre-season friendlies often playing back up to winger Daryl Taylor. Following Taylor's departure, however, Bover became first choice", "title": "Ruben Bover" }, { "docid": "7475400", "text": "as performing on-stage acoustic guitar for the play. \"Lackawanna Blues\" is intended to be a one-man show. The actor narrating the play (an adult Ruben) was intended to portray more than 20 other characters, as well as the starring role of the young Ruben. The play was very well received. \"The New York Times\" called it a \"tour de force.\" Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson won an OBIE special citation for \"Lackawanna Blues,\" while Bill Sims, Jr. won an OBIE for his music. This is the true story of Ruben Santiago, Jr. growing up in Lackawanna, New York. He was raised by", "title": "Lackawanna Blues" }, { "docid": "6521016", "text": "several original plays as well as \"The Zoo Story\" by Edward Albee and \"Saved\" by Edward Bond. During this time, Stephan also returned to Poland to perform in the Gombrowicz play \"The Feast at Countess Kotlubay's\" Translated to English by UCLA Professor Michael Hackett. After college, Stephan found himself interested in multimedia art and graphic design. He worked as an Art Director for Virgin Entertainment for a few years and then went off on his own and developed multimedia backdrops for plays (\"Cesar and Ruben\" by Ed Begley, Jr.) andvarious award ceremonies. In 2003, Stephan put together and directed his", "title": "Stephan Szpak-Fleet" }, { "docid": "8047633", "text": "player. After the 2017 season, Amaro was named the first base coach of the New York Mets under manager Mickey Callaway. Following the season he was moved to an front-office advisory role under general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and was replaced by Glenn Sherlock as the first base coach. In 2008, Amaro was one of three people inducted into the All-American Amateur Baseball Association Hall of Fame. In 2009, Amaro was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. That same year, baseball fans nationwide voted him the MLB \"This Year in Baseball Awards\" 2009 Executive of the Year.", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "9658919", "text": "had strong Argentine themes in it. She retired from films in 1954. She left Cuba for Panama in 1959, and settled there with her husband and manager, Orlando Villegas, and their daughter, Idania. For 10 years, she hosted a daily television program and participated in many benefit shows. In 1968, Amaro moved to Miami. Here, she had her own theater on Southwest 57th Avenue and she starred in My Husband's Lover, with her daughter Idania, Germán Barrios and Miguel de Grandy Jr. She also hosted the TV programs \"The Blanquita Amaro Show\" and \"Say It in Mime\", and appeared in", "title": "Blanquita Amaro" }, { "docid": "8047628", "text": "before being named general manager. His first seven were under Wade, followed by three seasons under Gillick. On November 1, 2008, the day after the Philadelphia Phillies second Broad Street Parade, it was confirmed that Amaro would be the new general manager as well as senior vice president of the Philadelphia Phillies. Amaro signed a three-year contract. The Phillies won the National League East the first three years of his tenure, appearing in the 2009 World Series and finishing with the best record in baseball during the 2010 and 2011 regular seasons. In 2009, with the Phillies pitchers struggling despite", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "8047627", "text": "released by the Blue Jays, and the following day he signed as a free agent with the Phillies. He batted .313 for the Phillies that year with a .380 on-base percentage. In eight seasons in the major leagues, Amaro appeared in 485 games, batting .235 with 16 home runs and 100 RBIs. He played for both the 1993 NL champion Phillies and the 1995 AL champion Indians. Amaro joined the Phillies front office immediately after his playing career ended in 1998, hired by then Phillies general manager Ed Wade. He served as assistant GM for the Phillies for 10 seasons", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "15996068", "text": "announced that Ligeon was sent on loan at Willem II, together with Lesly de Sa and Richairo Živković. Ligeon left Slovan Bratislava on 31 August 2017. Ligeon trained afterwards with the Danish Superliga-club AGF in December 2017. On 16 January 2018, Ligeon signed a contract for 2.5 years with Dutch Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle. Ruben Ligeon Ruben Ewald Ligeon (born 24 May 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays as a right back for PEC Zwolle in the Dutch Eredivisie. Ligeon played for SV De Meteoor and OSV in his early career before joining the youth ranks of", "title": "Ruben Ligeon" }, { "docid": "13227095", "text": "in June 2016. Molde FK Ruben Gabrielsen Ruben Gabrielsen (born 10 March 1992) is a Norwegian football defender, who currently plays for Molde. He started his career in FK Toten, and went from there to SK Gjøvik-Lyn. After half a season on the senior team he was signed by Lillestrøm, featuring for their B team in the Norwegian Second Division. On April 4, 2009 Gabrielsen became the youngest ever Lillestrøm player to debut in the Eliteserien in a game against Aalesunds FK at the age of 17 years and 25 days. Gabrielsen was called up to the senior Norway squad", "title": "Ruben Gabrielsen" }, { "docid": "13227094", "text": "Ruben Gabrielsen Ruben Gabrielsen (born 10 March 1992) is a Norwegian football defender, who currently plays for Molde. He started his career in FK Toten, and went from there to SK Gjøvik-Lyn. After half a season on the senior team he was signed by Lillestrøm, featuring for their B team in the Norwegian Second Division. On April 4, 2009 Gabrielsen became the youngest ever Lillestrøm player to debut in the Eliteserien in a game against Aalesunds FK at the age of 17 years and 25 days. Gabrielsen was called up to the senior Norway squad for a friendly against Belgium", "title": "Ruben Gabrielsen" }, { "docid": "20803964", "text": "19 June 2018, following his contract extension, Sammut agreed to join Scottish side, Falkirk on a season-long loan and was given the number 8 jersey upon arrival. On 14 July 2018, he went onto make his professional debut during Falkirk's Scottish League Cup defeat against Montrose, featuring for the full 90 minutes in the 1–0 loss. Still eligible to represent England and Malta at international level, Sammut has featured for Scotland from under-16 to under-21 level. Ruben Sammut Ruben Alexander Michael Sammut (born 26 September 1997) is an English-born Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Falkirk on", "title": "Ruben Sammut" }, { "docid": "18352390", "text": "Dominick Carisi Jr. Dominick \"Sonny\" Carisi Jr. is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama \"\", portrayed by Peter Scanavino. Carisi is a detective with the Manhattan SVU at the 16th Precinct of the New York Police Department. His badge number is 0188. Carisi, an Italian-American, is an inexperienced detective who transfers to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit as Detective Nick Amaro's (Danny Pino) temporary replacement when Amaro is reassigned to Queens. He began his law enforcement career as a patrol officer in the Bronx. After getting his detective's shield, he did some time in Vice and then", "title": "Dominick Carisi Jr." }, { "docid": "9412157", "text": "Marco Ruben Marco Gastón Ruben Rodríguez (born 26 October 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Rosario Central as a striker. Born in Capitán Bermúdez, Santa Fe Province, Ruben started his career with Rosario Central in 2004. In the 2006 \"Apertura\" tournament he scored seven goals in 17 matches to be the team's top scorer, and this brought him to the attention of several major clubs in Argentina and Europe, with Club Atlético River Plate eventually winning the battle and paying US$7.5 million for his signature, alongside teammates Juan Ojeda and Cristian Villagra. After a short spell, Manuel", "title": "Marco Ruben" }, { "docid": "15996066", "text": "Ruben Ligeon Ruben Ewald Ligeon (born 24 May 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays as a right back for PEC Zwolle in the Dutch Eredivisie. Ligeon played for SV De Meteoor and OSV in his early career before joining the youth ranks of Ajax. He made his debut for the first team in a home draw against AZ on 15 October 2011, replacing André Ooijer in the 45th minute. He scored his first goal in the 41st minute of a 8–0 pre-season friendly match win over VV Noordwijk on 16 July 2012. He scored his second goal", "title": "Ruben Ligeon" }, { "docid": "20803963", "text": "Ruben Sammut Ruben Alexander Michael Sammut (born 26 September 1997) is an English-born Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Falkirk on loan from Chelsea. Born in Maidstone, Sammut joined Chelsea in 2004 at under-8 level and went onto make his under-18 debut in March 2013. Following this, he quickly became a regular in Chelsea's academy sides, featuring in both their UEFA Youth League and FA Youth Cup successes in 2015 and 2016. Despite rumours suggesting Sammut was to leave the club following the conclusion of the 2017–18 campaign, he signed a new one-year deal in June. On", "title": "Ruben Sammut" }, { "docid": "19402353", "text": "Yolanda, and Cebu-Bohol Earthquake Situationer Crisis Mapping. Licera had served for more than 4 years, in different capacities, the southern Philippines blogging society Cebu Bloggers Society. During his term he had organized the following: In 2014, Licera, together with Bjornson Bernales, Channel Imperial, Gay Aida Dumaguing and Mary Narvasa, started Cebu Blogging Community. With this organization, they have organized the Cebu Blogging Summit—an annual event where they showcase bloggers' experiences. Ruben Licera Jr Ruben Batiancila Licera Jr (born May 17, 1980) is a blogger, digital marketer and social media consultant from Cebu Philippines. As a blogger, Licera is one of", "title": "Ruben Licera Jr" }, { "docid": "6108630", "text": "he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for fellow utility player Ruben Amaro. He played very sparingly in Philadelphia, appearing in only 63 games over a season & a half. On July 11, , he was traded to the New York Mets for second baseman Chuck Hiller. Linz's finest game as a Met came on May 25, . Entering the game 0 for 25 for the season, Linz went three for four with two runs scored in a 9-1 drubbing of the Atlanta Braves. </div> . or Baseball Almanac, or Ultimate Mets Database, or Baseball Library Phil Linz Philip Francis", "title": "Phil Linz" }, { "docid": "9412162", "text": "he netted the 1–1 equalizer in an eventual 1–2 loss. Marco Ruben Marco Gastón Ruben Rodríguez (born 26 October 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Rosario Central as a striker. Born in Capitán Bermúdez, Santa Fe Province, Ruben started his career with Rosario Central in 2004. In the 2006 \"Apertura\" tournament he scored seven goals in 17 matches to be the team's top scorer, and this brought him to the attention of several major clubs in Argentina and Europe, with Club Atlético River Plate eventually winning the battle and paying US$7.5 million for his signature, alongside teammates", "title": "Marco Ruben" }, { "docid": "18458225", "text": "Ruben Loftus-Cheek Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (born 23 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Chelsea and the English national team. Loftus-Cheek was born in Lewisham, London. Loftus-Cheek is of Guyanese descent. He is the half-brother, on his father's side, of former professional footballers Carl and Leon Cort. His younger brother, Joe, is a semi-professional footballer. Loftus-Cheek joined Chelsea at the age of eight. He impressed at the beginning of the 2011–12 season before picking up a hip injury, from which he recovered by the end of the season to make a substitute appearance", "title": "Ruben Loftus-Cheek" }, { "docid": "18844602", "text": "due to a Football Manager database mismatch. Ruben Aguilar (footballer) Ruben Aguilar (born 26 April 1993) is a French footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 side Montpellier. Aguilar joined AJ Auxerre in 2014 from Grenoble Foot 38. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 1 August 2014 against Le Havre AC in a 2–0 home win. In the 2016–17 season, he played 30 league matches for Auxerre. In May 2017, Aguilar signed with Montpellier HSC. Aguilar was born in France to a French mother and a Spanish father, and was once called to the Bolivian national squad", "title": "Ruben Aguilar (footballer)" }, { "docid": "18844601", "text": "Ruben Aguilar (footballer) Ruben Aguilar (born 26 April 1993) is a French footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 side Montpellier. Aguilar joined AJ Auxerre in 2014 from Grenoble Foot 38. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 1 August 2014 against Le Havre AC in a 2–0 home win. In the 2016–17 season, he played 30 league matches for Auxerre. In May 2017, Aguilar signed with Montpellier HSC. Aguilar was born in France to a French mother and a Spanish father, and was once called to the Bolivian national squad even though he has no Bolivian descent,", "title": "Ruben Aguilar (footballer)" }, { "docid": "16115798", "text": "Melanie Amaro Melanie Ann Amaro (born June 26, 1992) is a Virgin Islander-American recording artist who won the first season of \"The X Factor USA\" in 2011, securing a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and Epic Records. Amaro was also the youngest contestant to win the competition during the show's run (2011-2013). Amaro was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and raised on Tortola, British Virgin Islands since the age of three. Amaro was sent to the British Virgin Islands to live with her grandmother Catherine, after her parents Hipolito Amaro and Debra Sylvester Amaro felt they did not", "title": "Melanie Amaro" }, { "docid": "13289426", "text": "teams and moved to Lyon in 2013. Jenssen married his girlfriend of eight years, Maria Evertsen Berg, in December 2012. His best man was Christer Johnsgård, a former Tromsdalen-player who now works in Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Being a central midfielder his biggest talent is his passing ability. His vision and orientation of the game combine with an outstanding left-foot to make him a powerful player. Ruben Yttergård Jenssen Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (born 4 May 1988) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brann, and the Norwegian national team. He was playing regularly for Tromsø in the Tippeligaen", "title": "Ruben Yttergård Jenssen" }, { "docid": "7004517", "text": "his death on December 20, 1987. Days after his demise, PBMA’s leadership was bequeathed to his eldest son, Ruben B. Ecleo Jr. who was then a musician and a recording artist, who became the mayor of San Jose from 1991 to 1994, after its conversion from a barangay into a municipality in 1989. A mausoleum called the “Divine Master's Shrine” at the top of a hill in Barangay Aurelio, San Jose, Dinagat Islands was built by the PBMA members in honor of the elder Ecleo. This shrine symbolizes his lasting legacies. Considered by his followers as a seemingly \"Christ-like\" figure,", "title": "Ruben Ecleo" }, { "docid": "8047600", "text": "joining the New York Yankees, Amaro suffered a knee ligament injury in a collision with left fielder Tom Tresh. The injury limited Amaro to just 14 games in 1966. Amaro's father, Santos, was an outfielder in the Mexican League. His second son, Rubén Jr., was an outfielder in Major League Baseball in the 1990s, served as the General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies from 2009–2015, and is currently the First Base Coach for the New York Mets. Amaro's third son, Luis, also played briefly for the Philadelphia Phillies in minor league baseball, and is currently the General Manager of the", "title": "Rubén Amaro Sr." }, { "docid": "8047631", "text": "first-base/DH types\". However, the latter part of Amaro's tenure as GM was unsuccessful as they failed to reach the postseason in 2012 and subsequent seasons. Howard's performance ended up far worse than skeptics expected, and by 2014 Amaro was \"trying hard to deal Howard away, expressing a willingness to eat a lot of the money\". Shortly after Amaro fired manager Charlie Manuel in 2013, Manuel admitted he knew the Phillies roster lacked enough \"pieces to win\" in 2012 and 2013. In July 2014, a \"Stay Or Go\" poll was conducted by Philly.com with over 10,000 fans involved, and 93.6% of", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "11453827", "text": "Ruben J. Ramos Ruben J. Ramos, Jr. (born December 30, 1973) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2008, where he represents the 33rd Legislative District. He also served as a city councilman in Hoboken. Ramos and his running mates won a contentious primary battle in June 2007, defeating a slate supported by the Hudson County Democratic Organization led by then-Assemblyman Silverio Vega. The youngest elected official in Hoboken history, he represented the Fourth Ward and served as city council president. Ramos, a teacher by profession, is employed by the Paterson", "title": "Ruben J. Ramos" }, { "docid": "18719923", "text": "(1887–1957), was listed a musician. McFall attended Westlake College of Music in Hollywood, California, one of the first institutions in the county to offer a diploma in jazz. The school was founded in 1945 and ran until 1961. In Los Angeles, during the early 1950s, his friends included trumpeter Donald Roy Fromknecht, Jr. (1928–2012). Ruben McFall Reuben McFall \"(aka\" Ruben and Rubin and Ruban; born 1 Feb 1931 Los Angeles) is an American trumpeter and jazz arranger who performed as a sideman with Freddie Slack, Vido Musso, Floyd Ray, Roy Porter (from 1949 to 1950), Glen Henry, Lalo Guerrero, Stan", "title": "Ruben McFall" }, { "docid": "9796267", "text": "Saint Amaro According to Catholic tradition, Saint Amaro or Amarus the Pilgrim (, ) was an abbot and sailor who it was claimed sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to an earthly paradise. There are two historical figures who may have provided the basis for this legend. The first was a French penitent of the same name who went on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the thirteenth century. On his return journey, he established himself at Burgos, where he founded a hospital for lepers. Saint Amaro has also been identified with Saint Maurus, disciple of Saint Benedict, who founded", "title": "Saint Amaro" }, { "docid": "4904831", "text": "The Crime of Father Amaro The Crime of Padre Amaro, (, known by its literal translation The Crime of Father Amaro in Australia) is a 2002 Mexican-Spanish film directed by Carlos Carrera. It is very loosely based on the novel \"O Crime do Padre Amaro\" (1875) by 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. The film starred Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón and Sancho Gracia. It premiered on 16 August 2002 in Mexico City. When it was released, \"The Crime of Padre Amaro\" caused a controversy on the part of Roman Catholic groups in Mexico who tried", "title": "The Crime of Father Amaro" }, { "docid": "16938254", "text": "Titans and made three receptions for 59 receiving yards in a 10-17 loss to the Oakland Raiders. On September 2, 2017, Amaro was waived by the Titans. On January 9, 2018, Amaro signed a reserve/future contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was released on September 1, 2018. Jace Amaro Jace Jordan Amaro (born June 26, 1992) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Tech. Amaro is of Mexican descent. A native", "title": "Jace Amaro" }, { "docid": "16115803", "text": "Amaro was also declared to be the show's youngest contestant to win at age 19. Her prize was a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and a Sony Music label, which is the largest guaranteed prize in television history. Shortly after winning, Sony Music label Epic Records announced that they had officially signed Amaro, who will be working alongside L.A. Reid at the label. In addition to the contract, Amaro also appeared in a Pepsi commercial alongside Sir Elton John, which aired during Super Bowl XLVI on NBC. Melanie Amaro performed the following songs on \"The X Factor\": Amaro", "title": "Melanie Amaro" }, { "docid": "10279672", "text": "currently competes in the lowest division of the Lisbon Football Association, the 1st Division. Ruben Simões, a UEFA Futsal Cup winner for Benfica in 2010, is the captain of the team. The club also has a team in the youth level, which competes in the AFL Division of Honor U-19. Atlético Clube de Portugal Atlético Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese club, located in the city of Lisbon, more precisely in the parish of Alcântara. It was founded on September 18, 1942 due to the merger of two clubs of Alcântara (Carcavelinhos Football Club) and Santo Amaro (União Foot-Ball Lisboa).", "title": "Atlético Clube de Portugal" }, { "docid": "15842868", "text": "(CTI Records CTI 6041), released in 1974. Opa (Uruguayan band) Opa were an American jazz fusion band made up of Uruguayan members. They started in the 1970s, and released two albums in the US: Goldenwings (Milestone Records M-9069, 1976) and (Milestone Records M-9078, 1977). Both were produced by Brazilian musician and composer Airto Moreira. The band consisted of Hugo Fattoruso, George Fattoruso and Hugo \"Ringo\" Thielmann, plus guest artists Hermeto Pascoal, David Amaro, Barry Finnerty, Flora Purim, Ruben Rada, Gary Gazaway, Jose Pedro Beledo, etc. Opa had played on previous albums by Airto Moreira, like \"Fingers\" (CTI Records CTL 18),", "title": "Opa (Uruguayan band)" }, { "docid": "15842867", "text": "Opa (Uruguayan band) Opa were an American jazz fusion band made up of Uruguayan members. They started in the 1970s, and released two albums in the US: Goldenwings (Milestone Records M-9069, 1976) and (Milestone Records M-9078, 1977). Both were produced by Brazilian musician and composer Airto Moreira. The band consisted of Hugo Fattoruso, George Fattoruso and Hugo \"Ringo\" Thielmann, plus guest artists Hermeto Pascoal, David Amaro, Barry Finnerty, Flora Purim, Ruben Rada, Gary Gazaway, Jose Pedro Beledo, etc. Opa had played on previous albums by Airto Moreira, like \"Fingers\" (CTI Records CTL 18), released in 1973, and \"Deodato/Airto in concert\"", "title": "Opa (Uruguayan band)" }, { "docid": "16210445", "text": "at the Inland Christian Home in Ontario, California, on January 4, 2012, at the age of 89. He was survived by his three sons: Ruben Jr. (\"Bud\"), Maurice and Gary; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was inducted into the Chino Hall of Fame on January 17, 2012. Ruben Ayala (politician) Ruben Samuel Ayala (March 6, 1922 – January 4, 2012) was an American politician. Ayala served as the first elected Mayor of Chino, California from 1964 to 1966, and a California State Senator for twenty-four years from 1974 to 1998. Ayala was born on March 6, 1922, in Chino,", "title": "Ruben Ayala (politician)" }, { "docid": "8518106", "text": "Change Me (Ruben Studdard song) \"Change Me\" is the first single from Ruben Studdard's third album \"The Return\". The song is produced by The Underdogs and written by Luke Boyd, Tank, Steve Russell, Damon Thomas, Harvey Mason, Jr., and Antonio Dixon. The song follows Ruben complaining about his girlfriend trying to change what he's become. The song peaked at number 94 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number eighteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The video shows Studdard dealing with his girlfriend (played by America's Next Top Model Cycle 5 contestant Bre Scullark) trying to change him from his", "title": "Change Me (Ruben Studdard song)" }, { "docid": "13289416", "text": "Ruben Yttergård Jenssen Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (born 4 May 1988) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brann, and the Norwegian national team. He was playing regularly for Tromsø in the Tippeligaen since 2008, and became one of the team's most important players before transferring to Kaiserslautern. Early in his career, Jenssen played as a winger, but he has later played as a central midfielder. Jenssen made his international debut for Norway in May 2010, and has since then been a member of the national team squad, and a regular starter since September 2012. He is the", "title": "Ruben Yttergård Jenssen" }, { "docid": "12412544", "text": "two runs and stealing a base. Golson was not part of the postseason roster for the 2008 Phillies, who went on to win the World Series, but he did travel with the team and was in uniform for all the club's playoff games. On November 20, 2008, Golson was traded by the Phillies to the Texas Rangers for John Mayberry, Jr. Phillies general manager Rubén Amaro, Jr. called the trade a speed-for-power' swap\". Golson received one at-bat for the Rangers in 2009, spending most of his season at the AAA level with the Oklahoma RedHawks. In 146 plate appearances, Golson", "title": "Greg Golson" }, { "docid": "12537214", "text": "Ruben's older brother Alfonso Ramos Jr. joined their uncle's group. In the mid 1950s, the band then became the Alfonso Ramos Orchestra. Ruben continued with the band on weekends, increasingly singing English cover R&B tunes, even as he landed a \"good job\" with the state insurance department. Now, all five Ramos brothers were performing. As the orchestra's drummer, Ruben performed throughout the 1960s with Alfonso's band. The band played a mix of tunes, from cha chas and cumbias to boleros and rancheras. Ruben provided the vocals and the push to many of the English songs the band played. In 1969,", "title": "Ruben Ramos" }, { "docid": "1560751", "text": "on radio. Berg prevailed, however, and picked up General Foods (Sanka coffee) as its sponsor. Berg, who continued to write every episode, insisted that no studio audience be used and made sure everyday events formed the base for the stories; she was once quoted as saying she avoided \"anything that will bother people ... unions, fund raising, Zionism, socialism, intergroup relations. ... I keep things average. I don't want to lose friends.\" Berg's hard work and determination paid off. In 1950, she won the first Best Actress Emmy Award for her role as Molly on \"The Goldbergs\". \"The Goldbergs\" was", "title": "The Goldbergs (broadcast series)" }, { "docid": "17221176", "text": "Matías Conti Matías Ruben Conti (born 17 January 1990) is an Argentine football who plays as a striker for Liga 1 Club Borneo. He was born on January 17, 1990. Son of Alice and Ruben, with three siblings,he lives in same village to Gabriel Batistuta, who Conti refer him as his idol. Conti begins to chart a path that can lead to the first in a short time. Protagonist highlight of the fourth division in the first months of 2009 where he scored 10 goals, the striker Santa Fe began to be called up reserves and start of second season", "title": "Matías Conti" }, { "docid": "8047626", "text": "the major leagues on June 8, 1991. On December 8, 1991, he was traded by the Angels with Kyle Abbott to the Philadelphia Phillies for Von Hayes. In 1992 he finished third in the NL with 9 hit-by-pitches. On November 2, 1993, he was traded by the Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Heathcliff Slocumb. Amaro made the Cleveland Indians World Series roster in 1995 over Dave Winfield. On November 9, 1995, he was released by the Indians. On January 24, 1996, he was signed as a free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays. On May 5, 1996, he was", "title": "Rubén Amaro Jr." }, { "docid": "18454698", "text": "Amaro Lucano Amaro Lucano is an Italian herbal liqueur in the Amaro category. It is produced by Amaro Lucano S.p.A., a family-owned company based in Pisticci, Basilicata. The adjective \"Lucano\" comes from Lucania, another name for Basilicata. It was originally created in 1894 by Pasquale Vena, a pastry chef who blended more than 30 herbs. The secret recipe has been passed from generation to generation in the Vena family. In 1900, Amaro Lucano gained fame throughout the Kingdom of Italy, after the Vena family became the official supplier to the House of Savoy, whose coat of arms appears on the", "title": "Amaro Lucano" }, { "docid": "927990", "text": "practice, as Celebre's was not a Phillies sponsor, and it was considered free advertising. Ashburn was allowed to make on-air birthday and anniversary wishes during Phillies games. To circumvent the Phillies' request he started to say, \"I'd like to send out a special birthday wish to the Celebre's twins – Plain & Pepperoni!\" Harry Kalas was heard on radio in 2007 making a similar wish. Rubén Amaro, Jr., former general manager of the Phillies and son and namesake of Rubén Amaro, Sr., Phillies shortstop from the sixties and coach, co-founded the Richie Ashburn Foundation, which provides free baseball camp for", "title": "Richie Ashburn" }, { "docid": "18631528", "text": "and Adam (Sean Giambrone). ABC renewed \"The Goldbergs\" for its second season on May 8, 2014. For season two, \"The Goldbergs\" was moved to a new night and time; Wednesdays at 8:30 pm (ET). On October 23, 2014, ABC gave the season a full 24-episode order. On May 7, 2015, the show was renewed for a third season. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The Goldbergs (season 2) The second season of the American television comedy series \"The Goldbergs\" premiered on ABC on September 24, 2014. The season was produced by Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Happy Madison Productions, and Sony Pictures Television, and the", "title": "The Goldbergs (season 2)" }, { "docid": "18458236", "text": "box and he moves well off the ball.\" Throughout his career, Loftus-Cheek has been playing either as a central or defensive midfielder, but former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte stated that he sees Loftus-Cheek with the potential of a striker since he has \"good technique, good personality and he is good one vs one.\" Chelsea Youth Chelsea England U21 England Individual Ruben Loftus-Cheek Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (born 23 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Chelsea and the English national team. Loftus-Cheek was born in Lewisham, London. Loftus-Cheek is of Guyanese descent. He is", "title": "Ruben Loftus-Cheek" }, { "docid": "14100452", "text": "Joyride (1977 film) Joyride is a 1977 film directed by Joseph Ruben. The screenplay was written by Ruben and Peter Rainer. Scott (Desi Arnaz, Jr.) and the couple John (Robert Carradine) and Suzie (Melanie Griffith) leave their jobs in California, and take their car on a ferry to Alaska with some saved money and dreams of making an easy fortune salmon fishing. Upon arriving, they enter a bar and the two men start slamming local hooch until they get drunk. Suzie meets an older man working for the oil pipeline who says he can get all three of them a", "title": "Joyride (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "19049063", "text": "and Adam (Sean Giambrone). ABC renewed \"The Goldbergs\" for its third season on May 7, 2015. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The Goldbergs (season 3) The third season of the American television comedy series \"The Goldbergs\" premiered on ABC on September 23, 2015. The season was produced by Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Happy Madison Productions, and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers are Adam F. Goldberg, Doug Robinson, and Seth Gordon. The show explores the daily lives of the Goldberg Family; a family living in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania in the 1980s. Beverly Goldberg (Wendi McLendon-Covey), the overprotective matriarch of the Goldbergs is married to", "title": "The Goldbergs (season 3)" }, { "docid": "12507574", "text": "Diamondbacks. On November 3, the Phillies named Rubén Amaro, Jr. to be the general manager after Pat Gillick retired at the end of a three-year contract. Amaro previously had a long history with the Phillies, serving as a bat boy in the 1980s, a player in the 1990s, and as assistant general manager for the Phillies from 1998 until his appointment as general manager. Gillick remained with the Phillies as an advisor. On November 13, Sam Perlozzo joined the Phillies as third base coach and fielding/infield coach after spending the 2008 season in the same position for the Seattle Mariners.", "title": "2009 Philadelphia Phillies season" }, { "docid": "16115808", "text": "American hip-hop recording artist, Fabolous. It is the second independent release of the artist ever since her departure from Syco & Epic Records. \"Dust\" was finally released to digital retail stores in September 2015, a solo version without Fabolous was also released. On February 17, 2016, Amaro released a new song \"The One\". Melanie Amaro Melanie Ann Amaro (born June 26, 1992) is a Virgin Islander-American recording artist who won the first season of \"The X Factor USA\" in 2011, securing a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and Epic Records. Amaro was also the youngest contestant to win", "title": "Melanie Amaro" }, { "docid": "7475399", "text": "memories, testimonials and \"roman a clefs\" of \"Miss Rachel,\" or Nanny, as the young Ruben Santiago, Jr. calls her. Largely abandoned by his parents, Ruben finds that Nanny becomes his surrogate family. Various incidents in Ruben's and Nanny's life are portrayed, with a large cast of quirky minor characters—friends, boarders, family members, visitors, relatives, and so on—providing commentary on Nanny's strength of character, intelligence, and morality. The play included several songs, either sung by the characters in the play or as ambient music heard via a radio or through a window. Bill Sims Jr. provided the original music, as well", "title": "Lackawanna Blues" }, { "docid": "4801829", "text": "numerous others, played for the team. Managers of note included Mike Compton and Ruben Amaro. In 1978, the team became the Auburn Sunsets and were co-operated by the Phillies and Houston Astros. Managed by Dick Rockwell, the team went achieved a 32–40 record, finishing third in the league's Yawkey Division. The team featured future major league players Carmelo Castillo and Alejandro Sanchez and future major league general manager Dave Littlefield. In 1979 the club became known as the Auburn Red Stars. The team featured future MLB player Doug Frobel. The Red Stars operated under a co-operative agreement. The Red Stars", "title": "Auburn Doubledays" }, { "docid": "17580479", "text": "Williams' quality start in the second game, winning 7–2, but their series-victory streak ended when they lost the final game 6–5 (A. J. Burnett's 15th loss of the season). Although the Phillies won 14 games and lost 13 in August, their first winning month since March (when they were 1–0), Ruben Amaro said that the team needed \"significant\" changes to contend in the near future. They were in the middle of the NL in August, ranking eighth in batting average (.251), seventh in runs scored (107) and tied for fifth place in home runs (23). Among the team's offensive leaders", "title": "2014 Philadelphia Phillies season" }, { "docid": "16094548", "text": "Francisco de Santiago Silva Francisco de Santiago Silva (died February 2, 2008, at the age of 79) was a visual artist from Mexico. He is the author of works such as \"Cosmic Rose\". According to those familiar with his work like artist Ruben Amaro Galvez, his paintings reveal the sensitive geometry and visual language of singular originality that meets the geometric rigor with muted color and texture poetry that unifies the other elements: the land that blends their irregularities in the grass. He researched different color techniques and became interested in contemporary materials.He participated in many exhibitions. De Santiago’s fame", "title": "Francisco de Santiago Silva" }, { "docid": "13686393", "text": "in the majors and 60 games in the minors for Philadelphia's Triple-A affiliate, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (batting .286 with 5 HRs and 28 RBIs). He hit .235 with 5 homers and 26 runs driven in during his stint with the Major League club. He started the season off in the Triple-A minor leagues, as General Manager Ruben Amaro wanted Brown to get regular playing time, rather than spotty and unpredictable playing time. He was called up to the majors in July, but did not play too well, hitting .235. Brown suffered from several injuries in 2012, including right knee", "title": "Domonic Brown" }, { "docid": "13110501", "text": "2013, it was announced that Amazon Studios had ordered a pilot episode. Reese, Wernick and Pollone were joined by Eli Craig, who directed the pilot. Tyler Ross plays Columbus, Kirk Ward plays Tallahassee, Maiara Walsh plays Wichita and Izabela Vidovic plays Little Rock. The pilot was released in April 2013 on Lovefilm and at Amazon Video. On May 17, 2013, Rhett Reese, creator of the TV adaptation, announced that \"Zombieland: The Series\" would not be picked up to be a series by Amazon. Zombieland Zombieland is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by", "title": "Zombieland" }, { "docid": "13609606", "text": "festivals for his films \"The Stepfather\", \"True Believer\", starring Robert Downey Jr. and James Woods, and \"Dreamscape\", starring Dennis Quaid. His 2014 feature, \"Penthouse North\", stars Michael Keaton and Michelle Monaghan. He will return to direct the serial killer thriller \"Jack\" after not working for six years. Ruben is also attached to direct the film \"The Politician's Wife\" written by Nicholas Meyer. Joseph Ruben Joseph Porter Ruben (born May 10, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. His earlier films, such as \"The Stepfather\", have become cult classics. In the 1990s, he went to direct high-grossing mainstream films", "title": "Joseph Ruben" }, { "docid": "18527394", "text": "50% of the vote so the top two candidates, Vicente Gonzalez and Juan \"Sonny\" Palacios, Jr. faced a Runoff Election, which Gonzales won by a landslide margin of 66% - 34%. Former Rio Grande City Mayor Ruben Villarreal, Pastor Tim Westley, and Edinburg School Board Member Xavier Salinas are running for the Republican Party nomination. No candidate received 50% of the vote so the top two candidates, Tim Westley and Ruben Villarreal will face a Runoff Election. On May 24, 2016, Gonzalez defeated Palacios, for the Democratic nomination, Tim Westley defeated Ruben Villarreal, for the Republican Nomination. They went on", "title": "2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas" }, { "docid": "13305966", "text": "Matt Bush (actor) Matthew \"Matt\" Bush (born March 22, 1986) is an American actor, best known for the film \"Adventureland\" and his AT&T Rollover Minutes commercials. He starred in the TBS comedy \"Glory Daze\" as Eli Feldman, a freshman who rushes the wildest fraternity on a 1980s college campus. He is also featured in a 2018 Pizza Hut commercial and currently plays Andy Cogan on \"The Goldbergs\". Bush was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He is of Italian descent. His parents, Linda and Dennis Bush, run a magic act. Bush attended Beck Middle School, Cherry", "title": "Matt Bush (actor)" }, { "docid": "20652466", "text": "Morgan Brown (footballer) Morgan Emmalise Crisostomo Brown (born October 20, 1995) is an American-born Filipina footballer who plays for the Philippines women's national football team. Morgan Brown was born on October 20, 1995 to Curtis and Susan Brown and has two sisters. Brown, a native of Chino Hills, California played for the women's soccer team of Ruben S. Ayala High School under coach Jeffrey Allen. Her team was the undefeated champions of the 2010-11 Sierra League, the quarter finalists of the 2010 CIF-SS D2 and 2012 CIF D3, the finalist of the 2011 CIF D3. Ruben S. Ayala also participated", "title": "Morgan Brown (footballer)" }, { "docid": "14036238", "text": "Manassé Enza-Yamissi Manassé Ruben Enza-Yamissi (born 29 September 1989 in Bangui) is a Central African football player who plays as a centre back for Annecy He played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for Nîmes Olympique and in the Championnat de France amateur for the reserve team of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. In 2010, he joined SC Amiens with whom he gained promotion to the Ligue 2. After the team was relegated to the Championnat National, Enza-Yamissi left. In the summer of 2012 Ruben joined Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești. He signed a two year contract with the Romanian side. After", "title": "Manassé Enza-Yamissi" }, { "docid": "10327591", "text": "is sweet, thick and has a gentle herbal bitterness. It is 29% alc/volume (formerly 32%) and distilled and bottled in Italy. Averna is a classic digestif, often served on the rocks or neat. It also is an ingredient in some cocktails. Amaro Averna Amaro Averna is an Italian liqueur in the Amaro category produced in Caltanissetta, Sicily. It is named after its inventor, Salvatore Averna, who invented the recipe in 1868. This drink is produced on the Island of Sicily and is considered a traditional drink. The Averna company was acquired in 2014 by Gruppo Campari. In 1802, Salvatore Averna.", "title": "Amaro Averna" }, { "docid": "7706554", "text": "who played the part (Ana Claudia Talancón) turned 22 in the year the film was released. In 2005, Carlos Coelho da Silva directed a movie \"O Crime do Padre Amaro\" in Portugal. This was a production sponsored by the SIC television channel. Padre Amaro (Jorge Corrula) and Amélia (Soraia Chaves) were the main characters. According to the IMDB, this was (as of January 2006) the most successful Portuguese movie in Portuguese box office history. O Crime do Padre Amaro O Crime do Padre Amaro (\"The Crime of Father Amaro\"), subtitled 'Scenes of Religious Life', is a novel by the 19th-century", "title": "O Crime do Padre Amaro" }, { "docid": "18454702", "text": "an apéritif and digestif, after-dinner drink, and all-day drink. It is used in cocktails such as Italian Sangria, Gelato Lucano, Amarcord. Amaro Lucano Amaro Lucano is an Italian herbal liqueur in the Amaro category. It is produced by Amaro Lucano S.p.A., a family-owned company based in Pisticci, Basilicata. The adjective \"Lucano\" comes from Lucania, another name for Basilicata. It was originally created in 1894 by Pasquale Vena, a pastry chef who blended more than 30 herbs. The secret recipe has been passed from generation to generation in the Vena family. In 1900, Amaro Lucano gained fame throughout the Kingdom of", "title": "Amaro Lucano" }, { "docid": "19354933", "text": "They are the parents of three children, Erica (Hayley Orrantia), Barry (Troy Gentile), and Adam (Sean Giambrone). ABC renewed \"The Goldbergs\" for its fourth season on March 3, 2016. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The Goldbergs (season 4) The fourth season of the American television comedy series \"The Goldbergs\" premiered on ABC on September 21, 2016. The season was produced by Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Happy Madison Productions, and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers are Adam F. Goldberg, Doug Robinson, and Seth Gordon. The season contains 24 half-hour episodes. The season concluded on May 17, 2017. The show explores the daily lives", "title": "The Goldbergs (season 4)" }, { "docid": "17284709", "text": "recurring role from \"The Goldbergs\" as Andre Glascott. Jay Chandrasekhar was also confirmed to direct. On May 17, 2017, ABC passed on the spin-off, despite it reportedly testing very well - going as far to test better than the pilot of the original series. At the same time, Adam F. Goldberg revealed the title of the failed spin-off - \"Schooled\". On January 8, 2018, it was announced that the pilot would air as a special episode of \"The Goldbergs\" on January 24, 2018, under the episode title \"The Goldbergs: 1990-Something\". Along with Nia Long as Lucy Winston and Tim Meadows", "title": "The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)" }, { "docid": "17284700", "text": "The Goldbergs (2013 TV series) The Goldbergs is an American television period sitcom that premiered on September 24, 2013, on ABC. The series was created by Adam F. Goldberg and stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia, and George Segal. The show is produced by Adam F Goldberg, Seth Gordon, and Doug Robinson. It is based on Goldberg's childhood and family in the 1980s, complete with a childhood version of himself. In May 2017, ABC renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season. The sixth season premiered on September 26, 2018. \"The Goldbergs\" is set", "title": "The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)" }, { "docid": "9796278", "text": "pre-Romanesque churches left in Portugal. Some parts date from the sixth century and the interior columns and capitals are carved with foliages and geometric designs from the seventh century. Saint Amaro According to Catholic tradition, Saint Amaro or Amarus the Pilgrim (, ) was an abbot and sailor who it was claimed sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to an earthly paradise. There are two historical figures who may have provided the basis for this legend. The first was a French penitent of the same name who went on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the thirteenth century. On his", "title": "Saint Amaro" } ]
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what are the three branches of us government
[ "executive", "judicial", "legislative" ]
[ { "docid": "1602821", "text": "Federal government of the United States The Federal Government of the United States (U.S. Federal Government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic in North America, composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and several island possessions. The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the federal courts, respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of congress, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to", "title": "Federal government of the United States" }, { "docid": "4148413", "text": "other three branches.” Fourth branch of government In politics of the United States, the fourth branch of government is an unofficial term referring to groups or institutions perceived variously as influencing or acting in the stead of the three branches of the US federal government defined in the Constitution of the United States (Legislative, Executive and Judicial). Views as to whether the influence is due or undue or the actions are for good or ill also vary. Such groups can include the press (as a departure from the 'Fourth Estate'), the people (in sum or as grand juries), and interest", "title": "Fourth branch of government" }, { "docid": "20676977", "text": "Privacy and the US government Privacy and the United States government consists of enacted legislation, funding of regulatory agencies, enforcement of court precedents, creation of congressional committees, evaluation of judicial decisions, and implementation of executive orders in response to major court cases and technological change. Because the United States government is composed of three distinct branches governed by both the separation of powers and checks and balances, the change in privacy practice can be separated relative to the actions performed by the three branches. Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Presidency work closely with one another to help define privacy", "title": "Privacy and the US government" }, { "docid": "9690502", "text": "Government of New York (state) The Government of the State of New York, headquartered at the New York State Capitol in Albany, encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. state of New York, as established by the state's constitution. Analogously to the US federal government, it is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The head of the executive is the Governor. The Legislature consists of the Senate and the Assembly. The Unified Court System consists of the Court of Appeals and lower courts. The state is also divided into counties, cities, towns, and villages, which are all municipal", "title": "Government of New York (state)" }, { "docid": "4148403", "text": "Fourth branch of government In politics of the United States, the fourth branch of government is an unofficial term referring to groups or institutions perceived variously as influencing or acting in the stead of the three branches of the US federal government defined in the Constitution of the United States (Legislative, Executive and Judicial). Views as to whether the influence is due or undue or the actions are for good or ill also vary. Such groups can include the press (as a departure from the 'Fourth Estate'), the people (in sum or as grand juries), and interest groups. The Independent", "title": "Fourth branch of government" }, { "docid": "387999", "text": "included features of many new concepts, including hard-learned historical lessons about the checks and balances of power. Similar concepts were also prominent in the state governments of the United States. As colonies of Great Britain, the founding fathers considered that the American states had suffered an abuse of the broad power of parliamentarism and monarchy. As a remedy, the US Constitution limits the powers of the federal government through various means, in particular, the three branches of the federal government are divided by exercising different functions, and the executive and legislative powers are separated in origin by separate elections and", "title": "Separation of powers" }, { "docid": "11194131", "text": "Government of Virginia The government of Virginia combines the three branches of authority in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current Governor of Virginia is Ralph Northam. The State Capitol building in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the cornerstone was laid by Governor Patrick Henry in 1785. Virginia currently functions under the 1971 Constitution of Virginia. It is the Commonwealth's seventh constitution. Under the Constitution, the government is composed of three branches, the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The statewide elected officials are governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. All three officers are separately elected to four-year terms", "title": "Government of Virginia" }, { "docid": "9375143", "text": "Government of Georgia (U.S. state) The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or \"checks and balances\", each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority, in turn, regulated by the other branches. The seat of government for Georgia is located in Atlanta. The current statewide elected officials are as follows:", "title": "Government of Georgia (U.S. state)" }, { "docid": "476451", "text": "of the pomp and ceremony behind the State of the Union address is governed by tradition rather than law, in modern times, the event is seen as one of the most important in the US political calendar. It is one of the few instances when all three branches of the US government are assembled under one roof: members of both houses of Congress constituting the legislature, the President's Cabinet constituting the executive, and the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court constituting the judiciary. In addition, the military is represented by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, while foreign", "title": "State of the Union" }, { "docid": "62750", "text": "the use of the metric system of measurement instead of national units previously used. Constitutions usually explicitly divide power between various branches of government. The standard model, described by the Baron de Montesquieu, involves three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. Some constitutions include additional branches, such as an auditory branch. Constitutions vary extensively as to the degree of separation of powers between these branches. In presidential and semi-presidential systems of government, department secretaries/ministers are accountable to the president, who has patronage powers to appoint and dismiss ministers. The president is accountable to the people in an election. In", "title": "Constitution" }, { "docid": "12376909", "text": "in which key decisions are made democratically by the community as a whole, with students and faculty on equal footing. Examples of such schools include Marlboro College, Shimer College, and College of the Atlantic. In addition, historically, many US schools followed a \"student-faculty council\" model, with governance shared between elected representatives of the student body and the faculty. Many student governments are structured similarly to the federal government of the United States, consisting of distinct executive, legislative, and judicial branches. These structures often include elements which are not found in the federal government (e.g. legislative veto, programming branches, initiative, recall,", "title": "Student governments in the United States" }, { "docid": "4601062", "text": "Government of Indonesia The term Government of Indonesia (Indonesian: \"Pemerintah Indonesia\") can have a number of different meanings. At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government – the Executive branch, Legislative branch and Judicial branch. The term is also used colloquially to mean the Executive and Legislature together, as these are the branches of government responsible for day-to-day governance of the nation and lawmaking. At its narrowest, the term is used to refer to the Executive Branch in form of the Cabinet of Indonesia as this is the branches of government responsible for day-to-day", "title": "Government of Indonesia" }, { "docid": "11812579", "text": "Government of Indiana The government of Indiana is established and regulated by the Constitution of Indiana. The state-level government consists of three branches, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch. The three branches share power and jointly govern the state of Indiana. County and local governments are also constitutional bodies with limited authority to levy taxes, pass legislation, and create and maintain local public infrastructure. The government of Indiana was first formed in December 1816 and replaced the government of the Indiana Territory. The early government came under criticism beginning as early as the 1820s for having", "title": "Government of Indiana" }, { "docid": "387979", "text": "review, the judiciary is still separate from the other branches. Australia does not maintain a strict separation between the legislative and executive branches of government—indeed, government ministers are required to be members of parliament—but the federal judiciary strictly guards its independence from the other two branches. However, under influence from the American constitution, the Australian constitution does define the three branches of government separately, and this has been interpreted by the judiciary to induce an implicit separation of powers. State governments have a similar level of separation of power, but this is generally on the basis of convention, rather than", "title": "Separation of powers" }, { "docid": "11812598", "text": "Government of Kansas The government of the U.S. state of Kansas, established by the Kansas Constitution, is a republican democracy modeled after the Federal Government of the United States. The state government has three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. Through a system of separation of powers, or \"checks and balances,\" each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, and also some authority to regulate the other two branches, so that all three branches can limit and balance the others' authority. The state government is based in Topeka, Kansas. The state government of Kansas", "title": "Government of Kansas" }, { "docid": "152284", "text": "Politics of Gabon Politics of Gabon takes place in a framework of a republic whereby the President of Gabon is head of state and in effect, also the head of government, since he appoints the prime minister and his cabinet. The government is divided into three branches: the Executive (headed by the prime minister (although previously grabbed by the president), the legislative that is formed by the two chambers of parliament. The judicial branch, like other two branches, is technically independent and equal to other three branches, although in practice, since its judges are appointed by the president, it is", "title": "Politics of Gabon" }, { "docid": "10890420", "text": "a CNN article as saying related to the Latif case and efforts to get Latif transferred or released \"So now, the executive is against transfers, Congress is against transfers and the courthouse doors are shut,\" \"All three branches of the government are aligned against us.\". On September 8, 2012 Latif, who had a history of mental illness, was said to have committed suicide by the Department of Defense. and Remes via Amnesty International promised to continue his work on behalf of Guantanamo detainees who have been ordered released, only to have their cases reversed by appeals courts. However, Latif's cause", "title": "David H. Remes" }, { "docid": "1602821", "text": "Federal government of the United States The Federal Government of the United States (U.S. Federal Government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic in North America, composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and several island possessions. The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the federal courts, respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of congress, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to", "title": "Federal government of the United States" }, { "docid": "11812597", "text": "Dan Quayle, a native of Huntington in the northeastern part of the state. However, Bayh announced that he would not be seeking the Presidency on December 16, 2006. The state's U.S. Senators are Junior Sen. Todd Young (Republican) and Senior Sen. Joe Donnelly (Democratic). Both Senators have proved popular in the state. Government of Indiana The government of Indiana is established and regulated by the Constitution of Indiana. The state-level government consists of three branches, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch. The three branches share power and jointly govern the state of Indiana. County and local", "title": "Government of Indiana" }, { "docid": "9375150", "text": "four years. Serving members wield both executive and legislative power in their county. Most of the 536 cities in Georgia are governed by a mayor-council system. All municipalities in the state are considered cities. Most basic public services rendered outside of the cities are provided by the counties. Government of Georgia (U.S. state) The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or \"checks and balances\", each of these branches", "title": "Government of Georgia (U.S. state)" }, { "docid": "1991892", "text": "United States Government Publishing Office The United States Government Publishing Office (GPO) (formerly the Government Printing Office) is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States federal government. The office produces and distributes information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of the Supreme Court, the Congress, the Executive Office of the President, executive departments, and independent agencies. The name was changed to its current form on December 17, 2014, pursuant to an omnibus spending bill to fund US federal", "title": "United States Government Publishing Office" }, { "docid": "13020256", "text": "Government of Zamboanga City The Government of Zamboanga City, also known as the Zamboanga City Government is the local government unit in-charge of the City of Zamboanga. It is a mayor-council form of government supervised directly by the President of the Philippines and the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government. The city government has three interdependent branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The powers of the branches are vested by the 1991 Local Government Code of the Philippines in the following: The legislative power of the city is vested in the unicameral Sangguniang Panglungsod.", "title": "Government of Zamboanga City" }, { "docid": "4199685", "text": "by creating a system of checks and balances through the separation of powers. Articles One, Two, and Three of the Constitution create three separate branches of government, equal in level power, but different in responsibility, that all control the government. In assuming each branch would want to expand its powers, it was necessary that each have the ability to fend off power grabs from other branches. The three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial— compete with each other through certain powers that allow them to “check” the others and “balance” the government. Examples of this include the legislative branch's power to override", "title": "Limited government" }, { "docid": "4514026", "text": "One protection was separation of powers, such as bicameralism in the US Congress and the three branches of the national government: legislative, executive, and judicial. Having two houses was intended to serve as a brake on popular movements that might threaten particular groups, with the US House of Representatives representing the common people and the US Senate defending the interests of the state governments. The House was to be elected by popular vote, and the Senate was to be chosen by state legislatures. The executive veto and the implied power of judicial review, which was later made explicit by the", "title": "Concurrent majority" }, { "docid": "5713013", "text": "autonomous regions, where the residents of the local government units have to ratify in a plebiscite their inclusion in such a setup. Government of the Philippines The Government of the Philippines () is the national government of the Philippines. It is governed as unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic and a constitutional republic where the President function as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform multi-party system. The government has three interdependent branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The powers of the branches are", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "778955", "text": "countries. In February 2007, the Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty was substantially revised with all references to phrases such as \"will be guided\" deleted, thus eliminating the last lingering doubts about the sovereign and independent status of Bhutan. The Constitution of Bhutan provides for a government consisting of three main branches – executive, legislative, and judicial – plus the officially apolitical Dratshang Lhentshog (Monastic Affairs Commission) of the Drukpa Kagyu state religion. The secular and religious branches of government are unified in the person of the Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan). The trichotomy of secular government is not absolute. There are many", "title": "Politics of Bhutan" }, { "docid": "451350", "text": "branches of government. Published every two years with updated information, copies are available by contacting state legislators. Wisconsin's Constitution outlines the structure and function of state government. Wisconsin's government is organized into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The executive branch is headed by the governor. The current governor, Scott Walker, assumed office on January 3, 2011. In addition to the governor, the executive branch includes five other elected constitutional officers: Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Four members of the Wisconsin executive branch are Republicans. The Secretary of State is a", "title": "Wisconsin" }, { "docid": "17495822", "text": "( GAI) provides courses and training for public servants to optimize the relationships between and among the various branches of government. On 29 February to March 3 GU held the Executive – Legislative branches relations course. One notable attendee was Hon Reuben Nyangweso of Kakamega County Assemble. He was notable because he was the only foreign attendee among the various high ranking US government officials attending. It’s necessary that both branches learn to work together within the bounds of the law. This course curriculum and presenters emphasized the importance of each branch of government observing the founder’s intent. GAI’s mission", "title": "Reuben Sechele Nyangweso" }, { "docid": "8580525", "text": "Government of Oregon The government of the U.S. state of Oregon, as prescribed by the Oregon Constitution, is composed of three government branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. These branches operate in a manner similar to that of the federal government of the United States. Oregon also has a system of commissions, wherein private citizens are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate; these commissions have the authority to hire and fire the heads of the agencies they govern, and must confirm changes to the permanent rules governing those agencies. In 1857, leaders of the Oregon", "title": "Government of Oregon" }, { "docid": "5713006", "text": "Government of the Philippines The Government of the Philippines () is the national government of the Philippines. It is governed as unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic and a constitutional republic where the President function as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform multi-party system. The government has three interdependent branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The powers of the branches are vested by the Constitution of the Philippines in the following: Legislative power is vested in the two-chamber Congress of the Philippines—the Senate", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "9690510", "text": "does tax sales of cigarettes to non-tribe members on tribal territory. Government of New York (state) The Government of the State of New York, headquartered at the New York State Capitol in Albany, encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. state of New York, as established by the state's constitution. Analogously to the US federal government, it is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The head of the executive is the Governor. The Legislature consists of the Senate and the Assembly. The Unified Court System consists of the Court of Appeals and lower courts. The state is also", "title": "Government of New York (state)" }, { "docid": "5991285", "text": "is treated equally and has a say. Madison defines what \"republic\" means and states three rules which must apply to be considered a republic: This corresponds to the Madisonian republic, which means the system of government where the citizens of the state elect representatives to make decisions for them using three powerful branches: the executive, the judicial, and the legislative. From early in the Constitutional Convention, Madison held the position that the national government should be federal, because if it was more extensive in relation to the states that would increase the, \"probability of duration, happiness and good order\". It", "title": "Federalist No. 39" }, { "docid": "14221895", "text": "before the 6-month deadline, it would void his slaves' residency. The 1788 Amendment prohibited this rotation of slaves in and out-of-state to subvert Pennsylvania law. The 1780 Act had exempted personal slaves owned by members of Congress. By 1790, when Philadelphia became the temporary national capital for 10 years, there were three branches of the federal government under the US Constitution. There was confusion about whether or not the Pennsylvania law extended to all federal officials; members of Congress (legislative branch) remained exempt, but there was uncertainty regarding whether justices of the US Supreme Court (judicial branch) and the US", "title": "An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery" }, { "docid": "9173896", "text": "Government of New Jersey The government of the State of New Jersey is separated into three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The powers of the state are vested by the Constitution of New Jersey, enacted in 1947, in a bicameral state legislature (consisting of the General Assembly and Senate), the Governor, and the state courts, headed the New Jersey Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of the state legislature, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court. Like most states, the state allows the incorporation of", "title": "Government of New Jersey" }, { "docid": "9173914", "text": "district spending, collaboration and shared services) in each county. Government of New Jersey The government of the State of New Jersey is separated into three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The powers of the state are vested by the Constitution of New Jersey, enacted in 1947, in a bicameral state legislature (consisting of the General Assembly and Senate), the Governor, and the state courts, headed the New Jersey Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of the state legislature, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court.", "title": "Government of New Jersey" }, { "docid": "10288245", "text": "policies in support of Enduring Constitutional Government efforts are appropriately coordinated with those of the legislative and judicial branches in order to ensure interoperability and allocate national assets efficiently to maintain a functioning Federal Government.\" Conservative activist Jerome Corsi and Marjorie Cohn of the National Lawyers Guild have said that this is a violation of the Constitution of the United States in that the three branches of government are separate and equal, with no single branch coordinating the others. The directive, created by the president, claims that the president has the power to declare a catastrophic emergency. It does not", "title": "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive" }, { "docid": "7996944", "text": "Government of Oklahoma The government of the U.S. State of Oklahoma, established by the Oklahoma Constitution, is a republican democracy modeled after the federal government of the United States. The state government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial. Through a system of separation of powers or \"checks and balances,\" each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority, in turn, regulated by the other branches. The state government is based in Oklahoma City and the head of the executive branch", "title": "Government of Oklahoma" }, { "docid": "6800574", "text": "Papua New Guinea's Constitution purports to adopt the principle of the separation of powers, enunciated in US jurisprudence in an environment where the three branches of government are indeed separate, the executive not being responsible to the legislature. In PNG as in Australia, the principle is in fact somewhat artificially defined simply to mean that the judiciary is independent from executive interference, as established by the English \"Bill of Rights\", 1689; however, the principle does not extend, as was established in Australia during the early years of the Australian federation, to preventing the courts from rendering advisory opinions to the", "title": "Law of Papua New Guinea" }, { "docid": "12399028", "text": "but approved by a referendum) was annulled by the 2014 coup-makers who run the country as a military dictatorship. Thailand has so far had seventeen Constitutions. Throughout, the basic structure of government has remained the same. The government of Thailand is composed of three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary. The system of government is modelled after the Westminster system. All branches of government are concentrated in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand. Since May 2014 Thailand has been ruled by a military junta, the National Council for Peace and Order, which has partially repealed the 2007 constitution,", "title": "Government of Thailand" }, { "docid": "11550411", "text": "Decisions of the US District Court in Vermont are subject to review by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals headquartered in New York City. By law judges and attorneys are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. There is at least one agency which is jointly run by the Legislative and Executive branches. This is the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, which is supposed to make high-speed internet access available to all Vermonters by the end of 2010. Government of Vermont The government of Vermont is a republican form of government modeled after the Government of the United States. The", "title": "Government of Vermont" }, { "docid": "1694682", "text": "the Legislative Yuan. Dr. Sun also added two branches of government from the legacy of China's imperial past to the three branches of Western governments. The five branches or Yuan (院) are: the Executive Yuan, Legislative Yuan, Judicial Yuan, Examination Yuan, and Control Yuan. While the original intent was to have a parliamentary system (as evidenced in the existence of both a president and premier), due to the Temporary Provisions, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was allowed by the National Assembly to reduce the function of the premier and to concentrate more power in the presidency. As a result, the current government", "title": "Constitution of the Republic of China" }, { "docid": "768031", "text": "Politics of Argentina The politics of Argentina take place in the framework of what the Constitution defines as a federal presidential representative democratic Republic, where the President of Argentina is both Head of State and Head of Government. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the Argentine National Congress. The Judiciary is independent of the Executive and the Legislature. Elections take place regularly on a multi-party system. The government structure of Argentina is a democracy it contains the three branches of government. The current Chief of State and Head of Government is President Mauricio Macri. Legislative Branch is", "title": "Politics of Argentina" }, { "docid": "20123297", "text": "in the country and said some officials are willing to use foreign investment more than domestic potentialities. Mir-Salim was asked about his plans to boost cooperation among the three branches of the government. He said all branches of the government must cooperate to solve the country's problems. He added that close cooperation is needed between the executive and legislative branches. Hashemitaba, for his part, responded to a question about his plans to manage cyberspace. He said problematic cyberspace content must be controlled. Rouhani answered a question about his plans to promote non-extravagant lifestyles and said the previous administration wasted billions", "title": "2017 Iranian presidential election debates" }, { "docid": "1610493", "text": "government. The prime minister appoints Council of Ministers and Cabinet officials to their rightful area of office. The president of the Republic gives wide support across all political parties. The president of the Republic appoints Italy’s prime minister and accepts advice from the prime minister. The Italian government includes the traditional three branches: Executive, Judicial and Legislative. Australia has a constitutional monarchy – a form of government in which a monarch acts as the head of state within the parameters of a constitution. The constitution could be written, unconfined or blended. It uses what is called a \"Parliamentary System of", "title": "Presidency" }, { "docid": "9904555", "text": "authorized at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The Organic Laws of Oregon were adopted in 1843 with its preamble stating that settlers only agreed to the laws \"until such time as the United States of America extend their jurisdiction over us.\" According to a message from the government in 1844, the rising settler population was beginning to flourish among the \"savages\", who were \"the chief obstruction to the entrance of civilization\" in a land of \"ignorance and idolatry.\" The government had three branches that included a legislature, judiciary, and executive branch. The executive branch was first the", "title": "Provisional Government of Oregon" }, { "docid": "3459967", "text": "the U.S. Executive and Legislative branches of government, branches which Puerto Ricans did not participate in electing. As the government suppressed the Nationalist leaders, their political activities and influence waned. Four Nationalists opened fire on US Representatives during a debate on the floor of the US. Congress in 1954, wounding five men, one seriously. The Nationalists were tried and convicted in federal court and sentenced effectively to life imprisonment. In 1978 and 1979 their sentences were commuted by President Jimmy Carter to time served, and they were allowed to return to Puerto Rico. In the 1960s, the United States received", "title": "Independence movement in Puerto Rico" }, { "docid": "4873631", "text": "death penalty (by hanging) for non-violent crimes. The term \"Government of Singapore\" can have a number of different meanings. At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government – the Executive branch, Legislative branch (the President and Parliament of Singapore) and Judicial branch (the Supreme Court and Subordinate Courts of Singapore). The term is also used colloquially to mean the Executive and Legislature together, as these are the branches of government responsible for day-to-day governance of the nation and lawmaking. At its narrowest, the term is used to refer to the Members of Parliament (MPs)", "title": "Government of Singapore" }, { "docid": "11880690", "text": "joint resolution are certain proposals such as election of senators based on states, senators representing overseas voters and the state governor and vice-governor as one team. The Judicial and Bar Council which screens nominees to the judiciary would be abolished. Geographic locations of the three branches of the government would also be reconsidered. In the proposal, the legislative department would be transferred to what would become the State of Central Visayas while the judicial department would be moved somewhere within the State of Northern Luzon. The executive department would remain within the federal administrative region of Metro Manila. Rep. Monico", "title": "Federalism in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "12976330", "text": "by the Libyan government through the Libyan Foreign Bank. The remaining 0.3 percent is owned by the government of Uganda through the Ministry of Finance & Economic Development. Tropical Bank is governed by a six-person board of directors, of whom two are executive directors and four are non-executive. Gerald Sendawula, one of the non-executive directors, is the chairman of the board. Sameh Mahmoud Krekshi is the managing director. Three other managers assist him in running the bank. , Tropical Bank had a network of branches in the central and eastern regions of Uganda. The bank's plans to open branches in", "title": "Tropical Bank" }, { "docid": "66525", "text": "that are normally issued to U.S. citizens living in Colorado. Like the federal government and all other U.S. states, Colorado's state constitution provides for three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches. The Governor of Colorado heads the state's executive branch. The current governor is John Hickenlooper, a Democrat. Colorado's other statewide elected executive officers are the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (elected on a ticket with the Governor), Secretary of State of Colorado, Colorado State Treasurer, and Attorney General of Colorado, all of whom serve four-year terms. The seven-member Colorado Supreme Court is the highest judicial", "title": "Colorado" }, { "docid": "1610498", "text": "which gives protection to individual liberty in an extensive catalogue of human rights and also divides powers between the federal and state levels which are between the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches. Iceland’s government is a constitutional republic, with three distinct separate branches. The head of the government is the prime minister, who makes up part of the executive branch. The chief of the state is the president, under the executive branch. The president of Iceland is elected to serve four years, however there are no term limits. This vote is conducted by direct popular vote. Iceland has universal suffrage", "title": "Presidency" }, { "docid": "679982", "text": "credit rating, with an annual budget of $1.1 billion. The judicial branch consists of a circuit court, a superior court with four divisions and 32 judges, and a small claims court. The three branches, along with most local government departments, are based in the City-County Building. As the state capital, Indianapolis is the seat of Indiana's state government. The city has hosted the capital since its move from Corydon in 1825. The Indiana Statehouse, located downtown, houses the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government, including the offices of the Governor of Indiana and Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, the", "title": "Indianapolis" }, { "docid": "387965", "text": "Separation of powers The separation of powers is a model for the governance of a state. Under this model, a state's government is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with the powers associated with the other branches. The typical division is into three branches: a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary, which is the trias politica model. It can be contrasted with the fusion of powers in some parliamentary systems where the executive and legislative branches overlap. Separation of powers, therefore, refers", "title": "Separation of powers" }, { "docid": "9176229", "text": "as Court Clerk and Recorder, Joseph L. Meek as Sheriff and William H. Willson as Treasurer. A gathering was held on July 5 to vote on the work of the legislative committee. The original Organic Laws of Oregon were modeled after the Ordinance of 1787 and Iowa's Organic Law, laying out the framework of a political structure modeled on the United States, with three branches of government. The government was created, as its preamble declared, \"until such time as the United States of America extend their jurisdiction over us.\" This document was recognized as the \"de facto\" first Oregon constitution.", "title": "Champoeg Meetings" }, { "docid": "11176089", "text": "Government of Pennsylvania The Government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the governmental structure of the state of Pennsylvania as established by the Pennsylvania Constitution. It is composed of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The capital of the Commonwealth is Harrisburg. The elected officers are: In Pennsylvania all members of the executive branch are not on the ballot in the same year: elections for governor and lieutenant governor are held in even years when there is not a presidential election, while the other three statewide offices are elected in presidential election years. The Governor's Cabinet comprises the directors of", "title": "Government of Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "19568094", "text": "Executive branch of the government of Honduras The Republic of Honduras is organized according to Title I: On the State of the Honduran Constitution of 1982. According to Title V: Branches of the Government, the three administrative branches are the legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative branch is the Congress of Deputies, which is elected by direct vote. Executive power is held by the president or, in the event of their death, by the vice-president. The judicial branch is composed of a supreme court, a court of appeals and other courts specified by the law. The president of Honduras, the", "title": "Executive branch of the government of Honduras" }, { "docid": "7997007", "text": "under a City Charter. Regardless of the city's form of government, most include the following officials, either elected or appointed: Government of Oklahoma The government of the U.S. State of Oklahoma, established by the Oklahoma Constitution, is a republican democracy modeled after the federal government of the United States. The state government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial. Through a system of separation of powers or \"checks and balances,\" each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority, in turn,", "title": "Government of Oklahoma" }, { "docid": "13819072", "text": "Comparison of U.S. state governments In the United States, the government of each of the 50 states is structured in accordance with its individual constitution. In turn, each state constitution must be grounded in republican principles. of the United States Constitution tasks the federal government with assuring that each state’s government is so organized. All state governments are modeled after the federal government and consist of three branches (although the three-branch structure is not Constitutionally required): executive, legislative, and judicial. All state governments are also organized as presidential systems where the governor is both head of government and head of", "title": "Comparison of U.S. state governments" } ]
[ { "docid": "3298728", "text": "the express powers written in the Constitution to create a functional national government. All three branches of the US government have certain powers and those powers relate to the other branches of government. One of these powers is called the express powers. These powers are expressly given, in the Constitution, to each branch of government. Another power is the implied powers. These powers are those that are necessary to perform expressed powers. There are also inherent and concurrent powers. Inherent powers are those that are not found in the Constitution yet the different branches of government can still exercise them.", "title": "Separation of powers under the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "16351526", "text": "trees. Since they are made from pruned branches, it is considered beneficial to the health of the trees. The Georgian government has taken steps to support the preservation of the environment by placing a costly fine on anyone found harvesting and transporting pine trees outside of the registered farms. The fine is set at about US$1,200 (£765), three times the average monthly salary. They have also improved their forest ranger patrols around the country. Chichilaki The chichilaki () is a Georgian traditional Christmas tree made from dried hazelnut or walnut branches that are shaved to form a small coniferous tree.", "title": "Chichilaki" }, { "docid": "8143733", "text": "bow and arrow, because he feels that said weapons represent the greatest challenge and give the prey the fairest chance. Following a stint with the military, Rick is recruited into one of the intelligence branches of the US government. He is posted in a small, struggling Latin American country caught in the throes of civil war. While there, he witnesses the massacre of an entire village by the modernized forces loyal to that country's government. He eventually learns the country is being funded by the US government. Sickened by what he learned, Rick resigns. He decides to use his archery", "title": "Arrow (comics)" }, { "docid": "262264", "text": "urged him to develop a hoax—which Barker subsequently published—about what Barker called \"blackmen\", three mysterious UFO inhabitants who silenced Sherwood's pseudonymous identity, \"Dr. Richard H. Pratt\". Men in black In popular culture and UFO conspiracy theories, men in black (MIB) are supposed men dressed in black suits who claim to be quasi-government agents who harass or threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen. It is sometimes implied that they may be aliens themselves. The term is also frequently used to describe mysterious men working for unknown organizations, as well as various branches of government allegedly", "title": "Men in black" }, { "docid": "15121423", "text": "that figure to US$265 million (TZS:400billion), in the next several years. The bank has a significant portion of its portfolio in the Tanzanian agricultural sector. Following the restructuring of Tanzania Investment Bank, three distinct, but related institutions were formed. The three institutions, together form the Tanzania Investment Bank Group or TIB Group: The bank maintains branches at the following locations: TIB Development Bank TIB Development Bank, formerly known as Tanzania Investment Bank (TIB), is a government-owned development bank in Tanzania. The bank is the first development finance institution established by the Government of Tanzania. The activities of TIB are supervised", "title": "TIB Development Bank" }, { "docid": "270661", "text": "These colleges are operated by the Philippine Government which serves 4 years of different baccalaureate degrees: Aside from the PMA and the PMMA, all three branches of the AFP have their own Officer Candidate Course Programs for both men and women, patterned after their US counterparts. The nation's higher military colleges are: See also: Cadet Corps (Russia), Military academies in Russia The General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University, was established in 1980 and is named after Gen. Sri John Kotelawala the 2nd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Taking cadets from all three armed services, 3 non-university level Military Academies, one", "title": "Military academy" }, { "docid": "20676978", "text": "law in the United States and often build upon each other when improving privacy practice and regulation. Prior to implementation of these branch actions, the notion of privacy rights can be traced back to the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The Constitution of the United States serves as one of the most influential founding documents of the United States federal government. The United States Constitution's primary purpose is to frame the structure and function of the three branches of government; however, its amendments are commonly used as evidence for the notion of", "title": "Privacy and the US government" }, { "docid": "7711064", "text": "AP United States Government and Politics Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics, also known as AP US Gov & Pol, AP USGP, AP US Gov, AP NSL, AP GOPO or AP Gov, is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. This course surveys the structure and function of American government and politics that begins with an analysis of the United States Constitution, the foundation of the American political system. Students study the three branches of government, administrative agencies that support each branch, the role of political behavior in the", "title": "AP United States Government and Politics" }, { "docid": "17171200", "text": "Africa, as in most modern states, is divided broadly into three branches: The Constitution sets the framework for these three branches. Of particular practical importance for the administration of environmental laws are the respective powers of the national, provincial and local levels of government. \"Co-operative governance\" refers to and regulates the interrelationship between these levels. Chapter 3 of the Constitution, entitled \"Co-operative government,\" reflects a \"fundamental departure from the past,\" in that the three levels of government are \"no longer regarded as hierarchical tiers with the national government at the helm,\" but rather, in the words of the Constitution, as", "title": "South African environmental law" }, { "docid": "2582248", "text": "US government. In 2002 the US and Saudi Arabia \"jointly designated the Bosnian and Somalian branches of AHIF as financiers of terror, although as of 2008 critics have raised questions as to whether the Saudi government \"actually closed the offshore branches of AHIF\". According to author Jimmy Gurul, the US government had evidence that \"AHIF offices and representatives operating throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe provided financial and logistical support\" to groups \"designated foreign terrorist organizations by the US State Department\", including al-Qaeda, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Jemaah Islamiyah, Al-Ittihad Al-Islamiya, Lashkar e-Taibah, and HAMAS. In 2004 the US \"designated\" 11 other", "title": "Al-Haramain Foundation" }, { "docid": "4329262", "text": "by Firstar Bank in 1999, which also had branches in Dubuque. When this happened, Firstar evaulated the local branches in Dubuque. It closed several branches, both from the Mercantile Bank chain and some existing Firstar Bank branches. When Firstar merged with US Bancorp, the two banks became known as US Bank. What was once First National Bank of Dubuque is now known as US Bank. First National Bank of Dubuque The First National Bank of Dubuque was a bank headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa. First National was the oldest national bank to be located in Iowa. It was one of the", "title": "First National Bank of Dubuque" }, { "docid": "12118555", "text": "(probably from Aristotle) should be added to the summons card: \"Τεχνη κρατουμεν ὢν φυσει νικωμεθα\" “By Art we master what would master us”. Both mottos are still in use. From 1793 the renewed Society was to be \"for promoting and communicating every branch of knowledge useful and necessary to the various and important branches of public and private works in civil engineering\". There were three classes of membership: First Class - \"those who are actually employed in Designing, & forming, Works of different kinds, in the Various Departments of Engineering\". Second Class - \"Men of Science and Gentlemen of Fame", "title": "Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers" }, { "docid": "6671207", "text": "was made in an effort to prepare the US from the expanding number of cyber crimes. In the proposal, Obama outlined three main efforts to work towards a more secure cyberspace for the US. The first main effort emphasized the importance of enabling cybersecurity information sharing. By enabling that, the proposal encouraged information sharing between the government and the private sector. That would allow the government to know what main cyber threats private firms are facing and would then allow the government to provide liability protection to those firms that shared their information. Furthermore, that would give the government a", "title": "Cyber-security regulation" }, { "docid": "4366253", "text": "US 9 north to Waterford, utilizing modern NY 32 from Albany to Waterford. The east branch of US 9 initially followed Route 5 east from Ridgefield to Edgewater, where it followed the Edgewater Ferry to the New York state line in the Hudson River. The branch resumed at the northern New York City line as US 9E and continued to Waterford on what is now US 9 and US 4 along the eastern side of the river. At Waterford, the two branches converged and continued north toward the Canada–US border as a unified US 9. The two branches of US", "title": "U.S. Route 9W" }, { "docid": "6431235", "text": "topics in preparation, including math, science, geography, world history, and english. These are the main topics that are studied in each category: Math: GCF, LCM, probability, Roman numerals, area, and perimeter. English: Parts of speech, pronouns, poetry terms, gerunds, participles, infinitives, authors, and Greek roots. Geography: US states and state capitals, postal abbreviations, nicknames, world rivers, world capitals, and currency. World History: Explorers, inventors, branches of US government, requirements for US office, wars, US bill of rights, Current leaders and amendments. Science: Elements, biology, and compounds. Listed below are sample questions asked in an NAL match: (Answers are given in", "title": "National Academic League" }, { "docid": "370737", "text": "normally through the Minister for Defence, directly to the Government of Sweden, which in turn answers to the Riksdag. The King of Sweden was, before the enactment of the 1974 Instrument of Government, the de jure commander in chief (), but currently only has a strictly ceremonial and representative role with respect to the Armed Forces. The Swedish Armed Forces consists of three service branches; the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, with addition of the Home Guard (), a military reserve force. Since 1994, the first three service branches are organized within a single unified government agency, headed", "title": "Swedish Armed Forces" }, { "docid": "6841195", "text": "the intelligence community now has sway over what is going on\". Tice gave an example in an interview with RT, saying \"I noticed that the intelligence community is not being hit with the sequester... Is there some kind of leverage that is being placed on our three branches of government to make sure that the intelligence community gets what they want? In other words, is the intelligence community running this country, not our government.\" Russ Tice Russell D. Tice (born 1961) is a former intelligence analyst for the United States Air Force, Office of Naval Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),", "title": "Russ Tice" }, { "docid": "583086", "text": "Army field grade officers from combat, combat support, and combat service support branches. However, in 1987 the US Air Force graduated three officers and officers from the US Navy and US Marine Corps graduated the following years. US government agencies began sending students to SAMS in 2007. The Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have sent students to the school. Also, Warrant officers first attended SAMS in 2010. Allied foreign militaries also provide students. In 1999, the school graduated its first international officers—Norwegian and Canadian. Argentina, Australia, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary,", "title": "School of Advanced Military Studies" }, { "docid": "2152621", "text": "curtain. The Six Companies also built the Six Companies Railroad. It connected along the Hemenway Wash, present day Las Vegas Bay, to the US Government Hoover Dam Railroad at Lawler, Nevada, a location also known as \"US Government Junction\". From Lawler the railroad went north for to Saddle Island and then east to the Three-Way Junction gravel plant, now submerged under Lake Mead. From the gravel plant the line split into two branches. One branch ran south for to Hoover Dam via Cape Horn, Lomix (the Low Level Concrete Mixing Plant) and Himix (the High Level Concrete Mixing Plant) and", "title": "Six Companies, Inc." }, { "docid": "20671125", "text": "which is why I say that those attacking us are known by government. Unfortunately, government is doing nothing about it. So, our people feel that there is collusion between the Federal Government and herdsmen. Look at Guma LG, it is about 40-minutes-drive from Makurdi. Three military assets are in Makurdi; you have the 72 Brigade, NASME, and the Air Force Base that can be deployed to Guma in less than 20 minutes. It took three days for the military to be deployed to Guma LG. What does that tell you? It tells you that they don’t care about the lives", "title": "Dickson Tarkighir" }, { "docid": "4769365", "text": "on television and increased public opposition to the invasion. Corporal Armour's section had fought on the second floor at Government House and was taken prisoner: There were three casualties lying in the garden of Government House. You think: What sort of mood are they going to be in when their oppos are shot up? When we were actually lying down I felt a bit humiliated but I also felt apprehensive about what was going to happen next. One of the Argentine officers came along and actually struck one of the guards and told us to stand up. We stood up", "title": "1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands" }, { "docid": "9652981", "text": "makers recommends to widely applicability of medical entomology for disease control efficient and best fit on achieving development goal and to tackle the newly budding zoonotic diseases. Thoughtful to have and acquaint with best practice of Med. Entomologist to tackle the animal and public health issues together with controlling arthropods born diseases by having Medical Entomologists’ the right hand for bringing the healthy world [Yon w]. Medical Entomologists are employed by private and public universities, private industries, and federal, state, and local government agencies, including all three branches of the US military - who hire medical entomologists to protect the", "title": "Medical entomology" }, { "docid": "4453594", "text": "Securities (USA)), a New York-based primary dealer in US government securities. In 1994, Marine Midland acquired Spectrum Home Mortgage, which operated in eight states. Then in 1995, Marine acquired United Northern Federal Savings Bank, with branches in Watertown and Lowville, New York. Marine Midland also acquired The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's six New York City retail branches, and the next year Hang Seng Bank's two branches in New York City. That same year, Marine Midland acquired 11 branches from the East River Savings Bank in the New York Metropolitan area. Marine also acquired the US dollar clearing business of", "title": "Marine Midland Bank" }, { "docid": "3184572", "text": "restructuring in 2003. Kurds gained territory to the south of Iraqi Kurdistan after the US-led invasion in 2003 to regain what land they considered historically theirs. Currently, in addition to the three governorates of Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurds control parts of Ninawa, Kirkuk and Diyala governorates, which are also claimed by the Iraqi government; on the other hand, the Iraqi government control parts of those three provinces which are also claimed by the Kurds. The Kurdistan Region has an increasing urban population with still a significant rural population. The linked list is an incomplete list of the largest cities within the", "title": "Iraqi Kurdistan" }, { "docid": "11266083", "text": "from Johnson. In September 1978, the last USAF facilities were closed and completely returned to the Government of Japan. The Iruma Air Show is held annually on the November 3rd Culture Day. It generally takes place under clear blue skies. The event features ground displays of various military aircraft from all three branches of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and a performance by Blue Impulse, the JASDF's aerobatics team. Police department helicopters are also usually on ground display. In recent years UH-1N and C-12J aircraft of the US Air Force's 459th Airlift Squadron also visit from the nearby Yokota Air Base.", "title": "Iruma Air Base" }, { "docid": "6439664", "text": "Legislature of Liberia The Legislature of Liberia is the bicameral legislature of the government of Liberia. It consists of a Senate – the upper house, and a House of Representatives – the lower house, modeled after the United States Congress. Sessions are held at the Capitol Building in Monrovia. Legislature of Liberia is considered one of the three branches of government based on the Article III of the Constitution of Liberia that stipulates all three branches ought to be equal and coordinated based on the Principle of checks and balances. The House of Representatives contains 73 seats, with each county", "title": "Legislature of Liberia" }, { "docid": "8821813", "text": "« s » or « z » sound and are prefixed with the syllable « za ». The vocabulary is varied among the different branches of the school. The penmanship used is generally done so by hand in Gothic calligraphy-style letters for important occasions. The Gadz'Arts' motto is Fraternity: What are these signs for nobil'ty here for ? Their false glares cannot dazzle us. Here, powerful, disparity ceases, Old privileges, thee must all perish. Friends, let us taste this happiness we scorn, As will know well that at the School of Arts, \"Fraternity\", such remains our byword, Such it remains", "title": "Gadzarts" }, { "docid": "18484433", "text": "US Apple Association US Apple association is a nonprofit membership association for growers, marketers, equipment producers and allied organizations dealing with apples, within forty states of the United States of America. Their services include but are not limited to: lobbying for the industry's interests at all the branches of the federal government and the public, and to provide educational information, and newsletters for the growers. The associations runs a website that supplies information for the public on all different apple cultivars grown in the United States. As they write, there are close to 100 cultivars grown commercially in the United", "title": "US Apple Association" }, { "docid": "7795893", "text": "Addis Ababa Bank was an affiliate that National and Grindlays Bank had established in 1963 and of which it owned 40%. At the time of nationalization, Addis Ababa Bank had 26 branches. The merger of Addis Ababa Bank with CBE made CBE the sole commercial bank in Ethiopia, with 128 branches and 3,633 employees. In 1991, when Eritrea achieved its independence, Eritrean government nationalization the branches there. In 1994, these branches formed the basis for what became the Commercial Bank of Eritrea. Also in 1994, the Ethiopian government reorganized and reestablished CBE. In 2004, CBE closed its branch in Djibouti", "title": "Commercial Bank of Ethiopia" }, { "docid": "14683496", "text": "authorisation to open overseas branches of Okryu-gwan. Okryu-gwan has various branches throughout China, which help the North Korean government to earn badly needed foreign exchange. Okryu-gwan is thus well-known even in South Korea. Each restaurant is reportedly required to remit US$100,000 to US$300,000 to Pyongyang per year, depending on local conditions. As a result, they market themselves aggressively, even purchasing advertisements in local South Korean expatriate newspapers. However, the South Korean government takes a dim view of their own nationals who visit the restaurants, and warns them that they may be charged with violating the National Security Act. The first", "title": "Okryu-gwan" }, { "docid": "8053919", "text": "The \"Act\" groups banks in three schedules. Schedule I banks are domestic banks allowed to accept deposits. Schedule II banks are subsidiaries of foreign banks that allowed to accept deposits through branches in Canada. Schedule III banks are foreign banks with certain restrictions upon the banking business they can conduct in Canada. The Canadian banking industry includes 20 domestic banks, 24 foreign bank subsidiaries and 22 foreign bank branches operating in Canada. The provincial-government-owned Alberta Treasury Branches and Canada's many credit unions are not included in this list. Bank Act (Canada) The Bank Act (1991, c. 46) (the \"Act\") is", "title": "Bank Act (Canada)" }, { "docid": "1332625", "text": "Most unusual are the four branches of U.S. Route 17 that pass through the city - rarely are there more than two or three variants of the same route in any given community. Mainline U.S. Route 17 crosses the Little River, entering Pasquotank County from the southwest. Bypass US 17 immediately splits off to the northwest as mainline US 17 continues to the northeast toward Elizabeth City. Shortly after entering the city limits, US 17 Business splits off to the east towards the downtown waterfront. Mainline US 17 continues through Elizabeth City as Hughes Boulevard (the former US 17 Bypass", "title": "Elizabeth City, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "19422410", "text": "by the Government of Zimbabwe. People's Own Savings Bank People's Own Savings Bank (POSB), is a savings bank in Zimbabwe. It is one of the financial institutions, licensed and supervised by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the national banking regulator. , POSB had total assets valued at US$133.7 million, with $63.81 million in customer deposits and made an after-tax profit of US$7.9 million in the calendar year 2015. As at that time, the bank had over 500,000 savings accounts, maintained 34 brick and mortar branches, operated 220 agency branches through Zimpost, and another 18 agency branches through Meikles Supermarkets. That", "title": "People's Own Savings Bank" }, { "docid": "238455", "text": "government is based on the American model of a republic with three equal branches of government, though in reality the President of Liberia has usually been the dominant force in Liberian politics. Following the dissolution of the Republican Party in 1876, the True Whig Party dominated the Liberian government until the 1980 coup, eventually creating what was effectively a one-party state. Currently, no party has majority control of the legislature. The longest serving president in Liberian history was William Tubman, serving from 1944 until his death in 1971. The shortest term was held by James Skivring Smith, who was interim", "title": "Politics of Liberia" }, { "docid": "4366252", "text": "New York remained unchanged in the final system alignment approved on November 11, 1926. However, when US 9 was commissioned in 1927, it was split into two branches between Bergen County, New Jersey, and Waterford, New York. The west branch began in Ridgefield and continued to the New York state line on modern Route 93 and CR 501, bypassing Fort Lee to the west. At the state line, the west branch of US 9 became US 9W and followed a short piece of what is now NY 340 to Sparkill. Past Sparkill, US 9W used what was originally planned as", "title": "U.S. Route 9W" }, { "docid": "12449124", "text": "relationship and specialist product teams, with expert knowledge in transactional banking, financial and debt capital markets, specialised capital, margin lending, broking and alternative investment solutions. Customers are supported through operations in Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK, and Asian centres. In 1861 the Bank of New South Wales opened seven branches in New Zealand. Currently, Westpac NZ offers a full-service with around 1.5 million customers, 3,000 shareholders and 197 branches nationwide. It is the dominant provider of banking services to small to medium business, corporate and institutional organisations, and is the banker of the New Zealand government. It currently", "title": "Westpac" }, { "docid": "8251295", "text": "are disbursed from rural branches. The PAMF microfinance institutions offer credit for cereal commercialisation, horticulture, animal fattening and alternatives to cotton growing. In East Africa, AKAM’s primary objective is to provide loans to microenterprises and small businesses for income generating activities such as small-scale agriculture, fishing and retail. AKAM’s East African institutions disbursed about 8,640 loans in 2009, with 45 percent of the beneficiaries being women. The value of outstanding loans surpassed US$1.8 million. Two new branches were opened in Chiure, Mozambique and Zanzibar, Tanzania which brought AKAM’s presence in the region to 10 branches in three countries–the third being", "title": "Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance" }, { "docid": "19924890", "text": "website. The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do The Necessity of Secularism (subtitled Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do) is a book by Center for Inquiry CEO Ron Lindsay arguing that secularism in government is the best solution to the problems posed by a society with differing and incompatible perspectives on religion, and that for democratic discourse to be successful, religious doctrines need to be kept out of public policy discussions. Lindsay's two primary themes in \"The Necessity of Secularism\" are the importance of secular government in a religiously pluralistic society and the", "title": "The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do" }, { "docid": "19924883", "text": "The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do The Necessity of Secularism (subtitled Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do) is a book by Center for Inquiry CEO Ron Lindsay arguing that secularism in government is the best solution to the problems posed by a society with differing and incompatible perspectives on religion, and that for democratic discourse to be successful, religious doctrines need to be kept out of public policy discussions. Lindsay's two primary themes in \"The Necessity of Secularism\" are the importance of secular government in a religiously pluralistic society and the independence", "title": "The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do" }, { "docid": "18484434", "text": "States, but about 90% of the production consists of the 15 most popular cultivars. US Apple Association US Apple association is a nonprofit membership association for growers, marketers, equipment producers and allied organizations dealing with apples, within forty states of the United States of America. Their services include but are not limited to: lobbying for the industry's interests at all the branches of the federal government and the public, and to provide educational information, and newsletters for the growers. The associations runs a website that supplies information for the public on all different apple cultivars grown in the United States.", "title": "US Apple Association" }, { "docid": "14527876", "text": "\"Department of Defense Police\" is a catch-all phrase that refers to any civilian engaged in police duties for the Department of Defense and its component branches of the US Armed Forces. There is no such unified agency that goes under the title \"Department of Defense Police\". A Fort Irwin Department of the Army Civilian Police Officer is assigned the federal occupational series code \"0083\", the code reserved for police and federal protective officers in the U.S. Government civil service. This occupational series code applies regardless of what specific agency of the officer works for. Individual installations conduct the hiring process", "title": "Department of the Army Civilian Police" }, { "docid": "3379698", "text": "junction with US 302. This portion of the road is noted for fairly frequent moose sightings, especially during sunrise and sunset when moose are particularly active. Heading north from Twin Mountain, US 3 passes through the village of Carroll, where NH 115 branches to the northeast and US 3 bears to the northwest and the town of Whitefield. In the center of Whitefield, NH 142 branches to the northwest and NH 116 crosses, running roughly southwest to northeast. US 3 continues north to Lancaster, where it joins US 2 in the town center, and where NH 135 branches off to", "title": "U.S. Route 3" }, { "docid": "7320148", "text": "sense of what is going on, various reports from NGOs have accused various branches of the Afghan government of engaging in human rights violations. There have also been various human rights abuses by American soldiers on Afghan civilians, most notably in the Baghram prisons where innocent civilians endured torture, humiliating conditions, and inhumane treatment. The United States was heavily criticized for lenient sentencing for the soldiers responsible. Former Afghan warlords and political strongmen supported by the US during the ousting of the Taliban were responsible for numerous human rights violations in 2003 including kidnapping, rape, robbery, and extortion. Several thousands", "title": "Human rights in Afghanistan" } ]
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who won first womens money in the bank
[ "Carmella" ]
[ { "docid": "7417124", "text": "in a fatal five-way elimination match on that night to determine the number one contender for the SmackDown Women's Championship against Naomi at Money in the Bank. Before their match could begin, a brawl broke out between the five and the match never occurred. McMahon then scheduled the five to compete in the first-ever women's Money in the Bank ladder match at the event where the winner would receive a contract for a SmackDown Women's Championship match. Carmella won the match after James Ellsworth retrieved the briefcase, and threw it to her. On the following episode of \"SmackDown Live\", however,", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "19795300", "text": "defeated Flair, Lynch and Naomi in a six-woman tag team match on May 21 at Backlash. On June 18 at Money In the Bank, Ellsworth helped Carmella win the first ever Women's Money in the Bank ladder match by pushing Becky Lynch off the ladder and dropping the briefcase to Carmella. Two days later on \"SmackDown Live\", Carmella was stripped of the briefcase and a second Money in the Bank ladder match was set by SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan for the June 27 episode of \"SmackDown Live\", where Carmella regained the Money in the Bank briefcase after she won", "title": "James Ellsworth (wrestler)" }, { "docid": "19098070", "text": "men's ladder match, earning a contract for a WWE Championship match, while Carmella controversially won the first women's ladder match to earn a SmackDown Women's Championship match contract. In another prominent match, Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship. The event was also notable for the return of Maria Kanellis, who had last performed in WWE in 2010, and the WWE debut of her husband Mike Kanellis. WWE's Money in the Bank pay-per-view event centers around a match of the same name, in which multiple male wrestlers use ladders to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring.", "title": "Money in the Bank (2017)" }, { "docid": "20077009", "text": "Lana, and Natalya. Natalya then attacked Tamina, who was then attacked by Lana, and Lana and Tamina had a stare down. Also that episode, Naomi said that besides Lana, whoever wins at Battleground could be her toughest challenge at SummerSlam. She was then interrupted by Carmella, who had won the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match to earn a SmackDown Women's Championship match contract. Carmella said that wherever the champion goes, she goes, and said that she would see Naomi at Battleground. At Money in the Bank, as Shinsuke Nakamura was making his entrance for the titular Money in", "title": "Battleground (2017)" }, { "docid": "7417124", "text": "in a fatal five-way elimination match on that night to determine the number one contender for the SmackDown Women's Championship against Naomi at Money in the Bank. Before their match could begin, a brawl broke out between the five and the match never occurred. McMahon then scheduled the five to compete in the first-ever women's Money in the Bank ladder match at the event where the winner would receive a contract for a SmackDown Women's Championship match. Carmella won the match after James Ellsworth retrieved the briefcase, and threw it to her. On the following episode of \"SmackDown Live\", however,", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "16620381", "text": "Backlash, where she teamed with Naomi and Becky Lynch in a losing effort against Natalya, Tamina, and Carmella. On June 18 at Money in the Bank, Flair competed in the inaugural women's Money in the Bank ladder match, which was won by Carmella due to outside interference by James Ellsworth. On July 23 at Battleground, Flair competed in a five-way elimination match to determine the number one contender for the SmackDown Women's Championship, but she was pinned by Natalya, who won the match as a result. After an almost two-month hiatus due to her father's legitimate health condition, Flair returned", "title": "Charlotte Flair" }, { "docid": "8086598", "text": "assigning Jericho, Christian, Chris Benoit, Edge, Shelton Benjamin, and Kane to participate in the match. Edge won this inaugural match, and since, many times the match became a way to help elevate new stars to the main event, with winners such as CM Punk, The Miz, Daniel Bryan, Alberto Del Rio, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. The match format was originally exclusive to the annual WrestleMania until 2010, when the Money in the Bank pay-per-view debuted. In 2017 Shane McMahon announced the first-ever women's Money in the Bank match, which was won by Carmella. By 2005, WWE began reintroducing Extreme", "title": "History of WWE" }, { "docid": "19098087", "text": "rules in the match and she cited how some previous winners won with outside help. Later in the show, Bryan addressed the five participants in the ring. Noting that no one had ever won the match by having someone else retrieve the briefcase, he stripped Carmella of the briefcase and scheduled a Money in the Bank rematch for the following week, with Ellsworth banned from ringside. Before the rematch, Bryan decided to ban Ellsworth from the arena. Despite this, Ellsworth returned, but was taken out by Becky. Carmella then attacked Becky and retrieved the briefcase to definitively become Ms. Money", "title": "Money in the Bank (2017)" } ]
[ { "docid": "19079454", "text": "On October 8, 2004, the 2nd IFBB Show of Strength Womens BB competition was held in Atlanta, Georgia. Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia won her 2nd overall and heavyweight IFBB Show of Strength Womens BB title, while Nancy Lewis won her 1st lightweight IFBB Show of Strength Womens BB title. Lisa Aukland, who placed 3rd in the IFBB Show of Strength Womens BB heavyweight category, Nancy Lewis, who placed 1st in the IFBB Show of Strength Womens BB lightweight category, and Joanna Thomas, who placed 2nd in the IFBB Show of Strength Womens BB lightweight category, all qualified for the 2004 IFBB Ms.", "title": "History of female professional bodybuilding" }, { "docid": "6277723", "text": "as the match was won by Ryback. At Money in the Bank, Sheamus won the Money in the Bank ladder match to earn a WWE World Heavyweight Championship contract. Sheamus then began a feud with Randy Orton, who was also part of the ladder match, with both men attacking each other and facing off in tag-team matches. Sheamus lost to Orton at Battleground, but defeated Orton at SummerSlam. In November, Sheamus competed in the tournament for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship, being eliminated in the first round by Cesaro. At Survivor Series, Sheamus cashed in his Money in the", "title": "Sheamus" }, { "docid": "18236337", "text": "bank account. A team who bid everything and answered a question wrong was automatically eliminated from the game. In the event this only left one team, the winning team automatically took all the money in the pool. The New Zealand version used orange instead of yellow to mark the third team. Some questions include audio and video clips to accompany the question. All teams go home with any money in their bank account if they have any money. The team that won the first round and the team that won the prior episode (Champions) played using similar rules. The Champions", "title": "Awantura o kasę" }, { "docid": "2086940", "text": "at its first eponymous pay-per-view. He won the match, and cashed in his Money in the Bank contract later that night, defeating Rey Mysterio (who had just defeated Jack Swagger) to win the World Heavyweight Championship, thus making Kane the first wrestler in WWE history to win the WWE Championship, the ECW Championship, and the World Heavyweight Championship. He became the first wrestler to cash in the Money in the Bank contract on the same night it was won and also holds the record for the fastest cash in at 47 minutes. On the next \"SmackDown\" on July 23, Kane", "title": "Kane (wrestler)" }, { "docid": "996597", "text": "Womens Bay, Alaska Womens Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 719, up from 690 in 2000. The name is correctly spelled \"Womens\", without an apostrophe. Womens Bay is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.28%, is water. Womens Bay first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP). As of the census of 2000, there were 690 people, 251 households, and 175 families residing", "title": "Womens Bay, Alaska" }, { "docid": "20816346", "text": "the state Assam and country India on various national and international levels since 2010. She is included in the Elite Womens team. Boro won a silver medal in the 56th Belgrade Womens Boxing Tournament.. Jamuna Boro Jamuna Boro (born 7 May 1997) is an Indian woman boxer from the village of Belsiri, Sonitpur district, Assam. Jamuna Boro was born in Goreswar, Assam. She has an elder brother, a sister and mother who sells vegetables. Her father died when she was ten years old. She attended Arya Vidyapeeth College in Guwahati where she completed her Twelfth grade and Bachelor of Arts", "title": "Jamuna Boro" }, { "docid": "14682298", "text": "in the 2004–2005 season. In 2014, the Ephs' Georgiana Salant won the individual national championship. In 2015, Ephs' Womens Golf won their first Team National Championship, led by sophomore, Sophie Kitchen, who finished third individually. The team has won the following honors: The women's ice hockey team is coached by Meghan Gillis, who has held the position since the start of the 2011–2012 season. The team plays at Lansing Chapman Rink on campus. The program has had three players named to the Division III All-America Team since the beginning of varsity play in the 1993–1994 season. One of the program's", "title": "Williams Ephs" }, { "docid": "19098069", "text": "Money in the Bank (2017) Money in the Bank (2017) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the SmackDown brand. It took place on June 18, 2017, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the eighth event under the Money in the Bank chronology and the first to feature a Women's Money in the Bank ladder match. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show and two Money in the Bank ladder matches on the main card. In the main event, Baron Corbin won the", "title": "Money in the Bank (2017)" }, { "docid": "7417120", "text": "Championship contract. At Survivor Series, Sheamus cashed in his contract by defeating Roman Reigns, who had just won the vacant championship after defeating Dean Ambrose in the tournament finals. On June 19, the seventh annual Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place in Las Vegas. For the traditional Money in the Bank ladder match, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Cesaro, Chris Jericho, Alberto Del Rio, and Dean Ambrose all won their qualifying matches on the May 23 episode of \"Raw\" to become entrants into the match. Originally slated to be a 7-man ladder match, the seventh slot was later removed. Ambrose", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "20467860", "text": "Money in the Bank (2018) Money in the Bank (2018) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It took place on June 17, 2018, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. It was the ninth event under the Money in the Bank chronology. The card comprised eleven matches, including one match on the pre-show. In the main event, Braun Strowman won the men's Money in the Bank ladder match, while Alexa Bliss won the women's Money in the Bank ladder match. Bliss cashed", "title": "Money in the Bank (2018)" }, { "docid": "7417104", "text": "his title opportunity on the November 22, 2010 episode of \"Raw\", immediately after Randy Orton successfully retained the WWE Championship against Wade Barrett in which The Nexus attacked Orton before the match and injured his right leg. Miz defeated Orton to win his first WWE Championship. The second Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place on July 17, 2011 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Raw's Alberto Del Rio and SmackDown's Daniel Bryan won their respective brands' 2011 Money in the Bank Ladder Match. At the end of the night, after CM Punk won the WWE Championship from John", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "5192519", "text": "experienced immediate success in TNA, where he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice. Edge also achieved greater success in WWE after Christian's departure. He went on to win the first-ever Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 21 and cashed in his Money in the Bank contract at New Year's Revolution and won the WWE Championship, his first of eleven world championship reigns. In 2009, Christian returned to WWE, and at Backlash, won the ECW Championship, his first world championship in WWE. Following his title win, and prior to Edge's ninth world title win that same night, the", "title": "Edge and Christian" }, { "docid": "18509837", "text": "suffering multiple knee injuries at a live event in Dublin, Ireland. Sheamus would eventually cash-in his contract on Roman Reigns after the latter won the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series and pinned him to win the title. Money in the Bank (2015) Money in the Bank (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on June 14, 2015, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. It was the sixth event in the Money in the Bank chronology. It was also the first WWE pay-per-view event that was", "title": "Money in the Bank (2015)" }, { "docid": "5456212", "text": "pay-per-view, The Miz won a Money in the Bank ladder match to win a contract for a WWE Championship match that he could utilize at any time over the next year and became the first performer to win Money in the Bank while being a champion and the second, after Rob Van Dam, to hold a Money in the Bank contract and a title at the same time. Over the next few weeks, The Miz attempted to cash in his Money in the Bank contract on the WWE Champion Sheamus, but was continually interrupted by other wrestlers before the matches", "title": "The Miz" }, { "docid": "7417119", "text": "match was in progress. He also became the first person to successfully cash in to win the then unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He became the first person to cash in his briefcase at WrestleMania. He also became the first to win the championship after cashing in without pinning the champion. On June 14, 2015, the sixth annual Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place in Columbus, Ohio. Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston, Neville, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton and Kane participated in the traditional Money in the Bank ladder match. Sheamus won the match and received a WWE World Heavyweight", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "5585522", "text": "midway through after Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract mid-match. The next year at Money in the Bank 2016, Chioda officiated the main event where Rollins defeated Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship. Moments later, Dean Ambrose, who won the Money in the Bank contract earlier that night, blindsided Seth Rollins and cash-in as Mike Chioda referred Ambrose's WWE Title victory. Mike Chioda was the referee for the matches on the night all three members of The Shield were WWE Champion. Mike Chioda Michael Joseph Chioda (born August 1, 1966) is an American senior referee who", "title": "Mike Chioda" }, { "docid": "15568115", "text": "was ongoing. Money in the Bank (2011) Money in the Bank (2011) was the seventh of thirteen professional wrestling pay-per-view events held by WWE that year, and the second installment in the annual Money in the Bank series of events. It took place on July 17, 2011, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The event featured six matches, including two Money in the Bank ladder matches. Alberto Del Rio won the match for wrestlers from the Raw brand to earn a WWE Championship match at a time of his choosing within the next year, while Daniel Bryan won the", "title": "Money in the Bank (2011)" }, { "docid": "15568078", "text": "Money in the Bank (2011) Money in the Bank (2011) was the seventh of thirteen professional wrestling pay-per-view events held by WWE that year, and the second installment in the annual Money in the Bank series of events. It took place on July 17, 2011, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The event featured six matches, including two Money in the Bank ladder matches. Alberto Del Rio won the match for wrestlers from the Raw brand to earn a WWE Championship match at a time of his choosing within the next year, while Daniel Bryan won the match for", "title": "Money in the Bank (2011)" }, { "docid": "17602790", "text": "Money in the Bank (2014) Money in the Bank (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on June 29, 2014 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the fifth annual Money in the Bank event. Eight matches took place at the event, with no match aired on the pre-show. The titular ladder match for the Money in the Bank contract was won by Seth Rollins. The main event was a ladder match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which was won by John Cena. The event", "title": "Money in the Bank (2014)" }, { "docid": "19098075", "text": "match, Nakamura and Zayn defeated Owens and Corbin. Later in the show, Ziggler defeated Styles, but lost a rematch a week later. On the same show, Corbin first attacked Zayn backstage and later assaulted Nakamura, who had just won a match against Owens. Mojo Rawley also had the opportunity to be added to the ladder match if he could defeat former rival and WWE Champion Jinder Mahal, but failed to do so. On the final \"SmackDown\" before Money in the Bank, Styles, Nakamura, and Zayn teamed up and defeated Owens, Ziggler, and Corbin. After the match, a brawl broke out", "title": "Money in the Bank (2017)" }, { "docid": "19280648", "text": "the App on a regular basis. In 2015, Suncorp Bank won Money Magazine's Bank of the Year. This was the first time that this award had been won by a bank other than one of the 'Big 4' banks of Australia (Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Westpac, and National Australia Bank). Later that year, Suncorp Bank was awarded Best Bank in Australia as part of the global Euromoney Awards for Excellence. Suncorp Bank offers the following financial services products: Suncorp Bank serves its customers through its retail branch network, call centres, and mobile lenders. Customers can access their own banking information via", "title": "Suncorp Bank" }, { "docid": "18955732", "text": "and retain her title. In May, Jax started a feud with Ronda Rousey whom she challenged to a title match at Money in the Bank pay–per–view. During that feud, Jax briefly returned to her villainous theatrics. At Money in the Bank, on June 17, Jax lost her championship back to Bliss, who interfered in her match and attacked both Jax and Rousey, cashing in her Money in the Bank contract (which she won earlier that night). A month later, on July 15, Jax invoked her rematch clause at Extreme Rules, but was unsuccessful in regaining the title in an extreme", "title": "Nia Jax" }, { "docid": "11189055", "text": "Way Out, the two continued to feud on \"SmackDown!\" in a Money in the Bank qualifying match on February 23, 2007. The feud, however, ended after Booker defeated Kane to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match. Kane then began a feud with The Great Khali, who came out to the ring to attack Kane after the match. At WrestleMania 23, however, Kane lost to Khali via pinfall. After No Way Out, The Hardys qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 23 but were unsuccessful in winning the match, as Mr. Kennedy won it.", "title": "No Way Out (2007)" }, { "docid": "5388345", "text": "out the identity of Undertaker's attacker, and for weeks he accused and interrogated other superstars. At Money in the Bank, Kane won the Money in the Bank ladder match to win a World Heavyweight Championship title shot any time, anywhere. Later that night, Kane chased off one of The Undertaker's potential attackers, Jack Swagger, who was attacking Rey Mysterio. Kane then returned to successfully cash in his Money in the Bank contract to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Kane would then claim that Rey Mysterio was The Undertaker's attacker, although Mysterio denied it. At SummerSlam, Kane defended his championship against", "title": "The Brothers of Destruction" }, { "docid": "15568113", "text": "Money in the Bank. In October 2011, he was appointed Raw General Manager, replacing Triple H as the on-screen authority figure. During Laurinaitis' rule, he feuded with CM Punk and later with John Cena, until he was fired in the storyline at No Way Out in June 2012. In later Money in the Bank events, John Cena, Randy Orton and Sheamus won Money in the Bank ladder matches in 2012, 2013 and 2015 respectively. Cena cashed in on CM Punk and won via disqualification; thus Punk retained the WWE Championship. Orton cashed in on Daniel Bryan and captured the WWE", "title": "Money in the Bank (2011)" }, { "docid": "11157647", "text": "in WWE. On the June 17 episode of \"Main Event\", Rollins, acting on behalf of The Authority, entered himself into the traditional Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship contract at Money in the Bank, which he won after Kane interfered. Rollins defeated Ambrose twice, the first being at Battleground in July via forfeit (after their match was called off by Triple H after a pre-match attack by Ambrose on Rollins backstage) and the second in August at SummerSlam in a lumberjack match after hitting him with his Money in the Bank briefcase following interference", "title": "Seth Rollins" }, { "docid": "3706115", "text": "\"Novaya Gazeta\" in 1993 and purchase its first computers. On 26 November 2001, \"Novaya Gazeta\" published an article by Oleg Lurie stating that the management of the International Industrial Bank, headed by Sergey Pugachyov, had been involved in money laundering in the Bank of New York. Pugachyov's bank brought a libel suit against the newspaper, citing financial losses, as a number of its customers had allegedly changed the terms of their accounts in a way which made the bank lose money because of the publication. On 28 February 2002, the bank won the case in Moscow's Basmanny municipal court and", "title": "Novaya Gazeta" }, { "docid": "11308625", "text": "ended the game. Each multiple of $25,000 would be guaranteed in case of a miss. The record bank win was $9,020 until \"Break the $250,000 Bank\" was created in response to \"The $64,000 Question\" and other big-money shows. However, that version ran for only three months (October 9, 1956 to January 15, 1957), and no contestants won any more than $60,000 (won by dentist Harry Duncan). The most notable contestants during this period were actress Ethel Waters, who in January 1957 won $10,000 she said would go toward back taxes, and two escapees from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution who competed", "title": "Break the Bank (1945 game show)" }, { "docid": "16164123", "text": "handle of the briefcase broke off, meaning Cena won the match. Cena then knocked Show off the ladder. On July 23, 2012, during \"Raw 1000,\" John Cena cashed in his Money in the Bank on CM Punk by having a singles match with him, becoming only the second wrestler (Rob Van Dam being the first) to announce his intention prior to cashing in. Cena won the match via disqualification thus not winning the title after Big Show interfered. This made John Cena the first of four wrestlers (as of 2018) to officially cash in the contract and not win the", "title": "Money in the Bank (2012)" }, { "docid": "10677252", "text": "Performance Centre in Manchester, comprising the best practice facilities available for the national teams, and retractable seating for 2000. The centre hosted the GB Women's Eurobasket qualifiers against Albania and Montenegro. The Manchester Titans are the American Football team in Manchester; their teams compete in the British American Football Association National Leagues, the largest American Football team in Great Britain, their have Adult Contact, Adult Flag, Womens Contact, Womens Flag, U19 Contact, two U17 contact, U17 flag and U12 flag teams. All teams compete in the highest available divisions, in 2017 the Adult Contact team won the Division 1 National", "title": "Sport in Manchester" }, { "docid": "16992707", "text": "Blues). The Men's Varsity Match fixture remains one of the UK's largest amateur hockey matches, with 950 spectators attending Southgate Hockey Centre for the 2018 match. In 2018, Oxford retained both Mens' & Womens' trophies. However, Cambridge retain the lead in overall victories for both sexes(Men 53 to 47 and Women 49 to 45). There have been 18 draws in Mens fixtures and 24 in the Womens fixtures. Since 2015, drawn matches have been decided by shuttles. Shuttles were needed in the Mens fixture in 2015 (when Cambridge won) and 2017 (when Oxford triumphed). The next match will be on", "title": "University Match (hockey)" }, { "docid": "19098081", "text": "said that they felt that they should still be the number one contenders for the tag titles since they won that spot, but never got to have their championship match. Three days later, the two were scheduled to face The Colóns (Primo and Epico) on the Money in the Bank pre-show. During the pre-show, The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder) faced The Colóns (Primo Colón and Epico Colón). Ryder and Rawley executed the \"Hype Ryder\" on Epico to win the match. The actual pay per-view opened with the first Women's Money in the Bank ladder match. In the", "title": "Money in the Bank (2017)" }, { "docid": "2086963", "text": "Orton, which Rollins won by escaping the cage. At Payback, Kane secured his role as Director of Operations by helping Rollins retain his title in a fatal four-way match against Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton, and Roman Reigns. At Money in the Bank, Kane participated in the Money in the Bank ladder match, which was won by Sheamus. On the July 13 episode of \"Raw\", Kane was injured by Brock Lesnar, who smashed his ankle with the steel ring steps. Following the attack, Rollins berated Kane and kicked his injured ankle. Kane returned at Night of Champions as his \"Demon\" persona,", "title": "Kane (wrestler)" }, { "docid": "1842052", "text": "storyline was introduced to explain his absence on television, stating he had been found in a vegetative state by his brother Kane. On June 4, Mysterio won a Battle Royal to earn The Undertaker's place at Fatal 4-Way by last eliminating Kane, and went on to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the second time. At Money in the Bank, Mysterio defeated Jack Swagger to retain the World title, however, Swagger attacked him after the match. Kane, who had won his Money in the Bank ladder match earlier that night, cashed in for a title shot and quickly defeated Mysterio", "title": "Rey Mysterio" }, { "docid": "14304233", "text": "the June 25 episode of \"SmackDown\", a rematch between Swagger and Mysterio was scheduled for Money in the Bank. The main rivalry from the Raw brand heading into Money in the Bank was between WWE Champion Sheamus and John Cena. Sheamus won the title at the Fatal 4-Way event after interference from seven of the contestants from the first season of \"NXT\", collectively known as \"The Nexus\". The next night on \"Raw\", John Cena invoked his rematch clause, but The Nexus interrupted the match. The following week on \"Raw\", Raw's anonymous general manager scheduled a steel cage match between Sheamus", "title": "Money in the Bank (2010)" }, { "docid": "17666663", "text": "Championship at Money in the Bank, with them adding Orton to the match. On the June 23 episode of \"Raw\", The Authority also added Kane to the match. Meanwhile, Seth Rollins began to feud with former Shield teammate Dean Ambrose, and on the June 17 episode of \"Main Event\", acting on behalf of The Authority, Rollins announced a traditional Money in the Bank ladder match, also naming himself as the first entrant. At the pay-per-view, Rollins won the Money in the Bank contract by defeating Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, Rob Van Dam and Jack Swagger; however, both Orton and", "title": "The Authority (professional wrestling)" }, { "docid": "17336363", "text": "Money in the Bank (2013) Money in the Bank (2013) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE, which took place on July 14, 2013 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the fourth annual Money in the Bank event. The event received 199,000 buys, which was up from the previous year's event of 188,000. The event featured the return of Rob Van Dam, who competed in his first WWE match since the 2009 Royal Rumble. The professional wrestling matches at Money in the Bank featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined", "title": "Money in the Bank (2013)" }, { "docid": "19452558", "text": "ACT Women's National Premier League season. Gungahlin United FC Womens Gunghalin United FC Womens is an Australian amateur women's association football club based in the Canberra district of Gungahlin, ACT. Established in 2015 by Gungahlin United FC, the team currently competes in the ACT Women's National Premier League with home matches played at Gungahlin Enclosed Oval. In 2015, \"Gungahlin United FC\" established its first ACT elite level women's team to compete in the ACT Women's National Premier League. The team is full of local talent, showcasing notable players such as Sally Rojahn (Canberra United), Grace Field (Canberra United), Najwa Allen", "title": "Gungahlin United FC Womens" }, { "docid": "19452555", "text": "Gungahlin United FC Womens Gunghalin United FC Womens is an Australian amateur women's association football club based in the Canberra district of Gungahlin, ACT. Established in 2015 by Gungahlin United FC, the team currently competes in the ACT Women's National Premier League with home matches played at Gungahlin Enclosed Oval. In 2015, \"Gungahlin United FC\" established its first ACT elite level women's team to compete in the ACT Women's National Premier League. The team is full of local talent, showcasing notable players such as Sally Rojahn (Canberra United), Grace Field (Canberra United), Najwa Allen (Najwa FC), Brittany Palombi (Najwa FC),", "title": "Gungahlin United FC Womens" }, { "docid": "20880708", "text": "2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships The 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 15th edition, were held in Innsbruck, Austria from 6 to 16 September 2018. The lead competition was the first event held at the 2018 World Championships. The womens' qualification took place on the opening day, 6 September, at the Kletterzentrum, and the mens' was held the following day at the same location. Womens' semi-final and final were held on 8 September and the respective mens' competitions the next day both at the Olympiaworld. 101 athletes attended the womens' lead competition. In the final penultimate climber Jessica Pilz was", "title": "2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships" }, { "docid": "11308792", "text": "round, each question was worth $100 and solving the puzzle won the couple a bonus prize. The second round saw question values increase to $200 and another prize was awarded to the couple who solved the puzzle. In the third round, a series of toss-up puzzles worth $400 apiece were played. Each clue was revealed one at a time and the first couple to buzz in with the right answer won the money. The first team to reach or exceed $2,000 won the game, while the opponents left with consolation prizes and any bonus prizes won from solving earlier puzzles.", "title": "Break the Bank (1985 game show)" }, { "docid": "6711382", "text": "was for the president, Yi Jae-Won, and the other room was for the staff. The bank operated by borrowing money from Japanese banks at low interest rates and then loaning it out for twice the rate to the Korean market. The Bank was successful because despite lending out money at twice the rate it borrowed it at, the bank's interest rates were still far lower than what could be obtained elsewhere in Korea at that time. In an anecdotal story the bank's first property to use as collateral on a loan happened to be a donkey. The bank staff were", "title": "Shinhan Bank" }, { "docid": "7354586", "text": "Lashley won their respective matches, setting up a number one contender's match between the two the following week, which Reigns won. On the August 13, 2018 episode of \"Raw\", after calling out Heyman and Lesnar, Reigns was blinded by Heyman with pepper spray, allowing Lesnar to assault Reigns. At SummerSlam, Reigns successfully defeated Lesnar and won the Universal Championship for the first time in his career, ending Lesnar's title reign at 504 days. After defeating Finn Bálor in his first title defense, Reigns went on to reignite his feud with Braun Strowman, who was the Money in the Bank holder.", "title": "Roman Reigns" }, { "docid": "3155359", "text": "match for the WWE Championship on \"Raw\", Orton was speared by Edge, costing him the match and setting up a bout at Over the Limit, Orton separated his right shoulder during the match, which ended in a double countout. At Fatal 4-Way in June, Orton competed in a fatal four-way WWE Championship match involving champion Cena, Edge, and Sheamus, who won the title after interference from The Nexus. On July 18 at Money in the Bank, Orton competed in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship contract, which was won by The Miz. The following night", "title": "Randy Orton" }, { "docid": "7417121", "text": "won the match and received a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match contract. After the conclusion of the main event, he cashed in the contract on Seth Rollins, who had just won the title from Roman Reigns. Ambrose was the second wrestler to cash in the contract on the same night as winning it. The 2017 Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place on June 18, 2017 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri as a SmackDown brand exclusive event. For the traditional ladder match, which had a contract for a match for SmackDown's WWE Championship, SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "4809491", "text": "Punk lost the title on the March 9 \"Raw\" to John Bradshaw Layfield. On April 5 at WrestleMania XXV, Punk won the Money in the Bank ladder match and became the first person to win the match twice. On April 13 during the 2009 WWE draft, Punk was drafted from Raw to SmackDown. In the period after the draft, Punk feuded with Umaga over Umaga's repeated surprise attacks while Punk was attempting to cash in his Money in the Bank contract, ultimately resulting in a Samoan strap match at Extreme Rules, which was won by Punk. At the end of", "title": "CM Punk" }, { "docid": "20880711", "text": "won against QiXin Zhong (fell) and thus claimed the bronze medal. The bouldering event was held over four days. The qualifying took place at Kletterzentrum with the womens' qualification held on 11 September and the mens' on 12 September. Semi-finals and finals were held at the Olympiaworld on 14 September for the women and 15 September for the men. 112 athletes attended the womens' bouldering competition. In the bouldering final lead finalists Janja Garnbret, Akiyo Noguchi, and Jessica Pilz made another appearance. The World Cup bouldering seasonal winner Miho Nonaka, reigning world champion Petra Klingler, and Stasa Gejo completed the", "title": "2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships" }, { "docid": "20922749", "text": "Leikert is chair of the Womens' Union for her home region of Main-Kinzig, a co-opted member of the regional party executive, a co-opted member of the party executive for the municipality of Bruchköbel and a member of the Bruchköbel Commission for Families, Children, Young people and Old people. In the 2013 national parliamentary election Leikert stood successfully for election to the Bundestag, representing the . She won 44.3% of the first preference votes. It was, as she herself commented to reporters, an unbelievably rapid progression for someone who had only been a party member for slightly more than eighteen months.", "title": "Katja Leikert" }, { "docid": "17194887", "text": "\"Bank of England club\" becoming majority owned by foreign investors. The \"Bank of England club\" has also been used to describe Sunderland in the late 1940s and the 1950s, where they spent large amounts of money intending to win trophies. However, the move was not successful as Sunderland failed to win any trophies during the period and were relegated in 1958. Everton have also been labelled as the \"Bank of England club\" in 1970. This came from chairman John Moores giving manager Harry Catterick large amounts of money to spend. This was successful as Everton won the First Division title", "title": "Bank of England club" }, { "docid": "17602811", "text": "was given 4 stars out of five. Money in the Bank (2014) Money in the Bank (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on June 29, 2014 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the fifth annual Money in the Bank event. Eight matches took place at the event, with no match aired on the pre-show. The titular ladder match for the Money in the Bank contract was won by Seth Rollins. The main event was a ladder match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which", "title": "Money in the Bank (2014)" }, { "docid": "15140754", "text": "its story about an international money laundering ring called the Proxy Platform. It won the Global Shining Light Award in 2008 for investigative reporting under duress for its series on energy traders. OCCRP was double finalist for the same award in 2013 for its stories on the first family of Montenegro's bank, \"First Family, First Bank\". It won the award for its stories on the first family of Azerbaijan's ownership of major companies in that country. It partnered with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for a project on tobacco smuggling that won the Overseas Press Club Award and Investigative", "title": "Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project" }, { "docid": "5679209", "text": "15th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to win a place on the main tour for 2002. She had a solid rookie season, finishing 36th on the money list. In 2003, she won her first three LPGA events, and was sixth on the money list. She finished 17th on the money list in 2004, tied for 11th in 2005, and 29th in 2006. Kung won her fourth LPGA tournament at the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship in 2008. Kung came close to winning the 2009 U.S. Women's Open. She finished the tournament at one over 285 and was tied for first till", "title": "Candie Kung" }, { "docid": "4045284", "text": "to the bank at their original purchase price and the money was credited to the players who owned the properties, regardless of who had originally built them. The player with the highest total won the game, kept his/her money, and advanced to the bonus round. The champion tried to complete one full clockwise circuit of the board within five turns while staying out of Jail. He/she first had to choose four spaces – one each on the maroon/orange and red/yellow sides, and two on the green/blue side – to become Go to Jail spaces. The original Go to Jail space", "title": "Monopoly (game show)" }, { "docid": "20718681", "text": "Linda Radford Linda Radford (married name March), is a female former international table tennis player from England. She represented England at two World Table Tennis Championships, in 1997 and 2000, in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event). Linda won a Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships silver medal in the womens team event in Glasgow 1997. She won an English National Table Tennis Championships in 1995. Her representative county was Essex. After marrying James March in 2001, she competed as Linda Radford-March. Her mother is Lesley Bell, who also represented England at the World Table Tennis Championships. Her father Peter Radford and", "title": "Linda Radford" }, { "docid": "17602807", "text": "who earlier in the show declared that he'd be there to stop Rollins from cashing in his briefcase successfully. Also on \"Raw\", AJ Lee returned and defeated Paige for the Divas Championship. Bad News Barrett, who had been removed from the Money in the Bank ladder match due to injury, was also stripped of his Intercontinental Championship. A battle royal for the vacant championship, scheduled for Battleground, was won by The Miz. Brock Lesnar returned on July 21 and proceeded to defeat Cena at SummerSlam to capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. At WrestleMania 31 on March 29, 2015, Seth", "title": "Money in the Bank (2014)" }, { "docid": "19098085", "text": "\"RKO\" through the announce table on Samir. After Orton returned to the ring, Mahal executed the \"Khallas\" on Orton to retain the title. After that, Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze) made their entrance to the ring. Earlier backstage, they received a video of two unidentifiable people who claimed credit for attacking Breeze on \"SmackDown\". They told Breezango to come to the ring to find out who they were, which was revealed to be The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor). Breezango won the impromptu match after Fandango pinned Viktor with a small package. The main event was the Money in the Bank", "title": "Money in the Bank (2017)" }, { "docid": "7417103", "text": "\"SmackDown\", Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler both competed in qualifying matches and were added to the match. At the PPV, Kane won the \"SmackDown\" Money in the Bank match. Kane later cashed it in the same night by defeating Rey Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship. He also became the quickest man to cash in the briefcase. For \"Raw\", The Miz won that brand's Money in the Bank contract. After a couple of aborted attempts (which due to the bell not sounding to start the matches, allowed Miz to keep the briefcase on said occasions), Miz finally cashed in", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "2987042", "text": "won by pinfall after performing an FU. Another primary match was an interpromotional match between The Undertaker versus Randy Orton, which Undertaker won by pinfall after performing a Tombstone Piledriver. The featured matches on the undercard were Kurt Angle versus Shawn Michaels and the first ever Money in the Bank ladder match. The event also featured the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin who started his part-time appearances with WWE at this event. WrestleMania 21 was the first WrestleMania held at Staples Center, but the fifth to take place in the Southern California metropolitan area (following WrestleMania 2, WrestleMania VII,", "title": "WrestleMania 21" }, { "docid": "15589148", "text": "Association, Leeds Spinners' Womens Association and the Benefit Society for Glasgow Working Women. Many soon collapsed, but the bookbinders thrived, and the upholsteresses survived, bringing Jeannette Wilkinson into the organisation. The league also established the Women's Halfpenny Bank in 1879, providing loans to members, in addition to a reading room, library and employment register, a swimming club and trips to Epping Forest. In 1875, Paterson and Edith Simcox became the first women delegates to the Trades Union Congress. At this and subsequent conferences, WPPL representatives promoted women's rights, arguing against barriers to women's employment. Elsewhere, the league opposed Thomas Burt", "title": "Women's Trade Union League (UK)" }, { "docid": "4779535", "text": "system. In turn, the Madras Stock Exchange was established in 1920. In 1906, the city experienced a financial crisis with the failure of its leading merchant bank, Arbuthnot & Co. The crisis also imperiled Parry & Co and Binny & Co, but both found rescuers. The lawyer V. Krishnaswamy Iyer made a name for himself representing claimants, mostly wealthy Hindus and Muslims who had lent money on the failed bank. The next year, flush with funds won from the original British owners who had capitalized the bank, he organized a group of Chettiar merchants to found Indian Bank, with which", "title": "History of Chennai" }, { "docid": "19647430", "text": "missing out on the 100m podium, after finishing fourth, Adenegan won her first major international medals of her career with bronze positions in both the 400m and 800m events. Both events were won by Cockroft. Although qualifying for the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Adenegan pulled out of the event to concentrate on her preparations for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. When the final Great Britain athletics squad was announced, Adenegan was elected for three events and was the youngest team member in the track and field squad. In 2018 aged 17, Adenegan broke the T34, Womens", "title": "Kare Adenegan" }, { "docid": "5220257", "text": "WrestleMania, WrestleMania 22. He faced five other WWE Superstars, from both the Raw and SmackDown! brands in a Money in the Bank ladder match which also included Lashley, who won a last chance battle royal. This match was eventually won by Rob Van Dam. Finlay next entered the King of the Ring tournament on \"SmackDown!\", defeating his first round opponent Chris Benoit before being beaten by his rival Lashley, who advanced to the finals at Judgment Day. Finlay helped the other finalist, Booker T, defeat Lashley in the King of the Ring finals. At the same pay-per-view, Finlay lost to", "title": "Dave Finlay" }, { "docid": "13726255", "text": "Riley defeated The Miz. The following night on \"Raw\", Riley teamed with John Cena and Randy Orton to take on The Miz, R-Truth and Christian in a six-man tag team elimination match. Riley was the first person eliminated, but his team went on to win the match. At Money in the Bank, Riley competed in a Money in the Bank ladder match which was won by Alberto Del Rio. The following night on \"Raw\", Riley was one of the eight men placed in the WWE Championship tournament but lost to The Miz in the first round, ending their feud. On", "title": "Alex Riley" }, { "docid": "16474676", "text": "the video. The video was directed by Hong Won-ki of ZanyBros, who also directed their music video, \"Warrior\". B.A.P first performed \"Power\" on \"Music Bank\" on April 27, 2012, followed by performances on \"Music Core\", MTV's \"The Show\", and SBS' \"Inkigayo\". The lead single, \"Power\", is a dance-hip hop, rock song that runs for 3:49. \"Power\" was written and produced by Kang Ji Won and Kim Ki Bum with a strong hardcore rock and hiphop sound mixed to create a hardcore hiphop song that has a strong meaning, to fight against the people who try to get tyranny from money", "title": "Power (B.A.P EP)" }, { "docid": "10509533", "text": "of the new organisation was to pay back as much of the money as possible to people who had lost funds in the scandal. It is unclear how much of the money has been repaid. The UK government was expected to bring in tighter regulation to this sector by 2009. The Bangladesh Bank governor stated that First Solution was not given a license by the Bangladesh Bank. However, First Solution is listed on the Bangladesh Bank's website as having agreements with a number of banks in Bangladesh through which it was permitted to remit money into the country. However, there", "title": "First Solution Money Transfer" }, { "docid": "7089819", "text": "disguised as a butler named Cakebread to seek the gems. The story also features the crooks Alexander \"Chimp\" Twist and \"Dolly\" and \"Soapy\" Molloy, who had earlier appeared in \"Sam the Sudden\" (1925) and \"Money for Nothing\" (1928). Money in the Bank (novel) Money in the Bank is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 9 January 1942 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 27 May 1946 by Herbert Jenkins, London. The book was published in English in Germany in August 1943, but UK publication was delayed while Wodehouse", "title": "Money in the Bank (novel)" }, { "docid": "6238673", "text": "live event in Florence, South Carolina, defeating Hunico in the opening match. On the June 1 episode of \"SmackDown\", Sin Cara returned to television in new red and white attire, defeating Heath Slater. On the July 9 episode of \"Raw\", Sin Cara defeated Heath Slater to qualify for the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank ladder match at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, but was unsuccessful in the match itself, which was won by Dolph Ziggler. In August, Sin Cara rekindled a feud with Cody Rhodes, who claimed that he was wearing a mask to cover his ugly", "title": "Carístico" }, { "docid": "15477272", "text": "WWE with the championship. At Money in the Bank, Punk pinned Cena to win the title, and even after McMahon tried to have Alberto Del Rio – who had won the Raw Money in the Bank briefcase earlier that night – cash in his contract against Punk. The latter nevertheless left the arena with the championship. The following night on \"Raw\", McMahon dismissed Punk's claim to the title, and announced an 8-man tournament to decide the new WWE Champion. Also, on the same night, Triple H relieved McMahon of his duties, and assumed control over WWE as the Chief Operating", "title": "SummerSlam (2011)" }, { "docid": "2145170", "text": "to often vent his frustrations by abusing and attacking Sakamoto, who eventually ceased appearing with Tensai. On the June 29 episode of \"SmackDown\", Tensai defeated Justin Gabriel to break his losing streak and also qualify for a spot in the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank, though the match was ultimately won by Dolph Ziggler. Over the next three months, Tensai's losing streak resumed, as he lost to the likes of Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara, Randy Orton, and Ryback. Tensai finally ended his losing on the October 5 episode of \"SmackDown\", defeating", "title": "Matt Bloom" }, { "docid": "8086621", "text": "the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank. In January 2018, Asuka won the first ever 30 Women's Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble. In February 2018, Alexa Bliss won the first ever women's Elimination Chamber Match at the Elimination Chamber, where she would retained the Raw women's championship. At WrestleMania 34, former UFC fighter Ronda Rousey made her WWE in ring debut, teaming with Kurt Angle to defeat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a mixed tag team match. Daniel Bryan returned to in ring competition at WrestleMania 34, teaming with Shane McMahon to defeat Kevin Owens", "title": "History of WWE" }, { "docid": "5214662", "text": "billion won to find out how the research money was spent. It was part of Hwang's 36.9 billion won research funds raised through state support and private donations. Investigators said Hwang used bank accounts held by relatives and subordinates in 2002 and 2003 to receive about 475 million won from private organizations. He allegedly laundered the money by withdrawing it all in cash, breaking it up into smaller amounts and putting it back in various bank accounts. Hwang also withdrew 140 million won in August 2001 to buy gifts for his sponsors, including politicians and other prominent social figures, before", "title": "Hwang Woo-suk" }, { "docid": "3643310", "text": "the opponent, or leave the money in the pot and spin again. Originally, the first contestant to bank $1,000 or more won the game. During the two-week period of November 24 to December 5, 1980, the same amount won by a champion in the main game would also be donated to a children's charity. To ensure the charities would receive more money, the question values were doubled to $100 to $400, with a total of $2,000 or more needed to win, and these increased amounts remained in place for the rest of the series. Contestants kept any money banked during", "title": "Bullseye (1980 U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "4470211", "text": "to provide for Sílvia – more money than he can get from counterfeiting. André hatches a plan to pull a bank heist with Cardoso and purchases a gun (using more counterfeit money) from Feitosa, a drug dealing acquaintance of his. The heist is successful, however, André was unmasked and was subsequently forced to shoot Antunes, a passerby, to make his getaway. André and Cardoso are both relieved to find that the police sketch of the bank robber looks nothing like him. That joy is compounded when the pair find out André won the lottery. However, André is worried about being", "title": "The Man Who Copied" }, { "docid": "5885101", "text": "stipulation, and instead made Ziggler kiss his arse. Ziggler lost the rematch against Sheamus at Payback. Ziggler participated in the Elimination Chamber match for the vacated Intercontinental Championship; other participants were winner Ryback, King Barrett, R-Truth, Sheamus who eliminated Ziggler, and Mark Henry at Elimination Chamber. At Money in the Bank, Ziggler competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match, which was won by Sheamus. On July 4 at The Beast in the East live event in Japan, Ziggler and John Cena defeated King Barrett and Kane in the main event. Ziggler became involved in an on-screen love affair", "title": "Dolph Ziggler" }, { "docid": "7417081", "text": "\"Raw\" to earn him a title match against Batista, Bryan faced then-World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry in a steel cage match on a live Christmas episode of \"SmackDown\" in 2011, and Rollins received a title shot in a triple threat match, also involving Cena and champion Brock Lesnar, at the 2015 Royal Rumble). In WWE storyline, the concept for the Money in the Bank match was introduced in March 2005 by Chris Jericho. Jericho then pitched the idea to Raw general manager Eric Bischoff, who liked it and promptly began to book the match for WrestleMania 21. Edge won the", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "17336364", "text": "by the hosting promotion, WWE. Storylines between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs, \"Raw\" and \"SmackDown\". At Payback in June, a promo announced the return of Rob Van Dam, who has last been in the WWE in the 2009 Royal Rumble match, for Money in the Bank. On the June 17 episode of \"Raw\", WWE Champion John Cena recalled his many woes and failures in 2012, and his eventual return to the main event of WrestleMania 29, where he finally defeated The Rock and won the WWE Championship, ultimately thanking the fans for their support to him.", "title": "Money in the Bank (2013)" }, { "docid": "19098091", "text": "any local competitor. AJ Styles came out to accept the challenge, but Owens denied him since Styles was not from Dayton, Ohio. American Alpha's Chad Gable then answered the challenge, saying that he had moved to Dayton \"[that] morning\", but Owens retained in the ensuing match. Also on the show, Baron Corbin teased cashing in his Money in the Bank contract during WWE Champion Jinder Mahal's non-title match against Luke Harper, and General Manager Daniel Bryan, who praised Sami Zayn's efforts in the ladder match, scheduled Zayn to face Corbin the following week, where Corbin won. Corbin cashed in his", "title": "Money in the Bank (2017)" }, { "docid": "16108909", "text": "Owens and Sami Zayn at Backlash, and won the Money in the Bank ladder match, where Strowman threw Owens from the top of a ladder against a table. At Extreme Rules, Owens defeated Strowman in a Steel cage match after Strowman performed a chokeslam off the cage through an announce table on Owens, thereby giving Owens the win as his feet touched the floor first, per the rules. At SummerSlam, Strowman defeated Owens in a singles match with his Money in the Bank contract on the line in two minutes. Later in the night, Strowman announced he would be cashing", "title": "Braun Strowman" }, { "docid": "1842058", "text": "17 at Money in the Bank, Mysterio failed to capture the \"Raw\" Money in the Bank briefcase, as the match was won by old rival Alberto Del Rio. The following night on \"Raw\", Mysterio took part in a tournament for the vacant WWE Championship and advanced to the finals. On July 25, Mysterio defeated The Miz in the final to win his first WWE Championship, but he lost the title to John Cena later that night. On August 15, Mysterio received a rematch for the WWE Championship against new champion Alberto Del Rio, but lost. Mysterio suffered an injury in", "title": "Rey Mysterio" }, { "docid": "5885094", "text": "matches for the Intercontinental Championship, first to Damien Sandow and later to Fandango. At 2014 Royal Rumble, Ziggler entered the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Roman Reigns. Ziggler later earned a shot at Big E's Intercontinental Championship, but was unsuccessful in capturing the title. On April 6 at WrestleMania XXX, Ziggler competed in the 31-man Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but was eliminated by Alberto Del Rio. On June 29 at Money in the Bank, Ziggler competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship contract, but the match was won", "title": "Dolph Ziggler" }, { "docid": "10902671", "text": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic The 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Grand Hyatt Bali in Bali, Indonesia, from 10 September through 16 September 2007. Unseeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title and earned $32,240 first-prize money. Lindsay Davenport, the former world number one, returned after the birth of her son. Davenport competed in her first singles tournament this year, and had", "title": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic" }, { "docid": "11647452", "text": "The contestant did not need to have the full value of a question in their bank in order to attempt it (e.g., a player with $5,000 was allowed to attempt the $100,000 question). A correct answer to a question in that round added money to the player's bank, but a wrong answer subtracted that amount. Before each question the player had the option to stop and take the money already won, but if at any time the bank fell to $0, the game ended and the player left with whatever they won in round 1. If the player answered all", "title": "Amnesia (game show)" }, { "docid": "18524154", "text": "draft took place and Ambrose was drafted to SmackDown, while Reigns and Rollins were drafted to Raw. In December 2014, at , Sami Zayn won the NXT Championship from Neville. After the match, Zayn's friend Kevin Owens, first congratulated and then attacked Zayn. In February 2015, at , Owens defeated Zayn to win the NXT Championship. Zayn moved to WWE's main roster at the Royal Rumble and eliminated Owens from the Royal Rumble match. At Payback, Owens defeated Zayn. At Money in the Bank, both men failed to win the Money in the Bank ladder match. Zayn defeated Owens on", "title": "Battleground (2016)" }, { "docid": "20118518", "text": "scheduled a match between Strowman and Owens, which Strowman won. In the first triple threat Money in the Bank qualifying match. After retaining the Intercontinental Championship at Backlash, Seth Rollins addressed the audience about his reign so far and issued an Open Challenge for the title, which was subsequently answered by Mojo Rawley. Rollins retained by performing a Blackout. After suffering a Glorious DDT from Bobby Roode at Backlash during his concert, Elias wrestled Roode in a losing effort. Following Backlash, there were also numerous Money in the Bank qualifying matches scheduled for the May 8 episode of \"SmackDown\", including", "title": "Backlash (2018)" }, { "docid": "18524150", "text": "on the SmackDown brand. The show is also notable for Randy Orton's first appearance after a nine-month injury and former NXT Women's Champion Bayley's main roster debut. The card included nine matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, \"Raw\" and \"SmackDown\". At Money in the Bank, Dean Ambrose won the Money in the Bank ladder match and subsequently the WWE World Heavyweight", "title": "Battleground (2016)" }, { "docid": "16164117", "text": "execute White Noise and a Brogue Kick to retain the title. After the match, Del Rio and his ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez attacked Sheamus. Dolph Ziggler, who won the Money In The Bank earlier that night, attempted to cash it in until a distraction by Del Rio. Sheamus would give Ziggler a Brogue Kick and leave with the World Heavyweight Championship, as the match never got started. After that, The Prime Time Players faced Primo & Epico. WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and R-truth were at ringside providing commentary for the match. Primo pinned Young with a roll up", "title": "Money in the Bank (2012)" }, { "docid": "14552043", "text": "First Charter Bank First Charter Bank (NASDAQ: FCTR), a subsidiary of First Charter Corporation, was a bank headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. From its 1888 founding as Concord National Bank until its 2001 move to Charlotte, the bank was headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. The bank became part of Fifth Third Bank in 2008. Textile companies in Concord, North Carolina such as Cannon Mills needed a bank, and while they had the money to start it, they needed someone to run it. Daniel Branson Coltrane, a Confederate veteran who served with J.E.B. Stuart in the Civil War, returned", "title": "First Charter Bank" }, { "docid": "18524246", "text": "the Bank contract he won earlier in the event to defeat Rollins for the title. Also on the card, AJ Styles defeated John Cena. Two days after Money in the Bank, former champion Reigns was suspended for violating WWE's Wellness Program. WWE's Money in the Bank pay-per-view event centers around a match of the same name, in which multiple wrestlers use ladders to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring. The winner is guaranteed a match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at a time of their choosing within the next year. The card consisted of eleven matches, including two", "title": "Money in the Bank (2016)" }, { "docid": "16931503", "text": "the semifinals, setting up Reigns–Del Rio and Owens–Ambrose in the semifinals at the event. At Survivor Series on November 22, Ambrose and Reigns won their respective matches and went on to face each other in the main event, in which Reigns defeated Ambrose to win the vacant title, only to lose it 5:15 later to Sheamus, who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. Nearing the end of 2015, Ambrose won the Intercontinental Championship for the first time after defeating Kevin Owens at on December 13, while Reigns regained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after defeating Sheamus on \"Raw\"", "title": "The Shield (professional wrestling)" }, { "docid": "7417080", "text": "match. During his cash-in match at the 2018 Hell in a Cell event, which was a Hell in a Cell match against defending champion Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar interfered and laid out both men, rendering them unable to continue, thus the match was ruled a no-contest (this would be the first time that the contract holder failed their cash-in attempt due to a no-contest ruling). Edge, Daniel Bryan, and Seth Rollins are the only Money in the Bank contract holders to be given a title opportunity that was not their cash-in match (Edge won a championship tournament in 2005 on", "title": "Money in the Bank ladder match" }, { "docid": "19883410", "text": "her life. Marge Hurlburt Marge Hurlburt (Dec. 30, 1914 – July 4, 1947) was an American aviator who flew with the Womens Air Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II and set a women's international air speed record in 1947. Margaret M. \"Marge\" Hurlburt was born and lived in Painesville, Ohio. She graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1938 and went on to teach school in Ohio. In the early 1940s, she took up flying at the airport in Willoughby, Ohio. The pioneering aviator Jacqueline Cochran recruited her into the Womens Air Service Pilots (WASP) in 1943. Between 1943", "title": "Marge Hurlburt" }, { "docid": "19883407", "text": "Marge Hurlburt Marge Hurlburt (Dec. 30, 1914 – July 4, 1947) was an American aviator who flew with the Womens Air Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II and set a women's international air speed record in 1947. Margaret M. \"Marge\" Hurlburt was born and lived in Painesville, Ohio. She graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1938 and went on to teach school in Ohio. In the early 1940s, she took up flying at the airport in Willoughby, Ohio. The pioneering aviator Jacqueline Cochran recruited her into the Womens Air Service Pilots (WASP) in 1943. Between 1943 and 1945,", "title": "Marge Hurlburt" }, { "docid": "16546821", "text": "pinned Titus O'Neil. The following week on \"SmackDown\", they won a triple threat tag team match against the Lucha Dragons and The Ascension, to become the number one contenders for the tag team championship against The New Day at Money in the Bank. At Money in the Bank, the Prime Time Players defeated The New Day to capture the WWE Tag Team Championship, their first ever titles in WWE. At Battleground, the Prime Time Players successfully retained their titles against The New Day. At SummerSlam, The New Day defeated The Prime Time Players in a Fatal-4-Way tag team match to", "title": "The Prime Time Players" } ]
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[ { "docid": "19452265", "text": "for a 16-episode third season on April 15, 2016. Production began in January 2017 in Baja, Mexico. This is the final season with co-creator Dave Erickson as showrunner as he will leave the series after the conclusion of the third season. In February 2017, it was announced that Emma Caulfield was cast in the season. In March 2017, it was revealed that Daniel Sharman joined the cast as a series regular. In April 2017, several new actors were announced having joined the series; including Dayton Callie (reprising his guest role from season 2) and Sam Underwood, who, along with Daniel", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 3)" }, { "docid": "20730732", "text": "several \"Fear the Walking Dead\" characters. It is the last appearance of Lola Guerrero (Lisandra Tena), who was killed during the episode, and with Lola's death, none of the main characters which were introduced this season are alive. It is the last appearance of Daniel Salazar (Rubén Blades) and Qaletaqa Walker (Michael Greyeyes), who both managed to survive. This episode also marks the last appearance of several characters who died during this season, who appear in a dream of Madison's; including Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis), Jeremiah Otto (Dayton Callie), Jake Otto (Sam Underwood), and Troy Otto (Daniel Sharman). \"Sleigh Ride\",", "title": "Sleigh Ride (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19731922", "text": "Wrath (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Wrath\" is the fourteenth and penultimate episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on October 3, 2016 along with the season finale; North. This episode marks the final appearance of Lorenzo James Henrie (Chris Manawa), whose fate was revealed in this episode. This episode also features the first appearance of Dayton Callie (Jeremiah Otto), whose character would play a prominent role in the third season. Ofelia manages to successfully reach the American border. In Tijuana, Nick attempts to convince the bandits not to", "title": "Wrath (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19731927", "text": "physically protect people like an action hero.\" \"Wrath\" was seen by 3.67 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, above the previous episodes rating of 3.49 million. Wrath (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Wrath\" is the fourteenth and penultimate episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on October 3, 2016 along with the season finale; North. This episode marks the final appearance of Lorenzo James Henrie (Chris Manawa), whose fate was revealed in this episode. This episode also features the first appearance of Dayton Callie", "title": "Wrath (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730693", "text": "the second-season finales rating of 3.05 million.<ref name=\"3.01/3.02\"></ref> Eye of the Beholder (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Eye of the Beholder\" is the first episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on June 4, 2016, along with the following episode \"The New Frontier\". This episode marks the first appearance of the Otto brothers: Troy Otto (Daniel Sharman) and Jake Otto (Sam Underwood), who both play major roles in this season. Travis, Madison and Alicia are captured by an armed group and taken to a military compound, where Travis is", "title": "Eye of the Beholder (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730689", "text": "Eye of the Beholder (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Eye of the Beholder\" is the first episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on June 4, 2016, along with the following episode \"The New Frontier\". This episode marks the first appearance of the Otto brothers: Troy Otto (Daniel Sharman) and Jake Otto (Sam Underwood), who both play major roles in this season. Travis, Madison and Alicia are captured by an armed group and taken to a military compound, where Travis is separated from them and is taken to a", "title": "Eye of the Beholder (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730700", "text": "100 (Fear the Walking Dead) \"100\" is the fourth episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on June 18, 2017. The title is the number of people Daniel has killed by the end of the episode. This episode marks Lisandra Tena's first appearance as Lola Guerrero who plays a prominent role this season, this episode is also the first to be spoken mainly in Spanish. Through flashbacks, Daniel had survived the fire and escaped into Tijuana, where he was saved from death by a band of refugees headed", "title": "100 (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730720", "text": "Children of Wrath (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Children of Wrath\" is the eighth episode and mid-season finale of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on July 9, 2017 along with the previous episode \"The Unveiling\". This episode marks the last regular appearance of Dayton Callie (Jeremiah Otto) as he was killed by Nick Clark (Frank Dillane). Through flashbacks, Ofelia is seen crossed the border and meets Jeremiah, at first Jeremiah is seen to be helpful, giving Ofelia some of his water. However, Ofela was denied refuge from Jeremiah for", "title": "Children of Wrath (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20462916", "text": "the third season, while four new cast members are introduced. Lennie James (who was a main cast member in \"The Walking Dead\"), moved to the main cast after his departure from \"The Walking Dead\". Maggie Grace, Garret Dillahunt and Jenna Elfman were added to the main cast. This is the first season not to include Cliff Curtis, Mercedes Mason, Daniel Sharman, Sam Underwood, Dayton Callie, Rubén Blades and Lisandra Tena (since their first appearances), who were all credited as main cast members in previous seasons. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On April 14, 2017, AMC renewed the series for a 16-episode fourth season and", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 4)" }, { "docid": "20730724", "text": "Wrath\" was seen by 2.40 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, below the previous episodes rating of 2.62 million.<ref name=\"3.07/3.08\"></ref> Children of Wrath (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Children of Wrath\" is the eighth episode and mid-season finale of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on July 9, 2017 along with the previous episode \"The Unveiling\". This episode marks the last regular appearance of Dayton Callie (Jeremiah Otto) as he was killed by Nick Clark (Frank Dillane). Through flashbacks, Ofelia is seen crossed the border", "title": "Children of Wrath (Fear the Walking Dead)" } ]
[ { "docid": "18487436", "text": "series in cable history. \"Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462\", a 16-part web series, premiered on October 4, 2015, on AMC.com; it also aired as promos during \"The Walking Dead\" season 6. Two of the web series' characters, Alex (previously known as Charlie) and Jake, are introduced in \"Fear the Walking Dead\" season 2, episode 3 (\"Ouroboros\"). A second 16-part web series debuted on October 17, 2016, and episodes were made available online weekly and aired as promos during the seventh season of \"The Walking Dead\". The web series follows Sierra, a capable survivor, who helps an injured woman named", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead" }, { "docid": "4697248", "text": "show. As a result of this change Scott Gimple would instead take over Fear the Walking Dead, which promptly saw the loss of several key actors. Critical reception to Gimple's take on Fear has been extremely poor with the show being viewed by many as changing entirely in tone and style, poorly handling the previously established characters of the critically acclaimed Season 3, as well as dropping nearly all of the ongoing storylines with the few remaining characters. Many of the complaints about Gimple's time on The Walking Dead were applied to the 4th season of Fear as many felt", "title": "Scott M. Gimple" }, { "docid": "14642326", "text": "to a two-season broadcast by March 2015. \"Fear the Walking Dead\" was first broadcast on August 23, 2015. \"Fear the Walking Dead\" features a different set of characters, developed by Kirkman. The series starts at the onset of the zombie apocalypse, and follows several people that escape Los Angeles as the military attempts to quarantine the city, and seek refuge along the west coast of the United States and Mexico. The fourth season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\" features a crossover with \"The Walking Dead\", specifically through the character Morgan Jones (played by Lennie James) who joins the cast of", "title": "The Walking Dead (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19457725", "text": "Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 is a 16-part web series based on the television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\". The series premiered on October 4, 2015, on AMC's official website. It also aired as promos during \"The Walking Dead\"'s sixth season. The web series tells the story of a group of passengers aboard a commercial airplane during the earliest moments of the outbreak. Over the course of the series, the plane and the lives of its passengers are put in jeopardy once they discover an infected traveler. Two of its characters, Alex (Michelle", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462" }, { "docid": "19452263", "text": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 3) The third season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on June 4, 2017 and consisted of 16 episodes. The season is split into two eight-episode parts, with the first half concluding on July 9, 2017; the second half premiered on September 10, 2017 and concluded on October 15, 2017. The series is a companion series and prequel to \"The Walking Dead\", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The season follows a dysfunctional, blended", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 3)" }, { "docid": "16889881", "text": "the outbreak. Over the course of the series, the plane and the lives of its passengers are put in jeopardy once they discover an infected traveler. Two of its characters, Alex and Jake, are introduced in \"Fear the Walking Dead\" season 2, episode 3 \"Ouroboros\". A second 16-part web series, debuted on October 17, 2016, and episodes were made available online weekly and aired as promos during the seventh season of \"The Walking Dead\". The web series follows Sierra, a capable survivor, who helps an injured woman named Gabi. A six-part webisode series entitled \"Red Machete\" first premiered on October", "title": "The Walking Dead (franchise)" }, { "docid": "19452267", "text": "On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a rating of 80%, based on 9 reviews, whose average rating is 7.45/10. The third season, featuring audio commentaries and deleted scenes, was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 13, 2018. Fear the Walking Dead (season 3) The third season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on June 4, 2017 and consisted of 16 episodes. The season is split into two eight-episode parts, with the first half concluding on July 9, 2017; the second half premiered on September 10, 2017 and concluded on October 15, 2017.", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 3)" }, { "docid": "18928106", "text": "turn his head towards them. The pilot episode of \"Fear the Walking Dead\" received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, it garnered a 91% rating with an average score of 7.53/10 based on 23 reviews. The site consensus reads, \"'The pilot episode of Fear the Walking Dead does a solid job of establishing its characters and milieu, and provides enough tense moments to please diehard Dead-heads.\" Matt Fowler of IGN gave \"Pilot\" a 7.6/10.0 rating stating; \"Fear the Walking Dead brings a welcome shift in location, tone, and characters. Like Telltale's The Walking Dead video games, it's able to present us", "title": "Pilot (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20462914", "text": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 4) The fourth season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on April 15, 2018, and comprises 16 episodes split into two eight-episode parts. The second half of the season premiered on August 12, 2018, and concluded on September 30, 2018. It is a companion series to \"The Walking Dead\", and the season premiere contained the first crossover between the two series. The season features new showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian B. Goldberg, and the series also moved to a new filming location, Austin, Texas. The season follows a", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 4)" }, { "docid": "20462923", "text": "even more depressing.\" Fear the Walking Dead (season 4) The fourth season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on April 15, 2018, and comprises 16 episodes split into two eight-episode parts. The second half of the season premiered on August 12, 2018, and concluded on September 30, 2018. It is a companion series to \"The Walking Dead\", and the season premiere contained the first crossover between the two series. The season features new showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian B. Goldberg, and the series also moved to a new filming location, Austin, Texas. The", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 4)" }, { "docid": "5507573", "text": "be produced as AMC Originals that continue Rick's story with Kirkman's involvement. A companion television series, titled \"Fear The Walking Dead\", debuted on AMC on August 23, 2015. The series features new original characters, and it is set in the city of Los Angeles, California starting prior to the zombie apocalypse. It explores these new characters as the apocalypse begins. The series was created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, with Erickson serving as showrunner for the series. AMC ordered the series for a two-season commitment, with the first season consisting of six episodes. AMC released an animated film of", "title": "The Walking Dead (comic book)" }, { "docid": "18928107", "text": "with an whole new cast of characters while demonstrating that it's really the zombified world that that's the star of the show and all that you really need for there to be a spinoff.\" \"Pilot\" is the highest rated episode of \"Fear the Walking Dead\" (as of September 2018), with 10.13 million viewers in the United States on its original air date. Pilot (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Pilot\" is the series premiere of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 23, 2015 in the United States. The series is a companion series", "title": "Pilot (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18988681", "text": "for getting caught up in petty nonsense. And then later, Madison smacked up Nick for being the same fool addict he's always been, despite the entire country falling apart. Right then, in these moments, these characters were us.\" \"Not Fade Away\" was seen by 6.62 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, nearly half a million less than the previous episode. Not Fade Away (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Not Fade Away\" is the fourth episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 20,", "title": "Not Fade Away (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20462915", "text": "dysfunctional family composed of Madison Clark (Kim Dickens), her daughter Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey), her drug-addicted son Nick (Frank Dillane) and his lover Luciana Galvez (Danay García), along with Victor Strand (Colman Domingo) during the zombie apocalypse. The group finds safe haven inside a baseball stadium, but are threatened by a group of antagonistic survivors known as the Vultures. It also features several new characters including \"The Walking Dead\"s Morgan Jones (Lennie James), as well as characters played by Maggie Grace, Garret Dillahunt, and Jenna Elfman. The fourth season features nine actors receiving main cast billing status, with five returning from", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 4)" }, { "docid": "747561", "text": "who struggle to survive and adapt in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies (called \"walkers\") and opposing groups of survivors who are often more dangerous than the walkers themselves. The popularity of the series has led to a spin-off franchise comprising an aftershow (\"Talking Dead\"), a companion television series (\"Fear the Walking Dead\", a prequel with different characters from the source material), video games (e.g., \"The Walking Dead: The Game (Season One)\", \"\" and \"\") webisodes (including \"The Talking Dead\" webisodes and the \"Fear the Walking Dead\" web series), and numerous parodies and spoofs. \"World War Z\" (2013) is an", "title": "Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction" }, { "docid": "18989093", "text": "2015. A special edition version of the first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 22, 2016, with new bonus features, including deleted scenes, seven featurettes, and audio commentaries by cast and crew, on all six episodes. Fear the Walking Dead (season 1) The first season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on August 23, 2015, and concluded on October 4, 2015, consisting of six episodes. The series is a companion series and prequel to \"The Walking Dead\", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 1)" }, { "docid": "20727664", "text": "TEOTWAWKI (Fear the Walking Dead) \"TEOTWAWKI\" (acronym for The end of the world as we know it), is the third episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on June 11, 2017. This episode marks the return of Daniel Salazar (Rubén Blades) in season 3 as the character was last seen in the second season's mid-season finale episode \"Shiva\". In a pre-apocalypse television commercial, Jeremiah Otto and his family promote a video series on the key to surviving TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it). The", "title": "TEOTWAWKI (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20727668", "text": "to see Ruben Blades back on the show.\" \"TEOTWAWKI\" was seen by 2.50 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, below the previous episodes rating of 2.70 million.<ref name=\"3.01/3.02\"></ref> TEOTWAWKI (Fear the Walking Dead) \"TEOTWAWKI\" (acronym for The end of the world as we know it), is the third episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on June 11, 2017. This episode marks the return of Daniel Salazar (Rubén Blades) in season 3 as the character was last seen in the second season's mid-season", "title": "TEOTWAWKI (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18988680", "text": "it would benefit from characters with greater depth.\" Matt Fowler of IGN gave \"Not Fade Away\" a 7.8/10.0 rating stating; \"Fear the Walking Dead changed things up dramatically during its first season by skipping ahead and time and placing our characters in an army-occupied neighborhood. And while the threat of a crumbling military, who may operating on orders to overreact, is a great hook, the show still gets bogged down in familial bickering. Two of the best moments in \"Not Fade Away\" involved characters exploding because they couldn't take the same inane BS. Alicia actually yelled at Travis and Madison", "title": "Not Fade Away (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "15618539", "text": "Moira Walley-Beckett. Then \"Power\". 2015 Back to Cape Town for two episodes of \"Black Sails' 'with some of the most complex action/vfx sequences on television. Then the season finale of \"Fear the Walking Dead\". Finished up the year in New York on \"The Americans\" Started 2016 on season two \"Fear the Walking Dead\" and went on to do part one of the season finale. Then travelled to New York for the season premiere of \"Power\" and returned to \"The Americans\" after its huge EMMY success. 2017 Returning to \"Fear the Walking Dead\" for three episodes including the second half premiere.", "title": "Stefan Schwartz" }, { "docid": "18989086", "text": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 1) The first season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on August 23, 2015, and concluded on October 4, 2015, consisting of six episodes. The series is a companion series and prequel to \"The Walking Dead\", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. On March 9, 2015, AMC announced it had ordered \"Fear the Walking Dead\" to series, with a two-season commitment. The second season, comprising 15 episodes, premiered on April 10, 2016. The season", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 1)" }, { "docid": "19688942", "text": "On Rotten Tomatoes, it garnered a 71% rating, with an average score of 6.47/10 based on 14 reviews. The site consensus reads, \"Mid-season finale \"Shiva\" shakes up Fear the Walking Dead, tossing relationships into a scary and unique new climate while setting the stage for a biting cliffhanger.\" Matt Fowler of IGN gave \"Shiva\" a 6.8/10.0 rating stating; \"\"Shiva\" did well on the Travis/Chris front, and I liked how Madison dealt with Celia, but it seemed to want to serve the endpoint more than the characters. The fiery finish that worked to split everyone up. Because Daniel's insta-dementia felt hurried.", "title": "Shiva (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19457726", "text": "Ang) and Jake (Brendan Meyer), are introduced in \"Fear the Walking Dead\" season two, episode three, \"Ouroboros\". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 is a 16-part web series based on the television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\". The series premiered on October 4, 2015, on AMC's official website. It also aired as promos during \"The Walking Dead\"'s sixth season. The web series tells the story of a group of passengers aboard a commercial airplane during the earliest moments of the outbreak. Over the course of the series, the plane and the lives of", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462" }, { "docid": "20730694", "text": "The New Frontier (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The New Frontier\" is the second episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on June 4, 2016, along with season premiere \"Eye of the Beholder\". This episode marks the final regular appearance of Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa, who was abruptly killed off early in the episode after getting shot inside a helicopter. The helicopter is attacked and Travis is shot through the stomach out the neck and starts bleeding out; he falls to his death rather than dying and turning", "title": "The New Frontier (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19354928", "text": "cast of the spin-off series \"Fear the Walking Dead\". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The first trailer for the season was released on July 21, 2017 at the San Diego Comic-Con. The second trailer was released on February 1, 2018 for the second part of the season. On March 15, 2018, it was announced that the season finale and the fourth season premiere of \"Fear the Walking Dead\" would be screened at AMC, Regal, and Cinemark theaters across the United States on April 15, the same day as the TV airing, for \"Survival Sunday: \"The Walking Dead\" & \"Fear the Walking Dead\"\". The episodes", "title": "The Walking Dead (season 8)" }, { "docid": "20462917", "text": "announced that Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg would replace the departing Dave Erickson as showrunners. Production began in November 2017 in Austin, Texas. Michael E. Satrazemis, a director of photography for \"The Walking Dead\" and director of 12 episodes, joined \"Fear the Walking Dead\" as a directing-producer. In November 2017, it was reported that Lennie James who portrays Morgan Jones on \"The Walking Dead\" would crossover and join the main cast in the fourth season. The fourth season also sees the additions of several new series regulars, played by Garret Dillahunt, Jenna Elfman, and Maggie Grace. On April 21, 2018,", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 4)" }, { "docid": "18928103", "text": "Pilot (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Pilot\" is the series premiere of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 23, 2015 in the United States. The series is a companion series and prequel to \"The Walking Dead\", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. In September 2013, AMC announced they were developing a companion series to \"The Walking Dead\", which follows a different set of characters created by Robert Kirkman. In September 2014, AMC ordered a pilot, which was written", "title": "Pilot (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19731934", "text": "date, below the previous episodes rating of 3.67 million that aired on the same night. North (Fear the Walking Dead) \"North\" is the fifteenth and final episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on October 3, 2016, along with the previous episode, \"Wrath\". In the community, Alejandro refuses to back down and orders the community members to prepare to defend their homes against the bandits. Not wanting to get caught in the fighting, Nick quietly leaves the community, and notices a helicopter landing at a town on the", "title": "North (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19731928", "text": "North (Fear the Walking Dead) \"North\" is the fifteenth and final episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on October 3, 2016, along with the previous episode, \"Wrath\". In the community, Alejandro refuses to back down and orders the community members to prepare to defend their homes against the bandits. Not wanting to get caught in the fighting, Nick quietly leaves the community, and notices a helicopter landing at a town on the American side of the border. He returns to the community to convince Alejandro to evacuate", "title": "North (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730715", "text": "Minotaur (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Minotaur\" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 10, 2017 along with the following episode \"The Diviner\". Walker's group move onto the ranch; the new community share a meal after which Jake and Walker speak of building a peace together. However, tensions remain and a drunk youth tries to avenge Gretchen; although the young man is killed Walker is given control of the armory and raids every rancher for their weapons. When Troy refuses, Walker", "title": "Minotaur (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18989094", "text": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 2) The second season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on April 10, 2016. The season is split into a seven-episode part and a eight-episode part, with the first seven concluding on May 22, 2016; the second half premiered on August 21, 2016, and concluded on October 2, 2016, consisting of fifteen episodes. The series is a companion series and prequel to \"The Walking Dead\", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The season follows", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 2)" }, { "docid": "18988677", "text": "Not Fade Away (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Not Fade Away\" is the fourth episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 20, 2015 in the United States. Days after the National Guard quarantines the neighborhood into a Safe Zone, residents try to live normally. Tensions build under the military rule. Madison is stressed by extra work caused by her home's being overcrowded and Travis' new role as civilian liaison. Chris shows a video to Travis and Madison of a light signaling from the Dead Zone. Travis talks", "title": "Not Fade Away (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18177887", "text": "episode called \"The Walking Dead: 400 Days\" that is available as downloadable content for the first season. It introduces five new characters that journalists expect to carry into \"Season Two\". \"400 Days\" will use data about the player's decisions in season one, and decisions made in \"400 Days\" will carry into \"Season Two\". Telltale's Sean Ainsworth and Dennis Lenart stated that the third season is going to feature a \"new angle\" from the story. It was confirmed by Robert Kirkman that Clementine would return for Season 3. Robert Kirkman also said the game will almost be at the same point", "title": "The Walking Dead: A New Frontier" }, { "docid": "16071015", "text": "Norman Reedus, and explain why they are the ultimate \"Walking Dead\" fan. Jill Robi and Brendan Orban-Griggs were chosen as the winners of the contest. These episodes discuss season eight of \"The Walking Dead\" and season four of \"Fear the Walking Dead\". The special two-hour premiere was held live at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and featured all twenty of the main cast for the season as well as executive producers and former cast members. The sixteenth episode discussed the crossover event that featured the season 8 finale and season 4 premiere of \"The Walking Dead\" and \"Fear the", "title": "Talking Dead" }, { "docid": "20727675", "text": "positive review, with a 3/5 rating, stating; \"I'm torn because this episode could have been so much more than it was. It had a lot going for it, but the retreading of what The Walking Dead did with the same material is still too fresh in our minds for this episode to have had the impact it wanted.\" \"Brother's Keeper\" was seen by 2.08 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, above the previous episodes rating of 1.99 million. Brother's Keeper (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Brother's Keeper\" is the twelfth episode of the third season of", "title": "Brother's Keeper (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18989097", "text": "sail in its sophomore season with an intriguing backdrop that doesn't always disguise its deficiencies in comparison to its predecessor.\" On Metacritic, the season has a score of 54 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". The second season, featuring audio commentaries, deleted scenes, actor interviews and various behind-the-scene featurettes, was released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 13, 2016. Fear the Walking Dead (season 2) The second season of \"Fear the Walking Dead\", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on April 10, 2016. The season is split into a seven-episode part and", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 2)" }, { "docid": "18487424", "text": "the series had been renewed for a 16-episode third season, which premiered on June 4, 2017. In April 2017, AMC renewed the series for a 16-episode fourth season and announced that Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg would replace the departing Dave Erickson as showrunners. The fourth season premiered on April 15, 2018. On July 28, 2018, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which is set to premiere in 2019. In September 2013, AMC announced they were developing a companion series to \"The Walking Dead\", which follows a different set of characters created by Robert Kirkman. In September 2014,", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead" }, { "docid": "18939982", "text": "protagonist, but upon the death of Travis early in season 3 Madison started receiving critical acclaim as the death of Travis pushed her more towards a leader role and was established as the protagonist. Madison Clark is portrayed by Kim Dickens. In season 4's mid-season finale, Madison Clark is killed off. Dickens has since commented on her characters death, saying: In his season review for IGN, Matt Fowler gave the third season a 8.2 out of 10 rating; praising Kim Dickens' character Madison, he wrote, \"\"Fear the Walking Dead\" more solidly found its tone and voice this season by embracing", "title": "Madison Clark" }, { "docid": "20462920", "text": "very excited for people to see.\" The third episode of the season features the death of Nick Clark, played by Frank Dillane. In an interview after the episode had aired, Dillane revealed he asked to leave the show prior to the fourth season. The actor explained: On March 15, 2018, it was announced that the season premiere and the season eight finale of \"The Walking Dead\" would be screened at AMC, Regal, and Cinemark theaters across the United States on April 15, the same day as the televised airing, for \"Survival Sunday: \"The Walking Dead\" & \"Fear the Walking Dead\"\".", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 4)" }, { "docid": "18487422", "text": "Fear the Walking Dead Fear the Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, that premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015. It is a companion series and prequel to \"The Walking Dead\", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. In July 2018, AMC renewed the series for a fifth season, which is set to premiere in 2019. Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg have been the showrunners since the fourth season. Set initially in Los Angeles, California and", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead" }, { "docid": "20730733", "text": "received critical acclaim from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, \"Sleigh Ride\" garnered a perfect 100% rating, with an average score of 8.0/10 based on 7 reviews. In a joint review along with the season finale episode, \"Things Bad Begun\", Matt Fowler of IGN gave \"Sleigh Ride\" a 8/10 rating, stating; \"Some of the interpersonal moments didn't quite feel right in Fear the Walking Dead's Season 3 close-out, but using the dam as the centerpiece for the endgame, while also introducing a new villain into the mix, made for an exciting finale - even if Madison's haunting dreams were the only thing", "title": "Sleigh Ride (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20798431", "text": "Close Your Eyes (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Close Your Eyes\" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 19, 2018 in the United States. This episode marks the final appearance of Kim Dickens (Madison Clark) and Frank Dillane (Nick Clark), who both died earlier in the season, they briefly appear in a flashback in this episode through archive footage from the first half of the season. Alicia takes refuge in a house to escape the storm. She kills the dead Infected family and puts", "title": "Close Your Eyes (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20795871", "text": "April, Cohan confirmed she signed on for the ninth season but only for six episodes. At the end of the eighth season, former regular Lennie James (as Morgan Jones) was moved to \"The Walking Dead\"s companion series, \"Fear the Walking Dead\", as showrunner Scott M. Gimple felt there were more stories about Morgan to tell that would be more effective with \"Fear the Walking Dead\"s smaller cast and narrative approach. In May 2018, it was announced that Avi Nash and Callan McAuliffe, who joined the series in the eighth season as the recurring roles of Siddiq and Alden, respectively, were", "title": "The Walking Dead (season 9)" }, { "docid": "18487433", "text": "6.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"Fear the Walking Dead\" sets sail in its sophomore season with an intriguing backdrop that doesn't always disguise its deficiencies in comparison to its predecessor.\" On Metacritic, the season has a score of 54 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season has an approval rating of 80% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. In his season review for IGN, Matt Fowler gave it an 8.2 out of 10 and wrote, \"\"Fear the Walking Dead\" more solidly found its tone", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead" }, { "docid": "19450923", "text": "character development overcome the sluggish pace of \"Monster.\"\" Matt Fowler of IGN gave \"Monster\" a 6.7/10.0 rating stating; \"Fear the Walking Dead's Season 2 premiere gave us an exciting \"Escape from LA\" opening sequence, a unique seafaring setting, and teased some interesting dangers coming our way. But the episode itself was flat and filled with highly emotional characters making poor choices/mistakes. Which then only causes us to side with the sociopath of the group.\" \"Monster\" was seen by 6.67 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, slightly below the first season finales rating of 6.86 million", "title": "Monster (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18988686", "text": "Even Madison felt wasted this week.\" \"Cobalt\" was seen by 6.66 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, slightly above the previous episodes rating of 6.62 million. \"Cobalt\" was the first episode of \"Fear the Walking Dead\" to have a higher viewership than its previous episode. Cobalt (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Cobalt\" is the fifth and penultimate episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 27, 2015 in the United States. This episode marks Colman Domingo’s first appearance as Victor Strand who would", "title": "Cobalt (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730711", "text": "The Unveiling (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Unveiling\" is the seventh episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on July 9, 2017 along with the mid-season finale \"Children of Wrath\". This episode features the return of Mercedes Mason as Ofelia Salazar who had been absent since the season 2 penultimate episode \"Wrath\". Jake and Alicia arrive at Black Hat, where Alicia discovers Ofelia to be alive and allied with Walker's tribe. Jake and Walker agree to a parley with an exchange of hostages to guarantee the truce; Alicia", "title": "The Unveiling (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688939", "text": "Shiva (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Shiva\" is the seventh episode and mid-season finale of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on May 22, 2016. This episode marks Rubén Blades' (Daniel Salazar) final appearance in season 2 as his character’s fate was left ambiguous. After killing Thomas, Celia is furious and demands that Strand and the group leave. Chris has run off and Travis goes off after him. Daniel begins to have nightmares and act strangely. When he attacks one of Celia's men, Celia has Daniel taken to the cellar.", "title": "Shiva (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18989096", "text": "The second season features nine actors receiving main cast billing status, with seven returning from the first season; eight are listed as main cast members in the first season, while one new cast member is introduced. Colman Domingo was promoted from recurring status and Michelle Ang was added to the main cast as Alex, however she only appears in two episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The second season received mostly mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a rating of 70%, based on 30 reviews, whose average rating is 6.59/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"Fear the Walking Dead\" sets", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 2)" }, { "docid": "19688948", "text": "4.41 million. Sicut Cervus (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Sicut Cervus\" is the sixth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on May 15, 2016. Strand arranges for payment to the Mexican military for safe passage, but a gunfight ensues leaving two officers and Luis, Strand's contact, dead. While walking to the compound, the group is attacked by the dead and Madison is knocked to the ground while Chris stands by watching, which Alicia sees, before killing Madison's attacker. The group arrives at the compound, and are greeted by", "title": "Sicut Cervus (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688944", "text": "Sicut Cervus (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Sicut Cervus\" is the sixth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on May 15, 2016. Strand arranges for payment to the Mexican military for safe passage, but a gunfight ensues leaving two officers and Luis, Strand's contact, dead. While walking to the compound, the group is attacked by the dead and Madison is knocked to the ground while Chris stands by watching, which Alicia sees, before killing Madison's attacker. The group arrives at the compound, and are greeted by Luis' mother", "title": "Sicut Cervus (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18989090", "text": "site's critical consensus reads, \"\"Fear the Walking Dead\" recycles elements of its predecessor, but it's still moody and engrossing enough to compete with the original.\" On Metacritic, the season has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Elisabeth Vincentelli of the \"New York Post\" rated the first two episodes three out of four stars, stating that \"[They] are creepily suspenseful–they're great examples of how effective a slow pace and a moody atmosphere can be.\" Another positive review of the first episode came from Ken Tucker of Yahoo TV, who wrote, \"\"Fear the", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead (season 1)" }, { "docid": "18487438", "text": "commentaries and deleted scenes, was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 13, 2018. Fear the Walking Dead Fear the Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, that premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015. It is a companion series and prequel to \"The Walking Dead\", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. In July 2018, AMC renewed the series for a fifth season, which is set to premiere in 2019. Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg have", "title": "Fear the Walking Dead" }, { "docid": "20730725", "text": "The Diviner (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Diviner\" is the tenth episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 10, 2017 along with the mid-season premiere episode \"Minotaur\". Madison informs Walker that the ranch's aquifer is running dry, and they take a tanker to a bazaar in Mexicali to negotiate for water. They find Strand who owes debts to the authorities. Madison uses Walker's gold to buy his freedom. At the ranch, the natives are overseeing the water distribution, leading to tensions. The militia see Nick as", "title": "The Diviner (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19731911", "text": "Pillar of Salt (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Pillar of Salt\" is the twelfth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 18, 2016. This episode marks the final appearance Griselda Salazar (Patricia Reyes Spíndola), seen in a flashback sequence, who died at the end of the first season. Ofelia Salazar (Mercedes Mason) returns after briefly disappearing at the end of the ninth episode Los Muertos. Ofelia, having escaped the hotel, goes out on her own and heads back to the United States. With the infected removed from", "title": "Pillar of Salt (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20798438", "text": "of a whirling zombie-nado.\" The episode was seen by 1.88 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, far below the previous episodes ratings of 2.32 million viewers. People Like Us (Fear the Walking Dead) \"People Like Us\" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 12, 2018 in the United States. Morgan decides to return to Virginia with the help of Althea, and asks the other members of the group to go with him. John, still recovering", "title": "People Like Us (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19450919", "text": "the United States on its original air date, below the season premiers rating of 6.67 million by over a million. We All Fall Down (Fear the Walking Dead) \"We All Fall Down\" is the second episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on April 17, 2016. The group docks on a nearby island to escape pursuit of the unknown ship. Daniel and Ofelia stay behind on the boat to keep an eye on Strand, while Travis and the others investigate a house on the shore, which is inhabited", "title": "We All Fall Down (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730704", "text": "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame\" is the fifth episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on June 25, 2017. This episode also marks the first appearance of Michael Greyeyes as Qaletaqa Walker, a prominent recurring character of the season. After a fire kills one of the founders of Broke Jaw, Nick and Jeremiah bond by cleaning up the wreck, locating Jeremiah's prized antique revolver. Nick hopes Luciana will like the house but she leaves in the night.", "title": "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19450911", "text": "Ouroboros (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Ouroboros\" is the third episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on April 24, 2016. This episode revealed the fate of the survivors of the webisodes where Michelle Ang who played Alex survived and was added as a series regular, but was only credited as a regular for this episode and the fifth episode of the season Captive. While Travis repairs the boat, Madison confronts Strand about his destination, which Daniel has discovered to be Baja California, Mexico. Nick, Alicia, Chris, and Daniel", "title": "Ouroboros (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20798435", "text": "People Like Us (Fear the Walking Dead) \"People Like Us\" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 12, 2018 in the United States. Morgan decides to return to Virginia with the help of Althea, and asks the other members of the group to go with him. John, still recovering from his gunshot wound, intends on staying in Texas and returning to his cabin with June and Charlie (the three are currently living in a school bus). Meanwhile, Strand, Luciana and", "title": "People Like Us (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20798423", "text": "Weak (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Weak\" is the twelveth episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 2, 2018 in the United States. This episode was directed by Colman Domingo who plays Victor Strand; his directorial debut. On April 21, 2018, Colman Domingo revealed that he would be directing the twelfth episode of this season. Running low on fuel, June and Althea camp inside the SWAT truck over the next few days. They hear a static-filled transmission over the radio and go to higher ground for a", "title": "Weak (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730707", "text": "seen by 2.50 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, above the previous episodes rating of 2.40 million. Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame\" is the fifth episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on June 25, 2017. This episode also marks the first appearance of Michael Greyeyes as Qaletaqa Walker, a prominent recurring character of the season. After a fire kills one of the founders of Broke Jaw, Nick and Jeremiah bond by", "title": "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688938", "text": "spending some quality time with Nick and getting into his headspace a little more. And it worked. It wasn't exactly riveting stuff, but it did show us that this series stands a better chance of dusting itself off now that the ensemble's been split up.\" \"Grotesque\" was seen by 3.86 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, below the previous episodes rating of 4.39 million. Grotesque (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Grotesque\" is the eighth episode and mid-season premier of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC", "title": "Grotesque (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688934", "text": "Grotesque (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Grotesque\" is the eighth episode and mid-season premier of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 21, 2016. This episode marks the first appearance of Danay Garcia (Luciana Galvez). Nick wanders off on his own towards Tijuana, but on the way he is attacked by another survivor and forced to leave behind his supplies. When he tries to scavenge abandoned cars for supplies, he is attacked by bandits and gets lost in the wilderness as he flees. When he tries to get some", "title": "Grotesque (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18180633", "text": "while other parts of the game will continue to use quick-time events as from previous games. Despite the title \"The Final Season\", Telltale does not rule out future \"The Walking Dead\" games; Creative Director Kent Mudle said that \"The Final Season\" title represented the end of Clementine's journey from Telltale's view, but could revisit the franchise through other characters. \"The Walking Dead\" video game series introduces new characters developed by Telltale for the games. \"Season One\" is based around Lee Everett (voiced by Dave Fennoy), a Georgia college professor who had been charged with murder, and was in the midst", "title": "The Walking Dead (video game series)" }, { "docid": "20730728", "text": "there's still time for AMC to turn things around. Until then, I'm rooting for the zombies. And maybe Alicia. But mostly the undead.\" \"The Diviner\" was seen by 2.14 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, the same as the previous episodes rating of 2.14 million.<ref name=\"3.09/3.10\"></ref> The Diviner (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Diviner\" is the tenth episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 10, 2017 along with the mid-season premiere episode \"Minotaur\". Madison informs Walker that the ranch's aquifer is", "title": "The Diviner (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730714", "text": "punch that brought back Ofelia while also resolving the calamitous conflict over the ranch in a meaningful manner.\" \"The Unveiling\" was seen by 2.62 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, above the previous episodes rating of 2.19 million.<ref name=\"3.07/3.08\"></ref> The Unveiling (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Unveiling\" is the seventh episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on July 9, 2017 along with the mid-season finale \"Children of Wrath\". This episode features the return of Mercedes Mason as Ofelia Salazar who had been", "title": "The Unveiling (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "16071013", "text": "Walking Dead\". This season introduced live polls as well as a live interactive quiz where fans compete online on their mobile phones, tablets, or computer. These episodes discuss season six of \"The Walking Dead\" and season two of \"Fear the Walking Dead\". This season also hosted an Ultimate Fan Contest where fans can submit clips on why they are the ultimate fan. Greg Raiewski was chosen as the winner to be a guest in the fourteenth episode. Episodes 24 and 25 were pre-recorded due to Hardwick's wedding and honeymoon. These episodes discuss season seven of \"The Walking Dead\" and season", "title": "Talking Dead" }, { "docid": "20730692", "text": "rating together, stating; \"Fear the Walking Dead's two-part opener pulled very few punches as it unleashed gore galore and shocked us with a big character death that worked to fuel the story going forward. Sure, the Clarks might have to stay at Brokejaw for a while and the season may feel a bit stifled at some point because of it, but the characters seem to be instinctually making good decisions right now and that's enough to keep the engine humming.\" \"Eye of the Beholder\" was seen by 3.11 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, above", "title": "Eye of the Beholder (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20896277", "text": "announced that Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg would replace the departing Dave Erickson as showrunners. Production began in November 2017 in Austin, Texas. Michael E. Satrazemis, a director of photography for \"The Walking Dead\" and director of 12 episodes, joined \"Fear the Walking Dead\" as a directing-producer. In November 2017, it was reported that Lennie James who portrays Morgan Jones on \"The Walking Dead\" would crossover and join the main cast in the fourth season. The fourth season also sees the additions of several new series regulars, played by Garret Dillahunt, Jenna Elfman, and Maggie Grace. The fourth season features", "title": "What's Your Story?" }, { "docid": "19731916", "text": "Date of Death (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Date of Death\" is the thirteenth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 25, 2016. The next morning, survivors who had seen the hotel's lights come on begin to flock to the hotel gates, but the hotel survivors refuse to let them enter. Madison then spots Travis among the crowd and lets him inside. Back in the past, Travis begins to treat the wounded tourist James' wounded leg and buries the dead farmer. That night, Travis tries to warn", "title": "Date of Death (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688929", "text": "Los Muertos (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Los Muertos\" (Spanish for The Dead) is the ninth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 28, 2016. Nick begins to observe Luciana's community, and is shocked to see Luciana's people banish an infected man, where he voluntarily allows himself to be eaten by walkers. Luciana explains that those who are infected or terminally ill sacrifice themselves to help build the \"Wall\", a barrier of walkers meant to protect the community from outside threats. Nick then accompanies Luciana on a", "title": "Los Muertos (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20730697", "text": "opener pulled very few punches as it unleashed gore galore and shocked us with a big character death that worked to fuel the story going forward. Sure, the Clarks might have to stay at Brokejaw for a while and the season may feel a bit stifled at some point because of it, but the characters seem to be instinctually making good decisions right now and that's enough to keep the engine humming.\" \"The New Frontier\" was seen by 2.70 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, below the season premiere rating of 3.11 million.<ref name=\"3.01/3.02\"></ref> The", "title": "The New Frontier (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20896268", "text": "What's Your Story? \"What's Your Story?\" is the first episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on April 15, 2018. This episode marks the first appearance of Lennie James (Morgan Jones), in \"Fear the Walking Dead\" after his departure from \"The Walking Dead\" after the eighth season, making it the first crossover between the two shows. It also marks the first appearance of Garret Dillahunt (John Dorie) and Maggie Grace (Althea), as well as the return of Danay Garcia (Luciana Galvez) who had been absent from the show", "title": "What's Your Story?" }, { "docid": "20896280", "text": "United States on its original air date, far above the previous episodes ratings of 2.23 million viewers.<ref name=\"3.15/3.16\"></ref> What's Your Story? \"What's Your Story?\" is the first episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on April 15, 2018. This episode marks the first appearance of Lennie James (Morgan Jones), in \"Fear the Walking Dead\" after his departure from \"The Walking Dead\" after the eighth season, making it the first crossover between the two shows. It also marks the first appearance of Garret Dillahunt (John Dorie) and Maggie Grace", "title": "What's Your Story?" }, { "docid": "18295057", "text": "was confirmed by show's creator Jason Rothenberg that Debnam-Carey would be returning to the show's third season in a recurring role. In December 2014, the first four lead roles of \"The Walking Dead\" spin-off series \"Fear the Walking Dead\" were cast, including Debnam-Carey as Alicia. The first photos of Debnam-Carey on set showed up after production began on the remaining five first-season episodes on 11 May 2015, in Vancouver. Production for the show in Canada concluded at the end of June 2015 and finished in July 2015 in Los Angeles. \"Fear the Walking Dead\" debuted on 23 August, 2015 and", "title": "Alycia Debnam-Carey" }, { "docid": "18988687", "text": "The Good Man (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Good Man\" is the sixth and final episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on October 4, 2015 in the United States. The group drives to the National Guard's headquarters to rescue Liza, Griselda, and Nick. Adams agrees to be their guide when let go by Travis. The group infiltrates the base after Daniel distracts the guards by leading a horde of walkers from the arena. Travis, Madison, Daniel, and Ofelia go inside, while Alicia and Chris stay behind. Meanwhile,", "title": "The Good Man (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18988676", "text": "previous episode. The Dog (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Dog\" is the third episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 13, 2015 in the United States. While a riot rages outside, a mob sets fire to the store adjoining the barbershop, forcing the Salazars and Manawas to flee. The group reaches Travis' truck and escapes, but not before Griselda is injured by a collapsing scaffold. Unable to reach a hospital, the group drives to Madison's house, where Nick, Madison, and Alicia temporarily flee when the zombified", "title": "The Dog (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18988672", "text": "The Dog (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Dog\" is the third episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 13, 2015 in the United States. While a riot rages outside, a mob sets fire to the store adjoining the barbershop, forcing the Salazars and Manawas to flee. The group reaches Travis' truck and escapes, but not before Griselda is injured by a collapsing scaffold. Unable to reach a hospital, the group drives to Madison's house, where Nick, Madison, and Alicia temporarily flee when the zombified Mr. Dawson", "title": "The Dog (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688953", "text": "Blood in the Streets (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Blood in the Streets\" is the fourth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on May 1, 2016. Nick goes ashore to find Strand's contact in Mexico. The group allows a family in distress to board, and they turn out to be allied with Jack, the boy Alicia had communicated with on the radio. The newcomers end up taking over the ship, and Strand tries to leave by raft, but the raft is shot while he's escaping and it begins", "title": "Blood in the Streets (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688924", "text": "Do Not Disturb (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Do Not Disturb\" is the tenth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 4, 2016. A flashback shows the Mexican hotel hosting a wedding when the father of the bride dies from a heart attack and turns. Elena, the hotel manager, locks all of the guests in the ballroom in an attempt to contain the outbreak. In the present, Alicia manages to escape the walkers on her floor, and meets Elena, who agrees to help her find Madison and", "title": "Do Not Disturb (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20798430", "text": "of 7.17/10 based on 7 reviews. The episode was seen by 1.83 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, slightly below the previous episodes ratings of 1.86 million viewers. The Code (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Code\" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 26, 2018 in the United States. Morgan takes refuge from the storm inside a semi-truck and takes supplies from a box labelled with \"Take what you need. Leave what you don't\". After falling asleep inside", "title": "The Code (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20798427", "text": "The Code (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Code\" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on August 26, 2018 in the United States. Morgan takes refuge from the storm inside a semi-truck and takes supplies from a box labelled with \"Take what you need. Leave what you don't\". After falling asleep inside the truck, he wakes up to discover he is at a gas station in Mississippi. Inside the gas station, Morgan hears a woman's voice on the radio transmitter who tells him to take", "title": "The Code (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688956", "text": "issue). And in the show's first ever experiment with flashbacks, Strand was given a great background arc.\". \"Blood in the Streets\" was seen by 4.80 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, slightly above the previous episodes rating of 4.73 million. Blood in the Streets (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Blood in the Streets\" is the fourth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on May 1, 2016. Nick goes ashore to find Strand's contact in Mexico. The group allows a family in distress to", "title": "Blood in the Streets (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19450924", "text": "Monster (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Monster\" is the second season premiere of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on April 10, 2016 in the United States. This episode marks the final appearance of Elizabeth Rodriguez (Liza Ortiz), who died in the previous episode, she briefly appears as a corpse in this episode. The group evacuates to the Abigail as the military bombs Los Angeles, in an attempt to contain the outbreak. Out at sea, the group comes across another boat full of survivors, but Strand refuses to pick them up. Strand informs the", "title": "Monster (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19450920", "text": "Monster (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Monster\" is the second season premiere of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on April 10, 2016 in the United States. This episode marks the final appearance of Elizabeth Rodriguez (Liza Ortiz), who died in the previous episode, she briefly appears as a corpse in this episode. The group evacuates to the Abigail as the military bombs Los Angeles, in an attempt to contain the outbreak. Out at sea, the group comes across another boat full of survivors, but Strand refuses to pick them up. Strand informs the", "title": "Monster (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19450915", "text": "We All Fall Down (Fear the Walking Dead) \"We All Fall Down\" is the second episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on April 17, 2016. The group docks on a nearby island to escape pursuit of the unknown ship. Daniel and Ofelia stay behind on the boat to keep an eye on Strand, while Travis and the others investigate a house on the shore, which is inhabited by a family. Inside the house, George informs the group that every major city on the West Coast, including San", "title": "We All Fall Down (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "18988691", "text": "one had a lot of zombies and a lot of death and sometimes that works to zap a pulse back into a flailing series.\" \"The Good Man\" was seen by 6.86 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, above the previous episodes rating of 6.66 by a .20 margin. \"The Good Man\" was the second consecutive episode of \"Fear the Walking Dead\" to have a higher viewership than its previous episode. The Good Man (Fear the Walking Dead) \"The Good Man\" is the sixth and final episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television", "title": "The Good Man (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "20727659", "text": "the United States on its original air date, below the previous episodes rating of 2.38 million. El Matadero (Fear the Walking Dead) \"El Matadero\" (Spanish for The Slaughterhouse), is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on October 8, 2017. This episode marks the final appearance of Mercedes Mason (Ofelia Salazar) who died after she was bitten in \"This Land Is Your Land\". Ofelia falls off the water truck and the others in the group see that she has been bitten. Madison promises that she'll see", "title": "El Matadero (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19731921", "text": "\"Date of Death\" was seen by 3.49 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, below the previous episodes rating of 3.62 million. Date of Death (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Date of Death\" is the thirteenth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 25, 2016. The next morning, survivors who had seen the hotel's lights come on begin to flock to the hotel gates, but the hotel survivors refuse to let them enter. Madison then spots Travis among the crowd and lets him", "title": "Date of Death (Fear the Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "19688928", "text": "so it's disappointing to see this show tap the vein so early on.\" \"Do Not Disturb\" was seen by 2.99 million viewers in the United States on its original air date, below the previous episodes rating of 3.66 million. Do Not Disturb (Fear the Walking Dead) \"Do Not Disturb\" is the tenth episode of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"Fear the Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on September 4, 2016. A flashback shows the Mexican hotel hosting a wedding when the father of the bride dies from a heart attack and turns. Elena, the hotel", "title": "Do Not Disturb (Fear the Walking Dead)" } ]
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when did zody 's go out of business
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[ { "docid": "10602871", "text": "protection. A brief period of prosperity brought expansions into Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. In 1979 there were 37 stores. Bankrupt again by the early 1980s, the parent company, now known as HRT Industries, began closing stores in 1984. The remaining Zodys stores in California were shuttered in March 1986, with many locations being sold to Federated Stores, the parent company of Ralphs supermarket chain, while other locations were purchased by HomeClub, a home improvement store chain. Zody's Zodys was a chain of discount retail stores that operated in the United States from 1960 to 1986. The chain operated locations", "title": "Zody's" } ]
[ { "docid": "18136834", "text": "asked for more. When he realized he did not want to see his brother or sister smoke crack cocaine, he decided to get out and start a legitimate business. \"This story,\" wrote \"Crimespree Magazine\"'s Marie Nicoll, \"will be retold and shared to American classrooms to children on what can happen when you go down the wrong path. His story shows the true meaning of having everything you could imagine, but at what price.\" In the book's foreword, Los Angeles Bishop Noel Jones writes that \"this work portrays the heart of a man who is seeking the opportunity, in whatever form,", "title": "Freeway Rick Ross (book)" }, { "docid": "15479641", "text": "interview for the \"Sacramento Bee\", that he \"couldn't get up in the morning\" so he'd get there about an hour before lunch and go home soon afterward. Solomon said he \"was thrown out of high school,\" although he did take some classes at Sacramento Junior College. His lack of formal education did not appear to hinder him especially since he learned valuable business lessons from his father. Solomon also spent a lot of time with the photographers who processed film. In 1941, when only sixteen, he sold used juke box records out of his father's drug store. When war broke", "title": "Russell Solomon" }, { "docid": "2459682", "text": "purchased Mylstar's pinball assets in October 1984 and continued the manufacture of pinball machines under a new company, Premier Technology. As a result of this a number of prototype Mylstar arcade games, which were not purchased by the investors, were never released. Premier did go on to produce one last arcade game, 1989's \"Exterminator\". Premier Technology, which returned to selling pinball machines under the name Gottlieb after the purchase, continued in operation until the summer of 1996, when the declining demand for pinball machines forced the company to cease business. Premier did not file for bankruptcy, but sold off all", "title": "Gottlieb" }, { "docid": "20986803", "text": "the election, saying, \"Rumor has it that Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana is paying for Facebook ads for his so-called opponent on the libertarian ticket. Donnelly is trying to steal the election? Isn’t that what Russia did!?\" The ad in question touts Lucy Brenton as a \"anti-tax conservative\", urging Hoosier rightists to \"vote your values\". Indiana Democratic Party chairman John Zody responded to the President's remarks, confirming the Indiana Democrats' responsibility for the ad, saying, \"The ads highlighting how Lucy Brenton is the true conservative in the Indiana Senate race are paid for by the Indiana Democratic Party. They are", "title": "Lucy Brenton" }, { "docid": "5835392", "text": "1909, Pieter Christian Richard, who left Holland in 1899, opened a small hardware store in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn (“\"Work Well Done\"” 14). In October of that same year, P.C.’s son, Alfred J. Richard (A.J.), was born. Born into the business less than a month after it opened, A.J. played an important role from the beginning. He spent his childhood helping out at the store, only leaving it to go to school. When he completed ninth grade in 1923, A.J. decided to drop out of school and focus entirely on helping his family and building the business (“\"Work Well Done\"” 25). A.J.", "title": "P. C. Richard & Son" }, { "docid": "20551594", "text": "Anthony replied that she wasn't prepared to go immediately. The deputy said he would go on ahead, and she could follow when she was ready. Anthony said she would refuse to take herself to court, so the deputy waited while she changed her dress. Anthony then held out her wrists to be handcuffed, but the officer declined, saying he did not think that would be necessary. The other fourteen women who had voted and were subsequently arrested were: Charlotte (\"Lottie\") B. Anthony, Mary S. Anthony, Ellen S. Baker, Nancy M. Chapman, Hannah M. Chatfield, Jane M. Cogswell, Rhoda DeGarmo, Mary", "title": "Trial of Susan B. Anthony" }, { "docid": "11746915", "text": "the business in the late 70's because the advent of portable video for TV news basically put him out of business. For 50 years the company had assembled 16mm film cameras that were used for filming television news and shows shot on location. Walter Bach never sold his business and never sold all of his gear. He just shut the doors and had to let his employees go. He continued to go into work throughout the 1980s, with sometimes only 1 package coming in and 1 going out on the same day. He continued to fill orders if he could,", "title": "Auricon" }, { "docid": "5641380", "text": "his find with a Native American companion. He and his companion went out to make a supply trip to Monoville and got lost in a blizzard. When Bodey couldn't go any further, his companion left him and Bodey froze to death. Bodey's body was found the next spring. W. S. Bodey W. S. Bodey (1814 – 1859) was a prospector from Poughkeepsie, New York who discovered gold in Eastern California. Bodey's exact first name is uncertain. His name could be William, Waterman or Wakeman. In Poughkeepsie he owned his own business and was listed in the 1843 Poughkeepsie village directory.", "title": "W. S. Bodey" }, { "docid": "818242", "text": "next day. However, Vettius was killed in prison during the night. Caesar claimed that he was killed by the optimates who did not want to be exposed. The crowd gave Caesar a bodyguard. According to Appian, it is at this point that Bibulus withdrew from public business and did not go out of his house for the rest of his term of office. Caesar, who ran public affairs on his own, did not make any further investigations into this affair. In Cassius Dio's version, Vettius was sent by Cicero and Lucullus. He did not say when this happened and did", "title": "First Triumvirate" }, { "docid": "17134418", "text": "when he did, and that he could have gone on repeating himself for another 10–20 years and the fans who were grieving over the strip's end would be wishing it dead for its tediousness. In an interview with NPR′s \"Weekend Edition\", Schroeder explained that Watterson′s final cartoon exemplified the strip′s enduring appeal. Said Schroeder, describing the panel: \"It′s a fresh layer of snow and Calvin and Hobbes are out with the toboggan, and Calvin looks to Hobbes and says, 'It's a magical world, old buddy ... let′s go exploring.' And those last words are just, I think, a challenge to", "title": "Dear Mr. Watterson" }, { "docid": "19609795", "text": "Once her memoir came out in 2001, she started to become labeled a \"transsexual writer\" and \"transsexual actress\". As she stated in her second book, \"I'd been labeled—forced into a transsexual mold. \"Professionally, both as a film/stage actress and, later, as a university professor of theatre, my life was lived outside the gender community. Only after publishing two memoirs, when in my 60’s and 70’s, did I first hear the term \"transgender\" and become aware of the community's stated agenda,\" she said in an interview in 2013. She also said in April 2017 \"I did not go through gender reassignment", "title": "Aleshia Brevard" }, { "docid": "7124052", "text": "look: if you go downtown and buy something, you're going to have to answer to us.\" After several business owners in Birmingham took down \"white only\" and \"colored only\" signs, Commissioner Connor told business owners that if they did not obey the segregation ordinances, they would lose their business licenses. Martin Luther King Jr.'s presence in Birmingham was not welcomed by all in the black community. A local black attorney complained in \"Time\" that the new city administration did not have enough time to confer with the various groups invested in changing the city's segregation policies. Black hotel owner A.", "title": "Birmingham campaign" }, { "docid": "809410", "text": "digital enhancements or digital additions to anything based on any film I direct... When people ask me which \"E.T.\" they should look at, I always tell them to look at the original 1982 \"E.T.\" If you notice, when we did put out \"E.T.\" we put out two \"E.T.\"s. We put out the digitally enhanced version with the additional scenes and for no extra money, in the same package, we put out the original '82 version. I always tell people to go back to the '82 version. For the film's 30th anniversary release on Blu-ray in 2012, and for its 35th", "title": "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" }, { "docid": "16236308", "text": "when the ship never arrived back Ashland. He telegraphed Bayfield, Wisconsin, and asked for a search vessel to be sent. The boat \"S. B. Barker\" was dispatched for the purpose, but did not have to go far to find the wreckage of \"Lucerne\". The \"S. B. Barker\"′s crew discovered three masts sticking out of the water. Upon closer inspection, they saw three of the ship's crew members there, frozen solid in three inches (76 mm) of ice. Apparently they had climbed to the top of the masts to escape the freezing waters of Lake Superior and had perished there while", "title": "Lucerne (shipwreck)" }, { "docid": "11185372", "text": "\"Collateral Damage\", again at Soundtrack Studios. However, when the Greasy Pop label went out of business that year, they could not find a local distributor and released it in 1992 on Normal Records in Germany and NKVD Records in the United States. David's brother Andrew Bunney (Zippy and the Coneheads) joined on rhythm guitar. The group's final album was 1994's \"We Walk Alone\", on Au Go Go Records, Lucky Records (US), Subway (Europe) and 12\" LP Rock & Roll Inc 008 (Spain). The group had a cameo appearance on John Winter's 1994 film \"The Roly Poly Man\" portraying a \"punk-rock", "title": "Exploding White Mice" }, { "docid": "13987277", "text": "brand. go! Mokulele did not hold its own air operator's certificate. Instead, flights were operated by Mesa Airlines and Mokulele Airlines for Go! Mokulele. All destinations served by go! Mokulele were in the state of Hawaii in the United States. The following destinations were served: Go! Mokulele go! Mokulele was an American business marketing inter-island flights within the state of Hawaii. The airline was a joint venture between Mesa Airlines and Mokule Flight Services formed in October 2009 when the companies merged their competing airline business subsidiaries, go! and Mokulele Airlines, under one umbrella company. Mesa Air Group owned approximately", "title": "Go! Mokulele" }, { "docid": "1000948", "text": "the last year for the GT option (although it did return on the 3rd Generation Mustang for the 1982 Model Year). A fourth model available only as a hardtop, the Grande, saw success starting in 1969 with its soft ride, \"luxurious\" trim, of extra sound deadening, and simulated wood trim. Developed under the watch of S. \"Bunkie\" Knudsen, Mustang evolved \"from speed and power\" to the growing consumer demand for bigger and heavier \"luxury\" type designs. \"The result was the styling misadventures of 1971–73 ...the Mustang grew fat and lazy,\" \"Ford was out of the go-fast business almost entirely by", "title": "Ford Mustang" }, { "docid": "2004925", "text": "all but one game (coincidentally titled \"One\") being plagued by major bugs according to bleem's own compatibility charts. Bleem! used low-level memory emulation and other real-mode technology. It did not function on operating systems using the Windows NT kernel, including Windows 2000. In fact, Bleem!'s statement at the time was that Bleem! would never support running on Windows NT-based systems, as Windows 98 was the dominant operating system at the time. Sony, despite having lost its case with Connectix, continued to pursue legal action against Bleem!. Bleem!, financially unable to defend itself, was forced to go out of business. As", "title": "Bleem!" }, { "docid": "17877817", "text": "makers out of business. Sima Andrejević moved to Aleksinac where he tried to open another snuff factory, but it did not work out. He then moved to Monastir (Bitola) (in modern Macedonia) to gather and sell leeches, but this business venture did not go well either because the Pasha of Monastir did not let him prosper. He sued the Pasha, and while the judicial proceedings were going on in Constantinople, Sima – despaired and with no more financial reserves left – risked it all and started trading in tobacco, which proved to be his calling. He made his fortune in", "title": "Sima Igumanov" }, { "docid": "12728819", "text": "Falls). Coming down river Miller charged 50 cents a bushel to carry out the farmers' wheat. His chief expenses were the salaries of his First Nations crew, which were $16 per man for each trip. Miller had been in the flatboat business for about a year when on May 19, 1851, the first steamboat appeared on the upper Willamette. This was the small sidewheeler \"Hoosier\". Although small and crude, \"Hoosier\" was capable of hauling much more cargo and wheat than any flatboat. Miller was soon out of business, however he did manage to be hired by \"Hoosier\"'s owner, John Zumwalt.", "title": "James D. Miller" }, { "docid": "15263885", "text": "go to Montana and start a mercantile business. Unfortunately, Lester could not leave his New York job unfinished and did not join Rich and Tuller until 1867. However, he did invest in the business enterprise and enlisted the participation of his younger brother Davis to join Rich and Tuller in the 1866 journey to Montana. After reaching Omaha, Nebraska in May 1866, Davis Willson, Rich and Tuller invested over $5000 in supplies, merchandise and transportation to embark on an overland journey to Bozeman, Montana. Their journey took them west along the Platte River Road to Fort Laramie, Wyoming and then", "title": "Lester S. Willson" }, { "docid": "1857039", "text": "Institute of Arts (MIA) as well. Alfred did not go into business, but instead became an art collector. When he died in 1950, the works were donated to MIA. His daughter's Susan's only son, John Pillsbury Snyder (1888 –1959), was a survivor of the RMS \"Titanic\" in 1912. John and his wife, Nelle, returning from their European honeymoon, are said to have been the first people to have entered the very first lifeboat, No. 7. Pillsbury died on October 18, 1901 and is interred in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A 1901 magazine article described him as follows: Sturdevant, Lori", "title": "John S. Pillsbury" }, { "docid": "2474150", "text": "with tradition. Following this, Malley rejoined the Conservative caucus from the speaker's chair. This created some controversy and Graham's Liberals held up some business in the House as a procedural stalement ensued for some weeks. Finally the Conservative and Liberal House Leaders signed an agreement on May 31, 2006 which laid out a detailed plan for the conduct of the business of the House and which seemingly guaranteed that the next election would be held on Lord's preferred date of October 15, 2007. This protracted procedural battle did not seem to go well for the Liberals when, in an opinion", "title": "Shawn Graham" }, { "docid": "16925334", "text": "the company with low-fare offers. Cars were also a continual source of competition. In response, Greyhound commercials aimed to promote the ease of their services compared to car driving. The \"Go Greyhound and Leave the Driving to Us\" slogan became Greyhound's chief advertising for decades. But, in the 1980s, the business itself went through a slump, as did their promotional efforts. From 1982 to 1990, Greyhound ran few television commercials. When they resumed airing commercials, new advertising slogans were used, leaving out the classic \"Leave the Driving to Us\" line. Over the years, Greyhound had actually removed and revived their", "title": "Go Greyhound and Leave the Driving to Us" }, { "docid": "18863793", "text": "turned out the new baby was a boy and Asa, the elated father, exclaimed \"Dixi\" in an overjoyed voice (Latin \"Dixi\", \"I told you so\"). Dixi became the child's name. He received the typical education of the time when he grew up in the village where the family lived. It is not known if he was a graduate of any school. He did go into his own ventures to make money when youthful, but failed due to lack of experience in business. He then pursued his father's trade as a surgeon. Crosby was 20 when he took up the study", "title": "Dixi Crosby" }, { "docid": "14579992", "text": "and became the hymn of youth of 1970's. The next hit from Aida came in (1972), soundtrack \"Forest deer\" from the movie \"Way to go Nastia!\". These popular songs of Ms. Vedisheva has been sold by firm \"Melodia\" in circulation of 30 millions copies. Despite her great success among the listeners, she met numerous obstacles from the Soviet officials. They did not like her creativity, her new ideas which she brought to the show-business and because of her love of freedom in Art. Among such obstacles there were cases when her name not making into movies' credits, prohibition of concert", "title": "Aida Vedishcheva" }, { "docid": "5492330", "text": "the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad (AT&O) that proceeded from Charlotte to Taylorsville before it ran out of capital. When he would refer to the AT&O in front of fellow businessmen, Springs would claim to be president of the Lancaster, Klondike and Manila Western Railroad. Although the railroad business as a whole was not prosperous, the newly created L&C did not have to look far for business. Springs had recently completed a textile mill in Lancaster to go with the mills he already owned in Chester, all of which supplied traffic to the railroad. Other businesses in both towns were", "title": "Lancaster and Chester Railroad" }, { "docid": "7309898", "text": "the release of their first single, \"Ooh Stick You\", the duo decided to release \"U.G.L.Y.\" as the second single from their forthcoming album, \"We Didn't Say That!\" (2000). The song was written and composed by Michele Chiavarini, Tracy Kilrow, Michael Marz and S. Burkes, and was produced by Chiavarini. Dean Carlson from AllMusic reviewed the album, but did not at that point intend to review the track itself. However, he did go on to review \"U.G.L.Y.\" individually, giving it two and a half out of five stars when so doing. Andy Capper from \"NME\" said: \"'UGLY' continues the playground putdown", "title": "U.G.L.Y." }, { "docid": "18410007", "text": "his brother; he has just proposed marriage to Jo Spiggins, who grew up with them both and is now a valued and trusted store employee. Tony is delighted, at first. When John has to go away on a business trip, he asks Tony to use his influence to persuade Jo to accept his proposal. Jo's father \"Spiggy\" Spiggins, a store manager and classmate of R. D.'s, does not think John is a good match for his daughter, preferring Tony as a son-in-law. When he sees how much happier she is after she goes out with Tony, he tries to get", "title": "Vagabond Lady" }, { "docid": "20357842", "text": "caught in the middle. \"If you are Qatar, you look across the water and you think, when Iran did have the opportunity to take a few Arab islands, they did it.\" \"Qatar needs to have the ability to peacefully go about their business of sucking all the gas out of that giant field.\" Iran could make that process very difficult. A senior fellow of Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations concludes that \"There's a recognition of the general tendencies of the Gulf states to hedge their bets,\"There's always a question in the back of the minds of", "title": "Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict" }, { "docid": "575004", "text": "an advocate of sanitary plumbing, popularising the notion of installation inside peoples homes. He also helped refine and develop improvements to existing plumbing and sanitary fittings. As a part of his business he maintained a foundry and metal shop which enabled him to try out new designs and develop more efficient plumbing solutions. Crapper improved the \"S-bend\" trap in 1880. The new \"plumbing trap (U-bend)\" was a significant improvement on the \"S\" as it could not jam, and unlike the S-bend, it did not have a tendency to dry out, and did not need an overflow. The BBC nominated the", "title": "Thomas Crapper" }, { "docid": "15226815", "text": "likely that Cavendish would take the pink jersey the next day. The team did work for Cavendish in stage 2, and he did become the new race leader, but he missed out on the stage win. 's Alessandro Petacchi opened the sprint first, to the right of Cavendish's last leadout man Renshaw, leaving Cavendish to take the line to Renshaw's left. Just as Cavendish occupied a position with open road in front of him, Petacchi deviated from his line and rode directly in front of Cavendish for a few meters. When Cavendish tried to go around Petacchi, the Italian again", "title": "2011 HTC–Highroad season" }, { "docid": "16767023", "text": "Tăng Thanh Hà Tăng Thanh Hà (born Tăng Thị Thanh Hà Oct 24, 1986 in Gò Công, Tiền Giang, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese actress and model. She is Toshiba's brand ambassador to Vietnam. She was born on October 24, 1986 in Gò Công, Tiền Giang in a family of Chinese descent. When her family business did not go well, she helped her mother out making ends meet: At the age of 11, Tang woke early to assist with preparing food for later distribution to customers. At this time her mother enrolled her in night acting classes at Idecaf. When she", "title": "Tăng Thanh Hà" }, { "docid": "239713", "text": "C of S and no legal liability for Church activity\". He was kept informed of GO operations, such as the theft of medical records from a hospital, harassment of psychiatrists and infiltrations of organizations that had been critical of Scientology at various times, such as the Better Business Bureau, the American Medical Association, and American Psychiatric Association. Members of the GO infiltrated and burglarized numerous government organizations, including the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service. After two GO agents were caught in the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the IRS, the FBI carried out simultaneous raids on GO", "title": "L. Ron Hubbard" }, { "docid": "2091890", "text": "upon a steady influx of funds from the video game publisher. If a milestone or deadline is not met (or for a host of other reasons, like the game is cancelled), funds may become short and the developer may be forced to retrench employees or declare bankruptcy and go out of business. Game programmers who work for large publishers are somewhat insulated from these circumstances, but even the large game publishers can go out of business (as when Hasbro Interactive was sold to Infogrames and several projects were cancelled; or when The 3DO Company went bankrupt in 2003 and ceased", "title": "Video game programmer" }, { "docid": "14675692", "text": "we're always a tenth-and-a-half (of a second), two-tenths off.\" Bowyer, who finished sixth, clinched the final Chase spot and explained, \"I was trying to make a statement -- I wanted to win. And I thought we had a shot at winning, but we just got behind and never could get it back, and that's when you need to start thinking, 'I need to take care of business -- I don't need to go out here and make a mistake and take a shot at getting ourselves knocked out of this deal.' So we did what we had to do.\" Johnson,", "title": "2010 Air Guard 400" }, { "docid": "4049987", "text": "the Air\" and \"Melody-Go-Round\". He then moved to California for a try at show business. When that did not work out, Clooney moved to Ohio, where he met Nina Warren when she was a contestant in a beauty pageant he was judging; they married in August 1959. In addition to his son, George, Nick Clooney has a daughter named Adelia (known as Ada). Clooney had a five-year stint in the 1960s as news anchor at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, then went to Ohio to host his own TV show, \"The Nick Clooney Show\", first in Columbus, Ohio, for WLWC television", "title": "Nick Clooney" }, { "docid": "17184389", "text": "as Mrs. Baker. In October the room was changed for a less expensive one. The deceased went out in the mornings. I do not know if he went to business; he did not go out every morning. The prisoner used to stop in the house a little later, and then go out. On the night of Friday, November 7th, there was some noise in their room. Next day I spoke to the prisoner about it, and the same day I gave the deceased notice to quit. On Monday, November 10th, he came to me and had some conversation with me,", "title": "Kitty Byron" }, { "docid": "13381749", "text": "and follow Tong. He saw Tong and there they hug one another with tear drops fell from Tong's face. The third segment is \"SWEET (Waan)\", a story about a middle-aged couple, Shane and Waan. Shane, a hard-working architect, is about to go a business trip which his wife, did not want him to attend. He told Shane he better not come back if he still go to the business trip, yet Shane still go, leaving Waan alone. Gradually it becomes clear that all is not well with Waan. When Shane returns home, he finds Waan is not the same anymore.", "title": "4 Romance" }, { "docid": "13630206", "text": "large sugarcane plantations on the Hāmākua Coast which employed many Japanese immigrant workers. This gave him the inspiration to start his own business at Hilo on the Big Island on January 3, 1896 called S. Hata Shoten, Limited. He sold Japanese silks, kimonos, as well as eastern souvenirs and provisions. Business was slow in the first years, so he hired out his horse and hackney carriage as a taxicab for visitors. After the annexation by the United States to become the Territory of Hawaii in 1898, the plantations flourished, as did his business. He moved to a larger building at", "title": "S. Hata Building" }, { "docid": "5784699", "text": "of the American Civil War. After his marriage to Julia, Grant was stationed in Michigan and New York. Julia traveled with him to these posts, returning to White Haven in 1850 for the birth of their first child, Fred, in 1850. When Ulysses was sent west in 1852, Julia was not able to go with him, being pregnant with their second child. She returned to her parents' home after stopping at Ulysses' parents' home in Ohio, where Ulysses Jr., was born. Grant's army pay was insufficient to bring his family out to the West Coast, and he tried several business", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site" }, { "docid": "7979060", "text": "mostly inanimate saguaro cacti. In 1991's \"Snoopy's Reunion\", Spike's home was a huge hollow saguaro in which he kept books and his fiddle. Spike is named after Charles Schulz's childhood dog. When he was introduced to the strip, it was revealed that Spike's exceptionally low weight was because he had been living with coyotes, and his job was to clean out their den, which apparently causes him to burn off a lot of body fat. Although he got a better-fed appearance after his first visit to the Brown household, he apparently had to go \"back to business\" soon after returning", "title": "Snoopy's siblings" }, { "docid": "11496619", "text": "Florida Commuter Airlines Florida Commuter Airlines was a small U.S. regional airline based out of Palm Beach International Airport that evolved directly from Roberson Air, Inc. which did business as Red Baron Airlines. This happened when Dr. Rudolph P. Scheerer bought out Dr. Clive E. Roberson for a 100% stake in the airline on June 13, 1980. The management structure remained the same except for Dr. Clive E. Roberson. On July 24, 1980, Florida Commuter Airlines received its carrier operating certificate as a commuter and charter operator. It was certified to fly 2 DC-3's and a Piper PA-31 Navajo. On", "title": "Florida Commuter Airlines" }, { "docid": "6114571", "text": "on December 29, 1964. It was equivalent to Motown 25 or Live Aid as a pivotal music concert event . When it hit theaters nationwide, it undoubtedly raised and extended the visibility of the \"Where Did Our Love Go\" album. All tracks written by Holland–Dozier–Holland except as noted. The original album sold a million copies {in 1964-1965} stateside alone. The limited exclusive \"40th Anniversary\" version is now listed as \"sold out\". It remains, to date, their third best-selling studio album. Where Did Our Love Go (album) Where Did Our Love Go is the second studio album by Motown singing group", "title": "Where Did Our Love Go (album)" }, { "docid": "19204578", "text": "doing business with them. In 2008, Harrison released her first independent album, titled \"Sugar & Spice\", in Japan, a year after her split with Motown. In 2008, Harrison created her own label imprint, Planet 9. Since parting ways with Universal Motown, Harrison has released four independently self-funded, self-executive produced projects; 2008's \"Sugar & Spice\", 2009's \"Sugar & Spice: The Perfect Edition\", 2010's \"Beauty & the Streets Vol. 1\" and 2011's \"K.I.S.S.\" In 2009, Harrison spoke with \"Rolling Out\" magazine, elaborating more on her hiatus from music and decision to go independent: \"I've never stopped doing music. I've created a label", "title": "Smoove Jones" }, { "docid": "2560311", "text": "later said that growing up during the Depression radicalized him and that he considered himself to be \"a socialist in ideology, a capitalist in methodology.\" He dropped out of high school at the age of 14 and did not go to college. Despite the lack of formal education, he was able to become CEO of many companies. In 1948, when he was nineteen, Strong was hired as a trainee by a brokerage firm, James Richardson & Sons, Limited of Winnipeg where he took an interest in the oil business, being transferred as an oil specialist to Richardson's office in Calgary,", "title": "Maurice Strong" }, { "docid": "4232932", "text": "airlines would do business with those companies. McDonnell Douglas and GE did not go ahead. Laker Airways collapsed during the early morning of 5 February 1982 with debts of £270 million, the biggest corporate failure in Britain. Sir Freddie sued IATA member airlines British Airways (BA), BCal, Pan Am, TWA, Lufthansa, Air France, Swissair, KLM, SAS, Sabena, Alitalia and UTA for conspiracy to put his airline out of business by predatory pricing. They settled out of court for US$50 million. British Airways reached a separate out-of-court agreement with Sir Freddie personally for £8 million. In July 1985, BA agreed to", "title": "Laker Airways" }, { "docid": "6659826", "text": "with Cyrus and his fifteen wives. Santa explains to Grampa that he did not come back for him on the island due to his procrastination and eventually feeling embarrassed about it. When Abe comments on Cyrus's fifteen wives and the sex he must have, Cyrus points out that they are wives, not girlfriends. After the children of Springfield Elementary perform \"The Nutcracker\", everyone begins to go about their business singing to the tune of the songs from the play. This is done after mentioning that these songs are in the public domain and thus can be (and are) played constantly", "title": "Simpsons Christmas Stories" }, { "docid": "6426691", "text": "characters from different strips and time periods meeting and interacting. An idea eventually came out of these exercises: What about a feature starring a guy who runs his own comic strip as a business? Walker, a fan of alliteration, came up with the title \"Sam's Strip\". They split the gag writing, Dumas did the drawing, and Walker the lettering. When the pair took samples to Walker's regular distributor, King Features Syndicate, four executives barraged them with questions ahout the contents, but there was enough laughter that the editor finally gave the go-ahead. \"Sam's Strip\" debuted as a daily only on", "title": "Sam's Strip" }, { "docid": "14600073", "text": "Often when a startup circus would go bankrupt, Hall would get not only his leased items and animals back, but the rest of the failed business's assets as payment, which he in turn could lease out again for still more profit. Big or small, a huge number of American circuses, including major names like Ringling Brothers and Cole, had dealings with Hall. Diamonds to dust: Even prior to the October 1929 Wall Street crash the American circus business had begun to suffer, thus so did William Hall's revenues. The Great Depression severely curtailed all traveling shows, while the international demand", "title": "William Preston Hall" }, { "docid": "8094516", "text": "1 May 2010, Bees turned out at Billesley Common and held on to win 34–38 versus a determined Moseley Side. With the result at Clifton Lane having to go to Rotherham for Bees to stay up, the Moseley announcer did not take too long in letting the waiting crowd know the score. Rotherham had beaten Coventry at Butts Park, and Bees were safe. However, their stay in English rugby union's second tier was not confirmed until 26 May 2010, when the RFU published a Press Release confirming that Bees had passed an audit of their finances and business plan –", "title": "Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C." }, { "docid": "17021963", "text": "Way to Go (TV series) Way to Go is a British television sitcom, created by American television writer and producer Bob Kushell, about three men who start an assisted suicide business. The series premiered on BBC Three on 17 January 2013 and ran to six 30-minute episodes. In July 2013 it was announced that \"Way to Go\" had been axed after one series. Scott is a receptionist at a veterinary clinic who dropped out of medical school when he couldn't afford to pay for it. The moral centre of the show, Scott constantly struggles with the implications of the business", "title": "Way to Go (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19187220", "text": "Education). She didn’t go out in the field like the reporters did, but she would, instead, give advice to film cinecamera staff and others about putting together a film story. She left the ABC in 1959 after only working there for three years. In the same interview, she said: \"I found that the ABC was a bit slow for me. Also I did not like the workplace politics that was there. I was just too impatient.\" The following year, in 1960, she established her own film editing business. After establishing her own business, she went on to the most successful", "title": "Margaret Cardin" }, { "docid": "3495191", "text": "collecting the gold, and throwing it into the fire, and said it came out as a calf (). The Bible records that the tribe of Levi did not worship the golden calf. When Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said: 'Whosoever is on the 's side, let him come unto me.' And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. And he said unto them: 'Thus saith the , the God of Israel: Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and", "title": "Golden calf" }, { "docid": "15019898", "text": "the numbers to Jervis, but when he reached 27, Jervis replied, \"Enough, Sir. No more of that. The die is cast and if there are 50 sail, I will go through them\". The Spanish were caught by surprise, sailing in two divisions with a gap that Jervis aimed to exploit. The ship's log records how \"Victory\" halted the Spanish division, raking ships both ahead and astern, while Jervis' private memoirs recall how \"Victory\"s broadside so terrified \"Principe de Asturias\" that she \"squared her yards, ran clear out of the battle and did not return\". Jervis, realising that the main bulk", "title": "HMS Victory" }, { "docid": "3432500", "text": "confirmed that may have been the way fourth album was headed. However, Tong contradicted this, stating: \"There's every chance we might go back to more orthodox arrangements or things that resemble a traditional band but I don't think we'll ever write songs like we did on \"Silent Alarm\" again.\" A 2009 Vice Records mix lists the following songs Bloc Party are influenced by: Eagle Boston's \"Wild Wild Ost\", Pylon's \"Working Is No Problem\", Delta 5's \"Mind Your Own Business\", John Foxx's \"Underpass\", Prince's \"I Would Die 4 U\" (also covered live), Sonic Youth's \"Youth Against Fascism\", Dinosaur Jr.'s \"Freak Scene\",", "title": "Bloc Party" }, { "docid": "19987496", "text": "story\". He added, \"It's getting boring, plus hard to avoid cliches, when gushing about Smith – her range, her extraordinary humanness, her ability not just to play someone but to inhabit them, to be heroic without being sentimental. […] Big shout-outs also must go to Sian Brooke (Sherlock's new secret sis) who plays Natalie Brown, the neighbour who begins to suspect Karen before Julie does. And to \"Game of Thrones\"'s Gemma Whelan, whose Karen is not the evil woman the real one was made out to be – more immature, naive, weak, easily manipulated ... and yet she did manage", "title": "The Moorside" }, { "docid": "19821770", "text": "always keen about that, and I had heard it talked all my life. When five years ago I left college and began newspaper work, they set me to doing society. Well, I did it because there was no way out of it. But when they promoted me to suicides, murders, mine explosions and such things I breathed a silent prayer of thanksgiving. I did most of that strike out there in the mines alone, until the militia came in and the officers were afraid to have me go without an escort. I ride horseback and go everywhere that way. You", "title": "Ina Eloise Young" }, { "docid": "11903017", "text": "minute. Wham!'s recording of \"Where Did Your Heart Go?\", while structurally similar to the Was (Not Was) original, leans toward to a soft rock ballad due to changes to the tempo and vocal inflection. Michael's arrangement is more spare and reliant on synthesizers and saxophone to convey the melody. Michael's vocals are less immersed in the backing arrangement in which the bass guitar and drums are markedly quieter in the mix. His vocal is more low-key than Sweet Pea Atkinson's, except for the final line of the third verse, \"and drifted out of sight\", which is accentuated. The official music", "title": "Where Did Your Heart Go?" }, { "docid": "3368340", "text": "arise when contractors do not complete their contracts, which often arises when the contractor goes out of business. Contractors often go out of business; for example, a study by BizMiner found that of 853,372 contracts in the United States in 2002, 28.5% had exited business by 2004. The average failure rate of contractors in the United States from 1989 to 2002 was 14 percent versus 12 for other industries. Prices are as a percent of the penal sum (the maximum that the surety is liable for) ranging from around one percent to five percent, with the most credit-worthy contracts paying", "title": "Surety bond" }, { "docid": "18121433", "text": "to invest his $30,000 savings in Matson's business. Unfortunately, the Matsons turn out to be crooks themselves, and have swindled Jimmy out of his life's savings. When Jimmy determines to go back to safecracking, beginning with Marie's former employers, Marie hatches a plot to encourage him to go straight. When a good-hearted detective, Kelcey, lets them off the hook with the promise that they will go straight, they agree. The \"New York Times\" critic, Mordaunt Hall, gave the film a lukewarm review, praising the acting of Bebe Daniels, while not being as kind to Ben Lyon. Overall, he said the", "title": "Alias French Gertie" }, { "docid": "6505052", "text": "out what Eli did. She shoots him, but the bullets are blanks. When Blair returns to Llanview, she is saddened to learn Tea has died. Blair makes Tea the funeral she thinks she would have wanted. In October, it is discovered Eli and Tea are alive. Eli comes back to Llanview and kidnaps Starr, Hope, and Dani. They go to Cherryvale to treat Eli, but in the staircases Eli finds Tea and takes her as well. Starr and Hope escape Eli are kidnapped once again by Hannah O'Connor (Meghann Fahy). Todd, Blair, John, and Bo (Robert S. Woods) face off", "title": "Blair Cramer" }, { "docid": "15772984", "text": "first years of operation, the company produced its first plush toys. Bernhard Hermann’s wife Ida managed BE-HA Quality Germany when the former was conscripted into the German army to fight in World War I. The loss of labor and expertise the company suffered as a result of Bernhard Hermann’s absence was compounded by the shortage of materials during wartime. Though Bernhard Hermann survived the war and returned to run the company, BE-HA Quality Germany continued to face great adversity, now in the form of hyperinflation. While Bernhard Hermann’s company did not go out of business as a result of economic", "title": "Teddy-Hermann" }, { "docid": "7658022", "text": "However, they were four times winners of the Stirlingshire Cup. Although a middle-ranking Second Division club King's Park did at times make the headlines. Their league game against Dundee Hibernian on 20 October 1923 would be the last game that club would play under that name, they were renamed Dundee United two days later. The club became the centre of controversy in 1927 when a newspaper report suggested that their next opponents Clydebank were about to go out of business and as a consequence the attendance at the match was minimal. As a consequence King's Park held back Clydebank's cut", "title": "King's Park F.C." }, { "docid": "16767026", "text": "three-and-a-half years of dating. Tăng Thanh Hà Tăng Thanh Hà (born Tăng Thị Thanh Hà Oct 24, 1986 in Gò Công, Tiền Giang, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese actress and model. She is Toshiba's brand ambassador to Vietnam. She was born on October 24, 1986 in Gò Công, Tiền Giang in a family of Chinese descent. When her family business did not go well, she helped her mother out making ends meet: At the age of 11, Tang woke early to assist with preparing food for later distribution to customers. At this time her mother enrolled her in night acting classes", "title": "Tăng Thanh Hà" }, { "docid": "20002646", "text": "the son of Thomas Russell Sullivan, a schoolmaster and former Unitarian minister, and Charlotte Caldwell Sullivan (née Blake). His paternal great-grandfather was Massachusetts Governor James Sullivan. Sullivan attended the Boston Latin School and expected to go to Harvard University as his father did, but both his parents died by the time he was 14, forcing him to find work instead. From 1866 to 1870, Sullivan worked as a clerk in Boston. He then took a job with Bowles Brothers, working in Paris and London from 1870 to 1873. When Bowles Brothers went out of business in 1873, he returned to", "title": "Thomas Russell Sullivan" }, { "docid": "15310791", "text": "Included in the park was a menagerie with quite a collection of animals, including elephants. Central Park was what came to be called a \"trolley car park.\" Trolley companies did a brisk business during the work week when people went to work but they struggled to get the public to use them on weekends. It was decided that having an amusement park to lure people out of town would increase weekend use, and as the public traveled they would go past building lots suitable for houses that belonged to a land development company that was a subsidiary to the trolley", "title": "Central Park (Allentown, Pennsylvania)" }, { "docid": "14766088", "text": "steal his sword which makes the other charcoal burners attack him. But Armin draws his sword and kills or scares them away saving Ondřej's life. Ondřej's sword has been broken in the fight and Armin forces him to go with him. Later, near a brook when Armin bends over to drink, Ondřej hits him with a stone which causes Armin to fall unconscious and Ondřej escapes. Ondřej returns home only to find out his father is dead. He takes care of father's business but feels remorse about what he did to Armin. Ondřej falls in love with Lenora and convinces", "title": "The Valley of the Bees" }, { "docid": "6647985", "text": "Jim was sick, we talked a lot with him,\" said Moe. \"We had a group of AHRA track operators, Tice Jr., Gerald Pritchard at Tulsa, George Eisenhardt at Dragway 42, Chuck Harmon Sr. at Kansas City, and myself, and basically it was agreed among us that we would collectively buy the business from his wife, Ruth, when he died. It looked like that was the way we were going to go, that we would run the association Grand American collectively. Ruth did want to run the track a little longer. So we figured okay, we'd help her out and keep", "title": "American Hot Rod Association" }, { "docid": "17833013", "text": "state did not even permit snow removal or other treatment of surface state routes until January 2011, when Atlanta was forced to wait two days to treat the heavy snow and freezing rain that had frozen solid together on the city's main street, Peachtree Street, since it is also a state route (9 and 141). Therefore, the only thing that the mayor has legal or practical authority to do is to make sure that city streets are treated out to the city limits, and to encourage those businesses in the extended central business district to either let employees go earlier", "title": "January 2014 Gulf Coast winter storm" }, { "docid": "16317175", "text": "but also stated that they could work it out, if they talked to him like a man, and didn't treat him like a fool. At approximately 8:00 a.m. on August 9, Parish, armed with a shortened M1 carbine, a .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol, and a .38-caliber revolver, entered the Western Transportation Company building in the central business district of Grand Prairie, to discuss for a last time with his supervisor Eddie Ulrich about his payment dispute. When the discussion did not go to his liking, Parish killed Ulrich, as well as truck driver Martin Moran and operations manager Moody Smith, before", "title": "John Felton Parish" }, { "docid": "10035008", "text": "as his right-hand man. Mao and his gang go to Korea to expand their drug business. They started a company called BS Enterprise. Kay's mission was to protect Ji-woo from the Korean gang, Spider. The Spider Boss tries to kidnap Ji-woo, but little did they know Soo-hyun was protecting her by following around in his car under Mao’s orders. When Ji-woo was rescued by him, she was in great shock. He hides her from the Spider Gang by dropping her off behind the containers and backs right out of the dead end to engage in a dangerous car chase. Soo-hyun", "title": "Time Between Dog and Wolf" }, { "docid": "6457090", "text": "struggle with Theotis for his gun, during which the weapon discharges and kills Theotis while Ike watches, and laughs maniacally as the event plays out. His business complete, J.D. appears to leave Ike's body and due to Elijah's testimony, he is allowed to go free to rejoin his wife and friends waiting for him outside. The end credits scene displays JD plotting his revenge after receiving word that Bryce ducked Maggie. The film received mixed reviews. \"J.D.'s Revenge\" was released to DVD by MGM Home Video on April 1, 2003 as a Region 1 widescreen DVD. \"J.D.'s Revenge\" was rated", "title": "J. D.'s Revenge" }, { "docid": "12484855", "text": "when they were not realized, \"The threat of losing business to a competitor ... absolutely tilted the balance away from an independent arbiter of risk ...\" When asked if the investment banks frequently threatened to withdraw their business if they didn't get their desired rating, former Moody team managing director Gary Witt told the FCIC, “Oh God, are you kidding? All the time. I mean, that's routine. I mean, they would threaten you all of the time. . . . It's like, ‘Well, next time, we're just going to go with Fitch and S&P.'” At Standard & Poor's rating service", "title": "Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis" }, { "docid": "19093087", "text": "the improper used Oireachtas facilities in breach of Public Office Act 2001's Code of Conduct for Office Holders. Devlin was re-elected to a third term on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County County, coming second out of twenty one candidates. Devlin was involved in an expenses scandal when he and Councillor Barry Ward were accused of breaching Section 168 of the Local Government Act, 2001. The sum of €9,200 was paid by the council for a BA in public administration that Councillor Devlin undertook, the six payments of €9,200 did not go through proper procedure. Councillor Devlin then failed two exams and", "title": "Cormac Devlin" }, { "docid": "13623267", "text": "in school for two more months, after which they will go to South America together with Whitey. Sheila's plan is to quit the racketeering business by then. But problem arises as Spike Malone, one of Moranto's former goons, and his girlfriend Gladys Smith, try to get into the racketeering business. They follow Sheila to her home and sees her daughter Connie. It turns out Gladys recognizes Sheila, because she used to go to reform school with her. Pete sees signs of the racketeering business when he visits the canteen, and the next time he meets Sheila, he warns her about", "title": "Allotment Wives" }, { "docid": "14989726", "text": "are left dangling.\" Roger Ebert awarded the film 2.5 out of 4, saying \"This isn't a great heist movie for a lot of reasons, beginning with the stupidity of its heist plan and the impossibility of these characters ever being successful at anything more complex than standing in line,\" but appreciated that the comedy did not \"go heavy on the excremental, the masturbatory and symphonies of four-letter words\", calling it \"funny in an innocent screwball kind of way.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\"s Lisa Schwarzbaum called the film \"overblinged, eye-catching, and essentially tacky,\" and praised Murphy, saying \"when Murphy is on screen, his", "title": "Tower Heist" }, { "docid": "19617692", "text": "also got invitation to enter into film world, but he did not go. His play \"Kanya Vara sulkam\" has won the best drama award of the Andhra Pradesh Cultural Affairs Department. \"Kshira Sagara Mathanam\" (Churning of mythological ocean) got him Sahitya academy award. In addition to writing the plays, he also directed and composed music for some of the plays. In 1980, when \"Andhra Nataka Parishat\", Rajamandri conducted competitions for stage plays his four plays won 20 out of 25 awards. He wrote dialogues for more than 150 films. He received four Nandi Awards for the films Pratighatana, Bharata Nari,", "title": "M. V. S. Haranatha Rao" }, { "docid": "14797756", "text": "for the game designed \"Jet Moto\"s physics engine. Due to hardware limitations of the PlayStation, only the player used this physics system. Programmer Jay Barnson was tasked with developing a simpler physics system to handle the nineteen AI riders. During development a set of courses set in a stadium were dropped as the developers felt it did not fit the theme of the game. Developers originally intended for players to be permanently out of a race when falling far off a track, however they came to realize that it was not fun for players \"to be forced to go slow", "title": "Jet Moto (video game)" }, { "docid": "11184458", "text": "France, where, unknown to Jerry, she has fallen in love with Jim. When Jerry finds out, she warns Jim to stay away from her sister, but he doesn't take the situation seriously and invites everyone to his parent's house party. Initially, Jerry refuses to go, but when she finds out that business will prevent Tony from attending, she decides to go after all and keep an eye on Joan. Desperate to break Joan's engagement, Jerry first pretends to be a little crazy. When this doesn't work, she pretends she is still in love with Jim. While the two of them", "title": "Indiscreet (1931 film)" }, { "docid": "3742979", "text": "[...] Plus, the whole looking-into-the-future premise is merely reliving past glory, carried out far more successfully in 1995's 'Lisa's Wedding.'\" Also in 2003, Ben Rayner of \"Toronto Star\" referred to \"Bart to the Future\" as \"a lame 2000 outing\" and noted that \"Entertainment Weekly\" \"rightly dubbed [it] the 'worst episode ever'\". \"Winnipeg Free Press\" columnist Randall King wrote in his review of season eleven that the episode \"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily\" (which features the death of the character Maude Flanders) was \"proof that the dependably brilliant series could – and did – go seriously wrong when it turned 11. Killing off", "title": "Bart to the Future" }, { "docid": "3285268", "text": "Danish computer trade delegation. In 2006 he said when he was young his dream was, \"to get out of Hungary, go to the West and be free.\" At the age of 17, Simonyi left Hungary on a short-term visa but did not return. He was hired by Denmark's A/S Regnecentralen in 1966 where he worked with Per Brinch Hansen and Peter Kraft on the RC 4000 minicomputer's Real-time Control System, and with Peter Naur on the GIER ALGOL compiler. He subsequently moved to the United States in 1968 to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his B.S.", "title": "Charles Simonyi" }, { "docid": "245910", "text": "Clark for \"selling out\" to Collin Thornton and running \"Newstime\" Magazine, but forgave him in a span of mere minutes when he returned to \"\"grovel for his job back\"\". Clark elected to repay Lois by finally letting go of his self-imposed inhibitions and passionately kissed her. The two became a couple, and eventually, Lois accepted a proposal of marriage. Clark shortly after revealed to her that he was Superman. DC Comics had planned on Lois and Clark being married in 1993's \"Superman vol. 2\" #75. With the then-upcoming television show \"\", DC decided they did not want to have the", "title": "Lois Lane" }, { "docid": "4913978", "text": "Dennis for Britney Spears, who turned it down due to its subject matter. A few months later, Dennis still had not found someone to perform the song and offered it to Stevens, whom she had worked with when Stevens was a member of S Club 7. At the time Stevens had just begun work on her debut solo album and thought the song, which did not sound like anything out at the time, would make a good first single. Stevens said of the song in an interview, \"The writers really got my personality and the direction I want to go", "title": "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" }, { "docid": "4806676", "text": "of the carriageway. Although the band were unharmed, their coach was written off and the driver attended hospital for back pains. The band released the vinyl-only single \"Where Did Our Loving Go?\" on 10 October, with the release being spread across 3 different 7\"s. The single peaked at No. 71 in the UK Singles Chart and dropped out of the charts the following week. On 26 October 2005, the band announced that they were to split up, with Gorton stating that \"it's hard to keep faith when it feels like no-one's listening\". Gorton later revealed that EMI \"had made us", "title": "Alfie (band)" }, { "docid": "2327251", "text": "therefore leaving when our contracts expire at the end of this season. Our heartfelt thanks go out to our amazing cast, hard-working crew and loyal fans.\" Writer and producer David S. Rosenthal replaced them. The couple did an interview with \"TV Guide\" writer Michael Ausiello, where they went further into their reasons for leaving the show. In a 2012 interview with \"Vulture\", Sherman-Palladino was asked to reflect on the issue, she responded It was a botched negotiation. It really was about the fact that I was working too much. I was going to be the crazy person who was locked", "title": "Amy Sherman-Palladino" }, { "docid": "6443455", "text": "When Flanders Failed \"When Flanders Failed\" is the third episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1991. In the episode, Homer makes a wish for Ned Flanders's new left-handed store to go out of business. The wish comes true and gets the Flanders family into financial troubles. Ned is forced to sell his possessions, and Homer gleefully buys many of his things. When finding out that Ned's house is to be repossessed, Homer feels guilty and decides to get the store back in business by telling all", "title": "When Flanders Failed" }, { "docid": "16264967", "text": "to go critical very quickly. At the beginner level I played (and quickly lost) four games before I'd gotten a business that was even barely stable (and I was at the bottom of the pack). Maybe I just don't have a nose for business, but my attention wasn't strongly held. Beginning business sim fans might get more out of Space Bucks than I did, but I suspect advanced gamers will want to stick with a more detailed game like Capitalism.\" Space Bucks Space Bucks was a space trading simulation developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line. The game", "title": "Space Bucks" }, { "docid": "7306380", "text": "out the Premier Cup Under 18's Best and Fairest award in 2007 and 2008. In 2010, the Eagles did it again securing Back to Back Premierships by defeating Sydney Uni at Blacktown Olympic Park - 13.9 (87) to 10.10 (70). Damien Bowles claimed his first Club Champion medallion to go with his Rod Podbury Medal on Grand Final Day. Damien was unlucky not to also claim the League's Phelan Medal when after polling the most votes, he was ruled ineligible owing to suspension during the season. The U/18 Premier Cup lads were beaten in the Grand Final by 6 points", "title": "East Coast Eagles" }, { "docid": "13475298", "text": "Great Depression. The last run was on April 12, 1930. One man, John S. Burt, rode both the grand opening train and the final train. Both the Bristol and New Haven Junction stations survive. Bristol Railroad The Bristol Railroad was a short-line railroad in Addison County, Vermont. Businessmen in the town of Bristol chartered the railroad in 1890, and the grand opening was on January 5, 1892, although service had actually begun on November 25, 1891, when a car of potatoes was shipped out of Bristol. The railroad never did much business, and it is unlikely that it ever hauled", "title": "Bristol Railroad" }, { "docid": "12133411", "text": "32% of participants answered that there is no difference between S&OP and IBP, 20% \"did not know\", and 71% of participants answered that there is a need for more industry standards around S&OP. It has been called out that IBP has a lack of governance and in need of an industry group to create a unified definition. Due this lack of academic and industry standards, there has been an attempt to create an open source definition for IBP. This definition is as follows: Integrated Business Planning (IBP): A holistic planning philosophy, where all organizational functions participate in providing executives periodically", "title": "Integrated business planning" }, { "docid": "6357093", "text": "recruited s couple of GEnie denizens to create and publish \"Open Windows\" in an attempt to orient Apple users to Microsoft Windows. The Open Windows monthly publication lasted one year, and was delivered on a disk in executable zip format. When unzipped, the publication ran as a Windows Help file (.hlp) application. Although somewhat popular, it did nothing to revive Resource Central or prevent its demise. Resource Central went out of business in February 1995. In July 2010, it was announced that the entire Open-Apple and Resource Central catalog was reclassified to the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License. Resource Central", "title": "Resource Central" }, { "docid": "433989", "text": "out and claimed many lives of soldiers, civilians and children. In Panama City, Grant established and organized a field hospital and moved the worst cases to a hospital barge one mile offshore. When orderlies protested tending to the sick, Grant did much of the nursing himself, earning high praise from observers. In August, Grant arrived in San Francisco, a busy Gold Rush boomtown. Grant's next assignment sent him north to Vancouver Barracks in the Oregon Territory. To supplement a military salary which was inadequate to support his family, Grant speculated and failed at several business ventures, confirming his father's belief", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "docid": "11797971", "text": "season; the team would finish 2nd place to the Belle River Canadiens and go out in the first round to the Wheatley Sharks in 7 games. It would be the first time in 15 years (1996–97) that the team did not make it out of the First round. Garrod and staff resigned at the end of the season. The 73's brought aboard former Windsor Spitfire Scott Miller for the 2011 season as the club's general manager and hired former Lasalle Vipers assistant Gil Langois as head coach. This tandem delivered four consecutive Great Lakes League Championships and three Clarence Schmalz", "title": "Essex 73's" }, { "docid": "8245489", "text": "used to transport goods between Goa, Mumbai and Bhavnagar. Advent of trucking business through roads put these families out of shipping business through sea. Farmers have now turned to grow rice, sugarcanes, mangoes & sapodillas (chikoo) Between 1930 through 1970, about 10% of children from Chijgam attended the only high school in the district: the Dahyabhai Sunderji & Bhagwanji Bhimbhai School in Khara Abrama. It is a commute of 8 miles from Chijgam to the DS&BB school. Lalbhai Patel started primary school around 1930's in Chijgam because kids had really hard time to go to Panaar which was only 3", "title": "Chijgam" }, { "docid": "11599377", "text": "and the El Centro stations. He claimed that KIVA \"would probably go out of business within a year if KBLU-TV were allowed to open.\" While the competition did hurt KIVA's profits, conditions were not quite as bleak as Merrill predicted, and the station continued to operate well after KBLU-TV's sign-on in December 1963. In 1967, Merrill spun off the cable television business and became sole proprietor of KIVA as Merrill Telecasting. A third television station, KECC-TV (now KECY-TV) entered the market in December 1968, and KIVA eventually became unable to sustain business. On January 14, 1970, Merrill announced that KIVA", "title": "KIVA (TV)" }, { "docid": "11220958", "text": "flee the scene. Filmed on November 15–18, 1938, the title \"A Ducking They Did Go\" is a play on the old children's song \"A-Hunting We Will Go.\" The closing shot of the Stooges leaping over a bush, and landing on a trio of bucking steers was recycled from the end of 1936's \"A Pain in the Pullman\". A Ducking They Did Go A Ducking They Did Go is the 38th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1939 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for", "title": "A Ducking They Did Go" }, { "docid": "9628501", "text": "for ducks while Sidebottom and Matt Prior went on 1. There was controversial moment in this session when Pietersen began walking when he edged a ball to Dhoni and appeared to be out caught. He turned back however when he saw his team mates at the pavilion waving him to go back when they saw Steve Bucknor telling Simon Taufel he thought the ball had not carried. TV replays showed the ball did not carry and Pietersen was given not out by the third umpire Ian Gould. This decision did not cost India however as Pietersen did not score any", "title": "Indian cricket team in England in 2007" }, { "docid": "10405628", "text": "'S Out \"'S Out\" (stylized as \"'s Out\" and short for \"Bottom's Out\") is an episode produced for the second series of British television sitcom, Bottom. For reasons of sensitivity, however, it did not air until 10 April 1995 - nearly three years after it was produced. It is the second of three episodes that do not feature Richie and Eddie's flat. To avoid losing a bet, Richie and Eddie must spend a week camping out in Wimbledon Common. When they arrive, they notice their selected spot is covered in dog excrement - to which Richie says that they cannot", "title": "'S Out" }, { "docid": "20626442", "text": "the paper became very critical of Booker T. Washington under Wilkins' tenure. Washington was so upset that he gave money to W. Allison Sweeney, the editor of the \"Chicago Leader\", one of the \"Conservator\"'s rival publications, hoping to put Wilkins out of business. When that did not work, he tried unsuccessfully to buy the paper. In January 1908, Wilkins was replaced by Jesse Max Barber, the former editor of \"The Voice of the Negro\", who had moved to Chicago from Atlanta following the Atlanta race riot. After Barber penned a negative editorial concerning Washington, he used his influence with the", "title": "The Chicago Conservator" } ]
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[ { "docid": "7647260", "text": "\"death growl\"), with a middle eight of \"creepy crawly\" sung in falsetto. These discordant passages and the black comedy of the theme made the song a stage favourite. According to Pete Townshend in his song-by-song review of \"Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy\" for \"Rolling Stone\", it was Jimi Hendrix's favourite Who song. Subsequent to \"A Quick One\", the central riff appears again as an encore to The Who's rendition of Grieg's \"In the Hall of the Mountain King\" recorded during the sessions for \"The Who Sell Out\", but Entwistle sings \"Radio London\" instead. Although not released as part of the", "title": "Boris the Spider" }, { "docid": "9157798", "text": "Feet\", and also when in the middle of the video her backup dancers are seen in tuxedos and wearing costume penguin masks as they all dance in an arctic scene. The song is about a confident girl who gets attention everywhere she goes. She sings to a guy telling him to \"hit me up\". \"To hit up\", a term popularized by users of the social networking website MySpace, refers to contacting a person via electronic means. In this case there is a romantic interest for the person being \"hit up\". \"Hit Me Up\" was used as the opening theme for", "title": "Hit Me Up (Gia Farrell song)" }, { "docid": "1601139", "text": "\"Who Shot Ya?\" verse, with the same vocal take on the released version, is placed in the middle. Mos Def sings his own interpretation of the Red Hot Chili Peppers song \"Under the Bridge\". Mos Def was involved with two videos for \"Umi Says\". One was more traditional, while the second one came when Nike and Jordan Brand chose \"Umi Says\" as its theme song for its \"Much Respect\" series of commercials for the Air Jordan XVI. As a result, the second video features appearances from Michael Finley, Eddie Jones, Derek Jeter, Roy Jones Jr., Ray Allen and even Michael", "title": "Black on Both Sides" }, { "docid": "8297630", "text": "Jack Williams commands the Black Ball\"\" line it is sung \"\"For Captain Jack Sparrow commands the Black Pearl\"\" to make the song fit the album's theme better. Bill Murray's character sings a chorus from the shanty after his first successful sailing endeavor in the film \"What About BOB.\" The \"SpongeBob SquarePants\" theme song was inspired by the melody from \"Blow the Man Down.\" \"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Sponge Bob Square Pants!...\". Mr. Krabs also sings the melody to the tune while transitioning in several episodes. Also in the season one episode \"I Was a Teenage Gary\",", "title": "Blow the Man Down" }, { "docid": "8499565", "text": "Star Records which include ten tracks including the theme song entitled \"\"Argos\"\" which was composed and interpreted by the band, Bamboo. Other tracks include the love theme for the series, entitled \"\"Iniibig Kita\"\" sung by Kitchie Nadal and \"\"Tanging Ikaw\"\" performed by Shamrock. Also in the Rounin OST include 2006 Rockista grand prize grand winner, Bojo who sings \"“Walang Hangganan,\"\" Acel Bisa (former vocalist of Moonstar 88) sings \"“Sa Ngalan ng Pag-Ibig,”\" Rock icon Kevin Roy, of Razorback performs \"“Kailanpaman,”\" and the superband, Sandwich sings \"“Humanda Ka”\" plus up and coming rock bands Bliss, Side Crash and North Groove performing", "title": "Rounin (TV series)" }, { "docid": "12050699", "text": "on the soundtrack, by Willie Nelson (Uncle Jesse in the film). In the film \"\" (2007), country singer John Anderson sings the theme. Rock band Cage9, performed a cover version of the song was heard in the trailers from the same two films. Nike used the song in an advertising campaign featuring NFL star Randy Moss and NBA star Jason Williams, who were teammates in the same high school in rural Belle, West Virginia. Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) The \"Theme from \"The Dukes of Hazzard\" (Good Ol' Boys)\" is a song written and recorded by", "title": "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" }, { "docid": "4434222", "text": "Abdullah Bhatti and lived in Punjab during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was regarded as a hero in Punjab, for rescuing Hindu girls from being forcibly taken to be sold in slave market of the Middle East. Amongst those he saved were two girls Sundri & Mundri, who gradually became a theme of Punjab' folklore. As a part of Lohri celebrations, children go around homes singing the traditional folk songs of Lohri with \"Dulla Bhatti\" name included. One person sings, while others end each line with a loud \"Ho!\" sung in unison. After the song ends, the adult", "title": "Lohri" }, { "docid": "16188462", "text": "sister theme to the original. Jason Paige Jason Paige (born January 6, 1969) is an American singer, writer, record producer, stage, film, and television actor. Paige is best known for singing the first theme song for the English version of the \"Pokémon\" television series. He is an alumnus of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and the Experimental Theatre Wing at New York University. Paige is best known for singing the first theme song for the English version of the \"Pokémon\" anime. He also sings \"Viridian City\" and sings as a background vocalist for the \"Pokémon 2.B.A. Master\" soundtrack. In an", "title": "Jason Paige" }, { "docid": "5880898", "text": "\"South Bronx\". \"The Age\" wrote that the song intones Lopez's \"modest childhood roots, vowing she wishes to remain simple despite her diamonds\", while MTV said that she finds \"the middle ground between Hollywood A-Lister and Big Apple B-Girl\" on the \"club-banging\" song. In the ballad \"Again\", Lopez considers finding love again; \"I was scared to let go and trust your love,\" she sings in the second verse. The theme of Lopez's relationship with Affleck is also evident in the vintage-sounding mid-tempo song \"Baby I Love U!\", which features a guitar and piano instrumentation that includes a \"haunting\" interpolation from the", "title": "This Is Me... Then" }, { "docid": "11830308", "text": "and the first part of the second bridge. Daisy Evans sings the second verse. Hannah Richings sings a backing vocal during the second verse. Stacey McClean sings the second part of the second bridge and backing vocals during the final chorus. Rochelle Wiseman sings backing vocals in the final chorus. Aaron Renfree does not have any solos in this song. Recording was produced by Tim Lever and done at Hollywood's famed Radio Recorders by engineer Jordan Winsen. The song served as the theme song from the American reality television series \"American Juniors\" (2003). The video shows the band in a", "title": "One Step Closer (S Club Juniors song)" }, { "docid": "14285936", "text": "singers Ryan Bingham (who also sings the theme song \"The Weary Kind\"), Buck Owens, The Louvin Brothers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, and Sam Phillips. On January 17, 2010, the theme song \"The Weary Kind\", written by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett, was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Original Song at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. The song also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 82nd Academy Awards and a Grammy for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media at the 53rd Grammy Awards. The soundtrack also won a", "title": "Crazy Heart (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "12282903", "text": "the beat of the song is set in 6/8 and progresses at an uptempo 126 beats per minute. The chorus follows an Am–F–Dm–E chord progression. Una Healy sings both the first and second verse. While Vanessa White sings the 2 bridges, middle 8 and leads the chorus. Rochelle Wiseman sings backing vocal in Healy's second verse. Healy and Wiseman take lower harmonies in the chorus while Mollie King and Frankie Sandford who don't sing solos in the song, both take higher harmonies. \"Up\" contains several travelling-themed lyrical lines which act as a metaphorical way of taking a relationship to the", "title": "Up (The Saturdays song)" }, { "docid": "10077641", "text": "rapper Busta Rhymes, but are not included on the single or album \"Go\". Mark Edward Nero from About.com stated that the song \"is the Usher sound-alike jam\" Aaron Fields from KSTW.com said \"I really like this track produced by Polow da Don. It's a smooth track about the classic subject...woman is being done wrong in her current relationship in which Mario sings to her, \"I can hear your heart, crying out for me\". Great vocals, great beat and definitely a great choice for the second single\". The video was directed by R. Malcom Jones, Costume Designed by June Ambrose and", "title": "Crying Out for Me" }, { "docid": "7430699", "text": "soundtrack of a show, as well. She sings the theme song of \"My Gym Partner's A Monkey\" in-character as Adam Lyon, Sandy of \"Bubble Guppies\" sang a song about coconut water several times in the episode she was featured in, Kip Ling of \"Histeria!\" usually only shows up in the songs on the show, the second title character of \"Fanboy & Chum Chum\" sings many times (Futterman is also often accompanied on lead vocals during the \"FB&CC\" songs by David Hornsby, who voices Fanboy), Stretch and Squeeze of \"Handy Manny\" sing two songs called \"We Work Together\" and \"Hop Up,", "title": "Nika Futterman" }, { "docid": "13968201", "text": "Joe Shaver, and Eddy Shaver The songs are performed by various artists including actors Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall, as well as singers Bingham (who sings the theme song \"The Weary Kind\" and plays Tony in the film), Buck Owens, The Louvin Brothers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, and Sam Philips. At the 82nd Grammy Awards, the theme song \"The Weary Kind\" by Ryan Bingham won for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media and the soundtrack also won for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media. Review aggregator Rotten", "title": "Crazy Heart" }, { "docid": "5567084", "text": "\"Tuesday\". The film tells the story of Wirral the Squirrel, who was almost killed by soldiers. Froggo helped him and took him to another place he would go. He couldn't go back there again! But then, he finds a tropical island. Bison is the chief of that island, and Wirral's new love crush is Wilhelmina. Then, all 3 of them (except Wilhelmina) get cleaned up and that night, they perform the theme song to the island. Bison sings the first part of the song. A parrot gets banged on the bass drum and is dizzy. Later, an alligator sings. Right", "title": "Tropic Island Hum" }, { "docid": "2467347", "text": "Nelson\", and \"Ella Swings Gently with Nelson\", their first work together since 1959's \"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book\". The mid-1960s would also see Fitzgerald and Riddle collaborate on the last of Ella's \"Songbook\"s, devoted to the songs of Jerome Kern (\"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book\") and Johnny Mercer (\"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book\"). In 1963, Riddle joined Sinatra's newly established label Reprise Records, under the musical direction of Morris Stoloff. Much of his work in the 1960s and 1970s was for film and television, including his hit theme song", "title": "Nelson Riddle" }, { "docid": "18914106", "text": "requested by Jade Thirlwall. When the girls are on the way to the venue, the video ends as the screen rises. Third act is introduced by performance of \"Move\" with an extended swing-esque intro, where the snaps and sultry vocals can be heard. Before starting the next song, \"How Ya Doin'?\" featuring American rapper Missy Elliott, the group shows their dance routine matched to the theme along with backup dancers, also the middle of the song is suddenly interrupted by a cover of \"Hotline Bling\" by Canadian rapper Drake. After that, the group sings the first track from deluxe version", "title": "The Get Weird Tour" }, { "docid": "16188454", "text": "Jason Paige Jason Paige (born January 6, 1969) is an American singer, writer, record producer, stage, film, and television actor. Paige is best known for singing the first theme song for the English version of the \"Pokémon\" television series. He is an alumnus of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and the Experimental Theatre Wing at New York University. Paige is best known for singing the first theme song for the English version of the \"Pokémon\" anime. He also sings \"Viridian City\" and sings as a background vocalist for the \"Pokémon 2.B.A. Master\" soundtrack. In an interview with the \"New York", "title": "Jason Paige" }, { "docid": "20943162", "text": "Go! (Noise International song) \"Go!\" is a song by Sydney based sound house group Noise International featuring vocals from Sharon Muscat of Sister2Sister fame. It was produced by member Bruce Heal specially as the original theme song for GO! along with many shorts riffs resembling the song. After many demands for who sings the song, TVCentral.com.au told Nine about it, who revealed info about the song along with a hint of the song coming to iTunes. He also stated that people were dancing to remixes of the short one-minute version played by DJs in nightclubs. The song was finally released", "title": "Go! (Noise International song)" }, { "docid": "4655907", "text": "(2005), the song is introduced in Central Park Zoo, and Marty later sings the song in the midst of Alex the Lion's delirium. In 2013, the song was played at the funeral of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Theme from New York, New York \"Theme from \"New York, New York\"\" (or \"New York, New York\") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film \"New York, New York\" (1977), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. It remains one of the best-known songs about", "title": "Theme from New York, New York" }, { "docid": "19558190", "text": "Tiara Malcom Tiara Patryce Malcom (born January 24, 1983) is an American college basketball coach who is currently head women's basketball coach at FIU. After graduating from Caravel Academy in Wilmington, Delaware in 2001, Malcom attended the University of Delaware and played at forward for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens for four years under head coach Tina Martin. As a senior, Malcom was one of three team captains. Malcom averaged 16.4 points and 6.7 rebounds in her senior year of 2004–05 and helped Delaware make the WNIT. Malcom, who completed a bachelor's degree in family and community services in 2005,", "title": "Tiara Malcom" }, { "docid": "12534180", "text": "sings the second verse, leads the chorus, adlibs on the final chorus and closes the song. Frankie Sandford sings the second bridge and small adlib between the final chorus and the end of the song. Rochelle Wiseman sings the third bridge and does adlibs in the final chorus. \"Work\" received generally positive reviews from pop music critics. Digital Spy Digital Spy said of the video: \"Adopting the classic girlband-in-a-warehouse theme, the ladies strut their stuff down a makeshift catwalk, tease the camera seductively and even attempt a few risqué dance moves. This video won't set the world alight with its", "title": "Work (The Saturdays song)" }, { "docid": "7668510", "text": "\"Jolina Sings The Masters'\". The album consisted a collection of songs from famous composers in the country whose works have become contemporary classics in the industry. Here, Magdangal explored adult emotions in the works of the Masters. Magdangal also released several movie soundtracks and has been the voice behind the classic theme songs of various movies, television programs and radio station, making her the \"Undisputed Movie Theme Song and Soundtrack Queen (or Theme Song Queen)\". Most of her theme song hits came from her own movie soundtracks such as \"T.L. Ako Sayo\" a duet with Marvin Agustin and \"May Masisilungan", "title": "Jolina Magdangal" }, { "docid": "12331606", "text": "Happy (Michael Jackson song) \"Happy\" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1973. The song featured on Jackson's album \"Music & Me\". Its full title is \"Happy (Love Theme from \"Lady Sings the Blues\")\", although it was never featured in the film or the soundtrack for \"Lady Sings the Blues\". The song was first released as a single by Bobby Darin in November 23, 1972, peaking #67 on the Billboard Hot 100, his last single to hit the chart. Michael Jackson's single was first released in Australia, backed by \"In Our Small Way\". Jackson continued", "title": "Happy (Michael Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "15794864", "text": "of dance-pop and R&B. The theme explored by the tracks are mostly about love relationships, both romantic and disastrous, precisely targeted to teens. Casual sex is again one of the themes discussed by the singer in the band as I am not so easy, where Kelly sings about girls who are pressured by their boyfriends for sex. There is also the song \"A Loirinha, o Playboy e o Negão\", which explores the theme of racial prejudice, by a white boy to a couple formed by a blonde girl and a black boy. According to Kelly that the song is also", "title": "Do Meu Jeito" }, { "docid": "1842145", "text": "was Goku and Don Patch was Vegeta. Vegeta has made two contributions to music: in the eighth installment of \"Hit Song Collection series\" entitled \"\", Vegeta sings the song \"Vegeta-sama no Oryori Jigoku!!\". The song focuses of Vegeta cooking a special Okonomiyaki, and in \"Dragon Ball Kai: Song Collection\" he sings the song \"Saiyan Blood\", which he brags about how great he is. Other \"Dragon Ball\"-related songs that center around Vegeta are \"Koi no Nazonazo\" by Kuko and Tricky Shirai which focuses on his and Bulma's relationship and \"Ai wa Ballad no Yō ni~Vegeta no Theme~\" by Shin Oya which", "title": "Vegeta" }, { "docid": "13025432", "text": "followed by one or more \"films\" that address the issue, with a \"Silly Song\" in the middle. The \"Silly Songs\" are generally introduced with a title card and a voiceover saying, \"And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry, the part of the show where Larry comes out and sings a silly song.\" Some \"Silly Songs\" have alternate titles, such as \"Love Songs with Mr. Lunt,\" or \"Ukulele Karaoke with Bob,\" where another character sings the song instead. The \"Silly Song\", if one appears, is usually in the middle of the program, often at a cliffhanger moment or in", "title": "VeggieTales" }, { "docid": "10616845", "text": "of \"TV Guide\" magazine named \"Where Everybody Knows Your Name\" the greatest TV Theme of all time. In the episode \"Simon and Marcy\" in the animated series \"Adventure Time\", the Ice King sings the song to himself to maintain his sanity as he wears the crown responsible for his power. He also acted out scenes of the series of the theme song in the episode to cheer up his charge, Marceline. The web series \"How It Should Have Ended\" parodies the theme song in the intro to their \"Villain Pub series\". The song appears in a 2017 TV commercial for", "title": "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" }, { "docid": "10026336", "text": "the song \"just about defined the territory he carved out as his own in the years ahead...the song, the production, and the performance came together in a statement of soon-to-be classic George Jones.\" Sings from the Heart Sings from the Heart is the 1962 country music studio album released by George Jones in June 1962. The album was his eleventh studio LP release, and was his last with Mercury, after switching to United Artists in late 1961. The album's theme was listing of songs about the heart, and contains his last #1 with Mercury Records from 1961, Tender Years. The", "title": "Sings from the Heart" }, { "docid": "3511746", "text": "One's \"Q\" on October 28 — and performing an impromptu duet of \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\" with host Jian Ghomeshi. O'Hara sings the theme song for Someone Knows Something, a true-crime podcast from the CBC. The song was written by Bob Wiseman. On Sunday, November 12, 2017 O'Hara performed a rare live show at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. O'Hara was invited by artist Perfume Genius who curated a program for the festival. O'Hara sang backup vocals for Morrissey on his song, \"November Spawned a Monster\". She also contributed to four albums by Bob Wiseman: \"In Her", "title": "Mary Margaret O'Hara" }, { "docid": "15862332", "text": "French soundtrack, HAL sings the French folk song \"Au clair de la lune\" while being disconnected. In the German version, HAL sings the children's song \"Hänschen klein\" (\"Little Johnny\"), and in the Italian version HAL sings \"Giro giro tondo\" (Ring a Ring o' Roses). A recording of British light music composer Sidney Torch's \"Off Beat Moods Part 1\" was chosen by Kubrick as the theme for the fictitious BBC news programme \"The World Tonight\" seen aboard the \"Discovery\". On June 25, 2010, a version of the film specially remastered by Warner Bros, without the music soundtrack, opened the three hundred", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "20379102", "text": "The Weekend (SZA song) \"The Weekend\" is a song recorded by American singer SZA for her debut studio album, \"Ctrl\" (2017). Written by SZA and its producer ThankGod4Cody, the song samples \"Set the Mood (Prelude)\" from the 2006 album \"FutureSex/LoveSounds\", written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Danja, who also received writing credits for \"The Weekend\". A contemporary R&B and neo soul record, \"The Weekend\" uses a synth-line, hi-hats, drums, a high-pitched vocal sample and clocking key thumps. Its theme is polyamory; SZA sings about sharing a lover with other women from the perspective of one who only see her partner", "title": "The Weekend (SZA song)" }, { "docid": "4470788", "text": "or sunny. But who needs love? I've got my bunny.\" In the final scene of the final episode, this is the song Jack sings with Mr. Floppy, but with slightly modified lyrics. \"I married young, because of cupid. And had three kids, but you were stupid. I could've been rich, instead I'm a loser. But at least we're happy, 'cause you're a boozer. Now I'm alone, come rain or sunny. But who needs love? I've got my bunny.\" Beginning with the second season, the series' theme song was \"Hit the Road Jack\" by Ray Charles; the song is a reference", "title": "Unhappily Ever After" }, { "docid": "16046600", "text": "first single in eight years, \"Departure!\", was used as the opening theme song for the 2011 \"Hunter × Hunter\" anime. \"Departure! -Second Version-\" was used as the series' second opening theme, with Galneryus' \"Hunting for Your Dream\" as the second ending theme. Ono sings \"Fight It Out!!\", the opening theme song for the international versions of the final arc of \"Dragon Ball Kai\". In 2010 he established his own vocal school \"Bese\". Masatoshi Ono , also known as Sho, is a Japanese rock/heavy metal singer-songwriter and vocal coach. Ono got his start in the 1980s as vocalist of the heavy", "title": "Masatoshi Ono" }, { "docid": "12115042", "text": "not vocal. However, Neal Hefti, the writer of the theme, stated that the chorus was made up of eight singers, one of whom jokingly wrote on his part, \"word and music by Neal Hefti\". \"TV's Biggest Hits\" by Jon Burlingame, published in 1996, focuses exclusively on TV theme songs, and includes an interview with Hefti about the creation of the Batman theme song. According to Burlingame, the song consisted of \"bass guitar, low brass and percussion to create a driving rhythm, while an eight-voice chorus sings 'Batman!' in harmony with the trumpets.\" In addition to Neal Hefti's original version, and", "title": "Batman Theme" }, { "docid": "16798579", "text": "1970 and included on \"For the Good Times\". Sweetheart (Bee Gees song) \"Sweetheart\" is a song released by the Bee Gees, released as the B-side of \"I.O.I.O.\" in March 1970. and released on the album \"Cucumber Castle\" in April 1970. The song was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and featured Barry Gibb on lead vocal. Violins are featured in this song, but the musicians who played theme were not credited. The song was recorded on September 26, 1969. Barry Gibb only sings and play guitar on the song's demo. It was one of the tracks featuring Terry Cox on", "title": "Sweetheart (Bee Gees song)" }, { "docid": "16798577", "text": "Sweetheart (Bee Gees song) \"Sweetheart\" is a song released by the Bee Gees, released as the B-side of \"I.O.I.O.\" in March 1970. and released on the album \"Cucumber Castle\" in April 1970. The song was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and featured Barry Gibb on lead vocal. Violins are featured in this song, but the musicians who played theme were not credited. The song was recorded on September 26, 1969. Barry Gibb only sings and play guitar on the song's demo. It was one of the tracks featuring Terry Cox on drums following the departure of Bee Gees' original", "title": "Sweetheart (Bee Gees song)" }, { "docid": "18198319", "text": "End of Love (Anna Abreu song) \"End of Love\" is the debut single of Finnish singer Anna Abreu from her debut studio album, \"Anna Abreu\" (2007). Rauli Eskolin (known professionally as Rake) produced the song along with Teemu Brunila; the latter also wrote the song. It is a Pop song with R&B and Latin rhythms. The song was released on 30 July 2007 in Finland, as the album's lead single. Lyrically, \"End of Love\" revolves around the theme of lost love and reminiscence. Abreu sings about a 'boy' who she was once in a relationship, though the reason for the", "title": "End of Love (Anna Abreu song)" }, { "docid": "19558192", "text": "May 13, 2015, Malcom joined Marlin Chinn's staff at FIU as assistant coach. Following Chinn's suspension for sexual harassment of a player, Malcom became acting head coach for the final two regular season games and C-USA Tournament. Malcom went 1–4 as acting coach, with the one win being in the first round of the C-USA Tournament, 61-57 over UTSA. FIU fired Chinn on March 11, 2016 for a violation of NCAA rules and promoted Malcom to head coach on April 8. Tiara Malcom Tiara Patryce Malcom (born January 24, 1983) is an American college basketball coach who is currently head", "title": "Tiara Malcom" }, { "docid": "1294800", "text": "albums since 1984 and has performed vocals in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Taiwanese and English. He often sings the theme songs of his films, which play over the closing credits. Chan's first musical recording was \"Kung Fu Fighting Man\", the theme song played over the closing credits of \"The Young Master\" (1980). At least 10 of these recordings have been released on soundtrack albums for the films. His Cantonese song \"Story of a Hero\" (英雄故事) (theme song of \"Police Story\") was selected by the Royal Hong Kong Police and incorporated into their recruitment advertisement in 1994. Chan voiced the character of", "title": "Jackie Chan" }, { "docid": "5923045", "text": "theme song for his Folksong Festival radio program on WNYC in New York City. It has been recorded by, among others, The Raftsmen and The Travellers. Something to Sing About \"Something to Sing About\" is a patriotic song written by folk singer Oscar Brand that sings the praises of the many different regions of Canada. It was used as a theme for Brand's television show \"Let's Sing Out\", which aired on CBC and CTV in the 1960s and was also the theme song for the Canadian pavilion at Expo 67. There was once a movement for it to chosen as", "title": "Something to Sing About" }, { "docid": "3281977", "text": "that included previously unheard song \"Everybody Wants the Same Thing\". Several of Scissor Sister's songs have appeared in various television shows including \"The Skins\" in season five of \"Queer as Folk\" and \"Take Your Mama\" in the episode \"Six Months Ago\" of \"Heroes\". Their song \"Filthy/Gorgeous\" serves as the theme music to the US version of the sit-com \"Kath & Kim\" while the song \"I Can't Decide\" was used in the \"Doctor Who\" episode \"Last of the Time Lords\" where the Master sings along to it in a mocking fashion towards the enslaved human race. Subsequently, the song debuted at", "title": "Scissor Sisters" }, { "docid": "16393303", "text": "\"Entertainment Weekly\", the song has choruses that are thickly produced and the only physical instrument that you can pick is Levine's larynx. \"Lucky Strike\" is a funk song that features dubstep and soul rock influences and lyrically discovers the theme of sexual intercourse. The fifth track on the album, \"The Man Who Never Lied,\" produced by Brian West, is a pop and pop rock song that finds the protagonist in a relationship trouble where he is playing the role of a good person. According to Nate Chinen of \"The New York Times\", in the song, Levine sings \"about spoiling his", "title": "Overexposed (album)" }, { "docid": "9270804", "text": "is a theme of Dave Matthews' fear of asking his wife for marriage, as well as the life of Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus in his final days. In concert, especially at acoustic shows, Matthews has been known to interpolate Elvis Presley's \"Can't Help Falling in Love\" towards the end of the song as the crowd sings along. Late saxophonist LeRoi Moore plays the melody of the song on the album version. During live performances of the song, the band plays an outro not featured on the studio version. Toward the end of the song, after it decrescendos, the band", "title": "The Stone (Dave Matthews Band song)" }, { "docid": "16701459", "text": "Ivete Sangalo sings in Portuguese and Sanz in Spanish. The song was the theme of the couple Giovanna Antonelli and Alexandre Nero novel Brazilian \"Salve Jorge\" by Glória Perez writer. The music video was released on channel VEVO of Sanz on December 18, 2012. No Me Compares (song) \"No Me Compares\" () is a song recorded by the Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was released as the first single from his ninth studio album \"La Música No Se Toca\" (2012) and based on the opening theme song in the telenovela \"Amores verdaderos\". The song was released for digital download on", "title": "No Me Compares (song)" }, { "docid": "316537", "text": "sal nie langer\" [I will no longer] sings that they will no longer apologize for apartheid, a theme echoed by many others, including Koos Kombuis in \"Hoe lank moet ons nog sorry sê\" [For how long do we still have to say sorry]. Piet Paraat sings in \"Toema Jacob Zuma\" [Never mind Jacob Zuma]: \"My whole life I'm punished for the sins of my father.\" There is also a distinct feeling that the Afrikaner is being marginalized by the ANC government: Fokofpolisiekar sings in \"Antibiotika\" [Antibiotics], \"I'm just a tourist in the country of my birth,\" Bok van Blerk sings", "title": "Protest song" }, { "docid": "10062547", "text": "song for the main character - a science professor who becomes a baseball star under the pseudonym 'King Kelly'. In 1978's \"Ziegfeld: The Man & His Women\", Inga Swenson, as Nora Bayes, sings the song during the scene of the first \"Ziegfeld Follies\" in 1908. A verse from an adaptation of the song was featured in the film \"Catch Me If You Can\" on a broadcast of the 1960s television program \"Sing Along With Mitch\". The song was also referenced in a 1959 episode of television series \"Bachelor Father\" titled \"Bentley, the Hero\". The theme tune to Kelly Monteith's BBC", "title": "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" }, { "docid": "17796502", "text": "19, both versions of the song were released as digital downloads. It would be the fourth single released from his sixth studio album \"X\". The overall theme of the song is about unfaithful women. It was reported that Brown makes references at ex-girlfriend Rihanna, whom he dated, in the song, as he sings about a girl not being loyal in a relationship, a theme that he also rapped about on DJ Khaled's \"I'm Still\", which was also thought to be aimed at Rihanna. Tyga makes a reference to the Jermaine Dupri/Jay-Z song \"Money Ain't a Thang\" during his verse on", "title": "Loyal (Chris Brown song)" }, { "docid": "4035053", "text": "performed at the start of every soccer match in Russia. In 1938, Blanter began his long-lasting collaboration with the poet Mikhail Isakovsky. Their first song, undoubtedly the most famous of Blanter's works, was the world-renowned \"Katyusha\". In it, Blanter combined elements of the heroic, upbeat battle song and of a peasant song representing a woman's lamentation for an absent lover. Standing on a high riverbank, a young woman, Katyusha, sings of her beloved (compared to \"a gray eagle of the steppes\"), who is far away serving on the Soviet border. The theme of the song is that the soldier will", "title": "Matvey Blanter" }, { "docid": "10442716", "text": "delivers another involving tale in The Bubble.” Ivri Lider composed most of the soundtrack for the film, and sings the song \"Loving That Man of Mine\". He appears as himself singing the theme song of the movie, the Gershwin classic, \"The Man I Love\". The ending credits of the movie feature \"Song to a Siren\", a cover of \"Song to the Siren\" by Tim Buckley. The Bubble (2006 film) The Bubble (Hebrew: הבועה \"HaBuah\") is a 2006 romantic drama directed by Eytan Fox telling the story of two men who fall in love, one Israeli and one Palestinian. The title", "title": "The Bubble (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "8736551", "text": "Israel) sings about the need to unite and overcome differences in order to progress as the human race. One verse appears to be delivered to a lover, leading some fans to speculate that the song is intended to be a love song to a woman who already has a family. The video continues the gospel theme, although it proved controversial with the inclusion of footage of Palestinian militants and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. As Israel had finished the 2005 Contest in fourth place, the song was pre-qualified for the final. Here, it was performed third (following Moldova's \"Arsenium\", Natalia Gordienko &", "title": "Together We Are One (song)" }, { "docid": "19230980", "text": "theme song of \"The Mermaid\" is titled \"Invincible\". The song was written and composed by Stephen Chow and performed by Deng Chao. Film score composer Raymond Wong (\"Shaolin Soccer,\" \"Kung Fu Hustle\", \"CJ7\" and \"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons\") made the arrangement, while the music producer Patrick Tsang (who produced records for Faye Wong, Eason Chan and more) mixed it. The song also has a music video in which Deng Chao sings in studio while Stephen Chow, Kris Wu and Lin Yun appear to sing the song too. Their vocals are never heard as there is only one", "title": "The Mermaid (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "14029185", "text": "\"Hillbilly Bone\" is an up-tempo country song, backed primarily by electric guitar. It has a theme of rural pride, in which the narrators state that one does not have to be from the South or Appalachia to enjoy the same pastimes as someone who is (\"We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside\"). The song is set in the key of G major with a main chord pattern of G-C7-E7-C-G. An eight-bar electric guitar solo precedes each verse and the final chorus. Adkins sings vocal harmony on the entire song, and the last half of the second verse. Craig", "title": "Hillbilly Bone (song)" }, { "docid": "11129682", "text": "video. The song received a \"thumbs up\" review from Engine 145 reviewer Matt C., who called it a \"successful 'slice of life' song\" because the writers \"confine[d] themselves to a manageble theme and paint[ed] a charming picture\". He also said that Morgan's Southern twang was a natural fit for the lyrical content, despite expressing uncertainty that listeners would be able to identify with the song's farmer character (as opposed to identifying with those stuck in traffic behind him). Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B rating. He says Morgan \"sings it with enthusiasm and", "title": "International Harvester (song)" }, { "docid": "6247760", "text": "in 2001. The corps sings in harmony before entering the field before each performance. All Crown alumni are welcomed to sing this with the corps. The adjusted lyrics are: \"In my mind I'm going to Carolina can't you see the sunshine, this feeling lasts for a lifetime, something that I have come to find, I'll never leave behind, yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind.\" Theme from \"Band of Brothers\" In addition to the corps song, the hornline also sings and performs the theme from the HBO miniseries \"Band of Brothers\" (composed by Michael Kamen; arranged by Michael Klesch)", "title": "Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps" }, { "docid": "9296813", "text": "measures in which Akon sings \"Woohoo, yeehoo\". The introduction has been claimed to be similar to that in the 1986 song \"Sweet Sweet Gwendoline\" by German band Die Ärzte. Overdubbing is introduced in the middle of the first verse to produce a sequence of eighth note B minor chords from Stefani's vocals. Stefani's voice is overdubbed again when she sings the chorus twice. Akon performs, and Stefani then sings the second verse and the choruses again. She returns to the latter part of the first verse and repeats the choruses. The song closes as Akon repeats the lines \"Woohoo, yeehoo\"", "title": "The Sweet Escape (song)" }, { "docid": "9690381", "text": "Ven a bailar conmigo \"Ven a bailar conmigo\" (English: \"Come dance with me\", ) was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English and Spanish by Guri Schanke. The song is a Latin-inspired number. Schanke sings about how much she loves to dance and urges her unnamed listener (in Spanish) to \"Come dance with me\". BBC commentary during the Contest explained that Schanke had participated in a reality-television show with a dancing theme, thus explaining the lyrics. The song was written and composed by , who also contributed the Spanish entry at the same Contest -", "title": "Ven a bailar conmigo" }, { "docid": "19298623", "text": "is a fine showcase of its theme — Stacy sings “\"rumah ini / hanya dipenuhi dengan bunyi / gema kasut\" Jimmy Choo \"kau beli, untuk hari jadi / yang bukan kau hantar pun sendiri\"“. Altimet retorts as her male counterpart, claiming that she’s the one who made it that way, using lines like “\"kalau berhijab ada skaf\" Cavalli” and “\"kalau\" not for sale \"kenapa masih di sini\"“. Stacy promoted the song through various media outlets and shows. Her first ever live performance of this song was in Zouk, Kuala Lumpur, during the launching of the album. She heavily promoted the", "title": "Not for Sale (Stacy song)" }, { "docid": "682836", "text": "their song \"Experimental Film\". The creators of \"Homestar Runner\" spent time with the band and wrote songs that have been released on the website as \"Puppet Jam\", a spin-off of \"Puppet Stuff\", where Puppet Homestar sings with TMBG. TMBG also wrote the music for Strong Bad Email #99, \"different town\", and the band wrote and vocalized the intro song of the 200th Strong Bad Email. Another group, The Skate Party, helped The Brothers Chaps create \"The Cheat Theme Song\". The band Y-O-U helped with the Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits CD, as well as songs on the strongbad_email.exe", "title": "Homestar Runner" }, { "docid": "15467739", "text": "cheating, thus his victory doesn't count. Therefore, the garden fairies win. The movie ends with Rosetta and Chloe celebrating with their best friends that they broke their losing streak. The score to the special is composed by Joel McNeely, who scored the first three \"Tinker Bell\" films. Zendaya sings the theme song (written by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda of GrooveLily), which is called \"Dig Down Deeper\". Zendaya performed \"Dig Down Deeper\" in the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In Spain, the main theme was played by Lydia Fairen. The special debuted in the United States on The Disney Channel", "title": "Pixie Hollow Games" }, { "docid": "3774502", "text": "young Michael Jackson's singing style. Holloway also sings lead on the \"Josie and the Pussycats\" theme song, which was written by Hanna-Barbera musical director Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The theme itself is based on a recurring score cue from \"The Jetsons\" Other lead vocals were performed by Cherie Moor. Although she was cast as the singing voice of Josie, Kathleen Dougherty only sings partial lead vocals on \"If That Isn't Love\" and \"I'll Be There.\" Also present on the album are covers of Bobby Sherman's \"La, La, La (If I Had You)\", The Carpenters' \"(They Long To", "title": "Josie and the Pussycats (album)" }, { "docid": "1485969", "text": "Isabela Bayrakdarian, and Irish Fiddler and Violinist Dermot Crehan, who also performed on the Hardanger Fiddle, which is used in this film in conjunction with the various Rohan themes. The funeral song Éowyn sings during her cousin Théodred's entombment in the extended edition is styled to be a traditional song of the Rohirrim, and has lyrics in their language, Rohirric (represented by Old English). The song does not appear in the book, and the tune is a variation upon a theme of the rímur Icelandic folk tradition; it can be heard as part of track 7 in the 1999 recording", "title": "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" }, { "docid": "11116247", "text": "music for the film is being composed by Yoshihiro Ike; the soundtrack score was released on June 18, 2014. Yoshiki of X Japan contributed the film's theme song \"Hero (Yoshiki Classical Version)\". Katie Fitzgerald, vocalist of Yoshiki's other band Violet UK, sings while Yoshiki performs on the piano. Originally, Toei had problems with the music production of the film and contacted Yoshiki to have him write the movie's theme song. Yoshiki watched the film before producing the song, remarking on its sense of amazing, grand scale; he ultimately decided to write a ballad after wondering what kind of song would", "title": "Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary" }, { "docid": "3014244", "text": "film. Stephenson, who played both the Showroom announcer and the Minister, provided the voice of Mr. Slate from the animated series. Krakowski had been reluctant to play Betty, feeling she would be overshadowing O'Donnell, until she was congratulated by Rosie for getting the role with flowers and a card that said \"From Betty #1 to Betty #2, Now Yabba Dabba Do It!\" Ann-Margret, who guest-starred as \"Ann-Margrock\" in the cartoon show's season four episode \"Ann-Margrock Presents\", sings the theme song, which is a slightly rewritten version of the song from \"Viva Las Vegas\". \"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas\" opened", "title": "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" }, { "docid": "10221597", "text": "charts in 1956; another version of the same medley by George Cates and his Orchestra was also a major hit of that year, reaching the top 5. A vocal recording of the song alone by The McGuire Sisters was also a hit, peaking at number thirteen on the Top 100 and number fifteen on the Best Seller charts. Andy Williams released a version of the song on his 1956 album, \"Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen.\" Harry James recorded a version on his 1979 album \"Still Harry After All These Years\" (Sheffield Lab LAB-11). Theme from Picnic \"Theme from \"Picnic\"\" is", "title": "Theme from Picnic" }, { "docid": "5548797", "text": "and anti-corporate stances, along with styling his hair in a ponytail, is a reference to comedian George Carlin who styled his hair the same way later in his career and often had anti-capitalism, anti-consumerism and anti-commercialism overtones in his performance. The \"Canyonero\" song and visual sequence was modeled after Ford commercials. The sequence is a parody of a commercial for a sport utility vehicle and Hank Williams Jr. sings a song about the Canyonero accompanied by country guitar music and whip cracks. The song \"Canyonero\" closely resembles the theme to the 1960s television series \"Rawhide\". This episode was the first", "title": "The Last Temptation of Krust" }, { "docid": "9884545", "text": "plays organ. The opening track, \"Grievances\", introduces themes that reoccur throughout Johnston's career. He sings about his unrequited love to \"the librarian\", which refers to a girl named Laurie Allen who has functioned as a muse in many of Johnston's songs. This has been described as the quintessential Daniel Johnston song, including by Johnston himself. Not only the lyrical but also the musical theme of the song has been alluded to in later works. The word \"grievances\" has also been reused in other song titles, like on \"More Songs of Pain\"s \"Mabel's Grievances\" and \"Yip/Jump Music\"s \"Don't Let the Sun", "title": "Songs of Pain" }, { "docid": "12368633", "text": "sums up its theme thus: \"Okay, I'm an asshole, but love me anyway.\" In \"Mean\", she sings, \"It was good in the beginning/but how did we get so mean?\" The song that Moore is the most proud of is \"Crystal Ball\". She said about the track: \"I recorded it in one take and we didn't mix it. It just went straight to master. It was all about a vibe and not about perfection or being polished. I just love that song and I loved recording it.\" She wrote the song with Billy Mann, who also aided her with the songs", "title": "Funhouse (Pink album)" }, { "docid": "7770785", "text": "has also sung the title song of the \"Ekta Kapoor\" Zee TV serial \"Kasamh Se\" and the Radio City theme song with playback singer Shaan. Nihira is the only female singer in the entire album of \"Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love\" who sings two songs. \"Mera Dil\" is a sugar-coated love song sung by Nihira and Shaan. The track was composed for Ayesha Takia and Akshaye Khanna in the film. Nihira also croons the re-arranged [not remixed] version of the classic \"Babuji Dheere Chalna\" [Aar Paar] originally sung by Geeta Dutt. Nihira was a former winner on the Ghazal show,", "title": "Nihira Joshi" }, { "docid": "8879308", "text": "of over 500,000 records in the US. The song is about the callousness of TV news reporting as well as the tabloidization of all news. Henley sings from the standpoint of a news anchorman who \"could have been an actor, but I wound up here\", and thus is not a real journalist. The song's theme is that TV news coverage focuses too much on negative and sensationalist news; in particular, deaths, disasters, and scandals, with little regard to the consequences or for what is important (\"We all know that crap is king\"). The song was inspired by the intrusive press", "title": "Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)" }, { "docid": "18897206", "text": "Help Me Understand (Hank Williams song) \"Help Me Understand\" is a song written by Hank Williams and released under the name \"Luke the Drifter\" on MGM Records in 1950. Williams' Luke the Drifter recordings were often characterized by bleak recitations and \"Help Me Understand\" is no exception, addressing the theme of divorce and specifically the effect it has on the children growing up in broken homes. \"One word led to another,\" Hank sings, \"and the last word led to divorce,\" a line that would be all too prescient for the singer, who would be divorced from his wife Audrey Williams", "title": "Help Me Understand (Hank Williams song)" }, { "docid": "10235513", "text": "horse. In the meantime, Aditi makes her way to the international airport for departure to USA. Bhaloo and Bhageere, who are Jai's rich cousins, use their influence to bail out Jai after which, Jai rides a horse, borrowed from his cousin, and heads direct towards the airport to stop Aditi from leaving, thus he fulfills all three conditions of rathore clan. He finds Aditi at the airport lounge and sings the song – \"Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na\" which is the film's theme song-for her, which is the same song that Jai had said in the beginning he'd sing for", "title": "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na" }, { "docid": "5761629", "text": "the engine partially in the soil of Mexico a few feet across the border. A Mexican border patrol arrives to arrest them. A tough guy till the end, Archie kicks the lead officer in the groin. Adolph Caesar was originally cast as Leon B. Little, but died of complications from a heart attack before the film was finished. Kenny Rogers sings the opening theme song \"They Don't Make Them Like They Used To.\" Janet Jackson sings the song, \"Nasty,\" during Harry and Archie's lesson in Street Fighting with a local street gang. The Red Hot Chili Peppers play themselves in", "title": "Tough Guys" }, { "docid": "15154124", "text": "where Mrs Brown sings Altered Images' \"Happy Birthday\", the entire cast singing The Proclaimers song, \"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)\" in episode 3, and a scene in episode 6 where Buster sings the theme tune to \"\". No changes have been made to the Series 2 episodes on their DVD release. A joke was made about being sued for singing a copyrighted song featured during the stage show \"Mrs Brown's Boys Live: Good Mourning Mrs Brown\". On 11 October 2012, Series 2 was released in Region 4 in both standard form and a limited edition. The limited edition version contained", "title": "Mrs. Brown's Boys" }, { "docid": "10945244", "text": "was the B-side to the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song winner, \"All the Way\". On Ruby Braff's 1981 tribute album, \"Very Sinatra\" he does a medley called \"New York, New York/My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)\". On Barry Manilow's 1998 album \"Manilow Sings Sinatra\", he includes a 3:00 version of the song. Jack Jones, who won two Grammy Awards in the 1960s and charted dozens of songs including the theme from The Love Boat, recorded an album entitled \"My Kind of Town\" with a title track by the same name. Among the other artists who have recorded versions", "title": "My Kind of Town" }, { "docid": "4667114", "text": "the Philippine release, Faith Cuneta sang an entirely different song (in contrast with her earlier work for the Philippine broadcast of \"Winter Sonata\"), titled \"Pangarap na Bituin\" (a remake of the original sung by the singer's aunt Sharon Cuneta as the theme song for her 1984 film \"Bukas Luluhod Ang Mga Tala\"). Shamrock sings a soundtrack title \"Alipin\" and Regine Velasquez also sings that soundtrack in another TV Release. In Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese version was sung by Anjalin Gunathilaka and written by Athula Ransirilal; it was titled \"Gaha kola mal gal gesee bala sitinawa\" (The trees and flowers are", "title": "Dae Jang Geum" }, { "docid": "8938797", "text": "is a single for the \"Clannad\" anime series by Kyoto Animation which was released on October 26, 2007 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number \"KSLA-0036\". The single contains the opening and ending themes from the anime version in full length, TV length, and off-vocal versions, along with a bonus remix track of the song \"Shōjo no Gensō\" from the earlier \"Sorarado\" image album released in 2003. The opening theme \"Mag Mell (cuckool mix 2007)\" is performed by Eufonius and sung by Riya, who also sings \"Shōjo no Gensō\". The ending theme \"Dango Daikazoku\" is sung by", "title": "Music of Clannad" }, { "docid": "2254438", "text": "a serene day the sky foretells\"). The fisherman, Ruodi, sings a gentle love song from his boat (to orchestral accompaniment from the harps and flutes). William Tell stands apart from the general merriment, however: he is consumed with \"ennui\" at Switzerland's continued oppression (\"Il chante, et l'Helvétie pleure sa liberté\" – \"He sings, and Helvetia mourns her liberty\"). His wife and son add their own interpretation of Ruodi's song, presaging the coming nautical dramas. The activities are interrupted by the \"ranz des vaches\" resounding from the hills (often performed by off-stage horns, and echoing in its theme the \"ranz de", "title": "William Tell (opera)" }, { "docid": "10801313", "text": "2009 album 'Uncase'd'. Alan Cumming has included this song on his latest album \"Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs: Live At The Cafe Carlyle.\". He sings it in memory of his grandfather, Tommy Darling. Goodnight Saigon \"Goodnight Saigon\" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album \"The Nylon Curtain\", about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam combat. The theme of \"Goodnight Saigon\" is the poor treatment Vietnam War veterans received. The lyrics are about", "title": "Goodnight Saigon" }, { "docid": "8983569", "text": "the \"All That's Known\" theme. \"Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)\" was originally intended to be performed after \"Touch Me\". Another song, entitled \"Great Sex\" (which was intended to be performed after \"Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)\"), was also cut from the show because the directors thought the song pointed out the theme of the show too specifically. It was intended to be performed during Hanschen's masturbation scene, but the song was removed and the scene moved into the middle of \"My Junk\". Also, in an early workshop version of the show, the song \"The Dark I Know Well\" was intended", "title": "Spring Awakening (musical)" }, { "docid": "18019974", "text": "Malcom (footballer) Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira (born 26 February 1997), or simply Malcom (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona. He began his career at Corinthians, making his professional debut in 2014 and winning the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In January 2016, he transferred to Bordeaux, where he played 96 total games and scored 23 goals over the next two-and-a-half years. He signed for Barcelona for an initial fee of €41 million in 2018. Born in São Paulo, Malcom began his career in the youth of hometown club Corinthians. In", "title": "Malcom (footballer)" }, { "docid": "8187119", "text": "opening theme song for a video game called SkyGunner. Kazco Hamano Hamano Kazuko (born January 19, 1970) is a singer and member of the GREAT TOUR BAND. Hamano sings the chorus, supporting Van Tomiko. Her popularity, due to her lively and energetic live performances, has led her to release two solo CDs. She is also well known for her performance on The Black Mages' song Otherworld. She provides the main vocals for the theme song of the video game White Knight Chronicles, titled Travelers. It was performed live at the \"White Knight Chronicles Secret Party\" held by the game's developer,", "title": "Kazco Hamano" }, { "docid": "13025434", "text": "then sing the show's theme song as they hop to Bob's front door. The theme song ends with a character making a random comment, such as Pa Grape commenting on Archibald's new sweater. Bob and Larry then wait for the mailman, Jimmy Gourd, to deliver a letter. When Jimmy comes, he happily sings his Mail Song, which Bob and Larry both find tedious. Similar to the opening counter-top sequence of the \"VeggieTales\" videos, Bob and Larry read the letter and the cast tries to decide how to solve the viewer's problem through one of three regular segments: Archibald reads a", "title": "VeggieTales" }, { "docid": "3498877", "text": "of the band Good Charlotte, with whom she worked on the song \"Harder Everyday\", which was released as an international bonus track. The title track, which was also the theme song to her MTV reality series \"The Ashlee Simpson Show\", opens the album by introducing Simpson, who sings \"got stains on my t-shirt, and I'm the biggest flirt\" and \"if you want my auto, want my autobiography / baby, just ask me\". The \"Village Voice\" review described the song as \"wrist-pumping Joan Jett rock candy\", but \"Stylus\" labelled the track \"an age-old trope and a boring one at that\". \"Pieces", "title": "Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)" }, { "docid": "7776676", "text": "around a keyboard and percussion arrangement that follows an Am–Em-F chord progression which forms the song's hook. The vocals in the track are auto-tuned. Mollie King sings the response in the first and second verses, a backing vocal during the song's middle 8, and she opens and closes the song with a \"Yeah!\". Una Healy sings the call in the first verse as well as the bridge to the first and second choruses with Rochelle Wiseman, and some vocals after every chorus. Wiseman sings the bridges to the first and second choruses with Healy, as well as the song's middle", "title": "If This Is Love" }, { "docid": "6865551", "text": "la sangre?\" (which translates to \"Where is the man with fire in the blood?\"). The lyrics to the song are centred on a lost love theme, with castanets in the background. During the song, the singer also sings in Italian on its chorus, when everything else is Spanish. According to biographer David Sinclair in his book \"Spice Girls Revisited: How The Spice Girls Reinvented Pop\", Halliwell continued to explore the Riviera-pop theme of the Spice Girls' song, \"Viva Forever\", whilst \"murmuring sweet nothings in a peculiar brand of estuary Spanish while castanets and timbales clattered alongside a cod-flamenco guitar\". In", "title": "Mi Chico Latino" }, { "docid": "8953354", "text": "by one of the drawings of a chimney sweep created by Mary Poppins' screenwriter, Don DaGradi. When asked about the drawing by the Sherman Brothers, DaGradi explained the ancient British folklore attributed to \"sweeps\" and how shaking hands with one could bring a person good luck. In their 1961 treatment, the Sherman Brothers had already amalgamated many of the P.L. Travers characters in the creation of \"Bert\". His theme music became \"Chim Chim Cher-ee\". In addition to the \"standard\" version of the song which Bert sings to the children, he sings short snippets of the song to himself at various", "title": "Chim Chim Cher-ee" }, { "docid": "809347", "text": "appearance with his Brothers. He sings with the group (including soloing the first few lines of the first song, \"When the Clock on the Wall Strikes 10\"). He also sings with the others in \"Freedonia's Going to War\", filling out the four-cornered symmetry as the Brothers sing and dance in pairs during the number. The \"Freedonia National Anthem\" is used frequently throughout the film, both as vocal and instrumental; the entire song seems to consist of \"Hail, Hail, Freedonia, land of the brave and free\", contrasting with the final line of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". The \"Sylvania theme\", which sounds vaguely", "title": "Duck Soup (1933 film)" }, { "docid": "8695593", "text": "by Dick Van Dyke in the film), and she sings the second verse back to them. It occurs at the beach scene in the middle of the film when all the characters begin to fall in love with each other. This song is reprised later in the story as a counterpoint to another song entitled: \"Doll on a Music Box\". When the song is sung a second time, in counterpoint, it is then sung by Caractacus. Truly sings the counterpoint as an expression of her own, \"real life\" emotional detachment. The counterpoint is staccato whereas \"Truly Scrumptious\" has a legato", "title": "Truly Scrumptious (song)" }, { "docid": "15811295", "text": "that island, and Wirral's new love crush is Wilhelmina. Then, all 3 of them (except Wilhelmina) get cleaned up and that night, they perform the theme song to the island. Bison sings the first part of the song. A parrot gets banged on the bass drum and is dizzy. Later, an alligator sings. Right after that, Wirral blushes at his new love crush Wilhelmina. Then a bad thing appears, the mask-animals try to ruin the party, but then, a school appears, and at the end Wirral & Wilhelmina kiss. In \"Tuesday\", the frogs fly at 8:00pm every Tuesday night, but", "title": "Paul McCartney: Music & Animation" }, { "docid": "5241864", "text": "War. The song was written in two days by lyricist Jacques Larue and composer Philippe-Gérard after Dassin turned down a proposal by Louiguy. Magali Noël was cast as Viviane, who sings the film's theme song. Noël would later act for Italian director Federico Fellini, appearing in three of his films. \"Rififi\" debuted in France on 13 April 1955. The film was banned in some countries due to its heist scene, referred to by the \"Los Angeles Times\" reviewer as a \"master class in breaking and entering as well as filmmaking\". The Mexican interior ministry banned the film because of a", "title": "Rififi" }, { "docid": "2006324", "text": "she sang on Rush's song \"Time Stand Still\" on the album \"Hold Your Fire\". The single is credited as \"Rush (featuring Aimee Mann)\". In 1995, she recorded a cover version of Harry Nilsson's \"One\" on the album \"For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson\" and in 1996, \"Baby Blue\" on the Badfinger tribute album \"Come and Get It\". In 1997, Mann recorded a cover of \"Nobody Does It Better\", the theme song of the James Bond film \"The Spy Who Loved Me\", on the album \"\". In 2001, Mann recorded covers of The Beatles' \"Two of Us\" with Michael", "title": "Aimee Mann" }, { "docid": "2478963", "text": "and voice appeared in an episode of HBO's Happily Ever After, which is an animated cartoon series of fairy tales for children. Buffy appeared in the episode about Snow White which was also titled as \"White Snow\". White Snow is a young Native American Princess who is saved by a young Native American Prince. Buffy wrote the theme song and also sings a song and is the voice of the mirror on the wall. The episode appeared in the first season of Happily Ever After but the episodes continue to be aired as reruns. In 1995, the Indigo Girls released", "title": "Buffy Sainte-Marie" }, { "docid": "7984311", "text": "freestyle rap. Extempo Extempo (also extempo calypso) is a lyrically improvised form of calypso and is most notably practised in Trinidad and Tobago. It consists of a performer improvising in song or in rhythmic speech on a given theme before an audience who themselves take turns to perform. It is inherently competitive and success is judged by the wit and ingenuity of the performance. It is similar in form to what has been defined as traditional African song: \"a recitative or chants with a short chorus. The soloist gives the melody while a chorus sings a refrain. As the melody", "title": "Extempo" }, { "docid": "7984307", "text": "Extempo Extempo (also extempo calypso) is a lyrically improvised form of calypso and is most notably practised in Trinidad and Tobago. It consists of a performer improvising in song or in rhythmic speech on a given theme before an audience who themselves take turns to perform. It is inherently competitive and success is judged by the wit and ingenuity of the performance. It is similar in form to what has been defined as traditional African song: \"a recitative or chants with a short chorus. The soloist gives the melody while a chorus sings a refrain. As the melody is given", "title": "Extempo" }, { "docid": "6197738", "text": "coming out behind the curtains jumping and dancing around to the theme song with the audience clapping to the tune. Barney sings \"Everyone Is Special\" as he tells the audience that everyone is special in their own way. As the show continues, Michael, Luci, Amy, Adam, Derek, and Tina come out and introduce themselves to the audience and begin by performing their rap. During the show, Barney introduces Baby Bop who comes to join in for the rest of the show. The show starts to end as they sing The Grand Old Flag and Barney's favorite song \"I Love You.\"", "title": "Barney in Concert" }, { "docid": "13356613", "text": "was also featured on John Scofield's 2009 album, \"Piety Street\", singing the lead on three tracks. Singers Tricia Boutté (Sister Teedy) and Tanya E. Boutté are John's nieces. Boutté's \"Treme Song\" on his \"Jambalaya\" album is the theme song of HBO's series, \"Treme\". Boutté appears in Treme's Season 1 Finale, serenading Kim Dickens' character before she leaves New Orleans; Season 2, episode 1, performing several songs (including \"Accentuate the Positive\"); and sings onstage in Treme Season 3, episode 10. John Boutté John Boutté (born November 3, 1958) is an American jazz singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana, who has been", "title": "John Boutté" }, { "docid": "16085632", "text": "of the repetitive lovesick theme B seems to gravitate towards, the music in this song nothing short of epic, as is Beyonce's vocal performance. The beat steadily grows from the verses to the bridge and, finally, to the chorus, with pounding drums coming in to the loop during the refrain as B[eyoncé] sings, 'Let's start over / Let's give love their wings / Let's start over / Stop fighting bout the same old thing.'\" A mixed review was given by Andy Gill of \"The Independent\" who said that \"the vocal editing on 'Start Over' is far too sloppy, confirming again", "title": "Start Over (song)" }, { "docid": "15243202", "text": "the best pop – and then ribbons it with the inimitable quivery vocals of Ellie Goulding, sounding suitably celestial as she sings about \"the chosen one\" calling his name. And Tinie himself? Well, to his credit, he's still eking juice out of this well-squeezed theme – or maybe we're just suckers for a rapper who namechecks Kestral Lager and Benidorm in a song whose subject matter touches on the fatalistic, the supernatural and the biblical?\" Tempah and Goulding performed the track for the first time on live television at the 2011 BRIT Awards official launch ceremony in January 2011. Tempah", "title": "Wonderman (Tinie Tempah song)" } ]
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what is the furthest point from the sea in the uk
[ "Coton in the Elms" ]
[ { "docid": "7090258", "text": "in Wales; and Westbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire – all of which are away. The nearest high tide point is on the River Trent at Cromwell Lock, north of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, away. Coton in the Elms Coton in the Elms is a village and parish in the English county of Derbyshire. At 70 miles (113 km) from the coast, it is the furthest place in the United Kingdom from coastal waters. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 896. It is located 5 miles southwest of Swadlincote and 6 miles south of Burton upon Trent. Less", "title": "Coton in the Elms" }, { "docid": "7090251", "text": "Coton in the Elms Coton in the Elms is a village and parish in the English county of Derbyshire. At 70 miles (113 km) from the coast, it is the furthest place in the United Kingdom from coastal waters. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 896. It is located 5 miles southwest of Swadlincote and 6 miles south of Burton upon Trent. Less than a mile southeast of the village is Church Flatts Farm, which is defined by the Ordnance Survey as the furthest point from the sea in the UK. Coton is mentioned", "title": "Coton in the Elms" }, { "docid": "636371", "text": "Church Flatts Farm in Coton in the Elms, South Derbyshire, is the furthest place from the sea in the UK (). In April 1936 the first Ordnance Survey trig point was sited at Cold Ashby in Northamptonshire. The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and The Wildlife Trusts are based next to the River Trent and Newark Castle railway station. The National Centre for Earth Observation is at the University of Leicester. The region is home to large quantities of limestone, and the East Midlands Oil Province. Charnwood Forest is noted for its abundant levels of volcanic rock, estimated to be", "title": "East Midlands" }, { "docid": "7666838", "text": "3 million people (out of 60 million) live on the coast of the UK. The place furthest from the coast is Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire, which is equidistant from Fosdyke Wash in Lincolnshire; White Sands between Neston in Cheshire and Flint, Flintshire in Wales; and Westbury-on-Severn Gloucestershire. There are over 1,000 islands within the UK; about 130 are permanently inhabited according to the 2001 Census. Of the remaining islands, some are used for farming and are occupied occasionally, some are nature reserves with restricted access and some are little more than sea-swept rocks. The main occupied islands and", "title": "Coastline of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "794344", "text": "the county, whilst Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, is its lowest point at 27 metres (89 ft). The River Derwent is the county's longest river at 66 miles (106 km), and runs roughly north to south through the county. In 2003 the Ordnance Survey placed Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms (near Swadlincote) as the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain. The city of Derby is a unitary authority area, but remains part of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. The non-metropolitan county contains 30 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants. There is", "title": "Derbyshire" }, { "docid": "5689382", "text": "was Edward Browning. In 1885 \"Kelly's Directory\" reported the existence of a Primitive Methodist chapel, a coastguard station, and a 100-year-old almshouse, founded by Sir Thomas Middlecott for the Fosdyke and Algarkirk parishes. The village is near the mouth of the River Welland, and the parish extends across the river to include both ends of the hamlet of Fosdyke Bridge. Fosdyke Wash, the marshy area at the mouth of the Welland, is shown by Ordnance Survey as the nearest coastal location to Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire, which is the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain, away.", "title": "Fosdyke" }, { "docid": "3164410", "text": "was deemed to be where Watling Street crossed the Fosse Way (28 miles away from Meriden at High Cross in the outskirts of Leicester); whereas in 2002, the Ordnance Survey formally defined the Geographical Centre of England to be on Lindley Hall Farm, approximately further north east of Meriden and four miles north of Nuneaton, just off the A5) at Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire. In 2003 the Ordnance Survey went on to identify Church Flatts farm, approximately north, at Coton in the Elms, southern Derbyshire, as the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain. Meriden, West Midlands Meriden is a", "title": "Meriden, West Midlands" }, { "docid": "10440775", "text": "by the Ordnance Survey as the nearest tidal location to Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire, which is the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain, away. Cromwell Lock Cromwell Lock is a large navigation lock on the River Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. The first lock to be built on the site was constructed by the Trent Navigation Company, having been authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained in 1906. Construction began in late 1908, as soon as the Company had raised sufficient capital. The lock was extended in 1935, when an extra pair of gates were added downstream", "title": "Cromwell Lock" } ]
[ { "docid": "15141187", "text": "Maslen nos Maslen Nos (Bulgarian Маслен нос) is a cape near the Black Sea. Located in the southeastern part of Bulgaria, it is the furthest southern point of Burgas Bay. The cape projects about 4 km into the Black Sea and is the furthest eastern point of the Saddle Mountain Beach. It ends as a north-south peninsula about 3 km wide. The cape features a steep, rocky coast. Viewed from the north, Maslen Nos recalls the outline of a lion's head on the river Ropotamo. A chapel called Sveti Nikola, is located on the cape. Two miles north from Maslen", "title": "Maslen nos" }, { "docid": "15141195", "text": "more living oysters. Maslen nos Maslen Nos (Bulgarian Маслен нос) is a cape near the Black Sea. Located in the southeastern part of Bulgaria, it is the furthest southern point of Burgas Bay. The cape projects about 4 km into the Black Sea and is the furthest eastern point of the Saddle Mountain Beach. It ends as a north-south peninsula about 3 km wide. The cape features a steep, rocky coast. Viewed from the north, Maslen Nos recalls the outline of a lion's head on the river Ropotamo. A chapel called Sveti Nikola, is located on the cape. Two miles", "title": "Maslen nos" }, { "docid": "12127724", "text": "then any points not currently marked to be kept can be discarded without the simplified curve being worse than \"ε\". If the point furthest from the line segment is greater than \"ε\" from the approximation then that point must be kept. The algorithm recursively calls itself with the first point and the furthest point and then with the furthest point and the last point, which includes the furthest point being marked as kept. When the recursion is completed a new output curve can be generated consisting of all and only those points that have been marked as kept. The choice", "title": "Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm" }, { "docid": "8044859", "text": "Kymi (river) The Kymi (, ) is a river in Finland. It begins at Lake Päijänne, flows through the provinces of Päijänne Tavastia, Uusimaa and Kymenlaakso and discharges into the Gulf of Finland. The river passes the towns of Heinola and Kouvola. The town of Kotka is located on the river delta. The length of the river is , but its drainage basin of extends to almost inside the Tavastia, Central Finland, Savonia and Ostrobothnia. The furthest source of the river is Lake Pielavesi, its furthest point being some from the sea measured by flow route. The name of the", "title": "Kymi (river)" }, { "docid": "15688979", "text": "encompassing two islands, what seem like Santa Maria and São Miguel), further north is the individually named \"Insula Brasi\" (\"island of embers/fire\" (volcanic?) or \"dyewood\", either of which point to Terceira, but could also be the legendary Irish \"Brazil\"), then, just west of it, a group called \"insule de Ventura Sive de Columbis\" (\"islands of venture/winds or the pigeons\", three islands, probably São Jorge, Faial and Pico), and then, furthest north, are a cluster of two islands labelled \"insule de Corvis Marinis\" ('islands of the sea crows', Corvo and Flores). Only Graciosa seems to be missing. These Azores islands appear", "title": "Medici-Laurentian Atlas" }, { "docid": "14502986", "text": "Woodland Pytchley Hunt The Woodland Pytchley Hunt is a foxhound pack based in Northamptonshire. The Pytchley Hunt country used to include areas of the Rockingham Forest but was split to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt. The Woodland Pytchley hunt country stretches about twenty miles from East to West and eighteen miles from North to South. The furthest point to the North West is Market Harborough. The village of Bulwick is the furthest point to the East, where the country borders the Fitzwilliam and Cottesmore hunts, and Irthlingborough is its furthest point south. Although \"hunting wild mammals with a dog\" was", "title": "Woodland Pytchley Hunt" }, { "docid": "1907575", "text": "Goole Goole is a town, civil parish and inland port located at junction 36 off the M62 via the A614 and approximately from the North Sea at the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, although historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire. Goole lies south of York and west of Hull. According to the 2011 UK census, Goole parish had a population of 19,518, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 17,600. The port, which is the UK's furthest inland port, is highly versatile and capable of handling nearly 2", "title": "Goole" }, { "docid": "11478870", "text": "south is Morden on the Northern line, from Moorgate. The station furthest east is Upminster on the District line, from Tower Hill. Chesham on the Metropolitan line is both the northernmost and westernmost station on the network, from Aldgate. Hampstead is the deepest station below the surface, at , as its surface building is near the top of a hill, and the Jubilee line platforms at Westminster are the deepest platforms below sea level at . The highest station is Amersham on the Metropolitan line, at above sea level and the highest point above ground is the Dollis Brook Viaduct", "title": "London Underground infrastructure" }, { "docid": "10946736", "text": "An alternative to defining the geographical centre as the centroid is to define it as the point farthest from the boundary of the country (either the sea, or, in the case of constituent countries, a land border); this is similar to the pole of inaccessibility (place furthest from a coastline). These methods can give quite different results. Geographical centre In geography, the centroid of the two-dimensional shape of a region of the Earth's surface (projected radially to sea level or onto a geoid surface) is often known as its geographical center. There has long been debate over the methods of", "title": "Geographical centre" }, { "docid": "8143128", "text": "Viaduct at the other end of the station. The line now enters its first tunnel, Kennaway, beneath Lea Mount, beyond which is Coryton beach, the furthest point accessible by the sea wall footpath from Dawlish. The Coryton tunnel leads to the next beach, Shell Cove, accessible by foot only via the shore at very low tide or by a private path from the clifftop. The railway then passes through Phillot Tunnel and Clerk's Tunnel, emerging onto a section of sea wall at Breeches Rock before diving into Parson's Tunnel beneath Hole Head. The last two tunnels are named after the", "title": "South Devon Railway sea wall" }, { "docid": "741230", "text": "are close to the Pacific pole of inaccessibility (), the point in the ocean farthest from any land mass. The Tsuburaya Productions tokusatsu series \"Ultraman Tiga\" (1996-1997) places R'lyeh in the South Pacific and about 200m away from point Nemo the furthest place away from land, and the series' antagonist, Gatanozoa, was born there. The name Gatanozoa is an alternate version of Ghatanothoa, a monster that appears in Lovecraft and who was identified by Lin Carter as a son of Cthulhu. Charles Stross' novella \"A Colder War\" (2000) locates R'lyeh in the Baltic Sea, describing Cthulhu as being \"scraped from", "title": "R'lyeh" }, { "docid": "2157180", "text": "of Usuda (from Minamisaku District), the town of Mochizuki, and the village of Asashina (both from Kitasaku District). (※The town of Mochizuki was once dissolved since March 31, 1889) Saku has 17 public elementary schools and 7 public middle school operated by the city government, and one private middle school. There are five public high school operated by the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education. Saku, Nagano Saku is located in east-central Nagano Prefecture. The city claims the distinction of containing the point furthest from the sea (actually this point lies within the former town of Usuda). Since the opening of", "title": "Saku, Nagano" }, { "docid": "2157178", "text": "Saku, Nagano Saku is located in east-central Nagano Prefecture. The city claims the distinction of containing the point furthest from the sea (actually this point lies within the former town of Usuda). Since the opening of Sakudaira Station on the Nagano Shinkansen, many people commute to Tokyo, which is one hour away. Saku is located in former Shinano Province, and by the Sengoku period it was home to the Ochiai clan, a Samurai family that sided with Uesugi Kenshin during his conflict with Takeda Shingen in the 1550s. Under the leadership of Ochiai Bitchu no kami, the Ochiai clan consequently", "title": "Saku, Nagano" }, { "docid": "9933679", "text": "in Wicklow Town (at its closest point) and approximately 4 km north of Parnell Bridge (at its furthest point). This lake and surrounding wetlands evolved when a sand spit formed along the coastline cutting off the Vartry from its original egress. This sand spit is called The Murrough/Murragh and it carries the Dublin to Wicklow coastal railway line built in the 1860s. Broad Lough drains southwards into the Irish Sea through Wicklow Town. The name of this stretch of water (approximately 1.5 km in length) is disputed. It is variously called the River Leitrim, the Broad Lough Estuary and the", "title": "River Vartry" }, { "docid": "12588258", "text": "Island's mainland. Bjorne Peninsula The Bjorne Peninsula is located on the western coast of Ellesmere Island, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It protrudes northwest into Norwegian Bay from the island's mainland. Goose Point, a narrow isthmus, is the furthest northwest landform. Other areas of the peninsula include Schei Point (north), Little Bear Cape (west), and Great Bear Cape (southwest). The peninsula's midsection is approximately above sea level. Muskox frequent the peninsula. Nearby, Graham Island is found to the west and Axel Heiberg Island is to the northwest. Hoved Island lies between the peninsula", "title": "Bjorne Peninsula" }, { "docid": "12588257", "text": "Bjorne Peninsula The Bjorne Peninsula is located on the western coast of Ellesmere Island, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It protrudes northwest into Norwegian Bay from the island's mainland. Goose Point, a narrow isthmus, is the furthest northwest landform. Other areas of the peninsula include Schei Point (north), Little Bear Cape (west), and Great Bear Cape (southwest). The peninsula's midsection is approximately above sea level. Muskox frequent the peninsula. Nearby, Graham Island is found to the west and Axel Heiberg Island is to the northwest. Hoved Island lies between the peninsula and Ellesmere", "title": "Bjorne Peninsula" }, { "docid": "12127723", "text": "the original curve. The starting curve is an ordered set of points or lines and the distance dimension \"ε\" > 0. The algorithm recursively divides the line. Initially it is given all the points between the first and last point. It automatically marks the first and last point to be kept. It then finds the point that is furthest from the line segment with the first and last points as end points; this point is obviously furthest on the curve from the approximating line segment between the end points. If the point is closer than \"ε\" to the line segment,", "title": "Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm" }, { "docid": "5031160", "text": "regional average in the UK. In the study of that date, only three of the 59 West Midlands seats had a lower proportion of registered jobseekers. Following boundary changes, the northernmost tip of the seat now contains the point in England furthest from the coast in any direction. The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It covers the town of Solihull itself, as well as Shirley and Olton. It is a largely well-off, residential area, in the south-east of the West Midlands conurbation. 1945-1974: The Urban District of Solihull. 1974-1983: The County Borough of Solihull.", "title": "Solihull (UK Parliament constituency)" }, { "docid": "68723", "text": "Cornwall Cornwall (; ) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom. The county is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar which forms most of the border between them. Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The furthest southwestern point of the island is Land's End; the southernmost point is Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of and covers an area of . The", "title": "Cornwall" }, { "docid": "6545215", "text": "of that island could follow Holy Mass from across the straits when rough weather precluded a priest from crossing there. Except for a few sheltered inlets, like the popular Ħondoq ir-Rummien, Qala's coastline is largely rugged. Among the many sea caves found along the coast is Għar Minka, which is accessible only by boat. Qala is located at the easternmost point of Gozo, and is the village furthest from the capital Victoria. Its name is both Arabic and Maltese for sheltered haven or bay, and this is reflected in its coat of arms - a Gozo boat sailing on rough", "title": "Qala, Malta" }, { "docid": "14202430", "text": "the Eurasian plate, forming the Tian Shan, Kunlun Shan, and Pamir mountain ranges. Consequently, Xinjiang is a major earthquake zone. Older geological formations occur principally in the far north, where the Junggar Block is geologically part of Kazakhstan, and in the east, which is part of the North China Craton. Xinjiang has within its borders, in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert, the location in Eurasia that is furthest from the sea in any direction (a continental pole of inaccessibility): . It is at least (straight-line distance) from any coastline. In 1992, local geographers determined another point within Xinjiang in the southwestern", "title": "Xinjiang" }, { "docid": "18071678", "text": "Furthest From The Sea festival in June and the Y Not festival in August. Karl and the Marx Brothers Karl and the Marx Brothers is an English indie folk group from Derby. In 2013 they released their debut album \"Angry Folk\" on Furthest From The Sea recordings. Formed in 2011, the band's material is political in nature, tackling subjects such as the WikiLeaks scandal and Julian Assange (\"Rhymes With Blancmange\"), and the MPs' expenses scandal. The latter was the subject of the song \"The Relative Innocence of David Laws\" and caused some controversy in the MP's constituency. On 9 November", "title": "Karl and the Marx Brothers" }, { "docid": "1451556", "text": "point of Latvia is located approximately to the south thus making Liepāja Latvia's furthest west city. Liepāja is situated between the Baltic Sea and Liepāja Lake with residential and industrial areas spreading north of the lake. The Trade Channel () connects the lake to the sea dividing the city into southern and northern parts, which are often referred to as the Old Town () and the New Town () respectively. The city center is located in the southern part and, although called the Old Town, is relatively more developed. Most of the administrative and cultural buildings are found here as", "title": "Liepāja" }, { "docid": "6567623", "text": "The village cross and well are listed buildings. Bleadon lies on the River Axe and had been a small port, sometimes known as Lympsham Wharf, for many years, with the arrival of the railway in 1841 making this the furthest navigable point. It was last used, by the ketch \"Democrat\", in 1942. An Act of 1915 authorised the drainage of the river and installation of a flood gate at Bleadon, although attempts to control the water had occurred on Bleadon Level since medieval times, including an early windmill, in 1613, to pump water into the sea from behind a sea", "title": "Bleadon" }, { "docid": "19844796", "text": "Michael. The island takes its name from the chapel dedicated to the Archangel Michael. According to local mythology: in the ancient time when the island was connected to the mainland, the devil was traveling nearby and Saint Michael wanted to stop him. The devil decided to pursue the saint himself and followed him. The archangel walked towards the sea, and when he arrived on the furthest point of the land that forms the island today, he looked back and stamped his foot. The land split and the sea poured in, and the devil and his imps were dragged into the", "title": "Îlot Saint-Michel" }, { "docid": "10320965", "text": "the River Tamar, and although it is about from the sea, the river is still tidal there. The quay was the furthest point inland to which the river was navigable, and it had served Tavistock as a port since the twelfth century. Ships of 200 tons were using the quay by 1800, and there was a growing trade in copper, which was being mined locally, particularly since the Wheal Friendship mine had opened around 1797. In 1802, John Taylor, a local civil engineer with interests in the mining of metal ores, surveyed the route for a canal to run from", "title": "Tavistock Canal" }, { "docid": "13058867", "text": "also has a lighthouse, which is found to the south. A ferry service from Torhamn links the island to the Swedish mainland. The island was the starting point of a medieval sailing route to Estonia, known today as \"King Valdemar's sailing route\". Utlängan Utlängan is an island in the Karlskrona archipelago in Blekinge, Sweden. The island is situated the furthest out to sea of any of the archipelago's islands. Only the rock of Utklippan is situated further out. Utlängan is covered in woods and meadows, and is approximately long and 1.5 km (just short of a mile) across. The island", "title": "Utlängan" }, { "docid": "6393110", "text": "of Cellnets' (now O2) largest distributors of mobile phones (NAG Telecom) and also bought Samsung Telecom when chairman of Service Direct UK PLC to form what was then the largest independent supplier and maintainer of telephone systems in the UK. Kleanthous has seen Barnet Football Club reach its furthest position in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy as well as qualifying four times for the play offs. The relegation of the Club from the Football League was followed four years later by its promotion but the club needed a new modern home. He bought Barnet Cricket Club adjacent", "title": "Anthony Kleanthous" }, { "docid": "3080553", "text": "people identifying themselves as white, compared with 99.2% in 2001. 92.9% of people in Milford Central ward were born in the UK, and only 3.8% of residents arrived later than 2001. 96.3% of residents claim English as their first language. 1.5% of residents identify as having religious views other than any denomination of Christianity, including no religion. Milford Haven is located within the geographical and historic area known as Little England Beyond Wales, which has predominately used English for many centuries. Although it is the most westerly point of the country and the part of the county furthest from the", "title": "Milford Haven" }, { "docid": "16391265", "text": "House is sited on the edge of a cliff on the edge of Dover Heights, providing a view across the ocean. The house cantilevers 6 m from this edge and at its furthest corner one is over the sea. Durbach explains: \"“We thought we will probably never have a site like this again. It was an opportunity to do something significant”\". Durbach and Block liked the idea of being able to look up and down the coast from many vantage points in the house, but to get to that point, designing the house became an adventure that completely took over", "title": "Holman House, Dover Heights" }, { "docid": "17996508", "text": "Furthest Thing \"Furthest Thing\" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, recorded for his studio album \"Nothing Was the Same\". The track was written by Drake, Anthony Palman, Noah \"40\" Shebib, Marvin \"Hagler\" Thomas and Adrian Eccleston, and produced by 40, Thomas and Jake One. It reached number 191 in France, number 95 in the UK, and number 56 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. \"Furthest Thing\" was written by Drake, Anthony Palman, Noah \"40\" Shebib, Marvin \"Hagler\" Thomas and Adrian Eccleston, with 40, Thomas and Jake One producing it. In addition to Drake's lead vocals, the original track includes", "title": "Furthest Thing" }, { "docid": "17996509", "text": "Brian Hamilton, Deborah Vernal, Jennifer Tulloch, Omar Richards, Owen Lee, Patricia Shirley and Rachel Craig as backing vocalists. Furthest Thing \"Furthest Thing\" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, recorded for his studio album \"Nothing Was the Same\". The track was written by Drake, Anthony Palman, Noah \"40\" Shebib, Marvin \"Hagler\" Thomas and Adrian Eccleston, and produced by 40, Thomas and Jake One. It reached number 191 in France, number 95 in the UK, and number 56 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. \"Furthest Thing\" was written by Drake, Anthony Palman, Noah \"40\" Shebib, Marvin \"Hagler\" Thomas and Adrian Eccleston,", "title": "Furthest Thing" }, { "docid": "14777554", "text": "status, are a part of the Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas (DSPAC). The Dzanga-Sangha National Park is located in the extreme southwest of the Central African Republic in a triangular-shaped part of the country. The main river running through this region is the Sangha River. The precise border between the Central African Republic, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo is located at (in the Sangha River), marking the furthest point of the park to the southwest. The park's altitude ranges from above sea level. The whole park is on alluvial sands. Along streams, forest clearings can be found with", "title": "Dzanga-Ndoki National Park" }, { "docid": "4744119", "text": "Gan Ying Gan Ying (), was a Chinese military ambassador who was sent on a mission to Rome in 97 CE by the Chinese general Ban Chao. Although Gan Ying never reached Rome, only travelling to as far as the \"western sea\" which either refers to the Black Sea or the Parthian coast of the Persian Gulf, he is, at least in the historical records, the Chinese who went the furthest west during antiquity, and he gathered what information he could. According to the \"Hou Hanshu\", the Chinese history of the later Han Dynasty (CE 25-220), The \"Hou Hanshu\" also", "title": "Gan Ying" }, { "docid": "18084314", "text": "Gao Gang. Zhou Enlai was furthest left in the second row, and beside him were Dong Biwu, two men whose identities are uncertain, and furthest right, Guo Moruo. Lin Boqu was furthest left in the third row. The leaders congregate close to each other, while remaining a respectful distance from Mao. This emphasizes his primacy, as does the fact that he is depicted as taller than his lieutenants. The point of view of the observer is well back on the balcony, from which most of the square would be obscured by the floor. Rather than show only Mao and sky,", "title": "The Founding Ceremony of the Nation" }, { "docid": "1023198", "text": "bank of the seasonally flooding Atascadero Creek. The elevation ranges from approximately above Mean Sea Level (MSL) at Atascadero Creek to MSL at Oak Grove School. Graton is noted as lying at the approximate furthest southern and eastern extent of Russian colonization of the Americas. Research on Fort Ross has indicated that several farms were developed inland from the coastal fur trading fort in northwestern Sonoma County. These farms or ranches were used for producing additional food and for agricultural projects conducted by Fort Ross's agronomist Yegor Chernykh. In 1836, a farm was established along Purrington Creek, between what are", "title": "Graton, California" }, { "docid": "1519365", "text": "Nagano Prefecture Nagano has impressive highland areas, including most of the Kita-Alps, Chūō-Alps, and Minami-Alps, which extend into the neighbouring prefectures. Due to the abundance of mountain ranges in this area, the land available for inhabitance is relatively limited. In addition to its natural scenic beauty and rich history, Nagano was host to the 1998 Winter Olympics, which gained the prefecture international recognition as a world-class winter sport destination, and a Shinkansen line to Tokyo. Nagano is an inland prefecture and it borders more prefectures than any other in Japan. Nagano contains the point furthest from the sea in the", "title": "Nagano Prefecture" }, { "docid": "18858544", "text": "Tour of the Lake District Tour of the Lake District is a walking route through the English Lake District. It is not waymarked, but is recognised by the Long Distance Walkers Association, and by several commercial companies which offer packaged walking holidays over the route. It is a circular route described from its south-eastern point, Windermere. It passes through Ambleside and Coniston, and on via Eskdale, reaching its furthest west on the way to Wasdale. It uses the Black Sail Pass to reach Buttermere, and follows the Newlands Valley, to reach its furthest north point at Keswick. It then heads", "title": "Tour of the Lake District" }, { "docid": "15394383", "text": "Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm 32 km north of Cromer off the coast of Norfolk, in the North Sea, England. It is owned by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Statoil, Masdar and Statkraft. The site is a relatively flat area of seabed between the Cromer Knoll and Inner Cromer Knoll sandbanks and is one of the furthest offshore sites around the UK. The project included constructing the wind turbines and their foundations, building an offshore substation and an onshore substation at Necton, installing power cables both undersea and onshore,", "title": "Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm" }, { "docid": "4455779", "text": "of furthest and closest approach, respectively. If \"u\" is zero or a negative real number, the orbit is a parabola or a hyperbola, respectively. In these latter two cases, \"u\" represents the distance of closest approach; since the orbit goes to infinity (\"u\"=0), there is no distance of furthest approach. A root represents a point of the orbit where the derivative vanishes, i.e., where \"du\"/dφ = 0. At such a turning point, \"u\" reaches a maximum, a minimum, or an inflection point, depending on the value of the second derivative, which is given by the formula If all three roots", "title": "Schwarzschild geodesics" }, { "docid": "17577568", "text": "from furthest upstream to furthest downstream: Asheldham Brook Asheldham Brook is a river that flows entirely through the Maldon district in Essex, United Kingdom. It has its main source near Batts Road in the St Lawrence parish, and its mouth at Grange Outfall on the Dengie marshes, flowing out into the North Sea. There are at least three actual sources for the brook. The primary source is located near the village of St. Lawrence. From here, the brook flows south-east before meeting another brook (which is a confluence between the two other sources) at a confluence just outside the village", "title": "Asheldham Brook" }, { "docid": "11957804", "text": "present-day Namibia). This was south of the furthest point reached in 1485 by his predecessor, the Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão (Cape Cross, north of the bay). Dias continued down the western coast of southern Africa. After 8 January 1488, prevented by storms from proceeding along the coast, he sailed out of sight of land and passed the southernmost point of Africa without seeing it. He reached as far up the eastern coast of Africa as, what he called, \"Rio do Infante\", probably the present-day Groot River, in May 1488, but on his return he saw the Cape, which he first", "title": "South Africa" }, { "docid": "16010196", "text": "as the passenger disembarks. Failure to tap the card upon disembarking (\"missed tap-off\") will cause the maximum fare to be deducted, under the assumption that the passenger travelled to the point furthest away from the origin point. (For example, passengers failing to tap off when boarding at Union Station will be assessed the fare travelling from Union Station to Kitchener GO Station, the point furthest away on any GO train route serving Union Station.) Passengers regularly travel by GO train may also set a \"default trip\" between two GO train stations, allowing them to avoid tapping their cards upon disembarking;", "title": "GO Transit fares" }, { "docid": "1245805", "text": "important stopping point along the Chehalis River for early pioneers, and the furthest up-river mooring-point and railroad junction for seagoing ships. According to Edmond S. Meany, in 1860 the county seat of what was then called Chehalis County was moved to \"the place of J.L. Scammons\". Mrs. Lorinda Scammon was very religious and wished to have the place named \"Mount Zion\". Another early settler, Samuel James, suggested \"Montesano\", which was derived from Spanish to mean \"\"mountain of health\"\"; it was said that as this had a more pleasant sound and meant about the same. The suggestion was approved and soon", "title": "Montesano, Washington" }, { "docid": "20859889", "text": "E.G.O. E.G.O. (an acronym for \"Everybody Gets Off\") is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas. It was released on 24 August 2018 through Furthest Point and distributed by Thirty Tigers. The album failed to chart. Going into the project, Silvas spoke about the album in an interview with The Boot: \"No one knew what the concept was, even my manager didn't really know. We just went ahead and did it, and the record label, Thirty Tigers, saw it afterwards. They had no idea what it was going to be. With fewer cooks in the kitchen, I feel", "title": "E.G.O." }, { "docid": "12828895", "text": "small cape, which is the furthest point east of the state of Guerrero. It is an important fishing port, especially of rock lobster as well as its large Afro-Mexican population. The men go out to sea at night to fish in shifts that can last up to fifteen hours every day. It has a small antique lighthouse very near the border with Oaxaca. The Santo Domingo lagoon has a wide variety of fish and birds especially among its mangroves. Near Santo Domingo is the Barra del Pío. It is generally inhabited only during certain fishing seasons, with houses here that", "title": "Cuajinicuilapa (municipality)" }, { "docid": "20859890", "text": "like we could be really creative with it.\" E.G.O. E.G.O. (an acronym for \"Everybody Gets Off\") is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas. It was released on 24 August 2018 through Furthest Point and distributed by Thirty Tigers. The album failed to chart. Going into the project, Silvas spoke about the album in an interview with The Boot: \"No one knew what the concept was, even my manager didn't really know. We just went ahead and did it, and the record label, Thirty Tigers, saw it afterwards. They had no idea what it was going to be.", "title": "E.G.O." }, { "docid": "4662368", "text": "guns at 12 feet (3.6 m) above sea level, with 2 large batteries at the extremes. Two ancillary pieces were built at two smaller mounds. They housed a telegraphic office and a bomb-resistant hospital. Battery Buchanan was a small but impressive fortification which was constructed in 1864 at the furthest tip of the peninsula (Confederate Point), overlooking Cape Fear's New Inlet. It was named for Admiral Franklin Buchanan of the Confederate Navy. Along the sea defense there were numerous columbiad 8 inch cannon, a few 10 inch columbiads and a mixture of rifled 32-pounders and Brooke Rifles. An 8 inch", "title": "Fort Fisher" }, { "docid": "581705", "text": "It can also be played as a combination of the two in what is known as an \"M drop\" defence, in which the point defender moves away (\"sloughs off\") his man into a zone in order to better defend the centre position. In this defence, the two wing defenders split the area furthest from the goal, allowing them a clearer lane for the counter-attack if their team recovers the ball. The goalkeeper has the main role in blocking shots against the goal as well as guiding and informing their defense of imposing threats and gaps in the defense. The goalkeeper", "title": "Water polo" }, { "docid": "20005767", "text": "1982–83 Brentford F.C. season During the 1982–83 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. The high point of a mid-table season was a run to the fourth round of the League Cup, then the furthest the club had then progressed in the competition. The 107 goals scored during the season is a club record. After many failed attempts, Brentford manager Fred Callaghan finally signed what would prove to be a potent strike partnership during the 1982 off-season – Francis Joseph from Wimbledon and Tony Mahoney from Fulham. Goalkeeper David McKellar's contract was terminated after a serious", "title": "1982–83 Brentford F.C. season" }, { "docid": "5641890", "text": "Anglo-Saxon era. At the head of the estuary is the town of Maldon, which is a centre of salt production. The other major settlement is the town West Mersea, of Mersea Island, on the northern seaward side. Numerous other villages are on its banks. Within the estuary is Northey Island which was the location for the first experiments in the UK in 'managed retreat', i.e. creating saltmarsh by setting sea walls back from what are perceived to be unsustainable positions. The area is notable as a breeding area for little tern (\"Sternula albifrons\") and as a transit point for ringed", "title": "Blackwater Estuary" }, { "docid": "9896931", "text": "line of the Scottish watershed but Cumbernauld arguably has this property in its very name. A map of Scotland's watershed has been produced for walkers. There have been other centres suggested, such as the furthest point from salt water including sea lochs. A site centred about 8 miles north of the village of Calvine on the A9 west of Blair Atholl has been suggested. As with other topics like defining the location of the North Pole the answer largely depends on which criteria you choose. Some have also claimed Gartincaber Tower for the title. Even some Stirlingshire residents consider it", "title": "Centre of Scotland" }, { "docid": "16547048", "text": "the small plant dating from the 1920s. Félou Falls The Félou Falls () are located on the Sénégal River upstream of Kayes in western Mali. The river tumbles down an irregular series of rocky steps. The waterfalls mark the furthest point from the mouth of the river that can be reached by boat. In 2009 work started on the construction of the Félou Hydroelectric Plant, a run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant at the falls replacing a small 600 kW plant dating from the 1920s. The falls were historically important as they were the furthest point up the Sénégal River from Saint Louis", "title": "Félou Falls" }, { "docid": "16035205", "text": "precise geographical borders are given which describes borders as marked by the Red Sea (see debate below), the \"Sea of the Philistines\" \"i.e.\", the Mediterranean, and the \"River\", the Euphrates), the traditional furthest extent of the Kingdom of David. Genesis gives the border with Egypt as \"Nahar Mitzrayim\" – \"nahar\" in Hebrew denotes a large river, never a wadi. A slightly more detailed definition is given in , which describes the borders as \"from the sea of reeds (Red Sea) to the Sea of the Philistines (Mediterranean sea) and from the desert to the Euphrates River\", though the Hebrew text", "title": "Land of Israel" }, { "docid": "10568995", "text": "South Harbour is 9.6 metres deep. The most critical point on the waterway is the Kustaanmiekka strait, with a width of 80 metres. The waterway has a speed limit of 30 km/h, except for the Katajanokka area, which has a speed limit of 10 km/h. The South Harbour has eight named piers and three terminals. The Katajanokka Quay (, ) runs nearly the whole length of Katajanokka, with a length of 740 metres and water depth of 8.8 metres. The furthest part of the pier, towards the sea, consists of the cruising ship pier, with a water depth of 10.3", "title": "South Harbour, Helsinki" }, { "docid": "16547043", "text": "Félou Falls The Félou Falls () are located on the Sénégal River upstream of Kayes in western Mali. The river tumbles down an irregular series of rocky steps. The waterfalls mark the furthest point from the mouth of the river that can be reached by boat. In 2009 work started on the construction of the Félou Hydroelectric Plant, a run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant at the falls replacing a small 600 kW plant dating from the 1920s. The falls were historically important as they were the furthest point up the Sénégal River from Saint Louis that could be reached by boat. Because", "title": "Félou Falls" }, { "docid": "11456077", "text": "Authority housing estate of Trem Eilian effectively stranded on the other side of what has become a very busy main road. Brynrefail, Gwynedd Brynrefail is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales which straddles the A4244 road roughly between Deiniolen and Llanberis. The village is in Wales (European Parliament constituency) the Arfon (UK Parliament constituency) and the Gwynedd Council Ward of Penisarwaen. Brynrefail stands a short walk from the northern shore of Llyn Padarn lake. Afon Rhythallt leaves the lake at this point becoming Afon Seiont downstream at Pont Rhythallt, Llanrug before meandering its historic way to the sea. The main", "title": "Brynrefail, Gwynedd" }, { "docid": "1829340", "text": "hilly and forested (with the Gera Municipal Forest), whereas the eastern parts are more flat and in agricultural use. The elevation is between 180 metres (the level of the White Elster river) and (when measured at Gera-Falka at the furthest southeastern point). Usually the height above sea level for the city appears as when measured at the market place. Small tributaries of the Weiße Elster river within the borders of Gera are the \"Erlbach\" on the western side and the \"Wipsenbach\", \"Gessenbach\" and \"Brahme\" on the eastern side. Gera has a humid continental climate (Dfb) or an oceanic climate (\"Cfb\")", "title": "Gera" }, { "docid": "4995189", "text": "which became known as Russell's Top. The Wellington Mounted Rifles were on the right, looking down into Monash Valley, the Auckland Mounted Rifles in the centre and the Canterbury Mounted rifles on their left, on the slopes down to the sea, with responsibility for the No.1 and No.2 Posts. The No.2 Post was the beach-heads furthest north position, only from Chatham's Post the southernmost point. The outlying position of the two posts meant that movement between them and the main lines, could only be done safely at night. In May intelligence reports indicated that Turkish reinforcements were grouping around the", "title": "New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade" }, { "docid": "1397559", "text": "for a successful large farm. Parramatta was the furthest navigable point inland on the Parramatta River (i.e. furthest from the thin, sandy coastal soil) and also the point at which the river became freshwater and therefore useful for farming. On Sunday 2 November 1788, Governor Phillip took a detachment of marines along with a surveyor and, in boats, made his way upriver to a location that he called The Crescent, a defensible hill curved round a river bend, now in Parramatta Park. As a settlement developed, Governor Phillip gave it the name \"Rose Hill\" after British politician George Rose. On", "title": "Parramatta" }, { "docid": "2728824", "text": "and spent time in Malta and Gibraltar before returning to the UK. Whilst in Hawaii, the Royal Navy abolished the rum issue. As a result, \"Fife\" became the last ship in the Navy to issue rum by virtue of being the furthest west in the Pacific. The Hawaiian media came on board and were quite bemused when the ships Senior Ratings staged a mock burial at sea, complete with a Pipers Lament provide by the ship's pipe and drum band and pall bearers dressed in black. Her commanding officer for this voyage was Captain David Scott, who had been the", "title": "HMS Fife (D20)" }, { "docid": "1286890", "text": "side of the bay, he reached what he believed was the Castor and Pollux River (), which Simpson had reached from the west in 1839. He then turned north along the western portion of the Boothia Peninsula, the last uncharted coast of North America, hoping to reach Bellot Strait and so close the last gap in the line from Bering Strait to Hudson Bay. The coast continued north instead of swinging west to form the south shore of King William Land. On 6 May he reached his furthest north at about . which he named Point de la Guiche after", "title": "John Rae (explorer)" }, { "docid": "4119964", "text": "verse 18:89 is referring to the furthest point that could be travelled west: (Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun,) means, he followed a route until \"he reached the furthest point that could be reached in the direction of the sun's setting, which is the west of the earth.\" As for the idea of his reaching the place in the sky where the sun sets, this is something impossible, and the tales told by storytellers that he traveled so far to the west that the sun set behind him are not true at all. Most of these", "title": "Alexander the Great in the Quran" }, { "docid": "1878449", "text": "where it has invaded the fronting mudflats. The \"Spartina\" is generally shorter in the bay than at other sites due to the high tides and the turbidity of the water, reaching around as opposed to elsewhere. On higher ground common saltmarsh-grass (\"Puccinellia maritima\") can be found along with sea aster (\"Aster tripolium\"). Where the land is ungrazed, common reed (\"Phragmites australis\") often forms a zone above the sea aster. Where the upper marsh is grazed by cattle red fescue (\"Festuca rubra\") and creeping bent (\"Agrostis stolonifera\") are found. The area of marsh furthest from the sea supports Sea couch (\"Agropyron", "title": "Bridgwater Bay" }, { "docid": "11140200", "text": "vessel criteria, crew competence, environmental considerations and record maintenance. It is applicable to the supply chain from the fisherman to the point of first sale. In late 2009 around 500 vessels are involved in the scheme with 325 vessels fully certified covering about 70% of UK landings by weight. The scheme is independently audited by UKAS approved auditors. Sea Fish Industry Authority The Sea Fish Industry Authority (or Seafish) is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Established in 1981, and charged with working with the UK seafood industry", "title": "Sea Fish Industry Authority" }, { "docid": "9574091", "text": "Krispy Kreme UK Krispy Kreme UK is the United Kingdom subsidiary of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, an American company. The UK headquarters are in Camberley, Surrey. In October 2003, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts opened their first store location in the United Kingdom. The store situated in the world-famous Harrods department store in London became one of 35 stores in the UK, but it closed in June 2011. A Leeds store opened on 5 July 2010 and was the furthest away from the Greater London area until September 2012, which saw the opening of the Gateshead store situated in the MetroCentre. 3 Stores", "title": "Krispy Kreme UK" }, { "docid": "5322768", "text": "Managed retreat In the context of coastal erosion, managed retreat (also managed realignment) allows an area that was not previously exposed to flooding by the sea to become flooded by removing coastal protection. This process is usually in low-lying estuarine areas and almost always involves flooding of land that has at some point in the past been claimed from the sea. In the UK, managed retreat is often a response to sea level rise exacerbated by local subsidence of the land surface due to post-glacial isostatic rebound in the north. In the UK the main reason for implementation of Managed", "title": "Managed retreat" }, { "docid": "882181", "text": "since 1998. In the 10th century, Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine constructed a fort on Saint-Géry Island, the furthest inland point at which the Senne river was still navigable. This was the seed of what would become Brussels. By the end of the 11th century, an open-air marketplace was set up on a dried-up marsh near the fort that was surrounded by sandbanks. The market was called the \"Nedermerckt\", or \"Lower Market\". The market likely developed around the same time as the commercial development of Brussels. A document from 1174 mentions a lower market () not far from the port", "title": "Grand Place" }, { "docid": "7919868", "text": "more exacting plant species. The moss and lichen flora of Blakeney Point differs markedly from that of lime-rich dunes on the western coasts of the UK. Non-native tree lupins have become established near the Lifeboat House, where they now grow wild. The shingle ridge attracts biting stonecrop, sea campion, yellow horned poppy, sea thrift, bird's foot trefoil and sea beet. In the damper areas, where the shingle adjoins salt marsh, rock sea lavender, matted sea lavender and scrubby sea-blite also thrive, although they are scarce in Britain away from the Norfolk coast. The saltmarsh contains European glasswort and common cord", "title": "Blakeney Point" }, { "docid": "80102", "text": "west of Geladandong Mountain in the Tanggula Mountains. This source is found at and while not the furthest source of the Yangtze, it is the highest source at above sea level. The true source of the Yangtze, hydrologically the longest river distance from the sea, is at Jari Hill at the head of the Dam Qu tributary, approximately southeast of Geladandong. This source was only discovered in the late 20th century and lies in wetlands at and above sea level just southeast of Chadan Township in Zadoi County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai. As the historical spiritual source of the Yangtze, the", "title": "Yangtze" }, { "docid": "15066570", "text": "Regions Section at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and a member of the UK-APC from 1976. Heap Island Heap Island () is an island off the southeast coast of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands of the Graham Coast of Antarctica, between Jurva Point and Bates Island. In association with the names of sea-ice specialists grouped in this area, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1985 after John A. Heap, a sea-ice specialist with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1955–62, who worked in the Antarctic with FIDS, 1955–56, with the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–57,", "title": "Heap Island" }, { "docid": "9497846", "text": "Volunteer Point Volunteer Point is a headland on the east coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, north-northeast of Stanley, and east of Johnson's Harbour and Berkeley Sound. It is at the end of a narrow peninsula, which protects Volunteer Lagoon. At its landward end is Volunteer Shanty, a well maintained outhouse, which was used by trekkers until a few years ago. Volunteer Point is one of the easternmost points of the islands, but Cape Pembroke is the furthest east. During the Falklands War, Argentine commanders considered it a potential British landing point, because it was far from continental", "title": "Volunteer Point" }, { "docid": "6124813", "text": "Horsenden Hill Horsenden Hill (; ) is a hill and open space, located between the Perivale, Sudbury, and Greenford areas of London, UK. It is in the London Borough of Ealing, close to the boundary with the London Borough of Brent. It is one of the higher eminences in the local area, rising to 85m (276 ft) above sea level, and the summit forms part of the site of an ancient hillfort. It is the site of a trig point, TP4024. It is known that 2500 years ago Iron Age people settled on what today is called Horsenden Hill as", "title": "Horsenden Hill" }, { "docid": "3152509", "text": "(purity for short) of a stimulus is the difference from the illuminant's white point to the furthest point on the chromaticity diagram with the same hue (dominant wavelength for monochromatic sources); using the CIE 1931 color space: where is the chromaticity of the white point and is the point on the perimeter whose line segment to the white point contains the chromaticity of the stimulus. Different color spaces, such as CIELAB or CIELUV may be used, and will yield different results. The naïve definition of saturation does not specify its response function. In the CIE XYZ and RGB color spaces,", "title": "Colorfulness" }, { "docid": "16986851", "text": "Veazie Dam The Veazie Dam was a hydroelectric dam on the Penobscot River between Veazie and Eddington in Penobscot County, Maine. In 2010 the Penobscot River Restoration Trust bought the dam from PPL Corporation based on an agreement that was signed in 2004. Deconstruction of the dam began on July 22, 2013 as a part of an extensive project involving four dams to restore eleven species of sea-run fish to the Penobscot River. The Veazie Dam was the furthest downstream of the dams on the Penobscot River; now the Milford and Orono Dam dams are furthest downstream, albeit on separate", "title": "Veazie Dam" }, { "docid": "9349533", "text": "for tie-breaks) but only scored 5 points. Shooting positions are marked by coloured pegs set at a distance from each target. Generally the red peg is set the furthest from the target, the blue peg is set nearer, and the yellow peg (or white peg in the UK) is set the nearest. The course layer may choose to vary this, though. Each peg is associated with one or more divisions of archer: The UK operates some variations on this for junior archers. When shooting marked distances, the distance to the target is shown on each peg. On unmarked distances, the", "title": "Field archery" }, { "docid": "2841717", "text": "with the support of the First Lady, Sandra Granger, a group consisting of five Wai-wai, two English, one Iranian, and one South African located the furthest source of the Essequibo River. They built upon information and experience from the above 2013 Guyanese German expedition alongside topographical maps, local Wai Wai knowledge, GPS, and machetes to follow the Sipu River to its source. The multinational team <nowiki>Running the Essequibo</nowiki> followed the main channel and investigated tributaries, until they reached reached the watershed. There, 20 metres away from the Brazilian border, they logged what is now acknowledged to be the furthest source", "title": "Essequibo River" }, { "docid": "16353844", "text": "religion, wealth status and sexual orientation. Somehow this space has become one where all South Africans feel they have a right to exist, and where the possibility of happiness in a divided world doesn't seem unfeasible. But what is the reality of those coming here? How do people see their past, their present in this space and their future in this country? The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Sea Point Days Sea Point Days is a 2008 documentary film about the Cape Town suburb of Sea Point, directed by François Verster. Alongside the southernmost", "title": "Sea Point Days" }, { "docid": "1328409", "text": "River Cam The River Cam is the main river flowing through Cambridge in eastern England. After leaving Cambridge, it flows north and east into the Great Ouse to the south of Ely at Pope's Corner. The Great Ouse connects the Cam to the North Sea at King's Lynn: The total distance from Cambridge to the sea is about and is navigable for punts, small boats, and rowing craft. The Great Ouse also connects to England's canal system via the Middle Level Navigations and the River Nene. In total, the Cam runs for around from its furthest source (near Debden in", "title": "River Cam" }, { "docid": "18398153", "text": "during the late 5th century BC from Central Asia to areas north and west of the Caspian Sea. The territory of the Aorsi is believed to have extended eastwards as far as the Aral Sea. The most important contemporaneous source on the Aorsi was the Greek geographer Strabo, in \"Geographica\" (64/63 BC – c. AD 24). Strabo suggested that the Aorsi were located north-east of the Siraces, who inhabited the area between Lake Maeotis (Sea of Azov) and the Caspian. Furthest to the east lived the Upper Aorsi. They held the largest territory, dominating according to Strabo the Caspian coast,", "title": "Aorsi" }, { "docid": "3506098", "text": "Cyrus the Great founded the city during his last expedition against the Saka tribe of Massagetae shortly before his death. Alexander the Great later built his furthest Greek settlement near Cyropolis in 329 BC and named it Alexandria Eschate (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη) or \"Alexandria The Furthest\". The city would form a bastion for the Greek settlers against the nomadic Scythian tribes who lived north of the Syr Darya River. According to the Roman writer Curtius, \"Alexandria Ultima\" (Alexandria the Furthest) retained its Hellenistic culture as late as 30 BC. The city became a major staging point on the northern Silk", "title": "Khujand" }, { "docid": "12704332", "text": "formula_23 is positive or negative depending on which of the points formula_14 and formula_15 that is furthest away from the point formula_18. The geometrical problem to solve is to find all ellipses that go through the points formula_14 and formula_15 and have a focus at the point formula_18 The points formula_18, formula_14 and formula_15 define a hyperbola going through the point formula_18 with foci at the points formula_14 and formula_15. The point formula_18 is either on the left or on the right branch of the hyperbola depending on the sign of formula_23. The semi-major axis of this hyperbola is formula_38", "title": "Lambert's problem" }, { "docid": "1961085", "text": "a range of wind angles between beam reach and running downwind. On a sailboat (but not an iceboat) the sails are eased out away from the sailing craft, but not as much as on a run or dead run (downwind run). This is the furthest point of sail, until the sails cease acting substantially like a wing. On this point of sail (also called \"running before the wind\"), the true wind is coming from directly behind the sailing craft. In this mode, the sails act in a manner substantially like a parachute. When running, the mainsail is eased out as", "title": "Point of sail" }, { "docid": "13537441", "text": "southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula, almost entirely surrounded by the Mediterranean sea (the Bay of Gibraltar to the west, the Strait of Gibraltar to the south, the Alboran sea to the east and Spain to the north). It is one of only two British overseas territories in Europe. Largescale evacuation from Gibraltar to the UK occurred during World War II, Gibraltar's location in a war-torn nation meant mass evacuation from the territory was inevitable. Approximately 16,700 evacuees left Gibraltar with the UK taking in 12,500 of them, the majority settled in Kensington, Fulham and Barking (all London), although numerous", "title": "Gibraltarians in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "16608982", "text": "shrimp, the mysid shrimps \"Paramysis nouveli\" and \"Neomysis integer\", lagoon cockle, the bug \"Orthotylus rubidus\" and spire snail. Little whirlpool ramshorn snail has been found in a freshwater channel. Rare beetles associated with these coastal environments include yellow pogonus, \"Bembidion ephippium\" and \"Tachys scutellaris\". These marshes are the only reliable UK site for the \"Pogonus\" species, and even here it is localised and hard to find. The shingle ridge that protects the reserve from the sea and extends to Blakeney Point attracts biting stonecrop, sea campion, yellow horned poppy, sea thrift, bird's foot trefoil and sea beet. Sea barley is", "title": "Cley Marshes" }, { "docid": "8534196", "text": "supply type and earthing system, and its proximity to the supply. For example, for a domestic UK 230 V, 60 A TN-S or USA 120 V/240 V supply, fault currents may be a few thousand amperes. Large low-voltage networks with multiple sources may have fault levels of 300,000 amperes. A high-resistance-grounded system may restrict line to ground fault current to only 5 amperes. Prior to selecting protective devices, prospective fault current must be measured reliably at the origin of the installation and at the furthest point of each circuit, and this information applied properly to the application of the circuits.", "title": "Fault (power engineering)" }, { "docid": "2862419", "text": "had been extinguished at the time of annexation. The ruling thus had far-reaching significance for the land claims of both Torres Strait Islanders and Australian Aborigines. On 1 July 1994 the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) was created. The islands span an area of some . The strait from Cape York to New Guinea has a width of approximately at its narrowest point; the islands lie scattered in between, extending some from furthest east to furthest west. The total land area of the islands comprises . of land are used for agricultural purposes. The Torres Strait itself was previously a", "title": "Torres Strait Islands" }, { "docid": "12493737", "text": "Manhasset Bay Manhasset Bay, New York, is an embayment in western Long Island off Long Island Sound. Manhasset Bay forms the northeastern boundary of the Great Neck Peninsula and the southwestern boundary of Cow Neck (Port Washington Peninsula or Manhasset Neck). On the north side of the bay there are three points, Barkers Point at the entrance, Plum Point coming the furthest into the Bay, and Tom's Point in the back bay. On the other side, Hewlett Point forms the entrance nearly a mile from Barkers Point. Hart Island lies in the Sound just outside the mouth of Manhasset Bay.", "title": "Manhasset Bay" }, { "docid": "16813505", "text": "direction; its furthest point was reached between South America and the Cape Verde Islands. Patrol number four took the boat to the Caribbean Sea. One of her victims was the Colombian sailing ship \"Ruby\", which was sunk with the deck gun on 18 November 1943. Another was the \"Elizabeth Kellog\". This ship, which had been torpedoed and abandoned on the 23rd, ran around the survivors (she was still underway because the engines could not be secured). Her after magazine exploded and she burned for 12 hours before sinking. The U-boat was damaged by an unidentified aircraft on 19 December 1943.", "title": "German submarine U-516" }, { "docid": "7556547", "text": "formerly an aid to the Coastguard who needed to be able to travel from station to station on foot while being able to keep an eye on the sea to spot for smugglers. The path stays close to the edge of the cliffs on its journey through Hartland Point and it is an ideal way to explore the point, its landmarks and the scenery. The UK's Ministry of Defence previously had a radar l installed on the point and controlled from nearby RAF Hartland Point. The current radar is operated by the UK Civil Aviation Agency for air traffic control.", "title": "Hartland Point" }, { "docid": "2580311", "text": "the Greek coast. The island is on the furthest west on a boundary between the sea and the river of Okeanos, which is said to encircle the earth. Gaedl Lomen (\"The Sea in the Greek Imagination\") identifies, as Aeaea the island of Cyprus, in the Eastern Mediterranean. In Richard Aldington's novel \"All Men are Enemies\" (1933), Aeaea is the island, \"twelve hours from Naples\" (obviously mythical), where his heroes meet, and love between them flourishes. John Banville's 1993 novel \"Ghosts\" has a boating party shipwrecked on an unnamed island; one character, Sophie, speculates that it is Aeaea; another says, \"Yes...yes,", "title": "Aeaea" }, { "docid": "20282071", "text": "happens \"Erebus\" and \"Terror\" were the last vessels to navigate the Ross Sea using only sail. For more magnetic readings, they left for Sydney in July 1841 continuing to New Zealand's Bay of Islands. In November they set sail south, this time heading south along 146°W hoping to again reach the Ross Ice Shelf. This time they became trapped in the pack ice and it took 58 days to reach through 800 miles of pack to open water. They sighted what became Edward VII Land and, reaching their new furthest south of 78°9'S, they again saw the Ice Shelf. With", "title": "Thomas Abernethy (explorer)" }, { "docid": "11771946", "text": "heritage lines in the UK to operate a whole branch line in its original format). Higham Ferrers is served by the BT Rushden telephone exchange which has been enabled for local-loop unbundling. However, due to the length of telephone lines, the north of the town furthest from the exchange can only achieve around 3Mbit/s as it suffers from high attenuation. BT have assigned the Rushden exchange to the FTTC (Fibre-to-the-Cabinet) upgrade programme (Phase 4b) due to commence in December 2010. The town is unusual in the UK if not Europe in having been a centre of short-run footwear production along", "title": "Higham Ferrers" } ]
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what disease does nikki have on young and restless
[ "breast cancer", "multiple sclerosis", "alcoholism" ]
[ { "docid": "8120097", "text": "Nikki.\" During the character's battle with alcoholism, she also developed an addiction for prescription pills. To the dismay of Scott, the storyline concluded abruptly. The actress said, \"It never really finished properly. Nikki just woke up one day and decided that she's fine now. I felt that was unrealistic. I would like to follow Nikki through rehab and detox. I want to find a good conclusion. Maybe this new story line will address that. It's looking like it might.\" Scott has previously voiced her admiration for playing Nikki's alcoholism because \"it's so much fun to play\" a \"drunk or insane", "title": "Nikki Newman" } ]
[ { "docid": "8117088", "text": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless) Paul Williams is a fictional character on the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Paul was introduced to the show on May 23, 1978, and has been portrayed by Doug Davidson ever since. Initially Paul was a \"bad boy\", who had a romance with Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), giving her an STD. The relationship ultimately ended, but the two have remained friends since. After a year on the series, Bell gave the character a proper backstory, surname and family. This included his notoriously unstable sister Patty Williams (Stacey Haiduk).", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8117127", "text": "in the Daytime Emmy Award category for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless) Paul Williams is a fictional character on the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Paul was introduced to the show on May 23, 1978, and has been portrayed by Doug Davidson ever since. Initially Paul was a \"bad boy\", who had a romance with Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), giving her an STD. The relationship ultimately ended, but the two have remained friends since. After a year on the series, Bell gave the character a proper", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8117095", "text": "Thomas Scott), giving her a sexually transmitted disease. The romance ends when she takes up with Greg Foster (Wings Hauser); Paul begins dating April Stevens (Cynthia Eilbacher), who gives birth to his daughter Heather (Eden Riegel) despite his desire for her to terminate the pregnancy. He leaves town with Nikki to join a cult, the New World Commune. Paul's brother, Steven, helps to save them from the cult and rescues the former lovers. While Paul and Nikki are away, Greg dates April. However, April falls ill and Greg convinces Paul to marry her. The ill-conceived marriage ends in divorce; Paul", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "3936168", "text": "Victor and Nikki Newman Victor and Nikki Newman are fictional characters and a supercouple from the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Victor is portrayed by Eric Braeden and Nikki is portrayed by Melody Thomas Scott. Together, they have shared three marriages and two children; Victoria and Nicholas Newman (Amelia Heinle and Joshua Morrow). The couple is often referred to by the portmanteau \"Niktor\" by fans on internet message boards and in magazines. Nikki was originally from the lower walks of life, having been a prostitute and stripper. After multiple failed relationships, she began a romance with", "title": "Victor and Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "16347494", "text": "Nikki. On a stormy night, Nikki and Josh were in bed discussing plans to have a baby. Veronica, who had bugged their bedroom, heard the conversation, and she was determined not to let them conceive. Nikki then received a phone call from her son, Nick Newman, and she left the house. Veronica saw this time as the perfect opportunity to reveal herself to Josh. Josh was shocked to see her alive, and he rejected her advances. Then, a shattered Veronica shot him dead. Then, dressed as \"Sarah\", she went downstairs to face Nikki when she returned home. Veronica frightened Nikki", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "16372881", "text": "Joshua and Nikki were fighting over Nikki's father's gun, and it went off by accident, killing Joshua. Nikki's father buried the body until it was found many years later. When Nikki tried to find Joshua's family, she discovered that Bobby was actually Charlie Cassen, the younger brother of Joshua Cassen. Eventually, Bobby found out what happened to his brother, and Nikki and Bobby grew close after their revelation. Brittany, meanwhile, was pregnant, and she gave birth to a baby boy. They named their son Joshua Marsino, after Bobby's late older brother. Brittany had many complications during her pregnancy, and in", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "10380999", "text": "effect. For example, when Ashley aborted Victor's child in the 1980s, any viewers or scholars who may have looked for a serious story on the pros and cons of abortion would have been disappointed. Ashley only aborted her baby because Victor's wife Nikki was then presumed to be terminally ill, and Ashley did not want to cause her pain. After learning of her abortion, Victor ripped her to shreds, causing a devastated Ashley to lose her mind and wind up in an insane asylum. One social issue which was too hot for \"The Young and the Restless\" audience of the", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "17556464", "text": "her while she is under the influence of the drugs. Ian escapes from being arrested, and Dylan is left looking suspicious in what happened to him. He is later arrested for Ian's murder, but Paul reveals that he knows Dylan is innocent and Ian is alive. He enlists the help of he and Nikki to lure Ian back to Genoa City. Nikki successfully gets Ian to a hotel room, where he is finally arrested, and Dylan is cleared of all charges. Ian returns to Genoa City in 2015, revealing he escaped prison and is working on a secret project with", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2014)" }, { "docid": "16347489", "text": "convinced him that it was okay what she did—chained Taylor Hayes in the basement. They slept together and had an agreement to move Taylor from the basement to the living room. Once Taylor was free, the couple ran away, but Morgan had to return and ended up captured. Dr. Joshua Landers first appeared in June 1996, portrayed by Heath Kizzier. He would later be known as the late husband of Nikki Newman. Kizzier portrayed the role until his character's death onscreen on March 23, 1998. History<br> Joshua Landers was Nikki Newman's gynecologist, whom she got involved with. As Joshua and", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "1579411", "text": "saw on-screen, but the man he could and would become.\" Bell rewrote the story to save the character and put Braeden on contract. Victor's romance with Nikki Reed became a prominent plot in the series. With the success of another iconic character, Kimberlin Brown's Sheila Carter, Bell made daytime drama history in 1992 by successfully crossing her over from \"The Young and the Restless\" to his second soap, \"The Bold and the Beautiful\". The success of the crossover was due, in part, to the creativity of Bell, as the nefarious character of Sheila was presumed to have died in a", "title": "The Young and the Restless" }, { "docid": "8116030", "text": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless) Jack Abbott is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". The character was first introduced in 1980 being portrayed by Terry Lester. Lester departed from the series in 1989 and was replaced by Peter Bergman shortly thereafter. Bergman relocated to California for the role after he successfully auditioned for the part. His first episode aired on November 27, 1989. Jack is known for his longstanding feud with the Newman family patriarch, Victor Newman as well as his romances with Nikki Newman, Phyllis Summers and Sharon Newman.", "title": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8120088", "text": "her as a crazy old lady.\" For over three decades, Nikki has been romantically linked with Victor Newman (Eric Braeden). Nikki was originally from the lower walks of life, having been a prostitute and stripper. After multiple failed relationships, she began a romance with Victor, who taught her about society. They fall in love and have a child, Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle), and later a son, Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow). The couple are widely considered a supercouple within the soap opera media. The writers of \"The Young and the Restless\" detailed their characters to marry and divorce or depart from", "title": "Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "10380977", "text": "Lorie, quit in 1982 due to exhaustion, Bell took the opportunity to write out all of the Brooks and Fosters, save Jill. Gradually, the focus shifted from the Brooks and Foster families to the Williams, Abbott, and the Newman families. The Williams family was introduced in 1978. Police Detective Carl Williams (Brett Hadley) and his wife Mary (Carolyn Conwell) had their hands full with their promiscuous teenage son Paul (Doug Davidson). Paul had a fling with Nikki Reed (Melody Thomas Scott) and gave her a sexually transmitted disease. He then went on to romance prostitute Cindy Lake, as well as", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "1797462", "text": "uses the word \"mindcrime\", Nikki becomes his docile puppet, a state which Dr. X uses to command Nikki to undertake any murder that the Doctor wishes (\"Operation: Mindcrime\"). As his position within Dr. X's organization grows, so does Nikki's ego and adherence to his master's vision of the future (\"Speak\"). Through one of Dr. X's associates, a corrupt priest named Father William, Nikki is offered the services of a child prostitute-turned-nun named Sister Mary (\"Spreading the Disease \"). Through his friendship and growing affection toward Sister Mary, Nikki begins to question the nature of what he is doing, seeing that", "title": "Operation: Mindcrime" }, { "docid": "3936170", "text": "original supercouple formula. Their pairing, regarded as an \"inspired decision\", led to Victor and Nikki becoming the most successful supercouple on \"The Young and the Restless\". Despite Victor marrying architect Diane Jenkins (Alex Donnelley) in 1997, Nikki suffered a gunshot wound the following year and came close to death, resulting in Victor supposedly divorcing Diane and remarrying Nikki on her deathbed. However, Victor and Diane's divorce was never legal, invalidating the pair's remarriage. An actual divorce between Victor and Diane took place, resulting in the reunion of Victor and Nikki. In September 2002, they remarried again at the site of", "title": "Victor and Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "16368827", "text": "her sisters for the big event, leaving again shortly after. She returned again in 2002, this time determined to keep Nikki and Victor from remarrying. Her soon to be ex-husband, Max Hollister, had business dealings with Victor and an interest in getting revenge and stealing Nikki away. He convinced Lorie to seduce Victor and have cameras watching so he could show the whole thing to Nikki. The plan backfired when Lorie felt compassion for Victor and refused to go through with the plan. She left town again soon afterward. Brock Reynolds first appeared in 1974 as the son of Katherine", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s)" }, { "docid": "3936191", "text": "in a circular cycle for over 30 years! Finding a new leading man that you have chemistry with is like finding gold.\" Eric Braeden has said, \"I love working with Melody [as well]. I always thought it was an honestly felt love story with great material for conflict with Nikki.\" Former \"As the World Turns\" actress Martha Byrne has said, \"\"Young and Restless\"' Victor and Nikki are the perfect example of a couple who they can tear apart and put back together how many times? And [the writers] do it really well because they're so stable as characters that you", "title": "Victor and Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "3936192", "text": "can basically do anything with them now, and the audience will go on the journey with them.\" Daytime expert Michael Fairman stated: \"Victor and Nikki just can’t, we mean can’t, ever get it together long enough to find any happiness with each other. So, many would say that they deserve each other and the baggage and betrayals that come along with their co-dependent relationship.\" Victor and Nikki Newman Victor and Nikki Newman are fictional characters and a supercouple from the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Victor is portrayed by Eric Braeden and Nikki is portrayed by", "title": "Victor and Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "14708152", "text": "in attendance. But married life proves too dull for Nikki; she takes a modeling job at a place which turned out to be a front for prostitution. Nikki's client, Walter Addison, is killed. Greg is forced to take the case of a young man named Tony Baker who is accused of the murder, but evidence later points to Nikki. Greg decides to break up with her. Later, a hitman arrives in Genoa City with plans to kill Greg, but the hitman accidentally shoots Liz, who recovers. Nikki rushes to the hospital when she hears the news, but Greg chastised Nikki.", "title": "Greg Foster (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "3257537", "text": "of 23, she left \"The Waltons\" to take over the role of Nikki Reed, a poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks, on the daytime serial \"The Young and the Restless\", choosing the part over a sitcom pilot that in the end was not picked up. She was a replacement for the previous Nikki, who had lasted six months. Over time, her character reformed and became an important part of Genoa City society, as she married Victor Newman (Eric Braeden). Scott has said, \"It's a miracle for an actor to have a job last 35 years. I am", "title": "Melody Thomas Scott" }, { "docid": "8120127", "text": "than they can keep track. The love between the two has always been strong, but it doesn't seem strong enough to keep the two together.\" In 1987, Lilana Novakovich of the \"Toronto Star\" wrote that Nikki was the \"lucky missus of the sexy Eric Braeden\". A syndicated article that appeared in \"The Vindicator\" in 2003 stated of Nikki and Victor's relationship, \"Their relationship is both strong and mistrustful, fraught with passion and tension.\" \"The Austin American-Statesman\" acclaimed Scott's portrayal in 1991, writing: \"After 12 long years of portraying Nikki Newman Abbott on \"The Young and the Restless\", Melody Thomas Scott", "title": "Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "17556458", "text": "former lover of Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott). Wise's casting in the recurring role was announced in December 2013. The character was slated to \"play an integral role in the lives of several Genoa City residents\". Michael Fairman of \"On-Air Soaps\" wrote that, \"Now this is actually good casting if you look at the eyes of Ray Wise and Steve Burton!\", and also asked if the character \"could become the next Mitch Laurence of daytime\". Jillian Bowe of Zap2it wrote that, \"Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Dylan (Steve Burton) will soon have another family reunion in Genoa City.\" \"Soap Opera", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2014)" }, { "docid": "3936171", "text": "their first wedding, which would last six years. In 2008, Nikki began an affair with the devious David Chow (Vincent Irizarry), resulting in the pair's second divorce. Scott has stated that she thinks the couple always has to get back together, but \"not without a challenge\". In March 2013, after four years of an on-and-off relationship, Victor and Nikki remarried for the third time, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of \"The Young and the Restless\". Victor and Nikki are recognized as one of daytime television's most prominent pairings, as well as receiving a positive response from critics throughout the years.", "title": "Victor and Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "16368810", "text": "died off screen in 1984 after efforts from Liz's friends and even Jill failed to reconcile them. When Jill married John Abbott, Liz attended the wedding and befriended Jill's step-daughter, Tracy. Liz was also there for Katherine when she had her face lift. Liz helped Katherine mourn for Nikki (Liz's former daughter-in-law) when they falsely believed that Nikki had been killed while on vacation with psychotic Rick Darros but, Nikki was very much alive, and Liz was a guest at Nikki and Victor Newman's wedding where Stuart Brook's former secretary, Eve, tried to kill the bride. Detective Carl Williams became", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s)" }, { "docid": "16347495", "text": "by talking in riddles, saying that Joshua was upstairs and would be asleep for a very long time. At first, Nikki thought \"Sarah\" had been drinking, but after seeing the crazed look in her eyes, she demanded that \"Sarah\" packed her things and got out. When Sarah refused, Nikki went to call the police, but Veronica shot her four times before she picked up the phone. The following day, Nikki was found unconscious and in a pool of blood on her living room floor by her ex-husband Jack Abbott. Nikki was rushed to the hospital, but the doctors informed Nikki's", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "8141612", "text": "John, at her bedside. Then, Jack decided to take Jabot public, and Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) took over the company. John's shock over this news caused him to have another heart attack. Jack tried to bring Jabot back by ending his romance with Victor's ex-wife Nikki Newman and in turn, Victor would let the Abbotts regain control of Jabot. However, Victor had tricked Jack and he remained in control of Jabot. Out of spite, Jack married Nikki. Victor had also managed a short time afterwards to have a romance with John's ex-wife Jill. Then, Jill and John reunited when she", "title": "John Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "5544163", "text": "in Madonna's \"Don't Tell Me\" video as the cowboy who was thrown from his horse at the end of the song. On November 3, 2017, it was announced that Luckinbill would reprise his portrayal of J.T. on \"The Young and the Restless\", beginning December 12, 2017. Thad's run on \"The Young and the Restless\" ended on April 13, 2018 when Nikki Newman hit him on the back of his head with a fireplace poker. In 2013, Thad, with his twin brother Trent, and well-known producer Molly Smith (producer of \"P.S. I Love You\" and \"The Blind Side\") started a production", "title": "Thad Luckinbill" }, { "docid": "8116040", "text": "and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) helped to reform him. Jack goes after Nikki initially for business and revenge. He intends to get Nikki to fall for him and then use her to get Jabot Cosmetics back from Victor. Jack's plan to bargain for the company by using Nikki backfires when he falls for her. Jack falls hard and is at \"his most vulnerable\" with Nikki. Though quite a few women fall victim to Jack's philandering ways, Nikki forgives him. When they lose their son in March 1993, Bergman said that, \"Jack learned empathy for the first time in his life.\"", "title": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "16347497", "text": "in love with Veronica. They began dating, and Veronica eventually developed genuine feelings for him. They soon became engaged, and he took her back to the Newman Ranch. Veronica was relieved that Nikki didn't recognize her upon her arrival. Veronica was horrified to learn that novelist Cole Howard was researching Josh's murder for his new novel. Nikki mentioned to Victor that Veronica seemed vaguely familiar, she was concerned for Miguel, who barely knew his new fiancée. Victor suggested that she run a background check. Afraid Nikki would recognize her, Veronica resolved that Nikki had to die. When Nikki decided to", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "8120130", "text": "(twice to Victor), been addicted to alcohol and pain pills, killed her sexual-molester father and been shot several times — Melody has an exciting alter ego. Through it all, Nikki has matured into the strong, independent woman that she is today.\" In 2011, the soap opera's ratings reportedly decreased when Scott was absent. When she renewed her contract with the series, Michael Logan of \"TV Guide\" wrote: \"Our long national nightmare is over! Execs at \"The Young and the Restless\" have finally seen the light and are bringing Melody Thomas Scott back to the show.\" He also wrote that it", "title": "Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "8109203", "text": "a 2003 scene where his daughter Victoria (portrayed by Heather Tom) slaps him. For over three decades, Victor has been romantically linked with Nikki Reed (Melody Thomas Scott). Nikki was originally from the lower walks of life, having been a stripper. After multiple failed relationships, she began a romance with Victor, who taught her about society. They fall in love and have a child, Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle), and later a son, Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow). The couple are widely considered a supercouple within the soap opera media. The writers of \"The Young and the Restless\" detailed their characters to", "title": "Victor Newman" }, { "docid": "8120125", "text": "icons in American daytime television. \"TV Guide\" has said that Scott has become \"immensely popular\" over the course of her run. Michael Fairman of \"On-Air On-Soaps\" describes Scott as the \"leading lady of \"Y&R\"\". BuzzWorthy Radio wrote that Scott is \"a true fan favorite and daytime royalty\". Former executive producer and head writer Maria Arena Bell called Nikki one of the \"hearts and souls\" on the soap opera, and said: \"Melody is a phenomenal actress. Nikki is one of the great core characters of \"The Young and the Restless\".\" Nikki's pairing with Victor has received positive reviews from critics throughout", "title": "Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "16347496", "text": "family that her chances of surviving were slim. Nikki's other ex-husband, Victor Newman, divorced his wife, Diane Jenkins, and he married Nikki on her death bed. In a turn of events, Nikki miraculously survived, and Victor opted to stay married to her, however the marriage was invalid as Victor and Diane's divorce was never finalized. Meanwhile, Veronica was living on the run from the law in a seedy motel. No longer disguised, she ran into Nikki and Victor's butler, Miguel Rodriguez, at a local Mexican restaurant. Much to Veronica's relief, he didn't recognize her. After many such meetings, Miguel fell", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "8117113", "text": "Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc). The actor said, \"The fact that they have such a strong foundation and relationship beyond husband and wife, is the reason it’s probably going to last forever.\" As a teenager Paul dated Nikki Reed (Melody Thomas Scott), and they remained friends for thirty years. In November 2008, Paul and Nikki slept together. Davidson described their reunion as \"love in the purest sense\": \"They've been friends for 30 years and are supporting each other in the most intimate way possible. They do not judge the rightness or wrongness of their actions, nor do they want to tell anyone", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8116065", "text": "wedding dress. Patty shot Jack and was sent to prison; Jack had to have surgery which nearly ended his life. He was left paralyzed. During his ordeal, Nikki supported him greatly and they rekindled their romance. They eventually were married. However, Victor went missing following the wedding and Nikki left Jack to find him, ending the marriage after only two days. Sharon took control of Newman while Victor was missing and stock prices fell. Jack was able to gain enough stock to own the company, which he nearly renamed Abbott Enterprises. Jack had to undergo another risky surgery to remove", "title": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "16347490", "text": "Nikki's relationship grew, he was thought to have been a widower, and he had no idea that his presumed deceased wife, Veronica Landers, was actually alive, locked away in a mental institution. In October 1996, Nikki and Joshua eloped in Las Vegas. Nikki's ex-husband, Victor Newman, tried to stop them, but he arrived too late. Joshua then moved in with Nikki at the Newman ranch, and they enjoyed a happy marriage until Veronica escaped from the mental institution. She made her way to the ranch in hopes of reuniting with Joshua. She managed to get herself hired as a servant", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "17556463", "text": "also threatens to report Leslie for revealing his secret if she doesn't file a lawsuit against Nikki. The lawsuit ends up happening and goes to court, where Nikki is forced to read a diary she kept while in Ian's cult. Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes), who had been shown to have been linked with Ian somehow, was later revealed to be Sharon Newman's (Sharon Case) daughter, Cassie Newman's twin sister who was stolen at birth by Ian. After Mariah had revealed that he had been a father figure to her all her life, Ian later kidnaps her, drugs her and marries", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2014)" }, { "docid": "16372959", "text": "which caused more marital problems for the couple and ruined Nikki's senate campaign. She lost the election to Jack, but continued to see David afterward. Soon after, Nikki hired David to work for her company, N.V.P. Following an accident, Nicholas was presumed dead and then found alive, and an accident left Nikki's daughter Victoria Newman in a coma. These events brought Nikki and Victor back together, and Nikki insisted that David get out of her life. Evidently, this didn't last long as her reunion with Victor was shattered, and she and David became engaged. However, Nikki lost N.V.P. in her", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "8116055", "text": "and Nikki soon develops addictions to painkillers and alcohol. Following an argument with Victor, Nikki's child, to be named John Abbott III, is stillborn. Victor offers Jack a chance to regain control of Jabot if he leaves Nikki, to which Jack agrees. Victor helps Nikki deal with her addiction, and they reconnect. By 1994, Jack and Nikki divorce but remain close friends. Shortly after the divorce, Jack marries Luan Volien Abbott, a woman he had a relationship with during the Vietnam war. Luan had been living in the United States, looking for her son Keemo Volien. Once found, Luan and", "title": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "16372958", "text": "then released a video of Jack's competition, Victor's then-wife Nikki Newman, stripping in order to make her look bad, leading to his firing. Nikki saw this move as an opportunity to get David to work for her, and she then had two campaign managers in the forms of him and Karen Taylor. David and Nikki connected, even after her son Nicholas Newman was hurt by him. When Victor was out of town looking for his estranged son, Nikki and David shared a kiss, which unbeknownst to them was recorded by Sharon Abbott and Phyllis Newman. Victor discovered their kiss online,", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "14708151", "text": "offers his legal services at Snapper's clinic while working with one of Snapper's employees, Dr. Casey Reed, with whom Greg pursues a brief relationship. Greg then meets and falls in love with Casey's sister, Nikki Reed. Greg and Nikki's involvement eventually develops into love, and they plan to marry. However, Nikki is still dealing with the emotional aftermath of killing her father, which led her to question her self-worth. Nikki's ex-boyfriend, Paul Williams, tries to stop her from marrying Greg, but Nikki insists she is in love. Greg and Nikki marry at the Brooks family home with their loved ones", "title": "Greg Foster (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "16367373", "text": "proposed to Nikki with an engagement ring. Nikki was also reluctant to try again and said she would give him an answer when she returned to town in two weeks. Max went to Victor and let him know that he was courting Nikki for revenge. Victor ended up telephoning Hope, Julia, and Ramona. They convinced Leanna to do a retraction of the story. When Nikki returned, she accepted Victor's proposal. Then, Lorie Brooks showed up in town looking for Max to sign their divorce papers. When Max found out that Lorie was once a love of Victor's, he tried to", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "16367372", "text": "Julia was Victor's first wife. Max agreed to do Leanna's TV show and give her the scoop on Julia and Victor, in exchange for some recent photos her photographer shot of Victor and Ramona Caceres. Nikki Newman saw the show and was upset that Victor had visited both Ramona and Julia without telling her. It wasn't long before Max approached Nikki and suggested she join him against Victor. Victor tried to explain to Nikki his soul-searching visits to Julia and Ramona, as well as Hope Wilson. He said that he didn't want to repeat his mistakes of the past and", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "8116054", "text": "Sven from the Genoa City Hotel. In the late 1980s, Jack and Victor Newman hire Leanna Love to write a biography on Victor. Unknowingly to Jack, Leanna adds a chapter that exploits the affair between Victor and Jack's sister Ashley Abbott. Victor believes Nikki Newman is behind the publication, and divorces her. He marries Leanna, which is later declared invalid. Victor eventually returns to Nikki, and gains reigns over Jabot Cosmetics. Victor fires Jack and replaces him with Brad Carlton. In response, Jack spitefully marries Nikki, who is again estranged from Victor. Problems arise early in Jack and Nikki's marriage,", "title": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "3936173", "text": "Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow). The couple are widely considered a supercouple within the realm of soap operas. The writers of \"The Young and the Restless\" detailed characters Victor Newman and Nikki Reed to marry and divorce or depart from each other in some form or fashion in a continuous cycle. This has taken place for as long as the couple has been together, a take on the original supercouple formula. \"Soap Opera Digest\" relayed the beginning of the pairing's creation and their impact. The \"inspired decision\" led to Victor and Nikki becoming the series' most successful supercouple. In an interview", "title": "Victor and Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "8117104", "text": "eventually Michael), keeping Sheila trapped. Paul's daughter Heather (Vail Bloom) returns to Genoa City as an assistant district attorney, and develops a relationship with her father. He reconciles with first love Nikki, and they become engaged. She then breaks up with Paul, unable to move past her feelings for ex-husband Victor. Paul investigates a businesswoman, Mary Jane Benson, only to discover that she is his unstable sister Patty. Patty goes on a crime spree, poisoning Nikki and Victor's granddaughter Summer Newman (Haley King), kidnapping Colleen Carlton (Tammin Sursok)—who eventually drowns—and shooting Victor three times before escaping. Paul tracks down Nikki,", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8116057", "text": "marries Victor. When Nikki is shot, Victor convinces Diane to allow a divorce so he can marry Nikki on her deathbed. However, Nikki lives and Victor stays with her, leading Diane to return to Jack. However, Diane learns that Jack is only using her in his war against Victor, and she leaves him again. Meanwhile, Jack plots with Brad Carlton to take over Newman Enterprises while Victor is being held captive in New Mexico, and succeeds. When Victor returns, Jack offers to return Jabot in exchange for Newman. Victor counters that Jabot must be purchased to close the deal, and", "title": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "16367428", "text": "June 5, 2008, it was revealed that he had officially left his position at the Newman Ranch in order to care for his aunt, who had been diagnosed with diabetes. The Newman family was saddened to see him go, but understood the necessity. As a farewell gift, Nikki and Victor decided to send him a small gold clock that had sat on the fireplace mantle for many years and which Miguel had often wound up. Tyrone Jackson is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera ,\"The Young and the Restless\". The role was portrayed by Phil Morris from 1984", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "17556466", "text": "She attempts to get her husband Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) to meet him, but Ian manages to always disappear to hide his true identity when Phyllis arrives with Jack. Summer later notices Phyllis engaging with \"Fred\" in the park and immediately alerts her mother of who he really is and what he has done to the people of Genoa City. Victor soon finds out that Ian is out of prison and reports the situation, only to find Ian in prison where he belongs when visiting the jail with Nikki. On Halloween, a fire is set to the Newman Enterprises tower", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2014)" }, { "docid": "8116041", "text": "Jack usually has a lot of control over his life, but he cannot save Nikki from her addiction; in fact, he makes it worse. By the time the relationship does fall apart, \"[Jack] is still a cad, but not as bad as before.\" Jack has a long-standing relationship with Phyllis Summers. Bergman described Jack and Phyllis's pairing as one of his \"least likely pairings\", stating that Jack and Phyllis are the complete \"opposite of star-crossed\". Despite divorcing after only three years, the couple remains close. Phyllis ends up having an affair with Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow), resulting in a pregnancy.", "title": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8120091", "text": "shaping her and forming her more to his liking. But, of course, no one can shape or form anyone, she remains who she is, has retained her strength, and that causes conflict.\" In other interviews, Braeden stated that he loves working with Scott and that he \"always thought it was an honestly felt love story with great material for conflict with Nikki\". He also stated in an interview that he considers Victor's storylines with Nikki to be some of his favorites. Discussing Victor and Nikki's union, former \"As the World Turns\" actress Martha Byrne stated: \"\"Young and Restless\"' Victor and", "title": "Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "8120135", "text": "a Drama Series in 1999 and the Special Fan Award in 2001. She has received six Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, winning once in 2001 for Outstanding Lead Actress. Nikki Newman Nikki Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS daytime soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Created and introduced by William J. Bell in 1978, the role was originally portrayed by Erica Hope, before Melody Thomas Scott took over in 1979. Initially introduced as a stripper, the character became well known for her relationship with businessman Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), a union that developed into a supercouple", "title": "Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "8120081", "text": "Nikki Newman Nikki Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS daytime soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Created and introduced by William J. Bell in 1978, the role was originally portrayed by Erica Hope, before Melody Thomas Scott took over in 1979. Initially introduced as a stripper, the character became well known for her relationship with businessman Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), a union that developed into a supercouple pairing that has spanned over three decades. She shares two children with Victor, Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow). In 2013, she reveals that she had previously", "title": "Nikki Newman" }, { "docid": "3574752", "text": "cast of \"The Young and the Restless\" as the character David Chow, first appearing on January 9, 2007. David Chow was romantically involved with Carmen Mesta, played by Marisa Ramirez, who was murdered soon afterward. Originally contracted for thirteen weeks, Irizarry's character proved popular and his stay on the soap was eventually extended. He went on later to a romantic relationship with Nikki Newman while she was separated from husband Victor, but eventually decided to break up his relationship with Nikki. due to his difficulties with gambling. Chow was then killed in a car accident on August 1, 2008. On", "title": "Vincent Irizarry" }, { "docid": "16368852", "text": "recurring status. Her most recent appearance was in April 1998. History<br> Dr. Casey Reed is Nikki Reed's older sister. Casey takes a job at Snapper Foster's medical clinic in 1978. Snapper falls in love with Casey after he separates from his wife, Chris Brooks Foster. Casey and Snapper's relationship is troubled from the start because Casey suffers from a fear of sex and she is also worried about her younger sister, Nikki, who is a promiscuous teenager. When Nikki and Casey's mother is killed in a car crash, their father, Nick Reed, returns to Genoa City. Seeing her father again,", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s)" }, { "docid": "16372999", "text": "was unexpectedly canceled by Victor so that he could attend Sabrina's burial alone. Several weeks after Sabrina's death, Nikki Newman had numerous dreams that Sabrina and a little girl, presumably Sabrina and Victor's miscarried child, were talking with her, causing her to feel extremely guilty about Sabrina's death. David Chow also appeared in some of the dreams, telling Nikki that she was at fault for Sabrina's death, despite her having nothing to do with it in reality. Victor also accused Nikki of having a hand in her death because he felt that she had brought David into their lives by", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "16206322", "text": "She tried to flirt with Victor, but he made it clear that he already had a special lady in his life, Nikki Newman, and he left Ottawa. Meggie picked up on Victor's offer only a few weeks later when she appeared on his doorstep and told him that she had to flee. As a well-known business tycoon, Victor did a background check on Meggie, but he did not find anything that would lead him to believe that she was using him. Meggie began to work for Victor's fiancée, Nikki, as an assistant to her charity work, and she also became", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2010)" }, { "docid": "16206324", "text": "into his heart attack. Murphy found himself in the hospital in recovery, not able to say anything about what happened to him. Meggie was revealed to be Murphy's ex-daughter-in-law, and she presumably killed Murphy's son. To continue her plan, Meggie found help in bartender, Deacon Sharpe, who was an alcoholic himself. He became Nikki's drinking buddy for a short while. With Victor and Nikki's wedding coming up, Meggie arranged for Nikki to be found drunk in Deacon's bed, and she was consequently shipped off to rehab. Meggie used her time wisely in order to get closer to Victor so that", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2010)" }, { "docid": "16372964", "text": "Nikki refused to give up on him; however Paul continued to search through his past and discovered his real name was Angelo Sarafini, and was in fact a mobster hit man for Walter, or Tony Amato. He was then involved in the death of Ji Min Kim acting on Walter's behalf, and then Mina died under suspicious circumstances. Learning of all these events, Nikki left David and planned to divorce him. At a charity gala, David spiked Nikki's drinks with dangerous amounts of morphine; however, she was rescued and brought to hospital before it affected her. At the same time,", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "16367374", "text": "get her to join him in his revenge. She ended up agreeing, but their scheme (which involved Lorie's seduction of Victor while Nikki watched on videotape) fell apart as Lorie ended up falling for Victor and couldn't follow through on the scheme. Victor and Nikki ended up remarrying in September 2002. Mary Williams first appeared in March 1980 as the Williams family matriarch. She was portrayed by actress Carolyn Conwell until May 10, 2004. Beginning and ending as a series regular, Conwell had been bumped back and forth between contract and recurring. History<br> Mary was the wife of officer Carl", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "16367427", "text": "\"Sarah,\" a new servant at the ranch. Veronica was plotting revenge on her ex-husband Joshua Landers, who was at the time married to Nikki Newman. \"Sarah\" got her revenge by fatally shooting Joshua and wounding Nikki. Miguel did not know of \"Sarah's\" crimes and continued to support her and looked for possible jobs for her, until it was finally revealed that \"Sarah\" was really Veronica. She died in Miguel's arms. Miguel would continue to serve as the Newman's butler/house manager until 2008, though he wasn't seen after 2006. A new house manager, Estella Munoz, was introduced in April 2008. On", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "16372955", "text": "Heather Stevens that he'd had with his ex-wife, April. The only thing was Heather did not know Paul was her biological father. This led Maggie to encourage him to tell Heather the truth.. She and Paul did not break up on camera, and no mention was made of her when Paul began seeing Nikki. David Chow first appeared on January 9, 2007, portrayed by Vincent Irizarry, investigating the murder of ex-fiancée Carmen Mesta. Later marrying Nikki Newman, David was a mobster hit man who later died in a car accident with Sabrina Costelana. Casting<br> Irizarry's casting for the role was", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "16368858", "text": "reprised her role from 1992 to 1994. April was last portrayed by Rebecca Staab for two episodes in January 2008. History<br> In 1979, April became neighbors with Snapper and Chris Foster as she moved right next door to them in their apartment building. April Stevens then began to see and have an affair with Paul Williams and she became pregnant. Paul urged April to have an abortion and, when she refused, Paul turned his back on her. Paul ended up leaving Genoa City to join the New World Commune with his ex-girlfriend, Nikki Reed Foster. Steven Williams and Peggy Brooks", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s)" }, { "docid": "16367389", "text": "and she prepared to stab her, but she was interrupted by Nikki's sister, Dr. Casey Reed. So, Eve climbed into Victor's trunk which was about to be placed on the plane for his honeymoon. At the last moment, the newlyweds changed their minds and decided to stay home. Victor learned that Eve had escaped; he found her and returned her to the sanitarium. A couple of months later, while Victor and Nikki were vacationing, Eve and Nikki's former lover, Rick Daros, escaped from the sanitarium and returned to Genoa City. Rick had amnesia, forgetting he had tried to kill Nikki", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "16372960", "text": "divorce settlement. Later on, David and Nikki became co-CEOs of Jabot Cosmetics. Victor warned her about David's eventful past, which included three previous marriages. He believed David was after Nikki's money, but she didn't listen to Victor and they continued their engagement. Walter Palin then arrived in town, a loan shark who David paid off his debt to. Walter was the only person who knew David's true identity, \"Clark\". After a heated fight between the two men, David agreed to tell Nikki about his gambling problem and debt, which she chose to pay off and tried to commit him to", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "16368851", "text": "returned from being held captive by and falling in love with a man named Felipe, she divorced Derek. Derek had a friendly reunion with both Jill, who informed him she had gotten married, and Kay, who had just recently had a face-lift, when he appeared at the wedding of Victor Newman and Nikki Reed in 1984. Dr. Cassandra \"Casey\" Reed first appeared in March 1978 and was portrayed by Roberta Leighton. The character is better known as the older sister of longtime Genoa City resident Nikki Newman. Originally a main character with the actress on contract, Leighton later moved to", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s)" }, { "docid": "16367388", "text": "cemetery, Max was so shocked to see Victor alive that he fell against a pitchfork and died. Eve tried to stab Victor, and she was consequently committed to a sanitarium. By 1984, Victor was planning on marrying Nikki. When Eve read about this in the newspaper at the sanitarium, she tried to switch places with her roommate, who was about to be released but wanted to stay in the sanitarium. Eve knocked out a caterer and changed clothes with her to get into the hotel where Victor and Nikki were getting married. After the wedding, Eve went to Nikki's room,", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "17556460", "text": "a philosophy and a kind of religion that he follows called The Path. He's in town to find out about a certain individual, but he's probably there to stir it up a little bit and I think he will.\" After a nearly year long absence, Wise returned on September 4, 2015. Ian arrives in Genoa City suddenly after being informed by a co-worker that two people were looking for him in Indiana. He surprises Nikki by appearing in her home and she immediately tells him to leave before slapping him twice; he is surprised that Nikki never told him he", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2014)" }, { "docid": "8141877", "text": "Benjamin Hochman create a plan to take down Victoria Newman's company, Brash and Sassy so Phyllis can spend more time with Billy. In April 2018, Phyllis helps bury the body of J.T Hellstorm, with the help of Sharon Newman, Victoria Newman, and Nikki Newman after Nikki hits J.T over the head with a firepoker. Stafford has been praised for her portrayal. In 1995, Lilana Novakovich of the \"Toronto Star\" stated: \"Michelle Stafford is every bit as irrepressible as Phyllis Romalotti, her character on \"The Young and the Restless\".\" The Sharon/Nick/Phyllis love triangle, which took place from 2006 to 2010, was", "title": "Phyllis Summers" }, { "docid": "16206323", "text": "the right hand for planning the couple's wedding. When Meggie found out that Nikki was an alcoholic and has been sober for over a decade, she used this information to her advantage. She began to spike Nikki's drinks with vodka. When Meggie got an assignment to bring a check from Victor to Katherine Chancellor, she met an old acquaintance in Katherine's husband, Patrick Murphy. Murphy planned to warn Nikki and Victor about her, but he suffered a heart attack in front of Meggie because she prevented him from taking his pills on time. Meggie watched with glee as Murphy gave", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2010)" }, { "docid": "10381011", "text": "George Kennedy. Nick accompanied Victor on his trip to visit his father, essentially restarting their fragile relationship. With the help of Nikki, Victor managed to regain his children's trust and made them co-CEOs of Newman. Victor then joined forces with Nikki and Phyllis to form NVP. His involved with the upstart company was short-lived, however. Victor was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, a condition of which Jack took advantage. Victor returned from a spiritual journey he suffered more seizures. He was eventually cured but was touched by how supportive Jack had been during the ordeal. Victor quickly learned of Jack's", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "16367380", "text": "but Christine was unable to convince Paul to leave Isabella. Despite the fact that Isabella had given Mary the grandchild that she had always wanted, a boy who was named Ricardo Carl Williams, Ricardo went to live with Isabella's parents in California. Mary has not been seen on-screen since 2004 after a sudden drunk driving charge was made against her after an argument with Paul. In 2009, a \"slowing down\" Mary returned (off-screen) with her eldest son, Father Todd Williams, for Paul's nuptials to Nikki Newman. As of 2014, Paul revealed to Nikki that Mary had died. Eve Howard first", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "11161197", "text": "his incriminating pictures. Ricky made a deal with Phyllis which allowed him access to \"Restless Style\"s website, and he published an article about Nikki Newman's (Melody Thomas Scott) involvement in the murder investigation. Later on, he meets his uncle Todd Williams and he meets and offers to help his aunt Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) who is hiding from police, however that was all a scam in order to write an article about Patty and Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman). Ricky then wanted to write that article with Phyllis, though she turned him down as she promised her ex-husband Nick that she", "title": "Ricky Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "9353751", "text": "with Nikki, who had separated from Victor. Victoria and Ashley began to compete for Cole's affection, with Ashley ultimately winning. After divorcing Victoria, Cole married Ashley. When Ashley went to Paris on a business trip later that year, Victoria began trying to seduce Cole, which was unsuccessful. When Ashley returned, she began pressuring Cole to have a child with her. Cole wasn't interested, so he accepted a teaching position in England and divorced Ashley. Cole Howard Cole Howard is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". The role was originated by N.P. Schoch in", "title": "Cole Howard" }, { "docid": "9264253", "text": "Edward J. Scott Edward J. Scott (born September 15, 1944) is an American soap opera producer. Born and raised in Santa Monica, California, Scott earned a B.A from California State University at Northridge with a double major of anthropology and broadcasting journalism. He has been married since 1985 to actress Melody Thomas Scott, who is best known for her role as Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless. The couple, who have three daughters: Jennifer, Alexandra and Elizabeth, recently renewed their wedding vows on their 20th anniversary in an Entertainment Tonight special, ranked #1 in its timeslot. Five-time Emmy", "title": "Edward J. Scott" }, { "docid": "16372890", "text": "Sharon could have been involved in the disappearance, as Sharon had told Nikki of her ordeal. When asked about his whereabouts, Cameron made up a fake story about finding an old girlfriend of his in a bar and flying away with her to an island in the Caribbean. When Sharon confronted him later on, Cameron denied that the events of New Year's Eve even occurred. Later on, Cameron arrived at the Newman ranch to give Nick a job offer; to be the CEO of Kirsten Incorporated. Cameron even said that sooner or later, he might hand the entire company over", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "16974070", "text": "due to overdosing on pills. Victor becomes very concerned, as Marcus is a very powerful man. Wheeler is later revealed to have had an affair with Belinda Rogan, the mother of Leslie and Tyler Michaelson (Angell Conwell and Redaric Williams), who was believed to be murdered by her husband, Gus, as he was convicted for the crime. Victor kept looking to Wheeler's affairs and when he refused to stop, he hired an assassin named Bob to plant a bomb at the Newman ranch while Victor was remarrying Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott). The bomb was defused but Adam was shot,", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2013)" }, { "docid": "8117094", "text": "actor had appeared in over 3,600 episodes of the daytime drama. Reflecting on the \"unique demands\" of the soap-opera genre, Davidson said: \"You must see each day as fresh, but it's also dangerous to invest too much because you do have to come back tomorrow. It's not the Super Bowl every day.\" In January 2018, Davidson was bumped to recurring status. The character Paul Williams was born in May 1960, the son of police detective Carl Williams (Brett Hadley) and Mary Williams (Carolyn Conwell). He has three siblings: Todd, Steven and Patty. Paul begins dating close friend, Nikki Reed (Melody", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "12743216", "text": "but noted that it was \"fun to play\". Following Kyle being rapidly aged and returning to town, Hood stated that his new agenda was to \"be close to his dad and move on with his life\". However, Hood talked about how Kyle's goal to \"live a happy full life\" may not happen because he just happened to have \"stepped into this situation where the woman who killed his mother is still here.\" Kyle was \"less than pleased\" that his father Jack was re-developing a relationship with his ex-wife Nikki, who killed his mother in self-defense. Hood further said: \"What’s great", "title": "Kyle Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8116062", "text": "be there. They also kick Gloria out of the mansion. It is discovered that John actually left Gloria fifty percent of his billion dollar estate. The Abbotts were livid when Gloria continued to climb up the corporate ladder at Jabot. Jack begins dating Nick's ex-wife Sharon Newman and they eventually marry in April 2007. Jack runs against Nikki for Wisconsin State Senate and wins with the help of Phyllis and Sharon scheming against Nikki. He has a rocky career as a senator, and ultimately resigns in December because of various events that ultimately lead to a senatorial ethics hearing including", "title": "Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "16372967", "text": "senatorial campaign, landed a powerful executive position at Newman Enterprises.\" History<br> Karen arrived in Genoa City as Nikki Newman's campaign manager for her Wisconsin state senate campaign; however Nikki lost the campaign and Karen was fired. She dated Neil Winters after his wife's death. His children, Lily Winters and Devon Hamilton, didn't approve of Karen after their mother's death, however later began to give her a chance. Karen and Neil moved in together; Lily then found herself pregnant by her boyfriend, Cane Ashby; Neil proposed to raise the child with Karen, but Karen was extremely against Neil's proposal, and subsequently", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "17556462", "text": "is taken by Leslie Michaelson (Angell Conwell), generating controversy. Later, Dylan and Nikki's husband Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) work to get Ian out of town, contacting his ex-wife Willah, who later reveals that Ian is unable to father children. Leslie also breaks the client/attorney confidentiality clause by revealing his secret. This leads Nikki to realize that Ian was never Dylan's father and that her lover at the time, Paul Williams (Doug Davidson), is. Ian defends himself by saying that when Nikki said that he was Dylan's father, he decided to come to town and go along with her assumptions. He", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2014)" }, { "docid": "16367367", "text": "dig up the corpse. At the cemetery, Max was so shocked to see Victor alive that he fell against a pitchfork and died. Eve tried to stab Victor and was committed to a sanitarium. A year later in 1984, Victor was getting married to former stripper Nikki Reed. Julia was at the ceremony and Eve Howard even escaped the sanitarium to try to stab Nikki. She failed, however. Around the same time, Julia tested another modeling career as Victor's enemy, Jack Abbott, hired Julia as Jabot Cosmetics' top model instead of his mistress, Diane Jenkins. At the same time, Julia", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "16368856", "text": "market baby organization. She was portrayed by Darlene Conley until 1980, with a return appearance from 1986 to January 1987. History<br> Rose DeVille had a modeling agency that was really a front for drugs and prostitution. An unwitting, young Nikki Reed signed on and became entangled in the death of a businessman, Walter Addison. Rose later ran a home for unwed mothers while actually operating a black-market baby ring. She took a teenage Nina Webster under her wing, only to later abandon her on the delivery table and kidnap her son. Nina was led to believe the baby was stillborn.", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s)" }, { "docid": "17556461", "text": "fathered a child with her. He then introduces himself to Dylan, who isn't pleased that he is in town. Ian later overhears Summer Newman (Hunter King) talking about being confused about her future, and he gives her a business card for The Path, the present day version of his cult. He later convinces her to begin counseling with him, but Nikki and Summer's father Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow) are able to stop him from scamming Summer. Dylan later confronts Ian and asks why he shouldn't kill him, where he claims to have a secret. Ian is arrested and his case", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2014)" }, { "docid": "8117107", "text": "Katherine Chancellor's (Jeanne Cooper) funeral, with Paul following Katherine's advice in a letter he received during the ceremony. Global Regina describes Paul, a detective, as always doing \"his best to see that justice is done\". CBS created him as a \"charismatic\" private investigator who was compassionate and attractive. \"Canyon News\" described Paul as a \"sexy private eye who many Genoa City citizens have called upon to save their lives and their companies\". Bell had introduced Paul as a \"bad boy\" who would be a rival for Nikki Reed's (Melody Thomas Scott) affections (which he won), and \"too green to know", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "16368832", "text": "Thinking it would convince Victor of her love for him, Julia told him that she wanted to have a baby. Victor responded by having a vasectomy without telling her. In the end, Julia ending up having an affair and Victor's extreme response caused their divorce in 1981. By 1984, Victor married Nikki Reed and Brock was invited to return. Brock had returned just before then helping Kay recover from her face-lift. Brock ended up staying around to cool the tensions as Kay and Jill's rivalry reached another breaking point with Kay's attempt to destroy Jill's marriage to John Abbott. By", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s)" }, { "docid": "16951506", "text": "actors had been let go, to make way for returning and new cast members, including the highly anticipated return of Melody Thomas Scott as long-running character Nikki Newman. Dowling said \"The housecleaning had many fans abuzz, wondering if it meant Scott would finally return to the series.\" Initially, only Rogers was expected to have been fired following an announcement via Twitter until an insider from the show shared the news with \"CBS Soaps In Depth\" of additional departures. Sam, a rural veterinarian from New Mexico is described as being \"kind, decent, and full of common sense\". The character was introduced", "title": "Sam Gibson (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8109207", "text": "stated: \"\"Young and Restless\"' Victor and Nikki are the perfect example of a couple who they can tear apart and put back together how many times? And [the writers] do it really well because they're so stable as characters that you can basically do anything with them now, and the audience will go on the journey with them.\" The Museum of Television and Radio wrote: \"Combined with a series of social-issue storylines covering everything from AIDS to date rape to the plight of the elderly, as well as featuring a group of popular young African-American characters, and several long-term romantic", "title": "Victor Newman" }, { "docid": "16367391", "text": "Victor's book. Some time afterward, a lonely Victor contacted Eve and asked her to bring Cole to Genoa City. Eve returned to Genoa City with Cole, a young and handsome aspiring novelist. Cole built up a relationship in Genoa City with Victor's daughter with Nikki, Victoria Newman, while Eve left. She would periodically visit or call him to see how he was doing in his new life. Soon after, Cole wrote to his mother saying he had fallen for Victoria. Eve, while on a cruise, read the letter and was horrified by the thought of her son unknowingly getting involved", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "16347480", "text": "and selling ecstasy, Larry developed a soft spot for his young daughter, Cassie Newman, who eventually persuaded him to testify for Nick rather than against him. Larry gradually began to reform after Nick's mother, Nikki Newman, gave him a job as a janitor at Jabot Cosmetics. He also rescued young lovers Billy Abbott and Mackenzie Browning from Mackenzie's stepfather, Ralph Hunnicutt, and ended up sleeping with Mackenzie's mother, Amanda Browning. Larry then began an affair with Billy's mother, Jill Abbott, who kept their affair a secret for fear that it would damage her reputation that she was dating a man", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "15665895", "text": "previous months, \"If I don't pay attention to the ratings and what the viewers are saying, I'm an ostrich. I have not seen a decline in the ratings on the show this precipitous — ever. I've never seen this much of a percentage decline.\" \"Days of Our Lives\" had finished the 2008-2009 television season with a substantial increase in viewers (3.0 million vs. 2.8 million) and had risen to the #3 spot behind \"The Young and the Restless\" and \"The Bold and the Beautiful\", respectively. It was the #2 daytime program behind \"The Young and the Restless\" in the much", "title": "Days of Our Lives" }, { "docid": "14478706", "text": "in 1982. During the late 1970s, Linda became one of the few female business executives on daytime, taking over Anderson Manufacturing while her husband Bob was recovering from a heart attack. Afterwards, she starred as the devious Eve Howard, Victor Newman's former secretary and lover on \"The Young and the Restless\" on and off from 1980 to 1984, and briefly in 1993. Eve notoriously tried to kill Nikki on her wedding day to Victor Newman (after trying to poison Victor the year before), then snuck into their trunk before they decided not to leave on their honeymoon. Her 1993 return", "title": "Margaret Mason" }, { "docid": "13040266", "text": "on April 23, 2004 when he reappeared in a drunken dream had by Katherine. Quin Redeker signed on to portray Rex on \"The Young and the Restless\" just before departing his role of Alex Marshall on another Sony Pictures soap opera \"Days of Our Lives\", where he last aired on July 23, 1987. He was no stranger to the show, having previously portrayed Nick Reed, the abusive father of long-running character Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), for five weeks in 1979. Rex evolved into a wealthy businessman. When Jill Foster Abbott (Jess Walton) found Rex Sterling on a park bench", "title": "Rex Sterling" }, { "docid": "8435731", "text": "Jimmy didn't want anyone to know about his lung cancer and so did not explain this to Margi, leaving her furious with Jimmy. Nikki was also furious with Jimmy and said she would never forgive him. Later when Jimmy found that he didn't have lung cancer, but another fatal disease, asbestosis he explained to Nikki and she forgave him. After terrorising the neighbourhood, Jack Michaelson is lynched by the neighbours. While all the neighbours are either in on his murder or glad of it, Nikki is the only one who feels sorry for him. Nikki then sells her house to", "title": "Nikki Shadwick" }, { "docid": "17961069", "text": "Nikki outside. He sees the ghost couple behind Nikki and asks her to move, but is attacked by the ghosts. When a couple of policemen arrive at the bungalow, Kunal believes that Nikki had requested them to help him, but they reveal that four people had been killed in that house - Smitha, Mr. Ghost, their young daughter and a girl named Nikki, implying that she is Kunal's girl friend, Nikki. The police disclose that Kunal is a suspect regarding the murder case and attempt to arrest him. Confused and in tears, Kunal does not believe the policemen and attempts", "title": "Pizza (2014 film)" }, { "docid": "15864583", "text": "She said that she has found that her \"fan base will follow\" her whatever she does. She explained that, \"My job is not to disappoint [My fans], not to cheat them. And I feel like the last little appearance on \"GH\" cheated them. I welcome the opportunity to do something new to continue to entertain my audience. What I loved about Laura—and what people loved about Laura—is that she is a terrific memory, but it’s just not there anymore.\" \"Soap Opera Digest\" later confirmed the character's name to be Genevieve Atkinson. Co-head writer of \"The Young and the Restless\", Scott", "title": "Genevieve Atkinson" }, { "docid": "10380993", "text": "and being in the newspaper constantly for his company and social life, Luan surprisingly does not know Jack is in Genoa City. The character is shown with white hair, appearing to be around 60 years old, however, when Jack and Luan finally reconnect, Luan now has black hair and appears to be around 45. Luan quickly marries Jack Abbott (who tells him he is the father of her son Keemo), even though they barely know each other, and then she is suddenly and mysterious un-disclosed disease, and her two children were written out soon afterward in 1996. Keemo is never", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "18444436", "text": "\"The solid instrumental sound and confident songwriting that they produced on their last recording have somehow disappeared, and even John Hall's synthesizers can't muster any redemption amongst the album's filler. Young & Restless showed signs of the band declining in all aspects, which was later confirmed on Prism's future releases.\" Young and Restless (Prism album) Young and Restless is the fourth studio album by the Canadian rock band, Prism. It was originally released in 1980 by the record label Capitol. The album is notably the last album by the band to feature Ron Tabak as the lead vocalist, and it", "title": "Young and Restless (Prism album)" }, { "docid": "3428073", "text": "would be joining \"The Young and the Restless\", as Maureen, Nikki Newman's new drinking buddy, a \"charming, intelligent, middle-class woman who has always aspired to a more privileged life than she has had. Baxter will start appearing on the program on September 8. She is also the mother to \"Stich\" Raybourne and Kelly Andrews. Baxter has been married four times and has five children. In 1966, she married Robert Lewis Bush and they had two children — Theodore Justin (\"Ted\"; born May 10, 1967) and Eva Whitney (born August 6, 1969); the couple divorced in 1971. In 1974, she married", "title": "Meredith Baxter" } ]
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when did they start celebrating cinco de mayo
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[ { "docid": "14362800", "text": "in the U.S. Civil War and the United States' destiny would have been different. According to a paper published by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture about the origin of the observance of Cinco de Mayo in the United States, the modern American focus on that day first started in California in 1863 in response to the resistance to French rule in Mexico. \"Far up in the gold country town of Columbia (now Columbia State Park) Mexican miners were so overjoyed at the news that they spontaneously fired off rifle shots and fireworks, sang patriotic", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "14362801", "text": "songs and made impromptu speeches.\" A 2007 UCLA Newsroom article notes that, \"the holiday, which has been celebrated in California continuously since 1863, is virtually ignored in Mexico.\" \"TIME\" magazine reports that \"Cinco de Mayo started to come into vogue in 1940s America during the rise of the Chicano Movement.\" The holiday crossed over from California into the rest of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s but did not gain popularity until the 1980s when marketers, especially beer companies, capitalized on the celebratory nature of the day and began to promote it. It grew in popularity and evolved", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "14362800", "text": "in the U.S. Civil War and the United States' destiny would have been different. According to a paper published by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture about the origin of the observance of Cinco de Mayo in the United States, the modern American focus on that day first started in California in 1863 in response to the resistance to French rule in Mexico. \"Far up in the gold country town of Columbia (now Columbia State Park) Mexican miners were so overjoyed at the news that they spontaneously fired off rifle shots and fireworks, sang patriotic", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" } ]
[ { "docid": "16307040", "text": "as the LA Times Restaurant of the Year. Buscaino has also promoted community events in Watts, such as the Watts Winter Wonderland, Watts Cinco de Mayo, and Watts Dia de Los Muertos. The Winter Wonderland features food, crafts, a tree lighting ceremony, real snow, and sledding, and has had attendance in the thousands since its creation in 2014. The Cinco de Mayo and Dia de Los Muertos celebrations, meanwhile, were started as a way of celebrating the rich Mexican heritage found throughout Los Angeles; the events were highly popular in their first year (2016), and are expected to bring the", "title": "Joe Buscaino" }, { "docid": "16565483", "text": "cultural events on campus at UC Santa Cruz, but also off campus in the Santa Cruz community. Events include things such as Spanish Camp, ORALE “Brought to you by MECHA”, Danzantes Unidos Festival “Carnaval de Muertitos\", Womyn of Color Conference 2011 “Celebrating Our Stories: Breaking Traditional Constraints and Striving for Empowerment”, UCSC Day by the Bay Celebration, Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Santa Cruz High School, Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Soledad Prison, Relay For Life 2011, Multi-cultural Festival “MCF\", Baile Folklórico Stanford Annual Concierto de la Primavera at Stanford University and finally at the end of the year spring", "title": "Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas" }, { "docid": "14362803", "text": "Los Angeles' Fiesta Broadway has been billed as the largest Cinco de Mayo celebration in the world, which it most certainly was at its peak in the 1990s when it attracted crowds of 500,000 or more. In recent years attendance has seen a dramatic decrease. On June 7, 2005, the United States Congress issued a concurrent resolution calling on the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe Cinco de Mayo with appropriate ceremonies and activities. To celebrate, many display Cinco de Mayo banners while school districts hold special", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "14362807", "text": "States. As in the United States, celebrations elsewhere also emphasize Mexican cuisine, culture and music. For example, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, holds a \"Cinco de Mayo Street Festival\", some Canadian pubs play Mexican music and serve Mexican food and drink, and a sky-diving club near Vancouver holds a Cinco de Mayo skydiving event. In the Cayman Islands, in the Caribbean, there is an annual Cinco de Mayo air guitar competition, and at Montego Bay, Jamaica, there is a Cinco de Mayo celebration. The city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, holds an annual Mexican Festival to honor the day, and celebrations are held", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "14362808", "text": "in London and New Zealand. Other celebrations of the day can also be found in Cape Town, South Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, and in Paris. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in Japan in Osaka and in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park Event Space as a celebration of Latin American culture. Notes Citations Sources Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo ( in Latin America, Spanish for \"Fifth of May\") is an annual celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "14362793", "text": "Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo ( in Latin America, Spanish for \"Fifth of May\") is an annual celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza. In the United States, Cinco de Mayo has taken on a significance beyond that in Mexico. More popularly celebrated in the United States than Mexico, the date has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture. In Mexico, the commemoration of the battle continues to be mostly", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "14362802", "text": "into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, first in areas with large Mexican-American populations, like Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and San Jose. In a 1998 study in the \"Journal of American Culture\" it was reported that there were more than 120 official US celebrations of Cinco de Mayo in 21 different states. An update in 2006 found that the number of official Cinco de Mayo events was 150 or more, according to José Alamillo, a professor of ethnic studies at Washington State University in Pullman, who has studied the cultural impact of Cinco de Mayo north of the border.", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "2464924", "text": "economies. The largest important events include the Day of the Dead in Huaquechula, the Carnival of Huijotzingo, Spring Equinox in Cantona, Fiesta de Santo Entierro y Feria de las Flores, the Fería del Café y el Huipil, the Huey Atlixcáyotl Festival, the Quetzalcoatl Ritual and Cinco de Mayo, celebrated in the entire state. Cinco de Mayo—or the fifth of May—is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). A relatively minor holiday in Mexico, in the United States Cinco de Mayo has evolved into", "title": "Puebla" }, { "docid": "790126", "text": "de los Festejos del Centenario Luctuoso de Porfirio Díaz Mori\", which is headed by Francisco Jiménez. According to some, the fact that Díaz's remains have not been returned to Mexico \"symbolises the failure of the post-Revolutionary state to come to terms with the legacy of the Díaz regime.\" List of notable foreign awards awarded to President Díaz: The main Mexican holiday is the Day of Independence, celebrated on September 16. Americans are more familiar with the Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the date of the Battle of Puebla, in which Díaz participated, when a major victory was won", "title": "Porfirio Díaz" }, { "docid": "17319172", "text": "a Comedy Series for this episode. Flight of the Phoenix (Arrested Development) \"Flight of the Phoenix\" is the fifty-fourth episode of the television comedy series \"Arrested Development\" and the first episode of the fourth season. Thirty years ago, in retaliation for their maid taking a day off for Cinco de Mayo, Lucille (Kristen Wiig) and George Bluth, Sr. (Seth Rogen) started \"Cinco de Cuatro\", to take place on the eve of Cinco de Mayo in order to deplete stocks used for celebrations. In the present day, Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) finds himself at his lowest point at Cinco de Cuatro.", "title": "Flight of the Phoenix (Arrested Development)" }, { "docid": "17319164", "text": "Flight of the Phoenix (Arrested Development) \"Flight of the Phoenix\" is the fifty-fourth episode of the television comedy series \"Arrested Development\" and the first episode of the fourth season. Thirty years ago, in retaliation for their maid taking a day off for Cinco de Mayo, Lucille (Kristen Wiig) and George Bluth, Sr. (Seth Rogen) started \"Cinco de Cuatro\", to take place on the eve of Cinco de Mayo in order to deplete stocks used for celebrations. In the present day, Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) finds himself at his lowest point at Cinco de Cuatro. Drunk and heavily indebted to \"Lucille", "title": "Flight of the Phoenix (Arrested Development)" }, { "docid": "17054757", "text": "it various ventures. Rodriguez was also head of \"Turnkey Promotions\" which, through his radio stations KESS and KSSA, produced some of the largest Hispanic festivals in Texas in the 1980s and 1990s. Some of the festivals he produced include the \"Fiesta Diez y Seis\" in Dallas, in commemoration of Mexico's independence, and the Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The Diez y Seis celebrations held at Texas Stadium featured traditional Mexican dancing and performances by internationally recognized Mexican bands. KESS-AM also puts on a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Mexican artists that have performed at the \"Cinco de Mayo\" celebration include \"Los Bukis\"", "title": "Marcos A. Rodriguez" }, { "docid": "14362794", "text": "ceremonial, such as through military parades or battle reenactments. Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken for Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16, commemorating the Cry of Dolores that initiated the war of Mexican independence from Spain. Cinco de Mayo has its roots in the Second French intervention in Mexico, which took place in the aftermath of the 1846–48 Mexican–American War and the 1858–61 Reform War. The Reform War was a civil war that pitted Liberals (who believed in separation of church and state, and freedom of religion) against Conservatives (who favored a", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "10895611", "text": "and locally made stores, most of which are located on Cherokee Street. Home to the largest concentration of Hispanic owned restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, and other retail, Benton Park West is fortunate to have a diverse and celebrated community. There are numerous street festivals held along Cherokee Street. Cinco de Mayo: A Cherokee Street Festival is one of the largest. Organized by Cherokee Street Development League, the Cinco de Mayo festival hosts three stages of musics, food and beverage vendors along the street, and other activities. The People's Joy Parade is also a part of the Cinco de Mayo festival", "title": "Benton Park West, St. Louis" }, { "docid": "10208286", "text": "and Young was inspired to make her holiday also an international one. It was a small affair to be celebrated by a dozen women with a picnic in Hyde Park, London. Ages ranged from twenty-one to seventy-six and they all wore stickers saying: \"Ditch That Diet\". It rained, and so Mary Evans Young held the picnic in her home. By 1993, feminists in many more countries were planning on celebrating International No Diet Day. Americans, particularly those in California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, were concerned that the date clashed with the Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the southern states.", "title": "International No Diet Day" }, { "docid": "8915362", "text": "Police Department, the faith community, the state and federal law enforcement agencies and the citizens of the city...\" In 2001 there was a controversy between him and councilman Nat Bates over who received more time at the microphone at the city's Cinco de Mayo event. Bates claimed that the event should have been called \"Marquez de Mayo\" and wanted more time to address the crowd himself. City manager Tony Thurmond when questioned stated \"he did not want to touch\" the matter and later Bates requested a report by the parks department, and made a complaint to mayor Rosemary Corbin. He", "title": "John Márquez" }, { "docid": "16144981", "text": "He is a Democrat. In 2001 there was a controversy between him and councilman John Marquez over who received more time at the microphone at the city's Cinco de Mayo event. Bates claimed the event should have been called \"Marquez de Mayo\" and stated that he just wanted time to address the crowd as well. City manager when questioned stated \"he did not want to touch\" the matter and later Bates requested an investigation into the conduct by the parks department and filed a complaint with mayor Rosemary Corbin. The East Bay Express newspaper published a political cartoon of him", "title": "Nat Bates" }, { "docid": "5374631", "text": "Tortilla Flaps Tortilla Flaps is a Looney Tunes cartoon which was released to theaters on January 18, 1958, starring Speedy Gonzales and Señor Vulturo. It was directed by Robert McKimson, animated by George Grandpré and Ted Bonnicksen, written by Tedd Pierce, layouts by Robert Gribbroek, backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas, edited by SFX wizard Treg Brown, voices by Mel Blanc, and the musical direction was supervised by Milt Franklyn. While Speedy is playing ping-pong (by himself), a hungry hawk named Señor Vulturo swoops down and tries to eat the mice. It's Cinco de Mayo, and the mice are celebrating with", "title": "Tortilla Flaps" }, { "docid": "2285895", "text": "Music was given, the \"Star Award\". On 4 May 2001, the President of the United States, George W. Bush, invited her to a party celebrating Cinco de mayo organized at the White House, where she interpreted a medley of popular Mexican songs with a Mexican mariachi band. On 28 August 2001, expressing her love for her country of birth, Mexico, she released her album \"\": a \"greatest hits\" album, but recorded with the typical Mexican \"banda\" sound. \"Amor a la Mexicana\" banda version was released as a single. The album was nominated for a Latin Grammy for \"Best Banda Album\"", "title": "Thalía" }, { "docid": "18771353", "text": "Citizen Award, an annual recognition by the Richfield Human Rights Commission. She has contributed to the success of a number of community events, including: the Unity in the Community celebration which replaced Cinco de Mayo with a festival celebrating the cultural plurality of the community; the kite festival; and Heroes and Helpers which pairs police officers with underprivileged children to shop for Christmas presents. Tran has also delivered cultural training to the Richfield Police. Virginia Morris was recognized by the Richfield Human Rights Commission in 2002, receiving the Gene and Mary Jacobsen Outstanding Citizen Award. Additionally, she was recognized with", "title": "Augsburg Park Library" }, { "docid": "16957127", "text": "Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio are American screenwriters. They are primarily known for writing screenplays for animated films, including \"Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who\", \"Despicable Me\", \"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax\", \"Despicable Me 2\", \"The Secret Life of Pets\" and \"Despicable Me 3\". Paul was named after Cinco de Mayo, a celebration held on his birthday. After graduating from Yale University, Paul served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tokyo. Shortly after returning from his mission he married his wife whom he had met at Yale and to whom", "title": "Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio" }, { "docid": "19692627", "text": "of streets around City Hall. Organisers expected attendance of around 100,000. 2015: While organisers continued to bill Fiesta Broadway as the largest Cinco de Mayo festival in the world, attendance dwindled to 7,000 according to police estimates. The festival’s decline has been attributed to the gentrification of the neighborhood. 2018: Fiesta Broadway will mark its 29th straight year. Fiesta Broadway Fiesta Broadway is an annual event held in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Mexican culture and Latin American culture in general. Modeled on Miami’s Calle Ocho Festival and hearkening back to the early 20th-century Fiesta de Los", "title": "Fiesta Broadway" }, { "docid": "14362806", "text": "place to commemorate the battle. Parade participants dress as French and Mexican soldiers to reenact the battle. Every year the city also hosts the \"Festival Internacional de Puebla\", which gathers national and international artists, traditional musicians and dancers. As well as the \"Festival Internacional del Mole\", with an emphasis on the city's iconic \"mole poblano\". In Mexico City, military commemoration is occasionally held at the Campo Marte. A street, \"\", in the Historic Center of Mexico City was named after the battle in 1862 by Benito Juárez. Events tied to Cinco de Mayo also occur outside Mexico and the United", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "14362804", "text": "events to educate students about its historical significance. Special events and celebrations highlight Mexican culture, especially in its music and regional dancing. Examples include \"baile folklórico\" and mariachi demonstrations held annually at the Plaza del Pueblo de Los Ángeles, near Olvera Street. Commercial interests in the United States have capitalized on the celebration, advertising Mexican products and services, with an emphasis on alcoholic beverages, foods, and music. According to Nielsen, in 2013 more than $600 million worth of beer was purchased in the United States for Cinco de Mayo, more than for the Super Bowl or St. Patrick’s Day. On", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "2421342", "text": "Christianity to Islam, as well as racial diversity where various ethnic holidays such as St. Patrick's Day, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Mardi Gras, and Cinco de Mayo are celebrated by individuals in the workplace, as a matter of best practice. In light of recent race issues in the United States, many municipalities both at the city and state levels have begun celebrating Malcolm X Day and Rosa Parks Day in addition to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to embrace the mostly disenfranchised African American community in the form of festivals and parades if not done as a legal public holiday. Illinois and", "title": "Public holidays in the United States" }, { "docid": "706695", "text": "construction. Richmond is home to four marinas: the Brickyard Cove Yacht Club, Point San Pablo Yacht Club, Marina Bay Marina, and Channel Marina in the Santa Fe channel. In addition, Richmond has the \"Richmond Plunge\", a municipal natatorium dating back to 1926 and which reopened August 14, 2010. The pool is located in the Point Richmond neighborhood. The city has annual Juneteenth and Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The Cinco de Mayo celebrations sponsored by the 23rd Street Merchant's Association attracts thousands and closes the entire length of the roadway. The Richmond Police Department, Fire Brigade, United States Marine Corps and", "title": "Richmond, California" }, { "docid": "19546737", "text": "Morning\", \"The Home and Family Show\", \"All Things Considered\", \"Morning Edition\", and \"The Splendid Table\" among other media. Her food writing has appeared in \"The Washington Post\". In May 2014, Jinich was invited to cook at the White House for President Barack Obama's Cinco de Mayo dinner. In May 2018, she cooked at the James Beard House in New York city for their Cinco de Mayo dinner. Jinich was born and raised in Mexico City in a Jewish Mexican family, and is the youngest of four sisters. Her grandparents were Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe. Her father was an architect", "title": "Pati Jinich" }, { "docid": "1721730", "text": "victory. It was included, along with Zaragoza's likeness, on Mexican 500-peso banknotes from 1995 to 2010 (Series D). In Mexico City, Zaragoza is honored with a Metro station named for him on Line 1. In the film \"Cinco de Mayo La Batalla\" (2013), Zaragoza was portrayed by Kuno Becker. Ignacio Zaragoza Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (; March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a Mexican general and politician. He led the Mexican army that defeated invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 (mostly celebrated in the United States as \"Cinco de Mayo\"). Zaragoza was born", "title": "Ignacio Zaragoza" }, { "docid": "14362805", "text": "May 9, 1862, President Juárez declared that the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla would be a national holiday regarded as \"Battle of Puebla Day\" or \"Battle of Cinco de Mayo\". Today, the commemoration of the battle is not observed as a national holiday in Mexico (i.e. not a statutory holiday). However, all public schools are closed nationwide in Mexico on May 5. The day is an official holiday in the State of Puebla, where the Battle took place, and also a full holiday (no work) in the neighboring State of Veracruz. In Puebla, historical reenactments, parades, and meals take", "title": "Cinco de Mayo" }, { "docid": "1008290", "text": "the east. The Delano Municipal Airport is an uncontrolled airfield offering a 5,651 foot runway and light aviation services, and is open to the public.There is no scheduled airline service at the airport, but the airport serves a variety of other significant users. Many military, air charter, air ambulance, and other flying services operate from the airport on a regular basis. Various private taxi services are available throughout the city of Delano. The Cinco De Mayo Fiesta celebrates Mexican culture with live entertainment and a carnival at Memorial Park. This four-day celebrations commemorates Cinco de Mayo. Delano is home to", "title": "Delano, California" }, { "docid": "14507640", "text": "film starring martial artist Scott Adkins as Yuri Boyka. Emilien De Falco Emilien De Falco is a French American actor, martial artist. He has appeared in big budget action movies such as , EuropaCorp, \"Downstream\", \"Cinco de mayo\", \"Dragon Quest\", \"Cross\", Deadliest warrior, and has recently portrayed Alain Mersault in the NBC TV show \"Crossbones\" starring John Malkovich. Emilien started Martial Arts with Taekwondo at the age of 7. After getting a strong traditional base he also trained acrobatics, Stunts, Parkour and fitness, willing to increase his flexibility, explosivity and muscularity. He used his skills to start working in the", "title": "Emilien De Falco" }, { "docid": "14507638", "text": "Emilien De Falco Emilien De Falco is a French American actor, martial artist. He has appeared in big budget action movies such as , EuropaCorp, \"Downstream\", \"Cinco de mayo\", \"Dragon Quest\", \"Cross\", Deadliest warrior, and has recently portrayed Alain Mersault in the NBC TV show \"Crossbones\" starring John Malkovich. Emilien started Martial Arts with Taekwondo at the age of 7. After getting a strong traditional base he also trained acrobatics, Stunts, Parkour and fitness, willing to increase his flexibility, explosivity and muscularity. He used his skills to start working in the entertainment industry. He began his career in Europe performing", "title": "Emilien De Falco" }, { "docid": "8055633", "text": "Rio Bravo's annual Cinco de Mayo parties in 2000 and 2001. In 2000 Cinco de Mayo was on a Friday and 2001 it was on a Saturday. In December 2002 Chevy’s converted or closed all Rio Bravo restaurants. Besides suburban Atlanta, the chain also operated in Metro Detroit including locations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Livonia, Michigan and Taylor, Michigan, and Orlando, Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, Asheville, North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee. Rio Bravo Cantina Rio Bravo was a Tex-Mex style Mexican restaurant serving the metro the southern United States and Michigan from its opening in 1985", "title": "Rio Bravo Cantina" }, { "docid": "19692623", "text": "of Cinco de Mayo falls on May 5, which is the meaning of its Spanish name, Fiesta Broadway is always held on the last Sunday in April, since 1995. 1990: The first L.A. Fiesta Broadway drew a crowd that was estimated at 500,000. This was the first large-scale attempt to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Los Angeles. A partnership of city officials, KMEX-TV and downtown merchants paid for the $1 million festival, which was taped and telecast over the Spanish-language Univision Network. 1991: The second L.A. Fiesta Broadway cost $2 million and stretched over 36 blocks from Temple Street to", "title": "Fiesta Broadway" }, { "docid": "1723106", "text": "of Puebla would be a national holiday, regarded as \"Battle of Puebla Day\" or \"Battle of Cinco de Mayo\". A common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day, the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico. Mexico celebrates Independence Day on the 16th of September, commemorating the beginning of the war of Independence (September 16, 1810, the \"Cry of Dolores\"). Mexico also observes the culmination of the war of Independence, which lasted 11 years, on the 27th of September. Since the 1930s, a re-enactment of the Battle of Puebla has been held each", "title": "Battle of Puebla" }, { "docid": "14472357", "text": "single, though some were probably edited. The album was re-released on CD in 1995 with a different running order and the extended version of \"Cinco de Mayo\" added as a bonus track. Outlaw (War album) Outlaw is an album by War, released on RCA Victor Records in 1982. This was War's first album for RCA. Between this and the previous album on MCA, War released a single on LA Records, a company owned by their producer Jerry Goldstein: \"Cinco de Mayo\", which also appears on \"Outlaw\", backed with \"Don't Let No One Get You Down\", an older track from \"Why", "title": "Outlaw (War album)" }, { "docid": "1158045", "text": "includes \"children's activities, cowboy food and music, cowboy mounted shooting, horseback and stagecoach rides, living history, gunfight re-enactments, arts and crafts vendors, roping, horseshoeing and many other demonstrations.\" A Cinco de Mayo celebration is held May 3–4. Cinco de Mayo (\"Fifth of May\") is the celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. The event is held in Mesilla and provides arts and crafts, food vendors, and Mexican music. Another major event is the annual 4th of July Electric Light Parade, celebration and fireworks display held July 3 and 4. The celebration begins with a parade and ends with a fireworks display", "title": "Las Cruces, New Mexico" }, { "docid": "11035312", "text": "that \"they are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take 'em away!\" This is a reference to a line spoken by Darth Vader to Princess Leia in the movie \"Star Wars\". The party Peter is invited to is the celebration of Cinco de Mayo. The scene in which Peter is hired as a babysitter of two children is a reference to the film \"Mary Poppins\". When taking the immigration test, Peter is asked who founded America to which he replies \"Dick York\" but then quickly changes his answer to \"Dick Sargent\". This is a reference to the two", "title": "Padre de Familia" }, { "docid": "1736875", "text": "Municipality which had a population of 654,876 in 2015. and includes outlying communities such as El Nayar, Cinco de Mayo, La Ferreria, and Colonia Hidalgo. The official name is Victoria de Durango but it is also commonly referred to as the City of Durango or Durango City. The name “Durango” comes from a town in the Spanish province of Vizcaya, likely of Basque origin. It was named by Francisco de Ibarra after his hometown, as did the original name for the area, which was Nuevo Vizcaya. The official name of the city became Victoria de Durango in 1826, in honor", "title": "Durango City" }, { "docid": "2727366", "text": "U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that \"racially hostile or contemptuous speech\" can be restricted, even if it was not disruptive. This deviated from the \"Tinker\" ruling, which said the school's restriction of the Tinkers' speech was unconstitutional because it was not disruptive. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit applied \"Tinker\" in February 2014 to rule that a California school did not violate the First Amendment in \"Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District\", where a school banned American flag apparel during a Cinco de Mayo celebration. The school said they had enacted the", "title": "Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District" }, { "docid": "1287919", "text": "in the Battle of Puebla on 5 May 1862 (\"Cinco de Mayo\"). Díaz entered politics following the expulsion of the French in 1867. When Benito Juárez was elected in 1871, Díaz alleged fraud. Juárez died in office in 1872, and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada succeeded him. Díaz unsuccessfully rebelled against Lerdo under the Plan de La Noria but later accepted the amnesty offered to him. However, when Lerdo ran for the presidency in 1876, Díaz successfully rebelled under the Plan de Tuxtepec. In his early years in the presidency, Díaz was a master politician, playing factions off one another while", "title": "Mexican Revolution" }, { "docid": "6588727", "text": "were interrupted by the Habsburg monarchy's rule of Mexico (1864–67). Conservatives tried to institute a monarchy when they helped to bring to Mexico an archduke from the Royal House of Austria, known as Maximilian of Habsburg (wife Carlota of Habsburg) with the military support of France, which was interested in exploiting the rich mines in the north-west of the country. Although the French, then considered one of the most efficient armies of the world, suffered an initial defeat in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 (now commemorated as the Cinco de Mayo holiday) they eventually defeated loyalist government", "title": "Military history of Mexico" }, { "docid": "11692969", "text": "Hispanic population of 45 percent, and several Hispanic community organizations began discussions to start operating inside the mall, whose management planned to lessen its focus on department stores and improve customer attendance by adding community organizations in the mall's vacant store space. Up to that time, the mall had become a popular site for Hispanic events, which included hosting Fiestas Patrias, and a Cinco de Mayo festival, as well as the 2011 season of the reality television series \"La Academia\". The Mexican Patriotic Committee, offering afterschool and parental programs as well as seminars, began operating at the mall in October", "title": "The Boulevard Mall" }, { "docid": "5171604", "text": "leave for good. Another side of her character is seen when Caulfield gets a summer job in her garden (a summer 2005 sequence in \"Frazz\") and they come to have a sense of respect for each other. She is a composite of several of Mallett's teachers and one of Mallett's wife's teachers. She has a brother or sister, as she also has a niece. She is also of Scandinavian (probably Norwegian) descent, as she once cooked lutefisk for her class, in much the same way that Mrs. Trevino cooks gorditas on Cinco de Mayo. She is shown to be a", "title": "Frazz" }, { "docid": "1507876", "text": "against General Rea and the other guerrillas that harassed the U. S. Army line of communications. These forces left in July 1848 after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was ratified. During the French intervention in Mexico on 5 May 1862 in the Battle of Puebla, defending Mexican forces under Ignacio Zaragoza defeated the French army under Count de Lorencez, which was considered to be the most powerful in the world at the time. The city’s name was changed to Puebla de Zaragoza in 1862, by a decree issued by Benito Juárez and the holiday \"5 de Mayo\" (Cinco de Mayo)", "title": "Puebla (city)" }, { "docid": "9793040", "text": "festivals are held to promote MiMo architecture, such as \"Cinco de MiMo\" a play on \"Cinco de Mayo\" in early May. Biscayne Boulevard throughout the Upper East Side fell to urban decay after the 1980s, and experienced increased crime, prostitution and drug dealings. In the 2000s, preservation efforts began to bring development interest into the neighborhood, and Biscayne Boulevard began to improve. Today, the boulevard is in a fast upwards transition along with many other nearby neighborhoods such as the Design District, Wynwood and Edgewater, with strong preservation efforts to preserve the MiMo architecture. Under pressure from residents to keep", "title": "Upper Eastside" }, { "docid": "4343257", "text": "found in the Design District and Midtown. Many annual festivals are held to promote MiMo architecture, such as \"Cinco de MiMo\" a play on \"Cinco de Mayo\" in early May. The area is bounded by the Little River to the north, Bay Point Estates to the south, the Florida East Coast Railway to the west, and Biscayne Bay to the east. The name is an acronym for Miami Modern Architecture. There are many examples of the architecture within the district. Miami Modern architecture Miami Modernist architecture, or MiMo, is a regional style of architecture that developed in South Florida during", "title": "Miami Modern architecture" }, { "docid": "20660727", "text": "is misappropriation as it is a term used for greeting, not concluding a yoga session. It is in relation to being lazy. Cinco de Mayo, a holiday that celebrates Mexico’s defeat of the French on May 5, 1862, has become extremely popular in the United States as a celebration based largely on the consumption of alcohol. Due to this association, the term “Cinco de Drinko” has emerged, representing both ignorance toward the holiday’s history and an example of the “add ‘o’” phenomenon. The “add ‘o’” phenomenon is the practice of English speakers adding an “o” to the end of an", "title": "Mock language" }, { "docid": "5975499", "text": "to the French fleet on 27 February 1862, and a French army, commanded by General Lorencez, arrived on 5 March. When the Spanish and British realised the French ambition was to conquer Mexico, they withdrew their forces on 9 April, their troops leaving on 24 April. In May, the French man-of-war \"Bayonnaise\" blockaded Mazatlán for a few days. Mexican forces commanded by General Ignacio Zaragoza defeated the French army in the Battle of Puebla on 5 May 1862 (commemorated by the Cinco de Mayo holiday). The pursuing Mexican army was contained by the French at Orizaba, Veracruz, on 14 June.", "title": "Second French intervention in Mexico" }, { "docid": "14806097", "text": "The Great National Theatre was demolished between 1900 and 1901 to extend Avenue Cinco de Mayo. The demolition was justified with the promise that the theatre would be replaced by the Palacio de Bellas Artes, whose construction began in 1904, but was interrupted by the Mexican Revolution, and finally opened in 1934. In the more than 30 years between the demolition of the old theatre and the inauguration of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, opera performances took place at the Teatro Principal and the . Of all these theatres the plans have been restored, and they could be rebuilt. Gran", "title": "Gran Teatro Nacional (Mexico)" }, { "docid": "18495794", "text": "had competed for Germany. Zimmerman competed at the 2016 Olympics with his Dutch Warmblood gelding Aramis, he finished 57th in the Grand Prix qualifier and did not advance to the further rounds. Christian Zimmermann Christian Zimmermann (né Brühe) (born 12 December 1961) is a German-born Palestinian Olympic dressage rider. He represented Palestine at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy where he finished 68th in the individual dressage competition with \"Cinco de Mayo\". By doing so, he became the first Palestinian to compete at the World Equestrian Games. A descendant of composer Robert Schumann, Zimmerman was born in Cologne, Germany.", "title": "Christian Zimmermann" }, { "docid": "15020525", "text": "middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez. The fight averaged 1.047 million and peaked at 1.4 million viewers, which set a record for Showtime boxing. On April 20, 2013 Trout fought undefeated Canelo Álvarez at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The fight was supposed to take place during Cinco de Mayo weekend as the co-main event of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout against Robert Guerrero; however, due to a contract disagreement between Álvarez and Mayweather regarding their potential fight on September 14, 2013, Álvarez opted to headline his own card. Álvarez held a rematch clause in the contract if wanted howeverTrout did not.", "title": "Austin Trout" }, { "docid": "1230856", "text": "of 150 feet (45 m), it was nicknamed the \"Sinkhole de Mayo\" by local residents (a pun on \"Cinco de Mayo\"). As of 2010 Daisetta had a population of 966. The racial and ethnic makeup of the population was 91.5% white, 3.2% black or African American, 3.2% from other races and 2.1% from two or more races. 5.5% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2010, there were 966 people, 369 households, and 290 families residing in the city. The population density was 701.0 people per square mile (269.7/km²). There were 413", "title": "Daisetta, Texas" }, { "docid": "1723098", "text": "Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is celebrated as \"El Día de la Batalla de Puebla\" (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla). There is some limited recognition of the holiday in other parts of the country. In the United States, this holiday has evolved into the very popular Cinco de Mayo holiday, a celebration of Mexican heritage. The 1858–60 Mexican civil war (known as The Reform War) had caused major distress throughout Mexico's economy. When taking office as the elected president in 1861, Benito Juárez was forced to suspend payments of interest on foreign", "title": "Battle of Puebla" }, { "docid": "19349783", "text": "until the fourth grade and then transferred to the \"Colegio Nacional Cinco de Agosto\" in Esmeraldas, where she studied until 1955. Chiriboga then completed her high school education at the \"Colegio Nacional 24 de Mayo\" in Quito and went on to further her education from the Central University of Ecuador, earning a bachelor's degree in biological sciences with a specialty in ecology. In 1962, she married the writer Nelson Estupiñán Bass and they left Quito, returning to Esmeraldas, where she spent the next several years raising children and researching for her husband's work. In 1968, Chiriboga began writing, inspired by", "title": "Luz Argentina Chiriboga" }, { "docid": "17839928", "text": "and sometimes, Asian immigrants moved into historic barrios to become mostly Asian-American areas. Starting in the late 1980s, Downey has become a renowned Latino majority community in Southern California, and the majority of residents moved in were middle or upper-middle class, and second and third generation Mexican-Americans. Mexican Americans from Los Angeles have celebrated the Cinco de Mayo holiday since the 1860s. They, along with other Spanish-speaking peoples, celebrate the Day of the Three Wise Kings as a gift giving holiday. Another holiday that they celebrate would be Dia de Los Muetros (the day of the dead), which typically lasts", "title": "History of the Mexican Americans in Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "20477877", "text": "it\". During the group's 1922 period of intellectual debates and travels, Amaral described the Grupo dos Cinco as \"inseparable\". While the group stayed in contact with one another, following 1922 they were often apart. Amaral and O. Andrade, especially, traveled together around Brazil without the rest of the group. In December 1923, the pair made a trip to the towns of Minas Gerais with the Swiss poet Blaise Cendrars. While the group never had an official disbandment, most scholars note that the start of the feud between Mario de Andrade and Oswald de Andrade signals the ending of Grupo dos", "title": "Grupo dos Cinco" }, { "docid": "20477886", "text": "de Arte Moderna particularly focused on works from Fauvism, Expressionism, and post-Cubism- art movements that were considered bizarre when suddenly presented to a conservative Brazil. This exhibition is best regarded not for the quality of the work it displayed, but rather for the purposefully provocative nature of the exhibition. \"The real quest for Modernism in art began after the Semana de arte moderna\", due largely to the formation of Grupo dos Cinco. Grupo dos Cinco The \"Grupo dos Cinco\" (Group of Five) were a group of influential painters and writers associated with Brazilian Modernism. They worked together from approximately 1922-1929,", "title": "Grupo dos Cinco" }, { "docid": "5895156", "text": "Logistics. Cafeterias in buildings of the Secretariat are referred to as \"casinos\". Although unconfirmed, the name \"Señor Cinco\" is alleged to the 1956 restructuring of SIDE, closely modelled on the British MI6 whose first director was Captain Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming. Often dropping the \"Smith\", Cumming used his initial \"C\" as a codename which was also used by all subsequent directors of MI6. The name \"Señor Cinco\" was allegedly adapted from it. The main building in Ave. 25 de Mayo is referred to as \"Central\". Agents working for SIDE call the Secretariat simply as \"La Casa\" (\"The House\"). Foreign personnel", "title": "Secretariat of Intelligence" }, { "docid": "16574715", "text": "for other clienteles it makes them feel like if they are literally in México City. To the present day, Plaza México has greatly become a space of diasporic tourism in Southern California, it is unique in its architectural recreation and provides a space for social and cultural interaction among Latinos. It is not only a place where people come to consume goods, but a location where Mexicans hold cultural festivals and performances, such as \"El Grito de la Independencia\" and \"Cinco de Mayo\" festivities. For many Mexican community members, Plaza México is the main place in Lynwood for cultural expression", "title": "Plaza México (Lynwood, California)" }, { "docid": "4688982", "text": "invited to perform at the White House in front of President George W. Bush, during the festivities of Cinco De Mayo. That same year they performed once again at the Zocalo of Mexico City before more than 100 thousand people that went to see them. Banda El Recodo has been the only Band that has attended 3 Fifa World Cups (Japan 2002, Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010) to support the Mexican national soccer team with their music during the official games. In 2006, Banda El Recodo participated in Televisa's soap opera \"La Fea más Bella,\" where they also sang", "title": "Banda el Recodo" }, { "docid": "17390666", "text": "the film, Agent Perez (Aleks Paunovic), one of Seguin's partners, is searching the field with his dog. Both are eventually killed by a pack of Chupacabras. Before the man is killed, he takes a picture of one of the Chupacabras, which Carlos later finds while investigating the murders. The Chupacabras attack a group of teenagers during a Cinco de Mayo party, forcing Sienna (Nicole Muñoz), Carlos' daughter and one of her friends to hide inside the school. They are able to call Carlos, who is able to shoot the Chupacabras. However, later while they are recovering in their home, another", "title": "Chupacabra vs. The Alamo" }, { "docid": "2193992", "text": "was remarkable. Student organizations rarely last very long. But MEChA has expanded decade by decade. During the 1990s, MEChA experienced a decade of slow growth yet in the 2000s the organization saw an incredible upsurge of new chapters. High schools students led the charge predominantly within California and likely attributed to the anti-immigration (H.R. 4437) legislation proposed in the mid-2000s. Much like when MEChA was established, student mobilization has propelled and maintained the organization relevant for nearly fifty years. MEChA was one of the many organizations and groups that sponsored the Cinco de Mayo movement, the others included the Chicano", "title": "MEChA" }, { "docid": "14362243", "text": "or at Christmas with \"romeritos\" over shrimp cakes. The sauce is also served with chicken, pork, or other meats. Another time when the sauce is prominent is Cinco de Mayo. While this holiday is not celebrated much in the rest of Mexico, it is a major celebration in Puebla. The state of Oaxaca is large and very mountainous with various indigenous ethnicities and microclimates, making for a number of regional variations in the food. The state is called \"the land of the seven moles\", with these being named \"mole negro, colorado, amarillo, verde, chichilo, coloradito\", and \"mancha manteles\" (or tablecloth", "title": "Mole sauce" }, { "docid": "8004441", "text": "the band released teasers on social networks of what appeared to be new music with a Latin twist with huapango guitars, dream synths and drums machines. On May 5, Portugal. The Man released a Spanish version of \"Purple Yellow Red and Blue\" covered by a Mexican-American band called The Chamanas on their official YouTube channel to celebrate the Mexican festivities (Cinco de Mayo). On December 31, 2015, Portugal. The Man posted to their website that they had completed two records followed by separate hashtags #Gloomin + #Doomin. However, on February 3, 2016, the band tweeted from their official account that", "title": "Portugal. The Man" }, { "docid": "7556028", "text": "would crack an egg over their head as a consequence, and a way of showing their disappointment in them. In addition to Easter, cascarones have become popular for occasions including birthdays, Halloween, Cinco de Mayo, Dieciséis, Day of the Dead, and weddings (wedding cascarones can be filled with rice). Like many popular traditions in Mexico, cascarones are increasingly popular in the southwestern United States. For example, they are especially prominent during the two-week, citywide festival of Fiesta in San Antonio, Texas. Cascarones are usually made during Easter time. In order to make cascarones, one can use a pin or knife", "title": "Cascarón" }, { "docid": "6184169", "text": "to Cinco de Mayo, one of several Mexican themes found in Dylan's songs during the 1970s). After the wedding, he \"could not hold on to her very long\", so he \"cut off his hair and rode straight away for the wild unknown country...\" He reaches a \"high place\" divided by a line \"through the center of town\" into \"darkness and light.\" He hitches his pony and enters a laundry, as though to wash himself of his past. He meets and falls in with a shady character who promises \"something easy to catch.\" They ride \"to the pyramids all embedded in", "title": "Isis (song)" }, { "docid": "5961113", "text": "bell rang. Álvarez ruled out another fight in 2017, claiming he would return on Cinco de Mayo weekend in May 2018. At the post-fight press conference, Álvarez said through a translator, “Look, right now I wanna rest. Whatever the fans want, whatever the people want and ask for, we’ll do. You know that’s my style. But right now, who knows if it’s in May or September? But one thing’s for sure – this is my era, the era of Canelo.” Golovkin's promoter Tom Loeffler stated that they would like an immediate rematch, but Golovkin, who prefers fighting at least three", "title": "Gennady Golovkin" }, { "docid": "2236237", "text": "piñatas will be filled with adult items such as condoms in addition to candy. Piñatas are similarly popular in a number of other Latin American countries as well. They have also become popular in Mexican-American and other Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States as well. Piñatas are used for birthday parties, Christmas and Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The 2006 video game \"Viva Piñata\" is about a world where piñatas compete to be chosen for children's birthday parties. A spinoff television show, also titled \"Viva Piñata\" was created to push sales of the Xbox game created by Microsoft. A", "title": "Piñata" }, { "docid": "19834339", "text": "the White House for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Because her parents were undocumented, they were not able to enter the White House, and instead, Sophie was accompanied by Alida Garcia from FWD.us and filmmaker Paola Mendoza. Mendoza had previously directed a short video, \"Free Like the Birds,\" starring Sophie and her family that debuted in the Tribeca Film Festival. She appeared in the video \"11 Million Stories\" in partnership with FWD.us, which discussed the potential implications of national mass-deportation and how children like her, with undocumented parents, faced certain obstacles. On January 21, 2017, Cruz was a featured speaker", "title": "Sophie Cruz" }, { "docid": "18036059", "text": "They are then sealed using frosting. Piñata cookies are sometimes prepared for Cinco de Mayo. Common ingredients in the dough's preparation include flour, vegetable oil, butter, sugar, powdered sugar, eggs, cream of tartar, vanilla, salt, food coloring and baking soda. The piñata cookie has been described as being invented by Sandra Denneler. However, it's possible that versions have been created prior to this. Similar desserts with a piñata-style filling include cakes, cupcakes and ice cream cones. Piñata cookie A piñata cookie is a sugar cookie that is shaped and colored like a piñata and filled with various ingredients. Piñata cookies", "title": "Piñata cookie" }, { "docid": "17810443", "text": "the colony's culture. Church services were held in a large one-room schoolhouse that could be divided into four separate rooms with hanging curtains. Most residents participated in dances every Friday. The community also celebrated American holidays and some Mexican holidays, especially Cinco de Mayo. Theater was a constant cultural entertainment, including melodramas, dramas, and comedies. Schooling was an important priority in Colonia Díaz. The school subjects included geography, reading, writing, arithmetic, and American and Mexican history. Spelling matches were common. Families homeschooled the subjects to their children if they lived too far out of town to get to school easily.", "title": "Colonia Díaz" }, { "docid": "17132230", "text": "the shoe was released on Cinco De Mayo (May 5) of that year, in recognition of his children's heritage, as they are half-Mexican. Brenes stated in the period prior to the shoe's release date, \"This is probably the best shoe I ever helped design for DVS. I really like the way it looks, feels and skates. Sometimes it's hard to get all those things in a shoe. I'm stoked that we were able to pull that off. Try them; I guarantee you will love them.\" In a 2011 interview, fellow professional skateboarder Diego Bucchieri (also known as \"The Butcher\") informed", "title": "Chico Brenes" }, { "docid": "16171085", "text": "Griffin apologized a few hours later, stating the person who had posted the tweet had been fired. Priebus accepted the apology, saying they will continue to monitor the network's pattern of unacceptable behavior to see if it actually changes. On May 5, 2014 during the show \"Way Too Early\", a segment was done about the historical background of Cinco De Mayo and featured Louis Burgdorf dancing around the set in a sombrero, shaking maracas and drinking tequila, which host Thomas Roberts referred to as \"go-go juice\". The segment came under quick criticism for its mocking of Mexican heritage and use", "title": "MSNBC controversies" }, { "docid": "1312663", "text": "David Letterman performing \"Never Said\" and \"Supernova\" and Jay Leno performing an acoustic version of \"Whip-Smart.\" She even performed \"Alice Springs\" live on Good Morning America\". She also appeared on the MTV alternative rock show \"120 Minutes\" performing \"Never Said\", \"6'1\", \"Cinco de Mayo\" and \"Supernova\" live at various times during 1994 and early 1995. In 1995, Phair married film editor Jim Staskauskas, who had worked on her videos. They had a son James Nicholas Staskauskas on December 21, 1996. Phair and Staskauskas divorced in 2001. Phair's third album, entitled \"Whitechocolatespaceegg\", was finally released in 1998 after some delays, which", "title": "Liz Phair" }, { "docid": "1233482", "text": "executed, and 39 were executed inside the \"presidio \"(20 prisoners were spared because they were either physicians or medical attendants); 342 men were killed and 28 escaped. The famous Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza was born in Goliad in 1829. He commanded the forces resisting the French Army in the Battle of Puebla, now celebrated as \"Cinco de Mayo\" on May 5, 1862. The Texas gunfighter King Fisher lived for a time in Goliad before moving to Eagle Pass in Maverick County, Texas. The 1902 Goliad tornado devastated the town, killing 114 people, including Sheriff Robert Shaw, and injuring at least", "title": "Goliad, Texas" }, { "docid": "1026055", "text": "According to a paper published by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture about the origin of the observance of Cinco de Mayo in the United States, the modern American focus on that day first started in Columbia in response to the resistance to French rule in Mexico. \"Far up in the gold country town of Columbia, California, Mexican miners were so overjoyed at the news that they spontaneously fired off rifle shots and fireworks, sang patriotic songs and made impromptu speeches.\" Columbia, in its heyday, was California's second-largest city although only about 2,000 people now", "title": "Columbia, California" }, { "docid": "9676758", "text": "Mexican American Youth Organization The Mexican American Youth Organization (acronym MAYO, also described as the Mexican Youth Organization) is a civil rights organization formed in 1967 in San Antonio, Texas, USA to fight for Mexican-American rights. The creators of MAYO, Los Cinco (meaning \"the five\"), consisted of José Ángel Gutiérrez, Willie Velásquez, Mario Compean, Ignacio Pérez, and Juan Patlán. MAYO and its political organization, Raza Unida Party, played an important part in Texas history during the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were a part of the larger Chicano movement in the United States, and played a role in bringing", "title": "Mexican American Youth Organization" }, { "docid": "13702771", "text": "Fuencalderas (Aragon) Fuencalderas is a village of the autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain, in the comarca (county) of the Cinco Villas (“Five Villages”), in the province of Zaragoza. Until 1975 was an independent municipality, year in which was fused with the municipality of Biel, giving place to the municipality of Biel-Fuencalderas. In 1996 step to be constituted as \"Lower Local Entity\" (\"Entidad Local Menor\")<ref name=\"Decreto 100/1996\">Decreto 100/1996, de 28 de mayo, del Gobierno de Aragón, por el que se aprueba la constitución de la entidad de ámbito territorial inferior al municipal de Fuencalderas, del municipio de Biel-Fuencalderas, de la", "title": "Fuencalderas (Aragon)" }, { "docid": "8145763", "text": "on March 28 against Jermell Charlo (25-0). The fight was contested over 10 rounds. Martirosyan lost a contentious unanimous decision. He was considered the more aggressive fighter. The scores were 97-93, 96-94, 96-94. Martirosyan felt he won the fight. On May 5th, 2018 Martirosyan fought unified Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin at the StubHub Center in Carson, California after he was chosen as the late replacement for Canelo Álvarez when Canelo withdrew from the much anticipated Cinco De Mayo rematch in the wake of his failed drug tests for Clenbuterol. With only three weeks of preparation for the bout and almost", "title": "Vanes Martirosyan" }, { "docid": "5209985", "text": "1991 Washington, D.C. riot The 1991 Washington, D.C. riot, sometimes referred to as the Mount Pleasant riot or Mount Pleasant Disturbance, occurred in May 1991, when rioting broke out in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in response to an African-American female police officer having shot a Salvadoran man in the chest following a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Mount Pleasant is a Ward 1 neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the ward that former mayor Marion Barry called the \"inner city ward\" because it touches none of the surrounding suburbs. Located north of Adams Morgan and west of Columbia Heights, the", "title": "1991 Washington, D.C. riot" }, { "docid": "3196217", "text": "anniversary of the Mexican victory over the French on Cinco de Mayo, 1862 started the following year and has continued up to the present. In 1865, the United States used increasing diplomatic pressure to persuade Napoleon III to end French support of Maximilian and to withdraw French troops from Mexico. When the French troops left the Mexicans executed the puppet emperor Maximilian. After a decade of extreme instability, the North American scene stabilized by 1867. The victory of the Union, French withdrawal from Mexico, British disengagement from Canada and the Russian sale of Alaska left the United States dominant, yet", "title": "France–United States relations" }, { "docid": "18495792", "text": "Christian Zimmermann Christian Zimmermann (né Brühe) (born 12 December 1961) is a German-born Palestinian Olympic dressage rider. He represented Palestine at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy where he finished 68th in the individual dressage competition with \"Cinco de Mayo\". By doing so, he became the first Palestinian to compete at the World Equestrian Games. A descendant of composer Robert Schumann, Zimmerman was born in Cologne, Germany. Zimmerman competed in dressage until the age of 26, when he left the sport to go into business, becoming CEO of the communications agency Uniplan After an 18-year hiatus from the sport,", "title": "Christian Zimmermann" }, { "docid": "17592516", "text": "Cats and Bruises Cats and Bruises is a 1965 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester. The title is a pun on “cuts and bruises”. The cartoon itself is mostly made up of old refuses footage from previous Warner Bros. cartoons, due to extreme low budgets, making this one of the lowest-budget cartoons ever made. Sylvester spies on the Cinco De Mayo festival where Speedy Gonzales and his friends are dancing and partying. Sylvester then dons a mouse disguise consisting of only a pair of mouse ears, and gatecrashes into the festival. At first when two of Speedy's friends", "title": "Cats and Bruises" }, { "docid": "12696085", "text": "Durango Municipality Durango is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Durango. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 582,267, up from 526,659 as of 2005. The municipality had 1,323 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Victoria de Durango (518,709), El Nayar (3,308), Cinco de Mayo (2,249), classified as urban, and La Ferrería (Cuatro de Octubre) (2,021), José María Pino Suárez (2,014), Colonia Hidalgo (1,986), Llano Grande (1,938), Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1,712), Villa Montemorelos (1,617),", "title": "Durango Municipality" }, { "docid": "4664038", "text": "honoríficos\" (honorary committees) to celebrate Mexican national holidays such as the Cinco de Mayo; the target audience was the Latino middle class. In borderlands towns such as Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Antonio, El Paso, Tucson, Yuma, San Diego, and Los Angeles, local Latino leaders wanted to restrict the influx of immigrants, because the newcomers directly competed with resident Latinos for jobs and housing and because they reinforced negative stereotypes regarding a lazy and violent lifestyle. In 1929 the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was formed on the premise that full acceptance of American social, educational and political", "title": "History of Mexican Americans" }, { "docid": "367118", "text": "began a $300 million Tuscan-themed expansion. In an effort to bring more tourism to the area, Reno holds several events throughout the year. They include Hot August Nights (a classic car convention), Street Vibrations (a motorcycle fan gathering and rally), The Great Reno Balloon Race, a Cinco de Mayo celebration, bowling tournaments (held in the National Bowling Stadium), and the Reno Air Races. Several large commercial developments were constructed during the mid-2000s boom, such as The Summit in 2007 and Legends at Sparks Marina in 2008. Reno is the location of the corporate headquarters for numerous companies, including Braeburn Capital,", "title": "Reno, Nevada" }, { "docid": "258742", "text": "install a ruler under French control. They chose a member of the Habsburg dynasty, which had ruled Spain and its overseas possessions until 1700. Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria was installed as Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, with support from the Catholic Church, conservative elements of the upper class, and some indigenous communities. Although the French suffered an initial defeat (the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, now commemorated as the Cinco de Mayo holiday), the French eventually defeated the Mexican army and set Maximilian on the throne. The Mexican-French monarchy set up administration in Mexico City, governing from", "title": "History of Mexico" }, { "docid": "19720539", "text": "April 23, Air Force Appreciation Day. They wore them again on June 25, Naval Appreciation Day. The Reds and Giants wore Spanish language \"Los Rojos\" and \"Gigantes\" uniforms May 5, Cinco de Mayo. The Reds wore them again on September 22. The Reds' \"Los Rojos\" uniforms have \"Los Rojos\" in the style of the Reds' script wordmark, and do not have the player's number or the \"C\" on them. All 30 teams wore pink-colored caps and jerseys, undershirts and socks May 13 and 14, Mother's Day. The Reds wore camo uniforms May 20, June 6 (the 73rd anniversary of D-Day),", "title": "2017 Major League Baseball season" }, { "docid": "15623567", "text": "broadens the shows markets to over 125 territories and countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Central Europe, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Russia, and Spain. Worldwide distribution is handled by Entertainment One, who owns the basic and pay television, broadcast television, and digital/DVD rights for the show outside of AXN markets. On March 17, 2012, the show was pre-empted by the new NBC reality show \"Fashion Star\" for one week. On May 4, 2012 NBC announced on the show's Facebook page that they were delaying episode 16 until May 12 due to the holiday Cinco de Mayo. Episode 16 was broadcast", "title": "The Firm (2012 TV series)" }, { "docid": "15108369", "text": "both the American and Canadian flags on both sides of their caps. As part of Cinco de Mayo the San Francisco Giants (\"Gigantes\") and Houston Astros (\"Los Astros\") wore Spanish-language home uniforms for the game. On July 6, the New York Mets (\"Los Mets\") wore blue Spanish-language jerseys for the game against the Chicago Cubs. They wore the uniforms again on August 24 against the Astros. The Chicago White Sox wore a variation of their home uniforms on September 7 against the Royals, as part of the \"Halfway to St. Patty's\" promotion. The uniform substitutes the traditional black color for", "title": "2012 Major League Baseball season" }, { "docid": "13032533", "text": "addition, their cover of Iggy & The Stooges' \"I Got A Right\" includes the lyric, \"I got a right, got a right to speak/any language I want, yeah.\" The band also traditionally plays live in California on Cinco de Mayo. Manic Hispanic Manic Hispanic is a punk rock/Chicano rock band from Orange County and Los Angeles, California. They are a semi-parodic act that plays cover versions of punk rock and hardcore punk \"standards\" by slightly renaming songs and adjusting lyrics to address Chicano culture. The band's members are all Mexican or part Mexican and use stage names further marking the", "title": "Manic Hispanic" }, { "docid": "10779678", "text": "current contestant they will officially enter the competition. There were only two wins for the expelled contestant or stranger. Julio defeated Sebastian and Ivan, a brand new contestant, defeated Noe. However two ex-contestants returned without having to go through what Ivan and Julio did. Sebastian returned in the 10th concert due to a teacher's decision despite the judge's opinion. Marbella returned in the 13th concert due to the judge's decision in agreement with the teachers. La Academia Cinco: Generación de la Luz La Academia 5 is the fifth musical reality show in the La Academia franchise. The auditions were done", "title": "La Academia Cinco: Generación de la Luz" }, { "docid": "2430228", "text": "raised questions of women in political space and the boundaries surrounding that space. The socially constructed gender roles prevalent in Argentine society restricted the arena of politics, political mobilisation, and confrontation to men. When the Mothers entered the Plaza de Mayo, a public space with historical significance, they politicised their role as mothers in society and redefined the values associated with both politics and motherhood itself. Although they did not challenge the patriarchal structure of Argentine society, by crossing boundaries into the masculinised political sphere, they expanded spaces of representation for Argentine women and opened the way for new forms", "title": "Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo" }, { "docid": "2464926", "text": "(an event now referred to as the “Grito de Dolores” — “Cry of Dolores” — or “El Grito de la Independencia”). Cinco de Mayo is an important celebration in a number of places the United States, but it is a minor holiday or even unknown in much of Mexico proper. The only place where the holiday, which commemorates the Battle of Puebla during the French Intervention in Mexico, is important is in the state of Puebla. The French army invaded the country in 1862 and marched from Veracruz towards the city of Puebla. Just outside the city, inexperienced Mexican troops", "title": "Puebla" }, { "docid": "20005720", "text": "twenty years, then moved to the United States. There, Howard's eatery La Fogata caught the attention of Jerry Stein, and she later closed it to open a New York City-based joint venture, the Cinco de Mayo restaurant, with Stein in January 1983. She founded the first Rosa Mexicano restaurant in 1984 in New York City. In 1996, she and Placido Domingo opened La Cava de Domingo, also in New York. By May 1997, La Cava de Domingo had closed. The next year, Howard suffered a stroke, but remained involved in opening new Rosa Mexicano franchises. Though Rosa Mexicano has often", "title": "Josefina Howard" }, { "docid": "13232384", "text": "Emilio Navaira, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Chalino Sánchez, Adán Sánchez, Banda Machos, Grupo Modelo, Conjunto Primavera and recently with El Chapo de Sinaloa. Her compilation album with Selena, , titled \"Las Reinas Del Pueblo\" has sold 5 million copies worldwide. She has also worked with well-known and respected producers such as Juan Carlos Calderon, K.C. Porter, Bebu Silvetti, Los Cuates Omar y Adolfo Valenzuela and Joan Sebastian. She has shared the stage with Vicente Fernández among many other successful artists. In 2006, Graciela was the special guest for the Cinco de Mayo celebrations that year after year are held at", "title": "Graciela Beltrán" }, { "docid": "107111", "text": "hosted the annual National Western Stock Show, attracting as many as 10,000 animals and 700,000 attendees. The show is held every January at the National Western Complex northeast of downtown. Denver has one of the country's largest populations of Mexican Americans and hosts four large Mexican American celebrations: Cinco de Mayo (with over 500,000 attendees), in May; El Grito de la Independencia, in September; the annual Lowrider show, and the Dia De Los Muertos art shows/events in North Denver's Highland neighborhood, and the Lincoln Park neighborhood in the original section of West Denver. Denver is also famous for its dedication", "title": "Denver" } ]
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what is the meaning of the name patricia
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[ { "docid": "8688461", "text": "Patricia Patricia is a common female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word \"patrician\", meaning \"noble\", it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United States according to the 1990 US Census. It is commonly shortened to \"Pat\", \"Patsy\", \"Patti\"/\"Pattie\", \"Trish\" or \"Trisha\"/\"Tricia\". These diminutives are sometimes used as names in their own right. Another well-known variant of this is \"Patrice\". According to the US Social Security Administration records, the use of the name for newborns peaked at #3 from 1937 to", "title": "Patricia" }, { "docid": "8688462", "text": "1943 in the United States, after which it dropped in popularity, sliding to #745 in 2016. From 1928 to 1967, the name was ranked among the top 11 female names. In Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries, the name Patricia is common as well, pronounced , while in Italy, Germany and Austria Patrizia is the form, pronounced . In Polish, the variant is Patrycja. It is also used in Romania, in 2009 being the 43rd most common name for baby girls. Patricia Patricia is a common female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word \"patrician\", meaning \"noble\", it is", "title": "Patricia" }, { "docid": "8688461", "text": "Patricia Patricia is a common female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word \"patrician\", meaning \"noble\", it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United States according to the 1990 US Census. It is commonly shortened to \"Pat\", \"Patsy\", \"Patti\"/\"Pattie\", \"Trish\" or \"Trisha\"/\"Tricia\". These diminutives are sometimes used as names in their own right. Another well-known variant of this is \"Patrice\". According to the US Social Security Administration records, the use of the name for newborns peaked at #3 from 1937 to", "title": "Patricia" } ]
[ { "docid": "2080908", "text": "about social interactionism. Most people interpret things based on assignment and purpose. The interaction occurs once the meaning of something has become identified. This concept of meaning is what starts to construct the framework of social reality. By aligning social reality, Blumer suggests that language is the meaning of interaction. Communication, especially in the form of symbolic interactionism is connected with language. Language initiates all forms of communication, verbal and non-verbal. Blumer defines this source of meaning as a connection that arises out of the social interaction that people have with each other. According to social theorist Patricia Burbank, the", "title": "Symbolic interactionism" }, { "docid": "18085092", "text": "Ji (Korean name) Ji, also spelled Jee, Chi, or Chee, is a Korean family name, as well as a popular element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. As a family name, Ji may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning \"wisdom\" (), and the other meaning \"pond\" (). Each has one \"bon-gwan\": for the family name meaning \"wisdom\", Pongju Village, Pongsan County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and for the family name meaning \"pond\", Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do in what is today South Korea. The 2000 South Korean", "title": "Ji (Korean name)" }, { "docid": "4562407", "text": "R. Morrison first described what he called \"Patricia trees\" in 1968; the name comes from the acronym PATRICIA, which stands for \"\"Practical Algorithm To Retrieve Information Coded In Alphanumeric\"\". Gernot Gwehenberger independently invented and described the data structure at about the same time. PATRICIA trees are radix trees with radix equals 2, which means that each bit of the key is compared individually and each node is a two-way (i.e., left versus right) branch. Unlike balanced trees, radix trees permit lookup, insertion, and deletion in O(\"k\") time rather than O(log \"n\"). This does not seem like an advantage, since normally", "title": "Radix tree" }, { "docid": "6210729", "text": "Mslexia Mslexia is a British magazine for women writers, founded and edited by Debbie Taylor. \"Mslexia\" contains articles on writing and writers and encourages independent publishers and bookshops and innovations in writing. Many well-respected writers have contributed articles, including Patricia Duncker, Sara Maitland, Trezza Azzopardi, Amanda Craig and Linda Leatherbarrow. It was first published in March 1999 and is produced four times a year. \"Mslexia\" has about 11,000 subscribers. Its name is an amalgam of \"Ms\", meaning woman, and \"lexia\", meaning words. According to the official \"Mslexia\" website: Mslexia means women’s writing (ms = woman lexia = words). Its association", "title": "Mslexia" }, { "docid": "16222736", "text": "is revealed that she may be paralyzed from the waist down permanently. Patricia asks if Rachel came to gloat, but Rachel apologizes that Patricia is going through what she went through, that she found Dina as a threat to Skylar's success and that their friendship was never real. She promises to pray for Skylar's recovery, but vows to see Patricia in court and ensure that she is punished for what she did to Dina. Rachel then leaves as Patricia breaks down in tears. Rachel is shown recording a video diary of her own, wondering if her quest to understand what", "title": "Sexting in Suburbia" }, { "docid": "1829847", "text": "verb \"to be\". Empty name In the philosophy of language, an empty name is a proper name that has no referent. The problem of empty names is that empty names have a meaning that it seems they should not have. The name \"Pegasus\" is empty; there is nothing to which it refers. Yet, though there is no Pegasus, we know what the sentence \"Pegasus has two wings\" means. We can even understand the sentence \"There is no such thing as Pegasus.\" But, what can the meaning of a proper name be, except the object to which it refers? There are", "title": "Empty name" }, { "docid": "1829845", "text": "Empty name In the philosophy of language, an empty name is a proper name that has no referent. The problem of empty names is that empty names have a meaning that it seems they should not have. The name \"Pegasus\" is empty; there is nothing to which it refers. Yet, though there is no Pegasus, we know what the sentence \"Pegasus has two wings\" means. We can even understand the sentence \"There is no such thing as Pegasus.\" But, what can the meaning of a proper name be, except the object to which it refers? There are three broad ways", "title": "Empty name" }, { "docid": "9857905", "text": "Lloyd (Patricia Potter) following on in an attempt to persuade him home. Edmondson's character, Abra Durant, was introduced as a new friend and colleague of Ric's, also working in his brother's clinic. Although the character's given name is actually Percival, it was explained within the episode that he goes by Abra, short for the Ghanaian name 'Abrafo', meaning 'troublemaker'. The episode was shot on location in Ghana, and formed part of the BBC's 'Africa Lives' series, aiming \"to give the viewers a more rounded portrayal of African life and culture through special editions of favourite shows as well as new", "title": "Abra Durant" }, { "docid": "10690446", "text": "Kyung Kyung, also spelled Kyoung, Gyeong, Kyeong, or Kyong, is an uncommon Korean family name, as well as a single-syllable Korean given name and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,784 people with the family name Kyung. It may be written with either of two different hanja. Those with the name meaning \"scenery\" () may belong to one of two different \"bon-gwan\": Haeju, South Hwanghae, in what is today North Korea, and Taein (泰仁). There is only one \"bon-gwan\" for the other Kyung surname, meaning \"celebration\" (): Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is", "title": "Kyung" }, { "docid": "18756080", "text": "of younger cast members. Patricia said she hasn’t lost any sleep over how she’ll be portrayed. “I frankly don’t care,” she says. “I always say exactly what I think and they can do what they want. I just don’t want them putting up any ugly pictures of me.” Patricia Altschul Patricia Altschul (born April 16, 1941) is an American socialite, art collector, and personality on the reality television series, \"Southern Charm\". She is the widow of Arthur G. Altschul, a former Goldman Sachs partner and prominent art collector and philanthropist. Mrs. Altschul has been a director or trustee of several", "title": "Patricia Altschul" }, { "docid": "16023971", "text": "floor. 66. Kawengo meaning the spirit of a deceased woman. 67. Kayando meaning a sufferer, trouble. 68. Kayawe meaning a cunning person. 69. Kayongo meaning the spirit of a deceased man. 70. Kathzungo (Kazungo) meaning noise or racket. Name of the 22nd Mbunda King who was installed by the Portuguese colonialists, after abducting King Mwene Mbandu I Lyondthzi Kapova, the 21st Monarch of Mbundaland in what is now Angola. 71. Kufuna meaning to and fro. (Not Mbunda by origin but used today). 72. Kalunga meaning God. 73. Kuunga meaning to gather. 74. Kuvangu, see Kawengo. 75. Lifuti meaning country. Name", "title": "Mbunda language" }, { "docid": "173730", "text": "speech of a person. In Islamic terminology, according to Juan Campo, the term \"hadith\" refers to reports of statements or actions of Muhammad, or of his tacit approval or criticism of something said or done in his presence. Classical hadith specialist Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani says that the intended meaning of \"hadith\" in religious tradition is something attributed to Muhammad but that is not found in the Quran. Scholar Patricia Crone includes reports by others than Muhammad in her definition of hadith — \"short reports (sometimes just a line or two) recording what an early figure, such as a companion of", "title": "Hadith" }, { "docid": "20395914", "text": "priest. Together they had four children: two sons and two daughters. Patricia Moberly died on 2 September 2016, aged 77; she had cancer. Patricia Moberly Patricia Jane Moberly (\"née\" Coney; 20 October 1938 – 2 September 2016) was a British public servant, Labour politician, activist, and teacher. She is best known for her work as Chair of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust between 1999 and 2011. Moberly was born in Fareham, Hampshire. Her father was in the Royal Navy meaning that the family moved around a lot. She was educated at seven schools, including a boarding school during", "title": "Patricia Moberly" }, { "docid": "203983", "text": "of \"Allah\" may have been vague in the Meccan religion. Pre-Islamic texts, Meccans and their neighbors believed that the goddesses Al-lāt, Al-‘Uzzá, and Manāt were the daughters of Allah. Regional variants of the word \"Allah\" occur in both pagan and Christian pre-Islamic inscriptions. Muhammad's father's name was , meaning \"the servant of Allah\". \"Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities\" by Charles Russell Coulter and Patricia Turner considers Allah's name may be derived from a pre-Islamic god called Ailiah and is similar to El, Il, Ilah and Jehova. It also considers some of his characteristics to be seemingly based on lunar deities like", "title": "Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia" }, { "docid": "20435790", "text": "Gadāʼī must have been born no later than 1360 and later served at the court of Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza at over 90 years of age. The poet is referred to as \"Gadāʼī\" by Navāʼi, and in the one manuscript of his divans, as \"Gadā\". This name, meaning \"beggar\", is understood to be a pen name. It is not known what his given name may have been. Gadāʼī wrote a divan, or collection of poems, in what would now be considered the pre-classical Chaghatay literary language. At the time, this language was known as \"Türkī\", meaning \"Turkish\" or \"Turkic\". Rustamov highlights", "title": "Gadāʾī" }, { "docid": "5954951", "text": "Epicureanism, Greenblatt contended that it was the minimum conditions for what the pious More would have considered as necessary to live a happy life. Another complication comes from the Greek meaning of the names of people and places in the work. Apart from Utopia, meaning \"Noplace,\" several other lands are mentioned: \"Achora\" meaning \"Nolandia\", \"Polyleritae\" meaning \"Muchnonsense\", \"Macarenses\" meaning \"Happiland,\" and the river \"Anydrus\" meaning \"Nowater\". Raphael's last name, Hythlodaeus means \"dispenser of nonsense\" surely implying that the whole of the Utopian text is 'nonsense'. Additionally the Latin rendering of More's name, Morus, is similar to the word for a", "title": "Utopia (book)" }, { "docid": "10371664", "text": "A Place to Get Sick of\". She alternates between literature and philosophy, referring to Freud, Jung, Stendhal, and Valéry, asserting that \"home is where the boredom is: a kind of psychic relaxation that makes psychological space for the re-emergence of inspiration.\" In \"The Exemplary Writer\" she questions the position of Richard Rorty that literature is best used to promote feelings of solidarity and empathy between people. From both ethics and literature she considers the mystery by which artists may attempt to reveal in their art more than what can be seen or said. This ethical meaning of art should never", "title": "Patricia De Martelaere" }, { "docid": "2133159", "text": "social, economic and political issues including foreign affairs. In September 2018, Hayden was baptised as a Roman Catholic at St Mary's Church, Ipswich. He told \"The Catholic Leader\" that \"there’s been a gnawing pain in my heart and soul about what is the meaning of life\". The baptismal ceremony was attended by a gathering of family, friends, and former colleagues. Hayden's siblings, Patricia Oxenham, John Hayden, and Joan Moseman, along with other members of family, were present for the event. By virtue of being Governor-General, he was the Chancellor of the Order of Australia and its Principal Companion (AC). He", "title": "Bill Hayden" }, { "docid": "10448767", "text": "arrives in Keltia with the Earth ship Sword, just prior to the action of \"The Copper Crown\". She quickly falls in love with all things Keltic, and has an encounter of her own with Gwyn and Etain. The author's legal name is \"Patricia Kennealy Morrison\". As a rock critic and editor, in the beginning of her career, she published under her birth name, \"Patricia Kennely\", and later as \"Patricia Kennealy\". Since 1994 her books have been published as \"Patricia Kennealy-Morrison\", with the hyphen. The Keltiad The Keltiad is a body of epic fantasy works written by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison. Currently (March", "title": "The Keltiad" }, { "docid": "10516156", "text": "or more hyphens, a practice applied also to the English name \"God\", which Jews commonly write as \"G-d\". Most Jewish authorities say that this practice is not obligatory for the English name. Kabbalistic tradition holds that the correct pronunciation is known to a select few people in each generation, it is not generally known what this pronunciation is. In late kabbalistic works the tetragrammaton is sometimes referred to as the name of \"Havayah\"—, meaning \"the Name of Being/Existence\". This name also helps when one needs to refer specifically to the written Name; similarly, \"Shem Adonoot\", meaning \"the Name of Lordship\"", "title": "Tetragrammaton" }, { "docid": "5330443", "text": "Leaellynasaura Leaellynasaura (meaning \"Leaellyn's lizard\") is a genus of small herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous (dated to between 118 and 110 million years ago), first discovered in Dinosaur Cove, Australia. The only known species is \"Leaellynasaura amicagraphica\". It was described in 1989, and named after Leaellyn Rich, the daughter of the Australian palaeontologist couple Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich who discovered it. The specific name \"L. amicagraphica\" translates to \"friend writing\" and honours both the Friends of the Museum of Victoria and the National Geographic Society for their support of Australian paleontology. \"Leaellynasaura\" is", "title": "Leaellynasaura" }, { "docid": "18090496", "text": "Seon (Korean name) Seon, also spelled Sun, is an uncommon Korean family name, as well as an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. As a family name, Seon may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning \"to announce\" () and the other meaning \"first\" (). Each has one \"bon-gwan\": for the former, Boseong, Jeollanam-do, and for the latter, Jinseong, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, both in what is today South Korea. The 2000 South Korean census found 38,849 people with these family names. In a study by the National Institute of", "title": "Seon (Korean name)" }, { "docid": "20420846", "text": "political and social work of Chile.\" According to the magazine \"Mundo Nuevo\", May's work has been \"focused on the reflection on evolution, the meaning of life and the spiritual traditions of different cultures.\" May herself has commented on the analyses she has conducted on \"the culture and lifestyle of the post-modern world.\" Timeline of works Patricia May Patricia May Urzúa is a Chilean anthropologist. She graduated from the University of Chile in 1979. May has worked as a columnist for the newspaper \"El Sábado\" and \"El Mercurio\". In 2001, she was named \"one of Chile's most outstanding women for her", "title": "Patricia May" }, { "docid": "20395902", "text": "Patricia Moberly Patricia Jane Moberly (\"née\" Coney; 20 October 1938 – 2 September 2016) was a British public servant, Labour politician, activist, and teacher. She is best known for her work as Chair of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust between 1999 and 2011. Moberly was born in Fareham, Hampshire. Her father was in the Royal Navy meaning that the family moved around a lot. She was educated at seven schools, including a boarding school during her teenage years. Despite the disapproval of her father, she studied English at the University of Liverpool. She would later return to her", "title": "Patricia Moberly" }, { "docid": "10933499", "text": "Patricia Martin Patricia Martin is an American author, speaker, and cultural analyst. She is president and CEO of the Chicago-based marketing firm, LitLamp Communications, which she founded in 1995. She has published several books: \"RenGen:Renaissance Generation - The Rise of the Cultural Consumer and What it Means to Your Business\", \"Tipping the Culture: How Engaging Millennials Will Change Things\", and \"Made Possible By: Succeeding with Sponsorship\". Before founding LitLamp Communications in 1995, Martin created the first-of-its kind sponsorship marketing division for the American Library Association. While there, she partnered with Microsoft, where she built the blueprint for what is now", "title": "Patricia Martin" }, { "docid": "1737920", "text": "in the modern languages of the region as \"Vnom\" (Khmer) or \"Nokor Phnom\" (Khmer), (Funan) (Thai), and (Vietnamese), however, the name \"Funan\" is not found in any texts of local origin from the period, and it is not known what name the people of Funan gave to their polity. Some scholars argued that ancient Chinese scholars transcribed the word \"Funan\" from a word related to the Khmer word bnaṃ or vnaṃ (modern: phnoṃ, meaning \"mountain\"), others however thought that \"Funan\" may not be a transcription at all- rather it meant what it says in Chinese, meaning something like \"Pacified South\".", "title": "Funan" }, { "docid": "18156299", "text": "Geun Geun, also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable names. As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning \"axe\" (; 도끼 근), also the name of the unit of weight sometimes called \"catty\" in English. It has one \"bon-gwan\": Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today South Korea. The 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 242 people with this family name. As a given name or name element, the meaning of \"geun\" differs based on the hanja used to write", "title": "Geun" }, { "docid": "19789040", "text": "\"Nikē\" \"Victory\" above her. Opposite the painting, towards which the six rulers are gesturing, is a painting of a man seated on a throne. Above this man is an inscription containing a blessing on a person whose name is now invisible. The intent and meaning of the painting are unclear, and disputed by scholars. The highly diverse interpretations of the painting are partly due to the loss of information from the damage. According to Islamic art consultant Patricia Baker, the Greek word for \"victory\" appearing nearby suggests that the image was meant to suggest the caliph's supremacy over his enemies.", "title": "Painting of the Six Kings" }, { "docid": "6582333", "text": "Kevin Locke (musician) Kevin Locke (Lakota name: Tȟokéya Inážiŋ, meaning \"The First to Arise\"; born 1954) is Lakota (Hunkpapa band) and Anishinaabe. He is a preeminent player of the Native American flute, a traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator. He is most known for his hoop dance, The Hoop of Life. Born on June 23, 1954 in Southern California, at the age of five years Locke moved north with his family, later to settle in South Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation in 1966. It was from his mother, Patricia Locke, his uncle Abraham End-of-Horn, mentor Joe Rock", "title": "Kevin Locke (musician)" }, { "docid": "1920173", "text": "the size of the font and what to name food products. The name must include what the food actually is, that means if the food is canned carrots the can must have Carrots on the label. If an official name for the food does not exist, then the label must give the consumer some idea of what the food contains. The FDA states the name should be a “statement of identity,” meaning the company cannot make up a new name for an already existing food. Something must be called an imitation if its nutritional values are significantly different than the", "title": "Health claim" }, { "docid": "18500854", "text": "to 1950s. \"Changing one's name is to Jewish males what fixing one's nose is to Jewish females, a way of passing,\" writes film historian Patricia Erens. One of the actresses to undergo surgery was Fanny Brice, inspiring commentator Dorothy Parker to comment that she \"cut off her nose to spite her race.\" According to Erens, this fashion ended with Barbra Streisand, whose nose is a signature feature. \"Unlike characters in the films of the 1930s and 1940s, she is not a Jew in name only, and certainly she is the first major female star in the history of motion pictures", "title": "Jewish nose" }, { "docid": "1584704", "text": "what are now regarded as different kinds of arachnid, calling it \"Phalangium caudatum\". \"Phalangium\" is now used as a name for a genus of harvestmen (Opiliones). In 1802, Pierre André Latreille was the first to use a genus name solely for whip scorpions, namely \"Thelyphonus\". Latreille later explained the name as meaning \"\"\"\", meaning \"who kills\". One name for the order, Thelyphonida, is based on Latreille's genus name. It was first used (with the spelling Thelyphonidea) by O. P. Cambridge in 1872. The name \"uropygid\" means \"tail rump\", from Ancient Greek ('), from (') \"tail\" and (\"\") \"rump\" referring to", "title": "Thelyphonida" }, { "docid": "8962770", "text": "teacher of quilting, has written about ralli quilts in her book \"Quilted Planet\". She says: 'Patchwork, appliqué and embroidered quilts made in the southern region of the Indus river in the Indian subcontinent are among the most vibrant in the world - rich with colour, pattern and embellishment. The name 'ralli' originates from the local word meaning 'to mix or 'to collect.' They are made by both Muslim and Hindu women from many tribes and castes, in towns, villages and among nomadic tribes.' Many rallis are made for dowries to this day. Patricia Ormsby Stoddard, Ph.D. is an American quilt", "title": "Ralli quilt" }, { "docid": "16023966", "text": "wife. 13. Chilindo meaning the float of fish net. 14. Chilombo meaning a place where things are put to soak or dye. 15. Chilunda meaning the second born. 16. Chimbali meaning the slave of a white person. 17. Chimbinde meaning a cantankerous person, cruel. 18. Chindele meaning a white person. 19. Chindumba meaning a kind of hair plait. 20. Chingumbe meaning a strong and healthy man. Name of the 14th Mbunda King who ruled Mbundaland in the 17th century in what is now Angola. 21. Chingunde meaning moroseness, sullenness. 22. Chingwali meaning a shackle for the head, a fetter. 23.", "title": "Mbunda language" }, { "docid": "7579676", "text": "As a rock critic and editor, she published under her birth name, \"Patricia Kennely\", and later as \"Patricia Kennealy\". From 1994 - 2007 her books were published as \"Patricia Kennealy-Morrison\", with the hyphen. \"Ungrateful Dead\" and the subsequent Rennie Stride novels are her first books to be published as simply \"Patricia Morrison\". The author has said that she wished to make a distinction between her Celtic fantasy novels and the murder mysteries, so decided to use different versions of her name rather than an invented pen name. Following a 1999 split with her publisher HarperCollins, on May 19, 2007, Kennealy-Morrison", "title": "Patricia Kennealy-Morrison" }, { "docid": "16023972", "text": "of the 23rd Mbunda King and the first to be installed by the Mbunda people after the restoration of the Mbunda monarchy in what is now Angola, since the abduction of the 21st Mbunda King who resisted the Portuguese occupation of Mbundaland in 1914. 76. Likonge meaning a kind of water grass. 77. Liongo meaning a river reed. 78. Livindamo meaning an unlucky village or place. 79. Luvinda meaning hard luck or misfortune. 80. Liwoyo meaning racket, noise. 81. Lumbala is the name of a river in eastern Angola. 82. Liato (Lyato) meaning a big canoe. 83. Liunda (Lyunda) meaning", "title": "Mbunda language" }, { "docid": "16651116", "text": "She wrote \"A League Of My Own: Memoir of a Pitcher for the All-American Girls\", which was published by McFarland & Company, in 2003. In her book, she shares her thoughts on the league’s history, including what Philip K. Wrigley sought to do by creating the AAGPBL in 1943, what happened after that, and why the league folded after its twelve years of existence. \"I feel like I have finally pitched my no-hit game\", she commented about her book. Patricia Brown died in Park Ridge, Illinois, at the age of 81. Patricia Brown Patricia Irene Brown (April 23, 1931 –", "title": "Patricia Brown" }, { "docid": "18404574", "text": "\"gafr\") or *\"gabranto-\" meaning \"riding a horse\" with second element meaning \"fight\", so \"Goat warriors\" or \"Cavalry warriors\". Gabrantovices The Gabrantovices were a conjectural group of Ancient Britons inhabiting the coast of what is now Yorkshire in Northern England. They may have been a sub-tribe or sept of the Brigantes or of the Parisi. As with their proposed neighbours, the Lopocares, the Gabrantovices are not directly attested: the name is taken from Ptolemy's name \"Γαβραντουικων Ευλιμενος Κολπος\", or in Latin \"Gabrantvicvm Sinus\" — the Gabrantovician Harbour. This is identified with modern Bridlington Bay or Filey Bay. The meaning of the", "title": "Gabrantovices" }, { "docid": "16023970", "text": "meaning August. 58. Kathoka (Kasoka) meaning a person who loads the gun; rams the charge into the gun. 59. Kathonda (Kasonda) (vuthampu - vusampu) meaning a kind of coiffure. 60. Katavola meaning a person who tears something apart. Name of the famous 20th Mbunda King who fought and defeated the Chokwe people in what is now Angola. 61. Katota meaning a person who knocks or hammers on something. 62. Katongo meaning a wanderer. 63. Kaulembi (kulamba) meaning a person who goes to appeal for help. 64. Kavindama meaning an unfortunate person. 65. Kavunda meaning a person who smears the concrete", "title": "Mbunda language" }, { "docid": "7199218", "text": "Hans (name) Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Faroese, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish, it was originally short for Johannes (John), but is now also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes. The earliest documented usage was in 1356 in Sweden, 1360 in Norway, and the 14th century in Denmark. \"Hansel\" (German \"Hänsel\") is a variant, meaning \"little Hans.\" Another variant with the same meaning is \"Hänschen,\" found in the German proverb \"\"Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmermehr,\"\" which translates roughly as: \"What Hansel doesn't learn, Hans will never learn.\" Other variants", "title": "Hans (name)" }, { "docid": "2205380", "text": "dit que vous êtes vraiment \"une dégueulasse\". PATRICIA: \"Qu'est-ce que c'est \"dégueulasse\"? In the English captioning of the 2001 Fox-Lorber Region One DVD, \"\"dégueulasse\"\" is translated as \"scumbag\", producing the following dialogue: MICHEL: It's disgusting, really. PATRICIA: What did he say? VITAL: He said, \"You're a real scumbag\". PATRICIA: What's a scumbag? The 2007 Criterion Collection Region One DVD uses a less literal translation: MICHEL: Makes me want to puke.PATRICIA: What did he say?VITAL: He said you make him want to puke.PATRICIA: What's that mean, \"puke\"? This translation also was used for the 2010 restoration print. \"Breathless\" was loosely based", "title": "Breathless (1960 film)" }, { "docid": "19413369", "text": "of the Deerfield Beach establishment, which later changed its name to the Cascades restaurant and for a time was known as Trees and You. Murphy died in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on November 23, 1979 after a long illness. She is buried under her married name in Arlington National Cemetery near her second husband, Capt. Kiernan. Patricia Murphy (restaurateur) Patricia Murphy (1905–1979) was a restaurateur who operated nine Patricia Murphy Candlelight restaurants in New York and Florida over the course of half a century. Shortly after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, she invested her last $60 in a small Brooklyn", "title": "Patricia Murphy (restaurateur)" }, { "docid": "2665041", "text": "celestial Traveller\". Alternatively, John T. Koch suggests that Ériu was a mother goddess whose name comes from an Indo-European word stem meaning \"fat, rich, fertile\". In Irish mythology and folklore, there are three tales about the lake's origins. One says that it is named after a mythical woman named Erne, Queen Méabh's lady-in-waiting at Cruachan. Erne and her maidens were frightened away from Cruachan when a fearsome giant emerged from the cave of Oweynagat. They fled northward and drowned in a river or lake, their bodies dissolving to become Lough Erne. Patricia Monaghan notes that \"The drowning of a goddess", "title": "Lough Erne" }, { "docid": "7072650", "text": "to overcome hardships, pain, and suffering. It is also passion that enables us to die for ideals in the name of a higher reality. While a scientist might see this as plain emotion or simple animal desire, Kierkegaard sees it as that which binds to the source of life itself. For Kierkegaard all Christian action should have its ground in love, which is a passion. One can also look at this from the perspective of what the meaning of our existence is. Why suffer what humans have suffered, the pain and despair—what meaning can all of this have? For Kierkegaard,", "title": "Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard" }, { "docid": "10012751", "text": "seemed to recognize – Christopher learns that Patricia Foster is not the real name of the woman whom May Fortune has just hired. Patricia spots Su on a movie date. Patricia sits behind her to cut off a lock of her hair, but instead is hit on secretly by Su's date, Barney (Michael J. Pollard). An altercation ensues when Patricia hits Barney. At \"The Times\" newspaper archives, Christopher is looking through old clippings of a story concerning a man named Robert Fowler being murdered in the Swiss Alps while skiing. At Su's apartment, Patricia finds her unconscious on the floor,", "title": "Caprice (1967 film)" }, { "docid": "3170268", "text": "speech at her funeral that he'd known about her cancer from the beginning and privately commissioned a vaccine as a part of his efforts to cure her. In March 2008, Perelman decided to change the name of Logan Hall, located at the University of Pennsylvania, to Cohen Hall, after his late ex-wife. He donated $20 million to the University to remodel what is now Perelman Quadrangle and as part of his donation, he had the option to change the name of Logan Hall. His decision to rename Logan Hall dismayed some Penn faculty, alumni, and students. Patricia Duff was Perelman's", "title": "Ronald Perelman" }, { "docid": "12963277", "text": "Eun Eun is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. The Korean family name Eun is written with only one hanja, meaning \"flourishing\" (). The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,657 people with this family name. They traced their origins to three different \"bon-gwan\": Yonan County, South Hwanghae and Kangeum, Kumchon County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and Haengju (), Goyang, Gyeonggi-do in what is today South Korea. People with this family name include: There are 26 hanja with the reading Eun on the South", "title": "Eun" }, { "docid": "18404573", "text": "Gabrantovices The Gabrantovices were a conjectural group of Ancient Britons inhabiting the coast of what is now Yorkshire in Northern England. They may have been a sub-tribe or sept of the Brigantes or of the Parisi. As with their proposed neighbours, the Lopocares, the Gabrantovices are not directly attested: the name is taken from Ptolemy's name \"Γαβραντουικων Ευλιμενος Κολπος\", or in Latin \"Gabrantvicvm Sinus\" — the Gabrantovician Harbour. This is identified with modern Bridlington Bay or Filey Bay. The meaning of the name has been discussed as deriving from one of two Celtic roots, either *\"gabro-\" meaning a goat (Welsh", "title": "Gabrantovices" }, { "docid": "16376087", "text": "Ahiwasi Ahiwasi, sometimes spelt Ahivasi is a Brahmin sub-caste found in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in India. The Ahiwasi take their name from the Sanskrit \"ahi\" meaning dragon and \"was\" meaning dwelling, and their name means those who come from the abode of the dragon. They are said to have gotten this name on account of their association with Rishi Saubhari, who is said to have provided sanctuary to dragons at the village of Sunrakh, in what is now Mathura District. The Ahiwasi claim to be descendents of the rishi. Historically, the Ahiwasi were", "title": "Ahiwasi" }, { "docid": "12398313", "text": "\"Lady in Distress\". Pat (Patricia Roc), a hotel switchboard operator and Peter (Michael Redgrave) a crane operator are a happy well meaning couple, however because of their different shifts during the day they have no time for each other. While he works during the day on the construction of Waterloo Bridge his patient wife works during the night on a hotel telephone exchange. One morning on his way to work, Peter goes on the London Underground train and spots what seems to be a murder being committed on at the open window of a building overlooking the tracks. Deciding to", "title": "A Window in London" }, { "docid": "286376", "text": "The proponents of Landsmål thought that the Danish character of the language should not be concealed. In 1899, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson proposed the neutral name Riksmål, meaning national language like Landsmål, and this was officially adopted along with the 1907 spelling reform. The name \"Riksmål\" is sometimes interpreted as \"state language\", but this meaning is secondary at best. (Compare to Danish rigsmål from where the name was borrowed.) After the personal union with Sweden was dissolved in 1905, both languages were developed further and reached what is now considered their classic forms after a reform in 1917. Riksmål was in 1929", "title": "Norwegian language" }, { "docid": "5030206", "text": "primary filming venue for the 1980s BBC TV soap opera \"Howards' Way\". The village was known as \"Brixendona\" or Brixenden in the 12th century, Burstlesden in the 14th century, and \"Bristelden\" in the 16th century. The name probably means \"Hill associated with a man called Beorhtsige\", from Old English personal name meaning 'bright victory' and \"dun\" meaning \"hill, modern down\". It is unlikely the Beohrtsige is the same individual who gave his name to Brixton in South London. The original bridge carrying what is now the A27 road across the River Hamble was made of wood in 1783, and was", "title": "Bursledon" }, { "docid": "13424694", "text": "name. Patricia McQueeney Patricia Noonan McQueeney (born Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 16, 1927; died Santa Monica, California September 4, 2005) was an American actress, television personality, and talent agent perhaps best known as Harrison Ford's manager. At the age of seventeen, she married fellow Bridgeport native and actor Robert McQueeney, and they had three children together. Their marriage was annulled in the mid-1950s, and Robert later became a Roman Catholic priest; he died in 2002. Patricia never remarried. After early work as a model and actress in television commercials under the name \"Patricia Scott\", McQueeney was hired for \"The Today Show\"", "title": "Patricia McQueeney" }, { "docid": "16023977", "text": "Thakulo (Sakulo) meaning a kind of grass used for thatching. 133. Theke (Seke) meaning white maize meal used for offerings to ancestral spirits. 134. Xanda (Shanda), meaning battle, honey badger. Name of the 22nd Mbunda King who was installed by the Portuguese colonialists, after abducting King Mwene Mbandu I Lyondthzi Kapova, the 21st Monarch of Mbundaland in what is now Angola. 135. Wacama, the abbreviation of (waca manene) meaning you like something very much. 136. Wampata meaning an argumentative or stubborn person. Mbunda language Mbunda is a Bantu language of Angola and Zambia. There are several dialects: Katavola, Yauma, Nkangala,", "title": "Mbunda language" }, { "docid": "7322336", "text": "lower river no matter what direction they were paddling. Others called it the \"River of a Hundred Bends\". Twentieth century descendants of local Chippewa translated the name to mean \"river up against a hill\" or \"lost river island\" or \"river with an island part way\". In 1930 Jesuit scholar, Father William Gagnieut, concluded that the meaning of the name had been lost. Recorded variously as 'Otikwaminang,' 'Outakwamenon,' 'Tequamenen', 'Tanguamanon,' 'Tanquamanon,' 'Toumequellen' and 'Tahquamenaw', several suggestions on the meaning of its name have been made over the years: The current name for the Tahquamenon River in the Ojibwa language is \"Adikamegong-ziibi\"", "title": "Tahquamenon River" }, { "docid": "16023974", "text": "sore. Name of the 21st Mbunda King who resisted the Portuguese occupation of Mbundaland in 1914 in what is now Angola. 98. Mbundi (f) meaning a fetish stick. 99. Mukovoto meaning a talkative person. 100. Mukuve meaning a kind of tree for bark rope. 101. Mukwita meaning a passer-by; to pass by. 102. Mulenga meaning a piece of wood split off a tree struck by thunder and lightning. 103. Mulemba meaning a kind of tree that produces rubber. 104. Mulikita meaning great big-game hunter, also boxer. 105. Muliata (Mulyata), see Kaliata (Kalyata). 106. Mundanya, see Mathumba (Masumba). 107. Mundu (kaundu)", "title": "Mbunda language" }, { "docid": "1405056", "text": "of Men who became the Númenóreans). \"Adan\", strictly speaking, is \"man\", but in usage, it means Númenórean, advanced man, wise man, as in Dúnedain. There is also overlap with the word \"dan\" meaning \"wright or smith\". (Examples of this are Círdan [singular name, ship-wright] and Mírdain [plural name, jewel-smiths]). So the highest, most knowing sort of man is what is implied here - a man of lore and craft, significant ideas in the Tolkien universe. Elrohir contains the word \"rohir\" meaning \"horse-lord\" or \"knight.\" The name Elrohir may be translated as \"Elf-knight\" or \"Elf-rider\", alternatively \"Star-knight\" or \"Star-rider\", as El-", "title": "Elladan and Elrohir" }, { "docid": "12694867", "text": "of the Tricasses and was the one who more or less founded the city of Troyes giving it the Latin name of Augustobona which means \"city of Augustus\". The name Tricasses comes from the element \"cass-\" found in other names of tribes and individuals, e.g. Veliocasses, Cassivellaunus, It may signify \"bronze, tin or brass\", or alternatively \"fine or pleasant\": these two meaning arise from different interpretations of the name of the Cassiterides. The prefix \"tri-\" is found in \"Trigaranus\" with the meaning of \"three\". Tricasses The Tricasses were a Gallic tribe which lived along the Seine in what is now", "title": "Tricasses" }, { "docid": "15824910", "text": "Lives<br> • A Cowboy Wedding • Wedding of the Century<br> • The Unexpected Wedding Guest<br> • A Most Unikely Wedding<br> • Baby Blues and Wedding Bells • What Are Friends For?<br> • The Right Brother<br> • Falling for Her<br> • Warm Front Patricia McLinn Patricia McLinn (b. Illinois) is the author of more than 40 romance, women's fiction and mystery novels. Patricia McLinn attended Northwestern University, where she obtained her BA in English Composition in only three years. She continued at Northwestern, obtaining her Masters in Journalism in her fourth year. McLinn began her journalism career as a sports writer", "title": "Patricia McLinn" }, { "docid": "7300983", "text": "Campylodoniscus Campylodoniscus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Argentina. The type species was first named and described by Friedrich von Huene in 1929 as \"Campylodon ameghinoi\", the genus name meaning 'bent tooth', from Greek καμπυλος, 'bent' or 'curved' (as of a bow) and ὀδών meaning 'tooth'. The specific name honours Florentino Ameghino. In 1961 Oskar Kuhn noted that the name was pre-occupied by a fish and renamed the genus into \"Campylodoniscus\", the diminutive. The fossil remains of \"Campylodoniscus\" were found in the Sierra de San Bernardo and consist of a single", "title": "Campylodoniscus" }, { "docid": "3829009", "text": "Patricia Crowther (Wiccan) Patricia Crowther (born 14 October 1927) who also goes under the craft name Thelema, occultist, is considered influential in the early promotion of the Wiccan religion. She was born in Sheffield as Patricia Dawson. She was initiated into Wicca by Gerald Gardner in 1960. Along with like Doreen Valiente, Lois Bourne, and Eleanor Bone Crowther is considered one of the \"early mothers\" of this religion. Patricia and her then husband, Arnold Crowther (1909-1974) became the High Priestess and High Priest of the Sheffield Coven which they founded in 1961. She has promoted Wicca through several media; besides", "title": "Patricia Crowther (Wiccan)" }, { "docid": "2845299", "text": "more realistic, domestic mood into some stories. Perhaps reflecting Hergé’s dislike of mediocrity, Wagg never accomplishes much, except to get in the way. Names in Tintin are not always literally translated but rather turned into a different joke. What Hergé intended in French is not possible to translate directly, however he \"wanted something 'puffed up', a tone which expressed at the same time fleshy and weak.\" Wagg’s original French name, Séraphin Lampion , is a contrast between the first name meaning \"seraphim\", and the last name meaning a \"chintzy little lamp of the sort Wagg would use to decorate his", "title": "Jolyon Wagg" }, { "docid": "10108433", "text": "2012 album \"Roll\" and released it as the album's fourth single in June 2013. Patricia Conroy Patricia Conroy is a Canadian country music singer. In her career, she has released five studio albums and a one compilation album. Several of her singles have charted on the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart, most notably her number one hits \"Somebody's Leavin'\" and \"What Else Can I Do\" from 1994 and 1995. Patricia Conroy was born on January 30, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Conroy was born to musical family which was influenced by her mother's Maritime country background and her father's Irish", "title": "Patricia Conroy" }, { "docid": "16944835", "text": "Patricia Hilliard (actress) Patricia Hilliard (14 March 1916 – 14 June 2001), born Patricia Maud Penn-Gaskell, was a British stage and film actress. She was born at Quetta, then in British India, now in Pakistan, on March 14, 1916. She was the daughter of actress Ann Codrington (real name Marjorie Doris Codrington, who appeared in films such as \"The Rossiter Case\") and her first husband, Percy Charles Penn-Gaskell, a military. Hilliard later adopted the last name of her stepfather, actor Stafford Hilliard. In December 1915, her mother, while pregnant with Patricia, and her grandmother, Mrs. Helen Codrington, were aboard the", "title": "Patricia Hilliard (actress)" }, { "docid": "10108428", "text": "Patricia Conroy Patricia Conroy is a Canadian country music singer. In her career, she has released five studio albums and a one compilation album. Several of her singles have charted on the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart, most notably her number one hits \"Somebody's Leavin'\" and \"What Else Can I Do\" from 1994 and 1995. Patricia Conroy was born on January 30, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Conroy was born to musical family which was influenced by her mother's Maritime country background and her father's Irish roots. As a young girl her musical interests led to piano and vocal lessons", "title": "Patricia Conroy" }, { "docid": "6927198", "text": "of a revival in recent years, especially under the form of what are called two-dimensional semantic theories. This latter trend is exemplified by the theories of David Chalmers, among others. A simple descriptivist theory of names can be thought of as follows: for every proper name \"p\", there is some collection of descriptions \"D\" associated with \"p\" that constitute the meaning of \"p\". For example, the descriptivist may hold that the proper name \"Saul Kripke\" is synonymous with the collection of descriptions such as The descriptivist takes the meaning of the name \"Saul Kripke\" to be that collection of descriptions", "title": "Descriptivist theory of names" }, { "docid": "4191921", "text": "in 1993. The Mayne passes under the railway line through a bridge structure known as the \"Red Arches.\" A major townland of Baldoyle, encompassing much of what is now Donaghmede, is Grange, indicating that it was previously farmland. The district name derives from \"baile\" meaning \"town\" and \"dubh-ghaill\" meaning \"dark (-haired) stranger\", the name given by the Gaels to the Danes to distinguish them from the Norwegians or \"fair (-haired) strangers\" (\"finn-ghaill\") who first settled in Ireland in 841-842. While it is sometimes rendered as \"Doyle's town\" with reference to the personal name Doyle which itself derives from \"dubh-ghaill\", there", "title": "Baldoyle" }, { "docid": "3527153", "text": "of the Cruthin. In medieval Irish writings, the name is variously spelt \"Cruthin\", \"Cruithin\", \"Cruthini\", \"Cruthni\", \"Cruithni\" or \"Cruithini\" (Modern Irish: \"Cruithne\"). It is thought to relate to the Irish word \"cruth\", meaning \"form, figure, shape\". The name is believed to derive from \"*Qritani\", a Goidelic/Q-Celtic version of the Brittonic/P-Celtic \"*Pritani\". From this came \"Britanni\", the Roman name for the Celtic Britons. It is suggested that \"Cruthin\" was not what the people called themselves, but was what their neighbours called them. The name \"Cruthin\" survives in the placenames Duncrun (\"Dún Cruithean\", \"fort of the Cruthin\") and Drumcroon (\"Droim Cruithean\", \"ridge", "title": "Cruthin" }, { "docid": "1143212", "text": "origin and meaning of the name \"Teaneck\" is not known, but speculation is that it could come from various Dutch or English words, or it could be Native American in origin, meaning \"the woods\". An alternative is from the Dutch \"Tiene Neck\" meaning \"neck where there are willows\" (from the Dutch \"tene\" meaning willow). The earliest uses of the word \"Teaneck\" were in reference to a series of Lenni Lenape Native American camps near the ridge formed by what became Queen Anne Road. Chief Oratam was the leader of a settlement called \"Achikinhesacky\" that existed along Overpeck Creek in the", "title": "Teaneck, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "14083163", "text": "as they seemed; Þjálfi, for example, raced against thought itself (\"Hugi\" meaning \"thought\" in Old Norse). Útgarða-Loki notes that he and the inhabitants were terrified at what the group was able to achieve, and that they must part. Útgarða-Loki and his keep disappear. The etymology of the name \"Þjálfi\" is unclear. An origin in *þewa-alfa, meaning \"serving-elf\", has been proposed. The name also appears as a personal name on over 12 runestones in Sweden, including runestone Sö 194, U 56, U 681, U 778, U 867, U 875, U 925, U 948, U 1052, and U Fv1990;32B. The name \"Röskva\"", "title": "Þjálfi and Röskva" }, { "docid": "6287371", "text": "Abbey simply recorded the location in Latin as \"Bellum\" (Battle). Later documents however indicate that the abbey had a tract of land known as \"Santlache\" (Sandlake) with the name Sandlake continuing for several centuries as a tithing in Battle. The Anglo-Saxon origin of the name Hastings was probably \"Hæsta-inga\" (and variations) meaning \"clearing of Hæsta's people\". However another possible, again of Anglo-Saxon origin, is \"Asten-enge\" meaning \"meadow of the Asten\" (the Asten is the stream that runs through the battlefield). Freeman considered what Orderic Vitalis called the battlefield, namely \"Senlac\", may have been a corruption of the original Anglo-Saxon name.", "title": "Senlac Hill" }, { "docid": "9665449", "text": "Altmuehlopterus Altmuehlopterus (meaning \"Altmühl River wing\") is a genus of pterosaur, belonging to the Pterodactyloidea. It lived in the Late Jurassic of what is now Germany. It was formerly known as \"Daitingopterus\" (meaning \"Daiting Wing\"), a \"nomen nudum\", informally coined in 2004. In 1851, Johann Andreas Wagner named a new species of \"Ornithocephalus\" (a now-obsolete name for the genus \"Pterodactylus\"), \"Ornithocephalus ramphastinus\". The specific name referred to the toucan genus \"Ramphastos\", in view of the large beak-like snout of the pterosaur. In 1859/1860, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer corrected the specific name to \"rhamphastinus\". Although this was incorrect by modern", "title": "Altmuehlopterus" }, { "docid": "9000296", "text": "the specific name \"integrifolia\", from the Latin \"integer\", meaning \"entire\", and \"folium\", meaning \"leaf\". The full name of the species is therefore \"\"Banksia integrifolia\" L.f.\" Then followed by two centuries of variations to the taxonomic limits of \"B. integrifolia\". The first sign of confusion was in 1788, when Joseph Gaertner published \"B. spicata\". Gaertner did not specify his type material for the taxon, but contemporary material labelled as such clearly belongs to what is now known as \"B. i.\" subsp. \"integrifolia\". In 1810, Robert Brown relegated the name to synonymy with \"B. integrifolia\", and it remained so until 1981 when", "title": "Taxonomy of Banksia integrifolia" }, { "docid": "4251325", "text": "Anserimimus Anserimimus( ; \"goose mimic\") is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur, from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. It was a lanky, fast-running animal, possibly an omnivore. From what fossils are known, it probably closely resembled other ornithomimids, except for its more powerful forelimbs. \"Anserimimus\" was found in the Mongolian aimag, or province, of Bayankhongor during a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert, in the late 1970s. Mongolian paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold named \"Anserimimus\" in 1988, combining the Latin \"anser\" meaning 'goose' with the Greek \"mimos\" meaning 'mimic'. \"Anser\" is the generic name of several species", "title": "Anserimimus" }, { "docid": "3592520", "text": "being a toponymy meaning \"\"Pueblo del Salar Grande\"\" (\"\"Town of the great salt lake\"\"). According to other theories, it may be a compound word from the \"Quechua\" word \"\"anta\"\" (meaning \"\"cobre\"\" –\"copper\"-) and \"\"Pakay\"\" (meaning \"\"esconder\"\" –\"hidden\"-), being a toponymy meaning \"\"Escondrijo del Cobre\"\" (\"\"Copper Cache\"\"); it could also be related to the Chango language, \"\"Antofagasti\"\" (meaning \"\"Puerta del Sol\"\"- \"Sun Gate\"-), what the changos called the current natural monument \"La Portada\". However, it says the name Antofagasta is due to a decision by Manuel Mariano Melgarejo, who renamed the city in honor of a stay that he had in", "title": "Antofagasta" }, { "docid": "16975402", "text": "Neue Sorge Neue Sorge, also known as Königstraße or Königstrasse after its main boulevard, was a quarter of eastern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Leningradsky District of Kaliningrad, Russia. The original name \"Neue Sorge\" was derived from the Old Prussian \"zarge\", meaning enclosed fields, or \"sarge\", meaning sentinel or watchman. In folk etymology, the German language name derived from the response of Bogusław Radziwiłł, 17th century governor of Königsberg, when asked what the developing district should be called: \"Wieder eine neue Sorge!\" (\"Again a new worry!\"). The later name \"Königstraße\" means \"King Street\" in German. At", "title": "Neue Sorge" }, { "docid": "9349442", "text": "Patricia Maxwell Patricia Maxwell, née Patricia Anne Ponder (born March 9, 1942 near Goldonna, Louisiana) is a best-selling American author of over fifty novels. A member of the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame and the \"Affaire de Coeur\" Romance Hall of Fame, Maxwell has received numerous awards for her writing. Her first novel in the romance genre, \"Love's Wild Desire\", became a New York Times Bestseller. Maxwell has published books under five different names. Using her real name, Patricia Maxwell, she writes Gothic mystery-suspense romances; she wrote one book in collaboration with Carol Albritton, that was published under", "title": "Patricia Maxwell" }, { "docid": "97758", "text": "for example, is perfectly meaningful. It has a \"quid nominis\". But one could not know the real nature of hobbits, and so the real nature or \"quid rei\" of hobbits cannot be known. By contrast, the name \"man\" denotes real things (men) that have a certain \"quid rei\". The meaning of a name is distinct from the nature that thing must have in order that the name apply to it. This leads to a corresponding distinction between \"nominal\" and \"real\" definitions. A nominal definition is the definition explaining what a word means, i.e. which says what the \"nominal essence\" is,", "title": "Definition" }, { "docid": "898213", "text": "Nemesis In ancient Greek religion, Nemesis (; Ancient Greek: Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia or Rhamnusia (\"the goddess of Rhamnous\"), is the goddess who enacts retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods). Another name is Adrasteia (or Adrestia), meaning \"the inescapable\". The name \"Nemesis\" is related to the Greek word νέμειν \"némein\", meaning \"to give what is due\", from Proto-Indo-European \"nem-\" \"distribute\". Divine retribution is a major theme in the Hellenic world view, providing the unifying theme of the tragedies of Sophocles and many other literary works. Hesiod states: \"Also deadly Nyx bore Nemesis an affliction to", "title": "Nemesis" }, { "docid": "3537738", "text": "a popular recreation spot for Geelong, with parklands such as Balyang Sanctuary along the banks, and sees use by water skiers and rowing regatti such as Head of the River. The river's name is derived from the Aboriginal word Parwan, meaning \"magpie\" or \"great wide\" . In the Australian Aboriginal Wathawurrung language the names for the river are Worragong, with no clearly defined meaning; Nellemengobeet, meaning \"lagoon at mouth\"; and also Barrwang, meaning \"magpie\". Towns the river flows through include: \"Ordered upstream to downstream\" The West Barwon Dam was constructed near Forrest in 1965 by what is now Barwon Water.", "title": "Barwon River (Victoria)" }, { "docid": "5684191", "text": "generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words \"dendron\" (\"δένδρον\"), \"tree\", and \"aspis\" (\"ασπίς\") \"asp\", and the specific epithet \"polylepis\" is derived from the Ancient Greek \"poly\" (\"πολύ\") meaning \"many\" and \"lepis\" (\"λεπίς\") meaning \"scale\". The term \"mamba\" is derived from the Zulu word \"\"imamba\"\". A local Ngindo name in Tanzania is \"ndemalunyayo\" \"grass-cutter\" as it supposedly clips grass. In 1873, German naturalist Wilhelm Peters described \"Dendraspis Antinorii\" from a specimen in the museum of Genoa, which had been killed by Italian explorer Orazio Antinori in what is now northern Eritrea. This was subsequently regarded as a subspecies, and", "title": "Black mamba" }, { "docid": "2520198", "text": "read. Reportedly, Krenwinkel writes both poetry and music, plays the guitar, plays on a prison volleyball team and gives dance lessons. Krenwinkel, still incarcerated, is now at the California Institution for Women in Chino, California. In an interview conducted by Diane Sawyer in 1994, Krenwinkel stated: \"I wake up every day knowing that I'm a destroyer of the most precious thing, which is life; and I do that because that's what I deserve, is to wake up every morning and know that.\" During that same interview, Patricia expressed the most remorse for what she did to Folger, telling Diane Sawyer,", "title": "Patricia Krenwinkel" }, { "docid": "2730822", "text": "location of many of these peoples, refer to the dialect map in the article. J. W. Gregory reported in \"The Geographical Journal\" of 1894 that it was called \"Basso Narok\", meaning \"Black Lake\" in the Samburu language. Likewise, nearby Lake Chew Bahir is \"Basso Naibor\" in Samburu, meaning \"White Lake\". The Samburu are among the dominant tribes in the lake Turkana region when the explorers came.\" What the native form of this phrase was, what it might mean, and in which language is not clear. The lake kept its European name during the colonial period of British East Africa. After", "title": "Lake Turkana" }, { "docid": "17225545", "text": "Organizing Committees for both the Journal of Biological Rhythms and the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR). She has been an active member on the Advisory Board for both groups and served two terms as SRBR’’s Secretary. DeCoursey was one of the activists who worked to create what is now the Congaree National Park. Patricia DeCoursey Patricia (Jackson) DeCoursey is a leading researcher in the field of chronobiology. Her research focuses on behavioral, physiological, and ecological aspects of mammalian circadian rhythms. She is credited with creating the first Phase Response Curve (PRC). PRC’s are used throughout the field today", "title": "Patricia DeCoursey" }, { "docid": "3071631", "text": "Amazon (£10.99). The name \"Anglesey\" is not a reference to the Welsh island known as Anglesey in English, although the two names do have some etymology in common. Anglesey Priory was built on what was, before improvements in the drainage of the area, an island. In both place names, as in many other place names in Britain, the final \"-ey\" is from a Germanic word meaning 'isle'. In the case of the Welsh island, \"Angle-\" is from an Old Norse word \"ǫngull\", which is either a personal name, or a word meaning 'angle' or 'corner'. In the case of the", "title": "Anglesey Abbey" }, { "docid": "7169919", "text": "the word \"the\" has a meaning, but one would be hard-pressed to find a mental representation that fits it. Still another objection lies in the observation that certain linguistic items name something in the real world, and are meaningful, yet which we have no mental representations to deal with. For instance, it is not known what Newton's father looked like, yet the phrase \"\"Newton's father\"\" still has meaning. Another problem is that of composition — that it is difficult to explain how words and phrases combine into sentences if only ideas were involved in meaning. Eleanor Rosch and George Lakoff", "title": "Meaning (philosophy of language)" }, { "docid": "20005405", "text": "Anguilla. Patricia J. Adams Patricia J. Adams (born 1952) is an Anguillan writer and former teacher. An annual award which bears her name is given each year by the Department of Education to the primary students in grades 3, 5, and 6 who excel in creative writing. She was the recipient of the Queen's Certificate and a badge of honour in 2012 on Anguilla Day. Patricia Juliette Christian was born in 1952 in The Farrington area of Anguilla to Ann Juliette and Malcolm Lindbergh Christian. Her parents were of African heritage. Christian was the oldest of five siblings and the", "title": "Patricia J. Adams" }, { "docid": "20005398", "text": "Patricia J. Adams Patricia J. Adams (born 1952) is an Anguillan writer and former teacher. An annual award which bears her name is given each year by the Department of Education to the primary students in grades 3, 5, and 6 who excel in creative writing. She was the recipient of the Queen's Certificate and a badge of honour in 2012 on Anguilla Day. Patricia Juliette Christian was born in 1952 in The Farrington area of Anguilla to Ann Juliette and Malcolm Lindbergh Christian. Her parents were of African heritage. Christian was the oldest of five siblings and the only", "title": "Patricia J. Adams" }, { "docid": "2205378", "text": "interest Patricia (Jean Seberg), a student and aspiring journalist, who sells the \"New York Herald Tribune\" on the streets of Paris. The ambivalent Patricia unwittingly hides him in her apartment as he simultaneously tries to seduce her and call in a loan to fund their escape to Italy. Patricia says she is pregnant, probably with Michel's child. She learns that Michel is on the run when questioned by the police. Eventually she betrays him, but before the police arrive she tells Michel what she has done. He is somewhat resigned to a life in prison, and does not try to", "title": "Breathless (1960 film)" }, { "docid": "657144", "text": "Scotia Scotia is a Latin placename derived from \"Scoti\", a Latin name for Ireland, meaning the land of the Gaels. Originally, it meant the land of the Gaels: Ireland and part of northern Britain. From the 9th century, its meaning gradually shifted, so that it came to mean only the part of Britain lying north of the Firth of Forth: the Kingdom of Alba or Scotland. By the later Middle Ages it had become the fixed Latin term for what in English is called Scotland. The Romans named Ireland \"Scotia\" around 500 A.D The name of \"Scotland\" is derived from", "title": "Scotia" }, { "docid": "4016231", "text": "was on the original list of stations proposed for the Tempe-East Hills railway line in 1929. Prior to this, Panania was part of what was generally known as the East Hills district. Panania is an Aboriginal word meaning \"sun rising in the east and shining on the hills\". An alternative theory is that the name may be a derivation of \"Pannonia\", which was an ancient province of the Roman Empire southeast of the Danube River. During the construction of the railway line the name Nioka was used for the station which is an Aboriginal word meaning \"the green hill\". Other", "title": "Panania" }, { "docid": "1982088", "text": "also carries her name. There is also a Thamesdown bus named after her in Swindon, Wiltshire. The second of Canadian Pacific's British Columbia Coast Steamship's two 365-foot-long, 56-foot-wide, 5,911-/6,062-ton (1963 refit) Fairfield Shipyards, Scotland-built steam turbo-electric passenger ships, the TEV Princess Patricia (Princess Patricia II), was named in 1948 for Princess Patricia of Connaught and launched by her as Lady Patricia Ramsay at Govan in that year. The first ship for Princess Cruises via a winter Mexican Riviera charter from CPL in 1965, she was retired from Alaskan cruising services in 1981 and served as a floating hotel in Vancouver,", "title": "Princess Patricia of Connaught" }, { "docid": "18561549", "text": "Patricia Longo Patricia Longo, also known as Jimena Benìtez, is a fictional character in the 2012 Argentine telenovela \"Graduados\". She is played by Isabel Macedo, both as an adult and, in flashbacks, as a teenager. Jimena Benìtez attended high school in the 1980s, graduating in 1989. As a very obese girl, she was victim of school bullying, but fell in love with the main bully, Pablo Catáneo. She took part in a fitness program after graduation, and used cosmetic surgery to change her face. She also changed her name to Patricia Longo, and got a job in Mc Can, ignoring", "title": "Patricia Longo" }, { "docid": "16736891", "text": "Dezzolla Shimane The team was established in April 2001 as FC Central Chūgoku. Though registered to play in Shimane prefecture, their office and training grounds were originally located in what is now Kitahiroshima, Yamagata district, Hiroshima prefecture. In 2008 the team changed its name to \"Dezzolla Shimane Esporte Clube\", and began to shift its base of operations to Hamada city and the surrounding areas, allowing citizens throughout the prefecture to feel a part of the club. The name is a corrupted portmanteau of the Portuguese words \"Deus\", meaning \"God\", and \"Olá\", meaning \"hello\". While \"Esporte Clube\" is Portuguese for \"Sport", "title": "Dezzolla Shimane" }, { "docid": "3745056", "text": "Alternatively, it may be from the Old English for \"Willow Wood\". Others believe the name was originally \"Viashaw\", meaning way or road through the wood. Yet another theory is that the name derives from \"Wee Shaw\", meaning small wood. Wishaw is not one of Scotland's medieval towns, but a settlement in the area dates back to the 12th century when St. Nethan established a kirk dedicated to St. Michael by a bend (Gaelic \"camus\") in the Clyde near what is now Netherton. The area then became known as the parish of Cambusnethan, and remained so until the Reformation. The site", "title": "Wishaw" }, { "docid": "1247402", "text": "Chewelah, Washington Chewelah ( ) is a city in Stevens County, Washington, United States. It is located approximately 45 miles north northwest of Spokane, WA. Chewelah was labeled Chiel-Charle-Mous on the 1897 U. S. Land Office Map. The population was 2,607 at the 2010 census which was a 19.3% increase over the 2000 census. The name of the town comes from a Kalispel word, sč̓ewíleʔ, meaning \"watersnake\" or \"gartersnake\". Alice Sherwood Abrahamson stated that \"The name Chewelah comes from the Indian word \"S che wee leh\", meaning water or garter snake. There was a spring in what is now the", "title": "Chewelah, Washington" }, { "docid": "7339345", "text": "Chindesaurus Chindesaurus ( ) is a genus of herrerasaurid dinosaur that lived approximately 235-210 million years ago during the latter part of the Triassic Period in what is now the Southwestern United States. \"Chindesaurus\" was a small, bipedal, carnivore, that could grow up to long. The genus name \"Chindesaurus\" is derived from the Navajo word chindi meaning \"ghost\" or \"evil spirit\" and the Greek word \"sauros\" (σαυρος) meaning \"lizard\"; thus, \"ghost lizard\" or \"Lizard from Chinde Point\". The specific name, \"bryansmalli\" honors the discoverer, Bryan Small. \"Chindesaurus\" was described and named by R.A. Long and P.A. Murry, in 1995 and", "title": "Chindesaurus" }, { "docid": "18985083", "text": "Sharazan \"Sharazan\" is a song by Italian duo Al Bano and Romina Power, released in 1981. It was an international commercial success and remains one of their best-known hits. They are told to say that Sharazan means \"Dreamland\", what would fit to the Italian text. <br> There is a German Cover by Marco Bakker, the meaning there is the name of a girl in a far, probably Arabic country (\"Rose im Wüstensand\"). Another cover named \"Parmesan\", by a satirical Czech band \"Triky a pověry\" (meaning \"Tricks And Superstitions\", a name that sounds like Ricchi e Poveri: the band produced a", "title": "Sharazan" } ]
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who is in the video do n 't worry be happy
[ "Bobby McFerrin", "Robin Williams", "Bill Irwin" ]
[ { "docid": "4430898", "text": "and everything he has ever heard has gone into his brain, from the Mickey Mouse Club theme to the Metropolitan Opera.\" The \"instruments\" in the \"a cappella\" song are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by McFerrin, using no instruments at all; McFerrin also sings with an affected accent. The comedic original music video for the song stars McFerrin, Robin Williams, and Bill Irwin, and is somewhat shorter than the album version. Originally released in conjunction with the film \"Cocktail\" in 1988, the song originally peaked at No. 88 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song was re-released", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy" }, { "docid": "5285731", "text": "of the people who run over the saxophone is a man on a tricycle, who promptly falls over. This is a reference to the show \"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In\". At the beginning of the flashback, the song \"Don't Worry, Be Happy\" by Bobby McFerrin can be heard. In the flashback, Dr. Hibbert fashioned his hair and attire like Mr. T in \"The A-Team\". Homer can be seen watching \"Twin Peaks\" and The Giant is then shown waltzing with the White Horse. In King Toot's music store, when Homer buys Lisa her first saxophone, there is a guitar in the background", "title": "Lisa's Sax" }, { "docid": "4430896", "text": "Don't Worry, Be Happy \"Don't Worry, Be Happy\" is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. Released in September 1988, it became the first \"a cappella\" song to reach number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. The Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba (1894–1969) often used the expression \"Don't worry, be happy\" when cabling his followers in the West. In the 1960s, the expression was printed up on inspirational cards and posters of the era. In 1988, McFerrin noticed a similar poster in the apartment of the jazz duo Tuck", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy" }, { "docid": "4430902", "text": "Nineties\" album in 2009. Reggae artist Cas Haley covered the song as a hidden bonus track on his \"Favorites\" album (together with former Jah Roots lead singer, Josh Heinrichs). Also in 1989 Dutch rock DJ Alfred Lagarde recorded a version in Dutch with a heavy Surinam accent under the name Johnny Camaro. Spanish Ska band The Locos covered this song in a similar style, ska. Don't Worry, Be Happy \"Don't Worry, Be Happy\" is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. Released in September 1988, it became the first \"a cappella\" song to reach number one on the", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy" }, { "docid": "6214927", "text": "Markale Massacres. Shot just a few months after the war on locations in Sarajevo and Croatia, the film uses real ruins and war debris to give the film a feeling of authenticity. Many scenes of the characters witnessing and reporting on street carnage were intercut with video footage of the historic events. Two widely known pieces of music were among those used in the film. \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" by Bobby McFerrin is played against scenes of the siege of Sarajevo, with people being wounded by bombs, blood everywhere on the streets, etc. The second piece is \"Adagio in G", "title": "Welcome to Sarajevo" }, { "docid": "4430898", "text": "and everything he has ever heard has gone into his brain, from the Mickey Mouse Club theme to the Metropolitan Opera.\" The \"instruments\" in the \"a cappella\" song are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by McFerrin, using no instruments at all; McFerrin also sings with an affected accent. The comedic original music video for the song stars McFerrin, Robin Williams, and Bill Irwin, and is somewhat shorter than the album version. Originally released in conjunction with the film \"Cocktail\" in 1988, the song originally peaked at No. 88 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song was re-released", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy" }, { "docid": "3894972", "text": "roles have been Enrico Ballati, \"The Flying Man\", on the television series \"Northern Exposure\", Mr. Noodle in the \"Elmo's World\" segment of the PBS children's show \"Sesame Street\" and the \"Dick & Jane\" serial killer Nate Haskell on \"\". He was featured in the 1988 music video of \"Don't Worry, Be Happy\" by Bobby McFerrin (along with McFerrin and Robin Williams). Irwin was also featured in HBO's 1997 production \"Subway Stories\". He has also appeared on \"The Cosby Show\", \"Saturday Night Live\", \"3rd Rock from the Sun\", \"Law & Order\" and \"Lights Out\". In 2011, Irwin guest starred in the", "title": "Bill Irwin" } ]
[ { "docid": "16078491", "text": "\"Don't Worry Be Happy\" has received 2013 APRA nominations for Most Played Australian Work and Pop Work of the Year. The video for \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" was filmed in Sydney, and was released to iTunes and other digital download sites on 21 November 2011. In the video Sebastian is seen as a businessman having a difficult day. He pours curdled milk over his breakfast cereal, steps out of his apartment building into a rain shower, and his day at the office is shown to be stressful. He walks down to the beach at lunch time appearing very disgruntled. As", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "5628527", "text": "musicians, who do not stick to their roots. Don't Be Happy... Just Worry Don't Be Happy... Just Worry is a mini-album by The Wildhearts, initially released in 1992 by Eastwest Records as a double EP. It was re-issued on 25 April 1994 as a single-CD and cassette mini-album, both formats with all eight tracks. The first disc (tracks 1-4 on the single disc version) consists of a remixed version of the \"Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go\" EP. All eight songs were included on the 2010 CD release of \"Earth Vs The Wildhearts\". Lead track \"Turning American\", sometimes incorrectly assumed to be an", "title": "Don't Be Happy... Just Worry" }, { "docid": "19480452", "text": "Don't Worry Be Happy (play) Don’t Worry Be Happy is a Marathi drama by Mihir Rajda, which was produced on stage in Mumbai, India, in 2016, starring Spruha Joshi and Umesh Kamat in lead roles. \"Don’t Worry Be Happy\" is produced by Nandu Kadam under the banner of Sonal Productions and directed by Adwait Dadarkar. \"Don’t Worry Be Happy\" is a gen-next drama which tells the problems of E-generation and tries to find solutions to it. The story of \"Don’t Worry Be Happy\" revolves around Akshay (Umesh Kamat) and Pranoti (Spruha Joshi), a 21st-century typical Marathi couple immersed in their", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (play)" }, { "docid": "16078481", "text": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song) \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" is a pop song written and performed by Australian recording artist Guy Sebastian. It is the lead single from Sebastian's seventh album \"Armageddon\". \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" was released digitally in Australia on 18 November 2011. It peaked at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart, and has reached 4× platinum certification. It was Sebastian's eighth of 11 top ten singles in Australia. In 2012 \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" was nominated for the ARIA Music Award for Single of the Year and was shortlisted for the APRA Song of", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "4274953", "text": "appeared in his video part for \"Love Child\" and shares an opinion with the teenage male: \"Just keep skating. Don't even worry about ... don't ever sweat, like, 'is this good enough? Is that good enough?' Like, as long as you're happy with it, that's fine.\" Song expanded upon this sentiment in a voiceover segment for \"Thrasher\" magazine, in relation to Haslam's footage in \"Cheese and Crackers\", stating: Do whatever you want—go skate a mini-ramp; go skate a really mini-ramp; go skate a big ramp. Basically, just go skate; set up whatever you want and don't worry about what people", "title": "Daewon Song" }, { "docid": "20670823", "text": "Iddaru Pellalu Iddaru Pellalu (English: Two Wives) is a 1954 Telugu drama film, produced and directed by F. Nagur under the Nagur Cine Productions banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jamuna in the lead roles and music composed by T. R. Papa, T. K. Kumara Swamy & T. A. Kalyan Raman A Zamindar (C.S.R) lives a happy life with his wife Radha (M. V. Rajamma), but the only thing that bothers them is that they do not have children. Pushpa (Lakshmikantham) is a dancer who earns money through performances at Madras. Once, the Zamindar comes to Madras, where he", "title": "Iddaru Pellalu" }, { "docid": "19480454", "text": "and nominations in several categories with praise for Spruha-Umesh's acting. According to Stylewhack.com, \"the drama nevertheless is heart warming, laughter stimulating and of course giving goosebumps during certain scenes. You can feel the audience’s pulse as they laugh, whistle, clap and sob with Akshay and Pranoti.\" Don't Worry Be Happy (play) Don’t Worry Be Happy is a Marathi drama by Mihir Rajda, which was produced on stage in Mumbai, India, in 2016, starring Spruha Joshi and Umesh Kamat in lead roles. \"Don’t Worry Be Happy\" is produced by Nandu Kadam under the banner of Sonal Productions and directed by Adwait", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (play)" }, { "docid": "18200627", "text": "and video chat prize, Rob announces that he'd like to give his video chat to Lori, who needs it more than he does. Lori is elated and incredibly grateful that she can now say happy birthday to her son. During her session, Lori's husband and son tell her they are doing just fine without her and she can't come back yet. They don't want her to worry about them and they're not falling apart as Lori feared. Now that she can rest assured that her family is doing well, Lori feels she can focus on herself and the happy, positive", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 16)" }, { "docid": "16078492", "text": "he begins to eat he looks across at the next bench and notices a sad obviously ill young girl sitting in a wheelchair next to her father. The businessman appears to come to the realisation that his day isn't as bad as it seemed. He puts down his food and runs into the ocean fully clothed, falling backwards into the water with a smile. The young girl breaks into a smile as well. Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song) \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" is a pop song written and performed by Australian recording artist Guy Sebastian. It is the", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "5628526", "text": "Don't Be Happy... Just Worry Don't Be Happy... Just Worry is a mini-album by The Wildhearts, initially released in 1992 by Eastwest Records as a double EP. It was re-issued on 25 April 1994 as a single-CD and cassette mini-album, both formats with all eight tracks. The first disc (tracks 1-4 on the single disc version) consists of a remixed version of the \"Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go\" EP. All eight songs were included on the 2010 CD release of \"Earth Vs The Wildhearts\". Lead track \"Turning American\", sometimes incorrectly assumed to be an anti-American statement, is actually about people, particularly successful", "title": "Don't Be Happy... Just Worry" }, { "docid": "4430900", "text": "the first a cappella song to reach the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart and one critic noted it is a \"formula for facing life's trials.\" The song is ranked No. 31 on VH1's \"100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s\" and also appears on \"Rolling Stone\"s list of the 15 Best Whistling Songs of All Time. At the 1989 Grammy Awards, \"Don't Worry, Be Happy\" won the awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Versions of \"Don't Worry, Be Happy\" have been recorded by several artists. The Katsimiha Brothers made a", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy" }, { "docid": "16078490", "text": "the ARIA Top 50, including ten weeks in the top ten and was certified 4× platinum. \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" was nominated for the ARIA Single of the Year Award. In 2012 this award replaced the industry voted Song of the Year, and the nominees were the ten highest selling Australian singles released during the eligibility period, with the winner decided by public vote. In 2012 \"Dont Worry Be Happy\" was shortlisted for the APRA Song of the Year. This award is peer judged with the shortlist, final five nominees and winner voted for by the songwiting members of APRA.", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "4430901", "text": "Greek cover of the song with original lyrics, and Montenegrin musician Rambo Amadeus made a parody titled \"Don't Happy, Be Worry\", as a critique to the optimism of the music scene in the former Yugoslavia in the face of war and economic depression. In addition, the lyrics of \"Fight the Power\" by hip hop artists Public Enemy refer critically to \"Don't Worry, Be Happy\". A version of this song sung by The Hit Crew is also added into the Big Mouth Billy Bass, a very popular animatronic singing toy. Hermes House Band covered the song on their \"Rhythm of the", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy" }, { "docid": "20089235", "text": "2015, during a press conference, it was announced that the film would be directed by Boris Boo, and that Chew Chor Meng and Wang Weiliang would be starring in the film. Chew was cast as Wang's father, due to his previous work experience with Boo on the set of \"Don't Worry Be Happy\", and for his role as Ah Bee in \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" and its spin-off, \"Lobang King\". Wang, who is best known for his role as Lobang in the \"Ah Boys to Men\" franchise, would be taking up the lead role for the first time. Meanwhile, auditions", "title": "Lucky Boy (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "15979702", "text": "to number 20 with 16,553 copies sold. The music video, directed by Declan Whitebloom, premiered on 6 October 2011 and develops on a dark background while Lott is seen dancing and singing. It begins with a car pulling into a building before Lott and various scantily-clad back-up dancers perform their routine while Pusha T is seemingly pleading to Lott. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Young Foolish Happy\". What Do You Take Me For? \"What Do You Take Me For?\" is a song by English singer Pixie Lott from her second studio album, \"Young Foolish Happy\" (2011). The song", "title": "What Do You Take Me For?" }, { "docid": "20564200", "text": "Raju comes back and marries Shanta; and what happens in their lives. Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Music released by Audio Company. Mangalasutram (1966 film) Mangalasutram (English: Wedding Chain) is a 1966 Telugu drama film, produced and directed by A. K. Velan under the Arunachalam Studios banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Devika in the lead roles and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Joga Rao is a famous lawyer who leads a happy family life with his wife Parvathi and their two children, Raju (N. T. Rama Rao) and Shankar. Once Raju goes to their village where", "title": "Mangalasutram (1966 film)" }, { "docid": "16078486", "text": "in its second week. It peaked at number four in national radio airplay in early 2012. Sebastian performed the song on the Grand Final episode of Australia's \"The X Factor\". He performed a medley of his previous single \"Who's That Girl\" and \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" at the 2011 ARIA Awards on 27 November 2011. Sebastian also performed the song on the Seven Network's morning program \"Sunrise\" on 1 December 2011. \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" was used by the network during December 2011 and January 2012 in commercials to promote their 2012 programs. The Armageddon Tour ran from June and", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "241959", "text": "as \"T\"(\"x\",\"N\") removes all occurrences of \"x\" from \"N\", while still allowing argument values to be substituted into the positions where \"N\" contains an \"x\". The conversion function \"T\" can be defined by: In either case, a term of the form \"T\"(\"x\",\"N\") \"P\" can reduce by having the initial combinator I, K, or S grab the argument \"P\", just like β-reduction of (λ\"x\".\"N\") \"P\" would do. I returns that argument. K throws the argument away, just like (λ\"x\".\"N\") would do if \"x\" has no free occurrence in \"N\". S passes the argument on to both subterms of the application, and", "title": "Lambda calculus" }, { "docid": "20564197", "text": "Mangalasutram (1966 film) Mangalasutram (English: Wedding Chain) is a 1966 Telugu drama film, produced and directed by A. K. Velan under the Arunachalam Studios banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Devika in the lead roles and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Joga Rao is a famous lawyer who leads a happy family life with his wife Parvathi and their two children, Raju (N. T. Rama Rao) and Shankar. Once Raju goes to their village where he gets acquainted with Shantha (Devika) and both of them fall in love. Parvathi wants to make her son Raju's marriage with a", "title": "Mangalasutram (1966 film)" }, { "docid": "12337862", "text": "suggested by the proof that these diagrams give the same 3-manifold. First, do the surgery on \"K\", replacing a tubular neighborhood of \"K\" by another solid torus \"T\" according to the surgery coefficient \"n\". Since \"J\" is a meridian, it can be pushed, or \"slam dunked\", into \"T\". Since \"n\" is an integer, \"J\" intersects the meridian of \"T\" once, and so \"J\" must be isotopic to a longitude of \"T\". Thus when we now do surgery on \"J\", we can think of it as replacing \"T\" by another solid torus. This replacement, as shown by a simple calculation, is", "title": "Slam-dunk" }, { "docid": "2845206", "text": "especially by appending zeroes on the end of the number (by multiplying with 10). The first pair of consecutive happy numbers is 31, 32. The first set of triplets is 1880, 1881, and 1882. For any natural number \"n\", there exists a sequence of \"n\" consecutive happy numbers. The beginning of the first run of at least \"n\" consecutive happy numbers for \"n\" = 1, 2, 3, formula_12 is By inspection of the first million or so happy numbers, it appears that they have a natural density of around 0.15. Perhaps surprisingly, then, the happy numbers do not have an", "title": "Happy number" }, { "docid": "5625806", "text": "saying there would be a look-alike of her would be in a music video with him. She states that he reassured her by saying, \"Don't worry about it. It's not a big deal\". Spears, who had not seen the video, says she allowed him to do so but became infuriated after watching it. She recalled that when she asked why he had made a video about her, he replied, \"Well, I got a controversial video.\" She stated that it was a great publicity stunt, commenting, \"So he got what he wanted. I think it looks like such a desperate attempt,", "title": "Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)" }, { "docid": "1145869", "text": "actually help to drive a solution\"; Ridley said \"I am certainly not saying, 'Don't worry, be happy.' Rather, I'm saying, 'Don't despair, be ambitious.'\" Ridley summarised his own views on his political philosophy during the 2011 Hayek Lecture: \"[T]hat the individual is not – and had not been for 120,000 years – able to support his lifestyle; that the key feature of trade is that it enables us to work for each other not just for ourselves; that there is nothing so anti-social (or impoverishing) as the pursuit of self sufficiency; and that authoritarian, top-down rule is not the source", "title": "Matt Ridley" }, { "docid": "3475429", "text": "n-aingel. Rop tú cech maithius dom churp, dom anmain; rop tú mo flaithius i n-nim 's i talmain. Rop tussu t' áenur sainserc mo chride; ní rop nech aile acht Airdrí nime. Co talla forum, ré n-dul it láma, mo chuit, mo chotlud, ar méit do gráda. Rop tussu t' áenur m' urrann úais amra: ní chuinngim daíne ná maíne marba. Rop amlaid dínsiur cech sel, cech sáegul, mar marb oc brénad, ar t' fégad t' áenur. Do serc im anmain, do grád im chride, tabair dam amlaid, a Rí secht nime. Tabair dam amlaid, a Rí secht nime, do", "title": "Be Thou My Vision" }, { "docid": "6438881", "text": "some eigenvalue λ of \"T\". Other indications also reinforce the idea that \"f\"(\"T\") can be defined only if \"f\" is defined on the spectrum of \"T\". If \"T\" is not invertible, then (recalling that T is an n x n matrix) 0 is an eigenvalue. Since the natural logarithm is undefined at 0, one would expect that ln(\"T\") can not be defined naturally. This is indeed the case. As another example, for the reasonable way of calculating \"f\"(\"T\") would seem to be However, this expression is not defined if the inverses on the right-hand side do not exist, that is,", "title": "Holomorphic functional calculus" }, { "docid": "19438012", "text": "has solely become Jiabao’s responsibility. On top of that, although Mavis is on a scholarship, Jiabao is still responsible for her living expenses. Jiabao comforts Shumei that the pioneer generation package will help to reduce the medical expenses greatly and told her not to worry... Don't Worry, Be Healthy Don't Worry, Be Healthy (, previously titled Happy Goh Family) is a Singaporean Chinese sitcom which was commissioned by the Ministry of Communications and Information, sponsored by Pioneer Generation Package, and telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, Mediacorp Channel 8. The sitcom began production on 15 October 2015 and made its debut", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Healthy" }, { "docid": "19480453", "text": "career with proper family planning and a no children policy for five years of marriage. The story unravels as Pranoti is diagnosed with PCOD. The reason for PCOD is stated as ‘stress’, and the couple try to figure out what exactly is the reason behind this ‘stress’ in their life and how to avoid it with a tinge of humour. The story which unfolds is a tale which is common in many of the households today. Infertility, marriage woes, extended family issues – everything is showcased in a delicate manner in the play. \"Don’t Worry Be Happy\" garnered many awards", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (play)" }, { "docid": "17109041", "text": "mode\",' the speaker is saying 'don't worry.' Another example that t\"abu\" is used in is the sentence t\"abu bena kaitea i kita-gau\", which means 'Don't let anybody see me.' Take note that in the previous sentence since the subject is third person, the particle \"tabu\" must be used with the particle \"bena\" like shown. \"Taba\" is another negation particle. This particle is used to express something that a person does not want to do. Unlike \"Tabu\" though, \"Taba\" can only be used in conjunction with \"nige\" meaning 'not.' An example sentence could be \"Taba nige ya hedede\", which means 'I", "title": "Saliba language (Papua New Guinea)" }, { "docid": "6686580", "text": "cannot be missed) in the popular Channel 8 sitcom \"Don't Worry, Be Happy\", which spanned for six seasons. Chew initially dropped out from the role of Ah Bee after the 3rd season due to fear of being typecast, and also because he wanted to focus more on drama and variety shows. He eventually reprised the role for the latter half of the 6th (and final) season for \"Don't Worry Be Happy\", and appeared in a spinoff series \"Lobang King\" focusing on Ah Bee and his new league of friends. Chew is known for his versatility and ability to portray different", "title": "Chew Chor Meng" }, { "docid": "6180602", "text": "the big picture, our galaxy (is like a) small tiny like dot in Universe. Like, and I think like, 'And we have some problems here on the Earth we worry about?' Compared to like ... nothing. Just ... be happy. Don't worry, be happy right now.\" His comments have resulted in some good fun, including how when requesting information about the Universe, Siri instead returns information about Bryzgalov, referring to him as \"Mr. Universe\". Bryzgalov made news when he said he believed Sergei Bobrovsky would be the starter for the 2012 NHL Winter Classic: \"I have great news and even", "title": "Ilya Bryzgalov" }, { "docid": "4430897", "text": "& Patti in San Francisco. Inspired by the expression's charm and simplicity, McFerrin wrote the now famous song, which was included in the soundtrack of the movie \"Cocktail\", and became a hit single the next year. In an interview by Bruce Fessier for \"USA Weekend\" magazine in 1988 McFerrin said, \"Whenever you see a poster of Meher Baba, it usually says 'Don't worry, be happy,' which is a pretty neat philosophy in four words, I think.\" Linda Goldstein, the song's producer, said the song gave McFerrin \"the freedom to explore,\" adding, \"He is a man of infinite, unfathomable, boundless voices", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy" }, { "docid": "20588138", "text": "on a happy note. Music was composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Music was released by EMI Columbia Audio Company. Paruvu-Prathishta Paruvu-Prathishta (English: \"Honour – Prestige\") is a 1963 Telugu language drama film, produced by Jupudi Venkateswara Rao under the Valta Productions banner and directed by Manapuram Appa Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi in the lead roles and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Raghu (N. T. Rama Rao), an intelligent guy from a wealthy family. He falls in love with a beautiful good-natured girl Susheela (Anjali Devi) who is a needy in her maternal uncle Paramdamaiah's", "title": "Paruvu-Prathishta" }, { "docid": "20532716", "text": "a happy note with the marriage of Ramu & Vani. Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Lyrics were written by Acharya Aatreya. Music released by Audio Company. Aggi Ravva Aggi Ravva (English: Flame) is a 1981 Telugu Action film, produced by N. T. Rama Rao under the Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner and directed by K. Bapayya. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sridevi in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is inspired by an English movie. Ramu (N. T. Rama Rao) a young and energetic guy, is the only son of I. G. Raja", "title": "Aggi Ravva" }, { "docid": "17497419", "text": "Michael T. Scott Michael T. Scott is an American comedy writer, animation director and creator of the Happy Fatties online cartoon series, which has been featured on several notable web video sites including, YouTube, Dailymotion, Yahoo! Video, Openfilm, Animation World Network, Crackle, Aniboom, Funny or Die and Newgrounds. Scott also wrote and produced 3 comedy albums, \"Pre-chewed Appetizers\" and \"The Jim Panzee and Friends Funtime Radio Hour.\" Since 2009, Scott has created over 90 animated comedy shorts, and received over 4 million views online for his Happy Fatties cartoons. Additional to being featured on several of the online video sites", "title": "Michael T. Scott" }, { "docid": "16078488", "text": "it. A great little tune about chilling out and enjoying life.\" Music site auspOp said the song was as \"bright as sunshine\". David Lim, a music journalist and announcer on radio station Joy 94.9 wrote, \"It's feel good, sun-soaked and universally appealing in a way that you'd expect for an artist of his brand and following to be. Sonically, it's very pleasing to hear him stick to a more Bruno Mars-style pop. The warmer musical textures compliments Guy's voice like you won't believe [...] 'Don't Worry Be Happy' is not here to snatch wigs, alter pop music trends, or fanfare", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "4430899", "text": "the same year and peaked at No. 1 on September 24, 1988 displacing \"Sweet Child o' Mine\" by Guns N' Roses. The song also peaked at No. 11 on the \"Billboard\" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Tracks chart and No. 7 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The song was also a hit in the United Kingdom and on the UK Singles Chart, the song reached number 2 during its fifth week on the chart (kept from the top spot by Whitney Houston's \"One Moment in Time\"). In Canada, the song reached No. 1 on its 8th week. The song is", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy" }, { "docid": "20516520", "text": "Maa Daivam Maa Daivam (English: Our God) is a 1976 Telugu drama film, produced by Maniyan and Vidyas Lakshman under the Udayam Productions banner and directed by S. S. Balan. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jayachitra in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is a remake of the Hindi movie \"Do Aankhen Barah Haath\" (1957). Raju (N. T. Rama Rao) is a Jail Warden who decides to rehabilitate six hardcore, notorious prisoners by releasing them on parole and the Govt. approves it on an ultimatum that Raju will be arrested if even one", "title": "Maa Daivam" }, { "docid": "8475355", "text": "not allowed. However, we can achieve the same effect by defining a derived data type with a pointer as its sole component: TYPE row END TYPE and then defining arrays of this data type TYPE(row) :: s(n), t(n) where the storage for the rows can be allocated by, for instance, DO i = 1, n END DO The array assignment s = tis then equivalent to the pointer assignments s(i)%r => t(i)%r for all components. Given an array REAL, TARGET :: table(100,100) that is frequently referenced with the fixed subscripts table(m:n, p:q) these references may be replaced by REAL, DIMENSION(:,", "title": "Fortran 95 language features" }, { "docid": "8975014", "text": "album features guest performances by 2Pac, E-40, Luniz, D'wayne Wiggins, T-Boz, and Rame Royal of Rhythm & Green. Along with the single, a music video was produced for the song, \"Let's Ride\". A second single, \"Do G's Get To Go To Heaven?\", was also released as a music video, featuring Bo-Roc, and is dedicated to the memory of Tupac Shakur. In the song N—-s Done Changed’ Feat. Tupac, 2Pac predicts his own death by saying “I been shot and murdered, can tell you how it happened, word for word / But best believe n—-s gonna get what they deserve.” The", "title": "Seasoned Veteran" }, { "docid": "16078489", "text": "a bold new direction for Guy. The concept really is as simple as the message behind the song – just a basic reminder to celebrate the simple things in life.\" \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" debuted at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart, and rose to its peak of number five after six weeks. It was Sebastian's eighth of 11 top ten singles in Australia. Although only released in mid November it was the sixth highest selling Australian artist single of 2011. It was also the 11th highest selling Australian artist single in 2012. The song spent 19 weeks in", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "16835374", "text": "singles were released from the album, including \"Don't Worry Be Happy\", and \"Battle Scars\" which features Lupe Fiasco. \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" peaked at number five and gained 4× platinum certification, with \"Battle Scars\" reaching number one and 9× platinum. \"Battle Scars\" is Sebastian's sixth number one single in Australia and Fiasco's first. \"Battle Scars\" also reached number two and double platinum certification in New Zealand, number 71 and platinum certification in the US, and number two in Norway. Sebastian has received a number of accolades for the album and its songs. He was nominated for three 2012 ARIA Music", "title": "Armageddon (Guy Sebastian album)" }, { "docid": "16078487", "text": "July 2012, and the album was released on October 12. Vic Cardinali from music site Play It on Repeat said of the song, \"It's a feel good, bright, upbeat dance pop song about being happy about what you've got in life [...] Guy easily sings over a bright, sparkling beat that I personally cannot help but move to (I tried. I really just sat here and said 'No. I'm not going to move.' — and found myself bobbing my head and hips back and forth).\" Ellen Wapstra from [V] Music wrote, \"Okay, if you need a pick-me-up this should do", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "13506246", "text": "constraints, so \"T\" = \"T\"(q, dq/d\"t\", \"t\"). With these definitions we have the Euler–Lagrange equations, or Lagrange's equations of the second kind are mathematical results from the calculus of variations, which can also be used in mechanics. Substituting in the Lagrangian \"L\"(q, dq/d\"t\", \"t\"), gives the equations of motion of the system. The number of equations has decreased compared to Newtonian mechanics, from 3\"N\" to \"n\" = 3\"N\" − \"C\" coupled second order differential equations in the generalized coordinates. These equations do not include constraint forces at all, only non-constraint forces need to be accounted for. Although the equations of", "title": "Lagrangian mechanics" }, { "docid": "16078482", "text": "the Year. It has received 2013 APRA nominations for Most Played Australian Work and Pop Work of the Year. \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" is an uptempo pop song Sebastian said he was inspired to write after experiencing the anger of a fellow motorist while driving in Los Angeles. He told \"The Daily Telegraph\" music editor Kathy McCabe, \"I thought I knew the guy so as he pulled alongside me, I smiled and copped a tirade of abuse. I was in a really good mood because I was on the way to play cricket and while we were batting, I wrote", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "2140587", "text": "view that \"if Britain were to become Jew-clean she would have no nigger neighbours to worry about ... It is the Jews who are our misfortune: T-h-e J-e-w-s. Do you hear me? THE JEWS?\" Another of his comments, made in 1963, was that \"Jewry is a world pest wherever it is found in the world today. The Jews are more clever and more financially powerful than other people and have to be eradicated before they destroy the Aryan peoples\". Tyndall also engaged in Holocaust denial, declaring that the Holocaust was a hoax created by Jews to gain sympathy for themselves", "title": "John Tyndall (politician)" }, { "docid": "14993995", "text": "Rong replies that he is happy for three reasons, his \"three joys\" (): being born human, being born a man, and living to an old age. That, for him, is enough. After all, Rong surmises, most men are poor and all men will die, so why should he worry himself? This is consistent with all lives, so instead of waiting with everyone else for it to eventually end, why should he worry himself with anything? Why should he deny himself happiness? Instead of being miserable, waiting for his fate, he chooses to be happy. Says Rong Qiqi: Confucius was a", "title": "Rong Qiqi" }, { "docid": "9763401", "text": "guardian angels, she was granted wishes to make her dreams come true. In August 2006, the German ring tone provider Jamba! began selling a collection of media based on the animated singer Holly Dolly. The video shows a variety of different animated dancers, but mostly focuses on Holly Dolly. Holly Dolly's songs include \"The Dolly Song\", \"My Name is Dolly\", \"Ciao Ciao Goodbye\", \"The Jingle Bell Rock\", \"Holly's Farm\", \"Horror Show\", \"Don't Worry Be Happy\", \"Holly Sumba\", \"Mister Joe\", \"Santa Baby\", \"Pretty Intro\", \"Slap and Tickle\", \"La Isla Bonita\", \"Lollypop\", \"Limbo Rock\" and \"Without Control\". Holly Dolly Holly Dolly is", "title": "Holly Dolly" }, { "docid": "2726366", "text": "or “who will do”, also serving as a non-past infinitive. The corresponding conjugation is, for the perfective, first person singular \"hutta-k-k\", second person singular \"hutta-k-t\", third person singular \"hutta-k-r\", third person plural \"hutta-k-p\"; and for the imperfective, 1st person singular \"hutta-n-k\", 2nd person singular \"hutta-n-t\", 3rd person singular \"hutta-n-r\", 3rd person plural \"hutta-n-p\". In Achaemenid Elamite, the Conjugation 2 endings are somewhat changed: 1st person singular \"hutta-k-ut\", 2nd person singular \"hutta-k-t\", 3rd person singular \"hutta-k\" (hardly ever attested in predicative use), 3rd person plural \"hutta-p\". There is also a periphrastic construction with an auxiliary verb \"ma-\" following either Conjugation II", "title": "Elamite language" }, { "docid": "19624219", "text": "surrenders himself to Police. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the reuniting of 3 brothers. Music composed by T. V. Raju. Music released on Audio Company. Nindu Hrudayalu Nindu Hrudayalu (English: Whole Hearts) is 1969 Telugu Action drama film, produced by M. Jagannatha Rao under the S.V.S. Films banner and directed by K. Viswanath. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sobhan Babu, Vanisri in the lead roles and music composed by T. V. Raju. This film was K. Viswanath's breakthrough work. Veeraju (Satyanarayana) is a deadly gangster who creates fake currency along with his partners Prasad (Relangi)", "title": "Nindu Hrudayalu" }, { "docid": "5818009", "text": "\"sana\" 'drink', \"sanawi\" 'get drunk'; \"furaha\" 'happy', \"furahawi\" 'be happy'. However, most have an echo vowel, identical to the final vowel of the root, as in \"-bw-\" (passive): \"bona\" 'see', \"bonabwa\" 'be seen'; or \"-t-\" '-able': \"bonata\" 'visible', \"dutu\" 'edible'. 'Of' (partitive?) is either a suffix \"-n\" or a particle \"pe\", with opposite word order. \"Nun kisi\" or \"kisi pe nu\" 'some of us', \"imulenzin kisi\" or \"kisi pen imulenzi\" 'some of the boys' (the definite article \"ni\" is here reduced and suffixed to \"pe\", giving \"pen\"). When an adjective or numeral follows a noun, it takes the initial vowel", "title": "Afrihili" }, { "docid": "19438007", "text": "Don't Worry, Be Healthy Don't Worry, Be Healthy (, previously titled Happy Goh Family) is a Singaporean Chinese sitcom which was commissioned by the Ministry of Communications and Information, sponsored by Pioneer Generation Package, and telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, Mediacorp Channel 8. The sitcom began production on 15 October 2015 and made its debut on 16 February 2016 and ended on 5 April 2016.It stars Chew Chor Meng , Eelyn Kok , Zhang Wei , Chen Tianwen , Carrie Wong & Youyi as the main casts of this series. This sitcom consists of 8 episodes, and it was first", "title": "Don't Worry, Be Healthy" }, { "docid": "20513359", "text": "Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the reunion of the entire family. Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Music released by Polydor Records Company. Samsaram (1975 film) Samsaram (English: Family) is a 1975 Telugu drama film, produced and directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao under the Anil Productions banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jamuna in the lead roles and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Raghava Rao (N. T. Rama Rao) is a self-made man. Lawyer Pratap Rao’s (Mikkilineni) daughter Lalitha (Jamuna) marries Raghava Rao against her father’s wish and they are blessed with two children,", "title": "Samsaram (1975 film)" }, { "docid": "15143621", "text": "length of the video and the pixel intensities throughout. The global intensity \"a(t)\" is defined as: formula_1 Where \"k\" is the weighting of the image, \"I\" is the image, and \"N\" is the number of pixels in the image. In this algorithm, the video is divided in \"N\" blocks, sorted by gray level. Then it's possible to create a vector describing the average gray level of each block. With these average levels it is possible to create a new vector \"S(t)\", the video's signature: formula_2 To compare two videos, the algorithm defines a \"D(t)\" representing the similarity between both. formula_3", "title": "Video copy detection" }, { "docid": "20495396", "text": "crash also comes back. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the reunion of Ravi & Aruna and Srinivas & Lalitha getting back their babies. Music composed by T. V. Raju. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy. Music released by Audio Company. Chinnanati Snehitulu Chinnanati Snehitulu (English: Childhood Friends) is a 1971 Telugu drama film, produced by DVS Raju under the DVS Productions banner and directed by K. Viswanath. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sobhan Babu, Vanisri in the lead roles and music composed by T. V. Raju. Srinivas Rao (N. T. Rama Rao) & Sridhar", "title": "Chinnanati Snehitulu" }, { "docid": "2174386", "text": "powerful than other people and have to be eradicated before they destroy the Aryan peoples.\" In an early edition of \"Spearhead\" from the 1960s, Tyndall expressed the view that \"if Britain were to become Jew-clean she would have no nigger neighbours to worry about... It is the Jews who are our misfortune: T-h-e J-e-w-s. Do you hear me? THE JEWS?\" Over the course of the 1970s the articles in \"Spearhead\" and \"Britain First\" became increasingly explicit in their anti-Semitism. While a number of its senior members had previously called for a genocide of the Jewish people, the party itself engages", "title": "National Front (UK)" }, { "docid": "8651686", "text": "water, and by the end of the video, everything in the house is underwater. Because of the proximity in which the video was filmed, some viewers interpret the video to be a visual allusion to the New Orleans flooding following Hurricane Katrina, while others think the water represents the \"blues\" that can flood over someone's life. The end of the video features a text that reads, \"Dedicated to all those tryin' to stay afloat.\" Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me) \"Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)\" is the third single released from hip-hop duo OutKast's sixth studio album, \"Idlewild\", and", "title": "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)" }, { "docid": "3704231", "text": "but all of them can be classified by several families. All groups that do not contain several higher-order axes (order 3 or more) can be arranged in a table, as shown below; symbols marked in red should not be used. In crystallography, due to the crystallographic restriction theorem, \"n\" is restricted to the values of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6. The noncrystallographic groups are shown with grayed backgrounds. \"D\" and \"D\" are also forbidden because they contain improper rotations with \"n\" = 8 and 12 respectively. The 27 point groups in the table plus \"T\", \"T\", \"T\", \"O\" and", "title": "Schoenflies notation" }, { "docid": "8075783", "text": "won't be released as a single nor will it be on the new album, it is just a thank you for the fans being so patient.\" He did announce a date for his new single though, \"Sticks 'n' Stones\" EP, which was released on 29 June. 21 May 2009 saw the release of the official video for his single \"Sticks 'n' Stones\". In an email received by subscribers to his website, Jamie said, \"Just a little note to say thanks to everyone who’s supporting Sticks ‘n’ Stones. We just finished shooting a little video for the track the other day,", "title": "Jamie T" }, { "docid": "12729266", "text": "was selected to appear on the \"Step Up 3D\" soundtrack. The group made various cameos in T-Pain videos, mostly from the 2008 Three Ringz album, including \"Can't Believe It\" and \"Chopped 'n' Screwed.\" They trio can also be seen briefly in DJ Khaled's 2010 video for \"All I Do Is Win\" alongside rappers Ludacris and Snoop Dogg. Sophia Fresh played Leacosia, Toprameneesha, Obamaniqua, and Suzie in the 2010 Adult Swim TV movie \"\". Vai Corinthians. Sophia Fresh Sophia Fresh is an American R&B girl group comprising three members, Skye, Crystal Tamar, and Cole Rose. The trio was set to release", "title": "Sophia Fresh" }, { "docid": "14833211", "text": "HMV Audio Company. Aada Paduchu Aada Paduchu ( ) is a 1967 Telugu drama film, produced and directed by K. Hemambaradhara Rao under the Subhashini Art Pictures banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna Kumari, Sobhan Babu, Vanisri, Chandrakala in the lead roles and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. The film is a remake of the Tamil movie \"En Thangai\" (1952), which was first remade as the Hindi film \"Chhoti Bahen\" (1959). The film was recorded as a \"Super Hit\" at the box office. Satyam (N. T. Rama Rao), a middle-class employee, leads a happy life along with", "title": "Aada Paduchu" }, { "docid": "14833208", "text": "Aada Paduchu Aada Paduchu ( ) is a 1967 Telugu drama film, produced and directed by K. Hemambaradhara Rao under the Subhashini Art Pictures banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna Kumari, Sobhan Babu, Vanisri, Chandrakala in the lead roles and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. The film is a remake of the Tamil movie \"En Thangai\" (1952), which was first remade as the Hindi film \"Chhoti Bahen\" (1959). The film was recorded as a \"Super Hit\" at the box office. Satyam (N. T. Rama Rao), a middle-class employee, leads a happy life along with his younger collegian", "title": "Aada Paduchu" }, { "docid": "20009256", "text": "herself on fire in the process and runs into a nearby lake to put herself out. Matt is happy to discover that his daughter has survived and is apparently no longer possessed. Before the film ends, the viewers are shown that Della has also survived. The film was first released on home video on June 27, 2016 in the United Kingdom, where it was titled \"Worry Dolls\". The title was changed for its release in the United States, to \"The Devil's Dolls\". On September 16, 2016 in the United States the film was given a home video release on VOD", "title": "The Devil's Dolls" }, { "docid": "16078485", "text": "more organic vibe to it. I wanted to be a little more musical with it.\" When Tijs observed that the song was very different from the songs currently filling the charts Sebastian replied, \"It was a bit of a scary release because there's no mention of a club [...] It's a non love song and a non club song, so I was like 'Maybe I'm treading on some not successful ground or something', but hopefully it will go alright.\" \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" was serviced to radio on 11 November 2011, and was the second most added song to radio", "title": "Don't Worry Be Happy (Guy Sebastian song)" }, { "docid": "5740207", "text": "Freeheat Freeheat are a British indie rock band formed by Jim Reid and Ben Lurie of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Romi Mori and Nick Sanderson of The Gun Club. After releasing an EP, \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" (later released with a bonus track as \"Retox\"), their debut album, \"Back on the Water\" was released, after several delays, on 13 June 2006, on Planting Seeds Records, a label mostly known for indie pop recordings. Jim Reid has also continued recording and touring under his own name, both solo, and with his sister's act, Sister Vanilla. \"Don't Worry Be Happy\"", "title": "Freeheat" }, { "docid": "15946571", "text": "he states that there is a single idea underlying the observations of the life of busyness and the life of solitude being opposites. One life leads to grievous worry, while the other attains happy leisure. He says that he dislikes the adversities that happen in crowds and a populous environment, while solitude promotes happy leisure and more favorable results with peace and tranquility. In the first chapter, Petrarch discusses two types of people. One is the city dweller who awakens in the middle of the night thinking of his clients with falsehoods. He thinks how he may be able to", "title": "De vita solitaria" }, { "docid": "16835375", "text": "Awards, Best Male Artist and Best Pop Release for \"Battle Scars\", and Song of the Year for \"Don't Worry Be Happy\". \"Battle Scars\" was nominated for a NAACP Image Award and won the R&B/Hip category in the 2013 International Songwriting Competition. \"Get Along\" was a final five nominee for the 2013 APRA Song of the Year Award and \"Don't Worry Be Happy\" was nominated for Pop Work of the Year. Sebastian won Best Pop Release for \"Armageddon\" at the 2013 ARIA Awards and Best Live Act for the Get Along Tour. He received three other nominations, including Album of the", "title": "Armageddon (Guy Sebastian album)" }, { "docid": "19347678", "text": "Vichitra Kutumbam Vichitra Kutumbam (English: Variety Family) is a 1969 Telugu comedy film, produced by V. K. P. Sunkavalli under the Sriraj Art Films banner and directed by K. S. Prakash Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri, Krishna, Shobhan Babu, Vijaya Nirmala in the lead roles and music composed by T. V. Raju. The film was recorded as a \"Super Hit\" at the box office. Advocate Raja Shekaram (N. T. Rama Rao), the most loyal and respectable person in the village, leads a happy family life with his innocent timid wife Kamala (Savitri) and short-tempered younger brother Krishna", "title": "Vichitra Kutumbam" }, { "docid": "16890971", "text": "makes plans to get tested on his own. However, he doesn't tell Ava because he \"doesn't want her to worry.\" Fortunately, Dexter can confide in Jay about his dilemma. When Ava tries to talk him out of donating his kidney, he refuses. According to Best, \"Dexter has his own moral barometer and will do what he needs to do for the sake of his new-found family. I think he's got the tools in the box to do the right thing...\" However, Dexter is eventually to work through his anger and resentment toward his father. Of Dexter being happy with his", "title": "Dexter Hartman" }, { "docid": "20648764", "text": "ends on a happy note with the marriage of Vijay Kumar and the Princess. Music composed by T. V. Raju. Lyrics were written by Samudrala Jr. Music released by Audio Company. Rechukka Pagatichukka Rechukka Pagatichukka (English: Night Star – Day Star) is a 1959 Telugu swashbuckling film, produced by N. Trivikrama Rao under the Swastisri Pictures banner and directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sowcar Janaki, S. V. Ranga Rao in the lead roles and music composed by T. V. Raju. The film was simultaneously made as the Tamil movie \"Raja Sevai\" (1959); by the", "title": "Rechukka Pagatichukka" }, { "docid": "11185508", "text": "dispute then started between N-Dubz and Lethal Bizzle, who claimed he had written and produced N-Dubz's hit \"I Need You\" for them and so should be acknowledged in the credits for it, with Tulisa hitting back on Twitter that \"he's jus triena boost his status, ...wat an unbelievable loser!\" and N-Dubz later posted a video on their official YouTube channel through Twitter with the caption: \"THE PROOF WE DIDNT STEAL S**T, WE MAKE OUR OWN HITS!\" of when he had sent them the finished song and when they had actually finished the song, implying that their version was over 2", "title": "N-Dubz" }, { "docid": "19800614", "text": "she didn't tell to anybody what happened and gone to home. Fariya's mother said that no need to worry if she hasn't got salary. Fariya still thinks how she will do and cries loudly that what will be of her home. Fariya's mother says to her husband that again they are saying to give their daughter to him. She also says that he is a rich businessman and they will marry and they are good people and says he will call him and he accepts. She is happy that she getting married to Yasir but gets shocked when she finds", "title": "Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (season 2)" }, { "docid": "15696217", "text": "affection from Max that she gets from Greg. When Greg and Tanya move to Albert Square, Booth told \"Soaplife\" that Greg sees no reason why he and Max cannot live in peace as neighbours. Joyner opined that Greg was right for Tanya, saying, \"She'll be safe with Greg. He's the right man for Tanya at the moment. Women like Tanya can't help but love a wrong 'un though, so I do worry that Greg might turn out to be too nice. Poor Greg! But at the moment she's happy.\" In June 2011, it was announced that Greg will leave \"EastEnders\"", "title": "Greg Jessop" }, { "docid": "4744909", "text": "gameplay must be used in new ways by players who wish to complete the game. The following is taken from the video game's instruction booklet: Fire 'n Ice Fire 'n Ice is a puzzle game released by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the prequel to \"Solomon's Key\", and is known as Solomon's Key 2 in Europe and Solomon no Kagi 2: Coolmintou Kyuushutsu Sakusen (\"Solomon's Key 2: Coolmint Rescue Mission\") in Japan. The aim of the game involves players extinguishing all fires in a level in order to proceed. They do this by creating and melting ice", "title": "Fire 'n Ice" }, { "docid": "20501077", "text": "Nene Monaganni Nene Monaganni (English: I Am the Hero) is a 1968 Telugu Action crime film, produced and directed by S. D. Lal on Prathima Films banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sheela in the lead roles and the music is composed by T. V. Raju. Bhadrayya (Rajanala) a notorious, ruthless, dangerous dacoit who makes terrible extorsions. DSP Nandana Rao (Satyanarayana) is appointed to catch him. Nandana Rao leads a happy family life with his dedicated wife Yashoda (Santha Kumari) and his brother-in-law Inspector Mutyala Rao (Dhulipala) assist him in the case. Bhadrayya has a son Nani whom he", "title": "Nene Monaganni" }, { "docid": "20542774", "text": "Mathru Devata Mathru Devata (English: Mother) is a 1969 Telugu drama film, produced by Atluri Purnachandra Rao and M. Chandra Sekhar under the Poorna Art Pictures banner and directed by Savitri. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Engineer Srinivasa Rao (N. T. Rama Rao) has a loving happy family with his wife Lakshmi (Savitri), mother Shantamma (Hemalatha) and daughter Latha (Baby Raani). Srinivasa Rao is even liked by everyone at his workplace and he is promoted to senior engineer. Sivayya (Jagga Rao), a senior mechanic is jealous of", "title": "Mathru Devata" }, { "docid": "14347562", "text": "on a happy note with the marriage of Chandram & Suguna. Music composed by Ghantasala. Lyrics were written by Sunkara & Vasireddy. The patriotic song \"Cheyetti Jai Kottu Telugoda\" is a blockbuster. Music released by Audio Company. Palletooru Palletooru (English: Village) is a 1952 Telugu drama film, produced by P. Sivaramaiah under the People's Art Productions banner and directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music composed by Ghantasala. This Silver Jubilee film initiated a trend of films with rural settings and social themes. Chandram (N. T. Rama Rao) is", "title": "Palletooru" }, { "docid": "12221701", "text": "Home (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song) \"Home\" is a song by rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony released as the third single from their album \"Thug World Order\", the single featuring British singer Phil Collins. The song features samples from British drummer Phil Collins' song \"Take Me Home\". The group flew to Geneva, Switzerland in order to feature Collins in the video. According to band members, \"Collins was like, if y'all wanna do it, it's cool, y'all go ahead and do it, but if y'all wanna do a video, y'all gotta come here...to Switzerland\" to shoot the video. The video carries a serious and", "title": "Home (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)" }, { "docid": "10350449", "text": "In general the terms in the Iwasawa decomposition \"g\" = \"kan\" do not commute. If the ground field is not perfect, then a Jordan–Chevalley decomposition may not exist. Example: Let \"p\" be a prime number, let \"k\" be imperfect of characteristic \"p\", and choose \"a\" in \"k\" that is not a \"p\"th power. Let \"V = k[x]/(x-a)\", and let \"T\" be the \"k\"-linear operator given by multiplication by \"x\" on \"V\". This has as its stable \"k\"-linear subspaces precisely the ideals of \"V\" viewed as a ring. Suppose \"T=S+N\" for commuting \"k\"-linear operators \"S\" and \"N\" that are respectively semisimple", "title": "Jordan–Chevalley decomposition" }, { "docid": "8352018", "text": "e-books). The book \"Video coding standards: AVS China, H.264/MPEG-4 Part10, HEVC, VP6, DIRAC and VC-1\", (with D. Kim and J.J. Hwang) Springer was published in 2014. Translated into Chinese and Spanish. K. R. Rao, J. J. Hwang and D. N. Kim, \"High efficiency video coding and other emerging standards\", River publishers, 2017. K. R. Rao K. R. Rao is a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington). He is credited with the co-invention of discrete cosine transform (DCT), along with N. Ahmed and T. Natarajan due to their landmark publication, N. Ahmed, T. Natarajan,", "title": "K. R. Rao" }, { "docid": "7624648", "text": "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper) \"I'm 'n Luv (Wit a Stripper)\" (censored as \"I'm 'n Luv (Wit a Dancer)\") is a single performed by American singer T-Pain featuring rapper Mike Jones. Released in late 2005 (though the music video was not released until the week of January 16, 2006), it peaked at #5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, making it T-Pain's second top 10 single, and Mike Jones' first. This is T-Pain's third most successful single to date, tying with his other \"Bartender\", but Mike Jones's most successful single to date. The official remix is with Twista, Akon,", "title": "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)" }, { "docid": "20562922", "text": "name of Dr. Anand. Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released by Audio Company. Dr. Anand Dr. Anand is a 1966 Telugu drama film, produced by D. Venkatapathi Reddy under the Ravindra Art Pictures banner and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Kanchana in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Dr. Anand (N. T. Rama Rao) is a renowned and well-respected person in society. Everybody feels that he can cure any type of disease. He leads a happy family life with his wife Madhavi (Anjali Devi) and two", "title": "Dr. Anand" }, { "docid": "20562918", "text": "Dr. Anand Dr. Anand is a 1966 Telugu drama film, produced by D. Venkatapathi Reddy under the Ravindra Art Pictures banner and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Kanchana in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Dr. Anand (N. T. Rama Rao) is a renowned and well-respected person in society. Everybody feels that he can cure any type of disease. He leads a happy family life with his wife Madhavi (Anjali Devi) and two kids. Unfortunately, Madhavi suffers from cancer, but Anand does not lose heart, with his talent,", "title": "Dr. Anand" }, { "docid": "9450324", "text": "worth of studio equipment, and was being replaced by Ash Sheehan. On 14 January 2014, the band announced a new album, N E O N T W A N G, to be released on 10 March 2014, again via Jump The Cut Records. The title refers to the band's previous name when starting out. On the same day they revealed a new video for single 'Larry Lizard' to support the LP. The band also started working with fellow Birmingham based, Wide Eyed guitarist Tommy Greaves who was to accompany them on their February 2014 Tour. On 2 May 2017, the", "title": "The Twang" }, { "docid": "20633305", "text": "assaults Manorama Devi and puts the blame on Pullaiah. Manorama Devi testifies against Bhupala Rao in the court, Pullaiah is released and Bhupala Rao and his cronies are punished. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Pullaiah & Kantham. Music composed by T. V. Raju. Lyrics were written by Anishetty. Music released by H.M.V. & Columbia Audio Company. Pichi Pullayya Pichi Pullayya (English: Innocent Pullayya) is a 1953 Telugu drama film, produced by N. Trivikrama Rao under the National Art Theatres banner and directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sowcar", "title": "Pichi Pullayya" }, { "docid": "20563384", "text": "end, the entire family is reunited and the movie ends on a happy note. Music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. Music released by Audio Company. Sangeeta Lakshmi Sangeeta Lakshmi is a 1966 Telugu drama film, produced by P. Narasimha Rao, Amara Ramasubba Rao under the Seetaramanjaneya Pictures banner and directed by Giduturi Suryam. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jamuna in the lead roles and music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. Colonel Kondala Rao (S. V. Ranga Rao), retired army officer lives with his wife Jayamma (Nirmalamma) and only daughter Radha (Jamuna), a well-known musician. Venu (N. T. Rama Rao)", "title": "Sangeeta Lakshmi" }, { "docid": "20508926", "text": "elder brother. Suresh says sorry to Ramu, Phani Bhushan Rao also realizes his mistake and marries Lakshmi. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Ramu and Lalitha. Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released by Audio Company. Kathanayakuni Katha Kathanayakuni Katha (English: Story of a Hero) is a 1965 Telugu action drama film, produced by K. Devi Vara Prasad under the Tarakarama Pictures banner and directed by D. Yoganand. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Vanisri in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Ramu (N. T. Rama Rao) is a", "title": "Kathanayakuni Katha" }, { "docid": "8901498", "text": "song, reading \"Then, on the romantic, Janet Jackson duet \"Don't Worry,\" Chingy expresses his love for and dedication to the lady in his life over a smooth sound bed from The Trak Starz, who also delivered \"Jackpot's\" third smash single, \"One Call Away.\" \"I like your style, your grace/Your beautiful face, your essence,\" Chingy raps with a gentle touch.\" \"Don't Worry\" contains an interpolation of Tony! Toni! Toné!'s \"Just Me and You\", which appeared on the \"Boyz n the Hood\" soundtrack. \"Don't Worry\" received positive reviews from critics, who mainly praised Jackson's high-profile guest appearance as adding an important element", "title": "Don't Worry (Chingy song)" }, { "docid": "4022420", "text": "on the \"n\"-torsion. The Weil pairing does not extend to a pairing on all the torsion points (the direct limit of \"n\"-torsion points) because the pairings for different \"n\" are not the same. However they do fit together to give a pairing \"T\"(\"E\") × \"T\"(\"E\") → \"T\"(μ) on the Tate module \"T\"(\"E\") of the elliptic curve \"E\" (the inverse limit of the ℓ-torsion points) to the Tate module \"T\"(μ) of the multiplicative group (the inverse limit of ℓ roots of unity). For abelian varieties over an algebraically closed field \"K\", the Weil pairing is a nondegenerate pairing for all \"n\"", "title": "Weil pairing" }, { "docid": "14562950", "text": "Good to Be Me \"Good to Be Me\" is a song recorded by Uncle Kracker. It was released in 2010 as the second single from Kracker's album \"Happy Hour\". The song was written by Matthew Shafer, Brett James, J. T. Harding and Robert J. Ritchie. The single version features Kracker's friend Kid Rock. Giving it 3.5 stars out of 5, Bobby Peacock of Roughstock said that it was \"laid back, happy and tuneful\", and that it would \"stand out\" because of its rock sound. The music video was directed by Christopher Sims and premiered in September 2010. The song debuted", "title": "Good to Be Me" }, { "docid": "4446152", "text": "she would avoid retribution from colonial authorities for his activities. Phan met with his wife only once more following the divorce: when he was pardoned and released from Hỏa Lò Prison more than two decades later. He was then sent to a loose form of house arrest in Huế and the train stopped at Vinh, Nghệ An, Vietnam. On the way, his wife said, “I am very happy. From now on, my only wish is that you will hold to your initial aspiration. Do whatever you like, and do not worry about your wife and children.” While Phan was living", "title": "Phan Bội Châu" }, { "docid": "14731022", "text": "them, sees the end of Satchidananda and gets him arrested. Ramu protects Lakshmi and brings her back. Finally, the entire family is reunited and the movie ends on a happy note, with the marriage of Ranga and Parvathi. Music composed by T. V. Raju. The songs \"Nee Dharmam Nee Sangham\" and \"Niddurapora Saami\" are hit tracks. Music released by Audio Company. Kodalu Diddina Kapuram Kodalu Diddina Kapuram (; ) is a 1970 Telugu drama film, produced by N. Trivikrama Rao under the NAT & Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner and directed by D. Yoganand. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri,", "title": "Kodalu Diddina Kapuram" }, { "docid": "13426821", "text": "Scalable locality Computer software is said to exhibit scalable locality if it can continue to make use of processors that out-pace their memory systems, to solve ever larger problems. This term is a high-performance uniprocessor analog of the use of scalable parallelism to refer to software for which increasing \"numbers\" of processors can be employed for larger problems. Consider the memory usage patterns of the following loop nest (an iterative two-dimensional stencil computation): for t := 0 to T do end The entire loop nest touches about 2*N**2 array elements, and performs about 5*T*N**2 floating-point operations. Thus, the overall \"compute", "title": "Scalable locality" }, { "docid": "16961189", "text": "images taken for averaging. This averaging refers to averaging corresponding pixels in the given images. \"N\" would depend on the video speed (number of images per second in the video) and the amount of movement in the video. After calculating the background \"B\"(\"x\",\"y\",\"t\") we can then subtract it from the image \"V\"(\"x\",\"y\",\"t\") at time \"t\" = t and threshold it. Thus the foreground is where Th is threshold. Similarly we can also use median instead of mean in the above calculation of \"B\"(\"x\",\"y\",\"t\"). Usage of global and time-independent thresholds (same Th value for all pixels in the image) may limit", "title": "Foreground detection" }, { "docid": "18832017", "text": "tra escca iomlan einigh & uaisle an Tuaisceirt, fer bá mó grenn, & gaiscceadh, fer bá ferr ionnsaicchidh & anadh, fer rob ferr smacht, reacht, & riaghail baí i n-Erinn ina aimsir do Gaoidhealaibh, ar ní déntaoí do choimhéd i t-Tir Chonaill ré a linn acht iadhadh dorais na gaoithe nama, fer bá ferr do chiond ecclaisi, & eiccsi, fer ro thiodhlaic almsana aidhble i n-onóir an choimdhe na n-dul, fer las ro turccbhadh & las ro cumhdaighedh caislén cétus i n-Dun na n-Gall fó daigh gomadh inneoin fhosaighthi dia clannmaicne ina dheadhaidh, & mainistir bhrathar De obseruantia i t-Tír", "title": "Hugh Roe O'Donnell (died 1505)" } ]
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what bridge does the d train go over
[ "Manhattan Bridge" ]
[ { "docid": "4594164", "text": "the southern (Broadway Line) tracks reopened. D service was again cut below 34th Street-Herald Square. In Brooklyn, D service was replaced by local service. After September 11, 2001, service was suspended. On weekends, the D ran local on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street to fill in the gap in service caused by the suspension until September 21. On February 22, 2004, full service on the Manhattan Bridge was restored and D trains were extended via the north tracks of the bridge to Brooklyn, replacing the as the Fourth Avenue Express (late nights local) and West End Local", "title": "D (New York City Subway service)" }, { "docid": "3817376", "text": "only line to serve the terminal and the W was extended full-time into Manhattan, using the local Fourth Avenue tracks and Montague Street Tunnel on weekends and late nights hours. In 2004, the Manhattan Bridge reconstruction project was completed, and the W was replaced with an extended train, running over the bridge at all hours and express on Fourth Avenue except late nights. D service was moved to the West End Line instead of returning to the Brighton Line, where it ran on from 1967 to 2001, because West End Line residents from Chinatowns in Brooklyn wanted full-time access to", "title": "BMT West End Line" }, { "docid": "6782276", "text": "to be delivered. They also featured inside the cars a sign box which included large dual destination signs which could be keyed by the train operator to light up in the direction the train was traveling. There were also lighted signs to indicate whether a train was traveling via the Montague Street Tunnel or the Manhattan Bridge. The D-type is articulated, consisting of three car body sections, sequentially labeled A, B and C, carried on four trucks. All four trucks are powered by one motor each. Two trucks are placed on kingpins near the ends of the A and C", "title": "D-type Triplex (New York City Subway car)" } ]
[ { "docid": "5216593", "text": "and the GO train tracks. This led contractors from the City of Toronto and TTC to build a bridge for the GO train tracks, while having Sheppard Avenue move under it, as the light rail vehicles would not have been able to cross the GO tracks at ground level. On July 3, 2012 the underpass was completed and opened to regular traffic, which was five months ahead of scheduled. Not only does this improve the flow of traffic along Sheppard Avenue, as vehicles no longer have to wait at a rail crossing, it also improves GO train service. The bridge", "title": "Agincourt GO Station" }, { "docid": "7501576", "text": "the novel, the bridge is not destroyed: the train plummets into the river from a secondary charge placed by Warden, but Nicholson (never realising \"what have I done?\") does not fall onto the plunger, and the bridge suffers only minor damage. Boulle nonetheless enjoyed the film version though he disagreed with its climax. After the film was released, the Thais faced a problem as thousands of tourists came to see the 'bridge over the River Kwai', but no such bridge existed due to Boulle's aforementioned misassumption. As the film and book meant to 'portray' the bridge over the Mae Klong,", "title": "The Bridge over the River Kwai" }, { "docid": "1592508", "text": "bridge, or for disabled access. Where third rail systems have level crossings, there is a gap in the third rail over the level crossing, but this does not interrupt the power supply to trains since they have current collectors on multiple cars. Traffic signal-controlled intersections next to level crossings on at least one of the roads in the intersection usually feature traffic signal preemption. Approaching trains activate a routine where, before the train signals and gates are activated, all traffic signal phases go to red, except for the signal immediately after the train crossing, which turns green (or flashing yellow)", "title": "Level crossing" }, { "docid": "8255152", "text": "a shorter distance between land or better shorelines. The Road in fact probably went very close to the Bradford Train station as there was a closed road that intersected at the present day Bridge, Dissette and Holland street intersection (It was recently removed due to construction of the new GO Train parking lot). This road is almost perpendicular to the train station. The plank road had 2 main toll booths until its conversion to Highway 88. One was located at what is now 10th sideroad and Simcoe County Road 88, and the other was located near the Holland River bridge", "title": "Ontario Highway 88" }, { "docid": "7784257", "text": "motion. Using a funeral train as a metaphor, the lyrics tell of resisting temptation from the Devil. Turner told \"The Boot\" that the song was inspired by a vision that he had of a long, black train running down a track in the middle of nowhere. Turner said, \"I could see people standing out to the sides of this track watching this train go by. As I was walking, experiencing this vision, I kept asking myself, 'What does this vision mean and what is this train?' It dawned on me that this train was a physical metaphor for temptation. These", "title": "Long Black Train (song)" }, { "docid": "14892128", "text": "that is more philosophically questionable. In most applications, the set of consumption alternatives is infinite and the consumer is not conscious of all preferences. For example, one does not have to choose over going on holiday by plane or by train: if one does not have enough money to go on holiday anyway then it is not necessary to attach a preference order to those alternatives (although it can be nice to dream about what one would do if one would win the lottery). However, preference can be interpreted as a hypothetical choice that could be made rather than a", "title": "Preference (economics)" }, { "docid": "16668681", "text": "tracks collapsed due to a landslide, the two leave the train and attempt to take the bus. When they are about to get on the bus to Changsha, Niu is touched by a female beggar (Zhang Xinyi) and wants to give her money. Li discourages Niu from doing so and calls him an idiot for believing in the lies of the beggar. Niu still ends up giving her money, but the beggar does not return. The closing of a bridge spanning over the Yangtze River causes them to stop at Wuhan where they spot the beggar. The two go on", "title": "Lost on Journey" }, { "docid": "3888272", "text": "are D major seventh to A major seventh, which is repeated. The D major seventh, with the notes of D, F♯, A, and C♯, can be heard as an F♯ minor chord with a D in the bass, fitting the song's overall key. The second half progresses from D major seventh to C# minor, then B minor to E major. The first bridge leads to a guitar solo by Gilmour, which plays over both the verse and bridge progressions. The solo is followed by another verse sung by Gilmour. When the bridge is repeated, it does not conclude on E", "title": "Time (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "12772099", "text": "All a Bir-r-r-d All a Bir-r-r-d is a Warner Bros. \"Looney Tunes\" cartoon released in 1950, featuring Tweety, Sylvester and an unnamed bulldog, who would later become known as Hector the Bulldog. It was written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Isadore \"Friz\" Freleng, with most voice characterizations courtesy of Mel Blanc (Bea Benaderet does a brief voice-over of Tweety's owner). The title is an adaptation of the familiar train conductor's call, \"All aboard!\" The instrumental theme used to underscore the motion of the train is \"\". In the opening scene, a train pulls into the station in a town", "title": "All a Bir-r-r-d" }, { "docid": "6209709", "text": "out. In Northeast Washington, H Street continues uninterrupted from North Capitol Street (crossing over train tracks just north of Union Station on the \"Hopscotch Bridge\") to 15th Street NE, where it terminates in what is known as the \"starburst intersection\", where it meets Bladensburg Road, 15th Street, Benning Road, Maryland Avenue, and Florida Avenue. After this intersection, there is a gap of two blocks where the street is interrupted by Hechinger Mall. H Street continues for a short segment between 17th and 24th Streets NE as part of the Carver Langston neighborhood. The road does not continue east of the", "title": "H Street" }, { "docid": "11833233", "text": "in Bangladesh. There are two major river crossings–the 100 year old Hardinge Bridge over the Padma River and the Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge over the Jamuna River, both in Bangladesh. Since Poila Boishak 2017 (April 15, 2017) all coaches have been changed to AC LHB coaches thus enhancing the travel experience. Regular train departures are as follows: The train service is reliable and punctual, does not involve a lengthy ferry crossing/border checks and is cheaper & safer than the Kolkata-Dhaka AC bus services. Terminal points are Dhaka Cantonment and Kolkata Stations respectively. While Kolkata is a true terminal station, it is", "title": "Maitree Express" }, { "docid": "2182938", "text": "Fm, where it is the eleventh, and the B, where it is the tonic. When the sequence is repeated (\"nobody can\"), McCartney sings both B and C over the Fm, the C natural producing a tritone. The harmonic fascination with the bridge segment beginning \"I want her everywhere\" is that at that point the key centre does go \"everywhere\". It shifts via an F chord (a VII in the old G key and a V in the new B key) to a I–vi–ii (B–Gm–Cm) chord progression in B major. It then shifts again via a D chord (a III in", "title": "Here, There and Everywhere" }, { "docid": "20903924", "text": "to go into action. That day, Spence took eight Mustangs on an escort mission for United States Air Force (USAF) B-26 Invaders attacking a bridge south of Seoul. Families still living at Iwakuni, pending their repatriation from what had become an operational theatre, could watch the Mustangs depart for missions over Korea. A friendly fire incident occurred on 3 July 1950, when No. 77 Squadron attacked a train full of US and South Korean troops on the main highway between Suwon and Pyongtaek, inflicting many casualties, twenty-nine of them fatal. Prior to the mission, Spence had raised concerns that the", "title": "Lou Spence" }, { "docid": "9915559", "text": "discussed. Broadway Bridge (Little Falls) The Little Falls Broadway Bridge is the only road bridge within the city limits of Little Falls, Minnesota. The bridge was built in 1941 and is the 3rd bridge to occupy the current spot. It is located less than one block north of the Little Falls Dam and connects the city's \"east side\" and \"west side\". Arguably, the major flaw of the bridge is that it lands before the railroad tracks on the west side, therefore traffic is blocked whenever a train goes through. Proposals for a bridge that would go over the tracks have", "title": "Broadway Bridge (Little Falls)" }, { "docid": "9915558", "text": "Broadway Bridge (Little Falls) The Little Falls Broadway Bridge is the only road bridge within the city limits of Little Falls, Minnesota. The bridge was built in 1941 and is the 3rd bridge to occupy the current spot. It is located less than one block north of the Little Falls Dam and connects the city's \"east side\" and \"west side\". Arguably, the major flaw of the bridge is that it lands before the railroad tracks on the west side, therefore traffic is blocked whenever a train goes through. Proposals for a bridge that would go over the tracks have been", "title": "Broadway Bridge (Little Falls)" }, { "docid": "11552556", "text": "him to throw the race, as he has bet heavily on another horse. Boots tries to convince Tommy to go along, but in the end, does not have the heart to spoil what may be the boy's last ride, and White Cargo wins. Afterwards, Tommy boards a train to go back to school. When Boots is warned that Matson and his men are waiting for him, he jumps on the train. Boots Malone Boots Malone is a 1952 drama film starring William Holden as a down-on-his-luck sports agent and Johnny Stewart as a rich runaway who wants to become a", "title": "Boots Malone" }, { "docid": "535619", "text": "that producer Sam Spiegel cheated him out of his rightful part in the credits since he had had a major hand in the script. The film was relatively faithful to the novel, with two major exceptions. Shears, who is a British commando officer like Warden in the novel, became an American sailor who escapes from the POW camp. Also, in the novel, the bridge is not destroyed: the train plummets into the river from a secondary charge placed by Warden, but Nicholson (never realising \"what have I done?\") does not fall onto the plunger, and the bridge suffers only minor", "title": "The Bridge on the River Kwai" }, { "docid": "3507936", "text": "a pair of Skyline dome cars leased from the Canadian Pacific Railway. Four D&H ALCO PA diesel locomotives hauled the train. On March 1, 1977, new Turboliner gas turbine trainsets took over from the D&H cars. Conventional Amtrak equipment would eventually displace the Turboliners. The \"Adirondack\" operates year-round with General Electric P42DC and P32AC-DM units and Amfleet passenger cars. A typical consist will include: Unlike other Empire Corridor trains, the \"Adirondack\" does not offer business class seating. There is a proposal for a Montreal—New York City high-speed train. On October 6, 2005, the \"Albany Times-Union\" reported that New York Governor", "title": "Adirondack (train)" }, { "docid": "20812347", "text": "Railway accident on the Bostian Bridge The railway accident on the Bostian Bridge killed 23 people on August 27, 1891, west of Statesville, North Carolina, when a Richmond & Danville Railroad train derailed. On the same day, 119 years later, a trespassing pedestrian was hit and killed by a train on the bridge. Steam Locomotive No. 9 of the Richmond & Danville Railroad (R & D) left Statesville on August 27, 1891, at around 2:30 p.m. with a five-car train: a baggage car, a first- and second-class car, a Pullman sleeper, and the railroad superintendent's private car. The train was", "title": "Railway accident on the Bostian Bridge" }, { "docid": "3507934", "text": "(day). Both trains were discontinued, and for three years the D&H line saw no service. The \"Adirondack\" began running on August 5, 1974, from Grand Central Terminal in New York to Albany, then over the D&H's line to Windsor Station in Montreal. From the outset the train operated with financial support from the state of New York. On April 10, 2018, Amtrak announced that all trains using the Empire Connection, excluding the \"Lake Shore Limited\", will operate into Grand Central Terminal from May 26, to September 4, 2018 to allow work on the Empire Tunnel, the Spuyten Duyvil movable bridge,", "title": "Adirondack (train)" }, { "docid": "16038129", "text": "number of large trees in Forest Park, but no specific tree served as the model for the North Wood Council Tree. The St. Johns Bridge, is missing and unknown to the people of \"Wildwood\"'s Portland. The only access Prue and Curtis have to pursue the crows into the impassable Wilderness is a risky dash over the train tracks of the Railroad Bridge, which is based on the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 5.1. The St. Johns Bridge does appear briefly, as the Ghost Bridge, conjured by a rune magic spell. In a question and answer session with Meloy and Ellis, a", "title": "Wildwood (novel)" }, { "docid": "5154192", "text": "bus rapid transit serves the Richmond Hill Centre Terminal immediately west of Langstaff station, but is separated by the train tracks. A pedestrian bridge was opened in March 2008 to connect Richmond Hill Centre Terminal and the GO train station. In 2011, GO Transit has moved all Highway 407 - York University bus services from Langstaff GO Station to Richmond Hill Centre Terminal. GO Transit also operates Airport Express GO Bus service from Richmond Hill Centre Terminal to Hamilton GO Centre via Toronto Pearson International Airport. Langstaff GO Station Langstaff GO Station is a train and bus station in the", "title": "Langstaff GO Station" }, { "docid": "14570971", "text": "go over a culvert containing Codornices Creek. The tunnel curved to the west so that the railroad could continue through a small canyon to the intersection of Solano Avenue and The Alameda and then to Thousand Oaks station at Solano and Colusa Avenues. The railroad was completed in 1911 and inspection trains were run at the end of that year, with service beginning January 1, 1912. The SP ferry-train service was changed to bridge-train service operated by its subsidiary, Interurban Electric Railway (IER) across the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge in December, 1939. The IER ended service July 26, 1941,", "title": "Northbrae Tunnel" }, { "docid": "11033227", "text": "variation in the crossing times or time limit. The torch itself may expire in a short time and so serve as the time limit. In a variation called \"The Midnight Train\", for example, person D needs 10 minutes instead of 8 to cross the bridge, and persons A, B, C and D, now called the four Gabrianni brothers, have 17 minutes to catch the midnight train. The puzzle is known to have appeared as early as 1981, in the book \"Super Strategies For Puzzles and Games\". In this version of the puzzle, A, B, C and D take 5, 10,", "title": "Bridge and torch problem" }, { "docid": "16049262", "text": "the state with some moderate frequency between 1908 and 1915, including on this bridge, built in 1914. The bridge was built by Alger County or Au Train Township as part of construction work on what was then a secondary road running along the Lake Superior shoreline between Munising and Au Train. A 19th century-syle substructure was used to support the bridge, and the superstructure was fabricated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by the Worden-Allen Company to the specifications of the MSHD bridge standards. The bridge reportedly cost $35,000. The road along the shore and the Au Train River bridge were later incorporated", "title": "Old M-94–Au Train River Bridge" }, { "docid": "13355422", "text": "He will often go to great lengths to get as drunk as he can as cheaply as he can. The list of TV shows in which Count Arthur claims to have appeared is remarkably similar to Delaney's own career. However, the one role that Count Arthur speaks about wherever possible, is what he calls the \"\"Bridge Up The River Kwai\"\", where he claims to have appeared alongside Alec Guinness, apparently resenting the fact that Guinness got the part instead of him, although he does point out that he took over the role for the musical version. He also seems resentful", "title": "Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!" }, { "docid": "11480646", "text": "once owned by the Erie Railroad) where the train would take tourists over the viaduct. In 2003, half the viaduct was toppled over by a tornado. The K&K ran the train to the park for another year, but service was ultimately cut, do to the loss of riders wanting to go over the bridge. Another tragedy struck in March 2008. Arsonists set fire to the enginehouse where the locomotives were kept after being moved from Marienville. Later that year, the Knox and Kane was sold at auction, but the stretch of rails operated by the K&K were left in place.", "title": "Northern Subdivision (Pennsylvania)" }, { "docid": "7342459", "text": "down an 80 degree, 128 foot drop. The trains then go through a small airtime hill and then up another tall hill, crossing under Goliath. The train then proceeds to go through a banked turn to the left, and goes through a \"high-five\" element. After this, the blue tracked train drops down and goes under the train on the green track while it does its top gun stall. The blue track goes through an airtime hill, taking riders close to the train in the green track's stall. Then the blue tracked train does a zero-g roll. After a double up", "title": "Twisted Colossus" }, { "docid": "8238778", "text": "order to go down the other line to warn the third train, but unfortunately he was too late. The carriages had already run 400 yards down the line and collided with the oncoming train.\" On 25 September 1916 a 179m-long German military Zeppelin airship flew over Helmshore on a bombing mission. It was probably following the railway, attempting to inflict damage on the transport system. One bomb dropped near Clod Lane, Haslingden, where there was a gun cotton factory. Ewood Bridge station was destroyed by bombs and, after passing over Helmshore, the Zeppelin flew on to Holcombe where it did", "title": "Helmshore" }, { "docid": "7746528", "text": "area expanded, with a railroad station opened at the location. Taylor himself, opened a company store not far from the new station. However, the high bridge through the area did not last very long. In 1852, the railroad discovered that the bridge was not firm at all. The bridge swayed when trains would cross over the bridge. With the train on top, it would depress the track and make it rise as the equipment crossed the structure. When the railroad decided what to do about the unsafe bridge, they first considered an all-stone structure. That was turned down in favor", "title": "High Bridge station" }, { "docid": "11059014", "text": "Mead, and White, the team of architects responsible for the buildings on the South Lawn (Rouss, Cocke, and Old Cabell Hall) and the rebuilding of the Rotunda. An integral part of Rugby Road is \"Beta Bridge\". In the 1850s, a bridge was erected over the Chesapeake and Ohio train tracks in the location of what is now Beta Bridge, but the current structure was built in 1923. The bridge was a part of a citywide paving and improvement project to prepare Charlottesville area streets for the automobile. Although it was originally known simply as the Rugby Road Bridge, when the", "title": "Rugby Road" }, { "docid": "4953439", "text": "Siddhu agrees, and calls Hari over to a bridge, on the pretext that he himself (Siddhu) needs to talk to Hari. Hari arrives at the bridge, expecting to meet Siddhu. Ronnie arrives along with his men, beats up Hari, and throws him from the bridge after which he is crushed under a moving train. Siddhu is furious at Jai and Ronnie, and attacks Ronnie physically, but Ronnie's men control him, and he is allowed to go on account of the fact that he is Jai's brother and he was the one who managed to inadvertently help Ronnie kill Hari. Siddhu,", "title": "Ghulam (film)" }, { "docid": "6537467", "text": "coming out at this cave has no choice but to go back into the caves, again. On the route to the escape boat, there are two bridges over rushing gorges. A player who steps onto an unoccupied bridge must end his turn there. An occupied bridge can be stepped over like any other space. A bridge is a perilous perch, since there are fireballs which can roll down the gorges and knock players into the river, leaving them stranded on a beach back along the path. This special smolder pit does not require a fireballed player to stand up, although", "title": "Fireball Island" }, { "docid": "16999645", "text": "rail bridge, in partnership with the City of Hamilton and GO Transit. The 84-year-old rail bridge was demolished and a new one erected. This enhancement added an extra track and platform for expected GO Transit service and widened the road. The bridge work was expected to have been completed before the 2015 Pan American Games. It is estimated that it will cost $150 million to extend GO Train service the 10 kilometres beyond West Harbour GO Station to Stoney Creek. Construction began in late 2017 and is expected to conclude in 2019. Development of the station site cost $35 million,", "title": "Confederation GO Station" }, { "docid": "11500461", "text": "to dispose of his body after he is dead. Bridie does so, and afterward boards a train as instructed, but her contact, an elderly woman, (Katie Johnson), is arrested before any exchange can take place. Not knowing what else to do, Bridie decides to return home. However, she encounters David, who followed her aboard the train, and changes her mind, going to the Isle of Man instead to retrieve the book. She is trailed by David and a German spy (Norman Shelley). Bridie figures out that the cryptic information gives the location of the imminent D-Day invasion, which could result", "title": "I See a Dark Stranger" }, { "docid": "11726876", "text": "the building does appear on an 1877 map of Stevensville. The post office was visited by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his visit to Stevensville. The Kent Island Heritage Society acquired the property in 1997. Approval was given in 1894 by the Maryland Legislature to Queen Anne's Railroad Company to build a railroad connecting Queenstown with Lewes, Delaware. The line was extended 13 miles to Love Point in 1902, and the Stevensville Train Depot was constructed. When Maryland's Bay Bridge was constructed in 1952, the railroad line fell into disuse. The deteriorated building was donated to The Kent Island Heritage Society", "title": "Stevensville Historic District" }, { "docid": "181713", "text": "tetrachord of the G scale. The player could go on up a couple notes (G - A - B), but the next note will be a flatted seventh (C natural in this case), because this note is drawn from the G tetrachord. This D major scale with a flatted seventh is the mixolydian mode in D. The same thing happens as the player goes up the treble bridge – after getting to La (B in this case), one has to go to the left of the treble bridge. Moving from the left side of the bass bridge to the right", "title": "Hammered dulcimer" }, { "docid": "9926463", "text": "was first used on the song \"Rock 'N' Roll\" which later became \"You'll Be Under My Wheels\". The second time they used it is from a song called \"Lyrical Terrorist\" which later became \"Serial Thrilla\", but it was soon used on the album \"The Day Is My Enemy\". P.S.K. What Does It Mean? \"P.S.K. What Does It Mean?\" (also written as \"P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)\") is a song released in 1985 by Philadelphia rapper Schoolly D on his independent label Schoolly D Records. P.S.K. is the abbreviation for Park Side Killas, a street gang with which Schoolly D was", "title": "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" }, { "docid": "9926460", "text": "P.S.K. What Does It Mean? \"P.S.K. What Does It Mean?\" (also written as \"P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)\") is a song released in 1985 by Philadelphia rapper Schoolly D on his independent label Schoolly D Records. P.S.K. is the abbreviation for Park Side Killas, a street gang with which Schoolly D was affiliated. The highly influential song is considered the first hardcore rap song and features incidents of graphic sex, gunplay, drug references and one of the first uses of the word \"nigga\" in a rap song (earlier uses include \"Scoopy Rap\" and \"Family Rap\" in 1979, and \"New York", "title": "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" }, { "docid": "9854830", "text": "he saw the lights of Litra D emerging from the tunnel. The driver of Litra D realized the same only a few seconds before impact. Litra D was in a tunnel and the headlight on the incoming train no. 361 was not particularly bright. When the driver of Litra D noticed what was happening, he also pulled the brakes to slow his train down. At 23:57, the two trains collided just after Litra D had emerged from the tunnel. The large and heavy engines were damaged, but mostly in one piece, engine 182 which had hauled train no. 361 was", "title": "Nidareid train disaster" }, { "docid": "10969734", "text": "name is Michele Rozier. Kees takes the briefcase and boards the train, abandoning his family. On board he is surprised to meet Lucas, who makes it clear he suspects Kees. As they approach Paris, Kees jumps off the train. He goes to Michele, but she turns him away, not realizing he has the money. Lucas meets her and explains what has happened. He says Kees did not kill de Koster, but does not know this, and Lucas fears he will now do something desperate. As Lucas hopes, Michele wants the money enough to trace Kees, and the police follow her", "title": "The Man Who Watched Trains Go By" }, { "docid": "9964569", "text": "Bridge over the floodplains of the Apalachicola River, but does not cross the river directly just yet, until it curves back to the east. A power line right of way and one last local intersection can be found before the road and bridge finally crosses the river itself between the Jim Woodruff Dam and the Old Victory Bridge, where US 90 finally leaves what is historically considered \"West Florida.\" In Gadsden County, US 90 leaves the Central Time Zone and enters the Eastern Time Zone as it crosses the Victory Bridge over the Appalachicola River entering the City of Chattahoochee.", "title": "U.S. Route 90 in Florida" }, { "docid": "17007372", "text": "(to the Pleasant View) leaves the North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe Station at about 3:30 am and the first southbound train (to the Provo Station) leaves at about 5:15 am. The remainder of the northbound trains only go as far as the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center, except the ones departing at 5:31 pm and 6:31 pm. The last northbound train leaves at 11:45 pm and the last southbound train leaves at 12:05 am (early the next morning). However, the last southbound train only goes as far as the next station (the Salt Lake Central Station); the last train to the Provo Station", "title": "North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe station" }, { "docid": "11569635", "text": "the train sounds. The characters are waiting in a train station; each of them reveals what they do but will not reveal the contents of their luggage, which they can't part with. The puppet master, who appears to live in the train station, tries to control and manipulate the passengers. The passengers all leave except one, Mr. Owen, who acts out a story about sailing away on a boat. Mr. Owen rebels against the puppet master breaking his control over the passengers. The puppet master does retain his control over one of the passengers, The foreign singer, whom he eerily", "title": "Postcard from Morocco" }, { "docid": "6949272", "text": "the bridge with one eastbound train in the morning and one westbound train in the evening. The station is to the west of the bridge. Per Coast Guard regulations and the BNSF Fort Madison River Bridge operations manual, river traffic has the right-of-way over train and vehicle traffic on the bridge. The length of time for an opening varies due to weather, river current, size and number of boats, and occasional mechanical problems. A typical opening for a tow with 15 barges will take 15 to 20 minutes. The bridge logs over 2,000 openings per year, an average of more", "title": "Fort Madison Toll Bridge" }, { "docid": "6592112", "text": "GO station. Richmond Hill Centre Terminal Richmond Hill Centre Terminal is a York Region Transit, Viva, and GO Transit bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Despite its name, the terminal is not located in central Richmond Hill, but is situated at the town's southern limits, bordering Vaughan and Markham, near the connecting road that links the grade-separated Yonge Street and Highway 7 intersection. It opened on September 4, 2005. It is immediately west of the Langstaff GO train station, but is separated by the tracks. A pedestrian bridge over the tracks was opened in March 2008 to connect the bus", "title": "Richmond Hill Centre Terminal" }, { "docid": "16623495", "text": "had ordered Luna to burn the railway bridge spanning the Bagbag River, but the latter ignored it. Thus, Del Pilar had cut the iron girders of the railway bridge with the plan to make the bridge collapse once the enemy train passed over it. However, the section of the bridge collapsed before the train bearing a machine gun had reached it. Chinese porters pushed the train through the river as American troops swam to the opposite shore, where Filipino trenches were located. Other troops were promptly repairing the bridge to let their supply wagons cross over the river. By the", "title": "Battle of Calumpit" }, { "docid": "7470000", "text": "Lewisham rail crash On the evening of 4 December 1957, two trains collided in dense fog on the South Eastern main line near Lewisham in London, causing the death of 90 people and injuring 173. An electric train to had stopped at a signal under a bridge, and the following steam train to crashed into it, causing the bridge to collapse onto the steam train. The bridge had to be cleared away and it was over a week before the lines under the bridge were reopened, and another month before the bridge had been rebuilt and traffic allowed over it.", "title": "Lewisham rail crash" }, { "docid": "18039633", "text": "Tyler up and call Julian. Julian takes over but he does not want to tell them anything. He changes his mind when Matt and Jeremy start to torture him and he tells them that he does not know where Markos is but he knows that Markos does not like troubles so he will probably go on to make him permanent on Tyler's body. The only way to prevent that is for Jeremy and Matt to go and get Julian's body from where the travelers hide their bodies when they possess others. Jeremy and Bonnie go to where Julian told them", "title": "What Lies Beneath (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "10441419", "text": "M-D+M-D sets became much more common when the fleet ballooned in 1964, with a \"block\" of cars made up M-D-M-D that could be split as required. Motor cars were sometimes paired back-to-back for what was known as \"E\" trains. These were formed with two M cars acting as locomotives, hauling a train of typical outer-suburban or country stock. These ran to Frankston, where the train would split and two steam engines would take portions on to Mornington and Stony Point, and to Lilydale where the train would split and two steam engines would take portions on to Healesville and Warburton.", "title": "Tait (train)" }, { "docid": "5977395", "text": "For example, the solution “go half a mile south and cross the river on the bridge” is intuitively not valid because the statement of the problem does not mention such a bridge. On the other hand, the existence of this bridge is not excluded by the statement of the problem either. That the bridge does not exist is a consequence of the implicit assumption that the statement of the problem contains everything that is relevant to its solution. Explicitly stating that a bridge does not exist is not a solution to this problem, as there are many other exceptional conditions", "title": "Circumscription (logic)" }, { "docid": "7610283", "text": "derailing the train. As it shifted four carriages from the rear, fell into the swollen river, two being submerged totally, and two others partially submerged. Rescue parties, totalling over 500 people from nearby towns, entered the river to rescue people from the wrecked carriages, and support was also received from fire brigades and the Indian Navy, who sent fifty professional divers to attempt to rescue those trapped in the underwater railway cars. Railway officials and family members also arrived rapidly with the aid of a special train. The enquiry into what actually caused the damage to the bridge was highly", "title": "Kadalundi train derailment" }, { "docid": "2360827", "text": "service to Broadway. At the time, the B train continued to Brooklyn using the BMT West End Line, while the D and Q trains used the Brighton Line and the N used the BMT Sea Beach Line Even after the 1956 repairs, the New York City Department of Transportation failed to maintain the bridge properly, and a major repair program began in the 1980s (see also ). Changes to subway service patterns started in 1983. Because of the large scope of these repairs, there was limited train access to the bridge, reducing the number of trains that could cross the", "title": "Manhattan Bridge" }, { "docid": "3701389", "text": "as well as a number of major cities to the west, north, and south (such as Xi'an, Wuhan, and Guangzhou), including an overnight Z-series express train to Beijing. Later, frequent high-speed (D-series) service has been introduced on this line as well. There is no direct rail service between Yangzhou and Shanghai, however; to travel to Shanghai, or elsewhere in the Yangtze Delta regions, travelers cross the Yangtze over the new Runyang Bridge to Zhenjiang (frequent commuter bus service is available) and take a train from the Zhenjiang Railway Station, which is located on the main Nanjing-Shanghai rail line. In 2016,", "title": "Yangzhou" }, { "docid": "10863224", "text": "use of the line for an RAOC fuel depot just beyond West Moors keeping trains running through until the summer of 1974. The track north of Wimborne was lifted from October 1974, back to a point immediately south of Leigh Arch, the dangerously narrow and low bridge over what was then still the busy A31 road. This allowed the bridge to be demolished. For just over another 30 months, the occasional goods train disturbed the peace of Wimborne's decaying station, although by then the main reason for the line's survival was the use of the goods yard by a company", "title": "Wimborne railway station" }, { "docid": "12375015", "text": "train was behind schedule he opted not to stop. He felt reassured of its stability, as a gravel-hauling train had traveled over it the day before. A single locomotive preceded the train across the bridge as a final check for any problems. As the train started over the bridge, the span between the east bank and the first pier collapsed. The steam engine and seven of the cars fell through the wooden timbers and the others rolled down the 36 foot embankment into the riverbed (but fortunately not in the water). Only one car remained on the tracks. The engine", "title": "Gasconade Bridge train disaster" }, { "docid": "15000603", "text": "the ropes, which had to be replaced often. The landing sites sanded up quite quickly and had to be dredged regularly. The \"Rhenish Railway Company\" continually sought to build a bridge over the Rhine and finally succeeded. The construction of the Duisburg-Hochfeld rail bridge was approved on 29 July 1871 and construction started immediately. On 24 December 1873, freight wagons began to run over the bridge, passenger carriages were still carried by the train ferry up to 14 January 1874. Rheinhausen–Hochfeld train ferry The Rheinhausen–Hochfeld train ferry was a German train ferry on the Rhine between Rheinhausen and Hochfeld, now", "title": "Rheinhausen–Hochfeld train ferry" }, { "docid": "6655491", "text": "but which a thinking that does not go back to the given is powerless to receive. In all, three types of phenomena can be shown, according to the proportionality between what is given in intuition and what is intended: According to John D. Caputo, Marion \"is famous for the idea of what he calls the \"saturated phenomenon,\" which is inspired by his study of Christian Neoplatonic mystical theologians...[The idea that] there are phenomena of such overwhelming givenness or overflowing fulfillment that the intentional acts aimed at these phenomena are overrun, flooded—or saturated.\" The fourth section of Marion's work \"Prolegomena to", "title": "Jean-Luc Marion" }, { "docid": "9599293", "text": "name the simplest. A division in two gives a handy piece of straight track. For the figure eight one could use two straight pieces to go underneath and a bridge made to the same length to cross over the other straights. If one wants a crossing on the same level, the diameter can be divided by three and a crossing piece made with straights of that length. Of course one can also produce pieces of a quarter diameter length to put to the left and right of a central bridge piece that is half the length of the diameter. As", "title": "Wooden toy train" }, { "docid": "2177891", "text": "10, corresponding to the nearest train line, with the 40s and 50s reserved for express services along the 407 ETR corridor which does not have a corresponding train line. GO Transit's commuter rail services carry the large majority of its overall ridership. Until 2012, five GO Train lines operated only during weekday rush hour periods in the peak direction (inbound towards Union Station in the morning and outbound in the afternoons and early evenings), with off-peak service on these routes being provided solely by buses. Since then, partial off-peak train service has been added to three of these lines. The", "title": "GO Transit" }, { "docid": "18437222", "text": "James D-Train Williams James Nelson Williams (born January 26, 1962), known by the stage name D Train, is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1980s with the release of his first album “You're the One for Me” (working with songwriter/producer Hubert Eaves III initially as a duo), which spawned his first US \"Billboard\" Dance chart number-one hit, \"You're the One for Me\". His debut album (under the Prelude Records label) would also chart with the hits \"Keep On\" and the much covered Burt Bacharach hit \"Walk on By\". He would go", "title": "James D-Train Williams" }, { "docid": "12709096", "text": "the analyst everything the patient sees while looking out a window, one could consider Freud's free association a form of mental imagery. Aboulker-Muscat asked, \"In what direction does the train go?\" Disconcerted, Epstein made a horizontal gesture with his hand. Aboulker-Muscat made a vertical gesture in response. \"What if the direction was changed to this axis?\" Fifteen years later, Epstein described this moment in born-again language: I felt an overwhelming sense of self-recognition, an 'aha' experience. It was an epiphany. The vertical movement seemed to lift me from the horizontal hold of the given, the ordinary patterns of everyday cause", "title": "Gerald Epstein" }, { "docid": "16049261", "text": "Old M-94–Au Train River Bridge The Old M-94–Au Train River Bridge is a bridge located on Wolkoff Road over the Au Train River in Au Train Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, and is significant because it is one of only two remaining bridges built to an early 20th-century Michigan State Highway Department design standard. The Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) first published standard designs in 1907–1908. Among these standards were plans for steel plate through girder bridges intended for mid-size spans of . This style of girder bridge was used in", "title": "Old M-94–Au Train River Bridge" }, { "docid": "12868899", "text": "is strangely quiet, and nobody is in the streets celebrating. Then the Germans arrive and take over. The woman's uncle gives the two men civilian clothes and recommends they try to sneak aboard a freight train, which they do. At one stop, they watch helplessly as a woman is separated from her husband, who is taken away with others by train by the Germans. Afterward, they head into the mountains. They encounter a band of partisans, who let them cross a bridge. One of the Italians warns them not to endanger the people in the town. The pair go to", "title": "The Last Chance (1945 film)" }, { "docid": "12776374", "text": "usually quoted with. However, they do not know what Grace means by \"minus the music\" or \"D>HIC\", so they go to Fidelio Racco's mansion (which is now a museum) and hide until after it closes. They then sneak over to Fidelio Racco's harpsichord but are ambushed by the Kabras, who have been following them since Paris. Ian plays Mozart's music on the harpsichord but is unaware of the booby trapped D key, which Amy realizes the meaning of D>HIC, meaning D over High C. She tries to knock Ian off the bench, but she is too late. His finger brushes", "title": "One False Note" }, { "docid": "4759030", "text": "the thieves go after Barton. Barton escapes and handcuffs Nora. The bus that 'Forsythe' is on races after the train. The thieves, realising the train is accelerating, try to find the brakes. They turn dials helplessly and notice the bus that 'Forsythe' is on. Pushing levers and turning dials does nothing, indeed, it only makes the train go faster, leaving the thieves unable to escape. At the dock, the ferry pulls up. As 'Forsythe' watches, the train hurtles through the dock, crashes into the train currently on the ferry at full speed, and pushes it out to sea, dragging the", "title": "Number Seventeen" }, { "docid": "3953374", "text": "72 crosses with Los Angeles County Route N8 at Colima Road and ends at the intersection of SR-39 (Beach Boulevard) in La Habra. Whittier Boulevard is a major commercial corridor in Whittier, though it does not go through the city center, which is north of the highway. The route formerly continued west under a railroad bridge near Pio Pico State Historic Park and then over the San Gabriel River as it entered Pico Rivera and met State Route 19 at Rosemead Boulevard. After a mile, the route crossed a narrow steel bridge over the Rio Hondo into Montebello. There, it", "title": "California State Route 72" }, { "docid": "3076728", "text": "silvergirl\"). It does not refer to a drug abuser's hypodermic needle, as is sometimes claimed. The verse was Garfunkel's idea, and Simon has never cared for it. \"Bridge over Troubled Water\" was the final track to be recorded for the album but the first completed, with an additional two weeks of post-production. Simon initially composed the song in G major, but arranger and composer Jimmie Haskell transposed the song to E-flat major to suit Garfunkel's voice. The song was recorded in California, to make it easier for Garfunkel to go to Mexico to film \"Catch-22\". Simon wanted a gospel piano", "title": "Bridge over Troubled Water (song)" }, { "docid": "20479553", "text": "Medway Creek rail disaster The Medway Creek rail disaster occurred on 26 February 1960 when the Midlander, a passenger train service that operated in central-Queensland, crashed while crossing over the bridge above Medway Creek, near Bogantungan, Queensland, Australia. The disaster occurred at 2:30am when the train was passing over the bridge above the flooded Medway Creek. The pylons of the bridge had been severely damaged by the impact from a 12-tonne gum tree that had been swept downstream in the floodwaters. As the train crossed the creek, the bridge collapsed causing the two steam locomotives and three sleeping cars to", "title": "Medway Creek rail disaster" }, { "docid": "5216599", "text": "short connecting walkway beside the railway tracks to bus stops on Steeles Avenue East. Toronto Transit Commission's bus routes 53 Steeles East operates along Steeles Avenue East and 43 Kennedy terminates by looping there, as does the 57 Midland. York Region Transit route 8 Kennedy stops at the Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road intersection, while the 203 Milliken GO Shuttle only operates during peak hours, specifically to connect the neighbouring part of Markham to GO Train service. Milliken GO Station Milliken GO Station is a GO Transit train station located in the Scarborough area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the", "title": "Milliken GO Station" }, { "docid": "7608730", "text": "Rafiganj train wreck The Rafiganj rail disaster was the derailment of a train on a bridge over the Dhave River in North-Central India, on 10 September 2002. At least 130 people were killed in the accident, which was reportedly due to sabotage by a local Maoist terrorist group, the Naxalites. The accident occurred at 10:40 PM, when the Eastern Railway's high-speed, luxury \"Howrah Rajdhani Express\" train derailed on a 300-foot bridge over the Dhave River near the town of Rafiganj near Gaya. The train had left Howrah with over 1,000 people on board six hours before, and was heading towards", "title": "Rafiganj train wreck" }, { "docid": "5216606", "text": "Kennedy GO Station Kennedy GO Station is a train station in the GO Transit network located in the Scarborough area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Stouffville line GO train service, and is directly connected to the adjacent Kennedy subway station which serves the Line 2 Bloor–Danforth and Line 3 Scarborough lines, as well as numerous TTC bus services. Kennedy GO Station opened June 2, 2005. Despite being on the CN Uxbridge Subdivision and preceding operators dating to the 19th Century, there was never a station near this location. GO Transit does not provide any parking", "title": "Kennedy GO Station" }, { "docid": "14420071", "text": "in Detroit. Simon goes to the game, where he is called by his boss, D. Gibbons, who tells him to put on a ring. He does so, and the blackout happens, all spectators in the stadium lose consciousness, while Simon remains awake. Gibbons tells Simon to go to the nearest exit. He does so, and through the security footage, he is shown to be \"Suspect Zero\". His driver, Victor and Flosso are waiting for him. Flosso and Gibbons are directing the FBI away from discovering what caused the blackout to trying to discover who \"Suspect Zero\" is. Flosso asks for", "title": "Revelation Zero (Part 2)" }, { "docid": "18621873", "text": "can go no further\". Western - Gyeongui Line Eastern - Gyeongwon Line DMZ Train DMZ Train (aka \"Peace Train\" ) is a South Korean tourist train operated by Korail. The train began operations in 2014 and transports tourists from Seoul to train terminals closest to the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The first train opened on May 4, 2014, and travels on the Gyeongui Line, in South Korea's northwest, running from Seoul Station to Dorasan Station. The train crosses the Imjingang Railroad Bridge on the Imjin River and arrives in Paju, Gyeonggi close to the DMZ. The North Korean city of Kaesong,", "title": "DMZ Train" }, { "docid": "13801838", "text": "after they discovered that it was to be demolished. The Mayor of Alamedilla, D. Abelardo Corral, appealed to the Governor of Granada, D. José Maria Fernandez Fernandez. In a hastily convened meeting, the provincial government agreed with the local committee and declared Hacho Bridge a \"Historical Artistic Monument\". This injunction was then served on the scrap and demolition company. The Civil Guard were ordered to go immediately to the bridge. They arrived just in time and dismantled the dynamite already installed at the base of trestles. Hacho Bridge is now protected by a national protection order as a \"Structure of", "title": "Hacho Bridge" }, { "docid": "16049264", "text": "cylinder piers. The main span consistes of two through girders, joined by four I-beams underneath. Old M-94–Au Train River Bridge The Old M-94–Au Train River Bridge is a bridge located on Wolkoff Road over the Au Train River in Au Train Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, and is significant because it is one of only two remaining bridges built to an early 20th-century Michigan State Highway Department design standard. The Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) first published standard designs in 1907–1908. Among these standards were plans for steel plate through girder", "title": "Old M-94–Au Train River Bridge" }, { "docid": "7536530", "text": "Wootton bridge collapse The Wootton bridge collapse occurred on 11 June 1861, when the rail bridge over the road between Leek Wootton and Hill Wootton in Warwickshire collapsed under the weight of a passing goods train on the line between Leamington Spa and Kenilworth owned by the London and North Western Railway Company. The train had passed over the bridge safely in the morning with a full load of coal, and was returning to Kenilworth with the empty wagons at 7 am. The 30 ton locomotive fell through the deck of the bridge onto the road below, and the tender", "title": "Wootton bridge collapse" }, { "docid": "11651428", "text": "a surprised Gerald Jonas raved over the novel in \"The New York Times Book Review\", saying \"this obscure [novel] reads more like a collaboration between Heinlein and Asimov, noting that one reason \"the book works so well [is] because the authors are not ashamed of what they are doing at any level.\" Star Bridge Star Bridge is a science fiction novel by American authors Jack Williamson and James E. Gunn. It was published in 1955 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies. However, 900 copies were never bound. It was also issued in paperback by Ace (D-169, 1955,", "title": "Star Bridge" }, { "docid": "6592109", "text": "Richmond Hill Centre Terminal Richmond Hill Centre Terminal is a York Region Transit, Viva, and GO Transit bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Despite its name, the terminal is not located in central Richmond Hill, but is situated at the town's southern limits, bordering Vaughan and Markham, near the connecting road that links the grade-separated Yonge Street and Highway 7 intersection. It opened on September 4, 2005. It is immediately west of the Langstaff GO train station, but is separated by the tracks. A pedestrian bridge over the tracks was opened in March 2008 to connect the bus terminal and", "title": "Richmond Hill Centre Terminal" }, { "docid": "15822431", "text": "6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division. Smith and his platoon were attached to Major John Howard's D Company 2nd Ox and Bucks who were to lead the gliderborne coup de main operation on D-Day to capture Benouville bridge over the Caen canal, now known as Pegasus Bridge and Ranville bridge over the River Orne, now known as Horsa Bridge. Smith's platoon was one of three platoons tasked to capture Pegasus Bridge before the main assault on the Normandy beaches began. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Smith's platoon was in the 3rd Glider to land at Pegasus Bridge, landing at 00.18hrs.", "title": "Sandy Smith (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "5154184", "text": "provide pedestrian access to the south end of the station platform. Passengers boarding TTC first, then again at the end of their GO Transit journey may use a TTC transfer for their second ride. At Old Cummer GO Station this applies to bus routes 39 Finch East, 42 Cummer, 51 Leslie and 939 Finch Express. The Canadian, VIA Rail's train between Vancouver and Toronto Union Station, passes through Old Cummer station but does not stop. Old Cummer GO Station Old Cummer GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in the North York district", "title": "Old Cummer GO Station" }, { "docid": "613667", "text": "July 4, 2005 and was completed by August 2008. The following rail lines go through Tianjin: The inter-city trains between Beijing and Tianjin will adopt a new numbering system: Cxxxx (C stands for interCity.). The train numbers range between C2001~C2298: The new C trains take only 30 min between Beijing and Tianjin, cutting the previous D train time by more than a half. The ticket price as of Aug. 15, 08 is 69 RMB for the first-class seat and 58 RMB for the second-class seat. There were over 900 bus lines in the city . Some roads and bridges have", "title": "Tianjin" }, { "docid": "19319048", "text": "the letter, Tiuri opens the letter and memorises what is written on it. After that he burns the letter so that no one can read it. However, Tiuri does not know what the message on the letter means because the message is written in a different language. Piak helps him to remember it by making it into a song. Later, Tiuri and Piak have to cross the bridge over the Rainbow River have to cross the bridge but they have to pay a toll to do so. They don't have the money to pay for the toll, so they find", "title": "De Brief voor de Koning (film)" }, { "docid": "13257685", "text": "that a train does indeed pass through this particular station. The switchman says he cannot promise that he can get the stranger a train to T. but will help him get a train to anywhere if he can. He does not understand why the stranger insists on going to T.; he notes that it would be a privilege to board any train at all. The stranger argues that he should be able to go to T. since that is the destination marked on his ticket. The switchman tells the stranger that the inn is filled with people who have made", "title": "The Switchman" }, { "docid": "4619405", "text": "for many miles as the train heads out across the prairies. The surrounding landscapes are still heavily forested and the riverbanks a bit dramatic, but the land slowly opens up to ever broader valleys, plains, and farmlands. About three miles west of Hinton, the train crosses an impressive trestle over Prairie Creek with the Athabasca still in sight. The train crosses a curved trestle over Sundance Creek just West of Edson; then crosses the McLoed River on a bridge and Wolf Creek on a bridge. The train rides along the shores of three lakes: to the north the Octopus Lake;", "title": "Canadian (train)" }, { "docid": "12211702", "text": "until Bosko starts a mournful rendition of \"Cryin' for the Carolines\", at which the pig starts to cry. Suddenly Bosko and the pig are thrown towards the back of the boxcar. The pig seems to be out cold whilst Bosko looks around, trying to understand what is going on. Bosko tries to revive the pig but is unsuccessful. The scene pans to show that the train is climbing a hill, which explains the tilted boxcar. The train straightens itself at the top of the hill but then goes over a bridge, which bends exaggeratedly to accommodate its weight. Through a", "title": "Box Car Blues" }, { "docid": "3628563", "text": "the Irk in Manchester at the height of the city's industrial excess. The river has since been culverted as it reaches the city centre. It disappears beneath Manchester Victoria railway station into a brick tunnel at Ducie Bridge and empties into the Irwell beneath a railway viaduct. On 15 August 1953, the front coach of a Manchester to Bury electric train fell from the viaduct over the River Irk after colliding with a local steam train. Ten people were killed and 58 injured in what became known as the Irk Valley Junction disaster. River Irk The River Irk is a", "title": "River Irk" }, { "docid": "13040530", "text": "1942. The battalion formed part of 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division in 1943. Wood was a D Company platoon commander in the coup de main operation on D Day led by Major John Howard. The objective was to seize Benouville Bridge, now known as Pegasus Bridge, over the Caen canal and Ranville Bridge, now known as Horsa Bridge, over the River Orne. The original plan was for Wood to lead the first platoon across the bridge at Benouville; however, shortly before D Day, Howard changed the order of landing and Lieutenant Den Brotheridge was selected to lead the first", "title": "David Wood (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "14093638", "text": "former Republican Pennsylvania State Senator whose district featured portions of Pittsburgh's northeastern suburbs. It was built alongside and just upstream from the old bridge and consists of sixteen individual spans, including a long four span truss channel unit, with a long span over the river and a long three span girder section with a long central span over the railroad. A long section of the bridge buckled when the Crescent Supply Co. warehouse beneath it was destroyed by fire on May 28, 1981. The bridge was reopened in January 1983. Senator Robert D. Fleming Bridge The Senator Robert D. Fleming", "title": "Senator Robert D. Fleming Bridge" }, { "docid": "7393777", "text": "even over conventional railways at conventional speeds for a portion of their journey to connect some cities off the high-speed network. D-series trains provide relatively fast frequent service between main cities in China. For example: Besides, a few other nighttime D trains go to more remote destinations, such as the services between Shanghai and Beijing. 'Z' trains, though their name in Chinese () technically implies a \"non-stop\" overnight train, some of these trains have several stops between the two stations. The majority have both soft sleepers and hard sleepers, while some Z trains have only soft sleepers. The top speed", "title": "Passenger rail transport in China" }, { "docid": "5549156", "text": "train, bending under the weight. This was within the maximum load of specified in the design of the bridge. The figure was a conservative estimate. The cables and guy-wires could support , and travel journalist Alfred J. Pairpoint commented that it was normal to see trains pass over the bridge without danger. The bridge shook whenever a train trundled over it, although this had no effect on its integrity. When the frequency of passing trains was high, the trembling was noticeable to travelers on the lower deck and proved uncomfortable to some; writer Mark Twain noted, \"You drive over to", "title": "Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge" }, { "docid": "10576699", "text": "train whose weight exceeded 1075 tons. It was opened on 10 October 1909, and put into service ten days later. What makes the Fades Viaduct exceptional is its monumental piers of quarried granite. Towering over 92 m in height they remain the tallest bridge piers ever built in traditional masonry. They each have a base larger than a tennis court. Fades viaduct The Fades Viaduct () is a railway viaduct in the Puy-de-Dôme department, central France. At the time of its inauguration on 10 October 1909, it was the tallest bridge in the world, across all categories. As of 2010", "title": "Fades viaduct" }, { "docid": "20148999", "text": "than 150 Hz, switching speed for the amplifier does not have to be as high as for a full range amplifier, allowing simpler designs. Class-D amplifiers for driving subwoofers are relatively inexpensive in comparison to class-AB amplifiers. The letter \"D\" used to designate this amplifier class is simply the next letter after \"C\" and, although occasionally used as such, does not stand for \"digital\". Class-D and class-E amplifiers are sometimes mistakenly described as \"digital\" because the output waveform superficially resembles a pulse-train of digital symbols, but a class-D amplifier merely converts an input waveform into a continuously pulse-width modulated analog", "title": "Power amplifier classes" }, { "docid": "20447257", "text": "to go through. For example, over two days, the Alpines took a 9-hour train ride from Geneva to Brussels, the next morning caught a 7-hour train to Cuxhaven, Germany, on the North Sea, the next day had a 27-hour train ride to Barcelona on the Mediterranean. What all observers agreed was that the league promoters had been completely ignorant of the European context and their arrogance meant they didn't cater the project to European consumers. Former Munich Eagles manager Lee Meade called the league an \"ill-fated effort by some American entrepreneurs who thought because they had money they could shove", "title": "European Professional Basketball League" }, { "docid": "20479556", "text": "since the accident. A museum at Bogantungan displays memorabilia from the accident. Medway Creek rail disaster The Medway Creek rail disaster occurred on 26 February 1960 when the Midlander, a passenger train service that operated in central-Queensland, crashed while crossing over the bridge above Medway Creek, near Bogantungan, Queensland, Australia. The disaster occurred at 2:30am when the train was passing over the bridge above the flooded Medway Creek. The pylons of the bridge had been severely damaged by the impact from a 12-tonne gum tree that had been swept downstream in the floodwaters. As the train crossed the creek, the", "title": "Medway Creek rail disaster" }, { "docid": "8514349", "text": "at about 3:30 pm, a cement mixer lorry fell off the bridge over the railway 50 metres north-east of the station, and landed on carriages of a train accelerating away from the station. No-one was killed. Witnesses stated that the rear of the lorry crashed through the parapet of the bridge and dragged the whole vehicle over the side of the bridge. The eight-carriage train, operated by South West Trains, was working the 15:05 Guildford to London Waterloo. The train was formed of two Class 455 electric multiple units. The lorry, loaded with concrete and weighing 24 tonnes, landed on", "title": "Oxshott railway station" }, { "docid": "11935432", "text": "Peruman railway accident In the Peruman railway accident, the (Train No:26) Bangalore - Thiruvananthapuram Central Island Express train derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake, near Perinadu, Kollam, Kerala, India and fell into the lake, killing 105 people on 8 July 1988. The accident occurred at Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake on 8 July 1988 at around 13:15 Hrs. Ten bogie carriages of the Train Number:26 Island Express, travelling from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram Central, derailed and fell into the lake.Of the 14 coaches, only the engine, the parcel van and a second class compartment had crossed the bridge when", "title": "Peruman railway accident" }, { "docid": "13272510", "text": "Forest Hills disaster The Forest Hills disaster (also called the Forest Ridge disaster and the Bussey Bridge train disaster) was a railroad bridge accident that occurred on March 14, 1887, in the Roslindale section of Boston, Massachusetts. A morning commuter train, inbound to Boston, was passing over the Bussey Bridge, a Howe truss, at South Street in the Roslindale neighborhood a half mile from the Forest Hills station, when it suddenly collapsed, sending several cars crashing to the street below. Thirty-eight commuters were killed and another 40 were seriously injured. The train, made up of nine cars, was traveling over", "title": "Forest Hills disaster" } ]
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when did the modern tie come into fashion
[ "With the industrial revolution" ]
[ { "docid": "2028010", "text": "ends through a finger or scarf ring at the neck instead of using a knot. This is the classic sailor neckwear and may have been adopted from them. With the industrial revolution, more people wanted neckwear that was easy to put on, was comfortable, and would last an entire workday. Neckties were designed long, thin and easy to knot, and they did not come undone. This is the necktie design still worn by millions of men. By this time, the sometimes complicated array of knots and styles of neckwear gave way to the neckties and bow ties, the latter a", "title": "Necktie" } ]
[ { "docid": "2882924", "text": "the technique. Although shibori and batik techniques were used occasionally in Western fashion before the 1960s, modern psychedelic tie-dying did not become a fad until the late 1960s following the example set by rock stars such as Janis Joplin and John Sebastian (who did his own dyeing). The 2011 film documentary \"Magic Trip\", which shows amateur film footage taken during the 1964 cross-country bus journey of countercultural icon Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, shows the travelers developing a form of tie-dye by taking LSD beside a pond and pouring enamel-based model airplane paint into it, before placing a white", "title": "Tie-dye" }, { "docid": "12483301", "text": "галстук \"galstuk\" is not a scarf (German literally: \"\"Halstuch\"\"), but a tie, even though the modern German equivalent \"Krawatte\" (Croatian neck tie) seems to be of a more recent date; nor would a парикмахер \"parikmacher\" (German literally: \"\"Perückenmacher\"\") be a \"wig-maker\", but actually is a hairdresser. It seems, though, that the hair dresser was indeed called a wig maker, i.e. when wigs were in fashion and that was what they did. Thus both Italians (parrucchiere) and Spaniards (peluquero) still call all hair dressers, for gentlemen and ladies, wig makers. Likewise, in Japanese, a \"messer\" is not a knife, but a", "title": "Germanism (linguistics)" }, { "docid": "5629491", "text": "was created in cooperation with Levi Strauss. In 1985, he revived his lesser-priced Portfolio product line. In the early 1980s, wholesale revenues had figured at about $60 million. By 1986 that number had risen to about $260 million. Highly praised professionally and personally, Ellis believed that \"fashion dies when you take it too seriously.\" Of Perry Ellis' fashion design, Michael Bastian remarked that \"no one did it better...He was able to be modern and yet not come off antiseptic,\" while Steven Kolb, CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, described Ellis' fashion as \"my way to step forward", "title": "Perry Ellis" }, { "docid": "12897340", "text": "come. In 2005, his spring-summer collection, \"The Nair Sisters\" was inspired by hand block printing, embroideries, bagru prints and the extensive use of cotton and other hand woven fabrics. The collection was sold at Browns & Selfridges in London. He was requested to showcase his collections at the prestigious Oxford University annual black tie charity dinner fashion show. 2006, Sabyasachi’s debut Spring Summer collection’07 at New York Fashion Week earned him critical acclaim and his label started selling world-wide. The essence of this collection was based on folklore, glamour, simplicity, modern architecture and intricate detailing. There was a marked influence", "title": "Sabyasachi Mukherjee" }, { "docid": "9346564", "text": "'pre-oedipal' tie to the mother\", Binswanger would point out that \"such overly strong filial tie is only possible on the premise of a world-design exclusively based on connectedness, cohesiveness, continuity\". Binswanger's \"Dream and Existence\" — which was translated from German into French by Michel Foucault who added a substantial essay-introduction — highlighted in similar fashion the necessity of \"steeping oneself in the manifest content of the dream - which, since Freud's epoch-making postulate concerning the reconstruction of latent thoughts, has in modern times receded all to[o] far into the background\". Eugène Minkowski had earlier introduced Binswanger's ideas into France, influencing", "title": "Ludwig Binswanger" }, { "docid": "19868593", "text": "against this is not the appreciation of western dressing but the total rejection for what is African. This danger has perhaps, made some fashion hat designers create a modern version of the gele. Further researches and studies in the art of hat making have led to the introduction of relevant and constant invitations. The innovations have made hats come to stay as part of modern Nigerian fashion, leading to introduction of \"group hats\", uniform hats. Hats are made of different materials such as cynamay, a soft material dyed into a variety of colors and shades. Cynamay can be moved, twisted", "title": "Fashion in Nigeria" }, { "docid": "14409207", "text": "animals. However, her ties also featured a wide range of other subjects, including astrological signs, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Devil, Lady Godiva, torn love-letters and safety pins. Other tie manufacturers, noticing her success, copied her business model and hired artists to imitate her tie designs. Vescovi Whitman did not mind this, saying in 1949 that being imitated had \"expanded the acceptablity of the pictorial tie\". In 1944 Countess Mara was awarded the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award in recognition of the influence its ties had had upon fashion. Among their most high-profile wearers were Frank Sinatra, Eugene O'Neill and J. Edgar Hoover.", "title": "Countess Mara" }, { "docid": "12642727", "text": "with Braun in creating the wardrobe for the Reese Williams character. The two had worked together before when Braun portrayed Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\". While bringing their ideas together, they tried to make sure they did not make Reese into too much of a cliché. \"I like that she goes from really strong pants with a buttoned shirt and tie, which is so on trend but is also just great style, to wearing dresses,\" Braun said. Reese's wardrobe goes back and forth between the two different types of style which allows Braun and Zyla to play with her fashion.", "title": "Reese Williams and Bianca Montgomery" }, { "docid": "16347764", "text": "1775–1795 in Western fashion Fashion in the twenty years between 1775–1795 in Western culture became simpler and less elaborate. These changes were a result of emerging modern ideals of selfhood, the declining fashionability of highly elaborate Rococo styles, and the widespread embrace of the rationalistic or \"classical\" ideals of Enlightenment philosophes. It is also at this time when the concept of fashion, as it is known today, begins. Prior to this point, clothes as a means of self-expression were limited. Guild-controlled systems of production and distribution, and the sumptuary laws made clothing both hard to come by and expensive for", "title": "1775–1795 in Western fashion" }, { "docid": "6413454", "text": "sitting lead to the pointed-hemmed waistcoat later in the century. A new style, the \"sack coat\", loosely fitted and reaching to mid-thigh, was fashionable for leisure activities; it would gradually replace the frock coat over the next forty years and become the modern suit coat. The slightly cutaway morning coat was worn for formal day occasions. The most formal evening dress remained a dark tail coat and trousers, with a white cravat; this costume was well on its way to crystallizing into the modern \"white tie and tails\". Full-length trousers were worn for day. Breeches remained a requirement for formal", "title": "1850s in Western fashion" }, { "docid": "3304383", "text": "collection, were displayed in department stores next to Patou's perfume counter. The designer tie style is still prominent amongst contemporary fashion designers, such as Louis Feraud, Timothy Everest, Duchamp and Paul Smith and Patrick McMurray. In 1925 Patou launched his perfume business with three fragrances created by Henri Alméras. In 1928, Jean Patou created \"Huile de Chaldée\", the first sun tan lotion. When the stock market crashed, so did the market for luxury fashion. The House of Patou survived through its perfumes. The best known of Patou's perfumes is \"Joy\", a heavy floral scent, based on the most precious rose", "title": "Jean Patou" }, { "docid": "5267354", "text": "green velvet collar and a badge on the left breast. This was not merely fashion but a requirement; those appearing without uniform did so under a penalty of two bottles of port! An annual competition for gold and silver medals was held until 1854, when the club was closed, as disaster struck when the course was ploughed by the farmer who had come to own the land. Around 1886 the Scotscraig Estate, on which the club had been situated, passed into the hands of Vice Admiral William Heriot-Maitland-Dougall who was keen on golf. In 1887 he instigated the club's revival,", "title": "Tayport" }, { "docid": "1951356", "text": "mods adopted a sophisticated look that included tailor-made suits, thin ties, button-down collar shirts, Chelsea boots and Clarks desert boots. British sensibilities have played an influential role in world clothing since the 18th century. Particularly during the Victorian era, British fashions defined acceptable dress for men of business. Key figures such as the future Edward VII, Edward VIII, and Beau Brummell, created the modern suit and cemented its dominance. Brummell is credited with introducing and establishing as fashion the modern man's suit, worn with a tie. The use of a coloured and patterned tie (a common feature in British school", "title": "Culture of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "9157178", "text": "History of fashion design The history of fashion design refers to the development of the fashion industry which designs clothing and accessories. The modern industry, based around firms or fashion houses run by individual designers, started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who from 1858 was the first designer to have his label sewn into the garments that he created. Before the mid-19th century the division between \"haute couture\" and ready-to-wear did not really exist. All but the most basic major pieces of female clothing was made-to-measure by dressmakers and seamstresses dealing directly with the client, and fitting", "title": "History of fashion design" }, { "docid": "9157274", "text": "Retrieved June 13, 2018. History of fashion design The history of fashion design refers to the development of the fashion industry which designs clothing and accessories. The modern industry, based around firms or fashion houses run by individual designers, started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who from 1858 was the first designer to have his label sewn into the garments that he created. Before the mid-19th century the division between \"haute couture\" and ready-to-wear did not really exist. All but the most basic major pieces of female clothing was made-to-measure by dressmakers and seamstresses dealing directly with", "title": "History of fashion design" }, { "docid": "10850478", "text": "Brazil at Chennai in the World Group Play-off tie. Somdev lost to Ricardo Mello on day 1 and India went down 0–2. India went to win the tie 3–2 in a come from behind fashion which included a win from Somdev as his opponent Thomaz Bellucci retired whilst he was trailing 6–7(3), 0–4. This meant that India would once again be a part of the World Group. India drew defending champions Serbia for Round 1. The tie was played at Novi Sad. Somdev played Janko Tipsarević in the second rubber and won in straight sets 7–5, 7–5, 7–6(3) This was", "title": "Somdev Devvarman" }, { "docid": "12365404", "text": "Women's football in Germany Women's football in Germany is quickly becoming very popular in Germany largely due to the success of the women's national team. Women in Germany have been playing football since the turn of the 18th century, but females playing sports were frowned upon by the general population and citizens. The \"Sports Girl\" did not come into fashion until the 1920s when women started to form their own clubs. In 1955 the German Football Association declared that they would not permit women into the association stating that women were frail and unable to perform in the sport without", "title": "Women's football in Germany" }, { "docid": "309952", "text": "changing environment of the fashion world. Since Pakistan came into being, its fashion has evolved in different phases and developed a unique identity. Today, Pakistani fashion is a combination of traditional and modern dress and has become a mark of Pakistani culture. Despite modern trends, regional and traditional forms of dress have developed their own significance as a symbol of native tradition. This regional fashion continues to evolve into both more modern and purer forms. The Pakistan Fashion Design Council based in Lahore organizes PFDC Fashion Week and the Fashion Pakistan Council based in Karachi organizes Fashion Pakistan Week. Pakistan's", "title": "Pakistan" }, { "docid": "2465266", "text": "women from royal families come out of purdah in the 1900s. This necessitated a change of dress. Maharani Indira Devi of Cooch Behar popularised the chiffon sari. She was widowed early in life and followed the convention of abandoning her richly woven Baroda shalus in favour of the unadorned mourning white as per tradition. Characteristically, she transformed her \"mourning\" clothes into high fashion. She had saris woven in France to her personal specifications, in white chiffon, and introduced the silk chiffon sari to the royal fashion repertoire. The chiffon sari did what years of fashion interaction had not done in", "title": "Sari" }, { "docid": "11092480", "text": "a forerunner of the modern jump suit. Maxwell always created her designs in a range of sizes, generally going up to a size 18 or 20 at a time when it was unusual for a designer to design clothes above a size 8. Her use of wrap-and-tie closures and supple fabrics suited a range of body types and allowed for weight fluctuations. According to Maxwell, \"The most fashionable women will always be the ones who know themselves.\" Maxwell won the Coty Award in 1953. Maxwell met Grace Kelly in 1955 when they were both received Neiman Marcus Fashion Awards and", "title": "Vera Maxwell" }, { "docid": "10552292", "text": "stuff one last time with the Orioles that season. He quickly walked Marquis Grissom to lead off. Then got Craig Biggio to hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Scott Cooper at third. However, Cooper double clutched ever so slightly and the AL just missed turning the double play on Biggio. This allowed Fregosi to pinch-hit slugger Fred McGriff, who he had saved up, to come to the plate as the tying run. The Crimedog promptly drove a Smith's splitter into the centerfield stands to tie up the game in dramatic fashion. In the 10th the NL quickly went to", "title": "1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "13628207", "text": "are usually only seen with formal attire. Retractable canes that reveal such properties as hidden compartments, pool sticks, or blades are popular among collectors. Handles have been made from many substances, both natural and manmade. Carved and decorated canes have turned the functional into the fantastic. The idea of a fancy cane as a fashion accessory to go with top hat and tails has been popularized in many song-and-dance acts, especially by Fred Astaire in several of his films and songs such as \"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails\" and \"Puttin' On the Ritz\", where he exhorts \"Come, let's mix", "title": "Walking stick" }, { "docid": "10064283", "text": "come in an endless array of different designs, colors, and embroidery. Its practicality, comfort, and elemental design suited for Vietnam's climate, the \"áo bà ba\" has transitioned well into modern Vietnamese fashion. It continues to hold a natural presence in almost every aspect of Vietnamese life, culture, fashion, and the arts. Áo bà ba Áo bà ba ( or Vietnamese silk ensemble) is a traditional southern Vietnamese garment. The áo itself (\"shirt\" in English) is the top part which covers the torso. It is most associated with rural southern Vietnam, especially in the Mekong Delta. Often worn as a top", "title": "Áo bà ba" }, { "docid": "6763067", "text": "one calendar year. When he made his international debut during the 7th Pakistan-India series 1998, his role was only to come from the bench for penalty corner drills. His debut was at Peshawar's Lala S.M. Ayub Hockey Stadium on Saturday, 28 February 1998. Pakistan manager Islahuddin Siddiqui effected a substitution midway through the tie, but failed to make an impact. He failed to score in three penalty corners as Pakistan won 4-1. The following day, on 1 March 1998, in the second test at Rawalpindi's Army Hockey Stadium, Abbas announced his arrival on the international scene in dramatic fashion, scoring", "title": "Sohail Abbas" }, { "docid": "16467808", "text": "“Cigar Lounge”, “Pop-Up Barber Shop”, “Gaming Suite” and a “Bow Tie Technique Suite”. To reflect the original working-name, “Gentlemen’s Week”, a bow tie was linked to the company logo. The bow tie personifies MFWLA’s company philosophy, which (as indicated by the company website) was founded on honor and civility among aesthete gentlemen. Men's Fashion Week Los Angeles Since 2010, Fashion Week producers in New York, London, Paris and Vancouver have pushed to expand the realm of Fashion Week by creating a separate Fashion Week (weekend or day) for menswear fashion designers and retail brands. Los Angeles is the 5th in", "title": "Men's Fashion Week Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "16992602", "text": "Gjonbalaj also earned five caps with the U.S. national team. His first appearance came in a February 5, 1986 scoreless tie with Canada when he came on for Brent Goulet. His next cap did not come until a June 12, 1987 loss to South Korea. He had to wait three more years for his third cap which came in a September 14, 1991 win over Jamaica. Gjonbalaj scored the U.S. goal in the 1-0 victory. It was another two years before Gjonbalaj appeared for the U.S. again, this time on March 23, 1993 in a tie with El Salvador. His", "title": "Sadri Gjonbalaj" }, { "docid": "3314989", "text": "cutting was carried out by George \"Porky\" Peckham, who became known for etching messages into runout grooves. This was the first of many Python albums to bear one of these so-called \"Porky Prime Cuts\" – a brief message on Side 2 which reads: \"\". To further confuse the listener, both sides of the record label were labelled \"FREE RECORD Given away with the Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief – Side 2\" – only the matrix numbers identify which are the first and second sides. The album did not have a track listing, so that this feature would come as", "title": "The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief" }, { "docid": "7495270", "text": "was trying to achieve. There's flamboyance, there's real risk-taking, but when I walk into the room, it's not flashy. It's actually very subtle. You look at it and you go, \"That shirt, that tie, that jacket, that vest? What?\" But it works. He found one Dries van Noten tie he wore during the film to his liking and kept it. After touring some offices of real fashion magazines, Jess Gonchor gave the \"Runway\" offices a clean, white look meant to suggest a makeup compact (\"the chaste beiges and whites of impervious authority,\" Denby called it). Miranda's office bears some strong", "title": "The Devil Wears Prada (film)" }, { "docid": "9928926", "text": "up with his school dress code\", he turned a \"very typical powder-blue cowboy bandana\" into a necktie and wore it the next day. \"People loved it and wanted me to make it for them,\" he shared with CNN in 2005. Shemtov also came up with a new concept which he named the \"double tie,\" a necktie with a second tie stitched on its top half. Aside from fashion and design, Shemtov made his on-camera debut as the narrator for Chabad.org's \"Chanukah Play\" when he was five years old. He graduated from high school in 2005 and earned a Bachelor of", "title": "Baruch Shemtov" }, { "docid": "3949450", "text": "notched collars. Waistcoats were generally cut straight across the front and had lapels. The loosely fitted, mid-thigh length \"sack coat\" continued to slowly displace the frock coat for less-formal business occasions. The slightly cutaway morning coat was worn for formal day occasions. The most formal evening dress remained a dark tail coat and trousers, with a white cravat; this costume was well on its way to crystallizing into the modern \"white tie and tails\". While during the first half of the decade the waist was long, after 1865 the waist became shorter, with pockets in the pleats. Full-length trousers were", "title": "1860s in Western fashion" }, { "docid": "14812357", "text": "rounds - Wile, Steph Janzen, 2-time defending champion Brian Martin, and Kevin Nickel - gained entry. The next six players in the standings would compete for two wild cards into the final. Unfortunately, there was a tie for the sixth spot between Mike Bortolin and Corey Fischer, so a Closest-to-the-stake playoff was held, won by Bortolin. The wild card play-in field was set. Buoyed by his near elimination, Bortolin made short work of the play-in match, advancing to the Final in convincing fashion. Joining the final round would be CroqSoc Executive alum Param Chauhan, playing in his first modern era", "title": "Wile Cup" }, { "docid": "10709414", "text": "fashion in a 2012 episode where models competed in a Steampunk themed photo shoot, posing in front of a steam train while holding a live owl. Becky Lynch a female wrestler currently employed by WWE uses ring attire influenced by steampunk fashion. Most notable being her goggles she wears in her entrance. Steampunk fashion has evolved into a culture of imaginative dressing, inspired by the aesthetics of the past. Modern-day fashion critics have actively sought to deconstruct steampunk as a term and as a philosophy in the context of fashion. Modern trends in steampunk fashion are grouped into historical recreationists", "title": "Steampunk fashion" }, { "docid": "8041035", "text": "2000 and 2001 the company trialed two different fascias. This was due to Tie Rack's development into a fully fledged fashion accessories retailer. The first trial commenced in September 2000 at the Southampton store and this store was branded \"Le Collezioni – Tie Rack\". The second trial commenced in August 2001 at the Regent Street store, with a shop fit designed by Belgian Architect Pierre Vanden Broeck, and this store was branded \"Frangi - Tie Rack\". Both trials were rolled out to several stores, but it was eventually decided to remain trading under the Tie Rack name as this has", "title": "Tie Rack" }, { "docid": "11589461", "text": "periods when foreign ideologies were introduced into their national society. It remains to be seen whether in times to come Javanese conservatism will prove strong enough to adapt and integrate foreign elements with the same success as it did in the past. Anyway, Javanese cultural conservatism seems a valuable asset in the amalgam of modern Indonesian civilization which is developing in the twentieth century. The present Synopsis of Javanese literature up to about 1900 is not the place to discuss modern developments at any length, however. Florida, Nancy K. (1995) \"Writing the past, inscribing the future: history as prophecy in", "title": "Javanese literature" }, { "docid": "2882923", "text": "are, in general, more subdued. Another difference is that the base color is black. Tie-dye techniques have also been used for centuries in the Hausa region of West Africa, with renowned indigo dye pits located in and around Kano, Nigeria. The tie-dyed clothing is then richly embroidered in traditional patterns. It has been suggested that these African techniques were the inspiration for the tie-dyed garments identified with hippie fashion. Tie-dyeing was known in the US by 1909, when Professor Charles E. Pellow of Columbia University acquired some samples of tie-dyed muslin and subsequently gave a lecture and live demonstration of", "title": "Tie-dye" }, { "docid": "507815", "text": "fashion. The first record of a dinner jacket is an 1865 record in the ledger of Henry Poole & Co, of an order placed by the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII for a short midnight blue jacket. In the following decades of the Victorian era, the dinner jacket (\"tuxedo\" in American English) came into fashion as a less formal alternative for the tailcoat which men of the upper classes wore every evening. Thus it was worn with the standard accompaniments for the evening tailcoat at the time: matching trousers, white or black waistcoat, white bow tie, white", "title": "Black tie" }, { "docid": "16976538", "text": "be known for in 1990. Writing in the International Herald Tribune, fashion critic Suzy Menkes described one of these early collections as \"a recipe for the Nineties\". Leroux \"molded his fabric to the female form, rather than draping and cutting it.\" Though various designers have staked a claim as to who did the bandage dresses first, and Leroux often pointed out that in the modern era the late American couturier Charles James set the standard, he also took a far longer view of any attribution, telling style.com, \"Bands belong to history. They come from Cleopatra, Queen of the Egyptians.\" In", "title": "Hervé L. Leroux" }, { "docid": "9078872", "text": "premium or fashion brand, but was at the top end of the utility section generally producing reasonably well-made and durable garments. Whilst they did use some other materials, their garments tended to be made from nylon fabric and use cheap but warm polyester padding. Lord Anthony became well known during the 1980s for their snorkel parka, which became the winter coat of choice for some schoolboys. Whereas other manufacturers (such as Brutus, Wakefields, and Keynote) were producing good quality snorkel parkas, the Lord Anthony version was often regarded as the best. Now that snorkel parkas have come back into fashion,", "title": "Lord Anthony" }, { "docid": "17647231", "text": "has since shown his collections at South Africa Fashion week as well as showcasing his work at international Fashion Week shows in Canada at Vancouver Fashion Week, Angola and Nigeria. His couture designs are worn at all major fashion events including the Durban July Handicap, J&B Met, SA Music Awards, Huisgenoot Skouspel, You Spectacular and Miss World. His gowns have been worn by presenters of popular TV shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and Top Billing. Just a year into establishing his own label Coetzee achieved a celebrity coup when international TV stars Kourteney Kardashian (Keeping Up with the Kardashians).", "title": "Gert-Johan Coetzee" }, { "docid": "2194893", "text": "International Debutante Ball in New York City, and the Veiled Prophet Ball in St. Louis. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in New York City announced a white tie dress code in 2014, a number of media outlets pointed out the difficulty and expense of obtaining traditional white tie, even for the celebrity guests. White tie White tie, also called full evening dress or a dress suit, is the most formal evening dress code in Western high fashion. For men, it consists of a black dress tailcoat worn over a white starched shirt, marcella waistcoat and the", "title": "White tie" }, { "docid": "10580810", "text": "that the painting is set on a wintery afternoon, and the two main figures walk underneath an umbrella. They are dressed in the height of contemporary Parisian fashion. She wears a hat, veil, diamond earring, demure brown dress, and a fur lined coat, described in 1877 as \"modern – or should I say, the latest fashion\". The man wears a moustache, topcoat, frock coat, top hat, bow tie, starched white shirt, buttoned waistcoat and an open long coat with collar turned up. They are unambiguously middle class, yet some working class figures may be seen in the background; a maid", "title": "Paris Street; Rainy Day" }, { "docid": "9061627", "text": "threading buckle providing tension and the snap buckle providing fastening. While threading buckles come in metal varieties for use with tensioning fasteners like over-center and ratchet fasteners, snap buckles are often plastic and are not designed to withstand a great deal of tension. Tie down straps Tie down hardware Tie down hardware is used to turn webbing into a tie down strap. There are various categories of tie down strap hardware that allow for the creation of a virtually unlimited number of different types of tie down straps. These pieces of hardware fall into several categories including fasteners, end fittings,", "title": "Tie down hardware" }, { "docid": "3946336", "text": "worn for hunting and hiking. In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis began to sell the original copper-riveted blue jeans in San Francisco. These became popular with the local multitude of gold seekers, who wanted strong clothing with durable pockets. The points of high upstanding shirt collars were increasingly pressed into \"wings\". Necktie fashions included the four-in-hand and, toward the end of the decade, the ascot tie, a tie with wide wings and a narrow neckband, fastened with a jewel or stickpin. Ties knotted in a bow remained a conservative fashion, and a white bowtie was required with formal evening", "title": "1870s in Western fashion" }, { "docid": "457689", "text": "hunting. Modern historians have come to the conclusion that the New Forest depopulation was greatly exaggerated. Most of the lands of the New Forest are poor agricultural lands, and archaeological and geographic studies have shown that the New Forest was likely sparsely settled when it was turned into a royal forest. William was known for his love of hunting, and he introduced the forest law into areas of the country, regulating who could hunt and what could be hunted. After 1066, William did not attempt to integrate his separate domains into one unified realm with one set of laws. His", "title": "William the Conqueror" }, { "docid": "11344820", "text": "is often said that this playoff match was required because, in addition to having equal win-loss records, Collingwood and South Melbourne finished with an equal record of goals scored and goals conceded and therefore could not be split on a tie-breaker; this version of events is given in several modern references. However, contemporary sources reveal this to be a myth; Association Rule 19, which specifically covered the event of a playoff, did not consider goals scored or conceded as a means of tie-breaker for the premiership, and newspaper match previews leading into Round 19 made clear that win-loss record was", "title": "1896 VFA season" }, { "docid": "1316657", "text": "shooting. Knee-length topcoats, often with contrasting velvet or fur collars, and calf-length overcoats were worn in winter. Men's shoes had higher heels and a narrow toe. Starting from the 1890s, the blazer was introduced, and was worn for sports, sailing, and other casual activities. Throughout much of the Victorian era most men wore fairly short hair. This was often accompanied by various forms of facial hair including moustaches, side-burns, and full beards. A clean-shaven face did not come back into fashion until the end of the 1880s and early 1890s. Distinguishing what men really wore from what was marketed to", "title": "Victorian fashion" }, { "docid": "1613094", "text": "online to stop a bioterrorist attack. In 2006, the TV tie-in ARG began to come into its own when there was a surge of ARGs that extended the worlds of related television shows onto the Internet and into the real world. As with \"Push, Nevada\", ABC led the way, launching three TV tie-in ARGs in 2006: \"Kyle XY\", Ocular Effect (for the show \"Fallen\") and The LOST Experience (for the show \"LOST\"). ABC joined with Channel 4 in the UK and Australia's Channel 7 in promoting a revamped web site for The Hanso Foundation. The site was focused on a", "title": "Alternate reality game" }, { "docid": "9715726", "text": "series ReGenesis. Clues and stories from the series sent players online to stop a bioterrorist attack. In 2006, the TV tie-in ARG began to come into its own when there was a surge of ARGs that extended the worlds of related television shows onto the internet and into the real world. As with \"Push, Nevada\", ABC led the way, launching three TV tie-in ARGs in 2006: \"Kyle XY\", Ocular Effect (for the show \"Fallen\") and The LOST Experience (for the show \"LOST\"). ABC joined with Channel 4 in the UK and Australia's Channel 7 in promoting a revamped web site", "title": "History of alternate reality games" }, { "docid": "6478450", "text": "is sometimes known as \"ganguro\", which is actually a subcategory of gyaru, is a type of Japanese street fashion that originated in the 1970s. Gyaru focuses on girly-glam style, dwelling on man-made beauty (wigs, fake lashes, fake nails etc.). \"Gyaru\" is also heavily inspired by Western fashion. The \"ganguro\" style of Japanese street fashion became popular among Japanese girls in the early 1990s and peaked in the early 2000s. \"Ganguro\" falls into the larger subculture of \"gyaru\" fashion. \"Ganguro\" typically includes brightly coloured outfits, mini-skirts, and tie-dyed sarongs. The ganguro style consists of bleached hair, a deep tan, fake eyelashes,", "title": "Japanese street fashion" }, { "docid": "5587928", "text": "World War, in addition to his many commissions for magazine covers and men's fashion advertisements, J. C. also painted recruitment posters for the United States military and the war effort. The 1920s were in many ways the apex of Leyendecker's career, with some of his most recognizable work being completed during this time. Modern advertising had come into its own, with Leyendecker widely regarded as among the preeminent American commercial artists. This popularity extended beyond the commercial, and into Leyendecker's personal life, where he and Charles Beach hosted large galas attended by people of consequence from all sectors. The parties", "title": "J. C. Leyendecker" }, { "docid": "19959068", "text": "top 10 album. Following the release, rumours circulated of Lil Peep's archive being big enough for a \"Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 3\" however executive producer Smokeasac labelled the rumour as \"bullshit\", but instead said there was still more unreleased music left. Lil Peep had been into fashion since his teenage years and during the last months of his life he modelled for Vlone, and was invited to and attended several fashion shows such as Balmain men's show at Paris Fashion Week and Moncler Gamme Bleu MFW Mens Spring Summer show in Milan. Nico Amarca of \"Hypebeast\" said “even", "title": "Lil Peep" }, { "docid": "3946337", "text": "wear. A narrow ribbon tie was an alternative for tropical climates, and was increasingly worn elsewhere, especially in the Americas. Top hats remained a requirement for upper class formal wear; bowlers and soft felt hats in a variety of shapes were worn for more casual occasions, and flat straw boaters were worn for yachting and other nautical pastimes. 1873 portraits of illustrate the variety of fashionable neckwear (and facial hair). Infants continued to be dressed in flowing gowns, a style that continued into the early 20th century. Gender dress changes often did not occur until a child was five or", "title": "1870s in Western fashion" }, { "docid": "13899440", "text": "regarded as successfully referring \"after all\") and claims that it can adequately deal with referential continuity in conceptual transitions, during which theoretical terms are abandoned, thus rendering ESR redundant. Votsis (2004) replies that a scientific realist needs not tie the approximate truth of a theory to referential success. Notably, structural realism initially did not dictate any particular theory of reference; however Votsis (2012) proposed a structuralist theory of reference according to which \"scientific terms are able to refer to individual objects, i.e. in a term-by-term fashion, but that to fix this reference requires taking into account the relations these objects", "title": "Structuralism (philosophy of science)" }, { "docid": "152671", "text": "on a loom\"; however, \"kente\" is the most frequently used term today. Contemporary Ghanaian fashion includes traditional and modern styles and fabrics and has made its way into the African and global fashion scene. The cloth known as African print fabric was created out of Dutch wax textiles, it is believed that in the late 1800s, Dutch ships on their way to Asia stocked with machine-made textiles that mimicked Indonesian Batik stopped at many West African ports on the way. The fabrics did not do well in Asia. However, in West Africa — mainly Ghana where there was an already", "title": "Ghana" }, { "docid": "11121901", "text": "destruction of the start/finish area but at a point around into the \"Südschleife\", a modern public road now follows the route, although the bends have been eased and the vegetation does not come as close to the road as it did when the track was open. This public road continues into the town of Müllenbach but leaves the route of the old track on the outskirts. Nothing remains of the famous corners there. The road up the hill still exists and is sometimes used to allow access to parking areas for the Grand Prix track. The lower sections are no", "title": "Südschleife" }, { "docid": "5951330", "text": "did not include tie games when calculating a team's winning percentage in the official standings\" Los Angeles won the Coastal Division based on better point differential in head-to-head games (net 24 points) vs. Baltimore. The Rams and Colts played to a 24–24 tie in Baltimore in October before the Rams won 34–10 on the season's final Sunday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. NOTE: The result would be the same under the modern tiebreaker, which relies first on head-to-head record (Los Angeles won the head-to-head series, 1–0–1). The 1967 NFL Draft was held from March 14 to 15, 1967 at", "title": "1967 NFL season" }, { "docid": "8615281", "text": "Concluding his transformation into an Elf while he sleeps a few nights later, he wakes up the following day whole, his leg intact, having finally discharged his last tie to his old life. When the police come to question him about the pieces of his artificial leg, which he left at the ruins of the crack house when Sandy drove him to safety, the presence of both of his legs deflects their attention away from him. As both narrative threads come together, Sandy is held by the police for assault after Terry lies and says that Sandy attacked him first.", "title": "Strands of Sunlight" }, { "docid": "507836", "text": "may be attached or detachable. When a full dress shirt is worn in this fashion, it should be accompanied by the white marcella waistcoat ordinarily associated with white tie. Wearing white tie accessories in this manner is considered by many to be an affectation. Debrett's do not endorse the wing collar as being compatible with the black tie dress code. The more formal marcella version of the shirt fastens with matching shirt studs. These are most commonly in silver or gold settings, featuring onyx or mother-of-pearl; various geometrical shapes are worn, e.g., circles (most common for studs), octagons, or rectangles", "title": "Black tie" }, { "docid": "2538609", "text": "town. Bow ties are often worn with suits by those trying to convey a more dressed-up, formal image, whether in business or social venues. Bow ties are still generally popular with men of all ages in the American South, having never gone out of fashion there. Traditional opinion remains that it is inappropriate to wear anything other than a bow tie with a dinner jacket. Bow ties are also sometimes worn as an alternative to ascot ties and four-in-hand neckties when wearing morning dress. The dress code of \"black tie\" requires a black bow tie. Most military mess dress uniforms", "title": "Bow tie" }, { "docid": "3843022", "text": "played at Maple Leaf Gardens in front of 16,485 spectators, a record at the time for junior hockey attendance. Toronto needed only a tie game to advance, and did so in dramatic fashion. Paulin Bordeleau scored on a penalty shot in the last minute to tie the game at 5 goals each. After winning the OHA title, the Marlboros travelled to Memorial Cup hosted at the Montreal Forum where their opponents would be the Quebec Remparts and the Medicine Hat Tigers, who were led by future NHL star Lanny McDonald. The Marlies beat Quebec 5 to 2 in the first", "title": "Toronto Marlboros" }, { "docid": "7387195", "text": "and towns. In more modern times, the supremacy of the lower chamber became normal, so did the organisation of representatives into competing parties, so did election and an extended franchise, so did the idea that the ministers of the executive should be responsible to it. For more details on the state of the institution in the modern world, consult the \"See also\" list below. Representative assembly A representative assembly is a political institution in which a number of persons representing the population or privileged orders within the population of a state come together to debate, negotiate with the executive (originally", "title": "Representative assembly" }, { "docid": "13491832", "text": "playoff record (0–1) DNP = did not play<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> \"T\" = tie Paul Gow Paul Gow (born 10 November 1970) is an Australian professional golfer. Gow was born in Sydney, Australia. He turned professional in 1993. Gow has won three times on the Nationwide Tour, once in 1997, once in 2000, and once in 2006. He has never won on the PGA Tour, but he did come close when he lost in a playoff to Jeff Sluman at the 2001 B.C. Open. Gow is 0-for-3 in playoffs on the Nationwide Tour, all of which were", "title": "Paul Gow" }, { "docid": "16251132", "text": "have been played by both the girls and the boys. Certain offshoot groups of Decepticons, such as the LoLifes, would have specific targets for their robberies. They would rush into Ralph Lauren stores and take everything from Ralph Lauren shirts to Ralph Lauren toilet paper. They did this to keep up with the fashion statement set by their name. The Lo in LoLifes come from the LO in Ralph Lauren POLO’s. Decepticons (gang) The Decepticons were a Brooklyn street gang around from the late 1980s into the early 1990s. Originating as a bond of “brotherhood” soon escalated into one of", "title": "Decepticons (gang)" }, { "docid": "19991698", "text": "weak, short vowel syllables as in Mi'kmaq and Unami. A is inserted before vowels that follow or , only when these consonants in turn come after the vowels or This is written with a single in both the colonial and modern orthographies of the Massachusett language. This is not triggered in every instance, but it generally occurs when the short vowel is the weakened form of Proto-Algonquian *\"i·\" and *\"i\" (both of which merged into Proto-Eastern Alqonquian *\"i\" before weakening in Proto-Southern New England Algonquian) or which did not undergo weakening. Unique to Southern New England Alonquian, the same processes", "title": "Massachusett phonology" }, { "docid": "16617897", "text": "my inspiration come from the big cities... My aim was and still is sharing with all modern women one fashion without borders.\" Ndaiye has noted that among many African nations, religious objections have made designers unable to practice their profession. She credits the generally tolerant culture of Senegal for providing a supportive environment. She has also spoken out, with other African designers, for increased funding and access to credit from governments in order to foster innovation and job creation in the fashion industry. Adama Ndiaye Adama Amanda Ndiaye is a Senegalese fashion designer. She also goes by the name Adama", "title": "Adama Ndiaye" }, { "docid": "19214116", "text": "of the Arts and came up with the idea of a modern Armenian themed ready-to-wear fashion brand in early 2012. SINOIAN designs visually combine traditional cultural design elements of the Armenian nation with modern fashion trends; with a fresh, contemporary feel. The brand stands for quality, style and class and is a fashion label that extends beyond aesthetics by combining tradition, fashion and art. SINOIAN appeals to the conscience of the people. At a time when nations are growing apart from each other SINOIAN is building a bridge between tradition and the modern age. In May 2015 SINOIAN was chosen", "title": "SINOIAN" }, { "docid": "7060817", "text": "in the 55th minute, to tie the game at 2–2. However, Slovak player Peter Dubovsky scored a second half hat trick to beat Romania. His first goal came just four minutes after Răducioiu's second, and in the final eight minutes, Dubosky scored twice to win the game, even though the Czechoslovak had had two players sent off. An even greater success for Răducioiu would come three months later when in Toftir, he managed to score all four of Romania's goals against the Faroe Islands, becoming the first Romanian player to score four goals for the national team in modern times,", "title": "Florin Răducioiu" }, { "docid": "20620343", "text": "new concept in fashion, based around the theme of a modern, self-assured, educated working woman, integrated into contemporary culture. Sources credit her with having introduced the mini-skirt to the German Democratic Republic in 1967. Despite her iconic status the head of fashion at Easy Germany's fashion magazine was still subject to some of the usual constraints. When she turned up to work wearing an elegant pair of jeans, the editor in chief asked her firmly not to wear \"these American pants ... for work\" (\"\"... bitte nicht im Betrieb, mit diesen amerikanischen Hosen\"\"). Towards the end of the decade there", "title": "Dorothea Melis" }, { "docid": "10029494", "text": "region and use the freed troops elsewhere where they were in better positions, and recapture the region when things had turned better. However, unlike his outspoken superior Chen Cheng, who openly advocated this idea, Hou kept quiet and faithfully carried on to the end the impossible tasks set by Chiang. Hou had earned Chiang’s deep trust, but this would come at a heavy price: when Chiang personally sent two of his senior officers to replace the much more capable Chen Tie, Hou and Hui did not voice their concern regarding two new commanders' incompetence. At the same time, Hou and", "title": "Battle of Tashan" }, { "docid": "5095892", "text": "very unlikely. A much more plausible suggestion is that it was one of the ancient sweat houses, which were actually still in use in Ireland into the twentieth century. From modern practice we know that people would enter these small enclosed places to inhale medicinal smoke produced by burning various plants. The name “purgatorium” could possibly have been used here originally with its Latin meaning as a place for cleansing and purging — much like a modern sauna; especially since the modern notion of “purgatory” as a place for punishment in the afterlife did not come into common use until", "title": "St Patrick's Purgatory" }, { "docid": "10591455", "text": "inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The NL got off to a fast start off Dave Stewart in the first on RBI singles by Kevin Mitchell and Howard Johnson. The AL would counter in spectacular fashion in their half when game MVP Bo Jackson golfed the second pitch by Rick Reuschel, a low sinker, out in deep center. Wade Boggs followed with a homer to tie it. The AL took the lead the very next inning when Jackson beat out a double play grounder, scoring Rubén Sierra. Jackson then stole second, making him the only player (to date)", "title": "1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "20472970", "text": "Methodists use the carol on the Fourth Sunday in Advent. Green set it to the tune of \"\"Personent hodie\"\". While the carol was written for organ with a 66.666 metre, an additional alternate accompanying supplement for thirteen handbells was also written to tie into the chorus of \"ring bells, ring, ring, ring!\" The carol was an example of a modern hymn that utilised an older style of including a repetitive monosyllable in the chorus. Long Ago, Prophets Knew \"Long Ago, Prophets Knew\", also called \"Long Ago, Prophets Knew, Christ would come born a Jew\", is an English Christian Advent carol", "title": "Long Ago, Prophets Knew" }, { "docid": "8714446", "text": "\"Maxie\" toy line was originally conceived by Hasbro in 1986 after second-year sales of its fashion doll, Jem, did not live up to the toy company's expectations. In March 1988, Maxie, an 11½-inch tall, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, \"All-American\" teenage fashion doll was introduced onto toy store shelves, and was described as a competitor to Mattel's Barbie. For the launch, Hasbro had reportedly spent an estimated 70% of its annual advertising budget ($7 million) marketing the new doll. In addition to the television series tie-in, promotion consisted of live presentations and television advertisements which starred Brooke Theiss as the live model. Commercials", "title": "Maxie's World" }, { "docid": "16522763", "text": "fashion buyer Nicole Christie. Her first round of designs during the first episode of \"Fashion Star\" featured her signature men's tie, which was made from the collars of men's dress shirts. Laricks designed only ties and was almost eliminated from the show. Saks Fifth Avenue fashion buyer Terron Schaefer questioned whether she was a \"one trick pony,\" which was challenged after the second episode and Larick designed a drape-tie dress which resulted in a bidding war between the programs buyers. In the final episode of \"Fashion Star,\" Laricks introduced a pair of drop crotch pants, similar to harem pants, which", "title": "Kara Laricks" }, { "docid": "1738935", "text": "the Pennines are incorporated into the Peak District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Britain's oldest long-distance footpath, the Pennine Way, runs along most of the Pennine Chain and is 268 miles (429 km) long. Various etymologies have been proposed treating \"Pennine\" as though it were a native Brittonic/Modern Welsh name related to \"pen-\" (\"head\") . In fact, it did not become a common name until the 18th century and almost certainly derives from modern comparisons with the Apennine Mountains, which run down the middle of Italy in a similar fashion. Following an 1853 article by Arthur Hussey,", "title": "Pennines" }, { "docid": "3503397", "text": "of European statesmen fond of wearing polo necks. Their adoption by Noël Coward in the 1920s turned polo necks into a brief middle-class fashion trend, and feminists made them into a unisex item. Absorbed into mainstream American fashion by the mid 20th century, the polo neck came to be viewed as an anti-tie, a smart form of dress for those who rejected formal wear. Senator Ted Kennedy, pianist/conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor Seiji Ozawa, philosopher Michel Foucault, singer Barry Manilow, scientist Carl Sagan, Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison, and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs were among those often seen in polo", "title": "Polo neck" }, { "docid": "8532024", "text": "Music history of Italy The modern state of Italy did not come into being until 1861, though the roots of music on the Italian Peninsula can be traced back to the music of Ancient Rome. However, the underpinnings of much modern Italian music come from the Middle Ages. Italy was the site of several key musical developments in the development of the Christian liturgies in the West. Around 230, well before Christianity was legalized, the \"Apostolic Tradition\" of Hippolytus attested the singing of Psalms with refrains of Alleluia in Rome. In 386, in imitation of Eastern models, St. Ambrose wrote", "title": "Music history of Italy" }, { "docid": "13125640", "text": "range. Principles (retailer) Principles was a UK-based fashion retailer founded in 1984. The firm was launched by the Burton Group (now Arcadia Group) as an attempt to capitalise on the new modern trends in fashion; the mid-1980s was the boom era for the yuppie, a new upmarket cultural movement, and power dressing was a key trend: at the time, the Group's ladies' fashion operations (chiefly Dorothy Perkins) were more mainstream and traditional. Principles was the first newly launched chain from the firm since Topman in 1978, with the majority of the company's growth over the years having come from acquisitions.", "title": "Principles (retailer)" }, { "docid": "13125635", "text": "Principles (retailer) Principles was a UK-based fashion retailer founded in 1984. The firm was launched by the Burton Group (now Arcadia Group) as an attempt to capitalise on the new modern trends in fashion; the mid-1980s was the boom era for the yuppie, a new upmarket cultural movement, and power dressing was a key trend: at the time, the Group's ladies' fashion operations (chiefly Dorothy Perkins) were more mainstream and traditional. Principles was the first newly launched chain from the firm since Topman in 1978, with the majority of the company's growth over the years having come from acquisitions. In", "title": "Principles (retailer)" }, { "docid": "2538602", "text": "a scarf around the neck to hold together the opening of their shirts. This was soon adopted (under the name \"cravat,\" derived from the French for \"Croat\") by the upper classes in France, then a leader in fashion, and flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is uncertain whether the cravat then evolved into the bow tie and four-in-hand necktie, or whether the cravat gave rise to the bow tie, which in turn led to the four-in-hand necktie. The most traditional bow ties are usually of a fixed length and are made for a specific size neck. Sizes can", "title": "Bow tie" }, { "docid": "507827", "text": "silk or a material that matches or complements the lapel facing. Traditionally, braces (suspenders), hidden by the waistcoat, are used to support the trousers. Belts should not ever be worn with black tie trousers. Evening trousers can be flat-fronted or pleated today; pleats first coming into fashion in the 1930s. Whilst flat-fronted trousers are more fashionable at present, pleated trousers may be considered more comfortable by men who have wider hips and a narrow waist. A waist covering should generally be worn as part of a black tie ensemble. Either a low cut waistcoat or cummerbund may be worn, but", "title": "Black tie" }, { "docid": "10271415", "text": "playoffs, the Oilers would face the Los Angeles Kings, and after splitting the first 2 games, the Oilers held a 5–0 lead on the Kings heading into the 3rd period of game 3. Los Angeles would come back to tie the game 5–5, before completing the comeback with an overtime goal, taking a 2–1 series lead. The game would come to be known as the Miracle on Manchester. Edmonton would come back to tie the series in game 4, but the Kings would eliminate Edmonton in game 5, shocking the hockey world, and ending the Oilers season a lot sooner", "title": "1981–82 Edmonton Oilers season" }, { "docid": "10442564", "text": "distribution company or other power authority, is where the customer is paid for electrical power injected into the grid. In the United States, grid-interactive power systems are specified in the National Electric Code, which also mandates requirements for grid-interactive inverters. Grid-tie inverters convert DC electrical power into AC power suitable for injecting into the electric utility company grid. The grid tie inverter (GTI) must match the phase of the grid and maintain the output voltage slightly higher than the grid voltage at any instant. A high-quality modern grid-tie inverter has a fixed unity power factor, which means its output voltage", "title": "Grid-tie inverter" }, { "docid": "9020816", "text": "League did not support the proposal to limit earnings. In May 1898 Cameron was signed by Frank Brettell as a player for Tottenham Hotspur. When Brettell was offered a better-paid position in Portsmouth and moved there in February 1899, Cameron succeeded Brettell and became player-manager for Tottenham. He enjoyed instant success when, in his first game in charge, Tottenham became the first lower division club ever to come from behind against top flight opposition to win an F A cup tie with Cameron himself scoring the winning goal against Sunderland. In 1900 he led Tottenham to the Southern Football League", "title": "John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)" }, { "docid": "1697233", "text": "cosy, a padded fabric covering, much like a hat, that slips over the tea pot. Often decorated with lace or log cabin motifs in the early 1900s, the modern tea cosy has come back into fashion with the resurgence of loose leaf tea ateliers. In Morocco, stainless steel teapots are an essential to make Moroccan mint tea. Moroccan teapots are heat resistant and can be put directly on the stove. With colorful tea glasses, they are part of the Moroccan tea ritual. Their designs can go from minimalistic to heavily decorated. A chocolate teapot is a teapot that would be", "title": "Teapot" }, { "docid": "18282184", "text": "that accompanied the series. By 1973, Mattli was running a 'Continental boutique' on the premises where his couture house had once stood. Retaining a small number of workroom staff for alterations, he was presenting collections selected from Swiss, Italian and French houses, including designers such as Nina Ricci. He described this move into ready-to-wear as meeting the needs of modern women, who wanted fashion immediately that could be changed frequently: \"I have come to the conclusion that couture has now outlived its purpose\". Mattli's name as a London couturier still carried weight and he collaborated with the designer Christopher McDonnell", "title": "Mattli" }, { "docid": "7074", "text": "arrived in Aotearoa together in the same canoes. In other instances, animists believe that interaction with plant and fungi persons can result in the communication of things unknown or even otherwise unknowable. Among some modern Pagans, for instance, relationships are cultivated with specific trees, who are understood to bestow knowledge or physical gifts, such as flowers, sap, or wood that can be used as firewood or to fashion into a wand; in return, these Pagans give offerings to the tree itself, which can come in the form of libations of mead or ale, a drop of blood from a finger,", "title": "Animism" }, { "docid": "19660639", "text": "newer designers Craig Green in hip hop opening a landscape of rappers to dress like modern rock stars. Casavant has contributed to various magazines, including LOVE, Interview, and Vogue Hommes International. He is credited with helping create a shift in men's fashion by introducing high fashion vintage menswear into modern dressing and making it cool for men to wear and collect vintage as well as helping to put men's streetwear into womenswear. He also styles the videos of visual and performance artist Jacolby Satterwhite. David Casavant David Casavant (born 13 July 1990, Tennessee) is an American fashion stylist, collector and", "title": "David Casavant" }, { "docid": "10156856", "text": "French fashion Fashion in France is an important aspect in the spectrum of culture and social life, as well as being an important aspect of the economy. Fashion design and production gained prominence in France from the 15th century. From the 17th century, it exploded into a rich industry both for local consumption and for export. The Royal Minister of Finances, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, expressed it as \"\"Fashion is to France what the gold mines of Peru are to Spain...\"\". During the 19th century, fashion transitioned into many styles. The modern term of \"haute couture\" originated in the 1860s, for fashion", "title": "French fashion" }, { "docid": "4796573", "text": "Come on Feel the Lemonheads Come on Feel the Lemonheads is the sixth studio album by The Lemonheads. It was released on October 12, 1993 (see 1993 in music). Although the album did not maintain the same popularity as the previous album, \"It's a Shame About Ray\", \"Come on Feel the Lemonheads\" reached number 56 on the \"Billboard\" 200, making it the Lemonheads' highest ever chart position to date. The album produced the singles \"It's About Time\", \"Big Gay Heart\", \"The Great Big No\" and \"Into Your Arms\", which reached number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks for nine weeks", "title": "Come on Feel the Lemonheads" }, { "docid": "15076207", "text": "fashion mimicking the same action by Agent Cooper in the final episode. A seven-foot tall man (John DeSantis) wearing a bow tie looks much like the giant from Agent Cooper's dream. Randy is seen at the end barking out the window like Bobby Briggs did to James Hurley in the holding cells. Bob Barker is seen dancing with a picture just as Leland Palmer did in \"Twin Peaks\". The episode's end credits are accompanied by soap opera-type music and a shot of Paula's prom picture; \"Twin Peaks\" credits did exactly the same thing with Laura's photo. The music is also", "title": "Dual Spires" }, { "docid": "2870055", "text": "language, \"tailcoat\" typically designates the former, that is the evening dress coat for white tie. A dress coat, sometimes called a swallow-tail or claw-hammer coat, is the coat that has, since the 1850s, come to be worn only in the evening by men as part of the white tie dress code, also known as evening full dress, for formal evening occasions. It is commonly referred to as just a \"tailcoat\", but amongst tailors (both British and American) and dress historians it is traditionally called a dress coat to differentiate it from other types of tailcoats. The modern dress coat is", "title": "Tailcoat" }, { "docid": "2217735", "text": "and Jōruri (puppet theater) dramatist Chikamatsu Monzaemon and William Shakespeare. The play, in turn, influenced modern Kabuki. He also did a complete translation of the plays of Shakespeare, written in the old-fashion language of Kabuki. His modern play, \"Shinkyoku Urashima\", incorporating traditional dance and music, was a popular and critical success. The play was a retelling of a familiar Japanese folk-tale with a Rip Van Winkle-like protagonist, Urashima Tarō. Besides Shakespeare, he also translated a number of other works from English into Japanese, including Sir Walter Scott's \"The Bride of Lammermoor\" and Bulwer-Lytton's novel \"Rienzi, the Last of the Roman", "title": "Tsubouchi Shōyō" }, { "docid": "15337913", "text": "modern fashions that resemble the styles of the past, from wide elastic belts to actual modern corsets. The trend and styling of these belts moves rather quickly but the basic design remains the same: elastic in the back with some sort of closure in the front meant to define the waist or accent an outfit. The more traditional boned styles of corset still exist in modern corset making. The corset styles that best represent this classic waist cincher fashion are 'Spanish belts' that can also come with elastic in the back, and act very much like the more modern belt-like", "title": "Waist cincher" }, { "docid": "2118012", "text": "were: the fear of loss of important relationships in and out of the workplace, and a fear of \"bad consequences.\" There also were many reasons given by people who did act on the spot or come forward to authorities. This practitioners' study suggests that the \"bystander effect\" can be studied and analyzed in a much broader fashion. The broader view includes not just a) what bystanders do in singular emergencies, b) helping strangers in need, when c) there are (or are not) other people around. The reactions of bystanders can also be analyzed a) when the bystanders perceive any of", "title": "Bystander effect" }, { "docid": "13154164", "text": "of the village has come to watch their match, except Marimuthu's mother. In the final, Vennila struggles initially but manages to fight back into contention in the second half. As the game ends in a tie, players from each team go up individually against each other as a tiebreaker. Both teams score equal points, and only one upon each side remain. Marimuthu is to be the defence, when the opposite raider has the last raid. The raider attempts to touch him by kicking lightly on his chest and come back, but Marimuthu comes forward and holds his leg, they both", "title": "Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu" }, { "docid": "2439", "text": "Shirvanshahs returned, maintaining a high degree of autonomy as local rulers and vassals from 861, for numerous centuries to come. In 1501, the Safavid dynasty of Iran subdued the Shirvanshahs, and gained its possessions. In the course of the next century, the Safavids converted the formerly Sunni population to Shia Islam, as they did with the population in what is modern-day Iran. The Safavids allowed the Shirvanshahs to remain in power, under Safavid suzerainty, until 1538, when Safavid king Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576) completely deposed them, and made the area into the Safavid province of Shirvan. The Sunni Ottomans briefly", "title": "Azerbaijan" }, { "docid": "12693423", "text": "of France. If Eleanor of Acquitaine did come into possession of the diamond, it was probably between 1137 and 1152, which would make the Briolette of India the oldest diamond on record. After her marriage to the King of France was dissolved, Eleanor married Henry II of England, to whom she bore eight children including Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart) who is said to have later acquired the diamond. Modern sources speculate that King Richard I carried the Briolette of India with him when he took part in the third crusade. The diamond's history was not recorded for", "title": "Briolette of India" }, { "docid": "13395559", "text": "have become fiat money (see Nixon shock). Secondly, the analysis of the historical and archaeological evidence about the real origins of money is not simply a matter of \"facts\", but also a matter of the interpretation of the facts using theoretical frameworks. At what point, exactly, did primitive money come into being? When is money really money? How exactly do we draw the boundary between a \"chiefdom\" and an \"early state\"? How economists will interpret the historical record of human exchange processes is influenced by their theory of how markets work in the modern world, and by how they define", "title": "Value-form" }, { "docid": "1566819", "text": "country. It did not come into widespread official use during the early colonial period, when the country was instead referred to as the East African Protectorate. It was changed to the Colony of Kenya in 1920. Fossils found in Kenya suggest that primates roamed the area more than 20 million years ago. Recent findings near Lake Turkana indicate that hominids such as \"Homo habilis\" (1.8 and 2.5 million years ago) and \"Homo erectus\" (1.9 million to 350,000 years ago) are possible direct ancestors of modern \"Homo sapiens\", and lived in Kenya in the Pleistocene epoch. During excavations at Lake Turkana", "title": "Kenya" } ]
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where did river niger and river benue meet
[ "at Lokoja in Nigeria" ]
[ { "docid": "302262", "text": "not compensate for the 'losses'. The average 'loss' is estimated at 31 km/year, but varies considerably between years. The river is then joined by various tributaries, but also loses more water to evaporation. The quantity of water entering Nigeria measured in Yola was estimated at 25 km/year before the 1980s and at 13.5 km/year during the 1980s. The most important tributary of the Niger in Nigeria is the Benue River which merges with the river at Lokoja in Nigeria. The total volume of tributaries in Nigeria is six times higher than the inflow into Nigeria, with a flow near the", "title": "Niger River" }, { "docid": "302262", "text": "not compensate for the 'losses'. The average 'loss' is estimated at 31 km/year, but varies considerably between years. The river is then joined by various tributaries, but also loses more water to evaporation. The quantity of water entering Nigeria measured in Yola was estimated at 25 km/year before the 1980s and at 13.5 km/year during the 1980s. The most important tributary of the Niger in Nigeria is the Benue River which merges with the river at Lokoja in Nigeria. The total volume of tributaries in Nigeria is six times higher than the inflow into Nigeria, with a flow near the", "title": "Niger River" } ]
[ { "docid": "3991932", "text": "Benue River The Benue River (), previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is the major tributary of the Niger River. The river is approximately long and is almost entirely navigable during the summer months. As a result, it is an important transportation route in the regions through which it flows. It rises in the Adamawa Plateau of northern Cameroon, from where it flows west, and through the town of Garoua and Lagdo Reservoir, into Nigeria south of the Mandara mountains, and through Jimeta, Ibi and Makurdi before meeting the Niger River at Lokoja. Large tributaries are the Faro", "title": "Benue River" }, { "docid": "3991933", "text": "River, the Gongola River and the Mayo Kébbi, which connects it with the Logone River (part of the Lake Chad system) during floods. Other tributaries are Taraba River and River Katsina Ala. At the point of confluence, the Benue exceeds the Niger by volume. The mean discharge before 1960 was for the Benue and for the Niger. During the following decades, the runoff of both rivers decreased markedly due to irrigation. The Benue River flooded in October 2012, resulting in a large increase in the population of venomous snakes in the Duguri District, Alkaleri Local Government Area, Bauchi State. A", "title": "Benue River" }, { "docid": "18133038", "text": "Nigeria with the British was predominantly trade-related, and revolved around the expansion of the Royal Niger Company, whose interior territories spread north from about where the Niger River and Benue River joined at Lokoja. The Royal Niger Company's territory did not represent a direct threat to much the Sokoto Caliphate or the numerous states of Northern Nigeria. This changed, when Fredrick Lugard and Taubman Goldie laid down an ambitious plan to pacify the Niger interior and unite it with the rest of the British Empire in 1897 Lugard proclaimed a protectorate over Northern Nigeria and hostilities though sporadic soon followed;", "title": "History of Northern Nigeria" }, { "docid": "5615383", "text": "and divided into two territories each controlled by an appointed vizier. Each of the territories was further divided into autonomous Emirates under mainly hereditary local Emirs. The Bornu Empire was initially absorbed into the Sokoto Caliphate of Usman dan Fodio, but broke away after a few years later. Initially the British involvement in Northern Nigeria was predominantly trade-related, and revolved around the expansion of the Royal Niger Company, whose interior territories spread north from about where the Niger River and Benue River joined at Lokoja. The Royal Niger Company's territory did not represent a direct threat to much the Sokoto", "title": "Northern Region, Nigeria" }, { "docid": "18129540", "text": "Colonial history of Northern Nigeria The Colonial history of Northern Nigeria extends from the British pacification campaigns to the independence of Northern Nigeria in 1953. Initially, the British involvement in Northern Nigeria was predominantly trade-related and revolved around the expansion of the Royal Niger Company. The Royal Niger Company's interior territories spread north from where the Niger River and Benue River joined, at Lokoja. The company did not represent a direct threat to much of the Sokoto Caliphate or the numerous states of Northern Nigeria. This changed when Frederick Lugard and Taubman Goldie laid down an ambitious plan to pacify", "title": "Colonial history of Northern Nigeria" }, { "docid": "5615388", "text": "The office was first established on January 1, 1897. The governor presides over all ceremonial functions and appoints the members of the nation's upper legislative house, the Northern Nigerian House of Chiefs. The highest point in Northern Nigeria is Chappal Waddi at 2,419 m (7,936 ft). The main rivers are the Niger and the Benue River which converge at Kabba province and empty into the Atlantic Ocean. The expansive valleys of the Niger and Benue River valleys dominate the southern areas of the country. To the southeast of the Benue river, hills and mountains which forms the Mambilla Plateau create", "title": "Northern Region, Nigeria" }, { "docid": "10689518", "text": "been estimated to mature at two years of age, with males living up to five years and females seven years. In the Benue River, one examined female across was immature, while a male across was mature. In the Sanaga River, males mature at under across and females at across. The tail spine of the Niger stingray is potentially injurious to waders; it is known to the Hausa people as \"kunaman ruwa\" or \"water scorpion\". This species is caught incidentally and sold fresh or smoked for human consumption. Historically it was most common in the Niger-Benue river system, though its numbers", "title": "Niger stingray" }, { "docid": "9660140", "text": "Royal Niger Company established its headquarters far inland at Lokoja, which was the main trading port of the company, from where it began to assume responsibility for the administration of areas along the Niger and Benue rivers where it maintained depots. It soon gained a virtual monopoly over trade along the River The company interfered in the territory along the Niger and the Benue, sometimes becoming embroiled in serious conflicts when its British-led native constabulary intercepted slave raids or attempted to protect trade routes. The company negotiated treaties with Sokoto, Gwandu and Nupe that were interpreted as guaranteeing exclusive access", "title": "Colonial Nigeria" }, { "docid": "3991934", "text": "July 2013 report indicated that over 200 people in the district had died of snakebite. The General Hospital in Kaltungo, Gombe State in Nigeria, is the nearest location for treatment of snakebite; \"whoever is lucky to make it to Kaltungo is treated in only two days and then they return home.\" Benue River The Benue River (), previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is the major tributary of the Niger River. The river is approximately long and is almost entirely navigable during the summer months. As a result, it is an important transportation route in the regions through", "title": "Benue River" }, { "docid": "5971761", "text": "Makurdi Makurdi is the capital of the Benue state, Nigeria. The city is located in the Middle Belt along the Benue River and holds the base for the Nigerian Air Force's MiG 21 and SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft squadrons. In 2007, Makurdi had an estimated population of 500,797. The major ethnic groups are the Tiv, Idoma, Igede and Etulo. Makurdi is the location of Benue State University and the University of Agriculture Makurdi. Makurdi is located on the banks of Benue River, a major tributary of the Niger River. It is on the main narrow gauge railway line running north from", "title": "Makurdi" }, { "docid": "10689513", "text": "physiological grounds, that this species is a member of \"Dasyatis\". Along with the pincushion ray (\"Dasyatis ukpam\"), the Niger stingray is one of the two freshwater stingrays in Africa. This ray is only known from three river systems in Nigeria and Cameroon: the Benue and lower Niger River, the lower Sanaga River, and the Cross River. Records of this species in Lagos Lagoon are unconfirmed. The Niger stingray has only been found in fresh water, though the possibility that it may be euryhaline (tolerant of varying salinities) cannot be discounted. The pectoral fin disk of the Niger stingray is nearly", "title": "Niger stingray" }, { "docid": "283825", "text": "any other location. Geography of Nigeria Nigeria is a country in West Africa. Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the south and it borders Lake Chad to the northeast. Noted geographical features in Nigeria include the Adamawa highlands, Mambilla Plateau, Jos Plateau, Obudu Plateau, the Niger River, River Benue and Niger Delta. Nigeria is found in the Tropics, where the climate is seasonally damp and very humid. Nigeria is affected by four climate types;", "title": "Geography of Nigeria" }, { "docid": "283796", "text": "Geography of Nigeria Nigeria is a country in West Africa. Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the south and it borders Lake Chad to the northeast. Noted geographical features in Nigeria include the Adamawa highlands, Mambilla Plateau, Jos Plateau, Obudu Plateau, the Niger River, River Benue and Niger Delta. Nigeria is found in the Tropics, where the climate is seasonally damp and very humid. Nigeria is affected by four climate types; these climate types", "title": "Geography of Nigeria" }, { "docid": "302258", "text": "is the Benue River. The Niger has different names in the different languages of the region: The earliest use of the name \"Niger\" for the river is by Leo Africanus in his \"Della descrittione dell’Africa et delle cose notabili che iui sono\" published in Italian in 1550. The name may come from Berber phrase \"ger-n-ger\" meaning \"river of rivers\". As Timbuktu was the southern end of the principal Trans-Saharan trade route to the western Mediterranean, it was the source of most European knowledge of the region. Medieval European maps applied the name \"Niger\" to the middle reaches of the river,", "title": "Niger River" }, { "docid": "5248145", "text": "after arriving at the coast. Eduard Robert Flegel Eduard Robert Flegel (13 October 1855 – 11 September 1886) was a German explorer who played an important role in the Scramble for Africa. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, Flegel trained as a merchant before travelling to Lagos in 1875, where, in 1879 opportunity arose to take part in an expedition along the River Niger, which penetrated to about 125 miles beyond the farthest point hitherto explored. At the behest of the German African Society, which commissioned him to explore the entire Benue River basin, Flegel undertook further study of the Benue, and", "title": "Eduard Robert Flegel" }, { "docid": "5248143", "text": "Eduard Robert Flegel Eduard Robert Flegel (13 October 1855 – 11 September 1886) was a German explorer who played an important role in the Scramble for Africa. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, Flegel trained as a merchant before travelling to Lagos in 1875, where, in 1879 opportunity arose to take part in an expedition along the River Niger, which penetrated to about 125 miles beyond the farthest point hitherto explored. At the behest of the German African Society, which commissioned him to explore the entire Benue River basin, Flegel undertook further study of the Benue, and in 1880 travelled up the", "title": "Eduard Robert Flegel" }, { "docid": "5872018", "text": "Idoma people The Idoma are an ethno-linguistic group that primarily inhabit the lower western areas of Benue State, Nigeria, and kindred groups can be found in Cross Rivers State, Enugu State and Nasarawa State in Nigeria. The Idoma language is classified in the Akweya subgroup of the Idomoid languages of the Volta–Niger family, which include Alago, Agatu, Etulo and Yala languages of Benue, Nasarawa and Northern Cross river states. . The Akweya subgroup is closely related to the Yatye-Akpa sub-group. The bulk of the territory is inland, south of river Benue, some seventy-two kilometers east of its confluence with river", "title": "Idoma people" }, { "docid": "16176349", "text": "and Owusu-Ansa, who had been in England since 1836. The expedition did achieve treaties against the slave trade, signed in Aboh with Obi Ossai, and Idah. Trotter in the \"Albert\" reached Eggan and before falling ill and turning back, was on the way to Raba. The group purchased land at Lokoja, the confluence of the Niger River and Benue River, with the idea of setting up a center for missionary work and trade. Of the 150 Europeans on the expedition, 42 died quickly. There were 130 fever cases. Members who were of African descent suffered no deaths from illness. With", "title": "Niger expedition of 1841" }, { "docid": "7948398", "text": "languages mentioned above. The Idoma language is classified in the Akweya subgroup of the Idomoid languages of the Volta–Niger family, which include Alago, Agatu, Etulo and Yala languages of Benue, Nasarawa and Northern Cross River states. East Benue–Congo includes Kainji, Plateau (46 languages, notably Gamai language), Jukunoid, Dakoid and Cross River. Apart from these, there are numerous Bantoid languages, which are the languages immediately ancestral to Bantu. These include Mambiloid, Ekoid, Bendi, Beboid, Grassfields and Tivoid languages. The geographic distribution of Nigeria's Niger-Congo languages is not limited to the middle east and south-central Nigeria, as migration allows their spread to", "title": "Languages of Nigeria" }, { "docid": "2866802", "text": "Benue–Congo languages Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major subdivision of the Niger–Congo language family which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa. It consists of two main branches: the Central Nigerian (or Platoid) languages, spoken mostly in Nigeria, and the Bantoid–Cross languages, spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon and most of Sub-Saharan Africa, since they contain the Bantu languages (through the Southern Bantoid branch). Central Nigerian (or Platoid) contains the Plateau, Jukunoid and Kainji families, and Bantoid–Cross combines the Bantoid and Cross River groups. Bantoid is only a collective term for every subfamily of Bantoid–Cross except Cross River, and this is no", "title": "Benue–Congo languages" }, { "docid": "3889962", "text": "the British Government, Lander returned to West Africa in 1830, accompanied by his brother John. They landed at Badagri on 22 March 1830 and followed the lower River Niger from Bussa to the sea. After exploring about 160 kilometres of the River Niger upstream, they returned to explore by canoe the River Benue and Niger Delta. In the delta they were kidnapped by the locals at Igbo-Ora, and a large ransom was demanded by the local king and paid. Despite this they were successful in solving the great river's course and termination.They travelled back to Britain from Fernando Po via", "title": "Richard Lander" }, { "docid": "283820", "text": "this region are the Obudu Plateau above , Mambilla Plateau above and Mt Chappal Waddi above . Nigeria's most expansive topographical region is that of the valleys of the Niger and Benue River valleys (which merge into each other and form a \"y\" shaped confluence at Lokoja). Plains rise to the north of the valleys. To the southwest of the Niger there is \"rugged\" highland, and to the southeast of the Benue hills and mountains are found all the way to the border with Cameroon. Coastal plains are found in both the southwest and the southeast. The Niger Delta is", "title": "Geography of Nigeria" }, { "docid": "13142524", "text": "Arewa Arewa is a Hausa language term for north, one of the cardinal directions. Its popular usage in contemporary Nigeria sometimes suggests a northern Nigerian regionalism or proto-nationalism. In both Nigeria and Niger Republic, Arewa is the name of very specific historical entities: in Niger and Nigeria a pre-colonial state, and in Nigeria a small local government region. In Nigeria, it simply refers to the local term for geopolitical area north of River Niger and River Benue that geographically split Nigeria into north, west and east. In Niger, it has a very specific meaning. Arewa (Niger) is a small pre-colonial", "title": "Arewa" }, { "docid": "4551502", "text": "died of an illness contracted in Africa. In 1830 the brothers went on an expedition to determine the course of the Niger River. They landed at Badagry in present-day Nigeria, took Clapperton's route to Bussa, then ascended the river for 160 kilometres before descending to explore the Benue River and the Niger Delta. They returned to Britain in 1831. Richard returned to the Niger in 1832, but John was employed in the custom house in Liverpool and later in London through the patronage of Lord Goderich, the president of the Royal Geographical Society. John Lander (explorer) John Lander FRGS (29", "title": "John Lander (explorer)" }, { "docid": "16176345", "text": "Niger expedition of 1841 The Niger expedition of 1841 was mounted by British missionary and activist groups in 1841-1842, using three British iron steam vessels to travel to Lokoja, at the confluence of the Niger River and Benue River, in what is now Nigeria. The British government backed the effort to make treaties with the native peoples, introduce Christianity and promote increased trade. The crews of the boats suffered a high mortality from disease. The expedition was put into motion by an Exeter Hall meeting of 1 June 1840. It was chaired by Prince Albert. The organisers were the Society", "title": "Niger expedition of 1841" }, { "docid": "2866805", "text": "closest relative to Benue–Congo. Fali of Baissa and Tita are also Benue–Congo but are otherwise unclassified. Benue–Congo languages Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major subdivision of the Niger–Congo language family which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa. It consists of two main branches: the Central Nigerian (or Platoid) languages, spoken mostly in Nigeria, and the Bantoid–Cross languages, spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon and most of Sub-Saharan Africa, since they contain the Bantu languages (through the Southern Bantoid branch). Central Nigerian (or Platoid) contains the Plateau, Jukunoid and Kainji families, and Bantoid–Cross combines the Bantoid and Cross River groups. Bantoid is", "title": "Benue–Congo languages" }, { "docid": "283624", "text": "(), Niger (), Chad (), Cameroon (), and has a coastline of at least s. Nigeria lies between latitudes 4° and 14°N, and longitudes 2° and 15°E. The highest point in Nigeria is Chappal Waddi at . The main rivers are the Niger and the Benue, which converge and empty into the Niger Delta. This is one of the world's largest river deltas, and the location of a large area of Central African mangroves. Nigeria has a varied landscape. The far south is defined by its tropical rainforest climate, where annual rainfall is a year. In the southeast stands the", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "docid": "4008564", "text": "Laird, the first iron vessel to make an ocean voyage. Laird went with the expedition, which was led by Richard Lander and forty-eight Europeans, all but nine of whom died from fever or, in the case of Lander, from wounds. Laird went up the Niger to the confluence of the Benue River (then called the Shary or Tchadda), which he was the first white man to ascend. He did not go far up the river but formed an accurate idea as to its source and course. The expedition returned to Liverpool in 1834. Laird and Surgeon R. A. K. Oldfield", "title": "Macgregor Laird" }, { "docid": "15012750", "text": "Navy in 1908 with the rank of midshipman. On 30 June 1911, he was promoted sub-lieutenant, and on 30 June 1913 lieutenant. During the First World War, Hamilton saw active service in the West Africa Campaign, on the Niger River and in the German colony of Kamerun. He commanded the Niger river flotilla which drove the Germans out of Dehane in December 1914, then led a party from the coast which transported a naval 12-pounder gun taken out of HMS \"Challenger\" on an epic journey of 640 miles along the Niger and Benue rivers, then sixty miles overland, to assist", "title": "Louis Keppel Hamilton" }, { "docid": "283923", "text": "road system is barely usable, especially in high rainfall areas of the south. Nigeria's strategic location and size results in four routes of the Trans-African Highway network using its national road system: Nigeria has 8,600 km of inland waterways. The longest are the Niger River and its tributary, the Benue River but the most used, especially by larger powered boats and for commerce, are in the Niger Delta and all along the coast from Lagos Lagoon to Cross River. In 2004 Nigeria had 105 kilometers of pipelines for condensates, 1,896 kilometers for natural gas, 3,638 kilometers for oil, and 3,626", "title": "Transport in Nigeria" }, { "docid": "19903492", "text": "cm and they normally weigh about 2.3 kg, the world record rod caught specimen was 4.08233 kg. Although a maximum weight of 15.5 kg has been reported. \"Hydrocynus forskahlii\" is found in central Africa in Lake Albert, Lake Turkana and Lake Gandjule and in the Congo River, Omo River and Nile. In West Africa it occurs in the Chad Basin, Niger River, Benue River west to the Senegal River and River Gambia. It is also present in coastal river basisn and in the Cross River basin, Wouri River and Sanaga River. In some basins it is sympatric with \"Hydrocynus brevis\".", "title": "Hydrocynus forskahlii" }, { "docid": "8581671", "text": "Shendam, and others left Kwararafa when it disintegrated as a result of a power tussle. The Jukuns are divided into two major groups; the Jukun Wanu and Jukun Wapa. The Jukun Wanu are fishermen residing along the banks of the river Benue and Niger where they run through Taraba state, Benue state and Nasarawa state. The Wukari Federation, headed by the Aku Uka of Wukari, is now the main center of the Jukun people. Writing in the late 1920s, the British anthropologist C. K. Meek estimated that there were approximately 25,000 Jukun-speakers then alive. Meek noted that the majority of", "title": "Jukun people (West Africa)" }, { "docid": "15535461", "text": "Igede The Igede people are the third largest ethnic group in present-day Benue State of Nigeria. They are native to the Oju and Obi local government areas of Nigeria, where 2006 population figures stand at an estimated 267,198 people. However, a large number of Igede people are dispersed across the state and the Nation. For instance, the Igede language is also spoken in Nigeria's Cross River State, and a large number of Igede communities exist in Osun State and Ogun State. The Igede language is a member of the Benue-Congo subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family. Igede.org is the unofficial", "title": "Igede" }, { "docid": "5535896", "text": "Central State but later changed to \"Kwara\", a local name for the River Niger. Kwara State has since 1976 reduced considerably in size as a result of further state creation exercises in Nigeria. On 13 February 1976, the Idah/Dekina part of the state was carved out and merged with a part of the then Benue/Plateau State to form Benue State. On 27 August 1991, five local government areas, namely Oyi, Yagba, Okene, Okehi and Kogi were also excised to form part of the new Kogi State, while a sixth, Borgu Local Government Area, was merged with Niger State. Kwara state", "title": "Kwara State" }, { "docid": "2034577", "text": "Kogi State Kogi, a state in the central region (Middle-Belt) of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State because the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria. Agriculture is a main part of the economy, and the state also has coal, petroleum, steel and other mineral industries. The main ethnic groups are Igala, Ebira, and Okun. Kogi state is the only state in Nigeria which shares a boundary with ten other states. The state was created in 1991 from parts of Kwara State and Benue", "title": "Kogi State" }, { "docid": "14536951", "text": "Among others, it is found in the Benue River, Volta River, Niger River, Gambia River, Senegal River, Lake Chad, Omo River, Congo River Basin, Lake Rukwa, Lake Kariba, Zambezi River, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Edward. The vundu is generally uncommon, but it is not considered threatened despite having declined locally. Most active at night, it feeds on any available food, including invertebrates and insects when small, then fish and other small vertebrates when large. It scavenges off large carcasses and offal from riverside villages. It can live for 12 or more years. The vundu catfish can survive out of water", "title": "Vundu" }, { "docid": "13243492", "text": "Sarkin Garaku)in his book titled \"The history of Gwandara Towns and Villages\" chapter one page 17 that, It took many years of wondering and hunting for a group of gwandara's led by Danbaba to reach and settled in the site called kupai. where they established a permanent settlement and as time went by, they built a large empire which extends to the river Benue in the south and river Niger in west. The karshi Abuja gwandara people are the notable and the most influential gwandara dialect in Nigeria. The Nimbia dialect has a duodecimal numeral system, whereas other dialects, such", "title": "Gwandara language" }, { "docid": "3603428", "text": "Cross River State Cross River is a state in South South Nigeria, bordering Cameroon to the east. Its capital is Calabar, and its name is derived from the Cross River (Oyono), which passes through the state. English, French, Boki, Ejagham and Efik are major languages of this state. Cross River State derives its name from the Cross River which passes through the state. It is a coastal state located in the Niger Delta region, and occupies 20,156 square kilometers. It shares boundaries with Benue State to the north, Ebonyi and Abia States to the west, to the east by Cameroon", "title": "Cross River State" }, { "docid": "14666901", "text": "intramuscular hormone injections of carp pituitary suspensions. An 82% survival rate of the larvae was achieved. This catfish is a demersal fish and inhabits freshwater. It lives in waters of 22.0-28.0 °C (71.6-82.4 °F). It is found widely in the northern half of Africa between Senegal and Ethiopia, as well as the Nile. It can be found in the Niger River, Gambia River, Senegal River, Baro River, Benue River, Volta River and Lake Chad. Heterobranchus bidorsalis Heterobranchus bidorsalis, the African catfish or eel-like fattyfin catfish, is an airbreathing catfish found in Africa. It is closely related to the vundu catfish,", "title": "Heterobranchus bidorsalis" }, { "docid": "12307254", "text": "at all is doubtful, and it has been tentatively reassigned to the Southern Bantoid family, making the terms \"Cross River\" and \"Delta–Cross\" now synonymous. There are four primary branches of Cross River: Cross River languages The Cross River or Delta–Cross languages are a branch of the Benue–Congo language family spoken in south-easternmost Nigeria, with some speakers in south-westernmost Cameroon. The branch was first formulated by Joseph Greenberg; it is one of the few of his branches of Niger–Congo that has withstood the test of time. Greenberg's \"Cross River\" family originally included the Bendi languages\".\" The Bendi languages were soon seen", "title": "Cross River languages" }, { "docid": "12307253", "text": "Cross River languages The Cross River or Delta–Cross languages are a branch of the Benue–Congo language family spoken in south-easternmost Nigeria, with some speakers in south-westernmost Cameroon. The branch was first formulated by Joseph Greenberg; it is one of the few of his branches of Niger–Congo that has withstood the test of time. Greenberg's \"Cross River\" family originally included the Bendi languages\".\" The Bendi languages were soon seen to be very different and thus were made a separate branch of Cross River, while the other languages were united under the branch \"Delta–Cross.\" However, the inclusion of Bendi in Cross River", "title": "Cross River languages" }, { "docid": "20930703", "text": "blue-black iridesccence of \"D. ludwigii\". Sharpe's drongo Sharpe's drongo (\"Dicrurus sharpei\") is a species of drongo found in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is distributed from southern South Sudan and western Kenya to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Nigeria east of the Niger River and south of the Benue River. It was long considered a subspecies of the square-tailed drongo (\"Dicrurus ludwigii\") but a 2018 study of genetic divergences indicated that both were distinct species. It can be physically distinguished from \"D. ludwigii\" by the lack of white tips on the axillaries as well as having a dull purplish-blue", "title": "Sharpe's drongo" }, { "docid": "20930702", "text": "Sharpe's drongo Sharpe's drongo (\"Dicrurus sharpei\") is a species of drongo found in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is distributed from southern South Sudan and western Kenya to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Nigeria east of the Niger River and south of the Benue River. It was long considered a subspecies of the square-tailed drongo (\"Dicrurus ludwigii\") but a 2018 study of genetic divergences indicated that both were distinct species. It can be physically distinguished from \"D. ludwigii\" by the lack of white tips on the axillaries as well as having a dull purplish-blue iridescence rather than the greenish", "title": "Sharpe's drongo" }, { "docid": "12073914", "text": "acquired the trading interest of the Niger Company and its assets at Burutu. Prior to the beginning of the twentieth century, the main port of the Niger Company was at Akassa but when the water channel that opens to the sea became silted, the company moved operations Westward to Burutu close to Forcados. Burutu then served as a port terminal for Niger Company and UAC, discharging goods from ships for onward water transport to river ports in Northern Nigeria and French territories through rivers Niger and Benue. The port of Burutu was owned by UAC but was later acquired by", "title": "Burutu" }, { "docid": "10054149", "text": "the major festivities in the area. Ibi, Nigeria Ibi is a town and administrative district in Taraba State, Nigeria. The town is located on the south bank of the Benue River, opposite the influx of the much smaller Shemankar River. Both the Taraba River and the Donga River flow into the Benue within the LGA. Ibi is one of the sixteen local government areas of Taraba State, and is governed by an elected chairman. Ibi was located where the traditional land trade route of eastern Igboland crossed the river trade route of the Benue River. It was part of the", "title": "Ibi, Nigeria" }, { "docid": "10054147", "text": "Ibi, Nigeria Ibi is a town and administrative district in Taraba State, Nigeria. The town is located on the south bank of the Benue River, opposite the influx of the much smaller Shemankar River. Both the Taraba River and the Donga River flow into the Benue within the LGA. Ibi is one of the sixteen local government areas of Taraba State, and is governed by an elected chairman. Ibi was located where the traditional land trade route of eastern Igboland crossed the river trade route of the Benue River. It was part of the Jukon kingdom (1720-1815) whose capital, Kororofa,", "title": "Ibi, Nigeria" }, { "docid": "549113", "text": "to the east. Its coast was on the Gulf of Guinea of the South Atlantic Ocean in the south. The former country's northeast bordered the Benue Hills and mountains that lead to Cameroon. Three major rivers flow from Biafra into the Gulf of Guinea: the Imo River, the Cross River and the Niger River. The territory of the former Republic of Biafra is covered nowadays by the reorganized Nigerian states of Cross River, Ebonyi, Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia, and Akwa Ibom. While the Igbo people of the current Nigerian state of Delta were not included in Biafra as", "title": "Biafra" }, { "docid": "19773890", "text": "System. Throughout the region, oil and gas is predominantly extracted from the Agbada Formation where it is targeted from structural traps. The Niger Delta Basin is an extensional rift basin where rifting occurred from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous. Cretaceous fracture zones, expressed as trenches and ridges, control the tectonic framework of the delta and separate the margin into individual sub-basins, which form the boundary faults of the Cretaceous Benue-Abakaliki trough. The Niger Delta Basin is the youngest and most southern sub-basin (located at the southwest boundary) in the Benue-Abakaliki trough. The Benue-Abakaliki trough represents a failed arm", "title": "Delta Field (Niger Delta)" }, { "docid": "8443762", "text": "so far upstream that they will consume the entire flow of the Logone River. At that point, the waters of the Logone will no longer feed into Lake Chad, which will shrink drastically due to the loss of a major water supply. Gauthiot Falls The Gauthiot Falls are a series of cascade waterfalls considered a natural wonder in Chad. They are situated about halfway down the course of the Mayo Kébbi river, found in southern Chad. Downstream from the falls, the flow of the Mayo Kébbi joins the Benue River, which itself is a tributary of the Niger River, which", "title": "Gauthiot Falls" }, { "docid": "15392231", "text": "civilized people. The population naturally resisted, and the army assisted in hunting for workers, Those with children were preferred. It was common for them to be fed poorly, forced to work 18-hour days and whipped if they slacked off. In 1885, it was reported that Jantzen & Thormählen had established a company with capital of ₤500,000 to trade on the Benue River, a major tributary of the Niger River. When the explorer Eugen Zintgraff tried to create a caravan route from the upper Mungo River to the Adamawa Plateau via the Bamenda grassfields, Jantzen & Thormählen decided to establish a", "title": "Jantzen & Thormählen" }, { "docid": "8443760", "text": "Gauthiot Falls The Gauthiot Falls are a series of cascade waterfalls considered a natural wonder in Chad. They are situated about halfway down the course of the Mayo Kébbi river, found in southern Chad. Downstream from the falls, the flow of the Mayo Kébbi joins the Benue River, which itself is a tributary of the Niger River, which ultimately flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The Gauthiot Falls are not a notably high cascade; all together, they descend only about . They are considered of interest because of their position between the drainage systems of the Mayo Kébbi and the Logone", "title": "Gauthiot Falls" }, { "docid": "2866804", "text": "form a united branch with Benue–Congo. When Benue–Congo was first proposed by Joseph Greenberg (1963), it included Volta–Niger (as West Benue–Congo); the boundary between Volta–Niger and Kwa has been repeatedly debated. Blench (2012) states that if Benue–Congo is taken to be \"the noun-class languages east and north of the Niger\", it is likely to be a valid group, though no demonstration of this has been made in print.The branches of the Benue–Congo family are thought to be as follows: Ukaan is also related to Benue–Congo; Roger Blench suspects it may be either the most divergent (East) Benue–Congo language or the", "title": "Benue–Congo languages" }, { "docid": "3603433", "text": "are a subgroup of the Idoma nation, part of the Yala LGA's subgroups are the Igede speaking people believed to have migrated from the Oju part of Benue State, who migrated from Ora, in Edo North. Cross River State epitomises the nation's linguistic and cultural plurality and it is important to note that, in spite of the diversity of dialects, all the indigenous languages in the state have common linguistic roots as Niger–Congo languages. Finally, the State boasts of being the venue of the largest carnival in Africa. Cross River healthcare delivery system is skewed in favour of the urban", "title": "Cross River State" }, { "docid": "10683106", "text": "Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam (Latin:\"Dioecesis Shendamensis\") a diocese located in the city of Shendam, Plateau State in the Ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria. The Diocese was established on Jos June 2, 2007. The Cathedral is Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shendam.Shendam was the first Roman Catholic Mission foundation north of the rivers Niger and Benue in Nigeria. Three members of the Society of African Missions: Oswald Waller, Joseph Mouren and Ernest Belin, arrived at Shendam on 12 February 1907 after spending 28 days in canoes on the river Benue.", "title": "Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam" }, { "docid": "10683105", "text": "Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam (Latin:\"Dioecesis Shendamensis\") a diocese located in the city of Shendam, Plateau State in the Ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria. The Diocese was established on Jos June 2, 2007. The Cathedral is Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shendam.Shendam was the first Roman Catholic Mission foundation north of the rivers Niger and Benue in Nigeria. Three members of the Society of African Missions: Oswald Waller, Joseph Mouren and Ernest Belin, arrived at Shendam on 12 February 1907 after spending 28 days in canoes on the river Benue.", "title": "Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam" }, { "docid": "292799", "text": "within Niger–Congo are grouped as Dogon, Mande, Ijo (sometimes with Defaka as Ijoid), Katla and Rashad. Atlantic–Congo combines the Atlantic languages, which do not form one branch, and Volta–Congo. It comprises more than 80% of the Niger–Congo speaking population, or close to 600 million people (2015). The proposed Savannas group combines Adamawa, Ubangian and Gur. Outside of the Savannas group, Volta–Congo comprises Kru, Kwa (or \"West Kwa\"), Volta–Niger (also \"East Kwa\" or \"West Benue–Congo\") and Benue–Congo (or \"East Benue–Congo\"). Volta–Niger includes the two largest languages of Nigeria, Yoruba and Igbo. Benue–Congo includes the Southern Bantoid group, which is dominated by", "title": "Niger–Congo languages" }, { "docid": "985205", "text": "reaches of Sierra Leone; the Futa Tooro savannah grasslands of Senegal and southern Mauritania; the Macina inland Niger river delta system around Central Mali; and especially in the regions around Mopti and the Nioro Du Sahel in the Kayes region; the Borgu settlements of Benin, Togo and West-Central Nigeria; the northern parts of Burkina Faso in the Sahel region's provinces of Seno, Wadalan, and Soum; and the areas occupied by the Sokoto Caliphate, which includes what is now Southern Niger and Northern Nigeria (such as Tahoua, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zinder, Bauchi, Diffa, Yobe, Gombe, and further east, into the Benue", "title": "Fula people" }, { "docid": "283625", "text": "Obudu Plateau. Coastal plains are found in both the southwest and the southeast. This forest zone's most southerly portion is defined as \"salt water swamp\", also known as a mangrove swamp because of the large amount of mangroves in the area. North of this is fresh water swamp, containing different vegetation from the salt water swamp, and north of that is rainforest. Nigeria's most expansive topographical region is that of the valleys of the Niger and Benue river valleys (which merge into each other and form a \"y\" shape). To the southwest of the Niger is \"rugged\" highland. To the", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "docid": "2034579", "text": "Lugard, a British colonial administrator, while gazing out at the river Niger . Kogi State consists of twenty-one (21) local government areas, Tourist attractions in Kogi State include the colonial relics (such as Lord Lugard House), the confluence of Rivers Niger and Benue, Ogidi (An African town with formations of Igneous Rock mountains and a traditional art & craft industry) and natural land features. Being a 2-hour drive from Abuja some tourists come for day trips. Kogi State connects the Federal Capital Territory with 22 Southern States. Being in close proximity to the federal capital territory, Abuja International Airport serves", "title": "Kogi State" }, { "docid": "4059012", "text": "turn united with the Northern Nigeria Protectorate to form the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914 (which eventually gained independence within the same borders as the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1960). Richard Lander first explored the area of Nigeria as the servant of Hugh Clapperton. In 1830, he returned to the river with his brother John; in 1832, he returned again (without his brother) to establish a trading post for the \"African Steamship Company\" at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers. The expedition failed, with 40 of the 49 members dying of fever or wounds from", "title": "Royal Niger Company" }, { "docid": "8852659", "text": "to carve a French enclave on the Benue River in Northern Nigeria, a territory that the British claimed being theirs following the Berlin Conference. Ignoring the protests of the Royal Niger Company that Adamawa had been given to the British by the Berlin Conference, he hoisted the French flag in the region after a treaty with the Emir of Muri; unsupported by France, he was forced to leave the area with his men in 1893. In 1896, Bretonnet, by now promoted lieutenant, was given command of an expedition meant to establish French control on the navigable portions of the Niger", "title": "Henri Bretonnet" }, { "docid": "9974670", "text": "Emil Riebeck Emil Riebeck (11 June 1853 – 22 June 1885) was a German explorer, mineralogist, ethnologist, and naturalist. He was born in Preusslitz to Carl Adolf Riebeck, an industrial magnate. He traveled to North Africa and Arabia several times, and in 1881 travelled with Georg Schweinfurth on an expedition to Socotra. He traveled with Adolf Bastian to the hills of Chittagong in 1882. In 1884, he financed Gottlob Krause’s expedition to the Niger River, Benue River, and Lake Chad. Riebeck amassed an extensive collection of artifacts from Eastern Asia, India, Arabia and Africa. The mineral riebeckite is named after", "title": "Emil Riebeck" }, { "docid": "9974671", "text": "him. Also, a species of Socotran lizard, \"Haemodracon riebeckii\", is named in his honor. Emil Riebeck Emil Riebeck (11 June 1853 – 22 June 1885) was a German explorer, mineralogist, ethnologist, and naturalist. He was born in Preusslitz to Carl Adolf Riebeck, an industrial magnate. He traveled to North Africa and Arabia several times, and in 1881 travelled with Georg Schweinfurth on an expedition to Socotra. He traveled with Adolf Bastian to the hills of Chittagong in 1882. In 1884, he financed Gottlob Krause’s expedition to the Niger River, Benue River, and Lake Chad. Riebeck amassed an extensive collection of", "title": "Emil Riebeck" }, { "docid": "17272289", "text": "at . The Ennedi Plateau lies to the northeast, rising to . The Ouaddaï highlands lies the east. They include the Marrah Mountains in Darfur at up to in height. The Adamawa Plateau, Jos Plateau, Biu Plateau, and Mandara Mountains lie to the south. To the west the basin is separated by a watershed from the Niger River, and to the south it is separated by a basement dome from the Benue River. Further east, watersheds separate it from the Congo Basin and the Nile. The lowest part of the basin is not Lake Chad, but the Bodélé Depression, at", "title": "Chad Basin" }, { "docid": "12073868", "text": "Ovwian has seven quarters namely Ekrimowhe quarter, Uduvwurhie quarter, Uduvwogba(Ozimi) quarter, Uduvwota quarter, Ekrata quarter, Ekregworhor quarter and Uduvweyara quarter. The Udu River runs through Ovwian before merging into the Warri River. Ovwian primary school, Etako primary school, Emoghene school, Jesu primary school are public schools located inside the town, while Ovwian secondary school is in the outskirts leading to Ujevwu. Numerous private schools operate there. Most of the people are either steel workers, fishermen, hunters or farmers, businessmen/women or traders. Delta Steel Company has plant facilities located there. The Niger Benue Transport Company Limited (NBTC) operates at the outskirts", "title": "Ovwian" }, { "docid": "19087937", "text": "to a great extent with speakers of other Okun dialects since the languages are mutually intelligible. In addition to speaking Oworo, those in the eastern axis can also speak Igbira Igu( Egbura). Oworo land is located on western bank of River Niger by the Niger-Benue Confluence and bounded to the north by Igbira Igu(Egbura), northwest by Kakanda, west by the Abinu and to the south by Ebira land. It is a mountainous terrain. A number of Oworo communities are on the Agbaja Plateau. Some Oworo towns and Villages includes Agbaja, Obajana, Tajimi, Emu, Jakura, Owara, Igbonla, Ogbabon, Ijiho, Karara, Banda,", "title": "Oworo people" }, { "docid": "18968843", "text": "north of Sokoto and brought together a commendable force. Vizier Muhammad Bukhari, Sarkin Kaya and the local ruler of Bakura expanded settlements in the eastern region of Zamfara. In 1885, Umaru signed an important treaty with the Royal Niger Company. According to Goldie, Sokoto agreed to give the Royal Niger Company exclusive trade privileges within its domain and entire rights to the country on both sides of the River Benue in return for a yearly subsidy of three thousand bags of cowrie shells. Umaru bin Ali Umaru bin Ali (c.1824-1891) was Sultan of Sokoto from 3 October 1881 to 25", "title": "Umaru bin Ali" }, { "docid": "14433942", "text": "different relationship to the main beats, and therefore, is a related, but different key pattern. Pattern 3 is another variant of the standard pattern, one which contains exactly the same pattern of attack-points as the standard pattern, but in a different relationship to the main beats. The geographical border of Pattern 3 seems to be the Niger River. Kubik states that east of the Niger, Pattern 3 is used \"among the Igbo, and the large group of Benue-Congo speakers from eastern Nigeria through western Cameroon, down to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Angola and northern Zambia.\" The pattern", "title": "Bell pattern" }, { "docid": "10675640", "text": "Roman Catholic Diocese of Idah The Roman Catholic Diocese of Idah () is a Latin suffragan diocese located in the city of Idah, Kogi State in the Ecclesiastical province of Abuja, in Nigeria, yet remains subject to the Roman missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Idah is located along the Niger river in Kogi State of Nigeria. The diocese mainly serves the Igala and Bassa ethnic groups, who live in the Igala Kingdom ruled by the Attah of Igala, along the Niger and Benue rivers, below their confluence, around Lokoja. The diocese was first evangelized by the Spiritans (Congregatio", "title": "Roman Catholic Diocese of Idah" }, { "docid": "2034583", "text": "from Ogidi in Ijumu Local Govt. of the state. Darey- Darey Art Alade Kogi State Kogi, a state in the central region (Middle-Belt) of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State because the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria. Agriculture is a main part of the economy, and the state also has coal, petroleum, steel and other mineral industries. The main ethnic groups are Igala, Ebira, and Okun. Kogi state is the only state in Nigeria which shares a boundary with ten other states.", "title": "Kogi State" }, { "docid": "13936767", "text": "Bassa, Kogi State Bassa is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its northern border is the Benue River and its western border is the Niger River. Its headquarters are in the town of Oguma. It has an area of 1,925 km² and a population of 139,993 at the 2006 census. As of 2016, the population grew to 188,600. The postal code of the area is 272. Bassa Local Government Kogi State, Bassa has three major tribes. The Bassa-komo, Bassa-nge and Egbira koto . The Bassa-Komo has the highest population followed by Bassa-nge and Egbira koto. The traditional title", "title": "Bassa, Kogi State" }, { "docid": "67620", "text": "River (Benue) runs north and west, eventually into the Niger, while the Logone River flows northward into Lake Chad. Some of the borders of Cameroon follow rivers, including the Aïna, Akwayafe, and Ntem or Campo. Location: Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria Geographic coordinates: Map references: Africa Area: <br>\"total:\" <br>\"land:\" <br>\"water:\" Area – comparative: slightly larger than California or Sweden Land boundaries: <br>\"total:\" 5,018 km <br>\"border countries:\" Central African Republic 901 km, Chad 1,116 km, Republic of the Congo 494 km, Equatorial Guinea 183 km, Gabon 349 km, Nigeria 1,975 km Coastline: 402 km", "title": "Geography of Cameroon" }, { "docid": "13936770", "text": "shortened to 'bassa-nge' which stand as the name of their variety of the Nupe language presently. Bassa, Kogi State Bassa is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its northern border is the Benue River and its western border is the Niger River. Its headquarters are in the town of Oguma. It has an area of 1,925 km² and a population of 139,993 at the 2006 census. As of 2016, the population grew to 188,600. The postal code of the area is 272. Bassa Local Government Kogi State, Bassa has three major tribes. The Bassa-komo, Bassa-nge and Egbira koto", "title": "Bassa, Kogi State" }, { "docid": "5563138", "text": "12th-century monastery of Yemrehanna Krestos near Lalibela, built during the Zagwe dynasty in Aksumite style. Contemporary houses were one-room stone structures or two-storey square houses or roundhouses of sandstone with basalt foundations. Villas were generally two to four stories tall and built on sprawling rectangular plans (cf. Dungur ruins). A good example of still-standing Aksumite architecture is the monastery of Debre Damo from the 6th century. Nok culture artifacts have been dated as far back as 790 BCE, located at the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, between the Niger River and Benue River. From the excavation of the Nok settlement in", "title": "Architecture of Africa" }, { "docid": "12306172", "text": "to Benue–Congo. Volta–Niger languages The Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 50 million speakers. Among these are the most important languages of southern Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and southeast Ghana: Yoruba, Igbo, Bini, Fon, and Ewe. These languages have variously been placed within the Kwa or Benue–Congo families, but Williamson & Blench (2000) separate them from both. The boundaries between the various branches of Volta–Niger are rather vague, suggesting diversification of a dialect continuum rather than a clear split of families, which suggest", "title": "Volta–Niger languages" }, { "docid": "14838295", "text": "and villages abound along the river bank. Katsina Ala River The Katsina Ala (or Katsina-Ala) is a river in central Nigeria, located within its Middle Belt. It serves as a major tributary of the Benue River in Nigeria. The source of the river is found in the Bamenda highlands in northwestern Cameroon. It flows northwest in Cameroon, crossing the Nigeria–Cameroon border into Nigeria. The River Katsina Ala is found mainly in Benue State of Nigeria, after crossing the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, before emptying its contents into the Benue River. Katsina-Ala is the major town found along the course", "title": "Katsina Ala River" }, { "docid": "14838294", "text": "Katsina Ala River The Katsina Ala (or Katsina-Ala) is a river in central Nigeria, located within its Middle Belt. It serves as a major tributary of the Benue River in Nigeria. The source of the river is found in the Bamenda highlands in northwestern Cameroon. It flows northwest in Cameroon, crossing the Nigeria–Cameroon border into Nigeria. The River Katsina Ala is found mainly in Benue State of Nigeria, after crossing the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, before emptying its contents into the Benue River. Katsina-Ala is the major town found along the course of river Katsina Ala, but numerous hamlets", "title": "Katsina Ala River" }, { "docid": "9727310", "text": "NBA heads of states and foreign contributors meet at a regular \"Conference of the Heads of State of the Niger Basin Authority and Partners\". The 8th \"Summit of the Niger Basin Authority Heads of State and Government\" took place in Niamey in April 2008, and agreed on the implementation of several documents. These included the \"2008-2027 Investment Programme of the River Niger Basin\", the \"Water Charter of the River Niger Basin\", creation of a donors' meeting for the implementation of the 2008-2012 priority five-year plan, acceleration of the Taoussa dam project in Mali and the Kandadji Dam project in Niger.", "title": "Niger Basin Authority" }, { "docid": "292796", "text": "represent a prehistoric range of a Niger–Congo linguistic region that has since contracted as other languages have intruded, or if instead, this represents a group of Niger–Congo language speakers who migrated to the area at some point in prehistory where they were an isolated linguistic community from the beginning. There is more agreement regarding the place of origin of Benue–Congo, the largest subfamily of the group. Within Benue–Congo, the place of origin of the Bantu languages as well as time at which it started to expand is known with great specificity. Blench (2004), relying particularly on prior work by Kay", "title": "Niger–Congo languages" }, { "docid": "4656449", "text": "with annual rainfall in the range of 100-200mm. The dry season begins in November and ends in March. Temperatures fluctuate between 21 – 37 degrees Celsius in the year. The south-eastern part of the state adjoining the Obudu-Cameroun mountain range, however, has a cooler climate similar to that of Plateau State. Much of Benue State falls within the Benue Valley/trough which is believed to be structurally developed. During the Tertiary and possibly the Interglacial periods of the Quaternary glaciation, the Benue and Niger Valleys, otherwise known as the Niger/Benue trough, were transgressed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. As", "title": "Benue State" }, { "docid": "16806879", "text": "It flows south and forms part of the border between Zambia and Namibia. After picking up the waters of the Chobe River at the quadripoint where Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe meet, the river flows east along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, powering the shared Kariba Dam hydroelectric station, before entering Mozambique and flowing to the Indian Ocean. The Zambezi basin also includes parts of Malawi and Tanzania. The Zambezi is the fourth largest river in Africa after the Nile, Congo and Niger. Functions of the ZRA, as laid out in the acts that created the body, include: The", "title": "Zambezi River Authority" }, { "docid": "13278215", "text": "of doctors practice in urban areas where only 55% of the population lives. This creates an unbalanced doctor-to-population distribution which is one of the challenges of the Nigerian health system that the association and the Federal Government are trying to address. NMA has branches in all States of Nigeria, there are a total of 36 states in Nigeria and then Abuja, the federal capital territory. States (Plus FCT): 1.FCT, Abuja 2.Anambra 3.Enugu 4.Akwa Ibom 5.Adamawa 6.Abia 7.Bauchi 8.Bayelsa 9.Benue 10.Borno 11.Cross River 12.Delta 13.Ebonyi 14.Edo 15.Ekiti 16.Gombe 17.Imo 18.Jigawa 19.Kaduna 20.Kano 21.Katsina 22.Kebbi 23.Kogi 24.Kwara 25.Lagos 26.Nasarawa 27.Niger 28.Ogun 29.Ondo", "title": "Nigerian Medical Association" }, { "docid": "11668610", "text": "Sankarani River The Sankarani River is a tributary of the Niger River. Flowing northward from the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea, it crosses into southern Mali, where it joins the Niger approximately upstream of Bamako, the capital of Mali. It forms part of the Côte d'Ivoire–Guinea and Guinea–Mali borders. The Sankarani River watershed, traditionally well suited to crops and rich in iron and gold, covers some , two-thirds of which are in Guinea, where it is joined by three tributaries: the Kourai, Yeremou and Dion Rivers. In Mali, it flows into the Niger River upstream of Bamako near the village", "title": "Sankarani River" }, { "docid": "292797", "text": "Williamson and P. De Wolf, argued that Benue–Congo probably originated at the confluence of the Benue and Niger Rivers in central Nigeria. These estimates of the place of origin of the Benue-Congo language family do not fix a date for the start of that expansion, other than that it must have been sufficiently prior to the Bantu expansion to allow for the diversification of the languages within this language family that includes Bantu. The classification of the relatively divergent family of the Ubangian languages, centred in the Central African Republic, as part of the Niger–Congo language family is disputed. Ubangian", "title": "Niger–Congo languages" }, { "docid": "283377", "text": "National Park, but further north in Niger, where it has its last relict population. Environmental issues in Niger include destructive farming practices as a result of population pressure. Illegal hunting, bush fires in some areas and human encroachment upon the flood plains of the Niger River for paddy cultivation are environmental issues. Dams constructed on the Niger River in the neighboring countries of Mali and Guinea and also within Niger itself are also cited as a reason for a reduction of water flow in the Niger River—which has a direct effect upon the environment. A lack of adequate staff to", "title": "Niger" }, { "docid": "14112899", "text": "Park. Donga River The Donga River is a river in Nigeria and Cameroon. The river arises from the Mambilla Plateau in Eastern Nigeria, forms part of the international border between Nigeria and Cameroon, and flows northwest to eventually merge with the Benue River in Nigeria. The Donga watershed is in area. At its peak, near the Benue the river delivers of water per second. In Taraba State, Nigeria, there are three forest reserves, Baissa, Amboi and Bissaula River, in the Donga river basin. They lie on the slopes and at the foot of the Mambilla Plateau, south-west of Gashaka Gumti", "title": "Donga River" }, { "docid": "14112898", "text": "Donga River The Donga River is a river in Nigeria and Cameroon. The river arises from the Mambilla Plateau in Eastern Nigeria, forms part of the international border between Nigeria and Cameroon, and flows northwest to eventually merge with the Benue River in Nigeria. The Donga watershed is in area. At its peak, near the Benue the river delivers of water per second. In Taraba State, Nigeria, there are three forest reserves, Baissa, Amboi and Bissaula River, in the Donga river basin. They lie on the slopes and at the foot of the Mambilla Plateau, south-west of Gashaka Gumti National", "title": "Donga River" }, { "docid": "2866803", "text": "longer seen as forming a valid branch, however one of the subfamilies, Southern Bantoid, is still considered valid. It is Southern Bantoid which contains the Bantu languages, which are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa. This makes Benue–Congo one of the largest subdivisions of the Niger–Congo language family, both in number of languages, of which \"Ethnologue\" counts 976 (2017), and in speakers, numbering perhaps 350 million. Benue–Congo also includes a few minor isolates in the Nigeria–Cameroon region, but their exact relationship is uncertain. The neighbouring Volta–Niger branch of Nigeria and Benin is sometimes called \"West Benue–Congo\", but it does not", "title": "Benue–Congo languages" }, { "docid": "5444128", "text": "Kenedugu and Wassulu existed from at least the 1650s, benefiting from gold mining and trade in the area. Wassoulou Wassoulou is a cultural area and historical region in the Wassoulou River Valley of West Africa. It is home to about 160,000 people, and is also the native land of the Wassoulou genre of music. Wassoulou surrounds the point where the borders of three present-day countries meet: Mali, Ivory Coast, and Guinea. It includes portions of southwestern Mali, northwestern Ivory Coast, and eastern Guinea. It is bordered by the Niger River to the northwest, and by the Sankarani River to the", "title": "Wassoulou" }, { "docid": "5444124", "text": "Wassoulou Wassoulou is a cultural area and historical region in the Wassoulou River Valley of West Africa. It is home to about 160,000 people, and is also the native land of the Wassoulou genre of music. Wassoulou surrounds the point where the borders of three present-day countries meet: Mali, Ivory Coast, and Guinea. It includes portions of southwestern Mali, northwestern Ivory Coast, and eastern Guinea. It is bordered by the Niger River to the northwest, and by the Sankarani River to the east. The name \"Wassoulou\" is alternately spelled Wassulu, Wassalou, and Ouassalou. Wassoulou is best known internationally as the", "title": "Wassoulou" }, { "docid": "12306170", "text": "Volta–Niger languages The Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 50 million speakers. Among these are the most important languages of southern Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and southeast Ghana: Yoruba, Igbo, Bini, Fon, and Ewe. These languages have variously been placed within the Kwa or Benue–Congo families, but Williamson & Blench (2000) separate them from both. The boundaries between the various branches of Volta–Niger are rather vague, suggesting diversification of a dialect continuum rather than a clear split of families, which suggest a close", "title": "Volta–Niger languages" }, { "docid": "5035954", "text": "Gongola River The Gongola River is in northeastern Nigeria, the principal tributary of the Benue River. The upper course of the river as well as most of its tributaries are seasonal streams, but fill rapidly in August and September. The Gongola rises on the eastern slopes of the Jos Plateau and falls to the Gongola Basin, running northeasterly until Nafada. At one time, the Gongola continued from here in the northeast direction to Lake Chad. Today it turns south and then southeast until it joins the Hawal River, its main tributary. The Gongola then runs south to the Benue river,", "title": "Gongola River" }, { "docid": "292810", "text": "consisting of Benue-Congo plus Volta-Niger, Kwa, Adamawa plus Gur, Kru, the so-called Kordofanian languages, and probably the language groups traditionally classified as Atlantic.\" The coherence of Niger-Congo as a language phylum is supported by Grollemund, et al. (2016), using computational phylogenetic methods. The East/West Volta-Congo division, West/East Benue-Congo division, and North/South Bantoid division are not supported, whereas a Bantoid group consisting of Ekoid, Bendi, Dakoid, Jukunoid, Tivoid, Mambiloid, Beboid, Mamfe, Tikar, Grassfields, and Bantu is supported. The Automated Similarity Judgment Program (ASJP) also groups many Niger-Congo branches together. Proto-Niger–Congo (or Proto-Atlantic–Congo) has not been reconstructed, and few of the demonstrably", "title": "Niger–Congo languages" }, { "docid": "13385216", "text": "are about 60 teeth on the mandible. The color of the fish is a pale greyish brown on the back and sides, and black on the underside. The fins are grey, and the barbels are whitish. The maximum standard length of the species is . Generally, females in the genus \"Synodontis\" tend to be slightly larger than males of the same age. In the wild, the species is known from the Niger and Benue River basins. The species is harvested for human consumption. It lives in streams and lakes, and feeds on plankton, plants, and detritus. The reproductive habits of", "title": "Synodontis resupinatus" }, { "docid": "12149057", "text": "tilapia are mouthbrooders, and broods range from 160 to 1600 eggs per female. \"O. aureus\" is primarily herbivorous, but occasionally consumes zooplankton; the young include small invertebrates in their diet. The blue tilapia is native to Northern and Western Africa, and the Middle East, from the Senegal, Niger, Benue and lower Nile Rivers in Africa to the Jordan River in the Middle East. Through introductions, the fish can be found in the United States in Texas, Alabama, Florida, and Nevada. It has also been established in Central and South America, and Southeast Asia. The original stocks of \"O. aureus\" in", "title": "Oreochromis aureus" }, { "docid": "5535849", "text": "of the largest grains market East of the Niger, the Orie Orba Market which plays host to most farmers from the North Central States of Benue, Kogi, Nassarawa and Plateau who use the market to dispose their produce for consumers in South-East and South-Southern Nigeria . Every four days, grains and other farm produce are found in large quantities and at highly competitive prices. Electricity supply is relatively stable in Enugu and its Environs. The Oji River Power Station (which used to supply electricity to all of Eastern Nigeria) is located in Enugu State. With the deregulation of electricity generation", "title": "Enugu State" }, { "docid": "5288621", "text": "These include the scenic and prominent Mambilla Plateau. The state lies largely within the tropical zone and has a vegetation of low forest in the southern part and grassland in the northern part. The Mambilla Plateau with an altitude of 1,800 meters (6000 ft) above sea level has a temperate climate all year round. The Benue, Donga, Taraba and Ibi are the main rivers in the state. They rise from the Cameroonian mountains, straining almost the entire length of the state in the North and South direction to link up with the River Niger. Taraba State consists of sixteen (16)", "title": "Taraba State" }, { "docid": "8894776", "text": "Antoine Mizon Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon (1853–99) was a French explorer and colonial administrator. Born in Paris in 1853, Mizon entered in the French Navy in 1869. Between 1880 and 1883 he was at Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza's orders, with whom he had difficulties working. In 1890 he was given the command of an expedition meant to find a viable route between the Niger and the Congo rivers by passing by the Benue and Sangha River. He also led a second mission in 1892 in the same places, meant in particular to establish French control over the Adamawa (in modern", "title": "Antoine Mizon" }, { "docid": "147718", "text": "the Union level. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has various states which have evolved over time due to complex socioeconomic issues as well as the effect of their colonial era. However, in modern Nigeria there are thirty six states and one federal capital territory: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). There has been significant tension between the southern states and the", "title": "Federalism" } ]
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who sang i think it so groovy now
[ "Friend & Lover" ]
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[ { "docid": "10522445", "text": "we had a couple of conversations and I think, you know, by the end of it I think he's pretty clear that it was probably a misstep. Because he's not a good guy. It may be that he once sang 'Peace Train'... but he hasn't been Cat Stevens for a long time, you know. He's a different guy now.\"<br> At a 2012 fundraiser, Stewart recalled that phone conversation with Rushdie, who expressed disappointment that a performer was used \"who wanted to kill me.\" Stewart said he was unaware of Yusuf's 1989 comments at the time. \"So I'm like, I'm sure", "title": "Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie" }, { "docid": "11992182", "text": "put it back together. It's just like a Rubik's Cube: When you can't solve it, you just break it and you put it back together.\" Williams added, \"We think that 'Everyone Nose' in its current form already hits a certain demographic a certain way, so I just wanted to go and do something different.\" Christian Hoard of \"Rolling Stone\" claimed that the song would be \"destined to go down as [one] of 2008's most interesting hip-hop cuts.\" Addi Stewart of \"Now\" magazine said the song \"is straight groovy, baby!\" Many praised the beat; Nick Levine of Digital Spy said, \"It's", "title": "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)" }, { "docid": "7269222", "text": "Groovy Decay Groovy Decay was the second solo album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1982. His backing band for the record featured Sara Lee of Gang of Four on bass and Anthony Thistlethwaite of the Waterboys on sax. Hitchcock refuted claims that he held contempt for the record itself in a 1990 interview. He explained, \"The recording of \"Groovy Decay\" was a drag, so we released the demos for it and called it \"Groovy Decoy\" because it was fractionally different ... I'm quite happy with all of it. I don't sit around wishing I hadn't done it.\" \"Groovy Decoy\" was", "title": "Groovy Decay" }, { "docid": "630677", "text": "it. I'm not the guy who says no.\" Gabriel addressed the possibility of a reunion: \"I never say never. It really didn't happen last time. I think there's a small chance, but I don't think it's very high.\" In 2014, Collins reiterated, \"Have people thought it through? It’s not as if you’re going to get Peter as the singer, me as the drummer. I can’t play any more, so it’s never going to happen,\" adding it would not be likely for Gabriel to perform songs Collins originally sang lead on. In 2014 Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford, Collins and Hackett reunited for", "title": "Genesis (band)" }, { "docid": "9606035", "text": "by Morrison, he was subsequently encouraged by Warner Bros. to release radio-friendly singles: \"The record company was asking me for singles, so I made some like \"Domino\", which was actually longer but got cut down.\" In fulfilling Warner's desire for a hit song, Hage wrote that the \"bright, tight, and groovy \"Domino\" fits the bill. The lyrics hit on a frequent Morrison theme, renewal, ('I think it's time for a change'), and the vocal dynamics, punctuated by 'Lord have mercy' nod to gospel and James Brown (who pulled heavily from gospel himself).\" Robert Christgau, writing in the \"Village Voice\" in", "title": "Domino (Van Morrison song)" }, { "docid": "8832183", "text": "\"Brandy\" album. On the production process, Patterson commented in 2011: \"I remember going over to his [Crouch's] house for two nights in a row and from the first night that he wanted to play the track for me, I heard what I heard, but I kept it to myself because I was pretty much intimidated thinking he would think it was horrible. Then by the third day, he was like “We’ve got to turn this song in by Friday, so whatever you think of, just sing it!” So I sang to him what I had heard instantly when he played", "title": "Baby (Brandy song)" }, { "docid": "15442967", "text": "singer Chris Brown said: \"Honest opinion? It was great. I'll be jammin' to it on \"Friday\", \"Friday\".\" Fellow teenage singer Miley Cyrus denied that she had criticized Black, saying \"I \"am\" a fan\" and that she sang \"Friday\" while driving. Simon Cowell praised Black, saying \"I love her [and] the fact that she's got so much publicity. People are so upset about the song, but I think it's hysterical. [...] Anyone who can create this much controversy within a week, I want to meet. I love people like that.\" He observed that \"any song to do with the weekend annoys", "title": "Friday (Rebecca Black song)" }, { "docid": "7379994", "text": "and especially their guitarist, who now became their new lead vocalist, Eric Stewart. The band recorded their version of \"A Groovy Kind of Love\" in 1965. They liked the result so much that they included the song on their first album without Fontana, \"The Mindbenders\" (US title \"A Groovy Kind of Love\") and released the song to radio as their debut single. It reached No. 2 in the UK the week of January 19–26, 1966, and it also reached No. 2 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in late May and early June 1966.", "title": "A Groovy Kind of Love" }, { "docid": "2370237", "text": "1911, became an outspoken advocate, \"pleading the cause of the poor pit ponies\" to Winston Churchill, when introduced to him at the House of Commons, and later reported to the Tamworth Herald that he \"could talk for hours about my wee four-footed friends of the mine. But I think I convinced that the time has now arrived when something should be done by the law of the land to improve the lot and working conditions of the patient, equine slaves who assist so materially in carrying on the great mining industry of this country.\" Lauder often sang to the miners", "title": "Harry Lauder" }, { "docid": "19756555", "text": "on this record, besides having catchy melodies, we also wanted to have really groovy vocal lines. And that's something that we worked on as well; we changed up some things to make it less predictable.\" One of the aspects of Epica's sound which has been enhanced on \"The Holographic Principle\" is the growling vocal style of Epica guitarist and main songwriter Mark Jansen. \"Well, it's Mark and it's actually our drummer as well,\" Simone said. \"Mark is the main grunter, and our drummer, Ariën (van Weesenbeek), has a really nice, thick sound. So I don't know if he sang all", "title": "The Holographic Principle" }, { "docid": "5776803", "text": "I better listen and keep learning.' So I think that, that's what I've been realizing these past few years.\" The singer also explained his foray into a more poppy sound than his usual milieu. \"The last year I've been wanting to have more fun. I think I took myself very seriously as an artist and I wanted to be like Marvin Gaye, and John Lennon and Bob Marley and these great artists and songwriters that sang about love and sang about relationships,\" Robin explained. \"And then the last year, my wife and I just really wanted to have fun again,", "title": "Robin Thicke" }, { "docid": "7379992", "text": "A Groovy Kind of Love \"A Groovy Kind of Love\" is a pop song written by Toni Wine and Carole Bayer Sager and published by the Screen Gems music publishing company. It is heavily based on the Rondo movement of Sonatina in G major, op. 36 no. 5, by Muzio Clementi. The song title was an early use of the then-new slang word \"groovy\". Wine, who was 17 years old when she wrote the song, said, \"Carole came up with \"Groovy kinda… groovy kinda… groovy…\" and we're all just saying, 'Kinda groovy, kinda groovy, kinda…' and I don't exactly know", "title": "A Groovy Kind of Love" }, { "docid": "424326", "text": "our better move was to just go back to the original songwriting and song-making strategy of the first albums except with a clear indication of how [the music] came to be... The rabid element and the hatred that was engendered is almost impossible to describe. It lingers to this day among people my own age.\" Tork disagreed with Nesmith's assessment of \"Headquarters\", stating, \"I don't think the \"Pisces\" album was as groovy to listen to as \"Headquarters\". Technically it was much better, but I think it suffers for that reason.\" With \"Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.\", the Monkees' fourth", "title": "The Monkees" }, { "docid": "18154451", "text": "really, If you cover someone else's song, a pop song, that's a cover; we're not covering musical theatre songs, we're actually performing them – that's the difference. Because otherwise, anyone who'd ever sang musical theatre would be doing a cover of someone else and that's not the case. You know, with musical theatre you take on a character so I think that that's our argument with it. We're not doing covers, we're a musical theatre band, we're performing roles, and that's the difference.\" He also said, \"And I don't think there'll be a backlash, I genuinely think we have a", "title": "Stars (Collabro album)" }, { "docid": "13250066", "text": "of which sang a duet with her on her new CD. The album was released on 8 November 2010. The album was produced by Steve Mac, who said that \"Now Susan's used to the studio and the recording process, this time round we might go even further down a traditional route of recording by getting a band together and rehearsing songs before we go into the studio to see what works, how she reacts with certain parts, and so we can change the arrangements that way. I think that's going to work much better...With Susan it's very important she connects", "title": "Susan Boyle" }, { "docid": "20052917", "text": "place in class and the kids who used to ask me questions during recess stopped asking me any questions. They would not even reply when I said something. What was even more surprising was that kids who were known to be physically dominant in the class started bothering me. It was strange. So I came in 2nd place in class on the next test. The teacher told me to stop playing with grades. And the other kids treated me normally again. This led me to think that in Korean society I need to do well academically in order to be", "title": "Sang-Min Whang" }, { "docid": "10147740", "text": "by session drummer Josh Freese while Mars sang backing vocals. The album art is from the music video for \"Alex Chilton\". Westerberg stated in a 2006 interview with \"Newsweek\" that he had written \"Message to the Boys\" many years ago. Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? is a greatest hits album by the American rock band The Replacements, released in 2006 by Rhino Records. It includes eighteen tracks spanning the band's eight studio releases from 1981 to 1990, as well as two new tracks recorded specifically for this release. The", "title": "Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?" }, { "docid": "6914315", "text": "Sir Redvers Buller, for instance. At the Battle of Omdurman, Townshend wrote: The masses of the enemy began rushing and cheering, the Emirs leading them with flags just as one sees with the Pathans on the North-West Frontier of India. I now began to think that it would not do to wait until this mass got much closer, so I sang out for sights to be put at 600 yards, and then opened with heavy independent fire, and in a short while our line was all smoke and a ceaseless rattle of Martini rifles. The enemy came on till they", "title": "Charles Townshend (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "6187488", "text": "hardly saw the fella because he was next door in a little control booth. \"OK, what are you going to do?\" We ran through it very quickly, quarter of an hour, and it was all over. I think we paid £5 for that. It was me, John, George, Colin Hanton on drums and Duff Lowe, five of us ... I sang the lead, I think so anyway. It was my song. It's very similar to an Elvis song. It's me doing an Elvis ... I'm a bit loath to say which! ... It was one that I'd heard at scout", "title": "In Spite of All the Danger" }, { "docid": "19069973", "text": "felt like her choice of tunes was magical. I always felt that it was just so very special and I think the tunes on the album really do work. As I was listening to it, I loved it all.\" Baron said of Mcae's performance on \"Old Folks\" that \"Carmen always sang it with such feeling. She gets to the essence of the song. Hearing her sing this makes me think of how she modeled respect across the age, race, gender, cultural and religious walls. That continues to inspire me. At the Great American Music Hall At the Great American Music", "title": "At the Great American Music Hall" }, { "docid": "9982007", "text": "on Julian so everyone would think it was him, not me. I would never have owned up except Julian’s mother was ill and I hated to think I did that to someone who was so miserable. Also, someone said I was a coward and I’m not really” “Aww” thinks Elizabeth “look at that. He so badly wanted people to like him and they don’t seem to, and now he’s had to confess something that will make them dislike him even more. That was a brave thing to do.”, standing up and saying “Well, it wasn’t the usual kind of stealing,", "title": "The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor" }, { "docid": "15668032", "text": "it difficult to imagine the pain, so just thought of the \"worst pain imaginable\". She went on to say, \"I love playing a mum now and working with the two babies who play Lexi, they are so cute. Playing someone who was pregnant did make me a bit broody. I found myself walking around the canteen rubbing my bump. Then I'd get on the train and think, 'Aren't you gonna let a pregnant woman sit down?' because I'd forget I wasn't really pregnant. But I don't think I'm ready for one yet. It's nice to give the baby back when", "title": "Lola Pearce" }, { "docid": "2757511", "text": "(G2One). In August 2009 VMware acquired SpringSource. In April 2012, after eight years of inactivity, the Spec Lead changed the status of JSR 241 to dormant. Strachan had left the project silently a year before the Groovy 1.0 release in 2007. In Oct 2016, Strachan stated \"I still love groovy (jenkins pipelines are so groovy!), java, go, typescript and kotlin\". On July 2, 2012, Groovy 2.0 was released, which, among other new features, added static compiling and static type checking. When the Pivotal Software joint venture was spun-off by EMC Corporation (EMC) and VMware in April 2013, Groovy and Grails", "title": "Apache Groovy" }, { "docid": "4219946", "text": "people that they see from the United States. They wear the FUBU clothing, they wear the baggy pants, they wear the New York Yankees hats...But the problem with that is this is very early in the pop music...They sang in English, and sang about American issues. But now we have artists singing [in] Swahili, and they sing about Swahili issues, about Tanzanian issues, about issues that are very much identified with their country...So I think as far as Tanzanian identity is concerned, yes, there are certain things that they're going to keep borrowing from American culture or European culture, or", "title": "Tanzanian hip hop" }, { "docid": "14662566", "text": "sentimental sing-along at public events such as the city's annual earthquake commemoration. It is one of two official city songs, along with \"I Left My Heart in San Francisco.\" Judy Garland included the song to her concert repertoire, with a new introduction that starts, \"I never will forget Jeanette MacDonald; just to think of her it gives my heart a pang. I never will forget, how that brave Jeanette, just stood there in the ruins and sang. A-a-a-and sang...\" She opened a late 1950s concert at the Cow Palace with her version. It was so well and tumultuously received that", "title": "Theme from San Francisco" }, { "docid": "4461966", "text": "at the time. I see now quite clearly what I was doing. I was making a movie about people who couldn't talk to each other. It was about people who couldn't communicate, so they talked in greeting cards. They bought greeting cards in the form of songs, and they sang songs 'cause they didn't know what to say to each other. It wasn't really a musical in the conventional sense, which is why we did everything live. I didn't care so much about the musical part of it. I wanted it to seem like people talking, only they were singing.", "title": "At Long Last Love" }, { "docid": "18686168", "text": "active in the indie-jazz scene as a lead vocalist in a 12-piece Korean jazz band called JHG (Just Hip'n Groovy), whose band leader was Jung Jung Hwa, a professor of Seoul Institute of the Arts. She was the group's vocalist usually singing the higher notes in the harmonies, and said of herself, \"I am the playful one with a big smile.\" So Hee Park was born on April 10, 1991 in Suwon She played piano since a very young age and started studying modern contemporary music in 2011 at Sungshin Women's University. She usually sang the low harmony, except when", "title": "The Barberettes" }, { "docid": "257170", "text": "Ferrigno says his hearing loss helped shape his sense of determination in his youth, saying, \"I think that if I wasn't hard of hearing I wouldn't be where I am now. Early on, as a youngster it was difficult, but I'm not ashamed to talk about it because many people have misconceptions about hearing loss; like who has hearing loss and what it's like not to hear, so I do talk about it. I think my hearing loss helped create a determination within me to be all that I can be, and gave me a certain strength of character too.", "title": "Lou Ferrigno" }, { "docid": "7297951", "text": "Now, don't mention my name in this service, but pass me by. After the service was over, we walked down Broad Street together, and he said to me, I don't think that you or any of the others quite understand me in this gift. How so? I asked. He replied, Think of it, I came to this city a poor young man. See where I am now! Look at my happy home! Think how many friends I have. Everything I've touched has seemed to prosper. Now, I believe that all this prosperity has come to me from God, and I", "title": "Thomas Baldwin Peddie" }, { "docid": "3846727", "text": "were going to let me postpone until I finished this film, which is now. So in ten days, we’ll be full on with that. It’s been really good because I think I was waiting for the idea I really want, and I think I have that now. It’s not exactly Paris, it’s a European idea. So it will be Chloe and Adam Brody. We’ll keep the pilot, that’s part of the story, but we’ll be going a different place with it.\"<br>- Whit Stillman, shortly before the world premiere of \" Love & Friendship\" at Sundance Amazon states (2016-09-25) that, regarding", "title": "Whit Stillman" }, { "docid": "3369577", "text": "Pepper! The hippest of the hip! I mean I have a room for life at the home of the chronically groovy!\". His name and pink color are both homages to classic rock acts – he is a Pink Floyd, named after \"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\", the album by The Beatles. He appears backstage more often than the other band members. Although Dr. Teeth is the leader, Floyd is the one who sings lead most often. Some of the songs he sang on \"The Muppet Show\" include: \"New York State of Mind\", \"Ain't Misbehavin'\", \"While My Guitar Gently Weeps\"", "title": "Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem" }, { "docid": "20991805", "text": "you're inside the writing team, that's what becomes motivational. Now, obviously, it's gonna be a heavy metal record; we don't deviate so much from our formula, but what is that record gonna sound like? At this point, it sounds like a metal record to me. I think Jason Bittner's addition to the band is gonna make it bombastic in some cases; he's the state of the art when it comes to hitting the skins. So I really think that we have an opportunity here to make something that is great. Who knows? It could be a new chapter, and somewhere", "title": "The Wings of War" }, { "docid": "8690391", "text": "or defy such prohibition. In 1978, the American singer Lene Lovich recorded a cover version of \"I Think We're Alone Now\". Her version was originally released with her hit song \"Lucky Number\" as a B-side. Lovich recorded the song after contacting the radio presenter Charlie Gillett, who helped her get signed by Dave Robinson of Stiff Records. Robinson liked the record and immediately proposed it to be released as a single. However, her song \"Lucky Number\" gained so much more attention that it was later re-released as a lead single, at which it peaked at number 3 on the UK", "title": "I Think We're Alone Now" }, { "docid": "6221060", "text": "pop song by constructing rhymes within lines and also rhyming the end of every line with the end of the following line. The first known live concert performance of \"All I Really Want to Do\" was at the Newport Folk Festival on July 26, 1964. It remained part of Dylan's concert set list for his all acoustic shows in 1965. It returned to Dylan's concert sets in 1978, when Dylan sang it at the end of most shows to the melody of Simon and Garfunkel's \"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)\". For those shows, he often revised the lyrics,", "title": "All I Really Want to Do" }, { "docid": "18241449", "text": "think if you asked someone right now, 'Who is Nick Jonas?' I think you'd get a million different answers. After having the chance to get to know you, I feel like none of them would really be right because you are so different than the public perception. So let's get inside your mind because this song is very personal even though it's fun. It's kind of a dance song in a way. But let's dig a little deeper and see what it means to you.' So the video is really layered, like his art. You can see he layers a", "title": "Jealous (Nick Jonas song)" }, { "docid": "8035693", "text": "a reggae song. I said, \"Well, the chords are interesting, but I think we should change the groove.\" I changed it to that Motown kind of groove. So we did that, and I played it for Sara Allen and sang it for her…[Sings] \"Oh here she comes / Watch out boy she’ll chew you up / Oh here she comes / She's a maneater… and a…\" I forget what the last line was. She said, \"drop that shit at the end and go, 'She's a maneater,' and stop! And I said, 'No, you’re crazy, that's messed up.'\" Then I thought", "title": "Maneater (Hall & Oates song)" }, { "docid": "18913146", "text": "electro than anything else on the album but again, I just liked it so I kept it anyway. I think a rock band need to cover this, because this song should have been a punk song, not some weird rap singing thing. This was actually going to be the first single off the album but I think we all got a bit scared that people would think I'd gone crazy and forgot about rap music so we went with Right Now instead. I just realised recently that “God starve the Queen, run around” sounds like I'm forcing a girl to", "title": "Startup Cult" }, { "docid": "6037361", "text": "here that hasn't happened.' So I just ran out and recorded 'Jackamo Road' in two minutes. I tried to sing it as country as I could, just to make it the opposite of the song I knew was going to come after it, 'Life Is Hard,' which is as urban-sounding a song as we've got. I'm still agonizing over 'Jackamo Road' because I wish I'd said another word. I think it says, 'I'd like to buy you a cabin cruiser/we could sail around.' You don't sail a cabin cruiser. When I sang it, it never dawned on me. But when", "title": "Mr. Happy Go Lucky" }, { "docid": "12622918", "text": "clubs to get laid! The point is to go out with your girlfriends and have a great time, and if you find someone, then (you hit) two birds with one stone. So (I changed the lyrics to) \"Hey girl.\" \"Koi wa Groovy x2\" was used to promote Gap Japan's 2008 Holiday Collection Winter Neutrals which featured Canadian Supermodel Groovy M. On October 10, Ito posted a message on her blog about the music video for the promotion of the single. She stated the music video's theme was inspired by Canadian model Groovy M, and the idea of a fashion show.", "title": "Koi wa Groovy x2" }, { "docid": "5850660", "text": "York Clipper\" dubbed her \"the Black Patti\" after Adelina Patti, an epithet that Jones disliked, preferring Madame Jones. She later told a reporter that the name \"rather annoys me... I am afraid people will think I consider myself the equal to Patti herself. I assure you I don't think so, but I have a voice and I am striving to win the favor of the public by honest merit and hard work.\" In February 1892, Jones performed at the White House for President Benjamin Harrison. She eventually sang for four consecutive presidents — Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and Theodore", "title": "Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones" }, { "docid": "13907250", "text": "think everyone handled it tremendously. It could've gone a lot worse. We all have strengths and weaknesses and I think we put those aside and did it for the team. We have nothing to lose now. The worst we can be is eighth and that's still an accomplishment in itself. I know we can only go up from here because we had our struggles on beam so now we know what we need to improve on. We're just going to come out and rock (on Tuesday). This is just so amazing. I really don't have words to describe the feeling.\"", "title": "Brittany Rogers" }, { "docid": "18280375", "text": "chilling thoughts about it,\" MacLeish recalled some 50 years later: When you talk about it now it apparently conveys nothing. I know of no one in the younger generation who has the faintest idea what the Depression was. They think it was a hard time and so forth. It was \"murderous\". For awhile I lived outside the city. I dreaded coming home, because as I approached Grand Central Station, I would pass well-dressed young men more or less my age. Every now and then I saw friends of mine from Yale, selling lead pencils, and with an expression of shame", "title": "Panic (play)" }, { "docid": "10850203", "text": "native dudes I met in Fiji who sang super mellow beach harmonies, so I guess it'll be some island jams.\" Peter and the Wolf (band) Peter and the Wolf is the American folk band formed by musician Redding Hunter. Hunter says about his song writing, \"I carry a journal everywhere with me. I will stop in the middle of whatever I'm doing to write down an idea, whether it's something I think about, hear, observe, or whatever. It's my highest priority to make sure I capture these ideas, as the craft of songwriting is a lifelong pursuit\". The band's record", "title": "Peter and the Wolf (band)" }, { "docid": "5125505", "text": "with developing artists who were originally on the roster of Autumn Records, a defunct label Reprise had acquired, Waronker produced the Mojo Men's \"Sit Down, I Think I Love You,\" hiring Newman on piano and Van Dyke Parks as an arranger. He also produced Harpers Bizarre's \"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy),\" which he hired Leon Russell to arrange. Both songs were hits. At the time, Warner/Reprise was characterized by a roster which included Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Petula Clark, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Sonny and Cher. The perception of the label shifted as Ostin and Smith signed", "title": "Lenny Waronker" }, { "docid": "657414", "text": "more than the original, with $86.9 million, while \"Naked Gun 33⅓\" grossed $51.1 million. Nielsen remained open to a fourth \"Naked Gun\" film, although he doubted that it would be produced — \"I don't think so\", he said in 2005. \"If there hasn't been one by now, I doubt it. I think it would be wonderful.\" Nielsen briefly appeared on the World Wrestling Federation program in the summer of 1994 on \"WWF Monday Night Raw\", capitalizing on Frank Drebin. Nielsen (and George Kennedy) were hired as sleuths to unravel the mystery of the Undertaker, who had disappeared at January's Royal", "title": "Leslie Nielsen" }, { "docid": "12789432", "text": "Temptations sang lyrics such as \"I have one single desire, just like you / So move over, son, 'cause I'm comin' through\" in their song \"Message From a Black Man,\" they expressed the revolutionary sentiments of the Black Power movement. Ishmael Reed, who is considered neither a movement apologist nor advocate, said: \"I wasn't invited to participate because I was considered an integrationist\" but he went on to explain the positive aspects of the Black Arts Movement and the Black Power movement: I think what Black Arts did was inspire a whole lot of Black people to write. Moreover, there", "title": "Black Power" }, { "docid": "10185282", "text": "Seeger, Columbia executive, Frank Buckley Walker, recalls recording the duo: So I went up to Lafayette for a weekend. I happened to know something of the story of the Cajuns and was astounded at the interest that there was in their little Saturday night dances. A single singer would have a little concertina-type instrument and a one-string fiddle and a triangle, those were the instruments, but they would always have a singer and of course they sang in Cajun. And to me it had a funny sound. So I brought down a little group. I think his name was Joe", "title": "Joe Falcon" }, { "docid": "7999897", "text": "what I wanted to do on the arrangement, the glockenspiel on the beginning and the big 12-string acoustic guitar and the strings, and then came the day to record the song...It was about midnight and I sang it and it went well. I could see everyone behind the glass panel getting excited and I thought great, they all really like the song, and as I finished I was waiting for them to press the button so they could speak to me and say 'great, we've got a hit' or whatever, and the person pressing it said: 'Lee, we think Martin", "title": "Save Your Kisses for Me" }, { "docid": "7079568", "text": "don’t support it when the release of methane or contamination of water is present. I don’t support it — No. 3 — unless we can require that anybody who fracks has to tell us exactly what chemicals they are using. So by the time we get through all of my conditions, I do not think there will be many places in America where fracking will continue to take place. And I think that's the best approach, because right now, there are places where fracking is going on that are not sufficiently regulated.\" According to PolitiFact, the implementation of Clinton's three", "title": "Political positions of Hillary Clinton" }, { "docid": "7822790", "text": "to get out of the rain. So as I was doing that, I thought, fuck it, I might as well write something. Gossard on the song: We wrote it, we played it and Ed sang it, which is another thing that he does. I'd never seen anyone engage with song writing the same way. Here's the song, let me play it for you. It goes like this. Okay, theres a change here, let's do it and he would sing it. I'd hear the melodies and I'd think, okay, he's gonna write words or whatever and then I realized later that", "title": "Oceans (Pearl Jam song)" }, { "docid": "18134175", "text": "I think I've honed in on what my thing is. A lot of me is very sarcastic and very dry, so I incorporate that. Now that I'm older and I have more sense of self, I try to incorporate who I am now, as opposed to who I was when I was playing Cassie. So Mariah is a fuller person.\" Upon the revelation that Cassie's \"ghost\" was an actual person hired by Cassie's adoptive grandfather, Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) to gaslight her mother Sharon, several connections which Mariah shared with other characters on the show's canvas came to light. Victor's", "title": "Mariah Copeland" }, { "docid": "7269224", "text": "is the only \"Groovy Decoy\" track not included on this re-issue. All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock, except as indicated. Groovy Decay Groovy Decay was the second solo album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1982. His backing band for the record featured Sara Lee of Gang of Four on bass and Anthony Thistlethwaite of the Waterboys on sax. Hitchcock refuted claims that he held contempt for the record itself in a 1990 interview. He explained, \"The recording of \"Groovy Decay\" was a drag, so we released the demos for it and called it \"Groovy Decoy\" because it was fractionally different", "title": "Groovy Decay" }, { "docid": "5022251", "text": "Toni Wine Toni Wine (born June 4, 1947 in Washington Heights, New York City, United States) is an American pop music songwriter, who wrote songs for such artists as The Mindbenders (\"A Groovy Kind of Love\"), Tony Orlando and Dawn (\"Candida\"), Elvis Presley, and Checkmates, Ltd. (\"Black Pearl\") in the late 1960s and 1970s. Wine also sang the female vocals for the cartoon music group The Archies, most notably on their #1 hit song \"Sugar, Sugar\" (singing the line, \"I'm gonna make your life so sweet\"). However, she did not sing the lead vocal in the song \"Jingle Jangle\", but", "title": "Toni Wine" }, { "docid": "987070", "text": "Arago: He sees difficulty with this proceeding by subscription; it is almost certain – just as I myself have been convinced ever since looking on my first specimens – that subscription would not serve. Everyone says it is superb: but it will cost us the thousand francs before we learn it [the process] and be able to judge if it could remain secret. M. de Mandelot himself knows several persons who could subscribe but will not do so because they think it [the secret] would be revealed by itself, and now I have proof that many think in this way.", "title": "Daguerreotype" }, { "docid": "5492899", "text": "Juno Awards of 2005, where it \"brought the audience to its feet for a two-minute ovation.\" Lang also sang it at the 2006 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame when Cohen was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Cohen's partner, singer Anjani Thomas, said: \"After hearing k.d. lang perform that song at the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2006 we looked at each other and said, 'well, I think we can lay that song to rest now! It's really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection'.\" Lang sang it at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic", "title": "Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)" }, { "docid": "18963416", "text": "stopped because it was illegal, but not the case. The summer of 2010 was renamed \" Local TV \" but this time, instead of informative, informational and was not particularly \"children's\" TV station and raised childhood Nickelodeon. In September of the same year it was renamed the Nickelodeon. After three years of absence (2010-2013), the SBC now broadcasts on the frequency of the former music TV channel \" Jeronimo Groovy TV (JGTV) \" who previously had homonymous radio station, \"Jeronimo Groovy 88.9 FM Radio Station\" (JGRS, now HIT 88.9) musician who remains until today. Originally started as a music channel", "title": "Social Business Channel" }, { "docid": "18329244", "text": "could tell a story about the lives of fathers who went through those times. I once saw a photograph of my father a long time ago. He was so young. But I was curious what made my father, who had been so young, into the dictator-like father that he was now. Thinking about it, it seemed that having passed through an era rife with dictators in both the North and the South, he couldn't just stay young. [...] Like all the fathers of our time, he is awkward at communicating affectionately with his offspring. I think that hurt me a", "title": "Lee Hae-jun" }, { "docid": "5780281", "text": "the orchestration process. (\"Those words were a solo for my voice. I couldn’t play a solo on an instrument so I used my voice instead. The different language was a vocal exercise. I still do that now. If I don’t have a lyric, I make a sound. On \"Olias\", I sang it and sang it until we created twenty voices and finished up with this tangible energy.\") The album made the Top 10 in the British album charts (reaching No. 8) and also made the Billboard Top 50. Very little of it has ever been performed live. Although \"Ocean Song\"", "title": "Olias of Sunhillow" }, { "docid": "2655693", "text": "as \"very much [a dance album]—more so than any of my other albums.\" Looking to her next effort, Ellis-Bextor said she was planning an \"album that's really different. I think I need to do something different now and move on from the dance stuff. I might come back to it, but I think this album is a good way to bow out of the dance sound for now. I think it's finishing on a high.\" She worked with Calvin Harris, Armin van Buuren, Richard X, Dimitri Tikovoi, Hannah Robinson, Metronomy, and Liam Howe from the Sneaker Pimps. The first single", "title": "Sophie Ellis-Bextor" }, { "docid": "15568264", "text": "I’ve been thinking about it for months. I think I can't go back to stand on that place anymore. [...] I can't go back anymore. Thanks for all of your love and all of your hope, thank you so much and I feel so sorry that I [am disappointing beloved fans]…From now…I think I can't be in the entertainment [industry] or back to be a singer anymore since I was sick…But I haven't got any confidence to go back to do it. I'm sorry that I made you all have to wait for me…and I made you all feel confused.", "title": "Rania (band)" }, { "docid": "13765524", "text": "some people can deal with that sort of situation. I now see it as sort of a gift in a way; I stepped up. At the time I stood up for gay rights so much. So I can see it now as a good thing for me. It turned me into a better person, I think. When asked if he had been writing material recently, Rutherford stated: \"There were the tracks left off the solo thing so I decided to redo them. One of them has a choir and an orchestra on it. Yeah, I would say they are more", "title": "Oh World" }, { "docid": "60947", "text": "and rally to support that in Fresno, California, on 30 May 2009. She publicly stated that she refused to get married until same sex marriage became legal in the United States, saying: \"I don't want to get married because right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights. I think it would be exactly the same if we were married, but for me to go through that kind of ceremony, because I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want", "title": "Charlize Theron" }, { "docid": "3207819", "text": "20 she replied, \"No. I actually think I look better now because I feel so much better about myself now. And that's what's so exciting. As you get older, you get better... Look at all these incredible women, like Vanessa Redgrave, who are still so beautiful. The reason is because they embrace who they are.\" She has appeared on the covers of \"Shape\", \"Cosmopolitan\", \"Allure\", \"Glamour\", \"Lucky\", \"InStyle\", \"Maxim\" and \"Entertainment Weekly\". During her time as a model, Larter moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. In 2002, she moved to New York for a period of three years. In", "title": "Ali Larter" }, { "docid": "3918855", "text": "in October that year. In August 2004 he told David Adams and Lloyd Harkness of \"Sight\" magazine, \"I burnt out, I suppose. At the time I was so convinced that God was asking me to leave and (now) I’m just not so sure... I just knew I had to go and I think, in a way, it was escaping a damaging spirituality that I'd allowed to happen. I don't want to blame those guys for it – it was my problem. Now I have become a very different person and so you can see that there was a divergence of", "title": "Geoff Bullock" }, { "docid": "14886341", "text": "his casting process: \"It was like a week long process. I did three or four auditions. I went in the casting office with Robert Ulrich and sang three or four songs. Did the studio test, network test, and I found out the next day and went right into the studio to record 'Billionaire. Discussing his character in an interview with \"The TV Chick\", Overstreet commented: \"I think I put a little bit of my personality in him. I would say so. I’m such a nice, sweet guy that you don’t even have to act, it's me. I'm kidding, I'm kidding.", "title": "Sam Evans" }, { "docid": "903031", "text": "the old days and I think it might be just coming back for a bit of a revival\", she explained in the interview.\"Because, I have to say I adore our young ones and I think we have got some of the prettiest and loveliest girls in the world but I think sometimes the behaviour gets a bit bad and I think the girls let themselves down. They are so pretty and so lovely but they should behave better, I think, then they will be more successful.\" In 1999 she appeared in the Comic Relief \"Doctor Who\" parody \"The Curse of", "title": "Joanna Lumley" }, { "docid": "4062713", "text": "and PlayStation jailbreaker Geohot makes mention of Lik Sang in his rap response to Sony's lawsuit against him, where he raps \"I shed a tear every time I think of Lik Sang\". Lik Sang Lik Sang () was a popular distributor of Asian electronics. The company sold import games, toys, figures, anime-related items, and obscure adapters and controllers for various game platforms. Lik Sang closed as of October 24, 2006, as a result of multiple lawsuits filed against them by Sony. Lik-Sang was established in 1998 in Hong Kong. It became well known for its sales of modchips for game", "title": "Lik Sang" }, { "docid": "4703069", "text": "\"Two Occasions\" (1987), with Babyface. In the second verse of \"We Belong Together\", Carey sings: \"Bobby Womack's on the radio / Singing to me, 'If you think you're lonely now'.\" She then flips across a radio dial: \"So I turn the dial, tryin’ to catch a break / And then I hear Babyface / 'I only think of you...'.\" The line \"If you think you're lonely now\" is from the song of the same name and \"I only think of you\" is from the chorus of \"Two Occasions.\" In the remix she also says \"I only think of you /", "title": "We Belong Together" }, { "docid": "19148566", "text": "and that boldness of self-expression, which I think they both do. Luna does it effortlessly in that she’s who she is and she has no problem with that and she doesn’t ever try to inhibit or change herself. And I think Emily is the same way, slightly more defiantly. I think Emily is a lot angrier at the world and sees so much fakery and pretension among her teenage peers, and I think she rebels against that by being so authentic and so true to herself. I just admire women like that because I, certainly growing up, felt unusual, felt", "title": "My Name Is Emily" }, { "docid": "541565", "text": "film roles was as Agatha Christie's Belgian master detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film \"Murder On The Orient Express\". Finney became so well known for the role that he complained that it typecast him for a number of years. \"People really do think I am 300 pounds with a French accent\" he said. While being known for his dramatic roles, Finney appeared and sang in two musical films: \"Scrooge\" and the Hollywood film version of \"Annie\", which was directed by John Huston, who directed him once again in \"Under The Volcano\" two years later. He also sings in Tim", "title": "Albert Finney" }, { "docid": "16794342", "text": "a solo album originally came from the group's record label, Columbia Records: Originally it was Columbia Records saying, \"You're doing a solo record now. We're tired of the band.\" But, it (Dog's Eye View) was their idea in the first place. I was always a solo guy. So I was like, \"OK.\" So I made that record as Peter Stuart and didn't even think about it when I got off the label with it. Didn't think of it being a Dog's Eye View record because it wasn't. It was a solo record. His first solo album was originally slated to", "title": "Propeller (Peter Stuart album)" }, { "docid": "13313132", "text": "continued to be French. I think it's much more Danish now, but it may well be I am wrong.\" ' When asked about his position on Arnold Schoenberg and atonal music, Jersild stated: \"\" ... I think it's kind of putting things upside down to begin with theory and then make music. The music must beam of itself. And so it is perhaps sometimes a later generation given to work out technical, theoretical ideas. I find atonal music hard to follow, because I think that the results do not suggest that it is a good approach.\" \" Upon receiving the,", "title": "Jørgen Jersild" }, { "docid": "12448126", "text": "wanna use this one from now on!' She had no idea what it was, just loved it, and I went along with something that felt right for her. We've been using it ever since, and it sounds great on her voice,\" Chapman said. \"Love Story\" was recorded with Pro Tools and tracking vocals, which Swift sang live with the band. The band consisted of acoustic guitars, bass guitars, and drums. All other instruments were overdubbed by Chapman. He said, \"I think there are nine acoustic guitars on that track, and I stacked several background vocals — me singing, 'Ah's'.\" Audio", "title": "Love Story (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "9423022", "text": "a life all its own despite criticism from traditionalists, some media and (at first) even a few bowlers on the PBA tour. In the 2007 \"CLR Windy City Classic\" final between Brad Angelo and Robert Smith, Stone said to his fellow commentator, \"I think I'm going to call four strikes in a row a hambone. I think I'm going to force it on bowling.\" Though many bowlers were slow to embrace the catchphrase, it has become extremely popular with PBA management, and even more so with bowling fans who now bring \"hambone\" placards to flash on camera whenever someone rolls", "title": "Rob Stone (sportscaster)" }, { "docid": "14203010", "text": "it was coming home every lunchtime and evening and tinkling my piano until eventually I did get something out of it which was the song 'Love Really Hurts Without You'. My left hand started playing the melody and my right hand just did some down beats and my voice just started coming out with [the opening lyric] 'You run around town like a fool and you think that it's groovy' and the song just came together there and then.\" Ocean admitted that his song's tune strongly resembled the Four Tops' 1965 Pop/Soul classic \"I Can't Help Myself\", which via Donnie", "title": "Love Really Hurts Without You" }, { "docid": "19152794", "text": "Williams had previously commented on the events surrounding her return, stating in an interview with Robin Roberts that \"there's a lot of people who feel I should return, so the people who harbor the resentment I understand it but realize that all of those people that were part of the old guard are no longer there.\" In the same interview, Roberts mentioned to Williams that in the present day (c. 2015), \"people now release [similar] things to make a career.\" Williams responded: \"That's crazy. To think that oh you can look at a scandal and think that that would be", "title": "Vanessa Williams and Miss America" }, { "docid": "16285935", "text": "trial while 36 percent supported it; the rest being undecided. Putin stated that while he saw \"nothing good\" about the band's protest, \"Nonetheless, I don't think that they should be judged so harshly for this.\" The defendants pleaded not guilty, saying that they had not meant their protest to be offensive. \"We sang part of the refrain 'Holy shit',\" Tolokonnikova said in court. \"I am sorry if I offended anyone with this. It is an idiomatic expression, related to the previous verse — about the fusion of Moscow patriarchy and the government. 'Holy shit' is our evaluation of the situation", "title": "Pussy Riot" }, { "docid": "17098606", "text": "made any money from the song, despite Diplo's reported agreement: \"I'm meeting with my lawyer ... so I'm gonna find that out. I think it's mostly because of all the legal shit. I didn’t clear the samples because I was in my fucking bedroom on Grand Street. I wasn't going to think to call up [Delgado], I didn’t even know who it was who did that [sample]; I knew the Jayson Musson [sample]. So I found myself in that fucking pickle. Legal letters and shit. Ugh. Lawyers. So exposure-wise it was fantastic, but everything else...\" \"Pitchfork\" journalist Larry Fitzmaurice labelled", "title": "Harlem Shake (song)" }, { "docid": "13258672", "text": "last two verses of A. A. Milne's poem \"In the Dark\" in \"Now We Are Six\" echoes the verbal play of crib talk. <poem>So—here I am in the dark alone, There's nobody here to see; I think to myself, I play to myself, And nobody knows what I say to myself; Here I am in the dark alone, What is it going to be? I can think whatever I like to think, I can play whatever I like to play, I can laugh whatever I like to laugh, There's nobody here but me. I'm talking to a rabbit ... I'm", "title": "Crib talk" }, { "docid": "20123621", "text": "radio on 23 May 2017. \"Switch\" was recorded by Azalea in August 2016. However, she needed a female singer to sing its chorus and spent months trying to find a fitting voice, claiming she wanted to think outside the box. In a radio interview with Zach Sang, Azalea discussed the track, adding: \"I couldn’t think of who should sing on this song with me because I just really wanted to bring another female energy. I didn’t really have any female collaborations yet on my album and I think people really enjoy me collaborating with other women and I wanted to", "title": "Switch (Iggy Azalea song)" }, { "docid": "20886260", "text": "last couple of seasons, espeically in the couture, but are now, make them ready for ready-to-wear,” explained Simons. “And so in that sense, I like to call it a very, very sensitive, pure, romantic futurism—futuristic romanticism. I wanted to do something, which is a little more pure than what we usually do. I think I feel like that because of what I think was happening to the fashion world in general. Things become, they go to a peak of like overexposure and overdecorated, and seen on the internet and clicked away a split second. Things are so instant and so", "title": "Christian Dior Ready-to-Wear runway collections" }, { "docid": "8690399", "text": "they would rather record \"I Think We're Alone Now\"; the group recorded the song the following morning, and the album was mastered on Monday, three days afterwards. The album version was drastically reworked for the single release, due to the initial version having been so hastily recorded. Higgins said that \"Xenomania used the only idea they could think of, which was to make the song sound like 'Something Kinda Ooooh.'\" Sarah Harding said, \"We’ve given it a Girls Aloud twist, made it a bit clubbier, and also brought it up to date.\" The single features an alternative vocal arrangement and", "title": "I Think We're Alone Now" }, { "docid": "18130443", "text": "song didn't fit him. Trent Summar sang in the demo, and Ron Stuve pitched the song to Joe Fisher at UMG who put it on hold for David Nail. According to Nail, \"Kiss You Tonight\" had the impact on him similar to what \"Need You Now\" by Lady Antebellum had. He said that it \"was a song that the first time I heard it I knew I was going to record it. There was just something about it that made me remember so many songs from the past that, you know there’s not a specific thing that jumps out at", "title": "Kiss You Tonight" }, { "docid": "6005682", "text": "\"I can't think of anything to say\", then Peter Watts' laugh and another sample \"I think it's nice (ha ha ha)\". with: The uncredited manic laughter is that of Pink Floyd's then-road manager, Peter Watts. Brain Damage (song) \"Brain Damage\" is the ninth track from English rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album \"The Dark Side of the Moon\". It was sung on record by Roger Waters (with harmonies by David Gilmour), who would continue to sing it on his solo tours. Gilmour sang the lead vocal when Pink Floyd performed it live on their 1994 tour (as can be heard", "title": "Brain Damage (song)" }, { "docid": "13543972", "text": "story that's new and fresh...but I have wanted to go back into space...I think outer space adventure is a good thing for us right now, 'cause Earth is so grim...so we've been talking about it, but very generally.\" Scott remarked that, if the series were to continue, the most logical course would be to explore the origins of the space jockey and the Aliens. Weaver supported this idea, saying \"I think it would be great to go back, because I'm asked that question so many times: 'Where did the Alien come from?' People really want to know in a very", "title": "Alien (film)" }, { "docid": "8929524", "text": "Sommers sang \"It's Pepsi, For Those Who Think Young\" (to the tune of \"Makin' Whoopee\") and, later, \"Come Alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation\" in commercials. She came to be referred to as \"The Pepsi Girl\". Years later she sang the jingle \"Now You See It, Now You Don't\" for the sugar-free companion product, Diet Pepsi. Sommers' voice work for animated films includes \"The Peppermint Choo Choo\", which was scrubbed, although the music was released; Rankin/Bass' \"The Mouse on the Mayflower\" as Priscilla Mullins (1968); and \"\" (1973) in dual roles as the Fat Broad and the Cute Chick. In", "title": "Joanie Sommers" }, { "docid": "3228568", "text": "twice but never sang the full role in the theater. As Freni told \"Opera News\" in 1987, 'I am generous in many ways, but not when I think it will destroy my voice. Some singers think they are gods who can do everything. But I have always been honest with myself and my possibilities.'\" Freni starred in the 1975 film \"Madama Butterfly\" opposite Plácido Domingo, with Karajan conducting and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle directing, and in 1976, played Susanna in the Ponnelle film \"Le nozze di Figaro\", which also featured Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Hermann Prey. In 1978 she", "title": "Mirella Freni" }, { "docid": "18167072", "text": "The Ladies Who Lunch (song) \"The Ladies Who Lunch\" is a song from the Broadway musical \"Company\", sung by the character Joanne. It was written by Stephen Sondheim, and was introduced by Elaine Stritch, whose signature song it became. In regard to her performance, which one interviewer described as filled with \"rage\", Elaine Stritch responded \"I don’t think I sang it with rage. First of all, she drank. I should have made you understand that. Anyway, when you drink, you can do anything you want, and it’s not always very attractive. I tried to say to the audience, 'And here’s", "title": "The Ladies Who Lunch (song)" }, { "docid": "10634685", "text": "than her lesbian romances, \"...I think they're a couple of reasons. I don't think that you can necessarily say, you know, that they were scared of it...because I think they didn't want to turn people off because they wanted people to invest in the story. And they thought, 'Well, if we go too far...' Like, they were afraid that people who had — who didn't know gay people, and this was very new to them... You know. So I think that was admirable. And I think as we went, we got more into it, and they let us kiss more", "title": "Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone" }, { "docid": "18167076", "text": "film \"Camp\". A parody of the song was performed by drag performer Jinkx Monsoon, who included it in her debut album \"The Inevitable Album\" under the title \"Ladies in Drag\". The Ladies Who Lunch (song) \"The Ladies Who Lunch\" is a song from the Broadway musical \"Company\", sung by the character Joanne. It was written by Stephen Sondheim, and was introduced by Elaine Stritch, whose signature song it became. In regard to her performance, which one interviewer described as filled with \"rage\", Elaine Stritch responded \"I don’t think I sang it with rage. First of all, she drank. I should", "title": "The Ladies Who Lunch (song)" }, { "docid": "7802136", "text": "Andy Williams released a version on his 1962 album: \"Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes\". Miss Peggy Lee sang a swinging version of the song on her 1967 album titled \"Something Groovy\". Karrin Allyson included it in her debute album \"I Didn't Know About You\" (1992) John Pizzarelli with his trio and guest Harry Allen on tenor sax recorded a very mellow version on \"After Hours\" (1995). Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau plays this with his trio in his 1995 studio album \"Introducing Brad Mehldau\". His version runs at about 280 beats per minute in a 7-in-a-bar meter. On the", "title": "It Might as Well Be Spring" }, { "docid": "4759963", "text": "Academy Award with good artistic value. I think that pride is genuine, so I would not think that's hypocritical at all. Not only in my judgment, I literally meet people who are genuinely happy. No, no, I don't think so, it's just like they don't want homosexual movie shown in the movies, it's hard to put American logic... It's just something else. I don't know how to describe it, it's just something else. So what can I say? The word \"brokeback\" () has entered the Chinese lexicon as a slang word for homosexuality. As well as this, the film, upon", "title": "Brokeback Mountain" }, { "docid": "16591349", "text": "months in between writing songs. There was so much thought put into that record, so much of me being a perfectionist, like, 'Okay, this really has to sound a certain way.' In a lot of ways, I listen to that record now and think I thought way too hard on this. To me, it’s sort of missing something… even though I'm so proud of that record and I think a lot of the songs are good. I mean, you should like your own music, otherwise why even make it?\" \"Nocturne\" received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic,", "title": "Nocturne (Wild Nothing album)" }, { "docid": "18007639", "text": "process of the song. \"But I'm just thankful now, I think in any sense, whether it's difficult or whether it's good, music is such therapy, so for me this album as a whole has been very therapeutic and each song has helped me in a different way. I just think it's there, it's on the album. I could get into everything, I could talk about everything in depth, but everything that ended up on the record is a part of me, so I don't think I could have had a record without including all the aspects of my journey.\" The", "title": "If You Say So" }, { "docid": "20224517", "text": "about the unreleased song, Grace Chatto said: \"That song with Marina And The Diamonds is a really special song for us, but since we performed it live at Coachella we've been trying out different directions for the production. Now we're kind of thinking we might go back to the original, so there was no need for anyone to wait two years!\" Jack Patterson said: \"It's like maybe 30 different versions of it on my laptop. I think we've finished one, actually — I was working on it on the way [to New York] on the plane, so I think we're", "title": "Disconnect (song)" }, { "docid": "14540861", "text": "it in some way. And obviously Train is doing really well right now, and I don’t think that can be ignored. Everyone thought it was a good idea.\" Allen also stated it never crossed his mind to feature Monahan, commenting, \"It wasn’t that type of song where you say, 'We need someone else on this.' Now that it’s done, I hope it does really well, man. I really do.\" He also said the song was not written as a typical duet, so the feature was not meant to come off as a duet, as listeners may think of the song", "title": "The Truth (Kris Allen song)" }, { "docid": "4009819", "text": "or five weeks. All of a sudden, for 'Jack & Diane,' Mick said 'Johnny, you should put baby rattles on there.' I thought, 'What the fuck does put baby rattles on the record mean?' So he put the percussion on there and then he sang the part 'let it rock, let it roll' as a choir-ish-type thing, which had never occurred to me. And that is the part everybody remembers on the song. It was Ronson's idea. The opening guitar riff and drum beat of \"Jack & Diane\" were sampled as a hook on Jessica Simpson's single \"I Think I'm", "title": "Jack & Diane" }, { "docid": "20693262", "text": "think \"it [was] right for the band\". When the demo was leaked in 2010, it quickly received positive reaction from Westlife's fan base and its Asian audience. In many Southeast Asian countries, it was frequently played at weddings. The demo version uploaded onto YouTube in 2011, has since garnered more than 160 million views. In September 2014, during Filan's You and Me Tour show in Beijing, China, an attendee asked him to perform \"Beautiful in White\", much to his surprise. Filan said: \"I was literally like 'wait, how do you even know about that?!' [...] So I basically sang the", "title": "Beautiful in White" }, { "docid": "14440522", "text": "\"The Dow is dopey, ... It gained 1,000 points since mid-April. That's impressive. If it falls 100 points, so be it.\" \"Now, this day prior to the long weekend, I don't think we'll have the cavalry charge at the close today. But I think this has legs. I think it could drive forward to, say, Dow 8500.\" \"The weakness from Friday carried forward to the international markets and we could get a horrific open here today. The concerns stem from the rising rates structure and what we got on Friday was something of a good news, bad news syndrome.\" Larry", "title": "Larry Wachtel" }, { "docid": "12622917", "text": "Koi wa Groovy x2 On October 3, 2008, Ito left a message on her blog to say that she had recorded a new song with an up-beat tempo. On several fan sites and forums, it was rumored that the single was entitled \"Good Beat Good Beat\". Originally the first verse of the song started with \"Hey boy\", but it was later changed to \"Hey girl.\" Explaining the change, Ito said: When I was recording the lyrics (to \"Koi wa Groovy²\"), they were actually \"Hey boy,\" but when I was recording I was thinking, wait, I'm not out to go to", "title": "Koi wa Groovy x2" } ]
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who was the first black student admitted to the university of mississippi
[ "James Howard Meredith" ]
[ { "docid": "749563", "text": "James Meredith James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an African-American Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, political adviser and Air Force veteran. In 1962, he became the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, after the intervention of the federal government, an event that was a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. In 1966 Meredith planned a", "title": "James Meredith" }, { "docid": "749563", "text": "James Meredith James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an African-American Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, political adviser and Air Force veteran. In 1962, he became the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, after the intervention of the federal government, an event that was a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. In 1966 Meredith planned a", "title": "James Meredith" } ]
[ { "docid": "18992772", "text": "Reuben V. Anderson Reuben V. Anderson (born 1943) was a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1985 to 1990. Anderson was born in 1943, in Jackson, Mississippi. His father was a bricklayer, and his great-great-grandparents were slaves. He graduated from Tougaloo College in 1965. He received his law degree in 1967, from the University of Mississippi, a mere five years after it admitted its first black student, James Meredith, and four years after it admitted its first black law student. Anderson first worked as a civil right lawyer, in the firm Anderson, Banks, Nichols & Leventhal, from 1967 to", "title": "Reuben V. Anderson" }, { "docid": "17883009", "text": "The first part of the book examines each of the sheriffs individually, in relation to their families and their home counties, and in the context of the segregated (\"totalitarian\") society of the time in Mississippi. The second part focuses on James Meredith, the first black student at the University of Mississippi. When he was admitted, the sheriffs were convened to deal with issues at the university. In the third segment, Hendrickson discusses the descendants of these sheriffs. While researching and writing the book, Hendrickson was financially supported through fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts. Published", "title": "Paul Hendrickson" }, { "docid": "13517217", "text": "University of Southern Mississippi. White segregationists erupted into riots on the campus of the University of Mississippi in 1963 when a federal court ordered that James Meredith be admitted. Governor Ross Barnett had gained political points in the state for his refusal to concede, and President John F. Kennedy authorized National Guard troops to quell the rioting and protect Meredith. It is not documented as to how Holmes became the first black student to enroll at Mississippi State. His decision likely had several origins: himself, perhaps his mentor Dr. Conner, the local NAACP, President Dr. Dean W. Colvard and members", "title": "Richard E. Holmes" }, { "docid": "5352597", "text": "Mississippi University for Women Mississippi University for Women, also known as MUW or \"The W\", is a four-year coeducational public university located in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. It was formerly known as the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls (II&C) and later Mississippi State College for Women (MSCW). Men have been admitted to MUW since 1982 and currently make up 19% of the student body today. Upon its establishment in 1884, Mississippi University for Women became the first public women's college in the United States. Then formally titled the Industrial Institute and College for the Education", "title": "Mississippi University for Women" }, { "docid": "12179089", "text": "Black Cultures<br> 2nd Annual NBGSC<br> Mississippi State University<br> Mississippi State, Mississippi<br> May 17–20, 1990 Research and Service: Black Intellectual Activism on the Horizon of the Twenty First Century<br> 3rd Annual NBGSC<br> University of California, Berkeley<br> Berkeley, California<br> May 30-June 2, 1991 The Research Problem: Black Scholarly Activism on the Horizon of the 21st Century<br> 4th Annual NBGSC<br> Howard University<br> Washington, D.C.<br> May 21–24, 1992 Cultivating a Vision: The Black Community in the Midst of Global Change<br> 5th Annual NBGSC<br> University of Minnesota<br> Minneapolis, Minnesota<br> May 27–30, 1993 Promoting the African Diaspora through Education<br> 6th Annual NBGSC<br> Mississippi State University<br> Mississippi", "title": "National Black Graduate Student Association" }, { "docid": "12179084", "text": "would address the many issues concerning black graduates that were given attention during the meeting. The National Black Graduate Student Association (NBGSA) was established at the end of the national conference in 1989. Todd C. Shaw, Doctoral Student at the University of Michigan was elected the first national president. His executive board consisted of Jacqueline M. Davis, graduate student at Mississippi State University as Vice-President, Donna Cochran, graduate student at the University of Michigan as Recording Secretary, Barbara Gates, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Michigan as Corresponding Secretary, and Minora Sharpe, graduate student at Pennsylvania State University as Treasurer.", "title": "National Black Graduate Student Association" }, { "docid": "12179097", "text": "Fit: Keys to Unlocking Self-Potential\" Mississippi State University<br> Mississippi State, Mississippi<br> October 1–2, 2010 Empowering and Integrating Black Scholars: Looking Back, Reaching Out, Moving Forward in Institutions of Higher Learning<br> University of Oregon<br> Eugene, Oregon<br> October 8–10, 2010 Engagement, Consciousness and Pride: Leadership in the Pan African Community<br> University of Cincinnati<br> Cincinnati, Ohio<br> November 2010 National Black Graduate Student Association, Inc.<br> MSC 590507 <br> Washington, D.C., 20059 <br> Tel/Fax: (800) 471-4102<br> email: [email protected]<br> website: www.nbgsa.org National Black Graduate Student Association National Black Graduate Student Association (NBGSA) is the nation’s largest interdisciplinary graduate organization for students of African descent. The association", "title": "National Black Graduate Student Association" }, { "docid": "17748996", "text": "the Law School Student Government Association. He was an active member of the Black Law Student Association and of many other organizations. In December 2002, he received his Juris Doctorate (Law Degree) from the Mississippi College School of Law. He has been admitted to the Mississippi Bar and is licensed to practice before the Mississippi Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and the all state courts of Mississippi. Clark is the President of the Holmes County Branch of the National Association for the", "title": "Bryant Clark" }, { "docid": "2305825", "text": "James W.C. Pennington James William Charles Pennington (c. 1807 – October 22, 1870) was an African-American orator, minister, writer, and abolitionist active in Brooklyn, New York. He escaped at the age of 19 from slavery in western Maryland and reached New York. After working in Brooklyn and gaining some education, he was admitted to Yale University as its first black student. He completed studies and was ordained as a minister in the Congregational Church, later also serving in Presbyterian churches for congregations in Hartford, Connecticut; and New York. After the Civil War, he served congregations in Natchez, Mississippi; Portland, Maine;", "title": "James W.C. Pennington" }, { "docid": "3637526", "text": "Lee M. Russell Lee Maurice Russell (November 16, 1875May 16, 1943) was a Mississippi politician. He was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi and later attended the University of Mississippi. During his time as a student, he was the leader in a movement to abolish Greek fraternities. Russell graduated from the university in 1901 and enrolled in the University of Mississippi School of Law. After completing the course, he was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Oxford, Mississippi. Russell was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1907 and to the Mississippi State Senate in 1909. In 1912,", "title": "Lee M. Russell" }, { "docid": "12179085", "text": "At the second annual conference, \"Global Perspective on Black Cultures\" that was held at Mississippi State University, the attendees voted to incorporate NBGSA in the state of Mississippi. Dr. Phyllis Gray-Ray, Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at the institution, served as the first National Advisory Chair and the first Executive Director of NBGSA. Mississippi State University became NBGSA's home in 1994, and the association remained in that location until 1997. NBGSA in its early years followed the career of Dr. Gray-Ray. In 1997, she accepted a position at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. The", "title": "National Black Graduate Student Association" }, { "docid": "3165893", "text": "university admitted its first small group of black students in the 1920s. The number of black students remained relatively low until the 1980s and 90s, when the institution, reading and welcoming the signs of change in the country, committed itself to a deliberate and planned process of internal transformation. From the 1980s to the early 1990s, the number of black students admitted to the university rose by 35 percent. By 2004, nearly half of UCT's 20,000 students were black and just under half of the student body was female. Today the university boasts having one of the most diverse campuses", "title": "University of Cape Town" }, { "docid": "1680959", "text": "Hall Association, the Black Student Alliance, the Mississippi State University College Democrats and Republicans, Music Maker Productions, the Baptist Student Union, the Engineering Student Council, Arnold Air Society, the Stennis-Montgomery Association and ChallengeX. There are many international student organizations active on campus, including the Nepalese Student Association and ISA, which organize various programs to educate students about their culture and traditions. The national literary magazine \"Jabberwock Review\" is also based at MSU. Mississippi State's local radio station is WMSV. Prior to WMSV, Mississippi State had a student-run radio station, WMSB, which went off the air permanently at the end of", "title": "Mississippi State University" }, { "docid": "2290122", "text": "or state university in the United States in 1855, and for much of the next century, public universities, and land grant universities in particular, would lead the way in mixed-sex higher education. There were also many private coeducational universities founded in the 19th century, especially west of the Mississippi River. East of the Mississippi, Wheaton College (Illinois) graduated its first female student in 1862, while Cornell University and the University of Michigan each admitted their first female students in 1870. Around the same time, single-sex women's colleges were also appearing. According to Irene Harwarth, Mindi Maline, and Elizabeth DeBra: \"women's", "title": "Mixed-sex education" }, { "docid": "1680944", "text": "Holmes, a graduate of Henderson High School in Starkville, became the first African-American student to enroll. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Congress the year before, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was being debated, and the United States Supreme Court had ruled in \"Brown v. Board of Education\" (1954) that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. The School of Architecture admitted its first students in 1973, the College of Veterinary Medicine admitted its first class in 1977. The MSU Vet school (commonly referred to as the CVM) is the largest veterinary school under one roof in", "title": "Mississippi State University" }, { "docid": "5228617", "text": "female equivalent (\"Miss Ole Miss\"), which had been bestowed upon female students on campus for over a decade. Several distinguished Ole Miss alumni have been elected to one of these two positions, including former University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat. In 1975, former National Football League standout Ben Williams became the first black student to be elected \"Colonel Reb.\" \"Gentle Ben\", as he is affectionately known by many in the Ole Miss community, was also the first black football player at Ole Miss. In 1989, star Ole Miss women's basketball player Kimsey O'Neal became the first black student to gain", "title": "Colonel Reb" }, { "docid": "7421316", "text": "Charles Betts Galloway Charles Betts Galloway (1 September 1849 – 12 May 1909) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1886. He was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Bishop Galloway's great uncle was the Rev. Charles Betts of the North Carolina Conference of the M.E. Church. Bishop Galloway's conversion to the Christian faith occurred in 1867 while he was a student at the University of Mississippi. Also while at the university, he was a member of the fraternity St. Anthony Hall. He was admitted to the Mississippi Annual Conference of the M.E. Church, South in 1868.", "title": "Charles Betts Galloway" }, { "docid": "706116", "text": "this branch campus in Fredericksburg exclusively for women, UVA maintained its main campus in Charlottesville as near-exclusively for men, until a civil rights lawsuit of the 1960s forced it to commingle the sexes. In 1970, the Charlottesville campus became fully co-educational, and in 1972 Mary Washington became an independent state university. When the first female class arrived, 450 undergraduate women entered UVA, comprising 39 percent of undergraduates, while the number of men admitted remained constant. By 1999, women made up a 52 percent majority of the total student body. The University of Virginia admitted its first black student when Gregory", "title": "University of Virginia" }, { "docid": "10334121", "text": "John H. Marsalis John Henry Marsalis (May 9, 1904 – June 26, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado. Born in McComb, Pike County, Mississippi, Marsalis attended the public schools of McComb, Mississippi. He moved with his parents to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1922. Student at the University of Mississippi in 1925 and 1926. He graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 1934. He was admitted to the bar March 14, 1935, and commenced the practice of law in Pueblo, Colorado. Investigator in district attorney's office in Pueblo in 1935 and 1936. He entered the United States Army", "title": "John H. Marsalis" }, { "docid": "2068300", "text": "A&M's football rivalry matchup. The practice fizzled in the 1970s when each school began admitting both male and female students, although the schools do still collaborate in several academic and service programs. Like most non-HBCU institutions in Texas, the school originally admitted only white students. The university integrated in 1961, admitting its first African-American student, Alsenia Dowells, to study nursing; while Dowells only attended for one year, six more black women enrolled the following year. The university currently boasts a 20% black student population and is also designated as a Hispanic-serving institution, with more than 25% of its full-time student", "title": "Texas Woman's University" }, { "docid": "17708116", "text": "for reverse discrimination because MXLU mostly admitted black students and hired black staff members. In defense, the Council of Elders responded in writing, \"MXLU would be open to all who desire an education which would prepare then to work with groups of black persons. Because black students are more committed to the cause of solving the problems of being black in America, the student body would be mostly black.\" Fuller could not garner sufficient funds after the end of 1969 because of the controversies surrounding him and MXLU's sources of funding. First, many people in the Episcopal Church criticized it", "title": "Malcolm X Liberation University" }, { "docid": "301241", "text": "its first black student, George Boyer Vashon, who became one of the founding professors at Howard University and the first black lawyer admitted to the Bar in New York State. The African Americans of Oberlin and those attending Oberlin College \"have experienced intense challenges and immense accomplishments since their joint founding in 1833. Its African American and other students of color have used education and activism to influence the college, the town, and beyond. Their efforts have helped Oberlin remain committed to its values of freedom, social justice, and service.\" The College's approach to African Americans was by no means", "title": "Oberlin College" }, { "docid": "13891784", "text": "6 and the name Texas Tech University went into effect that September. All of the institution's schools, except Law, became colleges. The university was integrated in 1961 when three African-American students were admitted. After its initial rejection of the students' enrollment and the threat of a subsequent lawsuit, the university enacted a policy to admit \"all qualified applicants regardless of color\". The university offered its first athletic scholarship to a black student in 1967, when Danny Hardaway was recruited to play for the Red Raiders football team. In 1970, Hortense W. Dixon became the first African-American student to earn a", "title": "History of Texas Tech University" }, { "docid": "16750957", "text": "period when James Meredith entered the University of Mississippi as its first black student, over the opposition of Governor Ross Barnett and the Mississippi Legislature, Wiesenburg was one of two legislators, the other being Joe Wroten of Greenville, who took a strong stand for civil rights and observance of the law. Wiesenburg stated of the Barnett administration that, \"His administration will go down as the worst since Reconstruction days.\" He wrote a five-part series of articles titled \"The Oxford Disaster...Price of Defiance\" that was published in the Pascagoula newspaper \"The Chronicle\" between December 17–21, 1962. The articles detailed the applicable", "title": "Karl Wiesenburg" }, { "docid": "6476929", "text": "Scotland; and Benjamin A. Bozeman. They were the first men of color appointed to the University Board of Trustees. Moses encouraged admission of black students, and the college established a preparatory school and 5-year, pre-freshman program to help blacks make up for having been closed out of formal education. In 1873 Henry E. Hayne, the Republican secretary of state, was the first black student admitted to the college; he studied medicine. This notable event was covered by national media; the \"New York Times\" described the mixed-race Hayne, who was born free before the war, \"as white as any of his", "title": "Franklin J. Moses Jr." }, { "docid": "7383807", "text": "to raise the funds. Supporters across North Carolina made contributions to the band including Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith, who donated $25,000. Anthony S. Jones ended his twenty-year tenure as Director of Bands in 2015, moving on to serve as Director of Bands at Livingstone College. Dorothy Counts was the first black student admitted to the Harry P. Harding High School in 1957. She was one of the four black students enrolled at various all-white schools in the district for the first time in American history. After four days of massive harassment that threatened her safety, her parents forced", "title": "Harding University High School" }, { "docid": "19707249", "text": "maximum-security prison for men in the state of Mississippi. Of all the Freedom Riders, white or black, Winonah Beamer served the longest sentence and was the only Freedom Rider who served her full term. A white student at historically black Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, she joined the Freedom Riders in the summer of 1961. Winonah Beamer joined four other activists on a train from Nashville, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi, where they were arrested in the Illinois Central terminal on June 9, 1961. While in prison she refused bail and refused to file an appeal, later saying, \"I didn't", "title": "Winonah Myers" }, { "docid": "3764940", "text": "in Itta Bena. Whites of that town also objected to having a black institution nearby, so the final site chosen was away from the downtown area, and on land that was not good for cultivation. In 1964, Mississippi Vocational College was renamed as Mississippi Valley State College. In February 1969, a nonviolent student boycott, which included eight hundred students, male and female, was organized to protest President James Herbert White's administration. The students demanded required courses in black history, more library purchases of works by black writers, remedial courses in English and Math, scheduling of prominent black speakers, and fewer", "title": "Mississippi Valley State University" }, { "docid": "12086651", "text": "an all-white elementary school in Mississippi, which would have been a first, but his wife and children fled. That year he also applied to the all-white University of Mississippi and was committed to an asylum for trying to attend it; his brother C.B. King was able to help free him. Additionally, Clennon King sought the support of Martin Luther King Jr.; they met and MLK later wrote Governor James P. Coleman on behalf of Clennon King. Just two years later, James Meredith became the first black student at that university. In 1960, King ran for President as candidate of the", "title": "Clennon Washington King Jr." }, { "docid": "10876900", "text": "Republican secretary of state, was admitted as the first black student; he was of mostly white ancestry with a white politician father. The admission of black students to the University was inevitable, and three factors contributed to this. First, the University never achieved a level of enrollment that was commensurate with its financial backing by the legislature. Enrollment never exceeded one hundred students, whereas the enrollment at Wofford College exceeded that mark in 1870. White students were believed to avoid the university from fear it would be integrated. The second reason was the failure of the state to provide an", "title": "History of the University of South Carolina" }, { "docid": "17124544", "text": "continued seven years after the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. One of the first black applicants to NGC was a girl by the name of Mary Wilson, who, in 1951, wrote a letter to Hoag inquiring of the possibility of her admission to the college. Instead of answering directly, Hoag referred the letter to the Board of Regents, which simply reiterated the state's prohibition of racial integration in schools. It wasn't until 1967 that a man by the name of Kenneth Rouse became the first black student to be admitted to NGC. Following Hoag's retirement", "title": "History of the University of North Georgia" }, { "docid": "349040", "text": "of Houston has remained strong . The original charter of Rice Institute dictated that the university admit and educate, tuition-free, \"the white inhabitants of Houston, and the state of Texas\". In 1963, the governing board of Rice University filed a lawsuit to allow the university to modify its charter to admit students of all races and to charge tuition. Ph.D. student Raymond Johnson became the first black Rice student when he was admitted that year. In 1964, Rice officially amended the university charter to desegregate its graduate and undergraduate divisions. The Trustees of Rice University prevailed in a lawsuit to", "title": "Rice University" }, { "docid": "3354897", "text": "School, the first black high school west of the Mississippi. She first won a local radio competition at age 17, singing Verdi's demanding aria \"O don fatale\" (from \"Don Carlo\"). One of the prizes for first place was a scholarship to the local music conservatory; however, as the institution was segregated, it would not accept a black student. Embarrassed, the contest promoters arranged for her to study at Boston University College of Fine Arts (1955) instead. She later transferred to Northwestern University, where she met the German dramatic soprano and noted Wagnerian singer Lotte Lehmann, with whom she later studied", "title": "Grace Bumbry" }, { "docid": "3305073", "text": "the University of Arizona cafeteria. Mo and Stewart were respected student athletes and Mo was student body president. On their way to lunch at the Student Union one day, they saw a group of black students eating lunch outside the building. Black students were allowed to buy food in the cafeteria, but had to eat outside. When Mo and Stewart invited Morgan Maxwell Jr., a black freshman, to share their table in the cafeteria, it helped to calm some long-simmering racial issues surrounding segregation at the university. Udall received his law degree and was admitted to the Arizona bar in", "title": "Stewart Udall" }, { "docid": "7499973", "text": "for International Education. Its British Studies program regularly sends more than 200 students each summer to live and study in London. Originally called the Mississippi Southerners, the Southern Miss athletic teams became the Golden Eagles in 1972. The school's colors, black and gold, were selected by a student body vote shortly after the school was founded. While mascots, names, customs, and the campus have changed, the black and gold colors have remained constant. USM offers 16 sport programs at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The University of Southern Mississippi was founded on March 30,", "title": "University of Southern Mississippi" }, { "docid": "15495789", "text": "Revolution\", is about James Meredith and his struggle to be admitted to the University of Mississippi. The second, \"Die Weisse Rose\", deals with Hans and Sophie Scholl, students at the University of Munich who exposed Nazi atrocities, and the third, \"Soar to Heaven\", depicts students who were forced to denounce their parents during the Cultural Revolution in China. This story is based on part of John Pomfret's book \"Chinese Lessons\". The three stories come together at the end of the opera. The opera requires: Some excerpts from reviews in British newspapers, March 2011: Kommilitonen! Kommilitonen! (\"Young Blood!\", or \"Student Activists\",", "title": "Kommilitonen!" }, { "docid": "12364989", "text": "Silas Robbins Silas Robbins (February 14, 1857 – September 11, 1916) was the first African American admitted to practice law in the U.S. state of Nebraska in 1889, and the first black person in Omaha, Nebraska to be admitted to the Nebraska State Bar Association. Prior to serving in Nebraska, Robbins was admitted to the bar in Indiana and Mississippi. In 1887 Robbins became the second African American to run for Nebraska State Legislature, winning the endorsement of Gilbert Hitchcock's \"Omaha World-Herald\". After losing the race, Robbins continued to serve in Omaha. In 1889 Robbins became the first black lawyer", "title": "Silas Robbins" }, { "docid": "19768467", "text": "rights movement gained some successes and James Meredith was admitted as the first black to the University of Mississippi, Natchez was the center of Ku Klux Klan activity opposing integration and the movement. E. L. McDaniel, the Grand Dragon of the United Klans of America, the largest Klan organization in 1965, had his office in Natchez at 114 Main Street. In August 1964, McDaniel established a klavern of the UKA in Natchez, operating under the cover name of the Adams County Civic and Betterment Association. Despite the violence, Forrest A. Johnson, Sr., a well-respected white attorney in Natchez, began to", "title": "History of Natchez, Mississippi" }, { "docid": "2017155", "text": "other institutions in New Jersey, the school was racially segregated for many years. It was first integrated in 1936, when the college admitted its first black student. The college granted an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree to Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1965. The school became co-educational in 1966, though women had been admitted to the school's evening program in 1930 and a group of 35 women had been admitted due to low enrollment during World War II. The college has made an effort to reach out into the New Jersey suburbs, with a satellite campus in St. Michael's Villa", "title": "Saint Peter's University" }, { "docid": "6007130", "text": "until 2003, part of the University of the North. The University sports facilities cater for more than 20 sports, medical facilities and cultural activities, ranging from the political arena to outdoor life and the creative arts. It has a student centre, a student newspaper and a campus radio station. In addition, students have access to a library, a career and guidance centre, a student theatre and a computer centre. In 2010 Webometrics ranked the university the 9th best in South Africa and 2095th in the world. After having previously been open only to whites, UFS admitted its first black students", "title": "University of the Free State" }, { "docid": "20814671", "text": "was an all-American as a defensive back, an academic all-American, and was elected Mr. Mississippi State by his fellow students. This was the first time a black student had won any sort of election at the school. Just before graduation, he married LaFawn Gilliam in the Chapel of Memories at Mississippi State. Upon graduation, Dowsing was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, but instead chose to fulfill a lifelong dream by attended medical school at the Mississippi University School of Medicine. Within two years of their marriage, Dowsing was divorced, and dropped out of medical school in his third year. This", "title": "Frank Dowsing" }, { "docid": "749598", "text": "University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (colloquially known as Ole Miss) is a public research university in Oxford, Mississippi. Including the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, it is the state's largest university by enrollment. The university was chartered by the Mississippi Legislature on February 24, 1844, and four years later admitted its first enrollment of 80 students. The university is classified as an \"R1: Doctoral University—Highest Research Activity\" by the Carnegie Foundation and has an annual research and development budget of $121.6 million. The university ranked 145 in the 2018 edition of the US News Rankings of", "title": "University of Mississippi" }, { "docid": "7499980", "text": "for the admission of their first black students. A faculty guardian and tutor was secretly appointed for each to help with the transition. The campus police department was instructed to prevent or quickly stop any incident against the two black students. Student athletic, fraternity, and political leaders were recruited to keep the calm and protect the university from the kind of negative publicity that Ole Miss had suffered during rioting against Meredith's enrollment. As a result, black students Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong and Raylawni Branch were enrolled without incident in September 1965. In 2018, USM unveiled a Freedom Trail Marker in", "title": "University of Southern Mississippi" }, { "docid": "1175167", "text": "and most male students going into three houses on Merton Street. This policy was abandoned in 2007, with all accommodation now mixed by gender and course. Undergraduate admission to the college, like other Oxford colleges, is based solely on academic potential. In 2010, it was (incorrectly) reported that Merton had not admitted a black student in the previous five years. A university spokeswoman commented that black students were more likely to apply for particularly oversubscribed subjects. The University also reported that Merton had admitted at least one black undergraduate since 2005. Since the introduction of an official Norrington Table published", "title": "Merton College, Oxford" }, { "docid": "13219852", "text": "University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry is a dental graduate school that is part of the University of Mississippi. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, it is the only dental school in Mississippi. Founded in March 1973, the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry, a part of University of Mississippi admitted its first class in 1975. The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry of Dentistry awards following degrees: The school ranks fifth in part one of", "title": "University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry" }, { "docid": "16494009", "text": "the desegregation of Mississippi community colleges, many students chose to go to other schools. In addition, student expectations were changing. In 1982 the campus closed. In November 1999 the Mississippi Industrial College Alumni Association, Inc. (MICAAI) was organized in order to preserve the campus and buildings, which had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The University of Mississippi said \"the campus now lies in disrepair.\" In 2008 Rust College acquired the defunct institution's campus. 7. Dr. Jessie J. Edwards, '75, Mississippi Industrial College Mississippi Industrial College Mississippi Industrial College was a historically black college in", "title": "Mississippi Industrial College" }, { "docid": "13517212", "text": "Richard E. Holmes Richard Holmes (b. Chicago, Feb. 17, 1944) is an American medical doctor who specialized in emergency department medicine. As a third-year college student, in 1965 he enrolled in the previously segregated Mississippi State University. He was one of five black Mississippians who pioneered the effort to desegregate the major state universities of Mississippi as part of the Civil Rights Movement. Following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, his enrollment was the most peaceful of these efforts to that point. Holmes completed his college degree and graduated from MSU. After service in the United States Army,", "title": "Richard E. Holmes" }, { "docid": "9761687", "text": "no formal military training. UCC began admitting ethnic minority students early in its history. The first black student enrolled in 1831 the first Jewish student in 1836 and the first aboriginal student in 1840; some graduates from the Ojibway peoples of Upper Canada having gone on to study at Dartmouth College and Harvard University. Even though there have been ethnic minority students admitted to UCC, the school continued to maintain a reputation as a \"bastion of WASP privilege\" through the first 150 years of its history. In relation to this, diplomat James George, a student between 1926 and 1936, said", "title": "History of Upper Canada College" }, { "docid": "456078", "text": "his name would be for \"whites only.\" This request was eventually overruled, and Raymond L. Johnson Rice University's first black student was admitted in 1969. The Rice School in Houston is also named after William Marsh Rice. William Marsh Rice William Marsh Rice (March 14, 1816 – September 23, 1900) was an American businessman who bequeathed his fortune to found Rice University in Houston, Texas. Rice was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the third of ten children of David and Patty (née Hall) Rice. His first job was as a grocery store clerk in Springfield, at the age of 15. By", "title": "William Marsh Rice" }, { "docid": "1913306", "text": "a burst of revolutionary fervor. The academy moved to Lexington in 1780, when it was chartered as Liberty Hall Academy, and built its first facility near town in 1782. The academy granted its first bachelor's degree in 1785. Liberty Hall is said to have admitted its first African-American student when John Chavis, a free black, enrolled in 1795. Chavis accomplished much in his life including fighting in the American Revolution, studying at both Liberty Hall and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), becoming an ordained Presbyterian minister, and opening a school that instructed white and poor black students", "title": "Washington and Lee University" }, { "docid": "19146230", "text": "must commit to changing the culture at this university.\" Later that month, the student group \"Concerned Student 1950\" was created, referring to the first year the University of Missouri admitted black students. On October 24, a police officer responding to a property damage complaint reported that an unknown vandal had smeared feces in the shape of a swastika on a bathroom wall in a dorm on campus. The university's Department of Residential Life filed photographs of the fecal smear in a hate crime incident report, and the residential life director emailed a number of people on campus, including a organization,", "title": "2015–16 University of Missouri protests" }, { "docid": "1816304", "text": "who served two years on the court beginning in 1990; and former law professor Justice Russell Brown, who was named to the court in 2015. Violet King Henry was the first black woman lawyer in Canada, the first black person to graduate law in Alberta and the first black person to be admitted to the Alberta Bar. She was also the first woman named to a senior management position with the American national YMCA. University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A and UAlberta) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It", "title": "University of Alberta" }, { "docid": "8536155", "text": "The University of Southern Mississippi. Lucas grew up in Mississippi where she received her Bachelor's from Mississippi State University in 1978, her Master's and her PhD in higher education from the University of Alabama. Lucas began her career at Mississippi State working in student affairs before moving on at age 29 to become the youngest Vice-President for Student Affairs and the first female Vice-President at Baldwin-Wallace College. Later, she served as Senior Vice-President for Campus Life at Emory University before being announced in February 2000 as the 10th president and first female president of Millsaps College. After 22 years of", "title": "Frances Lucas" }, { "docid": "3060090", "text": "subsided and the public's focus on their presence there had lessened, and as more and more black students were admitted to the university. Today, black students make up more than one-third of the campus student body and participate in all campus activities. Cecil C. Humphreys became president of MSU, succeeding Smith, in 1960. In 1966, the school began awarding doctoral degrees. Humphreys resigned as MSU president to become the first chancellor of the newly formed State University and Community College System, later renamed the Tennessee Board of Regents. John Richardson was appointed interim president. In 1973, Dr. Billy Mac Jones", "title": "University of Memphis" }, { "docid": "1725906", "text": "College in Nashville, Tennessee, and later attended Vanderbilt University Law School, but did not graduate from either. He also taught school and worked at a drug store during his legal studies, was admitted to the bar in Tennessee in 1906, and began a law practice in Poplarville, Mississippi the following year. During his teaching career, Bilbo was accused of being overly familiar with a female student. At Vanderbilt, though he had been admitted to the senior class, he left without graduating. He was accused of cheating on academics, but it appears more likely that he left school for financial reasons.", "title": "Theodore G. Bilbo" }, { "docid": "5430692", "text": "who went to the University of Mississippi for his MA studies in Journalism. He planned on starting a record label and picked the name with another student, Billy \"Pup\" Cochrane. Co-founder Matthew Johnson, who grew up in the state, was also a student at the University of Mississippi. By 1994 or so Lee left, and freelance recording engineer Bruce Watson assumed his managerial role. An early investor was John Hermann of Widespread Panic, who also pitched Robert Palmer's name as producer. The label initially specialised in discovering blues players from the North Mississippi region, many of whom had never recorded", "title": "Fat Possum Records" }, { "docid": "6059397", "text": "... making significant portions moot. On another front, young people attempted to integrate the state's institutions of higher education. James Meredith, the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, was greeted with the Ole Miss riot of 1962 as opponents rushed to the campus from the region. A white mob attacked 500 United States marshals deployed by President John F. Kennedy to ensure Meredith's safety. Rioters assaulted the marshals with bricks, bottles, and gunfire before the marshals responded with tear gas. The fighting which ensued claimed the lives of two men and seriously injured dozens more, and", "title": "History of Mississippi" }, { "docid": "12759036", "text": "the first organization devoted to black and Hispanic law students at Temple University while he was a student there, and he has been a member of Temple's Board of Trustees since 1992. Having been the first Puerto Rican to be admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1973, he later succeeded Cesar R. Miranda as executive director for the Spanish Merchants Association of Philadelphia, a self-help group for Hispanics who own or aspire to own businesses. His board and committee memberships include the Free Library of Philadelphia (1982–1993), the Philadelphia Independent Charter Commission (1992–1993), and the World Affairs Council of", "title": "Nelson Diaz (lawyer)" }, { "docid": "15129127", "text": "The town had exhausted its legal options. In September 2017, it complied with federal court order and combined the high schools as Cleveland Central High School. Three miles away, Bayou Academy, founded in 1964, is also a single color. Demographic data for Bayou Academy shows that of the 355 students who attended in the 2015–2016 school year, 4 were black (1%). In Humphreys County to the north, Humphreys Academy had one black student in its 156 student enrollment (2015–2016). Education segregation in the Mississippi Delta The Mississippi Delta region has had the most segregated schools -- and for the longest", "title": "Education segregation in the Mississippi Delta" }, { "docid": "2842732", "text": "of the city. The decisive backer of this project was the last Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, to whom the university bestowed out of thankfulness the honorary title of \"Rector Magnificentissimus.\" In 1902 the student body surpassed one thousand. For the first time included in the student body were women, who since 1900 were admitted as guest students and starting in 1908 were admitted for regular study. After the different Hessian states were (re-)united in 1929, both universities became public universities of that German state. The University of Giessen now has almost 23,000 students and 8,500 employees, which together with the", "title": "University of Giessen" }, { "docid": "7782521", "text": "Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, came with first days rallies and protests. Hunter, who became Charlayne Hunter-Gault after her marriage, graduated from the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at Georgia in 1963 and went on to become a successful journalist for PBS NewsHour (MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour), as well as The New York Times, National Public Radio, and CNN. After graduating from Georgia, Holmes became a medical doctor and was the first black student admitted to the Emory University School of Medicine. Aderhold played a controversial role in the scandal involving athletic director and ex-football coach Wally Butts,", "title": "Omer Clyde Aderhold" }, { "docid": "8492228", "text": "Zambian police. A ZANLA representative met him at the Victoria Falls Bridge and took him back to Lusaka. Once back in Lusaka, Mnangagwa continued his education at the University of Zambia, where he was active in the student board for politics, graduating with a postgraduate law degree. He then completed his articling with a Lusaka-based law firm led by Enoch Dumbutshena, who would later become Zimbabwe's first black judge. He was admitted to the Zambian bar in 1976. At the same time, Mnangagwa was also serving at the Secretary for ZANU's Zambia Division, based in Lusaka. After a couple years", "title": "Emmerson Mnangagwa" }, { "docid": "13074358", "text": "steps to preserve de facto educational segregation. In 1955 the state allowed public schools to use intelligence and other tests to assign students. Such tests were a method to keep schools segregated. The state also allowed public funds to flow to private schools that admitted only students of one race. In 1956 the first Black student was admitted to the University of Alabama, she was then immediately expelled. In 1958 John Patterson was elected governor on a platform that promised \"if a school is ordered to be integrated, it will be closed down.\" As late as 1965, schools in Jefferson", "title": "Education in Alabama" }, { "docid": "11208700", "text": "allow women to receive higher education schooling. The decree passed and was signed by the Liberal government of Alfonso López Pumarejo. The state owned National University of Colombia was the first higher education institution to allow female students. Gerda Westendorp was admitted on February 1, 1935 to study medicine. Gabriela Peláez, who was admitted as a student in 1936 and graduated as a lawyer, becoming the first female to ever graduate from a university in Colombia. María Carulla founded in 1936 the first school of social works under the support of the Our Lady of the Rosary University. After these,", "title": "Women in Colombia" }, { "docid": "12179090", "text": "State, Mississippi<br> May 18–22, 1994 From Many, One: People of the African Diaspora<br> 7th Annual NBGSC<br> University of Florida<br> Gainesville, Florida<br> May 24–28, 1995 Bridging the Gap between Academia and the African Community<br> 8th Annual NBGSC<br> Claremont Graduate University<br> Claremont, California Making our Future by the Best Use of Our Present<br> 9th Annual NBGSC<br> Alliance of Black Graduate and Professional Students of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in collaboration with the North Carolina Triangle Area Black Graduate Student Alliance<br> North Carolina<br> May 21–25, 1997 The Future of Diversity in Higher Education<br> 10th Annual NBGSC<br> University of Texas at", "title": "National Black Graduate Student Association" }, { "docid": "4593853", "text": "Lucinda (Brawley) Gantt, the second black student to attend Clemson, had four children: Sonja, Erika, Angela and Adam. Their daughter, Sonja Gantt, is a former news anchor at WCNC-TV in Charlotte. Harvey Gantt Harvey Bernard Gantt (born January 14, 1943) is an American architect and Democratic politician active in North Carolina. The first African-American student admitted to Clemson University after attending Iowa State University, Gantt graduated with honors in architecture, earned a master's at MIT, and established an architectural practice in Charlotte with a partner. Gantt entered local politics, where he was elected to the city council, serving from 1974", "title": "Harvey Gantt" }, { "docid": "2829694", "text": "in Sheridan, Indiana. While a student at Wabash College, Kendall helped register black voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964, which led to his arrest on multiple occasions.</ref> While in Mississippi, he was the roommate of murdered civil rights worker Andrew Goodman during the last week of Goodman's life. Kendall obtained his B.A. in history from Wabash College in 1966 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). As a Rhodes Scholar, Kendall earned an M.A. at Oxford University in 1968, at Worcester College. It was there he and former President Bill Clinton first met. He earned a J.D. from", "title": "David E. Kendall" }, { "docid": "16836560", "text": "students. The school features a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8 to 1. The school nickname is the Bulldogs. According to \"U.S. News and World Report,\" for the 2009–10 school year Greenwood High School's student body of 719 students was 98 percent of African-American ethnicity and about 1 percent White American. Greenwood High School was one of the first two public high schools in the state of Mississippi to earn accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Around 1988 Greenwood High School was almost split evenly between black and white students. In 1998 it was 92% black. Many white students", "title": "Greenwood High School (Mississippi)" }, { "docid": "12924073", "text": "improve race relations, Kennedy held a private meeting in New York City in May 1963 with a black delegation coordinated by prominent author James Baldwin. In September 1962, Kennedy sent U.S. marshals to Oxford, Mississippi, to enforce a federal court order allowing the admittance of the first African-American student, James Meredith, to the University of Mississippi. The attorney general had hoped that legal means, along with the escort of U.S. marshals, would be enough to force Governor Ross Barnett to allow Meredith's admission. He also was very concerned there might be a \"mini-civil war\" between U.S. Army troops and armed", "title": "Robert F. Kennedy" }, { "docid": "7606022", "text": "the Azerbaijan International University. In August 2008, the then Minister of Education Misir Mardanov voiced concerns over the functioning procedures of the university, namely its alleged student admission in contravention of the official state admission examination. Head of the State Students Admission Commission Maleyka Abbaszadeh confirmed that a preliminary investigation revealed 118 bachelor's students who had been admitted first-hand by the university in one year alone without being put through a unified state exam. Two high-ranking employees of the university responsible for student admission were charged with bribery. They admitted in court that they had accepted bribes from prospective students", "title": "Azerbaijan International University" }, { "docid": "12364991", "text": "temple, apparently motivated by a long-time illness. Silas Robbins Silas Robbins (February 14, 1857 – September 11, 1916) was the first African American admitted to practice law in the U.S. state of Nebraska in 1889, and the first black person in Omaha, Nebraska to be admitted to the Nebraska State Bar Association. Prior to serving in Nebraska, Robbins was admitted to the bar in Indiana and Mississippi. In 1887 Robbins became the second African American to run for Nebraska State Legislature, winning the endorsement of Gilbert Hitchcock's \"Omaha World-Herald\". After losing the race, Robbins continued to serve in Omaha. In", "title": "Silas Robbins" }, { "docid": "3398715", "text": "Ruthe Lewin Winegarten Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (August 26, 1929 – June 14, 2004) was an American author, activist, and historian. Born in Dallas in 1929, Winegarten attended Forest Avenue High School (known today as James Madison High School), receiving a scholarship to attend Southern Methodist University. She also attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her bachelor's degree in anthropology in 1950, and was active in helping to get the first black student admitted to the University of Texas Law School. She later earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Texas at Arlington", "title": "Ruthe Lewin Winegarten" }, { "docid": "13106703", "text": "privates in the Semmes Rifles, which became Company H of the Ninth Mississippi Volunteer (Infantry) Regiment.Rogers was wounded twice and was commissioned a first lieutenant at the age of nineteen, for gallantry at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. At the war's end in May 1865, Rogers walked nearly a thousand miles from North Carolina to his home in Mississippi. At the war's end, he entered Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, but in 1867 transferred to the University of Mississippi as soon as it reopened. He graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi in 1868, was admitted to", "title": "John Henry Rogers" }, { "docid": "749617", "text": "of sporting events in 2003, was officially replaced by \"Rebel\", a black bear, and then, in 2018, was replaced by The Landshark. All university sports teams are still officially referred to as the Rebels. The university's 25th Rhodes Scholar was named in 2008. Since 1998, it has produced two Rhodes Scholars, as well as 10 Goldwater Scholars, seven Truman Scholars, 18 Fulbright Scholars, a Marshall Scholar, three Udall Scholars, two Gates Cambridge Scholars, one Mitchell Scholar, 19 Boren Scholars, one Boren fellow and one German Chancellor Fellowship. The student-faculty ratio at University of Mississippi is 19:1, and the school has", "title": "University of Mississippi" }, { "docid": "9797786", "text": "Sigma Phi Epsilon revoked the charter of the Jacksonville State University chapter due to hazing and other alleged actions including racism and sexual misconduct. The chapter was ordered to cease operations for three years and remove itself off-campus if the chapter was to be re-activated. In 2014, the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter of the University of Mississippi was closed after three of its members were found guilty of draping a noose around the statue of James Meredith, the first black student to attend the university. A thorough investigation of the chapter also uncovered the fraternity was guilty of brutally hazing", "title": "Sigma Phi Epsilon" }, { "docid": "9797079", "text": "by James S. Rollins, who is known as the \"father of the university.\" It was the first university in Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase and was designed in part upon Thomas Jefferson's original plans for the University of Virginia. Because of this, the original tombstone of Thomas Jefferson was given to MU by Jefferson's heirs in July 1883. In 1849 the first courses in civil engineering west of the Mississippi River were taught at MU. The first department of art was taught by the famous Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham. The College of Education was opened in 1867 and admitted the", "title": "History of the University of Missouri" }, { "docid": "4593849", "text": "Harvey Gantt Harvey Bernard Gantt (born January 14, 1943) is an American architect and Democratic politician active in North Carolina. The first African-American student admitted to Clemson University after attending Iowa State University, Gantt graduated with honors in architecture, earned a master's at MIT, and established an architectural practice in Charlotte with a partner. Gantt entered local politics, where he was elected to the city council, serving from 1974 to 1983. He was elected to two terms as the first black Mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987. In the 1990s, he ran twice for the United States Senate against", "title": "Harvey Gantt" }, { "docid": "7499982", "text": "male homosexuals, were targeted and expelled. McCain's intentions were to purge the campus of all sexual impurities. In 1969, the Afro-American Cultural Society (AACS) was founded. Alvin Williams, an early member of the organization and professor emeritus of media at the university, described AACS as an \"instrumental part of student life for black students\" attending the university in the late 1960s. The organization was later renamed as the African American Student Organization (AASO) in the 1990s. The transition of the 1960s to the 1970s gave way to a surge of social activism and major changes within the university. In response", "title": "University of Southern Mississippi" }, { "docid": "7499983", "text": "to growing concerns of black students, the university ramped its efforts to hire black faculty. In 1972, \"General Nat\" (Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest) was discarded in favor of the Golden Eagles. In 1974, standout football player Fred Cook was voted as the first black Mr. USM. The first black Greek organizations premiered in 1975. By the time McCain retired in 1975, enrollment had climbed to 11,000 students. In the years following McCain's campus transformation, The University of Southern Mississippi continued to expand dramatically. Notable changes included: replacement of the quarter system with the semester system, creation of the Polymer", "title": "University of Southern Mississippi" }, { "docid": "1703690", "text": "agricultural economy of the state and of most of their hometowns. At first the school was exclusively for black males, but women were admitted in 1895. Today, women outnumber men at the university 1800 to 1200. Alcorn began with eight faculty members in 1871. Today the faculty and staff number more than 500. The student body has grown from 179 mostly local male students to more than 4,000 students from all over the world. In 1974, Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College was renamed Alcorn State University, representing the development of its programs. Governor William L. Waller signed House Bill 298", "title": "Alcorn State University" }, { "docid": "3461309", "text": "Florence and was a student at the University of Mississippi in 1870 and 1871. He received the degree of A.B. from the University of Alabama in 1873. Reading law under the supervision of his father, he was admitted to the bar in Florence in 1876. In 1901 and in 1910 he was elected and served as president of the Alabama Bar Association. In 1911 he was made a member of the governing board of the American Bar Association. O'Neal served as a presidential elector in Alabama's 8th congressional district in 1888 and was an elector at large from Alabama in", "title": "Emmet O'Neal" }, { "docid": "13521035", "text": "execution-style killings. Finally, on October 1, 1962, Meredith became the first African-American student to be enrolled at the University of Mississippi, and attended his first class, in American History. Meredith graduated from the university on August 18, 1963 with a degree in political science. At that time, there were still hundreds of troops guarding him 24 hours a day although, in order to appease the local sensitivities, 4,000 Black soldiers were removed from the Federal troops under Robert Kennedy's secret orders. Governor Barnett was fined $10,000 and sentenced to jail for contempt. The charges were later dismissed by the 5th", "title": "Ole Miss riot of 1962" }, { "docid": "6490953", "text": "in \"Meredith v. Fair\", where she won James Meredith's effort to be the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962. \"Monkey Bridge\" is the semi-autobiographical story of a mother and daughter who leave Vietnam to come to the United States. Michiko Kakutani of \"The New York Times\" wrote of the novel, \"Cao has not only made an impressive debut, but joined authors such as Salman Rushdie and Bharati Mukherjee in mapping the state of exile and its elusive geographies of loss and hope.\" \"Monkey Bridge\" is part coming-of-age story, part immigration story, part war story and", "title": "Lan Cao" }, { "docid": "1458830", "text": "watched on television as Constance Baker Motley helped escort James Meredith, the first black American to enroll in the University of Mississippi. After graduating third in her class from Andrew Jackson High School, Guinier received her B.A. from Radcliffe College in 1971 and her J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1974. She clerked for Judge Damon Keith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, then served as special assistant to Assistant Attorney General Drew S. Days in the Civil Rights Division during the Carter Administration. She was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in", "title": "Lani Guinier" }, { "docid": "7051263", "text": "and the first black woman admitted to the bar in Mississippi. They have three sons: Joshua, Jonah and Ezra. Peter Edelman Peter Benjamin Edelman (born January 9, 1938) is an American lawyer, policy maker, and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in the fields of poverty, welfare, juvenile justice, and constitutional law. He worked for Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and for the Clinton administration, where he resigned to protest Bill Clinton's signing the welfare reform legislation. Edelman was one of the founders and president of the board of the New Israel Fund. Edelman grew up in a Jewish", "title": "Peter Edelman" }, { "docid": "749577", "text": "the university. In early June 1963, Cleve McDowell enrolled in the law school and became the 2nd black student to attend the University of Mississippi. He was Meredith's roommate. After Meredith finished classes in July, the federal marshals left campus. McDowell was concerned for his safety, and asked for permission to carry a concealed weapon, but it was denied. He carried one anyway, and when it was discovered, he was expelled. He completed his law degree and became a civil rights lawyer and public defender in Mississippi. McDowell was shot and killed in 1997; a 19-year-old client was charged in", "title": "James Meredith" }, { "docid": "17249943", "text": "access to law schools in North Carolina for black women and to her husband's instance, Alexander applied and was the first black woman admitted to Columbia Law School in 1943 at the age of twenty-four. The significance of this achievement is highlighted by the fact that only three black students, all men, had been admitted before her. While initially viewing her legal education as something to “pass the time,” she eventually warmed up to the idea of seriously pursuing a legal career, grew increasingly popular among the student body, and became the first black woman to graduate from Columbia Law", "title": "Elreta Melton Alexander-Ralston" }, { "docid": "1993296", "text": "against UMMC. Robert Q. Marston, MD, then medical dean and Medical Center director, developed a compliance strategy which included hiring the first black faculty member, and integrating the hospitals and clinics. At about the same time, Dr. Blair E. Batson, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UMMC, offered a position in the department's residency education program to Dr. Aaron Shirley, an African-American physician who had attended medical school in Tennessee. Shirley became the first African-American learner at UMMC when he entered the residency program in 1965. University of Mississippi Medical Center University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is the", "title": "University of Mississippi Medical Center" }, { "docid": "15912749", "text": "James Silver James W. Silver (June 28, 1907 – July 25, 1988) was a historian, author of \"Mississippi: The Closed Society\", and professor at the University of Mississippi and later at the University of Notre Dame and the University of South Florida. When rioting erupted on the Ole Miss campus after James Meredith became the University of Mississippi's first African-American student and federal troops moved in to keep order, Silver befriended Meredith. In a speech to the Southern Historical Association in the Fall of 1963, he analyzed the violence with which Mississippi was resisting desegregation. Mississippi was, he said, \"a", "title": "James Silver" }, { "docid": "8592368", "text": "styles, he seemed to love Louis XIV French most of all. He died from a heart attack in 1950, in Philadelphia. Abele attended the Quaker-run Institute for Colored Youth, which later became Cheyney University, where he excelled in mathematics and was chosen to deliver the commencement address. In 1898, he completed a two-year architectural drawing course at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art (PMSIA). He was the first black student admitted to the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. This achievement was all the more noteworthy for the restrictions blacks faced at the university, including not being", "title": "Julian Abele" }, { "docid": "8584799", "text": "lawyer for Robert Dole and Elizabeth Dole in each of their unsuccessful presidential campaigns. Bagert was educated at Jesuit High School, Loyola University New Orleans, and the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, from which he received his juris doctor in 1968. He was a \"Blue Key\" national honor fraternity member and the president of the student body in law school. While in college, he won boxing tournaments which led to part-time work as a longshoreman on the Mississippi River. The friendships he made during this period were an important factor in his early political success. Bagert is admitted", "title": "Ben Bagert" }, { "docid": "1680940", "text": "on February 28, 1878 and admitted its first students in 1880. Organized into 12 colleges and schools, the university offers over 180 baccalaureate, graduate, and professional degree programs, and is home to Mississippi's only accredited programs in architecture and veterinary medicine. Mississippi State participates in the National Sea Grant College Program and National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. The university's main campus in Starkville is supplemented by auxiliary campuses in Meridian, Biloxi, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The 19th and current president of Mississippi State is Mark E. Keenum, a former United States Under Secretary of Agriculture. Mississippi State's intercollegiate sports", "title": "Mississippi State University" }, { "docid": "20094162", "text": "who was famous for his mentorship of young mathematicians but also notorious for his racism. On completing his undergraduate studies, Curtis suggested that Johnson continue as a graduate student at Rice University. Rice's founding charter was to serve only the white citizens of Texas, but the university had determined to break both its racial and its state-based restrictions. Johnson was admitted to Rice in 1963, as its first African-American student, but his admission was delayed until 1964 by a lawsuit against the university by two alumni who did not want this change to happen. Johnson worked at Rice for a", "title": "Raymond L. Johnson" }, { "docid": "19666362", "text": "University of Southern Mississippi wrote that the editing was \"expertly and unobtrusively\" done. Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History: A Diary, 1928-1930 is a diary written by Lorenzo Greene published in 1989 by the Louisiana State University Press and edited by Arvarh E. Strickland. Robert L. Harris of Cornell University described it as \"one of the few documents that provide insight into the early growth of the field of Afro-American history and the life of Woodson\". Greene, at the time a graduate student at Columbia University,", "title": "Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History" }, { "docid": "5499937", "text": "riots at the University of Mississippi in protest against admitting a black student, James Meredith, into the all-white university. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy ordered Walker committed to a mental asylum for a 90-day evaluation in response to his role in the Ole Miss riot of 1962, but psychiatrist Thomas Szasz protested and Walker was released in five days. Attorney Robert Morris convinced a Mississippi grand jury not to indict Walker. Walker was the target of an assassination attempt in his home on April 10, 1963, but escaped serious injury by the attack when a bullet fired from outside hit", "title": "Edwin Walker" }, { "docid": "13129211", "text": "Olive San Louie Anderson Olive San Louie Anderson ( Lexington, Ohio, 1852–1886) was an American woman author and member of the first class of women students who entered the University of Michigan when it became coeducational in 1871. The university had admitted Madelon Stockwell (1845–1924), its first female student, in January 1870. In fall 1871, the university admitted thirty-three more women, two in law, eighteen in medicine, and thirteen in the Department of Science, Literature, and the Arts. Anderson was one of the thirteen. Born on September 30, 1852, in Lexington, Ohio, she was the daughter of Alice Cook and", "title": "Olive San Louie Anderson" }, { "docid": "3088385", "text": "accreditation. In 1967, it admitted Samford's first black student, Audrey Lattimore Gaston. The entire university proceeded with integration. Dr. Andrew Westmoreland was appointed president of the university in 2006. That year, the Jane Hollock Brock Recital Hall was dedicated as part of the university’s fine arts complex. A new soccer and track facility opened in 2011, part of a decade-long expansion of new athletics facilities that included a tennis center, a basketball arena, a football field house and a softball stadium. For the 2012–13 academic year, the economic and fiscal impacts of the university on Alabama were $335.21 million, 2,438", "title": "Samford University" }, { "docid": "17759951", "text": "Hall of Fame, becoming the first person in the school's history to receive the honor. After graduating from North Panola High School, Kent entered Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi where she majored in Journalism and Public Relations. While at Northwest, Kent was voted a Homecoming Maid and became the first African-American to be elected President of the freshman student Senate. She subsequently transferred to Mississippi State University where she earned a bachelor's degree. While at MSU, Kent become the first African-American woman to be voted to the Student Association, serving as the Attorney General. Kent was inducted into", "title": "Germany Kent" }, { "docid": "3160013", "text": "Robert Khayat Robert Conrad \"Bob\" Khayat (born April 18, 1938) was the 15th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi. He was appointed in 1995. Khayat, a former student of the University of Mississippi, is the only Chancellor of the university to be a member of the Student Hall of Fame there. He has B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Mississippi and a LL.M. degree from Yale University. He was born in Moss Point, Mississippi. His brother is Ed Khayat, former NFL defensive lineman and Philadelphia Eagles head coach. Khayat played American football in the National Football League from", "title": "Robert Khayat" } ]
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where is the capital city located in california
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[ { "docid": "404645", "text": "are: Sacramento, California Sacramento ( ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's estimated 2018 population of 501,334 makes it the sixth-largest city in California and the 9th largest capital in the United States. Sacramento is the seat of the California Assembly, the Governor of California, and Supreme Court of California, making it the state's political center and a hub for lobbying and think tanks. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic", "title": "Sacramento, California" }, { "docid": "404645", "text": "are: Sacramento, California Sacramento ( ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's estimated 2018 population of 501,334 makes it the sixth-largest city in California and the 9th largest capital in the United States. Sacramento is the seat of the California Assembly, the Governor of California, and Supreme Court of California, making it the state's political center and a hub for lobbying and think tanks. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic", "title": "Sacramento, California" }, { "docid": "404553", "text": "Sacramento, California Sacramento ( ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's estimated 2018 population of 501,334 makes it the sixth-largest city in California and the 9th largest capital in the United States. Sacramento is the seat of the California Assembly, the Governor of California, and Supreme Court of California, making it the state's political center and a hub for lobbying and think tanks. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic core", "title": "Sacramento, California" }, { "docid": "1017105", "text": "city, and Interstate 5, U.S. Highway 50 and California State Route 99 are all located from three to from the city. The Business 80 freeway otherwise known as the Capital City Freeway begins near Citrus Heights and ends in Downtown Sacramento. Sacramento International Airport is located approximately from the city, while rail transportation provided by Amtrak is accessible in Roseville (about from the city). A public bus transportation is currently also provided by the Sacramento Regional Transit District. Citrus Heights is primarily served by the San Juan Unified School District. San Juan is the ninth largest school district in California", "title": "Citrus Heights, California" }, { "docid": "1023659", "text": "Modesto, California Modesto (Spanish for \"modest\"), officially the City of Modesto, is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, it is the 18th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Modesto–Merced combined Statistical Area. The Modesto Census County Division, which includes the cities of Ceres and Riverbank, had a population of 312,842 . Modesto is located in the Central Valley, north of Fresno, north of Merced, California, east of San Francisco, south of the state capital of Sacramento, west of", "title": "Modesto, California" }, { "docid": "1017121", "text": "employers in the city are: Companies based in Elk Grove include ALLDATA, Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, and Frontier Communications of the Southwest. Elk Grove is serviced by a fared bus system called e-Tran that drives on many of the city's main routes. Elk Grove is a sister city of Concepción de Ataco in El Salvador. Elk Grove, California Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2018, the population of the city was estimated at 173,702. The second-largest", "title": "Elk Grove, California" }, { "docid": "11872764", "text": "Circle of Palms Plaza The Circle of Palms Plaza is located in downtown San Jose, California. It is composed of a ring of palm trees encircling a California State Seal, and designates the California Historical Marker 461, the site of California's first state capital from 1849-1851. When California became part of the USA in 1850, San Jose was the second incorporated city of the new state after Sacramento, and the first official state capital of California. A two-story adobe hotel built around 1830 became the first state capitol and hosted the first legislative sessions in 1850 and 1851. This site", "title": "Circle of Palms Plaza" }, { "docid": "1017113", "text": "Elk Grove, California Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2018, the population of the city was estimated at 173,702. The second-largest city in Sacramento County, Elk Grove was the fastest growing city in the U.S. between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005. The City of Elk Grove incorporated on July 1, 2000. It is a general law city with a council/manager form of government. One of Elk Grove's most significant aspects is the Elk Grove Unified", "title": "Elk Grove, California" }, { "docid": "15252031", "text": "sales taxes is that sales tax rates vary in California from 7.25% (in areas where no additional local sales taxes are levied) to 10.25%. For example, the city of Sacramento, the state capital, has a combined 8.25% sales tax rate, and Los Angeles, the largest city in California, has a combined 9.50% sales tax rate. The combined tax rate of all local sales taxes in any county is generally not allowed to exceed 2.00 percent. However, this is a statutory restriction and the California Legislature routinely allows local governments, through the adoption of separate legislation, to exceed the 2.00 percent", "title": "Sales and use taxes in California" }, { "docid": "8368570", "text": "California Department of Education The California Department of Education is an agency within the Government of California that oversees public education. Its headquarters are located in the U.S. state of California's capital city, Sacramento. The department oversees funding and testing, and holds local educational agencies accountable for student achievement. Its stated mission is to provide leadership, assistance, oversight, and resources (via teaching and teaching material) so that every Californian has access to a good education. The State Board of Education is the governing and policy-making body, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is the nonpartisan (originally partisan) elected executive", "title": "California Department of Education" }, { "docid": "10817901", "text": "Capitol Mall The Capitol Mall or Capitol Mall Boulevard is a major street and landscaped parkway in the state capital city of Sacramento, California. It connects Downtown Sacramento with the city of West Sacramento in Yolo County. Centered on the eastern terminus of the Capitol Mall is the 1860s landmark California State Capitol building and parks. The Mall runs westward through Downtown, over the Golden State Highway, past the Riverfront Promenade park, and across the Sacramento River on the iconic Tower Bridge. Some of Sacramento's major businesses and law firms are located on the Capitol Mall. (Due to Sacramento's street", "title": "Capitol Mall" }, { "docid": "13231732", "text": "29th Street station (Sacramento) 29th Street is a side platformed Sacramento RT light rail station in the Midtown neighborhood of Sacramento, California, United States. The station was opened on September 5, 1987, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District. As part of the Gold Line, it has service to Downtown Sacramento, California State University, Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Gold River and Folsom. The station is located at the intersection of 29th Street and R Street, below the overpass of the Business Loop 80/Capital City Freeway, and is the easternmost station in the Central City Fare Zone. Portions of the", "title": "29th Street station (Sacramento)" }, { "docid": "3089901", "text": "– 65th St. and Howe Avenue. The university has conferred over 200,000 degrees since its establishment. CSUS alumni live over all 50 states of the U.S., with over 165,000 residing in California, nearly 3,000 in Washington, 2,500 in Oregon and over 2,000 in Texas. There are also over nearly 1,000 alumni residing in approximately 62 countries, including 102 located in Japan, 90 in India, and nearly 60 in Canada and China. California State University, Sacramento California State University, Sacramento (CSUS; Sacramento State, informally Sac State) is a public comprehensive university in Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state of", "title": "California State University, Sacramento" }, { "docid": "717626", "text": "area. There is also a military transmission site, the Dixon Naval Radio Transmitter Facility. High schools Middle schools Elementary schools Dixon, California Dixon is a city in northern Solano County, California, United States, located from the state capital, Sacramento. The population was 18,351 at the 2010 census. Other nearby cities include Vacaville, Winters and Davis. The first semi-permanent European settlement to develop in the (now) Dixon area emerged during the California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century. During this time, the community of Silveyville was founded as a halfway point between the Pacific coast and the rich gold fields of", "title": "Dixon, California" }, { "docid": "8368576", "text": "secondary education throughout the state, as well as operating the state's three special schools and three diagnostic centers in support of special education. California Department of Education The California Department of Education is an agency within the Government of California that oversees public education. Its headquarters are located in the U.S. state of California's capital city, Sacramento. The department oversees funding and testing, and holds local educational agencies accountable for student achievement. Its stated mission is to provide leadership, assistance, oversight, and resources (via teaching and teaching material) so that every Californian has access to a good education. The State", "title": "California Department of Education" }, { "docid": "15520685", "text": "(AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD WINNER) Alone and Desired Village Architect Daniel Libeskind : Artist Series Second Nature : A Documentary Film About Janne Saario Hedonistic Sustainability The host city, Modesto, has a population of approximately 211,156 as of April 2009, Modesto ranks as the 17th largest city in the state of California. Modesto is located in Northern California, 92 miles east of San Francisco, 68 miles south of the state capital of Sacramento, 90 miles north of Fresno, and 66 miles west of Yosemite National Park. For decades through the 20th century, Modesto was on the cutting edge of architecture in", "title": "Modesto International Architecture Festival" }, { "docid": "717613", "text": "Dixon, California Dixon is a city in northern Solano County, California, United States, located from the state capital, Sacramento. The population was 18,351 at the 2010 census. Other nearby cities include Vacaville, Winters and Davis. The first semi-permanent European settlement to develop in the (now) Dixon area emerged during the California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century. During this time, the community of Silveyville was founded as a halfway point between the Pacific coast and the rich gold fields of Sacramento—along a route commonly traveled by miners. In 1868, Central Pacific railroad came through the area and missed Silveyville by", "title": "Dixon, California" }, { "docid": "9858150", "text": "downtown is currently being evaluated in a joint effort by both Sacramento and West Sacramento. Interstate 80, Interstate 80 Business (Capital City Freeway), California State Route 99 and U.S. Route 50 all intersect in the area. There are many major hotels located in the downtown area of Sacramento. The Hyatt Regency and a Sheraton Grand are located near the State Capitol and the Embassy Suites is located west in the downtown area, closer to the Sacramento River and the Crocker Art Museum. A mid-rise Holiday Inn is located off of Interstate 5, near Old Sacramento. A 230-room, 15-story Residence Inn", "title": "Downtown Sacramento" }, { "docid": "5860987", "text": "July 2014, first time takers had a 61% pass rate. First time California Bar takers from McGeorge in July 2013 had a 67% pass rate. For the February 2015 California Bar Exam, McGeorge students had a 63% pass rate. The McGeorge School of Law is located on University of the Pacific's Sacramento campus at 3200 Fifth Avenue in the Oak Park area of Sacramento, the capital of California. McGeorge School of Law University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law is a private, American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the Oak Park neighborhood of the city of Sacramento,", "title": "McGeorge School of Law" }, { "docid": "404564", "text": "Lode in the Sierra Nevada, the new city grew, quickly reaching a population of 10,000. The California State Legislature, with the support of Governor John Bigler, moved to Sacramento in 1854. The capital of California under Spanish (and, subsequently, Mexican) rule had been Monterey, where in 1849 the first Constitutional Convention and state elections were held. The convention decided that San Jose would be the new state's capital. After 1850, when California's statehood was ratified, the legislature met in San Jose until 1851, Vallejo in 1852, and Benicia in 1853, before moving to Sacramento. In the Sacramento Constitutional Convention of", "title": "Sacramento, California" }, { "docid": "1022822", "text": "Dunsmuir, California Dunsmuir is a city in Siskiyou County, northern California. It is on the upper Sacramento River in the Trinity Mountains. The official city slogan is \"Home of the best water on Earth\". Dunsmuir is currently a hub for tourism in Northern California, with Interstate 5 in California passing through it. Visitors enjoy fishing, skiing, climbing, or sight-seeing. During the steam locomotive railroad era, it was notable for being the site of an important Central Pacific (and later Southern Pacific) railroad yard, where extra steam locomotives were added to assist trains on the grade to the north. Located in", "title": "Dunsmuir, California" }, { "docid": "1016169", "text": "Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. The elevation of Bermuda Dunes is above sea level, but the surface drops by over from west to east. The distance from Bermuda Dunes to Washington, D.C. is approximately . The distance to Sacramento, the California state capital, is approximately , and to Los Angeles, the state's largest city is . Bermuda Dunes shares two ZIP codes with Indio: 92201 and 92203. Its telephone area code is 760. Located in the Coachella Valley desert region, Bermuda Dunes is sheltered by the San Jacinto Mountains to the", "title": "Bermuda Dunes, California" }, { "docid": "1013040", "text": "temperatures of or higher and, conversely, 75 freezing nights and 60 days where the temperature fails to reach . The record high temperature is , set on August 14, 1933, and the record low temperature is , set on January 21, 1937 and on December 9, 1972. Nevada City, California Nevada City (originally, Ustumah, a Nisenan village; later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store) is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States, located northeast of Sacramento and 28 miles north of Auburn. In 1900, 3,250 people lived in Nevada City; in 1910, 2,689 lived there;", "title": "Nevada City, California" } ]
[ { "docid": "12573316", "text": "extreme northwest (where the state's Third District is located) and its extreme northeast (which corresponds to the Second District). The district's head town \"(cabecera distrital)\", where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Mexicali. Between 1996 and 2005, this electoral district covered the whole of the municipality of Mexicali, except for a small pocket in the east of the city of Mexicali, which was part of the Second District. First Federal Electoral District of Baja California The First Federal Electoral District of Baja California \"(I Distrito Electoral Federal de Baja", "title": "First Federal Electoral District of Baja California" }, { "docid": "85775", "text": "Cape Town Cape Town ( ; Xhosa: \"iKapa\"; Dutch: \"Kaapstad\") is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. As the place where the Parliament of South Africa is found, Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. The other two capitals are located in Pretoria (the administrative capital where the President and Cabinet work) and Bloemfontein (the judicial capital where the National Court of Appeal is located). The city is known for its harbour, for its natural", "title": "Cape Town" }, { "docid": "4396904", "text": "Loreto, Baja California Sur Loreto (or Conchó) is a resort town and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, located on the Gulf of California in eastern Baja California Sur state, Mexico. The city of 18,535 inhabitants is located about north of La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur state. The city is a tourist resort, catering mostly to American travelers, with daily flights from California to Loreto International Airport. Loreto was the first Spanish colonial settlement of the Viceroyalty of New Spain on the Baja California Peninsula. The town was founded in 1697 by Jesuit missionaries, who found a steady", "title": "Loreto, Baja California Sur" }, { "docid": "717703", "text": "dock, pump-out station, launch ramp, general store, laundry, restrooms and showers. The Benicia Unified School District operates public schools. Benicia has 1 sister city. Benicia, California Benicia ( ; ; ) is a waterside city in Solano County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It served as the state capital for nearly thirteen months from 1853 to 1854. The population was 26,997 at the 2010 census. The city is located along the north bank of the Carquinez Strait. Benicia is just east of Vallejo and across the strait from Martinez. Elizabeth Patterson has", "title": "Benicia, California" }, { "docid": "1023729", "text": "Patterson, California Patterson is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States, located off Interstate 5. It is 27 miles southeast of Tracy and is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. Patterson is known as the \"Apricot Capital of the World\"; the town holds an annual Apricot Fiesta to celebrate with many drinks, food, desserts and games. The population was estimated to be 21,212 at the 2014 United States Census. Patterson is located at (37.472984, -121.132867). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. The history of Patterson", "title": "Patterson, California" }, { "docid": "1023743", "text": "public buses operated by Stanislaus Regional Transit including commuter service to Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Patterson, California Patterson is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States, located off Interstate 5. It is 27 miles southeast of Tracy and is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. Patterson is known as the \"Apricot Capital of the World\"; the town holds an annual Apricot Fiesta to celebrate with many drinks, food, desserts and games. The population was estimated to be 21,212 at the 2014 United States Census. Patterson is located at (37.472984, -121.132867). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city", "title": "Patterson, California" }, { "docid": "717680", "text": "Benicia, California Benicia ( ; ; ) is a waterside city in Solano County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It served as the state capital for nearly thirteen months from 1853 to 1854. The population was 26,997 at the 2010 census. The city is located along the north bank of the Carquinez Strait. Benicia is just east of Vallejo and across the strait from Martinez. Elizabeth Patterson has served as Mayor of Benicia since 2007. The town is divided into four areas: the East Side (east of First Street), the West Side", "title": "Benicia, California" }, { "docid": "1015573", "text": "Brands company, the DVS Shoes footwear brand relocated from Torrance, California to Westminster. The company's headquarters is located on Fenwick Lane. Four school districts have boundaries that cover parts of Westminster: Robin Dodson, former world champion pool player and Hall of Fame member. Westminster, California Westminster is a city in northern Orange County, California. It is known for a large number of Vietnamese refugees who immigrated to the city during the 1980s, settling largely in the area now officially named Little Saigon, and the city is unofficially known as the \"capital\" of overseas Vietnamese with 36,058 Vietnamese Americans and at", "title": "Westminster, California" }, { "docid": "1019569", "text": "City of Ashiya, Japan since the inception of the Sister City Program in 1961. Student Ambassadors are chosen to travel to Ashiya every year. The City of Montebello has been affiliated with the City of Stepanakert, the capital of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, since 2005, when a much controversial move to facilitate the sister city relationship was made by the Armenian National Committee of the San Gabriel Valley and unanimously approved by the City Council. Montebello, California Montebello (Spanish for \"beautiful mountain\") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located in the southwestern area of the San", "title": "Montebello, California" }, { "docid": "1008261", "text": "which is located just to the south of the city, is made up of city residents. Other major sources of employment include California City Correctional Center (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation); Mojave Air and Space Port and its flight test operations; the Hyundai/Kia Proving Grounds located in the rural southwestern part of the city; and nearby cities, such as Tehachapi, Ridgecrest, Boron, Palmdale, and Lancaster. The area where California City now exists was largely uninhabited prior to the 1960s. Padre Francisco Garcés, a Franciscan missionary, camped at Castle Butte in what is now California City in 1776 during the", "title": "California City, California" }, { "docid": "503316", "text": "Monterey, California Monterey () is a city located in Monterey County in the U.S. state of California, on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on California's Central Coast. It stands at an elevation of above sea level, on a land area of .The 2010 census recorded a population of 27,810. Monterey was the capital of Alta California under both Spain and Mexico. It was the only port of entry for taxable goods in California. In 1846, the U.S. flag was raised over the Customs House, and California became part of the United States after the Mexican–American War. The city had", "title": "Monterey, California" }, { "docid": "1023714", "text": "Oakdale, California Oakdale is a city in the San Joaquin Valley and Stanislaus County, California. It is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. Oakdale goes by the slogan \"Cowboy Capital of the World.\" The population was 20,675 at the 2010 census, up from 15,503 at the 2000 census. The city was founded in 1871 when the Stockton and Visalia Railroad met the Copperopolis Railroad. The site of Taylor's Ferry Crossing is located in Oakdale, a crossing of the Stanislaus River on the 19th century Stockton - Los Angeles Road. Oakdale California was used as a film location for the", "title": "Oakdale, California" }, { "docid": "931515", "text": "Choppers custom motorcycle shop was located in Long Beach, and much of the \"Monster Garage\" cable TV show was shot in Long Beach. Long Beach Green Business Association is an organization working to create economic growth through the promotion of green business and promoting a buy local program for Long Beach. In 2008, the Long Beach, California, City Council approved a locally originated movement to designate the city as the \"Aquatic Capital of America.\" According to the non-profit Aquatic Capital of America Foundation, Long Beach has a temperate year-round climate, ideal off-shore sailing waters, protected Marine Stadium competition zone, and", "title": "Long Beach, California" }, { "docid": "1011295", "text": "Calipatria, California Calipatria (formerly, Date City) is a city in Imperial County, California. Calipatria is located north of El Centro. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Area. The population was 7,710 at the 2010 census, up from 7,289 at the 2000 census, including 4000 inmates at Calipatria State Prison. The community is located along State Route 111. Calipatria is located at . At an elevation of below sea level, Calipatria is the lowest elevation city in the western hemisphere. The city currently claims to have the \"tallest flagpole (184 feet) where the flag flies at sea level\" at", "title": "Calipatria, California" }, { "docid": "8242407", "text": "Cade's County Cade's County is a modern-day Western/crime drama which aired Sundays at 9:30 pm (EST) on CBS during the 1971–1972 television season. There were 24 episodes. \"Cade's County\" starred well-known Hollywood actor Glenn Ford as Sam Cade, the sheriff of the fictional Madrid County, a vast and sparsely populated desert area that was apparently located well inland in the American Southwest. The state in which it was located was never mentioned; it could have been California (where much of the location filming took place), Utah, Nevada, New Mexico or Arizona. Cade made occasional references to going to \"Capital City\"", "title": "Cade's County" }, { "docid": "4779173", "text": "CBS Television City CBS Television City, alternatively Television City, is an American television studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Fairfax Avenue. The studio along with Culver Studios is owned by Hackman Capital Partners. Designed by architect William Pereira, it is one of two CBS television studios in southern California — the other is CBS Studio Center, located in the Studio City section of the San Fernando Valley, which houses additional production facilities and the network's Los Angeles local television operations (KCBS and KCAL). Since 1961, it has served", "title": "CBS Television City" }, { "docid": "1026164", "text": "a paramount Chumash capital at the village of Muwu (today’s Point Mugu). Simo'mo (CA-VEN-24), which translates to “the saltbush patch”, was a Chumash village located upstream from Mugu Lagoon near the city of Camarillo. Various ancient American Indian sites can be found near Conejo Grade, including a site used for religious ceremonies dating back to 500 A.D. Various caves with ancient pictographs are located in the area around Conejo Grade, where two Chumash villages were located: Lalimanux (Lalimanuc or Lalimanuh) and Kayɨwɨš or Kayiwish (Kawyis) (CA-VEN-243). The village of Kayɨwɨš (Chumash: “The Head”) was first encountered by Europeans of the", "title": "Camarillo, California" }, { "docid": "249095", "text": "descent, all originated in Los Angeles. This has led to the city being referred to as the \"Gang Capital of America\". There are three public universities located within the city limits: California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Private colleges in the city include: The community college system consists of nine campuses governed by the trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District: There are numerous additional colleges and universities outside the city limits in the Greater Los Angeles area, including the notable California Institute of Technology (Caltech), one", "title": "Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "15252057", "text": "Area about whether revenues for jet fuel should be credited to San Mateo County (where San Francisco International Airport appears to be physically located), the City and County of San Francisco (where the airport is legally located, because it is owned by the City-County), or Alameda County, where Oakland International Airport is located. (The distinction is largely point of sale delivery vs. point of negotiation for the sale.) This is controlled by Regulation 1802, which has other provisions about businesses which have multiple locations. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration provides an online list of sales taxes in", "title": "Sales and use taxes in California" }, { "docid": "284869", "text": "Nevada Nevada () is a state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 34th most populous, but the 9th least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area where three of the state's four largest incorporated cities are located. Nevada's capital, however, is Carson City. Nevada is officially known as the \"Silver State\" because of the importance of", "title": "Nevada" }, { "docid": "1018220", "text": "United States House of Representatives, Carlsbad is in . Carlsbad's core industries include information technology, video game development, manufacturing, robotics, medical devices, life science, wireless technology, clean technology, action sports, tourism, design development and real estate. In 2013, Google named Carlsbad the digital capital of California with the strongest online business community. Carlsbad is also known as the \"Titanium Valley\" because of it being the golf manufacturing capital of the world. With Callaway Golf Company, TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company, Cobra Golf, Titleist, and Odyssey Golf all located in Carlsbad. According to March 2015 figures, the top employers in the city are:", "title": "Carlsbad, California" }, { "docid": "1023728", "text": "dozens of film productions. Sierra DinnerTrain meanders through open-countryside and offers a unique, year-round venue for dining and family excursions. Oakdale, California Oakdale is a city in the San Joaquin Valley and Stanislaus County, California. It is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. Oakdale goes by the slogan \"Cowboy Capital of the World.\" The population was 20,675 at the 2010 census, up from 15,503 at the 2000 census. The city was founded in 1871 when the Stockton and Visalia Railroad met the Copperopolis Railroad. The site of Taylor's Ferry Crossing is located in Oakdale, a crossing of the Stanislaus", "title": "Oakdale, California" }, { "docid": "1624268", "text": "parallel, plus the uninhabited Rocas Alijos in the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered to the north by the state of \"Baja California\", to the west by the Pacific Ocean, and to the east by the Gulf of California, or the \"Sea of Cortés\". The state has maritime borders with Sonora and Sinaloa to the east, across the Gulf of California. The state is home to the tourist resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. Its largest city and capital is La Paz. The state is the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula, located in the northwest", "title": "Baja California Sur" }, { "docid": "1125614", "text": "indoor olympic-size swimming pool. The swimming pool was acquired from the California R-1 Public School District in 2007. Proctor Park is the largest park in California. This park features a stocked fishing lake, walking trails, tennis courts, frisbee golf course, sand volleyball court, shelter houses and playgrounds. City Park is the oldest park in California. It features basketball and tennis courts and a playground. Railroad Park is located just north of the City Hall along the Union Pacific Railroad. This park is located where the railroad depot was once located. The open-air shelter is a replica of the old depot.", "title": "California, Missouri" }, { "docid": "14405663", "text": "Paso Robles, California Paso Robles ( ; full name: \"El Paso de Robles\" \"The Pass of the Oaks\"; Obispeño: \"elewexe\", \"Swordfish\" ) is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Located on the Salinas River north of San Luis Obispo, California, the city is known for its hot springs, its abundance of wineries, its production of olive oil, almond orchards, and for playing host to the California Mid-State Fair. Paso Robles is located at , approximately halfway between the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Paso Robles is where the region of Northern California ends. The", "title": "Paso Robles, California" }, { "docid": "485811", "text": "south with Dos Hermanas and Gelves and on the west with San Juan de Aznalfarache, Tomares and Camas. Seville is on the same parallel as United States west coast city San Jose in central California. São Miguel, the main island of the Azores archipelago, lies on the same latitude. Further east from Seville in the Mediterranean Basin, it is on the same latitude as Catania in Sicily, Italy and just south of Athens, the capital of Greece. Beyond that, it is located on the same parallel as South Korean capital, Seoul. Seville is located inland, not far from the Andalusian", "title": "Seville" }, { "docid": "4167147", "text": "retired \"Iowa\" opened to the public as a floating educational and naval museum at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California. In the south hall across from the Governor's office is a collection of porcelain dolls representing the 41 Iowa First Ladies in miniature replicas of their inaugural gowns. Where actual descriptions of the gowns could not be found, they are typical of the period. As future First Ladies take their place, they, too, will be represented. Iowa State Capitol The Iowa State Capitol, seat of the Iowa General Assembly, is located in Iowa's capital city, Des Moines,", "title": "Iowa State Capitol" }, { "docid": "1010809", "text": "Mendota, California Mendota is a U.S. city in Fresno County, California. The population was 11,014 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The State Routes 180 and 33 run through the agricultural city. Mendota is located south-southeast of Firebaugh, at an elevation of 174 feet (53 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total land area of , over 99%. At the 2000 census, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total land area of . It is located next to the San Joaquin River, near where the Delta-Mendota Canal intercepts it to", "title": "Mendota, California" }, { "docid": "2650163", "text": "the setting of the 1967 Scott O'Dell children's novel \"The Black Pearl\", chosen as a Newbery Honor Book in 1968., where La Paz is the home of the main character. La Paz, Baja California Sur La Paz (, \"Peace\") is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2015 census population of 244,219 inhabitants, making it the most populous city in the state. Its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of the surrounding towns, such as El Centenario, Chametla and San Pedro. It is in La Paz", "title": "La Paz, Baja California Sur" }, { "docid": "7666364", "text": "Dubuque, Iowa and Poughkeepsie, New York. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global. Peak, Townsquare, and Dial Global were all controlled by Oaktree Capital Management. The sale to Cumulus was completed on November 14, 2013. KSKS KSKS (93.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station located in Fresno, California. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and it airs a country music radio format branded as \"Kiss Country\". Its studios are located at the Radio City building on Shaw Avenue in North Fresno and its transmitter is off Auberry Road in Meadow Lakes, California. 93.7 Kiss Country", "title": "KSKS" }, { "docid": "1019931", "text": "was in the city. First Lutheran Schools was previously located where Concordia San Fernando was later now located. In 2011 the middle and high school consolidated into Concordia Junior Senior High School. The County of Los Angeles Public Library operates the San Fernando Library at 217 North Maclay Avenue. San Fernando, California San Fernando is a city in the San Fernando Valley, in the northwestern region of Los Angeles County, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is an enclave of the city of Los Angeles. The city was named for the nearby Mission San Fernando Rey de España", "title": "San Fernando, California" }, { "docid": "12573354", "text": "Mexicali, including the eastern section of the homonymous city and other cities in the Mexicali Valley such as Los Algodones. The district's head town \"(cabecera distrital)\", where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Mexicali. Between 1996 and 2005, this district corresponded to the western portion of the city of Mexicali and was, at that time, the smallest of the state's electoral districts in terms of geographical area. Second Federal Electoral District of Baja California The Second Federal Electoral District of Baja California \"(II Distrito Electoral Federal de Baja California)\"", "title": "Second Federal Electoral District of Baja California" }, { "docid": "774609", "text": "the national average.Since Merida is the capital city of Yucatan and one of the largest cities in this section of Mexico, region-based urbanization is highly influential, in comparison to city-based urbanization. As the capital city of the state of Yucatan, Merida has its advantages, \"Cities, particularly capital cities, are where the vast majority of modern productive activities are concentrated in the developing world and where the vast majority of paid employment opportunities are located.\" Many resources have been allocated to this region, but not everyone prospers with the influx of these resources. High rates of urban poverty can be attributed", "title": "Mérida, Yucatán" }, { "docid": "1012421", "text": "Livingston, California Livingston is a city in California. Livingston is located west-northwest of Atwater, at an elevation of 131 feet (40 m). According to the 2010 census, the city population was 13,058, up from 10,473 at the 2000 census. Livingston's total area is , including undeveloped farmland annexed in anticipation of future growth. Livingston is located at . It lies slightly uphill from where the Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Merced River. Highway 99 follows the Southern Pacific through the city. The Livingston post office opened in 1873, closed in 1882, and re-opened in 1883. The town was named for", "title": "Livingston, California" }, { "docid": "1022594", "text": "Watsonville, California Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 51,199 according to the 2010 census. Located on the central coast of California, the economy centers predominantly around the farming industry. It is known for growing strawberries, apples, lettuce and a host of other vegetables. Watsonville is home to people of varied ethnic backgrounds. There is a large Hispanic population, as well as groups of Croatians, Filipinos, Portuguese, Sikhs, and Japanese that live and work in the city. The Pajaro Valley, where Watsonville is located, has a climate that is around 60 to 70", "title": "Watsonville, California" }, { "docid": "8888952", "text": "Uliastai Uliastai (; ), also spelled Uliyasutai or Oulia-Sontai, and sometimes known as Javkhlant, is a city in Mongolia located in the western part of the country and from the capital Ulaanbaatar. Uliastai is the capital of Zavkhan Province and was the 10th most populous city in the country with a population of 24,276 (2000 census). However, recent estimates have the city's population at 16,240 (.) making it the 16th most populous city in Mongolia. Uliastai is located in a river valley where the Chigestai and Bogdiin Gol rivers meet, and is surrounded by mountains on all sides. It is", "title": "Uliastai" }, { "docid": "1361823", "text": "a thinly veiled copy of \"Perry Mason\".\" Unlike \"Perry Mason\", whose adventures took place in Southern California, the daytime series was set in the fictional Midwestern city of Monticello. A frequent backdrop for the show's early scenes was a restaurant called the Ho-Hi-Ho. The state capital, however, was known generically as \"Capital City\"; the state in which Monticello was located had never been identified. From its beginning in 1956 until roughly 1980, the downtown skyline of the city of Cincinnati stood in as Monticello. Procter & Gamble, which produced the show, is based in Cincinnati. In later years, the Los", "title": "The Edge of Night" }, { "docid": "11675219", "text": "commercial offices: Los Angeles Consular Corps The Los Angeles Consular Corps is an informal organization representing 105 consulates located in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles has the second largest consular community in the world, after New York City. New York City is home to the United Nations, which means that every country has a formal presence in New York. Therefore, Los Angeles is particularly unique because it is neither a national capital (or even a state capital), nor headquarters for a major international organization such as the UN, nor a major financial center (such as Sydney, Shanghai, and Frankfurt) and", "title": "Los Angeles Consular Corps" }, { "docid": "11675215", "text": "Los Angeles Consular Corps The Los Angeles Consular Corps is an informal organization representing 105 consulates located in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles has the second largest consular community in the world, after New York City. New York City is home to the United Nations, which means that every country has a formal presence in New York. Therefore, Los Angeles is particularly unique because it is neither a national capital (or even a state capital), nor headquarters for a major international organization such as the UN, nor a major financial center (such as Sydney, Shanghai, and Frankfurt) and still has", "title": "Los Angeles Consular Corps" }, { "docid": "4135310", "text": "Pha Phlung are an excellent way to see nature and wildlife up close. The capital of this wet and humid province is Nham Pong. According to the book, Buhng Lung is a busy province where all car horns have cruise control, set to go off every ten seconds. The Pong Delta is located in the south-east of the Buhng Lung province. The capital city of Bumpattabumpah is located in the north of the province. Thong On is an exotic province of which Pattaponga, located on the coast of Kru Kut Bay, is the capital. The coast is composed of many", "title": "Phaic Tăn" }, { "docid": "5683202", "text": "and non-political, but the Iranian government is generally strict with US-based Persian channels. Some of these channels had a big role in recent pro-democracy demonstrations in the capital city of Tehran. ITC's main office is located in Woodland Hills, California, near Los Angeles, which it claims is the city with the largest Persian community outside of Persia (Iran). Information Technology Channel Information Technology Channel (ITC) is a 24-hour Persian educational TV channel based out of California. Its primary purpose is to teach computer skills to Persian-speaking viewers. ITC was established in 2004 by Khosrow Motarjemi Persian (Iranian) IT professionals based", "title": "Information Technology Channel" }, { "docid": "11587921", "text": "(2008 estimate). Santa Ana del Yacuma Santa Ana del Yacuma (short: \"Santa Ana\") is a town in the Beni Department in north-eastern Bolivia. Santa Ana is the capital of the Yacuma Province and the Santa Ana del Yacuma Municipality, located at an elevation of 144 m above sea level, where the Yacuma River meets the Mamoré River. Santa Ana is located 150 Kilometer north-west of Trinidad, the department's capital. The city has an Airport, the Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport, which is located just outside the city. The town population has decreased from 14,788 (census 1992) to 12,944 (census 2001)", "title": "Santa Ana del Yacuma" }, { "docid": "11587920", "text": "Santa Ana del Yacuma Santa Ana del Yacuma (short: \"Santa Ana\") is a town in the Beni Department in north-eastern Bolivia. Santa Ana is the capital of the Yacuma Province and the Santa Ana del Yacuma Municipality, located at an elevation of 144 m above sea level, where the Yacuma River meets the Mamoré River. Santa Ana is located 150 Kilometer north-west of Trinidad, the department's capital. The city has an Airport, the Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport, which is located just outside the city. The town population has decreased from 14,788 (census 1992) to 12,944 (census 2001) and 12,783", "title": "Santa Ana del Yacuma" }, { "docid": "8078887", "text": "winter when it is closed on Mondays. The zoo houses about 200 vertebrates and hundreds of invertebrates, representing about 54 different species on . Sequoia Park Zoo was founded in 1907 and is the oldest zoo in California. The zoo is located on the land of the native tribe of the Wiyot people, who are a federally recognized tribe in California with over 600 members. The city of Eureka, where the zoo is located, is a city in Humboldt Bay, where the Wiyot tribe has lived for thousands of years. Since 1907, the zoo has housed an array of animals", "title": "Sequoia Park Zoo" }, { "docid": "9131439", "text": "fourteen sealing rooms. The México City México Temple (26) is located in the northeastern part of the Mexican capital, Mexico City. It is heavily influenced by Mayan Revival architecture, with Aztec and Mayan elements, but is still similar to the center spire design.. It is the largest temple outside the United States. The temple was built on a plot, has four ordinance rooms and 11 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of . It was the first of twelve Mormon temples built in Mexico. The San Diego California Temple (45) is located in the La Jolla district of", "title": "Temple architecture (LDS Church)" }, { "docid": "1126351", "text": "Amsterdam, Missouri Amsterdam is a city in Bates County, Missouri, United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census. Amsterdam was platted in 1891. The city was named after Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. Arthur Stilwell, an early-20th-century railroad executive, chose it because the Dutch capital was where the firm of an important railway financier, Jan de Goeijen, was located. A post office has been in operation at Amsterdam since 1892. Amsterdam is located at (38.350484, -94.587497). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. As of the census of", "title": "Amsterdam, Missouri" }, { "docid": "9303307", "text": "This station is located in San Luis Obispo County. Grover Beach station Grover Beach is a passenger rail station in the city of Grover Beach, California. It is served by Amtrak's \"Pacific Surfliner\" from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. Four Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily. The station opened in November 1996 from a $1.6 million project that was a coordinated effort between Caltrans, Amtrak, and the city of Grover Beach with funding from State Transit Capital Improvement and Proposition 116 bonds. Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Grover Beach was the 52nd-busiest in FY2010, boarding", "title": "Grover Beach station" }, { "docid": "1016796", "text": "30 located within 10 miles from the city) have made Palm Desert known as the \"World's Golf Capital.\" Desert Willow Golf Resort is the City Of Palm Desert's municipal golf course, and has two championship courses: Mountain View and Firecliff. It is associated with the Westin Desert Willow Resort at the golf course location. The Firecliff course is listed at #13 in Golf Magazine's 'Best Courses you can Play' 2010 list for California. In the late-1970s and 1980s, a spate of private golf clubs, destination resorts and hotels appeared in the northern half of Palm Desert, such as the four-star", "title": "Palm Desert, California" }, { "docid": "2522116", "text": "been accused of behaving like malware due to its bundling with other software and the difficulty of its uninstallation. Three venture capital firms, Highland Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, and The RODA Group were early investors. Ask.com is currently owned by InterActiveCorp (IAC) under the NASDAQ symbol . Ask.com's corporate headquarters are located at 555 City Center, in the Oakland City Center development in downtown Oakland, California. Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves, \"Jeeves\" being the name of a \"gentleman's personal gentleman\", or valet, fetching answers to any question asked. The character was based on Bertie Wooster's valet Jeeves,", "title": "Ask.com" }, { "docid": "2075580", "text": "Chillán Chillán ( or ) It is the capital city of the Ñuble Region in the Diguillín Province of Chile located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the geographical center of the country. It is the capital of the new Ñuble Region since 6 September 2015. Within the city are a railway station, an inter-city bus terminal, an agricultural extension of the University of Concepción, and a regimental military base. The city includes a modern-style enclosed shopping mall in addition to the multi-block open-air street market where fruits, vegetables, crafts and clothing are sold. The nearby mountains are", "title": "Chillán" }, { "docid": "10793085", "text": "Capital City Speedway Capital City Speedway is a racetrack located 5 km southwest of Stittsville, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Speedway included a dragstrip and a 3/8th mile oval, and ran five different series including the 4 For Fun class, Mini Stock Class, Thunder Car Class, ACT Late Model Class and the Lentch Automotive Legends Class. The Speedway's racing season ran from May until September annually. The Speedway has been closed since 2015. Capital City Speedway was founded in 1961 after the closure of the very popular Lansdowne Speedway. Lansdowne ran from 1955 until 1960 where the", "title": "Capital City Speedway" }, { "docid": "3288621", "text": "Federal capital A federal capital is a political entity, often a municipality or capital city, that serves as the seat of the federal government. A federal capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of its respective government, where its location and relationship to subnational states are fixed by law or federal constitution. Federal capitals may or may not be considered states in themselves, and either exercise significant political autonomy from the federation or are directly ruled by the national government located within their premises, as federal districts. Examples of well-known federal capitals include Washington,", "title": "Federal capital" }, { "docid": "674036", "text": "Malé Malé (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives. With a population of 133,412 and an area of , it is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located at the southern edge of North Malé Atoll (Kaafu Atoll). Administratively, the city consists of a central island, an airport island, and two other islands governed by the Malé City Council. Traditionally it was the King's Island, from where the ancient royal dynasties ruled and where the palace was located. The city was then called", "title": "Malé" }, { "docid": "18177650", "text": "California peninsula to the mainland at Mazatlán and Topolobampo, near Los Mochis. Pichilinque Pichilinque is a port city in the La Paz Municipality, in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is located in the Bay of La Paz, on the Baja California peninsula nearby the state capital of La Paz. Pichilinque, derived from a Guaycura name, was originally a favored anchorage in the Bay of La Paz. This anchorage was used by the U. S. Navy for a base of operations against the west coast of Mexico during the Mexican American War. It later developed into a port.", "title": "Pichilinque" }, { "docid": "17182987", "text": "Coleman City, California Coleman City, also called Emily City, is a ghost town in San Diego County, California. It lies at an elevation of 3601 feet. It is located on State Highway 78 where it crosses Coleman Creek, about four miles west of Julian. Coleman City was founded in the early months of 1870 by the first placer miners who rushed to Coleman Creek, following the news of the discovery of gold there by A. E. Coleman who first discovered gold there in January 1870. Coleman, with earlier experience in the gold camps in Northern California, subsequently formed the Coleman", "title": "Coleman City, California" }, { "docid": "1024165", "text": "Lodi, California Lodi ( ) is a city located in San Joaquin County, California, in the northern portion of California's Central Valley. The population was 62,134 at the 2010 census. Its estimated population as of July 1, 2013 was 64,338. Lodi is best known for being a center of winegrape production (the \"Zinfandel Capital of the World\"), although its vintages have traditionally been less prestigious than those of Sonoma and Napa counties. However, in recent years, the Lodi Appellation has become increasingly respected for its Zinfandel and other eclectic wine varietals, along with its focus on sustainability under the Lodi", "title": "Lodi, California" }, { "docid": "7300", "text": "Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco, is a city, municipality and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico's history. It is a port of call for shipping and cruise lines running between Panama and San Francisco, California, United States. The city of Acapulco is the largest in the state, far larger than the state capital Chilpancingo. Acapulco is also Mexico's largest beach and balneario resort city. The city", "title": "Acapulco" }, { "docid": "16561272", "text": "Dodowa Dodowa is a town located in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, it is the district capital of Dangme West district , now Shai Osudoku District. The city is 39 km from the capital city, Accra. The notable tourist site found there is the Dodowa Forest. They celebrate \"Ngmayemi festival\" . There is a Historical Forest where the Katamanso war ended. The Tsenku Waterfall is located in the Historical Dodowa Forest. This beautiful waterfall drops from a height of about 250 feet, running on stratified rocks into a cool, clean and clear pool with a large tilapia population. The", "title": "Dodowa" }, { "docid": "15423873", "text": "Kampala Intercontinental Hotel Kampala Intercontinental Hotel is a hotel, under construction, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The hotel is located on Nakasero Hill, an upscale neighborhood in Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The piece of property where the hotel is located is bordered by Nile Avenue to the north, Yusuf Lule Road to the east, and De Winton Road to the south. The National Theater and Uganda Broadcasting Corporation border the location to the west. The hotel complex is being erected on a site that was previously occupied by Shimoni Teacher Training College, which was relocated to", "title": "Kampala Intercontinental Hotel" }, { "docid": "15195218", "text": "Kole District Kole District is a district in Northern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kole, where the district headquarters are located. Kole District is bordered by Lira District to the east, Apac District to the south and Oyam District to the west and north. Kole, the district capital, is located approximately , by road, northwest of Lira, the largest city in the sub-region. This location is approximately , by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the district are:02 24N, 32 48E. Kole District was created by", "title": "Kole District" }, { "docid": "8946589", "text": "under the Patriarch of Antioch. The most important bishops were: Laodicea in Syria Laodicea was a port city and an important colonia of the Roman empire in ancient Syria, located near the modern city of Latakia. It was also called Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea ad mare. For a short period of time under Septimius Severus, it became the capital of Roman Syria, and subsequently, it became the capital of the Eastern Roman province of Theodorias from 528 AD until 637 AD. The Phoenician city of Ramitha was located in the coastal area where it is the modern port of", "title": "Laodicea in Syria" }, { "docid": "8946584", "text": "Laodicea in Syria Laodicea was a port city and an important colonia of the Roman empire in ancient Syria, located near the modern city of Latakia. It was also called Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea ad mare. For a short period of time under Septimius Severus, it became the capital of Roman Syria, and subsequently, it became the capital of the Eastern Roman province of Theodorias from 528 AD until 637 AD. The Phoenician city of Ramitha was located in the coastal area where it is the modern port of Latakia, known to the Greeks as Leukê Aktê or \"white", "title": "Laodicea in Syria" }, { "docid": "19334694", "text": "in the counties bordering Idaho such as Beaverhead County and Ravalli County. However, an influx of retirees from the West Coast have made the western region more competitive in recent elections. The only significant counties won by Clinton were Missoula County, where the city of Missoula is located, Gallatin County, where Bozeman is located, and Big Horn County and Glacier County, which are both majority Native American. While sweeping most of the rural, majority white conservative counties of the state, Trump also won in Lewis and Clark County where the capital city of Helena is located, in neighboring Cascade County", "title": "2016 United States presidential election in Montana" }, { "docid": "7172515", "text": "San Antonio, Baja California Sur San Antonio is a small town in La Paz Municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, located near El Triunfo on Federal Highway 1. It had a population of 463 inhabitants in the 2010 census, and is situated 400 meters (1,312 ft.) above sea level. With ships \"St. Lazarus,\" \"Santa Agueda\" and \"St. Thomas\" above, in 1535, the existing port of La Paz, the conqueror Hernán Cortés and gives the name of Bay St. Croix. Years later Admiral Sebastian Vizcaino in Baptizes, 1596, as La Paz to the city is now the capital", "title": "San Antonio, Baja California Sur" }, { "docid": "8186151", "text": "drive away) and is beside the Salak Tinggi ERL Station where there is a twice-hourly KLIA Transit service to KLIA and KL Sentral (Central transportation hub in Kuala Lumpur city). Xiamen University Malaysia Campus is located at this city. Salak Tinggi ERL station is located in Salak Tinggi where the KLIA Transit Express Rail Link (ERL) from KLIA to KL Sentral stops every 30 minutes. Salak Tinggi is also known as the Airport City. Salak Tinggi Salak Tinggi is the capital of Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. Salak Tinggi is the home to KFC Hatchery, a latex glove factory owned by", "title": "Salak Tinggi" }, { "docid": "9235581", "text": "Mainz-Kastel Mainz-Kastel is a district of the city Wiesbaden, which is the capital of the German state Hesse in western Germany. Kastel is the historical bridgehead of Mainz, the capital of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate and is located on the right side of the Rhine river. Kastel faces the historical center of Mainz and the two cities are connected by a road bridge. Kastel is located about one kilometer below the mouth of the river Main, where it flows into the Rhine. In its long history Kastel repeatedly belonged to Mainz and was formally incorporated into that city on 1", "title": "Mainz-Kastel" }, { "docid": "733222", "text": "of the new passenger terminal opened in May 2015. The airport is located northwest of the state capital city of São Paulo and southwest of downtown Campinas, adjacent to the Bandeirantes-Anhanguera highway complex, which connects the capital city to the interior of São Paulo state. Viracopos International Airport Viracopos/Campinas International Airport (sometimes referred to as São Paulo/Campinas) is an international airport serving Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. On 6 January 1987, the airport name was officially normalized to its present form. It is named after the neighborhood where it is located. It is operated by Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos. The IATA", "title": "Viracopos International Airport" }, { "docid": "1017453", "text": "Barstow, California Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 22,639 at the 2010 census. Barstow is located north of San Bernardino. Barstow is a major transportation center for the Inland Empire. Several major highways including Interstate 15, Interstate 40, California State Route 58, and U.S. Route 66 converge in the city. It is the site of a large rail classification yard, belonging to the BNSF Railway. The Union Pacific Railroad also runs through town using trackage rights on BNSF's main line to Daggett east, from where it heads to Salt Lake City and", "title": "Barstow, California" }, { "docid": "17182989", "text": "Mining District was formed and with the depletion of the placer deposits, Coleman City was abandoned. Coleman City, California Coleman City, also called Emily City, is a ghost town in San Diego County, California. It lies at an elevation of 3601 feet. It is located on State Highway 78 where it crosses Coleman Creek, about four miles west of Julian. Coleman City was founded in the early months of 1870 by the first placer miners who rushed to Coleman Creek, following the news of the discovery of gold there by A. E. Coleman who first discovered gold there in January", "title": "Coleman City, California" }, { "docid": "9074025", "text": "Serramonte Center Serramonte Center is a . super-regional shopping mall located in Daly City, California. The mall is anchored by Macy's, JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Target. The mall is owned by Capital & Counties and is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle. Serramonte Center was built in 1969 and was renovated in 1995 and 2004. Montgomery Ward was an original anchor. After that chain's closure in 2001, Target replaced it. In 2002, the mall was sold to Capital and Counties USA. A renovation completed in 2004 has given the main building a Zen feel. It included a koi pond, bamboo", "title": "Serramonte Center" }, { "docid": "1125615", "text": "Smith-Burke Park, located just west of the City Hall, stands where the old Union Pacific Railroad Hotel once stood. The California Sports Complex features four lighted baseball/softball fields, a soccer field and sand volleyball court. The California Municipal Pool is an indoor olympic-sized swimming pool with an outdoor splash deck. California is also home to a semi-private nine-hole golf course, Double X Speedway (featuring street stocks, winged sprints, and hobby stocks races May–September), and the California Shooter's Club (which has shotgun and archery ranges). California boasts a strong recreation program, serving children in the California area year-round. Also located in", "title": "California, Missouri" }, { "docid": "5615584", "text": "Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay Eusebio Ayala is a city and district of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay. It is named after Eusebio Ayala, a former President of Paraguay. It is located approximately 72 km of the city of Asuncion, capital of the Republic of Paraguay. This city lies on the right bank of the stream Piribebuy, being axis road from where routes depart inside and outside the department. It is well known for being the birthplace of the famous Chipa Barrero and for being located next to the fields of Acosta Ñú, where children were slain in a battle during the Paraguayan", "title": "Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay" }, { "docid": "4434070", "text": "Guaymas Guaymas () is a city in Guaymas Municipality, in the southwest part of the state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. The city is 117 km south of the state capital of Hermosillo, and 242 miles from the U.S. border. The municipality is located on the Gulf of California and the western edge of the Sonoran Desert and has a hot, dry climate and 117 km of beaches. The municipality’s formal name is Guaymas de Zaragoza and the city’s formal name is the Heróica Ciudad de Guaymas. The city proper is mostly an industrial port and is the principal port", "title": "Guaymas" }, { "docid": "7016791", "text": "Uss: union Siliana sport, a football team that was founded in 1955. There is one college in siliana: \"Isetsl\" Siliana Siliana ( \"\") is a modern farming town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around , 130 km south-west of the capital Tunis. It is the capital of the Siliana Governorate. It is located 4 miles away from Jama where the Battle of Zama occurred. Siliana Dam, is located 10 km north of the city of Siliana. During the Second Punic War The battle of Zama took place ten kilometers from Siliana. There was a Roman town here during", "title": "Siliana" }, { "docid": "11178906", "text": "that instead of running a rail line across the Baja California peninsula to and then connect the state capital Mexicali and Yuma, Arizona, as the federal plan envisioned, the defunct consortium of HPH/UP ostensibly would have built a line to Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua where rail crossings into the United States already exist. But certainly any such rail line necessarily would run through or near Mexicali, the capital city of the state of Baja California for any tie-in with the US transcontinental rail system. One US environmentalist was quoted as saying of the project, “This is just", "title": "Punta Colonet" }, { "docid": "7016789", "text": "Siliana Siliana ( \"\") is a modern farming town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around , 130 km south-west of the capital Tunis. It is the capital of the Siliana Governorate. It is located 4 miles away from Jama where the Battle of Zama occurred. Siliana Dam, is located 10 km north of the city of Siliana. During the Second Punic War The battle of Zama took place ten kilometers from Siliana. There was a Roman town here during Roman Empire, it appears on the 4th century Peutinger Map. Modern Siliana was founded in 1905. In April 1990", "title": "Siliana" }, { "docid": "4165521", "text": "Chevys Fresh Mex Chevys Fresh Mex is an American chain of Mexican-style casual dining restaurants located in the United States. The chain was founded in 1986 by Warren Simmons in Alameda, California. The chain's headquarters are currently located in Cypress, California. The chain was owned by Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. until its August 7, 2018 bankruptcy and acquisition by Z Capital and Tennenbaum Capital Partners. The chain was founded in 1981 by Warren Simmons, when he opened the first restaurant in Alameda, California. It grew to 37 restaurants across California by August 1993, when it was acquired by PepsiCo subsidiary", "title": "Chevys Fresh Mex" }, { "docid": "1729815", "text": "Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa (), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in Northwestern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Sonora to the north, Chihuahua and Durango to the east (separated from them by the Sierra Madre Occidental) and Nayarit to the south. To the west, Sinaloa faces Baja California Sur across the Gulf of California. The state covers an area of , and", "title": "Sinaloa" } ]
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who does the voice of ralph in wreck it ralph
[ "John C. Reilly" ]
[ { "docid": "15683696", "text": "planned. Moore also hopes to specifically include an appearance from Mario, citing a \"good relationship with Nintendo\". On June 30, 2016, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that the sequel would be released on March 9, 2018, with John C. Reilly, Rich Moore, and writer Phil Johnston attached. John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman will reprise their roles as Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz, respectively. The plot will focus on \"Ralph leaving the arcade and wrecking the Internet\". In April 2017, the sequel was pushed to November 21, 2018 due to \"A Wrinkle in Time\" taking over its date. Wreck-It", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "17194291", "text": "Ralph Breaks the Internet Ralph Breaks the Internet is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to the 2012 film \"Wreck-It Ralph\" as well as Disney's 57th feature-length film. The film was directed by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, written by Johnston and Pamela Ribon, and executive-produced by John Lasseter, Chris Williams, and Jennifer Lee. It features John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, and Ed O'Neill reprising their roles from the first film, with Alan Tudyk returning to voice a new", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "15683659", "text": "Wreck-It Ralph Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 52nd Disney animated feature film. The film was directed by Rich Moore, who also directed episodes of \"The Simpsons\" and \"Futurama\", and the screenplay was written by Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee from a story by Moore, Johnston, and Jim Reardon. John Lasseter served as the executive producer. The film features the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch and tells the story of the eponymous arcade game", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683696", "text": "planned. Moore also hopes to specifically include an appearance from Mario, citing a \"good relationship with Nintendo\". On June 30, 2016, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that the sequel would be released on March 9, 2018, with John C. Reilly, Rich Moore, and writer Phil Johnston attached. John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman will reprise their roles as Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz, respectively. The plot will focus on \"Ralph leaving the arcade and wrecking the Internet\". In April 2017, the sequel was pushed to November 21, 2018 due to \"A Wrinkle in Time\" taking over its date. Wreck-It", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683695", "text": "and console gaming. Moore stated that many of the crew and voice cast are open to the sequel, believing that they have \"barely scratched the surface\" of the video game world they envisioned. He also stated that he plans to include Mario and Tron in the sequel. In a 2014 interview, the film's composer Henry Jackman said that a story for the sequel is being written. In July 2015, John C. Reilly said he had signed on to reprise his role of Ralph in a projected sequel. On March 24, 2016, Rich Moore stated that a sequel is still being", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "17194332", "text": "response and \"if there's a good story to be told\". Also, John C. Reilly says that he has an idea if a third film was to be made, which would see Ralph and Vanellope \"beaming themselves right out into space\". Ralph Breaks the Internet Ralph Breaks the Internet is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to the 2012 film \"Wreck-It Ralph\" as well as Disney's 57th feature-length film. The film was directed by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, written by Johnston and Pamela", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "20964267", "text": "fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives. Six years after the events of the first film, Ralph and Vanellope, now best friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure. Directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston said that a \"Ralph Breaks the Internet\" spin-off film focusing on the Disney Princesses could be made depending on the audience's response and \"if there's a good story to be told\". Also, John C. Reilly says that he has an idea for a second sequel, which would see Ralph and Vanellope", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph (franchise)" }, { "docid": "2860213", "text": "Selfish Giant\" by Oscar Wilde. Further work in 2011 includes an audiobook of the Wilbur Smith novel \"The Leopard Hunts in Darkness\". He has also appeared in \"Jubilee\", a \"Doctor Who\" spin-off audio drama by Big Finish Productions, alongside his wife. In film, Jarvis appeared in Disney's 2012 film \"Wreck-It Ralph\" as Saitine, one of the video game villains who attends the Bad Anon self-help groups with Ralph (John C. Reilly). Jarvis has also performed voiceovers for video games, beginning in 2007 as the role of The Chronicler in the \"Spyro the Dragon\" video game series. He also provided the", "title": "Martin Jarvis (actor)" } ]
[ { "docid": "20964269", "text": "The characters Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope feature in the 2013 video game \"Disney Infinity\". Sarah Silverman returns to voice the character of Vanellope, while the character Wreck-It Ralph is voiced by actor Brian T. Delaney. Wreck-It Ralph again features in the 2015 video game \"Disney Infinity 3.0\", voiced by actor Brian T. Delaney. Wreck-It Ralph will make an appearance in \"Kingdom Hearts III\" as a Link. When summoned, he will place explosive blocks and destroy them, causing damage to nearby enemies. The first film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2012. Wreck-It Ralph (franchise) Wreck-It", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph (franchise)" }, { "docid": "20964266", "text": "Wreck-It Ralph (franchise) Wreck-It Ralph is an American media franchise primarily consisting of an animated comedy film series produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The series tells the story of the eponymous arcade game villain named Wreck-It Ralph, who rebels against his \"bad guy\" role and dreams of becoming a hero. The series has grossed $729.4 million worldwide. The series is also notable for featuring cameos of characters from licensed properties including video games and various Disney franchises. A video game villain named Wreck-It Ralph wants to be a hero and sets out to", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph (franchise)" }, { "docid": "20964268", "text": "\"beaming themselves right out into space\". A short film called \"Wreck-It Ralph in 60 Seconds\" premiered at the Virgin Radio Fake Film Festival in Canada on February 12, 2013. A 2012 video game of the same name was also released, featuring the title character Wreck-It Ralph, voiced by actor Brian T. Delaney. A video game called \"Wreck-It Ralph: Ralph Breaks VR\" will be released in 2018, along with the second film. The character of Wreck-It Ralph features in the 2012 video game \"Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed\", voiced by actor Brian T. Delaney and Kōichi Yamadera in the Japanese version.", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph (franchise)" }, { "docid": "19732679", "text": "film's budget was realized from a successful Kickstarter campaign, raising a grand total $47,684.00 \"The King of Arcades\" was co-produced by \"Fanboys\" writer and \"The Goldbergs\" creator Adam F. Goldberg. The film features Richie Knucklez and his band Knuckle Sandwich's punk rock re-recording of the hit '80s song \"Pac-Man Fever\", by Buckner & Garcia. The new version features vocals by Danny Jones. Jones' voice can be heard on the theme song \"Wreck It, Wreck-It Ralph\" from Disney's animated film \"Wreck-It Ralph.\" \"The King of Arcades\" was released through GOG.com's DRM-free movie section. \"The King of Arcades\" premiered theatrically September 13th,", "title": "The King of Arcades" }, { "docid": "15683686", "text": "Disc (2D and 3D) and DVD in North America on March 5, 2013, from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The film was made available for digital download in selected regions on February 12, 2013. \"Wreck-It Ralph\" debuted at #1 in Blu-ray and DVD sales in the United States. \"Wreck It Ralph\" was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on November 6, 2018. \"Wreck-It Ralph\" grossed $189.4 million in North America and $281.8 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $471.2 million. It was the 14th-highest-grossing film of 2012, and the fourth-highest-grossing 2012 animated film. In North America, the film", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683660", "text": "villain who rebels against his \"bad-guy\" role and dreams of becoming a hero. \"Wreck-It Ralph\" premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on October 29, 2012, and went into general release on November 2. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $471 million worldwide against a $165 million budget and winning the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, as well as receiving nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 5, 2013. It is the first installment in the \"Wreck-It Ralph\" film series. A sequel,", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "17458530", "text": "animator in the history of the company. He started as a layout artist on the film \"Tarzan\" and in his career with Disney Animation has filled many positions ranging from visual development to story artist. In 2011 he received the Annie Award for his story work on Disney's \"Prep and Landing\", with his most recent film at Disney being the Academy Award-nominated \"Wreck-It Ralph\". In \"Wreck-It Ralph\" Kesinger's voice is used for the Cyborg, a character based on Kano from Midway Games's \"Mortal Kombat\" franchise. Away from his office he has created fantasy steampunk worlds peopled with memorable characters under", "title": "Brian Kesinger" }, { "docid": "15683675", "text": "an 8-bit pixelated fashion, whereas the Walt Disney Pictures closing production logo appears in a glitched state, a reference to the kill screen from many early arcade games such as \"Pac-Man\". The concept of \"Wreck-It Ralph\" was first developed at Disney in the late 1980s, under the working title \"High Score\". Since then, it was redeveloped and reconsidered several times: In the late 1990s, it took on the working title \"Joe Jump\", then in the mid-2000s as \"Reboot Ralph\". John Lasseter, the head of Walt Disney Animation Studios and executive producer of the film, describes \"Wreck-It Ralph\" as \"an 8-bit", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683676", "text": "video-game bad guy who travels the length of the arcade to prove that he's a good guy.\" In a manner similar to \"Who Framed Roger Rabbit\" and the \"Toy Story\" films, \"Wreck-It Ralph\" featured cameo appearances by a number of licensed video-game characters. For example, one scene from the film shows Ralph attending a support group for the arcade's various villain characters, including Clyde from \"Pac-Man\", Doctor Eggman from \"Sonic the Hedgehog\", and Bowser from \"Super Mario Bros.\" Rich Moore, the film's director, had determined that for a film about a video-game world to feel authentic, \"it had to have", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "3814939", "text": "write the song \"Wreck It, Wreck-It Ralph!\" for the Disney film \"Wreck-It Ralph\" (2012). Pac-Man Fever (1981‒1982) 1982‒1999 1999‒2011 Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Buckner & Garcia Buckner & Garcia was an American musical duo consisting of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia from Akron, Ohio. Their first recording was made in 1972, when they performed a novelty song called \"Gotta Hear the Beat\", which they recorded as Animal Jack. Later, in 1980, they wrote a novelty Christmas song titled \"Merry Christmas in the NFL\", imagining sports journalist Howard Cosell as Santa Claus. The artist was local radio personality Willis the Guard", "title": "Buckner & Garcia" }, { "docid": "17194306", "text": "2016, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that the sequel would be released on March 9, 2018, with Reilly, Moore and writer Phil Johnston attached, and that it would focus on \"Ralph leaving the arcade and wrecking the Internet\". In March 2017, the sequel's title was officially announced as \"Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2\", with Moore returning as director joined by the first film's co-writer, Phil Johnston, in his directing debut in an animated film and Clark Spencer also returning as producer. In July 2018, Disney removed \"Wreck-it Ralph 2\" from the film's title. Two working versions of the", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "15683661", "text": "\"Ralph Breaks the Internet\", was released on November 21, 2018. When Litwak's Family Fun Center & Arcade closes at night, the various video game characters leave their normal in-game roles and socialize in a power strip. Wreck-It Ralph, the antagonist of the game \"Fix-It Felix Jr.\", is ostracized by its other characters for being the game's villain, while the titular hero Felix is praised and awarded medals. After the game's inhabitants exclude Ralph from their thirtieth anniversary party, he sets out to earn a medal for himself to gain his neighbors' respect. Felix worries that Ralph has \"gone Turbo\" –", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "10590234", "text": "urged the nations to employ reason in their dealings with each other: The United Nations does not seek a world cut after a single pattern, nor does it consider this desirable. The United Nations seeks only unity, not uniformity, out of the world's diversity. There will be no security in our world, no release from agonizing tension, no genuine progress, no enduring peace, until, in Shelley's fine words, \"reason's voice, loud as the voice of nature, shall have waked the nations.\" \"Source: Ralph J. Bunche Library History by Dan Clemmer accessed on Bunche Library Inet site, December 7, 2007\" Ralph", "title": "Ralph J. Bunche Library" }, { "docid": "20896932", "text": "the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. In Vidale's animated film roles, he was the Italian voice of Piglet in the \"Winnie the Pooh\" franchise from 1989 until 2003 when he was replaced by Luca Dal Fabbro. Other Italian dubbing roles included King Candy in \"Wreck-It Ralph\", Maui in \"Moana\" and B.O.B in \"Monsters vs. Aliens\". Vidale has two daughters who are also voice actresses. His father Franco Latini died of a stroke on his 21st birthday. Fabrizio Vidale Fabrizio Vidale (born February 2, 1970) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Vidale is the son of historic voice actor Franco Latini", "title": "Fabrizio Vidale" }, { "docid": "983609", "text": "lend her voice to many characters in animated movies and television productions. Among these where \"Danny Phantom\", \"As Told By Ginger\", \"\", \"Metalocalypse\" and \"\". She further provided voice work for \"WALL-E\", \"Battle for Terra\", \"Ponyo\", \"Jungle Junction\", \"Cars\", \"Up!\", \"Finding Nemo\", \"Monsters, Inc.\", \"Barnyard\", \"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs\", \"Happily N'Ever After\", \"Horton Hears a Who!\". Newman also appeared in episodes of \"Entourage\", \"Brothers & Sisters\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\" and \"Wayside\". She continues to provide her voice for movies like \"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax\" and \"Wreck-It Ralph\". Newman made guest voice appearances in \"SpongeBob SquarePants\" and \"Doc McStuffins\".", "title": "Laraine Newman" }, { "docid": "15683685", "text": "the show floor. Disney also released a browser-based Flash-based version of the \"Fix-It Felix Jr.\" game as well as iOS, Android, and Windows Phone versions, with online Unity-based versions of \"Sugar Rush\" and \"Hero's Duty\". A second trailer for the film was released on September 12, 2012, coinciding with \"Finding Nemo 3D\" and \"Frankenweenie\". To promote the home media release of \"Wreck-It Ralph\", director Rich Moore produced a short film titled \"Garlan Hulse: Where Potential Lives\". Set within the movie's universe, the mockumentary film was designed as a parody of \"The King of Kong\". \"Wreck-It Ralph\" was released on Blu-ray", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683693", "text": "A mobile game titled \"Wreck-it Ralph\" was released in November 2012 for iOS and Android systems, with a Windows Phone 8 version following almost a year later. Initially, the game consisted of three mini-games, \"Fix-it Felix Jr.\", \"Hero's Duty\" and \"Sweet Climber\", which were later joined by \"Turbo Time\" and \"Hero's Duty: Flight Command\". The game was retired on August 29, 2014. Ralph also appears in Sega's \"Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed\" as a playable guest character. Ralph and Vanellope appear as playable characters in \"Disney Infinity\" as well (voiced by Brian T. Delaney and Sarah Silverman, respectively); the Disney", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683666", "text": "and start devouring the game. Vanellope participates in the race, but is attacked by King Candy. Vanellope's glitch causes him to be unmasked as Turbo, who took over \"Sugar Rush\" and displaced Vanellope as the main character. Vanellope glitches to escape Turbo, who is then eaten by a Cy-Bug. Ralph, Felix, and Calhoun evacuate the game, but Vanellope is trapped due to her glitches. When Calhoun points out that the Cy-Bugs can be attracted and destroyed by a beacon of light as in \"Hero's Duty\", Ralph decides to make Diet Cola Mountain erupt, replicating the beacon. Ralph is confronted by", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683665", "text": "been evacuated in anticipation of it being unplugged the next morning, Ralph notices Vanellope's image on the side of the \"Sugar Rush\" cabinet and realizes she was meant to be a playable character. Meanwhile, Felix and Calhoun search \"Sugar Rush\" for Ralph. Felix falls in love with Calhoun, but she abandons him when he inadvertently reminds her of her late fiancé who was murdered by a Cy-Bug on their wedding day. Felix is later imprisoned in King Candy's castle, but Ralph frees him and Vanellope, and Felix fixes the kart. Calhoun discovers a swarm of Cy-Bug eggs underground, which hatch", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "20713539", "text": "went on to top the charts in December 2011. In May 2012, he performed with Bosnian-born rapper Edo Maajka in Dom Mladih in Sarajevo, on behalf of Maajka's Štrajk mozga album tour. In November 2012, he was cast as the official voice dub for Ralph, the protagonist of the Disney 3D computer-animated comedy film Wreck It Ralph. The same year, Andonov toured the US for 3 months, performing in Carnegie Hall in New York City, and in Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, and later returned to DJ in his native Dimitrovgrad. In early 2013, he landed a role as the", "title": "Gru (rapper)" }, { "docid": "6445425", "text": "Rich Moore Rich Moore (born May 10, 1963) is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter, voice actor and a creative partner at both Rough Draft Korea and Walt Disney Animation Studios. In addition to directing the Disney animated film \"Wreck-It Ralph\" (2012) and co-directing \"Zootopia\" (2016) and \"Ralph Breaks the Internet\" (2018), he has worked on the animated television series \"The Simpsons\", \"The Critic\" and \"Futurama\". He is a two-time Emmy Award winner, a three-time Annie Award winner and an Academy Award winner. Moore was born and raised in Oxnard, California. He studied film and video at the", "title": "Rich Moore" }, { "docid": "6070964", "text": "at the 1999 Vancouver Animation Festival and was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject. In 2010, Persi moved from Fox Animation Studios to Walt Disney Animation Studios where he worked extensively on Academy Award nominee \"Wreck-It Ralph\" (2012). In addition to serving as storyboard artist, he had a prominent acting role in the film as Gene, leader of the Nicelanders whom Wreck-It Ralph is programmed to antagonize. Persi also voices the Zombie from The House of the Dead in a scene where Ralph joins other video game villains at a support group meeting. Persi has become", "title": "Raymond S. Persi" }, { "docid": "19020516", "text": "Zangief the whole time. To redeem himself, Zangief helps Ryu and Ken hold the emergency exit door open for the hostages to escape. He is last seen complementing Guile's bravery and gives him the Bison salute, which Guile turns into a thumbs-up. Zangief makes an appearance in the 2012 Walt Disney film \"Wreck-It Ralph\", voiced by the film's director Rich Moore. He and M. Bison are among the game characters present at a meeting of \"Bad-Anon\", a villain support group, when Wreck-It Ralph decides to attend. Ralph later finds a pair of Zangief's tights in the lost-and-found box at Tapper's", "title": "Zangief" }, { "docid": "15683694", "text": "Store released their individual figures on January 7, 2014. A combo \"toy box pack\" of the two figures with Sugar Rush customization discs was released April 1, 2014, from the Disney Store. \"Wreck-It Ralph\" is a playable world on the mobile game \"Disney Crossy Road\". Ralph will make his debut appearance in the \"Kingdom Hearts\" video game series in the upcoming \"Kingdom Hearts III\", serving as a summon. In an interview on October 25, 2012, director Rich Moore said that he and Disney had ideas about a sequel that would bring the characters up to date and explore online gaming", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "17194293", "text": "and was released in the United States on November 21, 2018. The film has grossed over $286 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics, who called it a \"worthy successor\" and praised the animation, humor, characters, and storyline, as well as the vocal performances of Reilly and Silverman. The film received a Best Animated Feature nomination at the 76th Golden Globe Awards and 24th Critics' Choice Awards. Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz have been best friends since their misadventures six years prior, hanging out every night after work in Litwak's Family Fun Center and Arcade. While Ralph is", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "1822201", "text": "26, 1973). His bronze grave marker reads \" According to his granddaughter Hilda Levine, Walt Disney, who would die just a few months later, served as one of his casket bearers. Red Skelton, who was discovered by Wynn, stated: \"His death is the first time he ever made anyone sad.\" Wynn's distinct voice was deliberately emulated by Alan Tudyk for the character King Candy in Disney's animated film \"Wreck-It Ralph\". Wynn was posthumously named a Disney Legend on August 10, 2013. Ed Wynn Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966), better known as Ed Wynn, was an", "title": "Ed Wynn" }, { "docid": "15683662", "text": "a term coined when notorious racing game character Turbo attempted to take over \"RoadBlasters\", another racing game, which resulted in both of their games being unplugged. Ralph learns he can obtain a medal from the first-person shooter, \"Hero's Duty\". After disrupting a game session, Ralph scales the game's central beacon and obtains a medal, only to hatch a Cy-Bug, a dangerous monster. Ralph and the Cy-Bug stumble into an escape pod, which is launched out of the game, and crash land in \"Sugar Rush\", a candy-themed kart racing game. With Ralph missing, his game is labelled as malfunctioning and faces", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "17194318", "text": "was moved to the mid-credits scene, along with additional fourth wall commentary about scenes shown in trailers that go missing in the final film. The final post-credits scene involves what starts as a teaser for the upcoming \"Frozen 2\" film (due in 2019) but ends up with Ralph \"rickrolling\" the audience by starting to sing Rick Astley's \"Never Gonna Give You Up\". While producers Spencer and Moore had an idea of Ralph doing a \"Wreck Roll\" early on in the film's development, they never incorporated it into the story. Late in production, they mentioned this to studio executives who told", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "11158095", "text": "the elasticity of the rubber band slings the two rocks into Ralph, sending Ralph, the two rocks, and a piece of the tree flying, while the rubber band is still wrapped around the rest of the tree. Ralph manages to free himself from the two rocks and the piece of tree, only to run into a cliff face and be crushed by the items. As Ralph crawls out from under the wreck, the rest of the tree slings into Ralph. Finally, the punch clock whistle blows and Ralph and Sam walk home. Ralph has two black eyes, an arm in", "title": "Steal Wool" }, { "docid": "6225006", "text": "Carrey will be playing the role of Dr. Eggman, James Marsden will play a police officer named Tom Wachowski, while Tika Sumpter and Natasha Rothwell are currently in unannounced roles. Ben Schwartz will voice Sonic in the upcoming film. Sonic, Tails and Eggman appear in the 2012 Disney animated film \"Wreck-It Ralph\". In the movie, Sonic has a small speaking role and Tails briefly appears as an image, while Eggman makes a non-speaking appearance. Sonic also has a small cameo in the 2018 film \"Ready Player One\" as a character avatar, and will return in the 2018 sequel to \"Wreck-It", "title": "Sonic the Hedgehog" }, { "docid": "18373654", "text": "Titanica Titanica is a 1992 IMAX documentary film about the RMS \"Titanic\". The film was directed by Stephen Low and narrated by Cedric Smith, Anatoly Sagalevich and Ralph White. The film mostly focuses on footage taken at the wreck of the RMS \"Titanic\", also featuring footage of the expedition crew searching the wreck as well as interviews with \"Titanic\" survivors Frank John William Goldsmith and Eva Hart. Using Eva and the crew members, Low conveys the voice of the documentary by showing the Titanic's wreckage as a graveyard which is to be respected and treated with caution and care. It", "title": "Titanica" }, { "docid": "15683664", "text": "track, where Ralph teaches her to drive. King Candy hacks the game's code to obtain Ralph's medal, and offers it to Ralph in exchange for preventing Vanellope from racing. He claims that if Vanellope wins and becomes playable, her glitches will lead to \"Sugar Rush\" being unplugged; unable to leave the game because of her glitch, Vanellope will be left to die while King Candy and his subjects become homeless in the arcade. Ralph reluctantly agrees and destroys Vanellope's kart. Heartbroken, she declares he \"really is a bad guy\" and runs off distraught. Upon returning to his game, which has", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "5514094", "text": "college student friend of Norman's. L. Floyd Gargle: a neighbor with a mutual loathing of Ralph. Wally: The Drabbles' hyperactive dachshund. Wally was introduced in Christmas 1998 when Norman gave Ralph a dog because he couldn't afford something. Bob: The Drabbles' duck. To protect him from the Neighborhood Homeowners Association, Norman lies and tells everyone that Bob is a rare South-American parrot who takes on the characteristics of a duck for survival. Oogie: The Drabbles' cat, who Ralph does not like, but June adores. George W. Steinbauer: The Drabbles' next door neighbor who does not like Ralph, and Ralph feels", "title": "Drabble (comic strip)" }, { "docid": "17194321", "text": "It was released digitally on November 16, 2018, and on CD on November 30, 2018. On June 30, 2016, Walt Disney Animation Studios initially announced that the sequel, titled \"Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2\", would be released on March 9, 2018. However, in April 2017, \"A Wrinkle in Time\" took over its date, and the film was pushed back to November 21, 2018. In July 2018, Disney shortened the film's title to \"Ralph Breaks the Internet\". The film was released in 3D, 2D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX 3D. The first official clip named \"KnowsMore\" was released on World", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "17118290", "text": "In 2015, Ralph signed on with Sony Music to record three albums in Spanish with the first record set to be released in 2016. In 2014, Anselmo Ralph became a coach on \"The Voice Portugal\", broadcast on RTP 1. He is also a coach on \"The Voice Kids Portugal\", the junior version of \"The Voice Portugal\". In 2012, Coca-Cola announced a promotional campaign featuring Ralph, their first with an Angolan artist. Anselmo Ralph and Anna Joyce interpreted the first Angolan Christmas music, in an initiative of the mobile operator Unitel. Ralph was nominated in the Best Male category and Best", "title": "Anselmo Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683692", "text": "Interactive and Activision and serves as a \"story extension\" to the film. Taking place following the events of the film, players may play as Wreck-It Ralph or Fix-It Felix, causing or repairing damage, respectively, following another Cy-Bug incident. Game levels are based on the locations in the film like the \"Fix-It Felix Jr.\", \"Hero's Duty\", and \"Sugar Rush\" games as well as Game Central Station. It was released in conjunction with the film's release, in November 2012. In October 2012, Disney released fully playable browser-based versions of the \"Hero's Duty\" and \"Sugar Rush\" games on the new official film site.", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683691", "text": "Atlantic\" found it \"overplotted and underdeveloped.\" The film's score was composed by Henry Jackman. The soundtrack also features original songs by Owl City, AKB48, Skrillex with the remix Noisia, and Buckner & Garcia. Early in the development process, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez wrote an original song for the film; it was later cut out. In addition to the Flash version of the \"Fix-It Felix Jr.\" game, Disney released a tie-in side-scrolling platform game called \"Wreck-It Ralph\" for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo DS, to mostly negative reviews. The arcade style side-scrolling game was produced in collaboration between Disney", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683684", "text": "Special effects, including from \"smoke or dust,\" looks distinct in each of the segments. The film was originally scheduled for a release on March 22, 2013, but it was later changed to November 2, 2012, due to it being ahead of schedule. The theatrical release was accompanied by Disney's animated short film, \"Paperman\". The first trailer for \"Wreck-It Ralph\" was released on June 6, 2012, debuting with \"\" and \"Rock of Ages\". This also coincided with the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo, for which Disney constructed a mock aged arcade cabinet for the fictional \"Fix-It Felix Jr.\" game on display on", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "26332", "text": "Together\". He was also the voice of a police officer, Wynchell, who was also an éclair, in the Disney film \"Wreck-It Ralph\". In 2008 and 2009, he was the spokesperson for T.G.I. Friday's. In 2003, he appeared in \"Windy City Heat\" as himself. In 2006, Carolla finished work on \"The Hammer\", a semi-autobiographical independent film he co-wrote and co-produced, in which he stars opposite Heather Juergensen. The film is based loosely on his own life and is filmed at a gym he helped build with his co-star, Ozzie, played by Oswaldo Castillo, his friend in real life whom he met", "title": "Adam Carolla" }, { "docid": "15683681", "text": "the screenplay had Ralph and Vanellope spending time going around the game world to collect the pieces for her kart for \"Sugar Rush\", and at times included Felix traveling with the pair. During these scenes, Ralph would have lied to Felix regarding his budding relationship with Calhoun, leading eventually to Ralph becoming depressed and abandoning his quest to get his medal back. At this point, a fourth game world, \"Extreme Easy Living 2\", would have been introduced and was considered a \"hedonistic place\" between the social nature of \"The Sims\" and the open-world objective-less aspects of \"Grand Theft Auto\", according", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683667", "text": "Turbo, now fused with the Cy-Bug that devoured him. Ralph makes the mountain erupt and falls into its depths to sacrifice himself, but Vanellope saves him using her glitching ability. The volcanic beacon lures and permanently destroys the Cy-Bugs and Turbo. Vanellope crosses the finish line, rebooting \"Sugar Rush\" and restoring her status and memory as Princess Vanellope, the main character of the game, but keeps her glitching ability. Ralph and Felix return home and their game is spared. Felix and Calhoun marry. Vanellope gains popularity as a playable character, and a content Ralph gains respect from his fellow characters.", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683689", "text": "of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". The film earned an \"A\" from audiences polled by CinemaScore. Roger Ebert of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and wrote, \"More than in most animated films, the art design and color palette of \"Wreck-It Ralph\" permit unlimited sets, costumes, and rules, giving the movie tireless originality and different behavior in every different cyber world.\" A.O. Scott of \"The New York Times\" wrote, \"The movie invites a measure of cynicism – which it proceeds to obliterate with a 93-minute blast of color, noise, ingenuity and", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "15683670", "text": "Bison (Gerald C. Rivers), and Zangief (Rich Moore) from \"\"; Clyde (Kevin Deters) from \"Pac-Man\"; and Yuni Verse (Jamie Sparer Roberts) from \"Dance Dance Revolution\". A character modeled after dubstep musician Skrillex makes an appearance in the fictional \"Fix-It Felix Jr.\" as the DJ at the anniversary party of the game. In addition to the spoken roles, \"Wreck-It Ralph\" contains a number of other video game references, including characters and visual gags. The video game villains at the support meeting, in addition to those mentioned above, include Bowser from the \"Mario\" franchise, Doctor Eggman from \"Sonic the Hedgehog\", and Neff", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "16891293", "text": "AKB48's music video, \"Heavy Rotation\". The video was premiered on October 29, 2012, at the world premiere of the movie, which took place in Los Angeles. Sugar Rush (AKB48 song) \"Sugar Rush\" is a song by the Japanese girl group AKB48. It was released on October 30, 2012 on the original soundtrack of \"Wreck-It Ralph\" (the movie itself is titled in Japanese). The song was written for the Disney animation film \"Wreck-It Ralph\" and chosen as the ending theme for its worldwide release. The song features 10 AKB48 members: Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rina Kawaei, Haruna Kojima, Mariko", "title": "Sugar Rush (AKB48 song)" }, { "docid": "16957441", "text": "video game themes\" and clips from \"Wreck-It Ralph\". Young told AOL Music, \"The funniest thing has been actually standing in front of the arcade game with controls, putting the quarter in. It's great to be back and feel like I'm 12 years old again in the arcade.\" When Can I See You Again? \"When Can I See You Again?\" is a song recorded by Owl City for the 2012 Walt Disney Animation Studios film \"Wreck-It Ralph\". It was written and produced by Adam Young, with additional writing from Matt Thiessen and Brian Lee. \"When Can I See You Again?\" is", "title": "When Can I See You Again?" }, { "docid": "16891292", "text": "Sugar Rush (AKB48 song) \"Sugar Rush\" is a song by the Japanese girl group AKB48. It was released on October 30, 2012 on the original soundtrack of \"Wreck-It Ralph\" (the movie itself is titled in Japanese). The song was written for the Disney animation film \"Wreck-It Ralph\" and chosen as the ending theme for its worldwide release. The song features 10 AKB48 members: Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rina Kawaei, Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Takahashi, Jurina Matsui, Mayu Watanabe. The music video was directed by Japanese photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa, notably the director of another", "title": "Sugar Rush (AKB48 song)" }, { "docid": "15683687", "text": "debuted with $13.5 million, an above-average opening-day gross for an animated film released in November. During its opening weekend, the film topped the box office with $49 million, making it the largest opening for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film at the time. The film fell 33% to $33 million in its second weekend, finishing second behind newcomer \"Skyfall\". Outside North America, \"Wreck-It Ralph\" earned $12 million on its opening weekend from six markets. Among all markets, its three largest openings were recorded in the UK, Ireland and Malta ($7.15 million), Brazil ($5.32 million with weekday previews), and Russia and", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "3290167", "text": "only to be halted by Rose's spirit who restrains him while Akuma delivers the final blow and seals Bison's soul for good. M. Bison makes a cameo appearance in the Disney film \"Wreck-It Ralph\" with Gerald C. Rivers reprising the role. He and Zangief appear as members of the villain support group Bad-Anon. During a meeting, he sits between Zangief and Bowser. When Ralph contemplates rebelling against his programming as a villain to become a hero, Bison warns him against it, saying \"You're not going Turbo, are you?\" referencing a character named Turbo who did something similar and almost destroyed", "title": "M. Bison" }, { "docid": "14748768", "text": "Ralph James Ralph James Torrez (November 29, 1924 – March 14, 1992) was an American voice and character actor who lived in Los Angeles County, California. Although he did voices for the \"Looney Tunes\", James might be remembered best for performing the voice of Mr. Turtle in the classic commercials for Tootsie Pops which ran throughout the 1970s. From 1978 to 1982, he could be heard as Orson, Mork’s (Robin Williams) boss on the Planet Ork, in the live-action TV series \"Mork & Mindy\" (a Happy Days spin-off). In addition, he provided character voice overs in the Pink Panther cartoon", "title": "Ralph James" }, { "docid": "15683688", "text": "the CIS ($5.27 million). In total grosses, the three largest markets were the UK, Ireland and Malta ($36.2 million), Japan ($29.6 million), and Australia ($24.0 million). The review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 87% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 178 reviews with an average score of 7.5/10. The site's consensus reads: \"Equally entertaining for both kids and parents old enough to catch the references, \"Wreck-It Ralph\" is a clever, colorful adventure built on familiar themes and joyful nostalgia.\" At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 72 out", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "19408526", "text": "Korean-Irish-American voice actor. GoGo Tomago's design was also influenced by her Korean-American voice actress, Jamie Chung. Nominated for the 42nd Annual Annie Awards for Character Design in an Animated Production for \"Big Hero Six\" (2014). Shiyoon Kim Shiyoon Kim () is a Korean-American character designer and concept artist for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is most prominently known for his work on the major motion features: \"Tangled\" (2010), \"Wreck-It Ralph\" (2012), \"Big Hero 6\" (2014), and \"Zootopia\" (2016). Kim currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife. Shiyoon Kim began to draw from the early age of three. Growing up,", "title": "Shiyoon Kim" }, { "docid": "11157914", "text": "his shoulder, to the sound of bowling pins falling. 7. Ralph next attempts to roll a lit cannon behind Sam's back, but Sam simply flips the cannon around so it faces Ralph. As Ralph runs away, the cannonball lands exactly where Ralph ended up running. 8. Finally, Ralph is sitting in his cave, depressed, and notices the rain outside, when an idea strikes him. He sneaks up behind Sam with a bottle of \"Acme Patented Hair Grower (guaranteed)\" and splashes some on Sam's head, who does not notice because of the rain. When the rain clears up, Sam has even", "title": "Double or Mutton" }, { "docid": "17194323", "text": "30 in the United Kingdom. A new poster for the film was released on February 26, 2018. Two days later, a teaser trailer for the film was released on February 28, 2018, and it quickly became viral, getting more than 4.5 million views in 24 hours. A second trailer was released on June 4, 2018 with the Daft Punk song \"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger\". In July 2018, Disney opted to remove the \"Wreck-It Ralph 2\" byline circle from the film's title, leaving it as \"Ralph Breaks the Internet\". A sneak peek of the film was released on August 10, 2018", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "7224676", "text": "starred in the film \"Tyler Perry's Acrimony,\" as a faithful wife who, after tiring of standing by her husband, is enraged when she believes herself betrayed. In November, Henson voiced the character Yesss in Disney's \"Ralph Breaks the Internet,\" a sequel to \"Wreck-It Ralph,\" from the same studio. In February 2019, Henson will star in \"What Men Want\" as \"a female sports agent who has been constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. When she gains the power to hear men's thoughts, she is able to shift the paradigm to her advantage as she races to sign the NBA's next", "title": "Taraji P. Henson" }, { "docid": "17194292", "text": "character, alongside new additions to the cast including Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson and Alfred Molina. Talks for a \"Wreck-It Ralph\" sequel began in October 2012, and went through three different scripts before settling on the final plot. The film was officially announced in June 2016, with much of the original cast confirming they had signed on, with new members being added in 2018. It is the studio's first animated sequel to be created by the original film's writing/directing team. \"Ralph Breaks the Internet\" had its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 5, 2018,", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "15683671", "text": "from \"Altered Beast\". Additionally, the game cabinet of the fictional \"Fix It Felix, Jr.\" arcade game is stylized to strongly resemble the cabinet of Nintendo's original 1981 \"Donkey Kong\" arcade game, with Ralph and Felix taking similar poses as Donkey Kong and Mario, respectively. The \"Hero's Duty\" game is a reference to the hugely successful first-person shooter games \"Halo\" and \"Call of Duty\". Characters from \"Q*bert\", including Q*bert, Coily, Slick, Sam, and Ugg, are shown as \"homeless\" characters and later taken in by Ralph and Felix into their game (Q*bert also speaks to Felix at one point using the signature", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "1810525", "text": "nose would stop bleeding if I just kept my finger out of there\" and \"I'm lernding\" and strange outbursts like \"Hi liar\". Ralph still wets himself, and it is a recurring gag in the show when he does so and announces it to someone in an unusual way. Ralph is the only child of Chief Wiggum and his wife Sarah. Chief Wiggum adores his son who returns this affection in turn, though Ralph can be quite a handful. Chief Wiggum's supportive and loving relationship with his son is often depicted as one of his more sympathetic characteristics to contrast his", "title": "Ralph Wiggum" }, { "docid": "9391055", "text": "Ralph Wright Ralph Waldo Wright (May 17, 1908 – December 31, 1983) was a Disney animator and story/storyboard writer who provided the gloomy, sullen voice of Eeyore from the popular \"Winnie the Pooh\" franchise. Wright came to the studio in the 1940s, and became well known throughout the ensuing decades for his endearingly gloomy and sullen personality traits as well as his bass voice. He turned out to be a natural model for Eeyore when the studio began development on \"Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree\". He, along with his fellow Disney contemporaries, was a pioneer in the use", "title": "Ralph Wright" }, { "docid": "17194312", "text": "have Ralph similarly learn and become a better person without having to actually solve the issue of hostility on the Internet. The scene where Vanellope is introduced to the Disney Princesses came from screenwriter Pamela Ribon. In 2014, Ribon was still working on \"Moana\" when Disney began internally pitching ideas for the sequel to \"Wreck-It Ralph\", Ribon recognized that like the title character of \"Moana\", Vanellope fits the definition of a Disney Princess. When work formally began on the sequel after the completion of \"Zootopia\", Ribon pitched the idea of Disney poking fun at itself by having Vanellope meet the", "title": "Ralph Breaks the Internet" }, { "docid": "2338381", "text": "was well received by fans and also by Hideo Kojima, who said, after being asked by a fan if he had seen the movie, \"Of course I did. It's awesome. I felt like crying for their love towards \"Metal Gear\". It's also a well-made movie. I can't wait to see the next part.\" \"Metal Gear Solid\" was referenced in the Disney film \"Wreck-It Ralph\", in which Ralph finds the exclamation mark that appears above enemies whenever they spot Snake, accompanied by the famous \"alert\" sound. In May 2006, \"Metal Gear\" series creator Hideo Kojima announced that a film adaptation of", "title": "Metal Gear" }, { "docid": "10961664", "text": "Apart\", \"\", and \"Candy, Quahog Marshmallow\"), \"Annoying Orange\" (episode \"Pacmania\"), \"Robot Chicken\" (episodes \"Tubba-Bubba's Now Hubba-Hubba\" and \"Fool's Goldfinger\"), \"Mad\", \"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\", \"Wreck-It Ralph\", and its sequel \"Ralph Breaks the Internet\". Pac-Man also appears, in a larger role (including being prominently featured in promotional posters), in the 2015 film \"Pixels\" among the arcade game characters that the aliens unleash as monsters upon Earth. His creator Tōru Iwatani also appears in the movie as an Electric Dreams Factory Arcade repairman while Denis Akiyama portrays the film's Tōru Iwatani, who tries to reason with Pac-Man only to get", "title": "Pac-Man (character)" }, { "docid": "15683663", "text": "being unplugged. Felix ventures to \"Hero's Duty\" and allies with the game's heroine, Sergeant Calhoun, to retrieve Ralph and the Cy-Bug. A little girl, Vanellope von Schweetz, steals Ralph's medal to buy her way into the nightly race that determines which characters are playable the next day, but King Candy, the ruler of \"Sugar Rush\", forbids her from racing because she has glitches that cause her to teleport erratically. Ralph and Vanellope agree to work together to retrieve his medal and help her win a race. They build a kart and hide out at Diet Cola Mountain, an unfinished race", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "18373658", "text": "excursion demands.\" Eva Hart, who had expressed concern about looting of the \"Titanic\"'s wreck, commended the IMAX film, stating \"The IMAX Titanic expedition weren't going down to plunder it. I think it's splendid.\" Titanica Titanica is a 1992 IMAX documentary film about the RMS \"Titanic\". The film was directed by Stephen Low and narrated by Cedric Smith, Anatoly Sagalevich and Ralph White. The film mostly focuses on footage taken at the wreck of the RMS \"Titanic\", also featuring footage of the expedition crew searching the wreck as well as interviews with \"Titanic\" survivors Frank John William Goldsmith and Eva Hart.", "title": "Titanica" }, { "docid": "3003279", "text": "also appears in \"\" as Dutch. In \"\", he voiced Simone (a reckless French accent speaking Chipmunk, the result after Simon was bitten by a spider). In 2012, Tudyk appeared in Timur Bekmambetov's \"\", in the role of Stephen A. Douglas. Tudyk also voiced King Candy in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2012 film \"Wreck-It Ralph\", a performance for which he won the Annie Award for Voice Acting. He played Ben Chapman in the 2013 movie \"42\" about Jackie Robinson. Tudyk voiced the Duke of Weselton in Disney's 2013 film \"Frozen\". In 2014, he voiced Alistair Krei in Disney's \"Big Hero", "title": "Alan Tudyk" }, { "docid": "13226879", "text": "second assistant director in the show's first season. Scott released a song entitled, \"Girl I Used to Know\" in the same year. The official music video for the song premiered on October 26, the music video features an appearance by Orlando based band Before You Exit portraying as her band. In 2013 Scott was a guest star on the fifteenth season of \"\" as Clare Wilson. Scott provided the voice of Moppet Girl in \"Wreck-It Ralph\". Scott also guest-starred on the Disney Channel show \"Jessie\", as Maybelle. In 2014, Scott began to film four movies, \"\" (released in June 2015),", "title": "Stefanie Scott" }, { "docid": "18675217", "text": "translating animations and movies in 2006. Among his most famous works are the translation of Shrek Forever After, Turbo (film), Up, The Lorax, Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, The Smurfs, Brave, The Croods, Monsters University, Frozen (2013 film), Big Hero 6 (film) etc. Ali Caszadeh Ali Caszadeh (), born in Iran, is an Iranian translator and official translator of Glory Entertainment (The Association of Tehran Young Voice Actors). He has translated \"\", \"\", \"\" and \"Toy Story\" Trilogy into Persian. Different channels of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, i.e. Channel 2, Namayesh, Pouya Cartoon Channel, home video companies having the Ministry of", "title": "Ali Caszadeh" }, { "docid": "5890276", "text": "in the category of television located at 6640 Hollywood Blvd. Lynch has lent her voice to multiple animated films, including \"Space Chimps\", \"\", \"Shrek Forever After\" and \"Wreck-It Ralph\". Since 2013, she has hosted the NBC game show \"Hollywood Game Night\", for which she has won two Emmy Awards. She has also hosted \"Earth Live\" for National Geographic. Lynch was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois, and raised in Dolton, Illinois, the daughter of a banker father, Frank Lynch, and a homemaker-secretary mother, Eileen (née Carney). Her father was of Irish descent, his parents having come from Swinford County Mayo, and", "title": "Jane Lynch" }, { "docid": "7384459", "text": "to the preservation of American History through baseball. He plans to focus those efforts and locate the Foundation in Factoryville. Also in the works for Frierson are the first true biographies of Christy, both in book form and for the big screen. Eddie Frierson Edward Davies Frierson (born November 22, 1959) is an American voice actor, stage actor and writer. He has provided voices for such films as \"Wreck-It Ralph, Hotel Transylvania, The Princess and the Frog, ParaNorman, Curious George, Tangled,\" the video games and and the animated television series \"MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance\" but is perhaps best known for", "title": "Eddie Frierson" }, { "docid": "8785759", "text": "regularly appears in the skit \"Knock Knock Joke of the Day\" on the hit children's television show, \"Yo Gabba Gabba!\" since season 2 and stars in Craig McCracken's new TV show \"Wander Over Yonder\" on the Disney Channel. In 2011, he also appeared in \"The Simpsons\", in the season 22 episode, \"The Great Simpsina\" as Ewell Freestone, 'Peach Guy'. In the fall of 2012, Jack lent his voice to the Disney animated film \"Wreck-It Ralph\", playing the title character's close friend and video game opponent Fix-It Felix, Jr. More recently, he has starred alongside Los Angeles Clippers player Blake Griffin", "title": "Jack McBrayer" }, { "docid": "15683683", "text": "justifying the concept would be too convoluted. Line art sketches and voice-over readings of the scene were included on the home media release of the film. The film introduced Disney's new bidirectional reflectance distribution functions, with more realistic reflections on surfaces, and new virtual cinematography Camera Capture system, which makes it possible to go through scenes in real-time. To research the \"Sugar Rush\" segment of the film, the visual development group traveled to trade fair ISM Cologne, a See's Candy factory, and other manufacturing facilities. The group also brought in food photographers, to demonstrate techniques to make food appear appealing.", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "14400577", "text": "instances, there are also multiple copies of Ralph and particularly Sam. At the end-of-the-day whistle at 5:00 PM, Ralph and Sam punch out their time cards, again chat amiably, and leave, presumably only to come back the next day and do it all over again. Both Ralph and Sam are performed by voice actor Mel Blanc. In \"A Sheep In The Deep\", the workday is interrupted by a lunch break, which they also conduct amiably. The operation seems to run 24 hours a day or at least into another shift, as when Ralph and Sam \"punch out\" they may also", "title": "Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog" }, { "docid": "9349697", "text": "Light Records Light Records is a gospel record label founded in 1966 by Ralph Carmichael as a joint venture with the Waco, Texas-based Word Records. It is a subsidiary of eOne Music. Early-on, Light Records' first roster included Ralph Carmichael, the Carmichael Young People, Ralph Carmichael's 102 Strings recordings, and Ralph's daughter Kim (Carol) Carmichael. Other artists included Jimmy Durante and Thurl Ravenscroft (the voice of Tony the Tiger in cereal commercials). Light moved into Gospel music quickly, with the 1968 signing of future Grammy-winners Andrae Crouch & the Disciples and \"The Oral Roberts Singers\" featuring Richard Roberts (evangelist) who", "title": "Light Records" }, { "docid": "7690478", "text": "conventional in its characterizations and narrative.\" He added, \"The movie does have two things going for it (besides Tilly in a nurse’s uniform). One is its brisk, sunny aplomb. It zips right along in cheerful montages and abbreviated scenes, divided by intertitles announcing the feasts of saints. The second is Butcher, who seems to be something like the masculine Amanda Bynes of Canada: goofy and authentically youthful but remarkably assured onscreen... The film isn't going to catapult Butcher to international stardom, but he holds his own in it and helps to sell its curious logic.\" Saint Ralph Saint Ralph is", "title": "Saint Ralph" }, { "docid": "8757964", "text": "Michael Ralph Michael Ralph (born c. 1963 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. He is known for his recurring roles as Spencer Boyer on the sitcom \"A Different World\", Tyrell Livingston on \"Cleghorne!\" and as Kelly on \"The Bernie Mac Show\". Some of his other television credits include \"Martin\", \"Moesha\", \"The Parkers\", \"All of Us\", \"The Suite Life on Deck\", \"Numb3rs\", \"The Sinbad Show\" and \"Renegade\". He also appeared in the films \"Marked for Death\" (1990), \"Malcolm X\" (1992) and Nickelodeon television film \"Drake & Josh Go Hollywood\" (2006). Ralph has also provided his voice", "title": "Michael Ralph" }, { "docid": "19912559", "text": "a career as a voice actress; often dubbing foreign animated film characters into Estonian. She has voiced the characters Colette Tatou in Pixar's 2007 American computer-animated comedy film \"Ratatouille\"; Vanellope von Schweetz in the American 3D computer-animated fantasy-comedy film \"Wreck-It Ralph\", produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios; and Maggie in the 2013 3D Belgian-French computer-animated fantasy-comedy film \"The House of Magic\", among others. Tamm's first prominent television role as an actress was as Rita Leidpalu in the 2006-2007 ETV crime drama serial \"Ohtlik lend\". In 2008, she appeared in the role of Helmi Reiman in the ETV twelve-part television historical", "title": "Elisabet Reinsalu" }, { "docid": "8026730", "text": "Days\", which is a biography of five 20th century ventriloquists. He is the author and illustrator of twelve published children's books, including \"Rusty's Red Vacation\", \"Bonnie's Blue House\" and \"Yolanda's Yellow School\". In mid-2011 to mid-2012, Asbury contributed storyboards to Disney's \"Wreck-It Ralph\" and \"Frozen\". In March 2018, Asbury began directing STX Entertainment’s first animated feature \"UglyDolls\", to be released May 10, 2019. Asbury currently resides in Southern California. Kelly Asbury Kelly Adam Asbury (born January 15, 1960) is an American animated film director, screenwriter, voice actor, published children's book author/illustrator, and non-fiction author. He is best known for directing", "title": "Kelly Asbury" }, { "docid": "19404661", "text": "Salka Sól as Female Vocalist of the Year, and AmabAdamA as Newcomer of the Year. Salka Sól became an experienced voice actor (like her father) and has voiced Icelandic versions of films like \"LEGO Movie\", \"Monsters Inc.\", and \"Wreck it Ralph\". After a short career as a TV-presenter at the short lived Icelandic TV-station Bravó, Salka Sól got interested in radio work. She overheard a phone conversation where a radio host she knew was talking about his radio show needing a woman to fill in over the summer. \"After he hung up I kinda pleaded \"pick me, pick me\" like", "title": "Salka Sól Eyfeld" }, { "docid": "7384450", "text": "Eddie Frierson Edward Davies Frierson (born November 22, 1959) is an American voice actor, stage actor and writer. He has provided voices for such films as \"Wreck-It Ralph, Hotel Transylvania, The Princess and the Frog, ParaNorman, Curious George, Tangled,\" the video games and and the animated television series \"MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance\" but is perhaps best known for playing Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson in the one-man show \"Matty: An Evening with Christy Mathewson\". Frierson was born in Akron, Ohio (lived for a time in Sherman Oaks, CA) and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. Eddie Frierson began researching", "title": "Eddie Frierson" }, { "docid": "6445429", "text": "film's characters Sour Bill and Zangief. \"Wreck-It Ralph\" won five Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature and a Best Director award for Moore, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Moore's next animated feature film, Disney's \"Zootopia\", which he co-directed with Byron Howard and Jared Bush, was released in March 2016, having the biggest worldwide opening for an animated film ever and the second highest-grossing animated feature film of 2016 to \"Finding Dory\". Rich Moore Rich Moore (born May 10, 1963) is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter, voice actor and a creative partner", "title": "Rich Moore" }, { "docid": "8798434", "text": "and producer for the sitcom \"Champions\", in which she also has a recurring role. Kaling's film career includes voice work in the films \"Despicable Me\" (2010), \"Wreck It Ralph\" (2012), and \"Inside Out\" (2015); and starring roles in the fantasy adventure \"A Wrinkle in Time\" and the heist-comedy \"Ocean's 8\" (both 2018). In addition to her work on film and television, Kaling has written two \"New York Times\" best-selling memoirs, titled \"Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)\" (2011) and \"Why Not Me?\" (2015). Vera Mindy Chokalingam was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to father Avu Chokalingam, an architect,", "title": "Mindy Kaling" }, { "docid": "10990505", "text": "agreed to hear his appeal. On April 16, 2008 the Court affirmed the Kentucky Supreme Court's decision that the injection protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment. Baze does not dispute that he shot and killed Powell County, Kentucky Sheriff Steve Bennett and Deputy Arthur Briscoe in 1992 as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant on him, but claims that the shootings were self-defense. Baze is incarcerated on death row in Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky. Ralph Baze Ralph Baze (born July 1, 1955) is a convicted murderer who sued the Kentucky State Department of Corrections along with", "title": "Ralph Baze" }, { "docid": "5064095", "text": "Ralph Lawler Ralph Anthony Lawler (born April 21, 1938) is the television and radio voice of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. Going back to the franchise's six-year stint in San Diego (1978–84), Lawler has broadcast virtually every Clippers game since the franchise moved from Buffalo, New York in 1978, whether it be radio and/or television. There were only two seasons when Lawler did not serve as the team's primary play-by-play broadcaster-1981-82 (Jerry Gross) and 1984-85 (Eddie Doucette) before becoming the full-time voice once again in 1985-86. Although the Clippers have been among the least-successful NBA franchises, Lawler has", "title": "Ralph Lawler" }, { "docid": "2374797", "text": "letting it lose power, which would erase the high score with his initials \"GLC\". In the Season 4 episode of \"George Lopez\", \"Friends Don't Let Friends Marry Drunks\", George says to his son Max \"play the one where the frog tries to cross the street\", an obvious reference to \"Frogger\". Frogger also appears in the films \"Wreck-It Ralph\", \"Pixels\" and Ralph Breaks The Internet. Music in which \"Frogger\" is referenced can also be found. In 1982, Buckner & Garcia recorded a song called \"Froggy's Lament\" using sound effects from the game and released it on the album \"Pac-Man Fever\". Punk", "title": "Frogger" }, { "docid": "13746092", "text": "to a typewriter. He published thirteen well-received volumes of poetry and won such nationally recognized awards as the Carl Sandburg Award in 1983 and the William Carlos Williams Prize in 2000. His final selected of poems, \"Grasses Standing\", appeared in 2000 as a capstone to a truly impressive creative career. It won the William Carlos Williams Prize from the Poetry Society of America. Ralph J. Mills, Jr's published volumes of poetry: Ralph J. Mills, Jr. Ralph J. Mills, Jr. (December 16, 1931 – August 18, 2007) was an American poet, scholar and professor. A uniquely Chicago voice, his poetry was", "title": "Ralph J. Mills, Jr." }, { "docid": "15683682", "text": "to Moore. Ralph would go there too, wallowing in his depression, and would find happiness by gaining \"Like It\" buttons for doing acceptable actions in the party-like nature of the place. Moore stated that while it was difficult to consider dropping this new game world, they found that its introduction in the second half of the film would be too difficult a concept for the viewer to grasp. They further had trouble working out how a social game would be part of an arcade, and though they considered having the game be running on Litwak's laptop, they ultimately realized that", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "docid": "10231427", "text": "of the 2012 Disney film \"Wreck-It Ralph\", where it is the song that plays when Ralph is putting Vanellope through driving school in \"Sugar Rush\". The song is also featured in 2008 movies \"Wild Child\", \"College Road Trip\" and \"21\". It was used in 2012 commercials for cars from the Japanese automobile maker \"Mazda\". The song was later used as a \"Lip Sync for your Life\" song on \"RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars\". Contestants Tatianna and Alyssa Edwards performed this song for a chance to re-enter the competition; since both performed well, they both got to return. The song was", "title": "Shut Up and Drive" }, { "docid": "2877156", "text": "injustice in the world. Subsequently, Attorney Pam Davidson (Sellecca), who handled Ralph's divorce, also encounters the aliens. Through some coercion, she eventually agrees to, on occasion, join Ralph and Bill during missions. Ralph's uniform grants him the powers of flight, super strength, invulnerability, invisibility, precognition, E.S.P., telekinesis, X-ray vision, super speed, pyrokinesis, holographic vision, shrinking, psychometry, and even the ability to detect the supernatural. As Ralph lost the suit's instruction manual, his discovery of these different powers often come as a surprise even to himself. Notably, while the suit enables Ralph to fly, it does not endow him with any", "title": "The Greatest American Hero" }, { "docid": "11714316", "text": "of \"Treasure Island\" (1950), and the Police Inspector in Alfred Hitchcock's \"The Man Who Knew Too Much\" (1956). He also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including \"Danger Man\". He died 15 October 1977 in Ipswich, Suffolk aged 77. Ralph Truman Ralph Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 October 1977) was an English actor, usually cast as either a villain or an authority figure. He possessed a distinguished speaking voice. He was born in London, England. Truman originally studied at the Royal College of Music and was a regular performer on the radio from 1925, appearing in an estimated", "title": "Ralph Truman" }, { "docid": "14748769", "text": "shorts. He also made several live acting appearances, including the action/sexploitation film \"Big Bad Mama\" (1974) starring Angie Dickenson, William Shatner and Tom Skerritt, where he played the minor role of a sheriff, \"Capone\" (1975), where he played the part of Judge H.B. Wilkerson, and the part of \"Ace\" in \"Sixpack Annie\" (1975). On March 14, 1992, James died at the age of 67 in Beverly Hills. Ralph James Ralph James Torrez (November 29, 1924 – March 14, 1992) was an American voice and character actor who lived in Los Angeles County, California. Although he did voices for the \"Looney", "title": "Ralph James" }, { "docid": "13746082", "text": "Ralph J. Mills, Jr. Ralph J. Mills, Jr. (December 16, 1931 – August 18, 2007) was an American poet, scholar and professor. A uniquely Chicago voice, his poetry was in the objectivist style, dependent on evocative natural imagery, presented in terse but beautifully layered poems. Ralph Joseph Mills, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 16, 1931. His father was Ralph J. Mills, President of the Mills Novelty Company in Chicago (inventors and makers of vending, gaming and slot machines, one of the largest in the country) and his mother was Eileen McGuire, whose family owned Beloit Dairy in", "title": "Ralph J. Mills, Jr." }, { "docid": "5357809", "text": "a parody of \"Magnum, P.I.\", which follows Chief Wiggum, Ralph and Seymour Skinner. Chief Wiggum and his son Ralph move to New Orleans with Seymour Skinner as Wiggum's sidekick. Wiggum has proclaimed that he will \"clean up the city\" of New Orleans, but it does not take long before he meets his nemesis, Big Daddy, who warns Wiggum to stay out of his business. Soon after, Ralph disappears and Wiggum finds Big Daddy's calling card left behind. Wiggum manages to track Big Daddy's ransom call to the Mardi Gras, where he briefly runs into the Simpson family, and the two", "title": "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" }, { "docid": "6254738", "text": "bring back his son to the moon. They succeed; however, Ralph Common tells them that there must be a connection between Earth and Vega, since there are maps showing the area of the Mediterranean Sea. Communication with the Vegans is not yet possible, with the exception of the \"Telepathic Voice\", which only Ralph can hear. The Vegans realize that there is a dimension portal set up between the worlds. By waiting at its warp point, they send an emissary to the moon who, however, is killed by accident. In an attempt to mediate, Perkins, Hoffmann and Ralph take another trip", "title": "Commander Perkins" }, { "docid": "3854092", "text": "a score of 60 out of 100. Robert A. Jung reviewed the game which was posted to IGN Entertainment in July 1999. In his final verdict he wrote that \"A lighthearted, silly game that's lots of fun for lots of players (the more the merrier).\" Giving a final score of 9 out of 10. In 2012, Walt Disney Animation Studios named their film character \"Wreck-It Ralph\" after Ralph the wolf, since as the bad guy in his game \"Fix-It Felix Jr.\", his job was to smash an apartment building so the hero Felix could repair the damage. About a decade", "title": "Rampage (video game)" } ]
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[ { "docid": "2607860", "text": "twins Kyle and Nigel). In her narration, Kate has written her story into a book and hopes to send it to her friend to publish the book. Meanwhile, Tom unexpectedly receives an offer from his old friend and football teammate, Shake McGuire, to coach at his alma mater in his hometown of Evanston, Illinois. Tom accepts the offer, and he and Kate begin making plans on returning to Evanston. The kids find out and demand the move be put to a vote, even though Tom says it would not have any power. He loses the vote, even after he and", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)" } ]
[ { "docid": "14412224", "text": "would pretend to ponder the question carefully, and then, just as the light turned green, would say, \"Well, they come cheaper by the dozen, you know,\" and drive off. In real life, the Gilbreths' second eldest child, Mary, died of diphtheria at age five. The book does not explicitly explain the absence of Mary Gilbreth. It was not until the sequel, \"Belles on Their Toes\", was published in 1950 that her death is mentioned in a footnote. \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" was made into a 1950 motion picture, starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy as Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. \"Cheaper", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen" }, { "docid": "14412225", "text": "by the Dozen\" (1992) has been adapted as a stage play by Christopher Sergel. It played at Grey Lite Theatre in 1992, directed by Lori David. \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" has been adapted as a musical, dramatized by Christopher Sergel with a score by David Rogers and Mark Bucci. \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003) and \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" (2005), starring comedians Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, make a few references to the 1950 film. On the cover of Kate’s book (Kate is the female lead character in the movies), the title is shown to be Cheaper by the", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen" }, { "docid": "14412222", "text": "Cheaper by the Dozen Cheaper by the Dozen is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 kids. The bestselling book was later adapted into a feature film by Twentieth Century Fox in 1950 and followed up by the sequel, \"Belles on Their Toes\" (1950), which was adapted as a 1952 film. The book tells the story of time and motion study and efficiency experts Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and their children as they reside", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen" }, { "docid": "2607859", "text": "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film) Cheaper by the Dozen is a 2003 American family comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and stars Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. The film was released on December 25, 2003, by 20th Century Fox and grossed $190 million worldwide against its $40 million budget. Tom Baker is a football coach at Lincoln College, a small rural college near Midland City, Illinois. He met his future wife, Kate at Illinois Poly Tech, and together, they gave birth to 12 children (Nora, Charlie, Lorraine, Henry, Sarah, Jake, Mark, fraternal twins Jessica and Kim, Mike, and identical", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)" }, { "docid": "7429807", "text": "Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film) Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 Technicolor film based upon the autobiographical book \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (1948) by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film and book describe growing up in a family with twelve children, in Montclair, New Jersey. The title comes from one of Gilbreth's favorite jokes, which played out in the movie, that when he and his family were out driving and stopped at a red light, a pedestrian would ask: \"Hey, Mister! How come you got so many kids?\" Gilbreth would pretend to ponder the", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)" }, { "docid": "5163422", "text": "Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is a 2005 American family comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox. It is the sequel to the family comedy film \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003). Shawn Levy, the director of the first film, did not return as director for this one, which was instead directed by Adam Shankman (\"The Pacifier\"). Levy was a producer of it and made an appearance as a hospital intern in it. Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, Alyson Stoner, and Tom Welling reprise their roles as members of the twelve-child Baker family.", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" }, { "docid": "14412227", "text": "Washington Post\": \"[I]t is a joy to report that \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" still reads remarkably well. ... The prose ... is unadorned and matter of fact, and its organizational structure is a bit difficult to detect, but what matters most is that it is a touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny.\" Cheaper by the Dozen Cheaper by the Dozen is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 kids. The bestselling book", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen" }, { "docid": "5163433", "text": "on its box office performance in its second weekend, increasing 55.6% from $9,309,387 to $14,486,519. The DVD was released on May 23, 2006. The Blu-ray was released on January 5, 2010. The DVD is two-sided and side B has an inside look previews of \"Flicka\" and \"Aquamarine\". Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is a 2005 American family comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox. It is the sequel to the family comedy film \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003). Shawn Levy, the director of the first film, did not return as director for this one, which", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" }, { "docid": "7429810", "text": "Dozen\" was remade 53 years later starring Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. The birth order in which \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" portrays some of the children is not the same order in which the real Gilbreth children were born. For example, Robert (who was born in 1920) is shown as being born in 1922, as the last child after Jane (who was born in 1922). This is reversed in the movie's sequel. In real life, Mary, who was the second child, died in 1912, aged 5. However, in the film \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", Mary is placed as the third", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)" }, { "docid": "1306657", "text": "and president of Radio Liberty, whom she married on June 2, 1951, in Fort Myer, Virginia. Sargeant, a Presbyterian, wanted the marriage officiated in the church, but they were unable to do so due to Loy's recent divorce. Throughout the 1950s, Loy assumed an influential role as co-chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing. In 1948, she had become a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, the first Hollywood celebrity to do so. In 1952, she starred in the \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" sequel, \"Belles on Their Toes\". In 1956, she appeared", "title": "Myrna Loy" }, { "docid": "4198943", "text": "as Rob \"Karate Rob\" Meltzer in the second season of the CBS legal drama \"Judging Amy\". He has also been involved behind the camera as an executive producer and a director. His films include \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003), \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" (2005), \"The Fog\" (2005), \"Draft Day\" (2014) and \"The Choice\" (2016). Welling was born in Putnam Valley, New York. His family moved frequently, making stops in Wisconsin, Delaware, and Michigan. Welling attended Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan, where he started acting in plays, but then switched into sports. Welling played baseball and soccer, but his", "title": "Tom Welling" }, { "docid": "2607868", "text": "reactions, the film was given \"Two Thumbs Up\" from Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper on their television show, and became a box office hit. The film opened at #2 ranking in 27,557,647 in its first opening weekend and, despite being kept from the top spot by \"\", went on to gross $190,212,113 worldwide. Ashton Kutcher was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his performance in this, \"Just Married\", and \"My Boss's Daughter\". The film was released on VHS and DVD on April 6, 2004. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film) Cheaper by the Dozen is a", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)" }, { "docid": "7429812", "text": "\"a lot of humor, and just enough clutching at the heart to please any audience.\" \"Harrison's Reports\" called it \"delightfully amusing\" with comedy \"that keeps one chuckling throughout and at times reaches hilarious proportions.\" \"Pleasant light entertainment,\" reported \"The Monthly Film Bulletin\". John McCarten of \"The New Yorker\" was less enthused, writing that \"since nothing much happens in the way of conflict, there just isn't any drama, and the piece boils down to one of those typical fluffy comedies about home life in America.\" Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film) Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 Technicolor film based", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)" }, { "docid": "7429808", "text": "question carefully, and then, just as the light turned green, would say: \"Well, they come cheaper by the dozen, you know\", and drive off. The parents are the time and motion study and efficiency experts Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. and psychologist Lillian Moller Gilbreth. The film shows typical days in the lives of a family in the 1920s, but here with 12 children and an efficiency engineer as the parent. Frank employs his unorthodox teaching methods on his children, and there are clashes between parents and children. Frank takes every opportunity to study motion and increase efficiency, including filming his", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)" }, { "docid": "7429809", "text": "children's tonsillectomies to see if there are ways to streamline the operation. After Frank's sudden death, the family agree that Lillian will continue with her husband's work; this enables the family to remain in their house, rather than move to their grandmother's in California, although, with a widowed working mother and one income, the children will have to assume much greater responsibilities. Because of the success of \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", Gilbreth and Carey wrote a follow-up to their book, entitled \"Belles on Their Toes\" (1950), which was also made into a 1952 movie by 20th Century-Fox. \"Cheaper by the", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)" }, { "docid": "12765371", "text": "alternative sports athletes. Artisan released the film in August 2003. In 2003, Myron produced the hit family film, \"Cheaper By The Dozen\", starring Steve Martin. Twentieth Century Fox released the film on Christmas Day, 2003. He then produced the sequel, \"Cheaper By The Dozen 2\", which was released in 2005. Projects in development include, \"Hell’s Angel\", based on Hells Angels’ founder, Sonny Barger’s autobiography, to be directed by Tony Scott for Twentieth Century Fox. Ben Myron Ben Myron is a film producer. His sixteen credits range from low-budget independent films (\"One False Move\", \"Signal 7\") to big-budget studio films (\"Cheaper", "title": "Ben Myron" }, { "docid": "5163427", "text": "family member must compete. During it, Nora goes into labor; the Murtaughs want to help, but Jimmy, sensing the opportunity to defeat Tom once and for all, refuses to do so. The Murtaugh children jump out of the canoe to help the Bakers. While arguing with his wife, Jimmy reveals he was jealous of Tom being the popular one when they young. Eventually his wife convinced him to help and the two families work together to get Nora to the hospital. Bud, Lorraine, and Kate go with her in the delivery room, while Tom, Jimmy, Sarina, and the rest of", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" }, { "docid": "5163429", "text": "and baby Tom leave for Houston a few days later while the Bakers continue their vacation at Lake Winnetka. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes ranked \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" 98th in the 100 worst reviewed films of the 2000s, with a rating of 6% based on 93 reviews of the film. The site's consensus reads \" A sequel to a remake, \"Cheaper 2\" wastes its solid cast in scenes of over-the-top, predictable humor\". On Metacritic, it has a score of 34 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\". \"Chicago Sun-Times\" critic Roger Ebert, gave the", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" }, { "docid": "12995179", "text": "Fajã do Valado The Fajã do Valado is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Rosais, in the municipality of Velas, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. There are less than a dozen homes on the fajãs, supported by a series of cisterns providing potable water. Around 1949, a couple began to live in the fajã, and constructed a mill to mill corn. They continued to live there for the next twenty years. The area, much like other fajãs along the northern coast, is", "title": "Fajã do Valado" }, { "docid": "7729263", "text": "of snakes wide and long. The cause of this phenomenon is unknown, although it likely has to do with reproduction. They can sometimes be seen swimming in schools of several dozen, and many dead specimens have been found on beaches after typhoons. They feed on small fish and occasionally young octopodes. They are often associated with the sea snake barnacle (\"Platylepas ophiophila\"), which attaches to their skin. Except for a single genus, all sea snakes are ovoviviparous; the young are born alive in the water where they live their entire lives. In some species, the young are quite large, up", "title": "Sea snake" }, { "docid": "15170818", "text": "theater and music. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. ★ Jeremy Sumpter - \"Peter Pan\" - Universal Pictures ★ Jenna Boyd - \"The Missing\" - Revolution Studios ★ Scott Terra - \"\" - Paramount Pictures ★ Aree Davis - \"The Haunted Mansion\" - Walt Disney Pictures ★ Forrest Landis - \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" - 20th Century Fox ★ Emma Bolger - \"In America\" - Hell's Kitchen Films ★ Cheaper by the Dozen ★ - \"\" - Independent ★ (tie) Logan Lerman - \"A Painted House\" - Hallmark Hall of Fame<br> ★ (tie) Calum Worthy - \"National Lampoon's", "title": "25th Young Artist Awards" }, { "docid": "6481628", "text": "Holmes Osborne Holmes Osborne (born November 7, 1947) is an American actor, best known for starring in Richard Kelly's films \"Donnie Darko\" (2001), \"Southland Tales\" (2007), and \"The Box\" (2009). He has also starred in \"That Thing You Do!\" (1996), \"Affliction\" (1997), \"Bring It On\" (2000), \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003), and \"Larry Crowne\" (2011). In 1996, Osborne played the father of Tom Everett Scott's character in the musical comedy-drama film \"That Thing You Do!\". In 1999, he guest starred, along with Lance Henriksen (reprising his role as Frank Black), in an episode of \"The X-Files\" as a necromancer for", "title": "Holmes Osborne" }, { "docid": "6505761", "text": "by Shelter, published by New Policy Institute and funded by Trust for London. By definition, disabled people have needs that others do not. For example, a person might not be able to drive and therefore may not be able to live far away from active sections of the public transport network, where accommodation is cheaper. Few houses and maisonettes have lifts, which means that people who use mobility aids need ground floor accommodation; similarly those who use assistance dogs need a garden or yard where the animal can toilet. In contrast to the bottom 30%/30th percentile rent figure used in", "title": "Local Housing Allowance" }, { "docid": "3121041", "text": "High School in Sherman Oaks, California in 2012. She is a fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Los Angeles Lakers . Since 2008, she has been dating her \"Chowder\" co-star Nicky Jones Mumy has appeared in several motion pictures. Her most notable film appearances are in \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\", \"The Santa Clause 2\", as well as \"\". In 2002, Mumy played Audrey Fremont, the daughter of her father Bill's character Anthony, in a sequel to the classic \"The Twilight Zone\" episode \"It's a Good Life\" called \"It's Still a Good Life\". Mumy provided", "title": "Liliana Mumy" }, { "docid": "2611472", "text": "she appeared as Sarah, one of the twelve Baker children, in the successful comedies \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" and \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\". She has also appeared in several television shows aimed at the preteen market, including \"The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\", \"That's So Raven\" and \"Drake & Josh\". In 2006, she had a small film role in \"Step Up\" as Camille, Channing Tatum's character's younger sister. She provided the voice of Isabella Garcia-Shapiro and Jenny (until Season 4) in the Disney Channel animated series \"Phineas and Ferb\" from 2007-2015, and personally came up with Isabella's catchphrase", "title": "Alyson Stoner" }, { "docid": "2607939", "text": "the restaurant, \"Jack's Wife Freda\", in SoHo, Lower Manhattan, which opened in 2012. Piper Perabo Piper Lisa Perabo (; born October 31, 1976) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing CIA Agent Annie Walker in the spy drama series \"Covert Affairs\", which ran on the USA Network for five seasons between 2010 and 2014, receiving a Golden Globe nomination. Since her breakthrough starring role in \"Coyote Ugly\" (2000), Perabo has appeared in films such as \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003), \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" (2005), \"The Prestige\" (2006), and \"Looper\" (2012). Perabo was", "title": "Piper Perabo" }, { "docid": "7297075", "text": "Jacob Smith (actor) Jonathan Jacob Charles William Smith (born January 21, 1990) is an American actor. He began his career as a young child, making several guest appearances on popular TV shows before being cast as Owen Salinger on Party of Five, a role he held for two years. After the series' end, Smith went onto appear in Phantom of the Megaplex, a Disney Channel Original Movie, in 2000 and then in Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, in 2003 and 2005. Smith was born in Monrovia, California on January 21, 1990. He has", "title": "Jacob Smith (actor)" }, { "docid": "9641499", "text": "Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and author. Duff began her acting career at a young age and quickly became labeled a teen idol as the title character of the Disney Channel television series \"Lizzie McGuire\" (2001–2004) and in the theatrical film based off the series, \"The Lizzie McGuire Movie\" (2003). Thereafter, Duff appeared in numerous films, with leading roles in \"Agent Cody Banks\" (2003), \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003), \"A Cinderella Story\" (2004), and \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" (2005). After experiencing commercial and critical failure in \"Material Girls\"", "title": "Hilary Duff" }, { "docid": "2607929", "text": "Piper Perabo Piper Lisa Perabo (; born October 31, 1976) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing CIA Agent Annie Walker in the spy drama series \"Covert Affairs\", which ran on the USA Network for five seasons between 2010 and 2014, receiving a Golden Globe nomination. Since her breakthrough starring role in \"Coyote Ugly\" (2000), Perabo has appeared in films such as \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003), \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" (2005), \"The Prestige\" (2006), and \"Looper\" (2012). Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Mary Charlotte (née Ulland), a physical", "title": "Piper Perabo" }, { "docid": "1415942", "text": "since 1977. She was in attendance in Cleveland, along with fellow Cubs fans Eddie Vedder, Bill Murray and John Cusack, for the Cubs' historic Game 7 victory during the 2016 World Series. She is a supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, of which she is an honorary board member. Bonnie Hunt Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1961) is an American comedienne, actress, director, producer, and writer. Her film roles include \"Rain Man\", \"Beethoven\", \"Beethoven's 2nd\", \"Jumanji\", \"Jerry Maguire\", \"The Green Mile\", \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", and \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\". Hunt has done voice work in \"A", "title": "Bonnie Hunt" }, { "docid": "1415933", "text": "Bonnie Hunt Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1961) is an American comedienne, actress, director, producer, and writer. Her film roles include \"Rain Man\", \"Beethoven\", \"Beethoven's 2nd\", \"Jumanji\", \"Jerry Maguire\", \"The Green Mile\", \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", and \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\". Hunt has done voice work in \"A Bug's Life\", \"Monsters, Inc.\", \"Cars\", \"Toy Story 3\", \"Cars 2\", \"Monsters University\", \"Zootopia\", and \"Cars 3\". She starred in \"Grand\" and \"Davis Rules\", as well as creating, producing, writing, and starring in \"The Building\", \"Bonnie\", and \"Life with Bonnie\". From 2008 to 2010, she hosted \"The Bonnie Hunt Show\". Bonnie", "title": "Bonnie Hunt" }, { "docid": "20929486", "text": "Los Angeles and Ohio State University but decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Whilst in Columbus, Borelli also performed in more than a dozen shows with the Columbus Children's Theatre which included roles in \"Cheaper by the Dozen, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Wiley and the Hairy Man\" and \"Holes\". Borelli publicly came out as a gay man on Instagram in November 2018, moments after the airing of the 6th episode of Grey's Anatomy Season 15 where his character, Dr. Levi Schmitt l, also came out as gay. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Borelli quickly", "title": "Jake Borelli" }, { "docid": "20438369", "text": "those divisions were increasingly reflected by physical divisions in the form of check points. Nevertheless, even in 1955 it was perfectly possible for German residents to live in East Berlin (where rents and goods, if available, were far cheaper) and work in West Berlin (where rents and wages were higher). There were still plenty of people, including Richard Baier, who found it convenient and indeed interesting to do just that. During the early 1950s he became one of the best known presenters working on the RIAS. In June 1953 Baier was able to report on the East German uprising. The", "title": "Richard Baier" }, { "docid": "1415938", "text": "positive reception from critics, was largely influenced by Hunt's blue-collar Catholic upbringing in Chicago. Hunt portrayed Alice Newton in \"Beethoven\" and \"Beethoven's 2nd\", Sarah Whittle/Madam Serena in \"Jumanji\", and Kate Baker in \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" and \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\". She portrayed the sister of Renée Zellweger's character in \"Jerry Maguire\" and Jan Edgecomb in \"The Green Mile\". She portrayed Grace Bellamy in \"Loggerheads\". She has provided her voice for a total of six Pixar films: \"A Bug's Life\" as Rosie, \"Monsters, Inc.\" as Ms. Flint, \"Cars\" and \"Cars 2\" as Sally Carrera, \"Toy Story 3\" as Dolly,", "title": "Bonnie Hunt" }, { "docid": "2034446", "text": "the economics of refineries which could not process it. Most of the Canadian oil refineries which closed were in the oil deficient regions of Quebec, the Atlantic Provinces, and British Columbia where they had no access to cheaper domestic Canadian production. They also were not designed to refine the heavier grades which comprised most new Canadian production. These refinery closures were part of an international trend, since about a dozen refineries in Europe, the Caribbean and along the US east coast have shut down recent years due to sharp increases in the cost of imported oil and declining domestic demand", "title": "Oil sands" }, { "docid": "5163432", "text": "and overall felt that there was \"a discernible lack of enthusiasm from almost everyone involved\", however singling out Carmen Electra for being \"the most winning performer of the bunch\". The film received two Razzie Award nominations including Worst Actress (Hilary Duff) and Worst Supporting Actor (Eugene Levy). The film grossed $9,309,387 million opening weekend, finishing in 4th place at the box office. By the end of its run, \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" grossed $82,571,173 domestically and $46,610,657 internationally, totaling $129,181,830 worldwide. It is one of only twelve feature films to be released in over 3,000 theaters and still improve", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" }, { "docid": "5733369", "text": "Her first role was in 2003 as an extra in the short film \"The Vest\". Her first major film role was in 2003 at age 10 when she was given the part of Kim Baker in the box-office hit \"Cheaper by the Dozen\". For their performance York and her cast-mates won the Young Artist Award for \"Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film\". In 2004, she filmed \"The Pacifier\". Her portrayal of younger daughter Lulu Plummer was well received. In the summer of 2005, York headed back to Toronto to film \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\". From 2006 to 2010,", "title": "Morgan York" }, { "docid": "13622733", "text": "box office in terms of gross receipts. He is perhaps best known for the 2003 romantic comedy film \"Just Married\" starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy which achieved neutral to negative reviews but which had substantial profitability. Harper based the story, in part, on his own self-declared less-than-idyllic honeymoon in Italy with his wife. Harper worked with Jamie Foxx on \"Rio\", Martin Lawrence on \"Open Season\", Bonnie Hunt on \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\", David Moscow on \"Just Married\", and Bonnie Hunt on \"Cheaper by the Dozen\". He has loosely drawn characters in his screenplays from experiences involving his family", "title": "Sam Harper" }, { "docid": "12765366", "text": "Ben Myron Ben Myron is a film producer. His sixteen credits range from low-budget independent films (\"One False Move\", \"Signal 7\") to big-budget studio films (\"Cheaper by the Dozen\", \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\"). Ben Myron is an American film producer. He began his career in the film industry as an exhibitor. He owned and operated a 14-screen chain of theatres in the San Francisco Bay Area from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. In 1985, he produced Rob Nilsson's landmark independent film, \"Signal 7\", which premiered at that year's Telluride Film Festival. The film was the first feature shot on", "title": "Ben Myron" }, { "docid": "2607866", "text": "find him. During the search, Tom indulges a hunch from Nora that Mark is trying to run back to the Bakers' old home, and eventually finds Mark on an Amtrak train departing from Evanston to Midland. Reuniting with the rest of their family, the Bakers begin to address their issues with each other. Tom ultimately steps down from his position at his alma mater with Shake. The film ends when Kate narrates that family becomes stronger and closer together. The film's director Shawn Levy makes a cameo as a reporter. A sequel, \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\", was released in", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)" }, { "docid": "18155247", "text": "Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? is a 2014 novel by Dave Eggers. The book's title is a quotation from the Bible (). The book, told entirely in dialogue, follows the story of Thomas, a troubled man in his thirties haunted by the death of his friend Don Banh in a police shooting two years earlier. In an attempt to resolve the questions in his mind, he kidnaps seven people and brings them to a deserted Army base on the California coast,", "title": "Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?" }, { "docid": "1149365", "text": "novel \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", the principal characters Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. and Lillian Moller Gilbreth live in Montclair, as the authors did in real life. Montclair, New Jersey Montclair () is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 37,669, reflecting a decline of 1,308 (−3.4%) from the 38,977 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,248 (+3.3%) from the 37,729 counted in the 1990 Census. , it was the 60th-most-populous municipality in New Jersey. Montclair was first formed as a township on", "title": "Montclair, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "4198951", "text": "in the Baker family which had 12 children, in the family comedy \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" with Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, which is a remake of the 1950 movie starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, based on the 1948 book about the family of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth and written by two of their children. Welling talked about why he was interested in the project in an interview with Paul Fischer: \"The top three reasons I decided to do this film were, one, Steve Martin, two, Steve Martin and three, Steve Martin. That was the number one draw for", "title": "Tom Welling" }, { "docid": "7639332", "text": "the independent film \"When Zachary Beaver Came to Town\" and appeared in the movie \"Cheaper by the Dozen\". He also played a live-action version of Arnold for a commercial for \"\". Other film roles include \"Hannah Montana,\" \"\", \"Rebound\", and his biggest film role, \"Hoot\" (2006), with Logan Lerman and Brie Larson. He also had a role in an episode of \"That's So Raven\" as Daryl in the Episode “Five Finger Discount” the Boy who was friends with Corey Baxter (Kyle Massey) that tricked Corey into stealing a Monkey Key Chain. Most recently, Linley appeared in ten episodes of \"Hannah", "title": "Cody Linley" }, { "docid": "983169", "text": "U2 in the 200th episode of \"The Simpsons\" titled \"Trash of the Titans\", providing the voice for sanitation commissioner Ray Patterson. In 1999, Martin and Hawn starred in a remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy, \"The Out-of-Towners\". By 2003, Martin ranked fourth on the box office stars list, after starring in \"Bringing Down The House\" and \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", each of which earned over $130 million at U.S. theaters. That same year, he also played the villainous Mr. Chairman in the animation/live action blend, \"\". In 2005, Martin wrote and starred in \"Shopgirl\", based on his own novella", "title": "Steve Martin" }, { "docid": "6390826", "text": "Leno\". \"Sunday Morning\" was featured on the film \"Something's Gotta Give\" and the television series \"Third Watch\". The song is appeared on the American soundtrack version of the film \"Love Actually\" (2003), along with the band's song \"Sweetest Goodbye\". An acoustic version is featured on the band's live album \"1.22.03.Acoustic\" (2004) and was appeared in the comedy film \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" (2005). It is also featured on the karaoke video games \"Lips\" and \"Just Sing\", both were included as downloadable contents. \"Sunday Morning\" was covered by contestants of television game shows, \"American Idol\" with Andrew Garcia (season 9)", "title": "Sunday Morning (Maroon 5 song)" }, { "docid": "4717791", "text": "on the albums \"Still Bill\" (1972) and \"Live at Carnegie Hall\" (1973). Charles Wright went on to record four solo records after the departure of the Watts Band's core rhythm section, \"Rhythm and Poetry\" (1972), \"Doin' What Comes Naturally\" (1973), \"Ninety Day Cycle People\" (1974), and \"Lil' Encouragement\" (1975). In 2007, he released a new album, \"Finally Got It Wright,\" which includes an updated version of \"Express Yourself.\" \"Express Yourself\" was sampled by Los Angeles rap group N.W.A 1988 and has been used for many soundtracks of movies, including \"Remember the Titans\", \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\", and \"Mr. &", "title": "Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band" }, { "docid": "7315523", "text": "\"Curb Your Enthusiasm\"), Will Clinger (\"Wild Chicago\", \"ER\", \"Early Edition\"), Kevin Crowley (\"\", \"Without a Trace\"), Paul Dinello (\"Strangers with Candy\"), Jon Favreau (\"Swingers\", director of \"Elf\" and \"Iron Man\", host of \"Dinner for Five\"), Jeff Garlin (\"Curb Your Enthusiasm\"), Chris Hogan (\"MADtv, 3rd Rock from the Sun\"), Bonnie Hunt (\"Cheaper by the Dozen\", \"The Bonnie Hunt Show\"), Carlos Jacott (\"\", \"Big Love\", \"Firefly\"), Jenna Jolovitz (\"MADtv\" writer), Jeff Kahn (\"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\"), John Lehr (\"10 Items or Less\"), Joe Liss (\"Less than Perfect\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\"), Michael McCarthy (screenwriter), Adam McKay (\"Saturday Night Live\"), Susan Messing, Theresa Mulligan (\"Mr.", "title": "Improv Institute" }, { "docid": "17685995", "text": "prevent contact between foreigners and the Chinese people. Leys argues that foreigners do not see the real China, they only see what the authorities allow them to see. When they are in China, they are limited to the areas they are allowed to visit. Out of the hundreds of cities, there are only about a dozen that are open to foreigners, and most of these places are in urban areas. However, the majority of Chinese people live in rural areas, and foreigners do not have access to these locations. Most visitors also travel around with an interpreter or a guide,", "title": "Chinese Shadows" }, { "docid": "18155252", "text": "Eggers creates no plausible characters or dramatic tension\". \"USA Today\" rated the book two stars out of four, describing it as \"Insightful, yes, but sadly no more memorable than tomorrow's headlines.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave the novel a grade of \"B-\", saying that \"the belabored message would've better served a short story than this 200-plus-page hammer to the head.\" Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? is a 2014 novel by Dave Eggers. The book's title is a quotation from the Bible (). The", "title": "Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?" }, { "docid": "3602044", "text": "Of Your World\" and \"With Or Without Control\" were released as singles. \"Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's The Fight?)\" is featured in \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", \"Stormbreaker, \"New York Minute\" and on the \"\" soundtrack. Sahara Hotnights opened for The Hives before releasing \"Kiss & Tell\" in 2004 on the RCA label. The tour sprouted from a relationship between Maria Andersson and Hives' frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist. \"Hot Night Crash\" and \"Who Do You Dance For?\" are singles taken from the album. \"Hot Night Crash\" also appears on the soundtrack of \"\" and of \"Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam\". The", "title": "Sahara Hotnights" }, { "docid": "17475165", "text": "by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1887. The Simmons company used the New York company of Gordon, Tracy and Swartwout to do their design. The developer was the unusual Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr., who became famous for being the central character in the book \"Cheaper By The Dozen. He used his Time and motion study ideas to further improve the efficiency of the building as he supervised its development. The architects specified that hundreds of hardened concrete piles were to be driven in to allow the soft ground to take the weight of the (estimated) two million bricks required to construct", "title": "Simmons Hardware Company Warehouse" }, { "docid": "6145314", "text": "Kevin Schmidt Kevin Gerard Schmidt (born August 16, 1988) is an American actor, known best for his role as Henry in \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" and its sequel and as Noah Newman in \"The Young and the Restless\". Schmidt also starred on Cartoon Network's first live-action scripted television series, \"Unnatural History\". Schmidt also co-created, starred in, produced, and directed a cult web-series, \"Poor Paul\". Schmidt continues to write, direct, and act, and has also participated in humanitarian organizations. Schmidt is president of the Conscious Human Initiative, a non-profit entity that intends to alleviate malnutrition worldwide. He played Ryan in .", "title": "Kevin Schmidt" }, { "docid": "6145318", "text": "aquaponics and hopes to aid in ending malnutrition and obesity worldwide. He continues to promote exercise and enjoys cooking. Kevin Schmidt Kevin Gerard Schmidt (born August 16, 1988) is an American actor, known best for his role as Henry in \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" and its sequel and as Noah Newman in \"The Young and the Restless\". Schmidt also starred on Cartoon Network's first live-action scripted television series, \"Unnatural History\". Schmidt also co-created, starred in, produced, and directed a cult web-series, \"Poor Paul\". Schmidt continues to write, direct, and act, and has also participated in humanitarian organizations. Schmidt is president", "title": "Kevin Schmidt" }, { "docid": "16389029", "text": "the back cover with his personal reminiscences of the circumstances leading to the formation and success of the band. The live material on this release was also released as \"Cheaper Thrills\", 1984, Edsel Records (UK), and \"Live in San Francisco 1966\", 2002, Varese. Cheaper Thrills Cheaper Thrills is a live album by Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin as their lead singer. Recorded live at one of their earliest concerts in San Francisco at California Hall on July 28, 1966, it includes the band's rendition of the song \"Let the Good Times Roll,\" which was ten years", "title": "Cheaper Thrills" }, { "docid": "8069331", "text": "their coffee, which has hurt the Latin American countries' economy. The cheaper coffee beans are called Robusta and they contain more caffeine than the more expensive beans. The cheaper beans' higher caffeine content is also a factor in their popularity. These cheaper beans hurt the Latin American economy because the producers receive less money for the production of the cheaper beans than they do for the production of the higher quality beans. Since the producers get paid less, they are receiving a smaller income, which in turn hurts the economy of Latin America. \"Also see Coffee production in India\" Coffee", "title": "History of coffee" }, { "docid": "9641540", "text": "Hearst and former \"Cheaper by the Dozen 2\" co-star, Jonathan Bennett. News of the film was met with a negative reaction from Sharon Tate's sister, Debra. She called the film \"tacky\", \"classless\" and \"exploitative\" adding that the film is \"tasteless regardless of who the actors are\". Prior to filming the movie, Duff traveled to Dunfermline in Scotland to film her appearance on an episode in the tenth season of \"Who Do You Think You Are?\". The episode revealed that the King of Scots Robert the Bruce is Duff's 21 times maternal great-grandfather. In September 2018, it was confirmed that Duff", "title": "Hilary Duff" }, { "docid": "19141157", "text": "and social activities. Most Villages do not provide medical services or involved home maintenance, but provide referrals to those who do. The first formal Village was founded in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston in 2001. Approximately one dozen residents of the historic neighborhood wanted \"to remain at home\" once transportation and household chores became difficult, dangerous, or even impossible. They also wished to avoid becoming dependent on their children, but did not want to move to an old-age facility. They founded an organization to provide these services to the organization's members, who must live in Beacon Hill or the", "title": "Elder village" }, { "docid": "16515173", "text": "been substantiated by later research. One source cites a total of three Do 17s that landed in Allied-occupied Italy; one Do 17Z on 13 July 1944, the Do 17Z-5 mentioned earlier on 30 July 1944, and another Do 17Z on 10 August. Further deliveries of new aircraft from Germany continued in the early months of 1945 to replace losses. These included the final dozen Do 17 medium bombers in January. The Dornier Do 17 medium bombers of the ZNDH were still hitting back when and where they could and on 31 December 1944, a Dornier Do 17E attacked an RAF", "title": "Operational history of the Dornier Do 17" }, { "docid": "17297479", "text": "Ka Kheda is representative of all neighboring villages and perhaps all mining villages in most parts of India. Welcome to rural India. Where all they can do is hope for a better tomorrow, where the only shine is the glistening of the tears in their eyes, where life is cheap and death – even cheaper! The stories of struggle and visions of hope open a door to the complex issue that is threatening the future of mine workers and their families. \"Treating a major social issue sensitively is an art. A very good attempt by Aarti. I recommend it strongly", "title": "Land of Widows" }, { "docid": "4519370", "text": "Railcar mover A railcar mover is a road–rail vehicle (capable of travelling on both roads and rail tracks) fitted with couplers for moving small numbers of railroad cars around in a rail siding or small yard. They are extensively used by railroad customers because they are cheaper than owning a switcher locomotive, more convenient and cheaper than paying the railroad operator to do the switching, easier and more productive than manual moving of cars, and in addition they are more versatile since they can travel on road wheels to the cars they need to move, instead of needing clear track.", "title": "Railcar mover" }, { "docid": "5163425", "text": "especially when it is thrown into a boat, igniting its engine and causing it to explode. Jimmy again starts the topic that Tom needs to use a firmer hand on his kids. He is angered by this, and they decide to settle the matter at the Annual Labor Day Family Cup. He trains the kids for days, not realizing they are miserable. Sarah and Elliot Murtaugh watch \"Ice Age\" together, but are spied on by their fathers, which ultimately results in them getting into an argument and humiliating their children. Upon returning home, Sarah is furious and refuses to compete", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" }, { "docid": "5163428", "text": "the kids stay in the waiting room. While talking to Jimmy, Tom realizes that he has to let his kids grow, but wherever they go, they will always be with him, and he will always be with them. Nora then gives birth to a baby boy who she and Bud name Tom in honor of his grandfather, who has shown them \"there is no way to be a perfect parent, but a million ways to be a really good one.\" Bud announces that they have bought \"The Big House\", the vacation home that the Bakers have been renting. Nora, Bud,", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" }, { "docid": "8839385", "text": "they appeared in New York, New York and London, England. In 1925 they brought their vaudeville act to the Majestic Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Lee continued to act in silent films through 1919. She appeared in \"Swat the Spy\" (1918), \"Tell It To The Marines\" (1918), and \"Smiles\" (1919). She had uncredited roles in the sound motion pictures \"Knock On Any Door\" (1949), \"Cheaper By The Dozen\" (1950), and \"Comin' Round The Mountain\" (1951). Jane Lee St. John died in St. Clare's Hospital in New York in 1957. Katherine died in 1968. Jane Lee Jane Lee (1912 – 17", "title": "Jane Lee" }, { "docid": "1328351", "text": "wheels because the water is not constrained by millraces or wheel pit. Stream wheels are cheaper and simpler to build, and have less of an environmental impact, than other type of wheel. They do not constitute a major change of the river. Their disadvantages are their low efficiency, which means that they generate less power and can only be used where the flow rate is sufficient. A typical flat board undershot wheel uses about 20 percent of the energy in the flow of water striking the wheel as measured by English civil engineer John Smeaton in the 18th century. More", "title": "Water wheel" }, { "docid": "4834534", "text": "they do not fall across the rail where they would be damaged by the wheels on the wagons. Occasionally inclines were used to move locomotives between levels, but these were comparatively rare as it was normally cheaper to provide a separate fleet of locomotives on either side of the incline, or else to work the level sections with horses. On early railways, cable-worked inclines were also used on some passenger lines. The speed of the wagons was usually controlled by means of a brake that acted on the \"winding drum\" at the head of the incline. The incline cable passed", "title": "Cable railway" }, { "docid": "1806556", "text": "UK for some pubs to use satellite decoder cards from Greece, Norway, Poland or the Arab world to receive satellite TV broadcasting live English football matches from those countries. Alternatively, they may use cards which allow pirate decryption of scrambled signals. Such cards are typically much cheaper than the cards available in the UK from Sky (who charge extra fees for public showing licences). However, Sky has taken civil and criminal action against some who do this. Two recent cases involving grey cards have been referred to the European Court of Justice. The suppliers of grey cards and Karen Murphy", "title": "Grey market" }, { "docid": "8099", "text": "(South Kuril Ainu on their paternal side), the smallest group, numbers just six people residing in Petropavlovsk. On Sakhalin island, a few dozen people identify themselves as Sakhalin Ainu, but many more with partial Ainu ancestry do not acknowledge it. Most of the 888 Japanese people living in Russia (2010 Census) are of mixed Japanese-Ainu ancestry, although they do not acknowledge it (full Japanese ancestry gives them the right of visa-free entry to Japan.) Similarly, no one identifies themselves as Amur Valley Ainu, although people with partial descent live in Khabarovsk. There is no evidence of living descendants of the", "title": "Ainu people" }, { "docid": "8039788", "text": "original works the Lost Boys leave Neverland and grow up, while in the Disney films they are merely tempted to do so, but change their minds and choose to remain with Peter Pan. In \"Return to Neverland,\" which takes place many years later, they are still with Peter, and have remained children. In Spielberg's sequel \"Hook\", there are at least two dozen Lost Boys of various ethnicity living in Neverland, whose clothes suggest that they left various civilisations at different times over the past century. They live in a giant tree on a tall rocky outcropping just offshore of the", "title": "Lost Boys (Peter Pan)" }, { "docid": "4890018", "text": "an actor. He appeared in his first film in 1939, at the age of 36, after which he turned his dentistry practice over to his wife. He was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity and a Freemason. Buchanan appeared in more than 100 films, including \"Texas\" (1941) where he played a dentist and starred with William Holden and Glenn Ford and later in \"Penny Serenade\" (1941) with Cary Grant, \"Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die\" (1942), \"The Talk of the Town\" (1942) with Ronald Colman and Jean Arthur, \"The Man from Colorado\" (1948), \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (1950), \"She", "title": "Edgar Buchanan" }, { "docid": "16725599", "text": "Kohl Sudduth Walter Kohl Sudduth (born August 8, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Luther \"Suitcase\" Simpson in nine Jesse Stone television films. Walter Kohl Sudduth was born August 8, 1974 in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, the younger brother of actor Skipp Sudduth. He was raised in the small town of Circleville, Ohio. Sudduth acted in several high school plays, including \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" and \"Flowers for Algernon\", before attending Ohio University, where he focused his energies on music. During his college years, Sudduth was the guitarist and vocalist of Edison, a", "title": "Kohl Sudduth" }, { "docid": "4043836", "text": "in 2003, after being featured in the film \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", which starred Williams's \"Smothers Brothers\" protégé, Steve Martin. Lisa Simpson on the animated series \"The Simpsons\" did a brief run-through of \"Classical Gas\". One of the showrunners, Al Jean, said he met composer Mason Williams, who told him how happy he was that they used it in the show. Classical Gas \"Classical Gas\" is an instrumental musical piece composed and originally performed by Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew. Originally released in 1968 on the album \"The Mason Williams Phonograph Record\", it has", "title": "Classical Gas" }, { "docid": "16716466", "text": "either a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident) must do so. People can vote in the area where they live, and it is up to voters to decide which address they consider their home (e.g. a student may choose to enrol where they live during term time, or their parents' place if they go home during the holidays). If a person owns property in which they do not live, they can also apply to be put onto the ratepayer roll for local elections. That is, an individual may be eligible to vote in more than one voting area for", "title": "Local elections in New Zealand" }, { "docid": "4978602", "text": "textile centers from rural towns to earn more money than they could at home, and to live a cultured life in \"the city\". Their life was very regimented - they lived in company boardinghouses and were held to strict hours and a moral code. As competition grew in the domestic textile industry and wages declined, strikes began to occur, and with the introduction of cheaper imported foreign workers by mid-century, the system proved unprofitable and collapsed. The precursor to the Waltham-Lowell system was seen in Rhode Island, where British immigrant Samuel Slater set up his first spinning mills in the", "title": "Waltham-Lowell system" }, { "docid": "7918049", "text": "Shawn Levy Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian film director, producer, and actor. He directed the films \"Big Fat Liar\" (2002), \"Just Married\" (2003), \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003), \"The Pink Panther\" (2006), \"Night at the Museum\" (2006), \"\" (2009), \"Date Night\" (2010), \"Real Steel\" (2011), \"The Internship\" (2013), \"This Is Where I Leave You\" (2014), and \"\" (2014). Levy was a producer on the 2016 sci-fi film \"Arrival\", which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Since 2016, Levy has been an executive producer on the Netflix original series \"Stranger Things\". He has", "title": "Shawn Levy" }, { "docid": "2607863", "text": "as large as the Bakers. The children start causing trouble at school, so Tom decides to bring the football players he coaches into the family's house for game practice while the children perform chores and their household games. When things get completely out of control, Tom grounds the children from attending Dylan's birthday party. While Tom's back is turned, the children sneak out to attend the party anyway. At Dylan's party, Jake tells Mike to go get the football they got for Dylan so they can play with it. When he does, he knocks some of the presents over, and", "title": "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)" }, { "docid": "6029633", "text": "critics and audiences intrigued by the young actress, who they thought would star in a sequel to \"All About Eve\". \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said of her performance, \"Barbara Bates comes on the screen in the last few moments to more or less sum up the whole action and point of the story. It's odd that a bit should count for so much, and in the hands of Miss Bates all the required points are fulfilled.\" After her appearance in \"All About Eve\", Bates co-starred in \"Cheaper by the Dozen\", and its sequel \"Belles on Their Toes\", with Jeanne Crain and", "title": "Barbara Bates" }, { "docid": "19440868", "text": "work of Frederick Taylor. His approach to time management was known as Taylorism and it influenced multiple aspects of American society, including education. An example of its adoption in the home are the experiences of Lillian and Frank Gilbreth, whose scientific approach to parenting was described in their son's book Cheaper By the Dozen. In schools, this philosophical approach - that any problem could be solved by breaking it down into smaller units and considering time costs - was used in a variety of ways. For example, a group of English teachers in 1913 aggregated how much time they spend", "title": "Factory model school" }, { "docid": "9864955", "text": "big?\", \"Do you live on Rama Cay?\", \"Do you speak Rama?\", \"Have you a sister?\", \"Can you sew a dress like mine?\" Such questions may be answered using \"Yes\" or \"No\". Some question words (sometimes called wh-words): Question words may be preceded by another sentence constituent as topic, e.g. \"Who took the child?\" (child who took), \"And you, where do you live?\" (you, where live). However, question words generally stand at the beginning of the sentence: \"Where do you live?\" (where you live), \"Where does the wari live?\" (where wari lives), \"Where is Nora's house?\" (where Nora GENITIVE house stay),", "title": "Rama language" }, { "docid": "16389028", "text": "Cheaper Thrills Cheaper Thrills is a live album by Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin as their lead singer. Recorded live at one of their earliest concerts in San Francisco at California Hall on July 28, 1966, it includes the band's rendition of the song \"Let the Good Times Roll,\" which was ten years old at the time. The recording of this concert became officially available to the public for the first time in 1984. The LP was originally released by Rhino Records as RNLP 121. Big Brother drummer David Getz produced and contributed liner notes to", "title": "Cheaper Thrills" }, { "docid": "3076491", "text": "or Maybe I'm Just Feeling Stupid and Nostalgic\". After auditioning at least a dozen potential bass players, they finally found Joe Raposo through an advertisement. An audition was set up for Raposo by a friend. Raposo became the bass player for RKL in time for touring support of RocK 'n Roll Nightmare. In 1988, RKL toured Europe in support of the new album where it was particularly well received. A live album was recorded in West Berlin at Quartier Latin (now ) on July 9, 1988. It was entitled \"Greatest Hits Double Live\" and released on Destiny Records. It was", "title": "Rich Kids on LSD" }, { "docid": "1361151", "text": "Actor in a Supporting Role. Webb was promoted to star in \"Sitting Pretty\", playing Mr. Belvedere, a snide, know-it-all babysitter. It was a huge hit and Webb received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role Fox promptly put Webb in a sequel, \"Mr. Belvedere Goes to College\" (1949) where Belvedere has to complete his college degree and acts as matchmaker. It was another box office success. In the film \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (1950), Webb and Myrna Loy played Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, real-life efficiency experts of the 1910s and 1920s, and the parents of 12 children.", "title": "Clifton Webb" }, { "docid": "5328333", "text": "same environmental problems and feeding niches have resulted in similar adaptations. Examples include albatross, penguins, gannets, and auks. In general, marine birds live longer, breed later and have fewer young than terrestrial birds do, but they invest a great deal of time in their young. Most species nest in colonies, which can vary in size from a few dozen birds to millions. Many species are famous for undertaking long annual migrations, crossing the equator or circumnavigating the Earth in some cases. They feed both at the ocean's surface and below it, and even feed on each other. Marine birds can", "title": "Marine life" }, { "docid": "2611479", "text": "by the Dozen\". In March 2018, Stoner came out in an article on \"Teen Vogue\", stating she was \"attracted to men, women, and people who identify in other ways.\" Alyson Stoner Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actress, singer, dancer and model. Stoner is best known for her roles in \"Cheaper by the Dozen\" (2003), \"The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\" (2005–2007) and the \"Step Up\" series (2006, 2010, 2014). She has been a dancer for several artists, such as Missy Elliott, Eminem, Kumbia Kings, Outkast and Will Smith. Stoner is also known for hosting", "title": "Alyson Stoner" }, { "docid": "3791031", "text": "buying up a few dozen abandoned trulli, installed modern kitchenettes in them and added a few pieces of wooden furniture and cast-iron bed frames with a view to renting them out as mini apartments for the night for less than rooms cost at local hotels. He even painted good-luck symbols on the roof of each trullo. In the Alberobello region, local residents who still live in trulli do so only because they cannot afford to move out or, because they provide bed and board for tourists in their trulli. Trullo A trullo (plural, trulli) is a traditional Apulian dry stone", "title": "Trullo" }, { "docid": "5202455", "text": "Cecilia. Kyle wants Cecilia to live closer to his apartment in Jersey City, but Dahlia wants to move to the cheaper Roosevelt Island, where she has found a good school. Dahlia and Cecilia view an apartment in a dilapidated complex on Roosevelt Island, a few blocks from Cecilia's new school. Cecilia sneaks to the roof and finds a Hello Kitty backpack near the building's water tower; the manager, Murray, explains that no one has claimed it. Cecilia initially dislikes the apartment but decides she wants to live there. Dahlia makes an offer the same day. Shortly after they move in,", "title": "Dark Water (2005 film)" }, { "docid": "466307", "text": "of people like Zippy--other pinheads. I kept this up for a few months, happily adding more and more muu-muu-clad men and women until one day the whole thing just reached critical mass. The thought then occurred, 'Where do all these friends of Zippy live? Do they live in the real world which Zippy has been seen escaping for years—or do they live apart, in a pinhead world of their own?' Thus Dingburg, 'The City Inhabited Entirely by Pinheads' was born. It even had a motto: 'Going too far is half the pleasure of not getting anywhere'. The logical next step", "title": "Zippy the Pinhead" }, { "docid": "6227946", "text": "I'm Just a Kid \"I'm Just a Kid\" is the debut single by the band Simple Plan, written by Pierre Bouvier. It appeared on their debut album \"No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls\". It was featured in the films \"Grind\", \"The New Guy\", and \"Cheaper by the Dozen\". The music video is about how an awkward, average guy (DJ Qualls) attempts to impress a popular girl by attempting to perform dangerous stunts, but other, more popular boys interrupt to take his place. They fail to succeed and are injured, and the main characters look on with pained expressions of pity", "title": "I'm Just a Kid" }, { "docid": "5543411", "text": "mostly competitive relationship with long distance trucking and barge transport. Many businesses ship their products by rail if they are shipped long distance because it can be cheaper to ship in large quantities by rail than by truck; however barge shipping remains a viable competitor where water transport is available. Freight trains are sometimes illegally boarded by individuals who do not have the money or the desire to travel legally, a practice referred to as \"hopping\". Most hoppers sneak into train yards and stow away in boxcars. Bolder hoppers will catch a train \"on the fly\", that is, as it", "title": "Rail freight transport" }, { "docid": "9515454", "text": "and \"Gunshy\", published by SRM Publisher, Ltd—and more than a dozen short stories. Sharon Lee and Steve Miller were married in 1980. In 1988, they relocated to central Maine, and now live in Winslow. \"(coauthored with Steve Miller)\" Lee and Miller strongly oppose fan fiction written in their universe. \"I don’t want “other people interpreting” our characters. Interpreting our characters is what Steve and I do; it’s our job. Nobody else is going to get it right. This may sound rude and elitist, but honestly, it’s not easy for us to get it right sometimes, and we’ve been living with", "title": "Sharon Lee (writer)" }, { "docid": "4808511", "text": "and through the mail. At the height of its success, the company employed some forty artisans and a dozen or more traveling salesmen. In a typical year they would publish an estimated seven million prints. With the declining sale of photographs and postcards during World War I, and the introduction of new and cheaper printing methods used by competing firms, the Detroit Publishing Company went into receivership in 1924, and in 1932 the company's assets were liquidated. Today, Jackson's Detroit photographs are housed at the U.S. Library of Congress. This collection of photographs includes more than 25,000 glass negatives and", "title": "William Henry Jackson" }, { "docid": "11539703", "text": "be caught by surprise. On 8 December the 2nd TAF performed a number of sweeps over the Dulmen-Munster area. While attacking a train they were bounced by a dozen German fighters, Fw 190s and Bf 109s. Flt Lt Harry Walmsley described the Spitfire XIV's performance against the Bf 109: They definitely caught us by surprise. I think they had been on patrol, or had been scrambled, and when they saw the smoke from the train they knew where we were and attacked out of the cloud. The Spitfire XIV is definitely better than the Me 109, as I could do", "title": "Supermarine Spitfire operational history" }, { "docid": "6672968", "text": "approve and confirms the match with visions from the prophetic ministry, the couple may proceed to marry. The details of the rules vary from farm to farm. Members who do not live on the communal farms often congregate in groups, numbering from a half dozen to several dozen people, and sometimes meeting in people's houses. Such regular small meetings are punctuated by large gatherings called Conventions, which are held several times a year. At these conventions, several hundred people meet for several days to praise and worship God, and listen to the preaching of elders and traveling ministry. The traveling", "title": "The Move (Sam Fife)" }, { "docid": "6825482", "text": "believed that the Chinese were inferior to the white people and so should be doing inferior work. Manufacturers depended on the Chinese workers because they had to reduce labor cost to save money and the Chinese labor was cheaper than the Caucasian labor. The labor from the Chinese was cheaper because they did not live like the Caucasians, they needed less money because they lived with lower standards. The Chinese were often in competition with African-Americans in the labor market. In the south of the United States, July 1869, at an immigration convention at Memphis, a committee was formed to", "title": "History of Chinese Americans" }, { "docid": "17186370", "text": "for public estates, they turn to live in subdivided flats, where rental prices are much cheaper than that of private housing options available. The second factor leading to the phenomenon comes from the widening wealth gap between the rich and poor. The Gini Coefficient of Hong Kong increased to 0.537, which manifests the serious economic inequality problem. In the subdivided units study report 2009 produced by the Society of Communication Organization, the median monthly personal income of the residents in subdivided units was $3200, which was below the median monthly personal income of the whole population in Hong Kong at", "title": "Subdivided flat" }, { "docid": "3781761", "text": "notice that a TV camera was recording, every Spaniard had the chance to see live how a frail man, nearly seventy years old and unknown to most, jumped up from his parliamentary seat and, armed only with his words, faced up a dozen rebels armed with pistols and submachine guns. They tried to manhandle him down on to the floor but were unable to do so, whereupon they opened fire so as to avoid any further interruption of their criminal activities. Television retransmission of his valiant defense of freedom would make Gutierrez Mellado into a legendary figure in post-Franco Spanish", "title": "Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado" }, { "docid": "6618228", "text": "where they become torpid, although they do not truly hibernate. In very dry periods during a food shortage they estivate, where they live on their fat stores. Rhinopomatidae live in colonies of thousands, where they gather in small, scattered groups. Mixed groups are common but groups with only males or females also occur. They live in roosts of a thousand or more members, and have one or two young per year. They have poor flight endurance and fast fliers quickly become exhausted. They can also quickly run on the ground. They hunt small insects including beetles that have flight altitudes", "title": "Mouse-tailed bat" }, { "docid": "12233659", "text": "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong \"Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?\", written and composed by Brian Hodgson and John Beeby, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed by the sextet Live Report, led by Ray Caruana. Live Report won the right to perform at Lausanne by winning the UK national final, \"A Song for Europe\", where they were the sixth act to perform. For the second of four consecutive years, Live Report was picked via a nationwide telephone vote, receiving more than twice as many votes as the second-place finisher. At Lausanne,", "title": "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong" }, { "docid": "4451982", "text": "going up against the other portion, leading to tensions within the whole family. Each Aiga is the owner of their family's land. On that piece of land, extended families live, grow crops, cook and do other household chores. Also on that piece of land is where another elected member resides, the Matai. Due to the large amount of households within a single village, there are a large amount of Aiga. So much so that some are able to trace back their Aiga timeline over a dozen different Aiga. The reasoning for the large amount of Aigas is that the title", "title": "Samoans" }, { "docid": "4098176", "text": "not received, or inventing injuries. Hard fraud can also occur when claimants falsely report their vehicle as stolen. Soft fraud accounts for the majority of fraudulent auto-insurance claims. Another example is that a person may illegally register their car to a location that would net them cheaper insurance rates than where they actually live, sometimes called \"rate evasion\". For example, some drivers in Brooklyn have Pennsylvania license plates, because insurance rates for a car registered to an address in rural Pennsylvania are much less than they are in Brooklyn. Another form of automobile insurance fraud, known as \"fronting,\" involves registering", "title": "Insurance fraud" } ]
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real name of raj chandra in rani rashmoni
[ "Babughat" ]
[ { "docid": "7107091", "text": "Rani Rashmoni Rani Rashmoni (28 September 1793 – 19 February 1861) was the founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Kolkata, and remained closely associated with Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa after she appointed him as the priest of the temple. Her other construction works include the construction of a road from Subarnarekha River to Puri for the pilgrims, Babughat (also known as Babu Rajchandra Das Ghat), Ahiritola Ghat and Nimtola Ghat for the everyday bathers at the Ganges. She also offered considerable charity to the Imperial Library (now the National Library of India), the Hindu College (now Presidency University). Presently, the Lokamata", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "7107091", "text": "Rani Rashmoni Rani Rashmoni (28 September 1793 – 19 February 1861) was the founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Kolkata, and remained closely associated with Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa after she appointed him as the priest of the temple. Her other construction works include the construction of a road from Subarnarekha River to Puri for the pilgrims, Babughat (also known as Babu Rajchandra Das Ghat), Ahiritola Ghat and Nimtola Ghat for the everyday bathers at the Ganges. She also offered considerable charity to the Imperial Library (now the National Library of India), the Hindu College (now Presidency University). Presently, the Lokamata", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "7107098", "text": "wherein lead played by famous theatre personality and actress Molina Devi. Rani Rashmoni Rani Rashmoni (28 September 1793 – 19 February 1861) was the founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Kolkata, and remained closely associated with Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa after she appointed him as the priest of the temple. Her other construction works include the construction of a road from Subarnarekha River to Puri for the pilgrims, Babughat (also known as Babu Rajchandra Das Ghat), Ahiritola Ghat and Nimtola Ghat for the everyday bathers at the Ganges. She also offered considerable charity to the Imperial Library (now the National Library", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "16179759", "text": "Babughat Babughat (Babooghat), Baje Kadamtala Ghat, Baboo Raj Chandra Ghat) is one of the many ghats built during British Raj, along the river bank of Hooghly on its bank on Strand Road at Kolkata side. The ghat has a tall colonial structure, which is the landing berth of the ghat. It is a fine Doric-Greek style pavilion with huge pillars. The ghat, originally known was \"Baboo Raj Chandra Ghat\", is now only known by first words \"Baboo-ghat\" or \"Babu-ghat\". \"Babu / Baboo\" in Bengali means Sahib or gentleman. The ghat is named after Babu Raj Chandra Das, husband of Rani", "title": "Babughat" }, { "docid": "7107094", "text": "opposition and rioting in her support. Rani Rashmoni also had to her credit numerous charitable works and other contributions to society. She oversaw the construction of a road from Subarnarekha river to Puri for pilgrims. She funded the construction of ghats such as Babughat (in memory of her husband), Ahiritola Ghat and Nimtala Ghat for the daily bathers in the Ganges. She donated generously to the then Imperial Library (now the National Library of India) and Hindu College (now Presidency College). Prince Dwarkanath Tagore had mortgaged a part of his Zamindari in now South 24 Parganas (part of present-day Santoshpur", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" } ]
[ { "docid": "10732568", "text": "Rashmoni. Married at the age of 11 to Raj Chandra Das (Marh), the zamindar of Janbazar, she constructed Dakshineswar Kali Temple and engaged in numerous philanthropic activities. What is now known as Rani Rashmoni's house at the crossing of Rani Rashmoni Road and Surendranath Banerjee Road, was initially 70&71 Free School Street. Rani Rashmoni's father-in-law, Pritaram Das, started constructing this house in 1805. It took some 7–8 years to complete construction of the big house. Rani Rashmoni had four daughters – Padmamani, Kumari, Karunamoyee and Jagadamba. Mathuramohan Biswas, the husband of Rani Rashmoni's youngest daughter Jagadamba, had always been like", "title": "Janbazar" }, { "docid": "16745862", "text": "Ramakrishna included \"Rani Rashmoni\" (1955), \"Mahakavi Girish Chandra\" (1956), \"Bireswar Vivekananda\" (1964), and \"Jata Mat Tata Path\" (1979). Theatrical plays in which Banerjee played Ramakrishna included \"Jugadebata\" (1948), \"Thakur Sri Ramakrishna\" (1955), and \"Nata Nati\" (1975). According to Sushil Mukherjee, in the many screen and stage appearances since 1948 in which Banerjee and Molina Devi have played Ramakrishna and Rani Rashmoni together, they \"have carried the audience with them in every performance.\" In 1966, \"The Illustrated Weekly of India\" mentioned Banerjee's troupe's performance in a review of the 1965-66 theatre season in Delhi. The \"Weekly\" stated that Gurudas Banerjee acted", "title": "Gurudas Banerjee" }, { "docid": "20995997", "text": "Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni is an Indian Bengali television period drama series which airs on Bengali Entertainment Channel Zee Bangla and is also available on the digital platform ZEE5. It premiered on 24 July 2017 and is telecasted daily. The serial is produced by Subrata Roy, under his production company \"Subrata Roy Productions\". The show stars Ditipriya Roy (noted for being a part of the serial ‘Aparajita’ and film ‘Rajkahini’ in the past) as the titular protagonist, Rani Rashmoni, the deeply spiritual and liberal-minded \"Rani\" of 19th century Bengal. The show also features Bangladeshi model-actor Gazi Abdun Noor", "title": "Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "4545430", "text": "boundary walls. There are twelve shrines dedicated to Shiva—Kali's companion—along the riverfront, a temple to Radha-Krishna, a bathing ghat on the river, a shrine dedicated to Rani Rashmoni. 'Nahabat', the chamber in the northwestern corner just beyond the last of the Shiva temples, is where Ramakrishna spent a considerable part of his life. The Dakshineswar Kali Temple was founded around the middle of the 19th century by Rani Rashmoni. Rani Rashmoni was a Mahishya by caste and was well known for her philanthropic activities. In the year 1847, Rashmoni, prepared to go upon a long pilgrimage to the sacred Hindu", "title": "Dakshineswar Kali Temple" }, { "docid": "20995998", "text": "and actor Gourab Chatterjee among others in prominent supporting roles. The show has been received well by the audience . The drama Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni centers round Rani Rashmoni (best known for being the founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple and for her untamed zeal and fight against the aggression of the British East India Company in 19th century Bengal) and narrates the events of her life, starting from her being a young girl of 11, named \"Rani\", residing with her Vaishnav father and aunt in her ancestral village Halisahar to gettinga married to ‘Babu Rajchandra Das’ of Janbazar, Kolkata;", "title": "Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "7107095", "text": "and adjoining areas) to Rani Rashmoni for his passage to England. This part of land which was then a part of the Sunderbans was marshy and almost uninhabitable except for some families of thugs who found the area convenient to stay and venture out for plunders in far away places mounted on stilts. Rani Rashmoni persuaded these families and helped them to build up fisheries in the surrounding water bodies that later turned into large rich bheris. They gradually gave up their 'profession' of plundering and transformed into a community of fishermen. This was a great social reform that the", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "7107092", "text": "Rani Rashmoni Mission is situated at Nimpith, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, 743338, India. She was born on 28 September 1793. Her father Harekrishna Das lived in Kona village, in present-day Halisahar, North 24 Parganas. Exceptionally beautiful, she was married to Babu Rajachandra Das (Marh) of Janbazar, Kolkata, a member of a wealthy \"zamindar\" family, when she was eleven years old. After her husband's death she took charge of the zamindari and finances. She soon proved herself a natural leader. While the prestige of the zamindari grew, Rani Rashmoni, being very pious from childhood, continued to lead an extremely religious", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "20995999", "text": "and how she becomes an extraordinary woman fighting against all odds during the then British ruled patriarchal society. The show upholds the quest of her life with the backdrop of the famous \"Marh\" family of Janbazar. Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni is an Indian Bengali television period drama series which airs on Bengali Entertainment Channel Zee Bangla and is also available on the digital platform ZEE5. It premiered on 24 July 2017 and is telecasted daily. The serial is produced by Subrata Roy, under his production company \"Subrata Roy Productions\". The show stars Ditipriya Roy (noted for being a", "title": "Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "6279167", "text": "Bose Road, thence eastward along the southern limit of Sahid Khudiram Bose Road up to the south-west corner of the junction of Sahid Khudiram Bose Road, Government Place West and Lawrence Road, thence south-ward along the western limit of Gostho Pal Sarani (old Eden Garden Road) up to its junction with Rani Rashmoni Avenue from Plassay Gate Road to south-east corner of its junction with Guru Nanak Sarani thence northward along the eastern limit of Government Place East up to its junctions with Rani Rashmoni Road thence eastward along the southern limit of Rani Rashmoni Road up to the southwest", "title": "Maidan (Kolkata)" }, { "docid": "10732569", "text": "a son to Rashmoni which she did not have biologically. The house is now divided into three parts. Jagadamba's descendants live in 13 Rani Rashmoni Road, Kumari's descendants live in 18/3 Surendranath Banerjee Road, and Padmamani's descendants live in 20 Surendranath Banerjee Road. Rani Rashmoni was a pillar of strength in the male dominated society of mid-nineteenth century. Almost all the rooms of her house are occupied or are still in use. There is a natmandir in front of the verandah, where the famous Durga Puja is held. The family is finding it difficult to maintain the house and although", "title": "Janbazar" }, { "docid": "7107097", "text": "caste group), no brahmin were ready to be the priest in her temple. Ram Krishna quoted the incident how these all things happened. Rani Rashmoni's House at Janbazar was venue of traditional Durga Puja celebration each autumn. This included traditional pomp, including all-night \"jatras\" (folk theatre), rather than by entertainment for the Englishmen with whom she carried on a running feud. After her death in 1861, her sons-in-law took to celebrating Durga Puja in their respective premises Rani Rashmoni has also been subject of a biographical film in Bengali language, titled \"Rani Rasmani (film)\" (1955), directed by Kaliprasad Ghosh, and", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "7107093", "text": "and austere life, befitting a widow in Indian Bengali Hindu society. Rani Rashmoni died on 19 February 1861. The \"Rani\" and her clashes with the British in India became household tales in her time. By blocking the shipping trade on a part of Ganges she compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, which threatened the livelihood of poor fishermen. When Puja processions were stopped by the British on the charge that they disturbed the peace, she defied the orders. The British had to withdraw the penalty imposed on her in the face of public", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "18879929", "text": "time, Raj-Rani end up at Ameerkot and Rani feels a connection to the place. She finds Rani Gayatri's (Dhrasti Dhami) diary and pursues Raj. But Raj denies love for her. Raj is then told to kill Rani to save his brother Dev held captive by Anandi. Raj confesses this to Rani but does not reveal Anandi's name. At home, Rani fakes her marriage to Raj and eventually manages to save both Raj and Dev. It is revealed that Anandi also killed her brother, Rani's father. Rani tells Suminda that she will marry Kundan. Anandi has come out of jail. Kundan", "title": "Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani" }, { "docid": "18718414", "text": "in the southern parts of the city, the number of wards increased from 75 to 144. Ward No. 46 is bordered on the north by Lawrence Road, Lal Bazar Street, Bipin Behari Ganguly Street, Lenin Sarani and Ganesh Chandra Avenue; on the east by Stand Road, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Mirza Ghalib Street, Rani Rashmoni Road, Chandni Chowk Street, Kairu Place and Bow Street; on the south by Lal Bazar Street, Lawrence Road, Nellie Sengupta Sarani and Outram Road; and on the west by Indira Gandhi Sarani, Marx-Ageles Bithi, Hemanta Basu Sarani and BBD Bagh East. The ward is served by", "title": "Ward No. 46, Kolkata Municipal Corporation" }, { "docid": "5711713", "text": "NH 16 near Dankuni to Dakshineswar, across Nivedita Setu, and NH 12 (Jessore Road), near Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.Dakshineswar is also connected by ordinary toll-free roads to Dankuni across Vivekananda Setu (old Bally Bridge) and Dunlop more on State Highway 1 (locally popular as Barrackpore Trunk Road). Dakshineswar railway station is 13 km from Sealdah railway station on the Calcutta Chord line linking Dum Dum Junction railway station with Dankuni Junction railway station. Dakhsineswar-Belur Math and Dakshineswar-Uttarpara ferry services are available across the Hooghly from Ma Bhabotarini Jetty. The 350 m long and narrow Rani Rashmoni Road links", "title": "Dakshineswar" }, { "docid": "11955775", "text": "Ghat, erected at the expense of Baboo Raj Chundrer Doss (husband of Rani Rashmoni) and was officially named after him. Opposite Baboo Ghat was Eden Gardens, a park with a cricket ground next to it. The next spot along the road was Chandpal Ghat, named after Chunder Nath Paul, who had a shop at the ghat for the ‘refreshment of pedestrians and boatmen’. The ghat was there in 1776. ‘Chandpal Ghat became the spot from where India welcomed and bade farewell to her rulers. Here it was that Governors General, Commanders-in-chief, Judges of High Court, Bishops and all who were", "title": "Strand Road, Kolkata" }, { "docid": "18748413", "text": "British Superintendent of Chittagong Hill Tracts district. She institutionalized and patronized Theravada Buddhism in the kingdom by inviting monks from Myanmar. During her time the Rajbari was at Rajanagar, Rangunia now in Chittagong District. Along with hundreds of Buddhist Temples, she also built Churches, Mosques and Hindu Temples for her non-Buddhist subjects, thereby creating loyalty and support for Chakma Raj from non-Chakma peoples. She died in 1873 leaving her step-grandson Harish Chandra to be the next Chakma Raja in her place. Article on Rani Kalindi Book with mention of Rani Kalindi Kalindi (rani) Rani Kalindi (?-1873 CE) was the 46th", "title": "Kalindi (rani)" }, { "docid": "12406663", "text": "Chandra, replace Maria's parents, Alan and Chrissie Jackson, as Alan departs with their daughter and Chrissie no longer has reason to show up. Rani shares her name with the Rani, a recurring villain from the classic series of \"Doctor Who\". Russell T Davies told readers of \"Doctor Who Magazine\" that Rani is \"not \"the\" Rani\". Rani Chandra first appears in the second story of series two, replacing the character of Maria Jackson (Yasmin Paige). In \"The Day of the Clown\" (2008), Rani and her parents move into the Jacksons' old house at 12 Bannerman Road (sometimes 36 Bannerman Road), opposite", "title": "Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures)" }, { "docid": "6279168", "text": "corner of the junctions of Rani Rashmoni Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road. It is bordered on the \"east\" from the south-west corner of the junction with Rani Rashmoni Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road thence southward along the western limit of Jawaharlal Nehru Road up to the north-west corner of its junction with extended part of Queens Way. It is bordered on the \"south\" from the north-west corner of the junction of Jawaharlal Nehru Road and extended part of Queens Way, thence westward along the northern limit of Queens Way up to the junction of Queens Way, Pranabananda Sarani and Lovers", "title": "Maidan (Kolkata)" }, { "docid": "11299089", "text": "Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo He was the last Kakatiya ruler of Bastar. He was born on 25 June 1929 and was educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur. He succeeded to throne on 28 October 1936. He was married to Rajkumari Shubhraj Kumari of Patan, Rajasthan daughter of Raj Rishi Rao Saheb Udaya Singhji and Rani Trilokya Raj Lakshmi of Patan on 4th July 1961. He was immensely popular among his people, as he took up the cause of the local tribal, and provided political leadership against exploitation of natural resources of the region, and corruption in land reforms. On 25 March", "title": "Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo" }, { "docid": "11299090", "text": "1966 he was killed in police firing at the steps of his own palace at Jagdalpur along with many of the royal court. Officially the death toll was twelve including the king and wounded were twenty; the police had fired sixty one rounds. Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo He was the last Kakatiya ruler of Bastar. He was born on 25 June 1929 and was educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur. He succeeded to throne on 28 October 1936. He was married to Rajkumari Shubhraj Kumari of Patan, Rajasthan daughter of Raj Rishi Rao Saheb Udaya Singhji and Rani Trilokya Raj Lakshmi", "title": "Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo" }, { "docid": "8793223", "text": "Kishore Chandra Deo Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He has been elected to the Lok Sabha for five times, and has also held one term in the Rajya Sabha. From July 2011 to May 2014, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs & Panchayati Raj Kishore Chandra Deo was born in Kurupam to Raja V. Durgaprasad Deo of Kurupam and Rani (now,Late Rajmata) Sobhalata Devi. He is the present Zamindar of Kurupam, Vizianagram District, Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to the", "title": "Kishore Chandra Deo" }, { "docid": "20122572", "text": "Raj. There is a school named after him, which he founded, named Maharaja Jagadindra Nath Roy School at Natore. Jagadindra Nath Roy He was the adopted son of Govind Chandra Nath Roy, the Zamindar of Natore, a member of the Rajshahi Raj family, who died childless and his widow adopted Jagadindra at age of fifteen. The personal title of Maharaja was bestowed upon him in 1877. He later made Calcutta his home. Natore Rajbari, the Natore Raj family's ancestral home since the time of Rani Bhabani is now a protected monument of Bangladesh. He was a patron of art and", "title": "Jagadindra Nath Roy" }, { "docid": "13902977", "text": "a while. Finally, Lekha fortuitously comes to know the real story of Seetarama Rao, but she is moved by his life struggles. In the meantime, Chandra revives from her paralysis, but she too forgives Seetarama Rao for everything; also, she had developed a liking for him. But one of the jealous relatives of Chandra (Pruthvi Raj) manages to expose Seeta before everyone. Then Chandra admits all the truth to everyone. She was not in fact in a car accident, but it was a suicide attempt after her fiancé, the real Raj Kapoor, had betrayed her, and their marriage had never", "title": "Chandralekha (1998 film)" }, { "docid": "4596775", "text": "average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 61%. In Idar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Jain derasar built on top of the mountain after the death of lord Mahaveer and also the place of shreemad raj chandra the jain saint on gati(pass) mountain recently in rani lake on the way of idar ambaji state highway the jain derasar built in the centre of rani lake and most beautiful place in idar in monsoon.Idar also have many old hindu temples which have stood from centuries such as temple of goddess vrajeshwari, jarneshwar", "title": "Idar" }, { "docid": "8384524", "text": "with his girlfriend Anita (Genelia), covers the meeting of a politician (Prakash Raj). By seeing Prakash Raj there, Ashok gets images from the bygone era. In a flashback, it is revealed that in the year 1946, a man named Subash Chandra Bose alias Chandram (Venkatesh) fights against local British officer (Gulshan Grover). Subash Chandra Bose worships the real freedom fighter Subash Chandra Bose. When the state governor (Tom Alter) comes to Chintapalli along with his daughter Diana for a brief vacation, Subash Chandra Bose welcomes him by blowing up the water tank in his palace. Enraged the governor asks his", "title": "Subash Chandra Bose (film)" }, { "docid": "20122568", "text": "Jagadindra Nath Roy He was the adopted son of Govind Chandra Nath Roy, the Zamindar of Natore, a member of the Rajshahi Raj family, who died childless and his widow adopted Jagadindra at age of fifteen. The personal title of Maharaja was bestowed upon him in 1877. He later made Calcutta his home. Natore Rajbari, the Natore Raj family's ancestral home since the time of Rani Bhabani is now a protected monument of Bangladesh. He was a patron of art and sports including the Town Club of Calcutta and the Bengal Gymkhana. He was editor of a monthly journal titled", "title": "Jagadindra Nath Roy" }, { "docid": "16204821", "text": "decide to vote against her. However, Sthitpragya, feeling sorry for Raj Rani, decides to tell her that he and others are going to vote her out. Raj Rani is upset by the news and cries. Shivam is angry at Sthitpragya for telling Raj Rani. JD, however, thought Raj Rani was the most deserving player to win Survivor and that it was unfair to vote her out. He secretly tells her to vote against Shivam. At tribal council, Raj Rani and Shivam tie with two votes each. Raj Rani wins the tie-breaker and Shivam is out of the game. Back at", "title": "Survivor India (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16673019", "text": "Jammu and Kashmir,” he said. The ‘Rath’ for the journey carried photographs of freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru, Sukhdev, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel and Jhansi Ki Rani. Also slogans like “Desh Ki Raksha Karna Seekho, Jeena Hai To Marna Seekho”. The Anti-Terrorist Front India is an initiative by Viresh Shandilya, It is one of those mass movement organizations in India which is continuously supporting peace and discouraging all kind of terrorism on each and every level . ATFI launched its national, international peace movement and managed many national and international events on Anti-Terrorism and", "title": "All-India Anti-Terrorist Front" }, { "docid": "11755777", "text": "Bombay to Madras returned to Bombay shortly after take off after a snag hit. The aircraft and all passengers were re-boarded onto the flight. The dead included members of her music troupe as well. After her death, the unfinished portion of the movie \"Bhadrakali\" was finished using a double. The movie ends using earlier footage of Rani Chandra. Kerala State Film Awards: 62 Vivahasammanam (1970) Rani Chandra Rani Chandra (born in Kochi, Kerala) was a Malayalam film actress and winner of the Miss Kerala Title. She died in a plane crash in 1976. She acted in several landmark films such", "title": "Rani Chandra" }, { "docid": "6773123", "text": "Waterloo Street to the crossing with Rani Rashmoni Avenue has been renamed Marx-Engels Bithi. Council House Street connects the western part of B.B.D.Bagh with Esplanade Row. It acquires its name from the old council house, which stood on the western portion of Government House. It was pulled down in 1800. The southern part of the street was subsequently called Government Place West.Fort William College was located at the corner of Council House Street. The Esplanade has always been a major traffic hub. In 1902, the first electric tram car ran from Esplanade to Kidderpore. In 1984, the first underground railway", "title": "Esplanade, Kolkata" }, { "docid": "19584798", "text": "Ei Chheleta Bhelbheleta Ei Chheleta Bhelbheleta (); was a Bengali television Soap Opera that premiered on March 28, 2016 and aired on Zee Bangla . Produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures, it stars Prapti Chatterjee and Somraj Maity in lead roles, Nabanita Malakar in a negative role and Sabitri Chatterjee, Anusuya Majumdar, Shankar Chakraborty and Bharat Kaul in supporting roles. The show got replaced by a Fiction show Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni. The show's unique name has been taken from common Bengali childhood rhyme. It truly captures the free-spirited love and chemistry between the protagonists - Abir and Shaluk. Life takes", "title": "Ei Chheleta Bhelbheleta" }, { "docid": "12406662", "text": "Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures) Rani Chandra is a fictional character played by Anjli Mohindra in the British children's science fiction television programme \"The Sarah Jane Adventures\", a spin-off from the long-running series \"Doctor Who\". She first appeared in \"The Day of the Clown\". Rani Chandra was introduced into \"The Sarah Jane Adventures\" as a replacement for departing character Maria Jackson played by Yasmin Paige. Paige left the series as a regular due to her wanting to complete her GCSE's, thus, Maria moved to America because her Dad had been offered a job there. Rani's parents, Haresh and Gita", "title": "Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures)" }, { "docid": "8318820", "text": "Ghosal, had been a legal adviser of Rani Rashmoni and had met Paramahamsadev a number of times. He was a member of the Brahmo Samaj, and met Paramahamsadev in 1880. After Paramahamsadev’s death, he became a wandering monk. He spent some time preaching Vedanta in Sri Lanka. In 1902, he opened a monastery at Varanasi and initiated work for monastery at Almora. Second president of the Ramakrishna Mission from 1922 to 1934, he was also known as Mahapurush Maharaj. Swami Ramakrishnananda (1863–1911), whose original name was Sashi Bhusan Chakravarty, was born in an orthodox Brahmin family. He was initiated early", "title": "Disciples of Ramakrishna" }, { "docid": "12406669", "text": "Of Geek: “Rani is another asset to the fledgling cast: a gabby young journalist whose inquisitive nature leads to a run in with alien foes. Comparisons between Rani and Sarah Jane's former companion Maria are almost inevitable, and bound to be divisive, but - based on this episode, at least - Mohindra gives as good as she takes, and her character manages to be interesting and endearing without treading on Miss Jackson's toes.” Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures) Rani Chandra is a fictional character played by Anjli Mohindra in the British children's science fiction television programme \"The Sarah Jane", "title": "Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures)" }, { "docid": "18879930", "text": "wishes to get Rani's money for his London life and plans to leave her behind while Anandi wants Rani's property. Rani has also signed the papers. But Raj has come to know that Kundun was pretending so he told Rani but Rani doesn't understood him.Raj then reveals the truth of Kundun.Rani's mother thanks Raj and on the otherhand Rani and Raj fall in love with each other.Rani’s mother gives three months to Raja to claim that he loves Rani.Rani again wants to go to Ameerkot and forces Raj to accompany her.They saw Baari Maa along with a picture of (Raja", "title": "Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani" }, { "docid": "9648825", "text": "the proud Nakai chief steadily refused. Finally, in 1810, Ranjit Singh sacked Kahan Singh and annexed all the Nakai territories. Even the Rani could not prevent it. Datar Kaur Rani Datar Kaur (died on 20 June 1838), the daughter of Sardar Ran Singh Nakai, the third ruler of Nakai Misl of Baherwal, was the 2nd wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Originally named Raj Kaur, she changed her name to Datar Kaur as Raj Kaur was also the name of Ranjit Singh's mother. She was married to the Maharaja in 1798 who lovingly addressed her as Mai Nakain. In 1802, she", "title": "Datar Kaur" }, { "docid": "7107096", "text": "Rani had initiated. A divine revelation led her to found the famous temple Dakshineswar Kali Temple complex on the banks of the Ganges at Dakshineswar in the North 24 Parganas. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa (then known as \"Gadadhar\") was appointed its head priest under her patronage. Though having such a great  spiritual nature the society then had discriminated her. Being born in Kaivarta family, ( or Mahishyas are basically 'Haliya' Kaibartas or 'Chashi' (ploughmen) Kaivartas, who abandoned traditional occupation like fishing and took up agriculture. The Mahishyas do not enjoy any reservation benefits and are thus considered as a Forward", "title": "Rani Rashmoni" }, { "docid": "16294502", "text": "responds to it in Chandra's name. After few letters Raj and Neelu fall in love, but Raj is still unaware that it is Neelu who writes to him. Just then Raj is diagnosed with tuberculosis, the same disease that killed his mother. Raj decides to pretend that he never loved Neelu and also insists that she should marry his physician friend, Dr. Kailash (Pran). He also flirts with Chandra to make Neelu believe that he does not love her. Chandra decides to end the suffering of her sister, who is sobbing for her love-loss. Upon learning the truth, Neelu accepts", "title": "Aah (film)" }, { "docid": "4545431", "text": "city of Kashi to express her devotions to the Divine Mother. Rani was to travel in twenty four boats, carrying relatives, servants and supplies. According to traditional accounts, the night before the pilgrimage began, Rashmoni had a vision of the Divine Mother, in the form of the goddess Kali in a dream and reportedly said, Profoundly affected by the dream, Rani immediately looked for and purchased a 20-acred plot in the village of Dakshineswar. The large temple complex was built between 1847 and 1855. The plot was bought from an Englishman, John Hastie and was then popularly known as \"Saheban", "title": "Dakshineswar Kali Temple" }, { "docid": "15722813", "text": "and Harur Dass was recruited as the dialog writer. The director chose Sivakumar as the male lead and while looking for a \"new face\" to cast as the female lead, they chose Rani Chandra, a Malayali actress, and planned to introduce her to the Tamil audience under the name \"Gayathri\". Prior to acting in this film, Rani Chandra had acted in about 60 films in Malayalam apart from \"Porchilai\" (1969) and \"Then Sindhudhe Vaanam\" (1975) in Tamil. \"Bhadrakali\" was considered her first major role in Tamil as she played minor roles in her earlier films in the language. During the", "title": "Bhadrakali (film)" }, { "docid": "13065670", "text": "house to invite Rani to their house as she is getting married. Shibani's cousin, Raj also arrives on the same day with his mother, Rajashree (Snigdha Mohanty). Slowly Raj and Rani fall in love but Raj's mother does not bear it as Rani is not as rich as them, and is thus not to their standards; Raj is also to be married to Rajashree's brother's business partner's daughter, Rima. Rajashree humiliates Rani as well as Bijay, who arrives a minute before, and both are thrown of the house after Rajashree accuses them of trying to entice and trap Raj. When", "title": "Suna Chadhei Mo Rupa Chadhei" }, { "docid": "18879928", "text": "their blood causing her to lose her powers. Baba tells Rajmata that Raja-Rani will return to prove that nothing is stronger than the power of true love. Several Years After Raja and Naina's Death Soon it comes true by showing that Raja and Rani has re-taken birth as Raj-Rani respectively. Raj is appointed the bodyguard of Rani much to her dislike. She tries to send him out of the house but fails to do so. When her marriage to Kundan is fixed, she asks Raj to kidnap her. He also happens to be controlled by Anandi (Rani's bua). During this", "title": "Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani" }, { "docid": "13065672", "text": "her father trying to get Raj to lose the competition, Raj has to work hard for his love, eating red chillies and rice everyday, even though he can't bear it. Through many antics from the Zamindar's side and Rima's side, Raj eventually proves his love for Rani to Bijay, and succeeds in growing more grains. However, Zamindar & his son kidnap Rani and then later tries to rape her. A fight takes place in which Raj kills the Zamindar's son. Bijay, after realizing that Raj and Rani should be together, takes the blame for this and spends 5 years in", "title": "Suna Chadhei Mo Rupa Chadhei" }, { "docid": "11755775", "text": "Rani Chandra Rani Chandra (born in Kochi, Kerala) was a Malayalam film actress and winner of the Miss Kerala Title. She died in a plane crash in 1976. She acted in several landmark films such as \"Nellu\" (Malayalam, 1974), \"Bhadrakali\" (Tamil, 1976) and \"Swapnadanam\" (Malayalam, 1976). She was born to Chandran and Kanthimathi in 1949 at Fort Kochi, Travancore-Cochin (now Kerala). She had four sisters and a brother. She pursued degree from St Thereses College Ernakulam. She owned a dance troupe. She was selected as Miss Kerala in 1972. Her first film, \"Anjusundarikal\", was widely accepted by the audience. Other", "title": "Rani Chandra" }, { "docid": "11755776", "text": "major films included \"Ulsavam\", \"Kadarumasam\", \"Nellu\", \"Swapnadanam\", \"Oonjal\", \"Alinganam\", \"Abhinandanam\", \"Sindoooram\", \"Thirumadhuram\", and \"Anuragam\". She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for the film \"Swapnadanam\". Rani Chandra played the major role in the very popular Tamil cinema song in the film \"Bhadrakali\". Rani Chandra, her mother, and three sisters were killed in Indian Airlines Flight 171 crash in 1976. They were on a return flight from Bombay when their plane caught fire and nose dived near the airport, killing everyone on board. They were returning from a Dance performance in the Middle East. Their earlier flight from", "title": "Rani Chandra" }, { "docid": "13054602", "text": "and stating his plan to steal K-9 and the information it contains. Thinking swiftly, Sarah Jane manages to use her sonic lipstick to release their feet clamps and clamp Ranius' feet. Clyde then throws Rani's bowler hat at a switch on Mr Smith, teleporting Rani away and releasing the clamp on K-9. The script includes several references to \"The Two Ronnies\". Corbett's character name, Rani, is a pun on Ronnie, highlighted when he claims that he and Sarah's human friend Rani Chandra could be classed as \"The Two Ranis\". The story Ambassador Rani tells is also a reference to \"The", "title": "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love" }, { "docid": "1704257", "text": "landowning \"zamindari\" family, was the first Indian Surgeon-General of Madras Presidency. Devika's paternal grandfather, Durgadas Choudhary, was the \"Zamindar\" (landlord) of Chatmohar Upazila of Pabna district of present-day Bangladesh. Her paternal grandmother, Sukumari Devi (wife of Durgadas), was a sister of the nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Devika's father had five brothers, all of them distinguished in their own fields, mainly law, medicine and literature. They were Sir Ashutosh Chaudhuri, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court during the British Raj; Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri and Kumudnath Chaudhuri, both prominent Kolkata-based barristers; Pramathanath Choudhary, the famous Bengali writer, and Dr. Suhridnath Chaudhuri, a", "title": "Devika Rani" }, { "docid": "16040399", "text": "now dependent on him for their very survival. He also discovers that he is the real heir to the family. Rama Chandra does not like violence and tries his best to solve the problems peacefully. But the rival gang does not give him a chance. Vexed with the violence, Rama Chandra kills the Chandravanshi King's two sons (Sampath Raj and Kishore) and opens the Chandravanshi King's eyes by placing a sword on his third son. In the climax, the Chandravanshi King realizes that he was wrong and apologizes to all. Rama Chandra becomes the hero of the village. \"Dhammu\" has", "title": "Dammu" }, { "docid": "8943583", "text": "persuaded by his brother, tabla maestro Pt. Bansilal Bharati. After marriage, Raj Kamal and his wife Sagar had 6 children -- Chandra Kamal, Surya Kamal, Vinay Kamal, Hriday Kamal, Shubh Kamal, and a daughter. Raj Kamal's three elder sons are all composers and musicians in their own right. Soon after, RajKamal changed his name from Dalpat to Raj Kamal for Bollywood. Raj Kamal died aged 84 on 1 September 2005 from Alzheimer's Disease which had severely affected his memory. Kaha se aaye badra Raj Kamal Raj Kamal (January 15, 1921 – September 1, 2005) was a well-known Indian composer. He", "title": "Raj Kamal" }, { "docid": "20411479", "text": "Raj Chandra Sen Raj Chandra Sen was an Indian politician. A government Minister in the Kota State before the independence of India, he represented the Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad in the 1st Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament of India) elected in 1952. Sen was born on 19 June 1890 in Dilwara, as the elder son of Rao Bahadur Raj Bijey Singhji of Kunari. Sen hailed from a Rajput family, belonging to the Jhala clan and Jetawat sub-clan. His father had been brought to Kunari by adoption in 1888, after the death of Raj Rup Singh. Sen studied", "title": "Raj Chandra Sen" }, { "docid": "16204820", "text": "luxury, Payal, JD, and Shivam discuss elimination strategy. Raj Rani thanks Abhinav for giving her a memorable birthday. Walo Walo tribe mates meet for a solo immunity challenge. Abhinav wins immunity two times in a row. After a lot of deliberation, Payal is voted off the game 4-2. JD wins the immunity challenge on day 42. Raj Rani, JD, Shivam, and Sthitpragya remain loyal to their group and vote against Abhinav at the tribal council. On day 43, Sthitpragya wins immunity and becomes the first finalist of Survivor India. Sthitpragya and Shivam decide that Raj Rani is a threat and", "title": "Survivor India (season 1)" }, { "docid": "5871697", "text": "July 1860, son of Thakur Pratap Singh, younger brother of Rao Kishan Singh, he succeeded by adoption; married 1882 in Patan, Rani (name unknown), daughter of Thakur Pratap Singh of Diggi, and his third wife, Thakurani Roop Kanwar, married and had adoptive issue. He died sp in 1914. • RAJ RISHI Rao Sahib UDAYA SINGHJI, Rao of Patan 1914/-, born 28 April 1892, he succeeded by adoption in 1914 ; married firstly , Rani Sahib Kanwar of Mandwa and secondly 1928 in Kathmandu, Rani Trilokya Rajya Lakshmi Kumari , daughter of Gen. HH Shri Tin Maharaja Mohun Shamsher Jung Bahadur", "title": "Patan, Rajasthan" }, { "docid": "12168103", "text": "district. However, Vaishnava tradition of Bengal too hold Raja Ganesh as taking the title upon accession to throne. According to a tradition, Dinajpur derived its name from Raja Dinaj or Dinaraj who founded the \"Dinajpur Raj\" (the estate of Dinajpur). But according to another tradition, Raja Ganesha was the real founder of this estate. In the late 17th century Srimanta Dutta Chaudhury (s/o Harish Chandra) from Andul Dutta Chaudhury Family became the zamindar of Dinajpur. After him, his sister's son Sukhdev Ghosh inherited his property as Srimanta's son had a premature death. Sukhdev's son Prannath Ray began construction of the", "title": "Raja Ganesha" }, { "docid": "17257215", "text": "Raj, the Zamindar's (Landowner) younger brother. He has come to the city to learn music. Soon he gets into the habit of drinking. Rani, who has been looking after him, has fallen in love with him. She tries to discourage him from drinking. Raj returns back home to his village, and at the same time Rani leaves her job at the hotel and trains to be a nurse. When Raj's drinking becomes a problem, Rani is called to nurse him back to health. The Zamindar now realises he had wrongly believed the village gossip, and he is happy to have", "title": "Rani (1943 film)" }, { "docid": "14956503", "text": "Atish Chandra Sinha Atish Chandra Sinha was a minister and Leader of the Opposition in the Indian state of West Bengal. Physicist Bikash Sinha is his cousin. The son of Bimal Chandra Sinha, scion of the Kandi Raj family and a minister in the Bidhan Chandra Roy cabinet, Atish Chandra Sinha was born in the Kandi Raj family on 11 July 1940. A brilliant scholar of Presidency College, Kolkata, he specialized in Geophysics from the Imperial College in London. He joined politics in the turbulent years of the 1960s. He was elected to the state assembly as a Congress candidate", "title": "Atish Chandra Sinha" }, { "docid": "12406666", "text": "has acquired the Smith home at 13 Bannerman Road and become miserable and alone, and another where she will have a son and grandchildren and still friends with Luke and even her predecessor, Maria, living with her family at the former Smith home. Rani's final appearance comes in series five, in the last episode of the programme, \"The Man Who Never Was\" (2011). The official \"The Sarah Jane Adventures\" website offers the following description of Rani Chandra: In an interview for \"SFX\", Mohindra asserts that Rani and Maria are only similar in the extent that they are both girls, live", "title": "Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures)" }, { "docid": "9648820", "text": "Datar Kaur Rani Datar Kaur (died on 20 June 1838), the daughter of Sardar Ran Singh Nakai, the third ruler of Nakai Misl of Baherwal, was the 2nd wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Originally named Raj Kaur, she changed her name to Datar Kaur as Raj Kaur was also the name of Ranjit Singh's mother. She was married to the Maharaja in 1798 who lovingly addressed her as Mai Nakain. In 1802, she gave birth to Kharak Singh, the heir apparent of Ranjit Singh. She took an active interest in the affairs of the State and accompanied her son when", "title": "Datar Kaur" }, { "docid": "5711710", "text": "Dakshineswar Dakshineswar is a neighbourhood in Kamarhati municipality in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India. Dakshineswar is considered to be a part of Ariadaha. Kamarhati is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration. Dakshineswar is located at . Belgharia police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Kamarhati municipal area. Dakshineswar is the most important international pilgrimage centre in the district. Dakshineswar Kali Temple was built in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni. The temple is famous for its association with Shri Ramkrishna Dev, a mystic of 19th Century Bengal. Large number of people gather at Dakshineswar", "title": "Dakshineswar" }, { "docid": "10732561", "text": "Janbazar Janbazar is a neighbourhood of central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The two century-old house of Rani Rashmoni, the central attraction in Janbazar, is still used by descendants in the family. Janbazar is broadly spread across Ward Nos. 52 and 46 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The road from Chowringhee to Circular Road, about a mile long, was called Jan Bazar Road till the end of the 19th century. It was then renamed Corporation Street and was further renamed Surendranath Banerjee Road. In olden days, Kolkata streets had oil lamps.", "title": "Janbazar" }, { "docid": "2507008", "text": "family's financial position worsened. Ramkumar started a Sanskrit school in Kolkata and also served as a priest. Ramakrishna moved to Kolkata in 1852 with Ramkumar to assist in the priestly work. In 1855 Ramkumar was appointed as the priest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple, built by Rani Rashmoni—a rich woman of Kolkata who belonged to the \"kaivarta\" community. Ramakrishna, along with his nephew Hriday, became assistants to Ramkumar, with Ramakrishna given the task of decorating the deity. When Ramkumar died in 1856, Ramakrishna took his place as the priest of the Kali temple. After Ramkumar's death Ramakrishna became more contemplative. He", "title": "Ramakrishna" }, { "docid": "10732570", "text": "Kolkata Municipal Corporation has declared it a heritage building, it has no funds needed for restoration. Parts of the house are collapsing. The traffic along Surendranath Banerjee Road, across Janbazar, is extremely heavy. Normally, it is a scene of chaos and when a mishap takes place, it is further chaos. Janbazar Janbazar is a neighbourhood of central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The two century-old house of Rani Rashmoni, the central attraction in Janbazar, is still used by descendants in the family. Janbazar is broadly spread across Ward Nos. 52", "title": "Janbazar" }, { "docid": "4545433", "text": "Brahmins were invited from different parts of the country to grace the auspicious occasion. The next year, Ramkumar Chattopadhyay died, the position was given to Ramakrishna, along with his wife Sarada Devi, who stayed in the south side of the \"Nahabat\" (music room), in a small room on the ground floor, which now a shrine dedicated to her. From then until his death 30 years later in 1886, Ramakrishna was responsible for bringing much in the way of both fame and pilgrims to the temple. Rani Rashmoni lived only for five years and nine months after the inauguration of the", "title": "Dakshineswar Kali Temple" }, { "docid": "9678884", "text": "Bhadralok Bhadralok ( , literally 'gentleman', 'well-mannered person') is Bengali for the new classof 'gentlefolk' who arose during British colonial times (approximately 1757 to 1947) in Bengal. Most, though not all, members of the bhadralok class are upper caste, mainly Baidyas, Brahmins, Kayasthas, and later Mahishyas. There is no precise translation of \"bhadralok\" in English, since it attributes economic and class privilege on to caste ascendancy. Many bhadraloks in the nineteenth century came from the privileged Brahmin or Priest caste or middle level merchant class (such as Rani Rashmoni). Anybody who could show considerable amount of wealth and standing in", "title": "Bhadralok" }, { "docid": "4545436", "text": "A flight of steps lead to the columned verandah and into the temple where a silver throne rests with a idol of Lord Krishna and a idol of Radha. Dakshineswar Kali Temple Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu temple located in Dakshineswar near Kolkata. Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, an aspect of Kali, meaning, 'She who liberates Her devotees from the ocean of existence i.e. Saṃsāra'. The temple was built in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a philanthropist and a devotee of Kali. The temple is famous for its", "title": "Dakshineswar Kali Temple" }, { "docid": "4072499", "text": "of 70. He then accepted a chair at Colorado State University of Fort Collins from which he retired in 1980. His final doctoral student finished after this second retirement. Bose died in Colorado, aged 86, in 1987. He is survived by two daughters. The elder, Purabi Schur, is retired from the Library of Congress and the younger, Sipra Bose Johnson, is retired as a professor of anthropology from the State University of New York at New Paltz. This has a chapter in which Bose tells the story of his life. Raj Chandra Bose Raj Chandra Bose (19 June 1901 –", "title": "Raj Chandra Bose" }, { "docid": "16216585", "text": "started acting in a film called Maryada (1950 film) starring Uttam Kumar. He was called Master Bibhu, one of the most prominent child actors in Bengali films and very popular with actors like Jahar Ganguly and Chhabi Biswas. He played the title role in the movie Prahlad (1952) and did movies like Bindur Chhele (1952), Dhruba (1953), Rani Rashmoni (1955), Dui Bon (1955). After he grew up and became a teenager, he could no longer be a child actor and offers began to dry up. His last film as a child actor was Sagar Sangame (1959). Then, he didn’t get", "title": "Bibhu Bhattacharya" }, { "docid": "4072493", "text": "Raj Chandra Bose Raj Chandra Bose (19 June 1901 – 31 October 1987) was an Indian American mathematician and statistician best known for his work in design theory, finite geometry and the theory of error-correcting codes in which the class of BCH codes is partly named after him. He also invented the notions of partial geometry, association scheme, and strongly regular graph and started a systematic study of difference sets to construct symmetric block designs. He was notable for his work along with S. S. Shrikhande and E. T. Parker in their disproof of the famous conjecture made by Leonhard", "title": "Raj Chandra Bose" }, { "docid": "6781664", "text": "drawings and sketches of the bygone era. With the advent of trams, tram-tracks were laid along the western edge of Chowringhee to connect the area of Tollygunge to Esplanade. These tracks, also, no longer exist. Of the grand palaces and mansions of the era, only a few still remain - \"the Oberoi Grand Hotel\", the \"Janbazar\" Building (which was owned by Rani Rashmoni) at the junction of Corporation Street (now S.N.Banerjee Road), \"The Chowringhee Mansions\" (now housing several offices) at Kyd Street intersection, the \"Asiatic Society\" at the Park Street crossing and the majestic \"Indian Museum\" are the well known", "title": "Chowringhee Road" }, { "docid": "5711714", "text": "Dakshineswar bus stand and railway station to the Kali temple. This road is used annually by 13 million devotees. On festival days 1 lakh people visit Dakshineswar. On 17 March 2015, the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of a 400 m long, 10.5 m wide elevated walkway over the congested road to be built at a cost of Rs. 63 crore. The road below would be widened and used only by vehicles. The skywalk will have 12 escalators, 4 elevators and 8 staircases. There is provision for 200 shops inside the skywalk.The Skywalk, named Dakshineswar Rani Rashmoni", "title": "Dakshineswar" }, { "docid": "20411481", "text": "the holder of the Kunari estate (which traced its history to 1644, when the second ruler of Kota bestowed it upon Arjun Singh). His estate consisted of Kunari (on the left bank of Chambal river, opposite Kota town) and eight dependent villages. In 1952, Sen was elected to the first Lok Sabha from the Kota-Bundi constituency. He obtained 41,715 votes (44.85%). Sen was one of three Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad members in the first Lok Sabha, all elected from constituencies in Rajasthan. Raj Chandra Sen Raj Chandra Sen was an Indian politician. A government Minister in the Kota State", "title": "Raj Chandra Sen" }, { "docid": "17919743", "text": "official Rao of Barauli as after independence of India, as the Zamindari was abolished in 1950. Kunwar Singh died in 1968. He had two wives Rani Laxmi Kunwar and Rani Phool Kunwar and had a son named Rao Madhusudan Singh. Raj Kunwar Singh Rao Raj Kunwar Singh (17 November 1897 – 1968) was a noted zamindar, the Raja of Barauli Rao and member of legislative assembly in British India. He was adopted son of Rao Karan Singh, who was also the ruler of the Rajgarhi estate, Aligarh. His mother was daughter of Rao Karan Singh, Zamindar of Barauli Rao and", "title": "Raj Kunwar Singh" }, { "docid": "14784365", "text": "artisans from Bankura district, but by the time Rani Rashmoni decided to construct the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, in the mid nineteenth century, the art of terracotta carvings had obviously faded out. While Bankura district has some fine examples of \"rekha deul\" temples built in what is popularly known as the Kalinga architecture of Orissa, as for example at Bahulara,but it is the Bengal style of architecture that attracts attention in the district. The Shyamrai temple built by Raghunath Singh in 1643 is perhaps the oldest \"pancharatna\" temple in Bengal. With curved roofs in thatched style, it has one \"deul\" in", "title": "Culture of Bankura district" }, { "docid": "15442367", "text": "Meherpur High School. In 1895 he entered Dhaka Asanulla Engineering College. In 1897 his father married him to a thirteen-year-old girl named Sudhansubala Devi of Halisahar. He completed his study in 1899 and joined a service in the District Board of Dinajpur, the estate of Rani Rashmoni. At the end of Vadra, 1901 (approximately five years after marriage) when he was serving as the supervisor of the Narayanpur Estate (Zamindari), Nalinikanta saw the shadowy image of his wife standing at the table glowering and silent while she was away at Kutabpur (Nalinikanta's village). He went to Kutabpur to inquire and", "title": "Nigamananda Paramahansa" }, { "docid": "11027982", "text": "and drank to their heart's contentment. Rani Rashmoni used to celebrate Durga Puja at her residence with traditional pomp, including all-night \"jatras\" (folk theatre), rather than by entertaining the Englishmen with whom she carried on a running feud. After her death in 1861, the sons-in-law took to celebrating Durga Puja in their respective premises. There are number of other household Durga Pujas in Kolkata. The twentieth century witnessed the emergence of the publicly organised or community Durga Puja. The first barowari Durga Puja was organised in Kolkata by Bhowanipore Sanatan Dharmotsahini Sabha in 1909 at Balaram Basu Ghat Road, Bhowanipore.", "title": "Barowari" }, { "docid": "4545429", "text": "Dakshineswar Kali Temple Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu temple located in Dakshineswar near Kolkata. Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, an aspect of Kali, meaning, 'She who liberates Her devotees from the ocean of existence i.e. Saṃsāra'. The temple was built in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a philanthropist and a devotee of Kali. The temple is famous for its association with Ramakrishna, a mystic of 19th Century Bengal. The temple compound, apart from the nine-spired main temple, contains a large courtyard surrounding the temple, with rooms along the", "title": "Dakshineswar Kali Temple" }, { "docid": "14900128", "text": "seat was won by Haji Nurul Islam of the Trinamul Congress. The CDB had remained calm during what journalist Partha Dasgupta described as \"the two most trying times in recent history\", being the Babri Masjid incident of 1992 and the Gujarat riots of 2002 in this situation CPI(M) did the best work to control the violence. The flashpoint for the riots related to a dispute on land at Chattal Pally village that was formerly owned by Rani Rashmoni. On this was a Muslim cemetery and also a place of Hindu worship that had been used for annual Durga Puja celebrations", "title": "2010 Deganga riots" }, { "docid": "10001733", "text": "soothing natural scene. One of the priests said the temple was constructed on 31 Baishak in 1219 Bengali year around 200 years ago beside Hooghly River even before Dakhineswar Kali temple was set up by Rani Rashmoni Devi. Six priests are engaged for offering puja to goddess Kali and one of the temple priests said. \"No dedicated book had been written on this temple and gradually history is fading away but we know relatives of Rabindranath Tagore constructed this temple\". Srijit Thakur is the surviving member of the Thakur family whose ancestors set up the temple, lives in ‘\"Rajbari\"’at Pathuriaghata", "title": "Shyamnagar, West Bengal" }, { "docid": "4323869", "text": "Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (translation: \"Will you be my friend?\") is a 2002 Indian Hindi romantic drama film directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. The film follows the love triangle of three friends played by Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji, and Kareena Kapoor. Raj Khanna (Hrithik Roshan), Pooja Sahani (Rani Mukerji) and Tina Kapoor (Kareena Kapoor) are childhood friends. While Raj has always been attracted to the vivacious and beautiful Tina, he is completely unaware of the quiet Pooja's love for him. Raj's father (Kiran Kumar)", "title": "Mujhse Dosti Karoge!" }, { "docid": "7847637", "text": "Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film. Raj Kumar (Mahesh Babu) goes on holiday in Khandala and stays with his uncle Dhananjay (Prakash Raj). He comes across Rani (Preity Zinta) and falls for her. However, he ends up teasing her and she begins to despise him. She is determined to avoid him, but he won't leave her alone. Raj Kumar saves Rani from some thugs, and she is impressed by his heroism. After spending some time together, she begins to like him and eventually love him. Unfortunately his uncle has made other plans for him: He reveals", "title": "Raja Kumarudu" }, { "docid": "18726968", "text": "parts of the city, the number of wards increased from 75 to 144. Ward No. 52 is bordered on the north by Lenin Sarani; on the east by Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Street; on the south by Marquis Street; and on the west by Rani Rashmoni Street and Mirza Ghalib Street. The ward is served by Taltala and New Market police stations of Kolkata Police. Taltala Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Central division of Kolkata Police, i.e. Bowbazar, Burrabazar, Girish Park, Hare Street, Jorasanko, Muchipara, New Market, Taltala and Posta. As per the 2011", "title": "Ward No. 52, Kolkata Municipal Corporation" }, { "docid": "12406665", "text": "monarch known as Gavin creates her Lady Rani in appreciation of her assistance in his succession which also saved the whole of humanity. Coincidentally, she is continually addressed as Lady Rani in the subsequent serial, when she is transported to the court of Queen Jane and mistaken for a newly summoned lady-in-waiting. Series three story \"The Mad Woman in the Attic\" focuses on Rani. Sarah Jane discovers that, in violation of her rules, Rani has shared her adventures in letters to her former schoolfriend Samuel; the events of the episode cause two timelines to occur, one where in 2059, Rani", "title": "Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures)" }, { "docid": "8246092", "text": "positive reviews. It also released in Telugu as \"Raghavan\" and in Hindi as \"The Smart Hunt\". Rani, the daughter of former Chennai police officer Arokiya Raj, tells her father over the phone that she will be back home in Madurai in three hours. As she leaves the telephone booth, she is approached by someone she knows. Rani does not come home. The following morning, Arokiya Raj finds Rani's finger hanging at his door. Arokiya Raj calls the DCP in Chennai Crime Branch Raghavan, his old friend from Chennai, to help in the investigation of Rani's disappearance. With Raghavan's assistance, the", "title": "Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "16754043", "text": "Manindra Chandra Nandy Maharaja Sir Manindra Chandra Nandy (29 May 1860 – 12 November1929) was the Maharaja of Cossimbazar Raj from 1898 to 1929 and a philanthropist and reformist in the period of the Bengal Renaissance. Manindra Chandra Nandy was born on 29 May 1860 into the royal family of Cossimbazar. His mother, Gobinda Sundari (sister of Raja Krishnath Roy) died when he was two, and his father died when he was ten. He became the Maharaja of Cossimbazar, as per the wishes of Cossimbazar Raj family, as there were no direct male descendants alive after the death of Maharani", "title": "Manindra Chandra Nandy" }, { "docid": "9263836", "text": "in the court, Annamalai refutes the claim saying he is a Hindu. He adds that it has become clear that it was Josef Fernandez who took wrong examples of role models and who has cheated the victims. The police perform a DNA test with the blood of Annamalai and David to see if they are really brothers and the test ends in failure. Annamalai states that his mother's name is Annapoorni and they were living at the village called Vataparai which the police verify. Rani (Keerthi Chawla) and her mother Chandra Bai appear as the next victims of fraud. Chandra", "title": "Naan Avanillai (2007 film)" }, { "docid": "13065671", "text": "Raj learns of this, he goes to Rani's house and pleads to her brother to accept him. Bijay gives him a chance, just like he was given a chance by the Zamindar when he was little. Raj is tasked to take care of the cows, clean up after them and grow more crops than Bijay by the end of the season; if he does not, Raj will be thrown out of the village and can never see Rani again. The Zamindar and his son is not happy as the Zamindar's son wanted to marry Rani. With them and Rima and", "title": "Suna Chadhei Mo Rupa Chadhei" }, { "docid": "16294501", "text": "him. Subsequently, the film was later dubbed in Tamil as Avan (Dialogues by S. D. Sundharam) and Telugu as Prema Lekhalu . Raj Raibahadur (Raj Kapoor) lives a wealthy lifestyle with his father, a widowed businessman. One day Raj is sent to work at the countryside Saraswati Dam. His father one day visits him and tells him how his deceased mother wished that he be married to Chandra (played by Vijayalaxmi), the daughter of his rich family friend. Raj decides to write a letter to Chandra which she completely ignores. But Chandra's younger sister Neelu (Nargis) acknowledges the letter and", "title": "Aah (film)" }, { "docid": "19049818", "text": "K. Rani (singer) K. Rani (1943 – 13 July 2018) was an Indian playback singer who has recorded over 500 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Sinhala and Uzbek. Rani was the first female singer from India to sing in Sinhala and Uzbek, and sang the national anthem of Sri Lanka (the \"Sri Lanka Matha\"). She performed before President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and Indian National Congress leader K. Kamaraj called her \"\"Innisai Rani\"\". Rani was invited to perform at the Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya centennial, travelling in an aeroplane chartered by the government of Karnataka. Raj Kapoor provided the", "title": "K. Rani (singer)" }, { "docid": "16405896", "text": "The owners of this castle claim lineage from Maharaja Prithvi Raj of Amber (later Jaipur). The founder father of this clan of Rajputs was Kalyan Singh, one of the sons of Maharaja Prithvi Raj and Sisodia Rani (daughter of Rana Raimal of Mewar). The history of this clan is full of velour and courage of the highest order. Kharagsen of Kalwar was one of the most trusted and valiant commanders of Sawai Jai Singh (the founder of Jaipur). Karagsen was martyred in battle in the Southern Province. The name of Bhakat Singh of Kalwar finds very special mentions in the", "title": "Kalwar, Rajasthan" }, { "docid": "1646424", "text": "Singapore, Rash Behari Bose handed over control of the organisation to Subhas Chandra Bose. Bose was able to reorganise the fledgling army and organise massive support among the expatriate Indian population in south-east Asia, who lent their support by both enlisting in the Indian National Army, as well as financially in response to Bose's calls for sacrifice for the independence cause. INA had a separate women's unit, the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (named after Rani Lakshmi Bai) headed by Capt. Lakshmi Swaminathan, which is seen as a first of its kind in Asia. Even when faced with military reverses, Bose", "title": "Subhas Chandra Bose" }, { "docid": "9187424", "text": "way back in 1869. There are many educational establishments in this place. Colleges Kandi Raj College was established in 1950 by the Kandi Raj family at Kandi. Affiliated to the University of Kalyani, it has the following departments:physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, geography, political science, philosophy and economics. Raja Birendra Chandra College was established in 1965 at Kandi. It was earlier known as Kandi Raj College of Commerce. Affiliated to the University of Kalyani, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography and BCom. Bimal Chandra College of Law was established at Kandi in", "title": "Kandi, Murshidabad" }, { "docid": "11094708", "text": "was born to Field Marshal H.H. Svasti Sri Madati Prachandra Bhujadandyetyadi Ati-Projjwala-Nepal-Taradisha Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, T'ung-ling-ping-ma-Kuo-Kang-wang, Maharaja of Lambjang and Kaski, GCB and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi on January 27, 1888 at Kathmandu. He married twice, first in 1903, to Sri Bada Rani Deva Bakhta Rajya Lakshmi; and secondly to Sri Bada Rani Baid Bakhta Rajya Lakshmi. He had three sons and two daughters: General Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, the chief of the Army of Nepal since 2012, is his great-grandson through his son, Mrigendra's son Adiyta Shamsher Jang Bahadur", "title": "Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana" }, { "docid": "9187425", "text": "2002 with the untiring efforts of Atish Chandra Sinha, a doyen of the Kandi Raj family. It is affiliated with the University of Kalyani and approved by the Bar Council of India. Schools The educational revolution of this place started when Kandi Raj High School was established by converting a theater owned by the Zamindars of the Kandi Raj family. This was done on an appeal by Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the eminent educationist and social reformer during the renaissance in Bengal. The Zamindar family, commonly referred to as Rajas have contributed to the spread of education in a commendable", "title": "Kandi, Murshidabad" }, { "docid": "13902975", "text": "Seetarama Rao is mistaken by the hospital staff to be her husband Raj Kapoor. Soon her relatives including her father arrive and they too mistake him as Raj Kapoor because no one had ever seen or talked to him. Also, it happened that Chandra was a major client of Seetarama Rao's Bank Manager, who too mistook him for Chandra's husband, and was now eager to please him. Seetarama Rao, who is good at heart, initially intended to reveal the truth to everyone but later decides to masquerade as Raj Kapoor till he gets loan approval from the Bank Manager. Chandra", "title": "Chandralekha (1998 film)" }, { "docid": "16767444", "text": "time since Independence. Real GDP growth fell by 2.6% in 1965 and 0.06% in 1966. Consequently, the Rupee was devalued for the first time. Sachindra Chaudhuri was born on 24 February 1903, in Calcutta. His father was Prabhodh Chandra Chaudhuri. He educated at Rani Bhabani School in Calcutta, later he studied at Presidency College in Calcutta and later at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He also was at Lincoln's Inn. He married Seeta Mitter on 11 December 1930. He had a son and two daughters. His family originally belongs to the renowned Zamindar house called \"Baksha Chowdhury Bati\" at a place called", "title": "Sachindra Chaudhuri" }, { "docid": "12406667", "text": "in the same house and \"[i]n personality terms...[they are] both quite strong-willed\", although she notes that there are \"a lot less tears from Rani than there were from Maria.\" She describes Rani's relationship with Sarah Jane as \"a lot different\" to that between Sarah Jane and Maria. Mohindra notes that Rani is \"very much an apprentice of Sarah Jane...[although] at first...Sarah Jane is not really that interested in taking on another child.\" Rani shadows Sarah Jane and copies her behaviour to help her deal with a situation. She is keen on fighting mentally as opposed to physically and Mohindra likes", "title": "Rani Chandra (The Sarah Jane Adventures)" } ]
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who gets married in the last episode of the office
[ "Dwight Schrute", "Angela Martin" ]
[ { "docid": "17144641", "text": "Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, which takes place a year after the previous episode \"A.A.R.M.\", present and past employees of Dunder Mifflin gather for the wedding of Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) and Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey), during which Michael Scott (Steve Carell) returns to serve as Dwight's best man. In addition, Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) and Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) finally decide to pursue Jim's dream of working in sports marketing. Finally, everyone comes together for a final round of interviews and goodbyes. The initial idea for the finale, involving the Q&A, was thought of by Daniels during production", "title": "Finale (The Office)" }, { "docid": "7179212", "text": "happy picture in the face of potential downsizing from corporate. The office also gets new employee Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) as a temporary worker, while Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) pranks antagonist Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson). \"Pilot\" debuted \"The Office\" as a midseason replacement for the 2004–05 season. The episode was primarily adapted from the first episode of the British series, although it was partially re-scripted in an attempt to \"Americanize\" the new show. Although the episode was a ratings success, receiving a 5.0/13 in the Nielsen ratings among people aged 18–49, and garnering 11.2 million viewers overall, the episode", "title": "Pilot (The Office)" }, { "docid": "16918151", "text": "Dwight Christmas \"Dwight Christmas\" is the ninth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\" and the 185th episode overall. The episode was written by Robert Padnick and directed by Charles McDougall. It originally aired on NBC on December 6, 2012. The episode guest stars Robert R. Shafer as Bob Vance and Mark Proksch as Nate. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) gets everyone to celebrate with a traditional Schrute Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas.", "title": "Dwight Christmas" } ]
[ { "docid": "7449296", "text": "Days of Married Life\". George and Kate Starling are a newly married couple, and the comedy came from many ordinary domestic situations. George was a junior clerk in an office and wanted the public house camaraderie of the single men in his office, while Kate gets increasingly frustrated by her domestic duties. In the third series, Kate gives birth to a daughter Helen. The last episode of the fourth series, \"Goodbye George – Goodbye Kate\", showed the couple going to live in Lagos, Nigeria because of George's jobs. This was meant to be the last episode, however a fifth series", "title": "Marriage Lines" }, { "docid": "5552174", "text": "the 2010 episode of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" \"The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods\". He also appeared as himself during the 7th season of \"Entourage\" in the episode \"Lose Yourself\" and appeared in the final season of \"The Office\"; set in Scranton and created during his time in Triple-A there. Howard is the acknowledged namesake of one of the show's characters, who in one episode claimed to be \"Ryan Howard, the baseball player\" in an attempt to gain entry into a New York nightclub. Howard married former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader Krystle Campbell in Maui on December 1, 2012.", "title": "Ryan Howard" }, { "docid": "8830794", "text": "Guy\" on a stained glass window in the church of \"\"The Holy Fonz\"\" on the episode \"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz\". Al Delvecchio Alfred \"Al\" Delvecchio is a character on the U.S. sitcom \"Happy Days\". He was played by Al Molinaro. Molinaro joined the cast in Season 4 after Pat Morita, who played Arnold, left after the end of the third season (in the last episode \"Arnold Gets Married\"). Subsequently Molinaro also played Al's twin brother priest Father Anthony Delvecchio. Al said that he also had a brother who worked at the sanitation department. Al Delvecchio was", "title": "Al Delvecchio" }, { "docid": "8830792", "text": "Al Delvecchio Alfred \"Al\" Delvecchio is a character on the U.S. sitcom \"Happy Days\". He was played by Al Molinaro. Molinaro joined the cast in Season 4 after Pat Morita, who played Arnold, left after the end of the third season (in the last episode \"Arnold Gets Married\"). Subsequently Molinaro also played Al's twin brother priest Father Anthony Delvecchio. Al said that he also had a brother who worked at the sanitation department. Al Delvecchio was the drive-in owner and cook of Arnold's Diner from season 4 to season 9. Al eventually married Chachi's mother, Louisa. He had a sighing", "title": "Al Delvecchio" }, { "docid": "16009550", "text": "with one last option to examine the patient's medical history that could compromise House's conditional agreement with the hospital. Meanwhile, House tries to get back his relationship with Wilson. In the end, Foreman gets House part of his old office back. Wilson enters the office, punches House to the ground to get even with him, and they reconcile. \"The A.V. Club\" gave this episode a B rating. Transplant (House) \"Transplant\" is the second episode of the eighth season of the American television medical drama series \"House\" and the 157th overall episode of the series and features the introduction of Charlyne", "title": "Transplant (House)" }, { "docid": "14272274", "text": "in total viewers weekly ratings. It was the last episode of \"The Office\" to be viewed by over 9 million viewers. Dan Phillips of IGN gave the episode a 6.6 saying that Pam's lactation problems and Kevin's lack of personality while dating Erin made consistently amusing plots, \"But sadly everything that the episode's half-hour gets right doesn't make up for the painfully uncomfortable and largely unfunny first half.\" He particularly objected to the length that Pam's refusal to go to the hospital is stretched out, since the entire office supporting her irrational decision even after her water breaks was \"uncomfortable", "title": "The Delivery (The Office)" }, { "docid": "16822064", "text": "one of the investors who attends Jim's meeting. With the filming of \"Here Comes Treble\", the cast began realizing that the show was truly approaching its end. Wilson said, \"it's getting real. It's like there's a clock ticking\". Helms said that the fact that the episode was the last Halloween installment for the series is \"a sad thing\". The official website of \"The Office\" included three cut scenes from \"Here Comes Treble\" within a week of the episode's release. In the 146-second clip, Andy tells the office that the a cappella group is staying with Andy and Erin—Andy gets the", "title": "Here Comes Treble" }, { "docid": "6322671", "text": "to keep the family from suing a priest who molested him (though, according to Danny, he was \"...only minorly diddled\"). Donnie Bartalotti, played by Ben Affleck, has appeared three times. In the third to last Boston Teens sketch, he gets married to Michael Smith or \"Smitty\", played by Seth Meyers, as a response to Massachusetts' recent legalization of same-sex marriage. Unlike the previous sketches, which were made to look as if recorded on a camcorder, the last sketch was made to look like it was recorded on an iPhone. In the December 17, 2011 episode (hosted by Fallon), it was", "title": "The Boston Teens" }, { "docid": "3444139", "text": "son, Ben, about the faith. Ross gets divorced and is newly single in the very first episode because his wife, Carol, has realized she's a lesbian. Later he dates Rachel but it results in a break-up. Afterward, Ross gets married to Emily which doesn't last long. Also, he marries Rachel in Las Vegas when the two are drunk and then ultimately that too results in a divorce. In the whole series, Ross gets divorced 3 times. A running theme in Ross's narrative is his competition with his younger sister, manifested through wrestling and paranoia. As children, they took part in", "title": "Ross Geller" }, { "docid": "20666769", "text": "Lisa Gets the Blues \"Lisa Gets the Blues\" is the seventeenth episode of the twenty-ninth season of the animated television series \"The Simpsons\", and the 635th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on April 22, 2018. The episode was dedicated in memory of R. Lee Ermey who had guest starred twice on the show as Colonel Leslie \"Hap\" Hapablap in the episodes \"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming\" and \"Waiting for Duffman\". He died on April 15, 2018. Beginning after part of the intro, Mr. Largo discourages Lisa from playing the saxophone on the account", "title": "Lisa Gets the Blues" }, { "docid": "15996969", "text": "doesn’t, I don’t care that Dwight gets a few scenes in which the cynical adult is softened by the presence of a precocious child.\" He ultimately gave the episode a C+. \"New York\" writer Chris Blanche criticized the episode for its lack of heart. Television Without Pity gave the episode a C rating. Several critics considered the episode an improvement over the previous halloween episode, \"Costume Contest\". Spooked (The Office) \"Spooked\" is the fifth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\", and the show's 157th episode overall. The episode originally aired on NBC in", "title": "Spooked (The Office)" }, { "docid": "7051474", "text": "Veronica gets into her car and breaks down sobbing. A variety of pop culture references are made in the episode: The following music can be heard in the episode: Series regulars Jason Dohring and Francis Capra, who portray Logan Echolls and Weevil Navarro, respectively, do not appear in \"Like a Virgin.\" Although credited, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, who previously played Veronica's journalism teacher, Mallory Dent, does not appear, as her last episode was \"The Girl Next Door\". In addition, the episode features the first appearance of Cindy \"Mac\" Mackenzie, who would later become a series regular in the show's third season.", "title": "Like a Virgin (Veronica Mars)" }, { "docid": "10530088", "text": "Garfield Gets Real Garfield Gets Real (also known as Garfield 3D in some regions) is a 2007 American CGI movie starring Garfield. It was produced by Paws, Inc. in cooperation with Davis Entertainment, and The Animation Picture Company and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. It was written by Garfield's creator Jim Davis, who started working on the script in the fall of 1996. This was the first fully animated Garfield film since the last \"Garfield and Friends\" TV episode aired in 1995, and the first to be written by Davis since the 1991 television special \"Garfield Gets a", "title": "Garfield Gets Real" }, { "docid": "16176235", "text": "luxury tower in Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, her daughter, Yafit, gets pregnant and quickly gets married with Yaron, who is her boss in a hot dog restaurant. While Miri gets busy with her new rich life, she slowly forgets her old loved friends. Echad Ha'am 101 Echad Ha'am 101 () is an Israeli sitcom and spin-off of the series \"Echad Ha'am 1\" which was broadcast in Israeli channel 2 in 2003. The first episode of \"Echad Ha'am 101\" was broadcast in July 5, 2010. \"Echad Ha'am 101\" tells the story of Miri Paskal, an edgy, a bit insane parking inspector in", "title": "Echad Ha'am 101" }, { "docid": "15272140", "text": "The Search (The Office) \"The Search\" is the fifteenth episode of the seventh season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\", and the show's 141st episode overall. Written by Brent Forrester and directed by Michael Spiller, the episode aired February 3, 2011 on NBC. In the episode, Michael gets left behind at a gas station (when Jim leaves him to attend to CeCe) and starts wandering around Scranton, leaving Dwight, Erin, and Holly to look for him. Meanwhile, Pam starts a caption contest in the office, with Gabe instituting rules that no one wants to follow. Michael Scott (Steve", "title": "The Search (The Office)" }, { "docid": "9593863", "text": "last night was no different.\" West went on to praise Michael and Pam's scene at the art show as one of these moments. In a retrospective review of the show's third season, Erik Adams of \"The A.V. Club\" awarded the episode an \"A\". Adams highlighted Carell's acting, writing, \"On this rewatch, I found myself slack-jawed at how deep Carell gets into Michael's 'saying something without saying anything' style.\" Adams also applauded the way that Carell's character brings honesty to the final scene in which Michael praises Pam's art and offers to buy it for the office, writing, \"The boss should", "title": "Business School (The Office)" }, { "docid": "13827148", "text": "and arrests AMudha and Mani. Meanwhile, Sneha shoots Kadarkarai and is sent to Jail and Thavasi goes Mad. Later, however, she comes out and acts in favour of everyone and gets married to Kadarkarai. However she kills him and blames Chellamma for it. Also, Chellamma finds Shanthi, Moorthy's wife who testifies against him and saves Amudha and Mani and gets Sivaranjini stripped of her police position. Sivaranjini joins with Sneha and starts annoying Chellamma. Meanwhile, Vadamalai gets married to Gayathri (VIjayalkshmi) and starts living with her. However problems continuously arise between them and Chellamma. The serial was last directed by", "title": "Chellamay" }, { "docid": "15272148", "text": "between the ages of 18 and 49, decreasing in viewers from the previous episode. The Search (The Office) \"The Search\" is the fifteenth episode of the seventh season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\", and the show's 141st episode overall. Written by Brent Forrester and directed by Michael Spiller, the episode aired February 3, 2011 on NBC. In the episode, Michael gets left behind at a gas station (when Jim leaves him to attend to CeCe) and starts wandering around Scranton, leaving Dwight, Erin, and Holly to look for him. Meanwhile, Pam starts a caption contest in the", "title": "The Search (The Office)" }, { "docid": "8902737", "text": "Vardaan Episode 5 - Amba, Ambika and Ambalika's Introduction Episode 6 - Birth of Pandu, Dhritarashtra and Vidur Episode 7 - Karna's Birth-story, Dhritarashtra and Gandhari Get Married and Pandu and Kunti Get Married Episode 8 - Madri is gifted to Pandu, Pandu is resting and Sage Kindama's curse on Pandu Episode 9 - Dhritarashtra is king his sanyas and Kansa is king and Akashwani about Krishna Episode 10 - Birth of Balarama and Five Pandavas Episode 11 - Krishna Janma Episode 12 - Pootna's Death Episode 13 - Krishna brahmand darshan and Krishna gets caught while stealing makhan Episode", "title": "Mahabharat (1988 TV series)" }, { "docid": "5851660", "text": "Fresh\" (1986), played Whizzkid in the 1988 \"Doctor Who\" story \"The Greatest Show in the Galaxy\", and the geeky trainspotter in the \"Press Gang\" episode \"Something Terrible\" (1990). His last acting role was in the 1990 children's Indiana Jones-style comedy series, \"Jackson Pace: The Great Years\", alongside Keith Allen and Josie Lawrence. In August 1990 at Northampton Register Office he married Stephanie Bates, a fan of the Adrian Mole series who had written to him, and with whom he had a son, Jon, who was born 19 January 1992. Sammarco gave up acting soon after the birth of his son", "title": "Gian Sammarco" }, { "docid": "9716522", "text": "instead. This is also Josh Henderson's last episode. The episode title, \"My Husband, the Pig\" is a song taken (cut from the original production) from the Stephen Sondheim musical, \"A Little Night Music\". The title is something of a misnomer in more ways than one, as only two of the men seen in the episode (Tom and Orson) are currently married and, except for Austin, all appear genuinely considerate in this episode. John Singleton Copley’s painting \"Watson and the Shark\" can be seen hanging in Victor’s office. My Husband, the Pig “My Husband, the Pig” is the 63rd episode of", "title": "My Husband, the Pig" }, { "docid": "14848693", "text": "in willing to act to improve the world around her. She befriends Kusy, who lives in a cottage next to her house and the two soon start a relationship. In Season 4 they married and have a daughter, Dorotka. She works as an English teacher in early seasons. From Season 4 to 9 she serves as the mayor of the town. After leaving the office she temporarily returns to the United States and returns to Poland in the last episode. Jakub \"Kusy\" Sokołowski – a former famous abstract painter, who went through a breakdown and fell into alcoholism after the", "title": "Ranczo (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19805239", "text": "revenge for Alice's death. Meanwhile, Cobblepot is ready to confess his love for Nygma, when Nygma finds someone close to him. The episode received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the episode for its writing and dark tone. Comic Book Resources named the episode as the 6th best episode in 2016 among comic book-related television series. In Gotham Cathedral, a couple gets married and leave on their limousine. The driver is revealed to be Tetch (Benedict Samuel), who states that he will not hurt them as that decision will be based on Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and it is also revealed", "title": "Follow the White Rabbit" }, { "docid": "19288018", "text": "daughter of Lisandro, gets a job as a maid at the estancia, and falls in love with Agustín, who has just got married with Josefina (Eva De Dominici). Julia Monterrey (Araceli González) gets a job as the teacher of Clara (Guadalupe Manent), the young daughter of Antonio, who is still reclusive after the death of his wife years in the past. Marcial and the doctor Victoria (Julieta Cardinali) discover that the water of a lake somehow has the power to bring people back to life. The first episode had a cameo by the actress Norma Aleandro, whose character is killed", "title": "Los ricos no piden permiso" }, { "docid": "20663027", "text": "Tchaikovsky (The Americans) \"Tchaikovsky\" is the second episode of the sixth season of the period drama television series \"The Americans\". It originally aired on FX in the United States on April 4, 2018. The episode is set during early October 1987; a baseball game heard on the radio during this episode took place on October 4, 1987. Stan gets a message that \"Teacup\" (Gennadi's cover name) wants to meet with him; he learns that Sofia (who has married Gennadi during the past three years) has kicked him out, but Gennadi still makes a Soviet courier run with an FBI team", "title": "Tchaikovsky (The Americans)" }, { "docid": "9596209", "text": "19). His last appearance was on an episode of \"The Doris Day Show\" in 1969, after which he left show business and became the head of Revlon's Paris office and of the Perfumes Balmain company. His younger brother Michel became CEO of Revlon six years later. He also managed the rugby club Biarritz Olympique from 1980 until 1981. Bergerac married screen star Ginger Rogers in February 1953, and they divorced in July 1957. In June 1959, he married actress Dorothy Malone in Hong Kong, where she was on location for her 1960 film \"The Last Voyage\". They had daughters Mimi", "title": "Jacques Bergerac" }, { "docid": "6191707", "text": "Randy on the wall of Dr. Aaron Polanski's office. Polanski mentions that Randy as a teenager had incredibly bad acne, although when Natalie asks Randy about this later, Randy says that he was undercover and posing as a teenager with acne problems. He attempts to steal that picture later, ending up ripping out a small portion of the wall and knocking off a large number of other photos in the process. He joined the police force three years before the start of the series. In the season 2 episode \"Mr. Monk Gets Married\", Randy has Monk and Sharona pretend to", "title": "Randy Disher" }, { "docid": "12323728", "text": "we buy or don't buy are much more important than who we vote for.\" Carey expressed his distaste for the Bush administration's management of the Iraq War, specifically on the September 14, 2007, episode of \"Real Time with Bill Maher\". He made donations to Ron Paul's presidential campaign for the 2008 election. On the September 26, 2008, episode of \"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson\", Carey defined \"libertarian\" to host Craig Ferguson as \"a conservative who still gets high.\" In 2016, he supported Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson in his run for office, and was made an Honorary", "title": "Drew Carey" }, { "docid": "16822057", "text": "Here Comes Treble \"Here Comes Treble\" is the fifth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\". The episode originally aired on NBC on October 25, 2012. It guest stars Stephen Colbert as Andy's college friend Broccoli Rob and Ben Silverman as an investor. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) invites his old college a cappella group, Here Comes Treble, to perform for the office during Halloween. Andy, however, gets angry when he", "title": "Here Comes Treble" }, { "docid": "10998825", "text": "Wars\" was the second \"Office\" episode directed by Joss Whedon, the creator of the television series \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\" and \"Firefly\". Whedon had previously directed the third season episode \"Business School\". The episode was the seventh \"Office\" episode written by Mindy Kaling, who also acts for the show as customer service representative Kelly Kapoor. \"Branch Wars\" marked the return of Karen Filippelli, who was a regular as a member of the Dunder Mifflin Stamford branch, and later Dunder Mifflin Scranton in the third season. Her last previous appearance was the fourth season premiere Fun Run, although she only appeared", "title": "Branch Wars" }, { "docid": "12696095", "text": "Moroccan Christmas \"Moroccan Christmas\" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the television series \"The Office\", and the show's eighty-third episode overall. The episode aired in the United States on December 11, 2008 on NBC. It is the third Christmas-themed episode of \"The Office\" and the first in two years, as 2007's planned edition was abandoned due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. In this episode, Phyllis throws a Moroccan-themed Christmas party as head of the Party Planning Committee, infuriating former head Angela. The party takes a dark turn when Meredith gets drunk and accidentally sets", "title": "Moroccan Christmas" }, { "docid": "8969647", "text": "Manju Peyyum Munpe. Note that a movie of the same name, reflecting the historical fiction by Kalki Krishnamurthi, was released in 1960. Parthiban (Srikanth) is a marketing executive who loves spending time with his friends. Parthiban's parents want him to get married but he does not believe in arranged marriage and waits to see a girl as per his likes and dislikes. One day, Parthiban sees a girl (Sneha) and gets immediately attracted towards her. He follows her and finds her office location. Everyday Parthiban sees her while she is on the way to her office. Also, Parthiban gets to", "title": "Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film)" }, { "docid": "15518877", "text": "Ferrell.\" Michael's Last Dundies \"Michael's Last Dundies\" is the twenty-first episode of the seventh season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\" and the show's 147th episode overall. It originally aired on NBC on April 21, 2011. The episode was written and directed by co-executive producer Mindy Kaling. \"Michael's Last Dundies\" guest stars Will Ferrell as Deangelo Vickers and Jack Coleman as State Senator Robert Lipton. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) trains his office replacement, Deangelo", "title": "Michael's Last Dundies" }, { "docid": "15518860", "text": "Michael's Last Dundies \"Michael's Last Dundies\" is the twenty-first episode of the seventh season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\" and the show's 147th episode overall. It originally aired on NBC on April 21, 2011. The episode was written and directed by co-executive producer Mindy Kaling. \"Michael's Last Dundies\" guest stars Will Ferrell as Deangelo Vickers and Jack Coleman as State Senator Robert Lipton. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) trains his office replacement, Deangelo Vickers", "title": "Michael's Last Dundies" }, { "docid": "154484", "text": "was the only one to become a recurring character. Some cast members of \"Frasier\" had appeared previously in minor roles on \"Cheers\". In the episode \"Do Not Forsake Me, O' My Postman\" (1992), John Mahoney played Sy Flembeck, an over-the-hill jingle writer hired by Rebecca to write a jingle for the bar. In it, Grammer and Mahoney exchanged a few lines. Peri Gilpin appeared in a \"Cheers\" episode titled \"Woody Gets an Election\" playing a reporter who interviews Woody when he runs for office. In the eighth-season \"Cheers\" episode \"Two Girls for Every Boyd\", Frasier tells Sam Malone (played by", "title": "Frasier" }, { "docid": "7150893", "text": "condo. Meanwhile, Jim Halpert (John Krasinski), along with Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer), organizes office games and gets his co-workers to play them. \"Office Olympics\" was inspired by The King of the Hill Office Olympics, which were created and ran by members of the television show \"King of the Hill\". After the episode aired, other \"Office Olympics\" were organized in actual offices across the country. The episode marks the first appearance of Mose, Dwight's Amish cousin, played by writer Mike Schur. Mose was based on an actual person, with the same name, on the UPN reality show \"Amish in the City\".", "title": "Office Olympics" }, { "docid": "10715213", "text": "aired September 13, 2003. Race to the Altar Race to the Altar is an American reality television series hosted by Lisa Dergan. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on NBC. The show found 8 engaged couples to compete in a series of physical and mental challenges designed to test the strength of their relationship. Couples who won the challenges become power couples and have the authority to eliminate other couples. The audience voted on the winning couple in the second-to-last episode and then in the last episode the winning couple gets the prize, a fantasy wedding planned by Colin Cowie.", "title": "Race to the Altar" }, { "docid": "10715212", "text": "Race to the Altar Race to the Altar is an American reality television series hosted by Lisa Dergan. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on NBC. The show found 8 engaged couples to compete in a series of physical and mental challenges designed to test the strength of their relationship. Couples who won the challenges become power couples and have the authority to eliminate other couples. The audience voted on the winning couple in the second-to-last episode and then in the last episode the winning couple gets the prize, a fantasy wedding planned by Colin Cowie. A two-hour series finale", "title": "Race to the Altar" }, { "docid": "10939272", "text": "Money (The Office) \"Money\" is the seventh and eighth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\", and the show's sixtieth and sixty-first episode overall. It first aired on October 18, 2007, on NBC, and was the last of four consecutive hour-long episodes that opened the fourth season. The episode was written and directed by Paul Lieberstein, who also acts on the show as Human Resources Representative Toby Flenderson. \"Money\" marked Lieberstein's directorial debut. In the episode, Jan, now living with Michael, forces costly changes in Michael's life. This causes Michael to worry about his", "title": "Money (The Office)" }, { "docid": "9435998", "text": "\"Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink\" was created following a long-time desire of the staff to center an episode on Kamel and make a vacuum bag pivotal in a mystery. When the episode first aired in the United States on USA Network on August 18, 2006, it was watched by 5.2 million viewers. The episode was generally well received by critics, with most of the praise regarding Kamel's major role. It also led Shalhoub to be nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Dr. Charles Kroger (Stanley Kamel) arrives at his office and finds", "title": "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink" }, { "docid": "6839085", "text": "Karan, Raj dies. Karan eventually gets married to Kajal, and the couple name their child after Raj. The film was a hit at box office. The film received mixed reviews from the critics. \"Bollywood Hungama\" gave the film 10 stars.it was one of best film as per media This was the last album of Nadeem-Shravan before they officially declared to split. The album was released in November 2005. The album was listed at No 7 position in the all-time music list of 2005. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 14,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack", "title": "Dosti: Friends Forever" }, { "docid": "15053435", "text": "Founder's Day (The Vampire Diaries) \"Founder's Day\" is the 22nd episode of the first season of The CW television series, \"The Vampire Diaries\" and the 22nd episode of the series overall. It also consists the last episode of the season. It originally aired on May 13, 2010. The episode was written by Bryan Oh and Andrew Chambliss and directed by Marcos Siega. Everybody gets ready for the Founder's Day parade and gets dressed up in period outfits, including Elena (Nina Dobrev), something that makes her look like Katherine even more. Damon (Ian Somerhalder) tells Stefan (Paul Wesley) that he does", "title": "Founder's Day (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "17144640", "text": "Finale (The Office) \"Finale\" is the last episode of the American comedy television series \"The Office\". It serves as the 24th and 25th episodes of the ninth season, and the 200th and 201st episodes of the series overall. The episode was written by series developer and executive producer Greg Daniels and directed by Ken Kwapis, who directed the series' pilot episode. It originally aired on NBC on May 16, 2013, preceded by an hour-long series retrospective. The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder", "title": "Finale (The Office)" }, { "docid": "4850004", "text": "praised the \"four-part harmony of hilarity [that] gets a flawless mop top modeling\", complimenting the references to pop culture icons as being \"right on the money\". TV DVD Reviews commented on how the episode \"hit all the right notes\", and was pleased with Harrison's cameo. Despite the episode being a \"leftover from last season\", \"The Washington Post\" still applauded the episode's humor, saying, \"Who cares? It's funny.\" \"The Courier-Mail\" found \"Homer's Barbershop Quartet\" an entertaining episode. Asserting that the series hit its peak with season five episodes such as \"Homer's Barbershop Quartet\", the \"Sunday Tasmanian\" called the episode a \"first-class", "title": "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" }, { "docid": "8777054", "text": "(later on-off girlfriend) Kate (Christa Miller). In the final two seasons, Kate gets married and moves to Guam, in the same two-part episode that introduces and develops Drew's relationship with Kellie (Cynthia Watros), which carries on over the final two seasons. For its first seven seasons, Drew's workplace is the office of fictional Cleveland department store Winfred-Louder, where he has worked for years and still works as Assistant Director of Personnel. One of his coworkers is Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney), a large woman with a clownish wardrobe, a lot of make-up (including her trademark bright blue eye shadow), and a", "title": "The Drew Carey Show" }, { "docid": "18205276", "text": "to help Haris is now Shocked with his personality. Rohaan's mom finally accepts Annie as her daughter-in-law and now Zubia gets married. Ainne is now living a very happy life as a wife, daughter-in-law, and as a worker due to her sweet nature she is loved by every one now. Hashim on other hand is tired of fighting between Faryal and his mother (Sheeren) he now is working with Rohaan and Ainne in their office. Haris now accepts his mistake and asks Kashaf to forgive him, Kashaf then asks Ainne and thanks her for being supportive. These episode sequences sow", "title": "Shanakht" }, { "docid": "16203074", "text": "help us understand the story,\" said show runner/executive producer Warren Leight, \"Sue opens the episode doing a news standup from outside 1 Police Plaza. We’ll bring her back for the second episode of the two-parter.\" Roger Bart, Anna Chlumsky and Raúl Esparza guest starred in the episode \"Twenty-Five Acts.\" Chlumsky plays the author of a best-selling erotic novel, who accuses a high-profile talk show host (Roger Bart) of a brutal rape. However, the SVU squad gets suspicious when they discover her account of the rape mimics the chapters in her book. The squad, along with the DA's office (Raúl Esparza", "title": "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14)" }, { "docid": "20346181", "text": "who made the statement gets a point instead. This round is played on the actual penultimate round of the week Note: All pairs games are played in the second round, and on each show, the person who is last place after the first round gets to choose which of the other celebrities they want to be their partner for this round. Distinctly Average (\"first played on Series 1, Episode 1\"): The pairs are given questions which they must write answers to on their tablet computers, and the average of their answers is taken as their answer, and the closest pair", "title": "Richard Osman's House of Games" }, { "docid": "5444493", "text": "Unit\" for its 13th season. She is first seen in the season's third episode \"\", in which the SVU squad is investigating the teenage son of a high-profile political couple. She gets into a heated argument with Benson after she tells her that she is \"off,\" to which Benson replies that Novak and her office have \"lost their nerve.\" Novak is the prosecutor in four episodes during season 13, sharing the ADA duties with Cabot, Michael Cutter (Linus Roache), and David Haden (Harry Connick, Jr.) She is last seen as the lead prosecutor in \"Valentine's Day\", in which she goes", "title": "Casey Novak" }, { "docid": "14992500", "text": "The episode features several return appearances of former recurring characters. Amy Ryan appears in a voice-only role as Holly Flax, who was last seen in the fifth season finale, \"Company Picnic\". Melora Hardin appears as Jan Levinson, who was last seen in the fifth season episode, \"Baby Shower\". Amy Pietz appears as Donna, also in a voice-only role; she had a recurring role near the end of the sixth season. Linda Purl appears as Helene Beesly, who had a recurring role in the sixth season. Nancy Carell, the actual wife of Steve Carell, appears as Carol Stills, who was last", "title": "Sex Ed (The Office)" }, { "docid": "2026965", "text": "the last opposite Klugman. She also amassed a number of film credits including \"A Rage to Live\" and \"Bus Riley's Back in Town\". Somers made many appearances on episodic primetime television, including \"Love, American Style\", \"The Defenders\", \"Have Gun Will Travel\", \"Ben Casey\", \"CHiPs\", \"The Love Boat\", \"Barney Miller\" and \"The Fugitive\". In 1973 she played Rhoda Morgenstern's Aunt Rose in the season four episode \"Rhoda's Sister Gets Married\" on \"The Mary Tyler Moore Show\". She had a recurring role as Blanche, the former wife of Oscar Madison (played by real-life spouse Jack Klugman) on the ABC sitcom \"The Odd", "title": "Brett Somers" }, { "docid": "4518661", "text": "writers decided this would be an opportunity to include a group of celebrity guest stars. They had done a similar episode the year before called \"Homer at the Bat\" (which starred nine Major League Baseball players) and had hoped to emulate its success. At that point, the writers had a list of celebrities who had wanted to do a guest spot on the show and decided to use this episode to burn through some of them. However, the episode was described by executive producer Mike Reiss as \"a nightmare\" because several guests pulled out at the last minute and the", "title": "Krusty Gets Kancelled" }, { "docid": "15446802", "text": "Last Chance Romance Last Chance Romance is a 2008 comedy in two acts written by American playwright Sam Bobrick and published by Samuel French, Inc. As stated on the back cover of the play, \"Myra Witzer, a strong willed woman in her late thirties, is determined to get married at any cost and Leonard Shank, an unassuming man in his early forties is the guy she goes after and gets, much against his will. After several months of married life, Myra realizes that the chase excited her more than the capture and wants out. On the other hand, Leonard, who", "title": "Last Chance Romance" }, { "docid": "7175785", "text": "by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. The episode was written in roughly 26 hours and was the fastest episode written for the series, at the time. The idea to make the entry the \"spring cleaning episode\" was \"throw[n] in at the last minute\" because the writers were \"desperate\". The subplot was inspired by a friend of Eisenberg's, who suggested the story after he was forced to undergo spring cleaning at his office. The title for the episode is purposely vague. During the commentary, the cast revealed that there are actually three \"secrets\" in the episode: Jim's hidden feelings for Pam,", "title": "The Secret (The Office)" }, { "docid": "7300671", "text": "shredder. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) leaves the office early to go on a date, to Pam's chagrin. Michael and Dwight end the party by singing \"Teach Your Children\". \"Take Your Daughter to Work Day\" was written by Mindy Kaling, who portrayed Kelly Kapoor on the series. The episode was directed by Victor Nelli Jr., making it his second directoral credit after the earlier episode \"The Carpet\". The episode was one of the last installments filmed for the season. In addition, the episode took five days to film. Each day, over twelve hours was devoted to filming. The episode guest stars", "title": "Take Your Daughter to Work Day (The Office)" }, { "docid": "18827284", "text": "care one bit about whoever Mako Tanida may be because the last episode delivered perhaps the biggest bombshell of the thrilling first season of the show. We finally found out that Tom is some kind of secret agent.\" He went on to call the episode a \"doozy\" and guessed that \"the show could be paving the way for Ressler and Liz to get together\". Jo Jo Marshall of \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave a positive review of the episode, stating: \"Tom Keen gets crazy and Agent Ressler gets rampage-y on the hunt for Yakuza druglord Mako Tanida\". She went on to mention", "title": "Mako Tanida" }, { "docid": "796383", "text": "a married closeted man who has to come out when his wife discovers that he has been having an affair with another man. In the Emmy Award-nominated episode \"Gay Witch Hunt\" of \"The Office\", Michael inadvertently outs Oscar to the whole office. Ellen DeGeneres's coming out in the media as well as an episode of \"Ellen\", \"The Puppy Episode\", \"ranks, hands down, as the single most public exit in gay history\", changing media portrayals of lesbians in Western culture. In 1999, Russell T Davies's \"Queer as Folk\", a popular TV series shown on Channel 4 (UK) debuted and focused primarily", "title": "Coming out" }, { "docid": "11351521", "text": "them not around the tooth fairy gets more business. Tooth and Consequences \"Tooth and Consequences\" is the third and final segment of the sixteenth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series \"The Twilight Zone\". Dentist Myron Mandel has problems with self-esteem. He even feels the necessity to discuss it with office neighbor Walter Pinkham who is a psychiatrist. Mandel states that it feels like his patients shrink from his touch but the psychiatrist shoos him out of his office after attempting to convince him to let it go. Upon returning to his own office, Mandel tells his", "title": "Tooth and Consequences" }, { "docid": "18205278", "text": "her to wait. Faryal yells, and tells her to be quiet. Hashim gets angry at Faryal and tells her to shut up. Faryal then asks Hashim, why he rejected Ainne, if he likes Ainne more than her(Faryal). Ainne gets hurt and cries remembering her past. she takes leave from office and spends her time in depression where as Hashim tells Faryal to apologize to Ainne or else he would leave her. And Faryal also starts wearing the clothes that her mother-in-law selects for her. Episode starts with showing Ainne who is still depressed, it shows that Hashim and Faryal are", "title": "Shanakht" }, { "docid": "11882701", "text": "Carell) develops feelings for the new Human Resources Representative Holly Flax (Ryan), who makes her first appearance in this episode. Jim Halpert's (John Krasinski) plan to propose to Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) gets ruined after Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) makes a proposal of his own. Elsewhere, Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) is fired as Vice President of the company for misleading the shareholders and is sent to prison. \"Goodbye, Toby\" introduced the character of Holly Flax, played by Amy Ryan, whose presence would drastically affect the office in the series' fifth and seventh seasons. The episode received largely positive reviews", "title": "Goodbye, Toby" }, { "docid": "7769929", "text": "The Watch (Seinfeld) \"The Watch\" is the 46th episode of the sitcom \"Seinfeld\". It is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the series, and first aired on September 30, 1992. Jerry has dinner with his parents and Uncle Leo. Elaine uses Kramer as \"her boyfriend\" in trying to fool her psychiatrist, Dr. Reston, who she was dating (played by Stephen McHattie). George gets Russell Dalrymple's address and tries to get the pilot reinstated. He succeeds -- at a price lower than Russell's original offer. Jerry tries to buy back the watch from Uncle Leo. Outside her psychiatrist's office,", "title": "The Watch (Seinfeld)" }, { "docid": "9037408", "text": "of the episode he gains closure with his wife and realizes that Addison is who he wants to spend his life with. When Addison gets home, Jake has lit candles and lined the living room with rose petals, leading to the deck where he is waiting for her in a suit and tie. He tells her to ask him again, and gives her a ring, after which point the two are engaged. In the finale episode of \"Private Practice\", Jake and Addison get married and are beginning the rest of their lives with Henry. Kate Walsh first appeared as Addison", "title": "Addison Montgomery" }, { "docid": "7061145", "text": "Gimpel) about her relationship with Keith, who tells her about Wallace's (Percy Daggs III) bugging of his office. Veronica gets Weevil and the biker gang to tie Tad to the flagpole, and she tells him that she knows about the roofies the night of Shelly Pomroy's party, where she was raped. He says that Logan gave him the drugs, which were not roofies, but GHB. At their date, Logan waits alone. The episode's cultural references include: The following songs can be heard in the episode: This episode was originally titled \"Tit for Tad\" before being changed to the current title", "title": "M.A.D. (Veronica Mars)" }, { "docid": "16132088", "text": "original songs \"terrible\". She remarked, \"fans merit a better episode, better commentary, and better parody of the subject at hand.\" Nonetheless, she praised the episode's ending and asked, \"Who cares that the story was a bit weak this time around? It's the last episode we have before the dreaded undetermined hiatus gets underway, and it's Christmas. Let's just cherish the episode for what it is...\" Sean Campbell said although he enjoyed the episode's concept, \"the execution left much to be desired\" and that the quality of the songs \"varied from okay to bad\". \"The Atlantic\"s Kevin Fallon compared \"Regional Holiday", "title": "Regional Holiday Music" }, { "docid": "5895306", "text": "friend. Later, Ken starts to open up to Kaoru and gets closer to her. Midori Kodama is a tomboy and her close friends call her \"Jidama\". She lives with her grandmother. They seem to have a very close relationship except one episode when Jidama have gone out and sneaked in Azuki's bedroom because of an argument with her grandmother. She doesn't have a crush on anyone but in an episode, she falls for a police officer who helped her when her house was robbed. However, Jidama stops crushing on him when she realizes that the police officer is already married.", "title": "Azuki-chan" }, { "docid": "16330175", "text": "Last Day in Florida \"Last Day in Florida\" is the eighteenth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\" and the show's 170th episode overall. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 8, 2012. \"Last Day in Florida\" was written by Robert Padnick and directed by Matt Sohn. The episode features the final appearance of Lindsey Broad and guest stars Georgia Engel. The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In", "title": "Last Day in Florida" }, { "docid": "16330192", "text": "wrote that she enjoyed the storyline. Last Day in Florida \"Last Day in Florida\" is the eighteenth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\" and the show's 170th episode overall. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 8, 2012. \"Last Day in Florida\" was written by Robert Padnick and directed by Matt Sohn. The episode features the final appearance of Lindsey Broad and guest stars Georgia Engel. The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the", "title": "Last Day in Florida" }, { "docid": "18271387", "text": "Mahal. The show last aired on 13 March 2015 ended with 181 episodes. The story revolves around Murali and Sujatha who are past their marriage age but not married. Sujatha works as the manager in a bank. Murali also works as an officer in the same bank. Murali wishes to get married to a young girl, Kavya, after he gets his last and third sister Sandya married. But he realizes that he is too old for her when he overhears her talking to her boyfriend Sidharth. Murali decides to help Kavya marry Sidharth and in that process becomes close to", "title": "Nenjathai Killadhe (TV series)" }, { "docid": "8460294", "text": "She also threatens to ruin Jenny's life if she doesn't leave Manhattan immediately. Chuck then travels to Prague to escape New York for a while, feeling as though he has nothing left. He gets robbed by two muggers who insist on taking the ring that Chuck intended on proposing to Blair with and when Chuck puts up a fight, he gets shot. The last shot of season 3 is him lying in an alley, presumably dying. In the first episode of season four, we find that Chuck is alive and well, having been rescued by Czech girl, Eva (Clémence Poésy)", "title": "Chuck Bass" }, { "docid": "10539446", "text": "the last round Nasty almost wins when the ball lands on a different number than 23 - which Nasty had blocked; however Nasty thinking he wins hits the table so hard that the ball lands in 23. Bugs ultimately gets revenge by rendering Canasta flat broke. Nasty tries to rob Bugs - who spins the pistol, which shoots coins. Nasty tries to spin coins from the gun as well - and gets blasted. Just outside the swinging door exit, Bugs proclaims the moral of the episode to be, \"Never try to steal no 18 carrots [karats] from no rabbit.\" Nasty", "title": "Nasty Canasta" }, { "docid": "19805254", "text": "But first he saved the kid and lost the married couple, and I knew from that moment on that this was going to be a dark one. Despite trying to get out unscathed with Mario's help, Valerie gets shot. Now, I'm pretty certain that Jim new what was going to happen, and he was taking his chances with Valerie receiving good care from the two doctors in the building. But it sets up a really poignant story going forward, as I doubt Valerie will see it that way.\" Sage Young of \"EW\" gave the episode a \"B-\" and stated: \"Last", "title": "Follow the White Rabbit" }, { "docid": "6255794", "text": "extremely disobedient, but, at the last minute, passes the test. The episode was written by Jon Vitti and directed by Jim Reardon. Tracey Ullman guest starred as Emily Winthrop, the instructor at the obedience school and as neighbour Mrs. Winfield. The animal noises for the episode were performed by Frank Welker. \"Bart's Dog Gets an \"F\"\" features cultural references to films such as \"Predator\", \"Jaws\", \"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\", and \"National Lampoon's Animal House\". Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 13.8, and was the highest-rated show on the Fox", "title": "Bart's Dog Gets an \"F\"" }, { "docid": "14354794", "text": "TV Squad gave the episode a positive review saying \"But you know what I'm getting at. The tone, pacing, and comedy of this episode continues the recent trend of \"The Office\" getting back to what made people love it to begin with. And, yes, part of that means that Michael is going to make an ass of himself. But at least the season six version of Michael somehow gets a little bit of hope mixed in with his desperation stew.\" Alan Sepinwall of \"The Star-Ledger\" gave the episode a mixed review said \"Overall, though, I'd say the good outweighed the", "title": "Happy Hour (The Office)" }, { "docid": "19843908", "text": "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left \"The Last Gingerbread House on the Left\" is the seventh episode of the seventh season of the animated comedy series \"Bob's Burgers\" and the overall 114th episode. It was written by Nora Smith and directed by Chris Song. It aired on Fox in the United States on November 27, 2016. In the episode, Bob gets involved in a gingerbread house competition when Mr. Fischoeder asks him to bring food to his house. Meanwhile, Linda and Teddy take the kids caroling to spread holiday cheer. Bob and Linda worry about the kids' Christmas lists", "title": "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left" }, { "docid": "15351569", "text": "on the CBS crime drama \"NCIS\", that of Special Agent Paula Cassidy, from 2004–07. In the fall of 2007 she landed featured multi-episode roles on two Canadian series, \"jPod\" and \"Heartland\", both based on popular books of the same names. In 2009, Steen appeared in six episodes of the Canadian TV police drama \"Flashpoint\" (which is also broadcast on CBS in the U.S) as Strategic Response Unit Specialist Donna Sabine, filling in for Julianna 'Jules' Callaghan (played by Amy Jo Johnson), who was shot. She is currently playing the same character during a 2011 episode where she gets married and", "title": "Jessica Steen" }, { "docid": "14462926", "text": "Seeing this as an opportunity to demolish the highway, SpongeBob makes an appeal to the people, who agree to destroy it. Everybody in Bikini Bottom turns against Plankton and destroys the pavement and the columns of the highway. Plankton, who thinks his highway is unremovable, tries to save it but gets run over. Jellyfish Fields is restored instantly to its natural state. \"SpongeBob's Last Stand\" was written by Aaron Springer, Steven Banks, and Derek Iversen. Springer also served as storyboard director. Animation direction by Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi, the episode was part of Nickelodeon's 2010 Earth Day celebration. The", "title": "SpongeBob's Last Stand" }, { "docid": "5232623", "text": "What's in the Box \"What's in the Box\" is episode 144 of the American television anthology series \"The Twilight Zone\". It originally aired on March 13, 1964 on CBS. In this episode, a man's television set displays his past, present, and future, revealing to him that he will kill his wife. Joe and Phyllis Britt are an old married couple in New York City who do not get along. Joe gets home from his job as a cab driver late one night, and Phyllis accuses him of seeing another woman. In the meantime, a television repairman is in the next", "title": "What's in the Box" }, { "docid": "6191708", "text": "be married in order to rescue his mother Maria from Dalton Padron, a killer with a very ulterior motive. While at the marriage counseling institute, Maria mentions Randy several times to Monk and Sharona, but they pretend not to know Randy. Although he denied having an uncle in the season 3 episode, \"Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever\", Randy later is found to have had at least one uncle, Harvey. In the season 5 episode \"Mr. Monk Visits a Farm\", Randy inherits his uncle's farm after Harvey Disher supposedly commits suicide. Soon after Randy arrives at the farm, he gets a", "title": "Randy Disher" }, { "docid": "6473523", "text": "hang-ups]. Volker Mertens introduced the notion of a \"hero without hang-ups\". Linearity is represented in the novel in many aspects, such as Lanzelet’s consecutive marriages. Each marriage happens regardless of the previous one. Lanzelet leaves Galagandreiz daughter, he marries Ade, who then leaves him in the Castle of the Dead episode. He is still married to Ade when he kills Iweret and marries Iblis. He is also still married to Iblis when he is forced to marry the Queen of Pluris. Lanzelet does not question his own actions; he simply gets on with his life. Lanzelet Lanzelet is a medieval", "title": "Lanzelet" }, { "docid": "20666775", "text": "character beats, and some of the most indulgent tourist rubbernecking the show has ever done.\" \"Lisa Gets the Blues\" scored a 4 share and was watched by 2.19 million people, making it Fox's highest rated show of the night. Lisa Gets the Blues \"Lisa Gets the Blues\" is the seventeenth episode of the twenty-ninth season of the animated television series \"The Simpsons\", and the 635th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on April 22, 2018. The episode was dedicated in memory of R. Lee Ermey who had guest starred twice on the show", "title": "Lisa Gets the Blues" }, { "docid": "4518674", "text": "\"A Streetcar Named Marge\", \"Who Shot Mr. Burns\", parts one and two, and \"Bart Gets Famous\". The episode was included in a 2003 release of \"The Simpsons Classics\" on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Krusty Gets Kancelled \"Krusty Gets Kancelled\" is the 22nd and final episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 13, 1993. In the episode, a new show featuring a puppet named Gabbo premieres in Springfield and competes with Krusty the Clown's show. Krusty's show is soon cancelled. Bart and Lisa decide to help", "title": "Krusty Gets Kancelled" }, { "docid": "16062956", "text": "in the vending machine, but Robert gets the impression that he is extremely clever and is speaking only in metaphors. Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak), who has been annoyed the entire day with Kevin being creative and Robert rejecting his ideas, later tricks Kevin into explaining an idea he has involving the Big Mac, and Robert realizes that there was no subtext to Kevin's ideas. The episode was written by story editor Robert Padnick, his second writing credit for the series after joining the writing staff the previous season. It was directed by frequent director of \"The Office\", Jeffrey Blitz.", "title": "Gettysburg (The Office)" }, { "docid": "19408912", "text": "that is married to Ayatollah Aziz Khoshvaght's daughter. Mojtaba is the second and most famous child of the family. He is the son-in-law of former Iranian Parliament chairman, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel. The third son is Masoud who is said to work in Ayatollah Khamenei's office. He is married to Mohsen Kharazi's daughter. The fourth and last son of the couple is Meysam, married to Mahmoud Lochachian, an Iranian businessman's daughter. He is also an employee of Ayatollah Khamenei's office. The couple's first daughter is Boshra, married with Mohammad Javad Golpayegani, son of Mohammad Golpayegan, Khamenei's chief of staff. The last child", "title": "Khojaste Bagherzadeh" }, { "docid": "16330183", "text": "and bring Erin back. \"Last Day in Florida\" was written by Robert Padnick, his second writing credit for the season after \"Gettysburg\". The episode was directed by Matt Sohn, his third director's credit for the season after \"Pam's Replacement\" and \"Tallahassee\". The episode marks the fifth appearance of Catherine Tate as Nellie Bertram and her fourth consecutive appearance. Her character, Nellie, worked with several of the office workers on a special project for Sabre in a six episode arc. The episode also features a guest appearance from David Koechner, who appears as Todd Packer in the series. He recently made", "title": "Last Day in Florida" }, { "docid": "6195853", "text": "the Pro Circuit, so Loren gets the wild card after Cassie literally 'draws the short straw' (as they both have the same number of points in the final surf-off so they decide who gets the wild card this way). In the last episode, Simmo makes a surprise return as one of the three judges in what is described as \"one of the best finals Solar Blue has seen\", saving the day as he pulls \"not a rabbit out of a hat, but an elephant\", ensuring that the winners of the final surf-off still get a wild card invitation. Episodes of", "title": "Blue Water High" }, { "docid": "1487857", "text": "when Kitty is distracted, he falls soundly asleep. The nearest Miss Kitty gets to being married is when she has to pretend to be married to Cavalry Sgt. Holly in order to save her from a robber gang (\"Sergeant Holly,\" 1970). By the time of the \"Gold Train\" episode Kitty remembers when she first met Matt – 17 years before. Miss Kitty was written out in 1974. The actress sought more free time and reportedly missed her late co-star, Glenn Strange, who played her Long Branch barkeep, Sam. When Blake decided not to return for the show's 20th (and final)", "title": "Gunsmoke" }, { "docid": "17144652", "text": "of friendship. The employees find Creed, who has been living in Ryan's old closet since faking his death, in the office. Creed sings a song on the guitar for the office before being arrested. The employees give one last round of interviews before leaving, with Pam taking her watercolor of the office building that Michael bought from her in the third-season episode \"Business School\". \"Finale\" was written by series developer and showrunner Greg Daniels, making it his second writing credit for the year, after the season debut \"New Guys\", and his 12th writing credit overall. The episode was directed by", "title": "Finale (The Office)" }, { "docid": "13686710", "text": "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Homicide: Life on the Street) \"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\" is the eighth episode of the of the American police drama television series \"\". It originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 24, 1993. In the episode, Howard and Bayliss attempt to quit smoking, Gee discovers secret asbestos removal in the squad room, and Munch and Bolander investigate the beating death of a 14-year-old boy. The episode was written by James Yoshimura and Tom Fontana, and was directed by Wayne Ewing, who doubled as director of photography. The episode featured a cameo", "title": "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Homicide: Life on the Street)" }, { "docid": "15062058", "text": "last days by making her family happy. At the same time her childhood friend, Simran (or, Smiley) comes to stay with the Chaturvedis who brings back the old and happy memories of the family members. Dadaji gets to know about Toasty's health and worries but keeps shut after force from Toasty. He makes Toasty think for Tej. She plans to get Tej married to a woman who would love and care for him like her and sees Smiley as the perfect one. She gets in the work of bringing them close to each other. But soon later she plans to", "title": "Saas Bina Sasural" }, { "docid": "15315853", "text": "gets angry at her because he considers the film his \"dream\", and he then offers the rest of the office the opportunity to finish seeing the film, which they happily accept. While watching, Michael begins noting how the film is not really very good; he steps outside and tells Holly that it is a bad film but also one that people are having fun watching. They sit down and laugh with the rest of the office through the film's conclusion. This episode was written by executive producer B. J. Novak, who also portrays Ryan Howard on the show. It was", "title": "Threat Level Midnight" }, { "docid": "18816410", "text": "Seenu and prefers the wedding to proceed as planned. On the day of the wedding, Seenu gets a call from Maha, asking him to marry her in a register office or else she would commit suicide. Seenu rushes to the register office to save Maha but gets shocked seeing her wedding with her cousin. Seenu understands that it was a prank played by Maha to revenge him. Seenu rushes back to his wedding hall, but Akhila got married to her family friend as everyone believed that Seenu eloped with Maha. Seenu’s parents worry thinking about his situation, but Ulaganathan gets", "title": "Inimey Ippadithan" }, { "docid": "1417376", "text": "during that episode. Rita, who was promoted to lieutenant, was soon confirmed to be pregnant (as was Kapture in real life), and Chris and Rita were married in an early December episode titled \"Till Death Do Us Part\". The next week's episode, \"The Last Kiss Goodnight\", ended with Chris being shot and killed in the line of duty. Kapture appeared in one more episode, \"Dead Asleep\". This episode's credits featured Kapture, but not Estes, (for the only time in the series), as well as Kokotakis and Tyler Layton, who was introduced in the previous episode as Chris' new partner, detective", "title": "Silk Stalkings" }, { "docid": "16062957", "text": "The episode also marks the second appearance of Lindsey Broad, who plays Cathy, Pam's replacement during her maternity leave. She appeared in a recurring role for the season. Due to Jenna Fischer's actual pregnancy, \"Gettysburg\" would be the last episode of 2011 to feature Pam. The episode was not filmed on location in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. \"The A.V. Club\" reviewer Myles McNutt noted that the writers' used Andy's \"overeager qualities\" to have the office group skip the official tour, allowing for \"some random California heritage site\" to stand in for the real Gettysburg. The Season Eight DVD contains a number of", "title": "Gettysburg (The Office)" }, { "docid": "10980004", "text": "Romijn played in the film series), who was disguised as Storm after he held her. The YouTube video featuring Wilhelmina slamming the cab door on Betty White, as mentioned by Marc in this episode, can be seen here. This was the last episode of the second season to be shown in the United Kingdom because of the U.S. writers' strike. The show restarted in April 2008. In a review from Zap2it, Hanh Nguyen welcome the comedic elements back to the show: \"Ugly Betty gets past the grimness of Bradford's death to return to a more cheerful, wackier time. Alexis and", "title": "Bananas for Betty" }, { "docid": "17226078", "text": "her second writing credit for the series, after the earlier season episode \"Lice\". It was directed by regular \"Office\" director Jeffrey Blitz, who last directed season eight's \"Gettysburg\". The episode was originally scheduled to air in its regular half-hour time slot, but NBC later announced it would be expanded to fill an hour time slot beginning a half hour early, although it still counts as one official episode, similar to the earlier season episode \"Moving On\". Rogers noted that \"we knew the last two episodes would be hour-longs, and The Finale might even end up running longer, but we still", "title": "Livin' the Dream" }, { "docid": "7144300", "text": "played the role of a wealthy, arrogant murder suspect named Max Winter. He also played a patient named Joe Dugan (a campaign manager of a New Jersey senator) in the \"House\" episode of \"Office Politics\" in 2010. In Hallmark Channel’s original movie \"Rock The House\" (2010), Jack Coleman played a lawyer named Max who finds a way to reconnect with his daughter and his old sense of joy when he gets back together with his music-making friends from his teenaged years. Starting in November 2010, Coleman had a recurring role on \"The Office\" as Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Lipton, the", "title": "Jack Coleman (actor)" }, { "docid": "15568972", "text": "original broadcast ran 10 minutes longer than usual because it followed an extended episode of \"The Office\", which featured the last appearance by lead actor Steve Carell. \"Jerry's Painting\" featured appearances by recurring guest stars Darlene Hunt as activist Marcia Langman, and Jay Jackson as reporter Perd Hapley. Mara Marini also portrayed Brandi Maxxxx, a porn star who publicly defends the painting. Nielsen ratings were expected to be high for \"Jerry's Painting\" due to the lead-in from \"The Office\". However, it was only seen by an estimated 4.71 million household viewers, a drop from the previous episode, \"Soulmates\". The episode", "title": "Jerry's Painting" }, { "docid": "6649230", "text": "series before he auditioned. He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Gervais' characterizations. On the audio commentary of The Pilot episode, director Ken Kwapis says that Carell's unfamiliarity with the British version of \"The Office\" and their experience working together on \"Watching Ellie\" influenced him being cast as Scott. Two supporting roles in films helped get the attention of audiences: \"Bruce Almighty\", in which Carell plays Evan Baxter (an arrogant rival to Jim Carrey's character), who gets a humorous comeuppance while co-anchoring the news. In \"\", Carell plays another news personality, as slow-witted weatherman Brick", "title": "Michael Scott (The Office)" } ]
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how many asian countries qualified in world cup 2018
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[ { "docid": "17209904", "text": "Israel entered the competition. However, South Vietnam could not compete after being annexed by Vietnam. The Asian zone was allocated one place (out of 16) in the final tournament. The 21 teams would be divided into 5 groups. Sri Lanka, North Korea, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates withdrew. Hong Kong, South Korea, Iran, Kuwait and Australia won in their group. Iran won the final group and qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time. The group consisted of Iran, Netherlands, Peru and Scotland. Iran, the reigning Asian champion, went out of the tournament winless. Iran lost two", "title": "Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "7535441", "text": "Bielefeld Germany. 31 mental calculators from 16 countries participated. The World Cup involved the following 5 main contests: Yuki Kimura (Japan) won the title in the overall competition (combination of all 10 categories). Tetsuya Ono (Japan) was 2nd overall, and Lee Jeonghee (South Korea) was 3rd. The Mental Calculation World Cup 2018 was held on 28-30 September 2018 at the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany. 82 calculators from 24 countries applied for the qualification; 33 calculators from 17 countries were qualified and took part at at the contest in Wolfsburg. The World Cup involved the following 5 main contests:", "title": "Mental Calculation World Cup" }, { "docid": "20933858", "text": "regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4. \"All times are local (UTC+9).\" 1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot. 2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship The 2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 30 November to 9 December", "title": "2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship" }, { "docid": "13270573", "text": "Romania at the Rugby World Cup Romania have played in the first eight editions of the Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. They originally qualified for the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup to be played in 2019. In 2018 after it was discovered that Romania were one of three countries guilty of fielding ineligible players in multiple qualifiers they received a points deduction. The points deduction meant Romania did not qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Pool 4 matches - Pool D matches - Pool A matches - Pool 5 matches - Group A", "title": "Romania at the Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "20060318", "text": "World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Romania qualified 4 sleds. Based on the world rankings, Romania qualified 1 sled. Romania at the 2018 Winter Olympics Romania competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 27 competitors in 8 sports. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Romania qualified two athletes, one male and one female. Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Romania has qualified 5 men. Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh", "title": "Romania at the 2018 Winter Olympics" } ]
[ { "docid": "19440259", "text": "but they withdrew from their qualifying tournaments. More than 30 countries, mostly in Asia and Africa, did not enter qualification, including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Egypt, which qualified teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As in the previous World Cup cycle, the AFC Women's Asian Cup served as the World Cup qualifying tournament for AFC members. The World Cup qualifying process was as follows: Four teams advanced from the qualifying stage: Philippines (who qualified as Group A runners-up to Jordan who had already automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts) South Korea (Group B winners), Thailand (Group C", "title": "2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "20959810", "text": "Overwatch World Cup 2018 The Overwatch World Cup 2018 was an \"Overwatch\" esports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the third Overwatch World Cup. It featured 24 represented nations from around the world, with the final tournament taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center from November 2–3, 2018. The average skill rating of the top 150 players from the top 20 countries determined the countries who qualified for the tournament. The four host countries, South Korea, Thailand, France, and the United States, automatically qualified. Blizzard selected each team's General Manager, while the head coaches were selected", "title": "Overwatch World Cup 2018" }, { "docid": "19459410", "text": "teams qualified for the final tournament. 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification was the qualification tournament for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. A total of 21 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournament held in Jordan. This tournament also served as the first stage of Asian qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the top five teams of the final tournament qualifying for the World Cup. Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 24 teams entered the competition,", "title": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "20472455", "text": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup , so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 16 to 23 September 2018. As hosts,Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines. The ten AVC member associations will participate in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host", "title": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup" }, { "docid": "5769981", "text": "including Han, were suspended before the third place play-off. North Korea protested the decision, demanding a rematch and a reversal of the suspensions. As China were automatically qualified as hosts, North Korea qualified for the World Cup as the third-placed team in the tournament. Japan will play off with the third-placed team from the 2006 Women's Gold Cup in the CONCACAF region. 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup The 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup was a women's football tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation. It was the 15th installment of the AFC Women's Asian", "title": "2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "20472542", "text": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup will be the inaugural edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup. The tournament will be held in Sri Lanka, from 15 to 21 September 2018. The AVC members associations, some teams were participated for the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. The AVC members associations were from many zonal associations, including, Oceania (1 teams), Central Asia (3 teams), East Asia (2 team), Southeast Asia (1 team), and Western Asia (3 teams). The following teams qualified for the tournament. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for", "title": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup" }, { "docid": "14487824", "text": "Australia joined the Asian Football Confederation and qualified for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups as an Asian entrant. New Zealand qualified through the Oceania Confederation, winning its playoff against Bahrain. This made 2010 the first time that two countries from (geographic) Oceania had qualified at the same time, albeit through different confederations. The Oceania Football Confederation was founded in 1966. It organises the FIFA World Cup qualifier, the OFC Nations Cup for national teams and the OFC Champions League for clubs. The Football Federation Australia left the OFC in 2006 to join Asian Football Confederation. Cricket is a popular", "title": "Sport in Oceania" }, { "docid": "18101167", "text": "Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg. The fifth-placed team from AFC was drawn against the fourth-placed team from CONCACAF, with the AFC team hosting the second leg. The following five teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) The Asian section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for AFC teams. On 16 April 2014,", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)" }, { "docid": "20472458", "text": "for the loser Source: AVC 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup , so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 16 to 23 September 2018. As hosts,Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines. The ten AVC member associations will participate in the tournament with", "title": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup" }, { "docid": "20651295", "text": "women's singles events, the reigning Asian Champion and Asian Cup Champion qualified, along with the 10 highest-ranked Asian players in the January 2018 ITTF World Ranking. The final four places were awarded to regional representatives from Middle Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia. Qualification was subject to a maximum of two players from any association. The first stage of both the men's and women's singles competitions consisted of four groups playing a round robin system, where each player played the other players in their group once. The top two players in Groups A, B and C qualified directly", "title": "2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "20651294", "text": "2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup The 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup was a table tennis competition that took place from 6–8 April in Yokohama, Japan. The event was organised by the Japan Table Tennis Association (JTTA), under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). It was the 31st edition of the event, and the third time that it had been held in Japan. Men's singles and women's singles events were held, and the three medallists in each event qualified automatically for the 2018 Men's and Women's World Cups. In both the men's and", "title": "2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "20651297", "text": "place on 7 and 8 April. 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup The 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup was a table tennis competition that took place from 6–8 April in Yokohama, Japan. The event was organised by the Japan Table Tennis Association (JTTA), under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). It was the 31st edition of the event, and the third time that it had been held in Japan. Men's singles and women's singles events were held, and the three medallists in each event qualified automatically for the 2018 Men's and Women's World", "title": "2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "20855943", "text": "Asian Air Gun Championships. Ji Xiaojing also claimed victorious at the 2018 ISSF World Cup by securing a gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event with Wu Jiayu. She also clinched a silver medal in the women's 10 m air pistol event at the 2018 ISSF World Cup. She qualified to compete at the 2018 Asian Games, her maiden Asian Games appearance and took gold medal in the mixed team category. Ji Xiaojing Ji Xiaojing (born 18 June 1988) is a Chinese female sport shooter. She mainly competes in ISSF 10m air pistol event at international shooting competitions.", "title": "Ji Xiaojing" }, { "docid": "19573909", "text": "to compete after losing in the play-off round 2 of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification competition. After Pakistan and Bangladesh withdrew, only seven teams competed in the tournament. The following six teams qualified after losing in the first round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification competition: The following three teams qualified after losing in the play-off round 2 of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification competition: The tournament was held in Kuching at the Sarawak Stadium and Sarawak State Stadium. The draw took place on 8 September 2016, 15:00 MYT (), at the AFC House", "title": "2016 AFC Solidarity Cup" }, { "docid": "8305278", "text": "Abbasiyyin Stadium in Damascus is home to the Syrian national football team, many other local teams are based in other cities and stadiums. Syria's national team enjoyed some success, having qualified for four Asian Cup competitions. The team's first international was on 20 November 1949, losing to Turkey 7–0. The Syrian national football team's biggest win was with the Maldives, beating them 12-0 on the 4th of June 1997. The team was ranked 75th in the world by FIFA as of 2018. Although Syria has never qualified for the World Cup finals, its national football team reached the fourth round", "title": "Culture of Syria" }, { "docid": "14642782", "text": "have never qualified for the final tournament. This table shows for each world cup the number of countries at the World Cup, the number of entries (#E) from around the world (including any rejections and withdrawals), the number of African entries (#A), how many of those African entries withdrew (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the African representatives at the World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each African representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage they reached, their results, and their coaches. The inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup", "title": "African nations at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "6153737", "text": "to qualify directly to the World Cup. He played in the two leg tie Asian play-off against Syria. The match was ended 3-2 on aggregate. He also played in the second leg game of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off) against Honduras. This was the match who decided the last spot of 2018 FIFA World Cup. The match ended in favour of Australia by 3-1. With that, Australia qualified in the World Cup finals for the fourth time in a row. In May 2018 he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.", "title": "Mark Milligan" }, { "docid": "20489417", "text": "Harcha Arena in Algiers, Algeria. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 6 to 11 February 2018, at the Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim in Alor Setar, Malaysia. The semi-finalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts. The qualification for the European teams will held from 13 to 18 February 2018, at the Kazan Gymnastics Centre in Kazan, Russia. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Denmark qualified automatically as trophy holder. The qualification", "title": "2018 Thomas Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "9634791", "text": "the premier basketball league. Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem are the largest football clubs. Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv have competed in the UEFA Champions League and Hapoel Tel Aviv reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Israel hosted and won the 1964 AFC Asian Cup; in 1970 the Israel national football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup, the only time it participated in the World Cup. The 1974 Asian Games, held in Tehran, were the last Asian Games in which Israel participated, plagued by the Arab countries that refused to", "title": "Israel" }, { "docid": "20544582", "text": "at the Youth Olympics. The contingent includes ISSF senior and junior world cup champion Manu Bhaker, Commonwealth Games medallist shooter Mehuli Ghosh,ISSF senior world champion Saurabh Choudary, world youth boxing champion Jyoti Gulia and world youth silver medalist Jeremy Lalrinunga in weightlifting. India qualified two archers based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament. India qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. India qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships. India qualified 2 teams (Men and Women) based on its performance at the 2018 Youth Olympics Qualifiers.", "title": "India at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "9300337", "text": "played full 90 minutes in all three matches for Team Melli, where Iran eliminated in the group stage. However, he missed 2015 AFC Asian Cup due to injury. He was also called up to play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and made a strong partnership with Morteza Pouraliganji as Iran qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup without conceding a single goal. In May 2018 he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. His brother, Nadar Montazeri plays for the Iran national rugby union team and his cousin, Roozbeh Madadi currently", "title": "Pejman Montazeri" }, { "docid": "20544595", "text": "freestyle based on its performance at the 2018 Urban Cycling World Championship. Japan qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship. Japan qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship. Japan qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Japan qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Japan qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Japan qualified three athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings. Later, they", "title": "Japan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "18520734", "text": "CONCACAF was drawn against the fifth-placed team from Asian Football Confederation (AFC), with the CONCACAF team hosting the first leg. The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). 3.5 slots (3 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)" }, { "docid": "20512016", "text": "World Championship. Chinese Taipei qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Chinese Taipei qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship. Chinese Taipei qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta. Chinese Taipei qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Singapore Open (Asian Techno 293+ Qualifiers). Chinese Taipei qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships. Chinese Taipei qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Asian", "title": "Chinese Taipei at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20445023", "text": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men will be the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association (CTVA). The tournament will be held in Taipei, Taiwan (referred to as Chinese Taipei by the AVC), from 9 to 15 August 2018. As hosts, Chinese Taipei automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Gresik, Indonesia. The ten AVC member associations were participated", "title": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup" }, { "docid": "20489420", "text": "Hacène Harcha Arena in Algiers, Algeria. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup. The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 6 to 11 February 2018, at the Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim in Alor Setar, Malaysia. The semi-finalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup. Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and China qualifying automatically as trophy holder. The qualification for the European teams was held from 13 to 18 February 2018, at the Kazan Gymnastics Centre in Kazan, Russia. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.", "title": "2018 Uber Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "17209894", "text": "15th place in the rankings. Burma, Philippines and Indonesia withdrew before the draw, so India qualified automatically. India later also withdrew because of the expense of traveling (or, according to some reports, after a FIFA ruling that players were not allowed to play barefoot). Other teams economized by sailing, rather than flying, to the tournament. FIFA decided not to invite another team, leaving the World Cup three teams short. In the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Asian zone was allocated one place (out of 16) in the final tournament. In the 1954 World Cup qualification, three countries from the", "title": "Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "20536742", "text": "in Bengaluru, India. 2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship The 2018 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup. The tournament, which was also the 24th edition of the biennial competition, was held in Bangalore, India from October 28 to November 3. The top four teams qualified and will represent FIBA Asia in the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Thailand. By virtue of topping their respective groups in Division A at the end of the preliminary round, South Korea and Japan earlier booked", "title": "2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship" }, { "docid": "20536737", "text": "2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship The 2018 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup. The tournament, which was also the 24th edition of the biennial competition, was held in Bangalore, India from October 28 to November 3. The top four teams qualified and will represent FIBA Asia in the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Thailand. By virtue of topping their respective groups in Division A at the end of the preliminary round, South Korea and Japan earlier booked their spots in", "title": "2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship" }, { "docid": "17209908", "text": "the competition. The Asian zone was allocated two places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical considerations. Zone A had 13 teams (teams from West Asia) and Zone B had 14 teams (teams from East Asia). Lebanon, Oman withdrew. Iran were disqualified. Iraq won Zone A Final Round, South Korea won Zone B. Iraq and South Korea qualified for the 1986 World Cup. As of 2018, this was the last time Iraq qualified for the finals. Iraq lost all three games: 0–1 against Paraguay, 1–2 against Belgium and 0–1 against Mexico,", "title": "Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "20544602", "text": "and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. Kazakhstan qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship. Kazakhstan qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship. Kazakhstan qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Kazakhstan qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Kazakhstan qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Kazakhstan qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires", "title": "Kazakhstan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "10915543", "text": "entered the competition. Places in the tournament were allocated to continental confederations, with the allocation unchanged from the 2014 World Cup. The first qualification game, between Timor-Leste and Mongolia, began in Dili on 12 March 2015 as part of the AFC's qualification, and the main qualifying draw took place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, on 25 July 2015. Of the 32 nations qualified to play at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 20 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2014. Both Iceland and Panama qualified for the first time, with the former becoming the smallest country in", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "20810461", "text": "the winners of each leg, the current world champions, a team specifically invited, and the two highest remaining teams on the Curling World Cup ranking list will qualify for the Grand Final. Two separate teams from the same member association may qualify for the Grand Final. The following countries qualified for each discipline: 2018–19 Curling World Cup – Grand Final The Grand Final of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup will take place from May 8 to 12, 2019 in Beijing, China. Curling World Cup matches have eight ends, rather than the standard ten ends. Ties after eight ends will be", "title": "2018–19 Curling World Cup – Grand Final" }, { "docid": "20243836", "text": "preparatory junior shooting championship held in the Czech Republic and finished at the seventh position. She finished in 17th position at the Junior World Shooting Championship held in Germany. Mehuli became Asian Champion in 2017 December in Wako City, Japan, with a score of 420.1 and bagged the Youth Olympics 2018 Quota place. in 2018 March, She became one of the youngest competitors from Indian ever to win two World Cup medals at the ISSF World Cup, in Mexico. She created a Junior World Record on the way to winning there. Mehuli qualified for Commonwealth Games 2018. In 2018, at", "title": "Mehuli Ghosh" }, { "docid": "8013240", "text": "in Philippines. Before participating in the Jordan to compete in the Asian Cup the national team will hold their last camp in Japan from 20 to 27 March 2018. Since October 2015, the home stadium of the national team is the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna. The Philippines has never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup. It didn't attempt to qualify for the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 with its non participation at the 1991 AFC Women's Championship which also served as the Asian qualifiers of the World Cup. The national team first attempted to qualify", "title": "Philippines women's national football team" }, { "docid": "3380547", "text": "Iran qualified to the World Cup with defeating Uzbekistan at the Azadi Stadium. They became third team to qualify to the World Cup after host Russia and Brazil. In April 2018, he was one of the applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job. In 23 September 2018, Queiroz extended his contract until the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Prior to the final 2014 World Cup qualification match against South Korea, Queiroz was angered by the comment made from Choi Kang-hee, the head coach of South Korea, who complained that Iran did not provide the training facilities with sufficient qualities during", "title": "Carlos Queiroz" }, { "docid": "20544924", "text": "Uzbekistan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Uzbekistan participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. Uzbekistan qualified three boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event. Uzbekistan qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings. Uzbekistan qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship. Uzbekistan qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Uzbekistan qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Uzbekistan", "title": "Uzbekistan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20545715", "text": "Singapore at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Singapore participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. Singapore qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. Singapore qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Singapore qualified one boat based on its performance at the Asian Nacra 15 Qualifiers. Later, at the 2018 Singapore Open (Asian Techno 293+ Qualifiers) Singapore qualified two boats. Singapore qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships. Singapore qualified one table tennis player based", "title": "Singapore at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20472566", "text": "teams qualified for the tournament. The draw results. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser<br> Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup will be the inaugural edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Kyrgyzstan Volleyball Federation (KVF). The tournament will be held in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, from December 3 to 9, 2018. The AVC", "title": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup" }, { "docid": "20752583", "text": "Nahyan, had started to emerge. Within few years, the UAE soon replaced Vietnam and became a new rising power in Asia. Ever since their first appearance at 1980 AFC Asian Cup, the team had grown rapidly and successfully qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their only World Cup to date. The UAE also won silver medal in 1996 AFC Asian Cup and qualified for 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, their second FIFA tournament, made the UAE a successful football country. By the time they qualified to the 2007 Asian Cup, they were led by Bruno Metsu, French manager who had", "title": "Vietnam v United Arab Emirates (2007 AFC Asian Cup)" }, { "docid": "20810451", "text": "after eight ends. For the first three legs of the Curling World Cup, the eight spots in the tournament are allocated to each of the hosting member associations, the highest ranked member association in each zone (the Americas, European, and Pacific-Asia), and two teams chosen by the World Curling Federation. Member associations may choose to send the same teams to all three legs or have different teams. The following countries qualified for each discipline: 2018–19 Curling World Cup – Third Leg The Third Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup will take place from January 30 to February 3, 2019", "title": "2018–19 Curling World Cup – Third Leg" }, { "docid": "20839505", "text": "World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Chinese sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, the 2018 Asian Games, and the continental regattas. Chinese shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 30 April 2020. China entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Wang Qiang secured the outright berth by winning the women's singles title", "title": "China at the 2020 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "9193194", "text": "2007 AFC Champions League The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 5th edition under the current AFC Champions League title. Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds became champions for the first time, beating Sepahan of Iran and becoming the fourth Japanese club to win the Asian championship, and qualified for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Along with the defending champion, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors entered the competition at the quarter-finals. The", "title": "2007 AFC Champions League" }, { "docid": "20475856", "text": "Iran at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Iran participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Iran qualified one male archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships. They later qualified a female archer based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament. Iran qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event. Iran qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings. ---- Iran qualified one gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Iran qualified five athletes based", "title": "Iran at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "17209957", "text": "stages, Iran wound up defeated 3–1. The 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia, marked the first time five Asian teams qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Only Japan advanced past the group stage, a feat aided by fair-play points in tie-breaking, at the expense of Senegal. Aside from Australia, who only got a draw and two defeats, the other three had at least one win: Saudi Arabia got a 2-1 comeback over Egypt, Iran defeated Morocco, and in the biggest upset, South Korea beat the defending champions Germany. In the round of 16, Japan surprised a favored Belgium and", "title": "Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "20711852", "text": "Junior World Rankings. Malaysia qualified one event based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. Malaysia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Malaysia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Malaysia qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Asia) series. Later Malaysia qualified a female table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Oceania) series. Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games", "title": "Malaysia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20752148", "text": "stage. Jordan once again qualified to the Asian Cup, and for the second time in their participation, Jordan didn't join Japan in the same group. Instead, Jordan will have to face up defending champions Australia, alongside their Levant rivals Syria and Palestine, once again. Jordan had met Palestine in four years ago, while they faced Australia in 2018 World Cup qualification. Jordan also faced Syria in 2011 edition. However, due to history being an underdog, Jordan is expected to make surprise again. Jordan at the AFC Asian Cup Jordan national football team has been historically considered weaker than other Arab", "title": "Jordan at the AFC Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "12348516", "text": "the nation for Mixed Martial Arts training during 2017. In 2018, Cricket was introduced in Bahrain under initiative of KHK Sports and Exelon. Bahrain Premier League 2018 comprised six franchise squads of 13 resident cricketers competing in the T20 format. The teams were SRam MRam Falcons, Kalaam Knight-Riders, Intex Lions, Bahrain Super Giants, Four Square Challengers and Awan Warriors. Association football is the most popular sport in Bahrain. Bahrain's national football team has competed multiple times at the Asian Cup, Arab Nations Cup and played in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, though it has never qualified for the World Cup.", "title": "Bahrain" }, { "docid": "20544607", "text": "on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. South Korea qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. South Korea qualified a second male based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship. The nation must choose between the two boys. Eventually no South Korean modern pentathletes competed. South Korea qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship. South Korea qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships. South Korea qualified one sport climber based on its performance", "title": "South Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20518264", "text": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship The 2018 Asia Rugby Championship was the fourth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. The Asia Rugby Championship in 2018 formed part of the World Cup qualifying process and, as such, did not include Japan who had already qualified as the 2019 Rugby World Cup host. Hong Kong and South Korea were joined by Malaysia, promoted from Division 1, to compete in the 2018 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments. The format of the tri-nations series is a double round-robin where the three teams play each other twice", "title": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship" }, { "docid": "10989085", "text": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The FIVB World Grand Prix 2008 was a women's volleyball tournament in which 12 countries competed from 20 June to 12 July 2008. The finals were held in Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan. Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic and the United States qualified for the tournament at the 2007 Women's Pan-American Cup in Colima, Mexico. Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Poland qualified through the European Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey. China, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan qualified as the best four Asian teams. The following national teams qualified: June 20, 2008 June 21, 2008 June 22, 2008 June", "title": "2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix" }, { "docid": "19450041", "text": "eventually taking over the Olympic team set up in 2013. As Olympic Team coach he led Palestine to its best performance at an Asian Games- recording their first ever win in the competition and leading them past the group stage for the first time. Abdel Nasser Barakat was appointed manager of the Palestine national football team in April 2015, one month before the start of combined qualification campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. While in the role, Barakat qualified Palestine for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals and guided them to their best", "title": "Abdel Nasser Barakat" }, { "docid": "20379141", "text": "Roller Speed Skating World Championship in Heerde, Netherlands. Thailand qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta. Thailand qualified one boat based on its performance at the IKA Twin Tip Racing Asian Qualifier. Kanyakorn Hirunphoem qualified based on her performance at the 2017 Asian Championships. Narada Disyabut qualified based on her performance at the 2017 World Youth Championship in Innsbruck, Austria. Jinnipa Sawettabut qualified based on her performance at the Asian Qualification Event in Greater Noida, India. Also Yanapong Panagitgun qualified based on her performance at the Road to Buenos Aires –", "title": "Thailand at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "14767978", "text": "1976 as a distinct record not related to Yemen, who succeeded North Yemen. In addition to Yemen, the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan also marked this edition as their first times to qualify for an Asian Cup. Tajikistan, along with its fellow CAFA member nation Afghanistan, were the only two countries from their confederation who failed to qualify for the tournament. Iran qualified to the Asian Cup for the first time as a CAFA member, having qualified as part of the WAFF before. Malaysia and Indonesia were the only co-hosts of the 2007 edition that did not qualify for the Asian Cup,", "title": "2019 AFC Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "5578154", "text": "game, winning 7–0 against East Timor at the 2018 Asian World Cup qualifiers. On 24 March 2016, he clinched qualification to the third (final) round by winning 2–0 against Malaysia. After criticism from local media for not staying in the country and watching league games, van Marwijk helped Saudi Arabia to directly qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in their last game against Japan. Saudi Arabia qualified for their fifth FIFA World Cup and first since Germany 2006. But days after their last qualifying match, van Marwijk left the Saudi Arabia post having been unable to agree on a", "title": "Bert van Marwijk" }, { "docid": "20544597", "text": "qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. Japan qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships. Japan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Japan participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. Japan qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships. Cross Country Japan qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. Japan qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games", "title": "Japan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "18920503", "text": "by Mexican TV presenter Vanessa Huppenkothen with the assistance of former Spain international Fernando Hierro. The first legs were played on 9–11 November, and the second legs were played on 12–14 November 2017. Times are CET () as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Switzerland won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Croatia won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Denmark won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Sweden won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round" }, { "docid": "20806360", "text": "already participating do not qualify, allowing players who are ranked outside of the top 56 but from countries with fewer than four players already qualified to compete. A player could only participate if he or she has made him- or herself available to be drafted to represent the player's country in Davis Cup or Fed Cup for two of the following years: 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, with one of the years being either 2019 or 2020. Six of the remaining eight slots will be allocated by continent: two in the 2019 Pan American Games, one in the 2018 Asian", "title": "Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification" }, { "docid": "15020616", "text": "Cup – Preliminary Round 2014 FIFA World Cup – Preliminary Round 2014 FIFA World Cup – Preliminary Round Friendly Friendly 2015 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary Round 2015 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary Round 2015 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary Round 2015 AFC Asian Cup – Quarterfinal Friendly Friendly Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Second Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Second Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Second Round \"* FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh. The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran. 2018", "title": "Iran national football team results (2010–19)" }, { "docid": "20544925", "text": "qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Uzbekistan qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments. Uzbekistan qualified one boys' boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. They also qualified one girls' boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta. Uzbekistan qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships. Uzbekistan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Uzbekistan participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to", "title": "Uzbekistan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20544596", "text": "qualified three more athletes based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments. Japan qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta. Japan qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Singapore Open (Asian Techno 293+ Qualifiers). Japan qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships. They also qualified a female climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships. Japan qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualifier. Japan", "title": "Japan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "17209922", "text": "only) World Cup to be hosted by two countries. The 2002 World Cup was the tournament's 17th staging. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was utilized. South Korea and Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 2.5 spots open for competition between 40 teams. Myanmar withdrew from the tournament after being placed in Group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to three teams. Afghanistan, Bhutan, North Korea and Timor-Leste did not participate in the qualification process. Asia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths", "title": "Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "20752143", "text": "Jordan at the AFC Asian Cup Jordan national football team has been historically considered weaker than other Arab teams prior to the beginning of new millennium. Jordan often struggled to win a ticket and qualify for the Asian Cup, mainly, due to historical turbulence inside the state. However, once Jordan polished themselves in order to join the new world, Jordanian football also witnessed significant positive changes. Jordan qualified for their first Asian Cup in 2004, before did it again in 2011 and 2015. In the first two editions, Jordan stunned all predictions by drew and defeated so many Asian powerhouses", "title": "Jordan at the AFC Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "10807178", "text": "World Cup and hence the winners, runners-up and winner of the third place play-off qualify to the succeeding World Cup finals. Before 2006, there was no consistent method of qualification or number of spots at the World Cup for Asian nations, with countries often simply being invited to play in the finals, without competing for a regional crown beforehand. The most successful nations are the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Japan, who have all won two of the eight tournaments. However Japan may be considered as the most successful of the three since they have qualified for the World Cup", "title": "AFC Beach Soccer Championship" }, { "docid": "777629", "text": "national football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 1990, along with Egypt. It was the third consecutive World Cup with two Arab nations qualifying, after Kuwait and Algeria in 1982, and Iraq and Algeria again in 1986. The UAE has won the Gulf Cup Championship twice: the first cup in January 2007 held in Abu Dhabi and the second in January 2013, held in Bahrain. The country is scheduled to host the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the UAE, largely because of the expatriate population from the SAARC countries, the", "title": "United Arab Emirates" }, { "docid": "20475857", "text": "on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments. Iran qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta. Iran qualified two boys from 2017 World Youth Championships to the tournament. Iran at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Iran participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Iran qualified one male archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships. They later qualified a female archer based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament. Iran qualified two boats based on its performance at the", "title": "Iran at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20445024", "text": "for the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (3 teams), Oceania (1 team), Southeast Asia (2 teams), and West Asia (1 team). Chinese Taipei qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. The following teams qualified for the tournament. This was the first Asian Cup which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into three pools up to the total amount", "title": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup" }, { "docid": "20437242", "text": "Cup, when the territory was known as the Dutch East Indies. However in June 2018, FIFA executive committee member and crown prince and regent of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah who is also the former President of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) expressed interest in joining the three countries in hosting the World Cup together. The four countries have jointly hosted a football event before during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. If the FAM agrees to rejoin the project, they would be the first to submit a four-country joint bid in the FIFA World Cup history. Egypt's Sports and Youth Minister", "title": "2034 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "7584353", "text": "2034 World Cup with Indonesia. On the same occasion, the General Secretary of the AFF, Dato Sri Azzuddin Ahmad, confirmed that Indonesia and Thailand will submit a joint bid. Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian country to have participated in the World Cup, when the territory was known as the Dutch East Indies. However in June 2018, FIFA executive committee member and crown prince and regent of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah who is also the former President of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) expressed interest in joining the three countries in hosting the World Cup together. The four countries have", "title": "FIFA World Cup hosts" }, { "docid": "13270574", "text": "matches - Romania has not hosted any World Cup games. Romania at the Rugby World Cup Romania have played in the first eight editions of the Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. They originally qualified for the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup to be played in 2019. In 2018 after it was discovered that Romania were one of three countries guilty of fielding ineligible players in multiple qualifiers they received a points deduction. The points deduction meant Romania did not qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Pool 4 matches - Pool D matches -", "title": "Romania at the Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "7614776", "text": "to join the AFC in 2006, competition between the two teams has been less frequent. However, the rivalry between the two teams is still strong, with the occasional match receiving much media and public attention. After joining the AFC, Australia began to develop a fierce rivalry with fellow Asian powerhouse Japan. The rivalry began at the 2006 World Cup, where the two countries were grouped together. The rivalry continued with the two countries meeting regularly in various AFC competitions including the 2011 Asian Cup final and qualification for the 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups. The main supporter group of", "title": "Australia national soccer team" }, { "docid": "17391779", "text": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was originally scheduled to be held in Jordan between 7 and 22 April 2018, but later was changed to 6 to 20 April 2018. The tournament served as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the top five teams qualifying for the World Cup in France. Japan defeated Australia 1–0 in the", "title": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "19483940", "text": "ribbon and finished 4th in ball. On June 24–27, Shang competed at the 2017 Asian Championships and qualified to the hoop and ball final. On August 30 - September 3, Shang competed at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy; finishing 29th in the all-around qualifications and thus not making the top 24 all-around finalists. On April 13–15, Shang competed at the 2018 Pesaro World Cup finishing 24th in the all-around. On May 11–13, Shang competed at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup finishing 11th in the all-around. Shang Rong (gymnast) Shang Rong (Chinese: 尚蓉; Pinyin: Shāng Róng; born 12", "title": "Shang Rong (gymnast)" }, { "docid": "5438129", "text": "saying in April 2010, \"The Arabic world deserves a World Cup. They have 22 countries and have not had any opportunity to organise the tournament.\" Blatter also praised Qatar's progress, \"When I was first in Qatar there were 400,000 people here and now there are 1.6 million. In terms of infrastructure, when you are able to organise the Asian Games (in 2006) with more than 30 events for men and women, then that is not in question.\" Qatar's bid to host the 2022 World Cup received a huge boost on 28 July 2010 when Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohammed", "title": "2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids" }, { "docid": "17128619", "text": "Israel at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Israel's results at the FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for the tournament on one occasion, in 1970. Israel qualified for the 1970 World Cup as an Asian team. Soon after this, they were expelled from the Asian Football Confederation, and now compete in the European zone as a member of UEFA. In 1934 and 1938 Mandatory Palestine competed in the World Cup. In 1970 Israel competed in the World Cup for the first time. FIFA states in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team that the 'Palestine team'", "title": "Israel at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "10915544", "text": "terms of population to reach the World Cup. Other teams returning after absences of at least three tournaments include: Egypt, returning to the finals after their last appearance in 1990; Morocco, who last competed in 1998; Peru, returning after 1982; and Senegal, competing for the second time after reaching the quarter-finals in 2002. It is the first time three Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) and four Arab nations (Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia) have qualified for the World Cup. Notable countries that failed to qualify include four-time champions Italy (for the first time since 1958), three-time runners-up and", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "19187204", "text": "Cup. Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in China for the third consecutive edition between 15–28 October 2017, with a total of eight teams competing.", "title": "2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship" }, { "docid": "9273029", "text": "FIFA World Cup qualification matches. He also played in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification for Team Melli and 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. He featured in West Asian Football Federation Championship 2010 and 2011 Asian Cup. On 1 June 2014, he was called into Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz. He was called into Iran's 2015 AFC Asian Cup squad on 30 December 2014 by Carlos Queiroz. In May 2018 he was named in Iran’s preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia but did not make the final 23. On 1 December 2018, Hosseini announced", "title": "Jalal Hosseini" }, { "docid": "20379140", "text": "Volleyball Championships in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Sarawut Sukthet, Atichai Phoemsap, Weerapon Jongjohor, and Porntip Buapa qualified on their performance (Asian champions) at the 2018 Youth Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Pornnapphan Phuangmaiming qualified based on her performance (best world ranking) at the World Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain. Kometh Sookprasert and Panadda Booranawong qualified were given two quotas to compete based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings. Thailand qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments. Ptjira Srisathitha qualified based on her performance at the 2018", "title": "Thailand at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "8067671", "text": "2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying 2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying matches took place from April 2006 to November 2007. Of the ten teams to compete in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, five of them qualified based on their performance in these matches. The other five teams had qualified automatically. 6 Asian-Pacific teams qualified for the World Cup; 3 qualified automatically, with the top 2 in the Pacific qualifying group also reaching the finals. Samoa finished third in the Pacific qualifying group and earned a qualification spot by winning the repechage. 4 European teams qualified for the World", "title": "2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying" }, { "docid": "19276276", "text": "games to 1 on the \"Crown Championship World Finals\". The 2018 \"Clash Royale Crown Championship\" is scheduled to be held in Asia. \"Clash Royale\" are part of an e-sport demonstration event during Asian Games 2018 held in Indonesia. Eight countries are able to participate after having qualified from their respective regional qualification with Indonesia automatically qualified as host. Clash Royale Clash Royale is a video game developed and published by Supercell. The game combines elements from collectible card games, tower defense, and multiplayer online battle arena. The game was released globally on March 2, 2016. \"Clash Royale\" reached $1 billion", "title": "Clash Royale" }, { "docid": "17917093", "text": "Asian Trampoline Championships. Japan qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships. Japan qualified one boat based on its performance at the Asian Qualification Regatta. Japan qualified a boys' team based on its performance at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Japan qualified two boats based on its performance at the Techno 293 Asian Continental Qualifiers. Japan was given a wild card to compete. Japan qualified eight swimmers. Japan qualified a girl based on its performance at the 2014 World Qualification Event and a boy based on the Under-18 World Rankings. Japan qualified two", "title": "Japan at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "15020618", "text": "Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Third Round Friendly Friendly Friendly Friendly Friendly Friendly Friendly Friendly Friendly Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup – Preliminary Round 2018 FIFA World Cup – Preliminary Round 2018 FIFA World Cup – Preliminary Round Friendly Friendly Friendly Friendly Iran national football team results (2010–19) This is a list of official football games played by Iran national football team between 2010 and 2019. 2010 Qatar Friendship Cup 2011 AFC Asian Cup Qualifier 2011 AFC Asian Cup Qualifier Friendly Friendly", "title": "Iran national football team results (2010–19)" }, { "docid": "3561261", "text": "home and Qatar 2–1 away; but following Syria's 2–2 draw with Iran, the team was not able to be qualified for the 2018 World Cup under his tenure, but improvements could be seen from China's performances.. Lippi will depart following the 2019 Asian Cup. China's home kit is traditionally all red with a white trim while their away kit is traditionally an inverted version of the home kit, fully white with a red trim. During the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, China employed a third kit which was all blue with a white trim and was used against Saudi Arabia during", "title": "China national football team" }, { "docid": "8758909", "text": "African team to qualify to the World Cup was the winner of the 1995 CAF Women's Championship, Nigeria. Nigeria won the tournament by defeating South Africa 11–2 on aggregate in a two-leg final. Final Round \"Nigeria qualified for the World Cup.\" \"(4 teams competing for 2 berths)\" The two Asian teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists of the women's football tournament at the 1994 Asian Games. The tournament took place in Hiroshima, Japan from 3–12 October and consisted of 4 teams. \"China and Japan qualified for the World Cup\" \"(30 teams competing for 4 berths,", "title": "1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "18101162", "text": "2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) The Asian section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for AFC teams. On 16 April 2014, the AFC Executive Committee approved a proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds of the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup, which will be expanded to 24 teams starting in 2019. Therefore, the first two", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)" }, { "docid": "19459408", "text": "automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup and thus did not participate in the qualifying competition. Jordan also automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts, but decided to also participate in the qualifying competition. The draw was held on 21 January 2017, 15:00 AST (), at the Grand Hyatt in Amman, Jordan. The 21 teams were drawn into one group of six teams and three groups of five teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup final", "title": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "19459407", "text": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification was the qualification tournament for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. A total of 21 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournament held in Jordan. This tournament also served as the first stage of Asian qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the top five teams of the final tournament qualifying for the World Cup. Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 24 teams entered the competition, with Japan, Australia, and China PR", "title": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "14767976", "text": "the 40 teams were divided into eight groups of five to play home-and-away round-robin matches, where the eight group winners and the four best group runners-up qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals. In the third round, the next best 24 teams eliminated from second round were divided into six groups of four and competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The first qualifying round of the qualification took place on 12 March 2015, and the final match of the third round took place on 27 March 2018. India, Syria, Thailand and Turkmenistan qualified to", "title": "2019 AFC Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "20543887", "text": "at the 2018 Cadet World Championship. Australia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship. Australia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship. Australia qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship. Australia qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. Australia qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship. Australia qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. They would also qualify a", "title": "Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20544606", "text": "South Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics South Korea participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. South Korea qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships. South Korea qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship. South Korea qualified four athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship, but only 3 participated. South Korea qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. South Korea qualified one gymnast based", "title": "South Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "15205253", "text": "Association of the Philippines.The team made a failed attempt to qualify for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing though made some progress. At the 2017 Asian Women’s Softball Championship, the Philippines finished second to Japan, the best finish of the country in 45 years. In doing so, they qualified for the Women's Softball World Championship and Asian Games in 2018. National squad for the 2014 World Cup of Softball, July 7–13, 2014. Head Coach:Randy Dizer Philippines women's national softball team The Philippines Women's National Softball Team, nicknamed the \"Blu Girls\", is the national", "title": "Philippines women's national softball team" }, { "docid": "20544601", "text": "Kazakhstan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Kazakhstan participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. Kazakhstan qualified one female archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships. Later, they qualified one male archer based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament. Kazakhstan qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. Kazakhstan qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking. Kazakhstan qualified four boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event. Kazakhstan qualified a boys'", "title": "Kazakhstan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "20545716", "text": "on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Latin America) series. Singapore later qualified a male table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Oceania) series. Singapore qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. Singapore at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Singapore participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. Singapore qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. Singapore qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. Singapore", "title": "Singapore at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "docid": "18654259", "text": "Zimbabwe's last group match. On 13 March 2018, the ICC confirmed all the umpires for the Super Sixes and playoff matches. These were the final standings at the end of the tournament: 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2018 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place during March 2018 in Zimbabwe. It decided the final qualification for the 2019 World Cup, to be played in England and Wales. The top two teams, Afghanistan and the West Indies, qualified for the World Cup, joining the hosts and the seven teams who had already qualified through their", "title": "2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "13877094", "text": "a total of 11 spots eventually determined by the qualification matches, in which 20 AFC members competed. There were two main competitive paths to the 2015 Asian Cup. The AFC Challenge Cup acted as a qualification competition for eligible countries within the emerging and developing category of member associations. The winners of the AFC Challenge Cup competitions in 2012 and 2014 qualified automatically for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup finals. The remaining spots were available for the teams competing in the main Asian Cup preliminaries. The AFC decided that the 20 teams involved in the qualifiers would be split into", "title": "2015 AFC Asian Cup" } ]
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who came up with the idea of communism
[ "Karl Marx" ]
[ { "docid": "4917342", "text": "History of communism The history of communism encompasses a wide variety of ideologies and political movements sharing the core theoretical values of common ownership of wealth, economic enterprise and property. Most modern forms of communism are grounded at least nominally in Marxism, an ideology conceived by noted sociologist Karl Marx during the mid-19th century. Marxism subsequently gained a widespread following across much of Europe and throughout the late 1800s its militant supporters were instrumental in a number of failed revolutions on that continent. During the same era, there was also a proliferation of communist parties which rejected armed revolution, but", "title": "History of communism" }, { "docid": "13871192", "text": "Pre-Marxist communism While Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels defined communism as a political movement, there were already similar ideas in the past, which one could call communist experiments. Marx, himself, saw primitive communism as the original, hunter-gatherer state of humankind. For Marx, only after humanity was capable of producing surplus did private property develop. The idea of a classless, stateless society based on communal ownership of property and wealth also stretches far back in Western thought long before \"The Communist Manifesto\". There are scholars who have traced communist ideas back to ancient times, particularly in the work of Pythagoras and", "title": "Pre-Marxist communism" }, { "docid": "18716354", "text": "and variant offshoots. These are a quite heterogeneous group despite their common ultimate goal of a stateless and global communist society. During the Stalinist era, the idea of socialism in one country, which many international communists considered unworkable, became part of the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as Joseph Stalin and his supporters concluded that it was naive to think that world revolution was imminent. This caused great disillusionment among many communists worldwide, who agreed with Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin that international scope was vital to communist success. Other currents of national communism, especially after", "title": "World communism" }, { "docid": "13022248", "text": "continued arguing against a racially united front, but was outvoted. Thereafter, Mandela rejected Lembede's Africanism and embraced the idea of a multi-racial front against apartheid. Influenced by friends like Moses Kotane and by the Soviet Union's support for wars of national liberation, his mistrust of communism broke down and he began reading literature by Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Mao Zedong, eventually embracing the Marxist philosophy of dialectical materialism. Commenting on communism, he later stated that he \"found [himself] strongly drawn to the idea of a classless society which, to [his] mind, was similar to traditional African culture where life", "title": "Nelson Mandela" } ]
[ { "docid": "18716360", "text": "extended and \"obviously lengthy\". In the same place, he argues strongly that Marx's conception of communist society is not utopian, but takes into account the heritage of what came before. This gives at least roughly the position on world communism as the Comintern was set up in 1919: world revolution is necessary for the setting up of world communism, but not as an immediate or clearly sufficient event. During the Stalinist era, the idea of socialism in one country, which many internationalists considered unworkable, became part of the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as Stalin and", "title": "World communism" }, { "docid": "236559", "text": "more free stores. Today the idea is kept alive by the new generations of social centres, anarchists and environmentalists who view the idea as an intriguing way to raise awareness about consumer culture and to promote the reuse of commodities. Anarcho-communism Anarcho-communism (also known as anarchist communism, free communism, stateless communism, libertarian communism and communist anarchism) is a political philosophy and theory of anarchism which advocates the abolition of the state, capitalism, wage labour and private property (while retaining respect for personal property, along with collectively-owned items, goods and services) in favor of common ownership of the means of production,", "title": "Anarcho-communism" }, { "docid": "6562821", "text": "factions had struggled to gain some sort of unity the Scythe Cross movement had remained independent. The group pushed a strong platform of anti-Semitism and anti-communism and, drawing its support from the working classes, soon came to be seen as a potential danger by the government of Miklós Horthy. Support was particularly strong amongst the poor seasonal workers who picked up casual labour on the large estates at harvest time, and when over 100 were arrested they all declared themselves willing to die for the 'Idea' espoused by Böszörmény. Developing a militia structure, the Scythe Cross opted for insurgency and", "title": "Hungarian National Socialist Party" }, { "docid": "16473631", "text": "anti-communist stories in early 1950, the newsman put him in touch with Gunther and Sherman. ABC came up with financial and other support, with Sherman becoming Cvetic's attorney and manager. Left wing historian Daniel Leab argues that the organization was foremost a tool employed by Sherman for his personal purposes: \"for much of its existence Americans Battling Communism was not much more than a façade that Sherman used to enhance his own prestige: thus, a press release would be sent out by Sherman, identifying him as the 'chairman of Americans Battling Communism: who would address the members of (you name", "title": "Americans Battling Communism" }, { "docid": "3735046", "text": "newspaper was intended to serve students at all three founding colleges. One early editor reported that the paper's name came from the idea that the three schools might one day become the University of Ontario. Over the years the newspaper has changed reflecting the growth on campus and changes in society, as well as the individuality of each new editor and various staff. The social club atmosphere of the 1950s lead to Ontarion editors in the 1960s to 'stir up controversy' with articles about communism and boarding houses that advertised \"whites preferred.\" One issue in fall 1970 was confiscated by", "title": "The Ontarion" }, { "docid": "4917356", "text": "all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles\", something that he believed was happening between the bourgeoisie (the select few upper class and upper middle class) who then controlled society and the proletariat (the working class masses) who toiled to produce everything but who had no political control. He purported the idea that human society moved through a series of progressive stages from primitive communism through to slavery, feudalism and then capitalism – and that this in turn would be replaced by communism. Therefore, for Marx communism was seen as inevitable, as well as desirable. Marx founded the", "title": "History of communism" }, { "docid": "2078771", "text": "diplomatic relationship with Nazism when it came to power. Both before and after World War II there was a growth of interest in German philosophy in France. A new interest in communism translated into an interest in Marx and Hegel, who became for the first time studied extensively in the politically conservative French university system of the Third Republic. At the same time the phenomenological philosophy of Husserl and Heidegger became increasingly influential, perhaps owing to its resonances with French philosophies which placed great stock in the first-person perspective (an idea found in divergent forms such as Cartesianism, spiritualism, and", "title": "Continental philosophy" }, { "docid": "16217996", "text": "of a new monetary device to facilitate the exchange of products, such as \"labor units,\" but the period of War Communism came to a close in 1921 before any such idea could be implemented. The end of War Communism and the establishment of the New Economic Policy was based upon the legalization of petty trade and a replacement of the hated policy of forced requisitioning of grain production with fixed taxation rates. This presumed a return to a money-based economy and the stabilization of the Soviet currency became one of the primary tasks of the government's economic functionaries. The first", "title": "Hyperinflation in early Soviet Russia" }, { "docid": "4917361", "text": "European intellectuals, including fellow socialists and leftists. For instance, the Russian collectivist anarchist Mikhail Bakunin criticised what he believed were the flaws in the Marxian theory that the state would eventually dissolve under a Marxist government, instead he believed that the state would gain in power and become authoritarian. Criticism also came from other sociologists, such as the German Max Weber, who whilst admiring Marx disagreed with many of his assumptions on the nature of society. Some Marxists tried to adapt to these criticisms and the changing nature of capitalism and Eduard Bernstein emphasised the idea of Marxists bringing legal", "title": "History of communism" }, { "docid": "4633885", "text": "when the idea came to her. \"Publisher's Weekly\" reported that in her memoir she mentioned Richard Nixon, who wore makeup all the time, by saying \"I had an incredible urge to wash his face\". She relayed that actor John Wayne had once offered her a cigarette lighter engraved with the inscription \"Fuck communism--John Wayne\". The office of the clerk of the House of Representatives shares that \"from her seat on the Armed Services Committee, she once told Pentagon officials that if they were women, they would always be pregnant because they never said 'no'.\" During the debate whether to pass", "title": "Pat Schroeder" }, { "docid": "370319", "text": "as council communism, anarchists and libertarian socialists criticised the idea of using the state to conduct central planning and own the means of production as a way to establish socialism. Following the victory of Leninism in Russia, the idea of \"state socialism\" spread rapidly throughout the socialist movement and eventually state socialism came to be identified with the Soviet economic model. Joseph Schumpeter rejected the association of socialism (and social ownership) with state ownership over the means of production because the state as it exists in its current form is a product of capitalist society and cannot be transplanted to", "title": "Socialism" }, { "docid": "14100661", "text": "James Edgar (entrepreneur) James Edgar (1843 – 1909) was a businessman who has been credited with being the one who first came up with the idea of dressing up as Santa Claus for Christmas. He started the tradition in 1890 in his Brockton, Massachusetts, department store. Edgar was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843. In 1878 he arrived in Brockton, and he eventually set up a dry goods store on Main Street. In 1890, he got the idea to dress up as Santa Claus. Within days, children from as far as Boston and Providence came by train to see Edgar.", "title": "James Edgar (entrepreneur)" }, { "docid": "9619051", "text": "the Apostles themselves. Christian communism can be seen as a radical form of Christian socialism. Christian communists may or may not agree with various aspects of Marxism. They do not agree with the atheist and antireligious views held by secular Marxists, but they do agree with many of the economic and existential aspects of Marxist theory, such as the idea that capitalism exploits the working class by extracting surplus value from the workers in the form of profits and the idea that wage labor is a tool of human alienation that promotes arbitrary and unjust authority. Like Marxism, Christian communism", "title": "Communism" }, { "docid": "6072529", "text": "Bryan Johnson and Flanagan. Eventually Smith changed the logo to that of an animated Jay and Silent Bob (more synonymous with Kevin Smith films). It was Bryan Johnson who came up with the idea to put a hideously unconvincing toupee on Jerry Lewkowitz for the character. Johnson is quoted as saying he was always fascinated by serial killers who seem \"so normal and friendly\" to everyone who knows them and so he came up with the idea of making the Fanellis having an seeminglyordinary domestic social life, but a very dark and psychotic true nature. The film was submitted to", "title": "Vulgar (film)" }, { "docid": "7575267", "text": "the Cold War, supporting right-wing dictators in opposition to Communism was immoral, just as supporting totalitarian communism was equally repugnant). The authors \"draw a firm line\" between themselves and those on the left who might support authoritarian regimes (e.g., those who would support totalitarian communism in pursuit of social progress). The authors strongly support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, dismissing all arguments against the idea of eternal truths. They believe that no circumstance can justify ignoring a human right. In particular they reject cultural relativism, the belief that different cultures can have different standards and that one culture may", "title": "Euston Manifesto" }, { "docid": "12803552", "text": "save the Table Rock cross. References: The Idaho Statesman, November 28, 1999. \"Cross Parcel Sold Surplus\" by Tim Jackson, and The Idaho Statesman, December 5, 1999. \"Outside Treat Spurs Thousands to Stand Up for Table Rock Cross\" by Dan Popkey. The idea for putting the cross on Table Rock came from a TV program titled \"This Is Your Life\". The Jaycees asked volunteers to build the cross. The Jaycees club's original goal in building the cross was to promote Christianity as well as taking a stand against communism in the mid 50's. $880 was raised to fund the project. Dick", "title": "Table Rock (Ada County, Idaho)" }, { "docid": "9817720", "text": "deadly effects of the illegal drug trade. Kohner found this an interesting idea in need of a plot twist. Hickman came up with the idea of the millionaire being a drug lord who is using Kersey to eliminate his competition. According to Hickman, he also understood that Cannon producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus \"wanted a mindless movie with nonstop action\", so he came up with \"cartoonish\" action scenes. Hickman revised his screenplay from February to March 1987, during which time he wrote from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. on a daily basis. Hickman toyed with the idea of giving", "title": "Death Wish 4: The Crackdown" }, { "docid": "13871195", "text": "War. In the 16th century, the English writer Sir Thomas More portrayed a society based on common ownership of property in his treatise \"Utopia\", whose leaders administered it through the application of reason. Several groupings in the English Civil War supported this idea, but especially the Diggers, who espoused clear communistic but agrarian ideals. (Cromwell and the Grandees' attitude to these groups was at best ambivalent and often hostilesee Bernstein's classic book \"Cromwell and Communism\"). Criticism of the idea of private property continued into the Enlightenment era of the 18th century, through such thinkers as the deeply religious Jean-Jacques Rousseau.", "title": "Pre-Marxist communism" }, { "docid": "4472867", "text": "property that is The Dudley Boy gimmick. Former ECW wrestler Raven has said multiple times that he is the person who came up with the original Dudley idea. Taz has corroborated his story, but added that it was not \"just\" Raven who came up with the idea, but Raven and Taz together. The Dudley Brothers The Dudley Brothers were a professional wrestling stable active in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1999. The gimmick of the group was that, despite their obvious differences in physical appearance and race, the members were all said to be the sons of the fictional", "title": "The Dudley Brothers" }, { "docid": "13090284", "text": "The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism is a book by Ravi Batra in the field of historical evolution, first published in 1978. The book's full title is \"The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism: A New Study of History\". Following the collapse of Soviet Communism in 1990, a 2nd edition was published with the title \"The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism: Can Capitalism Be Saved?\" The book introduced an application of P.R. Sarkar's idea that different socio-political groups, based on \"inherent differences in human nature\", that in turn are rooted in \"characteristics of the mind,\"", "title": "The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism" }, { "docid": "20688793", "text": "to bring up to light the precious metal and having never seen the ingots kept in banks. It was symbolically connecting their work to the agrarian myth of the grain and its cycles between death and life. Nevertheless, the event's subtext was certainly a hint to the many political prisoners who had worked and perished in the mines from the region during communism. The way he used to experiment with the same idea as transposed in different media, the artist gave a painterly representation of the happening some years later. In comparison with the somewhat linear disposition of the miners", "title": "Mihai Olos" }, { "docid": "8484427", "text": "the Philippines. 5 and Up 5 and Up is a Philippine television informative show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on May 16, 1992 on TV5 and later moved to GMA Network. The show concluded on July 14, 2002. The idea of the program came from an eight-year-old little boy who used to stay up to watch \"The Probe Team\", a multi-award-winning investigative television program. Zak Yuson, a nephew of \"The Probe Team\"s executive producer and head investigative journalist, Cheche Lazaro, came up with the idea of having kids as the show's reporters for one episode. Topics that would be", "title": "5 and Up" }, { "docid": "8484422", "text": "5 and Up 5 and Up is a Philippine television informative show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on May 16, 1992 on TV5 and later moved to GMA Network. The show concluded on July 14, 2002. The idea of the program came from an eight-year-old little boy who used to stay up to watch \"The Probe Team\", a multi-award-winning investigative television program. Zak Yuson, a nephew of \"The Probe Team\"s executive producer and head investigative journalist, Cheche Lazaro, came up with the idea of having kids as the show's reporters for one episode. Topics that would be featured would", "title": "5 and Up" }, { "docid": "6600460", "text": "that Daniels wrote. \"The Simpsons\" writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who were show runners during the previous two seasons, came up with the idea for the episode. They left the idea with David Mirkin, who took over the job as show runner during this season. Mirkin said he was \"very excited and intrigued\" with the idea of the episode. Soon thereafter, he assigned Daniels to write the script because he knew that Daniels would \"step up\" and \"throw himself into it\". In an interview with the \"Chicago Tribune\", Mirkin stated that when he took over the show, he wanted", "title": "Homer and Apu" }, { "docid": "2564741", "text": "communism, while a small secret leadership structure could keep itself together for some years. This, he said, would stop the continuing mass arrest of the communist party personnel and in turn strengthen the party for the future. While at the beginning Kádár was against such an idea, the idea grew on him and came to the conclusion that instead of dissolving the party, he would pretend to dissolve it and rename the party which would effectively throw the Hungarian authorities off their trail. The so-called \"new party\" was formed in August under the name, Peace Party. This decision was not", "title": "János Kádár" }, { "docid": "12360267", "text": "movement. The Nazis only came to dominance during the Great Depression, when they organized street battles against German Communist formations. When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, his propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels set up the \"Anti-Komintern\". It published massive amounts of anti-Bolshevik propaganda, with the goal of demonizing Bolshevism and the Soviet Union before a worldwide audience. In Europe, numerous far-right activists including some conservative intellectuals, capitalists and industrialists were vocal opponents of Communism. During the late 1930s and the 1940s, several other anti-communist regimes and groups supported fascism: the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS in Spain;", "title": "Anti-communism" }, { "docid": "14129674", "text": "Hillenburg originally wanted the idea of having SpongeBob and Squidward on a road trip, inspired by the 1989 film \"Powwow Highway\". Hillenburg gave up the idea, and started new with the idea he and Derek Drymon came up for \"Help Wanted\" based on an experience Hillenburg had in the Boy Scouts. The original idea would be used for the later episode \"Pizza Delivery\". The episode was written by Hillenburg who also functioned as storyboard director, Derek Drymon, who also functioned as storyboard artist, and Tim Hill. The animation was directed by the show's supervising director, Alan Smart. \"Help Wanted\" features", "title": "Help Wanted (SpongeBob SquarePants)" }, { "docid": "15902936", "text": "of the former Communist government of Czechoslovakia. In 1976, Švorcová was appointed to the leadership of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. She openly condemned the signatories of Charter 77, who included Pavel Kohout and Václav Havel, as \"traitors\" to Communism and the country. She reiterated her disapproval of Charter 77 in a December 2010 interview with a Czech Radio reporter, \"I think it’s wrong when someone finds out that they could not cope with the idea they helped to bring about. There were many, such as Pavel Kohout, who also believed the idea, but then they couldn’t cope with it", "title": "Jiřina Švorcová" }, { "docid": "1784018", "text": "Scottish Workers' Republican Party The Scottish Workers Republican Party (SWRP) was formed by the Scottish Marxist activist John Maclean (1879-1923) in 1923. It advocated the political doctrine of communism, whilst also supporting Scottish independence. This dual communist-nationalist doctrine was heavily influenced by the thinking of James Connolly who similarly believed in socialism and independence for Ireland and had set up his Irish Socialist Republican Party in 1896. MacLean argued that the break-up of the British state and empire would aid the cause of worldwide socialism and thus he supported the idea of an independent Scotland. This inherent nationalism alienated the", "title": "Scottish Workers' Republican Party" }, { "docid": "18391228", "text": "As the search party leaves, Michi suddenly sees a dark figure at the edge of the forest and realizes that it's Sara who has turned into an demonic spirit, a yurei. Goyer came up with the idea after reading a Wikipedia article on Aokigahara. Surprised that a horror film had not been made about it he came up with a rough outline. After being pitched the idea, Zada instantly became attracted to it. He was most attracted to the fact that the \"Suicide forest\" in Aokigahara was a real place, which he became \"obsessed with\", reading as much information as", "title": "The Forest (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "1521602", "text": "background. During his early education at Kolozsvár, Kun became friends with the poet Endre Ady, who introduced him to many members of Budapest's left-wing intelligentsia. Kun fought for Austria-Hungary in World War I, and was captured and made a prisoner of war in 1916 by the Russians. He was sent to a POW camp in the Urals, where he became interested in communism. In 1917, he was caught up in what he regarded as the romance of the Russian Revolution, the idea of which fulfilled for him certain spiritual needs previously unsatisfied. Paradoxically, he held Russians to a certain degree", "title": "Béla Kun" }, { "docid": "12160668", "text": "view the books related to the pension fund. The league claimed that it was barely breaking even financially, and so could not contribute more than it did. Players on the Pension Committee suspected otherwise, leading Lindsay and Doug Harvey of the Canadiens to discussions on forming a union in 1956. The idea quickly gained popularity and when the union's founding was announced publicly, every NHL player had signed up with the exception of Ted Kennedy, who was retiring. The owners immediately worked to crush the union. Toronto owner Conn Smythe compared the players association to communism: \"I feel that anything", "title": "History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967)" }, { "docid": "16690874", "text": "judicial murder victim, had been a friend of their mother. Both ladies spent time in Nazi Theresienstadt concentration camp during the WWII. The Mašíns shared the idea that the Americans, who had helped to establish the Czechoslovakian state, would soon come and \"wipe out Communism\". The radio stations \"Radio Free Europe\" (RFE) and \"Voice Of America\" (VOA) seemed to promise an imminent invasion. Therefore, they formed a military resistance group with a few friends. The Mašín brothers' uncle Ctibor Novák, a former Secret Service Officer, became an adviser of the group. One source says that Novak had actually put up", "title": "Josef and Ctirad Mašín" }, { "docid": "5998210", "text": "the set of \"Raiders\", Spielberg read the \"Night Skies\" script to Melissa Mathison (who was there to see her then-boyfriend and future husband Harrison Ford) and she cried after hearing it because \"the idea of an alien creature who was benevolent, tender, emotional and sweet... and the idea of the creature's striking up a relationship with a child who came from a broken home was very affecting\". When Spielberg came back from Tunisia and Hawaii (where the opening of \"Raiders of the Lost Ark\" was filmed), he eagerly closed the door on \"Night Skies\" and began planning the film Mathison", "title": "Night Skies" }, { "docid": "16527030", "text": "21st-century communist theorists According to the political theorist Alan Johnson, there has been a revival of serious interest in communism in the 21st century led by Slavoj Žižek and Alain Badiou. Other leading theorists are Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Gianni Vattimo, Alessandro Russo, Jodi Dean and Judith Balso as well as Alberto Toscano (translator of Alain Badiou), Terry Eagleton, Bruno Bosteels and Peter Hallward. In 2009, many of these advocates contributed to the three-day conference, \"The Idea of Communism\", in London that drew a substantial paying audience. Theoretical publications, some published by Verso Books, include \"The Idea of Communism\", edited", "title": "21st-century communist theorists" }, { "docid": "11876105", "text": "to child-rearing,\" tying it to broad-based fears of Communism. He also said it had \"family-weakening implications.\" The idea that America was distinguished by strong traditional families was often used (by Nixon and other American leaders) to contrast it with the USSR and to resist feminist demands for greater equality for women. Nixon's famous \"kitchen debates\" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev included prominent examples of this concept. The bill incited some political backlash from anti-welfare and anti-feminist activists who opposed the idea of women in the workforce and who were leery of allowing children to be partially raised outside of the", "title": "Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972" }, { "docid": "17371359", "text": "communism. The transition from communism to market economy had a great impact on the demographic behavior of the population. After the fall of communism, the legal and social pressure to get married has declined, and the population has started to experience new life styles. As of 2014, 58.8% of children were born to unmarried mothers. In the European Values Study (EVS) of 2008, the percentage of Bulgarian respondents who agreed with the assertion that \"Marriage is an outdated institution\" was 27.2%. A new Family Code came into effect in 2009, modernizing family law. Legally, Bulgaria has long recognized the equality", "title": "Women in Bulgaria" }, { "docid": "9257508", "text": "Philippines in August 1951, the US-Republic of Korea Defense treaty with Republic of Korea in October 1953, and the US-Republic of China security treaty with China in December 1954. With these treaties the US was able to construct the Hub and Spokes System. Victor Cha explains the reason for the US’s choice for a bilateral structure with the powerplay theory. The underlying idea came from the Domino Theory – that if one nation falls into communism others will follow. He defines powerplay as 'the construction of an asymmetric alliance designed to exert maximum control over the smaller allies in the", "title": "San Francisco System" }, { "docid": "10120286", "text": "very internationalist as proletarian internationalism was expected to place class conflict well ahead of nationalism as a priority for the working class. Nationalism was seen as a tool that the bourgeoisie used to divide and rule the proletariat (bourgeois nationalism). Whereas the influence of international communism was very strong from the late 19th century through the 1920s, the decades after that—beginning with socialism in one country and progressing into the Cold War and the Non-Aligned Movement—made national communism a larger political reality. During the decade of the 1840s, the word \"communist\" came into general use to describe those who hailed", "title": "National communism" }, { "docid": "2404295", "text": "century. Prominent examples included F. Pratt and A. Whitney (as mentioned above); Henry Leland (who would end up at Cadillac and Lincoln); Edward Bullard Sr of the Bullard firm; and, through Pratt & Whitney, Worcester R. Warner and Ambrose Swasey (of Warner & Swasey). In 1852 an employee of Colt's, Rollin White, came up with the idea of having the revolver cylinder bored through to accept metallic cartridges. He took this idea to Colt who flatly rejected it and ended up firing White within a few years. Colt historian RL Wilson has described this as the major blunder of Sam", "title": "Colt's Manufacturing Company" }, { "docid": "7097089", "text": "would use its influence to urge Thailand to ease its economic and political pressure on Laos. In 1984 and again in 1987 there were border clashes between Thai and Lao forces in a disputed territory in Xainyaburī province, and Thai restrictions on trade continued to hurt Laos. The collapse of communism in eastern Europe which began in 1989 and ended with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 came a profound shock to the Lao communist leaders. Ideologically, it did not suggest to the Lao leaders that there was anything fundamentally wrong with socialism as an idea, but it", "title": "History of Laos since 1945" }, { "docid": "669670", "text": "were defeated by nationalist and monarchist military units. In this period, nationalism began to be considered right-wing, especially when it opposed the internationalism of the communists. The 1920s and 1930s saw the fading of traditional right-wing politics. The mantle of conservative anti-communism was taken up by the rising fascist movements on the one hand and by American-inspired liberal conservatives on the other. When communist groups and political parties began appearing around the world, their opponents were usually colonial authorities and the term right-wing came to be applied to colonialism. After World War II, communism became a global phenomenon and anti-communism", "title": "Right-wing politics" }, { "docid": "3568175", "text": "publicly declared that he would gladly take any job that would result in erasing Communism. Living abroad, Piasecki did not stop writing. In late 1940s he came to the conclusion that humor was the best weapon to fight the Communists. So, he wrote a satire \"The memoirs of a Red Army officer\", which presents a made-up diary of Mishka Zubov - an officer of the Red Army, who, together with his unit enters Poland on September 17, 1939. Zubov claims in his \"diary\" that his only purpose is to kill all the bourgeoisie who possess watches and bicycles. Piasecki became", "title": "Sergiusz Piasecki" }, { "docid": "8358269", "text": "function and cannot be sold for money in a market. The non-property system, while being incompatible with capitalism which is dependent on the idea of property to function, is unlike socialist systems, where there is group ownership by state entities or cooperative enterprises. It is also different from a barter system, where property rights are central to the idea behind barter and exchange. Under the non-property system, there is no property at all, this is most similar to anarcho-communism or pure communism. Within the division of economic systems from hands-on (coordinated and state controlled) to hands-off (autonomous enterprises), this system", "title": "Non-property system" }, { "docid": "210396", "text": "to pilgrims to Aachen: in 1439 the city was planning to exhibit its collection of relics from Emperor Charlemagne but the event was delayed by one year due to a severe flood and the capital already spent could not be repaid. When the question of satisfying the investors came up, Gutenberg is said to have promised to share a \"secret\". It has been widely speculated that this secret may have been the idea of printing with movable type. Also around 1439–40, the Dutch Laurens Janszoon Coster came up with the idea of printing. Legend has it that the idea came", "title": "Johannes Gutenberg" }, { "docid": "17676496", "text": "of Newts\" (1993), \"\" (1995), and \"\" (1996). Henson also did significant work on TSR's \"Buck Rogers XXVC\" role-playing game, including the supplements \"Earth is the 25th Century\" (1990), \"Hardware\" (1992), and particularly \"No Humans Allowed\" (1992) for which he won a Hugo Award. Dale Henson Dale \"Slade\" Henson is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. When the Spelljammer line ended, Slade Henson came up with the idea of building a new setting on Jeff Grubb's first-edition \"Manual of the Planes\" (1987); the idea sat dormant for a year until David Cook picked up the idea", "title": "Dale Henson" }, { "docid": "13169704", "text": "The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe was published by Oxford University Press, New York in 1993 and is a work of non-fiction based on events in Eastern Europe from 1968 to 1991. It was written by Gale Stokes, then a professor emeritus of history at Rice University. The book received the 1993 Wayne S. Vucinich Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies for the Best Book Published in Russian and East European Studies. Beginning with the 1968 Soviet-led", "title": "The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe" }, { "docid": "4917348", "text": "semantic constitution has led to various usages of the word in its evolution, but ultimately came to be most closely associated with Marxism, most specifically embodied in \"The Communist Manifesto\", which proposed a particular type of communism. The term was first created in its modern definition by the French philosopher Victor d'Hupay. In his 1777 book \"Projet de communauté philosophe\", d'Hupay pushes the legacy of the Enlightenments to principles which he lived up to during most of his life in his bastide of Fuveau, Provence. His book can be seen as a backbone of communist philosophy as d'Hupay attempts a", "title": "History of communism" }, { "docid": "4980261", "text": "critique the practice of test screening, violence in film, and one of movies' favorite standards – the car chase\", calling it \"a ridiculous parody of an action-film violence orgy\". Staff writer Tom Gammill came up with the idea for the violent version of \"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington\", and Gibson throwing his Senator badge away at the end of the film, is a reference to the ending of the film \"Dirty Harry\" from 1971. The idea for the set piece with electric cars at the beginning of the episode came from Kevin Nealon, who was a friend of former showrunner", "title": "Beyond Blunderdome" }, { "docid": "19955289", "text": "game was in this state, they came up with the idea of using floating text captions of the narrative to be seen by the player, which remained as a key gameplay element through the game's ongoing changes. The team struggled on the diver idea until Dallas came up with the idea of a shark falling into a forest with a child uttering the line \"and suddenly I was a shark\", which sparked the idea of moving into more strange and unnatural scenarios; this specific one would eventually become the mini-experience for Molly, the first bedroom the player explores in the", "title": "What Remains of Edith Finch" }, { "docid": "5137633", "text": "schedules for member schools.\" The regatta was named after Harry Emerson \"Dad\" Vail, for his years of coaching at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The story of the Dad Vail Regatta, and of the Rowing Association, begins with two men, \"Rusty\" Callow, then coach at the University of Pennsylvania, who came up with the idea, and Lev Brett, who made the idea a reality. Callow originated the idea of promoting competition among colleges struggling to found rowing programs. These included schools too small to hope to ever compete in major races and larger institutions not yet ready for such competition. In", "title": "Dad Vail Regatta" }, { "docid": "4433648", "text": "of American involvement in the affairs of Indochina, he maintained that sending US troops would \"only be proving the case of the Communists against America that we are defending French imperialism.\" Flynn became an early and avid supporter of Senator Joseph McCarthy. This was ironic because Flynn \"had long ridiculed the idea that communism was a threat to America.\", dismissing American Communists as a tiny handful of fractious, isolated radicals who were too busy attacking each other to attack capitalism. In March, 1943, he wrote that fighting communism in America was \"a waste of time,\" when the real issue was", "title": "John T. Flynn" }, { "docid": "5644665", "text": "studying communism and Nazism, an almost forbidden practice in continental Europe. Both ideologies typify in a radical way the contradictions of liberalism. They follow a chronological sequence: Lenin predates Mussolini who in turn precedes Hitler. Furet noted that Nolte's theses went against the established notions of culpability and apprehension to criticize the idea of anti-fascism common in the West. This prompted an epistolary exchange between the two of them in which Furet argued that both ideologies were Totalitarian twins that shared the same origins, while Nolte maintained his views of a \"kausale Nexus\" (causal nexus) between fascism and communism, to", "title": "Ernst Nolte" }, { "docid": "14454698", "text": "for an additional 30 cities. During this time, Walker secured his first placement with “Blame It” on Jamie Foxx’s \"Intuition\" LP. In the midst of working on his mixtapes, Walker began working on the Grammy Award winning song “Blame It”. The idea for the song came about when Walker was on the phone to his grandmother who was complaining about his uncle. “That’s when the idea of the song came to me,” said Walker, “it was so obvious, it was a cool concept. I started Googling to see if anyone had come up with a song about this, and didn’t", "title": "Nate Walka" }, { "docid": "11472074", "text": "excellent recruiting ground. The idea was to select capable, idealistic students and have them publicly distance themselves from Communism so that they could penetrate the British government and intelligence spheres. The students' former involvement in Communism would be overlooked by the British as a mere youthful mistake. This strategy produced many well-placed agents, most notably the Cambridge Five, the first of which was Kim Philby, whom Deutsch recruited directly. When Litzi Friedmann and Kim Philby, who had just married in Vienna, arrived in London from Vienna in 1934, Edith Suschitzky suggested to Deutsch that the NKVD should recruit Friedmann and", "title": "Arnold Deutsch" }, { "docid": "18489892", "text": "the bass. After they \"got the basic groove\", Philip Lawrence joined and they wrote the lyrics to the first verse. They finished the song in Toronto, six months later. \"I Can’t Lose\" was written mostly by Bhasker, who came up with the idea of \"drive through the deep south to find someone to sing it\". Ronson loved the idea \"of discovering a new talent\" and the two ended by up hearing a \"few hundred amazing singers\" in churches, nightclubs, bars and community centres. However they \"had a very specific vocalist in mind\", who turned out to be Keyone as both", "title": "Uptown Special" }, { "docid": "17676495", "text": "Dale Henson Dale \"Slade\" Henson is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. When the Spelljammer line ended, Slade Henson came up with the idea of building a new setting on Jeff Grubb's first-edition \"Manual of the Planes\" (1987); the idea sat dormant for a year until David Cook picked up the idea and developed Planescape (1993) as a result. Henson's \"D&D\" design work included \"Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix\" (1990), \"Realmspace\" (1991), \"Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II\" (1991), \"Howl From the North\" (1991), \"Book of Crypts\" (1991), \"Unsung Heroes\" (1992), \"The Magic Encyclopedia\" (1992), \"The Knight", "title": "Dale Henson" }, { "docid": "12360255", "text": "several allied foreign governments, which represented the first instance of anti-communism as a government policy. Nevertheless, the Communist Red Army defeated the White movement and the Soviet Union was created in 1922. During the existence of the Soviet Union, anti-communism became an important feature of many different political movements and governments across the world. In the United States, anti-communism came to prominence with the First Red Scare of 1919–1920. During the 1920s and 1930s, opposition to communism in Europe was promoted by conservatives, social democrats, liberals and fascists. Fascist governments rose to prominence as major opponents of communism in the", "title": "Anti-communism" }, { "docid": "11796585", "text": "benefit, adding it to his portfolio, giving out a sample CD and moving onto further projects.\" Another example which came forward was: \"An artist came up and had an idea for the story of a manga (comic). The artist wanted fellow artists, scriptwriters; basically a support team with which he could properly create a manga (comic) even if it were only on the web. The artist met up with a musician who did his OST for promotion purposes, while in return the artist received album art, band logo art. Similarly he met with a web developer who was working on", "title": "Metal seinen" }, { "docid": "14746372", "text": "\"Roughstock\" that the idea came when writing with Mark Irwin, who suggested that the two write with Tompkins. Slater said that he had an idea that \"wasn't really fitting anything\" when Tompkins played a loop on a drum machine and came up with the song's title. He also co-wrote the song \"Drunk on a Plane\", recorded by Dierks Bentley and released in April 2014. It is Bentley's 18th career single to peak in the top 10 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay chart and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. He co-wrote Florida Georgia Line's 2014 single", "title": "Chris Tompkins" }, { "docid": "15610276", "text": "Johann Rosenzopf Johann Rosenzopf (born 22 April 1939 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian former industrial manager, who meanwhile has retired. He developed the idea of the official Youth Olympic Games which were introduced in 2007 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Rosenzopf developed the idea firstly in the year 1998, when he came in contact with the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) and the IOC, presenting them his idea of Youth Olympic Games. Though he promoted his idea during the following years, the IOC at first was not in favour of building up additional international multisports events. They told Rosenzopf they", "title": "Johann Rosenzopf" }, { "docid": "13975333", "text": "AM Conspiracy singer Jason \"Gong\" Jones, who himself is an accomplished tattoo artist, contacted Stephen with several different concepts for the cover of his debut album during the course of recording. Stephen and Jason hit it off immediately and began bouncing ideas back and forth. When Jason came up with the idea to do a stylized version of a dollar bill with altered and hidden imagery it took a bit of \"selling\" to the record label. Stephen loved the idea and sat down with Jason to help expand the idea and bring his vision to life. For the main image", "title": "AM Conspiracy (album)" }, { "docid": "13369464", "text": "kneading that idea over and over again, we came up with the idea of a character, Joseph, who would start waking up to this power of his to be able to actually control electronic- or computer-driven devices.\" New Media consultant and scientist Glen Whitman, who later co-wrote some \"Fringe\" episodes, noted that the science depicted in the episode was not totally impossible. \"It is true that human beings as a result of the electrical activity in our brains, we do all have a very very weak magnetic field around our heads,\" he said. \"And that's in part what is sensed", "title": "Power Hungry (Fringe)" }, { "docid": "6151954", "text": "their military products section. This work led to him becoming involved in early video imagery products within Ampex, including vidicon systems. By around 1969 Ampex had also hired Nolan Bushnell, who worked alongside Dabney and where they became friends. Bushnell, prior to joining Ampex, had come up with the idea of making a carnival-like pizza place with animatronics and games, and discussed this idea with Dabney. After seeing a computer system at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the two came up with the concept of using a smaller computer or video systems, adding coin slots, and allowing people to pay", "title": "Ted Dabney" }, { "docid": "11587614", "text": "approached by production company Touchpaper Television to develop a drama series about a group of friends who buy a house together. Whithouse was not enthusiastic about the idea, but came up with three characters, George, Mitchell, and Annie. Touchpaper Television liked the characters so they started developing the project. For months, Whithouse and Touchpaper Television struggled to come up with a storyline for the first episode. Eventually, they had a final meeting to see if they could come up with a storyline or the project would be scrapped. Whithouse came up with the supernatural elements and the characters were changed.", "title": "Being Human (UK TV series)" }, { "docid": "10253753", "text": "he quickly dropped the idea, believing it would not fit his style of writing. Jhonen came up with the entire premise for \"Invader Zim\" in about an hour, while sitting in bed when he couldn't sleep. He was inspired by the idea of an alien who came from an incredibly advanced race and has access to such powerful and advanced technology that he could easily take over or destroy the Earth single handily, but instead, he decides to stay in school all day, never even thinking to sneak out. A pilot for \"Invader Zim\" was originally pitched to the channel", "title": "Invader Zim" }, { "docid": "4743804", "text": "led many joint editorial projects, such as \"A clean sweep From the past! History and Memory of Communism in Europe\" (2002), which came at the end of the \"Black Book of Communism\" and provided additions to the book, mostly written by foreign authors, and the \"Dictionary of Communism\" (2007). In 2008, he contributed to the \"Black Book of the French Revolution\", in a chapter devoted to the relationship between Jacobinism and Bolshevism. In 2009, he returned again to the question of communism with the book \"Communism and totalitarianism\", which was a collection of a series of his articles on the", "title": "Stéphane Courtois" }, { "docid": "3879312", "text": "the corresponding idea that history makes sense, or is progressing towards something, is in Gray's view merely a Christian prejudice. In \"Straw Dogs\" he argues that the idea that humans are self-determining agents does not pass the acid test of experience. Those Darwinist thinkers who believe humans can take charge of their own destiny to prevent environmental degradation are, in this view, not naturalists, but apostles of humanism. He identifies the Enlightenment as the point at which the Christian doctrine of salvation was taken over by secular idealism and became a political religion with universal emancipation as its aim. Communism,", "title": "John Gray (philosopher)" }, { "docid": "16283180", "text": "track referee and paramedic. As for Turbo, he discovers that his shell has healed, and with it his superspeed has returned. \"Turbo\" was directed by first-time director, David Soren, who also came up with the idea for the film. The origins of the film lie in a competition DreamWorks Animation organized for all employees to pitch a one-page idea. The night before, Soren conceptualized \"Fast & Furious\" with snails, and won the competition. The studio bought the idea, and let it \"simmer\" for more than five years. When Soren and his family moved into a new home with a backyard", "title": "Turbo (film)" }, { "docid": "6155506", "text": "a part of McMahon's WWF at the time, alienating the diehard NWA audience. For example, he once tried to come up with a tag team called The Hunchbacks (with the gimmick in which they could not be pinned because their humps would prevent their shoulders from touching the mats) and after that idea was rejected by the booking committee he came up with the bell-wearing team, The Ding Dongs (portrayed by The Rock n Roll Rebels). After that, he came up with Big Josh, a lumberjack who was accompanied by dancing bears. Stan Hansen left the organization to return to", "title": "Jim Herd" }, { "docid": "12831322", "text": "like “Crazy” and “Hello Walls,” his success as a songwriter did not translate as a commercial recording artist. Nelson felt hamstrung by Nashville’s recording practices, feeling the soul of his songs were being buried under background vocalists and strings. According to Nelson, who continued touring with his own band during this time, it was RCA head and producer Chet Atkins who came up with the idea of recording an album dedicated to Texas: “Back in Nashville, Chet Atkins was still racking his brain, trying to find ways to get my records to sell. He came up with a concept, \"Texas", "title": "Texas in My Soul" }, { "docid": "11928270", "text": "Flair to regain the title in style. Dusty Rhodes was the booker of the promotion, one who creates storylines, schedules matches, and decides their outcomes. Starrcade was the inspiration of Rhodes. Wrestling historian Dave Meltzer has claimed that Dory Funk Jr. was the actual booker of the first Starrcade and the events leading up to it and that he came up with the idea for the show with Crockett. According to Meltzer, Rhodes came up with the name Starrcade and booked the show in subsequent years. Starrcade drew a sold-out attendance of 15,447 and a $500,000 gate at the Greensboro", "title": "Starrcade (1983)" }, { "docid": "9338717", "text": "by Saunders' portrayal of Vyle. The series is co-written with psychologist Tanya Byron, who originally came up with the idea and approached Saunders. Producer Jo Sargent stated: \"She presented the idea for a comedy on the subject to Saunders, the aim being a black comedy with pop psychology at the root\". \"The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle\" revolves around Vivienne Vyle, a former weather presenter and presenter on \"TV-am\", who now has her own talk show. Desperate for success, she is encouraged by the show's ambitious producer Helena De'Wend, who also owns her own production company. Helena is always", "title": "The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle" }, { "docid": "1873624", "text": "of socialism in 1933 \"because of several things in its philosophy. One was the brotherhood of people all over the world. Another was its struggle for peace. Another was the equal distribution of economic goods. Another was the idea of cooperation. A fifth was the idea of democratic planning in order to achieve your goals. Those were pretty good ideas\". He distanced himself from the beliefs of communism, especially communism linked in any way to the Soviet Union. Indeed, he was (and remained) an active Lutheran, a religious commitment which he saw as being fulfilled rather than contradicted by his", "title": "Frank Zeidler" }, { "docid": "15316830", "text": "Now the worst times came; the times of brain-washing. Those who have not passed through brain-washing can't understand what torture it is. From 5 in the morning until 10 in the evening… 17 hours a day… we had to sit just like this [he sat straight looking forward]. We were not allowed to lean. For nothing in the world could we rest a little bit-our head. To close you eyes was a crime! From 5 in the morning until 10 in the evening we had to sit like this and hear: 'Communism is good. Communism is good. Communism is good.", "title": "Anti-religious persecution in Communist Romania" }, { "docid": "227671", "text": "\"invented\" PCR or \"merely\" came up with the concept of it. Rabinow, a Foucault scholar interested in issues of the production of knowledge, used the topic to argue against the idea that scientific discovery is the product of individual work, writing, \"Committees and science journalists like the idea of associating a unique idea with a unique person, the lone genius. PCR is thought by some to be an example of teamwork, but by others as the genius of one who was smart enough to put things together which were present to all, but overlooked. For Mullis, the light bulb went", "title": "Kary Mullis" }, { "docid": "7104082", "text": "he came up with the idea of bending light in such a way that it could form a container around an object which effectively makes the object invisible and produced a paper with David R. Smith of Duke University who demonstrated the idea at the frequency of microwaves. This idea, commonly known as the Invisibility cloak, has stimulated much recent work in the field of metamaterials. In 2009 he and Stefan Maier received a large grant from the Leverhulme Trust to develop the ideas of perfect lens and invisibility cloak in the optical range of light. In 2016 Sir John", "title": "John Pendry" }, { "docid": "11914086", "text": "first Indian film to use playback singing. The singers were K C Dey, Parul Ghosh and Suprabha Sarkar. The movie was remade in Hindi with the title \"Dhoop Chhaon\", which was the first Hindi film to use playback singing. It was Bose who came up with the idea of playback singing. He discussed with music director Raichand Boral and Bose's brother Mukul Bose, who was the sound recordist in New Theatres, implemented the idea. During the making of \"Kashinath\" (1943), Bose had a misunderstanding with B N Sircar. After completion of the film, he did not go back to New", "title": "Nitin Bose" }, { "docid": "20339166", "text": "fans of the character Devil Dinosaur and had hired Montclare and Reeder to pen the basis for a new series that involved the character ending up in modern day. They came up with the idea of Devil Dinosaur interacting with a girl and fell in love with the idea of working with a hero who wasn't a \"regular cape-and-tights superhero\". Reeder explains the primary inspiration for the creation of the character: They also viewed the series as a direct sequel to the \"Moon-Boy and Devil Dinosaur\" series from Jack Kirby hence the first villains that Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur", "title": "Moon Girl (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "16004615", "text": "through the serene seas of Sri Lanka on a journey to LIVE TRUE with Panchiyaa. While exploring the idea of someone who loves being in love, they set out to create something as pure and soulful as the scenic views around them. Musician Manish Kumar claimed that he originally came up with idea for \"The Dewarists\" in November 2009. He pitched the idea to Channel V, but they never responded. According to Kumar, their sister channel Star India World used his concept without his permission and without compensating him. At first the channel agreed to give Kumar a credit, but", "title": "The Dewarists" }, { "docid": "827074", "text": "sends them to live with their uncle Donald until their father recovers. This was an excuse for child abandonment, as the boys' parents never returned to reclaim them. In subsequent stories, Donald himself is the boys' legal guardian and surrogate father. Taliaferro came up with the idea of a solo comic strip for Donald Duck, but had trouble convincing his bosses to support his idea. He initially pitched the idea to Roy O. Disney, who rejected it. Taliaferro then produced three weeks-worth of episodes for a Donald Duck comic strip, brought them to Roy Disney, and asked him to offer", "title": "Al Taliaferro" }, { "docid": "934464", "text": "Vegas and hitches a ride to Los Angeles, coincidentally with the same driver who stole her possessions when she arrived. Eszterhas came up with the idea for \"Showgirls\" while on vacation at his home in Maui, Hawaii. During lunch in Beverly Hills, Verhoeven told Eszterhas that he had always loved \"big MGM musicals\", and wanted to make one; Eszterhas suggested the setting of Las Vegas. Based on the idea he scribbled on a napkin, Eszterhas was advanced $2 million to write the script and picked up an additional $1.7 million when the studio produced it into a film. This, along", "title": "Showgirls" }, { "docid": "1434277", "text": "was taking several meetings with film and television producers before the slasher film began production. In what would be his first television meeting, Williamson met executive Paul Stupin and, when asked if he had ideas for a television production, Williamson came up with the idea of a teen series based on his youth growing up near a North Carolina creek as an aspiring filmmaker who worshiped director Steven Spielberg. Stupin liked his idea and asked him to come back the next day and pitch it to Columbia TriStar Television studios, prompting Williamson to write a 20-page outline for \"Dawson's Creek\"", "title": "Dawson's Creek" }, { "docid": "12646252", "text": "WPHL could consolidate into the Pittsburgh Professionals and begin playing in the International Professional Hockey League. The idea for the new league was the idea of James R. Dee, a Houghton businessman, who came up with the idea after watching the Bankers and Portage Lakes play in 1904. Several Bankers' players, such as Lorne Campbell and Hod Stuart played for the Pittsburgh Professionals. Meanwhile, other Bankers players, like Charlie Liffiton, played for Portage Lakes. The WPHL, along with the Pittsburgh Bankers was revived in for the 1907–08 season, once the IPHL folded. On January 28, 1908, the Bankers might have", "title": "Pittsburgh Bankers" }, { "docid": "7769638", "text": "to confront his feelings about her. He discussed the idea with Seinfeld, David and staff writer Larry Charles, who felt that it would be funnier if Elaine would move closer to Jerry instead. After their meeting, Mehlman was told to write the episode, which surprised him, describing it as \"unlike any other show, where they would have given beat for beat for beat.\" As Mehlman was writing the script, he came up with the idea of George wearing a wedding ring to a party to see how women would react. Though the wedding ring idea was not included in the", "title": "The Apartment (Seinfeld)" }, { "docid": "20262995", "text": "family in Plaza and gave him a book of cooperativeness to be read. When his family lived in Pinedo there was a propaganda of his great uncle Bandeo where he met a word \"communism\" for the first time and it called his attention. Then his brother showed him a book which was written by Lenin. That is how the idea of socialism came to him. And he began being involved in political life. At the age of 16 when he was a militant, it happened to be during the last period of Onganía dictatorship. Being a young man he participated", "title": "Aurelio Díaz" }, { "docid": "17375024", "text": "a review called \"Octobre\". During this period the Italian Left also reviewed a number of positions which it thought had become outdated. They rejected the idea of national self-determination and began to develop their views on the war economy and capitalist decadence. Much of this was carried out by Vercesi, but Mitchell from the Belgian Fraction was also a leading figure in the work. Perhaps most dramatically they also reviewed their understanding of the Russian Revolution and the state that had emerged from it. Eventually, they came to argue that the Russian state was by the late 1930s state capitalist", "title": "Left communism" }, { "docid": "3698835", "text": "fan audience of \"Grandstand\". Newman decided that a science fiction programme would be perfect to fill the gap, and enthusiastically took up the existing Script Department research, initiating several brainstorming sessions with Wilson, Braybon, Frick and another BBC staff writer, C. E. 'Bunny' Webber. Wilson and Webber contributed heavily to the formatting of the programme and its initial cast of regular characters, and co-wrote the programme's first format document with Newman. Newman personally came up with the idea of a time machine larger on the inside than the outside and the idea of the central character, the mysterious \"Doctor\"; he", "title": "History of Doctor Who" }, { "docid": "8002389", "text": "Communism caused the family to change its plans. Rubio stated that \"[the] essence of my family story is why they came to America in the first place; and why they had to stay.\" Rubio voted against the Budget Control Act of 2011, which included mandatory automatic budget cuts from sequestration. He later said that defense spending should never have been linked to taxes and the deficit, calling the policy a \"terrible idea\" based on a \"false choice.\" The following month, Rubio and Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, co-sponsored the American Growth, Recovery, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Act (AGREE Act), which", "title": "Marco Rubio" }, { "docid": "8077802", "text": "Academy of Composers and songwriters and the council as a writer-member of the Performing Right Society. He currently runs with Gill, his own publishing company and record production company, which concentrates on compiling and promoting his enormous back-catalogue of songs and records. In 2012 Carter teamed up with a Brazilian songwriter, Salomao Hamzem who is a musician, songwriter and producer. As writers, they wanted to try something a bit different so hit on the idea of writing songs together in English and Portuguese. When Carter and Hamzem were thinking about names for the band, they came up with the idea", "title": "John Carter (musician)" }, { "docid": "18716444", "text": "to be suffering, but puts up with it and keeps up appearances, the Union has degenerated into something else. This Union is not seen as an authority above a person's own will. This idea has received interpretations for politics, economic and sex/love. Though Stirner's philosophy is individualist, it has influenced some libertarian communists and anarcho-communists. \"For Ourselves Council for Generalized Self-Management\" discusses Stirner and speaks of a \"communist egoism\", which is said to be a \"synthesis of individualism and collectivism\" and says that \"greed in its fullest sense is the only possible basis of communist society\". Forms of libertarian communism", "title": "Anarchist schools of thought" }, { "docid": "6654496", "text": "original titles, however, and after several clone games lead engineer Steve Bristow developed the idea for a new title. Bristow, who had previously worked with the Atari founders on \"Computer Space\", the first arcade video game, came up with the idea while thinking of how he could improve \"Computer Space\". His idea to correct the perceived shortcomings of the game were to replace its difficult to control rocket ships with more straightforward tanks, and to make it a two-player game instead of a single-player one. As the company's only engineer, Bristow rapidly developed a prototype himself before turning the game", "title": "Tank (video game)" }, { "docid": "2240438", "text": "lit a fire under Canadian expansionists, and the Canadian government started to buy up HBC land in the region as they were under pressure to ensure that it would be Canadians who settled the North West, not Americans. This began with the purchase of Rupert's Land for £300,000. This wellspring of expansionism came with the idea of a \"Canadian Empire\" of which the North West was a part of, in defiance of the idea that these lands were those of the First Nations and Métis who inhabited them at the time. In this period of expansionism, one prominent figure advocating", "title": "Palliser's Triangle" }, { "docid": "5107415", "text": "to combat these problems — in fact its infrastructure was almost non-existent. During communism, the force that was entrusted with CT and other special missions was Unit 326, but because of its role in suppressing public unrest during the popular uprising against communism, it had been neglected. The new public order authorities recognised the need for a small professional force, and after exhaustive trials and training finally established what subsequently came to be known as RENEA. It was also known as Unit 88. It was composed of eighty members, or operatives, who were elected from the 600 original members of", "title": "RENEA" }, { "docid": "7773464", "text": "to a level of absurdity. Sports commentators ridiculing a spectator who was messily eating a hot fudge sundae was something Leifer actually saw on TV. In the scene where George comes up with the idea of using Laura to eavesdrop on his ex-girlfriend, Leifer's script had Jerry and George talking out of the sides of their mouths in order to avoid being lip-read by Laura. Actors Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander came up with the idea of using organic gestures to cover their mouths on their own. David Sims of \"The A.V. Club\" gave the episode an A- / B+,", "title": "The Lip Reader" }, { "docid": "14088380", "text": "Kovitz was a computer programmer and a regular on Ward Cunningham's wiki. Sanger thought a wiki would be a good platform to use and decided to present the idea to Jimmy Wales, at that time the head of Bomis. Sanger initially proposed the wiki concept to Wales and suggested it be applied to Nupedia and, after some initial skepticism, Wales agreed to try it. It was Jimmy Wales, along with other people, who came up with the broader idea of an open-source, collaborative encyclopedia that would accept contributions from ordinary people and it was Wales who invested in it. Sanger", "title": "Larry Sanger" }, { "docid": "6268147", "text": "left aside as well because the team's decision to produce a first-person RPG had made the system somewhat less fun. Although the team had dropped all arena combat from the end game, because all the material had already been printed up with the title, the game went to market as \"The Elder Scrolls: Arena\". The team retconned the idea that, because the Empire of Tamriel was so violent, it had been nicknamed the \"Arena\". It was Lakshman who came up with the idea of \"The Elder Scrolls\", and though, in the words of Peterson, \"I don't think he knew what", "title": "The Elder Scrolls: Arena" } ]
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what did hal stand for in 2001 a space odyssey
[ "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic" ]
[ { "docid": "195096", "text": "HAL 9000 HAL 9000 is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke's \"Space Odyssey\" series. First appearing in \"\", HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a sentient computer (or artificial general intelligence) that controls the systems of the \"Discovery One\" spacecraft and interacts with the ship's astronaut crew. Part of HAL's hardware is shown towards the end of the film, but he is mostly depicted as a camera lens containing a red or yellow dot, instances of which are located throughout the ship. HAL 9000 is voiced by Douglas Rain in the two feature film adaptations", "title": "HAL 9000" }, { "docid": "16858633", "text": "well, such as a nervous breakdown—as Hal did in the film. Clarke noted that, contrary to popular rumor, it was a complete coincidence that each of the letters of Hal's name immediately preceded those of IBM in the alphabet. The meaning of HAL has been given both as \"Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer\" and as \"Heuristic ALgorithmic computer\". The former appears in Clarke's novel of \"2001\" and the latter in his sequel novel \"2010\". In computer science, a heuristic is a programmable procedure not necessarily based on fixed rules, producing informed guesses often using trial-and-error. The results can be false such", "title": "Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "195096", "text": "HAL 9000 HAL 9000 is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke's \"Space Odyssey\" series. First appearing in \"\", HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a sentient computer (or artificial general intelligence) that controls the systems of the \"Discovery One\" spacecraft and interacts with the ship's astronaut crew. Part of HAL's hardware is shown towards the end of the film, but he is mostly depicted as a camera lens containing a red or yellow dot, instances of which are located throughout the ship. HAL 9000 is voiced by Douglas Rain in the two feature film adaptations", "title": "HAL 9000" }, { "docid": "195123", "text": "adopted its name as a reference to HAL 9000; however, according to Satoru Iwata in 2012, the name was chosen because each letter precedes the letters of \"IBM\" in the alphabet. HAL 9000 HAL 9000 is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke's \"Space Odyssey\" series. First appearing in \"\", HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a sentient computer (or artificial general intelligence) that controls the systems of the \"Discovery One\" spacecraft and interacts with the ship's astronaut crew. Part of HAL's hardware is shown towards the end of the film, but he is mostly depicted", "title": "HAL 9000" } ]
[ { "docid": "20585470", "text": "repeatedly, it may say, \"Without your space helmet, you're going to find this rather... breathtaking.\". The iPhone 6 version also included some references to HAL: initially, when the user said it was \"good\", it sometimes repeated what HAL says to the BBC interviewer about himself, then, when the user asked her to search information about HAL, it said that \"We all know what happened to HAL...\" or, later, that \"at least, he was good at singing\". Inspired by Clarke's visual tablet device, in 1994 a European Commission-funded R&D project code named \"NewsPAD\" developed and pilot tested a portable 'multimedia viewer'", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey in popular culture" }, { "docid": "4811717", "text": "HAL denies him reentry and kills the hibernating crew members by turning off their life-support. In the sequel \"2010: Odyssey Two,\" however, the recounting of the \"Discovery One\" mission is changed to the film version. The film is generally far more enigmatic about the reason for HAL's failure, while the novel spells out that HAL is caught up in an internal conflict because he is ordered to lie about the purpose of the mission. Because of what photographed well, the appearance of the monolith that guided Moon-watcher and the other 'man-apes' at the beginning of the story was changed from", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "13676659", "text": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film) 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's short story \"The Sentinel\". A , written concurrently with the screenplay, was published soon after the film was released. The film, which follows a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer HAL after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith affecting human evolution, deals with themes of existentialism, human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The film is noted", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "2124589", "text": "format, vector-matrix notations and mnemonic and indexed subscripts. Today's Space Shuttle (STS) language called HAL, (developed by Intermetrics, Inc.) is a direct offshoot of MAC. Since the principal architect of HAL was Jim Miller, who co-authored with Hal Laning a report on the MAC system, it is a reasonable speculation that the space shuttle language is named for Jim's old mentor, and not, as some have suggested, for the electronic superstar of the Arthur Clarke movie \"2001-A Space Odyssey.\" (Richard Battin, AIAA 82-4075, April 1982) Hal Laning and Richard Battin undertook the initial analytical work on the Atlas inertial guidance", "title": "Guidance system" }, { "docid": "13676687", "text": "what remains is notable for its banality (making the computer HAL seem to have more emotion than the humans) juxtaposed with epic space scenes. Kubrick's decision to avoid the fanciful portrayals of space in standard popular science fiction films of the time led him to seek more realistic and scientifically accurate depiction of space travel. Illustrators such as Chesley Bonestell, Roy Carnon, and Richard McKenna were hired to produce concept drawings, sketches and paintings of the space technology seen in the film. Two educational films that came out previously, the 1960 National Film Board of Canada animated short documentary \"Universe\"", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "4811700", "text": "and Bowman are directed to disconnect Hal for analysis. These instructions are interrupted as the signal is broken, and Hal informs them that the AE-35 unit has malfunctioned. As Poole is removing the unit he is killed when his pod accelerates into him, crushing him. Bowman, uncertain of Hal's role therein, decides to wake the other three astronauts, and therefore quarrels with Hal, with Hal refusing to obey his orders. Bowman threatens to disconnect him if his orders are not obeyed, and Hal relents. As Bowman begins to awaken his colleagues, he hears Hal open both airlocks into space, releasing", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "13676666", "text": "indicate that Hal is in error about the device's imminent failure. Hal says the discrepancy must be due to human error. Concerned about Hal's behavior, Bowman and Poole enter an EVA pod to talk without Hal overhearing, and agree to disconnect Hal if he is proven wrong. Hal secretly follows their conversation by lip reading. While Poole is on a space walk outside his EVA pod attempting to replace the unit, Hal takes control of the pod, severs his oxygen hose and sets him adrift. Bowman takes another pod to rescue Poole. Meanwhile, Hal turns off the life support functions", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "4811704", "text": "becomes an immortal 'Star Child' that can live and travel in space. The Star Child then returns to Earth, where he detonates an orbiting nuclear warhead. This is not discussed again until the sequel to the book, \"\". \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" explores technological advancement: its promise and its danger. The HAL 9000 computer puts forward the troubles that can crop up when man builds machines, the inner workings of which he does not fully comprehend and therefore cannot fully control. The book explores the perils related to the atomic age. In this novel, the Cold War is apparently still", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "13676665", "text": "animation. Most of \"Discovery\"s operations are controlled by the ship's computer, a HAL 9000 with a human personality that the crew calls \"Hal\". Hal says he is \"foolproof and incapable of error\". Hal raises concerns about the nature of the mission to Bowman, but their conversation is interrupted when Hal reports the imminent failure of an antenna control device. The astronauts retrieve it in an extravehicular activity (EVA) pod but find nothing wrong. Hal suggests reinstalling the device and letting it fail so the problem can be found. Mission Control advises the astronauts that results from their twin HAL 9000", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "11514806", "text": "\"He [HAL] had been living a lie\"—a difficult situation for an entity programmed to be as reliable as possible. Or as desirable, given his programming to \"only win 50% of the time\" at chess, in order for the human astronauts to feel competitive. Clarke also gives an explanation of the ill-effects of HAL being ordered to lie in computer terms as well as psychological terms, stating HAL is caught in a \"Möbius feedback loop.\" While the film remains ambiguous, one can see evidence in the film that since HAL was instructed to deceive the mission astronauts as to the actual", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "16858617", "text": "adviser for the film. \"2001\" accurately presents outer space as not allowing the propagation of sound, in sharp contrast to other films with space scenes in which explosions or sounds of passing spacecraft are heard. \"2001\" portrayal of weightlessness in spaceships and outer space is also more realistic. Tracking shots inside the rotating wheel providing artificial gravity contrast with the weightlessness outside the wheel during the repair and Hal disconnection scenes. (Scenes of the astronauts in the \"Discovery\" pod bay, along with earlier scenes involving shuttle flight attendants, depict walking in zero-gravity with the help of velcro-equipped shoes labeled \"Grip", "title": "Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "195097", "text": "of the \"Space Odyssey\" series. HAL speaks in a soft, calm voice and a conversational manner, in contrast to the crewmen, David Bowman and Frank Poole. In the film \"2001\", HAL became operational on 12 January 1992 at the HAL Laboratories in Urbana, Illinois as production number 3. The activation year was 1991 in earlier screenplays and changed to 1997 in Clarke's written and released in conjunction with the movie. In addition to maintaining the \"Discovery One\" spacecraft systems during the interplanetary mission to Jupiter (or Saturn in the novel), HAL is capable of speech, speech recognition, facial recognition, natural", "title": "HAL 9000" }, { "docid": "13676667", "text": "of the crewmen in suspended animation. When Bowman returns to the ship with Poole's body, Hal refuses to let him in, stating that the astronauts' plan to deactivate him jeopardizes the mission. Bowman opens the ship's emergency airlock manually, enters the ship, and proceeds to Hal's processor core. Hal tries to reassure Bowman, then pleads with him to stop, and finally expresses fear. As Bowman gradually deactivates the circuits controlling Hal's higher intellectual functions, Hal regresses to his earliest programmed memory, the song \"Daisy Bell\", which he sings for Bowman. When Bowman disconnects Hal, a prerecorded video message from Floyd", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "195108", "text": "versions of \"2001: A Space Odyssey\"), Heywood Floyd is absolved of responsibility for HAL's condition; it is asserted that the decision to program HAL with information concerning TMA-1 came directly from the White House. In the film, HAL functions normally after being reactivated, while in the book it is revealed that his mind was damaged during the shutdown, forcing him to begin communication through screen text. Also, in the film the \"Leonov\" crew lies to HAL about the dangers that he faced (suspecting that if he knew he would be destroyed he would not initiate the engine-burn necessary to get", "title": "HAL 9000" }, { "docid": "6992690", "text": "had been with Kubrick's film, although he did appear in a cameo role in the finished film, sitting on a park bench feeding birds outside the White House. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey is the 1968 science fiction written by Arthur C. Clarke and the directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is a part of Clarke's \"Space Odyssey\" series. Both the novel and the film are partially based on Clarke's 1948 short story \"The Sentinel\", an entry in a BBC short story competition, and \"Encounter in the Dawn\", published in 1953 in the magazine \"Amazing Stories\". After deciding", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "13676753", "text": "ultimate alien artifact, the Monolith, have all become enduring cultural icons in their own right.\" \"2001\" was No. 15 on AFI's 2007 \"100 Years ... 100 Movies\" (22 in \"1998\"), was named No. 40 on its \"100 Years, 100 Thrills\", was included on its \"100 Years, 100 Quotes\" (No. 78 \"Open the pod bay doors, HAL.\"), and \"HAL 9000\" was the No. 13 villain in \"100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains\". The film was also No. 47 on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers and the No. 1 science fiction film on AFI's 10 Top 10. \"2001\" is the", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "8237108", "text": "2001: A Space Odyssey (score) The \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" score is an unused film score composed by Alex North for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, \".\" In the early stages of production, Kubrick had commissioned noted Hollywood composer Alex North, who had written the score for \"Spartacus\" and also worked on \"Dr. Strangelove\", to write the score of his upcoming film \"\". However, during post-production, Kubrick chose to abandon North's music in favor of the now-familiar classical music pieces he had earlier chosen as \"guide pieces\" for the soundtrack. North did not know of the abandonment of the score until", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (score)" }, { "docid": "13676752", "text": "essay \"Odyssey of Stanley Kubrick\" wrote, \"Kubrick has conceived a film which in one stroke has made the whole science fiction cinema obsolete.\" Others credit \"2001\" with opening up a market for films such as \"Close Encounters of the Third Kind\", \"Alien\", \"Blade Runner\", \"Contact\", and \"Interstellar\", proving that big-budget \"serious\" science-fiction films can be commercially successful, and establishing the \"sci-fi blockbuster\" as a Hollywood staple. Science magazine \"Discover\"s blogger Stephen Cass, discussing the film's considerable impact on subsequent science fiction, writes that \"the balletic spacecraft scenes set to sweeping classical music, the tarantula-soft tones of HAL 9000, and the", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "13676681", "text": "of terror, and a different and more explicitly explained breakdown for HAL. Other changes include a different monolith for the \"Dawn of Man\" sequence, discarded when early prototypes did not photograph well; the use of Saturn as the final destination of the \"Discovery\" mission rather than Jupiter, discarded when the special effects team could not develop a convincing rendition of Saturn's rings; and the finale of the Star Child exploding nuclear weapons carried by Earth-orbiting satellites, which Kubrick discarded for its similarity to his previous film, \"Dr. Strangelove\". The finale and many of the other discarded screenplay ideas survived in", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "4811719", "text": "movie frames show that the movie monolith has dimensions approximately in the ratio 0.65:4:9 or 1:6:14. In the book, HAL became operational on 12 January 1997, but in the movie the year is given as 1992. It has been thought that Kubrick wanted HAL to be the same age as a young bright child, nine years old. The famous quote that opens the film sequel \"\"—\"My God—it's full of stars!\"—is actually not in the \"2001\" film, although it is in the \"2001\" book. The name of the Saturnian moon Iapetus is spelled \"Japetus\" in the book. This is an alternative", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "15862332", "text": "French soundtrack, HAL sings the French folk song \"Au clair de la lune\" while being disconnected. In the German version, HAL sings the children's song \"Hänschen klein\" (\"Little Johnny\"), and in the Italian version HAL sings \"Giro giro tondo\" (Ring a Ring o' Roses). A recording of British light music composer Sidney Torch's \"Off Beat Moods Part 1\" was chosen by Kubrick as the theme for the fictitious BBC news programme \"The World Tonight\" seen aboard the \"Discovery\". On June 25, 2010, a version of the film specially remastered by Warner Bros, without the music soundtrack, opened the three hundred", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "4811716", "text": "it does not fail, HAL will be shown to be malfunctioning. HAL discovers the plan by reading their lips through the EVA pod window. In Clarke's novel, \"ground control\" orders Bowman and Poole to disconnect HAL, should he prove to be malfunctioning a second time by predicting that the second unit is going to go bad. However, in Clarke's novel, after Poole's death, Bowman tries waking up the other crew members, whereupon HAL opens both the internal and external airlock doors, suffocating these three and almost killing Bowman. The film has Bowman, after Poole's murder, go out to rescue him.", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "11514808", "text": "paranoid question and answer session (\"Surely one could not be unaware of the strange stories circulating...rumors about something being dug up on the moon...\") where HAL skirts very close to the pivotal issue concerning which he is concealing information. When Dave states \"You're working up your crew psychology report,\" HAL takes a few seconds to respond in the affirmative. Immediately following this exchange, he errs in diagnosing the antenna unit. HAL has been introduced to the unique and alien concept of human dishonesty. He does not have a sufficiently layered understanding of human motives to grasp the need for this", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "4811707", "text": "physical form altogether. When \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" was written, mankind had not yet set foot on the moon. The space exploration programs in the United States and the Soviet Union were only in the early stages. Much room was left to imagine the future of the space program. \"Space Odyssey\" offers one such vision, offering a glimpse at what space exploration might one day become. Lengthy journeys, such as manned flights to Saturn, and advanced technologies, such as suspended animation, are described in the novel. The book raises questions about consciousness, sentience, and human interactions with machines. Hal's helpful", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "13728796", "text": "perfection\". \"Game Informer\"s Adam Biessener wrote that while \"Portal 2\" was less quotable than its predecessor, \"repeating GLaDOS lines stopped being funny a long time ago\". He also wrote \"I never once thought I'd place GLaDOS second on any list of \"\"Portal\"\" characters, but J.K. Simmons' character surpasses the malevolent AI even though she's as amusing as ever\". GLaDOS has been compared to characters in fiction, including HAL 9000 from the film \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" by LucasArts designer Noah Falstein. He wrote that GLaDOS was \"more convincingly psychotic\" than HAL and that her dialogue was not typical \"like HAL['s]\".", "title": "GLaDOS" }, { "docid": "11514789", "text": "of the spaceship and Jupiter. MacLeod also sees irony in man as a creator (of HAL) on the brink of being usurped by his own creation. By destroying HAL, man symbolically rejects his role as creator and steps back from the brink of his own destruction. Similarly, in his book, \"The Making of Kubrick's 2001\", author Jerome Agel puts forward the interpretation that Discovery One represents both a body (with vertebrae) and a sperm cell, with Bowman being the \"life\" in the cell which is passed on. In this interpretation, Jupiter represents both a female and an ovum. An extremely", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "13676680", "text": "by October 3, Clarke and Kubrick had decided to make Bowman the sole survivor and have him regress to infancy. By October 17, Kubrick had come up with what Clarke called a \"wild idea of slightly fag robots who create a Victorian environment to put our heroes at their ease.\" HAL 9000 was originally named Athena after the Greek goddess of wisdom and had a feminine voice and persona. Early drafts included a prologue containing interviews with scientists about extraterrestrial life, voice-over narration (a feature in all of Kubrick's previous films), a stronger emphasis on the prevailing Cold War balance", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "13728798", "text": "act out in deadly ways\". GamesRadar editor Tyler Wilde stated that while the staff of GamesRadar loves GLaDOS, it makes no sense to insert a personality core into a robot. He suggested that the scientists either never read \"2001: A Space Odyssey\", or read it too much. Empire Online listed her as the 12th-best video game character of all time, describing her acts as \"HAL-like conduct\". Writer Stephen Totilo alluded the final battle with GLaDOS to the scene of David from \"2001\" disabling HAL, with both scenes involving de-evolving the respective characters. MSNBC game reviewer Blake Snow compared The Sign", "title": "GLaDOS" }, { "docid": "4811715", "text": "of the showdown with HAL is different in the film from in the book. HAL's initial assertion that the AE-35 unit will fail comes in the film after an extended conversation with David Bowman about the odd and \"melodramatic\" \"mysteries\" and \"secrecy\" surrounding the mission, motivated officially because HAL is required to draw up and send to Earth a crew psychology report. In the novel it is during the birthday message to Frank Poole. In the film, Bowman and Poole decide \"on their own\" to disconnect HAL in context of a plan to restore the allegedly failing antenna unit. If", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "9544763", "text": "the filmmakers knew all emotions could be conveyed silently. Stanton cited Keaton's \"great stone face\" as giving them perseverance in animating a character with an unchanging expression. As he rewatched these, Stanton felt that filmmakers—since the advent of sound—relied on dialogue too much to convey exposition. The filmmakers dubbed the cockroach WALL-E keeps as a pet \"Hal\", in reference to silent film producer Hal Roach (as well as being an additional reference to HAL 9000). They also watched \"2001: A Space Odyssey\", \"The Black Stallion\" and \"Never Cry Wolf\", films that had sound but were not reliant on dialogue. Stanton", "title": "WALL-E" }, { "docid": "4811699", "text": "9000, an artificially intelligent computer, addressed as \"Hal\", maintains the ship. While Poole is receiving a birthday message from his family on Earth, Hal tells Bowman that the AE-35 communication unit of the ship is going to malfunction. Poole takes one of the extra-vehicular pods and swaps the AE-35 unit; but when Bowman conducts tests on the removed AE-35 unit, he determines that there was never anything wrong with it. Poole and Bowman become suspicious at Hal's refusal to admit that his diagnosis was mistaken; Hal then claims that the replacement AE-35 unit will fail. In communicating with Earth, Poole", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "11514812", "text": "I can answer that question without knowing everything that all of you know.\" HAL then falsely predicts a failure of the hardware maintaining radio contact with Earth (the source of HAL's difficult orders) during the broadcast of Frank Poole's birthday greetings from his parents. The final script removed this explanation, but it is hinted at when HAL asks David Bowman if Bowman is bothered by the \"oddities\" and \"tight security\" surrounding the mission. After Bowman concludes that HAL is dutifully drawing up the \"crew psychology report\", the computer makes his false prediction of hardware failure. Another hint occurs at the", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "16858632", "text": "to the plot—colonization of the Moon, manned interplanetary travel and artificial intelligence—did not materialize by that date, some of the film's other futuristic elements have indeed been realized. As the central character of the \"Jupiter Mission\" segment of the film, HAL was shown by Kubrick to have as much intelligence as human beings, possibly more, while sharing their same \"emotional potentialities\". Kubrick agreed with computer theorists who believed that highly intelligent computers that can learn by experience will inevitably develop emotions such as fear, love, hate, and envy. Such a machine, he said, would eventually manifest human mental disorders as", "title": "Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "13676749", "text": "level of being that represents the next stage of human evolution. The film also conveys what some viewers have described as a sense of the sublime and numinous. Ebert writes in his essay on \"2001\" in \"The Great Movies\": In a book on architecture, Gregory Caicco writes that \"Space Odyssey\" illustrates how our quest for space is motivated by two contradictory desires, a \"desire for the sublime\" characterized by a need to encounter something totally other than ourselves—\"something numinous\"—and the conflicting desire for a beauty that makes us feel no longer \"lost in space,\" but at home. Similarly, an article", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "13676683", "text": "malfunctions because of being ordered to lie to the crew of \"Discovery\" and withhold confidential information from them, namely the confidentially programmed mission priority over expendable human life, despite being constructed for \"the accurate processing of information without distortion or concealment\". This would not be addressed on film until the 1984 follow-up \"\". Film critic Roger Ebert wrote that HAL, as the supposedly perfect computer, is actually the most human of all of the characters. In an interview with Joseph Gelmis in 1969, Kubrick said that HAL \"had an acute emotional crisis because he could not accept evidence of his", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "16858615", "text": "Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey The 1968 science fiction film \"\" featured numerous fictional future technologies, which have proven prescient in light of subsequent developments around the world. Before the film's production began, director Stanley Kubrick sought technical advice from over fifty organizations, and a number of them submitted their ideas to Kubrick of what kind of products might be seen in a movie set in the year 2001. The film is also praised for its accurate portrayal of spaceflight and vacuum. \"2001\" is, according to four NASA engineers who based their nuclear-propulsion spacecraft design in part on the", "title": "Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "11514803", "text": "the monolith is Kubrick's representation of the cinema screen itself: “it is a cinematic conceit, for turn the monolith on its side and one has the letterbox of the cinemascope screen, the blank rectangle on which the star-child appears, as does the entirety of Kubrick’s film.\" The internet-based film critic Rob Ager later produced a video essay also espousing this theory. The academic Dan Leberg complained that Ager had not credited Loughlin. The HAL 9000 has been compared to Frankenstein's monster. HAL is an artificial intelligence, a sentient, synthetic, life form. According to John Thurman, HAL’s very existence is an", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "13676722", "text": "year in several venues, and for 103 weeks in Los Angeles. The 19 minutes of footage Kubrick removed following the world premiere included scenes revealing details about life on \"Discovery\": additional space walks, Bowman retrieving a spare part from an octagonal corridor, elements from the Poole murder sequence including space-walk preparation and HAL turning off radio contact with Poole, and a close-up of Bowman picking up a slipper during his walk in the alien room. Agel describes the cut scenes as comprising \"Dawn of Man, Orion, Poole exercising in the centrifuge, and Poole's pod exiting from \"Discovery\".\" As was typical", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "5819626", "text": "American comic book. The story is a close adaptation of the events of the film, but differs in the fact that Kirby incorporated additional dialog from two other sources: the Clarke/Kubrick novel and a copy of an earlier draft script of the film that included the more colloquial-sounding version of HAL 9000, as originally voiced by actor Martin Balsam before Douglas Rain took over. In addition, the comic narrative captions describe the characters' thoughts and feelings, a significantly different approach from that taken by the film. The treasury edition also contained a 10-page article entitled \"2001: A Space Legacy\" written", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (comics)" }, { "docid": "2189164", "text": "by many science fiction films, particularly from 1980s, including \"Blade Runner\", \"Akira\", \"The Thing\", \"Invasion of the Body Snatchers\", and \"The Terminator\". Examples of influence by films include Solid Snake's codename (named after Snake Plissken from \"Escape from New York\"), Snake's alias in \"MGS2\": Pliskin (in reference to the last name of Snake Plissken from the \"Escape\" movies), Snake's real name (Dave from \"\"), and Snake's trademark bandana (\"The Deer Hunter\"). Film would also have an influence on other aspects of his games. Hal \"Otacon\" Emmerich (named after HAL 9000 from \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" and film director Roland Emmerich),", "title": "Hideo Kojima" }, { "docid": "4811709", "text": "as to give the reader an almost kinesthetic familiarity with the experience of space travel and the technologies encountered. Large sections of the novel are devoted to detailed descriptions of these. The novel discusses orbital mechanics and the manoeuvres associated with space travel with great scientific accuracy. The daily lives of Bowman and Poole on board the \"Discovery One\" are discussed in detail and give the impression of a busy yet mundane lifestyle with few surprises until the malfunction of Hal. Dr. Floyd's journey to Space Station One is depicted with awareness of fine points such as the experience of", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "11514807", "text": "nature of the mission and that deception opens a Pandora's box of possibilities. During a game of chess, although easily victorious over Frank Poole, HAL makes a subtle mistake in the use of descriptive notation to describe a move, and when describing a forced mate, fails to mention moves that Poole could make to delay defeat. Poole is seen to be mouthing his moves to himself during the game and it is later revealed that HAL can lip read. HAL's conversation with Dave Bowman just before the diagnostic error of the AE-35 unit that communicates with Earth is an almost", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "11514811", "text": "leaves it mysterious, early script drafts made clear that HAL's breakdown is triggered by authorities on Earth who order him to withhold information from the astronauts about the purpose of the mission (this is also explained in the film's sequel \"2010\"). Frederick Ordway, Kubrick's science advisor and technical consultant, stated that in an earlier script Poole tells HAL there is \"... something about this mission that we weren't told. Something the rest of the crew knows and that you know. We would like to know whether this is true\", to which HAL responds: \"I'm sorry, Frank, but I don't think", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "16858641", "text": "yet no one in the movie had a small personal communication device. Some technologies portrayed as common in the film which had not materialized in the 2000s include commonplace civilian space travel, space stations with hotels, Moon colonization, suspended animation of humans, practical nuclear propulsion in spacecraft and strong artificial intelligence of the kind displayed by Hal. There are corporate logos and entities in the film that either didn't exist, no longer exist, or were broken up by anti-trust lawsuits. Still others changed their business model or represent countries that no longer exist. The British Broadcasting Corporation never expanded to", "title": "Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "12794214", "text": "on American public radio networks, and in July 2009 wrote the op ed piece for the 'Los Angeles Times' on the fortieth anniversary of the Lunar landing in July 1969 by Apollo 11. Subsequent articles have explored the science fiction writer and techno-prophet Arthur C. Clarke, '2001: a Space Odyssey and the Dawn of Man' in the 2015 collection \"Stanley Kubrick: New Perspectives,\" and the myth of progress in '2001: a Space Odyssey'. Another recent article, 'What was Whole about the Whole Earth?', provides a missing chapter to 'Earthrise'. In early 2016 he enjoyed a Short-Term Visitor Award at the", "title": "Robert Poole (historian)" }, { "docid": "16858631", "text": "station window is clockwise when Floyd is greeted by a receptionist, but counterclockwise when he phones his daughter. Over fifty organizations contributed technical advice to the production, and a number of them submitted their ideas to Kubrick of what kind of products might be seen in a movie set in the year 2001. Much was made by MGM's publicity department of the film's realism, claiming in a 1968 brochure that \"Everything in \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" can happen within the next three decades, and...most of the picture will happen by the beginning of the next millennium.\" Although the predictions central", "title": "Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "16858643", "text": "of an anti-monopoly lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department). The Bell System logo seen in the film was modified in 1969 and dropped entirely in 1983. Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey The 1968 science fiction film \"\" featured numerous fictional future technologies, which have proven prescient in light of subsequent developments around the world. Before the film's production began, director Stanley Kubrick sought technical advice from over fifty organizations, and a number of them submitted their ideas to Kubrick of what kind of products might be seen in a movie set in the year 2001. The film is", "title": "Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "7332021", "text": "and events including: \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" had an exclusive run locally at Seattle Cinerama for nearly years following its original release in the fall of 1968. In 2001, Warner Brothers chose the Seattle Cinerama as the theater in which to premiere the newly restored 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick's \"2001: A Space Odyssey.\" The film opened on October 5, 2001, and eventually opened in other cities around North America the following month. In 2012, Paul Allen himself paid for a new 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick's \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" to be produced for the first annual Cinerama Science", "title": "Seattle Cinerama" }, { "docid": "13676758", "text": "and Space Museum. The exhibit features a fully realized, full-scale reflection of the neo-classical hotel room from the film's penultimate scene. Director Christopher Nolan presented a mastered 70mm print of \"2001\" for the film's 50th anniversary at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on May 12. The new 70mm print is a photochemical recreation made from the original camera negative, for the first time since the film's original theatrical run. 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C.", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "13676733", "text": "its initial release. \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" is now considered one of the major artistic works of the 20th century, with many critics and filmmakers considering it Kubrick's masterpiece. Director Martin Scorsese has listed it as one of his favourite films of all time. In the 1980s, critic David Denby compared Kubrick to the monolith from \"2001: A Space Odyssey\", calling him \"a force of supernatural intelligence, appearing at great intervals amid high-pitched shrieks, who gives the world a violent kick up the next rung of the evolutionary ladder\". Poet and critic Dan Schneider wrote that \"2001: A Space Odyssey\"", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "13676734", "text": "\"has one of the greatest screenplays ever penned\", countering accusations of the film's coldness by saying, \"I recall the HAL 'death scene' as one of the few filmic moments to ever cause me to tear up in sadness. [ ... ] And, in the intervening years, I have, in film talks, found that the same scene caused the same emotional reaction in many other viewers. I was not alone. Any film that can both enhance one's consciousness and touch one's emotions, simultaneously, evinces greatness.\" By the start of the 21st century \"2001\" had become recognized as among the best films", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "13676668", "text": "plays, revealing that the mission's true objective is to investigate a radio signal, sent from a lunar artifact (the monolith) to Jupiter. Only Hal and the hibernating crew had been told this. At Jupiter, Bowman leaves \"Discovery One\" in an EVA pod to investigate another monolith orbiting the planet. The pod is pulled into a vortex of colored light, the Star Gate, and Bowman races across vast distances of space, viewing bizarre cosmological phenomena and strange landscapes of unusual colors. Bowman finds himself in a bedroom appointed in the neoclassical style. He sees, and then becomes, older versions of himself,", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "15862344", "text": "March 1966, MGM became concerned about \"2001\"'s progress and Kubrick put together a show reel of footage to the ad hoc soundtrack of classical recordings. The studio bosses were delighted with the results and Kubrick decided to use these \"guide pieces\" as the final musical soundtrack, and he abandoned North's score. In an interview with Michel Ciment, Kubrick explained: 2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack) 2001: A Space Odyssey is a soundtrack album to the , released in 1968. The soundtrack is known for its use of many classical and orchestral pieces, and credited for giving many classical pieces resurgences in", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "20585468", "text": "on subsequent science-fiction, writes that \"the balletic spacecraft scenes set to sweeping classical music, the tarantula-soft tones of HAL 9000, and the ultimate alien artifact, the Monolith, have all become enduring cultural icons in their own right.\" One commentator has suggested that the image of the Star Child and Earth has contributed to the rise of the \"whole earth\" icon as a symbol of the unity of humanity. Writing in \"The Asia Pacific Journal\" Robert Jacobs traces the history of this icon from early cartoons and drawings of Earth to photographs of Earth from early space missions, to its historic", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey in popular culture" }, { "docid": "8237117", "text": "exist outside the action, while uplifting it. With regard to the space docking sequence, Ebert stressed the peculiar combination of slowness and majesty resulting from the choice of Strauss's \"Blue Danube\" waltz, which brought \"seriousness and transcendence\" to the visuals. Speaking of the music generally, Ebert wrote: 2001: A Space Odyssey (score) The \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" score is an unused film score composed by Alex North for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, \".\" In the early stages of production, Kubrick had commissioned noted Hollywood composer Alex North, who had written the score for \"Spartacus\" and also worked on \"Dr. Strangelove\",", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (score)" }, { "docid": "6992682", "text": "2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey is the 1968 science fiction written by Arthur C. Clarke and the directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is a part of Clarke's \"Space Odyssey\" series. Both the novel and the film are partially based on Clarke's 1948 short story \"The Sentinel\", an entry in a BBC short story competition, and \"Encounter in the Dawn\", published in 1953 in the magazine \"Amazing Stories\". After deciding on Clarke's 1948 short story \"The Sentinel\" as the starting point, and with the themes of man's relationship with the universe in mind, Clarke sold Kubrick five more", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "11514786", "text": "of travel to the moon is wholly Apollonian, and HAL is an entirely Apollonian entity. Kubrick's film came out just a year before the Woodstock rock festival, a wholly Dionysian affair. MacGregor argues that David Bowman in his transformation has regained his Dionysian side. The conflict between humanity's internal Dionysus and Apollo has been used as a lens through which to view many other Kubrick films especially \"A Clockwork Orange\", \"Dr. Strangelove\", \"Lolita\", and \"Eyes Wide Shut\". \"2001\" has also been described as an allegory of human conception, birth, and death. In part, this can be seen through the final", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "11514825", "text": "Kubrick, notoriously reluctant to provide any explanation of his work, never publicly stated the intended functions of the orbiting satellites, preferring instead to let the viewer surmise what their purpose might be. Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey Since its premiere in 1968, the film \"\" has been analysed and interpreted by numerous people, ranging from professional movie critics to amateur writers and science fiction fans. The director of the film, Stanley Kubrick, and the writer, Arthur C. Clarke, wanted to leave the film open to philosophical and allegorical interpretation, purposely presenting the final sequences of the film without the", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "11330087", "text": "the \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" movie ending rather than the novel. After finding out that \"Discovery\"s orbit is failing, a joint Soviet-US mission (including Heywood Floyd) travels to Jupiter aboard the spacecraft \"Alexei Leonov\" to intercept and board \"Discovery\" believing that it harbours many of the answers to the mysteries surrounding the 2001 mission. \"Leonov\" docks with \"Discovery\", reactivates the on-board systems, and stabilizes its orbit. Hal's creator, Dr. Chandra, is sent to reactivate the HAL 9000 computer and gather any data he can regarding the previous mission. Later on, an apparition of Dave Bowman appears, warning Floyd that \"Leonov\"", "title": "Discovery One" }, { "docid": "15862325", "text": "2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack) 2001: A Space Odyssey is a soundtrack album to the , released in 1968. The soundtrack is known for its use of many classical and orchestral pieces, and credited for giving many classical pieces resurgences in popularity, such as Johann Strauss II's 1866 Blue Danube Waltz, Richard Strauss' symphonic poem \"Also sprach Zarathustra\" (inspired by the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche), and György Ligeti's \"Atmosphères\". The soundtrack has been re-issued multiple times, including a 1996 version and a digitally remastered version in 2010. From very early in production, Kubrick decided that he wanted the film to", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "6992685", "text": "its scientific realism, pioneering special effects, and provocatively ambiguous imagery and sound in place of traditional narrative techniques. Despite receiving mixed reviews upon release, \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" is today thought by some critics to be one of the greatest films ever made and is widely regarded as one of the best science fiction films of all time. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, and received one for visual effects. It also won the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Director and Best Film awards of 1968. In 1991, \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" was deemed culturally significant by the", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "7202867", "text": "derived from the film \"\", in which HAL is the name of the ship's artificial intelligence. This name was backronymed \"Hackers At Large\". The conference was held primarily outdoors. Logistically speaking, the network structure was quite a feat, with approximately 15 km of category 5 cable for the ethernet backbones, as well as supplying power feeds for the tents' computers. There was a technology-free zone, \"The Solaris Sl@ckers S@lon\", named for the 1972 film by Andrei Tarkovsky, which is often thought to be the Russian answer to \"2001: A Space Odyssey\". The only technology permitted in the place was a", "title": "Hackers at Large" }, { "docid": "6632554", "text": "of the most famous moments in the history of Bell Telephone Laboratories by using an IBM 704 computer to synthesize speech. Their voice recorder synthesizer \"vocoder\" recreated the song \"Daisy Bell\", with musical accompaniment from Max Mathews. Arthur C. Clarke of \"\" fame visited his friend and colleague John Pierce at the Bell Labs Murray Hill facility and heard this remarkable speech synthesis demonstration. Clarke was so impressed that he used it in one of the climactic scenes of his novel and screenplay for \"2001: A Space Odyssey\", when the HAL 9000 computer sings the same song as it is", "title": "John Larry Kelly Jr." }, { "docid": "6992686", "text": "United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A musical score was commissioned for the film and composed by Alex North, but Kubrick ultimately decided not to use it, in favour of the classical pieces he used as guides during shooting. These included Richard Strauss's \"Also Sprach Zarathustra\", Johann Strauss' \"Blue Danube Waltz\", and music by twentieth-century composers Aram Khachaturian and Gyorgy Ligeti. Toward the end of the sequence where the HAL 9000 computer is lobotomized, it begins to play the 1892 song \"Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)\" by Harry Dacre, which Clarke", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "4811722", "text": "top sellers with 300,000 hardcover copies and 1.75 million first paperback editions printed. 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's and published after the release of the film. Clarke and Kubrick worked on the book together, but eventually only Clarke ended up as the official author. The story is based in part on various short stories by Clarke, including \"The Sentinel\" (written in 1948 for a BBC competition, but first published in 1951 under the title \"Sentinel of Eternity\").", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "4811695", "text": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's and published after the release of the film. Clarke and Kubrick worked on the book together, but eventually only Clarke ended up as the official author. The story is based in part on various short stories by Clarke, including \"The Sentinel\" (written in 1948 for a BBC competition, but first published in 1951 under the title \"Sentinel of Eternity\"). By 1992, the novel had sold three million copies worldwide. An elaboration of", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "2426666", "text": "has plot elements set in about the same time in human history, but is otherwise unrelated. The 1972 book \"The Lost Worlds of 2001\" contains material that did not make it into the book or film. Clarke's first attempt to write the sequel to \"2001\" was a film screenplay, though he ultimately wrote a novel instead that was published in 1982. Clarke was not directly involved in the production of the second film, although he did communicate with writer/director Peter Hyams a great deal during the production via the then-pioneering medium of e-mail (as published in the book \"The Odyssey", "title": "Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "13676689", "text": "still animation documentary \"City of Gold\". \"Universe\"'s narrator, actor Douglas Rain, was cast as the voice of HAL. After pre-production had begun Kubrick saw \"To the Moon and Beyond\", a film shown in the Transportation and Travel building at the 1964 World's Fair. It was filmed in Cinerama 360 and shown in the \"Moon Dome\". Kubrick hired the company that produced it, Graphic Films Corporation, which had been making films for NASA, US Air Force, and various aerospace clients, as a design consultant. Graphic Films' Con Pederson, Lester Novros, and background artist Douglas Trumbull airmailed research-based concept sketches and notes", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "4811698", "text": "has revealed a large black slab, precisely fashioned to a ratio of 1:4:9 (or 1:2:3) and therefore believed the work of intelligence. Visiting TMA-1, Floyd and others arrive just as sunlight falls upon it for the first time since it was uncovered; it emits a piercing radio transmission which the scientists determine is directed at one of the moons of Saturn, Japetus (Iapetus). A mission, \"Discovery One\", is dispatched to Saturn. En route, Dr. David Bowman and Dr. Frank Poole are the only conscious humans aboard; their three colleagues are in suspended animation, to be awakened near Saturn. The HAL", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "13676682", "text": "Clarke's novel. Kubrick made further changes to make the film more nonverbal, communicating at a visual and visceral level rather than through conventional narrative. Long periods without dialogue, such as the 10 minutes of screen time from Floyd's Moonbus landing near the monolith until Poole watches a BBC newscast on \"Discovery\", permeate the film. Vincent LoBrutto wrote that Clarke's novel has \"strong narrative structure\" while the film is a mainly visual experience, where much remains symbolic. The reasons for HAL's malfunction and subsequent malignant behavior have elicited much discussion. He has been compared to Frankenstein's monster. In Clarke's novel, HAL", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "2956743", "text": "Newman writes that \"Sleeper\"s \"vision of the future [is] informed by films like \"\" (1968), \"A Clockwork Orange\" (1971), \"THX 1138\" (1971), and \"Z.P.G.\" (1972).\" Douglas Rain, who provided the voice of HAL 9000 in \"2001: A Space Odyssey\", voiced the medical computer in \"Sleeper\". In a 2007 interview, Allen stated that \"Sleeper\" was made as a tribute to the comedians whom he deeply admired: Groucho Marx and Bob Hope. Sleeper (1973 film) Sleeper is a 1973 American futuristic science fiction comedy film, directed by Woody Allen and written by Allen and Marshall Brickman. The plot involves the adventures of", "title": "Sleeper (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "2414399", "text": "the term \"monologuing\"), Mr. Incredible and Frozone attacked villains in the middle of their speeches (Mr. Incredible is seen attacking Syndrome and Frozone is mentioned to have attacked Baron von Ruthless off-camera). In a literary sense, the villain speech is also used as a form of exposition. Even in relatively realistic stories, villains will often take a moment to say something pithy before finishing off the victim. The antagonist would often leave the victim to die whilst they commit their evil scheme. This is echoed in the film \"2001 - A Space Odyssey\" when Hal the supercomputer, confident that Dave", "title": "Deathtrap (plot device)" }, { "docid": "13676698", "text": "That's what he wanted.\" In December 2010, Douglas Trumbull announced that Warner Bros. had found 17 minutes of lost footage from the post-premiere cuts, \"perfectly preserved\", in a Kansas salt mine vault used by Warner for storage. No plans have been announced for the rediscovered footage. From very early in production, Kubrick decided that he wanted the film to be a primarily nonverbal experience that did not rely on the traditional techniques of narrative cinema, and in which music would play a vital role in evoking particular moods. About half the music in the film appears either before the first", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "13676742", "text": "viewer's subconscious.\" But he said he did not strive for ambiguity—it was simply an inevitable outcome of making the film nonverbal. Still, he acknowledged this ambiguity was an invaluable asset to the film. He was willing then to give a fairly straightforward explanation of the plot on what he called the \"simplest level,\" but unwilling to discuss the film's metaphysical interpretation, which he felt should be left up to viewers. For some readers, Clarke's more straightforward novel based on the script is key to interpreting the film. The novel explicitly identifies the monolith as a tool created by an alien", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "5819625", "text": "2001: A Space Odyssey (comics) 2001: A Space Odyssey is the name of an oversized American comic book adaptation of the 1968 as well as a ten–issue monthly series which expanded upon the concepts presented in the Stanley Kubrick film and the novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Jack Kirby wrote and pencilled both the adaptation and the series, which were published by Marvel Comics beginning in 1976. The adaptation was part of the agreement of Kirby's return to Marvel. Marvel published the adaptation in its then-common treasury edition format featuring tabloid-sized pages of roughly twice the size of a standard", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (comics)" }, { "docid": "5819630", "text": "the hands of the Army. Allusions are made to the series in the \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\" season 3 episode \"4,722 Hours\". 2001: A Space Odyssey (comics) 2001: A Space Odyssey is the name of an oversized American comic book adaptation of the 1968 as well as a ten–issue monthly series which expanded upon the concepts presented in the Stanley Kubrick film and the novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Jack Kirby wrote and pencilled both the adaptation and the series, which were published by Marvel Comics beginning in 1976. The adaptation was part of the agreement of Kirby's return to Marvel.", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (comics)" }, { "docid": "11514816", "text": "in the film calls attention to the purpose of the satellites. James John Griffith, in a footnote in his book \"Adaptations As Imitations: Films from Novels\", wrote \"I would wonder, for instance, how several critics, commenting on the match-cut that links humanity's prehistory and future, can identify—without reference to Clarke's novel—the satellite as a nuclear weapon\". Arthur C. Clarke, in the TV documentary \"2001: The Making of a Myth\", described the bone-to-satellite sequence in the film, saying \"The bone goes up and turns into what is supposed to be an orbiting space bomb, a weapon in space. Well, that isn't", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "11514805", "text": "murder by HAL of a member of Discovery One's crew—the empty pod, under HAL's control, extends its arms and \"hands\", and goes on a \"rampage\" directed towards astronaut Poole. In each case, it is the first time the truly odious nature of the \"monster\" can be recognised as such, and only appears about halfway through the film. Clarke has suggested in interviews, his original novel, and in a rough draft of the shooting script that HAL's orders to lie to the astronauts (more specifically, concealing the true nature of the mission) drove him \"insane\". The novel does include the phrase", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "11514804", "text": "abomination, much like Frankenstein’s monster. \"While perhaps not overtly monstrous, HAL’s true character is hinted at by his physical 'deformity'. Like a Cyclops he relies upon a single eye, examples of which are installed throughout the ship. The eye’s warped wide-angle point-of-view is shown several times—notably in the drawings of hibernating astronauts (all of whom HAL will later murder).\" Kubrick underscores the Frankenstein connection with a scene that virtually reproduces the style and content of a scene from James Whale’s 1931 \"Frankenstein\". The scene in which Frankenstein's monster is first shown on the loose is borrowed to depict the first", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "15862330", "text": "to being irritated by Kubrick's failure to obtain permission directly from him, he was offended that his music was used in a film soundtrack shared by composers Johann Strauss II and Richard Strauss. Other music used is Ligeti's \"Lux Aeterna\", the second movement of his \"Requiem\" and an electronically altered form of his \"Aventures\", the last of which was also used without Ligeti's permission and is not listed in the film's credits. HAL's version of the popular song \"Daisy Bell\" (referred to by HAL as \"Daisy\" in the film) was inspired by a computer-synthesized arrangement by Max Mathews, which Arthur", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "3586553", "text": "and Clarke have similarly stated that Bowman was transformed by non-corporeal aliens, not the Monoliths). They also subsequently transform HAL in 2010, to give Bowman a companion. The epilogue to \"\" reveals that the Firstborn had been monitoring humanity's final confrontation with the Monoliths in the Sol system, but chose not to intervene. Unlike the TMA-2 Monolith, whose judgement of humanity was based on its social progress by the year 2001, the Firstborn considered the more peaceful and responsible humanity of the year 3001 worthy of survival, or at least not a threat to the Europans. Their assessment seems to", "title": "Monolith (Space Odyssey)" }, { "docid": "4811701", "text": "the ship's internal atmosphere. From a sealed emergency shelter, Bowman gains a spacesuit and re-enters the ship, where he shuts down Hal's consciousness, leaving intact only his autonomic functions, and manually re-establishes contact with Earth. He then learns that his mission is to explore Iapetus, in the hope of contacting the society that buried the monolith on the Moon. Bowman learns that Hal had begun to feel guilty at keeping the purpose of the mission from him and Poole, against his stated mission of gathering information and reporting it fully; and when threatened with disconnection, he panicked and defended himself", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "4811713", "text": "to HAL's demise. Stylistic differences may be more important than content differences. Of lesser importance are the appearance of the monolith, the age of HAL, and the novel giving names to various spacecraft, prehistoric apes, and HAL's inventor. Stylistically, the novel generally fleshes out and makes concrete many events left somewhat enigmatic in the film, as has been noted by many observers. Vincent LeBrutto has noted that the novel has \"strong narrative structure\" which fleshes out the story, while the film is a mainly visual experience where much remains \"symbolic\". Randy Rasmussen has noted that the personality of Heywood Floyd", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "9325425", "text": "stories. Although not a part of roboethics \"per se\", the ethical behavior of robots themselves has also been a joining issue in roboethics in popular culture. The \"Terminator\" series focuses on robots run by an uncontrolled AI program with no restraint on the termination of its enemies. This series too has the same futuristic plot as \"The Matrix\" series, where robots have taken control. The most famous case of robots or computers without programmed ethics is HAL 9000 in the \"Space Odyssey\" series, where HAL (a computer with advance AI capabilities who monitors and assists humans on a space station)", "title": "Robot ethics" }, { "docid": "11514809", "text": "and trudging through the tangled web of lying complications, he falls prey to human error. The follow-up film \"2010\" further elaborates Clarke's explanation of HAL's breakdown. While HAL was under orders to deny the true mission with the crew, he was programmed at a deep level to be completely accurate and infallible. This conflict between two key directives led to him taking any measures to prevent Bowman and Poole finding out about this deception. Once Poole had been killed, others were eliminated to remove any witnesses to his failure to complete the mission. One interesting aspect of HAL's plight, noted", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "13676732", "text": "artist.\") John Simon felt it was \"a regrettable failure, although not a total one. This film is fascinating when it concentrates on apes or machines ... and dreadful when it deals with the in-betweens: humans ... \"2001\", for all its lively visual and mechanical spectacle, is a kind of space-\"Spartacus\" and, more pretentious still, a shaggy God story.\" Eminent historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. deemed the film \"morally pretentious, intellectually obscure and inordinately long ... a film out of control\". In a 2001 review the BBC said that its slow pacing often alienates modern audiences more than it did upon", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "13676686", "text": "Sawyer, in the Canadian documentary \"2001 and Beyond\", says he sees it as a cut from a bone to a nuclear weapons platform, explaining that \"what we see is not how far we've leaped ahead, what we see is that today, '2001', and four million years ago on the African veldt, it's exactly the same—the power of mankind is the power of its weapons. It's a continuation, not a discontinuity in that jump.\" The film has no dialogue for roughly the first and last 20 minutes. By the time shooting began, Kubrick had removed much of the dialogue and narration;", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)" }, { "docid": "3586552", "text": "fused as one being \"Halman\" in the Monolith's computational matrix) were able to introduce a computer virus into TMA-2 which destroyed it before it could render the human race extinct. The Firstborn did not appear to have abandoned all interest in the evolutionary experiments overseen by the ancient Monoliths. Given that the Monoliths' communications are said to be limited by the speed of light, but Dave Bowman is sent on an interstellar journey at the end of \"2001: A Space Odyssey\", and Bowman is apparently transformed into the Star Child, not by the Monoliths, but by the Firstborn (both Kubrick", "title": "Monolith (Space Odyssey)" }, { "docid": "2426663", "text": "Space Odyssey The \"Space Odyssey\" series is a series of science fiction novels by the writer Arthur C. Clarke. Two of the novels have been made into feature films, released in 1968 and 1984 respectively. Two of Clarke's early short stories may also be considered part of the series. Short stories: Novels: Comic books: It was reported on Yahoo Entertainment in 2000 that M.G.M. and Tom Hanks were in discussions regarding turning both \"2061: Odyssey Three\" and \"3001: The Final Odyssey\" into movies (Hanks would reportedly play Frank Poole in the \"3001\" film). An update in 2001 stated that there", "title": "Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "6992688", "text": "but Saturn. 2001: A Space Odyssey was the name of an oversized comic book adaptation of the 1968 film of the same name and a 10-issue monthly series \"expanding\" on the ideas presented in the film and the eponymous Arthur C. Clarke novel. Jack Kirby wrote and pencilled both the adaptation and the series, which were published by Marvel Comics beginning in 1976. The \"Space Odyssey\" series is a science fiction series of four novels, primarily written by the science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, and two films, released from 1968 to 1997. Stanley Kubrick directed the first film,\" \" (1968).", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "10141604", "text": "the major basis for \"\", the 1968 novel and film Clarke developed in partnership with director Stanley Kubrick. However, the artifacts in \"Sentinel\" and \"Odyssey\" are speculated on in-story (in \"Sentinel\") or explicitly stated (in the novel version of \"Odyssey\") as being set as a warning to the alien race that humans were in space. Early drafts of the \"2001\" novel did include the moon Jupiter V as the location where the Star Gate was located, instead of on Iapetus as in the final version of the novel, with revelation that Jupiter V had been artificially sculpted and placed into", "title": "Jupiter Five" }, { "docid": "11104890", "text": "Presentation Written in 2006. In 2013 he co-authored a biography of Arthur C. Clarke with Fred Clarke, brother of Arthur. In 2014 he co-authored \"2001 The Heritage and Legacy of the Space Odyssey\" with Frederick I. Ordway III, who was technical adviser to Stanley Kubrick for the film \"2001 A Space Odyssey\". Godwin also contributed feature articles to such publications as Goldmine (magazine) and \"Boeing Employee Times\" In October 2015, Godwin wrote and published \"The First Scientific Concept of Rockets for Space Travel\", an essay in which he asserted that a Scottish Presbyterian Minister and Canadian University Principal named William", "title": "Robert Godwin" }, { "docid": "4052473", "text": "\"Xenocide\". After killing the Buggers, Ender is responsible for reconciling the differences between the Piggies and Humans. In the process, Jane's character, as the sole member of her species, also must face reconciling with humanity. In a collection of criticism columns, David Langford commented that Jane's character was \"unnecessary to the main action\" of the story. In Sarah Kember's \"Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life\", Jane is compared to HAL from \"A Space Odyssey\". Unlike HAL, which Kember described as artificial intelligence, Jane is artificial life and capable of asking critical questions about the nature of her existence. Jane (Ender's Game) Jane", "title": "Jane (Ender's Game)" }, { "docid": "11514824", "text": "into a spacecraft on its way to the moon.\" In contrast to Ciment's reading of a cut to a serene \"other extreme of civilization\", science fiction novelist Robert Sawyer, speaking in the Canadian documentary \"2001 and Beyond\", sees it as a cut from a bone to a nuclear weapons platform, explaining that \"what we see is not how far we've leaped ahead, what we see is that today, '2001', and four million years ago on the African veldt, it's exactly the same—the power of mankind is the power of its weapons. It's a continuation, not a discontinuity in that jump.\"", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "11514821", "text": "as \"orbiting satellites carrying nuclear weapons\" Actor Gary Lockwood (astronaut Frank Poole) in the audio DVD commentary says the first satellite is an armed weapon, making the famous match-cut from bone to satellite a \"weapon-to-weapon cut\". Several recent reviews of the film mostly of the DVD release refer to armed satellites, possibly influenced by Gary Lockwood's audio commentary. A few published works by scientists on the subject of space exploration or space weapons tangentially discuss \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" and assume at least some of the orbiting satellites are space weapons. Indeed, details worked out with input from space industry", "title": "Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey" }, { "docid": "4811714", "text": "is different; in Clarke's novel, he finds space travel thrilling, acting almost as a \"spokesman for Clarke\", whereas in the film, he experiences space travel as \"routine\" and \"tedious\". In the film, \"Discovery\"s mission is to Jupiter, not Saturn. Kubrick used Jupiter because he and special effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull could not decide on what they considered to be a convincing model of Saturn's rings for the film. Clarke went on to replace Saturn with Jupiter in the novel's sequel \"\". Trumbull later developed a more convincing image of Saturn for his own directorial debut \"Silent Running\". The general sequence", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)" }, { "docid": "3632911", "text": "children's programming like the syndicated \"Zoobilee Zoo\" and \"The Archie Show\". The new programming even tapped Hallmark Entertainment's Hal Roach Studios library for \"Leonard Maltin Presents\". In 2000, the channel aired its first original holiday movie. Crown Media Holdings, Inc. in 2000 was formed with Hallmark Entertainment, Chase Equity Associates, Liberty Media, and the National Interfaith Cable Coalition transferred their 77.5 percent total interest in the Odyssey Network into Crown Media Holdings. Henson Company, now owned by EM.TV & Merchandising, traded in March 2001 Crown Media the remaining ownership in the Odyssey Network for 8% in Crown stock. On August", "title": "Hallmark Channel" } ]
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who wrote the music for how the grinch stole christmas
[ "Dr. Seuss" ]
[ { "docid": "13423893", "text": "the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Seuss book. The book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam (Co-Director) adapted the story as an animated special in 1966, featuring narration by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. Thurl Ravenscroft sang \"You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch\" with lyrics written by Dr. Seuss himself. In 2000, the book was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Illumination Entertainment also developed a 3D", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707228", "text": "plain dull story.\" Todd McCarthy of \"Variety\" wrote, \"Carrey tries out all sorts of intonations, vocal pitches and delivery styles, his tough guy posturing reminding at times of Cagney and his sibilant S's recalling Bogart. His antic gesturing and face-making hit the mark at times, but at other moments seem arbitrary and scattershot. Furthermore, his free-flowing tirades, full of catch-all allusions and references, are pitched for adult appreciation and look destined to sail right over the heads of pre-teens.\" How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "8750175", "text": "on the Loose!\" DVD set, along with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\". The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (also known as The Grinch vs. The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched in the working title) is a 1982 American animated musical television special and crossover starring the two characters created by Dr. Seuss, who also wrote and produced the special: The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It premiered on May 20,", "title": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat" }, { "docid": "13423897", "text": "Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\". Max, the Grinch's dog, and the Grinch himself also appear in the children's puppet show \"The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss\". The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max, appear in \"Seussical\", a musical which takes it plot from several Dr. Seuss books. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "9175852", "text": "Lake City, Spokane, Seattle, New York City, Chicago, Costa Mesa and Denver. In 2015, the production toured in North America with shows in Worcester, Detroit, Appleton, Columbus, Jacksonville, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Stefán Karl performed as Grinch, Bob Lauder as Old Max, and Genny Gagnon and Rachel Katzke as Cindy Lou Who. The musical will make its UK premiere at The Lowry, in Salford from 10 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, or simply How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, is", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7902040", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the United States on CBS on December 18, 1966, it went on to become a perennial holiday special. The special also features the voice of Boris Karloff as the Grinch and the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9175844", "text": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, or simply How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, is a seasonal musical adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". The musical, with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason, original score by Mel Marvin and choreography by John DeLuca, made its debut on the mainstage of Minneapolis's Children's Theatre Company in November 1994, after special arrangements had been made with the Dr. Seuss estate to exclusively adapt and perform the book. The original production was remounted in again", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "13423881", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes of the nearby town Whoville on Christmas Eve. The story was published as a book by Random House in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of \"Redbook\". The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7902057", "text": "(alternatively titled \"The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched\"), aired on ABC in 1982. Though credited to DePatie-Freleng, it was produced by Marvel Productions, which had taken over DePatie-Freleng in 1981. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707203", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and simply The Grinch in the UK) is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Based on Dr. Seuss's 1957 book of the same name, the film was the first Dr. Seuss book to be adapted into a full-length feature film. The film stars Jim Carrey in the title role, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon and Taylor Momsen. Because the film is", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7707225", "text": "the actor sneaks up on Carrey the wild-man dervish. In whichever mode, he carreys the movie.\" Peter Stack of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" said, \"Nobody could play the Grinch better than Jim Carrey, whose rubbery antics and maniacal sense of mischief are so well suited to \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". Dr. Seuss himself might have turned to Carrey as a model for the classic curmudgeon had the actor been around in 1957.\" However, he wondered why Carrey \"made himself sound like Sean Connery\" and warned that the character's intensity may frighten small children. James Berardinelli of ReelViews wrote that", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "8750167", "text": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (also known as The Grinch vs. The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched in the working title) is a 1982 American animated musical television special and crossover starring the two characters created by Dr. Seuss, who also wrote and produced the special: The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It premiered on May 20, 1982 on ABC and won two Emmys. It also aired on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas", "title": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat" }, { "docid": "13423886", "text": "of \"Redbook\" magazine. Dr. Seuss began work on \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" a couple of years later, around the beginning of 1957. He had recently completed \"The Cat in the Hat\" and was in the midst of founding Beginner Books with Phyllis and Bennett Cerf and his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel. Helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in April 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous Dr. Seuss books. Dr. Seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. Biographers Judith and", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707205", "text": "by Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment, \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" was released by Universal Pictures on November 17, 2000 to mixed reviews from critics yet grossed over $345 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest grossing film of 2000 and the second highest-grossing holiday film of all-time behind \"Home Alone\" (1990). It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup as well as getting nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. All the residents of Whoville (Whos) enjoy celebrating Christmas, except for the Grinch, a misanthropic and egotistical creature who hates it and the Whos. No one", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902053", "text": "The special was released on high definition Blu-ray Disc in 2009 with the title changed to \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" It contained all the bonus features from the 2000 DVD, except for \"Horton Hears a Who!\", and also included a DVD of the special and a Digital Copy. Three songs with lyrics were included in the special: \"Welcome Christmas,\" \"Trim up the Tree\" and \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.\" The last of these was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft; the other two were performed by a chorus representing the voices of the Whos. None of the vocalists", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7902045", "text": "Director Chuck Jones and children's-book author Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) had worked together on the \"Private Snafu\" training cartoons at Warner Bros. Cartoons during World War II. Jones was interested in adapting one of Geisel's books into a television special and approached him to turn \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" into one in time for the holiday season. Although Geisel was initially reluctant due to his unpleasant experiences making the film \"The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.\", he eventually agreed. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was produced by The Cat in the Hat Productions in association with the television and", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "6884280", "text": "Malone was used in the teaser for the 2018 CGI-animated adaptation of \"The Grinch\". The song itself was covered for the movie and its soundtrack by Tyler, the Creator. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" The lyrics were written by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "6884278", "text": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" The lyrics were written by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative put-downs, metaphors, similes and off-hand comments by the singer, beginning with the opening line \"you're a mean one, Mr. Grinch\". Because Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "6884279", "text": "of the special, it is often mistakenly attributed to Boris Karloff, who served as narrator and the voice of the Grinch in the special but who himself could not sing. Until Ravenscroft was publicly credited, Tennessee Ernie Ford was also speculated to be the voice behind the song. Mainstream and pop acts have covered the song, usually for holiday-themed albums. Jim Carrey, as the Grinch, sang a slightly condensed version of the song in the 2000 live action film adaptation, \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", with 1940s style big band music by James Horner. A version by Bob", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "13423891", "text": "moral and humor. Charlotte Jackson of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" called the book \"wonderful fantasy, in the true Dr. Seuss manner, with pictures in the Christmas colors.\" Some writers, including Dr. Seuss himself, have made a connection between the Grinch and Dr. Seuss. In the story, the Grinch laments that he has had to put up with the Whos' celebration of Christmas for 53 years. As both Thomas Fensch and Charles Cohen note, Dr. Seuss was 53 when he wrote and published the book. Dr. Seuss himself asserted the connection in an article in the December 1957 edition of \"Redbook\":", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707213", "text": "Grinch pepper-sprayed. Martha turns down the mayor's proposal and returns his engagement ring, deciding to be with the Grinch instead. The Grinch joins in the Whos' celebration feast, carving the roast beast himself. Before his death in 1991, Dr. Seuss had refused offers to sell the film rights to his books. However, his widow Audrey Geisel, agreed to several merchandising deals, including clothing lines, accessories and CDs. In July 1998, Geisel's agents announced via letter she would auction the film rights of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". In order to pitch their ideas to Geisel, the suitors ultimately had to", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423896", "text": "Latin as \"Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit\". The translation was published in October 1998 by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Inc. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" one of its \"Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children\". In 2012 it was ranked number 61 among the \"Top 100 Picture Books\" in a survey published by \"School Library Journal\" – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book's main characters have made appearances in other works. The Grinch appears in the animated specials \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\" and \"The", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "15096879", "text": "though she later becomes a Grinch when the gifts are repossessed. The episode features seven songs, two of which come from the television special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". The creators of \"Glee\" received permission from the estate of Dr. Seuss for the use of characters from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", but were not allowed to use them in promotional photographs. Most of the songs featured in the episode had been released on \"\" four weeks prior to airing, including \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\", which debuted at number fifty-seven on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 after the episode aired, despite", "title": "A Very Glee Christmas" }, { "docid": "11705184", "text": "section of the amusement park to him. Within the Islands of Adventure, there is a component designated to the city of Whoville. In the town, visitors of Universal Orlando Resort are able to interact with the characters and explore the theme park. The television program \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was a 26-minute segment originally telecasted on CBS in 1966. In 2000 \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was developed into a motion picture, which became the first Dr. Seuss story ever made into a featured film. Also, \"Horton Hears a Who!\" was adapted into a 26-minute television segment in 1970.", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "11315550", "text": "Horton Hears a Who! (TV special) Horton Hears a Who! is a 1970 television special based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name, \"Horton Hears a Who!\". It was produced and directed by Chuck Jones who previously produced the Seuss special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" for MGM Television and first broadcast March 19, 1970 on CBS. The special contains songs with lyrics by Seuss and music by Eugene Poddany, who previously wrote songs for Seuss' book, \"The Cat in the Hat Song Book\". In the Jungle of Nool, Horton the elephant bathes in the watering hole when", "title": "Horton Hears a Who! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "13423887", "text": "Neil Morgan wrote, \"It was the easiest book of his career to write, except for its conclusion.\" According to Dr. Seuss, \"I got hung up getting the Grinch out of the mess. I got into a situation where I sounded like a second-rate preacher or some biblical truism... Finally in desperation... without making any statement whatever, I showed the Grinch and the Whos together at the table, and made a pun of the Grinch carving the 'roast beast.' ... I had gone through thousands of religious choices, and then after three months it came out like that.\" By mid-May 1957,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "4580419", "text": "DVD on October 31, 2000. The special, along with other Rankin/Bass Christmas specials and Chuck Jones' animated TV adaptation of \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", was bundled in Warner's Christmas Television Favorites DVD box set, released on October 2, 2007. On October 7, 2008, these same titles are released in another holiday-themed DVD set, Classic Christmas Favorites. Once again and this time, Warner Home Video released seven different original Rankin/Bass holiday classics along with \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" on the third DVD box set, Santa's Magical Stories, released on October 4, 2011. \"A Miser Brothers'", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "19559651", "text": "the Grinch, Cindy comes to invite him to celebrate Christmas at her house and he awkwardly attends. When seated down for dinner, he confesses that it wasn't really Christmas he disliked but being lonely and his bitterness over being neglected. Before carving the roast beast, the Grinch offers a toast, \"To kindness and love, the things we need most.\" In February 2013, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment was developing a 3D animated feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book, with the working title \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", later shortened to \"The Grinch\". Peter Candeland and Yarrow Cheney", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "13423889", "text": "and word is always the same, yet, so rich are the variations he plays on his themes, always fresh and amusing.\" \"Kirkus Reviews\" wrote, \"Youngsters will be in transports over the goofy gaiety of Dr. Seuss's first book about a villain.\" The reviewer called the Grinch \"easily the best Christmas-cad since Scrooge.\" Ellen Lewis Buell, in her review in \"The New York Times\", praised the book's handling of its moral, as well as its illustrations and verse. She wrote, \"Even if you prefer Dr. Seuss in a purely antic mood, you must admit that if there's a moral to be", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "13423885", "text": "to let out bitter and sorrowful cries, but is confused to hear them singing a joyous Christmas song instead. He is puzzled until it dawns on him that \"maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more\" than just presents and feasting. The Grinch's shrunken heart suddenly grows three sizes. The reformed and liberated Grinch returns to the village to give back all of the Whos' Christmas stuff and participate in their Christmas feast. The Grinch first appeared in a 32-line illustrated poem by Dr. Seuss called \"The Hoobub and the Grinch,\" which was originally published in the May 1955 edition", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "9894845", "text": "Avram C. Freedberg Avram Chaim Freedberg (born June 25, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Broadway theatre producer, a direct marketer, and founder of National Collector's Mint. He founded Maximum Entertainment Productions LLC and has produced and invested in a number of Broadway shows. Freedberg's Broadway credits include \"Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", \"The Addams Family\" and \"Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking\". One of his off-Broadway shows, \"Los Big Names\", earned Outer Critic’s Circle and Dram Desk nominations. In 2006 and 2007 Freedberg's company Maximum Entertainment was the producer for \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" during", "title": "Avram C. Freedberg" }, { "docid": "7320538", "text": "musical \"The Fantasticks\". In 2008 Moses played the role of Captain von Trapp in Mirvish Productions' \"The Sound of Music\" at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto alongside the winner of the TV show \"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?\", Elicia MacKenzie. In 2012, he starred in \"The Music Man\" (Harold Hill) with Kate Baldwin (Marian), at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. He appeared as \"The Grinch\" in \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, in November 2014. In 2015, he starred in the Vineyard Theatre's Off-Broadway production of \"Gigantic\",", "title": "Burke Moses" }, { "docid": "12909011", "text": "messages, remixes, and a Christmas medley, and again as Merry Christmas Jackson's. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r9998 [edit] In 1957, Dr. Seuss's \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was published by Random House. The tale's rhyming verse accompanies illustrations by the author, and follows a disagreeable character called the Grinch and his attempts to thwart the arrival of Christmas by stealing the gifts, trims, and other trappings of the holiday from the happy Whos of Whoville. In spite of his attempts, Christmas arrives all the same. The Grinch realizes then that Christmas is something more than its trappings. The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas", "title": "Christmas in the post-war United States" }, { "docid": "19559663", "text": "like its hairy protagonist’s heart), \"The Grinch\" is impossibly cute, visually rich and boasts enough festive fun to satisfy young viewers.\" The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following \"The Lorax\" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "7616658", "text": "start until after the 2000 Christmas/comedy film \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", based on another Dr. Seuss book of the same name, became a commercial success. Brian Grazer, who was the producer of \"The Grinch\", stated, \"Because we grew up with these books, and because they have such universal themes and the illustrations ignite such fantasy in your mind as a child — the aggregation of all those feelings — it leaves an indelible, positive memory. And so when I realized I had a chance to convert first \"The Grinch\" and then, \"The Cat in the Hat\", into movies, I", "title": "The Cat in the Hat (film)" }, { "docid": "7810438", "text": "the title \"Grinch Night\". In 2003, the special was released as a bonus special on the VHS and DVD release of Dr. Seuss on the Loose from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. On October 18, 2011, the special was released on DVD by Warner Home Video under \"Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose!\", along with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and \"The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\". Halloween Is Grinch Night Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is a 1977 Halloween television special and", "title": "Halloween Is Grinch Night" }, { "docid": "19559644", "text": "The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following \"The Lorax\" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier, and written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow. It stars the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson,", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "766816", "text": "In the mid-1960s, he enjoyed a late-career surge in the United States when he narrated the made-for-television animated film of Dr. Seuss' \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,\" and also provided the voice of the Grinch, although the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" was sung by the American voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft. The film was first broadcast on CBS-TV in 1966. Karloff later received a Grammy Award for \"Best Recording For Children\" after the recording was commercially released. Because Ravenscroft (who never met Karloff in the course of their work on the show) was uncredited for his contribution to", "title": "Boris Karloff" }, { "docid": "11705185", "text": "In 2008, \"Horton Hears a Who!\" was made into a full-length film. A CGI adaptation called \"The Grinch\", was released in November 2018. Whoville Whoville is a fictional town created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss. Whoville appeared in the books \"Horton Hears a Who!\" and \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", however, there were significant differences between the two renditions. The population of Whoville consists of Mr. and Mrs. Mayors and all of their children and the Grinch. The exact location of Whoville seems to vary depending on which book or media is being referenced. Most,", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "2777009", "text": "Honky, who released the album \"I Am the Messiah\" in 2003. Everett's music has also been featured on a number of films, including \"American Beauty\" (\"Cancer for the Cure\"), \"Road Trip\" (\"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues\"), Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (\"Christmas is Going to the Dogs\"), \"Holes\" (\"Eyes Down,\" \"Mighty Fine Blues\"), \"Shrek\" (\"My Beloved Monster\"), Shrek 2 (\"I Need Some Sleep\"), Shrek The Third (\"Royal Pain\" and \"Losing Streak\"),Shrek the Halls (\"The Stars Shine in the Sky Tonight\"), \"\" (\"Beautiful Freak\"), \"Henry Poole is Here\" (Love of the Loveless), The Big White (Last Stop;This Town) \"Hot Fuzz\"", "title": "Mark Oliver Everett" }, { "docid": "5410566", "text": "The Grinch first appeared in the May 1955 issue of Redbook in a 32-line poem called \"The Hoobub and the Grinch,\" but made his book debut in the 1957 story \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, published as both a Random House book and in an issue of \"Redbook\" magazine. In 1966, the story was adapted into an animated television featurette of the same name, which was directed by Chuck Jones and included the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\". Boris Karloff serves as both the story's narrator and the voice of the Grinch,", "title": "Grinch" }, { "docid": "2418804", "text": "light entertainment while marveling at how adept Hollywood has become at these techniques. There are songs, laughs, and a little romance. In short, \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" does what it intends to: entertain.\" Desson Thomson of \"The Washington Post\" enjoyed stylistic features in common with Oscar Wilde, German Expressionism, the Brothers Grimm and \"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\". Michael A. Morrison discusses the influence of Dr. Seuss' \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" on the film, writing that Jack parallels the Grinch and Zero parallels Max, the Grinch's dog. Philip Nel writes that the film \"challenges the wisdom of adults through", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "11705183", "text": "Stole Christmas!\" published in 1957. Both books went on to be among Dr. Seuss's most popular works. \"Seussical\", is a Broadway musical produced by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty in 2000. The musical is a collection of Dr. Seuss's most famous stories that were combined to represent a synthesis of his work. The majority of the musical centers around the life in Whoville, especially the Whos' Christmas pageant and Horton the elephant. Both themes were based on the plots of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and \"Horton Hears a Who!\" Universal Orlando Resort endorses Dr. Seuss's work by attributing a", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "9913375", "text": "USA Networks, MTV, The Lord of the Rings, TV Guide, Hewlett Packard, Carolina Hurricanes and Phoenix Coyotes. Also, a \"matching skins\" campaign with RealNetworks allowed users to match the look-and-feel of the NeoPlanet Browser with that of RealNetworks' RealJukebox TM. Also in 2000, Universal Pictures launched the official Grinch Web Browser at \"www.meanone.com\" to promote the movie \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". The new browser featured unique interface designs with sounds and images from The Grinch movie and direct \"channel\" links to Grinch Web sites and the Universal Pictures Web sites. The Grinch Browser also featured a Lycos/Grinch", "title": "NeoPlanet" }, { "docid": "5410562", "text": "Grinch The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children's book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957). He has been played by many different actors, including: Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is depicted as a hairy, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored avocado green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville. In contrast to the cheerful Whos, the Grinch", "title": "Grinch" }, { "docid": "13423893", "text": "the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Seuss book. The book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam (Co-Director) adapted the story as an animated special in 1966, featuring narration by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. Thurl Ravenscroft sang \"You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch\" with lyrics written by Dr. Seuss himself. In 2000, the book was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Illumination Entertainment also developed a 3D", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7602970", "text": "a vision from the past and sent on an incredible journey through time and space. The film parodies Dr. Seuss's \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" by mixing it with elements of the \"Star Wars\" films, as well as parodying elements of \"The Hobbit\", \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\", and \"Citizen Kane\". The film has a very distinct and lush look, as Bracewell animated the film himself using a combination of painted backgrounds, painted cutout characters, and 3D animation. The released film is subtitled \"Jingle Far, Far Away\", and is the first part of a trilogy. A trailer has been released for", "title": "How the Sith Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "5410571", "text": "Time\" list. Grinch The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children's book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957). He has been played by many different actors, including: Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is depicted as a hairy, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored avocado green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville. In contrast to the cheerful Whos,", "title": "Grinch" } ]
[ { "docid": "7707216", "text": "in the character Cindy Lou Who and pitched a film in which she would have a larger role as well as a materialistic representation of the Whos and an expanded backstory of the Grinch. On September 16, 1998, it was announced that Howard would direct and co-produce a live-action adaptation of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" with Jim Carrey attached to star. It was also reported that Universal Pictures, who had acquired the distribution rights, paid $9 million for the film rights for an adaptation of \"Grinch\" and \"Oh, the Places You'll Go!\" to Geisel. Jeffrey Price and Peter S.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902056", "text": "and later wrote letters to columnists nationwide telling them that it was Ravenscroft who provided vocals for the musical number. Karloff received a Grammy Award in the Spoken Word category—the only major performing award of his career—for the album. A television special called \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\", created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, aired on ABC in 1977, eleven years after the Christmas special. This special involved a tale of the Grinch coming down to scare the Whos every Halloween. Though less successful than the original, it was awarded an Emmy. A later cartoon, \"The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\"", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "11705181", "text": "The Grinch overlooks the city of Whoville with a lack of empathy for all Whos. He is known to be of a different species than the Whos, being stated as a What in the 2000 film. The Grinch is played by actor Jim Carrey in the 2000 production of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" In the book \"Horton Hears a Who!\", there is a mayor in Whoville. In the live-action film \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,\" there is a mayor named Augustus Maywho, played by Jeffrey Tambor. Actor Steve Carell plays the Mayor of Whoville in the 2008 animated film", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "7902041", "text": "narrator. The Grinch (voiced by Boris Karloff) is the film's main character. He lives in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville. The Grinch is a surly character with a heart \"two sizes too small\" who has especially hated Christmas for 53 years. On Christmas Eve, he finally becomes fed up with seeing the decorations and hearing all the music and caroling in the village and wishes he could stop Christmas Day from coming to Whoville. When he sees his dog, Max, with snow all over his face in the shape of a hat and beard,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "11705180", "text": "snouts and twelve toes. In the live-action film, the fur was missing from the Whos. Just north of Whoville, atop a high mountain, Mount Crumpit, a bitter, cave-dwelling creature named the Grinch lives with his dog Max. Cindy Lou Who is a generous young girl who was introduced in the book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" In the 2000 live action film, \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" she is played by actress Taylor Momsen. The Grinch is a fictional, green colored creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. He lives in isolation upon Mt. Crumpet with his dog Max.", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "13423892", "text": "\"I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noticed a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I'd lost.\" Seuss's step-daughter, Lark Dimond-Cates, stated in a speech in 2003, \"I always thought the Cat... was Ted on his good days, and the Grinch was Ted on his bad days.\" Cohen notes that Seuss drove a car with a license plate that read \"GRINCH\". Thomas Fensch notes that the Grinch is", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "10241545", "text": "sick of apologizing and the two agree to skip straight to the forgiveness. Ted takes off after his cousin's children overhear Lily say she \"was kind of a grinch\", and they all begin to cheer \"grinch!\" over and over. Joel Keller of TV Squad said it was a good episode, and an improvement over the previous year's New Year's Eve episode. How Lily Stole Christmas \"How Lily Stole Christmas\" is the 11th episode in the second season of the television series \"How I Met Your Mother\". It originally aired on December 11, 2006. Ted has decided to spend Christmas in", "title": "How Lily Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7902055", "text": "Seuss cartoon, \"Horton Hears a Who\"). Both story collections contain selected dialogue and music numbers. The \"isolated music tracks\" in this edition are taken directly from the television soundtrack and are not the re-recorded tracks from earlier versions. The dialogues are the originals, being voiced by Boris Karloff for \"Grinch\" and Hans Conried for \"Horton.\" Because Thurl Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits of the 1966 television special as singing the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\", it is sometimes attributed to Boris Karloff. After becoming aware of this oversight, Seuss himself called Ravenscroft and apologized profusely", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "115640", "text": "however, the animated portions were merely edited versions of previous animated television specials and, in some cases, re-dubbed as well. After Geisel died of cancer at the age of 87 in 1991, his widow Audrey Geisel was placed in charge of all licensing matters. She approved a live-action feature-film version of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" starring Jim Carrey, as well as a Seuss-themed Broadway musical called \"Seussical\", and both premiered in 2000. \"The Grinch\" has had limited engagement runs on Broadway during the Christmas season, after premiering in 1998 (under the title \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\") at the", "title": "Dr. Seuss" }, { "docid": "7707211", "text": "discover the theft, and May Who blames Cindy Lou for inciting the Grinch. Her father defends her for reminding the Whos that Christmas is about love of family and friends, not just gifts. The people start singing Seuss's \"Welcome Christmas\". Before the Grinch can push the stolen gifts off the top of Mount Crumpit, he hears the Whos' singing and sees he has failed to prevent Christmas, and has an epiphany that Christmas \"doesn't come from a store\", but \"perhaps ... means a little bit more\". His heart grows three sizes, and as the sleigh full of gifts begins to", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902042", "text": "he decides to disguise himself as Santa Claus and steal Christmas. The Grinch makes himself a Santa coat and hat and disguises the innocent Max as a reindeer. He loads empty bags onto a sleigh and travels to Whoville with some difficulty. In the first house he is almost caught by Cindy Lou Who (voiced by an uncredited June Foray), a small Who girl who wakes up and sees him taking the Christmas tree. Pretending to be Santa, the Grinch tells Cindy Lou that he is merely taking the tree to his workshop for repairs, and then gets her a", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "11705178", "text": "mentioned. In the 1970s television special \"Horton Hears a Who!\" as well as the 2008 CGI-animated film of the same name, Whoville retains its literary location being within a speck on a clover flower. The 1966 television special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" also stays true to the literature. In the 2000 live-action film adaptation \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, Whoville is located inside a snowflake, south of Mt. Crumpit within the mountainous Highrange of Pontoos, described in the movie's introduction. As the story takes place in the winter, the speck on which Whoville", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "19800290", "text": "Grinch Stole Christmas!\" Unlike most episodes that are rated TV-14 on American television, this one is rated TV-PG for suggestive dialogue (D) and offensive language (L). When Christmas comes around Quahog, the Griffins decide to go sledding instead of attending church after watching \"How David Lynch Stole Christmas\". Mayor Adam West at first bans sledding from Quahog. After an argument with Peter, he reverses the decision and severely injures himself. When sledding, the Griffins go sledding on the dining room table, except for Lois who protests that the table has been in her family for generations. The remaining members go", "title": "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "13423884", "text": "Whos' Christmas presents, the Christmas tree, and the log for their fire. He is briefly interrupted in his burglary by Cindy Lou, a little Who girl, but concocts a crafty lie to effect his escape from her home. After stealing from one house, he does the same thing to all the other houses in the village of Whoville. After spending all night stealing stuff from the houses of Whoville, the Grinch travels back to the top of Mount Crumpit, intending to dump all of the Christmas stuff into the abyss. As dawn arrives, the Grinch expects the people in Whoville", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707207", "text": "but was timid and not as cruel as he would later become. In school, the Grinch had a crush on Martha May Whovier, and was Augustus May Who’s rival for Martha May's affections. One year, the Grinch made a Christmas gift for Martha, and cut his face attempting to shave after May Who pointed out he had a beard. When his classmates laughed at his cut face, he lost his temper, destroyed the Christmas gift, trashed the classroom, and exiled himself to the top of Mount Crumpit, north of Whoville. Touched by this story, Cindy Lou decides to nominate the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "14690058", "text": "of short films and music videos by Wardlaw. The DVD bonus features include early animations and audio out takes. The film was licensed to ShortsHD and ShortsTV in 2014. The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997,", "title": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707206", "text": "likes the Grinch, due to the vengeful and harmful stunts he occasionally pulls on them. Seven-year-old Cindy Lou Who believes everyone is missing the point about Christmas by focusing on the gifts and festivities, instead of personal relationships. She has a face-to-face encounter with the Grinch at the post office, in which he reluctantly saves her life, and she becomes interested in his history. She asks everyone what they know about him and discovers his tragic past. The Grinch arrived in Whoville as a baby, and was adopted by two spinster sisters. He showed some sadistic tendencies as a child,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902049", "text": "(such as 1964's \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", 1965's \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" and 1969's \"Frosty the Snowman\") that have come to be regarded as classics. It received modestly positive reviews at the time it was released. Critic Rick Du Brow said it was \"probably as good as most of the other holiday cartoons.\" It has since been recognized as a classic, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 100% \"fresh\" rating on its website; the critical consensus reads, \"\"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" brings an impressive array of talent to bear on an adaptation that honors a classic holiday story –", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707208", "text": "Grinch to be the Christmas Whobilation \"Holiday Cheermeister\", much to the displeasure of May Who, now the mayor of Whoville. She climbs Mount Crumpit to invite the Grinch to the Whobilation; he initially turns her down, but changes his mind as he considers the promised award, the fact that Martha will see him at the celebration, and it will be a chance to upset his rival. As Cheermeister, he endures being made to wear an ugly sweater and judge all the Whos' Christmas food concoctions, but he enjoys showing unsportsmanlike conduct by beating all the children in the competitions. May", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7707220", "text": "it one of the largest makeup crews ever assembled. Most of the appliances the actors wore were noses that connected to an upper lip along with a few dentures, ears, and wigs. The film was released on VHS and DVD on November 20, 2001. The extended cut of the film on VHS and DVD was released on October 29, 2002. A Blu-ray/DVD combo pack was released on October 13, 2009. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" grossed $260 million domestically and $85.1 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $345.1 million, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2000. In", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7707214", "text": "be willing to pay $5 million for the material and hand over 4 percent of the box-office gross, 50 percent of the merchandising revenue and music-related material, and 70 percent of the income from book tie-ins. The letter also stated that \"any actor submitted for the Grinch must be of comparable stature to Jack Nicholson, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman.\" Additionally, it was stipulated that the estate would not consider a director or writer who hadn't earned at least $1 million on a previous picture. 20th Century Fox pitched its version with director Tom Shadyac and producers Dave", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "14690055", "text": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997, the script was presented to Jonathan Harris in 1998 though it was not until 2000 that his voice work was actually recorded. Harris died in 2002, long before the", "title": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas" }, { "docid": "19559658", "text": "film a positive review, calling it \"full of warmth and wit\" and writing, \"Purists may balk about revisiting this tale, but \"The Grinch\" earns its laughter and its sentiment, both of which are plentiful. It's a full-throated Fah-Who-Foraze.\" Owen Gleiberman of \"Variety\" compared the film favorably to the 2000 live-action version, writing, \"For anyone who grew up with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,\" \"The Grinch\" won’t replace it, yet it's nimble and affectionate in a way that can hook today's children, and more than a few adults, by conjuring a feeling that comes close enough. By the end, your own", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "7707210", "text": "to erect before he leaves. The mayor then shames Cindy Lou for inviting the Grinch. Since the Grinch's attack has failed to crush the Whos' Christmas spirit, he concocts a plan to steal all of their presents, decorations, and food while they are sleeping. Creating a Santa suit and powered sleigh, and dressing his dog Max as a reindeer, the Grinch descends to Whoville and steals all of the Christmas gifts. When Cindy Lou catches him stealing the tree, he tells her he is taking it to Santa's workshop for repair of a defective light. On Christmas morning, the Whos", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "957684", "text": "Eric Clapton, which won song of the Year and also won the Ivor Novello award for best song from a film. Teaming with James Horner and Mariah Carey, Jennings wrote the lyrics for the central song in \"How The Grinch Stole Christmas\", \"Where Are You Christmas?\", sung by a character within the film and by Faith Hill at the end of the film. In 2002, Horner and Jennings contributed a song for the Oscar-winning film \"A Beautiful Mind\". In 2002, Peter Wolf’s new album, \"Sleepless\", appeared with positive reviews. The album featured six songs written by Jennings and Wolf, who", "title": "Will Jennings" }, { "docid": "3716500", "text": "cancer. At the time of her death only three months after having had surgery for the disease, cancer was not cited as an immediate cause of her death. Stritch's voice and vocal delivery are spoofed in the \"Forbidden Broadway\" songs \"The Ladies Who Screech\" and \"Stritch\", parodies of \"The Ladies Who Lunch\" and \"Zip\", songs she performed in the musicals \"Company\" and \"Pal Joey\". In 2009, a parody by Bats Langley entitled \"How the Stritch Stole Christmas\" (loosely based on \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\") appeared on YouTube. On \"The Big Gay Sketch Show\" in 2007, she was spoofed (and", "title": "Elaine Stritch" }, { "docid": "7902050", "text": "and has rightfully become a yuletide tradition of its own.\" The special continues to be popular in Nielsen Ratings, with its 2010 airing (the last of many times it had aired that year) winning its time slot among persons 18 to 49 and finishing second in overall viewers. \"TV Guide\" ranked the special No. 1 on its 10 Best Family Holiday Specials list. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was released to VHS, Betamax, CED, and LaserDisc by MGM/UA Home Video in the 1980s, and was reissued several times. The special was first released to the VHS and DVD formats in", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9175851", "text": "Francisco. Stefán Karl again performed as the Grinch, with Bob Lauder as Old Max, Seth Bazacas as Young Max, Brance Cornelius as Papa Who, and Serena Brook as Mama Who and Brooke Lynn Boyd as Cindy Lou Who. In 2012, the production toured North America playing in Bloomington, Hartford, Richmond, Chicago and Detroit, with Stefán Karl performing as the Grinch. In 2013, the production toured North America playing in Cincinnati, Durham, Rochester, Buffalo and San Antonio, with Stefán Karl performing as the Grinch. In 2014, the production toured North America with showings planned in Springfield, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Albuquerque, Salt", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "15096887", "text": "Jackson (Lauren Potter), and Blaine, lead singer of the Dalton Academy Warblers. \"A Very Glee Christmas\" features cover versions of seven Christmas songs: \"The Most Wonderful Day of the Year\" from \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", performed by New Directions; \"We Need a Little Christmas\" from \"Mame\", with Amber Riley on lead vocals; Frank Loesser's \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\", sung by Criss and Colfer; \"Merry Christmas Darling\" by The Carpenters, sung by Michele, \"Last Christmas\" by Wham!, sung by Michele and Monteith; and \"Welcome Christmas\" from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", also by New Directions. Another song from \"How the Grinch", "title": "A Very Glee Christmas" }, { "docid": "7810434", "text": "Halloween Is Grinch Night Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is a 1977 Halloween television special and is the prequel to \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It won the 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. It premiered on ABC on October 29, 1977. In Whoville, on a night known as \"Grinch Night\", which commences when a \"Sour-Sweet Wind\" blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to prompt The Grinch into terrorizing the Whos, as he believes such nights are", "title": "Halloween Is Grinch Night" }, { "docid": "10921033", "text": "ON STAGE... AND OFF\" on May 3, 2012. Ed Dixon Ed Dixon (born September 2, 1948 in Oklahoma) is an American character actor, playwright and composer. Dixon has appeared in numerous Broadway shows, including \"No, No, Nanette\", \"King of Schnorrers\", \"The Three Musketeers\", \"Les Misérables\" (the show's 2nd and longest running Thenardier), \"Cyrano\", \"The Scarlet Pimpernel\", \"The Iceman Cometh\", \"The Best Man\", \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", \"Sunday in the Park with George\" and \"Mary Poppins\". In 1987 he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the musical \"Shylock\", for which he wrote the book, music,", "title": "Ed Dixon" }, { "docid": "10921030", "text": "Ed Dixon Ed Dixon (born September 2, 1948 in Oklahoma) is an American character actor, playwright and composer. Dixon has appeared in numerous Broadway shows, including \"No, No, Nanette\", \"King of Schnorrers\", \"The Three Musketeers\", \"Les Misérables\" (the show's 2nd and longest running Thenardier), \"Cyrano\", \"The Scarlet Pimpernel\", \"The Iceman Cometh\", \"The Best Man\", \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", \"Sunday in the Park with George\" and \"Mary Poppins\". In 1987 he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the musical \"Shylock\", for which he wrote the book, music, and lyrics. Dixon was also a soloist in", "title": "Ed Dixon" }, { "docid": "7902043", "text": "drink before sending her back to bed. He empties the first house of all the food and Christmas-related items, namely presents, the tree, decorations and even the stockings on the chimney, then repeats the process at the other houses in Whoville, while also taking the village decorations. With the Whos' stolen Christmas goods, the Grinch and Max travel back up Mt. Crumpit. Before dropping the loaded sleigh off the mountain, the Grinch waits to hear a sad cry from the Whos. However, down in the village, the Whos joyously begin to sing Christmas carols, proving that the spirit of Christmas", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9175845", "text": "in 1995 and 1998 playing to sold-out houses every time. The musical was performed at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, where it has run every Christmas season since 1998. The Old Globe production was directed by Jack O'Brien. This version featured songs from the television special, which had music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Seuss. A then-unknown Vanessa Anne Hudgens played Cindy Lou Who (1998–1999). For the 2007 Christmas season, three new songs were added to both this and the subsequent Broadway production. These songs are \"This Time of Year\", \"It's the Thought That Counts\" and \"Fah Who", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "260724", "text": "although not to the degree of her previous albums \"Mariah Carey\", \"Music Box\" and \"Daydream\". Carey began developing other projects during the late 1990s. On April 14, 1998, Carey partook in the VH1 Divas benefit concert, where she sang alongside Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Gloria Estefan, and Carole King. Carey had begun developing a film project \"All That Glitters\", later re-titled to simply \"Glitter\", and wrote songs for other projects, such as \"Men in Black\" (1997) and \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" (2000). After \"Glitter\" fell into developmental hell, Carey postponed the project, and began writing material for", "title": "Mariah Carey" }, { "docid": "13423883", "text": "high mountain just north of the town of Whoville, home of the merry and warm-hearted Whos. His only companion is his unloved, but loyal dog, Max. From his cave, the Grinch can hear the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville. Continuously annoyed, he devises a wicked scheme to steal their presents, trees, and food for their Christmas feast. He crudely disguises himself as Santa Claus, and forces Max, disguised as a reindeer, to drag a sleigh down the mountain towards Whoville. Once at Whoville, the Grinch slides down the chimney of one house and steals all of the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "17622974", "text": "persuades a group to believe that the other party is treacherous. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" is an iconic piece of literature that uses the rhetorical device of bdelygmia to portray the main character, Mr. Grinch, as a terrible person. The lyrics not only allow the audience to understand that the Grinch is a bad person, but they use words such as \"foul\" and \"nasty\" [?to attribute with the Grinch]. Another example of bdelygmia in popular culture is found in the movie \"\"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\"\". When Clark Griswold finds out he will not get his expected bonus, he goes", "title": "Bdelygmia" }, { "docid": "7707217", "text": "Seaman wrote the final screenplay following eight drafts, but Geisel also had veto power over the script. She objected to several jokes and sexual innuendos in the screenplay, including one about a family who did not have a Christmas tree or presents jokingly called the \"Who-steins\" and the placement of a stuffed trophy of The Cat in the Hat on the Grinch's wall. Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer did an uncredited rewrite of the script. The film was shot between September 1999 and January 2000. Geisel visited the set in October 1999. Much of the Whoville set was", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "6280325", "text": "Shakespeare's poem \"Venus and Adonis\": Many different music loops are used throughout the Haunted Mansion attractions at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland. Speakers disguised within the sets allow the music to fade in and out as guests pass through the different areas. The following variations of \"Grim Grinning Ghosts\" can be heard in these attractions. One of the voice talents in the attraction is Thurl Ravenscroft, who was recognizable from other Disney projects, the annual Chuck Jones/Dr. Seuss Christmas special \"How The Grinch Stole Christmas\" and as the voice of Tony the Tiger. He leads the five \"singing", "title": "Grim Grinning Ghosts" }, { "docid": "7707209", "text": "Who reminds him of his childhood humiliation by giving him an electric shaver as a present, then publicly proposes marriage to Martha May, giving her a large ring and promising her a new car. In response, the Grinch berates the Whos, telling them that Christmas is only about gifts that they will end up throwing in the garbage, which is dumped on Mount Crumpit near his home. He proceeds to ruin the party by burning down the town's Christmas tree and causing chaos throughout Whoville. His actions prove fruitless, as the Whos have a spare tree, which they are able", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7707221", "text": "the United States, \"The Grinch\" opened at number-one on its opening day, making $15.6 million, with a weekend gross of $55.0 million, for an average of $17,615 from 3,127 theaters. The film held the record for the highest opening weekend for a Christmas-themed film until the 2018 film version of \"The Grinch\" passed it with $67.6 million. In its second weekend, the film grossed $52.1 million, dropping only 5.1%, settling a new record for highest-grossing second weekend for any film. The film stayed at the top of the box office for four weekends until it was overtaken by \"What Women", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "11754181", "text": "and belief that even bad people or situations can be redeemed. While many sundry examples of exist, examples of films with Christian mythical elements include: \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (film),\" \"A Charlie Brown Christmas,\" and various adaptations of \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens. These conceptions of the \"true meaning of Christmas\" are also sung about in Christmas albums. Secular Christmas stories There exists a wide range of secular Christmas stories, told in popular music, on television, and in the cinema, that are told about the Christian holiday of Christmas, that may be based on or allegorize the biblical", "title": "Secular Christmas stories" }, { "docid": "7707219", "text": "of his trailer, wanting to quit the film. The production brought in a CIA operative who instructed agents how to endure extreme torture techniques to coach Carrey to remain calm during the process. The process was later refined so that it took only two and a half hours in the morning getting in, and one hour in the evening to get out. In total, Carrey spent 92 days in the Grinch make-up, and became a \"Zen Master\" while sitting in the make-up chair. The actors who played the Whos were a large task for Baker and his crew, which made", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "12142565", "text": "Lauper and Chertoff then teamed up to write the hit, \"She Bop.\" In 1992, Chertoff started his Blue Gorilla label at Polygram to allow him the opportunity to get back to concentrating in the studio on a select roster of artists. Blue Gorilla immediately performed well, exceeding expectations, with Joan Osborne' \"Relish\", a multi-platinum album and worldwide smash which also garnered an amazing 7-Grammy nominations, including ‘producer of the year.’ Chertoff co-wrote and co-produced the song \"Christmas of Love\" for Ron Howard’s film \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" and he co-wrote and co-produced the theme for Jerry Zucker’s film, \"Rat", "title": "Rick Chertoff" }, { "docid": "7902052", "text": "and labeled as a \"50th Birthday Deluxe Edition\". That labeling refers to the 1957 date of the book's publication rather than to the date of the 1966 TV special. This DVD release featured a new retrospective featurette and contained all the bonus features from the previous release, except for the audio commentary, and the Grinch was restored to his original green color. This edition is also available as part of the four-disc \"Classic Christmas Favorites\" box set. The special was again re-released on DVD with Phil Roman's and June Foray's audio commentary replacing the \"Horton Hears a Who!\" bonus special.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9175850", "text": "Max. In 2009, the musical was produced at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California, and ran from November 10, 2009 to December 27, 2009. Stefán Karl reprised his role from the tour as the Grinch, with John Larroquette as Old Max, Kayley Stallings and Issadora Ava Tulalian as Cindy Lou Who, and James Royce as Young Max. In 2010, a North American tour ran in the cities of Omaha, Houston, Dallas, Tempe and Toronto. Stefán Karl performed as the Grinch and Brooke Lynn Boyd as Cindy Lou Who. In 2011, the tour played Providence, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, St. Louis and San", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "9175849", "text": "occurrence for Broadway shows. Cast 2006 season 2007 season A limited-engagement tour ran during the Christmas season of 2008. The musical started at the Hippodrome in Baltimore from November 11 to 23, and then played the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre in Boston from November 26 to December 28. Matt August directed the show, with John DeLuca as original choreographer and Bob Richard as co-choreographer. The cast included Stefán Karl Stefánsson (who was best known for playing Robbie Rotten on the children's TV series \"LazyTown\") starring as the Grinch, Walter Charles as Old Max, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Young", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "12588843", "text": "Dave Matthews and performed by the Dave Matthews Band. The \"organ-tinged, gospel rendition\" of \"Go Tell It on the Mountain\", originally written by John Wesley Work, Jr. with traditional music, was arranged and given additional lyrics by Suzie Ungerleider (also known as Oh Susanna). The Barenaked Ladies' \"Green Christmas\", a song credited to Steven Page and Ed Robertson, about experiencing Christmas in a location where snow never falls, was recorded originally for the soundtrack to the 2000 film \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". The acoustic studio version that appeared on \"Maybe This Christmas Too?\" differed from the soundtrack version as", "title": "Maybe This Christmas Too?" }, { "docid": "115595", "text": "where he wrote, produced or animated many productions – both live-action and animated – including \"Design for Death\", which later won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. After the war, Geisel returned to writing children's books, writing classics like \"If I Ran the Zoo\" (1950), \"Horton Hears a Who!\" (1955), \"If I Ran the Circus\" (1956), \"The Cat in the Hat\" (1957), \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957), and \"Green Eggs and Ham\" (1960). He published over 60 books during his career, which have spawned numerous adaptations, including 11 television specials, five feature films, a Broadway musical, and", "title": "Dr. Seuss" }, { "docid": "9399834", "text": "that included electricity. Many homeowners often pass along their decorations to new residents when they sell their property. While they're not under any sort of contractual obligation to decorate, most opt to do so. Popular annual displays include several Peanuts characters ice-skating on a small pond, a plywood Oregon State Beaver and a large wooden Grinch from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" that has been a staple since the 1980s. The Grinch has been vandalized several times over the years. It was stolen for a brief period in 1994 and was decapitated in 1997. The Grinch now has a red", "title": "Peacock Lane" }, { "docid": "9605669", "text": "In 2000, Hyman contributed to the Ron Howard movie \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", by co-writing, co-producing, arranging and playing on \"Christmas of Love\" performed by Little Isidore and The Inquisitors. In 2002, Hyman co-produced and played on Dar Williams' album \"The Beauty of the Rain\", and co-wrote the single \"Closer To Me.\" He also wrote and played on her 2005 album \"My Better Self\". Hyman has also been involved in songwriting projects with Bette Midler and a variety of other stage and film projects, as well as development projects with several emerging new artists. On November 17, 2000, Hyman", "title": "Rob Hyman" }, { "docid": "7707212", "text": "slide over the edge of the cliff, he desperately strains to save them, but cannot. He then sees Cindy Lou on top of the sleigh because she has come to spend Christmas with him. Motivated to save not just gifts but a life, the Grinch finds the strength to lift the loaded sleigh and Cindy Lou to safety. They then ride the sleigh down the mountain to return the gifts. The Grinch confesses to the burglary, apologizes, and surrenders himself to the police chief. The chief accepts the Grinch's apology, and refuses to follow the mayor's desire to have the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "884245", "text": "Show\" (1998) and \"Man on the Moon\" (1999), with each garnering him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In the 2000s, he gained further popularity for his portrayal of the Grinch in \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" and for the comedy \"Me, Myself & Irene\" (both in 2000), as well as \"Bruce Almighty\" (2003), \"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind\" (2004) for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, \"Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events\" (2004), \"Fun with Dick and Jane\" (2005), \"Yes Man\" (2008), \"Horton Hears a Who!\" (2008)", "title": "Jim Carrey" } ]
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who has to push the rock up the hill
[ "Sisyphus" ]
[ { "docid": "822990", "text": "bare repetition. Wolfgang Mieder has collected cartoons that build on the image of Sisyphus, many of them editorial cartoons. Sisyphus In Greek mythology Sisyphus or Sisyphos (; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος \"Sísuphos\") was the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when it nears the top, repeating this action for eternity. Through the classical influence on modern culture, tasks that are both laborious and futile are therefore described as Sisyphean (). Linguistics Professor R. S.", "title": "Sisyphus" }, { "docid": "333944", "text": "the absurd, for \"there is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.\" Camus' response to the absurd problem is illustrated by using the Greek mythic character of Sisyphus, who was condemned by the gods to push a boulder up a hill for eternity. Camus imagines Sisyphus while pushing the rock, realizing the futility of his task, but doing it anyway out of rebellion: \"One must imagine Sisyphus happy.\" There are several theories of epistemology which could arguably be said to be pessimistic in the sense that they consider it difficult or even impossible to obtain knowledge about the world.", "title": "Pessimism" }, { "docid": "6930013", "text": "influence waned with the advent of structuralism. Albert Camus (1913–1960) rejected being labelled an existentialist, preferring to be called an absurdist. In the opening pages of \"The Myth of Sisyphus\", he states what he considers to be the fundamental question of philosophy: is suicide the correct response to an absurd world? Likening a Godless life to the story of Sisyphus, where he is doomed forever to push a rock up a hill only for it to roll down again, Camus’ answer is \"No. It requires revolt. […] The struggle itself is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine", "title": "French philosophy" }, { "docid": "498515", "text": "last for all eternity. He would have to push a rock up a mountain; upon reaching the top, the rock would roll down again, leaving Sisyphus to start over. Camus sees Sisyphus as the absurd hero who lives life to the fullest, hates death, and is condemned to a meaningless task. Camus presents Sisyphus's ceaseless and pointless toil as a metaphor for modern lives spent working at futile jobs in factories and offices. \"The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at", "title": "The Myth of Sisyphus" } ]
[ { "docid": "11974200", "text": "last moment, being discovered by a sentry who roused the Parliamentarian troops. Close action followed for the next eight hours, with determined effort on both sides. With the Royalist troops running short of ammunition, the Parliamentarian pikemen under Major-General James Chudleigh charged Grenville's regiment. Grenville was knocked over and his troops shaken, but Sir John Berkeley's musketeers made a counter-charge that stopped the Parliamentarian momentum and began to push their enemy back up the hill. Against the odds the Royalist troops began to push forward, and around 3:30 p.m. the Royalist columns met at the top of the hill. On", "title": "Battle of Stratton" }, { "docid": "20480035", "text": "to push that the hill be recognized as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Obangogo Hills Obangogo Hill is a hill and popular tourist attraction located in Egunbe Community in Kabba, Kogi State of Nigeria. It is located about from the Okene-Kabba expressway. Local legend has it that the hill has played an important role in the history of the Kabba people who hid under its shade while escaping the slave raids of the Nupe Warriors who regularly invaded, about three hundred years ago. Obangogo \"proved for them a place of refuge during this period in their history.\" A group of prominent", "title": "Obangogo Hills" }, { "docid": "5650646", "text": "in the album's follow-up singles. In its first week, \"Push It\" became the #1 Most Added record on the alternative format and debuted in mid-April as the highest new entry on Modern Rock at #25. The same week \"Push It\" debuted at #72 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The following chart saw \"Push It\" rocket into the Modern Rock top ten at #8 with an \"Airpower\" status (meaning the song had registered over 900 detections for the first time). Almo released a limited edition pressing of \"Push It\" on CD to record stores in both the States and Canada", "title": "Push It (Garbage song)" }, { "docid": "8966782", "text": "Balanced Rock and Copperas Rocks are two examples of the effects of erosion that can be seen by visitors to Trough Creek State Park. Balanced Rock is perched atop a cliff alongside Great Trough Creek. It appears as if it could tumble into the creek below with the slightest push, but it has held the same position for thousands of years. Balanced Rock is made up of a hard type of rock that did not erode like the rock surrounding it. As the mountains eroded away Balanced Rock remained. Copperas Rock has been stained a coppery-yellow color by ferrous sulfate", "title": "Trough Creek State Park" }, { "docid": "10567158", "text": "teams. They also have youth basketball for the 2-6 grade levels and middle school basketball grades 7 and 8. Co-ed soccer is offered in both middle school and high school. -Girl Activities- The School has Youth Softball leagues the leads up to Junior Varsity and Varsity softball. And Rock Hill has High School and Middle School Junior Varsity and Varsity Volleyball. The School has Basketball teams for girls in middle school and in high school. Cross Country for grades 7-12. Rock Hill has a girls track team for high school and middle school. The School also has a cheerleading team", "title": "Rock Hill Local School District" }, { "docid": "1216827", "text": "up a temporary headquarters in Rock Hill on February 21, 1865. He ordered the roads to Charlotte blocked to try to prevent General Sherman from reaching the city; Sherman ultimately went in a different direction. When General Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House, it was actually a future Rock Hill resident who was responsible for waving the white flag. Captain Robert Moorman Sims, a farmer from Lancaster County, was sent by General James Longstreet to inform Union troops that the Confederate troops wanted a truce. The Civil War changed the social, economic, and political situation in Rock Hill tremendously,", "title": "Rock Hill, South Carolina" }, { "docid": "4359814", "text": "\"Push the Button\" in 1998, for which Mark received critical praise. Whereas his 1996 EP was similar to his debut, \"Push the Button\" was extremely eclectic, combining aspects of rock music and pop with soul, funk and hip hop. This LP was met with good reviews, as was his 2001 follow up \"Change is Coming\" which had a tropical yet danceable disco and funk sound. Mark met the Beastie Boys during their migration to the West Coast, through mutual friend Mario Caldato Jr., who asked Mark (who was working as a carpenter) to fix the wooden gate at the entrance", "title": "Money Mark" }, { "docid": "16684091", "text": "Movement is the approximately 135 million adults – 57 percent of the American population ages 18 and up – who employ their creative skills in craft activities, such as making clothing, jewelry, baked goods or art. Financial estimates show that these “makers” push $29 billion into the economy each year. Examples of makers range from computer programmers to wood workers and run the gamut of arts and crafts to engineering and technology. The College Hill Alliance is seeking Macon Makers as part of its expanded focus to boost entrepreneurship and attract homegrown businesses to Macon’s Downtown and College Hill Corridor.", "title": "College Hill Alliance" }, { "docid": "10134298", "text": "Bawitdaba \"Bawitdaba\" is a song by Kid Rock. Released in 1998 on his fourth studio album, \"Devil Without a Cause\", \"Bawitdaba\" helped push the success of the album. It became one of his most popular and acclaimed songs. \"Bawitdaba\" has been described as having a nu metal sound. Its chorus has been described as a \"neo-gregorian drone\"; this chorus was derived from hip hop chants, such as the refrain from the Sugar Hill Gang's \"Rapper's Delight\". The lyrics of the song are dedicated to \"chicks with beepers\", the I.R.S., as well as \"all the crackheads, the critics, the cynics /", "title": "Bawitdaba" }, { "docid": "310926", "text": "Nations to encourage mass emigrations to off-world colonies to preserve humanity's genetic integrity. This comes with the incentive of free personal androids: robot servants identical to humans. On Earth, owning real live animals has become a fashionable status symbol, because of mass extinctions and the accompanying cultural push for greater empathy, which has coincidentally motivated a new technology-based religion called Mercerism. Mercerism uses \"empathy boxes\" to link users simultaneously to a virtual reality of collective suffering, centered on a martyr-like character, Wilbur Mercer, who eternally climbs up a hill while being hit with crashing stones. In terms of the owning", "title": "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" }, { "docid": "2268707", "text": "pumped-up, electronically enhanced, sample-laden pop-rock songs.\" \"Newsweek\" remarked that the album \"has an impressive swirl of acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards and swanky pop hooks that actually push alternative rock in a new direction.\" About.com's Tim Grierson stated that the album \"was steeped in alt-rock, but hits like 'Only Happy It Rains' had a dance element to them that distinguished the band from many of their angst-rock peers.\" Grierson further categorized the album as \"dance-rock\" and \"techno-rock\". Gil Kaufamn of \"Addicted to Noise\" described the album as a \"surprisingly non-guitar rock mix of ambient noise, shifting trip-hop beats, grinding jungle", "title": "Garbage (album)" }, { "docid": "18020416", "text": "of Bob Marley, Daniel “Bambaata” Marley, at several iconic venues including House of Blues on Sunset, The Troubadour (Los Angeles), Wiltern Theater and Greek Theatre (Los Angeles) where they opened up for hip hop legend, Ms. Lauryn Hill Hinckson went on to perform with pop reggae band HIRIE, and soon thereafter released his debut hip hop jazz single, entitled “Push.” \"Take Flight\" (2013) \"Sun Daze\" (2015) \"Care Less\" (2015) \"Nostalgia\" (2015) \"Push\" (2016) Jaime Hinckson Jaime Hinckson (born Jaime Andrew Hinckson on June 4, 1988) is a Jamaican American reggae jazz pianist and composer who performs both jazz and reggae", "title": "Jaime Hinckson" }, { "docid": "20826294", "text": "toward Hill 1051 on the near side of the saddle, the Dutch company lacked the numbers to push through Chinese who by daylight closed in around a platoon of Company A on the 1051 crest. The remainder of the Netherlands battalion, under Colonel Coughlin's order, joined its forward company about 09:30, but, finding that Hill 1051 had fallen to the Chinese, the Dutch commander, Lt. Col. William Eekhout, held up his advance while he softened the height and the saddle beyond with artillery. French troops meanwhile advancing up the valley northwest of Putchaetful engaged enemy forces less than above Route", "title": "Battle of the Soyang River" }, { "docid": "7003621", "text": "men were forced to push boulders down the hill at the attacking Hessians. The American battery at Fort Washington was silenced by \"Pearl\". By this time, the riflemen's fire had almost ceased, and the Hessians slowly advanced up the hill and engaged the Americans in hand-to-hand fighting. Overpowering the Americans, the Hessians reached the top of the hill and swarmed into the redoubt with a bayonet charge, capturing it quickly. Washington, who was watching the battle from the other side of the river, sent a note to Magaw asking him to hold out until nightfall, thinking that the troops could", "title": "Battle of Fort Washington" }, { "docid": "10166492", "text": "\"What's up, doc?\" catchphrase, to which Sam replies \"Not what's up, what's down!\" revealing that he has double-crossed Bugs, tied his rope to another boulder and is about to push it over. However, it turns out that the rope around the rock is also tied to Sam! Despite his attempts to free himself with a Swiss army knife, he is pulled to the bottom of the mountain with the rock. As he prepares to try again, the band and crowd also sound again. Sam runs back up and struggles to climb over a ledge. Bugs \"helps\" him over it, but", "title": "Piker's Peak" }, { "docid": "17728791", "text": "attacking English had to scramble up on hands and knees. The English after two volleys and push of pike managed to drive the Spanish from the hill and then pursued them down the far side. They were then in turn attacked by cavalry who were unable to break the English formation and were themselves then driven off by French cavalry. All but two of the officers in the regiment that took part in the storming of the sand-hill were killed or wounded with Captain Henry Jones who had volunteered to accompany the regiment into battle taken prisoner. The performance of", "title": "Roger Fenwick (Roundhead)" }, { "docid": "11030664", "text": "cut a road from one ledge to another on the face of the mesa, taking a week. Another week was spent in constructing a road down Clay Hill Pass. Further on, blocked by Comb Ridge, the trail follows Comb Wash to San Juan Hill, where yet another road was built up the hill. The trail ends in Bluff. Hole in the Rock Trail The Hole in the Rock Trail (often hyphenated as Hole-in-the-Rock) is a historic trail running east-southeast from the town of Escalante in southern Utah in the western United States. The Mormon trailblazers who established this trail crossed", "title": "Hole in the Rock Trail" }, { "docid": "11517604", "text": "an obstacle course with a temple like setting stationed outside. The accidents occurred during the \"rock attack\" and \"rock valley\" obstacle portions. In rock attack, contestants try to catch a giant ball that comes down a 15-degree slope, they must then push the ball back up the slope where a platform leads to the rock valley waterway. In rock valley, they try to walk on the ball, which weighs about 30 kg and has a diameter of 1.8 meters, across the aforementioned waterway 2.5 meters wide and 1.4 meters deep. Wei Tao, a 19-year-old Chinese freshman at Kyoto University, fell", "title": "Kinniku Banzuke" }, { "docid": "5650649", "text": "I'm Paranoid\" by The Crystal Method, on October 20. In total, \"Push It\" clocked up eighteen weeks on the Hot 100 (exiting at the start of September), twenty-one weeks on the Modern Rock charts (leaving a week earlier) and thirteen weeks on the Dance charts (at the start of October). In late 1999, the song was featured in the intro video of EA Sports' PlayStation/PC ice hockey video game \"NHL 2000\". In 2007, Chris Sheldon remixed a rock version of \"Push It\" which was playlisted by XFM prior to the release of \"Absolute Garbage\". Garbage had been established on their", "title": "Push It (Garbage song)" }, { "docid": "16740509", "text": "Chris Wallace (musician) Chris Wallace (born March 22, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. He was prominently known as the former lead vocalist and front man of the American pop rock band The White Tie Affair. Wallace has released one album, \"Push Rewind\" in 2012. In 2016, Wallace signed a songwriting contract with Pulse Music Group. On July 10, 2012, Wallace released his first solo single, \"Remember When (Push Rewind)\", a month after The White Tie Affair broke up. The song has appeared on several major pop radio stations. His music video for the single premiered on MTV", "title": "Chris Wallace (musician)" }, { "docid": "10791977", "text": "concert band has consistently attended Concert Festival for the past several years. Rock Hill Hill High also has many after school clubs for students to participate in, such as Model United Nations and Japanese club. Rock Hill High School (South Carolina) Rock Hill High School (RHHS) was the first of the three high schools in Rock Hill, South Carolina. A part of Rock Hill Schools, it offers the International Baccalaureate diploma to its senior class students, as well as duel credit and Advanced Placement. As of February 2016, RHHS has approximately 2,000 students in grades 9 - 12. Rock Hill", "title": "Rock Hill High School (South Carolina)" }, { "docid": "10873505", "text": "2004. Rock for Food was also acclaimed and the RockZone Magazine designated the album as the 2004 best in Spain. Up to that moment they've been recording with BCore, but in 2005 they swithed to Subterfuge Records to record their fourth album, called We Push You Pull, appeared in October 2006. Spin in the Rye is the first, and up to date, only single from We Push You Pull. The Unfinished Sympathy The Unfinished Sympathy is a rock band from Barcelona, Spain. They started playing in January 2000 and in December the same year they recorded their first album, self-titled.", "title": "The Unfinished Sympathy" }, { "docid": "7364516", "text": "History in New York City, respectively. Snake Hill has had a modest, if largely anonymous, impact on the popular consciousness. A New York advertising executive, passing the hill on a train, is said to have drawn from it the inspiration for the Prudential \"Rock of Gibraltar\" logo in the 1890s. Its rugged landscapes also feature prominently in artist Robert Smithson's 1968 work \"Untitled (6 Stops on a Section)\". Snake Hill Snake Hill (known officially as Laurel Hill) is an igneous rock intrusion jutting up from the floor of the Meadowlands in southern Secaucus, New Jersey, USA, at a bend in", "title": "Snake Hill" }, { "docid": "8264597", "text": "amygdaloidal basalts, bole beds (red bole) and lateritic soils. The hill temple has been subjected to frequent damage from rockfalls in the last many years. Many pilgrims have also been injured during these rock falls; some injuries also turning fatal. The circumlocutory path around the hill has steep rock slopes and the instability of the rock formations is attributed to the fractured and columnar joints in basaltic rocks. Hence, this issue has been a subject of study by geologists to provide a solution to prevent damages to the temple and causing injuries to the pilgrims. The route climbing up the", "title": "Saptashrungi" }, { "docid": "7091784", "text": "Blaster\", his album featuring vocal contributions from Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, Aesop Rock, Vast Aire, and Doseone, was released on Chocolate Industries. Push Button Objects's musical style has been compared to Prefuse 73 and RJD2. Push Button Objects Edgar Farinas, better known by his stage name Push Button Objects (abbreviated PBO), is an American hip hop producer from Miami, Florida. He is one half of Ko-Wreck Technique along with DJ Craze. Push Button Objects has released recordings for labels such as Chocolate Industries, Skam Records and Schematic Records. In 1997, Push Button Objects released the self-titled debut", "title": "Push Button Objects" }, { "docid": "5151774", "text": "he crows the sun comes up. The truth is, it does; until one day into the farm yard comes another rooster who fights with Chanticleer and keeps him so busy that the sun, who has a habit of coming up every morning at that time, peeks its little head over the hill. Well, Chanticleer has not crowed and when he sees that the sun has come up without him, he's devastated. All the farm yard animals ridicule and laugh at him, so he walks away and says 'I'm nobody.' The sun becomes very upset after that and hides behind the", "title": "Rock-a-Doodle" }, { "docid": "16143831", "text": "is the parish of Suckow. The hill chain of the \"Ruhner Berge\", which was designated a protected area in 1994, was heaped up into a terminal moraine by glacial push during the Pomeranian stage of the Weichselian glaciation; thus it is also referred to as a push moraine. Today it is mostly covered by mixed forest. An educational path illuminates the features of nature. The wooded region of the hills is called the Marnitz Beeches (\"Marnitzer Buchen\"). The highest summit on the ridge of the Ruhn Hills, at , is the similarly named \"Ruhner Berg\" (\"Ruhn Hill\"), which is the", "title": "Ruhn Hills" }, { "docid": "2615219", "text": "on the down side is lessened more by the taller column of liquid on the down side. In effect, the atmospheric pressure coming up the down side doesn't entirely \"make it\" to the top to cancel all of the atmospheric pressure pushing up the up side. This effect can be seen more easily in the example of two carts being pushed up opposite sides of a hill. As shown in the diagram, even though the person on the left seems to have his push canceled entirely by the equal and opposite push from the person on the right, the person", "title": "Siphon" }, { "docid": "16930655", "text": "compensate for a lack of guitar bluster.\" The album debuted at No. 29 on \"Billboard\" 200, and No. 9 on Top Rock Albums for charts dated March 9, 2013, selling 15,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 57,000 copies in the United States as of July 2016. All personnel credits adapted from \"Push the Sky Away\"s liner notes. Push the Sky Away Push the Sky Away is the fifteenth studio album by the Australian alternative rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 18 February 2013 on the band's own label Bad Seed Ltd. Recorded", "title": "Push the Sky Away" }, { "docid": "13778074", "text": "Jurassic, the range was elevated as erosion removed the sandstone and shale surrounding the basalt lava flows of Goffle Hill. The northern part of Goffle Hill, except in a few locations, is buried under a mantle of glacially derived sediments and sandstone, greatly reducing its topographic prominence. The southern part of the ridge displays a significant amount of trap rock, though some underlying red sandstone reaches up to the ridgeline halfway along the border of North Haledon and Hawthorne where quarrying has stripped away overlying trap rock. The majority of exposed trap rock occurs along high mural precipices facing to", "title": "Goffle Hill" }, { "docid": "7704449", "text": "On January 1, 2009 Simpson was arrested by a Rock Hill, South Carolina police officer for hindering police while they were attempting to break up an unruly crowd. According to the police report, Simpson verbally abused officers. Ko Simpson Yukota \"Ko\" Simpson (born November 9, 1983) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at South Carolina. He has also played for the Detroit Lions. Simpson was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina and attended Castle Heights Middle School and Rock Hill", "title": "Ko Simpson" }, { "docid": "12586073", "text": "a steep hill to the first checkpoint, \"Spot On,\" in which each player has to complete a puzzle. The second checkpoint is based on \"Duel Pole Dancing,\" in which each player has to shimmy their way up to the top of a pole in order to unlock a mountain bike. Each player then rides their bike up a mountain side to the third checkpoint, \"Back Off.\" Players have to chain themselves to an iron ring, and have to team up with a player of the opposite gender of their choice. Each pair then advances to the \"Push Over\" checkpoint, in", "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II" }, { "docid": "10697601", "text": "twin brother Sam, who has been in remission for leukaemia, has been infected again. While Honey struggles to deal with it all, she begins to push her friends away, not even telling them about the fact that she has a twin. Eventually she tells Dylan, Lani and Malory but only after a long time does she tell Lani how sick Sam actually is. The two hatch a plan to stow away from the All Schools League Show in which they're helping the Chestnut Hill team, and head to the hospital where Sam is ill. They manage to get in a", "title": "Chestnut Hill (novel series)" }, { "docid": "4313082", "text": "to leave your car in neutral at the bottom of the hill, a ghost will push you up the hill and leave handprints on the back bumper. The \"Belgreen Bear\" - Stories have also existed for years about a large grizzly bear in the area. Many residents have claimed to have seen the bear or areas in which the bear has damaged. Many residents have also claimed to have heard intimidating growls coming from forested areas. Actual accounts and pictures of the bear have come to surface, but they are few and far between. The Circus Accident - One commonly", "title": "Belgreen, Alabama" }, { "docid": "1216846", "text": "from February 25–27 of 2004. Starting as a mix of snow and sleet, the storm became all snow as the low pulled off the Carolina coast. Cold arctic air settled over the Carolinas and dumped 22 inches of snow, with lightning, gusty winds, and some areas getting up to 28 inches. Sustained winds over 40 MPH across Rock Hill knocked out power, resulting in schools' closing for a week. It was the worst overall blizzard to hit the area. Rock Hill is served by York County School District 3, which has twenty-seven schools in the city, including seventeen elementary schools,", "title": "Rock Hill, South Carolina" }, { "docid": "4220609", "text": "for a diamond rig to set up on the pad. Direct push technology includes several types of drilling rigs and drilling equipment which advances a drill string by pushing or hammering without rotating the drill string. While this does not meet the proper definition of drilling, it does achieve the same result — a borehole. Direct push rigs include both cone penetration testing (CPT) rigs and direct push sampling rigs such as a PowerProbe or Geoprobe. Direct push rigs typically are limited to drilling in unconsolidated soil materials and very soft rock. CPT rigs advance specialized testing equipment (such as", "title": "Drilling rig" }, { "docid": "10791976", "text": "teams are known as the Bearcats and compete in Region 4-AAAA of the South Carolina High School League. The athletics team has achieved considerable success. The Bearcats wrestling team is recognized as a traditional powerhouse and had a 23 consecutive streak of finishing 1st or 2nd; 19 state championships and finishing runner-up 14 times AAAAA (Girl's) State Champions 2017 Rock Hill High School has award winning choir, Orchestra, and band programs. It's marching band program has, in recent years, attended and placed at the state level competitions, and has attended the Bands Of America regional and National competitions. Rock Hill's", "title": "Rock Hill High School (South Carolina)" }, { "docid": "3931176", "text": "Automation and then, briefly, Infernal Method with Bilbija) also coming into the group. The line-up was only together briefly before Matt Lamb left, his place taken by Morris. Lamb has since played in a variety of Sydney rock and metal bands. A debut live show with Melbourne death metal band Earth was booked but Micallef quit Daysend before the show; the band played regardless as an instrumental act. Inheriting Psi.Kore's manager, Chatterbox owner Nik Tropiano, who had helped push that group to the verge of major success, Daysend was listed on the bill for the 2002 Metal for the Brain", "title": "Daysend" }, { "docid": "4006314", "text": "1996 Brazilian Grand Prix The 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 31 March 1996 at Interlagos in heavy rain. Six different teams scored points, with Damon Hill following up his win at the first round of the season. Two local drivers, Marques and Diniz, had their qualifying times disallowed for, respectively, a push-start and missing the signal to go to the weighbridge. They had to start at the back of the grid. Johnny Herbert started from the pit lane after switching to the backup-car due to electrical problems. Damon Hill, who loved driving in", "title": "1996 Brazilian Grand Prix" }, { "docid": "6989814", "text": "Palace of Mahmud Begada, grandson of Ahmed Shah, who founded Ahmedabad City, Jama Masjid and other mosques. The setting is undulating hillocks and plateaus. There are steep rock exposures formed by ancient volcanic eruptions and lava flows. Champaner is located at , about to the south of Pavagadh Hill. Pavagadh Hill rises to a height of , has a geological setting of reddish-yellow stone, and is considered to be one of the oldest rock formations in India. The highest point of the hill presents an undulating forested topography in the direction of Jambughoda. The Pavagadh Hill has a historical fort", "title": "Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park" }, { "docid": "15607359", "text": "grossing one of the Ghibli films in United States. In France, the film was well received by the public. It gathered over 287,281 viewers in its four weeks of exhibition far more than \"Tales from Earthsea\" (in 2007, with 143,641 viewers). \"From Up on Poppy Hill\" received generally positive reviews from film critics; Rotten Tomatoes sampled 83 reviews and judged 84% of them to be positive with an average rating of 7/10, and the consensus: \"Gentle and nostalgic, \"From Up on Poppy Hill\" is one of Studio Ghibli's sweeter efforts—and if it doesn't push the boundaries of the genre, it", "title": "From Up on Poppy Hill" }, { "docid": "17330092", "text": "flock of sheep in an elaborate disguise), and hooking the trailer up to a bus returning to Mossy Bottom. The plan is initially successful, but they are pursued by Trumper (having escaped the lock-up), who is now intent on killing them outright. At the farm, the group hides in a shed. Trumper, using a tractor, tries to push the shed into a nearby rock quarry. The farmer wakes up, regains his memory, and Trumper is defeated through teamwork. Slip leaves, but is adopted by a bus driver who finds her on the road. The farmer and the animals have a", "title": "Shaun the Sheep Movie" }, { "docid": "15526209", "text": "Rock Hill College Rock Hill College was a boys' boarding school located in Ellicott City, Maryland. The school was divided into two departments: preparatory (for ages nine and up) and collegiate. The curriculum was based on physical education, sciences, and classical studies Rock Hill College was founded in 1824 as Rock Hill Academy and purchased in 1857 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (known as the Christian Brothers); Rock Hill College is sometimes referred in older publications as the Christian Brothers College. In 1865 The College was incorporated as Howard County's only college and construction of", "title": "Rock Hill College" }, { "docid": "13044014", "text": "food, fuel, lodging, and the occasional adult beverage. The hill is this trail system's most popular waypoint and meeting place. It offers a large open area with the opportunity to push the limits of an off-road vehicle and challenge friends or compete with strangers to an up-hill drag race. Bull Gap is located in the vicinity of Mio, Michigan. Mio is about due East of Grayling, Michigan and about due North of West Branch, Michigan. The majority of the trail system is contained within the Huron-Manistee National Forest and has parts of the Au Sable River passing through. The Huron-Manistee", "title": "Bull Gap" }, { "docid": "9366472", "text": "Push Push (band) Push Push are a rock band formed in the 1990s from Auckland, New Zealand. They are best known for their single \"Trippin'\". Former Auckland Rangitoto College students Mikey Havoc (vocals), Ken \"Kenny\" Green (drummer), Andy Kane (aka Andy Wilson, lead guitar), and Steve Abplanalp (bass) formed the band around 1985/86. Silver (guitar) then joined, followed by Scott Cortese (drummer, formerly in the band Whiskey and Lace) who replaced Green. The band released their debut album A Trillion Shades of Happy in 1992. Their first single \"Trippin'\" was recorded at Airforce Studios (Auckland), with the drum track done", "title": "Push Push (band)" }, { "docid": "9366475", "text": "release a new Single and Play a few shows. Push Push (band) Push Push are a rock band formed in the 1990s from Auckland, New Zealand. They are best known for their single \"Trippin'\". Former Auckland Rangitoto College students Mikey Havoc (vocals), Ken \"Kenny\" Green (drummer), Andy Kane (aka Andy Wilson, lead guitar), and Steve Abplanalp (bass) formed the band around 1985/86. Silver (guitar) then joined, followed by Scott Cortese (drummer, formerly in the band Whiskey and Lace) who replaced Green. The band released their debut album A Trillion Shades of Happy in 1992. Their first single \"Trippin'\" was recorded", "title": "Push Push (band)" }, { "docid": "7661688", "text": "barrier of arrest, lock-up, and bail-out.\" In 2015, Judge John C. Hayes III of Rock Hill overturned the convictions of the nine, stating: \"We cannot rewrite history, but we can right history.\" At the same occasion, Prosecutor Kevin Brackett apologized to the eight men still living, who were in court. The men were represented at the hearing by Ernest A. Finney, Jr., the same lawyer who had defended them originally, who subsequently went on to become the first African-American Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court since Reconstruction. Friendship Nine The Friendship Nine, or Rock Hill Nine, was a", "title": "Friendship Nine" }, { "docid": "7058789", "text": "Handstand push-up The handstand push-up (press-up) - also called the vertical push-up (press-up) or the inverted push-up (press-up) also called \"commandos\"- is a type of push-up exercise where the body is positioned in a handstand. For a true handstand, the exercise is performed free-standing, held in the air. To prepare the strength until one has built adequate balance, the feet are often placed against a wall, held by a partner, or secured in some other way from falling. Handstand pushups require significant strength, as well as balance and control if performed free-standing. The movement can be considered a bodyweight exercise", "title": "Handstand push-up" }, { "docid": "7251622", "text": "produced \"Prisoners in Paradise\", Europe's fifth album. Since 1994, Hill has continued producing, mixing and developing new artists including up and coming Michigan rockers, Bad Side. He mixed some songs for the band's 2007 CD, \"Bad Side II\" (released 18 September 2007). He has also been involved with several successful international business ventures, but his main focus is working with up and coming artists. In 2007, Beau Hill Mastered “1.0” by Never Enough (featuring members of Lylah and 18 Visions). In 2012, Beau Hill remixed the song \"Pamela\", by Finnish glam-rock band Stala & SO. and in 2014, he mixed", "title": "Beau Hill" }, { "docid": "15062235", "text": "Ford Rock Ford Rock is a prominent rock which lies northeast of Cone Hill on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica. Cone Hill and this rock were designated \"Cone Hill I\" and \"Cone Hill II,\" respectively, by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott. Cone Hill has been approved for Scott's \"Cone Hill I,\" but a new name suggested by A.J. Heine has been substituted for this prominent rock. M.R.J. Ford, a New Zealand surveyor, established a survey beacon network for the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962–63. A survey beacon was established earlier on this rock by a", "title": "Ford Rock" }, { "docid": "1129887", "text": "Rock Hill, Missouri Rock Hill is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,635 at the 2010 census. It is home to the Fairfax House on the National Register of Historic Places. Rock Hill is located at (38.609052, -90.367046). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Rock Hill is bounded by cities Ladue, Brentwood, Webster Groves, Glendale and Warson Woods. Manchester Road is four lanes and runs east–west across Rock Hill. North Rock Hill Road was connected to the South McKnight Road extension in June", "title": "Rock Hill, Missouri" }, { "docid": "1129919", "text": "police chief Donald McDonald was appointed Rock Hill police chief in June 1983. Under his leadership Rock Hill became known for its aggressive enforcement of speed limits. He retired in June 1997. A 2000 Missouri study on racial profiling at traffic stops indicated Rock Hill pulled over significantly fewer black drivers than the county. Over four months black drivers made up 10.6 percent of 1,499 police stops. Between 1983 and 2009 Officer Ronald Zeigler issued an estimated 150,000 tickets, mostly to speeding drivers. He was Missouri City Traffic Officer of the Year in 1985, Rock Hill Officer of the Year", "title": "Rock Hill, Missouri" }, { "docid": "13958581", "text": "Till Death Do Us Part) but surprisingly more focused - given Muggs’ notable absence from the producer’s chair – [The Hill] source inspired collaborations with Pete Rock, Jim Jonsin and Marc Anthony to reinforce their timeless agenda.\" \"Rise Up\" debuted on the \"Billboard\" 200 on April 28 at #19 selling 18,000 copies. The next week it fell over 50 spots to #72 on the Top 200 albums. In its third week the album fell off the Top 100 to #105 and has sold 31,000 copies to date. Rise Up (Cypress Hill album) Rise Up is the eighth studio album by", "title": "Rise Up (Cypress Hill album)" }, { "docid": "11148725", "text": "variety of burlesque and theater performances. Hill was the opening act for a tour of the rock band Le Tigre and has opened up for The Gossip. He has performed at parties given by Joan Rivers, Ivana Trump and Liza Minnelli, and his acts incorporate homages to Joey Adams, Benny Hill, Sammy Davis Jr., and Henny Youngman. Hill has also performed regularly with award-winning violinist Scott Tixier. Hill had cameos in John Cameron Mitchell's 2006 film \"Shortbus\" and HBO's \"Bored to Death\". He also appears in \"Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque\", a film about NYC's burlesque scene with a", "title": "Murray Hill (performer)" }, { "docid": "19739690", "text": "and ends up in a battle with Mr. Beardo but escapes. The Heffleys continue on the road but break down after driving up a big hill. They see that Meemaw’s house is just at the bottom of the hill so Greg, Rodrick, and Frank push the van forward to make it go down. Greg, unable to make it in the van, hops in the boat. But the bumpy hill causes the boat to unconnect from the van and rolls down separately. The boat rolls right into a stack of hay, sending it flying right into Meemaw’s pool. The Heffleys then", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "1166058", "text": "Rock Hill, New York Rock Hill is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Sullivan County, New York, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 1,742. Rock Hill is in the Town of Thompson by New York Route 17. The hamlet of Rock Hill was not named so until October 1885, after the Katrina Falls Road post office was erected on top of a high, rocky cliff. Rock Hill was formally part of Bridgeville. Rock Hill is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it", "title": "Rock Hill, New York" }, { "docid": "3248180", "text": "and conditioning, is to toughen the knuckles, wrist, and forearm in the punching position. This variation also reduces the amount of strain in the wrist, compared to the typical \"palms on floor\" approach, and so it is sometimes used by those with wrist injuries. Such practitioners will usually perform their knuckle push-ups on a padded floor or a rolled-up towel, unlike martial artists, who may do bare-knuckle push-ups on hard floors. The most knuckle push-ups in one minute is 91 by Ron Cooper (Massachusetts, USA) on 15 December 2016. The \"Maltese push-up\" is a gymnastic variation of the push-up, in", "title": "Push-up" }, { "docid": "4005009", "text": "the car, push it into the right direction and keep going before third-placed Jochen Rindt could catch up. Chris Amon had battled with Hill for 11 laps over second place, rarely having more than a second between the two, until Amon spun out of the race on the same lap as Hill did. Stewart described the race as a \"teeth gritting effort\" in his autobiography. About the first lap he wrote: The race has been described as Stewart's best drive ever, with the Scot later confirming he felt the same way. 1968 German Grand Prix The 1968 German Grand Prix", "title": "1968 German Grand Prix" }, { "docid": "10567157", "text": "the Lawrence County (OH) Dennis J. Boll Group Home in 2009, and will serve the county's juvenile detention needs. Rock Hill's Athletic Director is Barry Litteral. -Boy Activities- The school has many extra curricular activities including the following: Rock Hill Little League Baseball, Rock Hill High School Junior Varsity and Varsity baseball. Rock Hill Youth Football league which includes 2-6 grade levels. The Rock Hill Hill School Varsity and Junior Varsity Football. Cross Country for grades 7-12. Track and Field for middle school grades 7 and 8 and high school 9-12. The High school has junior varsity and varsity basketball", "title": "Rock Hill Local School District" }, { "docid": "15062236", "text": "U.S. Hydrographic Office survey team, 1955–56. Ford Rock Ford Rock is a prominent rock which lies northeast of Cone Hill on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica. Cone Hill and this rock were designated \"Cone Hill I\" and \"Cone Hill II,\" respectively, by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott. Cone Hill has been approved for Scott's \"Cone Hill I,\" but a new name suggested by A.J. Heine has been substituted for this prominent rock. M.R.J. Ford, a New Zealand surveyor, established a survey beacon network for the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962–63. A survey beacon was established", "title": "Ford Rock" }, { "docid": "7058792", "text": "for strengthening the muscles involved, for those who lack adequate balance or who cannot support their bodyweight on their hands. When one can press their bodyweight, they have developed sufficient strength to do a handstand push up and then need to learn how to balance and exert themselves while inverted. Exercise 1 - The basic pushup The most basic exercise to start developing headstand push-up (as a true handstand push-up requires the head to go past the palms until the base of the neck is inline with the palms: this is a much harder feat of strength) strength hereafter referred", "title": "Handstand push-up" }, { "docid": "18103182", "text": "Starling Glow Starling Glow is a pop/rock band from Orange County, California fronted by singer/songwriter Liz Hill. Liz Hill grew up in a musical family and was influenced by a wide range of musical genres. During her college years, Liz listened to more Top 40 radio and found a new appreciation for melody and lyrics. She started to admire artists who were able to crossover between rock and pop genres. This inspired her to blur the lines and cross between alternative rock, pop and dance with her single \"\"We Are Infinite.\"\" \"\"We Are Infinite\"\" originally debuted at #40 on Billboard's", "title": "Starling Glow" }, { "docid": "1129902", "text": "to 2.9 acres in October 2010. In 1986 The Book House was established on Manchester Road. In 2009 the three-story Victorian house received a Historic Buildings designation from the Rock Hill Historic Preservation Commission. In May 2013 Book House owner Michelle Barron received an eviction notice from property owner Rex Stahl who wanted to redevelop the 1.5-acre property, site of two other businesses. In October the Board of Alderman approved EZ Storage's proposal to build a 107,772-square-foot storage facility on the site. The Book House reopened in Maplewood in 2014. Since 1948 Rock Hill has been part of the Webster", "title": "Rock Hill, Missouri" }, { "docid": "1961561", "text": "I'm Paranoid\" was released worldwide in July, while the music video for \"Push It\" received eight nominations at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards. By October 12, \"Special\" was released and Garbage was nominated for three MTV Europe Music Awards: \"Best Group\", \"Best Rock Act\" and \"Best Video\" for \"Push It\". In early 1999, \"Version 2.0\" received two Grammy Award nominations for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album \"Special\" was No. 1 most added single at the Top 40 radio. In Europe, Garbage began their biggest headline tour, releasing singles for \"When I Grow Up\" and \"The Trick", "title": "Garbage (band)" }, { "docid": "5992744", "text": "scattered larches and pines higher up. Its rock is unusual for the Lake District, a reddish conglomerate of Devonian age, which has been eroded to form a rounded hill with smooth outlines and no rocky crags. Great Mell Fell is an isolated hill which rises abruptly from a wide expanse of marshy lowland to a height of 537 m. The fell has smooth, rounded outlines with no crags. Rock is represented only by a number of large erratic boulders, mainly on the north slopes, but also by the Cloven Stone near a barn to the south of the fell. The", "title": "Great Mell Fell" }, { "docid": "11954389", "text": "on teamwork. Sgt. Jones has the girls march in two lines crying an embarrassing chant. Suddenly, Dallas loses her bandanna and is forced to sit out while the rest of the girls do push-ups. Brandi C., has a difficult time doing push-ups and Sgt. Jones has her sit out. Their next challenge is to move fifteen sandbags to a platform without dropping any, and should the girls drop any to the ground, then they will have to start over. The girls start out strong but then they drop a bag. Lacey sees an opportunity to push Dallas by throwing the", "title": "Rock of Love: Charm School" }, { "docid": "17581767", "text": "Of Arrowe Hill of Arrowe Hill, also known as 'The Most Haunted Group in England' and 'Her Majesty's 23rd Psychedelic Battalion', are a London-based indie rock band, named after an area of the Wirral, North West England. Since 1999 they have had a regularly changing line-up based around singer-songwriter Adam Easterbrook. They have released eight albums to date, typically lasting around 30 minutes and featuring extensive references to horror and the occult. The heavy psychedelic rock of their earlier albums has recently been replaced by a more stripped down acoustic approach. The band's tendency to draw heavily on classic ghost", "title": "Of Arrowe Hill" }, { "docid": "19543825", "text": "The Dagenites The Dagenites were an American garage rock a band from Oxon Hill, Maryland near Washington, DC, who were active in the 1960s. They shared management and frequent billing with noted guitarist and performer Link Wray. In recent years their work has become highly regarded amongst garage rock enthusiasts and collectors and has been included on several compilations. The Dagenites are especially known for their proto-punk anthems, \"I Don't Want to Try it Again\" and \"I'm Gone Slide\", both of which have been mentioned as garage rock classics. The Dagenites were formed in 1964 in Oxon Hill, Maryland outside", "title": "The Dagenites" }, { "docid": "10567154", "text": "Hill Elementary School. The school served students in the Decatur and Washington Townships. Rock Hill Elementary No. 2 - It was located in Kitts Hill. It was consolidated in 2002 to form one Rock Hill Elementary School. It served students in Kitts Hill and parts of Aid, Lawrence, Perry, and Symmes Townships. The building was sold to Sugar Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Kitts Hill, and it has since been turned into a Bible College and K-8 Christian school. Rock Hill Elementary No. 3 - It was located just outside Ironton. It was consolidated in 2002 to form one Rock", "title": "Rock Hill Local School District" }, { "docid": "12043646", "text": "working. He says, \"Christ!\" who ironically is \"the only Man who could save him now\" as the load of bananas push against the truck causing it to pick up speed. Cruising into Scranton at \"about ninety miles an hour,\" he almost strikes a passing bus. The driver then prays twice to God to make the event all a dream before he \"sideswiped nineteen neat-parked cars / Clipped off thirteen telephone poles / Hit two houses, bruised eight trees / And Blue-Crossed seven people.\" He is killed and decapitated in the accident, and of the hill is smeared with his load", "title": "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" }, { "docid": "16930643", "text": "Push the Sky Away Push the Sky Away is the fifteenth studio album by the Australian alternative rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 18 February 2013 on the band's own label Bad Seed Ltd. Recorded at La Fabrique in southern France, it is the band's first album not to feature founding member Mick Harvey, who departed the band in January 2009, the first album to feature founding member Barry Adamson since \"Your Funeral... My Trial\" (1986), and the last album to feature Conway Savage prior to his death in 2018. \"Push the Sky Away\" was recorded", "title": "Push the Sky Away" }, { "docid": "8672572", "text": "Man Push Cart Man Push Cart is a 2005 American independent film by Ramin Bahrani that tells the story of a former Pakistani rock star who sells coffee and bagels from his pushcart on the streets of Manhattan. Early every morning, Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi), a Pakistani immigrant, struggles to drag his heavy cart along the streets of New York to his corner in midtown Manhattan, where he sells coffee and bagels. He encounters a wealthy Pakistani businessman who offers him some work and financial assistance—promising also to introduce him to the NY music scene. He also spends time with a", "title": "Man Push Cart" }, { "docid": "11416833", "text": "generated controversy at the time. Later printings excluded the gatefold print, or eliminated the gatefold format entirely. Liner notes by Mann include: \"P.S., Marvin Gaye's album \"What's Going On\" is the best album of the year!\" Push Push (album) Push Push is a 1971 instrumental album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann, on his Embryo Records label with Atlantic, which features rock guitarist Duane Allman. The record explored a range of popular genres, such as R&B, rock and funk music to create what \"Allmusic\" calls a \"generally appealing, melodic and danceable\" album with an \"impressive crew of musicians.\" Other performers on", "title": "Push Push (album)" }, { "docid": "11416831", "text": "Push Push (album) Push Push is a 1971 instrumental album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann, on his Embryo Records label with Atlantic, which features rock guitarist Duane Allman. The record explored a range of popular genres, such as R&B, rock and funk music to create what \"Allmusic\" calls a \"generally appealing, melodic and danceable\" album with an \"impressive crew of musicians.\" Other performers on the album included Cornell Dupree (guitar), David Spinozza (guitar) (incorrectly credited as David Spinoza), Gene Bianca (harp), Richard Tee (piano, electric piano, organ), Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, Donald \"Duck\" Dunn (bass), Bernard Purdie, Al Jackson, Jr.", "title": "Push Push (album)" }, { "docid": "3248182", "text": "the name) past the plane of the hands. The goal is to stretch the shoulders and put extra emphasis on the muscles there. The \"backhanded push-up\" is a form of push-ups performed using the back of the hands, rather than the palms. Currently the record holder of the backhanded push-ups is Bill Kathan who broke the world record in 2010, by performing 2,396 on Valentine's Day. Many of the push-up variations can be done using one arm instead of two. This will further increase the resistance put upon the trainee. The world record for the most one handed push ups", "title": "Push-up" }, { "docid": "1216851", "text": "the City of Rock Hill, but York County is also represented on the Airport Commission. The other local airport, the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, is one of the busiest airports in the United States and is located 20 miles north of Rock Hill in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rock Hill has one regional transit system, The Charlotte Area Transit System that offers express bus service from downtown Rock Hill to Uptown Charlotte. Rock Hill is considered to be a bicycle-friendly town with numerous bike routes located throughout the city. There are also designated bike lanes located along major roads such as Eden", "title": "Rock Hill, South Carolina" }, { "docid": "8126565", "text": "expected soon. Green means that there is at least a 50 percent chance of rain. Amber indicates that the weather will remain unchanged. This is the San Francisco Bay Area's first weather beacon. The crown began lighting up on December 8, 2008. To support the 60 story condo tower, One Rincon Hill South Tower has a massive thick pile-raft foundation embedded deep into serpentine rock. Although some engineers view serpentine rock with suspicion, there are massive structures, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, that have foundations on rock that is largely serpentine. Rising out of the foundation are the concrete", "title": "One Rincon Hill" }, { "docid": "19176052", "text": "rock as an outlet for advocacy as well. Groups from the early 21st century such as Pussy Riot and Panty Raiders combine feminist and queer values in their music and films. The constant push for gender equality over three decades has resulted in a more inclusive punk rock culture that is no longer divided by sex. No Doubt is one example of this accepting culture. They are a co-ed musical group with a female singer who addresses feminist issues. One of No Doubt’s songs, “Just a Girl,” made it to the Billboard top 100 back in 1995. Sleater-Kenny and Le", "title": "Women in punk rock" }, { "docid": "5566097", "text": "pay an entrance fee to be allowed to climb the hill. Souvenirs and refreshment vendors often follow climbers up and down the path. In addition to a concrete tourist path which passes through the arch, and a somewhat rougher, steeper path leading to the summit above the arch, Moon Hill has several rock climbing routes, the first of which was climbed by Todd Skinner in the 1990s. It has also been used for abseils in several adventure races. Moon Hill offers some broad, panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, which is characterized by the knobby karst hills found throughout the", "title": "Moon Hill" }, { "docid": "489882", "text": "Sacromonte neighbourhood is located on the Valparaíso hill, one of several hills that make up Granada. This neighborhood is known as the old neighbourhood of the Romani, who settled in Granada after the conquest of the city. It is one of the most picturesque neighborhoods, full of whitewashed caves cut into the rock and used as residences. The sound of strumming guitars may still be heard there in the performance of flamenco \"cantes\" and \"quejíos\", so that over time it has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Granada. At the top of this hill is the Abbey", "title": "Granada" }, { "docid": "3741586", "text": "normal force from the underlying rock, but the remainder acts to push the lithosphere down the sloping asthenosphere and away from the ridge. Because the asthenosphere is weak, ridge push and other driving forces are enough to deform it and allow the lithosphere to slide over it, opposed by drag at the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere boundary and resistance to subduction at convergent plate boundaries. Ridge push is mostly active in lithosphere younger than 90 Ma, after which it has cooled enough to reach thermal equilibrium with older material and the slope of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere boundary becomes effectively zero. Despite its current status", "title": "Ridge push" }, { "docid": "4064363", "text": "and illustrated by Hill), as well as playing drums for Chino Moreno's band Team Sleep, The Ladies, Kenseth Thibideau and Marty Anderson's band Howard Hello and Jeordie White and Chris Goss's band Goon Moon. More recently, Hill has teamed up with Mick Barr from Octis and Orthrelm and together have released the LPs \"Shred Earthship\" on 5 Rue Christine and \"Volume 2\" on the Austrian label Rock Is Hell. \"Volume 2\" consists of the two longest tracks from the \"Shred Earthship\" sessions. Hill's best known project outside of Hella now is perhaps experimental hip hop outfit Death Grips, who have", "title": "Hella (band)" }, { "docid": "4942462", "text": "the village has been demolished but the toponym \"Bardon Hill\" remains in use as the postal address of the remaining local properties. The hill is a surviving fragment of the formerly extensive Charnwood Forest, and it has both woodland and heath. Mature oak dominates the lower slopes, with pine plantation higher up, and a mixture of heath, acid grassland, rock outcrops and scrub oak at the top. The hill is notable for its lichens and invertebrates, especially spiders with 133 species including the rare \"Tetrilus macrophthalmus\". The Hill is the remains of an extinct volcano. It sits directly upon an", "title": "Bardon Hill" }, { "docid": "20666748", "text": "Push Back \"Push Back\" is a 2018 dancehall song by American artists Ne-Yo and Bebe Rexha and English singer and rapper Stefflon Don. The song is included in Ne-Yo's seventh studio album \"Good Man\", which was released on June 8, 2018. Ne-Yo spoke of the song, stating \"I love a woman who knows how to move. I love a woman that has her own self, her own heart and mind. She's comfortable with her body. And when her song comes on, she's gonna get up and move. She's gonna show you just how confident and comfortable she is. 'Push Back'", "title": "Push Back" }, { "docid": "10791975", "text": "Rock Hill High School (South Carolina) Rock Hill High School (RHHS) was the first of the three high schools in Rock Hill, South Carolina. A part of Rock Hill Schools, it offers the International Baccalaureate diploma to its senior class students, as well as duel credit and Advanced Placement. As of February 2016, RHHS has approximately 2,000 students in grades 9 - 12. Rock Hill High offers a number of sports, including baseball, women's and men's basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, women's and men's soccer, softball, swimming, women's and men's tennis, track and field, wrestling, and volleyball. Its sports", "title": "Rock Hill High School (South Carolina)" }, { "docid": "17316419", "text": "pop and hip hop producers. The song reached #20 on Canadian charts, partly because the producers registered it as Canadian content with MAPL certification. This is despite the fact that the recording had been made in Los Angeles by an entirely American line-up of musicians (Ed Greene, Wilton Felder, Joe Sample, David T. Walker, Bobbye Hall, and Dean Parks). The song's MAPL certification helped push it up the charts in Canada. Bongo Rock \"Bongo Rock\" is a rock and roll instrumental written and recorded by Preston Epps. Released as a single in 1959, it charted #14 Pop in the United", "title": "Bongo Rock" }, { "docid": "2375552", "text": "included in the \"First Wave\" of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's \"Red-to-Blue\" program. Texas millionaire Bob J. Perry gave more than $5 million to the Economic Freedom Fund, a 527 group, which included Hill as one of its targets for removal. The group paid for automated \"push poll\" calls attacking Hill. Such calls were stopped after action by the Indiana Attorney General. \"Cook Political Report\" rated the race as a toss-up. Hill won the 2006 election with 50% of the vote; Sodrel received 46% and Libertarian Eric Schansberg 4 percent. As is the custom for returning members of Congress, the", "title": "Baron Hill (politician)" }, { "docid": "7721659", "text": "if one embarks in a trolley at Ghum, the highest point on the line, the initial push supplies all the energy necessary to carry one to the bottom.\" The trip up to Darjeeling on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has changed little since that time, and continues to delight travellers and rail enthusiasts, so much so that it has its own preservation and support group, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. The Operation of Darjeeling Himalayan Railways between Siliguri and Kurseong was temporarily suspended following a Landslide at Tindharia between 2010 and 2015. The Hill Cart Road (National Highway 55) connects Darjeeling", "title": "Transport in Darjeeling" }, { "docid": "1216828", "text": "as it did elsewhere in the South. Rock Hill grew as a town, taking in war refugees, widows and their families, and the return of the men who had left to fight the war. The formerly wealthy elite sold off their land to stay afloat financially. Town life began to become more important than rural life. Most of the merchants in Rock Hill around 1870 were former Confederate soldiers; many were entrepreneurs who were new to town, trying to start over. In 1870, even the largest stores in Rock Hill were only one store tall, and there were no sidewalks", "title": "Rock Hill, South Carolina" }, { "docid": "19471472", "text": "elements similar to old sports video games). He added that the game's aesthetic was reminiscent of Adult Swim. Jamin Warren (\"Kill Screen\") wrote that the game's core gameplay has a \"Koonsian quality of both innocent and grotesque\". Alice O'Connor (\"Rock, Paper, Shotgun\") called the game \"David Cronenberg's Wrestleball\". Andrew Tarantola (\"Engadget\") compared \"Push Me Pull You\" to a combination of Greco-Roman wrestling, capture the flag, \"Human Centipede\", and soccer. Megan Farokhmanesh and Allegra Frank (\"Polygon\") praised the game as \"one of the most fast-paced, unique, and entertaining additions\" entries in the local multiplayer genre. Push Me Pull You Push Me", "title": "Push Me Pull You" }, { "docid": "4506573", "text": "upward push of the inherent buoyancy of the stern. The curved bow allows \"Polar Star\" to ride up on the ice, using the ship's weight to break the ice. With such a sturdy hull and high power to back it up, the 13,000-ton (13,200 metric ton) \"Polar Star\" is able to break through ice up to thick by backing and ramming, and can steam continuously through of ice at . \"Polar Star\" has other unique engineering features designed to aid in icebreaking. At one point, an installed heeling system could rock the ship to prevent getting stuck in the ice.", "title": "USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10)" }, { "docid": "16900356", "text": "Jauregui performed two songs \"More Than That\" and \"Freedom\" at MTV's \"Plus 1 The Vote' Election Party\". She presented the Rising Star Award to Hayley Kiyoko at the 2018 Billboard Women in Music Awards. Jauregui grew up listening to 90s R&B, alternative rock, singer-songwriters, \"vocalists\", pop, Latin music, and soul. Jauregui has said that her sound is largely influenced by soul, R&B, rock, alternative, pop, and Latin music. She said she is \"mostly inspired by songwriters\" and \"truth and authenticity\". Some of the artists who have influenced her include Lana Del Rey, John Mayer, Lauryn Hill, Paramore, Alicia Keys, Christina", "title": "Lauren Jauregui" }, { "docid": "8431646", "text": "Push (Matchbox Twenty song) \"Push\" is a song by American rock band Matchbox Twenty. It was released in July 1997 as the second single from their debut album, \"Yourself or Someone Like You.\" After landing \"Long Day\" on several rock radio stations paving the way, \"Push\" hit the top of the Modern Rock Tracks and became one of the band's most successful singles. When the song came out initially, some feminist groups were outraged and claimed the song was about abusing women, even though frontman Rob Thomas stated that the man in the song (either himself or fictional) was the", "title": "Push (Matchbox Twenty song)" }, { "docid": "17899270", "text": "campus was completed during the build-up of scientific research after World War II. The topography of present-day Science Hill was primarily formed during the Wisconsinan glaciation. The Laurentide ice sheet flattened the soft sandstone of New Haven Harbor but had less effect on its surrounding, hard trap rock formations like East Rock and West Rock. Science Hill is a portion of a sandstone drumlin that was sheltered from glacial erosion by a traprock ridge, Mill Rock, to its north. The south–north rise of Science Hill is approximately at a 4.5% grade, processing northward to a peak elevation of above sea", "title": "Science Hill (Yale University)" }, { "docid": "6027775", "text": "dragon Fafnir, who lived in a cave in the hill, then bathed in its blood to become invulnerable. Hence, the hill is named the \"Dragon's Rock\", \"Drachenfels\". About a third of the way up is the Nibelungenhalle, built in 1913, a gallery of paintings by the symbolist painter Hermann Hendrich depicting scenes from Richard Wagner's operas. Another legend tells of prisoners being sacrificed to a dragon. One of these was a Christian virgin, who, in her fear, held up a little cross. In fear of this holy symbol, the dragon jumped into the Rhine and was never heard from again.", "title": "Drachenfels (Siebengebirge)" }, { "docid": "10699191", "text": "of a hill known as Bull Pasture Mountain. Trying to catch the Confederates by surprise, the Union attacked late on May 8, 1862, with McLean leading several regiments up the hill on their right flank. McLean was able to push the Georgians at the top of the hill to their second line of defense, but that was all. After the fighting, Generals Milroy and Schenck both praised McLean's attack as being \"gallant.\" The following day, Milroy withdrew his troops west. At the Battle of Cross Keys, McLean was promoted to the command of a brigade, consisting of four Ohio regiments,", "title": "Nathaniel McLean" }, { "docid": "9612210", "text": "The Push Stars The Push Stars are an American rock band, formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1996. The band members include Chris Trapper, Ryan MacMillan and Dan McLoughlin. They developed a following playing shows in Boston, then released their first album, \"Meet Me at the Fair\" in 1996. Since then, they have released three more studio albums, as well as a live compilation album, and have had several of their songs featured in television, film, and soundtracks. While on hiatus, frontman Chris Trapper has recorded and toured as a solo artist and Ryan MacMillan has played drums with Matchbox Twenty.", "title": "The Push Stars" } ]
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scottish architect who developed st martins in the field
[ "James Gibbs" ]
[ { "docid": "2382953", "text": "St Martin-in-the-Fields St Martin-in-the-Fields is an English Anglican church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. It is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. There has been a church on the site since the medieval period. The present building was constructed in a Neoclassical design by James Gibbs in 1722–1726. Excavations at the site in 2006 led to the discovery of a grave from about 410 AD. The site is outside the city limits of Roman London (as was the usual Roman practice for burials) but is particularly interesting for being so \"far\" outside", "title": "St Martin-in-the-Fields" }, { "docid": "693004", "text": "Burlington's first project, appropriately, was one of his own London residences, Burlington House, where he dismissed his baroque architect James Gibbs when he returned from the continent in 1719, and employed the Scottish architect Colen Campbell, with the history-painter-turned-designer William Kent assigned for the interiors. The courtyard front of Burlington House, prominently sited in Piccadilly, was the first major executed statement of Neo-Palladianism. In the 1720s, Burlington and Campbell parted, and Burlington was assisted in his projects by the young Henry Flitcroft (\"Burlington Harry\"), who developed into a major architect of the second Neo-Palladian generation, Daniel Garrett, a straightforward Palladian", "title": "Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington" } ]
[ { "docid": "5862533", "text": "Open competition was achieved by Jack Hobens. The 1910 Open victory went to Alex Smith, who shot 71 on the final day. Also entered that year was Cricket Club’s own professional, Scottish-born Willie Anderson, one of four golfers who have won the U.S. Open four times. Anderson remains the only person to win in three consecutive years. This course is named \"St. Martins\" after the adjacent episcopal church, St. Martins in the Fields. In 2015 the St Martins' Course was sold to the club by the Woodward Family as part of an open space initiative. Hosted the World Hickory Championship", "title": "Philadelphia Cricket Club" }, { "docid": "10596206", "text": "at Rugby. All properties except for London Bridge City and the Windmill Hill Business Park were disposed off during 2011. In March 2007 St Martins completed the purchase of one of Europe's largest shopping centres, Cevahir Mall, in Istanbul. St Martins acquired a new-build office building at 51 Lime Street in the City of London in June 2008. This building was later renamed the Willis Building as it is the UK headquarters of insurers The Willis Group. Designed by architect Norman Foster, the Willis Building is located in the centre of the City opposite the Lloyd's building. It is one", "title": "St Martins Property Group" }, { "docid": "10596211", "text": "and subsequently also in the largest cities in developed markets. The property at 5 Cheapside, by the entrance to St Paul's underground station and located next to One New Change, was sold off. St Martins Property Group St Martins Property Investments Limited (trading as St Martins Property Group) is a property development, investment and asset management company based in the United Kingdom representing the real estate interests of the State of Kuwait with their headquarters in London Bridge City, London. The company is wholly owned by the Kuwait sovereign wealth fund, Future Generations Fund. Their flagship development projects are London", "title": "St Martins Property Group" }, { "docid": "19838782", "text": "Joseph Thomas (architect) Joseph Thomas (1838-1901) was a Cornish architect, civil engineer and entrepreneur who lived the majority of his life in Looe. He made a number of significant contributions to the development of the town in the late 19th century, including the design of the Banjo Pier and the creation of the Hannafore estate. Thomas was born in Roche, near St Austell, on 10 March 1838. As a boy, he helped his father work on the construction of the bridge over the Looe River and the new roads to Polperro and St Martins. Later, he worked on a number", "title": "Joseph Thomas (architect)" }, { "docid": "20247303", "text": "St Martins F.C. St Martins Football Club is a football club based in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Park Hall. The club was established in the 19th century and were playing in the Oswestry & District League by 1897. They were league champions in 1919–20 and won the Villae Cup in 1930–31. The club was renamed St Martins United in the early 1930s, before becoming Greyhound Rangers in 1935 when playing at a field next to the Greyhound Inn pub. They moved across the border and joined the Cefn & District League. However,", "title": "St Martins F.C." }, { "docid": "11390055", "text": "James Salmon (architect, born 1873) James Salmon (13 April 1874 – 27 April 1924) was a Scottish architect, who practiced mainly in Glasgow. With his partner John Gaff Gillespie developed an attenuated high-rise style for the office buildings of the fin de siecle cities. One of his most famous buildings is \"The Hatrack\" (1899–1902) in St Vincent Street, a heavily glass-fronted Art Nouveau tower, remarkable in execution for its day. This building was only recently rescued from demolition and is category-A listed. Salmon was born in Glasgow, the son of architect William Forrest Salmon (1843–1911) and Jessie Alexander, and grandson", "title": "James Salmon (architect, born 1873)" }, { "docid": "5862532", "text": "Pennsylvania). St. Martin's Course The original nine-hole course was built in 1895 by famed architect Willie Tucker (St. Andrew’s Golf Club, Sand Point Country Club and Argyle Country Club) and was quickly replaced by a new eighteen-hole course in 1897. The old eighteen-hole course, known as St. Martins and now playing as a nine-hole layout, hosted the United States Open Championship in 1907 and 1910. The 1907 winner was Alec Ross, brother of famed architect Donald Ross, who chalked up a remarkable score of 302 for 72 holes. It was also during this championship that the first hole-in-one in U.S.", "title": "Philadelphia Cricket Club" }, { "docid": "18554466", "text": "in 1947, the number of Scottish families living in the city declined. Eventually, in September 1959, the church was transferred to the Church of South India, when Rev. P J Child was the last Scottish minister of the congregation. In 2005, the clock tower of St. Andrew's developed a tilt after heavy rains. The Bishop of Bangalore approached the Bishop of Madras, who sent well known architect Joseph Durairaj to study the damage. Other structural engineers had deemed the clock tower to be unsafe and suggested it be brought down. However Durairaj suggested that the tower was safe and could", "title": "St. Andrew's Church, Bangalore" }, { "docid": "11390059", "text": "World War broke out, this connection brought further commissions, although he had little other work after the split. After the war, he concentrated on domestic and hospital work. In 1923 he retired due to bowel cancer, and died the following April. James Salmon (architect, born 1873) James Salmon (13 April 1874 – 27 April 1924) was a Scottish architect, who practiced mainly in Glasgow. With his partner John Gaff Gillespie developed an attenuated high-rise style for the office buildings of the fin de siecle cities. One of his most famous buildings is \"The Hatrack\" (1899–1902) in St Vincent Street, a", "title": "James Salmon (architect, born 1873)" }, { "docid": "1124000", "text": "the St. Martin Martins amateur baseball team. The Martins have become a state tournament regular in recent years—returning nearly every year. The Martins recently added lights to their baseball field, allowing them to play at night. St. Martin was the setting for \"The Chicken Doesn't Skate\", a children's novel by Canadian author Gordon Korman, in which a sixth-grade nerd is transplanted there from Los Angeles. St. Martin, Minnesota St. Martin, Smartin to locals, is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 308 at the 2010 census. It is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.", "title": "St. Martin, Minnesota" }, { "docid": "5076962", "text": "Wilson McLean Wilson McLean (born 1937) is a Scottish illustrator and artist. He has illustrated primarily in the field of advertising, but has also provided cover art for music albums, sports magazines (including Sports Illustrated), a children's book, and other commercial endeavors. Wilson McLean began his career in a London silkscreen studio at fifteen years of age and to date has won most major illustrator awards in the United States. Born in Scotland, he moved to London at the age of ten where he attended St. Martins and the Central School at night while working on the staff of magazines", "title": "Wilson McLean" }, { "docid": "16377589", "text": "stop from 1904 to 1939. The Labor Day fair formerly held in Hales Corners was moved to St. Martin's in 1958, and is now known as the St. Martin's Fair. The St. Martin's area is now part of the City of Franklin. It is the location of St. Martin of Tours Parish, formed when Holy Assumption and Sacred Hearts parishes were merged in 1998. St. Martin's, Wisconsin St. Martin's (also St. Martins or Saint Martins) was a former hamlet in the Town of Franklin, in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was settled during the 1830s and 1840s, and became more developed", "title": "St. Martin's, Wisconsin" }, { "docid": "12225359", "text": "sought after as an orchestral musician, having performed as guest principal flutist with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martins-in-the-Field. In addition, she has performed concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Toronto Philharmonia, Victoria Symphony, and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra. She counts performing with the 2004 Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra as a career highlight, where she performed Krzysztof Penderecki's flute concerto under the baton of the composer. In addition to actively performing, she teaches at several summer flute classes including the Pender", "title": "Lorna McGhee" }, { "docid": "16377587", "text": "St. Martin's, Wisconsin St. Martin's (also St. Martins or Saint Martins) was a former hamlet in the Town of Franklin, in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was settled during the 1830s and 1840s, and became more developed after the arrival of Father Martin Kundig in 1847. He established Holy Assumption Parish and was a key force in platting the settlement in 1850. Because some German immigrants had trouble understanding the English-speaking Irish worshipers, construction of another Catholic church was requested. A portion of the land deeded to Holy Assumption Church in St. Martin's was donated for construction of Sacred Hearts Catholic", "title": "St. Martin's, Wisconsin" }, { "docid": "8890105", "text": "Hall in London immediately prior to the departure of the Canterbury pilgrims who came to settle the area, or that it was named for an area with which the original owner of the holdings (Henry Phillips) was connected. Saint Martins is unbound by law. Waltham to the north, Beckenham to the west, Huntsbury and Murray Aynsley to the south and Opawa to the east. St Martins, New Zealand Saint Martins is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located two kilometres south of the city centre. Primarily a residential area, St Martins is host to a small shopping mall complex", "title": "St Martins, New Zealand" }, { "docid": "17952372", "text": "James Moran (shipbuilder) James Moran was a shipbuilder from St. Martins, New Brunswick who pioneered shipbuilding in the Bay of Fundy. Moran was one of the two leading families in the shipbuilding era of St. Martins from 1803 to 1919. During this period a number of different families built ships of all sizes along the beaches of St. Martins, which roughly producing 517 ships. He was the son of Matthias (Matthew) Moran. James married Mary Hamilton who gave him two sons, Robert and James H. Robert went on to be a master mariner, while James H. Became a junior shipbuilder", "title": "James Moran (shipbuilder)" }, { "docid": "14733143", "text": "Michal Martychowiec Michal Martychowiec (born 1987) is a contemporary artist. He creates conceptual series of photographs, films, drawings, neons, objects, and mix-media installations and environments. He was awarded Distinction in MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. He is a visiting lecturer at the Russian Institute of History of Art (Russian Academy of Sciences) in St. Petersburg and China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. He lives in Berlin. Martychowiec’s oeuvre consists of mixed media practice designed in larger series. It is thus always developed hermeneutically around an expanded topic. A new field of", "title": "Michal Martychowiec" }, { "docid": "18328101", "text": "apprentices, giving them an entry into training that no other practice was willing to allow, as architecture was not considered suitable for women. The two cousins became the first British women to open an interior design business. Brydon was the author of the entry on William Eden Nesfield in the 1911 \"Encyclopædia Britannica\". J. M. Brydon John McKean Brydon (1840 – May 1901) was a Scottish architect who developed a practice in designing public buildings, particularly hospitals, in London. He designed the St Peter’s Hospital in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden (1880–84), the Hospital for Women in Euston Road (renamed the", "title": "J. M. Brydon" }, { "docid": "18328100", "text": "J. M. Brydon John McKean Brydon (1840 – May 1901) was a Scottish architect who developed a practice in designing public buildings, particularly hospitals, in London. He designed the St Peter’s Hospital in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden (1880–84), the Hospital for Women in Euston Road (renamed the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital after the death of its founder), Chelsea Public Library (1890), and the School of Medicine for Women in Handel Street (1896). He also designed the Old Vestry Hall at the rear of the Chelsea Town Hall on King's Road. From 1871 he employed Agnes Garrett and Rhoda Garrett as", "title": "J. M. Brydon" }, { "docid": "16598469", "text": "their own terms.\". \"For The Ones Who Walk Away\" was called a \"piece of collaborative brilliance\". The work invites audiences to roam its many rooms in search of the traces of the ones who walked away . St Martins Youth Arts Centre St Martins Youth Arts Centre is a youth-focused performing arts centre in South Yarra in inner Melbourne. It is a non-profit organisation that makes contemporary theatre works for adult audiences and runs weekly drama workshops for young people. In 1934, Brett Randall and Hal Percy founded the Melbourne Little Theatre and, in 1956, opened a theatre on the", "title": "St Martins Youth Arts Centre" }, { "docid": "17909557", "text": "Kings Mall Kings Mall is a shopping centre in Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The development is situated off King Street. The shopping centre was developed by St Martins Property Group and first opened in 1980. It originally came with a 950-space car park. Residential apartments are situated above the mall. In 2011, the owner of Kings Mall, St Martins Property Group sold it to Matterhorn Capital for £115 million. In June 2015, Matterhorn Capital sold the shopping centre on to its current owner Schroders for £153 million. In 2016, the car park was demolished and", "title": "Kings Mall" }, { "docid": "17909552", "text": "Kings Mall Kings Mall is a shopping centre in Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The development is situated off King Street. The shopping centre was developed by St Martins Property Group and first opened in 1980. It originally came with a 950-space car park. Residential apartments are situated above the mall. In 2011, the owner of Kings Mall, St Martins Property Group sold it to Matterhorn Capital for £115 million. In June 2015, Matterhorn Capital sold the shopping centre on to its current owner Schroders for £153 million. In 2016, the car park was demolished and", "title": "Kings Mall" }, { "docid": "17909555", "text": "and Feast Canteen. Kings Mall Car Park serves the Kings Mall shopping centre and the wider Hammersmith area. It is situated to the rear of the development off Glenthorne Road. When Kings Mall opened in 1980, it originally came with a 950-space four storey multi-storey car park developed by St Martins Property Group. The size of this car park meant that not only could it serve the customers of the Kings Mall shopping centre, but it could also be used by people visiting other areas in Hammersmith town centre or even commuters using the Hammersmith tube stations. When St Martins", "title": "Kings Mall" }, { "docid": "10596205", "text": "the name of the Company was changed to St Martins Property Corporation Limited. In addition to growth by acquisition, the company embarked on an extensive programme of property development and during the 1960s and 70's many schemes were completed including Kings Mall Shopping Centre at Hammersmith, which was later sold in 2011. During the 1980s the company expanded its portfolio with the completion of major office, retail and warehousing schemes including London Bridge City, Windmill Hill Business Park in Swindon, the Drummond Centre in Croydon, Monument Mall Newcastle, Cathedral Lanes Coventry, Fieldhead Business Centre Bradford and Elliots Field Retail Park", "title": "St Martins Property Group" }, { "docid": "12810025", "text": "St Andrew's Garrison Church, Aldershot St Andrew’s Garrison Church, situated at Queens Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire (GU11 2BY) in southern England is a large army church designed in the late 1920s by the prominent Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer (1864–1929). During the 1920s Sir Robert Lorimer designed a number of war memorials, including the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle. St Andrew’s Garrison Church was built as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the First World War, also known as the Great War. A plaque in the porch of St Andrew’s states that: \"\"This church was built", "title": "St Andrew's Garrison Church, Aldershot" }, { "docid": "7816420", "text": "and waterworks. In 1871 Martin & Chamberlain were responsible for St Nicolas' Church, Hockley, St Stephen's Church, Selly Park, St Barnabas church in the Franche area of Kidderminster. St John's Church, Sparkhill, built in 1888 is a further example of their work. Henry Martin was the original architect of the Green Lane Public Library and Baths, not the ubiquitous Martin and Chamberlain. Henry was unrelated to the other Martins and had a small practice in the city centre. Green Lane was his only major work. Martin & Chamberlain John Henry Chamberlain, William Martin, and Frederick Martin were architects in Victorian", "title": "Martin & Chamberlain" }, { "docid": "9805136", "text": "a 1902 fact-finding visit to the USA by Matheson. An early example was Olympic House (1903), a plain rectangular speculative office development in Glasgow's Queen Street, followed by the Anchor Line Building (1905–07) on St Vincent Place. The façade of this building is of white faience tiles, the first time that a Scottish architect had used this material. It developed further following the appointment in 1918 of Richard M Gunn as chief draughtsman and designer, which resulted in designs such as the McLaren warehouse (1922) in George Square, and the massive classical Head Office for the Union Bank of Scotland", "title": "James Miller (architect)" }, { "docid": "18574076", "text": "the building they purchased in 1919 at 146 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley. Powell was an eclectic architect who understood well the design canons of the styles of the Interwar period. The best known of his surviving city buildings demonstrate considerable stylistic literacy, for example, the Ann Street Masonic Temple in Ancient Classical style and St Martins Hospital in Arts and Crafts style. The design of the BAFS Building has stylistic similarities, albeit on a smaller scale, with other examples of his commercial work in the city, such as Perry House, Preston House and Exton House. The George Street building was", "title": "BAFS Building" }, { "docid": "20984125", "text": "team of nurses and patient assistants, who kept the hospital in motion. The hospital runs a daily antiretroviral clinic, as well as regular antenatal, family planning, and vaccination clinics. The operating room is used for caesarean sections, female sterilizations, hernia repairs, and incision and drainage operations. As of November 2018, the hospital had grown to 100 in-patient beds. The chief of clinical services was Dr Marieke Bos, assisted by Mr B.E.C. Ngosi. St Martins' Hospital, Malindi St Martins' Hospital, Malindi, is a 100-bed missionary community hospital in the town of Malindi, Malawi. The hospital is located in Malindi, a town", "title": "St Martins' Hospital, Malindi" }, { "docid": "10596209", "text": "December 2011, 60 Threadneedle Street was acquired from Hammersons. the building completed in 2009 1 Bunhill Row was bought in February 2012. In 2013, St Martins Property Group bought the 13 acre More London (London Bridge City) estate for around £1.7bn. The site contains over of office, retail, leisure and residential accommodation. Globally, St Martins owns close to of commercial property across Europe, in Turkey, Australia and in Japan.In Australia, St Martins own 50% of the Rialto Tower in Melbourne, a 250-metre-high building comprising two towers of 56 and 43 floors, providing 83,500 sq m of office space. St Martins", "title": "St Martins Property Group" }, { "docid": "16598462", "text": "St Martins Youth Arts Centre St Martins Youth Arts Centre is a youth-focused performing arts centre in South Yarra in inner Melbourne. It is a non-profit organisation that makes contemporary theatre works for adult audiences and runs weekly drama workshops for young people. In 1934, Brett Randall and Hal Percy founded the Melbourne Little Theatre and, in 1956, opened a theatre on the present site of St Martins. Operation of the theatre continued until 1977, when the Victorian Government purchased the site with the intent to establish a youth arts centre. In 1978, an organisation, then known as St Martins,", "title": "St Martins Youth Arts Centre" }, { "docid": "20247310", "text": "the FA Vase for the first time. St Martins finished in 4th position in Div 1, following a 21 game unbeaten run. During this successful spell, Saints lifted the Div 1 League Cup to earn their first silverware in the West Midlands Regional League. St Martins FC progressed to step 6 football after being accepted into the North West Counties Division One South for the 2018-19 season, joining other local teams Oswestry Town and Ellesmere Rangers in making the move to North West Football. Champions 1992-93 Champions 1997, 2016 St Martins F.C. St Martins Football Club is a football club", "title": "St Martins F.C." }, { "docid": "10596203", "text": "St Martins Property Group St Martins Property Investments Limited (trading as St Martins Property Group) is a property development, investment and asset management company based in the United Kingdom representing the real estate interests of the State of Kuwait with their headquarters in London Bridge City, London. The company is wholly owned by the Kuwait sovereign wealth fund, Future Generations Fund. Their flagship development projects are London Bridge City, an office area, and 150 Cheapside. St Martins Property Group has operations in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe including Turkey, Japan and Australia. The Company was incorporated in February 1924 as", "title": "St Martins Property Group" }, { "docid": "18565020", "text": "St Martin at Oak, Norwich St Martin at Oak, Norwich is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. The church is medieval dating from before 1491. It was destroyed by bombing in January 1942. It was rebuilt in 1953 by the architect John Chaplin as a church hall for neighbouring parishes, but this never materialised as the local churches were closed in the 1960s. After a period of use as a night shelter by the St Martins Housing Trust, the church was transformed into Oak Studios, a rehearsal space for theatre and music", "title": "St Martin at Oak, Norwich" }, { "docid": "16598465", "text": "dance. St Martins regularly uses a room in Northcote Town Hall for its Northcote workshops. St Martins' holds drama workshops for young people at its South Yarra and Northcote locations. Workshop age groups are 5-8s, 9-12s, Teens and cross-age. St Martins has a strong focus on access and inclusion. St Martins presents works created with children for adult audiences under a model of 'Large Interactions' and 'Small interruptions'. Large Interactions are mainstage works, presented at major festivals and venues and Small Interruptions are small-scale site specific works often involving one to one audience interaction with children. Paired one-on-one with a", "title": "St Martins Youth Arts Centre" }, { "docid": "11493058", "text": "followers of Cameron of Lochiel. In the Jacobite rising of 1745, the MacMartins were \"out with\" Lochiel's regiment. According to the \"Oxford Companion to Scottish History\", the MacMartins of Letterfinlay who were a sept of the Clan Cameron would have seen themselves as distinct within their own lands, but would have also seen themselves as Camerons if operating elsewhere outside of Lochaber. There is a branch of MacMartins from Strathclyde. The Martins in Skye are traditionally associated with Clan Donald, and the Lothians were home to a powerful 'de St Martin' family from the 12th century. An Anglo-Norman knight named", "title": "Martin (name)" }, { "docid": "13978088", "text": "Basil's own background is obscure. He married Elizabeth Rainsford in 1605. Their son, also Simon, became a Clerk in the Royal Works and died in 1663. Simon Basil died in September 1615 and was buried at St Martins-in-the-Fields. Simon Basil Simon Basil (fl. 1590 — 1615) was an English surveyor or architect, who held the post of Surveyor of the King's Works, 1606-15. Simon Basil's first recorded appearance, in 1590, was drawing a plan of Ostend, a military objective at the time, for the previous Surveyor, Robert Adams. Similarly in 1597 he is mentioned in respect of a \"modell\" of", "title": "Simon Basil" }, { "docid": "18896071", "text": "St Andrews. John Milne (architect) John Milne (1823 - 1904) was a Scottish architect operating throughout the second half of the 19th century, working largely in the Fife area. He was described as an ‘’inventive neo-Jacobean and Scots Baronial designer’’. He exhibited works at the Royal Scottish Academy in the 1860s. He was also an inventor of a pyro-pneumatic grate: a heating system for churches. He self-financed several improvement schemes to the town of St Andrews He was born in Fettercairn in the north of Scotland, the son of a joiner and builder. He was apprenticed to John Henderson, an", "title": "John Milne (architect)" }, { "docid": "15439765", "text": "Curran. Martins is a first-generation American, born to parents who emigrated from northern Portugal in the 1960s. He was raised in Mineola. Upon graduation from Chaminade High School, he continued his schooling at the collegiate level and received a bachelor's degree in political science from American University in 1988. Additionally, Martins received a Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law in 1991. Martins was elected Mayor of the Village of Mineola, New York in 2003. As Mayor, Martins instituted a Debt Management Plan to stabilize the village's finances, facilitated downtown revitalization and economic growth and passed \"Eight (8)", "title": "Jack Martins" }, { "docid": "8890104", "text": "St Martins, New Zealand Saint Martins is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located two kilometres south of the city centre. Primarily a residential area, St Martins is host to a small shopping mall complex situated on Wilsons Road, the main thoroughfare through the suburb. There are a number of schools in the suburb, including Saint Martins School, Hillview Christian School and the Rudolf Steiner School. Other amenities are the Hansen, Centaurus and Saint Martins Parks. The origin of the name is unclear. The most likely candidates are that it was named after a gathering held at Saint Martin's", "title": "St Martins, New Zealand" }, { "docid": "14726546", "text": "St.-Martins-Chorknaben Biberach The St.-Martins-Chorknaben Biberach (English: St Martin's Boys' Choir Biberach) is a boys' and men's choir from Biberach an der Riß in southern Germany. The choir was founded in 1962 and is since then member of the \"Pueri Cantores\", an international association of catholic youth choirs. The choir regularly takes part in services in its home parish St Martin and the surrounding parishes. In their annual concert tour the choirboys also perform abroad. The St.-Martins-Chorknaben sing sacred music – usually a cappella, that is without instrumental sound. Their repertory covers all the periods in musical history – from Gregorian", "title": "St.-Martins-Chorknaben Biberach" }, { "docid": "19245648", "text": "from 1911 until 1920; and then with Beatrice Hutton as Powell and Hutton from 1922 until 1924. When Powell designed the Holy Trinity Church, Mackay he was in private practice. During his long career as an architect Powell designed many prominent buildings, including St Martins Hospital and the Masonic Temple in Ann Street, Brisbane. In his design of the Holy Trinity Church, Powell used a blend of Romanesque, Spanish Mission and Mediterranean architectural styles, all popular during the inter-war period. A similar eclecticism was used by architect Eric Ford of Brisbane's Chambers and Ford on the design of the Holy", "title": "Holy Trinity Church, Mackay" }, { "docid": "20911267", "text": "Camilla Rutherford (photographer) Camilla Rutherford (born August 7, 1983) is a Scottish award-winning photojournalist who lives in Wanaka, New Zealand. Rutherford specializes in outdoor sports photography and often shoots in the mountains of New Zealand. She shoots everything from sports, travel, and lifestyle. Rutherford was born in Edinburg, Scotland on August 7, 1983 to a family of five children. She had always been an outdoor adventurer and, like her mother, she later became a ski instructor. She studied at St. Martins College of Art in London where she earned an Arts Honors Degree. Rutherford then traveled to the South Island", "title": "Camilla Rutherford (photographer)" }, { "docid": "9682522", "text": "St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth St. Ninian’s Cathedral is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the diocese of St. Andrews, Dunblane and Dunkeld. The Scottish Episcopal Church was disestablished in 1689 and all the Scottish cathedrals became the property of the Presbyterian Church either falling into disuse or becoming adapted for the Presbyterian rite. In 1848 two young Scottish aristocrats at Oxford University conceived the idea of reviving cathedrals for the Episcopalians and the London architect, William Butterfield was chosen to design a cathedral for Perth. £5751 was raised by subscription and of this less than £150 came from", "title": "St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth" }, { "docid": "10257943", "text": "John Paterson (architect) John Paterson (died 1832) was a Scottish architect who trained with Robert Adam (1728–1792) whom he assisted with his work on Edinburgh University Old College and Seton House Castle. He was the second son of George Paterson (d. 1789) an Edinburgh architect and builder linked to Robert Mylne and living on St John Street in the Canongate in a building he had built with Francis Charteris, Earl of Wemyss and March and thereafter shared. Its site is remembered in the building Charteris Land, a modern building which replaced it. The family also owned a small estate at", "title": "John Paterson (architect)" }, { "docid": "10257945", "text": "as early as 1790. Just before death he is listed as living at 24 Buccleuch Place in Edinburgh's south side, just south of George Square. John Paterson (architect) John Paterson (died 1832) was a Scottish architect who trained with Robert Adam (1728–1792) whom he assisted with his work on Edinburgh University Old College and Seton House Castle. He was the second son of George Paterson (d. 1789) an Edinburgh architect and builder linked to Robert Mylne and living on St John Street in the Canongate in a building he had built with Francis Charteris, Earl of Wemyss and March and", "title": "John Paterson (architect)" }, { "docid": "1127319", "text": "St. Martins, Missouri St. Martins is a city in Cole County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,140 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. St. Martins is located at (38.594677, -92.336962). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,140 people, 451 households, and 325 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 474 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup", "title": "St. Martins, Missouri" }, { "docid": "13890958", "text": "further fixed his interest in a future career in the field. With the encouragement of his art tutor, Bob Spearman, Jones attended Saint Martins School of Art in London in 1970, where he studied graphic design, graduating in 1974. At the college, a visiting lecturer suggested Jones combine his interest in realism with imaginative skills, drawing Jones into the Fantasy and Science Fiction fields. Whilst at St. Martins Jones took the decision to \"become an illustrator\". Within a month he was producing his first commercial work for Puffin Books, the cover for Penelope Farmer's \"A Castle of Bone\". He commenced", "title": "Peter Andrew Jones" }, { "docid": "16598463", "text": "took up residence, and on 18 March 1980, St Martins Youth Arts Centre was established as a company and charitable institution. Finally, on 28 April 1982, The Hon. Race Mathews, MLA, Minister for the Arts opened the completed arts centre. St Martins alumni include: Matt Day <br> Barrie Kosky<br> Colin Lane<br> Catherine McClements<br> Ben Mendelsohn<br> Gina Riley<br> Noah Taylor<br> Mark Trevorrow (Bob Downe)<br> Tripod (Scott Edgar, Simon Hall and Steven Gates)<br> Jane Turner<br> Madeleine West<br> Geire Kami <br> Frank Woodley <br> Julia Zemiro St Martins administers three buildings in South Yarra: a theatre complex and an administration building (on St", "title": "St Martins Youth Arts Centre" }, { "docid": "7341580", "text": "St. Martins station Saint Martins station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 311 West Springfield Avenue near the intersection of West Willow Grove and Seminole Avenues, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. The station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1883 and was known as Wissahickon Heights Station until 1906. The station and adjoining St Martins/St Martin's Lane take their present name from the Church of Saint Martin in the Fields, which stands a few hundred feet to the west. The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill West Line and", "title": "St. Martins station" }, { "docid": "20493326", "text": "Norman Maclean (moderator) Very Rev Norman Maclean DD (1869–1952) was a 20th-century Scottish minister and religious author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1927. He was minister of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh from 1915 to 1936. In 1921 he was Convenor of the Scottish Churches Memorial Project overseeing war memorials across the country. He was specifically involved in the creation of the very beautiful war memorial chapel in St Cuthberts, designed by the Glasgow architect, Peter MacGregor Chalmers. In 1927 he succeeded Very Rev John Donaldson McCallum as Moderator. In 1929 he", "title": "Norman Maclean (moderator)" }, { "docid": "18896067", "text": "John Milne (architect) John Milne (1823 - 1904) was a Scottish architect operating throughout the second half of the 19th century, working largely in the Fife area. He was described as an ‘’inventive neo-Jacobean and Scots Baronial designer’’. He exhibited works at the Royal Scottish Academy in the 1860s. He was also an inventor of a pyro-pneumatic grate: a heating system for churches. He self-financed several improvement schemes to the town of St Andrews He was born in Fettercairn in the north of Scotland, the son of a joiner and builder. He was apprenticed to John Henderson, an architect in", "title": "John Milne (architect)" }, { "docid": "17676216", "text": "trained as an architect at the Glasgow firm of John Burnet, then under Robert William Edis of London. Fields was not inspired by Edis's work, but developed great admiration and respect for Richard Norman Shaw architect of Hampsted, who he knew socially – both for his work and as an example of humanity. Field started his own practice in 1882, as \"Field and Moore\", together with his father's assistant Edwin Emmanuel Moore; their first work was \"Wedderburn House\" (1884–5), a six-storey block of flats in Hampstead; \"Wedderburn Cottage\" (1886) followed adjacent. In 1887 he married May Francis Campbell, and joined", "title": "Horace Field" }, { "docid": "20857815", "text": "of Mark Stark, a Glasgow merchant and millowner, and grandson of the Rev Robert Stark of Torryburn. Stark’s older sister Sarah married the Glasgow architect John Craig in 1787 and it is possible that the young Stark started his career in his office. In 1798 Stark visited St Petersburg, possibly in connection with the neoclassical Scottish architect Charles Cameron, who worked at the court of Catherine II of Russia. Stark’s career began in Glasgow around 1802, but he moved to Edinburgh for the sake of his health about 1807. He died at his home in Drumsheugh, Edinburgh, on 9 October", "title": "William Stark (architect)" }, { "docid": "14672216", "text": "William Hay (architect) William Hay (17 May 1818 – 30 May 1888) was a Scottish architect who was actively working internationally from 1842 to 1887. A specialist in gothic architecture, he is primarily known for his work on several churches and cathedrals. His most famous structure is the Bermuda Cathedral in Hamilton, Bermuda which he designed in 1885. Construction of the cathedral began in 1886 and was completed seven years after Hay's death in 1905. He also designed some of the oldest buildings and structures in Toronto, Ontario, from 1853–1861, and was responsible for the restoration of St. Giles' Cathedral", "title": "William Hay (architect)" }, { "docid": "8246223", "text": "Three of Glasgow's most important buildings are credited to Burnet Senior in his later years: the Clydesdale Bank headquarters in St Vincent Place, the Merchants' House and the Union Bank of Scotland building (the latter assisted by his son). Among his surviving works are: Other work has been destroyed or demolished, including: He is buried in the Western Necropolis. John Burnet (architect) John Burnet (27 September 1814 – 15 January 1901) was a Scottish architect who lived and practised in Glasgow. He was born the son of soldier and trained initially as a carpenter, before becoming a Clerk of Works.", "title": "John Burnet (architect)" }, { "docid": "18530713", "text": "practiced from 19 St Andrew Square. In the same year Brown married Helen Neill, and they lived at 27 Royal Terrace on Calton Hill. They had one daughter, Janetta, who died aged six. Brown died at 32 Royal Terrace. Thereafter the practice took Charles Reid as a partner and became known as Wardrop & Reid. see Thomas Brown (prison architect) Thomas Brown (12 April 1806 – 23 August 1872) was a Scottish architect operating throughout Scotland in the mid-19th century, primarily involved with prison design. Despite training under Thomas Brown Senior he was not related to him. Thomas was the", "title": "Thomas Brown (prison architect)" }, { "docid": "16820998", "text": "St Clare John Byrne St Clare John Byrne (1831-1915) was a British naval architect, who specialized in the design of luxury yachts during the late Victorian and early Edwardian period. His father, Charles Holtzendorf Byrne (1781-1853), was an Irish ship owner who in 1812 married Scottish Susanna Ewing (1789–1868). They had 8 children, 4 of whom were born in Renfrew Scotland and the remainder in Liverpool, including St Clare Byrne. By the age of 20 Byrne was a merchant’s clerk, living with his parents in Birkenhead, an area associated with shipbuilding. In 1867 he married Kate Chatteris, they had 3", "title": "St Clare John Byrne" }, { "docid": "5862534", "text": "in 2016 & the National Hickory Championship in 2017 on the St Martins Course. \"U.S. Open Champions and Scores\" \"Course Scorecard\" Wissahickon Course A large tract of land was purchased in 1920, because the Club did not own the grounds on which the St. Martins golf course was built, . It was A. W. Tillinghast (Bethpage – Black, Baltusrol, Newport, San Francisco and Winged Foot) who recommended the Flourtown site and who designed the new course, which opened in 1922. The Wissahickon course is one of the few remaining courses designed by Tillinghast that has had minimal changes over the", "title": "Philadelphia Cricket Club" }, { "docid": "8527131", "text": "Cross/St Pancras train stations. On its eastern side the building overlooks Battlebridge Basin on the Regent's Canal which is also home to many residential boats and the London Canal Museum. Central St Martins, one of the art colleges within the University of the Arts London, brought a major visual arts community into the area from mid-2011, when it moved into the nearby Argent’s King's Cross Central development. Following a limited architectural competition, Dixon Jones was appointed as the architect for Kings Place. The brief was for it to be a large building of far higher quality than the normal spec", "title": "Kings Place" }, { "docid": "8325345", "text": "Robert Smith (architect) Robert Smith (1722February 11, 1777) was a Scottish-born American architect who was based in Philadelphia. Smith's work includes buildings such as Carpenters' Hall, St. Peter's Church, and the steeple on Christ Church. These structures constituted the greater part of the city's early skyline. Other works include Nassau Hall at Princeton University and the Public Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia. He worked exclusively in the Georgian style. Smith was born in Dalkeith Parish, Midlothian, Scotland, into a family that included many masons. As a young man he apprenticed in the building trades, and emigrated to America, either directly from", "title": "Robert Smith (architect)" }, { "docid": "8325349", "text": "the Delaware River to rip holes in the hulls of British warships. Smith died during the War while working on the American Army barracks at Fort Billingsport, New Jersey, part of the defenses on the Delaware River. He is buried in Philadelphia. Robert Smith (architect) Robert Smith (1722February 11, 1777) was a Scottish-born American architect who was based in Philadelphia. Smith's work includes buildings such as Carpenters' Hall, St. Peter's Church, and the steeple on Christ Church. These structures constituted the greater part of the city's early skyline. Other works include Nassau Hall at Princeton University and the Public Hospital", "title": "Robert Smith (architect)" }, { "docid": "11821197", "text": "business passed to William and David Hiorn. He was a major employer, and some of his craftsmen were individually credited on a lead plaque formerly at Sutton Scarsdale: Another craftsman and architect who worked under Smith was William Baker of Audlem, who was employed as a carpenter by Smith at Ditchley in Oxfordshire in 1727, and later developed an extensive architectural practice in Shropshire and Staffordshire A further architect and builder associated with the Smiths was Abraham Hayward, who came from Whitchurch, where Smith had built St Alkmund's Church. The Smith's employed Hayward on the re-building of St Peter at", "title": "Francis Smith of Warwick" }, { "docid": "14576910", "text": "into flats. She was engaged on works at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral and Music School, Edinburgh, from 1956 to 1965. Her most important commissions for the Cathedral were the stone font, with its wrought iron cover, and a wrought iron screen to the Chapel of St Margaret of Scotland. Edith Hughes (architect) Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes HonFRIAS (7 July 1888 – 28 August 1971) was a Scottish architect, and is considered Britain's first practising woman architect, having established her own architecture firm in 1920. Edith Mary Burnet was born in Edinburgh, the daughter of May Crudelius and George Wardlaw", "title": "Edith Hughes (architect)" }, { "docid": "9243919", "text": "Maria Martins Maria Martins (born 1 April 1974) is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres. She was born in Santa Katarina, Cape Verde. Arriving in Roubaix in 1988 to rejoin her father, Maria is 1.62m tall and weighs 50 kg. A teacher of hers detected her aptitude for Track and Field and directed her towards athletics. She first ran for club Lille UC up to 1993, then at the (ACVA) before stopping training at the end of 1995 to have a baby. She restarted training in 1999 encouraged by her coach at Club", "title": "Maria Martins" }, { "docid": "10552774", "text": "United, then played a couple of months in England with Fulham's reserves. In the following years, Martins represented in quick succession PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo in Bulgaria, Chiapas in Mexico, Venezuela's Caracas F.C. and Club Bolívar from Bolivia. In early 2010, he was loaned to Finnish club IFK Mariehamn. In early 2012, Martins signed with Syrianska FC from the Swedish Allsvenskan for six months, being released shortly after. In November of that year he joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Premier League, but left the following month after only one appearance as an unused substitute. André Martins (footballer, born 1987)", "title": "André Martins (footballer, born 1987)" }, { "docid": "16690973", "text": "during summer, as a venue of the Edinburgh International Festival. St Cecilia's Hall was originally commissioned by the Edinburgh Musical Society (EMS) and designed by the Scottish architect Robert Mylne, who also designed Blackfriars Bridge in London. The EMS was founded in 1728, and for its first 35 years its members met in the upper hall of St Mary’s Chapel, a small church that formerly stood to the north of the present hall. In December 1763, after completion of Mylne's new hall, the EMS held an inaugural concert in honour of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. St Cecilia's was", "title": "St Cecilia's Hall" }, { "docid": "12452381", "text": "St Paul's Church, Wordsworth Avenue St Paul’s Church is situated within the English city of Sheffield on Wordsworth Avenue in the northern suburb of Parson Cross. St Paul’s is a modern looking post war church which has been designated as a Grade II listed building. St Paul’s was opened in 1959 to serve the New Parson Cross estate which had been constructed on previous greenfield land in the late 1940s as the City of Sheffield cleared its slum housing and expanded into the countryside. The church was designed by the Scottish architect Basil Spence who was forced to work with", "title": "St Paul's Church, Wordsworth Avenue" }, { "docid": "9805140", "text": "of London. His son George joined the architectural practice in the mid-1930s but died in 1940, at which point James retired. James Miller (architect) James Miller (1860–1947) was a Scottish architect, recognised for his commercial architecture in Glasgow and for his Scottish railway stations. Notable among these are the American-influenced Union Bank building at 110–20 St Vincent Street; his 1901–1905 extensions to Glasgow Central railway station; and Wemyss Bay railway station on the Firth of Clyde. His lengthy career resulted in a wide range of building types, and, with the assistance of skilled draughtsmen such as Richard M Gunn, he", "title": "James Miller (architect)" }, { "docid": "9805131", "text": "James Miller (architect) James Miller (1860–1947) was a Scottish architect, recognised for his commercial architecture in Glasgow and for his Scottish railway stations. Notable among these are the American-influenced Union Bank building at 110–20 St Vincent Street; his 1901–1905 extensions to Glasgow Central railway station; and Wemyss Bay railway station on the Firth of Clyde. His lengthy career resulted in a wide range of building types, and, with the assistance of skilled draughtsmen such as Richard M Gunn, he adapted his designs to changing tastes and new architectural materials and technologies. Miller moved to Stirling in 1911, at 'Randolphfield', and", "title": "James Miller (architect)" }, { "docid": "14315224", "text": "Charles Macpherson Charles Macpherson DMus (Dunelm) FRAM FRCO (1870–1927) was a Scottish organist, who served at St Paul's Cathedral. He was born in Edinburgh on 10 May 1870. His father was Burgh Architect. At the age of nine he became a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral, later studying music at the Royal Academy of Music. He was organist at St Clement Eastcheap between 1887 and 1890, before returning to St Paul's as assistant organist between 1895 and 1916, being made organist in 1916, a position he held until his death. He married Sophia Menella Newbolt, the youngest daughter of Canon", "title": "Charles Macpherson" }, { "docid": "18598562", "text": "James Macgeorge James Macgeorge (1832 – 9 December 1918) was a Scottish-born architect in South Australia. He is remembered for erecting South Australia's first telegraph line. James Macgeorge was born in Scotland, the fifth son of tailor Robert Forsyth Macgeorge (1795–1860) and his wife Elizabeth M. Macgeorge, née Duncan (1801–), who with their family emigrated to South Australia aboard the \"Ariadne\", arriving on 13 August 1839. They developed the property they named \"Urr brae\", now the suburb known as Urrbrae. He started practising as an architect in 1855 and in that year responded to a notice in the \"Gazette\" of", "title": "James Macgeorge" }, { "docid": "15717786", "text": "an artillery grove was given to the church. Corps commander, I.A. Velyaminov appealed to the Emperor with a petition and the place in front of the school was approved. The author of the Cathedral original draft was a brilliant architect V.P. Stasov (1769–1848). In 1826 he created the project for St. Petersburg: \"The facade and the plan of the expected Church in the name of St. Nicholas\". A refectory and a bell tower were not included in the Church figure by Stasov. Working drawings were developed by Colonel A.A. Leshchev and a provincial architect P.I. Praman, who took a typical", "title": "St. Nicholas Cossack Cathedral" }, { "docid": "2798106", "text": "of prosperity, but ironically the architectural styles, as developed by such architects as Augustus Pugin, were typically retrospective. In Scotland, the architect Alexander Thomson who practiced in Glasgow was a pioneer of the use of cast iron and steel for commercial buildings, blending neo-classical conventionality with Egyptian and oriental themes to produce many truly original structures. Other notable Scottish architects of this period are Archibald Simpson and Alexander Marshall Mackenzie whose stylistically varied work can be seen in the architecture of Aberdeen. While Scottish architects pioneered this style it soon spread right across the United Kingdom and remained popular for", "title": "Victorian architecture" }, { "docid": "6488204", "text": "Martins Dukurs Martins Dukurs (born 31 March 1984) is a Latvian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. He is the reigning and five-time world champion in men's skeleton and has won Olympic silver at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, as well as eight World Cup titles. Dukurs finished seventh in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and sixth in the men's skeleton event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. He won the gold medal in the men's event at the 2011 FIBT World Championships, 2012 FIBT World Championships, 2015 FIBT World", "title": "Martins Dukurs" }, { "docid": "19740933", "text": "of the war. He was buried in Kasauli Cemetery. James Galloway (footballer) James Blyth Galloway (3 July 1893 – 17 November 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark. Galloway worked as an architect. A territorial, he was called up for service when the First World War broke out in August 1914 and joined the Royal Field Artillery. After a long period on the Western Front, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 16 September 1917. Galloway was posted to India late in the war and died of pneumonia in Kasauli on", "title": "James Galloway (footballer)" }, { "docid": "20984123", "text": "St Martins' Hospital, Malindi St Martins' Hospital, Malindi, is a 100-bed missionary community hospital in the town of Malindi, Malawi. The hospital is located in Malindi, a town in Mangochi District, in the Southern Region of Malawi. Malindi is located approximately , by road, north of Mangochi, where the district headquarters are located. This is about , by road, north of Blantyre, the largest city in Malawi's Southern Region. This hospital is under the jurisdiction of the Lakeshore Health Department of the Diocese of Southern Malawi–Upper Shire, a component of the Church of the Province of Central Africa. St Martin’s", "title": "St Martins' Hospital, Malindi" }, { "docid": "19740932", "text": "James Galloway (footballer) James Blyth Galloway (3 July 1893 – 17 November 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark. Galloway worked as an architect. A territorial, he was called up for service when the First World War broke out in August 1914 and joined the Royal Field Artillery. After a long period on the Western Front, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 16 September 1917. Galloway was posted to India late in the war and died of pneumonia in Kasauli on 17 November 1918, just six days after the end", "title": "James Galloway (footballer)" }, { "docid": "14726548", "text": "could contribute to strengthen the partnership between Guernsey and Biberach. DVD: \"Hinter den Stimmen – Die Chorknaben aus Biberach\" (English: Behind the Voices – The Choirboys from Biberach) The documentary had its premiere in November 2009 at the film festival of Biberach. The DVD was released in July 2010. CD: \"Cantate Domino\" (2009) St.-Martins-Chorknaben Biberach The St.-Martins-Chorknaben Biberach (English: St Martin's Boys' Choir Biberach) is a boys' and men's choir from Biberach an der Riß in southern Germany. The choir was founded in 1962 and is since then member of the \"Pueri Cantores\", an international association of catholic youth choirs.", "title": "St.-Martins-Chorknaben Biberach" }, { "docid": "6868848", "text": "Steve Martins Steve P. Martins (born April 13, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Martins attended Harvard University, graduating in 1995. Martins played professional hockey from 1995 until 2009 primarily in minor leagues. He was able to play 267 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders, St. Louis Blues, and the Ottawa Senators . Prior to Harvard, he attended Choate Rosemary Hall. Martins was drafted in the 1994 NHL Supplemental Draft by the Hartford Whalers. Martins primarily played in the minor leagues, but managed to", "title": "Steve Martins" }, { "docid": "534586", "text": "He developed a simple church of T-shaped plan and two manse designs – a single-storey and a two-storey, adaptable to site and ground conditions, and to brick or stone construction, at £750 each. Of the 43 churches originally planned, 32 were eventually built around the Scottish highlands and islands (the other 11 were achieved by redoing existing buildings). The last of these churches was built in 1830. Some have been restored and/or converted to private use. Other works by Telford include the St Katharine Docks (1824–28) close to Tower Bridge in central London, where he worked with the architect Philip", "title": "Thomas Telford" }, { "docid": "6488206", "text": "stripped from him; however a decision on whether Martins Dukurs would be granted a gold medal was not made by the IBSF. He would be the first ever Latvian athlete to win gold at the Winter Olympics. However, Tretiakov would appeal against his disqualification to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who overturned his disqualification and reinstated his gold medal. On 19 January 2018 Martins was retroactively disqualified from the 2018 St. Moritz World Cup for having illegally raced on runners modified to increase hardness. This was the third materials-control related violation for the Dukurs' brothers in 4 years, following", "title": "Martins Dukurs" }, { "docid": "15885347", "text": "East Wheeling Historic District East Wheeling Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 300 contributing buildings and one contributing site, including the Monroe Street East Historic District. The district is primarily residential, developed in the late-19th and early-20th century. A number of popular architectural styles are represented including Greek Revival and Gothic Revival. Notable non-residential buildings include St. Joseph Cathedral (1926), former Hazel Atlas Company building (now West Virginia Northern Community College), Scottish Rite Temple designed by noted Wheeling architect Frederick F. Faris (1870-1927), Elks Building, and YMCA (1906), also", "title": "East Wheeling Historic District" }, { "docid": "20409360", "text": "while other churches and new parishes were developed, by the early 1870s it was clear St. Patrick's needed an entirely new and larger church. This new church was designed by the architect Timothy Hevey who was Belfast's leading Catholic architect. It was built by Collen Brothers of Portadown and Dublin who constructed the new church around the old one which was then demolished. The entire fabric of the new church, designed to seat 2000 people, was completed for blessing on 12th of August 1877 by the Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Daniel McGettigan of Armagh. The splendour and scale of", "title": "St Patrick's Church, Belfast" }, { "docid": "14777514", "text": "ideas with simple models in a sharp and lucid manner. In 2008 the Instituto Superior Técnico created the \"Professor João Arménio Correia Martins Award\" to recognize undergraduate students with a solid background in the fields of structural mechanics and computational mechanics. In 2009 the Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional created the \"Young Researcher Award Professor João Martins\". In 2009 the Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica created the \"Professor João Martins Award\" to recognize the work of young researchers in the field of biomechanics. Theses: Peer reviewed international journals: João Arménio Correia Martins João Arménio Correia Martins was born", "title": "João Arménio Correia Martins" }, { "docid": "18120511", "text": "are incorrect (for example, Douglas was indeed responsible for the disastrous repair of Holyrood Abbey Church in 1760 and the dispute over non-payment of the rest of his fees was resolved only after his death). A map of the buildings on which he worked shows their distribution across Scotland. John Douglas (Scottish architect) John Douglas of Pinkerton (170920 June 1778) was a Scottish architect who designed and reformed several country houses in the Scottish Lowlands. His work deserves to be noted for what the 2002 history of Scottish architecture remarks as an approach \"of relentless surgery or concealment.\". His most", "title": "John Douglas (Scottish architect)" }, { "docid": "18120508", "text": "John Douglas (Scottish architect) John Douglas of Pinkerton (170920 June 1778) was a Scottish architect who designed and reformed several country houses in the Scottish Lowlands. His work deserves to be noted for what the 2002 history of Scottish architecture remarks as an approach \"of relentless surgery or concealment.\". His most notable works are Killin and Ardeonaig Church, Stirlingshire (1744); Archerfield House, East Lothian (1745); Finlaystone House, Renfewshire (174647), Wardhouse (Gordonhall), Insch, Aberdeenshire (1757); and Campbeltown Town House, Argyll and Bute (175860). Several of these are listed buildings. His date and place of birth are not known. In his will,", "title": "John Douglas (Scottish architect)" }, { "docid": "15093047", "text": "David Skae David Skae (5 July 1814 – 18 April 1873) was a Scottish physician who specialised in psychological medicine. David Skae was born at 5 Elder Street in Edinburgh the son of David Skae, an architect and builder, and his wife, Helen Lothian. Both parents died whilst David was a child, and he was educated by his maternal uncle, the Rev. William Lothian, at St Andrews. At the age of fourteen Skae began his university career, studying liberal arts at the University of St Andrews. At sixteen years of age he left St Andrews to take up a post", "title": "David Skae" }, { "docid": "1127324", "text": "median income for a household in the city was $41,389, and the median income for a family was $52,917. Males had a median income of $31,484 versus $22,262 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,900. About 6.0% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.7% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over. St. Martins, Missouri St. Martins is a city in Cole County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,140 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical", "title": "St. Martins, Missouri" }, { "docid": "10596207", "text": "of the tallest buildings in the City, with 45,615 sq m of space on 29 floors, together with a 10-storey building on 25 Fenchurch Avenue. St Martins then purchased the 27-storey luxury residential tower Lietocourt Arx Tower in Minato, Chuo-Ku, adjacent to Nihonbashi and Ginza, Tokyo's business and retail district. This 281-apartment building in Japan was acquired in February 2009. St Martins went through a restructuring of its portfolio in 2010 and 2011 when smaller assets were sold off in the UK and in Continental Europe, plus retail shopping centres in the UK. Savills ran the portfolio sales under the", "title": "St Martins Property Group" }, { "docid": "5038252", "text": "Ruislip, and St Martins. 1997-2010: The London Borough of Hillingdon wards of Bourne, Cavendish, Deansfield, Eastcote, Harefield, Manor, Northwood, Northwood Hills, Ruislip, and St Martins. The constituency consisted of the northern part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency) Ruislip-Northwood was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament 1950 – 2010 that elected one member (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was centred on the districts of Ruislip and Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The seat returned each of three Conservatives who stood in", "title": "Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)" }, { "docid": "13623024", "text": "Afroditi Krassa Afroditi Krassa (born 1974) is a British Product Designer and Interior Designer and founded her own design consultancy Afroditi Krassa LTD in 2002 in London. Krassa was educated at Central St Martins College of Art and Design and later on, the Royal College of Art, under architect Ron Arad. Afroditi Krassa was born in London, England. She was raised near Mount Olympus in Greece. At the age of 17, she returned to her birthplace to become a designer. She has worked at some of the world’s largest consultancies and was the first ever female designer to be employed", "title": "Afroditi Krassa" }, { "docid": "11836871", "text": "Margaret E. Barber Margaret Emma Barber or M. E. Barber (1866–1930; Chinese: 和受恩; Pinyin: \"Hé Shòuēn\"; Foochow Romanized: \"Huò Sêu-ŏng\"), was a British missionary in China. She was born in 1866 in Peasenhall, Suffolk, England, the daughter of Louis (a wheelwright) and Martha (née Gibbs) Barber. The family moved to 59 St Martins Lane Norwich around 1876 and established a Carriage Manufacturing business. The family home in Norwich (see georgeplunkett.co.uk for a view of 59 St Martins Lane) was opposite St Martins Parish church which was intensely evangelical in the 1880 - 90s and must have had an influence on", "title": "Margaret E. Barber" }, { "docid": "3729520", "text": "the architect C. J. Phipps and the artists Albert Moore and Telbin to remodel the large St. Martins Hall to create Queen's Theatre, Long Acre. A new company of players was formed, including Charles Wyndham, Henry Irving, J. L. Toole, Ellen Terry, and Henrietta Hodson. By 1868, Hodson and Labouchère were living together out of wedlock, as they could not marry until her first husband died in 1887. Labouchère bought out his partners and used the theatre to promote Hodson's talents; the theatre made a loss, Hodson retired, and the theatre closed in 1879. The couple finally married in 1887.", "title": "Henry Labouchère" }, { "docid": "7420358", "text": "Africa Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He also held the position of Managing Director of Gaspar Martins and Associates (a business consultancy firm). In April 2001, President José Eduardo dos Santos appointed Martins as roving Ambassador, and in May 2001 as the new Ambassador to the United Nations. In a ceremony in Luanda, Ambassador Martins said he would work to help the UN play a \"decisive role\" in Angola as the country searches for peace, stability and development. At the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Gaspar Martins represented the 28 Least Developed Countries (LDC Group), which negotiated as a", "title": "Gaspar Martins" }, { "docid": "14726547", "text": "Chant over Bach and Mozart up to modern composers like Poulenc or Miškinis. The choir rehearses twice a week. As the need arises the singers get an extra voice training. Moreover there is a rehearsal weekend twice a year. With their annual concert tour the St.-Martins-Chorknaben want to contribute to the understanding among nations. During their journey they try to stay in host families to get to learn the country and its people. 2002 the St.-Martins-Chorknaben stayed on Guernsey. Inhabitants of this Channel Island were interned in Oflag V-B in Biberach during World War II. With their visit the choirboys", "title": "St.-Martins-Chorknaben Biberach" }, { "docid": "16916941", "text": "parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: <br> <br> Saint Martins Parish, New Brunswick Saint Martins is a Canadian parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick. Saint Martins Parish established in 1786: possibly named for St. Martins in the state of Maryland: also included part of Alma Parish, Albert County until 1837. Saint Martins Parish is defined in the \"Territorial Division Act\" as being bounded: Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold). This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish", "title": "Saint Martins Parish, New Brunswick" }, { "docid": "16916940", "text": "Saint Martins Parish, New Brunswick Saint Martins is a Canadian parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick. Saint Martins Parish established in 1786: possibly named for St. Martins in the state of Maryland: also included part of Alma Parish, Albert County until 1837. Saint Martins Parish is defined in the \"Territorial Division Act\" as being bounded: Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold). This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish Population trend Mother tongue language (2006) Highways and numbered routes that run through the", "title": "Saint Martins Parish, New Brunswick" }, { "docid": "9326160", "text": "Colonel Jacob Duché, Sr., to build a new church. St. Peter's was founded in 1758 in newly settled Society Hill with the first service held on September 4, 1761. The land used was donated in 1757 by Governor Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn. The Penn family coat of arms can be seen above the wine-glass pulpit and sounding board. St. Peter's was designed by Scottish architect/builder Robert Smith, who designed other noted buildings of the day, among them Carpenters' Hall and the tower of Christ Church in Philadelphia, and Nassau Hall at Princeton University. Much of the", "title": "St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Society Hill, Philadelphia" } ]
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who played king kong in kong skull island
[ "Terry Notary", "Toby Kebbell" ]
[ { "docid": "18280068", "text": "Reilly on the island. Just some weird, the odd-ball monster comedy with him and Gunpei.\" \"Godzilla vs. Kong\" is scheduled to be released on May 29, 2020, with Adam Wingard directing the film. Kong: Skull Island Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The film is a reboot of the \"King Kong\" franchise, and serves as the second film in Legendary's MonsterVerse. The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly.", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "18280068", "text": "Reilly on the island. Just some weird, the odd-ball monster comedy with him and Gunpei.\" \"Godzilla vs. Kong\" is scheduled to be released on May 29, 2020, with Adam Wingard directing the film. Kong: Skull Island Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The film is a reboot of the \"King Kong\" franchise, and serves as the second film in Legendary's MonsterVerse. The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly.", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "18280031", "text": "Kong: Skull Island Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The film is a reboot of the \"King Kong\" franchise, and serves as the second film in Legendary's MonsterVerse. The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly. The film was announced in July 2014 at San Diego Comic-Con and Vogt-Roberts was announced as the director in September 2014. The project originally began at Universal as an origin story but was", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" } ]
[ { "docid": "4579882", "text": "Carl Denham Carl Denham is a fictional character in the films \"King Kong\" and \"The Son of Kong\" (both released in 1933), as well as in the 2005 remake of \"King Kong\", and a 2004 illustrated novel titled \"Kong: King of Skull Island\". The role was played by Robert Armstrong in the 1933 films and by Jack Black in the 2005 remake. Denham's function in the story is to initiate the action by bringing the characters to Skull Island, where they encounter the giant beast Kong. Denham then brings Kong to New York City to put him on display as", "title": "Carl Denham" }, { "docid": "4946493", "text": "a Southeast Asian group. In the sequel film \"Son of Kong\", Carl Denham returns to Skull Island when there was mentioning of some treasure that was hidden there. He also encounters a large white gorilla who is the son of King Kong. Skull Island sinks into the sea during a powerful earthquake. Kong's son drowns while holding Carl Denham above the water. Denham survives unscathed while the treasure is claimed by him and the other three survivors. The term \"Skull Island\" is never used in the original films. In \"King Kong\", only \"Skull Mountain\" is named, while in the sequel", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4946511", "text": "could not support them. Skull Island Skull Island is the name most often used to describe a fictional island that first appeared in the 1933 film \"King Kong\" and later appearing in its sequels, the two remakes, and any other King Kong-based media. It is the home of the eponymous King Kong and several other species of creatures, mostly prehistoric and in some cases species that should have been extinct long before the rise of mammalian creatures, along with a primitive society of humans. In the 1962 film \"King Kong vs. Godzilla\" and the 1967 film \"King Kong Escapes\", the", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4946490", "text": "Skull Island Skull Island is the name most often used to describe a fictional island that first appeared in the 1933 film \"King Kong\" and later appearing in its sequels, the two remakes, and any other King Kong-based media. It is the home of the eponymous King Kong and several other species of creatures, mostly prehistoric and in some cases species that should have been extinct long before the rise of mammalian creatures, along with a primitive society of humans. In the 1962 film \"King Kong vs. Godzilla\" and the 1967 film \"King Kong Escapes\", the comparable islands are called", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4215850", "text": "In 2018, a new book featuring another origin story written and illustrated by Devito was released called \"King Kong of Skull Island\". In March 2017, to coincide with the release of \"\", Titan Books released a novelization of the film written by Tim Lebbon and a hardcover book \"The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island\" by Simon Ward. Over the decades, there have been numerous comic books based on King Kong by various comic-book publishers. For details on this aspect of the character's print media appearances see King Kong (comics). In his first appearance in \"King Kong\" (1933), Kong", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "4946494", "text": "\"Son of Kong\", its simply referred to as \"Kong's Island\". In the novelization of \"King Kong\" by Delos Lovelace, it is called \"Skull Mountain Island\". But RKO referred to it as \"Skull Island\" in some of their publicity materials. In the 1976's \"King Kong\", Skull Island is mentioned as being \"the beach of the skull.\" It is located somewhere in Indian Ocean, covered by a permanent cloud bank. Various people are said to have visited the island through the centuries but returned with no clear proof. By the 1970s, it is an urban legend whose only evidence is in government", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4215845", "text": "by Picture Corgi. To coincide with the 2005 remake of \"King Kong\", various books were released to tie into the film. A novelization was written by Christopher Golden based on the screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson. Matt Costello wrote an official prequel to the film called \"King Kong: The Island of the Skull\". These books were published by Pocket Books. Various illustrated juvenile books were published, as well, by Harper Books: \"Kong's Kingdom\" was written by Julia Simon-Kerr; \"Meet Kong and Ann\" and \"Journey to Skull Island\" were written by Jennifer Franz; \"Escape from Skull Island\"", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "4946491", "text": "\"Farou Island\" and \"Mondo Island\", respectively. Kong plays a similar role in these islands as the god-like being of the land, a role he plays in all versions of the King Kong story. Skull Island's origins are unknown, but Kong appears to be the only giant gorilla known to exist on the island. However, the 2005 remake shows other skeletons of Kong-sized gorillas, indicating that there was once a group of such creatures of an unknown number living on the island. Additionally, 2017's \"\" depicts the skeletons of Kong's parents. In \"King Kong\", the island is never mentioned by name", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4215878", "text": "in an enemy, and utilize his environment to stage ambushes and traps. In \"King Kong vs. Godzilla\", Kong was scaled to be tall. This version of Kong was given the ability to harvest electricity as a weapon. In \"King Kong Escapes\", Kong was scaled to be tall. This version was more similar to the original, where he relied on strength and intelligence to fight and survive. Rather than residing on Skull Island, Toho's version resided on Faro Island in \"King Kong vs. Godzilla\" and on Mondo Island in \"King Kong Escapes\". In 1966, Toho planned to produce \"\"Operation Robinson Crusoe:", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "18280066", "text": "a passion project can open up an actor to ridicule.\" \"Kong: Skull Island\" was released on HD Digital on June 20, 2017, and on 4K Ultra HD, 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD on July 18, 2017. The film debuted at the top of the NPD VideoScan First Alert sales chart and the dedicated Blu-ray chart for the week ending on July 23, 2017. To date, \"Kong: Skull Island\" sold $42.7 million worth of DVDs and Blu-rays in North America. In September 2015, Legendary moved \"Kong: Skull Island\" from Universal to Warner Bros., which sparked media speculation that Godzilla and King", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "9099555", "text": "face and a flat, almost Godzilla-90's-like snout. One day, she went on a rampage and killed Kong's parents in a brutal fight, leaving him the last of his kind; the two titans grew up with a bitter hatred until Kong killed Gaw in battle and he was then crowned \"king\" of the island, leading to the sacrifices to him currently. From July through December 2016, Boom! Studios published a 6 issue series called \"Kong of Skull Island\". Working with the Cooper estate and Joe DeVito's company, the series tells the origins of King Kong and the denizens of Skull Island.", "title": "King Kong (comics)" }, { "docid": "4946495", "text": "secret files. It is also revealed to have a huge deposit of oil, which led a greedy oil company executive to go in search of it. Besides featuring a primitive native tribe (most seem to be of West African ancestry) and the giant, bipedal gorilla Kong, there is also a giant snake who appeared in Kong's lair and wanted to kill him and Dwan, but it was killed by the former. In 1986 sequel film \"King Kong Lives\", Skull Island does not appear but it was mentioned by adventurer Hank Mitchell (mistakenly calling it Kong Island) who believed that the", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "2660555", "text": "King Kong (2005 film) King Kong is a 2005 epic monster adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. A remake of the 1933 film of the same name, the film stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and, through motion capture, Andy Serkis as the title character. Set in 1933, \"King Kong\" tells the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island. There they encounter Kong, a legendary giant gorilla, whom they capture and take to New York City. Filming for \"King Kong\" took place in", "title": "King Kong (2005 film)" }, { "docid": "4946497", "text": "of the native people of the island and a female shaman A 2004 illustrated novel that serves as both prequel and sequel of the original \"King Kong\" story, conceived by Merian C. Cooper and novelized by Delos Lovelace in 1932, and authorized by the Cooper family. Created and Illustrated by Joe DeVito [and novelized by Brad Strickland and DeVito, with John Michlig] \"Kong: King of Skull Island\" depicts a Skull Island far larger than originally thought. It is either the last vestige of a volatile volcanic series of islands or the remnant of a larger land-mass. Skull Island is located", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "19582135", "text": "attraction as a whole 7 out of 10 stars, calling the queue line \"incredible\" and the animatronics \"worth the wait\", however, was disappointed with the number of screens and lack of practical effects in the ride. Skull Island: Reign of Kong Skull Island: Reign of Kong is a ride at the Islands of Adventure theme park at Universal Orlando in Florida. It began soft openings on June 9, 2016 and officially opened on July 13, 2016. Guests enter under a giant sculpture of King Kong. Guests start to proceed into a line outside of the temple where they can hear", "title": "Skull Island: Reign of Kong" }, { "docid": "19582127", "text": "Skull Island: Reign of Kong Skull Island: Reign of Kong is a ride at the Islands of Adventure theme park at Universal Orlando in Florida. It began soft openings on June 9, 2016 and officially opened on July 13, 2016. Guests enter under a giant sculpture of King Kong. Guests start to proceed into a line outside of the temple where they can hear radio broadcast advertising the expedition group and playing music. They then proceed into the temple of the natives, where many skulls line the walls and figures of their beliefs lie. Guests then enter into a chamber", "title": "Skull Island: Reign of Kong" }, { "docid": "4215884", "text": "of the Movie\" for mobile phones, while Radio Shack released a miniature pinball game. Taiyo Elec Co released a \"King Kong\" Pachinko game in 2007. King Kong has been featured in various online casino games. NYX gaming developed a King Kong online video slot casino game in 2016. In 2017, Ainsworth Game Technology developed 2 licensed King Kong casino games. King Kong and Kong of Skull Island, while in 2018, NExtGen Gaming released a game called King Kong Fury. King Kong appears in the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment game \"Lego Dimensions\". He appears as a boss in \"The Lego Batman", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "4946509", "text": "mainly because a stranded air pilot from World War II named Hank Marlow makes peace between them and modern-day humans. The film sees an expedition in 1973 landing upon the island after Skull Island is detected by Landsat. Aside from Kong and the island natives, the only other creature that appears in the 1976 film is a giant snake. All the creatures in Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong do not appear to be any real species of animal, but do resemble certain ones. The companion book \"The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island\", elaborates on this", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "9099557", "text": "The story features Vikings landing on Skull Island. From April though November 2017, Legendary Comics published a 4-issue miniseries based on the film, \"\", called Skull Island: The Birth of Kong. In the miniseries, which acts as prequel and sequel to the film, Kong's backstory and origins are revealed: his kind were killed eons ago in a brutal war with the reptilian monsters known as Skullcrawlers when they invaded Skull Island. Kong's parents were the strongest and the last two of his race to survive, and during the final battle with the Skullcrawlers, Kong was born in the melee and", "title": "King Kong (comics)" }, { "docid": "18280059", "text": "Italy ($1.6 million), while in Vietnam (where the film was primarily shot and set), it scored the biggest opening of all time there with $2.5 million. This was the week after a huge model of the primate outside the theater caught on fire at the film's premiere. The film would eventually open in China with $71.6 million (its largest international market) and in Japan with $3.5 million, where the film was released as \"King Kong: Giant God of Skull Island\" (\"Kingu Kongu: Dokurotou no Kyoshin\"). After its overseas run, the film would gross internationally. \"Kong: Skull Island\" received generally positive", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "18280040", "text": "Universal Pictures was to be the distributor. Legendary then moved the project to Warner Bros. in order to develop a crossover film featuring King Kong and Godzilla. Legendary offered Joe Cornish the job of directing the film, while Peter Jackson, who directed the 2005 version of \"King Kong\", suggested Guillermo del Toro, who Legendary worked with on \"Pacific Rim\" and \"Crimson Peak\". In September 2014, the studio announced that Jordan Vogt-Roberts would direct the film. The script saw a number of screenwriters attached before filming. Seeking the continuity between the King Kong and Godzilla worlds, Max Borenstein (writer of 2014's", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "19153686", "text": "1973, follows a team of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers who travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific and encounter terrifying creatures and the mighty Kong. The film introduces King Kong, Mother Longlegs, Sker Buffalos, Mire Squid, Leafwing, Psychovulture, Spore Mantis, Ramarak, and the Skullcrawlers to the MonsterVerse and a post-credits scene introduces Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah to the MonsterVerse. In July 2014 at the San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary announced a King Kong origin story, initially titled \"Skull Island\", with a release date of November 4, 2016, and Universal Pictures distributing. In September 2014, Jordan Vogt-Roberts was announced", "title": "MonsterVerse" }, { "docid": "4215853", "text": "for the remake rights to \"King Kong\". This resulted in \"King Kong\" (1976). This Kong was an upright walking anthropomorphic ape, appearing even more human-like than the original. Also like the original, this Kong had semi-human intelligence and vast strength. In the 1976 film, Kong was scaled to be tall on Skull island and rescaled to be tall in New York. Ten years later, Dino De Laurentiis got the approval from Universal to do a sequel called \"King Kong Lives\". This Kong had more or less the same appearance and abilities, but tended to walk on his knuckles more often", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "4946505", "text": "Island, bringing with them domesticated animals such as Gaur and the giant ancestors of Kong. This culture eventually died off, leaving behind only gigantic eroding ruins scattered around the island (such as the enormous wall) and a small society of primitive people that became the Skull Island natives. To coincide with the 80th anniversary of both characters, Altus Press announced on January 29, 2013, that King Kong would meet pulp hero Doc Savage in a new, officially sanctioned book written by Will Murray and artist Joe DeVito, who will also do the cover artwork. Set in 1920, shortly after returning", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "9099556", "text": "It was announced after the second issue that the series will be extended, ultimately running 12 issues. In February 2017, Boom began reprinting the series as a three volume trade paperback. In October 2017, Boom published a one shot comic titled \"Kong: Gods of Skull Island\". From November 2017 to April 2018, Boom published a six issue crossover series with The Planet of the Apes called \"Kong On The Planet Of The Apes\". The series was collected as a trade paperback in October 2018. In May 2018, a one shot was published called \"Kong Of Skull Island 2018 Special #1\".", "title": "King Kong (comics)" }, { "docid": "18280032", "text": "later moved to Warner Bros. in order to develop a shared cinematic universe featuring Godzilla and King Kong. Principal photography took place from October 2015 to March 2016 in Hawaii and various locations around Vietnam. \"Kong: Skull Island\" was released on March 10, 2017, to generally positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $168 million domestically and $566 million worldwide. The film was nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Academy Awards. A crossover sequel, \"Godzilla vs. Kong\", is scheduled to be released on May 22, 2020. In 1944, two World War II fighter pilots, American pilot", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4946510", "text": "stating that they are fictional descendants of real animals. Among the creatures in the 2005 remake are: The following creatures appeared in this companion book to the 2005 film: Many creatures in the 2017 reboot film and its sequel and prequel four-part comic book \"Skull Island: The Birth of Kong\" are referred to as \"individual gods\" of their respective domains. They consist of: All versions of King Kong present an island inhabited by giant animals, both invertebrate and vertebrate, but even though biophysical analysis of Kong and other creatures concludes that some are biophysically viable, the ecosystem of the island", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "14666646", "text": "King Kong: 360 3-D King Kong: 360 3-D is an attraction which is included in the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. The attraction takes guests to a recreated version of Skull Island from Peter Jackson's 2005 award-winning blockbuster remake \"King Kong\". It employs 3-D HD imagery on two wide screens, tram motion, wind, water, and scent resulting in an immersive two and a half minute film. The attraction replaced King Kong Encounter which burned down in 2008. King Kong: 360 3-D made its debut on the Studio Tour on July 1, 2010. After a video introduction by Peter Jackson,", "title": "King Kong: 360 3-D" }, { "docid": "2660588", "text": "Serkis doing his ape movements in a motion capture studio. A novelization of the film and a prequel novel entitled \"King Kong: The Island of the Skull\" were also written. A multi-platform video game, entitled \"\", was released, which featured an alternate ending. There was also a hardback book entitled \"The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island\", featuring artwork from Weta Workshop to describe the film's fictional wildlife. Jackson has expressed his desire to remaster the film in 3-D at some point in the future. Jackson was also seen shooting with a 3-D camera at times during", "title": "King Kong (2005 film)" }, { "docid": "17221897", "text": "the co-executive producer for the series. In 2016 Ryder produced and starred in the web series \"Myth Explorer\" for Universal Studios. It follows her and her crew as they, \"brave an island that doesn't appear on any official map—a rocky, skull-shaped jungle in the Indian Ocean where the story of King Kong originated.\" It centers around the 2005 film. The online series launched to promote the upcoming King Kong attraction: Skull Island: Reign of Kong. The series was promoted on SyFy and included an extra teaser on NBC. Erin Ryder Erin Ryder (born August 14, 1980) is an American television", "title": "Erin Ryder" }, { "docid": "4946506", "text": "from military service during World War I, Doc Savage searches for his long-lost grandfather (the legendary mariner Stormalong Savage) with his father, the explorer Clark Savage, Sr., that ultimately leads father and son to the mysterious Skull Island and its prehistoric denizens including King Kong. \"Doc Savage: Skull Island\" was released in March 2013. In his review for the \"New York Journal of Books\", playwright-author Mark Squirek concluded: Altus Press has announced an authorized crossover novel, \"King Kong Vs. Tarzan\", for release in the summer of 2016. Written by Will Murray, it tells the previously untold story of the transportation", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4946501", "text": "to evolve over the intervening 65 million years. This has resulted in strange variations on previously known species, as well as many new ones. Chief among the latter is a race of sentient dinosaurs, called Deathrunners. Bipedal, extremely aggressive and 6 to 9 feet tall, they once ruled the island and were at war with the Tagatu and the Kongs. Their race is propagated every few generations by one queen that grows to gigantic size. It is one of these, called “Gaw”, that ruled Skull Island when King Kong was born and who Kong had to defeat in order to", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4946507", "text": "by cargo ship of Kong from Skull Island to America, and King Kong's inevitable encounter with Tarzan of the Apes. Skull Island is the main setting of \"\", which is set in the same universe of Gareth Edwards' 2014 film \"Godzilla\". Kong is tall in the film and there is evidence that Kong's species once existed on the island. The island is located in the South Pacific and sits in the eye of a massive swirling storm system that has enabled its concealment from the outside world. One of the other main species seen on the island are large, two-legged,", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "19985297", "text": "2015, Legendary moved \"Kong: Skull Island\" from Universal to Warner Bros., which sparked media speculation that Godzilla and King Kong will appear in a film together. In October 2015, Legendary confirmed that they would unite Godzilla and King Kong in \"Godzilla vs. Kong\", set for a May 29, 2020 release date. Legendary plans to create a shared cinematic franchise \"centered around Monarch\" that \"brings together Godzilla and Legendary's King Kong in an ecosystem of other giant super-species, both classic and new.\" \"Godzilla vs. Kong\" is scheduled to follow up on May 22, 2020, with Adam Wingard directing the film. Godzilla:", "title": "Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)" }, { "docid": "18280067", "text": "Kong will appear in a film together. In October 2015, Legendary confirmed that they would unite Godzilla and King Kong in \"Godzilla vs. Kong\", set for a release date of May 29, 2020. Legendary plans to create a shared cinematic franchise \"centered around Monarch\" that \"brings together Godzilla and Legendary's King Kong in an ecosystem of other giant super-species, both classic and new.\" Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts had expressed interest in doing a film about Marlow and Gunpei's time on the island, stating, \"I keep joking that personally I'm more interested in doing a $30 million version of young John C.", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "19880829", "text": "King Kong vs. Tarzan King Kong vs. Tarzan is a 2016 novel by Will Murray, featuring the characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in a crossover with the characters created by Merian C. Cooper for the novelization of King Kong. It is authorized by Burroughs' estate. After capturing King Kong on Skull Island, Carl Denham ferries him across the Indian Ocean, around the continent of Africa, planning to eventually take him to New York City. But trouble befalls the tramp steamer Wanderer, and she is forced to make landfall in Africa, home of Tarzan; whom Denham had met once some", "title": "King Kong vs. Tarzan" }, { "docid": "9099553", "text": "of Kong\" (1933) and continues the story of Skull Island with Carl Denham and Jack Driscoll in the late 1950s, through the novel's central character, Vincent Denham, Carl Denham's son (Ann Darrow does not appear, but is mentioned several times). The novel also becomes a prequel that reveals the story of the early history of Kong, of Skull Island, and of the natives of the island. On the novel's official website; it has stated that it would become a major motion picture. It does not have a release date yet. A six-issue comic adaptation of the novel was published by", "title": "King Kong (comics)" }, { "docid": "4215847", "text": "called \"Kong Reborn\" by Russell Blackford. Starting in 2004, artist/writer Joe Devito began working with the Merian C. Cooper estate to write and/or illustrate various books based on the King Kong character. The first of these was an origin story labeled as an authorized sequel/prequel to the 1932 novelization of \"King Kong\" called \"Kong: King of Skull Island\". This illustrated hardcover novel was published in 2004 by DH Press and featured a story Devito co-wrote with Brad Strickland and John Michlig. It also included an introduction by Ray Harryhausen. A large-paperback edition was then released in 2005, with extra pages", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "19880830", "text": "years before. Kong escapes and roams the jungles, unintentionally causing havoc amongst its population as he slaughters numerous African wildlife and desecrates the elephant graveyard. Hearing reports of a giant gorilla on the loose, Tarzan investigates and prepares himself. An inevitably climactic showdown in a thunderstorm is joined between the Lord of the Jungle atop a herd of elephants and the King of Skull island with Carl Denham trying to recapture Kong and scheming to do the same to Tarzan. King Kong vs. Tarzan King Kong vs. Tarzan is a 2016 novel by Will Murray, featuring the characters created by", "title": "King Kong vs. Tarzan" }, { "docid": "4215825", "text": "takes him to New York City to be exhibited as the \"Eighth Wonder of the World\". Kong escapes and climbs the Empire State Building, only to fall from the skyscraper after being attacked by airplanes with guns. Denham comments \"it wasn't the airplanes, It was beauty killed the beast,\" for he climbs the building in the first place only in an attempt to protect Ann Darrow, an actress originally offered up to Kong on Skull Island as a sacrifice (in the 1976 remake, her character is named \"Dwan\"). A documentary about Skull Island that appears on the DVD for the", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "4215846", "text": "and \"Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World—Junior Novel\" were written by Laura J. Burns; \"The Search for Kong\" was written by Catherine Hapka; and finally, a Deluxe Sound Storybook of \"Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World\" was written by Don Curry. Weta Workshop released a collection of concept art from the film entitled \"The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island\" that was published by Pocket Books. The book was written and designed to resemble and read like an actual nature guide and historical record. In 2005, Ibooks, Inc., published an unofficial book featuring King Kong", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "18280042", "text": "original \"King Kong\" film in 1917 during World War I while keeping the \"Apocalypse Now\" concept, and the premise had Tom Hiddleston's character leading a rescue team to Skull Island to find his missing brother, who had gotten stranded there while searching for a \"Titan Serum\" believed to cure all illnesses. After this, the story was again retooled to take place in the present day. After Jordan Vogt-Roberts joined the project, he met with Borenstein and, liking the \"Apocalypse Now\" concept, pitched it to Legendary with the idea of the story taking place at the end of the Vietnam War,", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "19026798", "text": "Skull Island\" from Universal to Warner Bros., which sparked media speculation that Godzilla and King Kong will appear in a film together. In October 2015, Legendary confirmed that they would unite Godzilla and King Kong in \"Godzilla vs. Kong\", at the time targeted for a May 29, 2020, release. Legendary plans to create a shared cinematic franchise \"centered around Monarch\" that \"brings together Godzilla and Legendary’s King Kong in an ecosystem of other giant super-species, both classic and new.\" Producer Alex Garcia confirmed that the film will not be a remake of the Toho version, stating, \"the idea is not", "title": "Godzilla vs. Kong" }, { "docid": "4215871", "text": "their Hollywood park replacing the destroyed \"King Kong Encounter\". On July 13, 2016, Universal opened a new King Kong attraction called \"\" at Islands of Adventure in Orlando. In July 2013, Legendary Pictures reached an agreement with Universal in which it will market, co-finance, and distribute Legendary's films for five years starting in 2014, the year that Legendary's similar agreement with Warner Bros. was set to expire. Later, in July 2014 at the San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary announced (product of its partnership with Universal), a King Kong origin story, initially titled \"Skull Island\", with Universal distributing. On December 12, 2014,", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "4215849", "text": "separate books to form a continuous storyline. In 2013, the first of two books featuring crossovers with pulp heroes was published. To coincide with the 80th anniversary of both King Kong and Doc Savage, Altus Press published \"Doc Savage: Skull Island\" in both softcover and hardcover editions. This officially sanctioned book was written by Will Murray and based on concepts by DeVito. In 2016, Altus Press published the other crossover book, this time featuring a meeting between King Kong and Tarzan. The novel, called \"King Kong vs. Tarzan\", was once again written by Will Murray and featured artwork by Devito.", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "9099548", "text": "Stevens). Furthermore, there were plans on producing a \"Tarzan vs King Kong\" (aka \"Tarzan on Skull Island\") story as well by Frank Cho. But the problems over the complicated and muddled rights to the King Kong character killed these plans. Comic book artist and King Kong fan Arthur Adams, lamented years later in an interview published in the book \"Comics Gone Ape\" by Michael Eury, \"Well we talked about that. The rights were a horrible mess. Dark Horse couldn't find a way to do it. Someone held rights for the music, someone for the movie, someone for the story, and", "title": "King Kong (comics)" }, { "docid": "4579899", "text": "the Merian C. Cooper estate, \"Kong: King of Skull Island\" is a prequel/sequel novel to D.W. Lovelace's novelization of the 1933 movie, thus requiring it to completely ignore the existence of the film \"The Son of Kong\" (the novel had slipped into the public domain decades earlier, but the films had not). The story features Skull Island still in existence in 1957, and also adds Denham having a wife and a son, whom he was forced to abandon in order to escape the Kong-related lawsuits and criminal charges. The novel's central character is Denham's son, Vincent, and Carl himself is", "title": "Carl Denham" }, { "docid": "4215824", "text": "number of sequels, remakes, spin-offs, imitators, parodies, cartoons, books, comics, video games, theme park rides, and a stage play. His role in the different narratives varies, ranging from a rampaging monster to a tragic antihero. The King Kong character was conceived and created by American filmmaker Merian C. Cooper. In the original film, the character's name is Kong, a name given to him by the inhabitants of \"Skull Island\" in the Indian Ocean, where Kong lives along with other oversized animals such as a plesiosaur, pterosaurs and various dinosaurs. An American film crew, led by Carl Denham, captures Kong and", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "9099552", "text": "\"King Kong\" story commissioned by Merian C Cooper's estate. \"Kong: King of Skull Island\" is an illustrated novel labeled as an authorized sequel to \"King Kong\" (1933) and was published in 2004 by DH Press, a subsidiary of Dark Horse Comics. A large-paperback edition was released in 2005. In 2011, it was released as an e-book for iPad. Authorized by the family and estate of Merian C. Cooper, the book was created and illustrated by Joe DeVito, written by Brad Strickland with John Michlig, and includes an introduction by Ray Harryhausen. The novel's story ignores the existence of \"The Son", "title": "King Kong (comics)" }, { "docid": "18280038", "text": "massive Skullcrawler emerges from the lake and Packard is crushed by Kong. The Skullcrawler overpowers Kong but with the humans' help, the ape emerges victorious in the end. The survivors reach the rendezvous point and leave the island as Kong watches. During the credits, Marlow returns home, reuniting with his wife, meeting his son for the first time, and watching a Chicago Cubs game on television. In a post-credits scene, Conrad and Weaver are detained and recruited by Monarch. They are informed by Brooks that Kong is not the only monster king to roam the world and are shown archive", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "2660568", "text": "State Building. At age 12, he attempted to recreate the film using his parents' Super 8 mm film camera and a model of Kong made of wire and rubber with his mother's fur coat for the hair, but eventually gave up on the project. \"King Kong\" eventually became his favorite film and was the primary inspiration for his decision to become a filmmaker as a teenager. He read books about the making of \"King Kong\" and collected memorabilia, as well as articles from \"Famous Monsters of Filmland\". Jackson paid tribute to the 1933 film by including Skull Island as the", "title": "King Kong (2005 film)" }, { "docid": "6877618", "text": "to make a film. On the way, Driscoll falls in love with the actress, Ann Darrow, and when she is kidnapped by a giant ape on the island named Kong, Driscoll rescues her after helping to lead a search. Beyond these facts, even his characterization is quite different in the two films. Driscoll is a supporting character in \"Kong: King of Skull Island\", an \"authorized\" illustrated-novel that continues the Kong story in 1957. Driscoll is also a playable character in the video game \"\", along with Kong himself. In the 1933 film, Driscoll is a rugged sailor, the \"Venture\"s first", "title": "Jack Driscoll" }, { "docid": "2660572", "text": "profits, as well as artistic control; Universal allowed all filming and visual effects to be handled entirely in New Zealand. The deal was settled in April 1996, and Jackson, along with wife Fran Walsh, began working on the \"King Kong\" script. In the original draft, Ann was the daughter of famed English archaeologist Lord Linwood Darrow exploring ancient ruins in Sumatra. They would come into conflict with Denham during his filming, and they would uncover a hidden Kong statue and the map of Skull Island. This would indicate that the island natives were the last remnants of a cult religion", "title": "King Kong (2005 film)" }, { "docid": "18280039", "text": "footage of cave paintings depicting Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah. Additionally, Eugene Cordero appears as Reles, a warrant officer of the Sky Devils and Packard's door gunner; Marc Evan Jackson portrays Steve Woodward, a Landsat employee on the expedition; Richard Jenkins portrays Senator Al Willis, a politician who reluctantly funds the expedition; Miyavi portrays Gunpei Ikari, a Japanese World War II pilot who crash-lands on Skull Island alongside Marlow; and Robert Taylor portrays the captain of the \"Athena\". Thomas Middleditch voices Jerry. Originally titled \"Skull Island\", the film was announced by Legendary Pictures at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con,", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "229627", "text": "the surface gauge was used in order to keep track of the stop-motion animation performance. The iconic fight between Kong and the \"Tyrannosaurus\" took seven weeks to be completed. O'Brien's protegé, Ray Harryhausen, who would work with him on several films and become one of the most prominent stop-motion animators in Hollywood, stated that O'Brien's second wife noticed that there was so much of her husband in Kong. The backdrop of Skull Island seen when the Venture crew first arrive was painted on glass by matte painters Henry Hillinck, Mario Larrinaga and Byron C. Crabbé. The scene was then composted", "title": "King Kong (1933 film)" }, { "docid": "9099551", "text": "of the World\" that was shipped with the various toys from the Playmates Toys toy line based on the film. As well, Dark Horse published a mini-comic called \"King Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World Special Edition\" that was packaged with the Target Corporation exclusive DVD release of the film in 2006. They also were able to strike a deal with Joe DeVito a year earlier, to publish an illustrated novel (in both hardcover and softcover editions with differing cover art) called \"Kong: King of Skull Island\". This story, by Joe DeVito, was an authorized sequel to the original", "title": "King Kong (comics)" }, { "docid": "4215848", "text": "at the end of the book. As well, a CD audiobook narrated by Joey D'Auria was released by RadioArchives, and an interactive two-part app was released in 2011 and 2013 respectively by Copyright 1957 LLC. In 2005, DeVito and Strickland co-wrote another book together called \"Merian C. Cooper's King Kong\" for the Merian C. Cooper Estate. This book was published by St. Martin's Press. It was a full rewrite of the original 1932 novelization, which updates the language and paleontology and adds five new chapters. Some additional elements and characters tie into \"Kong: King of Skull Island\" enabling the two", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "5409710", "text": "frequently berates him for his failure to get results. Meanwhile, a submarine commanded by Carl Nelson arrives at Mondo Island, where the legendary King Kong lives. Much like the original 1933 film, the giant ape gets into an intense fight with a Gorosaurus and a sea serpent. He falls in love with Lt. Susan Watson (played by Linda Jo Miller) following in the footsteps of Ann Darrow from the 1933 film. Dr. Who subsequently goes to Mondo Island, abducts Kong and brings him back to his base at the North Pole. Kong is hypnotized by a flashing light device and", "title": "King Kong Escapes" }, { "docid": "18280045", "text": "Hybride and Shade VFX. \"Industrial Light and Magic\" did the main visuals for Kong. While \"Rodeo FX\" did the Skull Crawler fight scene. Director Vogt-Roberts stated that he wanted Kong to look simple and iconic enough that a third grader could draw him, and the image would still be recognizable. Vogt-Roberts also wanted Kong to feel like a \"lonely god, he was a morose figure, lumbering around this island,\" and took the design back to the 1933 incarnation, where Kong was presented as a \"bipedal creature that walks in an upright position.\" Vogt-Roberts additionally stated, \"If anything, our Kong is", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "19153682", "text": "create a shared cinematic franchise \"centered around Monarch\" (the secret government agency which debuted in 2014's \"Godzilla\") and that \"brings together Godzilla and Legendary’s King Kong in an ecosystem of other giant super-species, both classic and new\". Later in October, it was announced that \"Kong: Skull Island\" would have references to Monarch. In May 2016, Warner Bros. announced that \"Godzilla vs. Kong\" would be released on May 29, 2020, and that \"Godzilla: King of the Monsters\" would be pushed back from its original June 2018 release date to March 22, 2019, however, the film was later pushed back again to", "title": "MonsterVerse" }, { "docid": "4215872", "text": "the studio announced they had re-titled the film \"\". On September 10, 2015, it was announced that Universal would let Legendary Pictures move \"Kong: Skull Island\" to Warner Bros., so they could do a King Kong and Godzilla crossover film (in the continuity of the Godzilla movie of 2014), since Legendary Pictures still had the rights to do the two Godzilla sequels with Warner Bros. The Cooper estate (Richard M. Cooper LLC) retains publishing rights for the content they claim. In 1990 they licensed a six-issue comic book adaptation of the story to Monster Comics, and commissioned an illustrated novel", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "2660559", "text": "Rangoon, but the ship becomes lost in fog and runs aground on the rocky shore of Skull Island. Carl and his crew explore the island and are attacked by natives, who kill Mike as well as one of the sailors. Ann screams as she is captured, and a loud roar is heard beyond a wall. After this, the matriarch of the tribe targets Ann, muttering the word \"Kong\". Englehorn kills one of the natives and his crew break up the attack. Back on the ship, they lighten their load to float off the rocks and carry out repairs, but Jack", "title": "King Kong (2005 film)" }, { "docid": "4215856", "text": "both Skull Island and in New York. Jackson describes his central character: In the 2017 film \"\", Kong is scaled to be tall, making it the biggest incarnation in the series. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts stated in regard to Kong's immense stature: He also stated that the original 1933 look was the inspiration for the design, saying: Co-producer Mary Parent also stated that Kong is still young and not fully grown as she explains, \"Kong is an adolescent when we meet him in the film; he's still growing into his role as alpha\". While one of the most famous movie icons", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "6877617", "text": "Jack Driscoll Jack Driscoll is a fictional character in the \"King Kong\" franchise. In the original 1933 film he was the first mate of the ship named the \"Venture\", while in its 2005 remake he was a playwright (the less faithful 1976 remake had an analogous character named Jack Prescott, played by Jeff Bridges). He was played by Bruce Cabot in the original and by Adrien Brody in the remake. In both versions he is one of the main heroes of the story, a man who is on a ship heading for the mysterious Skull Island where Carl Denham intends", "title": "Jack Driscoll" }, { "docid": "4215851", "text": "was a gigantic prehistoric ape, or as RKO's publicity materials described him, \"\"A prehistoric type of ape\".\" While gorilla-like in appearance, he had a vaguely humanoid look and at times walked upright in an anthropomorphic manner. Indeed, Carl Denham describes him as being \"\"neither beast nor man\"\". Like most simians, Kong possesses semi-human intelligence and great physical strength. Kong's size changes drastically throughout the course of the film. While creator Merian C. Cooper envisioned Kong as being \"\" tall\"\", animator Willis O'Brien and his crew built the models and sets scaling Kong to be only tall on Skull Island, and", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "19582129", "text": "The guests then board a truck, with a driver played by an animatronic person styled to look like a Universal cast member; the driver character varies from one truck to the next. Guests enter an expedition truck with one of five different drivers, each one containing their own backstory and dialog for the ride. They are warned of the island's dangers as they enter the 80 foot tall temple, as natives from Skull Island chant King Kong's name. The ride slows down and passes by the bones of a giant ape, as well as a few bat-like Terapusmordax animatronics. Guests", "title": "Skull Island: Reign of Kong" }, { "docid": "7391385", "text": "season, at the Whoville set all of the Whos, even Max the dog, perform a musical spectacular for the guests' enjoyment. The songs are remixes of songs from the movie. This is part of Universal's Grinchmas celebration. King Kong: 360 3-D (2010) Studio Tour guests wear 3-D glasses as the tram enters a sound stage dressed as a recreation of Skull Island. Two Venatosaurus creatures attack and begin to chase the tram, which disturbs King Kong, who begins to fight them. The fight continues from one side of the tram to the other, as air and water effects are blown", "title": "Studio Tour" }, { "docid": "5962609", "text": "sky becomes tinted with a golden hue and Kong becomes more powerful and less vulnerable to attack. Many of the Kong sequences fulfill the role of boss fights, as the giant ape is able to effectively battle the gigantic creatures that Jack's weapons cannot harm. In 1933, film director Carl Denham (Jack Black), has gotten hold of a mysterious map, which reveals the secret location of a large island known as Skull Island, a place located in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean (correctly the Pacific Ocean in the game). Carl hires playwright Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) to write", "title": "Peter Jackson's King Kong" }, { "docid": "9593798", "text": "Victor Wong (actor, born 1906) Victor Wong (September 24, 1906 in Los Angeles, California – April 7, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor. While Wong appeared in numerous films through the 1930s and 1940s, they were largely small uncredited parts. His biggest role was as Charlie the Cook in the movie \"King Kong\" (1933) and \"Son of Kong\" (1933). Wong's most memorable scene came in \"King Kong\" when he finds evidence that natives from Skull Island have been aboard the ship \"Venture\", resulting in the kidnapping of heroine Ann Darrow. As Charlie the Cook, Wong yells, \"All", "title": "Victor Wong (actor, born 1906)" }, { "docid": "16554032", "text": "ready (\"Special FX\"). She and Jack get to know each other a little better (\"Perfect') and eventually fall in love (\"Foxtrot\"). The ship eventually arrives at Skull Island, the crew argue about whether to turn back or explore the island but Denham insists they go ashore. They interrupt the natives' sacrificial ritual and a fight breaks out (\"Ritual\"). The crew head back to the ship but Ann is abducted and offered as a sacrifice to Kong (\"Ascent\"). The crew go to rescue her but are too late as Kong has already taken her. Jack, however is determined to get Ann", "title": "King Kong (2013 musical)" }, { "docid": "4946496", "text": "islands Borneo and Skull Island were once a part of the same landmass in the past. The fate of this incarnation is unknown. In \"\", the island was named Kong Island. Unlike previous incarnations, Kong Island was situated in the infamous Bermuda Triangle, not the Pacific Ocean. Although various prehistoric creatures are seen living there, Kong Island also contains some ruins where one of them serves as the prison of the demon Chiros It is also where Jason Jenkins and his grandmother Dr. Lorna Jenkins also live along with Jason's friend Tan. Another human inhabitant is Lua, the sole survivor", "title": "Skull Island" }, { "docid": "18280046", "text": "meant to be a throwback to the '33 version. [Kong] was a movie monster, so we worked really hard to take some of the elements of the '33 version, some of those exaggerated features, some of those cartoonish and iconic qualities, and then make them their own…We created something that to some degree served as a throwback to the inspiration for what started all of this, but then also [had] it be a fully unique and different creature that — I would like to think — is fully contained and identifiable as the 2017 version of King Kong. I think", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "9099561", "text": "giant who rampages through the city in a story called \"When Superman became King Kong!\". In issue #120 of \"Weird War Tales\" from 1983, the G.I. Robot encounters a giant female ape referred to as \"Mrs. King Kong\" on Dinosaur Island who saves him and his allies from a \"Tyrannosaurus\". In 1985's \"Blue Devil\" #15, Blue Devil battles a giant robot King Kong that malfunctions at the \"King Kong Attraction\" located at the \"Verner Bros\" studio in Hollywood. Outside of these major comic book companies, King Kong was featured in various smaller publications as well. In 1933, an adaptation of", "title": "King Kong (comics)" }, { "docid": "18833327", "text": "of genuine people and places. The founder of the modern speculative evolution movement is the geologist Dougal Dixon, who imagined \"zoologies of the future\" in \"(1981)\", \"(1988)\", and \"(1990)\". According to Dixon, whose works have heavily influenced later speculative evolution works, his original inspiration was \"The Time Machine\" (1895) by H. G. Wells. Wells envisioned giant crab-like creatures inhabiting a dying future Earth. Kurt Vonnegut's 1985 novel \"Galápagos\" imagines the evolution of a small surviving group of humans into a sealion-like species. \"The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island\" (2005) explored the world of \"King Kong\" (2005)", "title": "Speculative evolution" }, { "docid": "14666647", "text": "Studio Tour guests wear 3-D glasses as the tram enters a sound stage dressed as a re-creation of Skull Island. The sound stage is located in front of the Collapsing Bridge on the Studio Tour. Immediately upon entry the scent of a damp jungle is present. A pack of Venatosaurus see the tram and start to give chase. They scatter when a group of three Vastatosaurus rex turn up, and some of the pack get eaten. After the attack, the three Vastatosaurus rex begin to chase the tram, only to disturb Kong, who begins to fight them. The V. rexes", "title": "King Kong: 360 3-D" }, { "docid": "16554034", "text": "as bait, much to her dismay. Denham decides to present Kong to the public in New York. Now back in New York, Ann contemplates her experiences on Skull Island (\"What's It Gonna Take\") while Denham advertises for his show in which he intends to present a now captive Kong to the audience (\"The Greatest Show on Earth\"). Jack proposes to Ann and she accepts (\"Dance with Me\"). The couple are about to enter the theatre when Ann asks for a moment alone before joining him as she is caught between starting a new life with Jack and her affection and", "title": "King Kong (2013 musical)" }, { "docid": "18280063", "text": "from start to finish.\" Conversely, Peter Bradshaw of \"The Guardian\" awarded the film one out of five stars. In his negative review, he described the movie as a \"fantastically muddled and exasperatingly dull quasi-update of the King Kong story.\" Matthew Lickona of \"The San Diego Reader\" also gave the film one out of five stars, writing: \"It's fun to watch [the monsters] in action, but on the human side, the film is clumsily written, over-cast and underacted, with only frustrated soldier Samuel L. Jackson striking the right tone of crazy amid the chaos.\" Chris Klimek of \"NPR\" mentions how \"\"Kong\"", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "4215834", "text": "ancestor\". When it came time to film, Cooper agreed that Kong should walk upright at times (mostly in the New York sequences) in order to appear more intimidating. Merian C. Cooper was very fond of strong, hard-sounding words that started with the letter \"K\". Some of his favorite words were \"Komodo\", \"Kodiak\" and \"Kodak\". When Cooper was envisioning his giant terror gorilla idea, he wanted to capture a real gorilla from the Congo and have it fight a real Komodo dragon on Komodo island. (This scenario would eventually evolve into Kong's battle with the tyrannosaur on Skull Island when the", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "8633616", "text": "the literary executor for the estate of Dent, and has published fifteen Doc Savage novels from Dent's outlines under Dent's pseudonym, Kenneth Robeson. His 2013 \"The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage\" novel, \"Doc Savage: Skull Island\", teams him up with King Kong. In June 2015, Altus Press inaugurated the series \"The Wild Adventures of Tarzan\" in the novel \"\", an authorized sequel to Edger Rice Burroughs' 1921 novel, \"Tarzan the Terrible\". Late in 2016, Altus released a follow-up novel, \"King Kong Vs. Tarzan\". In October 2016, Altus Press released \"Six Scarlet Scorpions\", the first entry in a new spinoff series", "title": "Will Murray" }, { "docid": "4215874", "text": "origin themed comic series with Boom! Studios, a rewrite of the original Lovelace novelization (the original novelization's publishing rights are still in the public domain), as well as various crossovers with other franchises such as Doc Savage, Tarzan and The Planet of the Apes. Also the company licensed a soft drink with RocketFizz called \"King Kong Cola\" and have plans for a live action TV show to be co-produced between MarVista Entertainment and IM Global. In April 2016, Joe DeVito sued Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros, producers of the film \"\", for using elements of his Skull Island universe, which", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "229602", "text": "for his new project. However, he is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has been reluctant to disclose. Searching in the streets of New York City, he finds Ann Darrow and promises her the adventure of a lifetime. The crew boards the \"Venture\" and sets off, during which the ship's first mate Jack Driscoll, falls in love with Ann. Denham reveals to the crew that their destination is in fact Skull Island, an uncharted territory. He alludes to a monstrous creature named \"Kong\", rumored to dwell on the island. The crew arrives and anchor offshore. They", "title": "King Kong (1933 film)" }, { "docid": "18280041", "text": "\"Godzilla\") wrote the first draft, while John Gatins was hired to write the second draft. In writing the script, Borenstein didn't want to repeat the \"Beauty and the Beast\" plot synonymous with \"King Kong\" movies, and took into account the outdated elements of the treatment of the island natives and the damsel in distress. His initial influence was \"Apocalypse Now\", revealing, Before Vogt-Roberts signed on as director, Borenstein had the idea of having the film begin during the Vietnam War and jump forward to the present day. After it was rejected, Borenstein instead had the film take place before the", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "6384727", "text": "Nicky meet at the wedding, and fall in love. Meanwhile, Grant and Julia leave in a horse and carriage. Julia also gets a present from her mother-in-law: a vaginal thermometer which apparently has been in their family for generations and is regarded as good luck when it is not washed. On their honeymoon, Grant and Julia go to Skull Island and film a woman, Anne (Carmen Electra), tied to two pieces of wood. King Kong comes on and rips off her dress, leaving her clad in a leopard print bikini. King Kong then gropes her, she says \"I like hairy", "title": "Date Movie" }, { "docid": "19582133", "text": "dinosaur to fall, but saves the truck allowing the crew to survive the fall. The truck also plummets but is saved as well by Kong who roars and climbs away. The driver sends out a report that the truck found Kong. The truck then drives and meet Kong in an animatronic form, who sniffs at the riders and stares but then roars, causing the driver to quickly speed away. The ride vehicle returns to base camp where Kate radioes that she and the other are safe. During optimal weather, the trucks travel outside and up through the massive gates leading", "title": "Skull Island: Reign of Kong" }, { "docid": "19582134", "text": "to Skull Island at the start of the ride. During inclement weather, the trucks take a bypass route indoors, cutting out the outdoor portion of the ride, so it can remain open during inclement weather. This results in a slightly shorter ride experience. Skull Island: Reign of Kong has received mostly positive reactions. Whatculture.com liked it, calling it \"a beast of an attraction\" and called the animatronics \"amazing\". Tyler Murillo from worldofuniversal.com gave it a score of 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it an \"amazing ride\" and \"visually stunning inside and out\". Matt Timmy Creamer from Moviepilot.com gave the", "title": "Skull Island: Reign of Kong" }, { "docid": "18280061", "text": "scale. Michael Phillips of \"The Chicago Tribune\" lauded the film, giving it three-and-a-half stars out of four: \"I saw little in [Vogt-Roberts'] first feature to indicate the deftness and buoyant spirit he brings to \"Skull Island\". This time, the money's on the screen, but it bought a really good movie, too.\" Mike Ryan of \"Uproxx\" gave the film a positive review, noting, \"\"Kong: Skull Island\" is still a hoot. It was a movie that was not at all on my radar as something I was dying to see and yet I had way too much fun watching it. I just", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "5409716", "text": "wide release in most International markets where it went by different titles. The film was released in Germany as \"King-Kong, Frankensteins Sohn (King Kong: Frankenstein's Son)\", in Belgium as \"La Revanche de King Kong (The Revenge of King Kong)\" - a direct translation of the Japanese title, in Italy as \"King Kong il gigante della foresta (King Kong, the Giant of the Forest)\", in Turkey as \"Canavarlarin Gazabi (Wrath of the Monsters)\", in Mexico as \"El Regreso de King Kong (The Return of King Kong)\", in Finland as \"King Kong kauhun saarella (King Kong on the Island of Terror)\", and", "title": "King Kong Escapes" }, { "docid": "19985293", "text": "June 2017, Legendary's official Twitter account for \"Kong: Skull Island\" began posting videos revealing a timeline and background information of Monarch's discoveries, which teased elements for \"Godzilla: King of the Monsters\" and \"Godzilla vs. Kong\". During the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary revealed an image of a stone sculpture featuring Mothra, two larvae, and an egg. On July 12, 2018, two first-look images featuring Godzilla unleashing his atomic breath skyward, and Millie Bobby Brown and Vera Farmiga were released, along with a few plot details. On July 18, 2018, a teaser clip was released featuring Millie Bobby Brown and the", "title": "Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)" }, { "docid": "8620521", "text": "nothing to do with King Kong and does not take place on an island. The film is in the public domain. Kong Island Kong Island (original Italian title: \"Eva, la Venere selvaggia\"; translated as Eve, the Wild Woman) is a 1968 jungle adventure film (with a science fiction element) directed by Roberto Mauri (billed as Robert Morris). The film was promoted in the U.S. as King of Kong Island. The story takes place in the jungles of Kenya and its capital city Nairobi. Despite the title, there is no island (and no \"Kong\"). Mad scientist Albert Muller is experimenting with", "title": "Kong Island" }, { "docid": "2568338", "text": "He accompanies Donkey Kong throughout Donkey Kong Island to battle King K. Rool and return their banana hoard. He became the main character in the sequel \"\", teaming up with his girlfriend Dixie Kong, who both set to rescue Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool. He later appeared in \"Donkey Kong Land\", issued a challenge by Cranky Kong that he and Donkey Kong could not retrieve the banana hoard on an 8-bit system. The third and final title in the \"Donkey Kong Country\" series is titled \"\", which stars Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong who must find Diddy and Donkey", "title": "Diddy Kong" }, { "docid": "4215891", "text": "A second more elaborate ride was constructed at Universal Studios Florida on June 7, 1990, called Kongfrontation. The ride featured a stand-alone extended version of King Kong Encounter and pinned guests escaping on the Roosevelt Island Tramway from Kong who was rampaging across New York City. The ride was closed down on September 8, 2002, and was replaced with Revenge of the Mummy on May 21, 2004. On May 6, 2015, Universal Orlando announced that a new King Kong attraction titled \"\" will open at Islands of Adventure in the summer of 2016, making it the first King Kong themed", "title": "King Kong" }, { "docid": "4911612", "text": "utilized for the production of \"The Son of Kong\". The \"long face\" Kong armature, from the log bridge and \"Tyrannosaurus\" fight sequences, was also used for \"Little Kong\". It is the only known model of Kong still in existence and is currently owned by film historian and collector Bob Burns. Also, the same \"Brontosaurus\" model used for the raft scene in \"King Kong\" can be glimpsed in the sea as the island is sinking. The stop motion animation in the film (done by Willis O'Brien who also did the effects in \"King Kong\") is not as extensive as in the", "title": "Son of Kong" }, { "docid": "6346122", "text": "players played as King Kong who has to travel around the globe fighting giant robots and certain military forces in order to save the female Kong. The game was designed as an action-adventure game with some science fiction concepts. The MSX version, on the other hand, plays from the perspective of Mitchell. This version is a role-playing game. King Kong Lives King Kong Lives (released as King Kong 2 in some countries) is a 1986 American monster film directed by John Guillermin. Produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, distributed by 20th Century Fox and featuring special effects by Carlo Rambaldi,", "title": "King Kong Lives" }, { "docid": "18280052", "text": "the island of Oahu in Hawaii, and Australia's Gold Coast. Locations included Honolulu's Chinatown, and at the Kualoa Ranch and Waikane Valley (Ohulehule Forest Conservancy) on Oahu. In mid-January 2016, filming started in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Vogt-Roberts has cited a number of films that inspired \"Kong: Skull Island\", stating, \"If I were going to break it down for people, I'd say you obviously have \"Apocalypse Now\" and just the era of '70s filmmaking, with films like \"The Conversation\", too. Also \"Platoon\" was an inspiration, and the South Korean film \"The Host\" as well. The entire \"Neon Genesis Evangelion\" series", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "18280065", "text": "us the original \"King Kong\", nor in the present, when satellite photos would surely alert us to the existence of a 100-foot gorilla. Instead—and for no reason I can fathom, except perhaps the classic-rock tunes desired for the soundtrack—the story takes place in 1973, when the Vietnam war is winding down and President Nixon is being driven from office.\" Several critics have commented on Larson's role in the movie, as she had recently won an Academy Award for \"Room\", with Michael Salfino of \"The Wall Street Journal\" remarking that \"a starring role in a popcorn movie on the heels of", "title": "Kong: Skull Island" }, { "docid": "5962607", "text": "to the bugs featured in these versions. The PSP version received a mixed reception due to the shorter length and parts cut out from the console and PC versions. In the game, the player assumes the roles of both New York scriptwriter Jack Driscoll and the giant gorilla, Kong as they struggle to survive the threats of Skull Island in 1933. Human levels are controlled from a first person perspective. The game de-emphasizes the role of a heads-up display: it lacks a life bar, aiming reticule, and ammunition readout (the ammo readout and aiming reticule can be turned on and", "title": "Peter Jackson's King Kong" }, { "docid": "2992190", "text": "Kong can be seen on the Empire State Building in the background. During the underwater dogfight sequence, a light momentarily displays the wreckage of a ship with the name \"Venture\" – the tramp steamer that sailed to Skull Island in the 1933 version of \"King Kong\". In the same scene, what appears to be the wreckage of the RMS \"Titanic\" can be seen, as well an ancient underwater city which seems to be a nod to the legend of Atlantis. The villain's main logo bears striking similarities to the logo for \"Crimson Skies\", a game universe that some critics noted", "title": "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" }, { "docid": "2660567", "text": "the 2000 film \"High Fidelity\", which had impressed Jackson. For inspiration, Black studied P. T. Barnum and Orson Welles. \"I didn't study [Welles] move for move. It was just to capture the spirit. Very reckless guy. I had tapes of him drunk off his ass.\" The native extras on Skull Island were portrayed by a mix of Asian, African, Maori and Polynesian actors sprayed with dark makeup to achieve a consistent pigmentation. Peter Jackson was nine years old when he first saw the 1933 film, and was in tears in front of the TV when Kong slipped off the Empire", "title": "King Kong (2005 film)" } ]
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what type of business structure does cadbury have
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[ { "docid": "652486", "text": "for a new public hospital. Mondelez area vice-president Banfield confirmed that Cadbury had sold the former factory site to the Ministry of Health for an undisclosed amount. Cadbury Canada produces and imports several products that are sold under the Cadbury and Maynards labels, including the following: Cadbury Canada is now part of Mondelez Canada and products are featured on the Snackworks website. In 1948, Cadbury India began its operations in India by importing chocolates. On 19 July 1948, Cadbury was incorporated in India. It now has manufacturing facilities in Thane, Induri (Pune) and Malanpur (Gwalior), Hyderabad, Bangalore and Baddi (Himachal", "title": "Cadbury" } ]
[ { "docid": "15172798", "text": "waitresses, similar to Lyons' famous Nippies. The company seems to have gone into liquidation according to The London Gazette Notice: 1519395 (Issue: 60043) Cadbury Cocoa House Cadbury Cocoa House is a new venture for the Cadbury brand on the high street. Unlike the former Cadbury Café in Bath (closed in 2007), which was run by Cadbury, Cadbury Cocoa House is an independent business which has licensed the name from Cadbury. The first branch opened in October 2010 at Bluewater in Kent, UK, with up to 50 stores planned across the UK. The Daily Mail has likened Cadbury Cocoa House to", "title": "Cadbury Cocoa House" }, { "docid": "2211651", "text": "structure for action. ... Taking a process approach implies adopting the customer’s point of view. Processes are the structure by which an organization does what is necessary to produce value for its customers.” This definition contains certain characteristics a process must possess. These characteristics are achieved by a focus on the business logic of the process (how work is done), instead of taking a product perspective (what is done). Following Davenport's definition of a process we can conclude that a process must have clearly defined boundaries, input and output, that it consists of smaller parts, activities, which are ordered in", "title": "Business process" }, { "docid": "652462", "text": "Beverage) were sold by Triarc to Cadbury Schweppes in 2000 for $1.45 billion. In October of that same year, Cadbury Schweppes purchased Royal Crown from Triarc. In March 2007, it was revealed that Cadbury Schweppes was planning to split its business into two separate entities: one focusing on its main chocolate and confectionery market; the other on its US drinks business. The demerger took effect on 2 May 2008, with the drinks business becoming Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Cadbury Schweppes plc becoming Cadbury plc. In December 2008 it was announced that Cadbury was to sell its Australian beverage unit", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "15805717", "text": "Edward Cadbury Edward Cadbury (1873 – 21 November 1948) was a British chairman of Cadbury Brothers, business theorist, and philanthropist, known for his pioneering works on management and organisations. Edward Cadbury was the eldest son of George Cadbury and his first wife Mary (née Tylor). He grew up in the house which is now occupied by the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre near Birmingham, England, and around 1890 studied in London and Germany. Cadbury joined the family business of Cadbury Brothers in 1893, becoming a managing director in 1899 and chairman in 1937, retiring in 1943. He was chairman of the", "title": "Edward Cadbury" }, { "docid": "15805719", "text": "in 1914. Books: Articles, a selection: Edward Cadbury Edward Cadbury (1873 – 21 November 1948) was a British chairman of Cadbury Brothers, business theorist, and philanthropist, known for his pioneering works on management and organisations. Edward Cadbury was the eldest son of George Cadbury and his first wife Mary (née Tylor). He grew up in the house which is now occupied by the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre near Birmingham, England, and around 1890 studied in London and Germany. Cadbury joined the family business of Cadbury Brothers in 1893, becoming a managing director in 1899 and chairman in 1937, retiring in", "title": "Edward Cadbury" }, { "docid": "17236898", "text": "of damages until after the determination of liability. She also ruled that forcing FBI Foods Ltd. to pay $29761.20 was insufficient, given that Cadbury-Schweppes would not have sold their recipe to FBI Foods Ltd. for this price. To allow FBI Foods Ltd. to essentially \"buy\" the recipe at such a low price would damage future confidential business relationships. She ruled that damages should be assessed based on the profits that Cadbury-Schweppes would have made had all sales of Caesar Cocktail for the first 12 months after it entered the market been made by Cadbury-Schweppes and not Caesar Canning. Justice Newbury", "title": "Cadbury Schweppes Inc v FBI Foods Ltd" }, { "docid": "17870141", "text": "be splitting into two companies beginning on 1 October 2012. The confectionery business of Kraft became Mondelēz International, of which Cadbury is a subsidiary. History of Cadbury Cadbury is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelēz International. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. Cadbury is headquartered in Uxbridge, London, and operates in more than fifty countries worldwide. Its best known products include Dairy Milk chocolate. In 1824, John Cadbury began to sell tea, coffee and drinking chocolate from his premises in Birmingham. Cadbury developed the business with his brother Benjamin, and later his", "title": "History of Cadbury" }, { "docid": "4300047", "text": "postholes thought to have formed an ambulatory which is very similar to Romano-Celtic temples found elsewhere in Europe. A rectangular structure at Danebury and a sequence of six-poster structures overlooking calf burials and culminating in a trench-founded rectangular structure at Cadbury Castle, Somerset, have been similarly interpreted. An example at Sigwells, overlooking Cadbury Castle, was associated with metalwork and whole and partial animal burials to its east. However, evidence of an open-air shrine was found at Hallaton, Leicestershire. Here, a collection of objects known as the Hallaton Treasure were buried in a ditch in the early 1st century AD. The", "title": "British Iron Age" }, { "docid": "12265509", "text": "for others in the town. He entered into partnership with Joseph Rutte in Birmingham from 1794. In 1824, Cadbury senior financed John Cadbury to start a tea and coffee business next door; Benjamin ran the main business from 1829. Richard was given a wage and was able to take on good works. Cadbury continued to develop the business, but also took a role in civil affairs. He served on Birmingham General Hospital's Board and that of the Eye Hospital as well as getting involved in the affairs of the Town Council. Cadbury was an abolitionist and in 1840 attended the", "title": "Richard Tapper Cadbury" }, { "docid": "652476", "text": "Adams brand from Pfizer in December 2002 for US$4.2 billion. American Chicle was purchased by Warner-Lambert in 1962; Warner-Lambert renamed the unit Adams in 1997 and merged with Pfizer in 2000. In 1978, Cadbury merged with Peter Paul, makers of Mounds and Almond Joy. In 1988, The Hershey Company acquired the U.S. rights to their chocolate business. Accordingly, although the Cadbury group's chocolate products have been sold in the U.S. since 1988, the products are manufactured by Hershey, causing complaints by consumers, who claim they are inferior to the originals. Before the May 2008 demerger, the North American business also", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "11841207", "text": "'The single overriding objective shared by all listed companies, whatever their size or type of business is the preservation and the greatest practical enhancement over time of their shareholders' investment'. The Hampel Report relied more on broad principles and a 'common sense' approach which was necessary to apply to different situations rather than Cadbury and Greenbury's 'box-ticking' approach. Hampel Report The Hampel Report (January 1998) in 1998 was designed to be a revision of the corporate governance system in the UK. The remit of the committee was to review the Code laid down by the Cadbury Report (now found in", "title": "Hampel Report" }, { "docid": "9989354", "text": "Whilst not a factory tour, Cadbury World offers its visitors the opportunity to explore and discover chocolate's history, and to learn about the origins and story of the Cadbury business, which is part of Mondelez, the world's second largest confectionery manufacturer. Cadbury World currently features 14 zones which tell the story of chocolate and the Cadbury business through various static sets, animatronics, video presentations, multi-sensory cinema, interactive displays and activities, and staff demonstrations. These zones also include \"The Bournville Experience\" (Opened in 2007 replacing the Cadbury Collection Museum), which explains the background to the development of the site on which", "title": "Cadbury World" }, { "docid": "652472", "text": "New Zealand generated outcries from the local populations. The plan received approval from several market shareholders including the Australian and New Zealand banks Westpac and ASB Bank. Cadbury has its head office at Cadbury House in the Uxbridge Business Park in Uxbridge, London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The company occupies of leased space inside Building 3 of the business park, which it shares with Mondelez's UK division. After acquiring Cadbury, Kraft confirmed that the company would remain at Cadbury House. Cadbury relocated to Uxbridge from its previous head office at 25 Berkeley Square in Mayfair, City of Westminster in 2007", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "8690077", "text": "manifold with a generalized complex manifold which is of complex type at the point, much like Weinstein's theorem for the local structure of Poisson manifolds. The remaining question of the local structure is: what does a generalized complex structure look like near a point of complex type? In fact, it will be induced by a holomorphic Poisson structure. The space of complex differential forms ΛTformula_20C has a complex conjugation operation given by complex conjugation in C. This allows one to define holomorphic and antiholomorphic one-forms and (\"m, n\")-forms, which are homogeneous polynomials in these one-forms with \"m\" holomorphic factors and", "title": "Generalized complex structure" }, { "docid": "3642381", "text": "Dominic Cadbury Sir Nicholas Dominic Cadbury (born 12 May 1940) is a British businessman and member of the Cadbury chocolate manufacturing dynasty. He was the sixth Chancellor of University of Birmingham, stepping down in 2014. Cadbury was born on 12 May 1940, the son of Laurence John Cadbury and Joyce Cadbury, and the grandson of George Cadbury. He was educated at Eton College. After graduating from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, he completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Stanford University. Cadbury joined Cadbury Schweppes in 1964. He was appointed to the Board in 1975, serving as Group Chief", "title": "Dominic Cadbury" }, { "docid": "12265511", "text": "ten children: John, James, Ann, Maria, Lucretia, Sarah, Emma Joel, Elizabeth Head, Richard, Benjamin Head, and Joel. In addition, Elizabeth ran the business in his absence. They had a sizable house in the city centre. Richard Tapper Cadbury Richard Tapper Cadbury (1768 – 13 March 1860) came to Birmingham in 1794 and started a linen draper's business in partnership with a fellow Quaker. His children included John Cadbury who was given help to start a tea and coffee business that would develop into Cadbury's. Successive later members of the family chiefly from their wealth and innovations in chocolate became important", "title": "Richard Tapper Cadbury" }, { "docid": "18433116", "text": "Barrow Stores into its supermarket chain Key Markets. Barrows (department store) Barrow Stores was an upmarket department store located in Bull Street, Birmingham. Barrow Stores was originally started by Richard Cadbury, of the Cadbury chocolate family. Richard opened a small drapery store in 1794 in Bull Street. By 1824 the Cadbury family opened a new shop next door selling tea, coffee and cocoa. However, in 1849 John Cadbury transferred the business to his cousin Richard Cadbury Barrow so they could concentrate on the manufacture of chocolate. The business was renamed Barrow Stores. By 1905 the store had been rebuilt with", "title": "Barrows (department store)" }, { "docid": "18433114", "text": "Barrows (department store) Barrow Stores was an upmarket department store located in Bull Street, Birmingham. Barrow Stores was originally started by Richard Cadbury, of the Cadbury chocolate family. Richard opened a small drapery store in 1794 in Bull Street. By 1824 the Cadbury family opened a new shop next door selling tea, coffee and cocoa. However, in 1849 John Cadbury transferred the business to his cousin Richard Cadbury Barrow so they could concentrate on the manufacture of chocolate. The business was renamed Barrow Stores. By 1905 the store had been rebuilt with a new cafe on the first floor for", "title": "Barrows (department store)" }, { "docid": "12265508", "text": "Richard Tapper Cadbury Richard Tapper Cadbury (1768 – 13 March 1860) came to Birmingham in 1794 and started a linen draper's business in partnership with a fellow Quaker. His children included John Cadbury who was given help to start a tea and coffee business that would develop into Cadbury's. Successive later members of the family chiefly from their wealth and innovations in chocolate became important in manufacturing and charity sectors. Cadbury came from Exeter and he was born around 1768. His father was a maker of serge and he was apprenticed to a draper in Gloucester, after which he worked", "title": "Richard Tapper Cadbury" }, { "docid": "2851133", "text": "business. In 1879 they relocated to an area of what was then north Worcestershire, on the borders of the parishes of Northfield and King's Norton centred on the Georgian-built Bournbrook Hall, where they developed the garden village of Bournville; now a major suburb of Birmingham. The family developed the Cadbury's factory, which remains the main UK manufacturing site of the business. The district around the factory has been dry for over 100 years, with no alcohol being sold in pubs, bars or shops. Residents have fought to maintain this, winning a court battle in March 2007 with Britain's biggest supermarket", "title": "John Cadbury" }, { "docid": "652487", "text": "Pradesh) and sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. The corporate head office is in Mumbai. The head office is presently situated at Pedder Road, Mumbai, under the name of \"Cadbury House\". This monumental structure at Pedder Road has been a landmark for the citizens of Mumbai since its creation. Since 1965 Cadbury has also pioneered the development of cocoa cultivation in India. For over two decades, Cadbury has worked with the Kerala Agricultural University to undertake cocoa research. Currently, Cadbury India operates in five categories – Chocolate confectionery, Beverages, Biscuits, Gum and Candy. Its products include Cadbury", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "7612962", "text": "Peter Cadbury Peter Egbert Cadbury (6 February 1918 – 17 April 2006) was a British entrepreneur. Cadbury was born at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, the son of Sir Egbert Cadbury and his wife, Mary Forbes, the daughter of Rev. Forbes Phillips of Gorleston in Suffolk. His father was a World War I flying ace and managing director of Cadbury Brothers, the chocolate enterprise. Cadbury was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school in Reading, Berkshire founded by his grandfather, George Cadbury, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Cadbury never worked in the family business. He followed his father into flying,", "title": "Peter Cadbury" }, { "docid": "15172797", "text": "Cadbury Cocoa House Cadbury Cocoa House is a new venture for the Cadbury brand on the high street. Unlike the former Cadbury Café in Bath (closed in 2007), which was run by Cadbury, Cadbury Cocoa House is an independent business which has licensed the name from Cadbury. The first branch opened in October 2010 at Bluewater in Kent, UK, with up to 50 stores planned across the UK. The Daily Mail has likened Cadbury Cocoa House to J. Lyons and Co. Tea Houses, thanks to its focus on traditional British dishes - including classic afternoon tea - and its uniformed", "title": "Cadbury Cocoa House" }, { "docid": "6301190", "text": "governance, business ethics and corporate social responsibility. He was also a patron of Aston Raise and Give Society, which is the fundraising body of Aston University. As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of Aston Business School in 2008, Sir Adrian was awarded a rare Beta Gamma Sigma Business Achievement Award. Aston Business School's MBA lecture theatres were also named after Sir Adrian and Lady Susan Cadbury, in recognition of their long association with Aston University. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1977, thereafter becoming Sir Adrian Cadbury. He was given the Freedom of the City of Birmingham in", "title": "Adrian Cadbury" }, { "docid": "6301192", "text": "and Wales (ICAEW). Cadbury was a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta and the President of Birmingham Rowing Club. Cadbury was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to business and the community, especially in Birmingham. He died on 3 September 2015, aged 86. Adrian Cadbury Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury (15 April 1929 – 3 September 2015) was Chairman of Cadbury and Cadbury Schweppes for 24 years, and a British Olympic rower. He was a pioneer in raising the awareness and stimulating the debate on corporate governance and", "title": "Adrian Cadbury" }, { "docid": "8589812", "text": "United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities The United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities, or UKSIC, is a Standard Industrial Classification that is intended to help classify businesses according to the type of their economic activity. One or more SIC codes can be attributed to a business. SIC codes identify what a business does. Over time there have been several different SIC systems used in the UK, with versions published in 1958, 1968, 1980, 1992, 1997, 2003 and 2007. These taxonomies have been adapted to cope with the changes in UK industry, The 1980 system was far", "title": "United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities" }, { "docid": "7621141", "text": "Egbert Cadbury Major (Honorary Air Commodore) Sir Egbert \"Bertie\" Cadbury (20 April 1893 – 12 January 1967) was a British businessman, a member of the Cadbury family, who as a First World War pilot shot down two Zeppelins over the North Sea: \"L.21\" on 28 November 1916, and \"L.70\" on 6 August 1918: the latter while flying a De Havilland DH.4 with Robert Leckie as observer/gunner. Egbert Cadbury was born in Selly Oak, Birmingham, the youngest son of George Cadbury and his second wife Elizabeth Cadbury, and the grandson of John, the founder the family business. A year after he", "title": "Egbert Cadbury" }, { "docid": "17870118", "text": "History of Cadbury Cadbury is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelēz International. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. Cadbury is headquartered in Uxbridge, London, and operates in more than fifty countries worldwide. Its best known products include Dairy Milk chocolate. In 1824, John Cadbury began to sell tea, coffee and drinking chocolate from his premises in Birmingham. Cadbury developed the business with his brother Benjamin, and later his sons Richard and George. George developed the Bournville estate, a model village designed to improve the living conditions of company employees. Dairy Milk chocolate,", "title": "History of Cadbury" }, { "docid": "7896704", "text": "chemicals have and at what levels cause risk to humans and wildlife. In \"The Dinosaur Hunters,\" (2000), Cadbury examines the lives and discoveries of early nineteenth century fossil hunters. She starts with Mary Anning, who, at age 13, is credited with \"uncovering the first whole fossil skeleton of an unknown creature\" (later identified as an ichthyosaur). Cadbury also follows the careers of William Buckland, Gideon Mantell, and rival Richard Owen. Though Owen was recognized at the time for discovering the dinosaur, it was likely that Mantell's meticulous work in the field contributed greatly to Owen's ability to \"prove a distinct", "title": "Deborah Cadbury" }, { "docid": "2851134", "text": "chain Tesco, to prevent it selling alcohol in its local outlet. John Cadbury John Cadbury (12 August 1801 – 11 May 1889) was an English proprietor and founder of Cadbury, the chocolate business based in Birmingham, England. John Cadbury was born in Birmingham on 12 August 1801 to Richard Tapper Cadbury and his wife Elizabeth Head. He was from a wealthy Quaker family that moved to the area from the west of England. John went to school at Joseph Crosfields Quaker School at Hartshill, Warwickshire. As a Quaker in the early 19th century, he was not allowed to enter a", "title": "John Cadbury" }, { "docid": "2851130", "text": "John Cadbury John Cadbury (12 August 1801 – 11 May 1889) was an English proprietor and founder of Cadbury, the chocolate business based in Birmingham, England. John Cadbury was born in Birmingham on 12 August 1801 to Richard Tapper Cadbury and his wife Elizabeth Head. He was from a wealthy Quaker family that moved to the area from the west of England. John went to school at Joseph Crosfields Quaker School at Hartshill, Warwickshire. As a Quaker in the early 19th century, he was not allowed to enter a university, so could not pursue a profession such as medicine or", "title": "John Cadbury" }, { "docid": "652450", "text": "chocolate bars were displayed publicly at a trade fair in Bingley Hall, Birmingham. The Cadbury brothers opened an office in London, and in 1854 they received the Royal Warrant as manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa to Queen Victoria. The company went into decline in the late 1850s. John Cadbury's sons Richard and George took over the business in 1861. At the time of the takeover, the business was in rapid decline: the number of employees had reduced from 20 to 11, and the company was losing money. By 1866, Cadbury was profitable again. The brothers had turned around the business", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "17870134", "text": "Schweppes was planning to split its business into two separate entities: one focusing on its main chocolate and confectionery market; the other on its US drinks business. The demerger took effect on 2 May 2008, with the drinks business becoming Dr Pepper Snapple Group. In December 2008 it was announced that Cadbury was to sell its Australian beverage unit to Asahi Breweries. In October 2007, Cadbury announced the closure of the Somerdale Factory, Keynsham, formerly part of Fry's. Between 500 and 700 jobs were affected by this change. Production transferred to other plants in England and Poland. In 2008 Monkhill", "title": "History of Cadbury" }, { "docid": "5883418", "text": "for the high cocoa solids chocolate they wished to provide. In 1994, the company began purchasing Fairtrade cocoa from Maya farmers in Belize for the Maya Gold chocolate bar, and was awarded the Worldaware Business Award in 1994 for good business practice, as well as the UK's first Fairtrade mark. The company has a small office in Punta Gorda, Belize. In May 2005, Cadbury Schweppes (latterly Cadbury plc) bought Green & Black's for an undisclosed sum, estimated to be around £20m. Cadbury pledged to run the company as a separate business. Green & Black's Australia chocolate announced that it would", "title": "Green & Black's" }, { "docid": "9942816", "text": "recreated using the same recipe and ingredients and distributed to 100 randomly selected winners. By July 2016 Cadbury had begun secret product testing and taste trials with select consumers across the UK to perfect the recipe prior to its public relaunch. Mondelez Ltd., the manufacturer of Cadbury products, launched Fuse in India in September 2016. \"I think now we have an opportunity here to create a premium product to what we had in 5 Star. I think Cadbury Fuse will do that for us and create a whole new segment,\" said Manu Anand, president, chocolate, Asia-Pacific, Mondelez International. It launched", "title": "Fuse (chocolate bar)" }, { "docid": "1664988", "text": "the barred Magellanic spiral type. The Small Magellanic Cloud remains classified as an irregular galaxy of type Im under current Galaxy morphological classification, although it does contain a bar structure. Irregular galaxy An irregular galaxy is a galaxy that does not have a distinct regular shape, unlike a spiral or an elliptical galaxy. Irregular galaxies do not fall into any of the regular classes of the Hubble sequence, and they are often chaotic in appearance, with neither a nuclear bulge nor any trace of spiral arm structure. Collectively they are thought to make up about a quarter of all galaxies.", "title": "Irregular galaxy" }, { "docid": "3312429", "text": "of Birmingham, for use as a children's convalescent home. Cadbury died on 22 March 1899 in Jerusalem, aged 63. In 1905 the executors of Cadbury's estate distributed £40,000 to various charities including £10,000 to the Temperance Hospital in London. His wife Emma died in 1907 after falling down some stairs while at sea on the Empress of India.<ref> Richard Cadbury Richard Barrow Cadbury (29 August 1835 – 22 March 1899) was the second son of the Quaker John Cadbury, founder of Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company. Together with his younger brother George he took over the family business in 1861", "title": "Richard Cadbury" }, { "docid": "652471", "text": "splitting into two companies beginning on 1 October 2012. The confectionery business of Kraft became Mondelez International, of which Cadbury is a subsidiary. In response to diminishing margins in early 2014, Mondelez hired Accenture to implement a US$3 billion cost-cutting program of the company's assets including Cadbury and Oreo. Beginning in 2015, Mondelez began closing Cadbury factories in several developed countries including Ireland, Canada, the United States, and New Zealand and shifting production to \"advantaged\" country locations like China, India, Brazil, and Eastern Europe. The closure of Cadbury factories in centers such as Dublin, Montreal, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dunedin in", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "652448", "text": "been a holder of a Royal Warrant from Elizabeth II since 1955. Cadbury merged with J. S. Fry & Sons in 1919, and Schweppes in 1969, known as Cadbury Schweppes until 2008, when the American beverage business was split as Dr Pepper Snapple Group; the rights ownership of the Schweppes brand had already differed between various countries since 2006. Cadbury was a constant constituent of the FTSE 100 on the London Stock Exchange from the index's 1984 inception until the company was bought by Kraft Foods in 2010. In 1824, John Cadbury, a Quaker, began selling tea, coffee and drinking", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "4888816", "text": "purchased by the Cadbury Schweppes group and became part of its confectionery subsidiary Cadbury Trebor Bassett. On 19 January 2010, it was announced that Cadbury and Kraft Foods had reached a deal whereby Kraft would purchase Cadbury for £8.40 per share, valuing Cadbury at £11.5bn. Swann Morton are one of the top producers in the world of scalpels and surgical blades, they export to over 100 countries around the world. Mr W.R. Swann, Mr J.A. Morton and Miss D. Fairweather founded the business in August 1932 on Owlerton Green (). The firm was originally a razor blade manufacturer but over", "title": "Owlerton" }, { "docid": "652488", "text": "Dairy Milk, Dairy Milk Silk, Bournville, 5-Star, Temptations, Perk, Eclairs, Bournvita, Celebrations, Gems, Bubbaloo, Cadbury Dairy Milk Shots, Toblerone, Halls, Bilkul, Tang, and Oreo. It is the market leader in the chocolate confectionery business with a market share of over 70%. On 21 April 2014, Cadbury India changed its name to Mondelez India Foods Limited. In 2017, Cadbury/Mondelez agreed to pay a $13 million FCPA penalty for making illicit payments to government officials to obtain licences and approvals to build a factory in Baddi. In 2012, Alf Mizzi & Sons Marketing (Ltd) took over the importation and distribution of Cadbury,", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "16118354", "text": "grandson, who rebuilt the church in 1423 into the grand and imposing perpendicular gothic structure which survives today, in which she was buried. The chancel is unusually tall as it was designed to house stalls for the priests of the college. North Cadbury remained a sole rectory until 1966 when it was held with Compton Pauncefoot, Blackford, Maperton, North Cheriton, and South Cadbury with Sutton Montis. In 1975 the new Camelot parishes benefice was formed comprising North Cadbury, Compton Pauncefoot, Blackford, Maperton, North Cheriton, South Cadbury, and Yarlington. He married twice: By his first wife Elizabeth Beaumont he had the", "title": "William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux" }, { "docid": "2349476", "text": "anyone famous or to a famous company? Rarity - How many of the certificates were issued? How many survived over the years? Is the certificate a low number? Demand for Item - How many people are trying to collect the same certificate? Aesthetics - How does the certificate look? What is in the vignette? What color of ink was used? Does it have fancy borders or writing on it? Type of company - What type of company was it issued for? Does the industry still exist? Has the industry changed a lot over the years? Original Face Value - How", "title": "Scripophily" }, { "docid": "652479", "text": "confectionery and beverages businesses of Cadbury Schweppes in Australia were formally separated and the beverages business began operating as Schweppes Australia Pty Ltd. In April 2009, Schweppes Australia was acquired by Asahi Breweries. In late June 2012, Cadbury introduced Marvellous Creations a new chocolate range with three flavours – Peanut Toffee Cookie, Jelly Crunchie Bits or Jelly Popping Candy Beanies covered in Dairy Milk Chocolate. In 2015 the Australian Cadbury, factory located in Hobart, reduced its work force by 80 and in 2017 closed its visitor's centre. In August 2017 Cadbury announced that 50 workers will be shed from its", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "8589816", "text": "activities<br> T) Activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods and service producing activities of households for own use<br> U) Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities The United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities, or UKSIC, is a Standard Industrial Classification that is intended to help classify businesses according to the type of their economic activity. One or more SIC codes can be attributed to a business. SIC codes identify what a business does. Over time there have been several different SIC systems used in the UK, with versions published in 1958,", "title": "United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities" }, { "docid": "4376473", "text": "Unix file types For \"normal\" files in the file system, Unix does not impose or provide any internal file structure. This implies that from the point of view of the operating system, there is only one file type. The structure and interpretation thereof is entirely dependent on how the file is interpreted by software. Unix does however have some special files. These special files can be identified by the codice_1 command which displays the type of the file in the first alphabetic letter of the file system permissions field. A normal (regular) file is indicated by a hyphen-minus 'codice_2'. Take", "title": "Unix file types" }, { "docid": "4376465", "text": "Unix file types For \"normal\" files in the file system, Unix does not impose or provide any internal file structure. This implies that from the point of view of the operating system, there is only one file type. The structure and interpretation thereof is entirely dependent on how the file is interpreted by software. Unix does however have some special files. These special files can be identified by the codice_1 command which displays the type of the file in the first alphabetic letter of the file system permissions field. A normal (regular) file is indicated by a hyphen-minus 'codice_2'. Take", "title": "Unix file types" }, { "docid": "14386431", "text": "degrees of success. Producer Piv Bernth described the broad appeal of the show as \"groundbreaking\", and explained what she believed to be the root of its popularity: \"It's the first time you have a detective drama over 20 episodes – other series had one killing per episode. And we also have this three-plot structure – what does it [a murder] mean for a police investigator, what does it mean for the parents, what does it mean for the politicians. It's not just about finding the murderer. That's important, but it's not all.\" Over 120 countries have purchased the first two", "title": "The Killing (Danish TV series)" }, { "docid": "652465", "text": "sugar syrup based fillings (where it referred to as 'vegetable oil'). In addition, Cadbury stated they would source cocoa beans through Fair Trade channels. In January 2010 prospective buyer Kraft pledged to honour Cadbury's commitment. On 7 September 2009, Kraft Foods made a £10.2 billion (US$16.2 billion) indicative takeover bid for Cadbury. The offer was rejected, with Cadbury stating that it undervalued the company. Kraft launched a formal, hostile bid for Cadbury valuing the firm at £9.8 billion on 9 November 2009. The UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson warned Kraft not to try to \"make a quick buck\" from the", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "13599685", "text": "Dr Pepper Snapple Group Dr Pepper Snapple Group is an American soft drink company based in Plano, Texas, and as of July 2018 it is a business unit of the newly formed publicly traded conglomerate Keurig Dr Pepper. Formerly Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, part of Cadbury Schweppes, on May 5, 2008 it was spun off from Cadbury Schweppes as Dr Pepper Snapple Group, with trading in its shares starting on May 7, 2008 on the NYSE as \"DPS\". The remainder of Cadbury Schweppes become Cadbury, a confectionery group, on May 5, 2008. On July 9, 2018 Keurig Green Mountain acquired", "title": "Dr Pepper Snapple Group" }, { "docid": "17870136", "text": "it was reverting to the use of cocoa butter in New Zealand. In addition, they would source cocoa beans through Fair Trade channels. In January 2010 prospective buyer Kraft pledged to honour Cadbury's commitment. On 7 September 2009 Kraft Foods made a £10.2 billion (US$16.2 billion) indicative takeover bid for Cadbury. The offer was rejected, with Cadbury stating that it undervalued the company. Kraft launched a formal, hostile bid for Cadbury valuing the firm at £9.8 billion on 9 November 2009. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson warned Kraft not to try to \"make a quick buck\" from the acquisition of Cadbury.", "title": "History of Cadbury" }, { "docid": "5258897", "text": "location that an organization can move to after a disaster if the current facility is unusable. The difference between the two is that a hot site is fully equipped to resume operations while a cold site does not have that capability. There is also what is referred to as a warm site which has the capability to resume some, but not all operations. The decision a company makes when determining what type of site to establish often hinges on the results of a cost-benefit analysis as well as the needs of the organization. A disaster recovery plan spells out how", "title": "Disaster recovery and business continuity auditing" }, { "docid": "17870120", "text": "Bridge Street and sold mainly to the wealthy because of the high cost of production. In 1847 John Cadbury became a partner with his brother Benjamin and the company became known as \"Cadbury Brothers\". The brothers opened an office, in London and in 1854 they received the Royal Warrant as manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa to Queen Victoria. The company went into decline in the late 1850s. John Cadbury's sons Richard and George took over the business in 1861. At the time of the takeover, the business was in rapid decline: the number of employees had reduced from 20 to", "title": "History of Cadbury" }, { "docid": "13227556", "text": "implementing Coca-Cola Enterprises' sustainability plan. In 1972, Brock joined Procter & Gamble in product development, and in 1983 was recruited by Cadbury Schweppes to head technical and operational functions in North America for both Schweppes and its sister business unit, Motts. Five years later, he was promoted to head of global marketing at Cadbury Schweppes. In 1990, Brock was named president of Cadbury Schweppes’ international beverage division for markets outside the U.S. and Europe. Two years later, he was named president of Cadbury’s European Beverages business, and soon thereafter became president of North American Beverages. In 1995, Brock and his", "title": "John F. Brock" }, { "docid": "7896699", "text": "a child, Marie Antoinette’s son, received a nomination for the Samuel Johnson Prize and was described by historian, Alison Weir, as ‘Absolutely stupendous. This is history as it should be’. At the height of the global financial crisis Deborah Cadbury went back into her own family history for her book, \"Chocolate Wars\" (2010), which unfolded the story of Cadbury from chocolate shop to the Kraft takeover. She coined the term ‘Quaker capitalism’ and she has given talks on the significance of this business heritage to INSEAD Business School, Birmingham and others. She is collaborating with Fable Films on a dramatization", "title": "Deborah Cadbury" }, { "docid": "19731142", "text": "hands? And why not with a cloth? – What happens if I paint on wet paper? And if I pain on the floor? On a table or an easel? – Where do I feel more comfortable? – What part of the work do I enjoy the most? – Do I like the palette I used? Would I like to change it? And if the answer is “I don’t know”, what if I try one option and then the other? – What type of structure (shape) does my work propose? It is organic, geometric? What if I turn the stain around", "title": "Rebeca Mendoza" }, { "docid": "3484043", "text": "ploughing of the hilltop. The site was also occupied in the Late Bronze Age, from which ovens have been identified. Radical revisions of the Bronze Age archaeology on the lower slopes resulted from discoveries during excavations and survey work by the South Cadbury Environs Project. Finds include the first Bronze Age shield from an excavation in northwest Europe, an example of the distinctive Yetholm-type. Carbon dating implies that the shield was deposited in the 10th century BC, although metallurgical evidence suggests that it was manufactured two centuries earlier. A metal-working building and associated enclosure were discovered south east of the", "title": "Cadbury Castle, Somerset" }, { "docid": "6301188", "text": "and King's College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he rowed in the losing Cambridge boat in the 1952 Boat Race. He also rowed in the Great Britain coxless four in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He joined the Cadbury business in 1958, and became Chairman of Cadbury Ltd in 1965. He retired as Chairman of Cadbury Schweppes in 1989. He was a Director of the Bank of England from 1970 to 1994, and of IBM from 1975 to 1994. He was Chairman of the UK Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance which published its Report and Code of Best", "title": "Adrian Cadbury" }, { "docid": "3312428", "text": "Richard Cadbury Richard Barrow Cadbury (29 August 1835 – 22 March 1899) was the second son of the Quaker John Cadbury, founder of Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company. Together with his younger brother George he took over the family business in 1861 and in 1878 they acquired 14 acres (57,000 m²) of land in open country, four miles (6 km) south of Birmingham where they opened a new factory in 1879. Over the following years, more land was acquired and a model village was built for his workers which became known as Bournville. He donated Moseley Hall to the City", "title": "Richard Cadbury" }, { "docid": "3291043", "text": "George Cadbury George Cadbury (19 September 1839 – 24 October 1922) was the third son of John Cadbury, a Quaker who founded Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company in Britain. He worked at the school for adults on Sundays for no pay, despite only going to school himself until he was sixteen. Together with his brother Richard he took over the family business in 1861. In 1878 they acquired 14 acres (57,000 m²) of land in open country, four miles (6 km) south of Birmingham, where they opened a new factory in 1879. He rented 'Woodbrooke' - a Georgian style mansion", "title": "George Cadbury" }, { "docid": "7896708", "text": "19th century England when Quakers owned such companies as Wedgwood, Clarks, Bryant and May's, Huntley and Palmers and \"helped shape the course of the Industrial Revolution\" with a focus on product quality and wealth creation that funded social projects. It then focuses on the expansion of the chocolate business as new products were developed with Cadbury, Fry, Rowntree, Van Houten, Lindt, Nestlé, and Hershey all competing for global market shares. Despite its philanthropic roots, the Cadbury company itself (founded by the author's distant relatives, George and Richard Cadbury) is eventually taken over by Kraft. \"Chocolate Wars\" was second on \"The", "title": "Deborah Cadbury" }, { "docid": "652447", "text": "sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate. Cadbury developed the business with his brother Benjamin, followed by his sons Richard and George. George developed the Bournville estate, a model village designed to give the company's workers improved living conditions. Dairy Milk chocolate, introduced in 1905, used a higher proportion of milk within the recipe compared with rival products. By 1914, the chocolate was the company's best-selling product. Cadbury, alongside Rowntree's and Fry, were the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Cadbury was granted its first Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1854. It has", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "1601713", "text": "conventional. The first three movements are relatively traditional in structure and character, with a standard sonata form first movement (even including an exact repeat of the exposition, unusual in Mahler) leading to the middle movements – one a scherzo-with-trios, the other slow. However, attempts to analyze the vast finale in terms of the sonata archetype have encountered serious difficulties. As Dika Newlin has pointed out: \"it has elements of what is conventionally known as 'sonata form', but the music does not follow a set pattern [...] Thus, 'expositional' treatment merges directly into the type of contrapuntal and modulatory writing appropriate", "title": "Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)" }, { "docid": "14254231", "text": "and research undertaken by the Barrow Cadbury Trust funded project entitled 'Migrant Community Organisations in the UK (MCOP)'. The project explored the possibility for closer and better collaboration between different groups working in the field of migration to strengthen the voice of migrants in the UK. Especially since such organisations often have limited funding, and have been set up to support what are often beleaguered communities with high numbers of refugees and asylum-seekers and/or significant numbers of irregular migrants. The outcome of the MCOP's work was set out in the report \"Migrant Voices, Migrant Rights\" published by the Barrow Cadbury", "title": "Migrants Rights Network" }, { "docid": "2851132", "text": "of the retail business, leaving it in the hands of John's son, Richard Barrow Cadbury (Barrow's remained a leading Birmingham store until the 1960s). Cadbury married twice. He married Priscilla Ann Dymond (1799–1828), in 1826, but she died two years later. In 1832 he married his second wife, Candia Barrow (1805–1855) and had seven children: John (1834–1866), Richard (1835–1899), Maria (1838–1908), George (1839–1922), Joseph (1841–1841), Edward (1843–1866), and Henry (1845–1875). Benjamin and John Cadbury dissolved their partnership in 1860. John retired in 1861 due to the death of his wife, and his sons Richard and George succeeded him in the", "title": "John Cadbury" }, { "docid": "7042301", "text": "Trident, Dentyne, and Chiclets. Roger Carr, chairman of Cadbury, discussed his approval of the takeover by Kraft by saying, \"We believe the offer represents good value for Cadbury shareholders and are pleased with the commitment that Kraft Foods has made to our heritage, values and people throughout the world.\" Cadbury sales were flat after Kraft’s acquisition. Despite the Cadbury takeover helping boost sales by 30%, Kraft's net profit for the fourth quarter fell 24% to $540m due to costs associated with integrating the UK business after the acquisition. Kraft spent a one-time $1.3 billion in integration costs to achieve $675", "title": "Kraft Foods Inc." }, { "docid": "12265510", "text": "World's Anti-Slavery Convention at Freemasons' Hall, London. Delegates came from several different countries and a commemorative painting, now displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, records all the notable people who were present. Tapper Cadbury is right at the back of the crowd and his portrait is one of the smallest. Cadbury died in 1860, the same year that John Cadbury broke his financial links with his brother and shortly after left the business to be run in turn by his sons. He married Elizabeth Head from Ipswich in 1796. Two years later the partnership with Rutte was dissolved. They had", "title": "Richard Tapper Cadbury" }, { "docid": "7375838", "text": "d-orbitals are singly degenerate, so a JT geometry distortion will not results in any stabilization and therefor does not occur in C geometry. Blue copper protein types structure The figure 1 shows the structure of blue copper protein Type-I. This structure is strongly distorted coordination shape. There are 2-histidines, 1 methionine and 1 cysteine present in this type-I structure. Example for Type-I blue copper protein are plastocyanine , azurin and nitrite tedactase. The figure 2 shows the structure of Type-II blue copper protein which is non-blue copper protein. This structure is essentially planar coordination shape. There are 3 histidine ,", "title": "Copper protein" }, { "docid": "19309929", "text": "own units of such type, but is supported by the units of the Cyber and Information Space Command as needed. Logistics, CBRN defense and Military Police units of the German Armed Forces fall under the Joint Support Service (Streitkräftebasis) of the Bundeswehr. Therefore, the German Army does not have its own units of such type, but is supported by the units of the Joint Support Service as needed. All medical units of the German Armed Forces fall under the Joint Medical Service of the Bundeswehr (Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr). Therefore, the German Army does not have its own medical units,", "title": "Structure of the German Army" }, { "docid": "14081820", "text": "a relatively high guaranteed funding, with a rate of around 50%, second, it is a very effective tool to engage with the general public. One problem that the Stern review did not address in relation to the research impact assessment, is that the structure of case study design template on which impact is assessed, does not contain a method section, and thereby making the assessment of what type of impact was claimed a rhetoric game of who can claim the most (cf. Brauer, 2018). Thereby, grand claims are incentivized by the assessment structure. The problem occurs, because qualitative judgments of", "title": "Research Excellence Framework" }, { "docid": "5528187", "text": "the light of empirical evidence, arguing that production prices in the classical sense can only be \"theoretical\" notions, which strictly speaking do not exist in reality. What does exist in real capitalist competition are a type of regulating prices, the dynamics of which he explicates in detail. Shaikh agrees with Keynes and with businesspeople, that what matters financially in business, is the relationship between the real rate of interest on capital and the real rate of profit on capital (at the micro level of individual firms and at the macro-level of aggregated business results). According to statistical calculations by Shaikh", "title": "Prices of production" }, { "docid": "4451645", "text": "not passenger services. Tim Jones, Chairman of the Devon and Cornwall Business Council, said: \"...it's the wrong type of airport in the wrong location. We have to move on. We can't clutch as straws any more.\" Conservative MP Johnny Mercer, whose Moor View constituency includes the airport site, said: \"The report itself does not appear to paint a positive light for passenger services from Plymouth airport. I recognise this is an emotive subject, but I simply want to see the land used productively to benefit Plymouth. What I believe would be an absolute travesty is the site be aid empty", "title": "Plymouth City Airport" }, { "docid": "15309687", "text": "technician following his mother's suggestion, and does not have any interest in becoming a dentist. The character is portrayed as eccentric. Unemployed during the show, Todd relies on \"schemes to get what he needs\". He is also shown as having an obsession with \"Star Wars\". Casey Parker (Natalia Cigliuti) helps Alex with his music website. Portrayed as ambitious, she works at a temp job while attending the New York University Stern School of Business. In the second episode, she becomes the men's neighbor, with assistance from Alex. She enjoys watching \"Antiques Roadshow\", and a type of strip poker is played", "title": "The Random Years" }, { "docid": "17236904", "text": "FBI Foods Ltd. from using a recipe they could easily have re-created. Finally, he ruled that, because Cadbury-Schweppes could be adequately compensated by a monetary award, an injunction would be unnecessary. In determining the value of the monetary award that Cadbury-Schweppes should receive, Justice Binnie rejected Cadbury-Schweppes's request to be compensated for the market value of their secret recipe for Clamato. He ruled that treating the recipe as if it were patented would be wrong, given that Cadbury-Schweppes had not fulfilled their side of the patent \"bargain\". If Cadbury-Schweppes had wanted patent protection, they should have made their recipe public", "title": "Cadbury Schweppes Inc v FBI Foods Ltd" }, { "docid": "3025322", "text": "County Council. The South Cadbury parish church of St Thomas à Becket is dedicated to Thomas Becket. It largely dates from the 13th and 15th centuries, but was widely restored in 1874. Many of the fittings date from this time. However, it does boast a 15th-century roof, with angel brackets and carved bosses, and an early wall painting of St Thomas. The church is a Grade II* listed building. The 18th century poet and satirist, Charles Churchill was at one time curate at South Cadbury. Sutton Montis parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It has Saxon origins and", "title": "South Cadbury" }, { "docid": "1641629", "text": "of the link between assertion and belief. Whatever version of this view is preferred, whether cast in terms of the Gricean intentions (see Paul Grice) or in terms of the structure of Searlean illocutionary acts (see speech act), it does not obviously apply to explaining the absurdity of the commissive version of Moore's paradox. To take one version of this type of explanation, if someone asserts \"p\" and conjoins it with the assertion (or denial) that he does not believe that \"p\", then he has in that very act contradicted himself, for in effect what the speaker says is: I", "title": "Moore's paradox" }, { "docid": "98148", "text": "quickly. Dimensional structures are easy to understand for business users, because the structure is divided into measurements/facts and context/dimensions. Facts are related to the organization's business processes and operational system whereas the dimensions surrounding them contain context about the measurement (Kimball, Ralph 2008). Another advantage offered by dimensional model is that it does not involve a relational database every time. Thus, this type of modeling technique is very useful for end-user queries in data warehouse. The model of facts and dimensions can also be understood as data cube. Where the dimensions are the categorical coordinates in a multi-dimensional cube, while", "title": "Data warehouse" }, { "docid": "3916693", "text": "originally described as \"eleven-gun towers\". A four-gun tower was originally proposed at Dymchurch, but this idea was revised at the Rochester conference of 1804. Dymchurch Redoubt was built between 1806 and 1809 to the same specifications as its Eastbourne counterpart, although Dymchurch does not have any caponiers. A caponier is a type of fortification structure. The word originates from the French word caponnière. It is a type of fortification structure which allows firing along the bottom of a dry moat that surrounds the main fortress. In 1908, Walter Jerrold described the village as \"a quiet scattered village and a delightful", "title": "Dymchurch" }, { "docid": "9438670", "text": "xylose. This character separates the Ustilaginomycotina from Pucciniomycotina and Agaricomycotina. Septal pores The architecture of the septal pores plays an important part in delimiting the subdivision in Basidiomycotina. In contrast to the Pucciniomycotina, the Ustilaginomycotina has a septal pore with a membrane cap or it is poreless. It does not have a dolipore or parenthesome as the Agaricomycotina do. 5S rRNA In 1985 Gottschalk and Blanz did a study about the 5s ribosomal RNA and distinguished two types of structures in the Basidiomycota. These two types was named the type A secondary structure and the type B secondary structure of", "title": "Ustilaginomycotina" }, { "docid": "2482568", "text": "which became the British supermarket chain Sainsbury's. He is sometimes referred to as \"Mr JD\" Sainsbury (which is what he was known as when working for Sainsbury's). Lord Sainsbury attended Stowe School and Worcester College, Oxford, reading History. He is married to the former ballerina Anya Linden. They have three children: Sarah Butler-Sloss (born 1964), John Julian (born 1966) and Mark (born 1969). When he bought his 18th-century mansion at Preston Candover in Hampshire, from the previous owner Peter Cadbury, he replanted trees that Peter Cadbury had cut down in order to make the house look bigger. He was knighted", "title": "John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover" }, { "docid": "4772509", "text": "Business rules approach Business rules are abstractions of the policies and practices of a business organization. In computer software development, the business rules approach is a development methodology where rules are in a form that is used by, but does not have to be embedded in, business process management systems. The business rules approach formalizes an enterprise's critical business rules in a language that managers and technologists understand. Business rules create an unambiguous statement of what a business does with information to decide a proposition. The formal specification becomes information for process and rules engines to run. The adoption of", "title": "Business rules approach" }, { "docid": "8443960", "text": "Functional testing Functional testing is a quality assurance (QA) process and a type of black-box testing that bases its test cases on the specifications of the software component under test. Functions are tested by feeding them input and examining the output, and internal program structure is rarely considered (unlike white-box testing). Functional testing usually describes \"what\" the system does. Functional testing does not imply that you are testing a function (method) of your module or class. Functional testing tests a slice of functionality of the whole system. Functional testing differs from system testing in that functional testing \"\"verifies\" a program", "title": "Functional testing" }, { "docid": "11297588", "text": "Somerdale Factory Somerdale was a chocolate factory located in Keynsham near Bristol in south west England, closed by Kraft foods in 2011. It was the home of a Cadbury plc's production facility, and was originally built by the Fry family when they expanded through consolidation of a number of existing facilities located in the centre of Bristol. After the First World War, Cadbury Brothers undertook a financial merger with J. S. Fry & Sons, which completed in 1919. As a result of the merger, Egbert Cadbury joined the Fry side of the business. Along with Cecil Roderick Fry he was", "title": "Somerdale Factory" }, { "docid": "10213287", "text": "Of the 19 exons, 5 are alternative. The TCF7L2 gene contains 619 amino acids and its molecular mass is 67919 Da. TCF7L2's secondary structure is a helix-turn-helix structure. TCF7L2 does not primarily operate in the β-cells in the pancreas. It is also expressed in brain, liver, intestine, and fat cells. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms within the TCF7L2 gene have been associated with type 2 diabetes. Studies conducted by Ravindranath Duggirala and Michael Stern at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio were the first to identify strong linkage for type 2 diabetes at a region on Chromosome", "title": "TCF7L2" }, { "docid": "12938613", "text": "Group (IHG), and was succeeded by Richard Solomons. Andrew Peter Cosslett was born in April 1955 in Whalley Range, Manchester and grew up in Withington. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in European Studies from the University of Manchester. Cosslet began his business career in 1979 as a graduate trainee selling Wall's ice cream and spent 11 years with Unilever becoming a marketing director, before joining Cadbury Schweppes in 1990. He then spent 14 years at Cadbury Schweppes in a number of senior roles, including chairman, Cadbury Schweppes Australia; CEO of the Asia Pacific confectionery", "title": "Andy Cosslett" }, { "docid": "652473", "text": "as a cost-saving measure. In 1992, the company leased the space for £55 per ; by 2002 this had reached £68.75 per square foot. Bournville employs almost 1,000 people. In 2014, Mondelez announced a £75 million investment in the site. Bournville is home to Mondelez's Global Centre of Excellence for Chocolate research and development, so every new chocolate product created by the company anywhere in the world starts life at the Birmingham plant. The confectionery business in the UK is called Cadbury (formerly Cadbury Trebor Bassett) and, as of August 2004, had eight factories and 3,000 staff in the UK.", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "4568541", "text": "factory, which the parents of the sandlot kids relied upon for their income. This angers Richie, and so with the encouragement and assistance of Cadbury, he proceeds to the company headquarters and, as a living Rich family member, assumes the leadership position. Van Dough, however, sees this as a minor setback: as Richie is still underage, his ability to run the business is limited by the powers given to him by someone who was able to give it to him – namely, Cadbury. Cadbury is framed for the Rich family's apparent murder when bomb parts are found in his room,", "title": "Richie Rich (film)" }, { "docid": "10183004", "text": "period. The vocal range and timbre of children's voices does not have the variety that adults' voices have. Both boys and girls prior to puberty have an equivalent vocal range and timbre. The reason for this is that both groups have a similar larynx size and weight and a similar vocal cord structure and color. With the onset of puberty, both men and women's voices alter as the vocal ligaments become more defined and the laryngeal cartilages harden. The laryngeal structure of both voices change but more so in men. The height of the male larynx becomes much greater than", "title": "Voice type" }, { "docid": "17229829", "text": "antiacetylcholinesterase activity. Thomas first isolated dictamnine from Rutaceae in 1923. It is very weak base, shows similar reaction with methyl iodide and dimethyl sulfate or diazomethane, does not form a derivative but go through isomerization to isodictamnine. Dictamine have linear structure which is confirmed as it forms dictamnic acid by oxidative degradation with potassium permanganate. Dieckmann cyclization followed by methylation and hydrolysis confirmed the structure of the acid. Skimmianine, another common furoquinoline alkaloid also shows a very similar type of chemistry to dictamine. Skimmianine also has a linear structure as it gave 3-ethyl-4,7,8-trimethoxy-2-quinolone from hydrolysis. Some furoquinoline alkaloids have been", "title": "Furoquinoline alkaloid" }, { "docid": "8484731", "text": "white and rode in a carriage behind two white ponies. The factory complex became known as \"White City\". In 1967 MacRobertson's was acquired by English confectioner \"Cadbury's\" which in 1969 merged with \"Schweppes Australia\" to become Cadbury Schweppes. On 2 February 2010, Cadbury was purchased by Kraft Foods. Kraft Foods announced they would be splitting into two companies beginning on 1 October 2012. The confectionery business became Mondelez International, of which Cadbury is a subsidiary. Growth continued through innovative marketing and sponsorships as well as philanthropic donations: Robertson was appointed a Knight Bachelor on 3 June 1932, for services to", "title": "Macpherson Robertson" }, { "docid": "7265364", "text": "products are sugar cane, maize, and roots and tubers. Wood pulp, citrus and other fruit, cotton, and meat are also important to Swaziland's agricultural sector. Livestock herding, a type of agricultural work, is considered to be one of the most severe forms of child labour. Industry jobs are the third most common type of child labour worldwide, at 7.2%. Several international companies such as Coca-Cola and Cadbury have invested in Swaziland, building factories there. Coal and diamond mining have historically been major industries, but their importance has significantly declined since the 1960s. Swaziland also exports textiles, but thousands of textile", "title": "Child labour in Eswatini" }, { "docid": "17740373", "text": "Business to many Business-to-many or B2M is a marketing term for a business that sells their goods or services to other businesses as well as to consumers. Unlike B2B firms that only engage themselves with other businesses or retail firms (B2C) that only contact consumers or the end users of the product, B2M firms do both. It is important to understand that just because an organization does B2M marketing, this does not mean that they target their products and services to everyone. B2M companies, like any other type of company, have a more specified target audience. The terms B2M, B2B", "title": "Business to many" }, { "docid": "10525474", "text": "Collection (abstract data type) In computer science, a collection or container is a grouping of some variable number of data items (possibly zero) that have some shared significance to the problem being solved and need to be operated upon together in some controlled fashion. Generally, the data items will be of the same type or, in languages supporting inheritance, derived from some common ancestor type. A collection is a concept applicable to abstract data types, and does not prescribe a specific implementation as a concrete data structure, though often there is a conventional choice (see Container for type theory discussion).", "title": "Collection (abstract data type)" }, { "docid": "355180", "text": "relational theory does not dictate what types are to be supported; indeed, nowadays provisions are expected to be available for \"user-defined\" types in addition to the \"built-in\" ones provided by the system. Attribute is the term used in the theory for what is commonly referred to as a column. Similarly, table is commonly used in place of the theoretical term relation (though in SQL the term is by no means synonymous with relation). A table data structure is specified as a list of column definitions, each of which specifies a unique column name and the type of the values that", "title": "Relational model" }, { "docid": "4568542", "text": "and most of the Rich family's other loyal servants are fired \"en masse\" by Van Dough's edict. Van Dough plots to have Cadbury murdered in jail and make it look like a suicide. With Professor Keenbean eavesdropping on their conversation, he manages to sneak Richie out and enact a successful plan to help Cadbury escape from prison just as a hulking hitman arrives to murder Cadbury; though bruised, Cadbury is able to knock out the hitman. Cadbury and Richie then make their way to Gloria's house, where Dianne tends to Cadbury, and Richie uses Gloria's computer to hack into the", "title": "Richie Rich (film)" }, { "docid": "9795819", "text": "example, type I IFNs induce interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) expression, classically resulting in a robust anti-viral immune response. Additionally, IFNs largely impact cell health and viability, with effects on apoptosis, autophagy, cell differentiation, and proliferation. The diverse effects of type I IFNs is likely dependent on the cellular and environmental context. Different responses, e.g. antiviral versus antiproliferative responses, to type I IFNs subtypes have been studied and proximal signaling, such as STAT phosphorylation, does not appear to correlate with the outcome. Furthermore, while differential effects manifest after several days of chronic stimulation, changes to receptor structure, orientation, or stoichiometry have not", "title": "Interferon-alpha/beta receptor" }, { "docid": "13599690", "text": "and merger was closed on July 9, 2018. Larry Young, President and CEO of the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, retired those positions and joined the board of directors of Keurig Dr Pepper. Dr Pepper Snapple Group Dr Pepper Snapple Group is an American soft drink company based in Plano, Texas, and as of July 2018 it is a business unit of the newly formed publicly traded conglomerate Keurig Dr Pepper. Formerly Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, part of Cadbury Schweppes, on May 5, 2008 it was spun off from Cadbury Schweppes as Dr Pepper Snapple Group, with trading in its shares", "title": "Dr Pepper Snapple Group" }, { "docid": "8002612", "text": "Graham Day Sir Judson Graham Day, (born 3 May 1933) is a British-Canadian business executive, lawyer and corporate director who now lives in Hantsport, Nova Scotia. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he graduated from Dalhousie Law School with an LL.B. in 1956 and for a while appeared on \"Singalong Jubilee.\" He was chairman and CEO of British Shipbuilders from 1983 to 1986, and chairman and CEO of the Rover Group from 1986 until 1991.From 1989 to 1993 he was chairman of Cadbury Schweppes,between its last two family chairmen,Sir Adrian Cadbury and Sir Dominic Cadbury. He was chancellor of Dalhousie University", "title": "Graham Day" }, { "docid": "652490", "text": "dispute following objections by Nestlé. In 2008, Todd Stitzer, Cadbury's CEO, was paid a £2,665,000 bonus. Combined with his annual salary of £985,000 and other payments of £448,000 this gives a total remuneration of over £4 million. In July 2007, Cadbury Schweppes announced that it would be outsourcing its transactional accounting and order capture functions to Shared Business Services (SBS) centres run by a company called Genpact (a businesses services provider) in India, China, and Romania. This was to affect all business units and be associated with US and UK functions being transferred to India by the end of 2007,", "title": "Cadbury" }, { "docid": "2851131", "text": "law. As Quakers are historically and typically pacifist, a military career was also out of the question. So, like many other Quakers of the time, he turned his energies toward business and began a campaign against animal cruelty, forming the Animals Friend Society, a forebear of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The family provided job opportunities and good working conditions for their employees. Meanwhile, Cadbury's manufacturing enterprise prospered. His brother Benjamin joined the business in 1848 and they rented a larger factory on Bridge Street. Two years later, in 1850, the Cadbury brothers pulled out", "title": "John Cadbury" } ]
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how many episodes will be in 13 reasons why season 2
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[ { "docid": "14044295", "text": "March 2018, a video that plays at the start of each season warning viewers about its themes. In May 2017, Netflix renewed \"13 Reasons Why\" for a second season; filming began the next month and concluded that December. The second season was released on May 18, 2018, and received negative reviews from critics and mixed reviews from audiences. A third season was ordered in June 2018 and is set to be released in 2019. Critical and audience reaction to the series has been divided, with the program generating controversy between audiences and industry reviewers. In season one, seventeen year old", "title": "13 Reasons Why" }, { "docid": "14044312", "text": "too tied up in conveying the message that terrible behaviour can have horrible consequences to deal in any subtleties or shades of feeling. It's largely one-note – and that note is horrifying. 'It has to get better,' implores one student towards the end, but given its fairly open ending, an apparent season two setup, it does not seem as if there's much chance of that happening.\" \"Washington Post\" television critic Hank Stuever wrote a negative review, finding \"13 Reasons Why\" \"contrived\" and implausible: \"There are 13 episodes lasting 13 super-sullen hours – a passive-aggressive, implausibly meandering, poorly written and awkwardly", "title": "13 Reasons Why" }, { "docid": "19427872", "text": "Start Up (2013 TV series) Start Up is a national American docu-series television show created by Gary Bredow. The series is produced by Jenny Feterovich and Gary Bredow and is broadcast by PBS, Create TV Network and World Channel. The show is filmed all across America where host Gary Bredow conducts in-depth interviews with small business owners about how they were able to get their business off the ground. Season 1 (2013) consisted of 13 half-hour episodes. Season 2 (2014) consisted of 13 half-hour episodes. Season 3 (2015) consisted of 13 half-hour episodes. Season 4 will premiere in early September", "title": "Start Up (2013 TV series)" }, { "docid": "19515902", "text": "in 2018. My Heroes Comic Strip was released for Abi, Abi's dad had an illness that's why Abi framed Billie. It was how her dad got better in My Heroes Comic Strip In 2016 TV Episodes were released - Season 1 + 2 were released on TV (featuring 10 episodes on TV) And in 2017 there were 12 episodes of \"Dixi 3\". In 2018 there were 13 episodes of \"Dixi: Friends4Ever\". Dixi (TV series) Dixi is an interactive web programme for children age 7–14 that premiered on CBBC Online in 2014. \"Dixi\" has run for 4 series, and 130 episodes.", "title": "Dixi (TV series)" }, { "docid": "8683219", "text": "On May 10, 2018, Gomez released a new single from the \"13 Reasons Why Season 2 Soundtrack\", titled \"Back To You\". She once again voiced the character Mavis, in \"\", which was released in July 2018. On July 13, 2018, Los Angeles prosecutors announced that a New Jersey woman had been charged with hacking into email accounts belonging to Gomez posting online images and other material she found there. It was also announced that Gomez will also voice a character in \"The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle\", directed by Stephen Gaghan, set to be released on January 17, 2020. She will", "title": "Selena Gomez" }, { "docid": "14044329", "text": "the first season of the series, Netflix also released \"13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons\", an aftershow documentary television film. The 29-minute documentary featured cast and crew of the series, and mental health professionals discussing their experiences working on the show and dealing with difficult issues, including bullying, depression and sexual assault. A second \"Beyond the Reasons\" special was released with the second season of the series. 13 Reasons Why 13 Reasons Why (stylized onscreen as TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY) is an American teen drama web television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey, based on the 2007 novel \"Thirteen Reasons", "title": "13 Reasons Why" }, { "docid": "11817760", "text": "for a third season of 16 episodes on August 2, 2009. Although the previously planned 16th episode of season 2 was set to be the opening episode of season 3, the episode was shelved and replaced by a new opening episode, written by new showrunner, John McNamara. The season was later reduced to 13 episodes when McNamara took a leave of absence for medical reasons. In a statement released exclusively to The Futon Critic, the producer of Universal Cable Productions said, \"John Romano assumed executive producer responsibilities for the remaining episodes. Given the unexpected change, we decided to end the", "title": "In Plain Sight" }, { "docid": "11397726", "text": "ABC1 in Australia, Barnkanalen in Sweden and RTÉ Two's The Den in Ireland. Credited: Uncredited: The series has 102 segments spread among 52 episodes, with 2 apiece. Season 1 is 52 episodes 13 minutes each. Miss BG Vignette episodes are 2-minute \"Lessons\" or \"Tips\" given to the audience by BG. These ‘tips’ are always factually correct and have underlying social development themes; the humour lies in how BG executes them. As we know with BG, things never go exactly the way she plans. BG will speak directly to camera, addressing the audience. Her TV lessons will interact with a future", "title": "Miss BG" }, { "docid": "14044315", "text": "that overall, the series worked: \"The structure is gimmicky and the characters inconsistent, but there are still at least \"13 Reasons Why\" the series is worthy.\" The second season received largely mixed to negative reviews from critics, with criticism aimed at the poor execution of its topics; many declared it unnecessary. Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 27% with an average rating of 5.5/10, based on 25 reviews. The site's critical consensus states, \"By deviating from its source material, \"13 Reasons Why\" can better explore its tenderly crafted characters; unfortunately, in the process, it loses track of what made", "title": "13 Reasons Why" }, { "docid": "16495524", "text": "both girls and boys. There have been 30 episodes as of April 2012. There are special guest stars in the episodes, including: There are also special episodes, which have included: Season 4 of the show will begin on 6 September 2013 at 5.25pm, with brand new episodes airing every Friday in September, October and November. There will be new sets, and a new look. There will also be a 'Teen Beach Movie' Special (13 September) and a 'Violetta' special (20 September). Below is a list of episodes in season 2: Below is a list of what happens in episodes (episode", "title": "Get the Look" }, { "docid": "14044328", "text": "may be harmful to viewers, especially young ones; and/or they may advance the false notion that suicides are a way to teach others a lesson.\" One study found the release of \"13 Reasons Why\" corresponded with between 900,000 and 1,500,000 more suicide-related searches in the United States, including a 26% increase in searches for \"how to commit suicide,\" an 18% increase for \"commit suicide,\" and a 9% increase for \"how to kill yourself.\" A review, however, found that it is unclear if searching for information about suicide on the Internet relates to the risk of suicide. With the release of", "title": "13 Reasons Why" }, { "docid": "7307591", "text": "13 episodes. However, prior to the writers' strike, only 7 episodes had been written. Shooting wrapped on these episodes in December 2007. After the strike was resolved, FX opted not to produce the remaining 6 episodes for \"economic reasons\" that did not affect the show's chances at renewal. Not only was the season shortened from 13 to 7 episodes, but it was also moved to a competitive timeslot, Sundays at 10 P.M. FX began heavy promotion for the show in December 2007, but only about 1.7 million people tuned into the premiere on March 2, 2008. The season started off", "title": "Dirt (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1909963", "text": "the trade papers: \"Now entrenched in its successful second season boom, ITC is looking forward to a third season with more fantastic events and additions, although mum's the word at the studio. They will only say that Maya and Miss Schell will be kept in and that the budget may be raised again, but that's all until final preparations and an official announcement are made.\" The producers and studio intended to continue the show with a third season. This was to be shorter than the previous two, with 13 episodes, for budget reasons. Maya was considered to be a successful", "title": "Space: 1999" }, { "docid": "4844990", "text": "There are rumors that if \"Teacher's Pet\" had stayed on ABC, there would have been a third & fourth season, leading up the 65 episode limit. Other rumors claim that Season 2 and Season 3 were merged into one season, hence why there is a Thanksgiving and Christmas episode in the second season despite it being aired in the spring time and why the second season has 26 (It would have split the 26 episodes in half, saving the other 13 episodes for the 2002-2003 season had ABC not created ABC Kids). TV.com gave the show a 7.9 out of", "title": "Teacher's Pet (TV series)" }, { "docid": "14044295", "text": "March 2018, a video that plays at the start of each season warning viewers about its themes. In May 2017, Netflix renewed \"13 Reasons Why\" for a second season; filming began the next month and concluded that December. The second season was released on May 18, 2018, and received negative reviews from critics and mixed reviews from audiences. A third season was ordered in June 2018 and is set to be released in 2019. Critical and audience reaction to the series has been divided, with the program generating controversy between audiences and industry reviewers. In season one, seventeen year old", "title": "13 Reasons Why" }, { "docid": "1571218", "text": "third season premiered on Netflix on August 4, 2017, and consisted of 7 episodes while the fourth season premiered on October 13, 2017, and consisted of 6 episodes. The fifth season premiered on March 2, 2018, and consists of six episodes.[5] The sixth season premiered on June 15, 2018 and consists of seven episodes. The 7th season premiered August 10th 2018 and consists of 13 episodes. The 8th and final season is set to release on December 14th, 2018 and will consist of 13 episodes. The series' success has spawned several comics, action figures, and other toys. In Australia, DVDs", "title": "Voltron" }, { "docid": "8903956", "text": "season premiere. \"The Rich List\" became the second US program in the 2006 calendar year (after ABC's \"Emily's Reasons Why Not\" in January), and the first of the 2006–07 television season, to be cancelled after a single telecast. Despite its flaws, the show earned a revival for GSN under the title \"The Money List\", and premiered on 13 June 2009. Pilot episodes of the series were taped in London on the set of \"Who Dares Wins\" at The London Studios from 27 to 30 August 2008 with sports commentator Fred Roggin as host. The top prize for this version is", "title": "The Rich List (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "20154800", "text": "cheer.\" Chernuchin told \"THR\" that another episode would be based on the Charlie Gard case, an infant in England who was born with a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive brain damage and muscle failure. \"That's a life-and-death story,\" Chernuchin explained. Other episodes were alluded to as \"[\"SVU's\"] answer to \"13 Reasons Why\" — and an airplane episode covering \"all the turmoil on airplanes these days.\" Chernuchin concluded, \"We are ripping things from the headlines. Some of them are big, famous headlines and some of them are smaller headlines.\" On September 8, 2017, Chernuchin gave an overview of the season", "title": "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)" }, { "docid": "18753828", "text": "and showing how the latter two affect Murdock's life. The first two episodes of the season premiered in Paris on March 7, 2016, with the full season of 13 episodes released on Netflix on March 18. Critics praised the introduction of Castle and Natchios, as well as Bernthal's performance in particular, the season's action, and storylines. However, many missed the presence of Vondie Curtis-Hall's Ben Urich from season one, and D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk during the first half of season two. The series was renewed for a third season in July 2016. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> When asked about the future of the series", "title": "Daredevil (season 2)" }, { "docid": "14199950", "text": "be starting a serialized storyline concerning the true reasons for the Blooms' reactivation. On November 4, 2010, after weeks of poor viewership and ratings, NBC canceled the series. The show's final three episodes aired in December 2010. Two episodes remain unaired, but NBC has no plans to broadcast them in the immediate future. Warner Home Video has not yet announced if the complete series will be released on DVD and/or Blu-ray. In May 2011, all 13 episodes of the first season were premiered in the UK on Virgin Media as an On Demand program by WarnerTV. In an interview, Abrams", "title": "Undercovers (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18884429", "text": "Fire Tablet, Roku and Chromecast. \"Night of the Vegetable\", a 2-disc DVD set featuring the first 20 episodes of season one, was released on June 27, 2017 by Warner Home Video. Originally, Warner Home Video was planning to release another 2-disc DVD set featuring the remaining 20 episodes of season one on February 13, 2018, but that release was cancelled for unknown reasons. Instead, Warner Home Video released \"The Complete First Season\", a 4-disc set containing all 40 episodes from season one, on May 8, 2018. It has received positive reviews. Common Sense Media gave the series three stars out", "title": "Bunnicula (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20652659", "text": "has a different line. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Kimmy Gatewood and Carrie Brownstein will direct episodes this season. Rachel Bloom will direct the seventeenth and penultimate episode of the season, while Aline Brosh McKenna will direct the eighteenth and final episode of the season, which will also serve as the series finale. The series was renewed for a fourth season on April 2, 2018. Along with the renewal announcement, creator and star Rachel Bloom stated that the fourth season would be the series' last. On July 13, it was announced that The CW had ordered 18 episodes for the final season, up", "title": "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (season 4)" }, { "docid": "8858247", "text": "season (13 episodes) consisted of 5 2-episode DVDs and one with 3 episodes. In the UK, 2006, the first 13 episodes of season 1 were released on a 2-disc set. A second 2-disc set, containing the other 13 episodes of season 1, was supposed to be released, but was not. The full series was licensed by Image Entertainment, Inc and is on sale now. In 2004 World Comics released a comic book tie-in to the series. Legend of the Dragon (TV series) Legend of the Dragon is an animated series consisting of 26 episodes followed by 13 additional episodes for", "title": "Legend of the Dragon (TV series)" }, { "docid": "9231239", "text": "Anya Marina Anya Marina (born September 23, 1976) is a singer-songwriter, based in New York City. Her music has primarily gained notice after being on a variety of television sitcoms and has been featured on prime time dramas including the ABC television drama \"Grey's Anatomy,\" \"How I Met Your Mother\", MTV's \"The Real World\", ABC's \"Castle\", Showtime's \"United States of Tara\", CW's \"Gossip Girl\", \"The Vampire Diaries\", and \"Supernatural\" and has songs featured on the \"Twilight: New Moon\" soundtrack and \"13 Reasons Why\" Season 2 soundtrack. Anya Marina was born Anya Marina Kroth in Ann Arbor, Michigan and was raised", "title": "Anya Marina" }, { "docid": "18586587", "text": "as Brynn Hendry in two episodes of \"Extant\". In November 2014, she joined the cast of NBC's soap opera \"Days of Our Lives\" in the recurring role of Daphne. In 2017, she began portraying the role Jessica Davis in the Netflix original drama series \"13 Reasons Why\". Alisha Boe Alisha Ilhaan Bø (born March 6, 1997), known professionally as Alisha Boe, is a Norwegian actress. She is known for playing Jessica Davis in the Netflix drama series \"13 Reasons Why\". Bø was born in Oslo, Norway, to a Somali father and a Norwegian mother (from Trondheim). She and her mother", "title": "Alisha Boe" }, { "docid": "20202861", "text": "Junior Super Stars (season 2) Junior Super Star Season-2 is a 2017 Tamil talent-search reality show, which aired on Zee Tamil on every Saturday and Sunday from 13 May 2017 to 24 September 2017 at 19:00 (IST) for 40 Episodes. which has children between the ages of 5–14 years as the participants. The judges are Actor and director K. Bhagyaraj, actress Roja and Anchor Archana. The season winner is Bhavass. The second season grand finale episode of the Junior super star show will be held at the city Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil comedy actor Santhanam will be the", "title": "Junior Super Stars (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16646809", "text": "and ended on 20 November 2012 in Warsaw. Season two started on 25 February. There will be 13 all-new episodes. On November 9 series \"Medics\" was renewed for another season. The filming started on 15 April 2013 and ended on 31 July 2013. Third season started on September 2, 2013 and ended on November 25th 2013. Season finale marks the first appearance of Wojciech Mecwaldowski. and his character Michał Karkoszka \"Medics\" on 6 March 2013 were renewed for fourth season, with 13 episodes to TVN in spring 2014. The cast returned on the set on 1 October 2013 and final", "title": "Medics (Polish TV series)" }, { "docid": "16496837", "text": "made on 13 October 2012, and the matches will be played in the week commencing 3 December 2012. The draw for the Area Semi Finals was made on 8 December 2012, and the matches will be played in the week commencing 7 January 2013. The area finals, which serve as the semi-finals for the entire competition, were contested over two legs, home and away. \"Crewe Alexandra won 3–2 on aggregate.\" \"Southend United won 3–2 on aggregate.\" 2012–13 Football League Trophy The 2012–13 Football League Trophy, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 29th season in the", "title": "2012–13 Football League Trophy" }, { "docid": "20828660", "text": "2018–19 Maltese Second Division The 2018–19 Maltese Second Division (known as the BOV Second Division for sponsorship reasons) is the league competition for the third-tier league in the Maltese football league system. The opening fixture was played on 5 September 2018 and the league season is expected to end on 20 April 2019. The number of teams will remain unchanged from the previous season and therefore the league will be contested by 13 teams, including 3 teams relegated from the \"2017–18 Maltese First Division\" season and 2 teams promoted from the \"2017–18 Maltese Third Division\" season. The 13 teams will", "title": "2018–19 Maltese Second Division" }, { "docid": "348016", "text": "mid-December until mid-January or even February sweeps (where a show will return to airing new episodes in order to increase its ratings, which will determine the cost of a commercial run during that time slot). This winter (or \"mid-season\") phase is also used to try out new shows that did not make it onto the fall schedule to see how they fare with the public. These series usually run six to 13 episodes. If they do well with the public, they may get a renewal for a half (13 weeks) or full season in the new fall schedule. Major shows", "title": "Rerun" }, { "docid": "20282962", "text": "authentic than \"Riverdale\" or \"13 Reasons Why\".\" Solfrid Skaret of Norwegian news publication \"TV 2\" opined that \"SKAM Austin\" was a \"flop\". She cited viewership figures, showing an initial premiere-episode audience of 11.9 million viewers, with substantial drops in subsequent episodes, down to approximately 771.800 viewers for the fifth episode, although acknowledging an uptick in ratings for the sixth episode. Commenting on the developments, John Magnus Dahl, a \"Skam\" researcher at the University of Bergen, told TV 2 that it was an \"incredibly sad development\". He further stated that \"SKAM Austin\" is \"a good series that has reached a lot", "title": "SKAM Austin" }, { "docid": "6457558", "text": "series. The original episode line-up of series two consisted of 18 episodes at 20–25 minutes each. However, there is no explanation as to why the 18 episodes were put into 13 extended episodes for airing. Both series aired on Thursdays at 10:00 pm, though for some episodes the time varied. These characters are connected to characters from the main series, \"Footballers' Wives\" Acorn Media have announced they will release both series of Footballers Wives Extra Time with the 'Footballers Wives: Complete Collection' box set in August 2012. The Series 2 release in Australia has the original episode-plan of 18 episodes.", "title": "Footballers' Wives: Extra Time" }, { "docid": "20097232", "text": "Hannah Baker Hannah Baker is a fictional character created by American author Jay Asher. She is the subject of his 2007 young adult fiction mystery novel \"Thirteen Reasons Why\", which was adapted by the media company Netflix as \"13 Reasons Why\". Hannah is introduced as a sophomore at the fictional Liberty High School; she struggles to adjust to living in an unsympathetic school environment. In the television series, Hannah is portrayed by Australian actress Katherine Langford, who returned for the show's second season, which was released in 2018. \"13 Reasons Why\" received largely positive, though also polarizing, reviews from critics", "title": "Hannah Baker" }, { "docid": "9097986", "text": "city's gardening department. Their friend Odilon Bonheur \"(Odilon Mortier)\", a naïve warden in the local prison, visits regularly to give or seek help. Odillon Mortier decided not to perform in season 21 due to health reasons. That's why Heman Verbruggen got a new main role in the season: Gijs, a clumsy colleague of Jef. As Mortier suddenly died on 13 August 2012, Verbruggen will also act in future seasons. Jeanne pretends to be better than she is and brags frequently. If one of her customers goes on a vacation abroad or is going to ride the horses, she wants to", "title": "De Kotmadam" }, { "docid": "15249058", "text": "to acquire a large shipment of gold from the Russian mafia. This plays an indirect role in events of the first two seasons that occur at the same time. Episodes 9-13 Nicky Balsamo returned to Montreal for a position within the organization Gino while Pierre Gauthier (Michel Côte), being blackmailed, is forced to work for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Balsamo will be forced to make an alliance with Gauthier to protect Vicky. Marcel LeBoeuf dans Marcel LeBoeuf Season III – Episode 1 Season III – Episode 1 Season III – Episode 1 Season III – Episodes 2-6 Season I", "title": "Omerta (TV series)" }, { "docid": "17950251", "text": "cancellation, Edward Kitsis said prior to the show's premiere \"We really want to tell the story without having to worry about how to stretch it for five years. This is not meant to be a 22-episode season. Whatever it ends up being, we'll have told a complete story ...\" It was revealed in August 2013 at the TCA Summer Press Tour that, contrary to previous reports that more than 13 episodes were ordered straight out the gate, only the usual amount of 13 episodes had been ordered. Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz commented \"However many we wind up doing this", "title": "And They Lived..." }, { "docid": "20193424", "text": "The 15th place team from the regular season will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from II liga. Matches will be played on 9 and 13 June 2018. The winner will compete in the 2018–19 I liga season. \"Garbarnia won 3–2 on aggregate and will play in I liga next season.\" 2017–18 I liga The 2017–18 I liga (currently named Nice I liga due to sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 70th season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its", "title": "2017–18 I liga" }, { "docid": "16646810", "text": "scene was filmed on 26 February. Season premiere was on 2 March and finale will air on 25 May. Paweł Małaszyński left the show in season premiere. Wojciech Mecwaldowski is a series regular and Anna Polony is recurring. On 17 December 2013 \"Medics\" were renewed for fifth season. There will be 13 all-new episodes. The filming started on 14 May and ended on 2 September. The season premiere was on 7 September. Borys Szyc joins the cast as Przemysław Karski and Olga Bołądź as series regular in 5x07 as new neurosurgeon Anna Bogna Zaniewska. In the final minutes of the", "title": "Medics (Polish TV series)" }, { "docid": "4189585", "text": "premiered on January 13, 2017. The first season consisted of eight episodes, and adapts the first four books of the series. \"A Series of Unfortunate Events\" season two was released on March 30, 2018, which contains 10 episodes, adapting books five through nine of the novel series. The third and final season is set to be released on January 1, 2019 and will adapt the four remaining books in seven episodes. A video game based on the books and film (more so the film, as the name and many plot elements seen in the movie but not the book are", "title": "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" }, { "docid": "19565635", "text": "song \"Safe at Home\" was featured on season 3, episode 5 of the ABC Family show \"Switched At Birth\". Season 3, episode 17 of the show featured her song \"Ask Me To/Steamroller.\" Her song \"Georgia\" was featured on season 8, episode 2 of the ABC show Castle. The track \"Smoke Signals\" appeared on season 1, episode 7 of \"Burden of Truth\" In May 2018, Bridgers was featured on a remake of the Lord Huron song \"The Night We Met\" for the soundtrack to season 2 of the Netflix television series \"13 Reasons Why\". Phoebe Bridgers Phoebe Bridgers (born August 17,", "title": "Phoebe Bridgers" }, { "docid": "3779291", "text": "October 6, 2009, replacing Teletoon's banner at the top with their own. But according to the DVD menu listed by Amazon, this release has only the first 13 episodes on 2 discs as well. Oddly enough, Kaboom Entertainment's release is priced nearly $10 less than Teletoon's. In the late summer/early fall of 2010, Delta State the TV series became available for download from the iTunes Store. It is offered via iTunes as it was originally intended to be marketed, with 'Season 1' comprising episodes 1 – 13, and 'Season 2' episodes 14 – 26. 'Season 2' is no longer available.", "title": "Delta State (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1563825", "text": "Office\", the film \"Can't Hardly Wait\", the \"Fringe\" episode \"Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11\", \"The Americans\" episode \"Dimebag\", and several episodes of \"Once Upon a Time\" [Season 5]; a cover version of \"Only You\" by Joshua Radin was used in 2007 in a J. C. Penney commercial, a cover version of \"Only You\" was recorded by Selena Gomez for the 2017 Netflix television show 13 Reasons Why; \"Don't Go\" appeared in the BBC series \"I'm Alan Partridge\" and was used in the film \"Tango and Cash\". The song \"Situation\" was used in the 1990 TV movie \"Exile\" and was also used", "title": "Yazoo (band)" }, { "docid": "7311370", "text": "Season 2 began filming on January 8, 2007 and was completed on May 23, 2007. As with the first season, there were 13 second-season episodes. These were aired in Canada by CTV beginning on September 29, 2007 on Saturday nights at 9 pm and concluded on December 15, 2007. Repeats began on Saturday, December 28, 2007. The-N was confirmed as a co-producer and American rights holder for the second season, but opted not to air it on its network for unknown reasons. Séries Plus in Canada began airing Season 2 in French on Wednesday nights at 8pm beginning January 9,", "title": "Whistler (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20716339", "text": "2018–19 network television season. The season premiere is scheduled for January 21, 2019 with the season finale on February 13, 2019. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Celebrity Big Brother 2 (U.S.) The second season of the American reality television series \"Celebrity Big Brother\", also known as \"Big Brother: Celebrity Edition\", will premiere on CBS on January 21, 2019 and conclude on February 13, 2019. It will consist of thirteen episodes, each approximately 60–120 minutes long, with Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan returning as executive producers for Fly on the Wall Entertainment, in association with Endemol Shine North America. CBS ordered the season on May", "title": "Celebrity Big Brother 2 (U.S.)" }, { "docid": "17300972", "text": "13) consisted of two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on March 17, 18, 24 and 25, 2014. There were also two recap episodes that aired on March 23 and 30, 2014. Season six's advisors are Aloe Blacc for Team Adam, Miranda Lambert for Team Shakira, Jill Scott for Team Usher, and The Band Perry for Team Blake. Continuing with the format introduced in season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to The Battles, Round 2, a new round replacing the", "title": "The Voice (U.S. season 6)" }, { "docid": "15911700", "text": "it had ordered a second season of \"The Exes\". Season two premiered on June 20, 2012, at 10:30 pm following \"The Soul Man\", On November 13, 2012, TV Land ordered an additional 10 episodes for the second season. However, on December 13, 2012, TV Land announced that the 10 additional episodes ordered will be considered the third season. Season three premiered on June 19, 2013, at 10:30 pm EST. On July 18, 2013, TV Land extended the episode order of season three to 20 episodes. The remaining episodes began airing on December 11, 2013. On February 3, 2014, TV Land", "title": "The Exes" }, { "docid": "20788821", "text": "into Season 2... [since] something that happens on \"Arrow\" can create ripples that appear on our show in a huge way. It fundamentally alters the DNA of our series.\" The second season initially consisted of 13 episodes, with four more ordered in November 2016 to bring the season total to 17. Teasing the premise of season two in April 2016, Klemmer stated, \"We're coming at it from a completely different angle. We're determined to make every part of season two feel like its own show. [The first episode of season two] will very much be a new pilot with new", "title": "Legends of Tomorrow (season 2)" }, { "docid": "18773755", "text": "The Great Australian Bake Off (season 2) The second season of \"The Great Australian Bake Off\" premiered on 13 October 2015. The series sees twelve home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battle to be crowned \"The Great Australian Bake Off's\" best amateur baker. Unlike the first season, season two airs on pay television channel LifeStyle Food and is produced by FremantleMedia Australia. The season is hosted by Claire Hooper and Mel Buttle and is judged by Maggie Beer and Matt Moran. The season will consist of 10 episodes. In a slight change", "title": "The Great Australian Bake Off (season 2)" }, { "docid": "11790934", "text": "episodes, were first released. A two-disc collection of the first 13 episodes, Season 1 Part 1, was released on August 17, 2010. Season 1, Part 2 was released on March 15, 2011, making the first season available both as separate volumes and two-part sets. Season Two, Part One was released on August 16, 2011. It contained 12 episodes and did not contain \"The Siege of Starro!\". Warner Home Video confirmed that Season 2, Part 2 would be released on March 20, 2012. It contains 14 episodes, including the two-part \"The Siege of Starro!\" and the Season 3 episode \"Battle of", "title": "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" }, { "docid": "20652660", "text": "from the past two seasons, which both contained 13 episodes. On August 6, it was reported that the role of Greg, played by Santino Fontana during the show's first two seasons, was recast with Skylar Astin in order to \"explore how perception changes.\" Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (season 4) The fourth and final season of \"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\" premiered on The CW on October 12, 2018 and will consist of 18 episodes. The season stars Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a distraught young woman, dealing with the consequences of pleading guilty to attempted murder at the end of the previous season. Vincent Rodriguez", "title": "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19746765", "text": "America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom and Mark McKinney. NBC.com lists the special \"Olympics\" episode, aired August 19, 2016, as the first episode of the second season. Thus, the list below begins at Episode 2. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The day after the first season finale had aired, \"Superstore\" was renewed for a second season on NBC. The second season will contain 13 episodes, but on September 21, 2016, the day before the second season premiere, NBC ordered 9 additional scripts, possibly making the episode-count up to 22 episodes. NBC announced on May 15, 2016, that the", "title": "Superstore (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16007458", "text": "Gran Hermano (Argentinian season 7) The seventh season of Gran Hermano Argentina started on November 2, 2011 on Telefe. The show's length was approximately five months, finished on April 16, 2012. The prize has been increased to AR$1,000,000 (USD235,000) which will be reduced according to how many times a housemate is nominated. The show is hosted by Jorge Rial, who has hosted the show since 2007, until January 13, 2012 when he left the show. Rial was replaced by Mariano Peluffo, who hosted Gran Hermano spinoff shows. After surviving 164 Days (a record in the Americas), Rodrigo Fernandez became the", "title": "Gran Hermano (Argentinian season 7)" }, { "docid": "11401286", "text": "was completed), Halifax Film opts to relabel the episodes for marketing purposes in other markets so that season 1 consists of 13 episodes, while season 2 consists of 9 episodes. Many television viewers, however, regard the most appropriate organization to consist of three seasons. The first season consisting of 7 episodes was shown in the period 22 January 2008 to 4 March 2008. This was followed by a hiatus of 7.5 months where no new programs were shown. The second season consisted of 7 episodes in the period 29 October 2008 to 10 December 2008. Again, there was a hiatus,", "title": "The Guard (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18753831", "text": "due to the way that Netflix begins the next episode during the credits of the current one. DeKnight felt that this \"was the right decision. I think there’s a better, more organic way to introduce him to the world.\" Ramirez referred to the second season internally as \"Daredevil vs. the Punisher\". In September 2015, Goddard explained that he was still involved with the season as an executive producer, consulting with Petrie and Ramirez when asked to. The season consists of 13 hour-long episodes. Ramirez talked about how the second season would be different from the first, saying that the writers", "title": "Daredevil (season 2)" } ]
[ { "docid": "6690159", "text": "(Latin America), on ORF1 in Austria, and on POP TV in Slovenia. It also aired on the cable/satellite channel, FOX Life, in Japan in 2007, titled in Japanese as . The entire season can also be seen on video sites such as YouTube. \"Emily's Reasons Why Not - The Complete Series\" was released on DVD on May 1, 2012. All seven episodes produced were included in the set. Emily's Reasons Why Not Emily's Reasons Why Not is a television series starring Heather Graham. The show, which was based on the a novel of the same name by Carrie Gerlach, published", "title": "Emily's Reasons Why Not" }, { "docid": "19489385", "text": "CEO Dana Walden herself stated that \"Prison Break\" has performed particularly well internationally and on SVOD platforms such as Netflix. Walden added that: \"a logical and believable explanation to why the characters are alive and still moving around the world [...]\" Walden said. \"The brothers and some of the iconic characters will be back, and it will address some questions that were set up at the end of the series for a new audience.\" On January 15, 2016, Fox officially ordered the revival to series, with the episode order revised to nine episodes, though Fox declined to announce how many", "title": "Prison Break (season 5)" }, { "docid": "19800646", "text": "now they will see all episodes on TV. The story is of Mansoor (Aijaz Aslam), a wealthy person, has a girlfriend, (Farah Shah). While, Sanam (Sania Saeed) is his actual wife. He overworks her with his non-ending needs i-e: coffee. His girlfriend comes in their home and she Sanam and she are friends for 2 years. While, he says her why has she come here and she also says him that why then he is here as her best friend's husband. While she says her that how she got her address but she said her that she had got her", "title": "Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (season 2)" }, { "docid": "15328116", "text": "DHX Media. From episodes 14-26, the series is divided into a third series. How To Be Indie will premiere in the UK on July 4, 2011 on Disney Channel UK. How to Be Indie (season 2) Season two of \"How to Be Indie\" premiered on October 11, 2010 on YTV with the episode \"How to Be Thankful\". The series follows the comical exploits of teenager Indira \"Indie\" Mehta, her patriotic parents from India, two best friends Abby and Marlon and the numerous daily events which result in Indie being in some sort of trouble. The title of each episode begins", "title": "How to Be Indie (season 2)" }, { "docid": "11499418", "text": "characters] even more\". Ultimately, he gave the season an \"A–\". Francis Rizzo III of DVD Talk called the season \"an outstanding year for the Scranton crew\" and praised the \"unbelievably funny 21 episodes in between\" the opener and the finale as reasons as to why it was \"a great stand-alone season from easily one of the funniest shows on TV.\" The third season was the first season to feature hour-long episodes, with \"A Benihana Christmas\" and \"The Job\". While the following season would be criticized for its overuse of hour-long episodes, both of season three's longer episodes received favorable reception.", "title": "The Office (U.S. season 3)" }, { "docid": "18982066", "text": "memories in dreamcatchers? [Emma learns from Mr. Gold how to use a Dreamcatcher in Season 2, using Pongo's memories to see what happened between Archie & Regina.] And why is that the craft she chose now that she doesn’t need to sleep? [It’s a reference to Neal, who was mentioned throughout the episode.]) Maybe all those assumptions and conclusions will be eventually explained in one of those “ohhhhh, I get it now” summations a couple of episodes down the road, but maybe not. Once’s writers and creators have a tendency to play fast and loose with their storylines, knowing their", "title": "Dreamcatcher (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "14044299", "text": "especially compromises the integrity of young girls such as Hannah. Throughout season two, Clay appears to be communicating with the ghost of Hannah as a plot narrative device. Universal Studios purchased film rights to the novel on February 8, 2011, with Selena Gomez cast to play Hannah Baker. On October 29, 2015, it was announced that Netflix would be making a television adaptation of the book with Gomez instead serving as an executive producer. Tom McCarthy was hired to direct the first two episodes. The series is produced by Anonymous Content and Paramount Television with Gomez, McCarthy, Joy Gorman, Michael", "title": "13 Reasons Why" }, { "docid": "14044323", "text": "The season finale, which depicts Hannah's suicide in graphic detail, has been particularly criticized in this regard. Nic Sheff, a writer for the show, has defended it as intended to dispel the myth that suicides \"quietly drift off\", and recalled how he himself was deterred from a suicide attempt by recalling a survivor's account of how painful and horrifying it was. The NASP statement also criticized the show's suggestion that bullying alone led Hannah to take her life, noting that while it may be a contributing factor, suicidal ideations far more often result from the bullied person having a treatable", "title": "13 Reasons Why" }, { "docid": "17462230", "text": "in the mini-dome, the egg's shell begins to glow. Executive producer Neal Baer said with \"TV Guide\" regarding questions of the \"mini-dome,\" specifically about its powers that \"[the] question is completely addressed in the last episode of the season. It's so much a part of the next six episodes. We will be speaking to what the dome can and can't do, why it's doing it and for what reasons. The visions are really going to be profound.\" Ratings for the episode were expected to go down as Time Warner Cable had stopped broadcasting the CBS network over a financial dispute,", "title": "Imperfect Circles" }, { "docid": "15630432", "text": "May 2011. Season 2 premiered in the fall of 2012, with a slightly more reality-oriented format and episodes shortened to half an hour, airing Saturdays on H2, with encore showings on Friday night on the History channel. Many of Season 2's episodes contained material already covered in Season 1. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> How the States Got Their Shapes How the States Got Their Shapes is a US television series that aired on the History Channel. It is hosted by Brian Unger and is based on Mark Stein's book, \"How the States Got Their Shapes\". The show deals with how the various states", "title": "How the States Got Their Shapes" }, { "docid": "17999479", "text": "14, 2014, and later confirmed that the show will return from winter hiatus on March 1, 2015. On March 15, 2015, Horowitz confirmed that the last 2 episodes of the season will form a 2-hour episode. It has been confirmed that, unlike the Frozen arc, the villains of the second half of season 4 will come from \"[Once Upon a Time] mythology\" instead of from their respective movies, so their origins will not be how people remember them, in particular, creator Adam Horowitz stated that \"[Once] Cruella may have a different backstory than the one that people may remember from", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 4)" }, { "docid": "2371967", "text": "aired on the former TEENick block on Nickelodeon. On August 3, 2009, \"The Amanda Show\" was dropped. On July 11, 2011 the British Nicktoons channel began airing the series, it showed weekdays at 9:00pm. Some episodes, (possibly for legal reasons), were missed from being broadcast included three episodes (episodes 3, 8, 11 and 12) from Season 1, three Season 2 episodes (episodes 3, 7 and 14), and four episodes from Season 3 (episodes 1, 2, 6 and 10). Reasons for these episodes not being shown are unknown. Nickelodeon Canada began airing the series on September 5, 2011 with the exception", "title": "The Amanda Show" }, { "docid": "16710801", "text": "season's exterior were filmed near the Bow River in Calgary, allowing for bigger sets, approximately 3002 feet (915 meters) of railroad track, and an extra locomotive and nearly a dozen loosely made, wooden structures to be built. Interior filming was done in a 56,000-square-foot (over 5202 square meters) makeshift studio near the city's airport. Series producers said filming the season's ten episodes took about 80 days. Anson Mount (Cullen Bohannon) spoke about the differences between the seasons: \"The big question of this season is why is Cullen Bohannon sticking with the railroad. Why is he here? And hopefully that will", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)" }, { "docid": "20826998", "text": "be an engaging character-led series.\" Kyle Fowle of \"The A.V. Club\" gave the premiere an \"A-\" grade, noting, \"One of the reasons the first season was so compelling was that the show made the political personal. That’s once again evident here, as there’s a wonderful sense of the larger community throughout the premiere.\" Black Lightning (season 2) The second season of the American television series \"Black Lightning\", which is based on the DC Comics character Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning, premiered on The CW on October 9, 2018 and will consist of 16 episodes. The season continues to follow Jefferson,", "title": "Black Lightning (season 2)" }, { "docid": "4230749", "text": "lives in this house or if she moved in with her new husband Ben. For unknown reasons, in episodes \"Sorry Grateful\" and \"Finishing the Hat\" the numbers on the door of Renee's house were changed to 4359. It is currently unknown why or when this change happened. These are the current known residents of Wisteria Lane, covering episodes (1.01—5.24). Note that no residents 4348 (Drew House) and 4360 Wisteria Lane have been mentioned, although an unnamed woman, played by an uncredited actress, is seen living in no. 4360 in episode 4.02. Also in Season 2, there is a black haired", "title": "Wisteria Lane" }, { "docid": "4688565", "text": "when environmental conditions change rapidly. If a certain bug quickly takes advantage and kills all of the nearly identical perennials, then there will be a far lesser chance that a random mutation will slow the bug compared to more diverse annuals. There is a speculative hypothesis on how and why a plant induces part of itself to die off. The theory holds that leaves and roots are routinely pruned off during the growing season whether they are annual or perennial. This is done mainly to mature leaves and roots and is for one of two reasons; either both the leaves", "title": "Plant senescence" }, { "docid": "9927615", "text": "The production was halted for unknown reasons. This led to many pranksters pretending to have the second season up, but these turned out to be Rick Rolls. Season 2 finally premiered for real on 12 July 2010, about four years after being announced. The first episode, \"Weed Better Sober Up\" parodied the \"Return of the Green Ranger\" saga from \"Power Rangers\", using the StraightxEdge Ranger as a parody of the Mighty Morphin' White Ranger. The new season has vastly-improved effects, and had six proper episodes as opposed to three. The episodes were also mostly standalone, rather than being like the", "title": "Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers" }, { "docid": "6118294", "text": "this was at \"his\" house, which could be Levi's or perhaps Jesus' house, maybe the one he where he was staying. Mark says many people followed Jesus. In contrast to the followers Jesus attracted, it is not clear how many actual disciples (students) he recruited, only calls it a \"great crowd of ... disciples\" and says many left. Some people asked why is it that the disciples of John the Baptist and the Pharisees fast, but the disciples of Jesus do not (). People fasted for many reasons, such as mourning or penitence, but another reason was to prepare for", "title": "Mark 2" }, { "docid": "16186357", "text": "nights per week in February, as two-part episodes that run one hour each. On April 27, 2012, OWN announced that new episodes of \"Oprah's Next Chapter\" would continue airing throughout the summer. These episodes \"will feature Winfrey visiting \"How I Met Your Mother\" star Neil Patrick Harris in his Los Angeles home, where she'll meet his husband-to-be and his fraternal twin babies. She'll also head to Brazil to meet with a faith healer and 'psychic surgeon.' The host will watch his controversial procedures as they're performed without anesthesia or sterilization.\" Season 2 of \"Oprah's Next Chapter\" premiered on July 22,", "title": "Oprah Prime" }, { "docid": "13387735", "text": "document the reasons for an involuntary removal”. Similar to new acquisitions, the policy will fully outline the steps the museum will take when considering the permanent removal of an object from the collection. Also include reasons why the object should be removed, who can propose the removal, and who has final vote on removal. Proper methods of removal and how the museum will use the proceeds should and object be sold are also key factors to include in the policy. Museums often state its adherence to the American Alliance of Museum’s Code of Ethics for Museums to make sure that", "title": "Collection Management Policy" }, { "docid": "3778533", "text": "characters are virtual, why should we care? And if the show is playing out inside Hobbes' brain, why do any of the events depicted matter? Presumably future episodes will answer those questions, but the pilot exudes lots of flash and little heart. The characters lack any spark of life and depth. \"Harsh Realm\" could improve, but at this point dark conspiracies and paranoia have become tiresome. How many viewers will stick with \"Harsh Realm\" to a point it starts to make sense?\" Mark McGuire of the \"Times Union\" commented that \"Carter's script and the direction of Daniel Sackheim are riddled", "title": "Harsh Realm" }, { "docid": "18903435", "text": "How to Get Away with Murder (season 2) The second season of the ABC American television drama series \"How to Get Away with Murder\" was ordered on May 7, 2015, by ABC. The second season began airing on September 24, 2015, with 15 episodes like the previous season, and concluded on March 17, 2016. This was made in a deal with Viola Davis that the series would be a limited series with only 15 or 16 episodes per season. A promotional poster was released on August 18 and the trailer was released on September 10. In its second season, the", "title": "How to Get Away with Murder (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16807892", "text": "\"Updated to end of regular season\" \"Updated to end of regular season\" 2012–13 New Zealand Football Championship The New Zealand Football Championship's 2012–13 season (known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the ninth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season will begin on 3 November 2012 with the final scheduled to be on 17 March 2013. As a new feature, three games will be played as curtain-raisers to Wellington Phoenix home matches in Westpac Stadium. Auckland City and Waitakere United will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2012–13 OFC Champions", "title": "2012–13 New Zealand Football Championship" }, { "docid": "20159573", "text": "reasons why I love dance and why I wanted to do this in the first place\". The series premiere was originally scheduled for May 8, 2017 (as a lead-out for \"The Voice\"), but was pushed back to May 30, 2017 to serve as a lead-out for the season premiere of \"America's Got Talent\". On June 29, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a second season, which will premiere on May 29, 2018—once again complimenting the next season of \"America's Got Talent\". In May 2018, prior to its season 2 premiere, \"World of Dance\" was renewed for a third season. World", "title": "World of Dance (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18189165", "text": "next three or four episodes until people can re-galvanize as a family, but people have some hard feelings about how it all goes down.\" Officer Kim Burgess will be joined by a new partner, whom Olmstead describes as being an important voice to the team in the second season and particularly for Burgess. Brian Geraghty was later announced to be portraying Sean Roman, the new partner of Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati). Jesse Lee Soffer revealed that there will be a lot more crossovers this season between \"Chicago P.D.\" and parent show \"Chicago Fire\"; \"I think every episode from now on,", "title": "Chicago P.D. (season 2)" }, { "docid": "18109723", "text": "series. It is anticipated that episodes will be available on the Plus7 catchup service after a placeholder page for the show was created on the service. For Season 2, the show's name was changed to Secret Eats with Adam Richman. The first episode aired on August 8, 2016 on the Travel Channel. Season 1 and 2 episodes currently air on the Cooking Channel. The episodes premiered on the network on January 9, 2018. In each episode of \"Man Finds Food\", Adam Richman travels the country in his food quest to discover the many culinary secrets of the most unusual and", "title": "Man Finds Food" }, { "docid": "16979809", "text": "later on July 19, 2012, Christian Potenza announced a fifth season of \"Total Drama\" in an interview with Tom McGillis, saying that Season 5 will be just like Seasons 1 and 4. This hinted that this season will take place back at an island. As shown in the Fresh TV official Website, it seems that there will be 26 new episodes to be aired in 2013–2014 for Season 5. Tom McGillis later stated that the new 26 episodes will be split into two 13-episode seasons; where the first part will feature some of existing cast, while the second part will", "title": "Total Drama All-Stars and Pahkitew Island" }, { "docid": "9446614", "text": "frustration with NBC for failing to renew the show for a full season and said he feared the uncertainty could hurt his film career: For two years now, I've been walking around thinking, 'Why did I do this? Why did I subject myself to this nonsense?' I will never, ever do another series. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. There is no justice in television. ... Where's the confidence? Why aren't I here talking about being picked up for 22 episodes? I want to say to Warren Littlefield: Can you read? Can you read? I've never seen this kind of critical response", "title": "Homicide: Life on the Street (season 2)" }, { "docid": "17389997", "text": "or speak in many languages. Before a \"gle \"can perform, his performance must first be approved be the proper authorities - those affiliated with the \"sacred house\" of a particular \"gle\". A person or group of people may hire a \"gle\", but in order to do so they must also present their reasons why, as well as where, when and how the \"gle \"will perform, to these same authorities. The process that the authorities undergo to determine whether the gle can perform is shrouded in secrecy, but essentially the authories consult a powerful spirit, called the \"yinan\", by \"throwing\" kola", "title": "Dan masks" }, { "docid": "6808668", "text": "Project). Each new episode starts out with \"what the jury believed\", usually a scene in which the person who was wrongly convicted acts out the crime. Throughout the show, David and Charles unravel many clues to how and why the person they are trying to exonerate was convicted in the first place. Each episode revolves around separate cases and addresses the various reasons for miscarriage of justice. The progress in the show relies less on the famous but largely fictitious forensic procedures used in the CSI franchise and other procedural shows. In a few episodes \"CSI-fiction\" is mentioned as a", "title": "In Justice" }, { "docid": "14416416", "text": "How I Met Your Mother (season 2) The second season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 18, 2006 and concluded on May 14, 2007. It consisted of 22 episodes, each approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the first three episodes of the second season on Monday nights at 8:30 pm in the United States, the remaining episodes were broadcast at 8:00pm. The complete second season was released on Region 1 DVD on October 2, 2007. In the United Kingdom it aired on E4 from October 2, 2009 weekdays at 7:30pm. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>", "title": "How I Met Your Mother (season 2)" }, { "docid": "14416415", "text": "How I Met Your Mother (season 2) The second season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 18, 2006 and concluded on May 14, 2007. It consisted of 22 episodes, each approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the first three episodes of the second season on Monday nights at 8:30 pm in the United States, the remaining episodes were broadcast at 8:00pm. The complete second season was released on Region 1 DVD on October 2, 2007. In the United Kingdom it aired on E4 from October 2, 2009 weekdays at 7:30pm. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>", "title": "How I Met Your Mother (season 2)" }, { "docid": "3216209", "text": "April 2017, the episode order was increased to 12 episodes. In August 2017, it was extended again, to 16 episodes, and a second 13-episode season was ordered. In March 2018, NBC ordered five more episodes for the revival's second season, bringing the total to 18 episodes, and also renewed the show for an 18-episode third season. Eric McCormack will be continuing his role of Will Truman for all of the announced seasons of the revival. Following the end of \"Will & Grace\", McCormack starred on the New York stage opposite Fran Drescher, Judy Reyes, Brooke Smith, and Maura Tierney, in", "title": "Eric McCormack" }, { "docid": "73106", "text": "attack in his home on February 12, 1985. The third-season episodes of \"Cheers\" were filmed out of order, partly to accommodate the pregnancy of cast member Long. As a result, the season finale, which included several scenes with Colasanto, had already been filmed at the time of his death. In the third-season episodes that had not been filmed at this point, Coach is said to be \"away\" for various reasons. The \"Cheers\" writing staff assembled in June 1985, at the start of the production of the fourth season, to discuss how to deal with the absence of Coach. They quickly", "title": "Cheers" }, { "docid": "16807891", "text": "2012–13 New Zealand Football Championship The New Zealand Football Championship's 2012–13 season (known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the ninth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season will begin on 3 November 2012 with the final scheduled to be on 17 March 2013. As a new feature, three games will be played as curtain-raisers to Wellington Phoenix home matches in Westpac Stadium. Auckland City and Waitakere United will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2012–13 OFC Champions League after finishing Minor Premiers and Champions respectively in the 2011–12 competition.", "title": "2012–13 New Zealand Football Championship" }, { "docid": "14508143", "text": "affairs as it exists. Explanation is a set of statements which provides reasons for why a state of affairs is as it is. Prediction is a set of statements which foretells how a state of affairs will be. Prescription is a set of statements which tells what, how and when to do something in order to achieve a desired state of affairs. Evaluation is a set of statements which reports that a state of affairs is good (or bad) or relatively better (or worse). Justification is a set of statements which presents a coherent argument about why a course of", "title": "Educology" }, { "docid": "3321158", "text": "town. Instead of being the damsel in distress she is the hero, breaking through a boarded-up window in the belfry, then grabbing a rope and swinging across the room to kill one of The Gentlemen's footmen by smashing her feet into his chest. In many \"Buffy\" episodes, understanding why evil has appeared is important in knowing how to fight it, but the reasons for The Gentlemen's arrival and their need to take seven human hearts are never made explicit; they are simply there. According to Giles' overhead transparencies, they can appear in any town. Several \"Buffy\" scholars assert that a", "title": "Hush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)" }, { "docid": "7952042", "text": "title and theme. Seasons 1 and 2 had both 11 episodes. Season 3 had 14 episodes, season 4 had 11 episodes, season 5 had 12 episodes, season 6 had 8 episodes while season 7 had 18 episodes. Season 2 had one special screening to introduce ABS-CBN's drama series \"Bituing Walang Ningning\". For season 8, \"Your Song\" featured stories based on chosen songs, where each story arc will now be shown for a whole month changing parts, due to another ABS-CBN program counterpart Love Spell that had weekly episodes. The season reverted to its weekly episode-format during February 2009. The season", "title": "Your Song (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16595843", "text": "to Falling Skies Season 2,\" and continued by praising the performances of Wyle, Patton and Cunningham. \"Screen Rant's\" Anthony Ocasio praised the episode. \"While further episodes will reveal more, the type of character development, intriguing storylines and exciting action that will be contained in Falling Skies season 2 , there’s no doubt that TNT’s hit drama will likely become an epic adventure, spanning many seasons,\" he said. Worlds Apart (Falling Skies) \"Worlds Apart\" is the second season premiere episode of the American television drama series \"Falling Skies\" and the 11th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on TNT", "title": "Worlds Apart (Falling Skies)" }, { "docid": "3304028", "text": "a movement toward democracy will be unstoppable.\" On September 2, 1991, the United States re-recognized the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania when Bush delivered the press conference in Kennebunkport. The British Prime Minister John Major had expressed feelings in a 1991 interview on behalf of the UK about the coup and said \"I think there are many reasons why it failed and a great deal of time and trouble will be spent on analysing that later. There were, I think, a number of things that were significant. I don’t think it was terribly well-handled from the point of view", "title": "1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt" }, { "docid": "8339874", "text": "TV\" became one of many scripted, current (at the time) television shows to be put on hiatus due to the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Even though the WGA strike did not end until February 12, 2008, three \"new\" episodes aired on February 2, February 9, and February 16. These \"new\" episodes were little more than pretaped sketches from canceled episodes and repeats of old sketches from seasons eight to ten (with no segments from the Music Box Theater). The show returned to its normal format on March 29, 2008. This season was also the first of only two", "title": "Mad TV (season 13)" }, { "docid": "5336174", "text": "not be used. Any potentially sensitive topics should be discussed with the local Research Ethics Committee. Stage 4: Compare performance with criteria and standards This is the analysis stage, whereby the results of the data collection are compared with criteria and standards. The end stage of analysis is concluding how well the standards were met and, if applicable, identifying reasons why the standards weren't met in all cases. These reasons might be agreed to be acceptable, i.e. could be added to the exception criteria for the standard in future, or will suggest a focus for improvement measures. In theory, any", "title": "Clinical audit" }, { "docid": "3023871", "text": "student leaves the safe and fun youth culture of a caring church, even a great one, there is a 70%+ chance they will never come back to any church? Why is that? There are a multitude of reasons, but from our research and experience during over 30 years of doing Youth Ministry, we have found the number one reason to be that most churches and youth pastors spend very little time in mentoring and teaching their youth.” The Schaeffer Institute states, “Many youth are not being taught to read and study the Bible or how to pray or understand Christian", "title": "Protestant youth ministry" }, { "docid": "12891157", "text": "more effective communication strategies that will improve the overall health of society. (Stacks & Salween, page 489) There are many purposes and reasons why health communication research is important and how it betters the health care field. The training programs of Health Care Professionals, or HCP, can be adapted and developed based on health communication research. (Stacks & Salween, 495) Due to there being a diverse culture that makes up the group of patients within the health care field, communication to other cultures has been taught and has been made a focus in health care training classes. Research suggests that", "title": "Health communication" }, { "docid": "18872418", "text": "10:00 PM. The episode run time would be around 90 minutes excluding the commercial slots. This is usually done when the timeslot for the next day's episode would be unavailable due to various reasons. Some one-hour episodes continue for the next day, making them a two-day special episodes. Several special episodes and crossovers in conjunction with other shows broadcast on Colors Kannada have also been aired. It was earlier said in a press meet that there will be 104 episodes in the first season by Srujan Lokesh himself. However, the show has crossed 104 episodes. The show had numerous sponsors", "title": "Majaa Talkies" }, { "docid": "18285872", "text": "important reasons why artists and producers should seek to integrate the two. Methodology will engage the public, but aesthetics will play a large role in determining how a project is interpreted. While aesthetics and methodology can have conflicting interests, there are important reasons why artists and producers should seek to integrate the two. Ultimately, the two can work together to enhance each other: the aesthetic value of a project can increase its social function, while the method can heighten the aesthetic experience through public engagement. The method and aesthetic adopted in social practice work is greatly influenced by intended timeline.", "title": "Social practice (art)" }, { "docid": "17697067", "text": "for a \"final\" fourth season consisting of twelve weekly episodes starting from January 2015. In 2012, Miller uploaded episodes of ‘‘Oreo Oration’‘ every Wednesday and Friday. Oreo Oration consists of Miller reviewing many varieties of the Oreo cookie. Miller will judge the Oreo by eating one, judging how well it tastes with milk and how clean it twists apart. The show ran for one season, however, due to popular demand, Miller announced that in December 2013, Oreo Oration would return for a five-episode limited run. In January 2014, Miller started airing the second season of Oreo Oration, suggesting Miller may", "title": "Greg Miller (Internet celebrity)" } ]
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when did dade county become miami dade county
[ "November 13 , 1997" ]
[ { "docid": "14697994", "text": "was greatest. This was the costliest natural disaster in US history until Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf region in 2005. On November 13, 1997, voters changed the name of the county from \"Dade\" to \"Miami-Dade\" to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami. Voters were acting pursuant to home rule powers granted to Dade County, including the ability to change the name of the county without the consent of the Florida Legislature. The change in name also addressed a source of public dissatisfaction with the name \"Dade\" which was chosen to honor Francis L. Dade, who had been killed in", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "14697994", "text": "was greatest. This was the costliest natural disaster in US history until Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf region in 2005. On November 13, 1997, voters changed the name of the county from \"Dade\" to \"Miami-Dade\" to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami. Voters were acting pursuant to home rule powers granted to Dade County, including the ability to change the name of the county without the consent of the Florida Legislature. The change in name also addressed a source of public dissatisfaction with the name \"Dade\" which was chosen to honor Francis L. Dade, who had been killed in", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "8954502", "text": "create commission districts, pass ordinances, create penalties, levy and collect taxes to support a centralized metropolitan form of government. The Board of County Commissioners may create municipalities, special taxing districts and other boards or authorities as needed. The Home Rule Charter for Miami-Dade County was adopted by referendum on May 21, 1957. This predates the 1968 revision to the Florida Constitution, which radically altered home rule. On November 13, 1997 voters changed the name of the county from Dade to Miami-Dade to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami. Unlike a consolidated city-county, where the city and county governments merge", "title": "Government of Miami-Dade County" } ]
[ { "docid": "8802911", "text": "Miami-Dade County Courthouse The Miami-Dade County Courthouse, formerly known as the Dade County Courthouse, is a historic courthouse located at 73 West Flagler Street in Miami, Florida. Constructed over four years (1925–28), it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1989. The building is 361 feet tall with 28 floors. When it was built, it was the tallest building in Miami and in Florida. It is still in use as the main civil courthouse of Miami-Dade County. When county government was established following the Civil War, public records were so sparse they could be", "title": "Miami-Dade County Courthouse" }, { "docid": "10282834", "text": "Sale. Your donations are important. Donate to the Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library today. Miami-Dade Public Library System The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is a system of libraries in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. MDPLS is a County Department within Miami-Dade County Government that reports to the Mayor of Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners is the Governing Body over MDPLS. The Library Advisory Board serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of County Commissioners on public library issues, providing reports, recommendations, and guidance to the Board of County Commissioners. The full scope of the", "title": "Miami-Dade Public Library System" }, { "docid": "8802919", "text": "the same team restored Courtroom 6-1, which had been the site of many infamous trials over the years. Today, the Miami-Dade County Courthouse provides offices, chambers, and courtrooms for the clerks and judiciary assigned to both the Circuit and County Civil Court. Miami-Dade County Courthouse The Miami-Dade County Courthouse, formerly known as the Dade County Courthouse, is a historic courthouse located at 73 West Flagler Street in Miami, Florida. Constructed over four years (1925–28), it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1989. The building is 361 feet tall with 28 floors. When it", "title": "Miami-Dade County Courthouse" }, { "docid": "10282801", "text": "Miami-Dade Public Library System The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is a system of libraries in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. MDPLS is a County Department within Miami-Dade County Government that reports to the Mayor of Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners is the Governing Body over MDPLS. The Library Advisory Board serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of County Commissioners on public library issues, providing reports, recommendations, and guidance to the Board of County Commissioners. The full scope of the Library Advisory Board's duties can be reviewed at the link provided. The service area of", "title": "Miami-Dade Public Library System" }, { "docid": "8954510", "text": "contracts, and transactions. The OIG investigates allegations of fraud, waste, abuse and misconduct amongst public officials and County employees, as well as contractors and vendors doing business with the County. Mary Cagle was appointed to the position of Inspector General by Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners on December 17, 2013. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners is the governing body of unincorporated Miami-Dade County and has broad regional powers to establish policies for Miami-Dade County services. The government provides major metropolitan services countywide and city-type services for residents of unincorporated areas. One County Commissioner is elected from each of Miami-Dade", "title": "Government of Miami-Dade County" }, { "docid": "8954501", "text": "Government of Miami-Dade County The Government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida, Florida law, and the Home Rule Charter of the County of Miami-Dade. Since its formation in 1957, Miami-Dade County, Florida has had a two-tier system of government. Under this system, Miami-Dade comprises a large unincorporated area and 35 incorporated areas or municipalities. Each municipality has its own government and provides such city-type services as police and zoning protection. State voters amended the State of Florida’s Constitution in 1956 to allow for a Home Rule Charter. Dade County was granted the power to", "title": "Government of Miami-Dade County" }, { "docid": "8154352", "text": "Miami-Dade Police Department The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), formerly known as the Metro-Dade Police Department (1981–1997), Dade County Public Safety Department (1957–1981) and the Dade County Sheriff's Office (1836–1957) is a Full Service County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County's unincorporated areas, although they have lenient mutual aid agreements with other incorporated municipalities, most often the City of Miami Police Department. The MDPD has approximately 4,700 employees. The Department is still often referred by its former name, the \"Metro-Dade Police\" or simply \"Metro\". Miami-Dade Police officers are easily identified by their taupe/brown colored uniforms. Miami-Dade Police vehicles are identified by their", "title": "Miami-Dade Police Department" }, { "docid": "8954514", "text": "budget. The capital budget totals $2.433 billion and represents 33% of the total budget. The proposed 2018-19 fiscal year budget for Miami-Dade is expected to total $7.867 billion. Government of Miami-Dade County The Government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida, Florida law, and the Home Rule Charter of the County of Miami-Dade. Since its formation in 1957, Miami-Dade County, Florida has had a two-tier system of government. Under this system, Miami-Dade comprises a large unincorporated area and 35 incorporated areas or municipalities. Each municipality has its own government and provides such city-type services as", "title": "Government of Miami-Dade County" }, { "docid": "14698021", "text": "the bus system, Metrobus. Tri-Rail also services the county. In Florida a Tolled State Road is often (but not always) denoted by having the word \"TOLL\" printed on the top of the State Road shield. When a driver passes through a toll plaza without paying the proper toll a digital image of the car's license tag is recorded. Under Florida Law, this image can be used by the Authority to issue a toll violation. Miami-Dade County has 10 major expressways and 1 minor expressway in Downtown Miami. This is a list of Miami-Dade county roads. Miami-Dade County has fewer county", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "9511472", "text": "education in the second largest school district in the US, Florida's state officials deemed Miami as a major problem in secondary schools as early as 1953. Miami Northwestern was one of the schools in Dade County built to accommodate more students. When Miami Northwestern opened, it served only the black residents of Dade County, along with some schools that had been turned into middle schools. George Washington Carver, Mays and North Dade middle schools were all high schools for the black residents of Dade County, Florida. The class of 1966 all over Dade County stopped having segregated schools, and most", "title": "Miami Northwestern Senior High School" }, { "docid": "3866053", "text": "the memorial at a ceremony on August 14, 1842, marked the end of the Florida Indian Wars. Miami-Dade County, Florida (Dade County, until 1997); Dade County, Georgia; Dade County, Missouri; Dadeville, Alabama; and Dade City, Florida are all named after Major Dade. The now decommissioned fort on Egmont Key was also named for him. The battle is re-enacted at the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park each year. In 2002, the Dade County Courthouse was renamed the Major Francis Langhorne Dade County Courthouse by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade County. In the resolution changing the courthouse's name, the Board", "title": "Francis L. Dade" }, { "docid": "14698025", "text": "their avenues are named. Miami-Dade County has 23 sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami-Dade County ()is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the southeasternmost county on the U.S. mainland. According to a 2017 census report, the county had a population of 2,751,796, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. It is also Florida's third-largest county in terms of land area, with . The county seat is Miami, the principal city in South Florida. Miami-Dade County", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "18087589", "text": "Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly equal portions of land to create what is now Broward County. There have been no significant boundary changes to the county since 1915. Miami Dade FC participated in the reality TV Show, (Sueno Futbol) in which Scouts of Miami Dade FC had to pick one player out of 25,000 trialists. Produced by RCN Televisión, The show's first episode was aired on March 6, 2016 with a 3.2 rating. On February 2016, Miami Dade FC announced 2 franchises. Miami Dade FC Macae which is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and MIami Dade FC", "title": "Miami Dade FC" }, { "docid": "16868122", "text": "Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County, in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States, and the fourth largest in the United States, with a student enrollment of 356,086 as of August 30, 2017. The district is managed by the School Board of Miami-Dade County, which appoints a superintendent to head the administrative portions of the district. Alberto Carvalho has been Superintendent since September 12, 2008. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is one of a few public", "title": "Miami-Dade County Public Schools" }, { "docid": "5080240", "text": "Miami Dade College Miami Dade College, or Miami Dade or MDC, is a state college in Miami, Florida. Miami Dade has eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers located throughout Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1959, Miami Dade is the largest college in the Florida College System with over 165,000 students. Additionally, MDC is also the largest institution of higher education in Florida, and the second-largest in the United States. Miami Dade College's main campus, the Wolfson Campus, is in Downtown Miami. Miami Dade College was established in 1959 and opened in 1960 as Dade County Junior College. The original campus was", "title": "Miami Dade College" }, { "docid": "14589907", "text": "Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department The Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department (MDCR) is a County Department serving all of Miami-Dade County's 30 municipal police departments, the county police department (MDPD), as well as state agencies. The MDCR is the 7th largest county jail system in the United States, with approximately 2,906 employees. [FY 2009–10] The Department is still often referred by its former name, DCJ for Dade County Jail. Miami-Dade Corrections Officers are easily identified by their white shirts with green trousers with gray stripe. Miami-Dade Corrections vehicles are identified by their green and white livery. MDCR officers carry silver", "title": "Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department" }, { "docid": "1907534", "text": "Miami, and increased tourism and investment. Even 30 years after \"Miami Vice\" first aired, it was still responsible for its share of tourist visits to the city. The fact that Crockett and Tubbs were Dade County officers and not City of Miami police represented the growing notion of metro government in Miami. In 1997, a county referendum changed the name from Dade County to Miami-Dade County. This allowed people to relate the county government to recognized notions and images of Miami, many of which were first popularized by \"Miami Vice\". The Dade County Sheriff's Office now became the Miami-Dade Police", "title": "Miami Vice" }, { "docid": "14698013", "text": "After Frank Borman became president of Eastern Airlines in 1975, he moved Eastern's headquarters from Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York City to an unincorporated area in Miami-Dade County Around 1991 the Miami-Dade County lost a few corporations, including Eastern Airlines, which folded in 1991. At one time the cruise line ResidenSea had its headquarters in an unincorporated area in the county. According to Miami's Beacon Council, the top private employers in 2014 in Miami-Dade were: According to Miami's Beacon Council, the top Government employers in 2014 in Miami-Dade were: The Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department is the agency", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "14589909", "text": "The Department's headquarters is located at 2525 NW 62nd Street, Miami, Florida. When the Dade County Sheriff's Office was created in 1836 to serve the newly created County of Dade, the jail function was a part of that office. There was one county, that later was sub-divided into four counties, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Martin. In 1928, a high-rise jail was completed above the courthouse on West Flagler Street. In 1930, the Dade County Stockade was built at S.W. 87th Avenue & 61st Street, This building later served as the Fire Department Headquarters for many years, and remains in", "title": "Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department" }, { "docid": "14698017", "text": "everyday from the Biscayne Aquifer for consumer use. MDWASD has over of water lines, a service area of and 14 pump stations. MDWASD has over of sewage pipes, a service area of and 954 pump stations. Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department is the correction agency. The Miami-Dade Aviation Department(MDAD) operates Miami International Airport, Miami Executive Airport, Opa-locka Executive Airport, Homestead General Aviation Airport, and Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice operates the Miami-Dade Regional Juvenile Detention Center in an unincorporated area in the county. In Florida, each county is also a school district. Miami-Dade", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "8154360", "text": "which is worn on each sleeve, below the department patch. Miami-Dade Police is the law enforcement agency depicted in the following television shows, films, and video games: Miami-Dade Police Department The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), formerly known as the Metro-Dade Police Department (1981–1997), Dade County Public Safety Department (1957–1981) and the Dade County Sheriff's Office (1836–1957) is a Full Service County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County's unincorporated areas, although they have lenient mutual aid agreements with other incorporated municipalities, most often the City of Miami Police Department. The MDPD has approximately 4,700 employees. The Department is still often referred by", "title": "Miami-Dade Police Department" }, { "docid": "9519020", "text": "Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) Metrorail, colloquially called the Metro, is the heavy rail rapid transit system of Miami and Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Metrorail is operated by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County. Opened in 1984, it is Florida's only rapid transit metro system, and is currently composed of two lines of 23 stations on of standard gauge track. Metrorail serves the urban core of Miami, connecting the urban centers of Miami International Airport, the Civic Center, Downtown Miami, and Brickell with the northern developed neighborhoods of Hialeah and Medley to the northwest, and", "title": "Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)" }, { "docid": "14697984", "text": "Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami-Dade County ()is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the southeasternmost county on the U.S. mainland. According to a 2017 census report, the county had a population of 2,751,796, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. It is also Florida's third-largest county in terms of land area, with . The county seat is Miami, the principal city in South Florida. Miami-Dade County is one of the three counties in South Florida that make up the Miami metropolitan area,", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "2920702", "text": "residing in Miami-Dade and earning less than $22,000 annually ride free with the Patriot Passport pass. In February 2011, Miami-Dade Transit ridership totaled 336,067 passengers, including all Metrorail, Metromover and Metrobus lines. With a population of about 2.5 million in Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade Transit accounts for 15% of the population's daily mode of transportation. Note: This figure does not include Tri-Rail, Miami's commuter rail operator. Annual passenger ridership <nowiki>*</nowiki> Record highs Weekday passenger ridership averages Miami-Dade Transit Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) is the primary public transit authority of Miami, Florida, United States and the greater Miami-Dade County area. It is the", "title": "Miami-Dade Transit" }, { "docid": "10282802", "text": "MDPLS is defined by the Miami-Dade Library Taxing District. The Miami-Dade Library Taxing District includes the majority of the geographical boundaries of Miami-Dade County, including most of its 35 municipalities and all of Unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Exceptions include the cities of Hialeah, North Miami, North Miami Beach, and Miami Shores, all of which provide library service directly to their respective residents. Additionally, the Cities of Bal Harbour and Surfside are not part of the Miami-Dade Library Taxing District. The Miami-Dade Public Library System traces its origin to the late nineteenth century. The first library was a reading room established in", "title": "Miami-Dade Public Library System" }, { "docid": "8954508", "text": "the electorate of Miami-Dade County. In 1992, Harvey Ruvin was elected to the Office of Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts. He has been re-elected five times, leading the ballot in 2016 with the largest vote total in South Florida’s history. The Miami-Dade Clerk of the Board is an elected official who provides direct administrative support to the Board of County Commissioners. The Clerk provides checks and balances in County Government and presides as the County's public trustee. Harvey Ruvin is also Clerk of the Board. The Miami-Dade Property Appraiser acts as the head of the Office of the Property Appraiser.", "title": "Government of Miami-Dade County" }, { "docid": "14698018", "text": "County Public Schools, is operated by an independently elected School Board. A professional Superintendent of Schools manages the day-to-day operations of the district, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the School Board. , the Miami-Dade County Public School District is the fourth-largest public school district in the nation with almost 360,000 students. The Miami-Dade Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the country, comprising 50 branch locations, with more branch locations currently being built/not officially opened. Miami-Dade County is home to many private and public universities and colleges. Miami-Dade County holds the", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "13598705", "text": "Department badge was redesigned. Depicted in the background of the new police badge is Miami Senior High, established in 1902 as the first high school in the County. Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Department The Miami-Dade Schools Police Department is the seventh largest law enforcement agency in Miami-Dade County, Florida, with 192 sworn personnel. It provides police services to the fourth largest school district in the United States. In 1957, the position of Security Assistant was established as a position responsible directly to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Security Assistant acted as liaison between Dade County Schools, law enforcement", "title": "Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Department" }, { "docid": "14698010", "text": "departments; Miami-Dade voters chose this option for Sheriff, Supervisor of Elections, Controller and Tax Collector. The office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the judicial offices of State Attorney, and Public Defender, are still branches of State government and are, therefore, independently elected and not part of County government. Miami-Dade is the only county in Florida that does not have an elected sheriff or a \"Sheriff's Office\". Instead, the county's law enforcement agency is known as the Miami-Dade Police Department, and its leader is known as the Metropolitan Sheriff and Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department. (Nonetheless, Miami-Dade Police", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "9003944", "text": "National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 183 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Miami-Dade County, including 6 National Historic Landmarks. The parts outside the city", "title": "National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "1034351", "text": "65 or over. The Miami-Dade Police Department operates the Northside District Station in West Little River. Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools: Miami-Dade Public Library operates area public libraries: West Little River is served by Metrobus throughout the area, the Miami Metrorail, Tri-Rail, and Amtrak: Metrorail: Tri-Rail: Amtrak: West Little River, Florida West Little River is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 34,699 at the 2010 census. Most of West Little River was originally a neighborhood of the City of Miami when it was annexed into the city of Miami in", "title": "West Little River, Florida" }, { "docid": "16100764", "text": "migration occurred within the Jewish community. Although some areas of Miami-Dade County still have significant Jewish populations, many Jews resettled to Coral Springs, west Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale Beach, Plantation, and Tamarac in Broward County and Boca Raton and West Palm Beach in Palm Beach County. The county had a net loss of about 36,000 people in 1992, while Broward and Palm Beach counties gained about 17,000 and 2,300 Miami-Dade County residents, respectively. By 2001, 230,710 people moved from Miami-Dade County to Broward County, while 29,125 Miami-Dade County residents moved to Palm Beach County. However, as Broward County became more crowded,", "title": "Effects of Hurricane Andrew in Florida" }, { "docid": "16868130", "text": "1959, 25 African-American students stepped onto the grounds of Orchard Villa Elementary School and Air Base Elementary schools, officially ending segregation within the school system. By the end of the academic year, nearly half the schools in the county had been desegregated when parents were given the option of enrolling their children in any school in the district, providing they had the proper transportation. Despite this law, many schools in Dade County did not become fully integrated until the late 1960s. In 1961 the school system started a \"Spanish for Spanish\" program. With help from the Ford Foundation, the program", "title": "Miami-Dade County Public Schools" }, { "docid": "18087587", "text": "Championship with a 5–2–0 (Win-Draw-Loss) record. With former Brazil national football team players Emerson Ferreira da Rosa and Gabriel Rodrigues dos Santos, Miami Dade FC won the 2017 Regular Season Championship undefeated. The Miami Dade FC name comes from the Dade County, which was created on January 18, 1836, under the Territorial Act of the United States. The county was named after Major Francis L. Dade, a soldier killed in 1835 in the Second Seminole War, at what has since been named the Dade Battlefield. At the time of its creation, Dade County included the land that now contains Palm", "title": "Miami Dade FC" }, { "docid": "13598700", "text": "Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Department The Miami-Dade Schools Police Department is the seventh largest law enforcement agency in Miami-Dade County, Florida, with 192 sworn personnel. It provides police services to the fourth largest school district in the United States. In 1957, the position of Security Assistant was established as a position responsible directly to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Security Assistant acted as liaison between Dade County Schools, law enforcement agencies and other governmental agencies to ensure the timely flow of information. Additionally, the position supplied law enforcement with technical knowledge to the Plant Security Substation of Operations", "title": "Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Department" }, { "docid": "14697985", "text": "which was home to an estimated 6,158,824 people in 2017. The county is home to 36 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas. The northern, central and eastern portions of the county are heavily urbanized with many high rises up the coastline, as well as the location of South Florida's central business district, Downtown Miami. Southern Miami-Dade County includes the Redland and Homestead areas, which make up the agricultural economy of Miami. Agricultural Redland makes up roughly one third of Miami-Dade County's inhabited land area, and is sparsely populated, a stark contrast to the densely populated, urban northern Miami-Dade County. The", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "19341108", "text": "Jean Monestime Jean Monestime is an American politician, real estate businessman and a member of the Miami-Dade County Commission since 2010. He is the first Haitian-American to serve as a Miami-Dade County commissioner, as well as the first to chair the commission. Monestime represents District 2 in northeast Miami-Dade County, which incorporates portions of North Miami, North Miami Beach and Biscayne Gardens, as well as the Miami neighborhoods of Little Haiti and Liberty City. On November 24, 2014, Monestime's colleagues on the Miami-Dade County Commission unanimously elected him as the body's chairman for a two-year term. Monestime, who began his", "title": "Jean Monestime" }, { "docid": "213766", "text": "1978, Governor Askew appointed Reno the State Attorney for Dade County (now called Miami-Dade County). She was the first woman to serve as a state attorney in Florida. She was elected to the Office of State Attorney in November 1978 and was returned to office by the voters four more times. Reno ran as a liberal, pro-choice democrat even though Miami-Dade was a conservative county. Reno did not always face serious challengers, although in 1984 Cuban-American lawyer Jose Garcia-Pedrosa ran against Reno, and picked up the endorsement of the Miami Herald editorial board. In spite of his support among Miami's", "title": "Janet Reno" }, { "docid": "8154356", "text": "Metropolitan Dade County.\"\" In 1973, the responsibility for running the county's jails was transferred to the newly created Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. By that year, the Public Safety Department had also been divested of all other non-police responsibilities in order to concentrate entirely on law enforcement services. In July 1981, the Public Safety Department was renamed the Metro-Dade Police Department. In September 1997, voters decided to change the jurisdiction's name to Miami-Dade County. In December of the same year, the Metro-Dade Police Department was renamed the Miami-Dade Police Department. On September 13, 2007 four Miami-Dade Police Department officers were", "title": "Miami-Dade Police Department" }, { "docid": "5416782", "text": "Miami Beach Senior High School Miami Beach Senior High School (Beach High, MBSH) is a secondary school located at 2231 Prairie Avenue Miami Beach, Florida, across from the Miami Beach Convention Center and Botanical Garden. It is located at the corner of Prairie Avenue and Dade Boulevard. The school is in Miami-Dade County and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth-largest school district in the United States. In addition, Miami Beach Senior High is the second oldest in Miami-Dade County (after Miami Senior High). In 2009, the school was recognized as a magnet school. In 2010, Miami", "title": "Miami Beach Senior High School" }, { "docid": "11184118", "text": "enforcement, corrections, and court services within the county. Although each county sheriff's office is an independent agency, they all wear the \"Florida's sheriff green\" uniform with similar badges and patches, and drive vehicles with green and gold designs, as prescribed in Florida State Statutes, with the exception of Duval and Miami-Dade. Collier County also does not wear green, they wear a grey uniform with green accents. Miami-Dade County (formerly Dade County) has two directors appointed by its county commission. In Miami-Dade County, the duties of the two appointed directors are split as follows: Upon the consolidation of Duval County and", "title": "Sheriffs in the United States" }, { "docid": "9519045", "text": "CAF's bid was slightly higher than that of AnsaldoBreda, and thus Miami-Dade was prepared to award the contract to the latter. However, the contract was stalled when CAF filed a lawsuit against the transit authority, claiming that their selection of AnsladoBreda was due to the fact that the builder was willing to open a local factory in Miami-Dade County to assemble the vehicles. This violation could render the deal ineligible for federal funding. After reevaluating the bids from the builders, without taking local geographic preference into account, Miami-Dade reaffirmed its selection of AnsaldoBreda, and in November 2012, approved a $313", "title": "Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)" }, { "docid": "13587714", "text": "South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union is a Florida intrastate credit union headquartered in and serving the Miami area. The credit union has seven branches throughout Miami-Dade County serving over 74,900 members. Assets total over $1 billion. The financial cooperative was founded as Dade County School Employees Federal Credit Union, National Credit Union Administration charter number 176, in 1935. Originally, membership was restricted to employees and family members of the then Dade County Public School System. The name was changed to Dade County School Employees Federal Credit Union to reflect the acceptance of Miami-Dade", "title": "South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union" }, { "docid": "8460880", "text": "is now the site for new buildings for the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Science Museum. Other parks in the Downtown area include: As the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Downtown is home to the central offices and departments of the Miami-Dade County government, mainly located in the Government Center area. The Stephen P. Clark Government Center is the central headquarters of Miami-Dade government with the offices of the Miami-Dade Mayor. Although city hall for the City of Miami is in Coconut Grove, many offices of Miami's city government are in Downtown, including the city's Planning Department. The Miami", "title": "Greater Downtown Miami" }, { "docid": "9914932", "text": "Youth Fair, which would allow Florida International University to expand its campus. The Youth Fair follows the terms of its lease with Miami-Dade County, which includes a provision for early termination. If the county identifies a relocation site that meets the terms of the lease equal to or better than the present site, and if FIU raises more than the $230 million that relocation will cost (plus the cost of land) there would be a three-year notice to move. However any possible move is, at the very least, years away. Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition The Miami-Dade County Youth Fair", "title": "Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition" }, { "docid": "8954509", "text": "The Office’s primary responsibility is to identify and appraise all real and tangible personal property within the County and certify the annual tax roll with the Florida Department of Revenue in accordance with State law. Additional responsibilities include the maintenance of all associated property records, the administration of all exemptions, and the annual notification to all property owners in Miami-Dade County of the assessed value of their property. Pedro J. Garcia was elected as Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser in 2008. The Miami-Dade Inspector General has authority to review past, present and proposed County and Public Health Trust programs, accounts, records,", "title": "Government of Miami-Dade County" }, { "docid": "9914925", "text": "Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition The Miami-Dade County Youth Fair & Exposition Inc., known for generations as The Youth Fair, is the largest nonprofit charity event in South Florida, attracting nearly 600,000 guests. It is a 21-day showcase of agricultural and educational exhibits, midway rides, concerts, carnival food and games, and family entertainment on the Fairgrounds at Tamiami Park located at SW 107th Ave. and Coral Way, Miami, Fla. 33165, its home since 1972. The Youth Fair’s mission is to enrich the community by promoting education and South Florida agriculture. The Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition is a private organization", "title": "Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition" }, { "docid": "16062924", "text": "with one normally scheduled for the Commission Chambers. The Delegation formulates its list of legislative priorities from the information obtained at those public hearings. From that list and what the County submits, the Delegation will vote during the first week of the Legislative Session on their list of Critical/Priority Issues. Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation The Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation was created when the state elected officials recognized the importance of their numbers and believed that as a united delegation, speaking with a single voice, they could exercise political influence and visibility far beyond their numbers. The Delegation forms a voting", "title": "Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation" }, { "docid": "16062921", "text": "Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation The Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation was created when the state elected officials recognized the importance of their numbers and believed that as a united delegation, speaking with a single voice, they could exercise political influence and visibility far beyond their numbers. The Delegation forms a voting block whose power allows them to influence the creation, direction and enforcement of public policy. Today, there are 45 members, 6 Senators and 18 Representatives representing the largest and most populated county in the state of Florida. The Delegation members have been called upon to work as advocates for varied", "title": "Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation" }, { "docid": "13797763", "text": "3rd Continental Light Dragoons. Francis Dade II was the great grandfather of General Lawrence Taliaferro Dade who served in the 2nd Virginia Artillery in the War of 1812 and served in the Senate of Virginia, 1819-1832. Francis Dade II was also the great-great-grandfather of Francis Langhorne Dade (Francis L. Dade) who was massacred in the Second Seminole War for whom Miami-Dade County, Florida, Dade County, Missouri, and Dade County, Georgia are named. Francis Dade as \"John Smith\" served in the House only during the 1658 session, representing Warwick County, and was chosen as Speaker. Governor Samuel Mathews tried to dissolve", "title": "Francis Dade (politician)" }, { "docid": "9914931", "text": "awards to students. In 2018, its Scholarship Program awarded 182 non-renewable $1,000 competitive scholarships to graduating high school seniors attending Miami-Dade County public and private schools, including home school and charter school students, vocational students and alternative education students. Recipients included 16 students who plan to study for careers related to agriculture. The Youth Fair Scholarship Fund also allocates scholarship awards to the winners of the prestigious Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Prize in Ethics Essay Contest for Miami-Dade County Public high school juniors and seniors. In 2013, Miami-Dade County began a process of discussing a possible relocation of The", "title": "Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition" }, { "docid": "16100757", "text": "on September 1. However, Miami-Dade County was granted permission by the Supreme Court of Florida to postpone elections until September 8. Initially, a Miami-Dade County circuit judge ruled that results for all counties of Florida should remain sealed until the Miami-Dade County votes were tallied. However, the state Supreme Court overruled this decision, allowing votes from the 65 other counties to be counted on September 1. At the time, it was estimated that Miami-Dade County accounted for about 10% of the total number of registered voters in Florida. Although the outcome of some elections were mostly unchanged by the additional", "title": "Effects of Hurricane Andrew in Florida" }, { "docid": "16062922", "text": "constituent interests-developing an ever expanding legislative agenda-as well as addressing the concerns of their own particular districts. The Executive Director of the Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation coordinates legislative issues with the Delegation members and their staffs in Tallahassee and Miami-Dade County, the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Legislature's Committee staff in Tallahassee. Representative Eddy Gonzalez and Representative Jose F. Diaz currently serve as the Chair and Vice Chair of the Delegation, respectively. All Chair and Vice Chair serve one year terms. The current Director of the Miami-Dade County Delegation is Alex Dominguez. He has been with the Delegation since", "title": "Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation" }, { "docid": "6822643", "text": "Palmetto Expressway/I-75 interchange in Hialeah and ends at Northwest 32nd Avenue in North Miami. The section of roadway east of NW 32nd Avenue is a surface street (Northwest 119th Street) also known as Gratigny Road. Despite its relatively short length, SR 924 is a major east–west artery in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida. Miami-Dade Expressway Authority The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) is an independent agency created in December 1994 by the State of Florida and the Miami-Dade County Commission. Since 1997 MDX has operated and maintained five expressways formerly operated by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT): All five expressways are", "title": "Miami-Dade Expressway Authority" }, { "docid": "15979795", "text": "Shopping/food. Access to the trail can be granted at most areas that the trail rides through.. Trail supporters The SDRT is managed and maintained by the Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreations department. Funded mainly by the state, the SDRT is constantly kept by the county with frequent clean ups and new innovative areas for improvement. Special events South Dade Rail Trail The South Dade Rail Trail (SDRT) is a rail trail, run by Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation, that follows the old Florida East Coast Railway rail corridor for 20.5 miles, from Miami to Homestead in South Florida, traversing a", "title": "South Dade Rail Trail" }, { "docid": "14698011", "text": "badges bear the inscription, \"Deputy Sheriff, Sheriff's Office, Dade County, Fla.\".) Miami-Dade County has voted for the Democratic candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades, and has gone Democratic in every election since 1992. However, it did vote twice for Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984) and once for George H. W. Bush (1988). From 1904 to 1972 it voted almost exclusively Democrat except for four elections. In 2008 and 2012 approximately 59.69% of the electorate voted for Democrat Barack Obama. In 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton won 63.22% of the vote. Brightstar Corporation, Burger King, Intradeco Holdings,", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "16868146", "text": "people. The following MDCPS high schools were ranked in \"U.S. News and World Report\"s annual \"America's Best High Schools\" rankings: In 2011, \"Newsweek\"s rankings of the 500 Best High Schools in America, eight MDCPS schools were ranked: MDCPS owns and operates WLRN-TV (Channel 17), a PBS member television station, and WLRN-FM (91.3 FM), an NPR member radio station. Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County, in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States, and the fourth", "title": "Miami-Dade County Public Schools" }, { "docid": "8617117", "text": "Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department (MDFR) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the unincorporated parts of Miami-Dade County, Florida along with 30 municipalities located within the county. In all the department is responsible for of land. The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) Air Rescue Bureau provides regional air medical services, search and rescue, aerial firefighting and tactical support to MDFR operations, to those of local municipalities and government agencies at the state and federal level. MDFR helicopters transport severely injured trauma patients to state approved Level I trauma centers. Flight crews are trained in additional", "title": "Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department" }, { "docid": "1033880", "text": "while a northwest portion is zoned to South Dade High School, located outside the city limits in unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Homestead is zoned to South Dade Educational Center. Homestead is also home to Miami-Dade College (Homestead Campus). Homestead also has the following charter schools: Homestead, Florida Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated", "title": "Homestead, Florida" }, { "docid": "14697992", "text": "counties, together with the Florida Keys from Bahia Honda Key north and the land of present-day Miami-Dade County. The county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida Keys; then in 1844, the County seat was moved to Miami. The Florida Keys from Key Largo to Bahia Honda were returned to Monroe County in 1866. In 1888 the county seat was moved to Juno, near present-day Juno Beach, Florida, returning to Miami in 1899. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed from the northern portion of what was then Dade County, and then in 1915, Palm Beach County and", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "10282814", "text": "1951, even before its formal dedication on July 27 of that year. The following years brought some new neighborhood libraries and the closing and consolidation of others. In April 1957 the subscription library in Coconut Grove became part of the system, while eight new branches were constructed in the next eight years. In December 1965 the City of Miami and Metropolitan Dade County agreed that the City of Miami would provide public library service to unincorporated Dade County and to those municipalities that did not provide their library service. At this time, two existing municipal libraries, Coral Gables and South", "title": "Miami-Dade Public Library System" }, { "docid": "9742528", "text": "Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport is a public airport located within the Florida Everglades, 36 miles (58 km) west of the central business district of Miami, in Collier County, Florida, United States. It is owned by Miami-Dade County and operated by the Miami-Dade Aviation Department. The airport is on the Tamiami Trail near the border between Dade and Collier counties in central South Florida. Begun in 1968 as the Everglades Jetport (also known as Big Cypress Jetport), the airport was planned to be the largest airport in the world, covering 39 square miles with six", "title": "Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport" }, { "docid": "9974981", "text": "29 February 2008, a riot broke out the following day (Friday). Miami-Dade Police, Miami-Dade County School Police, and FHP officials reported to the scene.* Miami Edison High School Miami Edison High School is a secondary school located at 6161 NW 5 Ct. in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. Its provost is Dr. Pablo G. Ortiz. Miami Edison is a low-income inner-city school. , it is known for historically having the largest Haitian American student population of any Miami-Dade public school. Miami Edison Senior High School had", "title": "Miami Edison High School" }, { "docid": "9005233", "text": "be the oldest-standing masonry home in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The estate's construction pre-dates the incorporation of the City of Miami. The estate was particularly notable at the time because it was one of the few stone structures in Miami-Dade County (then called Dade County), as nearly all structures in the area were built of wood at that time. Originally, the property consisted of approximately overlooking Biscayne Bay before what is now called South Bayshore Drive was built. When the road was first built, it was known as Rhodes Boulevard and was named for Mrs. Trapp's family, which had previously settled", "title": "Trapp Homestead" }, { "docid": "13604737", "text": "represents. Now, many of the homeless sex offenders are sleeping on railroad tracks (although most have homes during the day since the Miami-Dade residency restriction only applies from 10 pm to 6 am.) In October 2014, the ACLU announced plans to again sue the county over the residency restrictions. A similar lawsuit by the ACLU against Miami-Dade County failed in the 2009 case Exile v. Miami-Dade County, when it was ruled that Florida law does not prevent localities from enacting stricter sex offender residency restrictions. (This is contrary to a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that invalidated local sex offender", "title": "Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony" }, { "docid": "1034308", "text": "the US, at 49.92% of the city's population, and the ninety-sixth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 1.72% of its population (tied with Davie and Maywood, New Jersey.) It also had the twenty-ninth most Hondurans in the US, at 1.31% of all residents. Sweetwater is within the Dade County Public Schools. Percentage of College Graduates 13% of Sweetwater residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree. Elementary Schools Public Middle Schools Public High Schools Universities Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida Sweetwater is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 14,226", "title": "Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "5080253", "text": "actor Steven Bauer, the award-winning novelist James Carlos Blake (who also taught at MDC Wolfson from 1984 to 1997), Major League Baseball outfielder Raúl Ibañez, former Major League Baseball catcher Mike Piazza, Cuban artist Agnes Chavez, and Harvard Law professor and defense attorney Jose Baez. Clarinetist Elizabeth Schubert taught here as adjunct professor of music between 2001-2003. Miami Dade College Miami Dade College, or Miami Dade or MDC, is a state college in Miami, Florida. Miami Dade has eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers located throughout Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1959, Miami Dade is the largest college in the Florida", "title": "Miami Dade College" }, { "docid": "8757921", "text": "Street (Miami-Dade County grid) and again becomes Northwest 57th Avenue. It continues north dividing the incorporated town of Miami Lakes to the west from Opa-locka Airport and the city of Miami Gardens to the east until it crosses the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) where it continues to run north through unincorporated Miami-Dade County. North of North 202nd Street (Honey Hill Drive) it divides Broward County and the city of Miramar to the west with unincorporated Miami-Dade County to the east, until it fully enters Broward County and Miramar just south of the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (State Road 821).", "title": "Red Road (Miami)" }, { "docid": "14698016", "text": "referred by its former name, the \"Metro-Dade Police\" or simply \"Metro\". The Miami-Dade Police Department operate out of nine districts throughout Miami-Dade County and have two special bureaus. The current director of the department is Juan Perez, who succeeded J. D. Patterson, Jr. The Department's headquarters are located in Doral, Florida. Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD) is one of the largest public utilities in the United States, employing approximately 2,700 employees as of 2007. It provides service to over 2.4 million customers, operating with an annual budget of almost $400 million. Approximately 330 million gallons of water are drawn", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "14697996", "text": "Atlantic Ocean. Miami-Dade County is only about above sea level. It is rather new geologically and located at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform, a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago. Eastern Dade is composed of Oolite limestone while western Dade is composed mostly of Bryozoa. Miami-Dade is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora, mostly in the Pleistocene. The bay is divided from the Atlantic Ocean by the many barrier isles along the coast, one of which is where well-known Miami Beach is located, home to South Beach and", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "18087588", "text": "Beach and Broward counties, together with the Florida Keys from Bahia Honda Key north and the land of present-day Miami-Dade County. The county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida Keys; then in 1844, the County seat was moved to Miami. The Florida Keys from Key Largo to Bahia Honda were returned to Monroe County in 1866. In 1888 the county seat was moved to Juno, near present-day Juno Beach, Florida, returning to Miami in 1899. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed from the northern portion of what was then Dade County, and then in 1915, Palm", "title": "Miami Dade FC" }, { "docid": "10444396", "text": "Broward County Transit Broward County Transit (also known as BCT) is the public transit authority in Broward County, Florida. It is the second-largest transit system in Florida after Miami-Dade Transit. It currently operates the only public bus system in Broward County. Besides serving Broward County, It also serves portions of Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade County, where it overlaps its service with Miami-Dade Transit and Palm Tran. Since around 2000, Broward County Transit has developed a themed livery for each generation of its new and existing fleet. Before 2000, each generation of the fleet was simply known as Broward County", "title": "Broward County Transit" }, { "docid": "19172273", "text": "90s with the exception of the month Hurricane Irma hit. Annual ridership figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Metrobus (Miami-Dade County) The Metrobus network provides bus service throughout Miami-Dade County 365 days a year. It consists of about 93 routes and 893 buses, which connect most points in the county and part of southern Broward County as well. Seven of these routes operate around the clock: Routes 3, 11, 27, 38, 77 (last bus from Downtown Miami 1:10am, first bus from Downtown Miami 4:10am), L (No 24-hour service to Hialeah, all trips terminate at Northside Station) and S. Routes", "title": "Metrobus (Miami-Dade County)" }, { "docid": "19172263", "text": "Metrobus (Miami-Dade County) The Metrobus network provides bus service throughout Miami-Dade County 365 days a year. It consists of about 93 routes and 893 buses, which connect most points in the county and part of southern Broward County as well. Seven of these routes operate around the clock: Routes 3, 11, 27, 38, 77 (last bus from Downtown Miami 1:10am, first bus from Downtown Miami 4:10am), L (No 24-hour service to Hialeah, all trips terminate at Northside Station) and S. Routes 246 Night Owl & Route 500 Midnight Owl operate from 12am to 5am. Most other routes operate from 4:30am", "title": "Metrobus (Miami-Dade County)" }, { "docid": "14698014", "text": "that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Miami-Dade County, Florida. The department serves 29 municipalities and all unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County from 60 fire stations. The Department also provides fire protection services for Miami International Airport, Miami Executive Airport and Opa-locka Airport. The communities served are Aventura, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Biscayne Park, Cutler Bay, Doral, El Portal, Florida City, Golden Beach, Hialeah Gardens, Homestead, Indian Creek, Medley, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, Miami Shores, Miami Springs, North Bay Village, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Opa-locka, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, South Miami, Surfside, Sweetwater, Sunny Isles Beach, Virginia", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "8954506", "text": "Commissioners. Both the Mayor and the Commission have the power to remove a County Manager, requiring a two-thirds vote of Commissioners then in office. No one elected as Mayor may serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. Each year the Mayor delivers a state of the county report (usually in January) and a budget address (usually in July). The post of mayor is currently held by Carlos A. Giménez. The Miami-Dade County Attorney’s Office provides legal representation to all aspects of Miami-Dade County government, including the Mayor and the 13-member Board of County Commissioners, the Property Appraiser, 25 county departments", "title": "Government of Miami-Dade County" }, { "docid": "15923957", "text": "system covering over of the greater Fort Lauderdale area. It is the second largest transit system in Florida (after Miami-Dade Transit). It currently operates the only public bus system in Broward County. Besides serving Broward County, it also serves portions of Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade County where the systems share transit hubs such as Aventura Mall in Miami-Dade County. Palm Tran is a bus system run by the Palm Beach County Government, serving Palm Beach County. Standard (Adult) one-way fare is US$1.50 (people eligible for the reduced fare such as students and senior citizens pay US$0.75). For US$3.55 an", "title": "Transportation in South Florida" }, { "docid": "8805173", "text": "88th Street/SR 94), and continues north into unincorporated Miami-Dade County for a short distance until it enters the city of South Miami at South 80th Street. At Southwest 60th Street it borders South Miami on the east, and unincorporated Miami-Dade County on the west. At South 48th Street it enters unincorporated Miami-Dade County. It continues north through the community of South Coral Terrace until it enters the city of Miami after crossing South 8th Street (Tamiami Trail). It dead-ends at Lake Mahar, a short distance north of Tamiami Canal Road in Miami. It continues inside the Miami International Airport at", "title": "Ludlam Road" }, { "docid": "14698020", "text": "third largest international port of entry for foreign air passengers (behind New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport), and is the seventh largest such gateway in the world. The airport's extensive international route network includes non-stop flights to over seventy international cities in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Public transit in Miami-Dade County is served by Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works, and is the largest public transit in Florida. Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works operates a heavy rail metro system Metrorail, an elevated people mover in Downtown Miami, Metromover and", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "9701727", "text": "South Dade High School South Dade Senior High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, near Homestead. The school was established in 1953. The school is located on at the southernmost end of Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is the older of the two public high schools and serves the population of parts of the City of Homestead, Naranja, Leisure City, and other unincorporated areas. The original buildings of South Dade High School opened in 1953. The new school consolidated the populations of the original Homestead High and Redland High. Academy of Professional Services Academy of International", "title": "South Dade High School" }, { "docid": "10282817", "text": "million for public improvement projects in Miami-Dade County. Of that amount, approximately $34.7 million was authorized for public libraries, including construction, renovation, land acquisition, furnishings, and equipment. Between 1976 and 1990, this bond issue provided the funds to open 14 new libraries (South Dade Regional, West Dade Regional, North Dade Regional, West Kendall Regional, Northeast, Model City, Kendall, South Miami, Homestead, Miami Lakes, Coral Reef, Key Biscayne, North Central and the new Main Library) and renovate other locations. On October 1, 1986 the Miami Beach Public Library and its two branches became part of the Miami-Dade Public Library System. On", "title": "Miami-Dade Public Library System" }, { "docid": "9519024", "text": "Urban Mass Transit Administration) committed 80% of the costs for the first stage of rapid transit system, with the county and state incurring the remaining cost. In the end the system cost over a billion dollars. In April 1979, the Interstate Commerce Commission ratified an agreement between the Florida East Coast Railway and Dade County to transfer the right-of-way along US 1 to Miami-Dade Transit, then named the Metro Transit Agency. Groundbreaking for the system the county commission voted to be named \"Metrorail\" (working name was DART - Dade Area Rapid Transit) took place at the site of what would", "title": "Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)" }, { "docid": "12634180", "text": "hosted Section Seminars in: 1977, 1978, 1985, and 1995. Like the Districts, O-Shot-Caw has 8 Chapters, one Chapter associated with their respective Districts: South Florida Council The South Florida Council serves Boy Scouts in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in South Florida. As of 2018 the South Florida Council serves more than 43,000 men and women. In 1914, the Miami Council was formed. It merged with the Dade County Council (#084) in 1921. In 1927, the Broward County Council was formed. It merged with the Dade County Council in 1933. In 1945, the Dade County Council changed its name to", "title": "South Florida Council" }, { "docid": "12634175", "text": "South Florida Council The South Florida Council serves Boy Scouts in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in South Florida. As of 2018 the South Florida Council serves more than 43,000 men and women. In 1914, the Miami Council was formed. It merged with the Dade County Council (#084) in 1921. In 1927, the Broward County Council was formed. It merged with the Dade County Council in 1933. In 1945, the Dade County Council changed its name to the South Florida Council (#084). The council is divided into nine districts: South Florida Council has three camps. A ten-acre site located on", "title": "South Florida Council" }, { "docid": "14450498", "text": "to become active in their community and to give back. Through the Corporate Responsibility Program, Hands On Miami organizes volunteer projects of 15 volunteers to more than 400 volunteers in focus areas like education, technology, health, or nutrition. Hands On Miami's Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) is a youth-volunteering program offered only to teenagers ages 13 and older who are residents of Miami-Dade County. Each month, the YVC organizes and manages various direct-service projects with service organizations throughout Miami-Dade County, from Homestead to North Miami. They offer a diverse range of monthly projects, from serving food at the Miami Rescue Mission", "title": "Hands On Miami" }, { "docid": "14697995", "text": "the Dade Massacre in the 1830s. The massacre did not occur in South Florida, but in the west central part of the state, in present-day Sumter County, near Bushnell. There is also a Dade City, which is closer to the site of the massacre. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (21.9%) is water. It is the third-largest county in Florida by land area and second-largest by total area. Most of the water is in the Biscayne Bay, with another significant portion in the adjacent waters of the", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "14698005", "text": "since 1957. This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County (as it was known then) to enact a home rule charter. Prior to this year, home rule did not exist in Florida, and all counties were limited to the same set of powers by the Florida Constitution and state law. Unlike a consolidated city-county, where the city and county governments merge into a single entity, these two entities remain separate. Instead there are two \"tiers\", or levels, of government: city and county. There are 34 municipalities in the", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "14697997", "text": "the Art Deco district. The Florida Keys, which are also barrier islands are only accessible through Miami-Dade County, but which are otherwise part of neighboring Monroe County. Miami is situated seventy miles from West Palm Beach, and thirty miles from Fort Lauderdale. Miami-Dade County includes 34 incorporated areas, 38 census-designated places, and 16 unincorporated regions. U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Ethnic/Race Demographics: In 2010, the largest ancestry groups were: In 2010, Cubans made up the largest population of immigrants (with more than half of the population) with Colombians coming in second, Haitians in third, followed by Nicaraguans in fourth place, then", "title": "Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "2920700", "text": "County, in some parts of south Broward County, and in the middle and northern Keys. STS operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including most holidays. \"The \"EASY Card\" system is a regional fare collection system with interoperable smartcards and equipment. The following information is specific to Miami-Dade Transit:\" Since October 1, 2009, Miami-Dade Transit has used the EASY Card system for fare collection. On December 13, 2009 paper-based bus transfers were discontinued, and bus-to-bus transfers are now free only when using an EASY Card or EASY Ticket. The current standard fare is $2.25 and reduced fare is", "title": "Miami-Dade Transit" }, { "docid": "10389514", "text": "Jackson Memorial Hospital Jackson Memorial Hospital (also known as \"Jackson\" or abbreviated \"JMH\") is a non-profit, tertiary care teaching hospital and the major teaching hospital of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. It currently has around 1,550 licensed beds. It is located in the Miami neighborhood of the Civic Center and is owned and operated by Miami-Dade County through the Public Health Trust, and is supported by Miami-Dade County residents through a half-cent sales tax. In fiscal 2014 the Public Health Trust received $364,431 million in unrestricted funds from Miami-Dade County. In 2013", "title": "Jackson Memorial Hospital" }, { "docid": "3476766", "text": "the east of SR 997 in Miami-Dade County in the 1970s and in 2002-2005), its importance to motorists of southeastern Florida has changed since the opening of Alligator Alley to the north in 1968. Since then, traffic on the Tamiami Trail across the Everglades has lessened significantly, while urban sections of the road are now often congested. In 1968, the Dade County Port Authority began construction on what was to become the world's largest airport. The Miami Jetport was located west of Miami, just across the Collier County line. It was to be a six runway supersonic airport. The project", "title": "Tamiami Trail" }, { "docid": "10282826", "text": "new or expanded library services including increased funding for children's materials. During the 2014 general election, Miami-Dade County voters approved a ballot question amending the County Charter allowing Miami-Dade public libraries, subject to certain restrictions, to be located in existing public park facilities potentially allowing some libraries to vacate commercial facilities. Voters approved this ballot question with 65% of the votes. In the summer of 2015, Gia Arbogast was named the new director of Miami-Dade Public Library System. The Northeast Branch Library in Aventura reopened on August 17, 2015. The California Club Branch re-opened at a new location in January", "title": "Miami-Dade Public Library System" }, { "docid": "9003945", "text": "of Miami include 110 of these properties and districts, including 1 National Historic Landmark; they are listed here, while the properties in Miami are listed separately. One property, the Venetian Causeway, is split between Miami and Miami Beach, and is thus included on both lists. Another property was once listed but has been removed. National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places", "title": "National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida" }, { "docid": "9701728", "text": "Finance, Business & Technology Academy of Sports, Nutrition & Health Science Academy of Visual & Performing Arts Academy of Law Studies & Public Safety Academy of International Baccalaureate (IB) Its athletic rival is Homestead High School and its U.S. High School guardian is Jake. South Dade High School South Dade Senior High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, near Homestead. The school was established in 1953. The school is located on at the southernmost end of Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is the older of the two public high schools and serves the population of parts", "title": "South Dade High School" }, { "docid": "9519022", "text": "the MIA and Dadeland South stations. The new line is expected to increase ridership significantly, adding millions of riders per year, and allowing residents and visitors alike direct access from the MIA to Downtown Miami, and greater connectivity between various modes of transit throughout Miami-Dade County. Central Station provides direct service to Amtrak inter-city rail services, Tri-Rail commuter rail, Greyhound Lines intercity bus, and the Rental Car Center. Miami Central Station is expected to attract 150,000 daily commuters and travelers. In 1971, the Miami Urban Area Transportation Study completed by the Dade County metropolitan planning organization recommended the construction for", "title": "Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)" }, { "docid": "6035645", "text": "American High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida) The American Senior High School, or The American High School, is a high school located in Country Club, unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its principal is Francisco Garnica. It has been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. American was opened in 1976 (the year of America's bicentennial); its name, sports teams (Patriots) and colors (red, white, and blue) were chosen to reflect this. The school uses a Hialeah address but mainly serves northern Miami Lakes, including Palm Springs North and The Country Club of Miami. American's main athletic rival is Barbara Goleman High School.", "title": "American High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida)" }, { "docid": "3805468", "text": "Dr. Michael M. Krop High School Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School is a secondary school located at 1410 County Line Road in the Ives Estates, an unincorporated area of north Miami-Dade County (Miami address), Florida, US. However, it serves the city of Aventura, northern fringes of North Miami Beach, and the unincorporated areas around the school such as Ives Estates and Ojus. The school is located on the Miami-Dade side of the Miami-Dade-Broward County line, and is the northernmost high school in the district. Dr. Allison Harley currently serves as Krop's principal. Krop is considered to be a", "title": "Dr. Michael M. Krop High School" }, { "docid": "15131780", "text": "1959. Former military property was transferred to Dade County and the Dade County Junior College opened on the site in 1961. In 1962 the remainder of the former NAS Miami property, except for a portion reserved for the United States Coast Guard, was transferred to Dade County, and became Opa-locka Airport. In 1965 Coast Guard Air Station Miami transferred its aircraft and operations from its Dinner Key installation to the Opa-locka Airport, re-establishing CGAS Miami on site utilizing one of the former Navy hangars, associated flight line and several support buildings. CGAS Miami continues to operate on site with HC-144", "title": "Coast Guard Air Station Miami" } ]
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[ { "docid": "162700", "text": "Packers have won 13 league championships, the most in NFL history, with nine pre–Super Bowl NFL titles and four Super Bowl victories. The Packers won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968 and were the only NFL team to defeat the American Football League (AFL) prior to the AFL–NFL merger. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is named after the Packers' coach of the same name, who guided them to their first two Super Bowls. Their two subsequent Super Bowl wins came in 1996 and 2010. The Packers are long-standing adversaries of the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, and Detroit Lions,", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "7402649", "text": "Green Bay Packers records This article details statistics relating to the Green Bay Packers. While the team was founded in 1919, they did not compete in the National Football League until 1921, when the league was at the time known as the American Professional Football Association. Throughout their history, the Packers have won 13 NFL Championships (including four Super Bowls), more than any other team; in addition, they are the only team to win three consecutive league championships, having accomplished that feat twice (1929–31 and 1965–67). The Packers have also won three NFC title games, along with two NFL titles", "title": "Green Bay Packers records" }, { "docid": "3140543", "text": "NFL in and every AFL championship game and record is included in NFL record books. The old NFL Championship Game became the NFC Championship Game, while the old AFL Championship Game became the AFC Championship Game. The NFL lists the old AFL/NFL championship games with \"new\" AFC/NFC championship games in its record books. The Green Bay Packers have won the most championships with 13 total (9 NFL championships pre-merger, four (4) Super Bowl championships). The Packers are also the only team to win three consecutive championships, having done so twice (1929–1931, 1965–1967). The Chicago Bears have won the second most", "title": "History of the National Football League championship" }, { "docid": "4974420", "text": "NFL, having won three consecutive NFL championships from 1929 to 1931. Hinkle played for the Packers for his entire ten-year NFL career, was selected as a first- or second-team All-Pro every year, and helped lead the Packers to NFL championships in 1936 and 1939. As a rookie in 1932, Hinkle appeared in 13 games and led the Packers with 331 rushing yards on 95 carries. He quickly developed a reputation not only for his two-way play on both offense and defense, but also as the best punter in the NFL. The 1932 Packers finished second in the NFL with a", "title": "Clarke Hinkle" }, { "docid": "289101", "text": "State. On December 9, 2018, the Giants became the first team in NFL history to win 100 regular season games against an opponent. The Giants have won a total of eight League Championships: 1927, 1934, 1938, 1956, 1986, 1990, 2007 and 2011. The first four of those championships came in the pre-Super Bowl era. New York's eight championships put them third among all active and defunct NFL teams, trailing only the Green Bay Packers (13) and the Chicago Bears (9). Before the Super Bowl was instituted, the Giants won four officially recognized NFL championships. The Giants have won four Super", "title": "New York Giants" }, { "docid": "7402650", "text": "before the AFL and NFL consolidated. This amounts to 15 title game victories in the Packer trophy case and 18 titles overall. These lists are accurate through the 2017 season. Green Bay Packers records This article details statistics relating to the Green Bay Packers. While the team was founded in 1919, they did not compete in the National Football League until 1921, when the league was at the time known as the American Professional Football Association. Throughout their history, the Packers have won 13 NFL Championships (including four Super Bowls), more than any other team; in addition, they are the", "title": "Green Bay Packers records" }, { "docid": "162700", "text": "Packers have won 13 league championships, the most in NFL history, with nine pre–Super Bowl NFL titles and four Super Bowl victories. The Packers won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968 and were the only NFL team to defeat the American Football League (AFL) prior to the AFL–NFL merger. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is named after the Packers' coach of the same name, who guided them to their first two Super Bowls. Their two subsequent Super Bowl wins came in 1996 and 2010. The Packers are long-standing adversaries of the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, and Detroit Lions,", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "10373967", "text": "Bears–Packers rivalry The Bears–Packers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. The two clubs have won a combined 22 NFL championships (13 for Green Bay and 9 for Chicago), including 5 Super Bowl championships (4 for Green Bay and 1 for Chicago) and have 65 members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Chicago with 34 and Green Bay with 31). The rivalry began in and is the league's most played, with 197 regular-season and post-season games. The rivalry is not the league's longest continuous rivalry, as the 1982 strike-shortened", "title": "Bears–Packers rivalry" }, { "docid": "10373971", "text": "November 27, 1921, to the present: – Denotes a Playoff Game Other rivalries involving the two teams Bears–Packers rivalry The Bears–Packers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. The two clubs have won a combined 22 NFL championships (13 for Green Bay and 9 for Chicago), including 5 Super Bowl championships (4 for Green Bay and 1 for Chicago) and have 65 members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Chicago with 34 and Green Bay with 31). The rivalry began in and is the league's most played, with 197", "title": "Bears–Packers rivalry" }, { "docid": "9011093", "text": "by quarterback Johnny Unitas, were 6–2 on November 13, but lost their last four and stumbled into fourth place with a .500 record. (Baltimore did not win another division/conference title until 1964.) Green Bay had won six league championships before, most recently in 1944, but the intervening years had been lean. At the time, Lombardi was better known as an assistant coach (offense) for the New York Giants. Hired by the Packers in January 1959, he led them to a record in his first season as a head coach, a vast improvement over the 1958 season their worst ever. On", "title": "1960 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "18356892", "text": "13 of the 2016 NFL season.) The Packers dominated the Chiefs for most of the game, with Aaron Rodgers throwing five touchdown passes, though the Chiefs managed to outscore the Packers 21–14 in the second half. The Packers' 38–28 victory ended the Chiefs' being undefeated at Lambeau and extended the Packers' own home winning streak to eleven games. This game was the Packers first trip to Levi's Stadium, which opened in . With the win, the Packers improved to 4–0. The Packers not only got their first win over the 49ers since 2010, but it was also the Packers' first", "title": "2015 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9702625", "text": "first season that the Packers played home games exclusively at Lambeau Field, after playing part of their home slate at Milwaukee County Stadium since 1953. After losing their home opener to St. Louis, the Packers would win an NFL-record 25 consecutive home games between the rest of 1995 and early in 1998. With their third pick (66th overall) in the 1995 NFL draft, the Packers selected future All-Pro fullback William Henderson, a player who would remain with the Packers for over 13 seasons. The Packers finished with an 11–5 record, clinching the NFC Central crown by a slim 1-game margin", "title": "1995 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8673547", "text": "Chris Jacke Christopher Lee Jacke (born March 12, 1966) is a former professional American football placekicker best known for playing for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League. Before his NFL career, Jacke played collegiately at the University of Texas at El Paso. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1989 NFL Draft. He went on to play eight seasons with the Packers from 1989 to 1996. In his last year with the Packers, he assisted the Packers to a 13-3 record and a win in Super Bowl XXXI, defeating Drew", "title": "Chris Jacke" }, { "docid": "8915735", "text": "hold the record for the most NFL championships (13 total) and the second-most wins in NFL history. The Green Bay Packers were founded on August 11, 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment. The 1919 Green Bay Packers season was their first season of competitive football. The club played against other teams in Wisconsin and Michigan and ended the season with a 10-1 record, losing only to the Beloit Fairies. The team became the Acme Packersunder the ownership of", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "394834", "text": "Super Bowl XXXI Super Bowl XXXI was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1996 season. The Packers defeated the Patriots by the score of 35–21, earning their third overall Super Bowl victory, and their first since Super Bowl II. The Packers also extended their league record for the most overall NFL championships to 12. It was also the last in a run of 13 straight Super Bowl victories by the NFC over", "title": "Super Bowl XXXI" }, { "docid": "4671488", "text": "Jim Taylor (American football) James Charles Taylor (September 20, 1935 – October 13, 2018) was an American football fullback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, with the Green Bay Packers from 1958 to 1966 and with the expansion New Orleans Saints in 1967. With the Packers, Taylor was invited to five straight Pro Bowls and won four NFL championships, as well as a victory in the first Super Bowl. He was recognized as the NFL Most Valuable Player after winning the rushing title in 1962, beating out Jim Brown. An aggressive player and fluent", "title": "Jim Taylor (American football)" }, { "docid": "15209694", "text": "2011 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 93rd season overall and their 91st in the National Football League, and the sixth under head coach Mike McCarthy. The team not only improved on their 10–6 record from a season earlier, they became just the sixth team in NFL history to win 15 games during the regular season. As of 2017, the 15–1 record stands as the best in team history. The Packers won their first 13 games of the season to extend their winning streak from the previous season to 19, the second-longest in NFL", "title": "2011 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "451388", "text": "the city of Green Bay the nickname \"Titletown USA\". The Packers are the smallest city franchise in the NFL and the only one owned by shareholders statewide. The franchise was founded by \"Curly\" Lambeau who played and coached for them. The Green Bay Packers are one of the most successful small-market professional sports franchises in the world and have won 13 NFL championships, including the first two AFL-NFL Championship games (Super Bowls I and II), Super Bowl XXXI and Super Bowl XLV. The state's support of the team is evidenced by the 81,000-person waiting list for season tickets to Lambeau", "title": "Wisconsin" } ]
[ { "docid": "162779", "text": "the NFL began holding the Super Bowl. The Packers have won four Super Bowls. The Packers have won three NFC Championship Games. NFC Championships did not exist until after the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The Packers have won 18 divisional championships. The Packers have the second most members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with 30, 25 of which were inducted as Packers. They trail only the Chicago Bears with 34 Hall of Famers, 28 of which were inducted as Bears. Many Packers players and coaches are also enshrined in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2018, Ron", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "8915744", "text": "football team (including 4 Super Bowls). Their arch-rivals the Chicago Bears are second, with nine NFL championships (including one Super Bowl). The historical rivalry with Chicago extends to the Hall of Fame - the Packers have the second most Hall of Famers (21, behind the Bears' 26). The Packers are also the only team to win three straight NFL titles, which they did twice (1929–1931 and 1965–67). After going through modest winning seasons during most of the 1920s, the Packers began to build a championship-caliber team, as they signed three future Hall of Famers in \"Johnny Blood\" McNally, Cal Hubbard,", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "376007", "text": "Raiders following the and seasons, respectively. The Packers were led by quarterback, Bart Starr, who was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for both games. These two championships, coupled with the Packers' NFL championships in , , and , amount to the most successful stretch in NFL History; five championships in seven years, and the only threepeat in NFL history (1965, 1966, and 1967). In Super Bowl III, the AFL's New York Jets defeated the eighteen-point favorite Baltimore Colts of the NFL, 16–7. The Jets were led by quarterback Joe Namath, who had famously guaranteed a Jets win prior to", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "162778", "text": "the last four by Super Bowl victories. The Packers are also the only team to win three consecutive NFL titles, having accomplished this twice – from 1929 to 1931 under Lambeau, and from 1965 to 1967 under Lombardi. From 1920 to 1932, the NFL championship was awarded based on standings, with no championship game taking place. The Packers won three such championships. From 1933 to 1969, the NFL held a championship game to decide their champion. The Packers won 8 NFL Championship Games. From 1966 to 1969, the NFL Championship Game was followed by the Super Bowl. Starting in 1966,", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "8915731", "text": "a publicly-owned football team run by a Board of Directors elected each year. The team went on to win six NFL championships from 1929 to 1944, including three straight (1929–1931). Along the way, Curly Lambeau, with the help of receiver Don Hutson, revolutionized football through the development and utilization of the forward pass. After Curly Lambeau resigned from the Packers in 1949, the team fell into a slump. They did not have a winning record for 11 straight seasons until 1959, the year that the Packers hired a new coach, Vince Lombardi. Lombardi would go on to lead one of", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "5948138", "text": "folded in 1928, McNally went to the team against which he scored Pottsville's last NFL touchdowns: the Green Bay Packers. Between 1929–1933, 1935–1936, he played with the Packers where he helped them win four championships. He helped lead the Packers to three Championships in a row: 1929–1931, as well as in 1936. In 1937, McNally moved on to the Pittsburgh Steelers (then called the Pirates), where on his first play he ran back a kick 92 yards for a touchdown. He ended his NFL career in 1939 as the head coach of the Pirates. One day in 1941, McNally took", "title": "Johnny Blood" }, { "docid": "20837442", "text": "to the Packers were significant, and he has been recognized throughout the years for his impact. Not only did Vainisi acquire eight future Pro Football Hall of Famers and many more core players, he was the primary reason that Lombardi took the head coaching job in Green Bay in 1959. Both the players and the new coach would go on to win five NFL championships, including three straight from 1965 to 1967, and the first two Super Bowls. This success helped to resurrect an organization that had not had a winning season in 11 straight seasons during the 1940s and", "title": "Jack Vainisi" }, { "docid": "3840075", "text": "explain his Packers' rare postseason defeat in the 1964 game (January 1965) to the St. Louis Cardinals. After that loss, he fumed about \"\"a hinky-dink football game, held in a hinky-dink town, played by hinky-dink players. That's all second place is – hinky dink.\"\" Using the Playoff Bowl (and loss) as motivation in , the Packers won the first of three consecutive NFL championships from –67. As of 2016, the Packers are the only NFL team ever to win three consecutive titles in the post-season era (which began in ). During this successful run, the Packers also won the first", "title": "Playoff Bowl" }, { "docid": "9688804", "text": "three MVPs, and remains the only player to have won three MVPs consecutively. The Packers became the first team to have six NFL MVP award winners. The 1997 Packers are one of only two teams in NFL history to win seven games against teams that would go on to make the playoffs. Despite picking last in the 1997 NFL draft, the Packers did well, picking up future all-pro tackle Ross Verba and free safety Darren Sharper. Ronnie McAda was Mr. Irrelevant. The Packers finished the 1997 regular season with a 13–3 record, clinching first place in the NFC Central division,", "title": "1997 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "4579696", "text": "Forrest Gregg Alvis Forrest Gregg (born October 18, 1933) is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League and the NCAA. A Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman for sixteen seasons, he was a part of six NFL championships, five of them with the Green Bay Packers before closing out his tenure with the Dallas Cowboys with a win in Super Bowl VI. Gregg was later the head coach of three NFL teams (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, and the Packers), as well as two Canadian Football League teams (Toronto Argonauts", "title": "Forrest Gregg" }, { "docid": "3895178", "text": "on February 2, 2014. With Green Bay having won five NFL championships in seven years and the first two Super Bowls, Vince Lombardi retired as head coach of the Packers on February 1, 1968, but retained his position of general manager for the 1968 season. Many Dallas players described this game as the most devastating loss of the 1966–1970 period. Having lost this game and the 1966 title game in the waning seconds of each game, Landry was subject to criticism that he was unable to win the \"Big One\", a stigma that persisted until Dallas won its first NFL", "title": "1967 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "20259593", "text": "The Lombardi Curse The Lombardi Curse was an alleged sports-related curse that supposedly prevented the National Football League (NFL)'s Philadelphia Eagles franchise from winning the Super Bowl for as long as the game's trophy is named after Vince Lombardi. Its origin is traced to the Eagles upsetting the Green Bay Packers in the 1960 NFL Championship Game. This game ended up being the lone playoff defeat in Lombardi's coaching career as his Packers would go on to establish a dynasty that would win five NFL championships in the next seven seasons, including the first two Super Bowls. Meanwhile, the Eagles", "title": "The Lombardi Curse" }, { "docid": "376005", "text": "the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants have four Super Bowl championships. Fourteen other NFL franchises have won at least one Super Bowl. Eight teams have appeared in Super Bowl games without a win. The Minnesota Vikings were the first team to have appeared a record four times without a win. The Buffalo Bills played in a record four Super Bowls in a row and lost every one. Four teams (the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans) have never appeared in a Super Bowl. The Browns and Lions both won NFL Championships prior to the creation", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "162704", "text": "of end Don Hutson from Alabama in 1935 gave Lambeau and the Packers the most-feared and dynamic offensive weapon in the game. Credited with inventing pass patterns, Hutson would lead the league in receptions eight seasons and spur the Packers to NFL championships in 1936, 1939 and 1944. An iron man, Hutson played both ways, leading the league in interceptions as a safety in 1940. Hutson claimed 18 NFL records when he retired in 1945, many of which still stand. In 1951, his number 14 was the first to be retired by the Packers, and he was inducted as a", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "5727288", "text": "Fame in 1972. Recently, in 2008 he was added to the Western Chapter of Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. After being a Third Team All American at Wichita State University, Bob was drafted in the fourth round by the Green Bay Packers in 1964. He played on the Green Bay teams that won the NFL Championship in 1965, and won the first two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967. That Packers team is the only team in NFL history to win three championships in a row. After joining the Atlanta Falcons in 1968, Long reunited with Lombardi in 1969 with", "title": "Bob Long" }, { "docid": "9005947", "text": "back Bill Paschal and former Packers quarterback Arnie Herber as well as a dominant defense. The Packers were slight favorites, despite the Giants' 24–0 shutout win four weeks earlier. Prior to the game, the Packers had spent over a week preparing in Charlottesville, Virginia The Packers completed their regular season on November 26, the Giants on December 10. Green Bay scored two touchdowns in the second quarter then yielded one early in the fourth to win 14-7 for their sixth and final league title under Lambeau, their first since 1939. The Packers did not return to the title game for", "title": "1944 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "3895148", "text": "listed the Packers as 6 point favorites. The Cowboys would employ their vaunted \"Doomsday Defense\", a nickname given to the defensive unit by a Dallas journalist because it had been successful at making goal line stands. The eight-year-old Dallas franchise was trying to win its first ever world championship. The Packers were on a quest to achieve what had never been done before—three consecutive world championships. To the game, Green Bay brought its renowned Packers sweep and the Cowboys brought a defensive scheme, the Flex, which was specifically designed by Landry to stop the \"running to daylight\" tactic the Packers", "title": "1967 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "8915732", "text": "the most successful teams in league history. Thirteen Pro Football Hall of Famers played for Lombardi, including quarterback Bart Starr and linebacker Ray Nitschke. The Packers lost the 1960 NFL Championship, however they would go on to win five championships in seven years under Lombardi, including three straight between 1965 and 1967. This included the infamous Ice Bowl and the first two Super Bowls. After the passing of Curly Lambeau in 1965, the Packers new stadium (built in 1957 as \"City Stadium\") was named Lambeau Field in his honor. Five years later, the Packers second great coach, Vince Lombardi, passed", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "13665325", "text": "in front of 100,000 fans: \"That was such a thrill to me, so exciting. How could I ever explain that to someone? Unless you experience sitting in that locker room, getting dressed, warming up and then going out to that crowd and playing in that ballgame, you'll never know. It was exhilarating.\" Knutson was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 10th round (111th overall pick) of the 1954 NFL Draft. He played as a defensive end for the Packers, appearing in 18 games during the 1954 and 1956 NFL seasons. Knutson did not play for the Packers in", "title": "Gene Knutson" }, { "docid": "4998509", "text": "greats like John \"Blood\" McNally, the Packers reeled off nine straight wins to start the season and held on to win a third straight title. No other team in NFL history, besides the Packers themselves in the 1960s, has won three consecutive titles. The NFL did not start keeping statistics until —when they did that year, Herber finished as the top passer in the league with 639 yards and nine touchdowns. He won the passing title again in 1934 with 799 yards and eight touchdowns. But Herber reached his peak as a pro starting in 1935 with the arrival of", "title": "Arnie Herber" }, { "docid": "6107525", "text": "won. On November 26, the Bears closed their season at 8–3–0 after a 48–7 win over the Cardinals, while the Packers edged the Rams, 7–6 to reach 8–2–0. Green Bay was behind 7–3 at halftime in its season ender at Detroit, and a loss would have forced a playoff for the Western Division, but Clarke Hinkle's touchdown in the final quarter gave the Packers a 12–7 win and the division title. \"W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against\" \"Note: The NFL did not officially count tie games in", "title": "1939 NFL season" }, { "docid": "1804370", "text": "a team that had not scored a touchdown in their first four NFL games. The All-Stars lost their second and third NFL games to the Cleveland Indians and the Milwaukee Badgers. Both scores resulted in 6–0 losses. The team also lost a fifth game to the Packers in front of a home crowd of only 750. The All-stars held the Packers scoreless for most of the game until Cub Buck kicked a 28-yard field goal to give the Packers a 3–0 win. Things did take a turn for the better when the All-Stars played the Oorang Indians, featuring Jim Thorpe,", "title": "St. Louis All-Stars" }, { "docid": "2499179", "text": "Giants. Oh, well.\" Just for fun, Woodson, one of the fastest players ever to put on pads, and Hornung agreed to a match race. Hornung won by five yards. After graduating from Notre Dame with a degree in business, Hornung was the first selection overall in the 1957 NFL Draft. He was taken by the Green Bay Packers, with whom he went on to win four league championships, including the first Super Bowl in January 1967. Hornung was the only Packer on the roster who did not play in Super Bowl I. A pinched nerve sidelined him, and he chose", "title": "Paul Hornung" }, { "docid": "1321432", "text": "of the last player-coaches, he also led the Packers to over 200 wins, won six NFL Championships, and coached eight future Pro Football Hall of Fame players on the Packers. He became the first coach to lead an NFL team to three consecutive NFL Championships (1929–31), a feat that has only been matched once by Packers coach Vince Lombardi (1965–67). For his contributions to football and athletics, Lambeau has been honored by multiple organizations. In 1961 he was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. He was part of the inaugural class of Pro Football Hall of Fame in", "title": "Curly Lambeau" }, { "docid": "12213918", "text": "raised three daughters, Lynne, Suzanne and Kathleen. Allen Moore (American football) Allen Audrey Moore (March 12, 1909 – September 21, 1968) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Moore came out of Texas A&M and played five games for the Packers in 1939. At Texas A&M, Moore played the sousaphone tuba, earning him the nickname \"Sousie.\" After playing with the Packers to win the 1939 NFL championships, Moore joined the U.S. Navy and in World War II Pacific theater. After the war, he settled in the Los Angeles, California", "title": "Allen Moore (American football)" }, { "docid": "12213917", "text": "Allen Moore (American football) Allen Audrey Moore (March 12, 1909 – September 21, 1968) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Moore came out of Texas A&M and played five games for the Packers in 1939. At Texas A&M, Moore played the sousaphone tuba, earning him the nickname \"Sousie.\" After playing with the Packers to win the 1939 NFL championships, Moore joined the U.S. Navy and in World War II Pacific theater. After the war, he settled in the Los Angeles, California area where he married Marie Darrieulat, and", "title": "Allen Moore (American football)" }, { "docid": "8425105", "text": "2004 and 2018), and won in 2018. The franchise frequently finished at the bottom of the standings in the 1930s, but improved in the 1940s, and became the only NFL team to win back to back championships by shutout (in 1948 and 1949). Though the franchise was average for much of the 1950s, the 1960 championship-winning Eagles were the only team to defeat the Vince Lombardi-coached Packers in a playoff game. The Eagles did not experience much success in the 1960s and early 1970s, but the franchise made four straight playoff appearances starting in 1978, including a Super Bowl appearance", "title": "Sports in Philadelphia" }, { "docid": "20259597", "text": "the loss and reportedly told his team after the game that \"We'll never lose another championship\". Lombardi would fulfill his promise, as the Packers went 9–0 with Lombardi in the playoffs since that defeat, winning five championships which included the first two Super Bowls. Meanwhile, the Eagles did not win another championship for 57 years, the third longest active title drought among all NFL franchises after the Arizona Cardinals and Detroit Lions. In 1970, Lombardi passed away following a battle with cancer, and the league decided to honor him by naming the Super Bowl trophy after him. While there are", "title": "The Lombardi Curse" }, { "docid": "162711", "text": "Don Chandler's controversial tying field goal in which the ball allegedly went wide right, but the officials signaled \"good.\" The 13–10 overtime win earned the Packers a trip to the NFL Championship game, where Hornung and Taylor ran through the defending champion Cleveland Browns, helping the Packers win, 23–12, to earn their third NFL Championship under Lombardi and ninth overall. Goalpost uprights would be made taller the next year. The 1966 season saw the Packers led to the first-ever Super Bowl by MVP quarterback Bart Starr. The team went 12–2, and as time wound down in the NFL Championship against", "title": "Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "7459901", "text": "plan, in which all teams equally benefit from television revenue and sales of NFL franchised goods. Many consider the NFL to be the most \"fair\" or competitive league, with many different teams having a chance to win each year. In the NFL, complete parity would be a state where on any given Sunday, any given team can win any given game. The illusion of parity in the NFL may be somewhat of a misconception, given that several teams such as the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Green Bay Packers have appeared in the playoffs in almost all of the", "title": "Parity (sports)" }, { "docid": "20789554", "text": "included other highly decorated players, such as first-team All-Pro Fuzzy Thurston, the left guard who had the most challenging blocking assignment in the sweep. Many of these players identified Lombardi's coaching and drive for perfection as important factors behind their accomplishments and the team's success. At its core, the Packers sweep was a simple play that relied on all members of the team precisely executing their responsibilities. This level of teamwork, coordination, and execution epitomized the Packers of the 1960s under Lombardi. In nine seasons at the helm, Lombardi and his sweep led the Packers to five NFL championships, as", "title": "Packers sweep" }, { "docid": "393658", "text": "respectively) felt pressure to win. The Chiefs posted an 11–2–1 record during the 1966 AFL season, and defeated the Buffalo Bills 31–7, in the AFL Championship Game. The Packers finished the 1966 NFL season at 12–2, and defeated the Dallas Cowboys 34–27 in the NFL Championship Game. Still, many sports writers and fans believed any team in the older NFL was vastly superior to any club in the upstart AFL, and so expected Green Bay would blow out Kansas City. The first half of Super Bowl I was competitive, as the Chiefs outgained the Packers in total yards, to come", "title": "Super Bowl I" }, { "docid": "3394652", "text": "game and instead sent a videotaped greeting from home. Bart Starr Bryan Bartlett \"Bart\" Starr (born January 9, 1934) is a former professional American football player and coach. He played quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1956 through 1971. Starr is the only quarterback in NFL history to lead a team to three consecutive league championships (1965–67). Starr and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady are tied for total NFL championships, at five each. Starr led his team to victories in the first two Super Bowls: I and II. As the Packers' head", "title": "Bart Starr" }, { "docid": "6081083", "text": "games did not count until 1972, the Spartans record of 6–1–4 and the Bears record of 6–1–6 were taken to be six wins, one loss, giving both an .857 win percentage. In terms of pure win-loss differential, the Packers would have won their fourth consecutive title, as they had seven more wins than losses, compared to the +5 of the Spartans and Bears. Had the current (post-1972) system of counting ties as half a win, half a loss been in place in 1932, the Packers would have likewise won a fourth consecutive title at .750, with the Spartans runners-up at", "title": "1932 NFL season" }, { "docid": "11214426", "text": "1976 Pittsburgh Steelers season The 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 44th in the National Football League. The Steelers started the season looking to become the first team in the Super Bowl era to win three-straight league championships (and first since the 1929–1931 and 1965–1967 Green Bay Packers). However, many thought that would be in doubt after the team started 1–4 and saw quarterback Terry Bradshaw injured in the week 5 loss to the Cleveland Browns after a vicious sack by Joe \"Turkey\" Jones that has since become immortalized in NFL Films as part of the Browns-Steelers rivalry. Despite", "title": "1976 Pittsburgh Steelers season" }, { "docid": "393670", "text": "win NFL Championships in 1961, 1962, 1965, and 1966. Packers veteran quarterback Bart Starr was the top-rated quarterback in the NFL for 1966, and won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, completing 156 of 251 (62.2%) passes for 2257 yards (9.0 per attempt), 14 touchdowns, and only 3 interceptions. His top targets were wide receivers Boyd Dowler and Carroll Dale, who combined for 63 receptions for 1,336 yards. Fullback Jim Taylor was the team's top rusher with 705 yards, adding 4 touchdowns, and caught 41 passes for 331 yards and 2 touchdowns. (Before the season, Taylor had informed the team", "title": "Super Bowl I" }, { "docid": "11214431", "text": "safety Mike Wagner, and Blount.\" \"at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland\" Scoring Drives: \"Notes: Pittsburgh gained an NFL record 524 total yards, Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier were lost to injuries.\" \"at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California\" Scoring Drives: 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers season The 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 44th in the National Football League. The Steelers started the season looking to become the first team in the Super Bowl era to win three-straight league championships (and first since the 1929–1931 and 1965–1967 Green Bay Packers). However, many thought that would be in doubt after the team started 1–4", "title": "1976 Pittsburgh Steelers season" }, { "docid": "3394631", "text": "Bart Starr Bryan Bartlett \"Bart\" Starr (born January 9, 1934) is a former professional American football player and coach. He played quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1956 through 1971. Starr is the only quarterback in NFL history to lead a team to three consecutive league championships (1965–67). Starr and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady are tied for total NFL championships, at five each. Starr led his team to victories in the first two Super Bowls: I and II. As the Packers' head coach, he was less successful, compiling a 52–76–3 ()", "title": "Bart Starr" }, { "docid": "11393545", "text": "Kevin Smith. On the first play of the Packers next drive, Rodgers connected with WR Donald Driver deep down the right sideline for a 71-yard touchdown pass. With the win, the Packers finished the season with a 6–10 record. The Packers 2009 Pro Bowl selections were announced on December 16 at 3pm CST on a special NFL Total Access 2009 NFL Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network. Notes: The following is a list of players that were named to the Associated Press 2008 All-Pro Team. In 2008, the following players were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of", "title": "2008 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "17736653", "text": "a passer rating of 151.2, making it the second game of his career where he had a passer rating of over 150. Two of his touchdown passes were to Randall Cobb as the Packers took advantage of two Jay Cutler interceptions, scoring 17 unanswered points in the second half in a 38–17 win, which was also the Packers' 700th regular season win in the NFL. This was only the second game in NFL history to not have a punt. Continuing the momentum carried over from the victory over the Bears, the Packers trounced their other division rival, the Vikings, 42–10.", "title": "2014 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9215507", "text": "the NFC Championship Game. Green Bay beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI to win their third Super Bowl and twelfth NFL Championship. In 2007, the 1996 Packers were ranked as the 16th greatest Super Bowl champions on the NFL Network's documentary series \"\". The 1996 Packers were ranked 6th-greatest Super Bowl team of all-time by a similar panel done by ESPN and released in 2007. All times are CENTRAL time Brett Favre broke the Packers single-season record for touchdown passes by throwing 39. Schedule Green Bay was able to win going away on a cold damp day", "title": "1996 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "15164443", "text": "touchdowns in the final seven minutes and 28 seconds of play, including a punt returned for a touchdown by DeSean Jackson as time expired. Jackson became the first player in NFL history to win a game by scoring on a punt return as time expired. The win allowed the Eagles to progress to the 2010 NFL playoffs by head-to-head tiebreaker over the Giants, where they lost to eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. The Giants did not qualify for the playoffs despite achieving a 10–6 record. The game was ranked No. 1 of the 2010 NFL regular season by", "title": "Miracle at the New Meadowlands" }, { "docid": "18356901", "text": "a 61-yard Hail Mary pass to Richard Rodgers to end the game. The ball traveled 68 yards through the air, making it the longest touchdown pass in NFL history by air. The pass gave the Packers a 27–23 win. Some Packers fans refer to this play as \"Hail Rodgers\" or \"Rodgers to Rodgers\". With the win, the Packers improved to 8–4. In a rematch of \"Dez Bryant's no catch game\", the Packers rattled the depleted Cowboys 28-7. With the win, the Packers improved to 9-4. The Packers would travel to Oakland to take on the Raiders. The defense had a", "title": "2015 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9611999", "text": "He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 1956 NFL Draft. As the left guard, Thurston was a key member of the Packers' offensive line during the team's glory years under head coach Vince Lombardi, when they won five NFL championships and the first two Super Bowls. Paired with hall of famer Jerry Kramer at right guard, they led the vaunted Packers sweep running attack. Thurston was named to the and All-Pro teams. Prior to joining the Packers, Thurston played the 1958 season with the NFL champion Baltimore Colts. Along with two former Packer teammates—Herb", "title": "Fuzzy Thurston" }, { "docid": "376001", "text": "other in the Super Bowl. The winning team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy, named after the coach of the Green Bay Packers, who won the first two Super Bowl games and three of the five preceding NFL championships in 1961, 1962, and 1965. Following Lombardi's death in September 1970, the trophy was named the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The first trophy awarded under the new name was presented to the Baltimore Colts following their win in Super Bowl V in Miami. The Super Bowl is currently played on the first Sunday in February. This is due to the current NFL schedule", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "4579707", "text": "Springs, Colorado. In October 2011, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, thought to be caused by concussions from playing over two decades of high school, college, and pro football. Forrest Gregg Alvis Forrest Gregg (born October 18, 1933) is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League and the NCAA. A Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman for sixteen seasons, he was a part of six NFL championships, five of them with the Green Bay Packers before closing out his tenure with the Dallas Cowboys with a win in Super", "title": "Forrest Gregg" }, { "docid": "16977569", "text": "the coldest in NFL playoff history, with a final temperature of 5 °F (-15 °C) The Packers would again lose Aaron Rodgers to a collarbone injury almost four years later in 2017. However, the team’s fortunes without Rodgers were much poorer the second time; the team would fail to win the division that year, finishing in third behind a more competent Detroit Lions team and surrendering the division title to arguably one of the most talented Minnesota Vikings teams in years. As a result, the Packers did not qualify for the postseason that year. Notes Following their loss to the", "title": "2013 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "12985121", "text": "and out of the end zone, which by NFL rules resulted in a touchback and a turnover to the Packers. Although the Packers punted on the ensuing drive, it turned out to be a key play in what was a 23-16 Packers win. Since the Bears did get the play overturned (albeit with unintended results), they weren't charged a timeout. The current replay system replaced a previous system used from 1986 through 1991, when a procedure similar to that of what college football uses today was used. In 1987 commissioner Pete Rozelle saved the system for another season; in 1988", "title": "Replay review in gridiron football" }, { "docid": "8915765", "text": "tied at 10-10 and went into overtime, where Green Bay won it on a 25-yard Chandler FG. The disputed win sent the Packers to the NFL Championship Game at home, where Hornung and Taylor ran through the Cleveland Browns, helping the Packers defeat the Browns 23-12 to earn their 3rd NFL Championship under Lombardi. 1966 would prove one of the most important years ever for both the Packers and the NFL as a whole. In 1959, Lamar Hunt and several others, frustrated at the league's lack of interest in expansion, began a rival organization, the American Football League. The AFL", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "28965", "text": "Packers overwhelmed the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs, 35–10. The loss reinforced for many the notion that the AFL was an inferior league. Packers head coach Vince Lombardi stated after the game, \"I do not think they are as good as the top teams in the National Football League.\" The second AFL-NFL Championship (Super Bowl II) yielded a similar result. The Oakland Raiders—who had easily beaten the Houston Oilers to win their first AFL championship—were overmatched by the Packers, 33–14. The more experienced Packers capitalized on a number of Raiders miscues and never trailed. Green Bay defensive tackle Henry Jordan", "title": "American Football League" }, { "docid": "11372802", "text": "both has won an NFL championship. The Colts defeated the Green Bay Packers twice this season in Vince Lombardi's first year as head coach. Baltimore did not win the Western title again until 1964 and their next NFL title came in 1968. The 1959 NFL championship game was played on December 27 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. The game was a rematch of the previous year's title game that went into overtime. The 1959 game was the 27th annual NFL championship game. The Colts beat the Giants 31–16, earning their second consecutive NFL championship over the Giants. 1959 Baltimore", "title": "1959 Baltimore Colts season" }, { "docid": "5622834", "text": "world just after winning the 1966 NFL Championship Game. With the win, the Packers earned their tenth NFL championship; it was their second in a row and fourth in six seasons under Lombardi, in his eighth year as Green Bay's head coach. This was the Packers' only post-season win in the Dallas area prior to the 2010 season, when they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, played in the Cowboys' current home, Cowboys Stadium. Sunday, January 1, 1967\"<br> Kickoff: 3:05 p.m. CST The NFL had six game officials in ; the line judge was added a season earlier", "title": "1966 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "9005738", "text": "Nitschke to shadow Brown all day, and switching defensive assignments when Warfield was getting open early in the game. The Packers ran the ball 47 times for 204 yards on the day while holding Cleveland to just 38 total offensive plays. Lombardi coached the team to stop Jim Brown and force Cleveland's other players to step up and try and win the game. The strategy worked as the Packers gained twice as many yards from scrimmage as the Browns. This was Brown's last NFL game, as he left at the top of his game (9 seasons) to pursue an acting", "title": "1965 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "305496", "text": "1963, however, the Raiders' fortunes improved dramatically with the introduction of head coach (and eventual owner) Al Davis. In 1967, after several years of improvement, the Raiders reached the postseason for the first time. The team would go on to win its first (and only) AFL Championship that year; in doing so, the Raiders advanced to Super Bowl II, where they were soundly defeated by the Green Bay Packers. Since 1963, the team has won 15 division titles (three AFL and 12 NFL), four AFC Championships (1976, 1980, 1983, and 2002), one AFL Championship (1967), and three Super Bowl Championships", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "5280507", "text": "play in the Pro Bowl and as a first-team All-Pro player. From 1961 to 1964, Kramer had at least 500 receiving yards every season, averaging 16 yards per reception. He became an integral part of Vince Lombardi's 1961 and 1962 teams that won the Packers' first NFL championships since 1944. In the 1961 NFL Championship Game, a 37-0 win for the Packer over the New York Giants, Kramer was the leading receiver, catching four passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns. In addition to his talent as a receiver, Kramer's talent as a blocker was an integral part of the", "title": "Ron Kramer" }, { "docid": "6107436", "text": "1938 NFL season The 1938 NFL season was the 19th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended when the New York Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers in the NFL Championship Game. In \"Week Seven\", the Bears lost at home to the Rams, 23–21, while the Packers beat the Pirates (the future Steelers) 20–0, giving Green Bay the lead for the first time. The Packers won their next three games to clinch the Western Division. In the Eastern Division, the Redskins led until \"Week Ten\", when they fell to the Bears, 31–7; the Giants' 28–0 win over", "title": "1938 NFL season" }, { "docid": "6107432", "text": "1938 NFL season The 1938 NFL season was the 19th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended when the New York Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers in the NFL Championship Game. In \"Week Seven\", the Bears lost at home to the Rams, 23–21, while the Packers beat the Pirates (the future Steelers) 20–0, giving Green Bay the lead for the first time. The Packers won their next three games to clinch the Western Division. In the Eastern Division, the Redskins led until \"Week Ten\", when they fell to the Bears, 31–7; the Giants' 28–0 win over", "title": "1938 NFL season" }, { "docid": "8915758", "text": "Washington on November 22 was the last Packers game to date that did not sell out. The next year in 1960, the Packers, led by Paul Hornung's 176 points, finished 8-4 and won their first division title since 1944 during the height of World War II. They also contested the NFL championship game for the first time since that year. They won the NFL West Title and played in the NFL Championship against the Philadelphia Eagles at Philadelphia. In a see-saw game the Packers trailed the Eagles by four points late in the game. The Packers began their final drive,", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "10323571", "text": "returned to the NFL Championship game the following season and faced the New York Giants in the first league title game to be played in Green Bay. The Packers scored 24 second-quarter points assisted by Carpenter, including a championship-record 19 by Paul Hornung, on special loan from the Army (one touchdown, four extra-points and three field goals), powering the Packers to a 37 to 0 major win over the Giants, their first NFL Championship since 1944. The Packers stormed back in the 1962 season, jumping out to a 10-win and 0-loss start, on their way to a 13–1 season. This", "title": "Lew Carpenter" }, { "docid": "19820600", "text": "for his career in overtime games, which included the playoffs. This also gave Rodgers his first win over the Bengals, giving him a win over every NFL team but the Packers (including the playoffs). In the 195th meeting between the Packers and Bears, the Packers took advantage early, scoring first on their opening drive, then scoring less than a minute later after recovering a Bear fumble. Taking advantage of several Chicago miscues, including three turnovers and a missed field goal, the Packers rolled to a convincing win over their rivals, with Aaron Rodgers throwing four touchdown passes. The victory also", "title": "2017 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "6332908", "text": "take over the expansion Dallas Cowboys. He led them to two Super Bowl championships in the 1970s, and was the runner-up in two NFL championship games (1966, 1967) and three Super Bowls in his three decades as head coach. The offensive coordinator was Vince Lombardi, who left the team following the game to take the head coaching position with the Green Bay Packers in January 1959. Lombardi led the Packers to five championships in the 1960s, including the first two Super Bowls, and had the Super Bowl Trophy named after him after his death. In order to advance to both", "title": "1958 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "447907", "text": "only other post-season loss occurred to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Playoff Bowl (3rd place game) after the 1964 season (officially classified as an exhibition game). Including postseason but excluding exhibition games, Lombardi went on to compile a 105–35–6 (.740 winning percent) record as head coach, and he never suffered a losing season. He led the Packers to three consecutive NFL championships — in 1965, 1966, and 1967 — a feat accomplished only once before in the history of the league (by Curly Lambeau, co-founder of the Packers, who coached the team to their first three straight NFL Championships", "title": "Vince Lombardi" }, { "docid": "15354114", "text": "While with the Packers, he won rings for five NFL championships and wins in the first two Super Bowls. Adderley was a factor in the Super Bowl II win over the Oakland Raiders, intercepting a pass by Raiders quarterback Daryle Lamonica in the fourth quarter and returning it 60 yards for a touchdown to put the game away. It was the first Super Bowl touchdown scored on an intercepted pass. After being traded to the Cowboys in 1970, Adderley became a vital cog in its \"Doomsday Defense,\" assisting the Cowboys to a Super Bowl appearance in V and a win", "title": "Herb Adderley" }, { "docid": "16200490", "text": "was the first season in his career he did not record an interception. On December 20, 2016, the NFL announced that Smith and fellow Vikings Xavier Rhodes and Cordarrelle Patterson had been voted to the 2017 NFL Pro Bowl. This was his second consecutive Pro Bowl but first as a first-team member. He was ranked 74th on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017. In Week 16, Smith recorded two interceptions against Brett Hundley in a 16-0 shutout win over the Packers, earning him NFC Defensive Player of the Week. Smith was graded the best player in the NFL by", "title": "Harrison Smith (American football)" }, { "docid": "15209699", "text": "Bears, 1998 Vikings, 2004 Steelers and, 2015 Panthers at 15–1, and the 2007 Patriots, who finished the regular season undefeated at 16–0. The Packers became the fourth consecutive team with at least fifteen victories to fail to win the Super Bowl. After finishing the 2010 regular season with a 10–6 record, the Packers went 4–0 in the postseason en route to winning Super Bowl XLV. As a result, the Packers received the final selection (32nd) in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. NFL Kickoff game With their Super Bowl XLV championship title to defend, the Green Bay Packers", "title": "2011 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "8915760", "text": "14-game schedule, the Packers again won their division and returned to the NFL Championship Game, as they faced the New York Giants, this time at New City Stadium. This time the game was no contest; the Packers exploded for 24 2nd quarter points as Paul Hornung, having recently returned from the Army, scored an NFL Championship record 19 points. The Packers shut out the Giants 37-0 to win their first championship since 1944 and their 7th total. Not resting on their 1961 Championship, the Packers stormed back in 1962, jumping out to a 10–0 start en route to an amazing", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "9011089", "text": "1960 NFL Championship Game The 1960 National Football League championship game was the 28th NFL title game. The game was played on Monday, December 26, at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to the landmark 1958 championship game, in which the Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants in sudden death overtime, the 1960 game has also been called a key event in football history. The game marked the lone playoff defeat for Packers coach Vince Lombardi before his Packers team established a dynasty that won five NFL championships, including the first two Super Bowls, in a span of", "title": "1960 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "1321422", "text": "eight touchdowns, and caught three touchdowns in 77 games. Lambeau was the first Packer to throw a pass, throw a touchdown pass, and make a field goal in Green Bay Packer franchise history. He was also occasionally the team's kicker, kicking six field goals and 20 extra points. He won his only NFL championship as a player-coach in 1929, thereafter coaching only. Before joining the NFL, the Packers achieved an overall 19–2–1 record in 1919 and 1920. Under Lambeau in the NFL, the Packers won six championships (1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944). He compiled an NFL regular-season record of", "title": "Curly Lambeau" }, { "docid": "12843957", "text": "the clock for the win. With the victory, not only did the Vikings improve to 4–0, but Favre became the first quarterback in NFL history to defeat all 32 NFL teams. Allen had a spectacular single-game performance with a career-best 4.5 sacks. Favre was awarded the NFC Offensive Player of the Week, marking the 14th time in his career he has earned this award. Coming off an impressive divisional home win over the Packers, the Vikings flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 5 duel with the St. Louis Rams. Minnesota got off to a fast start in", "title": "2009 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9709086", "text": "signed future Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White in one of the biggest moves in Packers history. The Green Bay Packers selected Linebacker Wayne Simmons in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft. In the fifth round the Packers drafted quarterback Mark Brunell, who would later become Jacksonville Jaguars career passing yards leader. The Green Bay Packers started the season strong with a 36–6 win over the Los Angeles Rams. The Packers showed a strong defense and offense in the win. The Rams finished with 53-yards rushing, and Bryce Paup and George Koonce were able to record a", "title": "1993 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "12991885", "text": "The Eagles had a 1–9–1 record and failed to make it to the 1939 NFL Championship Game. The game was on December 10, 1939, at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was the seventh NFL championship game played. The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants to win their fifth title. The game attendance was 32,379. The game matched the champions of the Eastern Division, New York Giants (9–1–1) against the Western Division champion Green Bay Packers (9–2–0). The Packers won 27–0 in a rematch of the 1938 NFL Championship Game that was won", "title": "1939 Philadelphia Eagles season" }, { "docid": "9383206", "text": "in the game, Starr led his team down the field to the one-yard line. Running back Donny Anderson attempted two runs into the end zone, but fell short. Facing a third down with sixteen seconds left in the game, Starr executed a quarterback sneak behind center Ken Bowman and guard Jerry Kramer's block through defensive tackle Jethro Pugh, scoring a touchdown that gave the Packers a 21–17 win and their unprecedented third consecutive NFL championship. After beating the Cowboys in the NFL Championship game, the Packers advanced to the AFL-NFL World Championship Game to face the American Football League champions,", "title": "1967 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "20789540", "text": "Packers sweep The Packers sweep, also known as the Lombardi sweep, is an American football play popularized by Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi. The Packers sweep is based on the sweep, a football play that involves a back taking a handoff and running parallel to the line of scrimmage before turning upfield behind lead blockers. The play became noteworthy due to its extensive use by the Packers in the 1960s, when the team won five National Football League (NFL) Championships, as well as the first two Super Bowls. Lombardi used the play as the foundation on which the rest", "title": "Packers sweep" }, { "docid": "9552923", "text": "was the first pick of the Green Bay Packers and second player overall selected in the 1970 NFL Draft. McCoy was named Packers Rookie of the Year in 1970 and led the Packers in quarterback sacks in 1973 and 1976. He played eleven years in the NFL – seven with Green Bay, two with the Oakland Raiders and two with the New York Giants. Mike received many awards including the Packers Rookie of the Year, Packers Dodge NFL Man of the Year, Notre Dame Pro Player of the Year, and induction into the Erie, PA Pro Hall of Fame, Cathedral", "title": "Mike McCoy (defensive tackle)" }, { "docid": "4282801", "text": "interception on his last pass attempt. The 2011 Packers became the only team in NFL history to go 15–1 and not win a playoff game, as well as being the fourth consecutive team to win at least 15 games and not win the Super Bowl. He was named to the Pro Bowl for his 2011 season to go along with a First Team All-Pro honor. He was voted by his fellow players as the best player in the league on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2012. Rodgers and the Packers started off the season with a 30–22 loss to", "title": "Aaron Rodgers" }, { "docid": "16462234", "text": "Don Shula in 1963. In Shula's second season the Colts compiled a 12–2 record, but lost 27–0 to the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship. In 1965 the Colts played the Green Bay Packers in a playoff to determine who would go to the NFL Championship game. The Colts were leading 10-7 over the Green Bay Packers with two minutes left to play when the Packers' kicker, Don Chandler seemed to barely miss a field goal. The referee called it good however, and the Packers went on to win the game in overtime. The error precipitated changes to the rules:", "title": "History of the Baltimore Colts" }, { "docid": "964096", "text": "1987. The stadium was one of the smaller facilities in the NFL, never seating more than 60,000. After efforts to get a larger stadium failed, owner Bill Bidwill moved the team to Phoenix, Arizona after the 1987 season. The football Cardinals never hosted a playoff game during their 28 seasons in St. Louis. The \"Gridbirds\" made only three playoff appearances during that stretch, losing on the road against the Minnesota Vikings in 1974, Los Angeles Rams in 1975, and Green Bay Packers in 1982. They did win the third place Playoff Bowl after the 1964 season, upsetting Vince Lombardi's Packers", "title": "Busch Memorial Stadium" }, { "docid": "7219132", "text": "in 1965, Bratkowski relieved the injured Starr early in the game and led the Packers to a 13–10 overtime victory on December 26 at Lambeau Field. The Packers went on to win the NFL championship game against the Cleveland Browns on January 2, 1966. This was the first of three consecutive NFL titles for the Packers, unprecedented in the playoff era (since 1933), and yet to be repeated. After coaching under Phil Bengtson in 1969 and 1970, Bratkowski came out of retirement to play again for the Packers in 1971 under first-year head coach Dan Devine, and appeared in six", "title": "Zeke Bratkowski" }, { "docid": "9790198", "text": "Joe Philbin Joseph Lombardi Philbin (born July 2, 1961) is an American football coach who is the interim head coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, a position he held from 2012 to 2015. Philbin was also the offensive coordinator of the Packers from 2007 to 2011, helping them win Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Philbin was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Paul and Mary Philbin. He attended Longmeadow High School and did a post-grad year at Worcester Academy. He graduated from Washington &", "title": "Joe Philbin" }, { "docid": "13664469", "text": "and is the league's longest, with 197 regular-season and post-season games. The Packers lead the series 97–95–6 as of December 2018. The two clubs have won a combined 22 NFL championships (including 5 Super Bowls) and have 48 members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The strike-shortened 1982 NFL season wiped out both Bears-Packers meetings scheduled for that season. Because of this, it is not the longest continuous rivalry. That goes to the Lions-Packers, who have played at least twice each season since 1932. The rivalry has led to the Chicago–Milwaukee/Wisconsin rivalry being seen in other sports, like the", "title": "National Football League rivalries" }, { "docid": "11346571", "text": "1960 Green Bay Packers season The Green Bay Packers season was their 42nd season overall and their 40th season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–4 record under second-year head coach Vince Lombardi to win the Western Conference and a berth in the NFL championship game. It was the Packers' first appearance in the title game since winning it in 1944. After a Thanksgiving Day loss at Detroit, the Packers won their final three games, all on the road, to win the crown. The championship game was against the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Eagles (10–2), played at", "title": "1960 Green Bay Packers season" }, { "docid": "9011188", "text": "game history and coach Lombardi's first of five championships in seven years. Lombardi used a strategy in this game that was common in all the Packers championships. A strategy of fundamentally sound football (the Packers had no turnovers and only 16 yards in penalties) and to beat the opposition at their strength, in this case running the ball at the Giants linemen Andy Robustelli and Rosey Grier. This strategy allowed the Packers to control the game, running 63 offensive plays to only 43 for the Giants. In 1959. Lombardi had taken over a Green Bay franchise that was the worst", "title": "1961 NFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "393691", "text": "have a chance to win. Many people watching the game were surprised how close the score was and how well the AFL's champions were playing. Kansas City actually outgained Green Bay in total yards, 181–164, and had 11 first downs compared to the Packers' 9. The Chiefs were exuberant at halftime. Hank Stram said later, \"I honestly thought we would come back and win it.\" The Packers were disappointed with the quality of their play in the first half. \"The coach was \"concerned\"\", said defensive end Willie Davis later. Lombardi told them the game plan was sound, but that they", "title": "Super Bowl I" } ]
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what is an example of a sutural bone
[ "Inca bone" ]
[ { "docid": "7131861", "text": "Wormian bones Wormian bones, also known as intrasutural bones or sutural bones, are extra bone pieces that can occur within a suture (joint) in the skull. These are irregular isolated bones that can appear in addition to the usual centres of ossification of the skull and, although unusual, are not rare. They occur most frequently in the course of the lambdoid suture, which is more tortuous than other sutures. They are also occasionally seen within the sagittal and coronal sutures. A large wormian bone at lambda is often called an Inca bone (Os Incae), due to the relatively high frequency", "title": "Wormian bones" }, { "docid": "7131861", "text": "Wormian bones Wormian bones, also known as intrasutural bones or sutural bones, are extra bone pieces that can occur within a suture (joint) in the skull. These are irregular isolated bones that can appear in addition to the usual centres of ossification of the skull and, although unusual, are not rare. They occur most frequently in the course of the lambdoid suture, which is more tortuous than other sutures. They are also occasionally seen within the sagittal and coronal sutures. A large wormian bone at lambda is often called an Inca bone (Os Incae), due to the relatively high frequency", "title": "Wormian bones" }, { "docid": "16251218", "text": "is completely fused to the supraoccipital as in humans. However in some mammals (for example, rodents, rabbits, and artiodactyls), this bone remains separate from the supraoccipital bone. Classic comparative anatomy have regarded the interparietal as being lost in various mammalian lineages since the interparietal and supraoccipital fuse with each other in the early ontogenetic period in many mammals, but recent study has shown that its presence is confirmed in all extant mammalian orders, particularly in the embryonic period (Koyabu and others, 2012). Interparietal bone An interparietal bone (os interparietale or Inca bone or os Inca. Var.) is a dermal bone", "title": "Interparietal bone" } ]
[ { "docid": "16957442", "text": "Caiman venezuelensis Caiman venezuelensis is an extinct species of caiman that lived in South America during the Pleistocene. The holotype of \"C. venezuelensis\" — OR-1677, a partial left premaxilla bone — was discovered in the locality of El Breal of Orocual, in the Mesa Formation, in the state of Monagas, Venezuela, the country of which derives their species name. The premaxilla preserved measures long, with an estimated total length of . It has a strong premaxillary sutural surface, a hole developed in the fourth tooth of the jaw bone, and short spaces between the alveoli, indicating that despite its size,", "title": "Caiman venezuelensis" }, { "docid": "17337009", "text": "size of its occipital condyle is comparable to that of other very large chasmosaurines such as \"Torosaurus\" and \"Triceratops\". It has a distinctive narrow snout, a long frill (squamosal and parietal bone) with large elongated openings, long, robust epijugal \"horns\", long, brow horns, as well as a bifurcated quadratojugal-squamosal contact. The bones comprising portions of the braincase were also discovered. The skull belonged to an adult individual. This is supported by the observation that the component elements of the skull exhibit complete sutural fusion, the fossils exhibit a pitted bone texture, and are deeply vascularized. \"Bravoceratops\" was in 2013 assigned", "title": "Bravoceratops" }, { "docid": "1994773", "text": "and sphenoid, or by the interposition of a small sutural bone in the angular interval between them. The \"antero-superior\" or \"orbital\" border is smooth, concave, and forms a considerable part of the circumference of the orbit. The \"antero-inferior\" or \"maxillary\" border is rough, and bevelled at the expense of its inner table, to articulate with the maxilla; near the orbital margin it gives origin to the quadratus labii superioris. The \"postero-superior\" or \"temporal\" border, curved like an italic letter \"f,\" is continuous above with the commencement of the temporal line, and below with the upper border of the zygomatic arch;", "title": "Zygomatic bone" }, { "docid": "7131863", "text": "These causes can be remembered by the mnemonic \"PORKCHOPS\". Wormian bones are named for Ole Worm, professor of anatomy at Copenhagen, 1588–1654. He taught Latin, Greek, physics and medicine. His description of the extra-sutural bones contributed to the science of embryology. Wormian bones Wormian bones, also known as intrasutural bones or sutural bones, are extra bone pieces that can occur within a suture (joint) in the skull. These are irregular isolated bones that can appear in addition to the usual centres of ossification of the skull and, although unusual, are not rare. They occur most frequently in the course of", "title": "Wormian bones" }, { "docid": "15115918", "text": "mutation causes and underproduction of SEC23A which inhibits the pathway, affecting collagen secretion. This decrease in collagen secretion can lead to the bone defects that are also characteristic of the disease, such as skeletal dysplasia and under-ossification. Decreased collagen in CLSD-affected individuals contributes to improper bone formation, because collagen is a major protein in the extracellular matrix and contributes to its proper mineralization in bones. It has also been hypothesized that there are other defects in the genetic code besides SEC23A that contribute to the disorder. The following are symptoms characteristic with individuals having the disorder. Individuals may display some,", "title": "Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia" }, { "docid": "16957444", "text": "period and may help clarify the history of this group after the Miocene. Caiman venezuelensis Caiman venezuelensis is an extinct species of caiman that lived in South America during the Pleistocene. The holotype of \"C. venezuelensis\" — OR-1677, a partial left premaxilla bone — was discovered in the locality of El Breal of Orocual, in the Mesa Formation, in the state of Monagas, Venezuela, the country of which derives their species name. The premaxilla preserved measures long, with an estimated total length of . It has a strong premaxillary sutural surface, a hole developed in the fourth tooth of the", "title": "Caiman venezuelensis" }, { "docid": "15115917", "text": "Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia (CLSD, or Boyadjiev-Jabs syndrome) is a neonatal/infancy disease caused by a disorder in the 14th chromosome. It is an autosomal recessive disorder, meaning that both recessive genes must be inherited from each parent in order for the disease to manifest itself. The disease causes a significant dilation of the endoplasmic reticulum in fibroblasts of the host with CLSD. Due to the distension of the endoplasmic reticulum, export of proteins (such as collagen) from the cell is disrupted. The production of SEC23A protein is involved in the pathway of exporting collagen (the COPII pathway), but a missense", "title": "Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia" }, { "docid": "1450726", "text": "The upper areas of the cranial bones form the calvaria (skullcap). The membranous viscerocranium includes the mandible. The facial skeleton is formed by the bones supporting the face. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures—synarthrodial (immovable) joints formed by bony ossification, with Sharpey's fibres permitting some flexibility. Sometimes there can be extra bone pieces within the suture known as wormian bones or \"sutural bones\". Most commonly these are found in the course of the lambdoid suture. The human skull is generally considered to consist of twenty-two bones—eight cranial bones and fourteen", "title": "Skull" }, { "docid": "15115925", "text": "mutation on chromosome 14 that caused the disease to manifest itself without a secondary disease carrying chromosome he would have inherited from his mother. It is associated with a mutation changing the translation of phenylalanine to leucine in \"SEC23A\". Taking advantage of the transparent embryos of zebrafish, these organisms were bred with the SEC23A mutation and observed for developmental issues. These can give a clue to symptoms that cannot be observed in the womb of a human. Observations include: Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia (CLSD, or Boyadjiev-Jabs syndrome) is a neonatal/infancy disease caused by a disorder in the 14th chromosome. It", "title": "Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia" }, { "docid": "10595911", "text": "from which one can refer to the positioning of patterning or sculpture, where that is relevant: for example some species have a darker or lighter subsutural band on the shell. When an angulation of the whorls occurs, the space between it and the suture above it (i.e. the abaxial edge of the sutural ramp) constitutes the area known as the \"shoulder\" of the shell. The shoulder angle may be simple or keeled, and may sometimes have nodes or spines A trilobite's carapace consisted of calcite and calcium phosphate deposited on a lattice (framework) of chitin (a polysaccharide). The trilobite body", "title": "Suture (anatomy)" }, { "docid": "14349831", "text": "example in Upper Permian sediments in Pakistan and Indea (Salt Range and Himalaya), south China, Madagascar, and Greenland. According to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009 (revised Treatise Part L) Cyclolobus belongs to the subfamily Cyclolobinae Cyclolobus Clyclolobus is a smooth, essentially involute subdiscoidal goniatitid ammonoid that has sutures with a bifurcate ventral lobe, flared outwardly at the end, in which the halves may be secondarily trifurfate, ending in sharp, narrow projections. Lateral sutural elements follow an acuate line that swings first to the front, then sharply to the rear before becoming hidden by the next whorl. Saddles are narrow,", "title": "Cyclolobus" }, { "docid": "15115923", "text": "CLSD will have problems throughout life, the treatment for this disease thus far is symptomatic. However, prognosis is good; at the time of the most recently published articles, identified children were still alive at over 4 years of age. Mutant proteins still maintain some residual activity, allowing for the release of some collagen, but still form an extremely distended endoplasmic reticulum. Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia was first discovered by Simeon Boyadjiev Boyd, Chief of the Section of Genetics at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, in 2003. CLSD was found a consanguineous (sharing a common ancestor) Saudi Arabian family of Bedouin descent. The children", "title": "Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia" }, { "docid": "48519", "text": "A bird's beak is primarily made of bone as projections of the mandibles which are covered in keratin. A deer's antlers are composed of bone which is an unusual example of bone being outside the skin of the animal once the velvet is shed. The extinct predatory fish \"Dunkleosteus\" had sharp edges of hard exposed bone along its jaws. Many animals possess an exoskeleton that is not made of bone. These include insects and crustaceans. The proportion of cortical bone that is 80% in the human skeleton may be much lower in other animals, especially in marine mammals and marine", "title": "Bone" }, { "docid": "19636076", "text": "shell is apparently flesh-tint. Below the shoulder the shell is furrowed by numerous fine spiral grooves, crossed by arcuate growth lines. Above the furrows are broader and fewer. The aperture is narrow. The sinus is sutural and deep. The outer lip (broken in my example) appears to have curved far forward. The columella is angled in the centre, spreading broadly and with a small anterior plication. This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales. Benthofascis biconica Benthofascis biconica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae. These snails are", "title": "Benthofascis biconica" }, { "docid": "13088602", "text": "Endocrine bone disease An endocrine bone disease is a bone disease associated with a disorder of the endocrine system. An example is osteitis fibrosa cystica. The thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, or adrenal glands, and the pancreas are parts of the endocrine system, and, therefore are associated with the endocrine bone disease. Some common endocrine disorders are hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Paget’s disease, Osteoporosis, and diabetes. The thyroid gland produces thyroxin (T3, and T4) which is necessary for normal development of the nervous system. Its functions include: promoting growth, increasing basal metabolic rate and controlling body temperature. Adequate iodine intake is necessary for the", "title": "Endocrine bone disease" }, { "docid": "11091846", "text": "forces caused by muscles (e.g. measurable using mechanography). The Adaptation (feed-back control loop) of bone according to the maximum forces is considered to be a lifelong process. Hence bone adapts its mechanical properties according to the needed mechanical function – bone mass, bone geometry and hence bone strength (see also Stress-strain index, SSI) is adapted according to the everyday usage / needs. \"maximal force\" in this context is a simplification of the real input to bone that initiates adaptive changes. While the magnitude of a force (the weight of a load for example) is an important determinant of its effect", "title": "Mechanostat" }, { "docid": "3381735", "text": "is implemented as an interactive web-page. In a number of conditions involving atypical growth, bone age height predictions are less accurate. For example, in children born small for gestational age who remain short after birth, the bone age is a poor predictor of adult height. An advanced or delayed bone age does not always indicate disease or \"pathologic\" growth. Conversely, the bone age may be normal in some conditions of abnormal growth. Children do not mature at exactly the same time. Just as there is wide variation among the normal population in age of losing teeth or experiencing the first", "title": "Bone age" }, { "docid": "4357208", "text": "Utah, the Dinosaur National Monument on the boundary of Utah and Colorado, an \"Albertosaurus\" bone bed from Alberta, a \"Daspletosaurus\" bone bed from Montana, the Cenozoic John Day Fossil Beds of Oregon and the Nemegt Basin in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia. Bentiaba, Angola, is an example of a marine bonebed with numerous mosasaurs and plesiosaurs. Bone bed A bone bed is any geological stratum or deposit that contains bones of whatever kind. Inevitably, such deposits are sedimentary in nature. Not a formal term, it tends to be used more to describe especially dense collections such as Lagerstätte. It", "title": "Bone bed" }, { "docid": "8833285", "text": "the cysts, or what the genetic status is of the various cell types is not known for certain. \"Pneumocystis\" pneumonia is an important disease of immunocompromised humans, particularly patients with HIV, but also patients with an immune system that is severely suppressed for other reasons, for example, following a bone marrow transplant. In humans with a normal immune system, it is an extremely common silent infection. Identified by methenamine silver stain of lung tissue, type I pneumocytes, and type II pneumocytes over-replicate and damage alveolar epithelium, causing death by asphyxiation. Fluid leaks into alveoli, producing an exudate seen as honeycomb/cotton", "title": "Pneumocystis jirovecii" }, { "docid": "5863561", "text": "may be required. For these types of grafts, extraction of the part of the periosteum and accompanying blood vessels along with donor bone is required. This kind of graft is known as a vital bone graft. An autograft may also be performed without a solid bony structure, for example using bone reamed from the anterior superior iliac spine. In this case there is an osteoinductive and osteogenic action, however there is no osteoconductive action, as there is no solid bony structure. Chin offers a large amount of cortico-cancellous autograft and easy access among all the intraoral sites. It can be", "title": "Bone grafting" }, { "docid": "6944645", "text": "they will cause elevations. The only definitive diagnostic test in the early acute stage is a bone scan, which will show hetertopic ossification 7 – 10 days earlier than an x-ray. The three-phase bone scan may be the most sensitive method of detecting early heterotopic bone formation. However, an abnormality detected in the early phase may not progress to the formation of heterotopic bone. Another finding, often misinterpreted as early heterotopic bone formation, is an increased (early) uptake around the knees or the ankles in a patient with a very recent spinal cord injury. It is not clear exactly what", "title": "Heterotopic ossification" }, { "docid": "4480288", "text": "evolving as an osmotic barrier, or as a protective structure. Ossification Ossification (or osteogenesis) in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells called osteoblasts. It is synonymous with bone tissue formation. There are two processes resulting in the formation of normal, healthy bone tissue: Intramembranous ossification is the direct laying down of bone into the primitive connective tissue (mesenchyme), while endochondral ossification involves cartilage as a precursor. In fracture healing, endochondral osteogenesis is the most commonly occurring process, for example in fractures of long bones treated by plaster of Paris, whereas fractures treated by", "title": "Ossification" }, { "docid": "2803924", "text": "of the osteoclast resorption pit, for example due to a deficiency of the carbonic anhydrase enzyme encoded by the CA2 gene. Carbonic anhydrase is required by osteoclasts for proton production. Without this enzyme hydrogen ion pumping is inhibited and bone resorption by osteoclasts is defective, as an acidic environment is needed to dissociate calcium hydroxyapatite from the bone matrix. As bone resorption fails while bone formation continues, excessive bone is formed. Mutations in at least nine genes cause the various types of osteopetrosis. Mutations in the \"CLCN7\" gene are responsible for about 75 percent of cases of autosomal dominant osteopetrosis,", "title": "Osteopetrosis" }, { "docid": "13262854", "text": "BTNH Worldwide BTNH Worldwide is an independent record label started by hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Composed of \"Krayzie Bone\", \"Flesh-N-Bone\", \"Layzie Bone\", \"Bizzy Bone\" and \"Wish Bone\", BTNH Worldwide was created because of freedom of album concept not being handled adequately by previous record labels such as Ruthless Records and Interscope Records. BTNH Worldwide is the home for Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and affiliates such as Mo Thug artist, Mo Thug West artist and ThugLine. The new record label has \"a brand new platform coming to show what kind of hit-makers they Bone Thugs-n-Harmony are.\" BTNH Worldwide is a label built", "title": "BTNH Worldwide" }, { "docid": "10941939", "text": "Lytoceratina Lytoceratina is a suborder of Jurassic and Cretaceous ammonites that produced loosely coiled, evolute and gyroconic shells in which the sutural element are said to have complex moss-like endings. Shells are generally evolute, with all whorls exposed and touching, some are gyroconic with whorls separated by a space. Whorl sections vary from subcircular to narrowly compressed. The venter, or outer rim, is generally broadly arched but in some is keeled. Sides are either smooth or ribbed. Sutural elements are typically complex, referred to in the literature as moss-like, with adventious and secondary subdivisions. Saddle endings tend to be rounded", "title": "Lytoceratina" }, { "docid": "19641640", "text": "of the bone and bone deposition happens on the inner side of the \"V\". Therefore, the movement of bone happens towards the open-end of the V. Enlow's Counterpart Principle states that growth of one bone in the craniofacial area relates to the other bones in the same region. Therefore, each bone and its counterpart bone both grow to a certain extent to maintain the balanced growth. An example is the growth of maxilla corresponding to the growth of mandible. Theories of Craniofacial Growth The development of craniofacial growth is a complicated phenomenon that has been the subject of much research", "title": "Theories of Craniofacial Growth" }, { "docid": "16093700", "text": "and more denticulate elements. \"Kabylites\" has a larger umbilical lobe, more or less the same size as the first lateral lobe. \"Baculina\", which is in doubt, may have been based on a \"Bochianites\" that was worn. Species within the genus \"Bochianites\" include: Bochianites Bochianites is a straight shelled ammonite which lived from the Upper Jurassic, Tithonian, to the Lower Cretaceous, Hauterivian in what is now Europe, Greenland, Africa, North America and Asia. The shell is long, narrow, moderately expanding; smooth or with weak to strong oblique annular ribs. Sutural elements are short and boxy. The umbilical lobe, which lies between", "title": "Bochianites" }, { "docid": "16093699", "text": "Bochianites Bochianites is a straight shelled ammonite which lived from the Upper Jurassic, Tithonian, to the Lower Cretaceous, Hauterivian in what is now Europe, Greenland, Africa, North America and Asia. The shell is long, narrow, moderately expanding; smooth or with weak to strong oblique annular ribs. Sutural elements are short and boxy. The umbilical lobe, which lies between the lateral lobe and dorsal lobe, on either side, is about the same size as the lobule dividing the first lateral saddle. \"Janenschites\", \"Kabylites\", and \"Baculina\" are all similar to Bochianites, differing mostly in details of the suture. \"Janenschites\" has long, narrow,", "title": "Bochianites" }, { "docid": "14510990", "text": "such as when implanted into muscle tissue. In contrast, osteopromotive substances will not contribute to \"de novo\" bone growth but serve to enhance the osteoinductivity of osteoinductive materials. An example of this is enamel matrix derivative, which serves to enhance the osteoinductive nature of demineralized freeze dried bone allograft (DFDBA). Osteopromotive Osteopromotive describes a material that promotes the \"de novo\" formation of bone. Osteoconductivity describes the property of graft material in which it serves as a scaffold for new bone growth but does not induce bone growth \"de novo\". This means that osteoconductive materials will only contribute to new bone", "title": "Osteopromotive" }, { "docid": "9120473", "text": "Metabolic bone disease Metabolic bone disease is an umbrella term referring to abnormalities of bones caused by a broad spectrum of disorders. Most commonly these disorders are caused by abnormalities of minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium or vitamin D leading to dramatic clinical disorders that are commonly reversible once the underlying defect has been treated. These disorders are to be differentiated from a larger group of genetic bone disorders where there is a defect in a specific signaling system or cell type that causes the bone disorder. There may be overlap. For example, genetic or hereditary hypophosphatemia may cause", "title": "Metabolic bone disease" }, { "docid": "5453608", "text": "diseases such as cancer. For many years it has been known that bones are innervated with sensory neurons. Yet their exact anatomy remained obscure due to the contrasting physical properties of bone and neural tissue. More recently, it is becoming clear what types of nerves innervated which sections of bone. The periosteal layer of bone tissue is highly pain-sensitive and an important cause of pain in several disease conditions causing bone pain, like fractures, osteoarthritis, etc. However, in certain diseases the endosteal and haversian nerve supply seems to play an important role, e.g. in osteomalacia, osteonecrosis, and other bone diseases.", "title": "Bone pain" }, { "docid": "15757741", "text": "the unoccluded ear. Some of this energy hits the tympanic membrane and combines with inertial bone-conduction, stimulating the inner ear. An example of this occurs when you close your ears and speak- your voice appears to be much lower in frequency. Bone-conduction auditory brainstem response (BCABR) are similar to air conduction auditory brainstem responses, with the main difference being that the signal is transmitted via bone-conduction instead of air. The goal of bone ABR is to estimate cochlear function and to help identify the type of hearing loss present. Responses to air and bone-conduction ABRs are compared (for the same", "title": "Bone conduction auditory brainstem response" }, { "docid": "8008174", "text": "fractions or subsidiary. He believed the bone to be an \"interchange rule between bases 10 and 12.\" Ishango bone The Ishango bone is a bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era. It is a dark brown length of bone, the fibula of a baboon, with a sharp piece of quartz affixed to one end, perhaps for engraving. It was first thought to be a tally stick, as it has a series of what has been interpreted as tally marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool, though it has also been suggested that the scratches might", "title": "Ishango bone" }, { "docid": "5863568", "text": "strontium can result in higher bone mineral density and enhanced osteoblast proliferation in vivo. A synthetic material may be used as a temporary antibiotic spacer before being replaced by a more permanent material. For example, the \"Masquelet procedure\" consists of initially using PMMA mixed with an antibiotic (vancomycin or gentamicin) for 4–12 weeks, and then replacing the space with an autologous bone graft. It can be used to treat posttraumatic bone defects. Xenograft bone substitute has its origin from a species other than human, such as bovine bone (or recently porcine bone) which can be freeze dried or demineralized and", "title": "Bone grafting" }, { "docid": "14507748", "text": "Athleta studeri Athleta (Ternivoluta) studeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. There are two subspecies: Shell elongately fusiform with a high gradate spire and rounded body whorl tapering gently to the anterior canal. Sutural groove narrow but forming a prominent shoulder on the adult whorls. No sutural nodules. Thin axial costae present only on the first whorl, absent from the succeeding whorls. Shoulder nodules developed on the costae and persisting to the adult whorls but irregularly developed and much reduced in size. Spiral lirae weakly developed and confined to the", "title": "Athleta studeri" }, { "docid": "11091851", "text": "either be maintained at a constant level where circulating calcium was low, or the same loading could merely temper the amount of resorption experienced in an old person with a bone wasting disease. The elastic deformation of bone is measured in \"μStrain\". 1000μStrain = 0.1% change of length of the bone. It has to be considered that bone strength is highly dependent on geometry and direction of the acting forces in relation to this geometry. The fracture load for axial forces of the tibia for example is about 50 to 60 times the body weight. The fracture load for forces", "title": "Mechanostat" }, { "docid": "3457915", "text": "mechanical properties of mature bone. By a process of remodelling, the woven bone is replaced by mature \"lamellar\" bone. The whole process may take up to 18 months, but in adults, the strength of the healing bone is usually 80% of normal by 3 months after the injury. Several factors may help or hinder the bone healing process. For example, tobacco smoking hinders the process of bone healing, and adequate nutrition (including calcium intake) will help the bone healing process. Weight-bearing stress on bone, after the bone has healed sufficiently to bear the weight, also builds bone strength. Although there", "title": "Bone fracture" }, { "docid": "4835340", "text": "Trephine A trephine (; from Greek \"trypanon\", meaning an instrument for boring) is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade. It can be of one of several dimensions and designs depending on what it is meant to be used for. They may be specially designed for obtaining a cylindrically shaped core of bone that can be used for tests and bone studies, cutting holes in bones (i.e., the skull) or for cutting out a round piece of the cornea for eye surgery. A cylindrically shaped core of bone (or bone biopsy) obtained with a bone marrow trephine is usually examined", "title": "Trephine" }, { "docid": "6271027", "text": "variation in shape and in the number of bones in the skull roof and postcranial structures. In bony fish, dermal bone is found in the fin rays and scales. A special example of dermal bone is the clavicle. Dermal bone A dermal bone or membrane bone is a bony structure derived from intramembranous ossification forming components of the vertebrate skeleton including much of the skull, jaws, gill covers, shoulder girdle and fin spines rays (lepidotrichia), and the shell (of tortoises and turtles). In contrast to endochondral bone, dermal bone does not form from cartilage that then calcifies, and it is", "title": "Dermal bone" }, { "docid": "14407539", "text": "Primary bone Primary bone is the first bone tissue that appears in embryonic development and in fracture repair. It is characterized by its random position of collagen fibers. In most places in adults this tissue is replaced by secondary bone tissue except, for example, near the sutures of calvara or tooth sockets. The secondary bones have lower amounts of osteocytes so primary bone is much more easily penetrated by x-ray. Primary bone or the primary ossification center is the beginning of the bone building process during the first trimester. Calcificed cartilage is basophilic and new bone being made is more", "title": "Primary bone" }, { "docid": "11091855", "text": "extended flights of astronauts and cosmonauts as well as patient with paraplegia due to an accident. Extended periods in free fall do not lead to loss of bone from the skull, providing support to the idea that its bone is maintained by a genetic not a mechanical influence. (Skull bone often increases in long term space flights, something thought to be related to fluid shifts within the body.) For example, a patient in a wheel chair who is using his arms but due to his paraplegia not his legs will suffer massive muscle and bone loss only in his legs", "title": "Mechanostat" }, { "docid": "8417533", "text": "aseptic revision. If it is necessary to replace an implant without confirmation of an infection—for example, aseptic—the cement is not necessarily removed completely. However, if the implant has loosened for septic reasons, the cement must be fully removed to clear an infection. In the current state of knowledge it is easier to remove cement than to release a well-anchored cement-free prosthesis from the bone site. Ultimately it is important for the stability of the revised prosthesis to detect possible loosening of the initial implant early to be able to retain as much healthy bone as possible. A prosthesis fixed with", "title": "Bone cement" }, { "docid": "8912691", "text": "after birth, between the petrous portion of the temporal and the jugular process of the occipital bone. Synchondrosis Where the connecting medium is hyaline cartilage, a cartilaginous joint is termed a synchondrosis. An example of a synchondrosis joint is the first sternocostal joint (where the first rib meets the manubrium). In this example, the rib articulates with the manubrium via the costal cartilage. (The rest of the sternocostal joints are synovial plane joints.) Sometimes, this is a temporary form of joint called epiphyseal growth plate, where the cartilage is converted into bone before adult life. Such joints are found between", "title": "Synchondrosis" }, { "docid": "48520", "text": "turtles, or in various Mesozoic marine reptiles, such as ichthyosaurs, among others. Many animals particularly herbivores practice osteophagy – the eating of bones. This is presumably carried out in order to replenish lacking phosphate. Many bone diseases that affect humans also affect other vertebrates – an example of one disorder is skeletal flurosis. Bones from slaughtered animals have a number of uses. In prehistoric times, they have been used for making bone tools. They have further been used in bone carving, already important in prehistoric art, and also in modern time as crafting materials for buttons, beads, handles, bobbins, calculation", "title": "Bone" }, { "docid": "8798473", "text": "Lacuna (histology) In histology, a lacuna is a small space containing an osteocyte in bone or chondrocyte in cartilage. The lacunae are situated between the lamellae, and consist of a number of oblong spaces. In an ordinary microscopic section, viewed by transmitted light, they appear as fusiform opaque spots. Each lacuna is occupied during life by a branched cell, termed an osteocyte, bone-cell or bone-corpuscle. Lacunae are connected to one another by small canals called canaliculi. A lacuna never contains more than one osteocyte. Sinuses are an example of lacuna. The cartilage cells or chondrocytes are contained in cavities in", "title": "Lacuna (histology)" }, { "docid": "20962981", "text": "to be juveniles), and hundreds of turtle fossils have been found in the area. The described specimens are kept in the Paleontological Museum of Liaoning. \"Jeholochelys\" lived in freshwater, and was characterised by hyperphalangy, the increase in the number of phalanx bones in the digits (it had one additional phalanx bone in the fifth toe compared to what is common among living turtles). This condition is often linked to tetrapod animals with an aquatic lifestyle, where it contributes in forming long flippers in for example modern whales, as well as in the extinct ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. Modern soft-shelled turtles also", "title": "Jeholochelys" }, { "docid": "17081542", "text": "feathers (for instance, iridescent real hummingbird feathers), the beak; ivory or bone versus metal or plastic, if the minute avis body is well-proportioned and detailed, etc. Another issue is the rarity or singularity of a certain piece, for example if it has an added \"complication\" such as two automata instead of one, a musical movement and/or a timepiece, etc., etc. Collectors must beware, as numerous sellers honestly do not know what they have, lack integrity and sell outright fake, or cobbled together pieces of older boxes they claim to be \"original\". In particular, because MMM uses the many of exactly", "title": "Singing bird box" }, { "docid": "5770289", "text": "of an alveolus in a number of species, including human beings. For example, in human beings, the base of the crypt of the permanent first molars and permanent third molars will repeatedly reabsorb as the eruption of these teeth occur, although, in the second molars and second premolars, there will be some bone deposition on the crypt floor. For the circumstance of a dormant duplicate’s demonstrated eruption, many would think that the bony remodelling would be the only reason. However, as per what will be discussed next, it can be concluded that follicular tissue is accountable for this movement as", "title": "Dental follicle" }, { "docid": "6104868", "text": "example due to vascular causes (e.g. impaired blood supply to the bone fragments) or metabolic causes (e.g. diabetes or smoking). Failure of initial union, for example when bone fragments are separated by soft tissue may also lead to atrophic non-union. Atrophic non-union can be treated by improving fixation, removing the end layer of bone to provide raw ends for healing, and the use of bone grafts. The diagnosis of nonunion is generally done when there is no progress between two occasions of medical imaging such as X-ray. This is generally the case after 6–8 months. Judet and Judet, Muller, Weber", "title": "Nonunion" }, { "docid": "17349249", "text": "the group and Allie's immediate retreat. She went back to the hospital where she stays with Kanin. He knew exactly what she was doing, and used it as an example of human distrust and betrayal. When Kanin soon leaves to secure the area, Allie is met with Sarren, a crazy, psychotic vampire with a bone to pick with Kanin. This confrontation only ends when Allie stabs him in the eye with her pocketknife and is able to quickly lock him in the basement lab of the hospital, when Kanin suddenly returns. They find that Allie told Stick where she and", "title": "Blood of Eden (series)" }, { "docid": "17869788", "text": "some advantages in treatment of both cartilage and bone loss. The IVB concept needs to be however realized in humans and this is currently being undertaken. In vivo bioreactor The in vivo bioreactor (IVB) is a regenerative medicine paradigm where bone is grown in vivo. The IVB has basic elements: An example of the implementation of the IVB approach was in the engineering of autologous bone by injecting calcium alginate in a sub-periosteal location. The periosteum is a membrane that covers the long bones, jawbone, ribs and the skull. This membrane contains an endogenous population of pluripotent cells called the", "title": "In vivo bioreactor" }, { "docid": "19820131", "text": "Triopticus Triopticus is a genus of archosauriform reptile from the Late Triassic of Texas, United States. It contains a single species, Triopticus primus, described in 2016 by Stocker \"et al\". It has an unusually domed head reminiscent of the later pachycephalosaurian dinosaurs in an example of convergent evolution. The portion of the head that is preserved shows remarkable similarities to the specialized heads of pachycephalosaurs. Five bosses, or rounded protuberances of bone are visible on the fossil, with one on the frontal bone and two pairs behind (respectively on the postorbital bone and the squamosal/parietal bones) separated by a shallow", "title": "Triopticus" }, { "docid": "2807730", "text": "the direct and indirect object are marked with the objective case. The indirect object can occur before the direct object, or vice versa. For example, in \"nɨ tsuhnippɨha satiia uttuhkwa\" \"I gave the bone to the dog\", \"tsuhnippɨh\" \"bone\" and \"satii\" \"dog\" take the objective case suffix \"-a\". The subject is not a mandatory component of a grammatical Shoshoni sentence. Therefore, impersonal sentences without subjects are allowed; those sentences have an object-verb word order. For example, \"ɨtɨinna\" \"it [the weather] is hot\" (literally, \"hot\" with the continuative suffix \"-na\"). In particular, it is common for the subject to be deleted", "title": "Shoshoni language" }, { "docid": "17869785", "text": "In vivo bioreactor The in vivo bioreactor (IVB) is a regenerative medicine paradigm where bone is grown in vivo. The IVB has basic elements: An example of the implementation of the IVB approach was in the engineering of autologous bone by injecting calcium alginate in a sub-periosteal location. The periosteum is a membrane that covers the long bones, jawbone, ribs and the skull. This membrane contains an endogenous population of pluripotent cells called the periosteal cells, which are a type of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), which reside in the cambium layer, i.e., the side facing the bone. A key step", "title": "In vivo bioreactor" }, { "docid": "4835341", "text": "in the histopathology department of a hospital under a microscope. It shows the pattern and cellularity of the bone marrow as it lay in the bone and is a useful diagnostic tool in certain circumstances such as bone marrow cancer and leukemia. Trephine A trephine (; from Greek \"trypanon\", meaning an instrument for boring) is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade. It can be of one of several dimensions and designs depending on what it is meant to be used for. They may be specially designed for obtaining a cylindrically shaped core of bone that can be used for", "title": "Trephine" }, { "docid": "3415864", "text": "Lord of the Rings\" and the classic fairy tales and mythologies that inspired those works. Smith says the earliest forerunner drawings of what later became Bone and his cousins occurred when he was about five, and sitting in his living room drawing, and he drew what looked like an old C-shaped telephone handset receiver, which emerged as a frowning character with its mouth wide open. Elements of that character and its demeanor found their way into the character Phoney Bone, the upset cousin to Bone. His name is derived from Fonebone, the generic surname that Don Martin gave to many", "title": "Jeff Smith (cartoonist)" }, { "docid": "13096952", "text": "the swirling steam melt away the huge weight of George's corporate responsibilities? This pointillist piece is curious for meticulous attention to fine detail, such as the stitching around the edge of the towel, in contrast to the almost careless disregard for the subject's feet.\" In contrast to the pointillist impressionism of \"George\", the museum also features a \"fine example of labor-intensive pointlessism\", according to MOBA staff. Mari Newman's \"Bone-Juggling Dog in Hula Skirt\" (tempera and acrylic paint on canvas; donated by the artist), inspired this description by MOBA: \"We can only wonder what possesses an artist to portray a dog", "title": "Museum of Bad Art" }, { "docid": "7497619", "text": "was a phalanx (toe bone) of the foot, which had apparently been broken and subsequently healed. Most of the pathologies occurred on the vertebrae. For example, a dorsal (back) vertebra from a juvenile animal showed an exostosis (bony growth) on its underside. The growth probably resulted from the conversion of cartilage or a ligament to bone during development, but the cause of the ossification was not determined. Hypervitaminosis A and bone spurs were ruled out, and an osteoma (benign bone tumor) was deemed unlikely. Another specimen, a small caudal (tail) vertebra, was also found to have an abnormal growth, this", "title": "Majungasaurus" }, { "docid": "7820840", "text": "rate across people and circumstances. These experiments led to the design of what is known as an Ilizarov apparatus, which holds a bone so severed in place, by virtue of a framework and pins through the bone, and separates halves of the bone by a tiny amount; by repeating this over time, at the rate of the bone's regrowth, it is possible to extend a bone by a desired amount. The procedure was inspired by a shaft bow harness on a horse carriage. Originally bicycle parts were used for the frame. For long time, Ilizarov faced skepticism, resistance and political", "title": "Gavriil Ilizarov" }, { "docid": "11091849", "text": "bone loss. An example for such an efficient training is vibration training or whole body vibration. Frost defined four regions of elastic bone deformation which result in different consequences on the control loop: According to this a typical bone, e.g. the tibia has a security margin of about 5 to 7 between typical load (2000 to 3000 μStrain) and fracture load (about 15000μStrain). The comments above are all one part of the way the skeleton responds to loading, because the different bones of the skeleton have a range of habituial strain environments (encompassing magnitude, rate, frequency rest periods etc) and", "title": "Mechanostat" }, { "docid": "3381733", "text": "The main advantage is the elimination of the variability of rating between different human raters. The BoneXpert method is the most prominent example of a completely automated method. The hands of infants do not change much in the first year of life and if precise bone age assessment is desired, an x-ray of approximately half of the skeleton (a \"hemiskeleton\" view) may be obtained to assess some of the areas such as shoulders and pelvis which change more in infancy. Statistics have been compiled to indicate the percentage of height growth remaining at a given bone age. By simple arithmetic,", "title": "Bone age" }, { "docid": "303480", "text": "strong biodegradable polymeric nanocomposites for bone tissue engineering applications. The addition of these nanoparticles in the polymer matrix at low concentrations (~0.2 weight %) leads to significant improvements in the compressive and flexural mechanical properties of polymeric nanocomposites. Potentially, these nanocomposites may be used as a novel, mechanically strong, light weight composite as bone implants. For example, a flesh welder was demonstrated to fuse two pieces of chicken meat into a single piece using a suspension of gold-coated nanoshells activated by an infrared laser. This could be used to weld arteries during surgery. Another example is nanonephrology, the use of", "title": "Nanomedicine" }, { "docid": "5417497", "text": "what weapon (if any) was used or on the nature of the injuries sustained. In most cases, an animal is macerated for educational purposes. Once dry, the bones are collected, inventoried, and sometimes labelled or separated into labelled bags, all of which may then be placed in a container for storage. Alternately, steel wire is used to arrange the bones to appear as an articulated skeleton, and posed as the animal may have stood in life. Maceration (bone) Maceration is a bone preparation technique whereby a clean skeleton is obtained from a vertebrate carcass by leaving it to decompose inside", "title": "Maceration (bone)" }, { "docid": "11345846", "text": "Other conditions linked to the conformation of the horse, such as flexural contractures may also affect the coffin bone. For example, the coffin joint can become deformed and lead to changes of the coffin bone within the hoof capsule if the horse has an untreated club foot. Contracted heels can also affect the shape of the coffin bone, making it grow away from its normal, healthy shape. X-rays can diagnose injury, determine the position of the bone, and verify the type of damage that may have been received. Once injured, remedial shoeing can help protect the coffin bone from further", "title": "Coffin bone" }, { "docid": "5102324", "text": "He subsequently voted against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. In 2013, Bone was one of four MPs who camped outside Parliament in a move to facilitate parliamentary debate on what they called an \"Alternative Queen's Speech\" – an attempt to show what a future Conservative government might deliver. 42 policies were listed including reintroduction of the death penalty and conscription, privatizing the BBC, banning the burka in public places and preparation to leave the European Union. The \"Daily Telegraph\" believes the whips sent Edward Leigh to try to persuade the group not to table the amendments. Bone blamed", "title": "Peter Bone" }, { "docid": "15693536", "text": "the natural objects while the organic part delivers bonding between the inorganic building blocks and/or the soft tissue. Typical examples of such materials are bone, or nacre. The first hybrid materials were the paints made from inorganic and organic components that were used thousands of years ago. Rubber is an example of the use of inorganic materials as fillers for organic polymers. The sol–gel process developed in the 1930s was one of the major driving forces what has become the broad field of inorganic–organic hybrid materials. Hybrid materials can be classified based on the possible interactions connecting the inorganic and", "title": "Hybrid material" }, { "docid": "15406001", "text": "unit and M refers to the prevailing mean effective bone appositional rate. In other words, what this formula means is that the bone remodeling period is equivalent to the thickness of the microscopic segment of bone being formed divided by the rate at which it forms. If the mean linear rate of bone resorption is known, the bone resorption portion (σ) can be similarly calculated: Consequently, the entire bone remodeling period (σ, equivalent to σ) can be represented by the following formula: The linear bone resorption rate (M) cannot be measured directly, but it approximates a third of σ. Each", "title": "Bone remodeling period" }, { "docid": "354686", "text": "hence more available to marine organisms. The value for animals depends on their diet. An animal that eats food with high values will have a higher than one that eats food with lower values. The animal's own biochemical processes can also impact the results: for example, both bone minerals and bone collagen typically have a higher concentration of than is found in the animal's diet, though for different biochemical reasons. The enrichment of bone also implies that excreted material is depleted in relative to the diet. Since makes up about 1% of the carbon in a sample, the / ratio", "title": "Radiocarbon dating" }, { "docid": "18190871", "text": "fractionation increases and values can be as low as −32‰. The value for animals depends on their diet. An animal that eats food with high values will have a higher than one that eats food with lower values. The animal's own biochemical processes can also affect the results: for example, both bone minerals and bone collagen typically have a higher concentration of than is found in the animal's diet, though for different biochemical reasons. The enrichment of bone also implies that excreted material is depleted in relative to the diet. Since makes up about 1% of the carbon in a", "title": "Radiocarbon dating considerations" }, { "docid": "17680697", "text": "Anaerobic exercise, diabetes, AIDS, aging, menopause, inflammation, infections, tumours, and other wounds and fractures all contribute to acidosis. Blood has an average pH of 7.40 but interstitial fluid can vary. Interstitial pH of the skin, for example, is ~7.1. There is no data available for bone. Homocysteine, a non-protein amino acid and analogue to the protein amino acid cystine, has been shown to have negative effects on bone health. Higher homocysteine concentrations are likely a result of folate, vitamin B B deficiencies. In addition, it was found that homocysteine concentration was significantly affected by physical activity. The stimulation of the", "title": "Bone health" }, { "docid": "7781709", "text": "Bone decalcification Bone decalcification is the softening of bones due to the removal of calcium ions, and can be performed as a histological technique to study bones and extract DNA. This process also occurs naturally during bone development and growth, and when uninhibited, can cause diseases such as osteomalacia. Since calcium-rich bones are exceedingly difficult to study, scientists use bone decalcification to make specimens available for their research. For example, bone decalcification has been used to examine cartilage and magnesium levels in order to understand bone decay. There are two categories of decalcifying agents for removing calcium ions: chelating agents", "title": "Bone decalcification" }, { "docid": "7090580", "text": "the shape is visible and then the individual components are developed days later. The size and shape of the operculum bone is dependent on the organism's location. For example, fresh water threespine sticklebacks form a less dense and smaller opercular series in relation to marine threespine sticklebacks. The marine threespine stickleback exhibits a larger and thicker opercular series. This provides evidence that there was an evolutionary change in the operculum bone. The thicker and more dense bone may have been favored due to selective pressures exerted from the threespine stickleback's environment. The development of the operculuar series has changed dramatically", "title": "Operculum (fish)" }, { "docid": "9581161", "text": "employ the same radioligands and have the same uses as SPECT scanning, but are able to provide even finer 3-D localization of high-uptake tissues, in cases where finer resolution is needed. An example is the sestamibi parathyroid scan which is performed using the Tc-99m radioligand sestamibi, and can be done in either SPECT or SPECT/CT machines. The nuclear medicine technique commonly called the bone scan usually uses Tc-99m. It is not to be confused with the \"bone density scan\", DEXA, which is a low-exposure X-ray test measuring bone density to look for osteoporosis and other diseases where bones lose mass", "title": "Technetium-99m" }, { "docid": "373891", "text": "sponges use biogenic silica as a structural material for their skeletons. In more advanced plants, the silica phytoliths (opal phytoliths) are rigid microscopic bodies occurring in the cell; some plants, for example rice, need silicon for their growth. Silicon has been shown to improve plant cell wall strength and structural integrity in some plants. There is some evidence that silicon is important to human health for their nail, hair, bone, and skin tissues, for example, in studies that demonstrate that premenopausal women with higher dietary silicon intake have higher bone density, and that silicon supplementation can increase bone volume and", "title": "Silicon" }, { "docid": "17443800", "text": "needed for the proper functioning of various metalloenzymes involved in bone formation. Zinc chelation may cause zinc deficiency in the body, which can thus lead to a reduced growth rate, reduced collagen formation and defective bone mineralization. Similarly, copper functions as an enzyme cofactor in bone formation. Copper chelation may result in copper deficiency as well, leading to metaphyseal cupping and osteoporosis. For example, abnormal collagen is formed when copper is deficient as the enzyme lysyl oxidase, which uses copper as a cofactor and catalyzes the oxidative deamination step that is important for cross-linking of collagen, cannot function properly. Studies", "title": "Management of thalassemia" }, { "docid": "4480283", "text": "Ossification Ossification (or osteogenesis) in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells called osteoblasts. It is synonymous with bone tissue formation. There are two processes resulting in the formation of normal, healthy bone tissue: Intramembranous ossification is the direct laying down of bone into the primitive connective tissue (mesenchyme), while endochondral ossification involves cartilage as a precursor. In fracture healing, endochondral osteogenesis is the most commonly occurring process, for example in fractures of long bones treated by plaster of Paris, whereas fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation with metal plates, screws, pins,", "title": "Ossification" }, { "docid": "12250852", "text": "Symphony takes a more conventional approach, landing somewhere between Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark and Real Life, and almost directly on top of Heaven 17.\" \"The name Bone Symphony is intended to 'combine visceral aspects with intellectual ones,' and musically, that's what they succeed in doing about half the time...\". Outside of Bone Symphony, Wilk found a career as a composer for film and television, spanning three decades. Beginning in 1982, for an episode of \"CBS Afternoon Playhouse\". He and Levinthal also wrote the score for the film \"Valley Girl\", which featured Nicolas Cage in his first starring role. Bone", "title": "Bone Symphony" }, { "docid": "6331023", "text": "ear (cochlea) and when the sound has problems in reaching the nerve cells of the inner ear. Example of the first include age-related hearing loss and hearing loss due to noise exposure. A patient born without external ear canals is an example of the latter for which a conventional hearing aid with a mould in the ear canal opening would not be effective. Some with this condition have normal inner ear function, as the external ear canal and the inner ear are developed at different stages during pregnancy. With normal inner anatomy, sound conducted by the skull bone improves hearing.", "title": "Bone-anchored hearing aid" }, { "docid": "6489232", "text": "Myeloid tissue Myeloid tissue, in the bone marrow sense of the word \"myeloid\" (\"myelo-\" + \"-oid\"), is tissue of bone marrow, of bone marrow cell lineage, or resembling bone marrow, and myelogenous tissue (\"myelo-\" + \"-genous\") is any tissue of, or arising from, bone marrow; in these senses the terms are usually used synonymously, as for example with chronic myeloid/myelogenous leukemia. In hematopoiesis, myeloid or myelogenous cells are blood cells that arise from a progenitor cell for granulocytes, monocytes, erythrocytes, or platelets (the common myeloid progenitor, that is, CMP or CFU-GEMM), or in a narrower sense also often used, specifically", "title": "Myeloid tissue" }, { "docid": "10922219", "text": "Bizzy reunited with his comrades. This album is right for all the wrong reasons, so the real shame of \"T.H.U.G.S.\" is that Bone's current label couldn't acquire these songs from their former label to promote them the RIGHT way. If you know what you're getting into and you're comfortable with the fact this is not really new material, \"T.H.U.G.S.\" is an acceptable album released in an appropriately \"ruthless\" manner.\" T.H.U.G.S. (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony album) T.H.U.G.S. is a compilation album by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. It was released in 2007 by Ruthless Records. It debuted on the Billboard US 200 at no.73, selling 15,000", "title": "T.H.U.G.S. (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony album)" }, { "docid": "5863557", "text": "generate new bone. In the very least, a bone graft material should be osteoconductive. Osteoinduction involves the stimulation of osteoprogenitor cells to differentiate into osteoblasts that then begin new bone formation. The most widely studied type of osteoinductive cell mediators are bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). A bone graft material that is osteoconductive and osteoinductive will not only serve as a scaffold for currently existing osteoblasts but will also trigger the formation of new osteoblasts, theoretically promoting faster integration of the graft. Osteopromotion involves the enhancement of osteoinduction without the possession of osteoinductive properties. For example, enamel matrix derivative has been", "title": "Bone grafting" }, { "docid": "3695666", "text": "lithic flakes (knives) and arrow heads. However, tools of many materials were in use: wood prongs and points, antler parts, carved bone tools. Paddles from Tybrind Vig show traces of highly developed and artistic woodcarving. This is an example of the embellishment of functional pieces. The population also polished and engraved non-functional or not obviously functional pieces of bone or antler. Motifs were predominantly geometric with some anthropomorphic or zoomorphic forms. Also in evidence (for example, at Fanø) are polished amber representations of animals, such as birds, boars, and bears. Jewelry was made of animal teeth or decorative shells. To", "title": "Ertebølle culture" }, { "docid": "102127", "text": "be played next to it must add up to a given number. For example, in a double-six set, the \"sum\" would be six, requiring a blank to be played next to a six, an ace (one) next to a five, a deuce (two) next to a four, etc. The stock of bones left behind, if any, is called the bone yard, and the bones therein are said to be sleeping. In draw games, players take part in the bone selection, typically drawing from the bone yard when they do not have a \"match\" in their hands. If a player inadvertently", "title": "Dominoes" }, { "docid": "5276594", "text": "formation. Charcot foot, the neuropathic breakdown of the feet seen primarily in diabetics, can also leave bone spurs that may then become symptomatic. They normally form on the bones of joints, and can grow upwards. For example, if an extra bone formed on the ankle, it might grow up to the shin. When used in the phrases \"cartilaginous exostosis\" or \"osteocartilaginous exostosis\", the term is considered synonymous with osteochondroma. Some sources consider the two terms to mean the same thing even without qualifiers, but this interpretation is not universal. Osteophytes are bone spurs that develop on the margins of joints", "title": "Exostosis" }, { "docid": "2091011", "text": "during sneezing, for example, leads to temporary exophthalmos. The porous fragile nature of the ethmoid bone makes it particularly susceptible to fractures. The ethmoid is usually fractured from an upward force to the nose. This could occur by hitting the dashboard in a car crash or landing on the ground after a fall. The ethmoid fracture can produce bone fragments that penetrate the cribriform plate. This trauma can lead to a leak of cerebrospinal fluid into the nasal cavity. These openings let opportunistic bacteria in the nasal cavity enter the sterile environment of the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS", "title": "Ethmoid bone" }, { "docid": "6982758", "text": "at both ends, and has two complete holes and what may be the incomplete remains of one hole on each end, meaning that the bone may have had four or more holes before being damaged. The bone fragment is the diaphysis of the left femur of a one to two year old cave bear and is long. The maximum diameter of the two complete holes is and . The distance between the centers of the holes is . If the bone is indeed a usable flute it would be an argument for the existence of music at 43,000 years ago.", "title": "Divje Babe Flute" }, { "docid": "473967", "text": "equipment which can provide life saving protection from intense radioactive environments without hindering functional mobility. This technology has wide-ranging military, emergency personnel, private sector, and civilian application as the radiation risks of nuclear energy, warfare, and terrorism around the world continue to grow. One example of such technology is the 360 Gamma, a radiation protection belt designed on the principles of bone marrow shielding. More information on bone marrow shielding can be found in the Health Physics Radiation Safety Journal article Selective Shielding of Bone Marrow: An Approach to Protecting Humans from External Gamma Radiation, or in the Organisation for", "title": "Nuclear warfare" }, { "docid": "2363479", "text": "too modest. Noting that Harlow had been a \"relatively inexperienced local physician ... graduated four and a half years earlier\", Macmillan's discussion of Harlow's \"skillful and imaginative adaptation [of] conservative and progressive elements from the available therapies to the particular needs posed by Gage's injuries\" emphasizes that he \"did not apply rigidly what he had learned\", for example foregoing an exhaustive search for bone fragments (which risked hemorrhage and further brain injury) and applying caustic to the \"fungi\" instead of excising it (which risked hemorrhage) or forcing it into the wound (which risked compressing the brain). Barker notes that Harlow's", "title": "Phineas Gage" }, { "docid": "1337254", "text": "lightweight mobile radiation protection equipment, which provides adequate protection, deferring the onset of Acute Radiation Syndrome to much higher exposure doses. One example of such equipment is the 360 gamma, a radiation protection belt which applies selective shielding to protect the bone marrow stored in the pelvic area as well as other radio sensitive organs in the abdominal region without hindering functional mobility. More information on bone marrow shielding can be found in the Health Physics Radiation Safety Journal article Selective Shielding of Bone Marrow: An Approach to Protecting Humans from External Gamma Radiation, or in the Organisation for Economic", "title": "Acute radiation syndrome" }, { "docid": "11345845", "text": "The lamina is a critical structure for hoof health, therefore any injury to the hoof or its support system can in turn affect the coffin bone. Despite the protection provided by the hoof, the coffin bone can be injured and fractured. For example, inflammatory conditions such as laminitis may lead to rotation of the coffin bone and associated permanent damage due to the coffin bone pulling away from the hoof wall as the laminar layer tears apart. Pedal osteitis is another common inflammatory condition. Fractures can also occur to coffin bones and, depending on the fracture, can cause severe lameness.", "title": "Coffin bone" }, { "docid": "7693306", "text": "Trent is demoted and will never work as an interrogator again. Jason is left fighting with himself. He cannot decide which image of himself is true: what he thought he was before the interrogation, or what he was told he was: a killer. He ponders, \"Did he kill her? No. Could he have killed her? No, but could he kill someone worthy of death? Say, a bully?\" In the final twist, Jason fulfills the role that Trent assigned him, grabbing a butcher knife and heading to the nearest YMCA, where bully Bobo Kelton is. The Rag and Bone Shop The", "title": "The Rag and Bone Shop" }, { "docid": "3856086", "text": "The implications of this are very important to biomedical applications. This molecule will maintain its structure in a neutral environment, but will solubilize and degrade in an acidic environment. This means chitosan can be used to transport a drug to an acidic environment, where the chitosan packaging will then degrade, releasing the drug to the desired environment. One example of this drug delivery has been the transport of insulin. Chitosan can also be combined with other materials. For example, a composite with hydroxyapatite was effective as a temporary post-operation bone filler, which was gradually biodegraded and replaced by native bone", "title": "Chitosan" }, { "docid": "9861860", "text": "suggesting an important role for CCL9 in bone resorption. CCL9 is constitutively expressed in macrophages and myeloid cells. The gene for CCL9 is located on chromosome 11 in mice. CCL9 is a chemokine involved in the process of signaling an antileukemic response and is a potential form of immunotherapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). CML is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow produces too many red blood cells. This is caused by chromosomal translocation, a mutation in which the abnormal gene BCR-ABL, is turned into a CML cell. CML starts off as a myeloproliferative for example in", "title": "CCL9" }, { "docid": "15520519", "text": "snout, and the apparent lack of fusion between the bones of the braincase suggest that the holotype specimen CM 76821 may be an example of a juvenile dinosaur. On the other hand, the closure (fusion) of the neurocentral sutures in the vertebrae suggest a mature individual. \"Daemonosaurus\" is known from the single holotype CM 76821, which consists of a skull, mandibles, an atlas bone, an axis bone, neck vertebrae, and rib fragments discovered at Ghost Ranch. Ghost Ranch is famous for an abundance of fossils of the similar theropod \"Coelophysis\". Fossils of \"Coelophysis\" were present on the same block that", "title": "Daemonosaurus" }, { "docid": "48487", "text": "large multinucleate cells that are responsible for the breakdown of bones by the process of bone resorption. New bone is then formed by the osteoblasts. Bone is constantly remodelled by the resorption of osteoclasts and created by osteoblasts. Osteoclasts are large cells with multiple nuclei located on bone surfaces in what are called \"Howship's lacunae\" (or \"resorption pits\"). These lacunae are the result of surrounding bone tissue that has been reabsorbed. Because the osteoclasts are derived from a monocyte stem-cell lineage, they are equipped with phagocytic-like mechanisms similar to circulating macrophages. Osteoclasts mature and/or migrate to discrete bone surfaces. Upon", "title": "Bone" }, { "docid": "1443928", "text": "bone china. Kaolin is the primary material from which porcelain is made, even though clay minerals might account for only a small proportion of the whole. The word \"paste\" is an old term for both the unfired and fired materials. A more common terminology for the unfired material is \"body\"; for example, when buying materials a potter might order an amount of porcelain body from a vendor. The composition of porcelain is highly variable, but the clay mineral kaolinite is often a raw material. Other raw materials can include feldspar, ball clay, glass, bone ash, steatite, quartz, petuntse and alabaster.", "title": "Porcelain" }, { "docid": "20169561", "text": "Bone Bill \"An Act to Promote Medical Science and Protect Burial Grounds\", informally known as the Bone Bill, was an 1854 bill in New York. Its purpose was to greatly increase the number of cadavers available for legal dissection in medical schools. The bill was proposed by John William Draper, co-founder and president of what is now the New York University School of Medicine. He noted a significant deficit in the number of cadavers available for dissection by medical students in his classes. Under previous state law, only executed criminals could be used. Draper proposed that \"all vagrants dying, unclaimed,", "title": "Bone Bill" }, { "docid": "8422165", "text": "Sharpey's fibres Sharpey's fibres (bone fibres, or perforating fibres) are a matrix of connective tissue consisting of bundles of strong predominantly type I collagen fibres connecting periosteum to bone. They are part of the outer fibrous layer of periosteum, entering into the outer circumferential and interstitial lamellae of bone tissue. Sharpey's fibres are also used to attach muscle to the periosteum of bone by merging with the fibrous periosteum and underlying bone as well. A good example is the attachment of the rotator cuff muscles to the blade of the scapula. In the teeth, Sharpey's fibres are the terminal ends", "title": "Sharpey's fibres" } ]
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who becomes the president after the president is impeached
[ "Vice President" ]
[ { "docid": "1488497", "text": "to provide for a line of succession beyond the vice president, which it has done on three occasions. The current Presidential Succession Act was adopted in 1947, and last revised in 2006. The line of succession follows the order of Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Senate, and then the eligible heads of federal executive departments who form the president's Cabinet. The Presidential Succession Act refers specifically to officers beyond the vice president \"acting as\" president rather than \"becoming\" president when filling a vacancy. The Cabinet currently has 15 members, of which the", "title": "United States presidential line of succession" }, { "docid": "19219756", "text": "plot and leaks it, alerting Bridgeport. As president of the Senate, Vice President Bridgeport seeks military protection from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and convenes an emergency meeting of Congress. Gurney is impeached, convicted, and removed from office in one day. Gurney flees the country and is killed by unknown assailants in Brazil, while Harbin is imprisoned. Bridgeport becomes President, and although he enjoys personal popularity and a reputation for honesty, he cannot overcome the near-universal perception that the American government is broken beyond repair. As the dollar has lost more than 90% of its value over", "title": "Twilight's Last Gleaming (novel)" }, { "docid": "2293527", "text": "especially regarding privatization, voicing his opposition openly. On Tuesday, September 29, 1992, Collor was charged with corruption and was impeached by the Congress. Under the Brazilian Constitution, an impeached president's powers are suspended for 180 days. As such, Franco served as acting president from October 2, 1992 until Collor resigned on December 29, at which point he formally took office as president. When he became acting President, despite having been Vice President for nearly three years, polls showed that the majority of the population did not know who he was. Franco took power as Brazil was in the midst of", "title": "Itamar Franco" }, { "docid": "19648516", "text": "anti and pro-Rousseff. On 17 April 2016, the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the Brazilian Parliament) concluded a general vote for the admission of the impeachment process. At that moment, polls showed that 61% of Brazilians believed Rousseff should be impeached, but polls also showed almost the same amount of Brazilians believed Vice President Michel Temer, who was supposed to inherit the presidency following the impeachment process began as Interim President, should be impeached too. In addition, Senator Romero Jucá, appointed as planning minister after Rousseff's dismissal, was caught on tape with former oil executive Sergio Machado agreeing", "title": "Concerns and controversies at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "8264858", "text": "guru, had for years been running sweat lodges and retreats for \"Spiritual Warriors\" — customers who paid a high fee. White Plume said the Lakota were working with other tribes to try to prevent their sacred ceremonies being stolen and abused by such outsiders. Alex White Plume Alex White Plume (born 1952) is the former vice president and president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, located on South Dakota of the United States. He served as president from June 30, 2006 to November 2006 after Cecilia Fire Thunder was impeached. From 2000 to 2002, he earned", "title": "Alex White Plume" }, { "docid": "201574", "text": "Temer, who had served as acting president while Rousseff's case was pending. The President of Bulgaria can be removed only for high treason or violation of the constitution. The process is started by a two-thirds majority vote of the Parliament to impeach the President, whereupon the Constitutional Court decides whether the President is guilty of the crime of which he is charged. If he is found guilty, he is removed from power. No Bulgarian President has ever been impeached. The same procedure can be used to remove the Vice President of Bulgaria, which has also never happened. The process of", "title": "Impeachment" }, { "docid": "19850488", "text": "began in 2012, Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays vice President Selina Meyer, who becomes the 45th president of the United States after the sitting president resigns to look after his mentally ill wife. Her successor as United States president, Laura Montez, played by Andrea Savage, is also a woman. In the Netflix TV series \"House of Cards\", which began in 2013, Robin Wright plays Claire Underwood, who becomes the United States president after the resignation of her husband Frank Underwood. In the 2014-2015 NBC TV series \"State of Affairs\", Alfre Woodard plays Constance Payton, the first black female president of the United", "title": "Female president of the United States in popular culture" }, { "docid": "600734", "text": "pro tempore: When President Andrew Johnson, who had no vice president, was impeached and tried in 1868, Senate President pro tempore Benjamin Franklin Wade was next in line to the presidency. Wade's radicalism is thought by many historians to be a major reason why the Senate, which did not want to see Wade in the White House, acquitted Johnson. The President pro tempore and the Speaker of the House were removed from the presidential line of succession in 1886. Both were restored to it in 1947, though this time with the president pro tempore following the speaker. William P. Frye", "title": "President pro tempore of the United States Senate" }, { "docid": "3361369", "text": "vote. This is also the first election since the 1986 People Power Revolution where an incumbent President ran for re-election. Under the 1987 Constitution, an elected president cannot run for another term. However, Arroyo was not elected president, but instead succeeded ousted President Joseph Estrada, who was impeached with charges of plunder and corruption in 2000 and later convicted of plunder (but received conditional pardon from Arroyo). Moreover, this was the first time since 1986 that both the winning president and vice president were under the same party/coalition. This election was also held at a period in modern Philippines marked", "title": "2004 Philippine presidential election" }, { "docid": "449672", "text": "United States is on trial, the Constitution requires that the Chief Justice of the United States must preside. This stipulation was designed to avoid the possible conflict of interest in having the vice president preside over the trial for the removal of the one official standing between him and the presidency. Curiously, the framers made no mention of who would preside in the instance where the vice president is the officer impeached; thus leaving a loophole whereby a vice president, as President of the Senate, could preside at their own impeachment trial. The Twelfth Amendment, like the superseded Article II", "title": "Vice President of the United States" }, { "docid": "18655579", "text": "to only 13% with a 62% disapproval rating, one of the highest disapproval ratings in the past 20 years of any president. Other polls by Datafolha performed on 9 and 10 April showed that 63% believed President Rousseff \"should face impeachment proceedings\". Less than 15% knew that vice president Michel Temer would become president if Rousseff was impeached. In CNT/MDA polls performed in March 2015, 10.8% of Brazilians approved of Rouseff's government and 59.7 wanted her impeached. In July 2015, the CNT/MDA showed a lower approval rating of 7.7% and 62.8% of Brazilians wanting her impeachment. 2015–16 protests in Brazil", "title": "2015–16 protests in Brazil" }, { "docid": "15140594", "text": "an incumbent president ran in the presidential election. Under the 1987 Constitution, an elected president cannot run for another term. However, Arroyo was not elected president, but instead succeeded ousted President Joseph Estrada, who was earlier impeached with charges of plunder and corruption in 2000 and later convicted on the plunder charge but received conditional pardon from Arroyo. Moreover, this was the first time since 1986 that both the winning president and vice president were under the same party/coalition. This election was also held at a period in modern Philippines marked by serious political polarization. This resulted in lesser candidates", "title": "Philippine general election, 2004" }, { "docid": "13947654", "text": "majority of electors for Vice President, the duty falls to the Senate to elect one of the top two recipients of electors for that office. It further has the responsibility of conducting trials of those impeached by the House. The Senate is widely considered both a more deliberative and more prestigious body than the House of Representatives due to its longer terms, smaller size, and statewide constituencies, which historically led to a more collegial and less partisan atmosphere. The presiding officer of the Senate is the Vice President of the United States, who is President of the Senate. In the", "title": "United States Senate" }, { "docid": "3361384", "text": "Constitution, an elected president cannot run for another term. However, Arroyo was not elected president, but instead succeeded ousted President Joseph Estrada, who was impeached with charges of plunder and corruption in 2000 and later convicted of plunder (but received conditional pardon from Arroyo). Moreover, this was the first time since 1986 that both the winning president and vice president were under the same party/coalition. This election was also held at a period in modern Philippines marked by serious political polarization. This resulted in lesser candidates for the presidential and vice presidential elections compared to the 1992 and 1998 elections.", "title": "2004 Philippine presidential election" }, { "docid": "1966408", "text": "Joseph Estrada Joseph \"Erap\" Ejercito Estrada (born José Ejército y Marcelo; born April 19, 1937) is a Filipino politician and former actor who served as the 13th President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001 and as the ninth Vice President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. In 2001, he became the first president in Asia to be impeached from an executive role. He has been Mayor of the City of Manila, the country's capital, since 2013. Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over a hundred films in an acting career spanning some", "title": "Joseph Estrada" }, { "docid": "5713009", "text": "was vacated before a regular legislative election. The current President of the Senate is Vicente Sotto, III, while the current Speaker of the House of Representatives is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Legislative Power: National Government Local Government The highest official is elected separately from the President by popular vote. The Vice President is first in line to succession if the President resigns, is impeached or dies. The Vice President is usually, though not always, a member of the president's cabinet. If there is a vacancy in the position of vice-president, the President will appoint any member of Congress (usually a party member)", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "8264851", "text": "Alex White Plume Alex White Plume (born 1952) is the former vice president and president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, located on South Dakota of the United States. He served as president from June 30, 2006 to November 2006 after Cecilia Fire Thunder was impeached. From 2000 to 2002, he earned unwanted publicity when United States federal drug agents raided his farm and destroyed his crop of industrial hemp before he could harvest it for seed as intended. They got a court order prohibiting him to grow the crop. Although the Oglala Sioux have sovereignty", "title": "Alex White Plume" }, { "docid": "20193280", "text": "Joe\" on MSNBC. After his 2016 election prediction was borne out, President-elect Trump sent Lichtman a letter of thanks, writing: \"Professor – Congrats – good call.\" On November 11, 2016, three days after Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, Lichtman reiterated to \"The Washington Post\" another prediction he had made in September 2016 – that Trump would be impeached as president. He predicted this reasoning that a Republican controlled US Congress would rather have a more stable Mike Pence elevated from Vice President of the United States to the presidency. He explained to \"The Washington Post\": \"They don't want", "title": "The Case for Impeachment" }, { "docid": "19850485", "text": "States. ABC's 2005-2006 TV series \"Commander in Chief\" focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen (played by Geena Davis), the first female president of the United States, who ascends to the post from the vice presidency after the death of the sitting president from a sudden cerebral aneurysm. In the 2005-2009 FOX TV series \"Prison Break\", Patricia Wettig plays vice President Caroline Reynolds, who becomes president of the United States after she arranges the assassination of the former president. In the 2006 French miniseries \"L'État de Grace\", Peggy Frankston plays Hillary Clinton, who is shown as the", "title": "Female president of the United States in popular culture" }, { "docid": "16353067", "text": "a decade of political and economical instability that Ecuador experienced after Abdalá Bucaram was impeached by the former Congress, in late 1997, and that lasted until Correa's inauguration in early 2007. The call for general elections happened on October 18, 2012. The election campaigns were officially launched on January 4 and ended on February 14, as announced by CNE member Juan Pablo Pozo. Voters chose the president and vice president of the Republic, as well as national and provincial assembly members, members of the Andean Parliament, mayors, prefects, and other sectional officials. The seated President Correa, a two-term incumbent, is", "title": "2013 Ecuadorian general election" }, { "docid": "449706", "text": "two-thirds vote to convict. No vice president has ever been impeached. The vice president's salary is $230,700. The salary was set by the 1989 Government Salary Reform Act, which also provides an automatic cost of living adjustment for federal employees. The vice president does not automatically receive a pension based on that office, but instead receives the same pension as other members of Congress based on his position as President of the Senate. The vice president must serve a minimum of two years to qualify for a pension. The home of the vice president was only designated in 1974, when", "title": "Vice President of the United States" }, { "docid": "9106220", "text": "student senate/house of representatives at the collegiate level. Some student council constitutions and bylaws assign any powers not explicitly stated to the President. The office holder typically serves one school year in most schools, but some may serve more than one term. Presidents, and sometimes their running mate, the Student Government Vice President, are generally elected via one of three methods: In democratic student government, the Vice President generally succeeds to the position of President if the incumbent is unable to discharge his/her duties permanently, resigns, or is impeached by a student council or senate (in a manner similar to", "title": "Student government president" }, { "docid": "1732709", "text": "1947, and last revised in 2006. The succession order is as follows: Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Senate, and then the eligible heads of federal executive departments who form the president's Cabinet, beginning with the Secretary of State. If the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice president automatically becomes president. Likewise, were a president-elect to die during the transition period, or decline to serve, the vice president-elect would become president on Inauguration Day. A vice president can also become the acting president if the president becomes incapacitated. If", "title": "Acting President of the United States" }, { "docid": "1919458", "text": "by the Radical Republicans within his own party who feared that the former Confederates would never truly give up on slavery and Confederate nationalism, and would always try to reinstate them behind-the-scenes. As a result, the Radical Republicans tried to impose legal restrictions that would strip most ex-rebels' rights to vote and hold elected office. The Radicals were opposed by Lincoln's Vice President and successor, Tennessee Democrat Andrew Johnson. However, the Radicals won the critical elections of 1866, winning enough seats in Congress to override President Johnson's vetoes of such legislation. They even successfully \"impeached\" President Johnson (in the House", "title": "History of the United States (1865–1918)" }, { "docid": "16609680", "text": "impeachment trial. In contrast, some Uruguayan opposition politicians and analysts regarded the impeachment as lawful under the Paraguayan constitution, such as Juan Carlos Doyenart, Julio María Sanguinetti and Sergio Abreu. Impeachment of Fernando Lugo Fernando Lugo, elected President of Paraguay in 2008, was impeached and removed from office by the Congress of Paraguay in June 2012. On 21 June the Chamber of Deputies voted 76 to 1 to impeach Lugo, and the Senate removed him from office the following day, by 39 votes to 4, resulting in Vice President Federico Franco, who had broken with Lugo, becoming President. Lugo contends", "title": "Impeachment of Fernando Lugo" }, { "docid": "16609668", "text": "Impeachment of Fernando Lugo Fernando Lugo, elected President of Paraguay in 2008, was impeached and removed from office by the Congress of Paraguay in June 2012. On 21 June the Chamber of Deputies voted 76 to 1 to impeach Lugo, and the Senate removed him from office the following day, by 39 votes to 4, resulting in Vice President Federico Franco, who had broken with Lugo, becoming President. Lugo contends he was denied due process because he did not have enough time to prepare a defense. A number of Latin American governments declared the proceeding was effectively a \"coup d'état\".", "title": "Impeachment of Fernando Lugo" } ]
[ { "docid": "10421845", "text": "political parties whose candidates are the winner and the runner-up in the past presidential election. If the Vice Presidency becomes vacant with the President still holding office, the President nominates two candidates and the MPR has to elect a new Vice-President out of the candidates within 60 days. Under the amended constitution, the Vice-President can now be impeached and removed from office. If the Vice-President is viewed to be unfit to perform his duties and has committed crimes such as corruption and betraying the Nation, the DPR can appeal to the Supreme Court to try the Vice-President. Furthermore, the DPR", "title": "Vice President of Indonesia" }, { "docid": "2426020", "text": "27 of the Constitution, debar any eligible citizen from contesting the presidential elections. The conditions are: Whenever the office becomes vacant, the new President is chosen by members of Parliament. Although presidential elections involve actual voting by MPs, they tend to vote for the candidate supported by their respective parties. The president may be impeached and subsequently removed from office by a two-thirds majority vote of the parliament. The President is required to make and subscribe in the presence of the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad, an oath or affirmation that he/she shall protect, preserve and defend the Constitution as", "title": "President of Bangladesh" }, { "docid": "3343544", "text": "by members of both Houses of the Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies. The President may be removed from office or impeached through a resolution, passed by not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the Parliament in a joint sitting of the two Houses, convened for the purpose. In the event that the office of the President becomes vacant, the Chairman of the Senate acts as President till such time that the position may be filled through a byelection. This also occurs when the President, by reason of absence or any other incapacity, is unable to effectively exercise their", "title": "Senate of Pakistan" }, { "docid": "4471404", "text": "agreement between the impeached directors and the remaining directors. While President Shawn Hunsdale has resigned after his impeachment, he maintained his claim that the special general meeting that impeached him is invalid. The President of the University itself, Michael Stevenson, stated that until the Supreme Court of BC made a decision, students, as well as the impeached directors, should respect the SGM. In December 2006, the BC Supreme Court ruled that the special general meeting and impeachment were legitimate and there was no issue with the Forum. The court also stated that in the event that there was a problem", "title": "Simon Fraser Student Society" }, { "docid": "201587", "text": "of any member of the Princely House who exercises the function of head of state should the Prince be temporarily prevented or in preparation for the Succession. In the Republic of Lithuania, the President may be impeached by a three-fifths majority in the Seimas. President Rolandas Paksas was removed from office by impeachment on April 6, 2004 after the Constitutional Court of Lithuania found him guilty of having violated his oath and the constitution. He was the first European head of state to have been impeached. Members of government, representatives of the national assembly (Stortinget) and Supreme Court judges can", "title": "Impeachment" }, { "docid": "13127520", "text": "in accordance with by its constituents. The lieutenant governor can only vote to break ties. If the governor dies in office, becomes permanently incapacitated, resigns or is impeached, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. If both the governor and lieutenant governor positions are unoccupied, the Senate President pro tempore becomes governor. The Indiana General Assembly is composed of a 50-member Senate and 100-member House of Representatives. The Senate is the upper house of the General Assembly and the House of Representatives is the lower house. The General Assembly has exclusive legislative authority within the state government. Both the Senate and House", "title": "Indiana" }, { "docid": "1779279", "text": "vacancy, either temporarily or for the remainder of the gubanatorial term. If, during a vacancy of the office of governor, the lieutenant governor is impeached, displaced, resigns, dies, is absent from the state, or becomes incapable of performing the duties of the office, the president pro tempore of the state senate is the next official in the gubanatorial line of succession. The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives is third in line of gubernatorial succession. If the governor, lieutenant governor, senate president pro tempore, and speaker are unable to act as governor, then the next official in the line", "title": "Governor of Oklahoma" }, { "docid": "201577", "text": "that the President is guilty then the President loses his office and the ability to be elected President of the Czech Republic ever again. No Czech president has ever been impeached, though, members of the Senate sought to impeach President Vaclav Klaus in 2013. This case was dismissed by the court reasoning that his mandate has expired. In 2013 the constitution changed; now the process can be started by at least three-fifths of present senators and must be approved by at least three-fifths of all members of Parliament. Also, the President can be impeached not only for high treason (newly", "title": "Impeachment" }, { "docid": "2426023", "text": "by hand to the Speaker. The President can also be impeached by the Parliament. In case of impeachment, the Parliament must bring specific charges against the President, and investigate it themselves, or refer it to any other body for investigation. The President will have the right to defend himself. Following the proceedings, the President is impeached immediately if two-thirds of the Parliament votes in favor, and the Speaker ascends to power. The principal Presidential residence at Bangabhaban is located in Dhaka. There is also a Presidential Palace at Uttara Ganabhaban in Natore District. At the beginning of the Bangladesh war", "title": "President of Bangladesh" }, { "docid": "10064729", "text": "the governor was away from the capital. Christopher Harrison was the first lieutenant governor to serve as acting governor while Jonathan Jennings negotiated treaties far from the capital. If the governor dies in office, becomes permanently incapacitated, resigns, or is impeached, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. In total, ten lieutenant governors become governor by succession. The first occurrence was when Jonathan Jennings resigned to become a congressman and was succeeded by Ratliff Boon. In the event that both the governorship and lieutenant-governorship are vacant, the constitution stipulates that the Senate President pro tempore becomes governor. Historically, governors appointed the pro", "title": "Lieutenant Governor of Indiana" }, { "docid": "15336369", "text": "who served as interim president), Itamar Franco (elected vice-President under Fernando Collor, whom he eventually replaced as the latter was impeached), Emílio Garrastazu Médici (third of the series of generals who presided over Brazil during the military regime, also of Basque descent) and Jair Messias Bolsonaro (elected in 2018). According to the Brazilian Constitution, anyone born in the country is a Brazilian citizen by birthright. In addition, many who were born in Italy have become naturalized citizens after settling in Brazil. The Brazilian government used to prohibit multiple citizenships. However, this changed in 1994 with a new constitutional amendment. After", "title": "Italian Brazilians" }, { "docid": "18814732", "text": "Head of State following Queen Elizabeth II and Monique Ohsan Bellepeau, who acted as President in 2012 following the resignation of President Anerood Jugnauth, and again in 2015 following the resignation of President Kailash Purryag. She is the only president who violated the constitution by not following Section 64 which required the advice of the cabinet before the institution of a commission of inquiry. She is also the only president who faced being impeached by both government and opposition in parliament. Since 2017, Gurib-Fakim was subjected to criticism due to her closeness with Álvaro Sobrinho, a controversial Angolan businessman. The", "title": "Ameenah Gurib" }, { "docid": "201595", "text": "the highest offices of state) by the State Tribunal. The State Tribunal is empowered to rule for the removal of individuals from public office but it is not a common practice. The President can be impeached by Parliament and is then suspended. A referendum then follows to determine whether the suspended President should be removed from office. President Traian Băsescu was impeached twice by the Parliament: in 2007 and more recently in July 2012. A referendum was held on May 19, 2007 and a large majority of the electorate voted against removing the president from office. For the most recent", "title": "Impeachment" }, { "docid": "201582", "text": "(Majlis) and the Supreme Leader. A new presidential election is then triggered. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president, was impeached in June 1981 and removed from the office. Mohammad-Ali Rajai was elected as the new president. Cabinet ministers can be impeached by the members of the Assembly. Presidential appointment of a new minister is subject to a parliamentary vote of confidence. Impeachment of ministers has been a fairly commonly used tactic in the power struggle between the president and the assembly during the last several governments. In the Republic of Ireland formal impeachment only applies to the Irish president. Article 12", "title": "Impeachment" }, { "docid": "201572", "text": "can be used to prefer charges. The Austrian Federal President can be impeached by the Federal Assembly (\"Bundesversammlung\") before the Constitutional Court. The constitution also provides for the recall of the president by a referendum. Neither of these courses has ever been taken. This is likely because while the President is vested with considerable powers on paper, they act as a largely ceremonial figurehead in practice, and are thus hardly in a position to abuse their powers. The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, state governors and municipal mayors may be impeached by the Chamber of Deputies and tried", "title": "Impeachment" }, { "docid": "19906075", "text": "heard, do you believe that President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, or don't you feel that way?\" <nowiki>**</nowiki> Question was: \"Do you think President Trump should be impeached and compelled to leave the Presidency, or not?\" <nowiki>*</nowiki> Question was: \"As you may know, the first step toward removing a president from office is impeachment. Do you believe Congress should or should not begin impeachment proceedings to remove President Trump from office?\" <nowiki>†</nowiki> Question was: \"Would you support or oppose impeaching Donald Trump?\" <nowiki>##</nowiki> Question was: \"As you may know, the first step toward removing a president from", "title": "Efforts to impeach Donald Trump" }, { "docid": "6439676", "text": "James Smith was impeached by the House of Representatives to prevent another dark skinned President. In 1900, the House of Representatives, Liberian Senate and the cabinet opposed to the interior policies of the President Coleman, who resigned. Experts believe that Liberian legislature was truly democratic till 1944 till the period of President Tubman. Tubman is accused of allowing illiterate members in the branch of the government, who acceded to all the demands of the President and were unaware of their power and responsibilities. Most of the candidates were chieftains, who were not elected based on popular vote. The amendment to", "title": "Legislature of Liberia" }, { "docid": "8264857", "text": "president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in November 2004, serving until June 29, 2006. After the Tribal Council impeached President Cecilia Fire Thunder and removed her from office for working to establish family planning services on the reservation without Tribal Council consensus, White Plume served as president until the next election in November 2006. He was succeeded by John Yellowbird Steele, who had served as president before Fire Thunder was elected. In 2009, White Plume criticized the two deaths and 19 people hospitalized resulting from James Arthur Ray's crowding 64 people into a sweat lodge. Ray, a non-Native, multimillionaire, self-help", "title": "Alex White Plume" }, { "docid": "12718857", "text": "Sadegh Mahsouli Sadegh Mahsouli (, born 9 March 1959) is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Welfare and Social Security from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed to this post on 19 November 2009, as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second cabinet after received vote of from Parliament. From 24 March 2008 to 9 August 2009, he was Minister of Interior of Ahmadinejad's first cabinet. He was succeed Ali Kordan who was impeached by Parliament in November 2008. Mahsouli withdrew his nomination once when the president nominated him for the position", "title": "Sadegh Mahsouli" }, { "docid": "19871865", "text": "decision on impeachment shall not extend further than removal from public office. However, impeachment shall not exempt the person impeached from civil or criminal liability for such violations. By the Constitutional Court Act of 1988, the Constitutional Court must make a final decision within 180 days after it receives any case for adjudication, including impeachment cases. If the respondent has already left office before the pronouncement of the decision, the case is dismissed. The last president to be subject to impeachment was Roh Moo-hyun, who was impeached by parliament in 2004 and was suspended from duties for two months. In", "title": "Impeachment of Park Geun-hye" }, { "docid": "15420111", "text": "With her resignation, the senate canceled the impeachment trial. The senators thanked the ombudsman for \"sparing\" the country from a \"tedious, divisive, and painful\" impeachment process; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile thanked her as the senate can now concentrate on legislative matters. Impeachment of Merceditas Gutierrez The Philippine Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of the office's alleged underperformance and failure to act on several cases during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She became the second official after President Joseph Estrada in 2000 to be impeached. While the first impeachment complaint against her was", "title": "Impeachment of Merceditas Gutierrez" }, { "docid": "15420083", "text": "Impeachment of Merceditas Gutierrez The Philippine Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of the office's alleged underperformance and failure to act on several cases during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She became the second official after President Joseph Estrada in 2000 to be impeached. While the first impeachment complaint against her was filed in 2009, it was dismissed later in that year in a 14th Congress dominated by Arroyo's Lakas Kampi CMD party. In 2010, with the election of Benigno Aquino III of the Liberal Party as president and the concurrent elections to the", "title": "Impeachment of Merceditas Gutierrez" }, { "docid": "16215105", "text": "ouster, and she said that President Aquino are violation of the Constitution by giving \"reward money\" on the solons, a probable cause to a impeachment complaint against Aquino, Santiago added the solon's can sue on this case. However due to Liberal Party (Team PNoy) dominant Congress, the impeachment cannot be successful. Impeachment of Renato Corona Renato Corona, the 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, was impeached on December 12, 2011. Corona was the third official, after former President Joseph Estrada in 2000 and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in March 2011, to be impeached by the House of", "title": "Impeachment of Renato Corona" }, { "docid": "4278227", "text": "members of the two houses of parliament have the authority to impeach the president, who is then tried before the Constitutional Court, serving as State Court, or call for a referendum to have the federal president removed from office. Exertion of these emergency powers is a two-step process: first the National Council requests the president to be impeached or subjected to referendum, then the members of the National Council and the Federal Council convene in joint session, thus forming the National Assembly, and decide on the National Council's motion. If a referendum is held, and the President is not removed", "title": "Constitution of Austria" }, { "docid": "239032", "text": "who had served a total of two non-consecutive terms. Former President Rolandas Paksas, who had defeated Adamkus in 2003, was impeached in April 2004 for leaking classified information. The Prime Minister of Lithuania is the head of government of the country, appointed by the President and approved by the Seimas. The Prime Minister, within 15 days of being appointed, is responsible for choosing Ministers for the President to approve to each of the 13 Ministries. In general, the Prime Minister is in charge of the affairs of the country, maintains homeland security, carries out laws and resolutions of the Seimas", "title": "Politics of Lithuania" }, { "docid": "9874865", "text": "accepted, B. J. Habibie had his only accountability speech rejected. Abdurrahman Wahid then became the first president who had to beat another candidate to be elected, as Sukarno and Suharto had been sole candidates. As a result of this, Wahid was also the first president to be elected through counting votes instead of by acclamation. However, Wahid ended his presidency by being impeached by the MPR, a clear sign that while the presidency is the key institution, it is still subservient to the MPR. Wahid was replaced by his Vice-President, Megawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of Sukarno and former opposition leader during", "title": "President of Indonesia" }, { "docid": "19036451", "text": "Other Election Commissioners can be removed by the President of India on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner. A Chief Election Commissioner has never been impeached in India. In 2009, just before the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections, Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami sent a recommendation to President Prathibha Patil to remove Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, who was soon to take office as the chief election commissioner and to subsequently supervise the Lok Sabha Election, citing his partisan behavior in favor of one political party. The President opined that such a recommendation is not binding on the president, and hence", "title": "Election Commission of India" }, { "docid": "15625136", "text": "administration, the fiscal deficit had doubled to more than P100 billion from a low of P49 billion in 1998. In January 2001, following an impeachment trial, Estrada was removed from office by a second peaceful \"People Power\" revolution led by the Filipino youth, NGOs, and the business sector. President Estrada was the only Philippine president to be impeached by Congress. He was succeeded by his vice-president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who became the fourteenth President of the Republic. Under the Arroyo administration, total outstanding debt only increased by an average of 0.47% per year. This is relatively low compared to other administrations", "title": "External debt of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "2916928", "text": "after he voiced his hostility toward the growing communist presence in North Korea. In 1948, the inaugural National Assembly of South Korea nominated Kim as a candidate for the office of the first president of the Republic. In the election by the National Assembly, Kim was defeated by Rhee Syngman, the first president of the provisional government, who had been impeached in 1925 by a vote of 180-16. He lost the election for the vice presidency to Lee Si-yeong (이시영; 李始榮) by a vote of 133-59. Kim did not know about his nomination until after the election. He did not", "title": "Kim Koo" }, { "docid": "9691982", "text": "becomes relevant is when the Prime Minister dies (upon which the person next in the line of succession serves as the head of a government \"ad interim\") or when the Prime Minister is on leave or for any other reason incapable of serving, but still remains in office. This might be compared to the Presidential line of succession in the United States, where the person next in line assumes the Presidency throughout the remainder of the term if the President dies, resigns or is impeached. Swedish governmental line of succession The Swedish constitution of 1974 allows the Prime Minister of", "title": "Swedish governmental line of succession" }, { "docid": "1803612", "text": "is not a part of the Government of Russia, which exercises executive power. In all cases where the President of the Russian Federation is unable to fulfill his duties, they shall be temporarily delegated to the Prime Minister, who becomes Acting President of Russia. The Chairman of the Federation Council is the third important position after the President and the Prime Minister. In the case of incapacity of both the President and Prime Minister, the chairman of the upper house of parliament becomes acting head of state. The power includes execution of federal law, alongside the responsibility of appointing federal", "title": "President of Russia" }, { "docid": "201585", "text": "law also provide that only a joint resolution of both houses of the Oireachtas may remove a judge. Although often referred to as the \"impeachment\" of a judge, this procedure does not technically involve impeachment. In Italy, according to Article 90 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic can be impeached through a majority vote of the Parliament in joint session for high treason and for attempting to overthrow the Constitution. If impeached, the President of the Republic is then tried by the Constitutional Court integrated with sixteen citizens older than forty chosen by lot from a list compiled", "title": "Impeachment" }, { "docid": "14323519", "text": "elected Senator in the Third Republic on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and became Senate President. In November 1993, the senate impeached Ayu, who was a strong opponent of the Interim National Government established after the elected president Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola had been prevented from taking office. However, he later became the Minister for Education in General Sani Abacha's military government. In March 1994 he chaired a workshop on Technical Education in Nigeria, seeking ways to learn from Germany, the United States, Britain and Japan. Ayu was said to be political godfather of George Akume, governor", "title": "Iyorchia Ayu" }, { "docid": "6354582", "text": "the President be impeached. Shortly thereafter, in August 1974, President Nixon resigned. After the President's resignation Nussbaum rejoined his law firm. Two years prior to the 1974 Impeachment Inquiry, in 1972, while he was still at his law firm, Nussbaum represented Elizabeth Holtzman who, in a surprise victory, had defeated senior Brooklyn Congressman Emanuel Celler (the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee) by a little over 600 votes in a Democratic primary election. Celler brought suit in a Brooklyn state court to set aside that victory. Nussbaum won that case, which was ultimately decided by the New York Court of", "title": "Bernard Nussbaum" }, { "docid": "5000520", "text": "Restaurant\". J. Donald Cameron James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron was part of a Cabinet realignment by President Grant, having been appointed after a brief tenure by Secretary Alphonso Taft, whom Grant appointed U.S. Attorney General. Former Secretary William W. Belknap had resigned from office, was impeached by the House for taking kickbacks from the Fort Sill tradership, put on trial in the Senate and", "title": "J. Donald Cameron" }, { "docid": "5000497", "text": "J. Donald Cameron James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron was part of a Cabinet realignment by President Grant, having been appointed after a brief tenure by Secretary Alphonso Taft, whom Grant appointed U.S. Attorney General. Former Secretary William W. Belknap had resigned from office, was impeached by the House for taking kickbacks from the Fort Sill tradership, put on trial in the Senate and acquitted.", "title": "J. Donald Cameron" }, { "docid": "6476670", "text": "Constitutional Court shall take over the Presidential duties. Within 60 days after a vacancy of the post presidential elections should be held. According to the constitution, the parliament is made up of two chambers: The People’s Assembly, the lower house; and the Shura Council, the upper house. The People’s Assembly may present the president for impeachment on the ground of grand treason or criminal conviction, by the agreement of one third of the People’s Assembly seats. The President is impeached by the agreement of two-thirds of the People’s Assembly. Upon the issuing of the impeachment decision, the president is relieved", "title": "Egyptian Constitution of 1971" }, { "docid": "9151517", "text": "Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (, often known mononymously as Dilma; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th President of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016, becoming the first democratically-elected female president in the world to be impeached and removed. She was the first woman to hold the Brazilian presidency and had previously served as Chief of Staff to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010. The daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant, Rousseff was raised in an", "title": "Dilma Rousseff" }, { "docid": "12795867", "text": "of government and judicial posts. The acting president cannot call for a referendum, grant military ranks and state orders and exercise their right of pardon. There are no constitutional provisions for presidential succession in case both the president and chairman's posts are vacant. An election as President of Ukraine garners many privileges of office to an individual. Full legal immunity is granted from all prosecutions and legal proceedings, excluding parliament's right to impeach the president. The title of President of Ukraine itself is protected by law and is reserved for the president for life, unless they have been impeached from", "title": "President of Ukraine" }, { "docid": "12320750", "text": "profit\" from the Pakistan Government. Pakistan's ruling coalition, on August 16, gave Musharraf a Tuesday, August 19 deadline to resign. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Musharraf must resign to avoid being impeached \"by today or tomorrow, as there is no room for any delay\". Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar announced that \"the charge sheet will be presented in parliament by Tuesday.\" No president has ever been impeached in Pakistan's 61-year history. Presidential aides, however, said Musharraf refused to leave office under pressure. Meanwhile, Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Zardari said that the next president of the country may very well", "title": "Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf" }, { "docid": "201581", "text": "for the violation of the Constitution under of the constitution. However a president after his term/removal can be punished for his already proven unlawful activity under disrespecting constitution, etc. No president has faced impeachment proceedings. Hence, the provisions for impeachment have never been tested. The president in position cannot be charged and needs to step down in order for that to happen. The Assembly of Experts can impeach the Supreme Leader of Iran and appoint a new one, although the Supreme Leader elects half the Assembly. The President of Iran can be impeached jointly by the members of the Assembly", "title": "Impeachment" }, { "docid": "2740441", "text": "William Woods Holden William Woods Holden (November 24, 1818March 1, 1892) was the 38th and 40th Governor of North Carolina, who was appointed by U.S. President Andrew Johnson in 1865 for a brief term, and then elected in 1868, serving until 1871. He was the leader of the state's Republican Party during the Reconstruction Era. Holden was the second governor in American history to be impeached, and the first to be removed from office. He is the only North Carolina governor to have been impeached. In 2011, Holden was posthumously pardoned by the North Carolina Senate but similar action was", "title": "William Woods Holden" }, { "docid": "3292821", "text": "any bill passed by a simple majority in the lower house, after which a two-thirds majority would be required for the legislation to be passed. The president could not be impeached for contravening the constitution. The central bank would become independent, but the president would need the approval of the State Duma to appoint the bank's governor, who would thereafter be independent of the parliament. At the time, most political observers regarded the draft constitution as shaped by and for Yeltsin and perhaps unlikely to survive him. On December 12, Yeltsin managed to push through his new constitution, creating a", "title": "1993 Russian constitutional crisis" }, { "docid": "3469119", "text": "United States District Courts. After multiple state Returning Boards failed to resolve the election, U.S. District Court Judge Edmund H. Darrell, ordered that Kellogg was the winner of the Louisiana election. On December 9, Marshall Stephen B. Packard, who was affiliated with the political power-behind-the-throne represented by the New Orleans Custom House Gang led by President Grant's brother-in-law (James F. Casey), chose a legislature that impeached Governor Henry Clay Warmoth and put in charge P. B. S. Pinchback, a Kellogg supporter, as the United States first African American state governor. On December 14, Attorney General Williams informed Warmoth that President", "title": "George Henry Williams" }, { "docid": "5013108", "text": "reflective of the most active students and draw upon the student make-up at King's. In recent years the political affiliation of the President has tended to see-saw between Labour, Independent and Conservative. In 2006/07 the President was Labour but from 2006 there was a gradual shift to the right until in 2008-2009 saw a Conservative elected, suspended, and then finally impeached for alleged racist comments at a NUS training event. 2009 to 2011 saw the re-election of a two-term President, Ryan Wain, who is regarded by many as a member of the progressive left. Before 2006 the student elected as", "title": "King's College London Students' Union" }, { "docid": "19906076", "text": "office is impeachment. When Democrats take control of the House of Representatives in January, do you believe Congress should or should not begin impeachment proceedings to remove President Trump from office?\" <nowiki>#</nowiki> Question was: \"Do you believe the President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office, or don't you feel that way?\" Efforts to impeach Donald Trump Formal efforts to start the process of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump, who took office in 2017, have been initiated by Representatives Al Green and Brad Sherman, both Democrats. Other people and groups have asserted that Trump has engaged in", "title": "Efforts to impeach Donald Trump" }, { "docid": "20149188", "text": "investigation. Joshua Dressle of Ohio State University and Jimmy Gurulé of University of Notre Dame said after the testimony that \"a \"prima facie\" case of obstruction of justice\" had been established. Samuel Gross of University of Michigan and Dressle said that there were sufficient grounds to indict Trump for obstruction of justice were he not President, but that a sitting President cannot be indicted, only impeached. Samuel Buell of Duke University said, \"Based on Comey's testimony, we know to a virtual certainty that the President is now under investigation for obstruction of justice.\" Mark Tushnet of Harvard University said that", "title": "Dismissal of James Comey" }, { "docid": "4466393", "text": "President of the Council of ministers. The President is not responsible for the actions performed in the exercise of his duties, except for high treason and violation of the Constitution, for which the President can be impeached by the Parliament in joint session, with an absolute majority of its members. Before taking office, the President must take an oath of allegiance to the Republic and pledge to uphold the Constitution before the Parliament in joint session. The Government of the Republic is composed of the President of the Council of ministers and the other Ministers. The President of the Republic", "title": "Constitution of Italy" }, { "docid": "16636039", "text": "was reversed and he was fully reinstated as dean and Ferguson was eventually impeached by the Texas Legislature. Later, Governor Ma Ferguson succeeded where her husband had not, and was able to remove funding for the School of Journalism entirely, effectively abolishing its programs. He served as president of the Texas Press Association in 1899–90 and was elected without opposition president of the National Editorial Association in 1908. He was elected vice-president of the American Association of Journalism Teachers in 1916 and president of the Association of American Schools and Departments of Journalism in 1920–21. After retiring from the school", "title": "William Harding Mayes" }, { "docid": "12505297", "text": "National Council. Most other officials are impeached by the cabinet. Members of provincial administrations are impeached by the National Council, the cabinet, or the provincial legislature, depending on the nature of the alleged transgression. The president is impeached by the Federal Assembly. If the Court finds the defendant guilty, the Court is required to remove the defendant from office. In certain minor cases, the Court can limit itself to merely noting the violation. In extreme cases, the Court can strip the defendant of their political rights, although only for a limited term; this would prevent the defendant from holding political", "title": "Constitutional Court (Austria)" }, { "docid": "12505296", "text": "have been on the roll in Vienna. Polling station officials noticed the problem but chose to turn a blind eye. To make a firm point about election officials turning blind eyes, the Constitutional Court had the citizens of Reutte vote again. A number of elected officials and political appointees can be impeached before the Constitutional Court for misconduct in office. Impeachment is limited to allegations of culpable violations of actual law; mere political malpractice is not enough. As a special case, the president can only be impeached for culpable violations of law. Members of the cabinet are impeached by the", "title": "Constitutional Court (Austria)" }, { "docid": "3666648", "text": "agrees that Wintergreen should be impeached for breach of promise (\"We'll Impeach Him\"), but John and Mary do not care, since they have each other (\"Who Cares?\" (Reprise)). Throttlebottom has found the Senate, and the party members inform him that he will soon be President. He is very excited and goes into the Senate Chamber to preside, beginning by taking \"The Roll Call.\" The resolution on the impeachment of the President is brought up, and the French Ambassador and Diana mournfully insist that she was \"Jilted.\" Mary saves the day when she announces that she is pregnant (\"Who Could Ask", "title": "Of Thee I Sing" }, { "docid": "3997008", "text": "the Judiciary Committee, rather than a special committee convened for the purpose, which he believed would be stacked with pro-impeachment members. His efforts were unsuccessful, as were his speeches in favor of the president: Johnson was impeached by a vote of 128 to 47. Johnson was not convicted after his Senate trial, and Randall remained on good terms with him after the president left office. With Grant, a Republican, elected president in 1868, and the 41st Congress as Republican-dominated as its immediate predecessors, Randall faced several more years in the minority. He served on the Banking and Currency Committee and", "title": "Samuel J. Randall" }, { "docid": "7430281", "text": "the following: Cecilia Fire Thunder Cecilia Fire Thunder (born Cecilia Apple; October 24, 1946) is a nurse, community health planner and tribal leader of the Oglala Sioux. On November 2, 2004, she was the first woman elected as president of the Tribe. She served until being impeached on June 29, 2006, several months short of the two-year term. The major controversy was over her effort to provide for women on the reservation needing family planning services after the South Dakota legislature banned most abortions throughout the state. The tribal council impeached her for proceeding without gaining their consensus. A founder", "title": "Cecilia Fire Thunder" }, { "docid": "7430269", "text": "Cecilia Fire Thunder Cecilia Fire Thunder (born Cecilia Apple; October 24, 1946) is a nurse, community health planner and tribal leader of the Oglala Sioux. On November 2, 2004, she was the first woman elected as president of the Tribe. She served until being impeached on June 29, 2006, several months short of the two-year term. The major controversy was over her effort to provide for women on the reservation needing family planning services after the South Dakota legislature banned most abortions throughout the state. The tribal council impeached her for proceeding without gaining their consensus. A founder of community-based", "title": "Cecilia Fire Thunder" }, { "docid": "5811634", "text": "the former state fairgrounds in Madison, Wisconsin, and named it \"Camp Randall\" after the governor. Camp Randall Stadium is now located on the site of the military camp. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Randall U.S. Minister to the Papal States. He was succeeded by Richard Milford Blatchford, and in 1863 accepted appointment as Assistant Postmaster General. President Andrew Johnson appointed him U.S. Postmaster General in 1866 and he remained in that position until 1869. When Johnson was impeached, Randall remained loyal, testifying on Johnson's behalf and contributing to his defense fund. After leaving the federal government, Randall moved to", "title": "Alexander Randall" }, { "docid": "5975210", "text": "Ecuadorian Roldosist Party The Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (\"Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano\") was a populist political party in Ecuador. The party was named after former President Jaime Roldós. It was founded after Roldós' death by his brother-in-law Abdalá Bucaram as a more leftish spin-off from the Concentration of People's Forces. Bucaram was elected President in 1996 but was impeached the following year. Though Jaime Roldós's brother León Roldós is still very involved in Ecuadorian politics, he is not a member of the Roldosist Party. At the legislative elections, 20 October 2002, the party won 15 out of 100 seats. Its candidate Jacobo", "title": "Ecuadorian Roldosist Party" }, { "docid": "5036965", "text": "the court served out their lifetime appointment as at-large appellate judges. (The fifth judge of the court, Robert Archbald, had been impeached and removed from office.) All of the judges who served on the Commerce Court were appointed by President William Howard Taft. The court had no chief judge, and no judge on the court achieved senior status. All of the judges ended their service with the court upon its abolition, except for Robert Wodrow Archbald, who was impeached and convicted for corrupt practices, specifically soliciting and receiving gifts from persons doing business before the court. <nowiki>*</nowiki> This column refers", "title": "United States Commerce Court" }, { "docid": "5975212", "text": "was withdrawn by the National Electoral Council. A successor party, Fuerza Ecuador, was established in its place. Ecuadorian Roldosist Party The Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (\"Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano\") was a populist political party in Ecuador. The party was named after former President Jaime Roldós. It was founded after Roldós' death by his brother-in-law Abdalá Bucaram as a more leftish spin-off from the Concentration of People's Forces. Bucaram was elected President in 1996 but was impeached the following year. Though Jaime Roldós's brother León Roldós is still very involved in Ecuadorian politics, he is not a member of the Roldosist Party. At", "title": "Ecuadorian Roldosist Party" }, { "docid": "6266846", "text": "controversy, he accused President Doe of unconstitutionally releasing the couple in question, but he submitted to President Doe his resignation on 10 November 1987, but Doe rejected it and called for him to be punished with the removal of his citizenship. Consequently, he was impeached by the House of Representatives later in the month, and the Senate convicted him and removed him from office on 2 December on charges of violating the Constitution while in office. The vote was nearly unanimous; only David Menyongai of Margibi County voted to acquit. Cheapoo was the first government official to be impeached in", "title": "Chea Cheapoo" }, { "docid": "671783", "text": "an active role in the day-to-day administration of the State and can also be impeached by the elected state legislature. In Pakistan, each of the four provinces has a Governor who is appointed by the President. The governor is the representative of the president in their province and is the ceremonial head of the province whereas the chief minister is the head of the provincial government. The governor exercises powers similar to the president's, in their respective province. In Papua New Guinea, the leaders of the provinces have been known as governors since August 1995. Previously they were called premiers.", "title": "Governor" }, { "docid": "2452861", "text": "on Impeachment of the President, Hyde wrote: Clinton was impeached by the House on two charges: perjury and obstruction of justice. Hyde, who served as chief prosecutor at the President's trial, stated in his closing argument: Despite Hyde's efforts, President Clinton was acquitted of both perjury and obstruction of justice. With a two-thirds majority required for conviction, only 45 senators voted for conviction on the perjury charge and only 50 on the obstruction of justice charge. While Hyde was spearheading the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky affair, it was revealed that Hyde himself had conducted an", "title": "Henry Hyde" }, { "docid": "14332833", "text": "Abubakar he joined the People's Democratic Party (PDP), and again ran successfully for election to the Senate in 1999. Anyim took office in the Senate in May 1999, and was appointed President of the Senate in August 2000, after Chuba Okadigbo had been impeached, holding office until May 2003. In May 2001, Anyim declared that the upper legislative house was justified in probing the activities of the Mines and Power Ministry during the tenure of Chief Bola Ige. In June 2002, an attempt led by Anyim to impeach President Olusegun Obasanjo collapsed. Speaking a year later, Anyim said President Olusegun", "title": "Anyim Pius Anyim" }, { "docid": "13102947", "text": "Law School graduates petitioned the university to rescind Kavanaugh's position as a lecturer. Shortly after, Kavanaugh voluntarily withdrew from teaching at Harvard for the 2019 winter semester. In 2009, Kavanaugh wrote an article for the \"Minnesota Law Review\" in which he argued that Congress should exempt U.S. presidents from civil lawsuits while in office because, among other things, such lawsuits could be \"time-consuming and distracting\" for the president and would thus \"ill serve the public interest, especially in times of financial or national security crisis. Kavanaugh argued that if a president \"does something dastardly,\" that president may be impeached by", "title": "Brett Kavanaugh" }, { "docid": "1610510", "text": "United States is quite different from that of France. The president of France is granted what is called the power of immunity throughout their term as the president. This power of immunity states that the president cannot be prosecuted or requested to testify before any jurisdiction. However, they may still be impeached only by the High Court. The High Court is a court conveyed by both houses of Parliament. In the United States, the impeachment process begins in the House of Representatives, where the president is first accused of committing either bribery, treason, or other high crimes including misdemeanors. If", "title": "Presidency" }, { "docid": "16327978", "text": "David O. Stewart David O. Stewart (born April 2, 1951) is an American author and attorney who writes both nonfiction historical narratives and historical fiction and currently lives in Garrett Park, Maryland. His books include \"Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America; The Lincoln Deception; American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America\", \"Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy\", and \"The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution\". Stewart grew up in Albany and Staten Island in New York, then graduated from Yale College in 1973. After covering the New York", "title": "David O. Stewart" }, { "docid": "4426612", "text": "'Firebrand', an intelligence officer of the OFS, who is attempting to destabilize the region so OFS forces can occupy the Cluster to \"preserve regional peace.\" Eventually, President Tonkovic of Kornati, leader of the Constitutional Convention and one of the main holdouts to maintain her personal power, is impeached by her own government after it comes to light that her stalling almost resulted in Kornati's removal from the annexation effort, and the annexation moves forward. Initially completely removed from the internal strife in order to avoid looking like invading oppressors, \"Hexapuma\" is tasked with pirate patrol. After stumbling across two pirate", "title": "The Shadow of Saganami" }, { "docid": "1268006", "text": "also approves the charges made by special majority again, the president stands impeached and is deemed to have vacated their office from the date when such a resolution stands passed. No president has faced impeachment proceedings so the above provisions have never been used. Under of the constitution, though the president cannot be summoned for questioning except on his voluntary willingness to testify in the court in support of his controversial deeds, the unconstitutional decisions taken by the president would be declared invalid by the courts. The case would be decided by the courts based on the facts furnished by", "title": "President of India" }, { "docid": "2851846", "text": "For example, the president can dissolve the Assembly and call for new elections mid-term, which could theoretically lead to a different party winning (though the president would of course seek to avoid calling elections if this result were likely). The president could also die, be incapacitated, resign, or be impeached during his term, leading to a new presidential election. Cohabitation could result, although the new president is then likely to call new Assembly elections. The Constitution of Finland, as written in 1918, was originally similar to the French system of 40 years later. It included explicit provisions that the president", "title": "Cohabitation (government)" }, { "docid": "4297214", "text": "on the passage of H. Res. 611, Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998, by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury to a grand jury (by a 228–206 vote) and obstruction of justice (by a 221–212 vote). Two other articles of impeachment failed – a second count of perjury in the Jones case (by a 205–229 vote) and one accusing Clinton of abuse of power (by a 148–285 vote). Clinton thus became the second U.S. president to be impeached, following Andrew Johnson in 1868. (Clinton was the third sitting president against whom the House of Representatives initiated impeachment", "title": "Impeachment of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "2412082", "text": "Abolhassan Banisadr Seyyed Abolhassan Banisadr (; ; born 22 March 1933) is an Iranian politician. He was the first President of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution abolished the monarchy, serving from 4 February 1980 until he was impeached by parliament on 20 June 1981. Prior to his presidency, he was the minister of foreign affairs in the interim government. He has resided for many years in France where he co-founded the National Council of Resistance of Iran. At age , Banisadr is currently the oldest living former Iranian President. Banisadr was born on 22 March 1933 in Hamedan. His", "title": "Abolhassan Banisadr" }, { "docid": "20483835", "text": "Lewinsky. Gore initially defended Clinton, whom he believed to be innocent, stating, \"He is the president of the country! He is my friend ... I want to ask you now, every single one of you, to join me in supporting him.\" After Clinton was impeached Gore continued to defend him stating, \"I've defined my job in exactly the same way for six years now ... to do everything I can to help him be the best president possible.\" However, by the beginning stages of the 2000 Presidential election, Gore gradually distanced himself from Clinton. Clinton was not a part of", "title": "Vice presidency of Al Gore" }, { "docid": "19381605", "text": "the gender pay gap is 5.3 %, Indonesian women are relatively paid more than men. It is because gender pay gap also included underemployment rate. For instance, the number of women working in higher position are lacking compared to male. Megawati Soekarnopoetri, the daughter of the first president of Republic of Indonesia, was elected as the first female ruler of the country in 2001 after her predecessor was impeached. She served as president until 2004 . Currently, Indonesia has eight female ministers that are in office, in which seven of them has received international recognition such as Best Minister in", "title": "Coloniality of gender" }, { "docid": "7749123", "text": "White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. Gore initially defended Clinton, whom he believed to be innocent, stating, \"He is the president of the country! He is my friend [...] I want to ask you now, every single one of you, to join me in supporting him.\" After Clinton was impeached, Gore continued to defend him stating, \"I've defined my job in exactly the same way for six years now [...] to do everything I can to help him be the best president possible.\" There was talk of a potential run in the 2000 presidential race by Gore as early as January", "title": "Al Gore" }, { "docid": "2475576", "text": "impeaching and removing another Oklahoma governor from office. Nationwide, it would be nearly 60 years before another U.S. governor was impeached—Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona in 1988. Henry S. Johnston Henry Simpson Johnston (December 30, 1867 – January 7, 1965) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, the first President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and the seventh governor of Oklahoma. He would become the second governor in Oklahoma history to be impeached and removed from office. As governor, Johnston successfully proposed the establishment of a crippled children's hospital and", "title": "Henry S. Johnston" } ]
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when is the new barbie movie coming out
[ "May 8 , 2020" ]
[ { "docid": "12049105", "text": "too much time involved working on the screenplay for \"Tully\" to focus on writing the live action Barbie movie and that she doesn't feel she is the right person to write the script. This film's concept was discarded in 2017. Sony in January 2018 would later move its release date to May 8, 2020. With a revived film division, Mattel Films, a Barbie film was considered one of two of the division's first projects. In October 2018, it was announced that Warner Bros. would distribute the film and that Margot Robbie was in talks to play the titular character, following", "title": "Barbie (film series)" }, { "docid": "12049105", "text": "too much time involved working on the screenplay for \"Tully\" to focus on writing the live action Barbie movie and that she doesn't feel she is the right person to write the script. This film's concept was discarded in 2017. Sony in January 2018 would later move its release date to May 8, 2020. With a revived film division, Mattel Films, a Barbie film was considered one of two of the division's first projects. In October 2018, it was announced that Warner Bros. would distribute the film and that Margot Robbie was in talks to play the titular character, following", "title": "Barbie (film series)" } ]
[ { "docid": "14866736", "text": "Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale is a 2010 American - Canadian direct-to-video computer animated movie and seventeenth feature film in Barbie film series. It was released on September 14, 2010. This is the second Barbie film in which Kelly Sheridan does not voice Barbie; instead, Diana Kaarina takes her role. The movie starts with Barbie filming a movie called \"The Princess and the Pea\" based on the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen, but she is fired when she questions the director's innovations. After reading mean comments about her on the Internet and beginning to doubt", "title": "Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale" }, { "docid": "19707151", "text": "Barbie: Star Light Adventure Barbie: Star Light Adventure is a 2016 computer animated film and the second film in the fourth season of films in the \"Barbie\" film series. The movie was given a limited theatrical release in July 30, 2016 and was released to home video in September 13, 2016. Mattel has released a toyline, a story book, and a comic, based on the film. Barbie is a young woman that enjoys hoverboarding with her friend and pet Pupcorn. These relatively peaceful days are threatened when the stars begin to dim and threaten to go out entirely. In order", "title": "Barbie: Star Light Adventure" }, { "docid": "7365548", "text": "characters. When the band wins a contest, they make a trip to Jamaica for the finals, but Barbie, Nolee, and Chelsea must raise the money to travel to Jamaica. After all the characters arrive in Jamaica, Barbie feels left out as her boyfriend, the lead guitarist, begins spending more time with Madison. This causes a rift between the friends but is eventually resolved. \"\" was the second My Scene movie, released on DVD, running 28 minutes long, half the length of \"Jammin' in Jamaica\". This movie is centered around the Masquerade Madness fashion show, a fundraiser for the local animal", "title": "My Scene" }, { "docid": "7365550", "text": "was directed by Eric Fogel and distributed by Miramax Family Films. It featured a voice-over by actress Lindsay Lohan, who plays herself in the movie. Kelly Sheridan of the Barbie film series takes over the role of Barbie. In order to see it up close, the My Scene girls pretend to be extras in an action movie being filmed in New York. When one of the actresses is injured, Madison is called upon to take her place. She begins spending less and less time with her friends and develops a crush on the leading actor, Ryan Ridley. Madison ends up", "title": "My Scene" }, { "docid": "13403583", "text": "Barbie and the Three Musketeers Barbie and the Three Musketeers is a 2009 direct-to-DVD computer-animated fantasy film and the 16th entry in the Barbie film series. This is the final entry in the second-generation Barbie films. It was released on September 15, 2009. The film features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as Corrine d'Artagnan (played by Barbie), and is based on \"The Three Musketeers\" by Alexander Dumas. In her new movie set up in France, Barbie stars as Corinne, a seventeen-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a Musketeer like her father. Her kitten Miette dreams of becoming a mus\"cat\"eer But", "title": "Barbie and the Three Musketeers" }, { "docid": "14489574", "text": "the problems Joan's Mother In Law is coming to stay, and Barbie has her Father In Law Coming from Trinidad. What will Bill and Eddie do when they realise their parents get on? Love Thy Neighbour (1973 film) Love Thy Neighbour is a 1973 British comedy film starring Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Kate Williams and Nina Baden-Semper, spun off from the television series \"Love Thy Neighbour\". Eddie and Joan Booth live next door to Bill and Barbie Reynolds. Whilst Joan and Barbie are best friends as well as neighbours, Bill and Eddie are complete opposites in all things, including colour.", "title": "Love Thy Neighbour (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "15208676", "text": "America. He is also a regular columnist for Fashionista.com. Benz also created the clothes for the 2012 Barbie for President doll in the Barbie \"I Can Be...\" line. Benz collaborated to design character costumes for the animated movie EPIC in 2013. On October 30, 2014, Benz was appointed Creative Director of Bill Blass which plans to relaunch during the Spring of 2016. Benz as Creative Director of Bill Blass is \"...planning an e-commerce push, collaborations with up-and-coming designers and established artists, an accessories range and, possibly, a line of home goods.\" Chris Benz Chris Benz is an American fashion designer.", "title": "Chris Benz" }, { "docid": "15466575", "text": "and fly back through the portal. Barbie: A Fairy Secret Barbie: A Fairy Secret is a 2011 American - Canadian direct-to-DVD computer-animated comedy fantasy film and the19th entry in the Barbie film series. It was released in cinemas created by Cinedigm on February 22, 2011, and on March 15, 2011 on DVD. Barbie is at the premiere of her latest movie along with her actor friend Ken, when her rival and co-star, Raquelle, steps on her dress, ripping it. Her stylists, Carrie and Taylor, who are secretly fairies, use magic to mend it. Crystal, a photographer, greets Carrie and Taylor", "title": "Barbie: A Fairy Secret" }, { "docid": "15466567", "text": "Barbie: A Fairy Secret Barbie: A Fairy Secret is a 2011 American - Canadian direct-to-DVD computer-animated comedy fantasy film and the19th entry in the Barbie film series. It was released in cinemas created by Cinedigm on February 22, 2011, and on March 15, 2011 on DVD. Barbie is at the premiere of her latest movie along with her actor friend Ken, when her rival and co-star, Raquelle, steps on her dress, ripping it. Her stylists, Carrie and Taylor, who are secretly fairies, use magic to mend it. Crystal, a photographer, greets Carrie and Taylor and, taking one last picture of", "title": "Barbie: A Fairy Secret" }, { "docid": "14866739", "text": "the catwalk to tell Barbie he loves her. Lilliana Roxelle, Paris's top fashion critic, congratulates them on a spectacular show and invites them to her Black, White, and Pink party that night. Jacqueline finally appreciates their work and also apologizes to everybody for all the trouble she caused and promises to change. Glimmer harnesses her magic a second time and transforms the limousines into beautiful stagecoaches. The story ends after the film studio invites Barbie back, to direct a new film. Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale is a 2010 American - Canadian direct-to-video computer animated movie", "title": "Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale" }, { "docid": "8371321", "text": "for never realizing, but points out that the bizarre rhyming in the notes was a giveaway. The two dance together and become a couple. At the end, Barbie and Kevin watch a movie while eating ziti as Kevin asked A soundtrack album for this movie was released on May 9, 2006. It is sold along with the DVD on WalMart. It contains five songs. However, \"This Is Me\" which is the movie's main theme song is not featured in this album. Versions of \"Girl Most Likely To\" and \"Real Life\" that are featured in this album are sung by different", "title": "The Barbie Diaries" }, { "docid": "11394364", "text": "and Mattel fell through, and the project eventually emerged with a whole new set of characters—and the sponsorship of Mattel rival Hasbro—as Maxie's World in 1988. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers doll line in which Barbie is the lead singer of a rock band. The two-part special was later released on video as a single film by Hi-Tops Video. Barbie's rock band completes a successful world tour and decides to perform one last concert in space to promote world peace. Then in part two (\"Barbie and the Sensations\"), when Barbie and her band—whose name has", "title": "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World" }, { "docid": "8371314", "text": "The Barbie Diaries The Barbie Diaries is a 2006 motion capture film featuring popular Mattel character Barbie, and directed by Eric Fogel (the director of My Scene films). It is 8th entry in the \"Barbie\" film series featuring the voice of Kelly Sheridan as Barbie, and Skye Sweetnam as the singing voice of Barbie. Produced by Curious Pictures, this is the last Barbie film distributed by Lionsgate worldwide and Right Entertainment in the UK. This is the only film not to be produced by Rainmaker. It is also the only movie in the Barbie series to be theatrical. In \"The", "title": "The Barbie Diaries" }, { "docid": "12087038", "text": "5.4 out of 10 rating on IMDb. It also has a \"Audience\" rating of 43% on Rotten Tomatoes. My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie is a 2005 direct-to-DVD and VHS animated film based on Mattel's line of My Scene dolls. It features Barbie and Lindsay Lohan, who plays herself. It is the third feature with the My Scene characters, and the only one that was full-length. The film was directed by Eric Fogel. Although the title of the film suggests a trip to Hollywood, California, the entire plot takes place in New York City,", "title": "My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie" }, { "docid": "11014469", "text": "Barbie as the Island Princess Barbie as the Island Princess is a 2007 American - Canadian direct-to-video computer animated Barbie film. It is part of the Barbie film series, a series of CGI Barbie films, the second to be a musical, and the first movie of Barbie animated under the name of Rainmaker Animation though it was animated by the old Mainframe Animators only. The film features the voice of Kelly Sheridan, who has been voicing the female protagonist in all the CGI Barbie movies to date, as Rosella. The score for this film was composed by Arnie Roth. Songs", "title": "Barbie as the Island Princess" }, { "docid": "12087031", "text": "they find out there's a new teen spy movie called \"Spy Society\" being filmed there, starring Lindsay Lohan (who plays Mariel St. Clair, the lead character) and fictional character Ryan Ridley (who plays Lohan's love interest in the movie). While the girls, Barbie, Chelsea, Madison, Nolee, and Delancey, go to watch it being filmed, they get the idea to sneak into the film by pretending to be extras. While working as extras for the movie, the girls quickly learn that there's actually a lot of work that goes into making a movie, such as getting to the set really early", "title": "My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie" }, { "docid": "12049106", "text": "Hathaway's departure from the role. Barbie (film series) Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. who has been a computer animated virtual actress starring in direct-to-DVD animated films. Although Barbie has appeared in miniseries and short films since 1987, the series officially began in 2001 with \"Barbie in the Nutcracker\" which is tagged as \"(Barbie) Starring in Her First (Feature-length) Movie\". It is followed by a total of thirty-five films while the series is on hiatus as of 2017. Other appearances of Barbie as a character in other films including Mattel's My Scene line", "title": "Barbie (film series)" }, { "docid": "12049096", "text": "Barbie (film series) Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. who has been a computer animated virtual actress starring in direct-to-DVD animated films. Although Barbie has appeared in miniseries and short films since 1987, the series officially began in 2001 with \"Barbie in the Nutcracker\" which is tagged as \"(Barbie) Starring in Her First (Feature-length) Movie\". It is followed by a total of thirty-five films while the series is on hiatus as of 2017. Other appearances of Barbie as a character in other films including Mattel's My Scene line as well as the Toy", "title": "Barbie (film series)" }, { "docid": "16613423", "text": "of the \"Ballerina\", \"Bath\", \"Beach\", \"Fashionistas\", \"Rainbow Hair\", \"Style\", and \"Water Play\" series. She also got a STEM outfit in 2016. Nikki appears in many Barbie movies with her first appearance being 2008 Barbie in a Christmas Carol. Nikki plays the role of Catherine and herself in the ending of the movie. She also stars in Barbie and the Three Musketeers, Barbie in a Fashion Fairytale and Barbie in A Mermaid Tale. She was also a series regular in the web series and now is a series regular in the Netflix Barbie series Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. Nikki lives in Malibu,", "title": "Nikki (Barbie)" }, { "docid": "12087030", "text": "My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie is a 2005 direct-to-DVD and VHS animated film based on Mattel's line of My Scene dolls. It features Barbie and Lindsay Lohan, who plays herself. It is the third feature with the My Scene characters, and the only one that was full-length. The film was directed by Eric Fogel. Although the title of the film suggests a trip to Hollywood, California, the entire plot takes place in New York City, where all the My Scene characters live. The My Scene girls are attending high school in Manhattan when", "title": "My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie" }, { "docid": "274036", "text": "and \"Angelina Ballerina\", but as no new information on either revival has been provided since the initial announcement, its unknown when or even if they will ever air. Mattel Creations and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group had agreed to an exclusive worldwide SVOD rights agreement for the Barbie movie library. This deal started in October 2016 for the next seven years and includes the next two releases, and Barbie: Video Game Hero. With Balsam-Schwaber taking the general manager position at Craftsy, Mattel president and chief operating officer Richard Dickson has taken over responsibility for Mattel Creation and was not", "title": "Mattel" }, { "docid": "3880540", "text": "Dancing Princesses\" line sold two dolls named Isla and Hadley who were the size of Teen Fun Skipper dolls, but with a new appropriately-sized \"belly-button\" body. Skipper is also a character in with her hair being brown and a small part of it purple. She is shown to be a person who loves gadgets. Skipper (Barbie) Skipper Roberts is a doll created by Mattel in 1964 to be Barbie's younger sister, as well as to oppose controversies directed at Barbie. Since Skipper was introduced, she has changed immensely. When she first came out, she was 9.25 inches in height (compared", "title": "Skipper (Barbie)" }, { "docid": "16546846", "text": "the 2012 CGI animated movie \"Barbie: The Princess and The Popstar\". It was released on iTunes on August 28, 2012 as a promotional single from the album. This is the second song that is featured in the film's credits. Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar is a 2012 American - Canadian direct-to-DVD computer-animated musical film produced by Rainmaker Entertainment and released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. It is the 23rd entry in the Barbie film series and the 2nd \"Barbie\" film to be based on \"The Prince and the Pauper\" by Mark Twain (the", "title": "Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar" }, { "docid": "8371322", "text": "artists instead of Skye Sweetnam like the movie version, which makes none of the songs recorded by Sweetnam are included in this album. \"This Is Me\" is an uptempo pop rock song which is the opening track to \"The Barbie Diaries\". It is played in the beginning of the movie which features the opening credits. It lasts for three minutes and forty-two seconds. It is written by Amy Powers, Michèle Vice-Maslin and Dorian Cheah. Its courtesy goes to Capitol Records. It has a music video which is included as a bonus feature in \"The Barbie Diaries\" DVD. The music video", "title": "The Barbie Diaries" }, { "docid": "3880527", "text": "Skipper (Barbie) Skipper Roberts is a doll created by Mattel in 1964 to be Barbie's younger sister, as well as to oppose controversies directed at Barbie. Since Skipper was introduced, she has changed immensely. When she first came out, she was 9.25 inches in height (compared to Barbie's 11.5 inches), and then as newer versions were released she gradually became taller with an older appearance, eventually turning out to be almost as tall as Barbie. At first, Skipper was available with three different hair colors, but is currently only available with her hair colored black and purple. Usually, Skipper dolls", "title": "Skipper (Barbie)" }, { "docid": "14258345", "text": "Teresa (Barbie) Teresa is a Mattel fashion doll who is marketed as one of Barbie's fictional friends. Teresa debuted in the \"California Dream Teresa\" doll in 1988 and since then, she has been Barbie's most frequently featured female companion in the toy line (next to Christie). As of 2006, Teresa has been one of Barbie's core friends in the Barbie brand along with Summer, Nikki and Raquelle. In a trailer for the 2008 movie Barbie and the Diamond Castle, the narrator describes Teresa as Barbie's best friend. In the film itself, Barbie states that Teresa is officially her \"best friend", "title": "Teresa (Barbie)" }, { "docid": "11033162", "text": "are three versions of the \"Barbie\": Barbie 1 was the main corporate livery used across South Yorkshire, Barbie 2 was a livery intended for buses pre 1998 but this livery has almost been phased out and Barbie 3 is a revised version of Barbie 1. There have recently been new single decker buses released into service and are the first time Doncaster has seen such a large investment in buses since 2002. There was also a trial on the X78 service to Sheffield in which new double deckers were run for a month but have since been withdrawn and are", "title": "Transport in Doncaster" }, { "docid": "11014482", "text": "set sail on a honeymoon voyage with Sagi, Azul, Tika and Tallulah in tow. Cast as per the closing credits: The songs in the film, in chronological order, are as followed: Barbie as the Island Princess is a 2007 platform video game based on the movie for PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance. Developed by Human Soft and published by Activision, it is a collection of 28 different mini-games. Barbie as the Island Princess Barbie as the Island Princess is a 2007 American - Canadian direct-to-video computer animated Barbie film. It is part of the", "title": "Barbie as the Island Princess" }, { "docid": "5646983", "text": "Toa Vakama). He played the voice of Nightscream in \"Beast Machines\", he was also the voice of Julian in \"Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper\", a Barbie movie based on the Mark Twain story \"The Prince and the Pauper\", in which he also performed his own singing; he also voiced the merman prince Nalu in \"\" and \"\", and most recently did both the speaking and singing role of Prince Antonio in \"Barbie as the Island Princess\". He was also in the movie \"Barbie Mariposa\" as \"Prince Carlos\" and \"\" as River. He also voices the character Koji in", "title": "Alessandro Juliani" }, { "docid": "7540776", "text": "that of the movie: players must thwart Preminger's attempt to take over the kingdom by marrying Anneliese. Players control four characters: Anneliese, Erika, Serafina, and Wolfie. Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is a 2004 American - Canadian direct-to-DVD computer animated musical fantasy film, and the first musical in the Barbie film series. It is directed by William Lau and stars the voice of Kelly Sheridan as the Barbie protagonists, Anneliese and Erika. The film is loosely inspired by the Mark Twain novel \"The Prince and the Pauper\", but unrelated to the", "title": "Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper" }, { "docid": "3880532", "text": "new body mold and was now almost as tall as her sister Barbie. This was mostly because of her legs, which were now long and lanky. Most notable of all, however, was Skipper's new face mold. She no longer looked like a child, but more like a girl on the brink of becoming a woman. Teen Skipper's packaging revealed that she is now \"16 years old\". If she was nine when she was introduced (and she was), when Barbie was billed as the \"Famous Teen-Age Fashion Doll\", then Barbie could not realistically be considered a teenager any longer. Skipper also", "title": "Skipper (Barbie)" }, { "docid": "6017022", "text": "which has a circulation of over 370,000 each week. Shaw is also an ambassador of Mattel and the deal with Shaw is the first time that Mattel and Barbie DVD distributor Entertainment Rights have undertaken together.Shaw lent her powerful vocals to the theme tune \"Connected\" from 2008's \"Barbie(TM) and the Diamond Castle\" children's movie. Shaw has brought out a successful perfume \"Ice\" and interactive family DVD \"Suzanne Shaw's Showtime Showdown\". She is current face of Tesco Mobile as well as Disney for which she has launched the interactive games \"Disney's Sing It\" and \"Disney's A Christmas Carol\". Shaw recorded a", "title": "Suzanne Shaw" }, { "docid": "11394365", "text": "inexplicably been changed to the Sensations—come back to Earth, they travel inadvertently back to 1959. This is a list of the songs featured in \"Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World\", in order of appearance: The miniseries was released on VHS in the 1980s. Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World is a 1987 American animated television special created by DIC Entertainment with Saban Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured Barbie as the leader of", "title": "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World" }, { "docid": "19707152", "text": "to avoid this fate, Barbie travels to Capital Planet in the hopes of finding a way to save the stars from being extinguished. There have been several pieces of merchandise released, which include the following: Barbie: Star Light Adventure Barbie: Star Light Adventure is a 2016 computer animated film and the second film in the fourth season of films in the \"Barbie\" film series. The movie was given a limited theatrical release in July 30, 2016 and was released to home video in September 13, 2016. Mattel has released a toyline, a story book, and a comic, based on the", "title": "Barbie: Star Light Adventure" }, { "docid": "9161525", "text": "lead, Cobra!\", \"Attack!\", and \"Vengeance is mine!\" They were found in stores in New York and California. Teen Talk Barbie Teen Talk Barbie is an edition of Mattel's Barbie doll, introduced in 1992, that incorporates a voice box to speak one of four randomly selected phrases when a button is pushed. It became controversial because one of the phrases was \"Math class is tough\", and was also later used for a protest wherein some dolls had the voice boxes exchanged with those for Talking Duke G.I. Joe action figures produced by Hasbro. Teen Talk Barbie was introduced at the 1992", "title": "Teen Talk Barbie" }, { "docid": "11394363", "text": "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World is a 1987 American animated television special created by DIC Entertainment with Saban Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured Barbie as the leader of a rock band. The special originally aired in syndication as a two-part television \"miniseries\" with each installment lasting approximately 25 minutes; part two was titled \"\". The miniseries was supposed to have been the pilot for a Monday–Friday Barbie cartoon series. However, negotiations between DIC", "title": "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World" }, { "docid": "6463381", "text": "Barbie: Super Model Barbie: Super Model is a one or two player multiplayer educational action video game that allows the player to play as Barbie. It was released for the Sega Genesis, SNES and MS-DOS in 1993. The main part of the game comprises very simple arcade-style sequences. In each level, the player must navigate from one end of a horizontally scrolling area to the other, avoiding all of the obstacles and potential hazards coming towards the main character. Players can either do the \"normal\" difficulty level with everything or the \"easy\" difficulty level that allows younger children to try", "title": "Barbie: Super Model" }, { "docid": "17512112", "text": "Junior and Angie then realize that the dome wants him to stick with the three kids. Julia (Rachelle Lefevre) is shot by Maxine after Barbie (Mike Vogel) rejected her in the previous episode. Barbie then gets Joe to drive them to the hospital. When they got there and see that the nurses are busy with other tornado-related emergencies, Barbie is forced to heal Julia's wounds. While feeding oxygen into her through a small tube, her heart stops. As this happens, a branch flies through the window, with Barbie pushing Joe out of the way. The clouds then subside, and Julia's", "title": "Speak of the Devil (Under the Dome)" }, { "docid": "1584187", "text": "to have children. In 2013 Mattel decided to revamp Midge's history, reintroducing her as a best friend of Barbie's, but unmarried, without children, and with no connection to Alan. When Barbie first came out, she was the subject of a lot of criticism, some of which that claimed Barbie was too mature-looking for children. Midge was the first same-size friend of Barbie ever sold, and was created to oppose these controversies aimed at Barbie. She had a fuller, gentler face mold, although her body proportions were the same as Barbie and they both stood at tall. This allowed the two", "title": "Midge (Barbie)" }, { "docid": "7540802", "text": "it. The silversmith has not seen his brother in years, making him very upset. Stefan realizes that the feud is hurting the villagers more than he realized. Afterward, Stefan asks Rapunzel to a masked ball. She replies that she will meet him there. He tells that her hair is a 'beautiful give-away.' Penelope soon arrives via the painting and explains that Gothel is coming, and they must leave so that Hugo will not be punished. Rapunzel leaves, painting a way out. When back at the tower, Rapunzel uses the paintbrush to paint herself a beautiful gown. Hobie and Penelope provide", "title": "Barbie as Rapunzel" }, { "docid": "16434138", "text": "like \"Bandhan\", \"Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta\", and \"Krodh\" and also as the voice of actress Monica Bedi in Hindi movie \"Jodi No. 1\". Rajput has also dubbed for Barbie. After the first four films that were originally dubbed over in Hindi by Rajshree Nath, she passed the role on to Rajput to continue to dub over the Barbie roles in Hindi throughout the later Barbie films. However, There are a few Barbie movies that received two Hindi dubs and she voices Barbie only for the television dub for those films to air on Pogo, with the VCD/DVD release", "title": "Pinky Rajput" }, { "docid": "12235106", "text": "New York takes a call from her manager regarding an In Touch photo shoot that he set up at her house. The anxiety over the photo shoot is compounded when New York receives the call that her mother is coming out to visit. When New York's mother (aka sister P.) arrives, she terrorizes New York's assistant, and the photo shoot is put in jeopardy by the domineering stage mother. Later, Sister P. demands a meeting with this new Hollywood manager and when Sister P. drags religion into the meeting and insults a prospective movie producer, New York starts to consider", "title": "New York Goes to Hollywood" }, { "docid": "20425670", "text": "Barbie Dolphin Magic Barbie Dolphin Magic (also called Barbie: Dolphin Magic) is a 2017 American - Canadian computer-animated friendship family television film directed by Conrad Helten and written by Jennifer Skelly. It is the 36th installment in the Barbie film series and the first film in the series (a new film series by Mattel featuring Barbie and her sisters: Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea). It features the voice of Erica Lindbeck as Barbie and is the first Barbie film to be produced under the new name of Rainmaker Studios (a current division of WOW! Unlimited Media). It is the first Barbie", "title": "Barbie Dolphin Magic" }, { "docid": "14039593", "text": "won as New Movie Actress of the Year in the 26th PMPC Star Awards for Movies. In April 2013, Forteza released her self-titled album, \"Barbie Forteza\" under MCA Records with the carrier single, \"Meron Ba\" which was used as the theme song for GMA Network's koreanovela, \"Big\". In 2014, Forteza was chosen to play one of the lead roles in the television series, \"The Half Sisters\" along with Thea Tolentino. In August 2014, she won the Best Supporting Actress award in the new breed category at the 10th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, for the film \"Mariquina\", portraying a teenage version", "title": "Barbie Forteza" }, { "docid": "829620", "text": "that the film sold over 56.9 million tickets in the US. Roger Ebert praised the film, giving it 4 out of 4 stars and observing: \"Tootsie\" is the kind of Movie with a capital M that they used to make in the 1940s, when they weren't afraid to mix up absurdity with seriousness, social comment with farce, and a little heartfelt tenderness right in there with the laughs. This movie gets you coming and going...The movie also manages to make some lighthearted but well-aimed observations about sexism. It also pokes satirical fun at soap operas, New York show business agents", "title": "Tootsie" }, { "docid": "2993030", "text": "was completed on 26 September 2015, and in January 2016 Buchanan successfully achieved ownership of the United States Sugababes trademark. In August 2018, Buchanan revealed on Twitter and hinted that the group had regained their original Sugababes name by claiming she was not an \"EX-Sugababe\". She also hinted that new music was coming soon, and the reason for the long wait would be revealed. In April 2007, Mattel teamed up with the Sugababes to create a new themed Barbie collection, which was released in May 2007. The Sugababes had also told reporters that they hope to branch out into other", "title": "Sugababes" }, { "docid": "1709065", "text": "original. \"The Three Musketeers\" was a series of animated shorts produced by Hanna-Barbera's as part of \"The Banana Splits Comedy-Adventure Hour\" and \"The Banana Splits & Friends\" show. \"Albert the Fifth Musketeer\" is a 1994 French animated series featuring a new musketeer, the titular Albert. \"\", a direct-to-video animated movie produced by Walt Disney Pictures and the Australian office of DisneyToon Studios, directed by Donovan Cook, and released on August 17, 2004. A Barbie adaption of the tale by the name of \"Barbie and the Three Musketeers\" was made in 2009. The first stage production was in Dumas' own lifetime", "title": "The Three Musketeers" }, { "docid": "20561212", "text": "Hub at Spring Studios in New York City. Its premiere was part of the festival's \"Spotlight Documentary\" series of films that were being screened. On May 9, 2018, it was announced that Entertainment One had secured international distribution rights for the film. \"Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie\" has been met with a positive response from critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 81% approval rating with an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie is an American documentary film that premiered on April 27,", "title": "Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie" }, { "docid": "17830623", "text": "chain Barbie”. There is a meaning behind each collage of the naked Barbies, and its purpose is to not exploit the doll doing strange things but to show how Forsythe views the world and how seemingly mad it really is. His work has been described as “unappetizing”. The main reason behind Forsythe's use of the Barbie is that the doll is seen as an American icon. Forsythe chose to use the dolls in his art because he wanted to attempt to put the sexist idea to rest. When Barbie came out, the doll was supposed to represent beauty and gave", "title": "Tom Forsythe" }, { "docid": "13403591", "text": "three best friends ride off on their horses to save another day. After saying \"All for one, and One for all!\" and waving goodbye to Louis and the kingdom they ride off happily towards the sunset to their next destination. CommonSenseMedia's review gave the movie three stars out of five and concluded: \"A pretty good try, but this Musketeer misses the mark...Barbie does all kinds of acrobatic moves, which flaunt her girlishness, but putting a sword in her dainty little hands seems to be a stretch.\" DVDverdict's review said the CGI was not spectacular and adults would not find much", "title": "Barbie and the Three Musketeers" }, { "docid": "8371315", "text": "Barbie Diaries,\" Barbie is portrayed as a typical American teenager who is a sophomore in high school who encounters the problems that real-life teens often encounter: making new friends, dating, gossip, and getting involved in school. She always gets beaten in everything by Raquelle, a snobby girl who used to be her best friend in fifth grade. On the first day of school, she attempts to become anchorwoman for the school TV station but Raquelle beats her to it. Instead, she becomes Raquelle's personal assistant, buying her drinks and doing her work. When Raquelle dumps Todd he and Barbie begin", "title": "The Barbie Diaries" }, { "docid": "3100146", "text": "of the Barbie movie \"\". An adaptation of \"So You Want to be a Wizard\" is currently in the works. Diane Duane Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her works include the \"Young Wizards\" young adult fantasy series and the \"Rihannsu\" Star Trek novels. Born in New York City, she grew up in Roosevelt, Long Island. After school, she studied nursing and practiced as a psychiatric nurse for two years until 1976, when she moved to California and worked as an assistant to David Gerrold. Her first novel was published by Dell", "title": "Diane Duane" }, { "docid": "13187573", "text": "with his DV-cam, Shane recovers the DV-cam and sees footage of his friend cowering in fright at something he had seen. When Shane runs the horror movie for himself at the theater again, he is shocked to see his friend inside the movie with his eyes gouged out. The next day as the movie theatre staff look for the missing bootleg, Shane encounters Shomba (Oraphan Arjsamat) the evil spirit depicted in the movie in several places. Eventually, he finds out the terrible secret behind the haunted movie. Shane and Som (Vorakan Rojchanawat) take a trip out to Shomba's original house", "title": "Coming Soon (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "7540839", "text": "the locket and asks her to dance. She answers, \"I couldn't say 'no' to the King\", and the couple waltz together. A snow-globe shows the Prince – now a king – and the Sugarplum Princess dancing happily in the Palace courtyard. The story goes back to Kelly and Barbie. Kelly realizes the importance of not giving up and makes one more attempt at the ballet move she just can't do. Kelly and Barbie dance to the Sugar Plum Fairy and Kelly finally gets her steps right; Barbie quotes: \"I always knew you could...\" On October 23, 2001 the movie had", "title": "Barbie in the Nutcracker" }, { "docid": "18130800", "text": "out of the house seconds before the house is torn apart from the pulse. While Barbie and Rebecca attempt to stop the pulses, the teens are convinced that the Dome is punishing them for not killing Big Jim when it told them to. The Dome's magnetic force locks Big Jim in the fall-out shelter where he is taunted by Dodee Weaver's (Jolene Purdy) ghost. Eventually he blows himself out with grenades but then sees Junior unconscious next to the gallows. Another large pulse has caused almost everyone inside the Dome to pass out, with the exception of Barbie, Julia, and", "title": "Heads Will Roll (Under the Dome)" }, { "docid": "10531475", "text": "Decent reviews, which mainly point out that the game was being geared towards children, were given out by TeamXbox (3.8/5) and the British Official Xbox Magazine (6.7/10.) Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp is an adventure role-playing video game developed by Pixel Tales and published by Activision. It is the fourth game in the \"Barbie Horse Adventures\" video game series based on the Barbie line of dolls by Mattel. The game was released worldwide for PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Wii and Windows in 2008. \"Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp\" is an adventure role-playing game set in an open world environment and", "title": "Barbie Horse Adventures" }, { "docid": "3198117", "text": "a 9% \"Rotten\" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 3.5 out of 10. On April 22, 1994, Roger Ebert wrote for \"Chicago Sun-Times\": \"What a good idea, to make a Western about four tough women. And what a sad movie.\" Janet Maslin, in her \"New York Times\" review on the same day, ridiculed the film as \"Cowpoke Barbie\". The film was released on VHS and on DVD, which contains an uncut extended version. Bad Girls (1994 film) Bad Girls is a 1994 American western adventure film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and written by Ken Friedman and Yolande", "title": "Bad Girls (1994 film)" }, { "docid": "6132225", "text": "animated movie, \"Barbie Presents Thumbelina\", where Barbie tells the story of the Twillerbees, with Thumbelina as the main character. in a modern-day tale. She meets Makena, the daughter of a wealthy couple, who became the Twillerbees' only hope for saving their home (which was being torn down due to a building construction by Makena's parents). At the end, Barbie waves at Thumbelina and her friends before the Twillerbees magically make a plant grow in the sight of a little girl, revealing it is a true story. In 2015, a modernized version of Thumbelina appears in the Disney Junior series, \"Goldie", "title": "Thumbelina" }, { "docid": "12049102", "text": "films in the \"Barbie\" film series. In 1986, a \"St. Petersburg Times\" newspaper reported that Cannon Films planned to make a Barbie film, but nothing came to fruition. Sony Pictures and Mattel are developing a comedic live-action Barbie movie with Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald producing and Jenny Bicks writing the film. On March 4, 2015 it was announced that Diablo Cody will be doing rewrites on the script. In December 2015 it was announced that Sony would hire three different writers to write scripts, and that they would choose the best one. They are working with the draft", "title": "Barbie (film series)" }, { "docid": "20916727", "text": "Windows. Barbie and her friends are secret agents and are called to New York by Teresa to help with her fashion show. Someone has stolen the cloth and plans to make an invisibility suit. It is up to Barbie to stop the thief. Barbie travels to Paris, New York, Egypt, Tokyo, and Rio in order to solve the mystery and find the plans. IGN called it, \"the best \"Metal Gear\" knock-off that the GBA has at the moment. \" Secret Agent Barbie Secret Agent Barbie or Barbie: Secret Agent is a multi platform video game released in 2001 for Microsoft", "title": "Secret Agent Barbie" }, { "docid": "12911739", "text": "four areas. Of the four playable areas, only the Beach and the Meadow will let them race against other players. There is also a \"Secret Ranch,\" where players find a foal and win the game. There are only four horses players can choose from: a palomino, a paint, a white, and a dapple gray. Barbie will explain the personality of each of the horses as the player moves their arrow among them. When a player selects their horse, they will be given a list of names to pick out, such as \"Blaze,\" \"Flash,\" \"Ariel,\" \"Beauty,\" \"Duchess,\" or \"Princess.\" Barbie: Race", "title": "Barbie: Race & Ride" }, { "docid": "8371316", "text": "hanging out together and soon become a couple. Todd asks Barbie to the Fall Formal. Thrilled, Barbie as well as her best friends Tia and Courtney rush to buy a dress when they discover that Raquelle and Todd are together again. The mysterious woman at the counter, whose name is Stephanie, gives them advice and offers them some charm bracelets for free. Barbie's happens to come with a diary which she writes her hopes in. Soon after, what she wrote starts to mysteriously come true. Someone leaves her love notes and her band, Charmz, gets a gig at the school", "title": "The Barbie Diaries" }, { "docid": "5886361", "text": "studied at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She attended Simon Fraser University and received a degree in theatre in 2001. Before \"Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny\" came out in English, on many of the anime websites, Sheridan had mistakenly received credit for Stella Loussier's English voice. She was initially succeeded as the voice of Barbie by Diana Kaarina in 2010, beginning with \"\", but later returned to the role in 2012 in \"Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2\". She continued to voice Barbie through 2015, when it was announced that Erica Lindbeck would be taking over in 2016. Sheridan is married.", "title": "Kelly Sheridan" }, { "docid": "18588100", "text": "Female Artist of the Year from the Underground Music Awards. Minaj's early discography also got BET awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Hip Hop Artist, and got her nominated for a teen choice award. \"Playtime Is Over\" established Nicki Minaj's physical persona as popular and amiable, like a Barbie doll. In an article by MTV Minaj stated that \"We're going with the whole Barbie doll theme so I'm gonna be doing a lot of kooky poses because I have to look like a doll straight out the box. But I'm not a Barbie that needs to play—Playtime is", "title": "Playtime Is Over (mixtape)" }, { "docid": "20457080", "text": "Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures (also called Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures or Dream House Adventures) is a new film series by Mattel, the owner of Barbie, to compliment the new Barbie: Dreamtopia series). The series targets 5-11 year-olds and focuses on Barbie and her sisters: Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea. According to the corporation's chief content officer, (CCO), Catherine Balsam Schwaber, the series was in response to kids wanting to know more about the iconic character and her sisters (and maybe Ken). The show premiered 3 May 2018. The show is a Netflix original and the first 8 episodes were up", "title": "Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures" }, { "docid": "7540774", "text": "and their cats, Serafina and Wolfie, have many, many, many kittens. They ride off happily together in their wedding carriage driven by King Dominick, with Queen Erika by his side. This film is the first musical in the series of Barbie CGI films. The entire soundtrack (including popular duets and the opening orchestral theme) can be found on the \"Barbie Sings! The Princess Movie Song Collection\" CD, released by Mattel in 2004. The songs in the film are, in chronological order, as follows. DVD Verdict called it \"wholesome entertainment\" with \"sweet songs tunefully sung\" though lacking in grown-up humor. Entertainment", "title": "Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper" }, { "docid": "14877532", "text": "is the highlight of the \"Barbie Super Sports\" package\", despite little criticism saying \"The animations are a bit blocky, sometimes moving as if they’re living underwater and the main problem with the cast is that they’re not quite big enough\". Barbie Super Sports Barbie: Super Sports is a sports video game for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows developed by Runecraft and published by Mattel Media. Players can choose to play as either Barbie, Teresa, Christie or Kira. Two sports are available: snowboarding and roller skating. GameFAQs gave \"Barbie: Super Sports\" a bad rating of 2 out of 10 overall, criticising the", "title": "Barbie Super Sports" }, { "docid": "15466573", "text": "the misunderstanding. She also explains that the reason she banished Taylor and Carrie is because the three of them were once friends but Taylor and Carrie started spending so much time together that she felt left out and betrayed. At the urging of Barbie and Raquelle, she lifts Taylor and Carrie's ban, and the three fairies forgive each other. Graciella then punishes Crystal by having her clean up after the ceremony, and goes to marry Zane. After the wedding, Graciella tells Barbie and Raquelle that their wings will disappear when they and Ken go back to the human world, and", "title": "Barbie: A Fairy Secret" }, { "docid": "5512370", "text": "Her father was great influence on young Miller; she attributes her ability to make clothing to her father's engineer-like mind. Miller said: \"The way you figure out how to make something is engineering.\" Her mother, on the other hand, \"hated\" living in America and insisted on dressing her daughters in a French-influenced style. When Miller was asked by the Mattel toy company to design a Barbie doll, she claimed to have never owned a Barbie herself because her mother insisted that she and her sister play with French dolls. Since December 2009, Miller's Barbie has been featured in an ongoing", "title": "Nicole Miller" }, { "docid": "20425676", "text": "dolphin wants to get out, Barbie is about to let him out until Marlo, Ken's boss, yells at her not to. While Barbie and Marlo argue over the wellness of the dolphin, Ken tries to stop them, by asking if it's true that the dolphin is a Gemstone Dolphin. Ken is curious because it doesn't have one of the Gemstone Dolphin's special markings. Marlo denies that the myth isn't real, that people make it up. Ken compares the myth to mermaids but Chelsea cries, saying that mermaids are real. Barbie calms her sister down by saying \"Anything is possible.\" Ken,", "title": "Barbie Dolphin Magic" }, { "docid": "16610509", "text": "met John O'Hurley when their children attended the same preschool class, and cast him as the executive in this episode. Edwards wrote the character of Shayla for Karen Whipple, who had previously played the receptionist in the first episode. Director: Cory Edwards Writer: Cory Edwards Cast: Cory Edwards as Krogzilla and Gomer, Josh Greene as Marcus and Jeff, Jason Gerali as Randy, Vanessa Ragland as Lola, Katie Hooten as Mom, Eva Hooten as Girl Original Airdate: June 28, 2012 Plot: Krogzilla works at a movie theatre with Marcus, and notices that a new movie starring Regurgitor is coming out. Three", "title": "Krogzilla" }, { "docid": "4076917", "text": "\"Parthen Rasithen\". She was the best in this movie. One could really feel her acting in her expressions. Its not that easy for Heroines today to do a dual role like this. Especially her Villain role in the second half of the movie really proved that she is not only a Barbie Doll but a doll which can act.\". Critic Balaji noted \"Simran is the star of the show here. She proved in Vaali that she was not all glamour but also had the goods when it came to acting and she cements that reputation here. Her expressive eyes speak", "title": "Simran (actress)" }, { "docid": "14325918", "text": "Barbie in A Mermaid Tale Barbie in A Mermaid Tale is a 2010 American - Canadian direct-to-DVD computer animated film and the 17th entry in the Barbie film series. This is the first modern Barbie film. It was released on March 9, 2010. This is Sheridan's last Barbie film before being replaced by Diana Kaarina and also the last film to use \"Mattel Entertainment\" in the opening credits. This film is followed by a 2012 sequel, \"Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2\". Merliah Summers is an avid surfer in Malibu. While participating in a surfing competition, Merliah loses concentration when", "title": "Barbie in A Mermaid Tale" }, { "docid": "20457081", "text": "there as of June 28th. The series began airing on YTV in Canada on June 22, 2018. It will premiere on Pop in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2018. Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures (also called Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures or Dream House Adventures) is a new film series by Mattel, the owner of Barbie, to compliment the new Barbie: Dreamtopia series). The series targets 5-11 year-olds and focuses on Barbie and her sisters: Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea. According to the corporation's chief content officer, (CCO), Catherine Balsam Schwaber, the series was in response to kids wanting to know", "title": "Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures" }, { "docid": "18657653", "text": "Barbie trial, that his name was linked to the telegram. Barbie was sentenced to a life term, and died of natural causes in prison in 1991. Until the 1970s, almost all Holocaust studies emanating from France came from the CDJC and its historians, and no serious works appeared from French universities or other historical scholarship from within France. When serious studies finally did come out in the 1970s and 1980s outside the CDJC, they came from abroad, including the United States, Canada, and Germany, such as Robert Paxton's seminal \"Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944 \" which hit", "title": "Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation" }, { "docid": "12917225", "text": "appear as the last one. The game ends when the four artifacts are found and Barbie goes back to the museum. She places each artifact in its respective spot on the mirror and it is repaired. \"Barbie Explorer\" has a rating of 5.8 on GameFAQs. Barbie: Explorer Barbie: Explorer is a PlayStation game featuring Barbie. It was developed by Runecraft, published by Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing and was released in 2001. The plot and overall game are very similar to the 1996 Tomb Raider game. Barbie must go around the world to recover four treasures and solve the mystery of", "title": "Barbie: Explorer" }, { "docid": "4233478", "text": "The BLO was originally conceived in an effort to question and ultimately change the gender stereotypes American culture is known for after Mattel released a speaking Barbie that said \"Math class is tough.\" It took place in the middle of the culture wars of the 1990s when creative dissent was once again gaining popularity and artists and activists were often trying to conceive of new ways to rebel against cultural stereotypes and powerful forms like network TV. By 1993, criticism for Barbie as a negative gender stereotype for women was commonplace both in academia and popular culture. This may have", "title": "Barbie Liberation Organization" }, { "docid": "5896894", "text": "Keaton finds he has built his house on the wrong site and has to move it. The movie reaches its tense climax when the house becomes stuck on railroad tracks. Keaton and Seely try to move it out the way of an oncoming train, which eventually passes on the neighboring track. As the couple look relieved, the house is immediately struck and demolished by another train coming the other way. Keaton stares at the scene, places a 'For Sale' sign with the heap (attaching the building instructions) and walks off with Seely. The \"New York Times\" movie review said, \"\"One", "title": "One Week (1920 film)" }, { "docid": "457977", "text": "the Sharks. They also perform a number similar to the \"Jet Song\". In film, Pixar animator Aaron Hartline used the first meeting between Tony and Maria as inspiration for the moment when Ken meets Barbie in \"Toy Story 3\". In the 2013 movie \"Teen Beach Movie\", two teens are trapped inside a movie called \"Wet Side Story\", in which a group of surfers and a group of bikers are competing in a turf war. \"\" has a plot that parallels \"West Side Story\", and makes the reference explicit to the point where the two rival cheerleading squads are named the", "title": "West Side Story" }, { "docid": "18203830", "text": "song he had written for the movie that Meg Ryan has coming out called \"Ithaca\". That was when we became friends, when I went to Indiana and recorded with him and the guys this really cool song called 'Sugar Hill Mountain' that's in the movie. And the movie is wonderful. We got to see a rough cut of it and I was very impressed.\" The film has a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on fifteen reviews. Ithaca (film) Ithaca is a 2015 American drama film directed by Meg Ryan and written by Erik Jendresen. It is based on the", "title": "Ithaca (film)" }, { "docid": "8371317", "text": "dance that Barbie was previously invited to. Next, Barbie decides to do a piece on popular kids and \"What Makes Them Popular.\" She soon starts to neglect her friends and the story is quite mean. She even skips Tia's class-president election to hang out with Reagan and Dawn, Raquelle's friends. She starts skipping band practice, and spends hours talking to them on the phone and hanging out with them. Barbie realizes that her hopes written in the diary came true and rushes to the mall to ask Stephanie about it. To her shock, it is revealed that the woman never", "title": "The Barbie Diaries" }, { "docid": "12526235", "text": "by telling her that a small tree can grow into a very big tree. Then Barbie tells the children about Thumbelina. Thumbelina is one of the Twillerbees. Twillerbees have the ability to make plants grow faster (and as revealed later on, they can grow plants out of nowhere as well). Thumbelina is excited when there will be Twillerbabies. She creates fake wings for herself and for her two friends, Janessa and Chrysella. They will use the wings to see the Twillerbuds bloom to be Twillerbabies. When they try the wings, suddenly many tractors come to their field. Hiding in the", "title": "Barbie: Thumbelina" }, { "docid": "8371319", "text": "The night of the story, Barbie apologizes to her friends and chooses to instead showcase Kevin's film clips depicting a paperclip chain attacking his eBook. Out of shame Barbie refuses to go to the dance. On the night of the dance her friends arrive and tell her that she has to perform with them, giving her the dress that they put on hold for her at the mall. Still worried as she has no bracelet, Kevin takes one of his guitar strings and loops it around her wrist. Barbie points out that it is a \"stupid piece of bent metal\"", "title": "The Barbie Diaries" }, { "docid": "8371318", "text": "worked there and apparently does not exist. Tia and Courtney discover that it is Kevin that has been leaving Barbie the love notes not Todd. They pressure him to tell her but he refuses. Dawn and Reagan find out that Barbie only befriended them because of her story and stop hanging out with her. They tell Raquelle. Soon, Raquelle steals Barbie's magic bracelet. Tia and Courtney watch footage of the story, and they discover that Barbie has told them a secret about Tia. They confront her and let her know that they no longer want to be friends with her.", "title": "The Barbie Diaries" }, { "docid": "1421885", "text": "over a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries, with Mattel claiming that three Barbie dolls are sold every second. The standard range of Barbie dolls and related accessories are manufactured to approximately , which is also known as \"playscale\". The standard dolls are approximately 11½ inches tall. Barbie products include not only the range of dolls with their clothes and accessories, but also a large range of Barbie branded goods such as books, apparel, cosmetics, and . Barbie has had a media franchise starting in 1987, when she began appearing in a series of animated", "title": "Barbie" }, { "docid": "6056389", "text": "that of scoring a live action movie, \"A standard scenario is we get a call from our executive producer: 'We've got a new guy coming', or 'He's breaking out of a tag team and he needs music'. It's like scoring for a movie: is he a good guy or a bad guy? Is he light and svelte and quick-moving, which dictates a fast tempo, or is he a big plodding kind of a guy, in which case you need a big, heavy, the-wrath-of-God-is-coming-upon-us sound?\". Johnston has also scored several film projects for WWE's film division WWE Studios, these include \"The", "title": "Jim Johnston (composer)" }, { "docid": "4233482", "text": "from 300–500 toys were hacked, other reports up to 3,000 across the country and in other countries like Canada, France and England. Others assert that only 12 toys were actually switched and the rest was cleverly arranged media hype by Vamos and his associates. This perspective indicates that the project was also a critique of the nature of the television and media culture of the 1990s, which led to other media interventions by Vamos, collaborators, and other groups in the coming years. Barbie Liberation Organization The Barbie Liberation Organization or BLO, sponsored by RTMark, are a group of artists and", "title": "Barbie Liberation Organization" }, { "docid": "7540807", "text": "working on. Kelly now feels better and begins painting with blue, after Barbie reminds her that creativity is the true magic in art. The film makes heavy use of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, also known as the \"New World Symphony\" - presumably a reference to Rapunzel's venture into the 'new world' of the village. The DVD and VHS was released on October 1, 2002. Barbie as Rapunzel Barbie as Rapunzel is a 2002 American - Canadian direct-to-DVD computer-animated fairytale film directed by Owen Hurley. It is the 2nd entry in the Barbie film series, and features the voice of", "title": "Barbie as Rapunzel" }, { "docid": "7877181", "text": "Rose Cottage in Pankot. Barbie and Mabel become close. Mabel tells Barbie that she will only go to Ranpur when she's buried, which Barbie interprets to mean that she wants to be buried in Ranpur, next to the grave of her late husband, James Layton. Barbie is not accepted by the upper-class of Pankot and is treated as a peculiar and unwanted intruder. She is haunted by the attack on Edwina Crane, another missionary schoolteacher, and by Edwina's subsequent suicide by fire. Pankot society does not know what to make of Barbie. Barbie and Pankot society are disappointed that the", "title": "The Towers of Silence" }, { "docid": "4443629", "text": "During an interview on the \"Scott Ferrall\" show on Sirius radio, McFarlane said: \"It's coming out no matter what. Even if I have to produce, direct and finance it myself, it's going to come out.\" McFarlane announced on August 23, 2009 that he had begun writing the screenplay for a new movie based on the character, saying that \"The story has been in my head for 7 or 8 years\", that \"The movie idea is neither a recap or continuation. It is a standalone story that will be R-rated. Creepy and scary\", and that \"the tone of this \"Spawn\" movie", "title": "Spawn (film)" }, { "docid": "16546845", "text": "and break it into pieces. Using the diamonds of their friendship necklaces, Tori and Keira plant a new Diamond Gardenia to revitalize the dead plants in the kingdom. Tori, now confident about her life, finally gives her speech. The two go back to the concert and end the film both as entertainers and as best friends. A soundtrack album for this movie was released on August 28, 2012. It is available on iTunes. It contains nine tracks, all of the songs featured in the movie. \"Here I Am (Keira Version)\" is a song recorded by American singer Tiffany Giardina for", "title": "Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar" }, { "docid": "15450743", "text": "Barbie (1984 video game) Barbie is a Commodore 64 computer game from 1984 that allows players to participate in the life of the famous fashion doll of the same name. Players must talk to their boyfriend Ken (using a real voice audio soundtrack) in addition to driving a yellow convertible around town, trying out swimming outfits (both one-piece and two-piece swimsuits can be used) in addition to dresses and shoes. Options for dates include either a dinner out on the town or a relaxing day at the beach. An incorrect combination of clothing will force Barbie to skip the date", "title": "Barbie (1984 video game)" }, { "docid": "11610044", "text": "Barbie & the Diamond Castle Barbie and the Diamond Castle is a 2008 direct-to-video computer-animated friendship musical film and the 13th entry in the Barbie film series. The film features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as Barbie. It is the third musical in the series. Songs for the film were written by Amy Powers, Guy Roche, Russ DeSalvo, Gabriel Mann, Megan Cavallari and Jeannie Lurie along with executive producer Rob Hundnut. \"Connected\", the main song, was sung by Katharine McPhee. The film begins with Barbie and her best friend Teresa trying to play a song on their guitars when Barbie's", "title": "Barbie & the Diamond Castle" }, { "docid": "11610054", "text": "home, Liana and Alexa plant the magical flower seeds and beautiful flowers soon grow. Jeremy and Ian are successful in their performances with their electric guitars. When the story ends, Stacie realizes nothing can break true friendship and with that, She calls Courtney to apologize after saying goodbye to Barbie and Teresa as they get back to playing their music. Barbie & the Diamond Castle Barbie and the Diamond Castle is a 2008 direct-to-video computer-animated friendship musical film and the 13th entry in the Barbie film series. The film features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as Barbie. It is the", "title": "Barbie & the Diamond Castle" }, { "docid": "12169563", "text": "Standard)\" gave the concert at The O Arena four out of five stars. Smyth stated, Tracks representing the jolly country pop of her latest album, the knowingly titled Backwoods Barbie, fitted in well, especially the man-baiting 'Shinola'. It was only when she stopped the gabbing and rolled out hits in quick succession that the crowd rose to its feet and remained there. 'Here You Come Again', 'Islands In The Stream', '9 To 5' and the biggest of the big ballads, 'I Will Always Love You', confirmed that while she weaves a good yarn, it's when Dolly Parton sings that she's", "title": "Backwoods Barbie Tour" }, { "docid": "14877531", "text": "Barbie Super Sports Barbie: Super Sports is a sports video game for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows developed by Runecraft and published by Mattel Media. Players can choose to play as either Barbie, Teresa, Christie or Kira. Two sports are available: snowboarding and roller skating. GameFAQs gave \"Barbie: Super Sports\" a bad rating of 2 out of 10 overall, criticising the sound saying \"The sound effects, certainly not fulfilling the quantity side of the quota and the quality side of things are debatable as well\" but praised the graphics stating \"The characters and backdrops combine together pretty well to create what", "title": "Barbie Super Sports" }, { "docid": "13187577", "text": "eyes out, screaming for his name, and crying for sadness \"Slasherpool\" felt that the film had some decent scary moments and that the script was sound. They noted that first-time director Sopon Sukdapisit might not have had a lot of experience, with some obvious flaws, and \"rookie\" mistakes, and nothing very innovative, suggesting that he stick to writing. The opined that it \"is a movie destined to be remade\"...\"worth watching if you're in the mood for a decent ghost story but don't expect to get blown away.\" When reviewed by \"Movie Exclusive\", they summarized by saying \"Coming Soon doesn't have", "title": "Coming Soon (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "17420152", "text": "designate him as a deputy. With a weaning supply of antibiotics, Big Jim and Barbie head to the pharmacy but discover Reverend Coggins had already taken all the medicine, believing it was God’s plan for the infected to die. Big Jim retrieves the antibiotics to treat the diseased while Barbie tracks down Julia at the cabin where she had followed leads to uncover documentation of Peter’s bankruptcy. When Barbie confesses he was visiting Chester’s Mill as an enforcer for Phil and Peter’s gambling debts, Julia lashes out at him for lying to her. Meanwhile, Joe and Norrie experiment with their", "title": "Outbreak (Under the Dome)" }, { "docid": "7540756", "text": "film, including dolls of Princess Annika, Aiden (called \"Prince Aiden\" on the box), Rayla the Cloud Queen, and Princess Brietta. Later a Barbie Mini Kingdom doll of Annika was produced with the Mini Kingdom birthday line. In a magical kingdom, the Queen wants to surprise her daughter, Princess Annika, with a birthday gift. When she opens the door to Annika's room, she discovers that Annika is missing, having gone to an ice rink without asking for permission. Out skating, Annika meets a small polar bear whom she names Shiver. When Annika returns to the palace, her parents are so worried", "title": "Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus" } ]
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when were the first documented medical records created
[ "19th century" ]
[ { "docid": "185680", "text": "nurse. She established nursing training programs in the United States and Japan, and created the first system for keeping individual medical records for hospitalized patients. The Russian Orthodox Church sponsored seven orders of nursing sisters in the late 19th century. They ran hospitals, clinics, almshouses, pharmacies, and shelters as well as training schools for nurses. In the Soviet era (1917–1991), with the aristocratic sponsors gone, nursing became a low-prestige occupation based in poorly maintained hospitals. It was very difficult for women to become doctors in any field before the 1970s. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) became the first woman to formally study", "title": "History of medicine" }, { "docid": "10897202", "text": "faculty. In the 19th century, the development of medical and scientific activity in the medical faculty continued. The medical faculty received bases for clinical training and many new departments were created namely anatomy, physiology and pathology, therapy, pharmacology, medical literature, surgery, obstetrics and veterinary medicine. The medical school was a progenitor of scientific and medical society in Russia. With the great participation and contribution of professors from the medical faculty, numerous medical journals and textbooks were created. This tradition continued until 1930, the medical faculty operated independently and separated from the main body of the university. It became the first", "title": "MSU Faculty of Fundamental Medicine" }, { "docid": "15394261", "text": "created their own poems, stories or songs. There were several types of works, such as didactic \"termes\", elegiac \"tolgaws\", and epic \"zhırs\". Although the origins of such tales are often unknown, most of them were associated with bards of the recent or more distant past, who supposedly created them or passed them on, by the time most Kazakh poetry and prose was first written down in the second half of the 19th century. There are clear stylistic differences between works first created in the 19th century, and works dating from earlier periods but not documented before the 19th century, such", "title": "Kazakh literature" } ]
[ { "docid": "20928510", "text": "2008 (when the data were collected) to September 2017 (when the statistical analysis took place). In the United States, reimbursement for many healthcare services is based upon the extent to which specific work by healthcare providers is documented in the patient's medical record. Enforcement authorities in the United States have become concerned that functionality available in many electronic health records, especially copy-and-paste, may enable fraudulent claims for reimbursement. The authorities are concerned that healthcare providers may easily use these systems to create documentation of medical care that did not actually occur. These concerns came to the forefront in 2012, in", "title": "Electronic health records in the United States" }, { "docid": "4433985", "text": "titled \"Emilia\"; the production was first staged at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on 10 August 2018. Emilia Lanier's life is well documented through her letters, poetry, medical records, legal records, and through sources about the social contexts in which she lived. Researchers have used entries in astrologer Dr. Simon Forman's (1552–1611) professional diary, the first casebook kept by an English medical practitioner, which logs interactions with Lanier. Lanier visited Forman many times during 1597 for consultations that incorporated astrological readings, as was usual for the period. As seems to have been the case with many of his patients, Forman attempted to", "title": "Emilia Lanier" }, { "docid": "3239293", "text": "are considered public domain documents and can therefore be obtained for any individual regardless of the requester's relationship to the deceased. Other jurisdictions take a different view, and restrict the issue of certificates. For example, in the State of New York, death certificates are only obtainable by close relatives, including the spouse, parent, child or sibling of the deceased, and other persons who have a documented lawful right or claim, documented medical need, or a New York State Court Order. In Europe and North America, death records were kept by the local churches, along with baptism and marriage records. In", "title": "Death certificate" }, { "docid": "1434688", "text": "or health care proxy, in which the person authorizes someone (an agent) to make decisions on their behalf when they are incapacitated. People are often encouraged to complete both documents to provide comprehensive guidance regarding their care, although they may be combined into a single form. An example of combination documents includes the Five Wishes in the United States. The term \"living will\" is also the commonly recognised vernacular in many countries, especially the U.K. Advance directives were created in response to the increasing sophistication and prevalence of medical technology. Numerous studies have documented critical deficits in the medical care", "title": "Advance healthcare directive" }, { "docid": "7245653", "text": "been official. The results of Donike's unofficial tests later convinced the IOC to add his new technique to their testing protocols. The first documented case of \"blood doping\" occurred at the 1980 Summer Olympics as a runner was transfused with two pints of blood before winning medals in the 5000 m and 10,000 m. The organizers of the Los Angeles games had refused to provide the IOC doping authorities with a safe prior to the start of the games. Due to a lack of security, medical records were subsequently stolen. A 1994 letter from IOC Medical Commission chair Alexandre de", "title": "Doping at the Olympic Games" }, { "docid": "12809647", "text": "the Guinea worm and is characterized by the female worm emerging from the leg. This symptom is so specific to the disease that it is mentioned in many texts and plays which predate 1000AD. In Greece, Hippocrates and Aristotle created considerable medical documentation about parasites in the Corpus Hippocraticus. In this work, they documented the presence of parasitic worms in many animals ranging from fish to domesticated animals and humans. Among the most extensively documented was the Bladder Worm (Taenia solium). This condition was called \"measly pork\" when present in pigs and was characterized by the presence of the larval", "title": "Human parasite" }, { "docid": "14414633", "text": "privileges or professional society membership may be pursued. The first documented description of a peer review process is found in the \"Ethics of the Physician\" written by Ishap bin Ali al-Rahawi (854–931) of al-Raha, Syria, who describes the first medical peer review process. His work, as well as later Arabic medical manuals, states that a visiting physician must always make duplicate notes of a patient's condition on every visit. When the patient was cured or had died, the notes of the physician were examined by a local medical council of other physicians, who would review the practising physician's notes to", "title": "Clinical peer review" }, { "docid": "16498108", "text": "1970s, Linda M. Williams collected data from 206 girls between the ages of 0 and 12 who were admitted to the hospital emergency room because of sexual abuse. They were examined and these records as well as interviews with the child and parents were documented in the hospital medical records. In the early 1990s, Williams interviewed 136 of these women in what they believed was a follow-up of study associated with the hospital they were admitted to. They were not reminded of the sexual abuse record, however, some women associated the interview with their history of sexual abuse. Of the", "title": "Linda M. Williams" }, { "docid": "15578545", "text": "Records, Heartfirst Records and were creating a musical legacy and history of the Berlin punk and hardcore scene. The formative years of Punk in Berlin have been documented in depth on the \"Berlin Punk Rock\" double-album released on Weird System records. In the early 1990s David Strempel - who had played in the punk band Fehlgeburt and hardcore band Charley's War - created the Mad Mob Records label. Tour booking agency M.A.D. organised a show at the SO36 Club in Kreuzberg showcasing the talents of the new generation of Berlin hardcore bands. The show was recorded and released on CD", "title": "Core Tex Records" }, { "docid": "2334229", "text": "or by moving between them in quick succession, as in a film montage sequence. The first documented instance of sound collage created by electronic means is the piece \"Wochenende\" (in English, \"Weekend\"), a collage of words, music and sounds created by film-maker and media artist Walter Ruttmann in 1928. Later, in 1948, Pierre Schaeffer used the techniques of sound collage to create the first piece of musique concrète, \"Étude aux chemins de fer\", which was assembled from recordings of trains. Schaeffer created this piece by recording sounds of trains onto several vinyl records, some of which had lock grooves allowing", "title": "Sound collage" }, { "docid": "15084172", "text": "for prisoners to access, with documented instances of prisoners who did not receive appropriate care for life-threatening conditions. In a deposition, a shift captain said that low wages and high turnover contributed to staff problems and the \"persistence of security problems and corruption.\" Experts investigating mental and medical health issues said that records were lacking or non-existent, there were few diagnoses or records of informed consent for treatment, and treatment was minimal, with ill-considered medication of prisoners. Guards receive only three week's training and are paid even less than guards at state-run institutions. While the state system spends about $40", "title": "East Mississippi Correctional Facility" }, { "docid": "3179261", "text": "are illegal in their home country. In this case, some countries have the jurisdiction to prosecute their citizen once they have returned home, or in extreme cases extraterritorially arrest and prosecute. In Ireland, especially, in the 1980s-90s there were cases of young rape victims who were banned from traveling to Europe to get legal abortions. Ultimately, Ireland’s Supreme Court overturned the ban; they and many other countries have since created \"right to travel\" amendments. There can be major ethical issues around medical tourism. For example, the illegal purchase of organs and tissues for transplantation had been methodically documented and studied", "title": "Medical tourism" }, { "docid": "7056552", "text": "more effective. Some reports claim that he advertised in newspapers and on street corners for new opponents upon whom to practice but no documented records of this exist. Gracie claimed to have fought anyone and everyone who was willing, regardless of size, weight, or fighting style. Later, his claims were challenged by his brother Jorge Gracie, who stated; \"My brother Carlos is nothing when it comes to fighting. Carlos does not have the authority nor the competence to speak about Jiu Jitsu… Who created the sporting tradition of my family if not me, in all honesty, with my career?\" This", "title": "Carlos Gracie" }, { "docid": "151577", "text": "of the new stencil graffiti genre. Some of the first examples were created in 1981 by graffiti artist Blek le Rat in Paris, in 1982 by Jef Aerosol in Tours (France); by 1985 stencils had appeared in other cities including New York City, Sydney, and Melbourne, where they were documented by American photographer Charles Gatewood and Australian photographer Rennie Ellis. People often leave their traces in wet cement or concrete. This type of graffito often commemorates the mutual commitment of a couple, or simply records a person's presence at a particular moment. Often this type of graffito is dated and", "title": "Graffiti" }, { "docid": "17093636", "text": "do this, NY Presbyterian gradually utilized more hard stops within their protocols over time to ensure that protocols were being followed. However, these hard stops were created collaboratively to achieve physician buy-in and ensure that they were appropriate for care delivery. Allowing tailoring of the EMR system is essential to both before implementation and afterwards, and physicians and clinical staff must be used in this development process to create success. Currently, there has been little research and evaluation on the post-implementation of commercial electronic medical records (EMR). MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH, has published an evaluation of the EpicCare", "title": "Adoption of Electronic Medical Records in U.S. Hospitals" }, { "docid": "10686091", "text": "created at the court of Constantine. Its first documented reference is in a deed from 1564 written by Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian II and his brothers, declaring the bowl to be an \"inalienable heirloom of the house of Austria\", to be owned by the entire House of Habsburg. In 1619, an inventory of the estate of Holy Roman Emperor Matthias records, \"the word KRISTO is to be seen in quite large letters in the nature of the stone\". From the seventeenth to the twentieth century, documented descriptions of an inscription \"B.XRISTO.RI.XXPP\" was seen as a reference to Jesus Christ. Because", "title": "Agate Bowl" }, { "docid": "14974169", "text": "Robert C. Randall Robert C. Randall (1948–2 June 2001, Sarasota, Florida, United States) was an advocate for medical marijuana and the founder of Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics. Randall was also the first legal medical marijuana smoker in the United States since 1937. He documented his accounts in his book, co-written with wife Alice O'Leary: \"Marijuana Rx: The Patients Fight for Medical Pot\", . Randall successfully used a medical necessity defense when he was charged with illegal possession of cannabis to treat his glaucoma. The case, United States v. Randall, is \"The first successful articulation of the medical necessity defense in", "title": "Robert C. Randall" }, { "docid": "9410825", "text": "James C. Crow Born in Inverness, Doctor James C. \"Jim\" Crow (1789–1856) may be loosely credited as the perfecter of the sour mash process used in creating bourbon whiskey. There are no historical records pin pointing him as the creator. Earliest records, in fact, cite Catherine Carpenter of Casey County, KY in 1818 as the first documented user of the sour mash method at her families' distillery. Dr. Crow, a Scottish chemist-physician, graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1822. He moved from Philadelphia to Kentucky in 1823 and began working for a distiller, bringing his scientific and medical training", "title": "James C. Crow" }, { "docid": "6078997", "text": "17, 1967, Fr. Philip Berrigan and Tom Lewis raided the Baltimore City Custom House and poured blood on draft records as part of \"The Baltimore Four\" (with David Eberhardt and James Mengel) and were out on bail when they burned the records at Catonsville. (The first documented action against draft files is reputed to have been by Barry Bondhus in Minnesota, who, along with other family members, carried human waste into a draft board and defaced draft records.) On May 17, 1968, the Nine went to the Catonsville office of the Selective Service System located at the Knights of Columbus", "title": "Catonsville Nine" }, { "docid": "20739545", "text": "Garstang F.C. Garstang Football Club is an English football club based in Garstang, Lancashire. They are currently members of the and play at the Riverside. The earliest documented records of the football club date back to 1927, though it is believed the club was formed in the late 1800s. Garstang were members of the Preston and District League up until 1994 when they made the step up into the West Lancashire Football League. In 2009, the club created its youth football set-up and in March the following year, became an FA Adult Charter Football Club. In their 2017/18 season, Garstang", "title": "Garstang F.C." }, { "docid": "12401577", "text": "history of the site. This led to the creation of an interpretive display in a section of the old \"Female Paying Patients Ward\", development of an archive and resource collection consisting of the few remaining records and artifacts left behind when Central Equity gained control of the site from A.V. Jennings. Thearchive and resource collection was created by the Australian Science Archives Project (ASAP) at the University of Melbourne. There are few documented or published histories of Kew Asylum. The majority of information available on the asylum comes from the Kew's official records which are now held by the Public", "title": "Kew Asylum" }, { "docid": "9161575", "text": "South Australian Register The Register, originally the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, and later \"South Australian Register,\" was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836, moved to Adelaide in 1837, and folded into \"The Advertiser\" almost a century later in February 1931. The newspaper was the sole primary source for almost all information about the settlement and early history of South Australia. It documented shipping schedules, legal history and court records at a time when official records were not kept. According to the National Library of Australia, its pages contain \"one hundred years", "title": "South Australian Register" }, { "docid": "16515944", "text": "1, Crew Health. </div> Most medical conditions that occur while in flight do not constitute a medical emergency and can be treated with medication, if available. Some documented non-emergency conditions that have occurred while in space include Space Adaptation Sickness, motion sickness, headache, sleeplessness, back pain, trauma, burns, dermatological conditions, musculoskeletal conditions, respiratory illness and genitourinary problems. Potential medical emergencies during space flight arrhythmias, heart attack, stroke, embolism, massive hemorrhage, emergencies related to renal stone formation, infection and thrombotic complications. To date, only arrhythmias, renal colic and infections have been documented during space flights. The documented arrhythmias were mostly mild", "title": "Medical treatment during spaceflight" }, { "docid": "7674232", "text": "often began in infancy. Doctors and midwives across the Reich reported mental and physical abnormalities in newborns and children to health authorities. In 1941 in Vienna, 72 percent of newborns were documented within their first year of life by the city's more than 100 maternity clinics. Included within the records was genetic information. Indeed, anyone who came into contact with a health institution was systematically recorded into a \"hereditary database\". All told, over 700,000 Viennese citizens were entered into this database. Genetic information was compounded with school assessments and with employer information and criminal records, when applicable. Many within Vienna's", "title": "Am Spiegelgrund clinic" }, { "docid": "10171859", "text": "records, ahead of full indexing. Embase's international coverage expands across biomedical journals from 95 countries and is available through a number of database vendors. In 1946, the beginnings of Embase was created as Excerpta Medica (EM) Abstract Journals by a group of Dutch physicians who promoted the flow of medical knowledge and reports post World War II. Included in EM were 13 journal sections which categorized the medical school curriculum by anatomy, pathology, physiology, internal medicine, and other basic clinical specialties. This database lasted until 1972 when it merged with Elsevier. In 1972, EM had joined with Elsevier and later,", "title": "Embase" }, { "docid": "14823122", "text": "with brown hair, grey eyes and a fair complexion, and also noted that he was a native of Ireland who had been a farmer at the time of his enrollment in Philadelphia. Records from the U.S. Navy Department's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, which were compiled for Martin's Navy Survivors' Certificate file, documented that Martin sustained multiple service-related injuries and ailments during his naval career, including: rheumatism (first documented in the late 1840s); a subluxation of his left ankle (1858); hip pain and rheumatism (1861); a contusion sustained on April 12, 1862 when his \"arm was squeezed in working a", "title": "James Martin II" }, { "docid": "9581817", "text": "study of medicine. Creativity has always been a hallmark of the Center. It has enriched medical education through its integrated approach to the teaching of psychiatry and neuroscience; effective teaching methods to produce a more appropriate physician for the country, some of which were adopted by other medical schools; established its first Community Health Project in Limay, Bataan; introduced the Correlated Lecture Series; spearheaded the teaching of problem-oriented medical records started the teaching of Family Planning; instituted a Clinical Clerkship program in the USA; established a grant-in-aid scholarship program; integrated the teaching of Primary Health Care in the curriculum; created", "title": "UERMMMC College of Medicine" }, { "docid": "19893221", "text": "it was provided on lay history alone and was in direct opposition to the documented medical history presented in the service medical records. Since the medical opinion was flawed, it did not serve to reopen the claim, as it did not have a reasonable possibility of changing the outcome of the final decision. The Court affirmed the BVA decision and the claim was not reopened. Reonal vs. Brown \"Reonal vs. Brown\" is a United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims case that dealt with the credibility and weight assigned to medical opinions. Bartolome R. Reonal served as a Philippine", "title": "Reonal vs. Brown" }, { "docid": "15413409", "text": "Neighborhood\", Rubin has been making films since the early seventies. She stated that film aided in teaching about art therapy when words were often not completely adequate. Her first film in 1972, \"We’ll Show You What We’re Gonna Do\", documented a therapeutic art program with blind children. Shortly after, she created \"Children and the Arts\" which highlighted the therapeutic value of the arts when working with children who were at-risk for problem behavior. Since then, she has created six other films: \"Beyond Words\" (art therapy with older adults), \"Breakthrough\" (artists in analytic therapy), \"Art Therapy: A Universal Language for Healing\"", "title": "Judith A. Rubin" }, { "docid": "14974170", "text": "the history of the common law, and indeed, the first case to extend the necessity defense to the crimes of possession or cultivation of marijuana\". Robert C. Randall Robert C. Randall (1948–2 June 2001, Sarasota, Florida, United States) was an advocate for medical marijuana and the founder of Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics. Randall was also the first legal medical marijuana smoker in the United States since 1937. He documented his accounts in his book, co-written with wife Alice O'Leary: \"Marijuana Rx: The Patients Fight for Medical Pot\", . Randall successfully used a medical necessity defense when he was charged with", "title": "Robert C. Randall" }, { "docid": "8756339", "text": "in Tustin with his wife and their two daughters while Wee lived in Hermosa Beach with his wife and their son and daughter. Wee and Morse spent several years honing their act at comedy clubs, trade shows and colleges. They were the first jugglers documented to pass eleven clubs between them. In addition, their performances have been seen as innovative, having created such routines as \"The Chainsaw Ballet\" (performed to \"The Blue Danube\") and \"people juggling\" (featuring three audience members hanging from special rigging). All in all the pair owns five Guinness World Records and has collected 18 gold medals", "title": "The Passing Zone" }, { "docid": "20058699", "text": "records of plots for growing medicinal plants since the 16th century, closely related to medical education in the university, practised since 1462. The earliest reference dates from 1499, when a professorship in “simples\" or \"herbs” was being planned, and teachers were appointed to it in 1501. The plant collection had always been related to medicine, cultivating herbs for medicinal use. In 1548 a chair of medical practice was created, and a short time later (1560) teaching of “simples\" or herbs was separated from that of anatomy, with independent departments. In 1567 the \"Jurats\" (municipal government) of the City of Valencia", "title": "Botanical Garden of Valencia" }, { "docid": "9067120", "text": "a mission to arrange current records and to preserve historical records. Toward the end of the East India Company's governance in India, an increasing number of documents were sent to London and incorporated into the records. In fact, it was one of the most documented administrations ever. However, when the control of India was transferred to the India Office, they set up a committee to review the records provided by the East India Company. On the committee's recommendation, more than 300 tons of records were sold as wastepaper. Although this was certainly a great loss to the collection, there is", "title": "India Office Records" }, { "docid": "3029498", "text": "first pregnancy, because of the more elastic nature of the cervix. Numerous documented cases of postmortem fetal extrusion were described in the medical compendium \"Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine\", first published in 1896. The earliest presented case occurred in 1551 when a pregnant woman was tried and hanged by the courts of the Spanish Inquisition. Four hours after her death, and while the body still hung by the neck, two dead infants were seen to fall free of the body. This is unusual for the short amount of time elapsed between death and the postmortem delivery. As no information is", "title": "Coffin birth" }, { "docid": "17935639", "text": "and were often not permitted to visit other family members in the school. They were stripped of their culture and were abused as punishment for taking part in their own language or cultural traditions. There are many reports of physical, sexual and emotional abuse taking place in residential schools as well as documented homicides, sterilization, medical experimentation, malnutrition, and neglect. The fatality rate in residential schools consistently sat between 40-60% for the duration of their existence in Canada, deaths were often covered up as cases pneumonia, with most records of the victims since destroyed. The St Paul’s Indian Residential School", "title": "St. Paul’s Indian Residential School" }, { "docid": "19893220", "text": "this time submitting a report from a doctor that stated that the condition was acquired during service and that this condition was documented on a separation report from the 20th Station Hospital at Pasig, Rizal, Philippines. The VA Regional Office did not reopen the claim once again and the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) affirmed this decision. BVA noted that the medical opinion was based solely on the history of the claimant and that the doctor had not reviewed the service medical records. The Court noted that the presumption of credibility did not apply to the medical opinion provided, since", "title": "Reonal vs. Brown" }, { "docid": "19756271", "text": "the operation of the device or violating the certification. Given this open access, once the medical devices are penetrated, the attacker is free to move laterally to discover targeted resources such ss patient data, which is then quietly identified and exfiltrated. Organized crime targets healthcare networks in order to access and steal the patient records. Virtually any medical device can be impacted by this attack. In one of the earliest documented examples testing identified malware tools in a blood gas analyzer, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, computerized tomogram (CT) scan, and xray machines. In 2016 case studies became available that", "title": "Medical device hijack" }, { "docid": "4328681", "text": "first single on the label to chart was Frankie Laine's \"I Believe\", which reached the No. 1 chart position in the UK that April. Many of the first British recordings on the label were produced by Norman Newell until John Franz was appointed artists and repertoire (A&R) manager in 1954. In 1958 Philips created a subsidiary label, Fontana Records, which meant that American-Columbia recordings were being issued on both the Philips and Fontana labels. This arrangement lasted until April 1962, when, under pressure from Columbia in America, Philips then created a third label for them, CBS Records (it could not", "title": "Philips Records" }, { "docid": "13056871", "text": "can replace any character - even the antagonists - if they can \"identify with their struggle\". There are multiple documented uses of forum theatre within the health sector and associated learning environments, such as its use as a teaching tool for medical students on professionalism, as a tool for developing communication skills within a medical context, and as an unintended effect of an intervention intended for medical staff, to engage patients with an understanding of medical decisions. Forum theatre Forum Theatre is a type of theatre created by the innovative and influential practitioner Augusto Boal, one of the techniques under", "title": "Forum theatre" }, { "docid": "2243626", "text": "Dr. Bleich created the first user-friendly search engine for the worlds biomedical literature. In 2002, Dr. Slack and Dr. Bleich were awarded the Morris F. Collen Award for their pioneering contributions to medical informatics. Computerized systems involved in patient care have led to a number of changes. Such changes have led to improvements in electronic health records which are now capable of sharing medical information among multiple healthcare stakeholders(Zahabi, Kaber, & Swangnetr, 2015); thereby, supporting the flow of patient information through various modalities of care. Computer use today involves a broad ability which includes but isn't limited to physician diagnosis", "title": "Health informatics" }, { "docid": "12975960", "text": "money was inserted. These were often found at arcades and tourist attractions alongside other vending and game machines. The Empire State Building's 86th floor observatory in New York City, Coney Island, NY and Conneaut Lake Park, PA are some of the locations which had such machines. Gem Razors also created thousands of free Voice-O-Graph records during wartime for the troops to send home to their families. In the former USSR, records were commonly homemade using discarded medical x-rays. These records, which were usually made under the nation's samizdat movement, were nicknamed \"Bones\" or \"Ribs\", were usually inscribed with illegal copies", "title": "Production of phonograph records" }, { "docid": "19566557", "text": "the occurrence of inflammatory myocarditis in Takayasu's arteritis patients have been documented, the first instance the topic was published in medical literature. He also proposed therapeutical protocol for reversing the myocardial dysfunction using immunosuppressants. He established radiofrequency ablation facility in 1992 at AIIMS as a therapeutic procedure for remedying Cardiac arrhythmia and three years later, he introduced Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation procedure in 1995, the first time the procedure was performed in South Asia. The effort earned him a mention in the 1997 edition of the Limca Book of Records. In 2000, he brought the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy to India for", "title": "K. K. Talwar" }, { "docid": "11232536", "text": "twentieth centuries, women made significant gains in access to medical education and medical work through much of the world. These gains were sometimes tempered by setbacks; for instance, Mary Roth Walsh documented a \"decline\" in women physicians in the US in the first half of the twentieth century, such that there were fewer women physicians in 1950 than there were in 1900. However, through the latter half of the twentieth century, women made gains generally across the board. In the United States, for instance, women were 9% of total US medical school enrollment in 1969; this had increased to 20%", "title": "Women in medicine" }, { "docid": "19890129", "text": "The evidentiary record revealed initial documented psychiatric treatment in 1978. VA examination reports from 1997, 1999, and 2002 indicate that the examiners’ opinions concerning the origins of the veteran's schizophrenia were influenced by the absence of treatment records from service or within the year after separation. Several lay witnesses’ affidavits, which described their perceptions of the veteran's onset of symptoms in service or soon thereafter, as well as an opinion from a private physician linking the veteran's schizophrenia to service, were submitted in support of the veteran's claim. In discussing the lay evidence, the Board stated that \"[r]ecollections of medical", "title": "Buchanan vs. Nicholson" }, { "docid": "18909850", "text": "of humanity's most important medical advances. The first documented mention of comparative pathology comes from Hippocrates (460 - 370 BCE) in \"Airs, Waters, Places\" where he describes relevant case histories for horse herds and human populations. He insists that diagnosis be based on experience, observation, and logic. Aristotle (384 - 322 BCE) hypothesized about interspecies transmission of disease. The anatomy and physiology schools opened in Alexandria by Erasistratus (404 - 320 BCE) and Herophilus (330 - 255 BCE) were directly inspired by Aristotle's work. Although most of the documents were destroyed when the Library of Alexandria burned. In his \"Disciplinarum", "title": "Comparative medicine" }, { "docid": "20065171", "text": "of confidentiality as medical records of patients are disclosed between medical providers, when legally the obligation of these medical providers is to abide and guarantee privacy and confidentiality by withholding patient's information unless under specific circumstances. Further, outside of sharing information among medical providers, there is also the issue of sharing information with researchers. They claim that medical records are difficult to access but when they are, it opens up the door for research. Yet, at the same time it opens the door to privacy and confidentiality risks. Electronic Health Records Since technology continues to revolutionize, medical records have become", "title": "Privacy in education" }, { "docid": "1522919", "text": "is believed to date back to prehistoric medicine. The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, the oldest known medical text of any kind, dates to about 1800 BC and represents the first documented use of any kind of drug. It and other medical papyri describe Ancient Egyptian medical practices, such as using honey to treat infections and the legs of bee-eaters to treat neck pains. Ancient Babylonian medicine demonstrate the use of prescriptions in the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. Medicinal creams and pills were employed as treatments. On the Indian subcontinent, the Atharvaveda, a sacred text of Hinduism whose core", "title": "Medication" }, { "docid": "16948749", "text": "until the early modern era where care and healing would transition into a secular affair. In ancient cultures, religion and medicine were linked. The earliest documented institutions aiming to provide cures were ancient Egyptian temples. In ancient Greece, temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius, known as \"Asclepieia\" (, sing. \"Asclepieion\", ), functioned as centres of medical advice, prognosis, and healing. Asclepeia provided carefully controlled spaces conducive to healing and fulfilled several of the requirements of institutions created for healing. Under his Roman name Æsculapius, he was provided with a temple (291 B.C.) on an island in the Tiber in Rome,", "title": "History of hospitals" }, { "docid": "20928473", "text": "the Affordable Care Act) have resulted in more physicians and facilities adopting EMR systems: Beyond financial concerns there are a number of legal and ethical dilemmas created by increasing EMR use, including the risk of medical malpractice due to user error, server glitches that result in the EMR not being accessible, and increased vulnerability to hackers. Electronic medical records, like other medical records, must be kept in unaltered form and authenticated by the creator. Under data protection legislation, the responsibility for patient records (irrespective of the form they are kept in) is always on the creator and custodian of the", "title": "Electronic health records in the United States" }, { "docid": "16498109", "text": "136 interviewed, 129 were included in the analysis. The results showed that 38% of the women failed to report the abuse that was documented in the hospital medical records. It was deemed unlikely that they simply did not want to discuss personal matters as 68% of this group reported other incidents of sexual abuse from their childhood. The conclusion was that many women who have been sexually abused as children appeared to have forgotten the abuse. This has major implications on childhood amnesia and repressed memories. A more detailed inspection of the results reveals that only 15 of the women", "title": "Linda M. Williams" }, { "docid": "3555953", "text": "CVS but in none of 46 controls. Four patients who had been subjected to recurrent suffocation before CVS suffered permanent neurologic deficits and/or required anticonvulsant therapy for epileptic seizures resulting from hypoxic cerebral injury. The 39 patients undergoing CVS had 41 siblings, 12 of whom had previously died suddenly and unexpectedly. Eleven of the deaths had been classified as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) but after CVS, four parents admitted to suffocating eight of these siblings. Other signs of serious abuse were documented in the medical, social, and police records of an additional 15 of the siblings. The project concluded", "title": "David Southall" }, { "docid": "13040904", "text": "order was incorporated in 1960 under the name St. Boniface General Hospital, giving it the right to invest and borrow money, own property, and collect fees for services. St. Boniface Hospital, along with the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, opened the first hospice programs in Canada in 1975. The Hospital Research Centre opened in 1987, becoming the first Canadian free-standing medical research facility. During the 1997 Red River Flood, the hospital had to be evacuated, and has since created a disaster plan to cope any future evacuations or closures. The Institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass", "title": "Saint Boniface Hospital" }, { "docid": "3846623", "text": "Cherveniashka and Nikolay Yordanov. The El-Fatih epidemic is the largest documented incident of nosocomial (hospital-induced) infection of HIV in history. The Libyan public was enraged and many foreign medical workers were arrested; six were eventually charged. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi initially blamed the CIA or Mossad for plotting to carry out a deadly experiment on the Libyan children. The crisis first came to light in November 1998 when Libyan \"La\" magazine (issue 78) published an exposé about AIDS at the hospital. In December, the Association of Libyan Writers reported over 60 cases of AIDS so far that year in Libya.", "title": "HIV trial in Libya" }, { "docid": "20176588", "text": "a Perth concert, and guitarist Lindsay McDougall was forced to undergo emergency eye surgery in the same year. Hi-Vis High Tea Hi-Vis High Tea is a 2017 album by the Australian punk band Frenzal Rhomb. It was recorded in Colorado, USA, with Bill Stevenson as producer and was released in Australia on Shock Records and Fat Wreck Chords on May 26. The album, the band's ninth, is the first since a series of medical mishaps befall the band, delaying recording and release. Vocalist Jay Whalley underwent brain surgery in 2013 in order to have a parasitic tapeworm removed, as documented", "title": "Hi-Vis High Tea" }, { "docid": "20176587", "text": "Hi-Vis High Tea Hi-Vis High Tea is a 2017 album by the Australian punk band Frenzal Rhomb. It was recorded in Colorado, USA, with Bill Stevenson as producer and was released in Australia on Shock Records and Fat Wreck Chords on May 26. The album, the band's ninth, is the first since a series of medical mishaps befall the band, delaying recording and release. Vocalist Jay Whalley underwent brain surgery in 2013 in order to have a parasitic tapeworm removed, as documented in the song \"Pigworm\", drummer Gordy Forman suffered a 2015 broken arm following a stage dive attempt during", "title": "Hi-Vis High Tea" }, { "docid": "18714122", "text": "26-year-old son in law, Surendra Singh who would later go on to become the Cabinet Secretary of India. Other Philanthropy in his childhood haunts The first three-story Dharamshala or rest house for pilgrims those who follow 'Dharam' was built by him in memory of his grandfather Rai Singh Bisht. Additional medical help was given to many in Berinag with financial help to hospitals and patients. A civil veterinary hospital in Berinag was donated on 28 October 1961, a little over an acre of land and buildings. This is documented in a registered land records patwari office of Berinag. 30 acres", "title": "Dan Singh Bisht" }, { "docid": "497922", "text": "of the adopter, providing a legal tool that strengthened political ties between wealthy families and created male heirs to manage estates. The use of adoption by the aristocracy is well documented; many of Rome's emperors were adopted sons. Adrogation was a kind of Roman adoption which required the adrogator to be at least 60 years old. Infant adoption during Antiquity appears rare. Abandoned children were often picked up for slavery and composed a significant percentage of the Empire's slave supply. Roman legal records indicate that foundlings were occasionally taken in by families and raised as a son or daughter. Although", "title": "Adoption" }, { "docid": "14365839", "text": "first ever documented mobile care units that were able to meet the medical needs of the community. The scope of the majority of her work in her organized medical command units consisted primarily in hygiene and stabilizing patients prior to further and more invasive medical procedures. During military expeditions, Rufaida Al-Aslamia led groups of volunteer nurses who went to the battlefield and treated the casualties. She participated in the battles of Badr, Uhud, Khandaq, Khaibar, and others. During times of peace, Rufaida Al-Aslamia continued her involvement with humanitarian efforts by providing assistance to Muslims who were in need. Rufaidah had", "title": "Rufaida Al-Aslamia" }, { "docid": "18241804", "text": "after the Owen Organisation withdrew its support, but despite arranging innovative sponsorship deals with Marlboro and Yardley, Stanley could not arrest the team's decline. Stanley was instrumental in establishing the Formula One mobile medical unit which for the first time provided good standard medical facilities at circuits. When Jackie Stewart was injured, driving for BRM, in 1966, both he and Stanley were unimpressed with the medical help available at the circuit. Stanley became a strong ally of Stewart in his campaign to improve safety and created the International Grand Prix Medical Service in 1967. Stanley himself funded the mobile medical", "title": "Louis Stanley" }, { "docid": "7401898", "text": "consisting of a collection of rare recordings of American southern music. As part of the partnership, Yep Roc Records will aid in producing, packaging, and distributing rare archival recordings of which SFC will have created digital masters. The first three rare recordings to be released were announced alongside news about the partnership. The first release will be a remastered recording of legendary country music star Dolly Parton's first single \"Puppy Love\" and the original \"B\" side, \"Girl Left Alone.\" The tracks were originally recorded in 1959 when the singer was just thirteen years old and released on Goldband Records, a", "title": "Yep Roc Records" }, { "docid": "7438654", "text": "still remain today. The Crompton family has a well documented history. Crompton first appears as a family name when the De La Legh family (settlers from the Norman conquest) changed their name to indicate the Anglo-Saxon township they had obtained and settled in during the 13th century. The family were prosperous landowners of the area, from their initial medieval acquisition, through to the early 20th century. The Crompton family owned a large house by the name of Crompton Hall which first appears in historical records as early as 1442 and owned by Thomas de Crompton and his family. Sir Winston", "title": "Crompton Hall" }, { "docid": "12529528", "text": "when members modified the course from 22 to 18 holes. Golf is documented as being played on Musselburgh Links, East Lothian, Scotland as early as 2 March 1672, which is certified as the oldest golf course in the world by Guinness World Records. The oldest surviving rules of golf were compiled in March 1744 for the Company of Gentlemen Golfers, later renamed The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which was played at Leith, Scotland. The world's oldest golf tournament in existence, and golf's first major, is The Open Championship, which was first played on 17 October 1860 at Prestwick Golf", "title": "Golf" }, { "docid": "10910199", "text": "individuals who attempt to fraudulently assume the credentials of deceased physicians. An AMA Physician Masterfile record is established when individuals enter medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), or in the case of international medical graduates (IMG), upon entry into ACGME-accredited programs. When creating a record, the database is first checked to see if the person has a record using legal last name, legal first name, date of birth, school code, and state of residence to identify unique student entities when creating Masterfile records. Each AMA Physician Masterfile record includes Data on international medical graduates (IMGs)", "title": "AMA Physician Masterfile" }, { "docid": "2239429", "text": "zone. The earliest reliable written records of historical activity date back to about 1820, and the first well-documented eruption occurred in 1823, when the volcano was first put under observation; although Native Hawaiians are thought to have first settled on the island around 1,500 years ago, oral records predating European arrival on the island are few and difficult to interpret. One pre-contact eruption in particular, a phreatomagmatic event in 1790, was responsible for the death of a party of warriors, part of the army of Keōua Kuahuula, the last island chief to resist Kamehameha I's rule; their death is evidenced", "title": "Kīlauea" }, { "docid": "5320214", "text": "Domesday Book, where the two manors of Warburton were recorded; the manors were united by the late 12th century. Before the Norman conquest, the area was controlled by the Anglo-Saxon thegn Aelfward. Although the Domesday Book records no church in Warburton, it is possible that the church dedicated to Saint Werburgh is pre-Conquest. The omission of the church may not be significant, as not all pre-Conquest churches or chapels were recorded in the Domesday survey. The first documented evidence of a church in Warburton was in a deed of 1187, when it was a chapel of ease for the parish", "title": "Warburton, Greater Manchester" }, { "docid": "14477415", "text": "social problems as a result of the same support-seeking behaviors. Seeking help may also increase the severity of victimization symptoms if an individual experiences secondary victimization in the form of victim-blaming, being forced to mentally relive a victimization experience, or other negative responses from individuals or institutions from whom they seek help. Secondary victimization has been documented in victims of rape when they seek medical or psychological assistance. It has also been documented in individuals whose victimization results in criminal trials, particularly if the outcomes of those trials were not in the victims' favor. Symptoms of victimization Victimization refers to", "title": "Symptoms of victimization" }, { "docid": "11813162", "text": "house. India's first records of smallpox can be found in a medical book that dates back to A.D. 400. This book describes a disease that sounds exceptionally like smallpox. India, like China, created a goddess in response to its exposure to smallpox. The Hindu goddess Shitala was both worshipped and feared during her reign. It was believed that this goddess was both evil and kind and had the ability to inflict victims when angered, as well as calm the fevers of the already afflicted. Portraits of the goddess show her holding a broom in her right hand to continue to", "title": "Smallpox" }, { "docid": "3399442", "text": "King Edward I and rector of Reculver until 1310, when he became its first recorded vicar. He was regarded as the \"best doctor for the king's health\", and there are more records of his medical practice than there are for \"most physicians of his time.\" Brook subsequently passed to James de la Pine, sheriff of Kent in the early 1350s. His grandson sold it to an ancestor of Henry Cheyne, who was elected knight of the shire for Kent in 1563, and was created \"Lord Cheyney\" in 1572. He had sold all of his possessions in Kent by 1574 to", "title": "Reculver" }, { "docid": "12977202", "text": "Hainan Medical University Hainan Medical University, or HMU () is a university established in 1993 which offers degrees in medicine. The current college was created in 1993 with the approval of the central government. In 1951, two private medical colleges were merged to form the Hainan Specialized Medical School. These two colleges were Haiqiang Medical Vocational School (created in 1947) and the Medical College of Hainan University (established in 1948). Mr. Tseven Soong was its first General Director of the Board, After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, this school was restructured as the Hainan Medical", "title": "Hainan Medical University" }, { "docid": "2148311", "text": "wear his own religious clothes, having access to the officer's canteen. It is claimed that he was never tortured and had access to officers' medical services. Contrary to the reports that Velimirović was liberated when the Americans' 36th Division reached Dachau, both he and Patriarch Dožić were actually released in December 1944, having spent three months in the camp. They travelled to Slovenia, from where Velimirovic continued first to Austria then to United States. However, there is documented evidence, including photographs of Bishop Nikolaj (Velimirović) and Patriarch Gavrilo (Dožić) present at the baptismal of Prince Alexander (Karađorđević) in London, England,", "title": "Nikolaj Velimirović" }, { "docid": "20220465", "text": "medieval steep slope cultivation, which is an important documentation of the increasing wine-growing activities on steep slopes. Hence, a large, continuous wine-growing area had been created by the monks of Pforta. At the end of the Middle Ages, the monastery owned 58 vineyards at 27 locations between Bad Kösen and Roßbach. According to the records, Pforta had cellar and wine masters (1229 \"magister vini\") in the 13th century demonstrating highly developed wine-growing and wine-making. The vines were planted irregularly, and different grape varieties were planted together (documented in 1234). Between them, vegetables and other agricultural crops were planted on acres.", "title": "Pforta monastery" }, { "docid": "6144783", "text": "in federal censuses from 1790–1810 (when there was no designation for Indian) in the Upper South were descended from families classified as free African Americans in colonial Virginia. Most were free because they were descended from unions between white women (who were free) and African or African-American men. Their children and descendants maintained this free status. At the time, most working-class people shared living and working quarters. These families were documented through extensive research in colonial records of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay Colony, including court records, land deeds, wills and manumissions. Some free African Americans were descended from enslaved", "title": "Sappony" }, { "docid": "14490412", "text": "till the end of 1950. In the school year 1950/1951 the two-year midwife's school was established and it worked till the end of the school year 1957/1958 when it was replaced with the Secondary medical school created only for nurses. The opening of this school justified the main aim - the nurses of the school were supposed to take care of the patients in the medical center and the medical institutions. The secondary medical school used to have its boarding house and students from different towns in Macedonia. The first school principal was Hristina Spiridonova, who was at that time", "title": "Medical School SOU Jane Sandanski – Štip" }, { "docid": "13434814", "text": "billing software and storage for medical records. Patients can use a version of the app to keep track of their own results and appointments. Its Revenue Cycle Management service helps physicians and medical practices manage billing, collections, accounts receivable, insurance processing and other paperwork. In June 2014, drchrono created the first health record system app for Google Glass, creating a wearable health record allowing doctors to record patient visits, with the patient's permission, releasing the app in a beta phase. Videos, photos and notes are stored in the patient's electronic medical record or in Box, a cloud-based storage and collaboration", "title": "Drchrono" }, { "docid": "153636", "text": "resulted in any improvement or cure of a measurable organic disability. In addition, at least one study has suggested that adult Christian Scientists, who generally use prayer rather than medical care, have a higher death rate than other people of the same age. The Global Medical Research Institute (GMRI) was created in 2012 to start collecting medical records of patients who claim to have received a supernatural healing miracle as a result of Christian Spiritual Healing practices. The organization has a panel of medical doctors who review the patient’s records looking at entries prior to the claimed miracles and entries", "title": "Faith healing" }, { "docid": "11860745", "text": "million); Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) ($2.6 million). It owed a $828,000 health facility assessment tax to New York State, $418,000 in fees to the New York State Department of Health, $412,000 in dues to The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS), and $308,000 to Mount Sinai Hospital. Medical staff residency training records and verification have become available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS) Closed Residency program records. Cabrini Medical Center Cabrini Medical Center of New York City was created in the late 20th century by a merger of two Manhattan hospitals. It closed", "title": "Cabrini Medical Center" }, { "docid": "14370342", "text": "role in every day life is indicated by 'births, deaths and marriages' records in the mid-19 century. For example, church records for Vrhovine from 1856 show that for even births the regiment and company of the father is documented. For marriage records, the regiment and company of both the groom's and bride's household is documented. Various military lists from Regiment records, from 1772 to 1819, document Zalužnica soldiers including Borovac, Brakus, Hinić, Invačević, Kosić, Popović, Uzelac, and Vukovojac. The last vestiges of the Krajina were removed in 1881 by Emperor Francis Joseph. Ahead of this the Otočac regiment, in 1880,", "title": "Zalužnica" }, { "docid": "18129636", "text": "Creek was buried in a grave that read \"Jane Doe\" due to the fact that her identity was not yet known. Afterwards, she was later reburied and a new headstone was created that bore her name and lifespan. Police reportedly spent thousands of hours comparing DNA, dental records and fingerprints to many different missing person cases. Consequently, it was not until June 26, 1998 when her body was positively identified, through DNA and dental comparison over a year after her death. After viewing the television show \"America's Most Wanted\" that aired in December 1998, which documented the case, Creek's father", "title": "Murder of Amber Creek" }, { "docid": "3602309", "text": "of Dentistry was created. In 1977, the Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Medical Analytics was established; there was no initial recruitment until 1987, when the first group of students began their studies at the Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Medical Analytics. In 1982, Collegium Pathologicum was opened and the Children's Teaching Hospital began admitting patients in 1988. In 1999, Collegium Novum was opened, with the Division of Nursing also created that same year. In 2004, the Division of Medical Education in English was created and the inaugural class of the English language six-year MD program began", "title": "Medical University of Białystok" }, { "docid": "9025072", "text": "schools and colleges in the US. The medical schools were the first to suffer the attack; they were ridiculed as obsolete – inadequate – and inefficient. The crisis attracted the attention of some of the world's richest men. In 1901, John D. Rockefeller created the \"Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research\". By 1906, the AMA’s Council on Medical Education had created a list of unacceptable schools. In 1910, the Flexner Report, financed by the Carnegie Foundation, closed hundreds of private medical and homeopathic schools and named Johns Hopkins as the model school. The AMA had created the nonprofit, federally subsidized university", "title": "History of chiropractic" }, { "docid": "1425952", "text": "rights in 1060, though it was not mentioned as a town in records until about 1240. The parish church dedicated to St. Jacob was first documented in 1136. Emperor Frederick II conferred the citizens the right to hold an annual fair on the feast of 25 July (\"Jakobitag\") in 1222. The 1348 Friuli earthquake devastated large parts of the town, another devastating earthquake occurred in 1690. There were also several fires in Villach, which destroyed many buildings. The first documented mayor took office in the 16th century. From 1526 onwards, many citizens turned Protestant and the Villach parish became a", "title": "Villach" }, { "docid": "1989040", "text": "of archival science and archival processing. The term refers to the individuals, groups, or organizations that originally created or received the items in an accumulation of records, and to the items' subsequent chain of custody. The principle of provenance (sometimes also termed the principle of \"archival integrity\" or \"respect des fonds\") stipulates that records originating from a common source (or fonds) should be kept together – where practicable, physically; but in all cases intellectually, in the way in which they are catalogued and arranged in finding aids. Conversely, records of different provenance should be preserved and documented separately. In archival", "title": "Provenance" }, { "docid": "7578191", "text": "of the species at Nevado de Toluca (were no permanent colony has been historically documented) occurred in August 2003 when just a single volcano rabbit was observed. Since 1987, research conducted by Hoth et al., in relation to the distribution of the Volcano Rabbit already found no records of this species in the Nevado de Toluca, including the site where Tikul Álvarez (IPN) collected a specimen in 1975 (Nevado de Toluca, 4 km S, 2 km W Raíces, 3350 masl). Although no permanent colony has been documented in Nevado de Toluca, the volcano rabbit was declared \"extinct\" within this portion", "title": "Volcano rabbit" }, { "docid": "8809114", "text": "conducted a series of tests on photographs of Etta Place and Ann Bassett. Their features matched and both had the same scar or cowlick at the top of their forehead. He concluded that there could be no reasonable doubt that they were the same person. Author and researcher Doris Karren Burton indicates in her 1992 book \"Queen Ann Bassett: Alias Etta Place\" that when Bassett is absent from historical records, Place is actively traveling with Cassidy and the Sundance Kid/Harry Longabaugh, and when Place is absent from historical records, Bassett is visible. However, Burton did not account for documented instances", "title": "Ann Bassett" }, { "docid": "6399243", "text": "experimental medical research. The School is considered one of the foremost Brazilian excellence centers in teaching, research and health care services. The school was created as the Faculdade de Medicina de Campinas on November 25, 1958, by Decree No. 4996 of the state government, but it only began its operations with the first year of the medical course on December 28, 1962, by virtue of Decree No. 7655, when the State University of Campinas was created and the medical school was incorporated to it. Its first location was in a private hospital in the central area of the city, the", "title": "University of Campinas School of Medical Sciences" }, { "docid": "5722515", "text": "the governments's information strategy for the NHS every primary care practice in England will have to offer patients online access to their care records by 2015. In 2012, only 1% did so. Electronic health records and electronic medical records contain clinical data created by and for health professionals in the course of providing care. The data is about the patient but the data resides in a health care provider's system. The patient portal is typically defined as a view into the electronic medical records. In addition, ancillary functions that support a health care provider's interaction with a patient are also", "title": "Personal health record" }, { "docid": "2422964", "text": "these were: Neither of these records had been defeated when \"Guinness World Records\" banned all alcohol-related records from their book in 1991. Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke held a record for the fastest consumption of \"a yard\" of beer. He drank 2.5 pints (1.4 litres) in 12 seconds. (Greaves' Rules) Drinking culture Although alcoholic beverages and social attitudes toward drinking vary around the world, nearly every civilization has independently discovered the processes of brewing beer, fermenting wine and distilling spirits. Alcohol and its effects have been present in societies throughout history. Drinking is documented in the Hebrew and Christian", "title": "Drinking culture" }, { "docid": "3236776", "text": "for the head of medical services. In non-government organisations, such as policing, chief medical officer may refer to a senior medical post in the organisation. When appointed outside government the chief medical officer will often decide on physical and mental fitness to serve issues, and the role may not be in public health. The historic post was created in Victorian times to help to prevent cholera epidemics. In 1969 the post of Chief Medical Officer for Wales was created, and prior to this both England and Wales were covered by the post of Chief Medical Officer of England and Wales.", "title": "Chief Medical Officer (United Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "17089315", "text": "governor signed a legislative act altering the charter of 1828 by expanding the curriculum to two years, culminating in a doctor of medicine degree, and changing the name to the Medical Institute of Georgia. The school changed its name in 1833 to its current name, and for the next 80 years continued to operate with an emphasis on research and training physicians. Many discoveries were made by faculty, including the first hysterectomy performed in the United States and the first documented case of sickle cell disease. In 2015, more than 2,600 students applied for 230 first-year slots. Admitted students in", "title": "Medical College of Georgia" }, { "docid": "4775224", "text": "series. Another first for the series came in 2018 when \"Fucking Hardcore #10\" and \"Fucking Hardcore #11\" were released digitally on available music sites, which had never been done previous. Mokum Records Mokum Records is a Dutch independent record label specialising in early hardcore and hardcore releases. They have released about 100 single and EP vinyl records between 1993 and 1999 and more than 80 since 2004. Fred Berkhout (Freddy B) created Mokum Records in 1993 as a joke response to another record label, Rotterdam Records. The label was originally part of the record store Boudisque Records, but was later", "title": "Mokum Records" }, { "docid": "14381550", "text": "every stop, there is no requirement for police forces to keep statistics on number of stops or ethnicity of people stopped, according to the College of Policing. Advice to the public on the West Midlands Police website explains: Different police forces have different documents, and forms for recording stops. According to the Metropolitan Police the documented stop and account procedure was recommended after the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry found that stopping people informally, as had been the usual procedure, \"created a barrier between the police and the community. These stops were not monitored and no records were kept.\" The Home Office", "title": "Powers of the police in England and Wales" }, { "docid": "2350800", "text": "being notified once an individual's information is inspected, amend any medical records, and request communication opportunities to discuss information disclosure. However, there are exceptions to when the disclosure of PHI can be inspected. This includes specific conditions among law enforcements, judicial and administrative proceedings, parents, significant others, public health, health research, and commercial marketing. These aspects of lack of privacy have caused an alarming amount of gaps within privacy measures. Ultimately, there is still an issue on how to ensure privacy securities; in response, the government has created new regulations that makes trade offs between an individual's privacy and public", "title": "Medical privacy" }, { "docid": "16871651", "text": "and pharmacists who were supposed to meet the need of remote communities. Baghdad was also known to have a separate hospital for convicts since the early 10th century after the vizier ‘Ali ibn Isa ibn Jarah ibn Thabit wrote to Baghdad’s chief medical officer that \"prisons must have their own doctors who should examine them every day\". The first hospital built in Egypt, in Cairo's Southwestern quarter, was the first documented facility to care for mental illnesses. In Aleppo's Arghun Hospital, care for mental illness included abundant light, fresh air, running water and music. Medical students would accompany physicians and", "title": "Islamic Golden Age" }, { "docid": "9546792", "text": "Classical jurists in medieval Islamic jurisprudence, however, accepted the use of the Hashish drug for medicinal and therapeutic purposes, and agreed that its \"medical use, even if it leads to mental derangement, remains exempt\" from punishment. In the 14th century, the Islamic scholar Az-Zarkashi spoke of \"the permissibility of its use for medical purposes if it is established that it is beneficial.\" According to Mary Lynn Mathre, with \"this legal distinction between the intoxicant and the medical uses of cannabis, medieval Muslim theologians were far ahead of present-day American law.\" The first documented description of a peer review process is", "title": "Islamic ethics" }, { "docid": "19316377", "text": "which made them particularly receptive to the technical appeal of the new science of X-rays. Records of the events reveal that among the medical men who witnessed the first images produced as radiographs, a rather small number had any great desire to employ X-rays directly in their own medical practice. After the early investigative work of Thomas Ranken Lyle, William Henry Bragg, Joseph Patrick Slattery, and others, almost all medical men were satisfied with soliciting the services of the external X-ray man when necessity arose for skiagraphs to be produced. As the utilization of X-rays became more acceptable, the involvement", "title": "Samuel Barbour" }, { "docid": "19288348", "text": "associated with electrical work, the electricians, which made them particularly receptive to the technical appeal of the new science of X-rays. Records of the events reveal that among the medical men who witnessed the first images produced as radiographs, a rather small number had any great desire to employ X-rays directly in their own medical practice. After the early investigative work of Thomas Ranken Lyle, William Henry Bragg, Joseph Patrick Slattery, and others, almost all medical men were satisfied with soliciting the services of the external X-ray man when necessity arose for skiagraphs to be produced. As the utilization of", "title": "Frank Styant Browne" }, { "docid": "19277648", "text": "electrical work, the electricians, which made them particularly receptive to the technical appeal of the new science of x-rays. Records of the events reveal that among the medical men who witnessed the first images produced as radiographs, a rather small number had any great desire to employ X-rays directly in their own medical practice. After the early investigative work of Thomas Ranken Lyle, William Henry Bragg, Joseph Patrick Slattery, and others, almost all medical men were satisfied with soliciting the services of the external X-ray man when necessity arose for skiagraphs to be produced. As the utilization of x-rays became", "title": "Frank K. Schmidlin" }, { "docid": "4765551", "text": "São Jorge (Santana) São Jorge () is a civil parish in the municipality of Santana, in the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 1,473, in an area of 19.34 km². São Jorge was created in 1515, and benefitted from the patronage of King Manuel I of Portugal when it was merely a religious parish. These revelations were documented in the archives of the \"Torre do Tombo\", and also included many of the pieces and religious artefacts donated by the King to the first Church of São Jorge. The first settlers to this parish occupied the areas in the", "title": "São Jorge (Santana)" } ]
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who plays young gideon in once upon a time
[ "Giles Matthey" ]
[ { "docid": "19374032", "text": "she would be returning for the sixth season. Robert Carlyle was confirmed to be returning for the sixth season as Rumplestiltskin along with Rebecca Mader as Zelena and Jared Gilmore as Henry Mills. It was announced that Giles Matthey was cast as Morpheus, who is slated to appear in the first episode of the season. On July 20, it was announced that Craig Horner would be portraying the Count of Monte Cristo, who was introduced in the second episode of the season. At the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International it was revealed that the season would see the introduction", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "18240222", "text": "in the CBS drama series \"NCIS\" playing Daniel Budd, a young man who is the leader of the terrorist group, the Calling. Matthey's role on \"NCIS\" ended when his character died in the \"NCIS\" Season 13 premiere episode as Budd was shot dead by NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, played by Michael Weatherly. He landed a recurring role in the sixth season of the fantasy-drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", portraying the grown-up version of Belle and Rumplestiltskin's newborn son Gideon. Giles Matthey Giles Ingram Matthey (born 11 November 1987) is a British-Australian actor best known for his role as", "title": "Giles Matthey" }, { "docid": "20154413", "text": "played by Jessy Schram for the first six seasons. On July 22 at San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that Anwar and Kane will be portraying Lady Tremaine and Drizella, respectively. Cox would be portraying Tiana from \"The Princess and the Frog\", while Reynolds would be playing an alternate version of Alice, a character previously heavily featured in the spin-off \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.\" In August 2017, Cox was promoted to series regular. On August 1, it was announced that Giles Matthey would return as an adult Gideon for the season's fourth episode. The episode, also featuring Emilie", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "docid": "18240220", "text": "Giles Matthey Giles Ingram Matthey (born 11 November 1987) is a British-Australian actor best known for his role as Claude Crane on the HBO original series \"True Blood\", Morpheus/Gideon on the ABC series \"Once Upon a Time\" and Jordan Reed on FOX series \"\". Giles Matthey was born in Australia to a British father and an Australian mother. He moved to London with his family at the age of 2. He has one sibling, a younger sister Arabella, who is a Security Consultant. He became interested in acting during his teenage years and eventually moved to New York City. In", "title": "Giles Matthey" } ]
[ { "docid": "19950532", "text": "Roderick (who is still a slave) was the person who stole the key, Roderick convinces Gideon to become a hero by defeating the Black Fairy, and tells him that his grandmother is trying to harvest more magic dust after using up the last one (which was used for the first Dark Curse). Gideon apologized to Roderick for what happened when they were young and offered his aid. Roderick then tells Gideon that he needed the power of The Savior (Emma), which requires a magical orb in order to reach her. When Gideon and Roderick find the orb and is ready", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19950531", "text": "child laborers, ordering her to raise the child as if her were the Black Fairy's. As the years pass, a young Gideon is now a prisoner and befriends another boy, Roderick. Gideon vows to protect his friend, but when he lashes out at the Black Fairy, she punishes Roderick instead as a way to torment her grandson. On Gideon's 28th birthday, the Black Fairy tells her grandson (whom she calls her \"son\") how proud she is of him, when she noticed one of keys is missing, so she sends Gideon to go after the person responsible. When Gideon discovers that", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "18949166", "text": "characters are also travelling to Merthyr, attracted by the coal and iron industries. They include the genteel Miss Thrush the Sweets who has sold her shop in Pontypridd, and is secretly enamoured of Gideon, even though she only sees him about once a year. Annie Hewers and Megsie Lloyd are lusty young girls out for adventure, Many Irish navvies have also arrived, including Big Bonce, Belcher and Lady Godiva. Travelling through Maesteg towards Pontypridd, Gideon comes upon Sun Heron, a fiery young two-fisted Irish girl who attempts to steals his meagre food, claiming to be starving. She later latches onto", "title": "The Fire People" }, { "docid": "19800755", "text": "The threesome enter the portal and returned to Storybrooke. At the Pawn Shop, Gideon explains to Belle and Gold about how he was raised by the Black Fairy, but he resisted turning evil on his own will, although he still plans to kill Emma, because her powers as a Savior are the only way to kill his grandmother, and he wants to defeat her. Hours later in the woods, Gold meets with Gideon to offer his help, but Gideon refuses upon being provoked by Gold to attack him. At the loft, David, who by now is frustrated and even has", "title": "Tougher Than the Rest (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078603", "text": "Rumplestiltskin kills the Black Fairy, and the group is sent back to Storybrooke. However, her last command for Gideon to kill the Savior remains and Hook is able to reunite with Emma just before she faces Gideon in the final battle. Gideon stabs Emma who willingly sacrifices herself, as Hook watches with horror, but Henry wakes her with true love's kiss. Hook reunites with Emma once more as a happy ending montage is shown for all—David decides to move into a farmhouse with Snow and take care of Neal, leaving Hook to become the new deputy of Storybrooke and ride", "title": "Hook (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078591", "text": "Fairy, Gideon returned, neutralized the Evil Queen, and sought out his parents. After Emma's return and subsequent defeating of Gideon, Hook consults with Archie about the prospect of seeking David's approval for Emma's hand in marriage. In order to do so, Hook agrees to help David learn who murdered his father. After stealing magic from Emma, they learn that David's father's last known location was in Pleasure Island, a place in the Enchanted Forest Hook recalled having dealings with Neverland. This leads them to August Booth, who spent time there as a puppet before being made real. August reveals that,", "title": "Hook (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078460", "text": "Fairy once again steals Gideon's heart and commands him to kill the Savior. To break the curse, Rumple kills the Black Fairy, and he and Belle happily reunite. Together they enter the mines to once again retrieve Gideon's heart and stop him before he can kill Emma. Upon finding the heart and considering the power he could gain from Emma's death, Rumple makes the decision to ignore his dark impulses and commands Gideon to let Emma live. The end of the Final Battle sees adult Gideon disappear and reappear to Belle and Rumple as the baby she originally gave up.", "title": "Belle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20087780", "text": "A Wondrous Place \"A Wondrous Place\" is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on April 2, 2017. In this episode, when Gideon sends Hook out of Storybrooke, the pirate must find a way to return to Emma, who is being tempted to join Regina and Snow during a ladies' night out, while the origins behind the disappearance of Agrabah are revealed. Jasmine's flying carpet is seen in the forest. The Agrabah events take place after \"The Savior\" and the \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\" episode \"Trust", "title": "A Wondrous Place" }, { "docid": "19950559", "text": "street corner, Gold confronts the Black Fairy, but she insists that he will join her. However, Gold asks her if the reason why she wants him to join her was because Gideon didn't join her willingly. Gold tells her that he knows she has Gideon's heart, and that she had been manipulating Gideon against his will the whole time. When the Black Fairy asks him how he had figured this out, Gold tells the Black Fairy that Gideon was responsible for leaving the one flower behind for Emma and Snow, as he realizes that Gideon is a true believer, because", "title": "Awake (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20156462", "text": "Belle returns to Gold and comforts him over his actions, while Gideon arrives at the Mayor's Office with the sword Hrunting in his hand. As expected, Gideon confronts Emma, and is ready to face off against her. Both Gold and Belle set off to search for Gideon's heart. Henry helps Emma escape from Gideon (knocking him out with a fire extinguisher) with Emma placing a protection spell to contain him temporarily. The others realize that Fiona has crafted the perfect trap: If Gideon kills Emma, Light will be destroyed. And if Emma kills Gideon, she will turn dark and Light", "title": "The Final Battle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19950537", "text": "return through. However, just moments before the spell is activated a giant spider comes through the portal and they run for cover, with Gideon apologizing to Emma for trying to kill her. As their attempts to escape are blocked by spiderwebs, Gideon pushes Emma into one and he takes the sword from her, allowing Gideon to disappear while Emma uses her magic to fight off the spiderwebs until Gold appears and helps Emma destroy the spider, but at that point Gideon has escaped. Hours later, Emma and Snow confront Gold and Belle, but Emma is not convinced about Gideon being", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20156465", "text": "those she loves, protect the innocent and to spread light and hope no matter what the cost. Realizing what she must do, Emma throws down her sword and Gideon apologizes and kills her, releasing an enormous blast of light magic, ending the Final Battle and causing Gideon to disappear. As everyone gathers around Emma's body Henry, using true love's kiss, brings her back to life. Gold and Belle discover to their shock that Gideon is once again a baby with his heart restored into his body. Realizing that this is a new start as a family, Belle tells Gold that", "title": "The Final Battle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19374022", "text": "Gideon, the Black Fairy, Mary Lydgate, and Robert. The show also reintroduced Jafar and Dr. Arthur Lydgate, who previously appeared in \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\". This season also marks the final appearance of Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) as a series regular. Morrison announced she would be departing the series after the sixth-season finale, but if the series receives a seventh season renewal she has agreed to appear in at least one episode. After serving as a series regular for two seasons, Rebecca Mader also announced that season six would be her last on the show as a regular.", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "20156464", "text": "all the time he wants exploring the world with Belle, before spending the next 100 years destroying it. Gold resists the temptation and chooses to do the right thing and tries to use Gideon's heart to stop him from killing Emma. However Fiona's spell keeps him from being able to free Gideon, and instead, Gideon's heart stops beating and dims. The manifestation taunts Gold before disappearing, and Gold heads out to Belle, who consoles him for trying to do the right thing. Back at the intersection, Emma and Gideon fight with Emma acknowledging her role as the Savior to protect", "title": "The Final Battle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19789058", "text": "Wish You Were Here (Once Upon a Time) \"Wish You Were Here\" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on December 4, 2016. In this episode, when The Evil Queen uses Aladdin to make Emma's wish that she wasn't the Savior a reality, Regina tries to save her, while Gold and Belle learn about the dangers awaiting Gideon. A statue of Queen Snow White and King David is featured in the forest. The Wish Realm events take place in a realm in which the Dark Curse never", "title": "Wish You Were Here (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19950529", "text": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time) \"Mother's Little Helper\" is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on April 9, 2017. In this episode, Gideon's past with the Black Fairy and his vengeance towards his grandmother is revealed, as Gideon blackmails Emma into defeating the Black Fairy in order to return Hook back to Storybrooke. Meanwhile Hook teams up with Blackbeard to find a way to return, only to end up back in Neverland, whilst Regina turns to an imprisoned Isaac when Henry's powers as the Author", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19800748", "text": "Tougher Than the Rest (Once Upon a Time) \"Tougher Than the Rest\" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on March 5, 2017. In this episode, Emma must find a way to escape the Wish realm as she tries to convince Regina that Robin Hood is part of the universe, while David takes matters into his own hands when Gideon arrives, thus making matters disturbing for Gold and Belle. A enchanted tree from the Wish realm is featured in the forest. The Land Without Magic flashbacks take", "title": "Tougher Than the Rest (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19800757", "text": "her grasp and into the air, and catch it, before teleporting his original sword away. Emma’s family and friends arrive to stop them, but Gideon freezes them, so they can't interfere. Emma gains the upper hand when she regains confidence in herself, gaining control of her shaking hand, and releasing a burst of light magic that sends Gideon into the air, and breaking the sword. Emma grabs a fragment of the sword's blade while Gideon is still stunned, and she places the sword at his throat, only to have Gideon (at the request of Gold not to kill him) end", "title": "Tougher Than the Rest (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "13682304", "text": "Once Upon a Time (1944 film) Once Upon a Time is a 1944 fantasy film involving a dancing caterpillar who lives in a small box. Cary Grant plays a conniving showman who desperately needs money to save his theater. Jerry Flynn (Cary Grant) has to come up with $100,000 within a week to keep his theater. By chance, youngster Arthur \"Pinky\" Thompson (Ted Donaldson) shows him \"Curly\" (the original title of the film), a caterpillar that gets up on its tail and dances when Pinky plays \"Yes Sir, That's My Baby\" on his harmonica. Pinky refuses to let Jerry buy", "title": "Once Upon a Time (1944 film)" }, { "docid": "19078459", "text": "later learn that Gideon has been under the control of the Black Fairy, who has stolen his heart. After Rumple secretly forges an alliance with his mother in order to retrieve Gideon's heart, he returns the heart and Gideon happily reunites with his parents. The Black Fairy then casts her curse to begin the Final Battle, which separates Belle from her husband and son and turns her into a recluse and a hermit, afraid to leave the confines of her home. This is in direct contrast to Belle's true nature and love of travel and adventure. In addition, the Black", "title": "Belle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19950530", "text": "goes awry. The spider-infested pillars from the lakeside mansion are seen in the forest. The Dark Realm events involving Gideon take place after \"Changelings\" and before \"Wish You Were Here,\" while the Storybrooke events leading up to Gideon's backstory and Hook's adventures in the present day Enchanted Forest take place after \"A Wondrous Place\" and Hook's return to Neverland take place after \"Save Henry.\" In the Dark Realm, 28 years ago in that realm's past, the Black Fairy has received the baby Gideon, who she just stole from the Blue Fairy, and she places the child with one of the", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19789064", "text": "Meanwhile, after failing to track his son, Gold seeks out Belle and tells her that with no way or means of finding Gideon, their son isn't safe. In order to prove his good intentions, he removes Belle's tracking bracelet, as she calls the Convent, and realizes that all is not well. As they arrive at the convent, a seriously ill Mother Superior tells them that the Black Fairy kidnapped Gideon, and left her in that state. At Mr. Gold's shop, Gold reveals to Belle that it was the Evil Queen who accelerated her pregnancy, as the pair decide to work", "title": "Wish You Were Here (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "18588361", "text": "Gideon Jung Gideon Jung (born 12 September 1994) is a German professional footballer who currently plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Hamburger SV. He made his professional debut on 13 September 2013 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in a Regionalliga West match against Sportfreunde Lotte. On 5 April 2014, Jung scored his first professional goal in a game against SC Wiedenbrück 2000. He went on to make 22 appearances in the 2013-14 season before transferring to Hamburger SV on 1 July 2014. Upon arrival at Hamburger SV, Jung was immediately sent down to the second team, Hamburger SV II. On", "title": "Gideon Jung" }, { "docid": "15085820", "text": "that Baah had signed for their second team Kairat-A. Baah left Kairat-A on 20 May 2018 by mutual consent having scored once for the club. In 2009, he received a call-up to Ghana U20 national team. In October 2015, Baah received his first senior call up to the Ghana national team. He made his debut for Ghana in a 13 October friendly against Canada, coming into the match as a substitute in the 87th minute. Asante Kotoko HJK Helsinki Gideon Baah Gideon Baah (born 1 October 1991) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Gomel. In 2007,", "title": "Gideon Baah" }, { "docid": "9703044", "text": "stopped by a young constable for running a red light. Once at his office, he calls in the detective whom a \"snout\" [i.e. informant] has told him is taking bribes and suspends him. Gideon then gets word that an escaped mental patient from Manchester is on his way to London. Meanwhile, an audacious gang is robbing payrolls. The mental patient is soon arrested, but not before he has killed the daughter of his former landlady. Gideon wants to congratulate personally the policeman who made the arrest, only to discover it's the same overzealous young officer who gave him a summons", "title": "Gideon's Day (film)" }, { "docid": "17610138", "text": "like everybody else. He's human.\" Dallas subsequently began dating his \"Once Upon a Time\" co-star Goodwin in fall 2011. Dallas and Goodwin became engaged in October 2013, and married on April 12, 2014 in California. They have one child, a son, born in May 2014. David Nolan (Once Upon a Time) David Nolan, also known as Prince Charming, is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". He is portrayed by Josh Dallas, who also happens to be married to series co-star Ginnifer Goodwin, who plays David's wife Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard. The leader of the Enchanted", "title": "David Nolan (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19950538", "text": "saved, prompting Gold to threaten Emma if she endangers Gideon, and as Emma and Snow leave, Gold tells Belle that he still has faith in Gideon. Meanwhile back at the clock tower, Gideon discovers that the portal opened for a brief moment, allowing the Black Fairy to enter Storybrooke. She is now proud of her \"son\" and is ready to kill Emma. In-between the events, Regina is attempting to reverse the sleeping curse with help from Henry. When he starts taking notes on what items Regina needed, he starts writing in a possession-like state before he passes out and when", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19800749", "text": "place during winter 1990, one year after the flashback of \"The Dark Swan\", and a few years before \"Snow Drifts\". The Dark Realm flashbacks take place many years after the Black Fairy kidnapped Gideon in \"Wish You Were Here\". The Wish Realm and Storybrooke events take place after \"Wish You Were Here.\" The events during the Wish Realm in this episode would result in the events that would later take place in \"Homecoming.\" In winter 1990 Minnesota, a young Emma has run away from a group home and is living on the streets of Minneapolis. While she is tearing pages", "title": "Tougher Than the Rest (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19950536", "text": "Gold and Belle at the Pawn Shop, where despite a plea from Gold and Belle to spare Gideon's life and Emma's doubts, they do come to a truce that Emma should partner up with Gideon, as Gold tells Emma about the Black Fairy and what she is capable of as she is also Gold's mother. Later that night at the clock tower, Emma meets with Gideon and agrees to help, on the condition that they exchange the spell to bring Hook back and Hrunting. Gideon then brings Emma through a door that can serve as a portal for Hook to", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20282009", "text": "of the dagger here. She knew, from ages ago, that the \"sunset\" referred to in the prophecy signified her own death, and wanted to live a happy life with Rumple and Gideon before passing, which she did. In her final moments, she asks that Rumple let her go, but tells him that once he is rid of the dagger that he’ll return to her. With that, Belle passes away peacefully, leaving Rumple sobbing and heartbroken. At Belle’s grave, Gideon, having returned to pay respects to his mother, offers to take the dagger and use it to transfer the darkness into", "title": "Beauty (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19800756", "text": "Hook worried while looking for their unwanted visitor earlier, explained to Snow (via cellphone as she is still under the shared sleeping curse) that until the threat is over he won't wake her up. Belle shows up at the loft to tell David about Gideon being the one who'll kill Emma, and is hoping they can come up with a plan to stop it. As Emma returned to Storybrooke, the vision is about to be played out, and as expected is suddenly approached by Gideon; the two start their sword fight, with Gideon eventually managing to knock Emma's sword from", "title": "Tougher Than the Rest (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17610122", "text": "David Nolan (Once Upon a Time) David Nolan, also known as Prince Charming, is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". He is portrayed by Josh Dallas, who also happens to be married to series co-star Ginnifer Goodwin, who plays David's wife Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard. The leader of the Enchanted Forest's War Council who is comatose in Storybrooke. While initially he is known simply as \"John Doe\" in Storybrooke because of his comatose state, he is eventually revealed to be called David Nolan, after waking up. The creators also mixed Charming's history with that of", "title": "David Nolan (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "9162544", "text": "her to the Philippines, along with Lt. Cynthia Wang who is in pursuit of Nikita. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues as everyone gets swept up in a tale of international espionage with a dash of love and romance thrown into the crazy mix. Once Upon a Time in Manila Once Upon a Time in Manila is a 1994 Filipino action comedy film. Vic Sotto plays a barangay tanod who always seems to have a knack for saving the local folks from dangerous situations, just in the nick of time. Cynthia Luster is Lt. Cynthia Wang, is a Royal Hong Kong", "title": "Once Upon a Time in Manila" }, { "docid": "19950555", "text": "could be the family that they \"were always meant to be\". Then, the Black Fairy teleports herself away with Gideon. Later, the Black Fairy learns of Emma and Snow finding a field full of pixie flowers, which grew due to the Black Fairy's arrival (the flowers grow in the presence of a great evil). The Black Fairy introduces herself to Emma, saying that they were \"destined to clash since the dawn of time\". Then she forces Gideon to destroy the flowers, in order to make Snow and Emma suffer, but Emma discovers that one remained. They are able to use", "title": "Awake (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "13682307", "text": "that Curly has transformed into a butterfly. The film's working titles were \"Curly\", \"My Friend Curly\", \"My Client Curly\" and \"Yes Sir, That's My Baby\". Once Upon a Time (1944 film) Once Upon a Time is a 1944 fantasy film involving a dancing caterpillar who lives in a small box. Cary Grant plays a conniving showman who desperately needs money to save his theater. Jerry Flynn (Cary Grant) has to come up with $100,000 within a week to keep his theater. By chance, youngster Arthur \"Pinky\" Thompson (Ted Donaldson) shows him \"Curly\" (the original title of the film), a caterpillar", "title": "Once Upon a Time (1944 film)" }, { "docid": "17439508", "text": "Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time) Henry Daniel Mills is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". Henry is the boy Emma Swan gave up to adoption; Regina Mills adopted him. Henry was originally portrayed as a child by Jared S. Gilmore, who won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actor in 2012. For the show's seventh and final season, Andrew J. West later took over the role of Henry as an adult and father to a eight-year-old girl named Lucy, with Gilmore also making three guest appearances", "title": "Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078594", "text": "at the docks and after conferring with him about forgiveness, decides to burn his memories with a dreamcatcher. Emma catches him and is angry over him keeping secrets, ending their engagement until he can learn to change. He decides to go on an adventure with Nemo, in order to once again become the man that Emma needs, however after a talk with Snow on the docks who reminds him even the Evil Queen can get a happy ending, changes his mind and wants to go back to Emma. However, Gideon forcefully banishes him and keeps Emma's tears as a barrier", "title": "Hook (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "9162543", "text": "Once Upon a Time in Manila Once Upon a Time in Manila is a 1994 Filipino action comedy film. Vic Sotto plays a barangay tanod who always seems to have a knack for saving the local folks from dangerous situations, just in the nick of time. Cynthia Luster is Lt. Cynthia Wang, is a Royal Hong Kong Police on the look-out for Nikita, the infamous gang leader. Amparo Lagman (played by Ms. Gloria Sevilla), working as a domestic helper, becomes the unwitting target of the Nikita's gang when she comes into possession of some important documents and papers. Nikita follows", "title": "Once Upon a Time in Manila" }, { "docid": "11801836", "text": "Once Upon a Time (2008 film) Once Upon a Time () is a 2008 South Korean film, directed by Jeong Yong-ki and adapted from a screenplay by Cheon Seong-il. The film is a heist comedy film set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-young as a con artist and a jazz singer, respectively, who each plot to steal a valuable diamond from the Japanese authorities. \"Once Upon a Time\" was the first major investment by SK Telecom's film division, established late 2007, and was released in South Korea on January 30, 2008, under the company's CH Entertainment", "title": "Once Upon a Time (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "18588363", "text": "national team for the first time when he was nominated for the test match against Denmark and for the European Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan. He could not participate in the game due to a hit on the calf. On 26 August 2016, Jung was again invited by Stefan Kuntz, Hrubesch's successor. Again he could not participate because of an injury. Gideon Jung Gideon Jung (born 12 September 1994) is a German professional footballer who currently plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Hamburger SV. He made his professional debut on 13 September 2013 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in a Regionalliga", "title": "Gideon Jung" }, { "docid": "19078462", "text": "of the Dark One, because he wants to live out a mortal life with her. He drops the dagger into the river, but it instantly reappears. Belle vows to help Rumple find a way to be rid of his curse forever. Eight years later, Belle, Rumple, and Gideon are living in a castle or large estate in an unspecified location. Belle and Rumple are ecstatic to discover that (a now 18-year-old) Gideon has been accepted into a prestigious academy. Belle then reveals to Rumple that she has discovered and translated a fairy prophecy, which states: “When the Dark One finds", "title": "Belle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078458", "text": "tells Belle that they need to start trusting each other in order to save their son. In the mid-season finale, an adult Gideon arrives in Storybrooke and is shown confronting his mother and father in Gold's shop. Gideon explains to his parents that he has arrived in Storybrooke to kill the Savior and take her powers for himself in order to defeat the Black Fairy and free the Dark Realm. Belle agrees to work with Rumple in order to save their son from the darkness growing inside of him and to prevent the looming \"war\" in Storybrooke. Rumple and Belle", "title": "Belle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078457", "text": "but to be worthy of it instead. Belle briefly forges an alliance with Zelena in order to escape Storybrooke, but Rumple stops them before she can. In the episode \"Changelings\", the Evil Queen speeds up Belle's pregnancy and Belle gives birth to Gideon. She gives her son to the Blue Fairy, fearing Rumple will try to take the child as he previously threatened. But the Blue Fairy is ambushed by Rumple's mother, the Black Fairy. Gideon is taken to the Dark Realm where he grows up very quickly and develops an immoral persona. Rumple apologizes for his villainous actions and", "title": "Belle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "2566077", "text": "Upon a Time in the West\". \"Deborah's Theme\" was written for another film in the 1970s but was rejected; Morricone presented the piece to Leone, who was initially reluctant to include it, considering it too similar to Morricone's main title music for \"Once Upon a Time in the West\". The score is also notable for Morricone’s incorporation of the music of Gheorghe Zamfir, who plays a pan flute. At times this music is used to convey remembrance, at other times terror. Zamfir’s flute music was used to similarly haunting effect in Peter Weir’s \"Picnic at Hanging Rock\" (1975). Morricone also", "title": "Once Upon a Time in America" }, { "docid": "19950533", "text": "to contact Emma, the Black Fairy appears. It turns out she had it all set up to test Gideon. When Gideon decided to defend himself however, the Black Fairy responded by turning Roderick into a bug then killing him. She then revealed that she was after Emma all along. She takes Gideon's heart and orders him to find and kill Emma, then bring the Hrunting sword back to her, which will free her from the Dark Realm. At a pub, Hook comes across Blackbeard and the two make a deal, with Hook needing a magic bean and Blackbeard needing a", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20156463", "text": "will still be destroyed. Regina consoles Emma and encourages her to find another way like she always does. Emma attempts to hold off Gideon as Gold finds Gideon's heart. When Gold finds Gideon's heart he is tempted by a manifestation of the Darkness, which takes the form of his Enchanted Forest counterpart, Rumplestiltskin. The Dark One manifestation tells him to let Gideon kill Emma so he can finally have it all: power \"and\" love. The manifestation reminds Gold of what Fiona told him, that if Emma dies, his Dark Magic will increase exponentially. After it's all over, he can spend", "title": "The Final Battle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19950535", "text": "they see the Lost Boys (who chose to stay behind in Neverland the last time they were there) they chase after them, Hook and Blackbeard make to the shoreline but when they reach and see a boat Blackbeard ends the truce by knocking Hook out and escaping with the boat. Hook then continues to run as the Lost Boys chase him. In the Present Day, Gideon tells Emma that he needs her help to defeat the Black Fairy and as long as he has the napkin with her tears, Hook will not return to her. Emma and Snow then visit", "title": "Mother's Little Helper (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20156461", "text": "Fiona tells Gold that she had deciphered Henry's writing. She learned that Darkness cannot destroy Light, since Darkness isn't strong enough. However, Light can destroy Light. She explains she gave Gideon one final command; to kill Emma, and that even if she dies, Gideon will still be forced to carry out her command. Gold decides to test this and kills Fiona with her own wand, breaking the Dark Curse. This causes Snow, David, Regina, Hook, and Zelena to be transported back to Storybrooke from the Enchanted Forest, while Emma and the other residents of Storybrooke regain their memories. Soon afterward,", "title": "The Final Battle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17288207", "text": "at her core, she is a steadfastly filled with optimism. It was later announced that Sunny Mabrey was cast as the character. After \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\" was canceled, it was reported that Michael Socha, who plays the Knave of Hearts, was in talks to join the main cast in Season 4. On April 2014, it was confirmed that Michael Socha will become a regular for Once Upon a Time's fourth season. On September 12, 2013, ABC released the original cast promotional photos for the season. However, due to fan backlash, the photos were removed. Instead, new photos", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 3)" }, { "docid": "17598365", "text": "\"is lovely in an overly CGI kind of way, and yes, the fantasy-laced story is a welcome change from the usual TV pace. But we said much the same about the pilot of Wonderland's parent, Once Upon a Time — only to watch that series drift into incoherence, its plots driven less by storytelling needs than by Disney's desire to put its characters in front of young minds, and to put young hands into parental pockets. Down the Rabbit Hole (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland) \"Down the Rabbit Hole\" is the first episode of the \"Once Upon a Time\"", "title": "Down the Rabbit Hole (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)" }, { "docid": "12901676", "text": "He appeared in \"\", playing the Cabin Boy. More recently, he portrayed Peter Pan in \"Once Upon a Time\". In March 2015, Kay was cast as a high school student named Tommy Clark in the TV series \"Heroes Reborn\". Kay's work has been generally well received by the critics. Alicia Cox of \"Chatelaine\" wrote on his work in \"Fugitive Pieces\": \"Robbie Kay, who plays the young Jakob, gives a remarkable performance with little words and a lot of emotion. When he smiles (which isn't often) you can't help but be affected.\" Kay was born in Lymington, Hampshire, England, to Ivan", "title": "Robbie Kay" }, { "docid": "15309484", "text": "Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Johnny Depp, Maury Chaykin, Paul Sorvino, Dean McDermott and Jenny McCarthy. Mig plays the iconic Disney character Bashful of the 7 dwarfs on the hit ABC series Once Upon A Time. Macario has had roles on the Gemini award winning, dark comedy \"Less Than Kind\", \"Level Up\", Sanctuary, \"FRINGE\" for Fox and Nickelodeon's \"The Troop\". ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/MigMacario/status/312618874812133378 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-once-upon-a-time-witch-hunt-pictures-004-photo.html http://www.wevancouver.com/arts/film-television/once-upon-a-time-actor-rallies-for-typhoon-haiyan-1.880776 http://canadianimmigrant.ca/immigrant-stories/fantasy-career-for-filipino-actor-mig-macario http://onequestioninterviews.com/2013/11/mig-macario-how-can-we-help-typhoon-haiyan-recovery-in-the-philippines/ http://www.onceuponafans.com/mig-macario http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/.../fil-canadian-cast-hit-us-tv-show http://wormholeriders.net/sanctuary/?p=94 http://wormholeriders.net/sanctuary/?p=30307 Mig Macario Mig Macario is a Filipino-Canadian actor. He plays the iconic role of Bashful of the 7 dwarfs on the hit ABC series \"Once Upon A Time\", the role", "title": "Mig Macario" }, { "docid": "16520192", "text": "in Jane, who refuses to go with Frank. Gideon shows up and tells Frank about Sarah, Frank's mother, whom Gideon claims was a whore. As Gideon and Hotch describe Frank's mother, JJ and Reid locate Tracy, who is bound and gagged but alive and unharmed. Frank convinces Jane to come back to him, and the two commit suicide. Later, Tracy calls Gideon and thanks him for saving her once again. Gideon began to lose confidence in his profiling skills after Frank Breitkopf murdered his girlfriend, Sarah Jacobs. During his final case in Arizona (\"Doubt,\" season 3), he further lost faith", "title": "Jason Gideon" }, { "docid": "17439538", "text": "[these characteristics] out... We just knew he had to be our Henry!\" Gilmore commented, \"I relate to Henry because I'm 11 and also have a very good imagination. I enjoy making up and playing games in worlds with alternate realities myself.\" Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time) Henry Daniel Mills is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". Henry is the boy Emma Swan gave up to adoption; Regina Mills adopted him. Henry was originally portrayed as a child by Jared S. Gilmore, who won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series", "title": "Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19800758", "text": "the battle by disappearing, until they meet again. Hours later, Emma meets up with August to ask him about their past encounter in Minnesota and discovers that he was keeping tabs on her to keep her safe; both work on a plan that could change Emma's destiny with August adding a new chapter to the storybook. Meanwhile, Gold tells Belle that he doesn't want Gideon killing Emma, or darkening his soul, and the two agree to help their son, who, in the wake of his defeated battle with Emma, takes out his frustrations by destroying the face of the clock", "title": "Tougher Than the Rest (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "7057956", "text": "able to amass a vast personal wealth. He also encountered and allied himself with several other Externals. He became the owner and CEO of Ophrah Industries in Denver, Colorado. At the end of the 20th century, the group began seeking out their newest member, whom Gideon erroneously believed to be Roberto da Costa, a young mutant who had joined the New Mutants, the junior division of the X-Men, and taken the codename Sunspot. Gideon had known Roberto from a young age, having business relations with his father, a wealthy Brazilian businessman. Gideon had his servant Eve poison Roberto's father Emmanuel,", "title": "Gideon (comics)" }, { "docid": "13965600", "text": "of the tenth season episode, \"Nelson's Sparrow.\" After Rossi has deduced that Jason Gideon is about to become a father, Gideon asks Rossi what his middle name is. This is followed by a present-time scene where Rossi greets Gideon's son, Stephen, by name. (The \"ph\" spelling of the name was used in the episode's end credits.) Rossi was born and raised on Long Island, New York, in the town of Commack. As a child, he was friends with a young Emma Taylor, who he refers to as the \"one who got away.\" He was also close with Ray Finnegan, who", "title": "David Rossi" }, { "docid": "9074108", "text": "is growing more transparent each day until she completely disappears, taking Lord Luxon with her. In the end, Peter, Gideon, and Nathaniel go back to the first time traveling event and stop it. The Peter and Gideon once known cease to exist and everything goes back to normal. Before Gideon and Nathaniel disappear, they destroy the anti-gravity. Yet, they leave behind a few mysteries. The Gideon Trilogy The Gideon Trilogy is a 2006 science fiction book series by Linda Buckley-Archer. This series has also been called \"The Enlightenment of Peter Schock\". The novel focuses on the adventures of Peter Schock", "title": "The Gideon Trilogy" }, { "docid": "1302068", "text": "had been a lookout for a group of young men who broke into the poolroom to steal beer, then grabbed the coins while they were there. Turner also obtained a statement from the cab driver who had taken Gideon from Bay Harbor to a bar in Panama City, stating that Gideon was carrying neither wine, beer, nor Coke when he picked him up, even though Cook testified that he had watched Gideon walk from the pool hall to the phone and then wait for a cab. This testimony completely discredited Cook. The jury acquitted Gideon after one hour of deliberation.", "title": "Gideon v. Wainwright" }, { "docid": "20072226", "text": "Gideon Gela-Mosby Gideon Gela-Mosby (born 27 December 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He plays at and . Born in Cairns and of Torres Strait Islander descent, Gela-Mosby grew up on the tiny Darnley Island in the Torres Strait. Gela-Mosby had never played rugby league until he moved back to Cairns to attend high school. While in Cairns he played his junior rugby league for the Cairns Kangaroos and Edmonton Storm. Gela-Mosby may be eligible for the Papua New Guinean national team through his parents' connection", "title": "Gideon Gela-Mosby" }, { "docid": "19950528", "text": "this episode is a reference to the alternate page XXIII of Henry's book, which represents another version of Regina and Robin's first meeting. It was created by Isaac Heller, and first appears in the Season 4 episode \"Smash the Mirror\". Page 23 \"Page 23\" is the fourteenth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on March 26, 2017. In this episode, the Evil Queen and Regina prepare to face each other once and for all, while Emma learns the truth about what Hook did, which comes into play for Gideon", "title": "Page 23" }, { "docid": "19950517", "text": "Page 23 \"Page 23\" is the fourteenth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on March 26, 2017. In this episode, the Evil Queen and Regina prepare to face each other once and for all, while Emma learns the truth about what Hook did, which comes into play for Gideon as he takes advantage of this dilemma. In the past, the real reason behind the Evil Queen's search for Snow White's heart is revealed. The Dark Palace from the first curse Enchanted Forest is featured. In the pre-First Curse Enchanted", "title": "Page 23" }, { "docid": "7057963", "text": "technology developed by Ophrah Industries. In the alternate reality known as the Age of Apocalypse, Gideon was drafted to be one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse. Gideon, alongside Sabretooth, Candra, Death and War, planned to fire nuclear missiles at Cape Citadel. Gideon was selected to hack the computer system and fire the missiles. He was interrupted by Magneto, who he nearly defeated, until Magneto drew upon the Earth's Magnetic Field to overload Gideon's powers, apparently killing him. Gideon (comics) Gideon is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by", "title": "Gideon (comics)" }, { "docid": "3833066", "text": "of young men who had stolen the beer and coins from Bay Harbor Pool Room. (Turner had been Cook's lawyer in previous cases.) Turner also received a statement from the taxicab driver who transported Gideon from the Bay Harbor Pool Room to a bar in Panama City, Florida, stating that Gideon was carrying neither wine, beer nor Coke when he picked him up, even though Cook testified that he watched Gideon walk from the pool hall to the phone, then wait for a cab. Furthermore, although in the first trial Gideon had not cross-examined the driver about his statement that", "title": "Clarence Earl Gideon" }, { "docid": "10207399", "text": "pop singles chart. The song's co-writer, Dave Hamilton, plays the vibraharp solo. Once Upon a Time (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells song) \"Once Upon a Time\" is a 1964 single released by Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells from their sole duet album, \"Together\". Written by Clarence Paul, Barney Ales, Dave Hamilton and William \"Mickey\" Stevenson, the song discussed how the two narrators felt lonely until they met each other referring to their past as it happened \"once upon a time\". The song brought simultaneous top forty pop success for the duo as the single hit number nineteen while its b-side,", "title": "Once Upon a Time (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells song)" }, { "docid": "4888162", "text": "and their half-brother William Langston to Chillicothe, Ohio, in a free state. Quarles had reserved funds for the boys' education. In 1835 the older brothers Gideon and Charles started at the Oberlin preparatory school, where they were the first African-American students to be admitted. Gideon looked much like his father; at the age of 21 Gideon took Quarles as his surname and thereafter was known as Gideon Quarles. During this time, young John Mercer Langston lived in Cincinnati and part of that time with John Woodson and his wife. The youngest Langston followed his brothers, enrolling in the Oberlin preparatory", "title": "John Mercer Langston" }, { "docid": "14724355", "text": "of Representatives from 1801–1808 and senator from North Carolina from 1815-1828. Upon Gideon Macon's death in 1702, his widow, Martha Woodward Macon, married Captain Nathaniel West, who was also a representative in the House of Burgesses. They had two children, and their daughter, Unity West, married Frances Jones's brother-in-law, William Dandridge. Gideon Macon married Martha Woodward in 1680. They had eight children: Gideon Macon Gideon (or Gedeon) Macon (c. 1648–1702) was an early American settler. There are conflicting theories regarding Gideon Macon's lineage. The one which has been commonly set forth is that his parents were from Loire, France, but", "title": "Gideon Macon" }, { "docid": "20282006", "text": "that goes awry. Halloween themed decorations are seen in the forest It has been a year after the Final Battle, and Gold and Belle now enjoy life in Storybrooke as a family with their son Gideon. On Gideon's first birthday, Gold tells Belle that he has acquired a family travel book so they can document their adventures. The family leaves Storybrooke and spends years travelling the realms, however age begins to catch up to Belle. Rumple has now grown tired of being The Dark One and wants to rid himself of the cursed immortality and darkness once and for all.", "title": "Beauty (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "8013313", "text": "film franchises of all time. While the films are classified as torture porn by critics, the creators of \"Saw\" disagree with the term. Flashbacks from \"Saw IV\" reveal the roots of the series, presenting John Kramer as a successful civil engineer and devoted husband to his wife Jill Tuck, who opened a rehab clinic for drug addicts. Jill lost her unborn baby, Gideon, due to the unwitting actions of a drug addict named Cecil, who fled the scene. \"Saw VI\" later showed that another drug addict, Amanda Young, also had an unintentional role in the death of Gideon. John grieved", "title": "Saw (franchise)" }, { "docid": "20156459", "text": "Gideon leaves to find Emma, Gold arrives in the shop, but Fiona fails to trick Gold into thinking that she had only come for her watch. When Gold confronts Fiona about her plans, she tells her son that once the Final Battle is over, the Curse will be lifted and they can be a family again. She also tells Gold that after she destroys all Light Magic, she will have so much power that she will be able to break the Laws of Magic at will, and she will even be able to bring back the dead. She tells him", "title": "The Final Battle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "10210237", "text": "upon being granted freedom, became a schoolteacher and part-time salesman to support his growing family. As a result of his father's occupation, Ward was well-educated as a young boy and became interested in writing plays at a very early age. Ward's devout father staunchly disapproved of these artistic ambitions, however, and he once burned one of the boy's early manuscripts calling it, \"the work of the devil.\" When Ward was 12 years old, his mother died unexpectedly during childbirth and, in the ensuing chaos, the young man left home to travel around the United States by freight train. He headed", "title": "Theodore Ward" }, { "docid": "12318474", "text": "CS Visé in order to help the Belgian club gain promotion from the 2011–12 Belgian Second Division to the 2012–2013 Belgian Pro League. Gideon wasn't a professional footballer Gideon Boateng Gideon Acheampong Boateng (born 26 August 1991 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays in Belgium for CS Visé as a striker. He holds both a Ghanaian passport and a Belgian passport. Boateng began his career 2004 by Royal Antwerp, he joined later to Lierse in 2005. He played with Lierse one year before scouted in 2006 from Anderlecht. Boateng played in Brussels 3 years before he transferred", "title": "Gideon Boateng" }, { "docid": "808664", "text": "to pursue the retreating Midianites and two of their leaders, Oreb and Zeeb. Gideon and the three hundred pursued Zebah and Zalmunna, the two Midianite kings. When he had asked for provisions in his pursuit, the men of Succoth and Peniel refused and taunted Gideon. After capturing the two kings, Gideon punished the men of Succoth, and pulled down the tower of Peniel killing all the men there. Gideon invited his eldest son, Jether, to slay Zebah and Zalmunna, but being still young at the time, he did not have the confidence to carry out his father's request, so Zebah", "title": "Gideon" }, { "docid": "1976194", "text": "the DVD release. Actor Al Mulock (featured as Knuckles in the opening train sequence, as well as in Leone's \"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly\") committed suicide during shooting of the film by leaping from his Guadix hotel room in full costume. Frank Wolff, the actor who plays McBain, also committed suicide in a Rome hotel in 1971. Following the film's completion, \"Once Upon a Time in the West\" was dubbed into several languages, including Italian, French, German, Spanish and English. For the English dub, the voices of much of the American cast, including Fonda, Bronson, Jason Robards, Jack", "title": "Once Upon a Time in the West" }, { "docid": "6425183", "text": "musicals or plays. Past shows include Bye Bye Birdie, Honk!, Once Upon a Mattress, The Wizard of Oz, Anne of Green Gables and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, and most recently Disney's Beauty and the Beast. The summer student-directed plays include Alice in Wonderland, The Canterbury Tales, Snow White, and Rumpelstiltskin. Performances include young male actors mainly from Benedictine High School, Saint Ignatius High School, and Mayfield High School. Regina also offered a foreign exchange program with its sister school in Vechta, Germany. Students who studied German had the opportunity to spend the first semester of their junior year studying at", "title": "Regina High School (Ohio)" }, { "docid": "15366053", "text": "Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored is a 1996 film directed by Tim Reid and the screenplay was written by Paul W. Cooper, the film is based on Clifton Taulbert’s real life and his non-fiction book \"Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored\". The film takes place in Glen Allan, Mississippi, during the mid-1900s. In the early stages of the film, the audience gains more knowledge regarding Cliff’s upbringing. His biological mother was too young to take care of him and was not able to provide Cliff with financial support", "title": "Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored" }, { "docid": "14724349", "text": "income from the building was paid to his widow, Ann (Garland) Macon. Upon her death in 1699, her will left items to Gideon Macon and his children. This will provides additional evidence as proof that Ann (Garland) Macon was the mother of Gideon Macon. Similar evidence is unavailable to prove that Gideon Macon is of Huguenot descent. Gideon Macon moved to Virginia sometime before 1672. Macon served as secretary to Sir William Berkeley, who was appointed Governor of Virginia by King Charles I for two nonconsecutive terms. Berkeley's first term was from 1642-1652. In 1652 Berkeley was forced from office", "title": "Gideon Macon" }, { "docid": "9658534", "text": "into mortal danger. Now that Lisa is in fear for her own life, is there anyone who can help her? Gideon and Luke are spending some quality family time, playing at being normal teenagers for once. They have no real reason to use their telekinetic powers in the small seaside town, and there are enough bodyguards around to keep them safe, right? Wrong. Someone is stalking them. A man with the cool, calm air of a brutal killer and Gideon and Luke are in his sights. With his supernatural ability to conjure spectacular illusions, Spook Williams knows he is destined", "title": "The Shapeshifter" }, { "docid": "2699439", "text": "Gideon Fell Dr Gideon Fell is a fictional character created by John Dickson Carr. He is the protagonist of 23 mystery novels from 1933 through 1967, as well as a few short stories. Carr was an American who lived most of his adult life in England; Dr. Fell is an Englishman who lives in the London suburbs. Dr Fell is supposedly based upon G. K. Chesterton (author of the Father Brown stories), whose physical appearance and personality were similar to those of Doctor Fell. Dr. Fell is described as a corpulent man with a moustache who wears a cape and", "title": "Gideon Fell" }, { "docid": "19078590", "text": "of her own death from coming true by forming an alliance with a former Savior, Aladdin. However, Aladdin too became a problem, as after becoming a genie, it was the Queen's wish that sent Emma to an alternate reality in which she had never been the Savior. Though Regina went on a quest to rescue her friend, Hook was now separated from the woman he loved. At this same time, the man destined to kill Emma arrived in Storybrooke: Gideon, the son of Hook's nemesis Rumplestiltskin, as well as the younger brother of Emma's ex-boyfriend. After training under the Black", "title": "Hook (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19789065", "text": "together in order to save their son. Gold then explains to Belle that his mother lives in another realm, filled with darkness, where time runs differently, and \"anything is possible\". The hooded figure then enters Mr Gold's shop, revealing himself to be none other than a grown up Gideon. In an alternate version of the Enchanted Forest in which the Dark Curse never happened, Emma is living the life of a princess as she is celebrating her birthday with the kingdom, including her parents and Henry. Emma soon finds the sword destined to kill her, and she asks Snow and", "title": "Wish You Were Here (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20076426", "text": "Aida Young Aida Young [née Cohen] (1920 – 2007) was a British film producer. Her credits include \"She\". Young was born in Stepney in 1920 where her family ran a pawnbrokers. She wanted to be an actress and after college she worked for a company who made documentary films. Young married Gideon Young at Golders Green Synagogue on at 21 July 1948. Young went into the film industry in the 1950s which was not a great time for British films. She did work as an associate producer for MGM in 1962 on the romantic film \"Light in the Piazza\". She", "title": "Aida Young" }, { "docid": "9703048", "text": "irony. The young constable, who is driving Gideon to the airport, is stopped by another policeman as he races through the capital's foggy streets for running a red light! The film, which was shot on location in and around London, was Anna Massey's cinematic debut (she was aged 19 at the time). Interiors were completed at the MGM British Studios, Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, England. Gideon's Day (film) Gideon's Day (originally released in the United States as Gideon of Scotland Yard) is a 1958 police procedural crime film starring Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster and Cyril Cusack. The film, which was directed", "title": "Gideon's Day (film)" }, { "docid": "7892896", "text": "the role of Maloom in the play \"Heel Against the Head\", once again alongside Bill Flynn and actor/playwright Paul Slabolepszy. Emery has also performed his own one-man plays, \"Thin Man Talking\" and \"The Great Glendini\". For the latter, he recorded a jazz standards album, \"Standard Ease\". He acted alongside the late Bill Flynn for a third and final time, playing Bernard to Flynn's Willy Loman in the award-winning Baxter Theatre production of \"Death of a Salesman\". Emery had a recurring role on the hit MTV series \"Teen Wolf\" as season three's main antagonist Deucalion, a blind but powerful Alpha werewolf", "title": "Gideon Emery" }, { "docid": "7252901", "text": "title in 1954. Barcza is remembered for the opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3, known as the Barcza System. Harry Golombek once said of Barcza, \"[he] is a most versatile player in the openings. He plays g2–g3 sometimes on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on the third, and sometimes not until the fourth move.\" Gedeon Barcza Gedeon (Gideon) Barcza (August 21, 1911 in Kisújszállás – February 27, 1986 in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He was eight-time chess champion of Hungary. In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max Euwe and Milan Vidmar, at Maróczy Jubiläum in Budapest. In", "title": "Gedeon Barcza" }, { "docid": "7057957", "text": "and Gideon approached the boy, telling him he needed to take over his family's business. He took the young boy in under his wing and began to mentor him. Gideon later had AIM recreate Proteus. Gideon and Sunspot were later held captive by Arianna Jankos, Black Tom Cassidy, and Juggernaut. Gideon then publicly declared Cable and X-Force to be criminals. When the young superheroes known as the New Warriors broke into his home while he was taking a bath in his Jacuzzi, Gideon defeated them in an impromptu skirmish with their combined abilities. He then brutally tortured them to discover", "title": "Gideon (comics)" }, { "docid": "15085813", "text": "Gideon Baah Gideon Baah (born 1 October 1991) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Gomel. In 2007, Baah won a football reality show (MTN Soccer Academy) in his home country, Ghana. He received a number of prizes which included cash, car, trip to watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and two-week trial at Chelsea FC academy. Chelsea player and Ghanaian international Michael Essien stated that he was very happy with Baah's performance and urged the Club to offer him a contract. Baah later returned to Ghana. In March 2010, Baah sustained a broken shin in a", "title": "Gideon Baah" }, { "docid": "12318473", "text": "Gideon Boateng Gideon Acheampong Boateng (born 26 August 1991 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays in Belgium for CS Visé as a striker. He holds both a Ghanaian passport and a Belgian passport. Boateng began his career 2004 by Royal Antwerp, he joined later to Lierse in 2005. He played with Lierse one year before scouted in 2006 from Anderlecht. Boateng played in Brussels 3 years before he transferred to MVV Maastricht on 15 December 2008. He signed a three and half year contract. In January 2012, Boateng transferred from Dutch club MVV Maastricht to Belgian club", "title": "Gideon Boateng" }, { "docid": "13965606", "text": "Cubs gear in his Quantico office, which may be a reference to Joe Mantegna being a Cubs fan and Chicago native. It is hinted that he plays video games as Garcia mentions a report of an abducted child named \"Niko Bellic\", who Rossi points out to be a character from \"Grand Theft Auto IV\". Also, in a season 8 episode, Rossi shows familiarity with the game \"Gods of Combat\", a fictionalized PC game which corrupts the minds of several young Unknown Subjects. In contrast to Hotchner and Gideon, Rossi is decisively extroverted, abrasive, and much less cerebral, though still highly", "title": "David Rossi" }, { "docid": "16034065", "text": "jersey number 8. Gideon Sani Gideon Adinoy Sani (born 8 June 1990 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Akhisar Belediyespor. Sani is a fast and aggressive attacker with excellent scoring and dribbling ability. He is also effective as an attacking midfielder, he is technically sound and average a 95% complete passes in a game. Sani moved from the Nigerian Magate FC football academy to Turkey. He joined Turkish amateur club Izmirspor where he played 3 matches and scored 3 goals. In 2011, he signed a professional contract with Akhisar Belediyespor, professional Turkish football club and", "title": "Gideon Sani" }, { "docid": "16034064", "text": "Gideon Sani Gideon Adinoy Sani (born 8 June 1990 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Akhisar Belediyespor. Sani is a fast and aggressive attacker with excellent scoring and dribbling ability. He is also effective as an attacking midfielder, he is technically sound and average a 95% complete passes in a game. Sani moved from the Nigerian Magate FC football academy to Turkey. He joined Turkish amateur club Izmirspor where he played 3 matches and scored 3 goals. In 2011, he signed a professional contract with Akhisar Belediyespor, professional Turkish football club and was assigned the", "title": "Gideon Sani" }, { "docid": "6289929", "text": "Gideon Omokirio Gideon Omokirio (born 12 October 1976 in Honiara) is a Solomon Islands footballer who currently plays for PRK Hekari United. His brother Eddie was also active in football. \"Giggs\" Omokirio had played most of his club football in his home country, only for a short spell in New Zealand. He then joined Papua New Guinea side Hekari in 2009. In May 2010, he won the Oceania Champions League with Hekari United. Omokirio made his debut for the Solomon Islands in a May 1996 OFC Nations Cup match against Tahiti and has represented his country in every age group", "title": "Gideon Omokirio" }, { "docid": "6289930", "text": "at international level including representing his country at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Beach Soccer World Cups. He has skippered the national team on several occasions. He played in 17 World Cup qualification games from 1996 through 2007. Omokirio was the national champion in the 200 metres running and the long jump. Gideon Omokirio Gideon Omokirio (born 12 October 1976 in Honiara) is a Solomon Islands footballer who currently plays for PRK Hekari United. His brother Eddie was also active in football. \"Giggs\" Omokirio had played most of his club football in his home country, only for a short spell", "title": "Gideon Omokirio" }, { "docid": "11211114", "text": "Nations, but ultimately was not called. Fábio Paím Fábio Miguel Malheiro Paím (born 15 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. B as a winger. After starting out at Sporting, he went on to play for a host of clubs in a variety of countries, without settling anywhere. Born in Estoril, Paím was once regarded as the most promising young player in Portugal by Cristiano Ronaldo, who said upon arriving at Manchester United: \"If you think I'm good, just wait until you see Fábio Paím\". He joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the", "title": "Fábio Paím" }, { "docid": "11211109", "text": "Fábio Paím Fábio Miguel Malheiro Paím (born 15 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. B as a winger. After starting out at Sporting, he went on to play for a host of clubs in a variety of countries, without settling anywhere. Born in Estoril, Paím was once regarded as the most promising young player in Portugal by Cristiano Ronaldo, who said upon arriving at Manchester United: \"If you think I'm good, just wait until you see Fábio Paím\". He joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the age of 9, before making his", "title": "Fábio Paím" }, { "docid": "17519653", "text": "lacks an actual identity (not forgetting the quite frankly unnecessary length), while it’s multiple genres makes it ‘Once Upon a Time’s Achilles’ heel and leaves it lacking the organic sound an album should possess.\" Wilfred Okiche of \"YNaija\" said: \"At 21 songs, there are just too many fillers, too much autotune, too much Don Jazzy and an over dependence on the gloss. One has to dig deep to find the real substance. It plays like Ms Savage is just pandering, surrendering to market dictates while throwing a bit of her true self in between.\" \"Once Upon a Time\" was nominated", "title": "Once Upon a Time (Tiwa Savage album)" }, { "docid": "2566072", "text": "in \"Once Upon a Time in the West\") wanted to play Carol, but Leone was afraid she would not be convincing as a New Yorker and turned her down. The film was shot between June 14, 1982, and April 22, 1983. Leone tried, as he had with \"A Fistful of Dynamite\", to produce the film with a young director under him. In the early days of the project he courted John Milius, a fan of his who was enthusiastic about the idea; but Milius was working on \"The Wind and the Lion\" and the script for \"Apocalypse Now\" and could", "title": "Once Upon a Time in America" } ]
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what is the real name of o henry
[ "William Sydney Porter" ]
[ { "docid": "532799", "text": "O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833–65). William's parents had married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died after birthing her third child, and he and his", "title": "O. Henry" }, { "docid": "18164678", "text": "the late 1990s two miles from the original location. The O. Henry is privately owned by Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels. The O. Henry is home to the restaurant the Green Valley Grill. O. Henry Hotel The O. Henry Hotel is a hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina. The O. Henry is named after American writer and Greensboro native William Sydney Porter, whose pen name was O. Henry. The original hotel building, which was located in downtown Greensboro, was built in 1919 on the corner of Bellemeade and North Elm Street. It was the first of Greensboro's modern hotels, and one of", "title": "O. Henry Hotel" }, { "docid": "532819", "text": "Henry\" in the Ohio State Penitentiary \"whom William Sydney Porter ... immortalised as O. Henry\". According to J. F. Clarke, it is from the name of the French pharmacist Etienne Ossian Henry, whose name is in the \"U.S. Dispensary\" which Porter used working in the prison pharmacy. Writer and scholar Guy Davenport offers his own hypothesis: \"The pseudonym that he began to write under in prison is constructed from the first two letters of \"Ohio\" and the second and last two of \"penitentiary\".\" The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual prize named after Porter and given to outstanding short", "title": "O. Henry" }, { "docid": "18164677", "text": "O. Henry Hotel The O. Henry Hotel is a hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina. The O. Henry is named after American writer and Greensboro native William Sydney Porter, whose pen name was O. Henry. The original hotel building, which was located in downtown Greensboro, was built in 1919 on the corner of Bellemeade and North Elm Street. It was the first of Greensboro's modern hotels, and one of the largest deluxe hotels in North Carolina, having over three-hundred rooms. The original hotel was closed in the 1960s. It was demolished in 1979 and a new hotel building was built in", "title": "O. Henry Hotel" }, { "docid": "15220871", "text": "was looking at his curios yesterday he stepped out of the room for a moment and I pocketed it\". He had made up the pawnshop story \"out of respect for\" Peters' conscience. Conscience in Art \"Conscience in Art\" is a short story by O. Henry (real name William Sydney Porter). It was first published in the 1907 collection \"The Gentle Grafter\" and has been reprinted several times, including in the 2007 collection \"41 Stories\". The story is about two con men who travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and meet a millionaire art collector. According to author David P. Demarest, it is", "title": "Conscience in Art" }, { "docid": "532799", "text": "O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833–65). William's parents had married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died after birthing her third child, and he and his", "title": "O. Henry" }, { "docid": "15220866", "text": "Conscience in Art \"Conscience in Art\" is a short story by O. Henry (real name William Sydney Porter). It was first published in the 1907 collection \"The Gentle Grafter\" and has been reprinted several times, including in the 2007 collection \"41 Stories\". The story is about two con men who travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and meet a millionaire art collector. According to author David P. Demarest, it is \"a comic short story that builds on (and perhaps helped perpetuate) Pittsburgh's turn-of-the-century reputation as a raucous rags-to-riches world full of captains of industry notable for wealth\". \"Carnegie Magazine\" wrote that it", "title": "Conscience in Art" }, { "docid": "3106961", "text": "to American frontiersman Daniel Boone and the writer O. Henry (whose real name was William Sydney Porter), her father's second cousin. In 1892, when Porter was two years old, her mother died two months after giving birth to her last child. Porter's father took his four surviving children (an older brother had died in infancy) to live with his mother, Catherine Ann Porter, in Kyle, Texas. The depth of her grandmother's influence can be inferred from Porter's later adoption of her name. Her grandmother died while taking eleven-year-old Callie to visit relatives in Marfa, Texas. After her grandmother's death, the", "title": "Katherine Anne Porter" }, { "docid": "20123744", "text": "whisks Miss Leeson away to the hospital. The reader then discovers that the physician was able to save Miss Leeson. In O. Henry fashion, the name of the physician is Dr. William (Billy) Jackson. The Skylight Room \"The Skylight Room\" is a short story by author William Sydney Porter under pen name O. Henry. The story is about a young woman, Miss Leeson, and her stay at one of Mrs. Parker's parlours. During her stay, Miss Leeson experiences hard times and is later rescued by a star. The story was published in \"The Four Million\", a collection of short stories", "title": "The Skylight Room" }, { "docid": "13245040", "text": "participant's combined score of 4–40. This change was enacted to prevent any one judge from having the ability to disqualify a punster by giving a much lower score than the other judges. A separate award is also given yearly for the \"Most Viable Punster\", a title awarded by votes from each year's participants and given in honor of late punster George McClughan. The O. Henry Pun-Off was inspired by the writings of William Sydney Porter who, while living in Austin, Texas, in the late 1800s, began using the pen name O. Henry. By the time of his death in 1910,", "title": "O. Henry Pun-Off" }, { "docid": "532821", "text": "of embezzlement. Porter has elementary schools named for him in Greensboro, North Carolina (William Sydney Porter Elementary) and Garland, Texas (O. Henry Elementary), as well as a middle school in Austin, Texas (O. Henry Middle School). The O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro is also named for Porter, as is US 29 which is O. Henry Boulevard. In 1962, the Soviet Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating O. Henry's 100th birthday. On September 11, 2012, the United States Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of O. Henry's birth. On November 23, 2011, Barack Obama quoted O. Henry while", "title": "O. Henry" }, { "docid": "20123741", "text": "The Skylight Room \"The Skylight Room\" is a short story by author William Sydney Porter under pen name O. Henry. The story is about a young woman, Miss Leeson, and her stay at one of Mrs. Parker's parlours. During her stay, Miss Leeson experiences hard times and is later rescued by a star. The story was published in \"The Four Million\", a collection of short stories by O. Henry that was first published in 1906. The protagonist, Miss Leeson, is a typist who rents a room in Mrs. Parker's boarding house. Miss Leeson does not have much money to spare,", "title": "The Skylight Room" }, { "docid": "18381778", "text": "O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio) The O. Henry House Museum is a historic house museum located in San Antonio, Texas. It is named for the American writer, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry who lived in the house in 1885. The O. Henry House museum was initially built by John Kush, a German settler in 1855. The house, built in adobe brick, was originally located at 904 South Presa street. In the early 1880s, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry moved to San Antonio and rented the two room house for $6 a month. Porter", "title": "O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio)" }, { "docid": "18381780", "text": "at the corner of Dolorosa and Laredo Street in Downtown San Antonio. It re-opened as a museum in 1999. While living here, Porter wrote several short stories set in San Antonio. These included \"Fog in Santone\", \"The Higher Abdication\", and \"Hygeia at the Solito\". O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio) The O. Henry House Museum is a historic house museum located in San Antonio, Texas. It is named for the American writer, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry who lived in the house in 1885. The O. Henry House museum was initially built by John Kush, a German", "title": "O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio)" } ]
[ { "docid": "14432304", "text": "the Western District of Texas met there from then until 1936. One of its most noted trials occurred in February 1898, when William Sidney Porter - the man who later became known under the pen name of O. Henry - was tried and convicted of embezzlement. It was acquired by the University of Texas System in 1968 and renamed for the author, who had previously resided nearby in what is now officially called the William Sidney Porter House, but is better known as the O. Henry House. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August", "title": "O. Henry Hall" }, { "docid": "11452494", "text": "has gained some fame for being what many in the area consider to be the home of the John Henry legend. Henry was an African-American railroad worker in the 1800s who supposedly competed in a legendary race with a steam-powered drill bit, and won, dying in the process. Historian Louis Chappell traveled to Talcott in the 1920s and interviewed railroad workers who claimed to have worked with Henry when building the Great Bend tunnel on the C&O line through Talcott. The accounts of the surviving workers seemed to corroborate that Henry was, in fact, a real person, although the other", "title": "Talcott, West Virginia" }, { "docid": "5391662", "text": "Henry O. Godwinn Mark Canterbury (born March 16, 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation in the mid to late 1990s under the ring name Henry O. Godwinn. He is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s as Shanghai Pierce. Canterbury trained under George South and The Italian Stallion before debuting in 1989 under the ring name \"Mean\" Mark Canterbury. He quickly formed a tag team with Dennis Knight wrestling under the name Tex Slazenger. In October 1992, the duo began wrestling", "title": "Henry O. Godwinn" }, { "docid": "5731335", "text": "strength and stay, upholding all creation\". The author of the hymn \"O perfect love, all human thoughts transcending\" was inspired to write it by Dykes's tune; and DOMINUS REGIT ME (\"The King of Love my shepherd is\", the words written by his friend and editor of the first two editions of \"Hymns Ancient & Modern\", the Rev. Sir Henry Williams Baker Bt.). His many harmonisations include WIR PFLÜGEN (\"We plough the fields, and scatter\"), MILES LANE (\"All hail the power of Jesu’s name\") and O QUANTA QUALIA (\"O, what their joy and their glory must be\"). He also wrote two", "title": "John Bacchus Dykes" }, { "docid": "15244698", "text": "Herff and Gustav Schleicher founded the Socialistic Colony and Society, or Die Vierziger (the Society of Forty), which originally had plans to establish socialistic communes in Wisconsin. In 1846, John O. Meusebach designated Dr. Friedrich A. Schubbert the director of the colony at Fredericksburg, recommended by Henry Francis Fisher. Unknown to Meusebach at the time, Schubbert's real name was Friedrich Armand Strubberg. He changed his name after fleeing two duels, one in Germany and one in New York City. On arrival in Texas in 1844, he used the alias Dr. Friedrich A. Schubbert. He and Henry Francis Fisher worked in", "title": "Hermann Spiess" }, { "docid": "5964052", "text": "word and ducked the backlash, primarily because their reach didn’t compare to Lopez’s. To that effect (and apparently unbeknownst to her at the time), the Bronx native’s position as world-renowned pop star limited what she could do and say.\" Kimble observed that her 2002 single \"Jenny from the Block\" \"has always rung like a response to everyone who derided her for the 'I'm Real' remix.\" Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"J.Lo\". Murder Remix<br> Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"J to tha L–O! The Remixes\". I'm Real (Jennifer Lopez song) \"I'm Real\" is the name of two", "title": "I'm Real (Jennifer Lopez song)" }, { "docid": "19020695", "text": "Hernandez, and was followed by \"South of the Rio Grande\" on September 15, with Cisco's name again being Juan Francisco Hernandez. Martin Garralaga appears in both as Pancho. In Old New Mexico In Old New Mexico is a 1945 American western drama film. Released on May 15, 1965, it was the second of three Cisco Kid films made that year with Duncan Renaldo as Cisco and Martin Garralaga as Pancho. In this release, Cisco's real name is Juan Carlos Francisco Antonio. This version depicting Cisco as a road bandit is closer to the original Cisco character created by O. Henry", "title": "In Old New Mexico" }, { "docid": "15801671", "text": "Snarf (ThunderCats) Snarf is a fictional character featured in the \"ThunderCats\" franchise. He was also featured in \"South Park\"'s season 11 series of episodes about \"Imaginationland\". In the 1985 version of \"ThunderCats\", the character is an elderly Snarf, whose real name is Osbert. However, he hates his real name. Snarf served as a nursemaid and protector for Lion-O when he was a boy. After Lion-O grew up, Snarf found that often Lion-O did not want to have him \"mothering\" or protecting him. Still, Snarf has remained loyal to Lion-O and the other ThunderCats. At times, he does come through in", "title": "Snarf (ThunderCats)" }, { "docid": "1545740", "text": "Eleanor's dabbling in necromancy, Henry's reaction is pious and sorrowful, \"O God, what mischiefs work the wicked ones,/Heaping confusion on their heads thereby\" (2.1.181–182). Margaret's response, however, is combative, using the news to forward her own agenda; \"Gloucester, see here the tainture of thy nest,/And look thyself be faultless, thou wert best\" (2.1.183–184). Later, when Horner and Thump are about to fight, Henry sees the contest as a sacred point of honour: \"A God's name, see the lists and all things fit;/Here let them end it, and God defend the right\" (2.3.54–55). Margaret however, is simply looking forward to a", "title": "Henry VI, Part 2" }, { "docid": "5622209", "text": "O-Pee-Chee name has been owned by the Upper Deck Company. The name O-Pee-Chee is an Ojibwe word meaning \"the Robin\" as is found in \"The Song of Hiawatha\" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It also happened to be the name of McDermid's summer cottage in Grand Bend Ontario. In 1921, O-Pee-Chee Gum Company was sold to a trust with the intent of incorporating the Company and changing its name to O-Pee-Chee Company Limited. Initially, it was incorporated as a public Company with five shareholders and four directors - all members of the McDermid family. The sales for the first year of", "title": "O-Pee-Chee" }, { "docid": "5391670", "text": "traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit is litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. Henry O. Godwinn Mark Canterbury (born March 16, 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation in the mid to late 1990s under the ring name Henry O. Godwinn. He is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s as Shanghai Pierce. Canterbury trained under George South and The", "title": "Henry O. Godwinn" }, { "docid": "5505400", "text": "also alternate accounts of the origin of the name \"Oh Henry!\". The story supported by Nestlé is that there was a boy named Henry who frequented George Williamson's second candy shop. He became a favorite of the young girls who worked there, who would say \"Oh Henry\" when speaking to or about him, and Williamson used this phrase to name his new confection. The other (undocumented) story is that the name was changed from the \"Tom Henry Bar\" to \"Oh Henry!\" when it was purchased by Williamson. Popular myths are that it was named after O. Henry or Henry Aaron.", "title": "Oh Henry!" }, { "docid": "532818", "text": "names included S.H. Peters, James L. Bliss, T.B. Dowd, and Howard Clark. Nevertheless, the name \"O. Henry\" seemed to garner the most attention from editors and the public, and was used exclusively by Porter for his writing by about 1902. He gave various explanations for the origin of his pen name. In 1909 he gave an interview to \"The New York Times\", in which he gave an account of it: William Trevor writes in the introduction to \"The World of O. Henry: Roads of Destiny and Other Stories\" (Hodder & Stoughton, 1973) that \"there was a prison guard named Orrin", "title": "O. Henry" }, { "docid": "7711312", "text": "Voice of the City Voice of the City is a 1929 American Pre-Code film by Willard Mack modeled on a stage play. It is not related to the story of the same name by O. Henry. This film became available on DVD on January 31, 2012 from the Warner Archive collection. A young man is accused of murder and a master detective is set to track him down and uncover conclusive evidence of his guilt. But the more he works on the case, the more he becomes convinced that the accused is not the real killer. He discovers that the", "title": "Voice of the City" }, { "docid": "6194313", "text": "to approximately 2000 BC. It is possible that this cairn is the one named in the name of Cairn O'Mounth. Cairn O' Mounth Cairn O' Mounth/Cairn O' Mount () is a high mountain pass in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The place name is a survival of the ancient name for what are now the Grampian Mountains, earlier called \"the Mounth\" (in Gaelic: \"monadh\", meaning \"mountains\"). The name change happened from circa 1520 AD. The Ordnance Survey shows the name as \"Cairn o' Mount\". It has served as an ancient military route at least from Roman times through the 13th century AD. The", "title": "Cairn O' Mounth" }, { "docid": "19020693", "text": "In Old New Mexico In Old New Mexico is a 1945 American western drama film. Released on May 15, 1965, it was the second of three Cisco Kid films made that year with Duncan Renaldo as Cisco and Martin Garralaga as Pancho. In this release, Cisco's real name is Juan Carlos Francisco Antonio. This version depicting Cisco as a road bandit is closer to the original Cisco character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story \"The Caballero's Way\". Cisco and Pancho abduct Ellen Roth (Kenyon) when they hold up a stage coach. Once she tells her sad story", "title": "In Old New Mexico" }, { "docid": "2491836", "text": "written two novels set in Texas. \"A Twist at the End\", featuring O. Henry, is set in Austin in the 1880s and based on real-life serial murders and trials (the case of the so-called Servant Girl Annihilator). \"Have You Seen Dawn?\" is a contemporary thriller set in a fictional Texas town, Amethyst, based on Saylor's hometown, Goldthwaite, Texas. Saylor contributed autobiographical essays to three anthologies of gay writing edited by John Preston, \"Hometowns\", \"A Member of the Family\", and \"Friends and Lovers\", and prior to his novel-writing career he published gay erotic fiction under the pen name Aaron Travis. Saylor", "title": "Steven Saylor" }, { "docid": "5300934", "text": "What Ever Happened to... What Ever Happened to... is a 1991 American made-for-television thriller film directed by David Greene and adapted for the small screen by Brian Taggert, based on the novel \"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?\" by Henry Farrell and the 1962 theatrical film of the same name. It stars real-life sisters Lynn Redgrave as Baby Jane Hudson and Vanessa Redgrave as Blanche Hudson, in the roles previously played by Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the 1962 adaptation. The film was adapted to contemporary times, with Blanche's film success taking place in the 1960s instead of the", "title": "What Ever Happened to..." }, { "docid": "13245041", "text": "O. Henry had published over 300 short stories including \"The Ransom of Red Chief\" and the Christmas classic \"Gift of the Magi\". His voracious vocabulary and love of language endeared him to a broad audience, but it was his trademark twisted endings that always kept curious readers coming back for more. Reading an O. Henry story is a participatory experience. Today, the Pun-Off keeps his name alive by offering lovers of wordplay and wit a platform for their literary shenanigans in front of an admiring, and sometimes mocking, audience. For the purpose of competition and judging, a two-fold definition of", "title": "O. Henry Pun-Off" }, { "docid": "2886619", "text": "O. Henry Award The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry. The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual collection of the year's twenty best stories published in U.S. and Canadian magazines, written in English. The award itself is called The O. Henry \"Award\", not the O. Henry \"Prize\", though until recently there were first, second and third prize winners; the collection is called \"The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories\", and the original collection was called \"Prize Stories 1919: The O. Henry", "title": "O. Henry Award" }, { "docid": "4451333", "text": "The Cop and the Anthem \"The Cop and the Anthem\" is a December 1904 short story by the United States author O. Henry. It includes several of the classic elements of an O. Henry story, including a setting in New York City, an empathetic look at the state of mind of a member of the lower class, and an ironic ending. \"The Cop and the Anthem\" has only one character who is given a name, the protagonist \"Soapy.\" Furthermore, no last name is given. It is made clear that Soapy is homeless, a member of the substantial army of underclass", "title": "The Cop and the Anthem" }, { "docid": "6194309", "text": "Cairn O' Mounth Cairn O' Mounth/Cairn O' Mount () is a high mountain pass in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The place name is a survival of the ancient name for what are now the Grampian Mountains, earlier called \"the Mounth\" (in Gaelic: \"monadh\", meaning \"mountains\"). The name change happened from circa 1520 AD. The Ordnance Survey shows the name as \"Cairn o' Mount\". It has served as an ancient military route at least from Roman times through the 13th century AD. The alignment of the Cairnamounth, Elsick Mounth and Causey Mounth ancient trackways had a strong influence on the medieval siting of", "title": "Cairn O' Mounth" }, { "docid": "4779742", "text": "Schwartz. Isaac Goldberg, writing in 1918, was much more impressed with Libin's stories than his plays: \"Although he has been mentioned as the compromiser, on the stage, between the purely literary drama and popular trash, there is altogether too little literature in the compromise. Libin makes his living from his plays; he will live through his tales.\" [Goldberg, 1918, 688] Zalmon Libin Zalmon Libin, usually known as Z. Libin (1872-1955; real name: Yisrael-Zalman Hurvits or Gurvitz), was a writer of short stories and a playwright in Yiddish theater, active around 1900. \"The O. Henry of the East Side\" [Goldberg, 1918,", "title": "Zalmon Libin" }, { "docid": "2886624", "text": "Prize Stories website. O. Henry Award The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry. The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual collection of the year's twenty best stories published in U.S. and Canadian magazines, written in English. The award itself is called The O. Henry \"Award\", not the O. Henry \"Prize\", though until recently there were first, second and third prize winners; the collection is called \"The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories\", and the original collection was called \"Prize Stories 1919:", "title": "O. Henry Award" }, { "docid": "3735150", "text": "famous O'Neill dynasty, of the Tynan or Kinard branch of O'Neills. His name in Irish would show his genealogy, thus Felim mac Turlogh Og mac Henry Og mac Henry mac Sean O Neill. That Sean O Neill was a brother of Con Bacach O Neill. His grandfather, Sir Henry Og O'Neill, had fought for his father-in-law, Hugh O'Neill in the Nine Years' War, but received a pardon and was confirmed in his lands in Tiranny and Minterburn. His Father was Turlough Og O'Neill and his mother was Caitlin Ni Neill, daughter of Turlough MacHenry O Neill, Chief of the Fews", "title": "Felim O'Neill of Kinard" }, { "docid": "4324882", "text": "\"I am still haunted by what went on here a long time before we arrived.\" The change was approved by the City of Boston in April 2018, and the name reverted to Jersey Street in May 2018. Henry also enjoys playing baseball simulations, including \"Out of the Park Baseball\". Henry and Werner established New England Sports Ventures in 2001. The company owns the Boston Red Sox, 80% of the New England Sports Network (which also carries the NHL's Boston Bruins), Fenway Park, Fenway Sports Management (a sports marketing and management firm), various real estate properties surrounding Fenway Park, and as", "title": "John W. Henry" }, { "docid": "4367779", "text": "of what would become Woodside. He intended to subdivide, but became insolvent and, in 1867, died. His heirs sold the property to two carpenters, Henry G. Schmidt and Emil Cuntz, who, in 1871, deeded their property to an organization known as the Bricklayers' Cooperative Building Association. This organization seems not to have been what its name suggests since it was a New York corporation headed by Charles Merweg who gave his occupation as \"speculator in real estate.\" In any event, the Association erected a housing development in north Woodside which it called Charlotteville. The name was later given the more", "title": "Woodside, Queens" }, { "docid": "13036782", "text": "Im Wagen vor mir \"Im Wagen vor mir\" (\"In the car in front of me\") is a humorous song originally performed as a duet by Henry Valentino (whose real name is Hans Blum) and Uschi (later replaced with Daffi Cramer). In the song, Valentino is driving on the autobahn, in the middle of a long trip, and day-dreaming about the woman in the car ahead of him—he wonders what she is like and what it would be like to know her. Meanwhile, the woman becomes increasingly worried about the man in the car behind her, wondering if he might be", "title": "Im Wagen vor mir" }, { "docid": "1174599", "text": "early settlers of this area was the family of Henry Robason, who is said to have been born in 1710 in England. Eventually the family name became \"Roberson\" and the family tree grew throughout the region. Before the Civil War, George O. Roberson and his father, William, owned a store originally located on the northwest corner of what is now known as Railroad and Roberson Streets. The local militia trained at this store during the Civil War. After returning from the war, George built a store across the street from the original one. When the town was incorporated February 16,", "title": "Robersonville, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "16290438", "text": "beef rib in much the same role as the stone in \"Stone Soup\". The Third Ingredient \"The Third Ingredient\" is a short story by O. Henry, notable for its ironic take on the \"Stone Soup\" theme. The story was originally published in 1908 in \"Everybody's Magazine\" with illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. The next year it was included in O. Henry's collection \"Options\". As reported by O. Henry's good friend and biographer C. Alphonso Smith, \"The Third Ingredient\" was inspired by a real experience: ... in one of his first months in New York he was living in very humble", "title": "The Third Ingredient" }, { "docid": "16290434", "text": "The Third Ingredient \"The Third Ingredient\" is a short story by O. Henry, notable for its ironic take on the \"Stone Soup\" theme. The story was originally published in 1908 in \"Everybody's Magazine\" with illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. The next year it was included in O. Henry's collection \"Options\". As reported by O. Henry's good friend and biographer C. Alphonso Smith, \"The Third Ingredient\" was inspired by a real experience: ... in one of his first months in New York he was living in very humble lodgings and one evening found him without funds. He became so hungry that", "title": "The Third Ingredient" }, { "docid": "79295", "text": "In real life, the wife of one of Diem's murdered brothers attracted media attention for predicting the JFK assassination (\"Anything that happens in Vietnam will find its equivalent in the United States\"), and later telling reporters that JFK had got what he deserved.—JFK is the only real-life President mentioned by name in a McCarry novel. --McCarry was a top aide to Henry Cabot Lodge, traveling with him as chief speechwriter in 1960, for example, when Lodge was the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate. After losing the election, Lodge served as U,S. Ambassador to South Vietnam under JFK, and in that", "title": "Charles McCarry" }, { "docid": "14853259", "text": "of his daughter Ji-Li's children. Henry O is his stage named and derived from O. Henry. O resides in San Francisco-area and is married to Ying Chen have three children including Jiang Ji-yong, Jiang Ji-yun and author Ji-li Jiang. O is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese. Henry O Henry O () is a Chinese-born American actor. He is the father of Ji-li Jiang, the author of \"Red Scarf Girl\". O was born in Shanghai in 1927 and attended British and American missionary schools in China. He worked as an actor in China. During the Cultural Revolution he was", "title": "Henry O" }, { "docid": "1816676", "text": "Henry was a real person who worked on and died at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's (C&O Railway) Big Bend Tunnel. The tunnel was built near Talcott, West Virginia, from 1870 to 1872 (according to Johnson's dating), and named for the big bend in the Greenbrier River nearby. Some versions of the song refer to the location of John Henry's death as \"The Big Bend Tunnel on the C. & O.\" Johnson visited the area around 1929 and found several men who said that they were boys of 12 or 14 when the tunnel was begun and that they could", "title": "John Henry (folklore)" }, { "docid": "3531980", "text": "word \"AromaRama\" is provided by its developer, Charles Weiss: \"Screenwriter Henry Myers (Destry Rides Again) came up with the name \"AromaRama\" because the process was to the sense of smell what Cinerama was to the sense of sight. AromaRama echoed Cinerama rather than made fun of it. \"Behind the Great Wall\" was chosen because distributor Walter Reade felt many of the scenes would be even more impressive with scents added. Because it had won major awards in Europe, it was expected to be well received in America – and it was. From \"Guinness Movie Facts & Feats\": \"The first film", "title": "Smell-O-Vision" }, { "docid": "17124712", "text": "the kids had trouble pronouncing Oderah, so my mom said, 'Just call him O. D., the first two letters of his name,' and it kind of stuck with me ever since.\" In Igbo, his name translates to, \"whatever God has written, can never be taken away.\" O. D. Anosike Oderah \"O. D.\" Anosike (born January 3, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Real Betis Energía Plus of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for Siena College. In the 2011–12 NCAA Division I season, Anosike led Division I in rebounding, with a 12.5 per", "title": "O. D. Anosike" }, { "docid": "10942607", "text": "Ring of O The Ring of O is a specially designed ring which has been worn as a distinctive mark among BDSM practitioners, mainly in continental Europe — and especially the German-speaking countries — since the 1990s. Its use is relatively widespread within this subculture. Its name derives from the name of the central female character in the classic BDSM novel \"Story of O\" (written by Pauline Réage), who was a sex slave and wore an analogous ring. The ring mentioned in the original novel was quite different from what is most commonly known as the \"Ring of O\" today.", "title": "Ring of O" }, { "docid": "6338018", "text": "by Dr. Patrick Macaulay (1795–1849), physician, city councilman, B&O Railroad director and patron of the arts. Tradition relates that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow visited Dr. Macaulay, who asked him what to name his home, then surrounded by corn fields. The poet allegedly looked around and replied, \"Why not Mondamin, after the Indian corn god?\" (Mapmakers later added a \"w\" to the name, and it stuck.) The area known as Southern Mondawmin prides itself on a long history of stable homeownership. Many residents moved into the community in the late forties and early fifties as the area developed as the cultural and", "title": "Mondawmin, Baltimore" }, { "docid": "818328", "text": "and shadowy form appearing in front of him; when he calmly asked, \"What and whence art thou?\" it answered \"Thy evil spirit, Brutus: I shall see thee at Philippi.\" He again met the ghost the night before the battle. This episode is one of the most famous in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. Plutarch also reports the last words of Brutus, quoted by a Greek tragedy \"O wretched Virtue, thou wert but a name, and yet I worshipped thee as real indeed; but now, it seems, thou were but fortune's slave.\" Augustus's own version of the Battle of Philippi was: \"I", "title": "Battle of Philippi" }, { "docid": "1281478", "text": "March 1908) and \"What Are You Going to Do About It?\" (July 1910 – January 1911). Other contributors during this period included O. Henry, A. J. Cronin, Alfred Henry Lewis, Bruno Lessing, Sinclair Lewis, O. O. McIntyre, David Graham Phillips, George Bernard Shaw, Upton Sinclair, and Ida Tarbell. Jack London's novella, \"The Red One\", was published in the October 1918 issue (two years after London's death), and a constant presence from 1910–18 was Arthur B. Reeve, with 82 stories featuring Craig Kennedy, the \"scientific detective\". Magazine illustrators included Francis Attwood, Dean Cornwell, Harrison Fisher, and James Montgomery Flagg. Hearst formed", "title": "Cosmopolitan (magazine)" }, { "docid": "1989081", "text": "of Windsor\" too. When the First Folio and quarto texts of that play are compared, it appears that the joke in V,v,85–90 is that Oldcastle/Falstaff incriminates himself by calling out the first letter of his name, \"O, O, O!,\" when his fingertips are singed with candles—which of course works for \"Oldcastle\" but not \"Falstaff.\" There is also the \"castle\" reference in IV,v,6 of the same play. The name change and the Epilogue disclaimer were required, it is generally thought, because of political pressure: the historical Oldcastle was not only a Protestant martyr, but a nobleman with powerful living descendants in", "title": "Henry IV, Part 1" }, { "docid": "3703840", "text": "clinical cautions in place for the first two trimesters of pregnancy and in patients with decreased levels of consciousness. The gas is a mixture of half nitrous oxide (NO or laughing gas) and half oxygen (O). The ability to combine NO (nitrous oxide is the common name; dinitrogen monoxide, systematic name) and oxygen at high pressure while remaining in the gaseous form is caused by the Poynting effect (after John Henry Poynting, an English physicist). The Poynting effect involves the dissolution of gaseous O when bubbled through liquid NO, with vaporisation of the liquid to form a gaseous O/NO mixture.", "title": "Nitrous oxide (medication)" }, { "docid": "14528784", "text": "studio album, \"Real World\", in 2010), however one of the B-sides made it onto the album, Kokia's cover of Louis Armstrong's \"What a Wonderful World\" from \"Kimi o Sagashite/Last Love Song.\" Kokia selected songs for the album with the concept of songs that can \"cleaning your heart.\" She decided the title would be the French word for shell, coquillage, for several reasons. Firstly, it is a pun on her name ('coquillage' sounding like 'Kokia') Secondly, it is thematically related to her first greatest hits album, \"\", since pearls are formed within mollusc shells. Kokia chose the album art to feature", "title": "Coquillage: The Best Collection II" }, { "docid": "19124087", "text": "Minoro Minoro is a barangay in the municipality of San Jose, Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is about 5 kilometers away from the poblacion.<ref name=\"DILG/DRRM Barangay Profile\"></ref> The name of the place was taken from an incident of a small young lady named Minora, who accordingly was humming to herself \"O! Minor, O! Minor!\" and encountered a group of Spaniards asking about the name of the place. Accordingly, she quickly replied out of her surprise of the sudden appearance of the Spaniards with what she was singing, \"O! Minor, O! Minor!\" which then prompted the inquirer to assume that it was", "title": "Minoro" }, { "docid": "19124090", "text": "health workers, 3 purok/zone leaders, and 1 Day Care Worker. Minoro Minoro is a barangay in the municipality of San Jose, Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is about 5 kilometers away from the poblacion.<ref name=\"DILG/DRRM Barangay Profile\"></ref> The name of the place was taken from an incident of a small young lady named Minora, who accordingly was humming to herself \"O! Minor, O! Minor!\" and encountered a group of Spaniards asking about the name of the place. Accordingly, she quickly replied out of her surprise of the sudden appearance of the Spaniards with what she was singing, \"O! Minor, O! Minor!\"", "title": "Minoro" }, { "docid": "4779741", "text": "Zalmon Libin Zalmon Libin, usually known as Z. Libin (1872-1955; real name: Yisrael-Zalman Hurvits or Gurvitz), was a writer of short stories and a playwright in Yiddish theater, active around 1900. \"The O. Henry of the East Side\" [Goldberg, 1918, 688] was born in Imperial Russia and emigrated to the United States in 1892. Sol Liptzin describes his short stories as \"about Jewish proletarians, grim portraits of the anguish and tears of tenement dwellers in New York's Lower East Side...\" [Liptzin, 1972,82] His plays included both tragedies and comedies. \"Gebrokhene Hertzer\" (\"Broken Hearts\", 1903) was filmed in 1926, starring Maurice", "title": "Zalmon Libin" }, { "docid": "5391667", "text": "between The Godwinns and the Legion of Doom, Canterbury cracked his C7 vertebra when he fell on his head after taking the Doomsday Device. He was advised by doctors to rest for fifteen weeks, but returned to the ring in less than eight weeks. In 1998, Canterbury entered the Brawl for All, a shoot-fighting tournament held by the WWF. He lost in the first round to Bradshaw. Later that year, the Godwinns dropped their pig farmer gimmicks, now going by their real names and wearing sharp suits under the name \"Southern Justice\", the bodyguards of Tennessee Lee. Six months later,", "title": "Henry O. Godwinn" }, { "docid": "2859484", "text": "monarch in 1939 aged four, although in creating this character Hergé had also been influenced by an obnoxious child character that appears in the work of O. Henry. The idea of European nations rivaling each other for oil supplies was inspired by a February 1934 issue of \"Le Crapouillot\" magazine. The fictional Arabic names that Hergé integrated into the story were parodies based on the Marollien dialect of Brussels; \"Wadesdah\" translated as \"what is that?\", \"Bab El Ehr\" was Marollien for chatterbox, Kalish Ezab derived from the Marollien term for liquorice water, and Moulfrid, the last name of Kalish Ezab's", "title": "Land of Black Gold" }, { "docid": "97758", "text": "for example, is perfectly meaningful. It has a \"quid nominis\". But one could not know the real nature of hobbits, and so the real nature or \"quid rei\" of hobbits cannot be known. By contrast, the name \"man\" denotes real things (men) that have a certain \"quid rei\". The meaning of a name is distinct from the nature that thing must have in order that the name apply to it. This leads to a corresponding distinction between \"nominal\" and \"real\" definitions. A nominal definition is the definition explaining what a word means, i.e. which says what the \"nominal essence\" is,", "title": "Definition" }, { "docid": "21006054", "text": "Henry Bugalho Henry Alfred Bugalho (born December 28, 1987), known simply as Henry Bugalho, is a Brazilian Writer, translator and philosopher Henry Bugalho has written several books, among them the 'Guia Nova York para Mãos-de-Vaca'( New York Guide to Hands-of-the-Cow) which is in collusion with his wife Denise Nappi, because of this work was featured in the great Brazilian newspaper O Globo. He is also author of The The Parallel Life of Your Dog, O Cão Cego da Guardia Vieja, O Canto do Peregrino, Cassandra, O Rei dos Judeus, das novelas O Covil dos Inocentes, O Homem Pós-Histórico e Margot", "title": "Henry Bugalho" }, { "docid": "12836838", "text": "works of our time.\" When the editors of The American Scholar asked noted classicist Norman O. Brown to identify the book published in the last decade which he found himself going back most often to, he responded, \"I want to name Owen Barfield’s Saving the Appearances\". C.S. Lewis referred to Barfield as \"the wisest and best of my unofficial teachers.\" Barfield argues that if, as physics suggests, ordinary appearances—including for example colors, sounds, and smells—are a kind of subjective response of the human organism to an unknown underlying base of reality, and if what underlies our phenomena and is real", "title": "Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry" }, { "docid": "6417143", "text": "on the side of Sharapov's desk. In reality, Belyavsky had no criminal background whatsoever, and he improvised the entire scene by using cherry preserves he had borrowed from production assistants during a lunch break to simulate the blood. One of the film's best known comical scenes originated from an acting gaffe. While signing a written affidavit, prostitute Manka \"Obligatsiya\" asks Zheglov whether her nickname (Russian for government bond) is properly spelled with an \"O\" or an \"A\". Zheglov responds absentmindedly with the correct spelling, before realizing what she was asking and directing her to sign her real name instead. Actress", "title": "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed" }, { "docid": "16653513", "text": "the Bull Run Watershed. Portland City Council would need to vote on the issue of allowing additional hiking trails to be used in the watershed, but no vote is on the docket so far. The Mark O. Hatfield Memorial Trail has some controversy around its name. The name comes from former Senator Mark Hatfield, a key figure in conserving the wilderness through which the proposed trail runs. Some feel the name of the trail should not reflect the name of a politician or have issues with Mark O. Hatfield's legacy. Another issue up for debate is what the signage will", "title": "Mark O. Hatfield Memorial Trail" }, { "docid": "8436047", "text": "Macrotocinclus The golden otocinclus (Macrotocinclus affinis, formerly Otocinclus affinis) is one of the smallest known suckermouth catfish, often called a 'dwarf oto'. Endemic to Southeast Brazil, this herbivorous, rheophilic, bottom-feeder only grows to around in length. The close relatives of this small fish are often used for the purpose of controlling algae in small home aquariums, under the name Otocinclus affinis. In reality, they belong to the species O. vittatus, O. vestitus and O. macrospilus. The real O. affinis is not present in the aquarium hobby. \"M. affinis\" is a Batesian mimic of \"Corydoras nattereri\". Due to its narrow stripe,", "title": "Macrotocinclus" }, { "docid": "554188", "text": "Littlewood's definition of formula_76, I feel justified in doing so because their definition is by no means in wide use, and because there are other ways to say what they want to say in the comparatively rare cases when their definition applies.\" The limit definitions assume formula_118 for sufficiently large . The table is (partly) sorted from smallest to largest, in the sense that o, O, Θ, ∼, (Knuth's version of) Ω, ω on functions correspond to <, ≤, ≈, =, ≥, > on the real line (the Hardy-Littlewood version of Ω, however, doesn't correspond to any such description). Computer", "title": "Big O notation" }, { "docid": "10845720", "text": "-- kie, O? Whare | hae ye been sae | braw, lad? Came | ye by Kil -- li -- | cran -- kie, O? An | ye had been whare | I hae been, Ye | wad -- na been sae | can -- tie, O; An | ye had seen what | I hae seen, I' the | braes o' Kil -- li -- | crank -- kie, O. }</score> The Braes o' Killiecrankie Braes o' Killiecrankie is the name of four distinct folk songs, all originally from Scotland. The version that begins with the line \"Whare hae", "title": "The Braes o' Killiecrankie" }, { "docid": "3414025", "text": "working under this structure append the abbreviation \"d. o. o.\" to their name. The minimum required starting capital for a \"d. o. o.\" is €7,500. Due to the high cost and complicated bookkeeping of a real corporation, this is a more widespread form. In Spain, LLCs are called \"Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada\" (SRL), \"company of limited responsibility\", or \"sociedad limitada\" (SL), or \"limited partnership\". They are tax subject, and company shares cannot be sold in a public market, the transference of them having to be done compulsorily in the presence of a civil law notary, in the same way other", "title": "Private limited company" }, { "docid": "6765551", "text": "Otocryptis beddomii Otocryptis beddomii, commonly known as the Indian kangaroo lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to southern India. The specific name, \"beddomii\", is in honor of Richard Henry Beddome, 1830–1911, British army officer and botanist. The common name, Indian kangaroo lizard, is derived from the lizard's habit of running on its hind legs with the body held upright. In India, \"O. beddomii\" is found in Thenmala in Kerala, the Western Ghats, the Courtallam hills, the Sivagiri Ghats, and the Cardamom Hills. From snout to vent \"O. beddomii\" is about long with", "title": "Otocryptis beddomii" }, { "docid": "14397409", "text": "Real World (album) Real World (stylised as REAL WORLD) is Kokia's 11th studio album, released on March 31, 2010. Kokia travelled to the Tunisian Sahara for inspiration for songs on the album. Because of this, much of the promotional material is themed around her trip to Tunisia, including the album booklet and the music video for \"The Woman.\" Before the album, three digital singles were released over eight months. Dubbed the Life Trilogy (Life Trilogy ~いのちの3部作~), the three singles featured message songs for humanity. was the first of these, released in August. \"Kimi o Sagashite\" asked the question \"What is", "title": "Real World (album)" }, { "docid": "18491660", "text": "body in the ocean. What remained of his body after the birds and fish had eaten it, was the tongue of the giant, too tough to devour. Ke-alelo-O-Pilikua Ke-alelo-O-Pilikua is a black lava formation which abuts the west bank near the mouth of the Lumaha'i River in northern Kauai, Hawaii. Its name means “tongue of Pilikua” as it projects into the sea. The legend behind the name Pilikua is derived from the name of a giant of enormous proportions who was known for his booming voice, who would encounter visitors and apprise them of the beauties of the island before", "title": "Ke-alelo-O-Pilikua" }, { "docid": "17605896", "text": "is furious over what he sees as cowardly and immoral methods used by his own kingdom. He rallies the crew to join him in defying the King by burning the Pegasus' feathers and taking over the vessel, becoming pirates, and vowing never to sail to \"that land\" again. At Peter Pan's camp, one of the Lost Boys, Devin, starts to bully Henry, prompting Henry to defend himself with a stick. Pan suggests that they use real swords. He tells Henry that Neverland runs on imagination and belief and so if he closes his eyes and believes he’s holding a real", "title": "Good Form" }, { "docid": "1816678", "text": "of history at the College of William & Mary, contends that the John Henry of the ballad was based on a different real person, the 20-year-old New Jersey-born African-American freeman, John William Henry. Nelson speculates that Henry, like many African Americans might have come to Virginia to work on the clean-up of the battlefields after the Civil War. Arrested and tried for burglary, he was among the many convicts released by the warden to work as leased labor on the C&O Railway. According to Nelson, conditions at the Virginia prison were so terrible that the warden, an idealistic Quaker from", "title": "John Henry (folklore)" }, { "docid": "12772429", "text": "never once told anybody her real name. When Shaw asks her what it is, Sarah reveals that her real name is Sam (most likely from Samantha). Chuck also finds out her real name after he overhears this conversation while posing as an assassin the Ring hired to kill Shaw. She is still initially reluctant to allow herself to become involved with him, but by the end of the episode relents. Sarah administered Chuck's \"final exam\" as a spy alongside Shaw in \"Chuck Versus the Final Exam.\" During the mission Chuck tried to talk about what happened in Prague, but the", "title": "Sarah Walker (Chuck)" }, { "docid": "6259698", "text": "How long, O Lord? When are you to be wrought to the point of a denunciation, scrupulous brother? It is one of my interests in this dreary hole. I ever loved experiment.\" Henry suffers all this in stoical silence. Mackellar eventually discovers that the Master betrayed the Jacobites and sold himself out to the Hanoverian government by becoming a paid spy for King George, and that this is the real reason for his safe return. However, even when Henry confronts the Master with this, right in the middle of the Master's holding forth on the great risk he is running", "title": "The Master of Ballantrae" }, { "docid": "8214715", "text": "admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (1483–1546), whose Italian name \"Barbarossa\" means \"Red Beard\". Parts of his cruel appearance might be based on the notorious Blackbeard, active in the Caribbean Sea, and his fame and successes in the series resembles that of Bartholomew Roberts, who successfully conquered over 450 ships. A lot of what is going on in the stories is based on real history: However, starting from the 31st album, \"The War Of The Pirates\" (1997), historical errors start to appear. Writer Jean Ollivier brings Henry Morgan to the series as a living character, becoming the new governor of Jamaica. But the", "title": "Redbeard (comics)" }, { "docid": "16575030", "text": "users may feel uncomfortable with the knowledge that their real names would be publicly displayed and choose, instead, to use a fake name that appears real to Facebook under its Name Policy. Unlike Facebook, the Twitter social networking site does not require users to enter real names when creating Twitter accounts, and the site is entirely void of the real-name system. According to Twitter's former CEO, Dick Costolo, the social networking site does not care what a user's real name is as long as the site connects users to the information that they care about. Whether the information comes from", "title": "Real-name system" }, { "docid": "3096797", "text": "in protected mode. Only the 8086 program runs in VM86 mode and at privilege level 3. When the real-mode program attempts to do things like access certain I/O ports to use hardware devices or access certain regions in its memory space, the CPU traps these events and calls the V86 monitor, which examines what the real mode program is trying to do and either acts as a proxy to interface with the hardware, emulates the intended function the real-mode program was trying to access, or terminates the real-mode program if it is trying to do something that cannot either be", "title": "Virtual 8086 mode" }, { "docid": "835556", "text": "by Brian Taggert, based on the novel \"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?\" by Henry Farrell and the 1962 theatrical film of the same name. It stars real-life sisters Lynn Redgrave as Baby Jane Hudson and Vanessa Redgrave as Blanche Hudson, in the roles previously played by Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the 1962 adaptation. The film was adapted to contemporary times, with Blanche's film success taking place in the 1960s instead of the 1930s. Her films were being rediscovered on home video instead of television reruns. Jane had been a child film star (replacing the original's vaudeville success),", "title": "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (novel)" }, { "docid": "1545739", "text": "beauteous face/A world of earthly blessing to my soul,/If sympathy of love unite our thoughts\" (1.1.21–23). The irony here, much commented on by critics, is that this unity is exactly what does not happen – their thoughts never unite, and their contrasting and incompatible attitudes are seen time and again throughout the play. For example, after the false miracle, Henry is distraught and laments, \"O God, seest thou this and bear'st so long?\" (2.1.150), while Margaret's response is much more mundane; \"It made me laugh to see the villain run\" (2.1.151). When Buckingham arrives to bring news to Henry of", "title": "Henry VI, Part 2" }, { "docid": "11584647", "text": "Henry O. Tanner House The Henry O. Tanner House is a historic house at 2908 West Diamond Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was from 1872 to 1888 the childhood home of Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), an African-American artist who was the first of his race to be elected to National Academy of Design. This rowhouse was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The Henry O. Tanner House is located on Philadelphia's north side, on the south side of West Diamond Street between 29th and 30th Streets. It is a three-story brick rowhouse, set between a similar-height rowhouse and", "title": "Henry O. Tanner House" }, { "docid": "4249126", "text": "system. Together, these three trout form what is sometimes referred to as the \"golden trout complex\". Originally the golden trout was described as a subspecies of the salmon species, with a name \"Salmo mykiss agua-bonita\", and it is still often considered a subspecies (now called \"Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita\") along with several other rainbow trout subspecies commonly known as redband trout. FishBase and the Catalog of Fishes however now (2014) list \"O. aguabonita\" as an independent species rather than as subspecies of \"O. mykiss\". Likewise, while ITIS lists \"O. m. whitei\" and \"O. m. gilberti\" as subspecies of \"O. mykiss\", \"O.", "title": "Golden trout" }, { "docid": "10218065", "text": "Henry Fitzroy (character) Henry Fitzroy is a character in the Blood novels: (\"Blood Price\", \"Blood Trail\", \"Blood Lines\", \"Blood Pact\", and \"Blood Debt\") and the Smoke novels: (\"Smoke and Shadows\", \"Smoke and Mirrors\", and \"Smoke and Ashes\") by Tanya Huff. He is also a TV character in the 2007 television series \"Blood Ties\", based on the Blood novels, that aired on Lifetime in the United States. On television, Henry is portrayed by Kyle Schmid. Henry Fitzroy was a real person, the illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England and Elizabeth Blount, born in 1519 and died of what appeared to", "title": "Henry Fitzroy (character)" }, { "docid": "16972125", "text": "O Come, All Ye Faithful (The Vampire Diaries) \"O Come, All Ye Faithful\" is the ninth episode of \"The Vampire Diaries's\" fourth season, premiering December 13, 2012 on The CW. A winter-themed party takes place in Mystic Falls, but amongst the celebration Caroline and Stefan argue with Tyler over what to do with Klaus and his hybrids. Elena and Damon wake up in his bed, but with clothes on and being kind of sad and frustrated because they don't know if her feelings are real which she totally believes because of the sire bond. She gets him almost so far", "title": "O Come, All Ye Faithful (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "16972129", "text": "2012, the episode was viewed by 2.81 million American viewers. O Come, All Ye Faithful (The Vampire Diaries) \"O Come, All Ye Faithful\" is the ninth episode of \"The Vampire Diaries's\" fourth season, premiering December 13, 2012 on The CW. A winter-themed party takes place in Mystic Falls, but amongst the celebration Caroline and Stefan argue with Tyler over what to do with Klaus and his hybrids. Elena and Damon wake up in his bed, but with clothes on and being kind of sad and frustrated because they don't know if her feelings are real which she totally believes because", "title": "O Come, All Ye Faithful (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "3143474", "text": "was published in England as \"Clarissa Oakes\", which probably sounded too Jane Austen-ish to American editorial ears. But it's a perfect title, because the slim and lively girl who stows away on the HMS \"Surprise\" as it sails from Botany Bay is the real heart of O`Brian's moving and erotic story.\" Adler feels that Clarissa Oakes' presence \"gives O`Brian a chance to explore their [Aubrey and Maturin's] characters in exceptional depth.\" The story has \"plenty of action, including a remarkable battle with cannibals in which O`Brian sums up all the horror in one unforgettable image.\" Adler concludes that \"what lifts", "title": "Clarissa Oakes" }, { "docid": "15355123", "text": "mankind. O' Thou! Who readily pleased, forgive one who owns nothing but supplication for Thou doest what Thou willest. O' Thou! Whose Name is the remedy for all ills, and Whose remembrance is a sure cure for all ailments, and obedience to Whom makes one self sufficient, have mercy on one whose only asset is hope, and whose only armour is lamentation. O' Thou! Who perfecteth all bounties and Who wardeth off all misfortunes! O' Light! Who illuminates those who are in bewilderment! O' Omniscient! Who knoweth without (acquisition of) learning! Bless Mohammed and the Descendants of Mohammed, and do", "title": "Kumayl ibn Ziyad" }, { "docid": "5544130", "text": "performers is: \"The exception to this rule is when it comes to real names. We're not interested in linking your real name to your porn name, so if your real name appears on the site, we will remove it (assuming we know what your real name is). However, if your real name appeared on a boxcover due to a mix up in the Art Department, there's little we can do about that.\" IAFD gets \"paid by sponsors for ad banners\", and they \"get an affiliate commission from products purchased\" via the site. The site has been used as a reference", "title": "Internet Adult Film Database" }, { "docid": "6686312", "text": "accounts of Every's life, most prominently Daniel Defoe's \"The King of Pirates\" (1720), have made reference to the earlier work, but it is of questionable veracity and has been described by the \"Dictionary of National Biography\" as \"fiction, with scarcely a substratum of fact.\" Although a theory existed that Every's birth name was actually Benjamin Bridgeman (especially in light of his nickname \"Long Ben\"), and that \"Henry Every\" was in fact an alias, modern scholarship has debunked it. It is accepted by historians that \"Henry Every\" was the pirate's real name, given that he used this name when he entered", "title": "Henry Every" }, { "docid": "4599895", "text": "In any event, the foreign bondholders requested other receivers be appointed, and one of his lieutenants, Henry Fink, was named. In early 1881, the AM&O was sold at public auction. Mahone forces had gathered what he thought would be sufficient funds to place a winning bid, but they were outbid by a surprise entry of a principal of a Philadelphia-based financial company, a previously unidentified competitor. The new owners renamed it Norfolk and Western, possibly utilizing an earlier name proposed by citizens of Norfolk in the pre-war efforts to secure rail service. Mahone was able to arrange for a portion", "title": "Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad" }, { "docid": "403845", "text": "Adult Fantasy\", a name intended to reflect its more \"sophisticated\" nature, as likewise the new tagline \"The magazine that respects your intelligence\". Lee in 2009 described these \"short, five-page filler strips that Steve and I did together\", originally \"placed in any of our comics that had a few extra pages to fill\", as \"odd fantasy tales that I'd dream up with O. Henry-type endings.\" Giving an early example of what would later be known as the \"Marvel Method\" of writer-artist collaboration, Lee said, \"All I had to do was give Steve a one-line description of the plot and he'd be", "title": "Steve Ditko" }, { "docid": "2886621", "text": "Henry Prize Stories\" remains to strengthen the art of the short story. Starting in 2003, \"The O. Henry Prize Stories\" is dedicated to a writer who has made a major contribution to the art of the short story. \"The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007\" was dedicated to Sherwood Anderson, a U.S. short-story writer. Jurors for 2007 were Charles D'Ambrosio, Lily Tuck and Ursula K. Le Guin. The current series editor for \"The O. Henry Prize Stories\" is Laura Furman. Past series editors have been: Blanche Colton Williams (1919–32), Harry Hansen (1933–40), Herschel Brickell (1941–51), Paul Engle (1954–59), Mary Stegner (1960),", "title": "O. Henry Award" }, { "docid": "16019788", "text": "he formed his real estate business, the W. M. Garland Company, headquartered in Henry Huntington's Pacific Electric Building, which became the site of the Jonathan Club. He was Huntington's principal sales agent. In September 1895, Garland and Huntington were among the founding members of the Jonathan Club. William May Garland's granddaughter was told that when deciding the name of the club, he said \"let's call it the Jonathan Club after my father\" (Jonathan Garland). There are other theories on the naming of the club, but this is what William, as one of the founders, told his family. In 1898, he", "title": "William May Garland" }, { "docid": "9570398", "text": "independent of any other dealers, and emerges only to rob those involved in the drug trade with a shotgun. O-Dog, real name Darius Hill, is a teenage soldier who is being trained to kill by Chris Partlow and Snoop Pearson in the fourth season. He is one of two prominent soldiers to arise from the second generation of Stanfield street recruits, the other being Michael Lee. O-Dog identifies closer with Snoop than Michael and consequently develops into a colder, more reckless soldier; this is in stark contrast to Michael, who seems to adopt Chris's lethal but cautious attitude. O-Dog is", "title": "Stanfield Organization" }, { "docid": "12044799", "text": "help in finding Santa's toy bag. At first Mason doesn't believe Henry is a real Christmas elf and that Santa wasn't real until he witnessed Henry communicating with Beethoven with a magic candy that when licked can give the human the ability to communicate with dogs. Elsewhere, grumpy Sylvester Smirch (Robert Picardo) is the owner of a toy store called Most Wanted Toys he and his assistant Kenny (Curtis Armstrong) had been secretly stealing toys from other stores then overpricing the stolen toys. While driving on the highway. Smirch comes across Santa's Toy Bag and only realizes what it is", "title": "Beethoven (franchise)" }, { "docid": "9823861", "text": "roof and the replacement of four brick chimneys lost in 1934. It is the site of the annual O. Henry Pun-Off, a spoken pun competition. The event is traditionally held the first weekend in May. William Sidney Porter House The William Sidney Porter House or O. Henry House is a historic structure in Downtown Austin, Texas. William Sidney Porter, better known as the author O. Henry, lived there between 1893 and 1895. The Porter house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973. The house is known today as the O. Henry Museum. The cottage", "title": "William Sidney Porter House" }, { "docid": "6034093", "text": "Detroit Grand Pubahs The Detroit Grand Pubahs are an American musical group from Detroit, Michigan, comprising Paris the Black Fu (real name Mack Goudy, Jr.) and The Mysterious Mr O. (real name Oliver Way). One of the founding members, Dr. Toefinger (real name Andy Toth), left in 2004. They are best known for their 2000 single \"Sandwiches\", which reached #29 on the Dance Club Songs chart. The group were nominated for \"Outstanding Funk Artist / Group\" at the Detroit Music Awards in 2002. \"Rolling Stone\" called them \"a group to watch... this dynamic duo never ceases to amaze with creative", "title": "Detroit Grand Pubahs" }, { "docid": "565397", "text": "Season 2, Episode 3 of \"Hemlock Grove\" (TV Series) a secretarial assistant can be seen reading the \"Story of O\". In Richard Brautigan's 1975 novel \"Willard and His Bowling Trophies\", a couple engages in sexual sadomasochism after reading \"Story of O\". In James W. Hall's 1987 novel, \"Under Cover of Daylight\", the novel's antagonist reads the \"Story of O\" and finds it confirms what he 'always thought about women.' Story of O Story of O (, ) is an erotic novel published in 1954 by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage, and published in French by", "title": "Story of O" } ]
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who sets the salaries for senate and house members
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[ { "docid": "12503548", "text": "Speaker and $193,400 for their party leaders (the same as Senate leaders). A cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) increase takes effect annually unless Congress votes not to accept it. Congress sets members' salaries; however, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a change in salary (but not COLA) from taking effect until after the next election of the whole House. Representatives are eligible for retirement benefits after serving for five years. Outside pay is limited to 15% of congressional pay, and certain types of income involving a fiduciary responsibility or personal endorsement are prohibited. Salaries are not for life, only during", "title": "United States House of Representatives" }, { "docid": "12503548", "text": "Speaker and $193,400 for their party leaders (the same as Senate leaders). A cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) increase takes effect annually unless Congress votes not to accept it. Congress sets members' salaries; however, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a change in salary (but not COLA) from taking effect until after the next election of the whole House. Representatives are eligible for retirement benefits after serving for five years. Outside pay is limited to 15% of congressional pay, and certain types of income involving a fiduciary responsibility or personal endorsement are prohibited. Salaries are not for life, only during", "title": "United States House of Representatives" }, { "docid": "13973665", "text": "schedule for the Senate and House positions: SCHEDULE 6—VICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Salaries of members of the United States Congress This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. Since 2010 Congress has annually voted not to accept the increase, keeping it at the same nominal amount since 2009. The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1992, prohibits", "title": "Salaries of members of the United States Congress" }, { "docid": "12724658", "text": "Members of Congress considered reverting the fix after the appointed nominee had resigned and assumed the post so that Knox would not have to forgo any emoluments. Members of Congress also discussed reverting the salaries of all United States Cabinet members. At the suggestion of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Congress passed a bill reducing only the Secretary of State's salary to the level it had been at before Knox's term began, believing this would cure the problem. The Senate passed the bill unanimously, but there was much more opposition in the U.S. House of Representatives, where the same measure failed", "title": "Saxbe fix" }, { "docid": "10730455", "text": "The subcommittee sets overall funding levels for Senate salaries, officers, and employees, including the Senate Office of the Vice President, Office of the Sergeant at Arms, and the Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Each senator receives an allocation for official expenses, including the hiring of staff and office management. Funding for both houses of Congress are then combined in the final conference committee report prior to being approved by Congress and sent to the President for his signature. United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch is one of twelve", "title": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch" }, { "docid": "16230827", "text": "a lobbying firm and when it did occasionally happen, it \"made eyebrows rise\". Prior to the 1980s lawmakers rarely became lobbyists as the profession was generally considered 'tainted' and 'unworthy' for once-elected officials such as themselves; in addition lobbying firms and trade groups were leery of hiring former members of Congress because they were reputed to be 'lazy as lobbyists and unwilling to ask former colleagues for favors'. By 2007, there were 200 former members of the House and Senate were registered lobbyists. New higher salaries for lobbyists, increasing demand and a greater turnover in Congress and a 1994 change", "title": "History of lobbying in the United States" }, { "docid": "896635", "text": "came up here covered with wounds and glory, with his favorite war-horse and his more favorite servant—his attendant in the army, his nurse and necessary assistant\" was \"obliged to sell his war-horse or his servant\"; salaries would prevent such things from coming to pass. The bill passed the House and Senate quickly and was made law on March 19, 1816. But, the measure proved extremely unpopular with voters, in part because it gave Congress an immediate pay raise, rather than waiting until after the next election. Many members who supported the bill lost their seats as a result, including Johnson's", "title": "Richard Mentor Johnson" }, { "docid": "2674445", "text": "committee proved unresponsive, another could be established in its place. The Senate could also forgo committee referral for actions on legislation or presidential nominations. These early committees generally consisted of three members for routine business and five members for more important issues. The largest committee established during the 1st Congress had eleven members, and was created to determine salaries of the president and vice president. Also in the first session, the entire membership of the Senate was divided into two large committees, with half the senators on the committee to prepare legislation establishing the federal judiciary and the other half", "title": "United States congressional committee" }, { "docid": "2441642", "text": "Congress, requiring reelection in 2006; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 2008. The Members of the House of Representatives are preceded by the district number. Members who came and left during this Congress. No changes occurred. Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (1 link), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing", "title": "108th United States Congress" }, { "docid": "6880051", "text": "and conferences in the United States Congress, which are the partisan caucuses comprising all members of one house from one party (either the Democrats or the Republicans) in addition to any independent members who may caucus with either party. These are the House Democratic Caucus, House Republican Conference, Senate Democratic Caucus and Senate Republican Conference. The caucuses meet regularly in closed sessions to set legislative agendas, select committee members and chairs and hold elections to choose various floor leaders. They also oversee the four Hill committees, political party committees that work to elect members of their own party to Congress.", "title": "Congressional caucus" }, { "docid": "2451176", "text": "stemming from the 1981–1989 charges. In 2012, Hastings was ranked #1 out of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives for paying salaries and fees to family members, according to the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. A state-by-state report on members of Congress published by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington reported that Hastings paid his girlfriend, Patricia Williams, an attorney who worked as his deputy district director, $622,574 over the four-year period, from 2007 to 2010. Hastings won the general election on November 8, 2016, defeating Republican Gary Stein 80% to 20%. Hastings has said", "title": "Alcee Hastings" }, { "docid": "9503568", "text": "DeGette (Japan). A majority of members of the 111th Congress fall into this category. This includes Robert Byrd (president pro tempore of the Senate), Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House of Representatives), Harry Reid (Democratic Senate Leader), Mitch McConnell (Republican Senate Leader), and John Boehner (Republican House Leader). Elections for all House seats and 35 Senate seats were held on November 4, 2008, across the country. The Democratic Party increased its majority in both houses, and regained control of the White House before the end of the second term of George W. Bush. Members of the 111th United States Congress", "title": "Members of the 111th United States Congress" }, { "docid": "14586578", "text": "COCs. Instead of the whole Congress canvassing the votes, a committee comprised evenly between the Senate and the House of Representatives will canvass the votes at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, the home of the House of Representatives. The Senate President and the Speaker will co-chair the proceedings; previously, the majority leaders of both houses played this role. House Speaker Prospero Nograles announced the composition of the House delegation on May 21, as Senate Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri announced theirs on May 24. Members of Congress who ran for president (Noynoy Aquino, Richard Gordon, Jamby Madrigal,", "title": "Congressional canvass for the 2010 Philippine presidential election" }, { "docid": "1733900", "text": "its bicameral federal legislature: the Senate and the House of Representatives. For this reason, and in order to distinguish who is a member of which house, a member of the Senate is typically referred to as Senator (followed by from ), and a member of the House of Representatives is usually referred to as Congressman or Congresswoman (followed by from the district of ), or Representative ( from the district of ). Although Senators are members of Congress, they are not normally referred to and addressed as \"Congressmen\" or \"Congresswomen\" or \"Congresspeople\". Members of Congress in both houses are elected", "title": "Member of Congress" }, { "docid": "18019755", "text": "only includes funding for the House and not the Senate. The legislation retains the freeze on member salaries that has existed since 2010. Hal Rogers, the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said that \"the House will continue to lead by example and hold the line on spending.\" The Library of Congress and Librarian of Congress James Billington were praised for their work at digitalizing the library by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK). According to Rep. Cole, the bill meets its goals \"in both an effective and efficient manner, and has done so in a genuinely bipartisan, inclusive and deliberative fashion.\"", "title": "Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015" } ]
[ { "docid": "4108739", "text": "run jointly as members of incumbent slates in their districts. It is rare, however, for an incumbent to be challenged. Members of the State Senate and the House of Delegates, besides the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Delegates (referred to as the \"Presiding Officers\"), earn the same salary. These salaries are determined by the General Assembly Compensation Commission. After two terms, 2007-2010 and 2011-2014, during which the salary for members of the General Assembly was $43,500 per year ($56,500 for the Presiding Officers), members began receiving annual raises in 2015 such that, at the start of the", "title": "Maryland Senate" }, { "docid": "9636185", "text": "Governor, and two by the Speaker of the House. Appointees must be selected equally from lists recommended by the Republican and Democratic members in the Texas House and Senate. By the constitution, the ethics commission recommends the salaries and per diem of members of the Texas Legislature, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. The legislature has also given the commission various other duties, including the filing of financial disclosure statements for government officials and the filing of campaign finance regulatory statements by candidates and citizens who engage in political speech related to campaigns and", "title": "Texas Ethics Commission" }, { "docid": "11637782", "text": "the salaries of Members of that chamber would be put in an escrow account. In February 2013, Daines voted in support of the Violence Against Women Act, which passed the House with 199 House Democratic and 87 House Republican votes. Daines has been vocal in his support for Second Amendment rights. In 2013, he called the Senate legislation to expand background checks \"the wrong approach\" and has been a vocal opponent of the bill, which failed to pass the Senate that April. Daines has also pledged to \"block\" any legislation that poses a threat to Second Amendment rights. In an", "title": "Steve Daines" }, { "docid": "13947689", "text": "is the Secretary of the Senate, who maintains public records, disburses salaries, monitors the acquisition of stationery and supplies, and oversees clerks. The Assistant Secretary of the Senate aids the secretary's work. Another official is the Sergeant at Arms who, as the Senate's chief law enforcement officer, maintains order and security on the Senate premises. The Capitol Police handle routine police work, with the sergeant at arms primarily responsible for general oversight. Other employees include the Chaplain, who is elected by the Senate, and Pages, who are appointed. The Senate uses Standing Rules for operation. Like the House of Representatives,", "title": "United States Senate" }, { "docid": "18796229", "text": "which had been approved by the Senate during the regular session. The Legislature met again from December 17 to 18, 1998, to enact another piece of legislation concerning the school system of New York City, and to raise the salaries of the members of the next Legislature. The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Assemblyman Michael Balboni was elected to fill a vacancy in the Senate. Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words \"...the Committee on (the)...\" The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued", "title": "192nd New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "1134017", "text": "recommendation of Brian Mulroney; the second was Bert Brown, elected a Senator-in-waiting in 1998 and 2004, and appointed to the Senate in 2007 on the recommendation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper; and the third was Betty Unger, elected in 2004 and appointed in 2012. The base annual salary of a senator was C$142,400 in 2015. and members may receive additional salaries in right of other offices they hold (for instance, the title of Speaker). Most senators rank immediately above Members of Parliament in the order of precedence, although the Speaker is ranked just above the Speaker of the House of", "title": "Senate of Canada" }, { "docid": "741644", "text": "expected to resign their seats, though this practice ceased in 1931. In each case, a vacancy may be filled by a by-election in the appropriate electoral district. The first-past-the-post system is used in by-elections, as in general elections. The term \"member of Parliament\" is usually used only to refer to members of the House of Commons, even though the Senate is also a part of Parliament. Members of the House of Commons may use the post-nominal letters \"MP\". The annual salary of each member of Parliament is, as of 2017, $172,700; members may receive additional salaries in right of other", "title": "House of Commons of Canada" }, { "docid": "18400850", "text": "Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 The Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that governs ministerial salaries. The Act sets out the maximum numbers of paid ministerial posts. Some ministerial posts are separately identified within the Act, for example, those of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Attorney General. However, maximum numbers for the main categories of minister (e.g. ministers of state) are specified in schedule I, part V of the Act. In 2004, the Joint Committee of the House of Commons and the House of Lords named this", "title": "Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975" }, { "docid": "5401165", "text": "of the Louisiana House of Representatives (having no more than 105 members) and the Louisiana Senate (having no more than 39 members). Sets qualifications for office, term limits (no more than three consecutive terms), and for filling vacancies. This section also discusses when the Legislature shall meet in regular session and how \"Extraordinary Sessions\" (special sessions) can be convened (either by the Governor or by the leaders of both the House and Senate upon petition of the majority of the members of both houses). The regular session times and lengths, as well as what can be enacted, depend on the", "title": "Constitution of Louisiana" }, { "docid": "12146141", "text": "legislators a higher annual salary and increase the amount they are paid per day when they are in session. Duplessis resigned from the state senate effective on June 27, 2010 in order to serve as the deputy chief administrative officer for New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Duplessis called for legislators’ annual pay to be increased nearly $60,000 per year. The speaker of the House and the president of the Senate, who each earn $32,000 a year, would be paid $80,000. The speaker pro tempore of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate would have their salaries increased", "title": "Ann Duplessis" }, { "docid": "8632058", "text": "to concur in the Senate amendment, and the bill was sent to a conference committee composed of three House and three Senate members. At the committee meeting, a compromise amendment, proposed by Treen, which would have added $66,819, or half of Freeman's additional request to the salaries item, was introduced but defeated in a 3-3 split. Having never been reconciled to Treen's narrow election, Freeman strongly favored the return of Edwin Edwards to the governorship in the 1983 primary, when Edwards handily unseated Treen, whom many voters blamed for a worsening economy in the state. In the same election Freeman", "title": "Bobby Freeman (politician)" }, { "docid": "17515395", "text": "five paid whips, three in the House and two in the Senate; the Nationals have two whips in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate, and the Greens have a Senate whip. The Government and Opposition chief whips in the House of Representatives earn an additional salary equal to 26% and 23%, respectively, of their base pay as MPs. This is roughly equal to an assistant minister (until 2015 called a parliamentary secretary) (25%). Their counterparts in the Senate earn slightly less: 20% for the Government Chief Whip and 18% for the Opposition Chief Whip. Additional salaries for", "title": "Party whip (Australia)" }, { "docid": "16893581", "text": "functions of the institution. Most prominently, these include the Chief Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate, the chief administrative staffers of each respective body. The legislature employs approximately 50 economists and fiscal note drafters as analysts and support personnel. The General Assembly also employs enrolling and other clerks, payroll staffers, a small number of human resources staff, publications staff, and constituent services staff. Administrative staffers also include IT support staff, librarians, and state employees and volunteers who provide tours to members of the general public. Administrative staff salaries vary widely based on job description. The state", "title": "Legislative staff in Colorado" }, { "docid": "3882885", "text": "a \"Minority Whip\". Floor leaders act as the party chief spokespeople. The current leaders are Majority Leader Carmelo Ríos, Majority Whip Ángel Chayanne Martínez; Minority Leader Eduardo Bathia, Minority Whip José Luis Dalmau; Minority Leader Juan Dalmau; and Minority Leader Vargas Vidot (independent candidate). The Senate is served by two elected officials who are not members. The Senate's chief legislative officer is the Secretary of the Senate, who maintains public records, disburses salaries, monitors the acquisition of stationery and supplies, and oversees clerks. The other official is the Sergeant-at-Arms who, as the Senate's chief law enforcement officer, maintains order and", "title": "Senate of Puerto Rico" }, { "docid": "1062166", "text": "and sever contracts, and create a budget to name a few. The Town Council has final budget authority and sets salaries in the salary ordinance. The Parks Board appoints a Park Superintendent and oversees the Town's three parks. The Advisory Plan Commission is the building and planning authority for the Town. It consists of seven members, four of which are citizen members appointed by the Town Council President and three who must be either Town employees or appointed or elected members of another board appointed by the Town Council as a whole. The Plan Commission advises the Town Council on", "title": "Pittsboro, Indiana" }, { "docid": "18652433", "text": "their regular salaries. The chairman is always the most senior associate justice of the Supreme Court. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It consists of six representatives and three justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are designated by the Chief Justice. The equivalent tribunals for elections to the upper house is the Senate Electoral Tribunal and for president is the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. The tribunal is located at SET-HRET Building, Commission on Audit Compound, Quezon", "title": "House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal" }, { "docid": "4201044", "text": "Legislature, styled the General Assembly, separated into two houses, a Senate and House of delegates, defines the qualification and number of members of each house, the means of election and provisions for removal from office for misconduct, and process for replacement of members whose office becomes vacant. Article IV creates the Court of s and various lower courts, sets the requirement for judges, length of tenure, and removal from office. It also provides for a Sheriff to be elected for each co Article V creates the office of the Attorney General and a State's Attorney in each county, provides for", "title": "Constitution of Maryland" }, { "docid": "17528318", "text": "first Senate met on Monday, March 19, 1877. At the time that served as the Senate president, there were 27 members. When sultan Abdul Hamid II dissolved the parliament on February 13, 1878, the Senate ceased meeting, but its members continued to be paid government salaries and their status as military and political leaders remained unchanged. After the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Era, amendments were made to the 1876 constitution. According to these amendments, the Senate began to assemble every year at the beginning of November, convene at the pleasure of the sultan, and disassemble after four months. The", "title": "Senate of the Ottoman Empire" }, { "docid": "7652968", "text": "Nevada Senate The Nevada Senate is the upper house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of U.S. state of Nevada, the lower house being the Nevada Assembly. It currently (2012–2021) consists of 21 members from single-member districts. In the previous redistricting (2002–2011) there were 19 districts, two of which were multimember. Since 2012, there have been 21 districts, each formed by combining two neighboring state assembly districts. Each State Senator represented approximately 128,598 as of the 2010 United States Census. Article Four of the Constitution of Nevada sets that State Senators serve staggered four-year terms. In addition, the size", "title": "Nevada Senate" }, { "docid": "6439665", "text": "being apportioned a number of seats based on its population. The Senate has 30 members, with two senators, who won the first and second position, serving from each county elected based on popular vote. Both House and Senate seats are filled through direct election, with candidates who gain a plurality of the vote winning their contested seats. House members serve a term of six years and senators serve a term of nine years, with sitting members allowed to seek re-election. The qualifications of the voters it the same for both the election of Senate and the House of Representatives. The", "title": "Legislature of Liberia" }, { "docid": "18694489", "text": "morning of August 25. The Legislature met again from November 28, to December 1, 1988. This session was called, among other issues, to consider legislation concerning the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant. The Legislature met again on December 28, 1988, to increase the salaries of the next session's state legislators, and the state commissioners. The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Nicholas A. Spano and Randy Kuhl changed from the Assembly to the Senate. Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words \"...the Committee on (the)...\" The asterisk (*) denotes", "title": "187th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "13384799", "text": "Standards Authority. In 2010 the IPSA was also given the responsibility of setting MPs' salary levels. It is accountable to the Speaker's Committee for the IPSA, comprising the Speaker, the Leader of the House, the Chair of the Standards and Privileges Committee and five MPs selected by the Speaker (one of whom is the Shadow Leader of the House). The National Audit Office, another independent parliamentary body, has some audit authority. Salaries of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament The basic annual salary of a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons was £76,011, as of April 2017.", "title": "Salaries of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament" }, { "docid": "1602184", "text": "state funded scholarships. It eventually took on student loan servicing arrangements which generated non-public revenues which then were used, in part, to dramatically increase executive salaries. The PHEAA board is composed primarily of members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate. In July 2007, Rendell ordered a partial government shutdown following a dispute with the state legislature over legislative initiatives related to the state budget. Approximately 25,000 state workers were furloughed. The shutdown was resolved within 24 hours. Governor Rendell, a capital punishment supporter, has signed 78 execution warrants during his term, but none of them were enforced due", "title": "Ed Rendell" }, { "docid": "4139886", "text": "New Jersey Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly is third in the line of succession to replace the Governor of New Jersey in the event that he or she is unable to execute the duties of that office. The Speaker decides the schedule for the Assembly, which bills will be considered, appoints committee chairmen, and generally runs the Assembly's agenda. The current Speaker is Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge). Members of the NJ General Assembly receive an annual base salary of $49,000 with the Senate President and the Assembly Speaker earning slightly more. Members receive $110,000 for staff salaries. In addition, they", "title": "New Jersey General Assembly" }, { "docid": "476441", "text": "the night of the address, the members of the House have gathered in their seats for the joint session. Then, the Deputy Sergeant at Arms addresses the Speaker and loudly announces the Vice President and members of the Senate, who enter and take the seats assigned for them. The Speaker, and then the Vice President, specify the members of the House and Senate, respectively, who will escort the President into the House chamber. The Deputy Sergeant at Arms addresses the Speaker again and loudly announces, in order, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, the Chief Justice of the United States", "title": "State of the Union" }, { "docid": "6316628", "text": "for negotiating the salaries and working conditions of its members with the New South Wales government. The union is committed to the interests of public education, although its primary concern is salaries and working conditions of its members. Stewart House is the official charity of the NSW Teachers Federation. Throughout its history, Federation has campaigned long and hard on issues affecting public education, teachers' salaries and teachers' working conditions, those issues which are at the heart of teaching as a profession in New South Wales. The first Annual Conference of Federation in 1919 had listed as part of the agenda", "title": "New South Wales Teachers Federation" }, { "docid": "3159351", "text": "in the country, after California, Pennsylvania and New York. While legislators in many states receive per diems that make up for lower salaries, Michigan legislators receive $10,800 per year for session and interim expenses. Salaries and expense allowances are determined by the State Officers Compensation Commission. Any legislation pending in either house at the end of a session that is not the end of a legislative term of office continues and carries over to the next Legislative Session. The Michigan Legislature is authorized by the Michigan Constitution to create and amend the laws of the U.S. state of Michigan, subject", "title": "Michigan Senate" }, { "docid": "6560823", "text": "Arizona Senate The Arizona Senate is part of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Arizona. The Senate consists of 30 members each representing an average of 219,859 constituents (2009 figures). Members serve two-year terms with term limits that limit Senators to four terms for a total of eight years. Members of the Republican Party are currently the majority in the Senate. As with the Arizona House of Representatives, members to the Senate are elected from the same legislative districts as House members, however one Senator represents the constituency, while for the House there are two", "title": "Arizona Senate" }, { "docid": "13174476", "text": "Members of the Australian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years This is a list of Members of the Parliament of Australia who have served for at least 30 years. Their service does not need to be continuous; broken terms are aggregated. All these periods of service were spent in one House exclusively. A number of people have served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, but none of them to date has had an aggregate length of service to the Parliament reaching 30 years. Those who were Father of the Senate or Father of the", "title": "Members of the Australian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years" }, { "docid": "13384788", "text": "Salaries of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament The basic annual salary of a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons was £76,011, as of April 2017. In addition, MPs are able to claim allowances to cover the costs of running an office and employing staff, and maintaining a constituency residence and a residence in London. Additional salary is paid for appointments or additional duties, such as ministerial appointments, being a whip, chairing a select committee or chairing a Public Bill committee. The basic annual salary of an MP in the House of Commons was £76,011, as of", "title": "Salaries of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament" }, { "docid": "12469432", "text": "replaced by the Governor-General Act 2010. Part two of the Act defines payments to Ministers of the Crown and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries. Part three of the Act determines the remuneration of Ministers of the Crown, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, and members of Parliament. It establishes the Remuneration Authority to fix salaries and allowances for MPs, and includes provisions for the Speaker of House of Representatives and Chairpersons of Committees. Section 20 of the Act allows for deductions to be made from members' salaries and allowances, and defines travel, accommodation, attendance, and communications services for members. Part four of the Act grants annuity for", "title": "Civil List Act 1979" }, { "docid": "5329399", "text": "House of Commons, to the Scottish Parliament, or to the Welsh Assembly who refuse to take the oath or affirmation are barred from participating in any proceedings, and from receiving their salaries. Members of the House of Commons could also be fined £500 and, have their seat declared vacant “as if [they] were dead” if they attempt to do so. Under the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866, any peer voting, or sitting in the House of Lords without having taken the oath, is subject, for every such offence, to a penalty of £500. Members of the Scottish Parliament must take the", "title": "Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "17070220", "text": "two chambers. Its 180 members represent districts from across the state, and it is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected by the entire membership. The Speaker has always been a member of the majority political party and has the power to schedule debates, to vote, and to assign members to committees. The state senate is very similar to the house, but the senate is a smaller body, with fifty-six members who represent districts from around the state. The chief officer of the senate is the lieutenant governor. Unlike the Speaker, who is elected by the", "title": "1st Georgia General Assembly" }, { "docid": "2970148", "text": "Senate (Netherlands) The Senate ( or simply ' , literally \"First Chamber\", or sometimes ' ) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve States-Provincial every four years, within three months of the provincial elections. All provinces have different electoral weight depending on their population. Members of the Senate are part-timers who often hold other positions as well. They receive an allowance which is about a quarter of the salary of the members of the lower house. Unlike the politically more significant", "title": "Senate (Netherlands)" }, { "docid": "2793497", "text": "The first case was in 1870, with the Rump Senate, followed by the 1979 Killer Ds. and finally the Texas Eleven in August 2003, who were following the example of the Texas house Killer Ds. The following represents the Senate committee structure for the 85th Legislature. In addition, the House and Senate operate the permanent joint committee known as the Legislative Budget Board (LBB). †Elected in a special election Texas Senate The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas State Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with", "title": "Texas Senate" }, { "docid": "9639545", "text": "the Senate in making appropriations and tax decisions. However, no budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The", "title": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government" }, { "docid": "6784909", "text": "famous Pennsylvanians. The Senate is the upper house of the state legislature and has 50 members, elected to 4-year terms. The Senate is presided over by the President of the Senate, who is also the Lieutenant Governor. The Senate Chamber, or Hall of the Senate, is the second-largest chamber and was designed with a French Renaissance theme. It is located on the north side of the rotunda, opposite the House. Violet Oakley painted the murals in the Senate Chamber. Ingen also made 10 stained-glass windows for the Senate Chamber. Both the House and Senate Chambers are on the second floor,", "title": "Pennsylvania State Capitol" }, { "docid": "20661361", "text": "the Senate and House ways and means committees are also statutory members of the board. The rest of the 20-person board is made up of eight state senators appointed by the Senate President and eight members of the House appointed by the Speaker of the House. The eight appointed senators who serve on the board must be confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate and the eight members from the House must be confirmed by a majority of that chamber. When the Oregon legislature is in session, the permanent Legislative Fiscal Office staff supports the joint committee on ways", "title": "Oregon Emergency Board" }, { "docid": "8440503", "text": "the Senate in making appropriations and tax decisions. However, no budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The", "title": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies" }, { "docid": "4642186", "text": "appropriations and tax decisions. However, no budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for", "title": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense" }, { "docid": "4712344", "text": "in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities. Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding", "title": "United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security" }, { "docid": "15159686", "text": "from two members of the current Trump administration, both of whom were cited to clear discrepancies in the otherwise unsourced article. Priebus announced days afterward in October that the RNC would continue to support Trump. On November 13, 2016, Trump announced his choice of Priebus for White House Chief of Staff. His pay of $179,000 tied White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and White House Director of Strategic Communications Hope Hicks for the highest White House salaries. As White House chief of staff, Priebus held nearly singular control over who was and was not able to enter the Oval Office.", "title": "Reince Priebus" }, { "docid": "3343592", "text": "National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan () is the lower house of the bicameral Majlis-e-Shura, which also comprises the President of Pakistan and Senate of Pakistan (upper house). The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 342 members who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities. A political party must secure 137 seats to obtain and preserve a majority. Members", "title": "National Assembly of Pakistan" }, { "docid": "7256310", "text": "Maine Senate The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for \"an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35\". Unlike the lower House, the Senate does not set aside nonvoting seats for Native tribes. Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine Senate usually have outside employment as well. The Senate meets at the Maine State House in Augusta. Members", "title": "Maine Senate" }, { "docid": "17528321", "text": "time. In 1909, it had 44 members; in 1910, it had 48 members; in 1911, it had 58 members; and in 1914, it had 48 members. Senate of the Ottoman Empire The Senate of the Ottoman Empire ( or Meclis-i Ayan; ; lit. \"Assembly of Notables\") was the upper house of the parliament of the Ottoman Empire, the General Assembly. Its members were appointed notables in the Ottoman government who, along with the elected lower house Chamber of Deputies (), made up the General Assembly. It was created in its first incarnation according to the Ottoman constitution of 1876, which", "title": "Senate of the Ottoman Empire" }, { "docid": "4125205", "text": "private Senate restaurant. (Some Congressmen ate in the Senate restaurant to avoid De Priest, who usually ate in the Members Dining Room designated for Congressmen.) The public areas of the House and Senate restaurants were segregated. The House accepted that De Priest sometimes brought black staff or visitors to the Members Dining Room, but objected when he entertained mixed groups there. De Priest defended the right of students of Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, D.C., to eat in the public section of the House restaurant and not be restricted to a section in the basement near the", "title": "Oscar Stanton De Priest" }, { "docid": "8367974", "text": "in West Bengal, was party's sole and last MP. After 2014 Loksabha and 2016 Bidhansabha Elections, it has no MP or MLA from India. SUCI(C) members live in communes wherein they lead a simple life style. Day-to-day upkeep of the commune and the well being of the children of party members living in the communes are taken care by the shared efforts of party members. Major income of the party is from box collection in the streets and house to house collection; members who are employed hand in their salaries to the party. The party contests elections with the money", "title": "Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)" }, { "docid": "11176090", "text": "various state agencies: The \"Pennsylvania Bulletin\" is the weekly gazette containing proposed, enacted and emergency rules and other notices and important documents, which are codified in the \"Pennsylvania Code\". The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature composed of 253 members: the House of Representatives with 203 members, and the Senate with 50 members. The Speaker of the House of Representatives or their designated \"speaker pro tempore\" holds sessions of the House. The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor, who has no vote except in the event of tie in the Senate, where the vote is 25-25.", "title": "Government of Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "13389385", "text": "Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is an independent body created by the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009, largely as a response to the parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009. It establishes and monitors the expenses scheme for Members of the House of Commons, and is responsible for paying their salaries and expenses. Following revisions to the Parliamentary Standards Act in April 2010 (via the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010), IPSA was also given responsibility for setting the level of MPs' salaries. IPSA is responsible for: setting the level of and paying MPs’ annual salaries; paying the", "title": "Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority" }, { "docid": "12783658", "text": "Members of the Australian Senate, 1914–1917 This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1914 to 1917. The 5 September 1914 election was a double dissolution called by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Cook in an attempt to gain control of the Senate. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Commonwealth Liberal Party was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Andrew Fisher, who announced with the outbreak of World War I during the campaign that under a Labor Government, Australia", "title": "Members of the Australian Senate, 1914–1917" }, { "docid": "19632021", "text": "regularly employed as \"controllers\" by the Committee for Economic Health. Following complaints from members of SOM about unpaid salaries, an audit of the MESAN treasury revealed that, in addition to emptying the party treasury, Guérillot had been involved in the weapons trade. Guérillot also came into conflict with Boganda after the latter became aware of his political manouevres in spring 1958 to get the seat in the French Senate for Ubangi-Shari vested in . Taking advantage of Boganda's absence from Bangui, Guérillot had sought the support of members of the Territorial Assembly of Ubangi-Shari and party members of MESAN. This", "title": "Roger Guérillot" }, { "docid": "9049523", "text": "do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities. Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal", "title": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies" }, { "docid": "9049411", "text": "House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities. Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The \"fiscal year\"", "title": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development" }, { "docid": "7240785", "text": "or the safety or health of the members require it. However, such a change or adjournment requires consent by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each branch. The Legislature may be called into special session by a written call for such purposes as may be specifically set out in the call, signed by two-third of the members of the Senate and two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives when it is filed with the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall issue jointly an order for", "title": "Oklahoma Legislature" }, { "docid": "3877956", "text": "Speaker \"pro tempore\" is Roberto Rivera Ruiz, representative for District 39 from the Popular Democratic Party. Each party elects floor leaders denominated \"Majority leader\" or \"Minority leader\", accordingly, as well as a \"Majority Whip\" or a \"Minority Whip\". Floor leaders act as the party chief spokespeople. The current leaders are Majority Leader Johnny Méndez, Majority Whip Angel Pérez Otero, and interim Minority Leader Luis Raúl Torres Cruz. The House is served by several officials who are not members. The Senate's chief administrative officer is the Secretary of the House, who maintains public records, disburses salaries, monitors the acquisition of stationery", "title": "House of Representatives of Puerto Rico" }, { "docid": "9049529", "text": "However, no budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and", "title": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies" }, { "docid": "7656737", "text": "no budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities.", "title": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies" }, { "docid": "9049545", "text": "budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities. Regular", "title": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies" }, { "docid": "9049419", "text": "However, no budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and", "title": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs" }, { "docid": "3725682", "text": "of the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court (schedule 8) proposes one name to the Lord Chancellor who may reject a name only once per vacancy (since amended to Secretary of State for Justice), having a single veto. Sections 32 to 37 are entitled Terms of Appointment and deal with issues such as tenure, salaries and allowances, resignation and retirement, and pensions. Section 40 additionally sets out that the new Court will assume the jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the jurisdiction in matters of devolution of the Privy Council. The following sections deal with practical matters", "title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005" }, { "docid": "17515393", "text": "who served until he and the rest of the DLP senators lost their seats at the 1974 double dissolution election. The Australian Democrats had a whip from 1981 until 2008, when all four senators left office following their loss at the 2007 election. Until 1952, whips received no salary apart from their pay as a parliamentarian. The Government whip, however, received payment from a pool each Cabinet minister paid into. The \"Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952\" provided salaries for the whips of each recognised party in both the Senate and House of Representatives. Although the parties began appointing deputy whips in", "title": "Party whip (Australia)" }, { "docid": "20960501", "text": "and adjourned \"sine die\" later on that same day. The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. 39th Arizona State Legislature The 39th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1989 to December 31, 1990, during the last two years of Rose Mofford's term as governor. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30", "title": "39th Arizona State Legislature" }, { "docid": "3313632", "text": "of the state; Senators from California, the most populous state, get more money for staff than Senators from Wyoming, the least populous state. Members can choose how to distribute staff between their Washington office and their United States congressional district home office or offices. The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF), a Washington-based research and management nonprofit organization, conducted surveys on congressional salaries. The table below gives average annual salaries in the year 2000. Also below is a list of annual House salaries and the number of staffers with particular titles in 2009 as calculated by Daniel Schuman of the Sunlight Foundation.", "title": "Congressional staff" }, { "docid": "3452797", "text": "United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (also called the Senate Rules Committee) is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for dealing with contested elections. The committee is not as powerful as its House counterpart, the House Committee on Rules as it does not set the terms of debate for individual legislative proposals, since the Senate has a tradition of open debate. Some members of the committee are also ex officio members of", "title": "United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration" }, { "docid": "1792481", "text": "absentees. Members who do not have an excused absence are arrested and brought in. The arrested members may be charged a fee. In the United States Senate, the procedure was used in the early morning hours of 25 February 1988. Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, then the Senate Majority Leader, moved a call of the house after the minority Republicans walked out in an attempt to deny the Senate a quorum after Senate aides began bringing cots into the Senate cloakrooms in preparation for an all-night session over campaign finance reform for congressional elections. Byrd's motion was approved", "title": "Quorum" }, { "docid": "9097558", "text": "of the Secretary General and the Sergeant-at-Arms shall take effect only upon the concurrence of the majority of all the Members; k3. consolidation or splitting of vacant positions carrying salaries and wages which may be increased or reduced in the process, and/or creation of new positions in accordance with the General Appropriations Act: Provided, That the total amount involved shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for the salaries and wages of the personnel of the House; and k4. implementation of merit-based policies and programs on personnel recruitment, training and development, promotions, incentives and benefits to ensure that the House", "title": "Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "11861826", "text": "on many radio and television talk shows, purchased billboards, as well as other activities. [None of them] have registered with the Senate under Senate Resolution 2. They have been clearly engaging in 'direct or indirect communications' in an attempt to secure the repeal of Act 44 (the pay raise). The $2,500 threshold for reporting in any quarter includes all expenses associated with direct or indirect communications as well as salaries, benefits, cost of office space, and other related expenditures.\" In June 2006, the \"Pittsburgh Tribune Review\" called the memo (which Crompton sent to members of the media) part of \"an", "title": "Drew Crompton" }, { "docid": "9049561", "text": "making appropriations and tax decisions. However, no budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding", "title": "United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies" }, { "docid": "17362864", "text": "Administrative Affairs Committee (Georgia Senate) The Senate Administrative Affairs Committee is a six-member legislative body consisting of the chairman and five members. The Committee operates under a Senate mandate to regulate all matters pertinent to the employing of all aides, secretaries, and other personnel for the Senate. The Senate Administrative Affairs Committee is responsible for supervising the personnel under its charge and for apportioning their discipline; on the Senate's behalf. The Committee's jurisdiction includes the offices of Senate Budget and Evaluation, Senate Press, and Senate Research. The Committee also sets the pay and compensation for these personnel. The Senate Administrative", "title": "Administrative Affairs Committee (Georgia Senate)" }, { "docid": "19625548", "text": "six months. Broad responsibilities of the members of parliament of Lok Sabha are; India paid to its 543 Lok Sabha members in salaries and expenses over 2015, or just over per month per member of parliament. The Salary, allowances and pension of Member of the Lok Sabha is governed by the Members of Parliament Act, 1954. The act is in pursuance to the constitutional provisions where article 106 of the Constitution of India provides that the members of either House of Parliament shall be entitled to receive such salaries and allowances as may from time to time be determined by", "title": "Member of parliament, Lok Sabha" }, { "docid": "7838725", "text": "Allen M. Fletcher; Charles W. Gates; Percival W. Clement; Redfield Proctor Jr.; John E. Weeks; Stanley C. Wilson; Charles Manley Smith; William H. Wills; Mortimer R. Proctor; Lee E. Emerson; Joseph B. Johnson; Philip H. Hoff (post-governorship); Peter Shumlin; and Phil Scott (incumbent). Many of Vermont's members of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives also served in the Vermont Senate. U.S. Senators include Samuel S. Phelps, George F. Edmunds, Jonathan Ross, Porter H. Dale, Frank C. Partridge, Ernest Willard Gibson and Jim Jeffords. U.S. House members who served in the Vermont Senate include William Henry, Ahiman", "title": "Vermont Senate" }, { "docid": "6789373", "text": "Legislative oversight of the rulemaking process is provided by the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (JLCAR). The membership of the JLCAR is composed of 5 members of the State Senate and 5 members of the House of Representatives, with 5 alternates from each chamber to fill in for absent members. Every 2 years the Senate members are appointed by the President of the Senate, and the House members by the Speaker of the House. No more than 3 regular members, and 3 alternate members, from each chamber may be from the same party. The JLCAR may approve, conditionally approve,", "title": "New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules" }, { "docid": "2834348", "text": "met in the Senate Chamber of Parliament Buildings in Stormont on the eastern outskirts of Belfast. To make parallels with the British House of Lords, members of the Senate sat on red benches. The Senate consisted of 26 members. Twenty-four members elected by the House of Commons of Northern Ireland using the Single Transferable Vote (STV), elected in blocks of twelve with each senator's term lasting for two parliaments (i.e. two terms of the House of Commons) and two \"ex-officio\" members: the Lord Mayor of Belfast and Mayor of Londonderry. Convention held that, in the event of a by-election, only", "title": "Senate of Northern Ireland" }, { "docid": "20956178", "text": "who continued in office as members of this Legislature. The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. 38th Arizona State Legislature The 38th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1988, during the two years of Evan Mecham's term as Governor of Arizona, and the first year of Rose Mofford's term as governor after Mecham's impeachment. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The", "title": "38th Arizona State Legislature" }, { "docid": "20408637", "text": "2018 Michigan House of Representatives election An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and Senate. The primary election was held on August 7, 2018. Republicans retained control of the House, despite losing the popular vote, after a net loss of five seats, winning 58 seats compared to 52 seats for the Democrats. Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are able to serve only two four-years terms, and members of the", "title": "2018 Michigan House of Representatives election" }, { "docid": "2970152", "text": "members, appointed by the king from among the \"most significant of the country\", were mostly confidants of the king who were often called upon to veto bills that displeased him. Such bills were usually private members' bills from the House of Representatives. The Senate remained in existence after the separation from Belgium in 1830, although its membership was halved to twenty to thirty members. Much changed in the political sphere as a result of the Constitutional Reform of 1848, which introduced direct elections for the House of Representatives, which until then had been elected by the States-Provincial. The constitutional commission,", "title": "Senate (Netherlands)" }, { "docid": "13384798", "text": "is not only for holiday, but so that MPs can spend more time away from Parliament in their constituencies to do work there. Members of the House of Lords are not salaried. They can opt to receive a £305 per day attendance allowance, plus travel expenses and subsidised restaurant facilities. Peers may also choose to receive a reduced attendance allowance of £150 per day instead. In 2010, the payment of MPs' salaries and allowances, and many staff, was moved from the Fees Office, which was effectively self-policing by MPs of their expenses, to a more autonomous body, the Independent Parliamentary", "title": "Salaries of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament" }, { "docid": "5775053", "text": "Oregon Legislative Assembly The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. The Legislative Assembly is bicameral, consisting of an upper and lower house: the Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms; and the House of Representatives, with 60 members elected to two-year terms. There are no term limits for either house in the Legislative Assembly. Each Senate district is composed of exactly two House districts: Senate District 1 contains House Districts 1 and 2, SD 2 contains HD 3 and HD 4, and so on. (Maps of Senate districts can be", "title": "Oregon Legislative Assembly" }, { "docid": "17528315", "text": "Senate of the Ottoman Empire The Senate of the Ottoman Empire ( or Meclis-i Ayan; ; lit. \"Assembly of Notables\") was the upper house of the parliament of the Ottoman Empire, the General Assembly. Its members were appointed notables in the Ottoman government who, along with the elected lower house Chamber of Deputies (), made up the General Assembly. It was created in its first incarnation according to the Ottoman constitution of 1876, which sought to reform the Ottoman Empire into a constitutional monarchy. Members of the Senate were selected by the Sultan and their numbers were limited to one-third", "title": "Senate of the Ottoman Empire" }, { "docid": "15478547", "text": "1912 Republic of China National Assembly election The 1912 Republic of China National Assembly elections, held in December 1912 to January 1913, were the first elections for the new founded Republic of China Senate and House of Representatives. The poll was indirect as voters chose some 30,000 electors who chose about 2,000 members of the provincial assemblies and 596 members of the House of Representatives. which caused instances of bribery. The 274-member Senate was elected by the provincial assemblies which had themselves been elected in 1909 during the Qing dynasty. Adult males over the age of 21 who were educated", "title": "1912 Republic of China National Assembly election" }, { "docid": "13233157", "text": "Members of the Australian Parliament who have represented more than one state or territory This is a list of Members of the Parliament of Australia who have represented more than one state or territory during their federal parliamentary career. Most people in the list represented different states or territories in the House of Representatives. Nobody has ever represented different states or territories in the Senate, although various attempts have been made. Only one person, Barnaby Joyce, has ever represented one state in the Senate and a different state in the House of Representatives. The first person to represent a second", "title": "Members of the Australian Parliament who have represented more than one state or territory" }, { "docid": "16636826", "text": "Free access to the SNCF network (1st Class). Free taxis in Paris. Quotas for air travel. An individual office. Telephone lines and mails. An allowance to assist return to employment for 3 years to ensure a gross monthly income equal to the basic parliamentary allowance, and decreasing every 6 months. The President of the French Senate receive an allowance of 14 370.70 €. The composition and amount of benefits provided to members were defined by an order of 1958. The monthly salary of members is 7 100.15 € gross per month, including : Basic parliamentary allowance : 5 514.68 €.", "title": "Salaries of elected offices in France" }, { "docid": "11836994", "text": "by the House of Representatives. The model for the Senate's role was the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. All parliamentary bills other than money (finance) bills could originate in the Senate. The Senate couldn't reject or amend or delay beyond one month a money bill. If any other bill that had been passed twice by the House of Representatives was rejected by the Senate twice it was deemed to have been passed by both chambers. The Senate consisted of 30 members. 15 members were elected by the lower chamber, the House of Representatives, using the proportional representation system,", "title": "Senate of Ceylon" }, { "docid": "12743847", "text": "of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate. The Government changed during the Senate term as the minority government, a Coalition of the Country Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Arthur Fadden and the United Australia Party led by Billy Hughes lost the confidence of the House of Representatives in October 1941. The Australian Labor Party, led by John Curtin, formed a minority government. Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944 This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1941 to 1944. Half of its members were elected at the 23 October 1937", "title": "Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944" }, { "docid": "7436939", "text": "Chamber of Deputies (Haiti) The Chamber of Deputies (; ) is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The upper house of the National Assembly is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has 119 members (previously ninety-nine) who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. There are no term limits for Deputies; they may be re-elected indefinitely. In March 2015 a new electoral decree stated that the new Chamber of Deputies have 118 members, and the Senate will retain the 30 members. On 13 March, President Michel Martelly issued a decree that split the Cerca La", "title": "Chamber of Deputies (Haiti)" }, { "docid": "2970158", "text": "a member of the States-Provincial. The table below shows the weight of members' votes per province as of the 2015 election. Senate (Netherlands) The Senate ( or simply ' , literally \"First Chamber\", or sometimes ' ) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve States-Provincial every four years, within three months of the provincial elections. All provinces have different electoral weight depending on their population. Members of the Senate are part-timers who often hold other positions as well. They receive an", "title": "Senate (Netherlands)" } ]
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what is the accent over the i in spanish called
[ "acute accent" ]
[ { "docid": "5943984", "text": "used on adjectives derived from proper nouns (e.g. \"francés\", \"español\", \"israelí\" from \"Francia\", \"España\", and \"Israel\", respectively) and book titles capitalize only the first word (e.g. \"La rebelión de las masas\"). Spanish uses only the acute accent, over any vowel: . This accent is used to mark the tonic (stressed) syllable, though it may also be used occasionally to distinguish homophones such as \"si\" ('if') and \"sí\" ('yes'). The only other diacritics used are the tilde on the letter , which is considered a separate letter from , and the diaeresis used in the sequences and —as in \"bilingüe\" ('bilingual')—to", "title": "Spanish orthography" }, { "docid": "5943998", "text": "Stress in Spanish is marked unequivocally through a series of orthographic rules. The default stress is on the penultimate (next-to-last) syllable on words that end in a vowel, or and on the final syllable when the word ends in any consonant other than or . Words that do not follow the default stress have an acute accent over the stressed vowel. The written accent will thus appear only in certain forms of a word and not others, for example \"andén\", plural \"andenes\". In many cases the accent is essential to understanding what a word means, for example hablo (I speak)", "title": "Spanish orthography" }, { "docid": "1688669", "text": "nicknamed \"ÑBA\". Confusingly, in Spanish itself the word \"tilde\" is used more generally for diacritics, including the stress-marking acute accent. The diacritic \"~\" is more commonly called \"la virgulilla\" or \"la tilde de la eñe\", and is not considered an accent mark in Spanish, but rather simply a part of the letter ñ (much like the dot over the i). In some languages, the tilde is used as a diacritical mark ( ˜ ) placed over a letter to indicate a change in pronunciation, such as nasalization. It was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, as a", "title": "Tilde" }, { "docid": "16903903", "text": "Stress in Spanish Stress in Spanish is functional: to change the placement of stress changes the meaning of a sentence or phrase: for example, \"célebre\" ('famous'), \"celebre\" ('[that] he/she celebrates'), and \"celebré\" ('I celebrated') contrast by stress. There is some variance between Spanish dialects; a speaker of Rioplatense Spanish will pronounce \"boina\" ('beret') as while a speaker of Colombian Spanish will pronounce it as . Spanish has only two degrees of stress. In traditional transcription, primary stress is marked with an acute accent (´) over the vowel. Unstressed parts of a word are emphasized by placing a breve (˘) over", "title": "Stress in Spanish" }, { "docid": "1847666", "text": "letter of the Slovak alphabet. It represents . Í is the 14th letter of the Tatar alphabet (based on Zamanälif). It represents . In Vietnamese alphabet í is the \"sac\" tone (high-rising tone) of “i”. In Chinese pinyin í is the \"yángpíng\" tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of “i”. In Portuguese and Spanish, the \"í\" is not considered a letter, but the letter \"i\" with an accent. It is used to denote an \"i\" syllable with abnormal stress. Í/í is a variant of I carrying an acute accent; it represents an /i/ carrying the tonic accent. It is used only if", "title": "Í" }, { "docid": "12171615", "text": "Martínez (surname) Martínez (often spelled without the acute accent on the \"i\") is a common surname in the Spanish language. Martínez is the most common surname in the Spanish regions of Navarre, La Rioja, Cuenca and Murcia. There are also variations such as San Martin and Martín (with an accent on the \"i\"). It originated as a patronymic surname, meaning \"son of Martín\" (English: Martin). Among Mozarabs, the name was Arabized to \"Mardanish\" (e.g. Ibn Mardanish) (as well as other patronymics such as Hernandez and Gomez). It is also used sometimes as a component word of a multi-word surname such", "title": "Martínez (surname)" }, { "docid": "12171611", "text": "Martínez (surname) Martínez (often spelled without the acute accent on the \"i\") is a common surname in the Spanish language. Martínez is the most common surname in the Spanish regions of Navarre, La Rioja, Cuenca and Murcia. There are also variations such as San Martin and Martín (with an accent on the \"i\"). It originated as a patronymic surname, meaning \"son of Martín\" (English: Martin). Among Mozarabs, the name was Arabized to \"Mardanish\" (e.g. Ibn Mardanish) (as well as other patronymics such as Hernandez and Gomez). It is also used sometimes as a component word of a multi-word surname such", "title": "Martínez (surname)" }, { "docid": "9071690", "text": "\"José Mari\", \"Josema\" or replaced by the hypocoristic forms \"Chema\" or \"Chemari\". \"José María\", with its Portuguese language equivalent José Maria (notice the absence of the acute accent over the i in the Portuguese version) is a common name, and many famous people have this name or a similar one: José María José María (abbreviated José Mª) is a Spanish language male given name, usually considered a single given name rather than two names, and is a combination of the Spanish names of Joseph and Mary, the parents of Jesus Christ. The separate names \"José\" for males and \"María\" for", "title": "José María" }, { "docid": "3429639", "text": "which contrast solely on stress such as \"sábana\" ('sheet') and \"sabana\" ('savannah'), as well as \"límite\" ('boundary'), \"limite\" ('[that] he/she limit') and \"limité\" ('I limited'). Lexical stress may be marked orthographically with an acute accent (\"ácido\", \"distinción\", etc.). This is done according to the mandatory stress rules of Spanish orthography, which are similar to the tendencies above (differing with words like \"distinción\") and are defined so as to unequivocally indicate where the stress lies in a given written word. An acute accent may also be used to differentiate homophones, such as \"mi\" (my), and \"mí\" (me). In such cases, the", "title": "Spanish phonology" }, { "docid": "7884263", "text": "is not otherwise predictable from spelling. Since Spanish does not differentiate between mid-open and mid-close vowels and nasal vowels, it uses only one accent, the acute. Portuguese usually uses the acute accent ( ´ ), but also uses the circumflex accent ( ˆ ) on the mid-close vowels ⟨ê⟩ and ⟨ô⟩ and the stressed (always nasal in Brasil) ⟨â⟩. Although the Spanish ⟨y⟩ can be either a consonant or a vowel, as a vowel it never takes an accent. At the end of a word, the Portuguese diphthong -\"ai\" is the equivalent of the Spanish -\"ay\", however, -\"ai\" can have", "title": "Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish" }, { "docid": "1436194", "text": "understood as being a conjugation of the verb (to kill), and it means \"I killed\". The corresponding Portuguese conjugation of (to kill) would be (I killed). There are no variations in spelling of \"mate\" (the plant) in Spanish. The addition of the acute accent over the final \"e\" in the English spelling was likely added as a hypercorrection, indicating that the final \"-é\" is not silent, and thus the word is distinct from the existing English word \"mate\" (friend, buddy). The MATE Desktop Environment for Linux operating systems named their project after the \"yerba mate\" plant, although in their website", "title": "Yerba mate" }, { "docid": "14457186", "text": "(grave accent over the \"a\") the name \"Podestà\" may refer to: In its Spanish spelling (with an acute accent over the \"a\") the name \"Podestá\" may refer to: In its English spelling (with no accent), the name \"Podesta\" may refer to: Podesta (surname) In the past, the Podesta was a high official in Italian republics of the medieval or early modern period. (Currently, \"Podestà\" is still the title of some Italian magistrates, and of mayors in Italian-speaking municipalities of Graubünden in Switzerland.) By extension, the word has been used in English to designate a particularly powerful government official or potentate.", "title": "Podesta (surname)" }, { "docid": "1847569", "text": "is no longer used in standard orthography. In Spanish, á is a graphically accented letter, pronounced just the way a is. Both á and a sound like /a/. The graphical accent indicates the stressed syllable in words with irregular stress patterns. It can also be used to \"break up\" a diphthong or to avoid what would otherwise be homonyms, although this does not happen with á, because a is a strong vowel and usually does not become a semivowel in a diphthong. See Diacritic and Acute accent for more details. In the Vietnamese alphabet, á is the \"sắcling\" tone (high-rising", "title": "Á" }, { "docid": "5943984", "text": "used on adjectives derived from proper nouns (e.g. \"francés\", \"español\", \"israelí\" from \"Francia\", \"España\", and \"Israel\", respectively) and book titles capitalize only the first word (e.g. \"La rebelión de las masas\"). Spanish uses only the acute accent, over any vowel: . This accent is used to mark the tonic (stressed) syllable, though it may also be used occasionally to distinguish homophones such as \"si\" ('if') and \"sí\" ('yes'). The only other diacritics used are the tilde on the letter , which is considered a separate letter from , and the diaeresis used in the sequences and —as in \"bilingüe\" ('bilingual')—to", "title": "Spanish orthography" }, { "docid": "641333", "text": "\"e\", as the spelling of the city name on the city seal, official stationery, office titles and department names. Also, by city council convention, this spelling of \"San José\" is used when the name is stated in mixed upper- and lower-case letters, but not when the name is stated only in upper-case letters. The accent reflects the Spanish version of the name, and the dropping of accents in all-capital writing was typical in Spanish. While San José is commonly spelled both with and without the acute accent over the \"e\", the city's official guidelines indicate that it should be spelled", "title": "San Jose, California" }, { "docid": "7884204", "text": "'all/every' (masculine) and \"tudo\" 'everything' (neuter, used for an indefinite object or abstraction). Spanish uses an acute accent on interrogative pronouns, while the corresponding relative pronouns (etymologically the same words) are spelled without the accent to mark the difference in prosodic stress. (As explained below, the acute accent often changes the vowel sound in Portuguese, but not Spanish.) For example, \"¿quién?\" (who?) and \"quien\" (who) in Spanish, but \"quem\" for both in Portuguese. Apart from that, while \"\"quem\"\" is invariable, Spanish has both the singular \"\"quién\"\" and the plural \"\"quiénes.\"\". As shown by the examples below, the difference between singular", "title": "Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish" }, { "docid": "10650274", "text": "is, to mark metrically long \"syllables\" (more recently called \"heavy\" syllables). To confuse matters further, the acute accent is sometimes used in Latin to mark stressed syllables, as in Spanish, when the macron is not used. The apex is often contrasted with another ancient Latin diacritic, the sicilicus, which is said to have been used above \"consonants\" to denote that they should be pronounced double. However, in his article \"Apex and Sicilicus\", Revilo P. Oliver argues that they are one and the same sign, a \"geminationis nota\", which was used over any letter to indicate that the letter should be", "title": "Apex (diacritic)" }, { "docid": "364754", "text": "vowel followed by or an ; it is stressed on the last syllable otherwise. Exceptions to this rule are indicated by placing an acute accent on the stressed vowel. The acute accent is used, in addition, to distinguish between certain homophones, especially when one of them is a stressed word and the other one is a clitic: compare ('the', masculine singular definite article) with ('he' or 'it'), or ('you', object pronoun) with ('tea'), (preposition 'of') versus ('give' [formal imperative/third-person present subjunctive]), and (reflexive pronoun) versus ('I know' or imperative 'be'). The interrogative pronouns (, , , , etc.) also receive", "title": "Spanish language" }, { "docid": "1688673", "text": "dictionaries between the letters and . In Spanish the word \"tilde\" can refer to diacritics in general, e.g. the acute accent in \"José\", and the diacritic in can also be called \"virgulilla\". Current languages in which the tilded () is used for the palatal nasal consonant include: In Vietnamese, a tilde over a vowel represents a creaky rising tone (\"ngã\"). In phonetics, a tilde is used as a diacritic that is placed above a letter, below it or superimposed onto the middle of it: In Estonian, the symbol stands for the close-mid back unrounded vowel, and it is considered an", "title": "Tilde" }, { "docid": "17654130", "text": "Spanish Braille Spanish Braille is the braille alphabet of Spanish and Galician. It is very close to French Braille, with the addition of a letter for \"ñ\", slight modification of the accented letters, and some differences in punctuation. Further conventions have been unified by the Latin American Blind Union, but differences with Spain remain. The French Braille letters for vowels with a grave accent, \"à è ì ò ù,\" are used in Spanish Braille for vowels with an acute accent, \"á é í ó ú\". In addition, French \"ï\" is reassigned to Spanish \"ñ\". Thus, in numerical order, the letters", "title": "Spanish Braille" }, { "docid": "364724", "text": "on the next-to-last (penultimate) syllable. Exceptions to those rules are indicated by an acute accent mark over the vowel of the stressed syllable. (See Spanish orthography.) Spanish is the primary language of 20 countries worldwide. It is estimated that the combined total number of Spanish speakers is between 470 and 500 million, making it the second most widely spoken language in terms of native speakers. Spanish is the third most spoken language by total number of speakers (after Mandarin and English). Internet usage statistics for 2007 also show Spanish as the third most commonly used language on the Internet, after", "title": "Spanish language" }, { "docid": "6923993", "text": "Circumflex in French The circumflex (ˆ) is one of the five diacritics used in the French language; it may appear on the vowels a, e, i, o, and u. In French, the circumflex, called \"accent circonflexe\", has three primary functions: In certain words, the circumflex is simply an orthographic convention that is not due to etymology or pronunciation. The circumflex first appeared in written French in the 16th century. It was borrowed from Ancient Greek, and combines the acute accent and the grave accent. Grammarian Jacques Dubois (known as Sylvius) is the first writer known to have used the Greek", "title": "Circumflex in French" }, { "docid": "5943997", "text": "and French—is typically added, and the use of the acute accent and diaeresis with capital letters (\"Á\", \"É\", \"Í\", \"Ó\", \"Ú\", \"Ü\") is supported. Although not needed for Spanish, another dead key with \"`\" (the grave accent) in lowercase position and \"^\" (the circumflex accent) in uppercase position was included. Also available is \"·\" (the \"flying point\", required in Catalan). To make room for these characters not on the standard English keyboard, characters used primarily in programming, science, and mathematics—\"[\" and \"]\", \"{\" and \"}\", \"/\" and \"\\\", \"|\", and \"<\" and \">\"—are removed, requiring special keystroke sequences to access.", "title": "Spanish orthography" }, { "docid": "13134635", "text": "(from \"guerra\" meaning \"war\") are pronounced and , the being silent as they would be in Spanish. To produce and in Spanish, a diaeresis is written above the , e.g. \"vergüenza\" (\"shame\"), \"pingüino\" (\"penguin\"). To comply with the rules of Papiamentu orthography, the in such loan words is replaced with a , i.e. \"pingwino\". The Papiamentu dialect of Curaçao and Bonaire is the only one of the two that makes use of the grave accent , the diaeresis or trema and the acute accent . The grave accent and diaeresis are used to distinguish one vowel from another, e.g. \"bon\"", "title": "Papiamento orthography" }, { "docid": "7801357", "text": "in special books like dictionaries, primers, or textbooks for foreigners as the stress is very unpredictable in all three languages, whereas in general texts, they are extremely rare and used mainly to help prevent ambiguity in certain cases or to show pronunciation of exotic words. Some modern Russian dictionaries use a grave accent to denote the secondary stress in compound words (with an acute accent for the main stress), like жѝзнеспосо́бный ('viable') (from жизнь 'life' and способный 'capable'). Cyrillic orthographies that have (the so-called \"decimal I\" or \"Ukrainian I\") can use or as its stressed variant (in modern Ukrainian and", "title": "I with grave (Cyrillic)" }, { "docid": "1935203", "text": "became popular again, prepared with espresso and steamed milk. \"Caffè latte\" started replacing this term around 1996–97, but both names exist side by side, more often more similar than different in preparation. Coffee menus worldwide use a number of spelling variations for words to indicate coffee and milk, often using incorrect accents or a combination of French and Italian terms. Italian is \"caffellatte\" (the standard form; \"caffelatte\" is a Northern Italian variation), contracted from \"caffè latte\", (with a grave accent over the e), while French is \"café au lait\" (with an acute accent); Spanish is \"café con leche\" and Portuguese", "title": "Latte" } ]
[ { "docid": "249412", "text": "of Spanish Canary Islanders who migrated from the Canary Islands of Spain under the Spanish crown beginning in the mid-1770s. They developed four main communities, but many relocated to what is modern-day St. Bernard Parish. This is where the majority of the Isleño population is still concentrated. An annual festival called Fiesta celebrates the heritage of the Isleños. St Bernard Parish has an Isleños museum, cemetery and church, as well as many street names with Spanish words and Spanish surnames from this heritage. Some members of the Isleño community still speak Spanish – with their own Canary Islander accent. Numerous", "title": "Louisiana" }, { "docid": "1270564", "text": "about the character, but Richter convinced him by \"claiming what a real feast for an actor this wonderful Jekyll and Hyde character was\", Lithgow later said. He told an interviewer, \"I have had roles where I came very close to going over the top. In \"\" I almost went over the top several times. But this role is completely over the top. It makes the role in \"Twilight Zone\" seem like a model of restraint. I do it in a wild, red fright wig and rotten false teeth with a thick Italian accent. It's wild.\" For Lizardo's accent, Lithgow spent", "title": "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" }, { "docid": "4613649", "text": "other case of a non-native learning a language, many Puerto Ricans learn a particular accent of English. If learned in the US, they may speak English as it is spoken in their region. Some Puerto Ricans still residing in the island acquire a distinctly American accent. Others will develop different variations of the accent depending on who or what the main influence was during the learning process. Not only English is taught from the first grade in most schools but also most English teachers (particularly private school teachers) are very fluent in the language. Puerto Rican Spanish Puerto Rican Spanish", "title": "Puerto Rican Spanish" }, { "docid": "12208951", "text": "first vowel of the diphthong \"ia\" (i.e., the letter \"i\"). The surname is correctly pronounced in modern Spanish like the Spanish words \"dial\" and \"vial\" where the accent-stress is placed on the final vowel of the diphthong (i.e., the letter \"a\") which proceeds the final consonant (i.e., the Spanish letter \"ele\"). Strong speculation indicates that the surname Rial as described here had its origin in the Celtic region of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman occupation of Spain which occurred from about 140 BCE until about 400 CE. This Celtic region which is now called Galicia is located in the", "title": "Rial (surname)" }, { "docid": "5832036", "text": "her accent a little bit. She had a real cracker-type of accent. I guess it's gotten thicker over the years, because she didn't sound like that when she was a teenager doing \"Sweet Nothing.\" She didn't know who the hell I was. I just called her up, played the song for her, and she loved it. She had her business people check me out, and they reported that I was big in Europe and had been recording for twenty years. So I flew to Nashville, which is a very weird place. Everybody is in the music business—every cab driver, waiter", "title": "Loup Garou (album)" }, { "docid": "2247602", "text": "despite the intervening 'h'. The pronunciation \"Usuaía\" (accented on the 'i') is erroneous: the prosodic accent is on the first 'a', which is why the word is written without an accent mark. The municipality carried out a contest for the election of the image of the City Shield, approving by decree nº28, in 1971, the design of Vicente Gómez. The Selk’nam Indians, also called the Ona, first arrived in Tierra del Fuego about 10,000 years ago. The southern group of people indigenous to the area, The Yaghan (also known as Yámana), occupied what is now Ushuaia, lived in continual conflict", "title": "Ushuaia" }, { "docid": "3468568", "text": "name is derived from the word \"cornhole\"). Cornholio tends to wander aimlessly while reciting \"I am the Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!\" in an odd faux-Spanish accent. Sometimes Beavis will momentarily talk normally before resuming the persona of Cornholio. When he stops acting as the Cornholio persona, Beavis usually has no memory of what happened. In the guise of Cornholio, Beavis becomes a successful beat poet. In \"Vaya Con Cornholio\" he is deported to Mexico after wrongfully being subjected to immigration detention by an agent of the INS. During his detention the agent and his superior attempt", "title": "Beavis" }, { "docid": "8211219", "text": "pounds; using no stimulants, tobacco or drugs; and without physical defects. Answering the question \"With what foreign countries and localities are you familiar?\" she replied: The British Isles, France, Holland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Rome, Naples, Tyrol. I have an absolute command of French and German, am very fluent and have a good accent in Italian and speak a little Spanish. Without any trouble I could pass as a French woman and after a little practice, as German-Swiss ... I have been to Europe fourteen times ... I have been much on steamers and am familiar in a", "title": "Marguerite Harrison" }, { "docid": "5944000", "text": "And a triphthong is any combination of three vowels beginning and ending with unstressed high vowels (as in or ). Hence Spanish writes (no accent), while Portuguese and Catalan both put an accent mark on \"\" (all three languages stress the first ). The letter is not considered an interruption between vowels (so that is considered to have two syllables: \"ahu-mar\"; this may vary in some regions, where is used as a hiatus or diphthong-broking mark for unstressed vowels, so the pronunciation would be then \"a-hu-mar\", though that trait is gradually disappearing). An accent over the high vowel ( or", "title": "Spanish orthography" }, { "docid": "7925115", "text": "because it would incorrectly indicate that the second syllable is stressed; an accent on the \"e\" sometimes seen in English is used to indicate that the word and its pronunciation are distinct from the English word \"mate\". As the Yerba Mate Association of the Americas points out, with the accent the word \"maté\" in Spanish means \"I killed\". In Brazil, traditionally prepared mate is known as \"chimarrão\", although the word \"mate\" and the expression \"\"mate amargo\"\" (bitter mate) are also used in Argentina and Uruguay. The Spanish \"cimarrón\" means \"rough\", \"brute\", or \"barbarian\", but is most widely understood to mean", "title": "Mate (drink)" }, { "docid": "494736", "text": "Falkland accent tends to be stronger. The accent has resemblances to both Australia-NZ English, and that of Norfolk in England, and contains a number of Spanish loanwords. \"Saints\", as Saint Helenan islanders are called, have a variety of different influences on their accent. To outsiders, the accent has resemblances to the accents of South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. \"Saint\" is not just a different pronunciation of English, it also has its own distinct words. So 'bite' means spicy, as in full of chillies; 'us' is used instead of 'we' ('us has been shopping'); and 'done' is used to generate", "title": "Regional accents of English" }, { "docid": "9657028", "text": "duel which sounds like a cross between \"Telstar\", Mogwai and the Monkeys' own \"When the Sun Goes Down\".\" A feature of Arctic Monkeys songs in the past, Alex Turner's Sheffield-accent is again a feature, \"singing over rough, relentless bass and surprisingly appropriate guitar triplets.\" When asked to say a little about the song's protagonist, Alex Turner replied, \"I can't remember Brian now... I don't know if he were in my imagination or what... it's a blank spot in my brain... I think that's what he [Brian] wanted.\" He later explained in \"NME\" that Brian had been a guy that they", "title": "Brianstorm" }, { "docid": "1476860", "text": "by a combination of various intensified properties, it is called \"stress accent\" or \"dynamic accent\"; English uses what is called variable stress accent. Since stress can be realised through a wide range of phonetic properties, such as loudness, vowel length, and pitch, which are also used for other linguistic functions, it is difficult to define stress solely phonetically. The stress placed on syllables within words is called word stress or lexical stress. Some languages have \"fixed stress\", meaning that the stress on virtually any multisyllable word falls on a particular syllable, such as the penultimate (e.g. Polish) or the first.", "title": "Stress (linguistics)" }, { "docid": "15845173", "text": "Rice, to a dinosaur excavation site. For the role of Alex, Leguizamo said he sought to conceal his own accent and create a unique voice for Alex. He adopted a Spanish accent since parrots had a Latin American origin. He said, \"What was most difficult was finding the right pitch, because Alex is a small bird, but he's also the story's narrator. So he also had to sound paternal and patriarchal.\" Leguizamo compared his accent to that of Ricardo Montalbán, a Mexican actor. Long said he was cast based on his voicing of the chipmunk Alvin in \"Alvin and the", "title": "Walking with Dinosaurs (film)" }, { "docid": "17635015", "text": "in their group (out-group members). This phenomenon is called in-group bias and when applied to accents is called the own-accent bias. There are many examples of the discrimination of out-groups based on language, e.g., the banning of the public speaking of German in the United States during World War I and the Al-Anfal Campaign, however, there are also examples of discrimination based on accent. Some of these instances date back many several millennia, for example, in the Bible in Judges 12:5-6 the following quote depicting the mass-killing of a people based on their accent appears: Whereas some are more recent,", "title": "Accent perception" }, { "docid": "4467753", "text": "accent that they hear around them. Later, as learners learn to read, they naturally use and assign the correct allophones or accent they have learned to the right phonemes or words, as is currently happening and has been for centuries, with a spelling system that is phonemically more accurate or not so much. Moreover, dialectal accents exist in languages whose spelling is called phonemic, such as Spanish. If a reform were to happen, learners will use the correct accent for the right letters or combinations of letters (words), whether the spelling is phonemic or not. A reform will simply make", "title": "English-language spelling reform" }, { "docid": "9477405", "text": "punk band the Berlin Brats. Coming up with 7 new songs in a single afternoon, they called Tulu and convinced him to return to Portsmouth to record another EP with the Queers. They drove to New York to pick him up, occasioning them to write the song \"Wimpy Drives Through Harlem\". Rutherford switched from drums to being the band's lead vocalist, singing in an over-the-top faux British accent. Queer stayed on guitar and sang backing vocals, while Tulu switched to drums: \"I ended up doing what Micky Dolenz and Tommy Ramone had done (though obviously on a much smaller scale),\"", "title": "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" }, { "docid": "16942209", "text": "Me La – Baila Me\". Bamboléo \"Bamboléo\" is a 1987 Spanish language song by Gitano-French band Gipsy Kings, from their eponymous album. The song was written by band members Tonino Baliardo, Chico Bouchikhi (J. Bouchikhi) and Nicolas Reyes. It was arranged by Dominique Perrier. \"Bamboleo\" without an accent means \"I swing\" or \"I sway\" in Spanish. The now iconic song has been a worldwide hit for the Gipsy Kings and has since been covered by many artists, both in Spanish and in other languages. The word \"bamboleo\" means \"swaying\" in Spanish. The song's refrain says: \"\"bamboleo, bambolea, porque mi vida", "title": "Bamboléo" }, { "docid": "16942207", "text": "Bamboléo \"Bamboléo\" is a 1987 Spanish language song by Gitano-French band Gipsy Kings, from their eponymous album. The song was written by band members Tonino Baliardo, Chico Bouchikhi (J. Bouchikhi) and Nicolas Reyes. It was arranged by Dominique Perrier. \"Bamboleo\" without an accent means \"I swing\" or \"I sway\" in Spanish. The now iconic song has been a worldwide hit for the Gipsy Kings and has since been covered by many artists, both in Spanish and in other languages. The word \"bamboleo\" means \"swaying\" in Spanish. The song's refrain says: \"\"bamboleo, bambolea, porque mi vida yo la prefiero vivir así\"\",", "title": "Bamboléo" }, { "docid": "5786952", "text": "the songs. Her decision to record in Spanish scored points with the Spanish-speaking audience, said Haz Montana, program director at the Los Angeles Latin-music station KSSE-FM. \"There's usually a sizeable rejection when someone just translates an English song and doesn't speak a lick of Spanish,\" he said. \"She's defied the odds.\" He further commented: \"Her accent is impeccable,\" he said. \"There may be a slight nuance here and there that tells you that Spanish is not her first language, but that's as far as it gets.\" \"Por Siempre Tu\" was released as a single during the time \"I Turn to", "title": "I Turn to You (All-4-One song)" }, { "docid": "638239", "text": "Arabic, the Latin name became (), from which the Spanish derives. The Spanish demonym for people and things from Cádiz is . In English, the name is pronounced variously. When the accent is on the second syllable, it is usually pronounced but, when the accent is on the first syllable, it may be pronounced as , as , or as . In Spanish, the accent is always on the first syllable but, while the usual pronunciation is , the local dialect says , or instead. More recently, some English speakers hypercorrect and attempt to pronounce it as the Spanish, similarly", "title": "Cádiz" }, { "docid": "13974653", "text": "in the Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey (also voiced by Daws Butler), who spoke English with a Mexican accent and called his partner \"Queeks Draw\". In the Spanish American version, Quick Draw (Tiro Loco McGraw) speaks in a very English-influenced accent, and Baba Looey (Pepe Trueno, or Pepe Luis in some episodes) speaks in a very Mexican accent, so it was clear that Quick Draw was the alien, and there was no need to adapt any feature of the story. In the Brazilian version, however, Quick Draw speaks in", "title": "Quick Draw McGraw" }, { "docid": "3778834", "text": "spoken in rhythm, by Harrison, as \"Unbelievable.\" Singer Sergio Franchi was the spokesman for the Volaré and sang the pop song \"Volare\", with altered lyrics, in TV and radio commercials. The accent mark used in the car's name is not in the Italian word or the song title; Volaré commercials described it as an \"accent on quality\". \"Volaré\" in Spanish with the accent translates as \"I will fly\". The Aspen R/T coupe was the \"performance\" trim level of the Aspen and came with E70x14 tires, rallye wheels, a grille blackout treatment, body striping, as well as 'R/T' decals and medallions.", "title": "Dodge Aspen" }, { "docid": "8836127", "text": "perform as an actor. Jim Broadbent, who was cast in the role of the Spanish interpreter, had previously worked with Atkinson on \"Not the Nine O'Clock News\". His performance was singled out by writer Richard Curtis as particularly memorable. Broadbent later confessed that he had no idea at the time what a Spanish accent should sound like, and improvised with \"a very bad cod Italian accent\" — which turned out in the end to be a very successful comedic strategy. Curtis remarked that it was an \"astonishing technical feat, to get the rhythms of the English language so completely wrong.\"", "title": "The Queen of Spain's Beard" }, { "docid": "1883202", "text": "native language the phonological profile typical of the nationality to be portrayed in what is commonly called \"speaking with an accent\". Accents may have stereotypical associations. For example, in Disney animated films mothers and fathers typically speak with white middle class American or English accents. English accents in Disney animated films are frequently employed to serve one of two purposes, slapstick comedy or evil genius. Examples include \"Aladdin\" (the Sultan and Jafar, respectively) and \"The Lion King\" (Zazu and Scar, respectively), among others. Accent (sociolinguistics) In sociolinguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location,", "title": "Accent (sociolinguistics)" }, { "docid": "18799259", "text": "they all adopt the local accent. Spanish language came to Belize when the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1494, claiming the entire western New World for Spain, including what is now Belize. Then in the mid-16th century Spanish conquistadors explored this territory, declaring it a Spanish colony incorporated into the Captaincy General of Guatemala on December 27, 1527, when it was founded. In the second half of that century it was integrated into the government of Yucatan in Viceroyalty of New Spain. However, few Spanish settled in the area because of the lack of the gold they'd come seeking", "title": "Belizean Spanish" }, { "docid": "19070822", "text": "Cordobés Spanish Cordobés Spanish is a regional accent of the Spanish language spoken by the inhabitants of the city of Córdoba, Argentina, and its adjacent territories. Known as \"Cordobés\" or \"tonada cordobesa,\" this accent is often the subject of humorous references in Argentine media and popular culture. This accent is notably different from the local accents in the provinces neighbouring Córdoba. Seemingly unique, Cordobés is thought to derive from the languages spoken by the Comechingones, the local indigenous people. Its distinguishing features are the elongation of the sound of the vowel in the syllable preceding the stressed syllable, and of", "title": "Cordobés Spanish" }, { "docid": "19614398", "text": "are some parallels, but I was too busy concentrating on what I was doing with 'Lester' really. At the risk of protesting too much, I know I'm not playing that.\" Martin Freeman voices the narrator of the penultimate episode of the second season. For the voice-over, Freeman uses his British accent. Lester Nygaard Lester Nygaard is a fictional character in the first season of the FX television series \"Fargo\" and is portrayed by Martin Freeman, who received positive reviews for his performance, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award", "title": "Lester Nygaard" }, { "docid": "5944004", "text": "is not: The use of is poetic for the vocative: The use of for the word (meaning 'or') is a hypercorrection. Up until 2010, was used when applied to numbers: ('7 or 9'), to avoid possible confusion with the digit 0. The tenth congress of the Association of Spanish Language Academies deemed the use of an accent unnecessary, as typewriting eliminates possible confusion due to the different shapes of (zero) and (the letter). These diacritics are often called or in traditional Spanish grammar. Loanwords in Spanish are usually written according to Spanish spelling conventions (\"extranjerismos adaptados\"): e.g. \"pádel, fútbol, chófer,", "title": "Spanish orthography" }, { "docid": "3095486", "text": "\"poné\", \"recibí\", and \"llevá\" with the accent called \"acento agudo\" on the final syllable. There are some rare exceptions. Some verbs are not derived from infinitives but from words that are technically Spanish phrases or from other Spanish verbs. For example, \"dar\" (give) does not become 'da' but \"dale\" (give) (literally in Spanish, to \"give it\" [verb phrase]). In this case, \"dale\" has nothing to do with the Spanish infinitive \"dar\". The Chavacano \"brinca\" (to hop) is from Spanish \"brincar\" which means the same thing. Chavacano of Zamboangueño uses the words \"ya\" (from Spanish \"ya\" [already]), \"ta\" (from Spanish \"está\"", "title": "Chavacano" }, { "docid": "376107", "text": "\"set\" vs. \"setting?\" said in isolation for a short tonic \"e,\" or \"leave\" vs. \"leaving?\" for a long tonic \"i,\" due to the prosody of final stressed syllables in English. General accent rules in the standard language: There are no other rules for accent placement, thus the accent of every word must be learned individually; furthermore, in inflection, accent shifts are common, both in type and position (the so-called \"mobile paradigms\"). The second rule is not strictly obeyed, especially in borrowed words. Comparative and historical linguistics offers some clues for memorising the accent position: If one compares many standard Serbo-Croatian", "title": "Serbo-Croatian" }, { "docid": "17915292", "text": "standard Serbo-Croatian, whereas standard Slovene has long rising accent ⟨ó⟩ with younger length. In all Serbo-Croatian and Slovene dialects, in nominative singular of o- and i-stems the stem-final syllable of accent paradigm \"c\" words is lengthened. For monsyllabics this amounts to lengthening of short circumflex accent ⟨ȍ⟩ to long circumflex ⟨ȏ⟩: During the Proto-Slavic period the so-called neoacute accent was created by accent retraction owing to the reduction and ultimately loss of weak yers. There were two forms - ⟨ò⟩ the \"short neoacute\", and ⟨õ⟩ the \"long neoacute\". Short and long neoacute are traditionally marked with two different symbols, even", "title": "Metatony" }, { "docid": "5913338", "text": "Vicki dropped the American accent. Johnson explained the reason for the change in 2004: \"The producers knew that I had to have an American accent when I came into the show because my character had been living in America but it's not the kind of accent that you'd want to have for a long time on a show like \"EastEnders\". It's not something that's going to fit in for a long period of time. What would have been perfect would have been to have it gradually fade out, but as you film 8 episodes at a time, this would be", "title": "Vicki Fowler" }, { "docid": "10124620", "text": "of the music video are shown on a TV during Tyler's 1992 music video for \"The Desert Is in Your Heart\". The video opens with some exposition from an elderly woman with a British accent. She speaks of her past - she was a singer and owner of a club called The Dive in an area called The Deep End, and this music video reflects what happened in her past - at the turn of the 21st century, during a time of warfare. The video then cuts and widens full-screen as the song begins. We see a dark alley full", "title": "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" }, { "docid": "20508030", "text": "that some say veers into stereotype before the script—and Chau's layered, dimensional performance—makes her a hero.\" In 2017, Chau was asked repeatedly about the criticism but defended the portrayal. She called the questions about her character's accent \"dehumanizing\" and said, \"When I look at my parents I don't see a stereotype.\" She described her character as \"so multifaceted and complex and well-written\" and said the criticism was solely based on her character's accent. She later added, \"I didn't want the accent to be the thing people take away most from this movie. I wanted them to really see this woman.", "title": "Ngoc Lan Tran" }, { "docid": "7876866", "text": "such as , , , , and ; intonation, stress, and rhythm. Spanish and Portuguese speakers might add an before the vowel , as in \"his\" for \"is\". Therefore, vowel sounds are also covered in accent reduction training. Practicing of the vowel most commonly spelled \"i\" is done by reciting a few of the following differences: his versus is, hit versus it, hill versus ill. By not letting the back of their tongue touch the palate, native speakers of Asian languages (Chinese, etc.) can avoid adding a before the for example in speaking \"yin\" instead of \"in\". Specialists also use", "title": "Accent reduction" }, { "docid": "9943113", "text": "and their excursions into local dialect to \"The West Lancashire Gazette\" and \"The Fleetwood Chronicle\". Dialect has also featured in \"The Bolton Journal\", \"The Leigh Reporter\" and \"The Lancashire Evening Post\" as well as in \"Mr. Manchester's diary\" in \"The Manchester Evening News\". A Lancashire joke is as follows, \"A family from Lancashire go on holiday to Benidorm and order some food. The father thinking his pie is lacking in gravy calls the waiter over saying, 'ast tha Bisto fort pah?' and the waiter says in a southern English accent, 'I'm sorry, mate, I don't speak Spanish.'\" Films from the", "title": "Lancashire dialect" }, { "docid": "7884264", "text": "an accent on the ⟨í⟩ to break the diphthong into two separate vowels, e.g., \"açaí\" (three syllables). Without the accent, as in Spanish, the last syllable would be a diphthong: \"Paraguai\" (Portuguese) and \"Paraguay\" (Spanish) 'Paraguay'. Portuguese nasal vowels occur before ⟨n⟩ and ⟨m⟩ (see phonology below) without an accent mark, as these consonants are not fully pronounced in such cases. The tilde (~), is only used on nasal diphthongs such as ⟨ão⟩ and ⟨õe⟩ , plus the final ⟨ã⟩ , which replaces the -\"am\" ending, as the latter is reserved for verbs, e.g., \"amanhã\" 'tomorrow'. These do not alter", "title": "Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish" }, { "docid": "8410332", "text": "by Foxtel, either.\" At the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch reflected the spirit of the whole affair when, during his formal speech, he said, \"What can I say? Maybe, with my Spanish accent, Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!\". The response to these words came from all around the stadium, \"Oi! Oi! Oi!\". In 2004, a Melbourne couple, inspired by a Dick Smith campaign supporting Australian-made products, and following publicity surrounding the ownership of the trademark for the Australian-developed Ugg boots being owned by a United States company, registered the phrase as an official trademark", "title": "Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" }, { "docid": "6123115", "text": "in France, to American parents, actress Elyssa Davalos and photographer Jeff Dunas. Her maternal grandfather was actor Richard Davalos. Davalos spent most of her childhood in France and Italy, before settling in New York. She has stated \"I tend to curse in French more often than I do in English.\" She is of Spanish and Finnish descent on her mother's side. Her family name would be spelled originally \"Dávalos\" in Spanish, with an accent on the first \"a\". Her father's family is Jewish (her paternal ancestors lived in Vilnius in Lithuania). She was raised \"without much religion\", though she attended", "title": "Alexa Davalos" }, { "docid": "3632474", "text": "quite intelligent, doesn't?' So that's what I'm doing, I'm meeting people from a social satirist's point of view.\" Whenever she was stuck on particular voice or accent, she would open a phone directory. \"If I wanted to do somebody from Brooklyn, I would call the library in Brooklyn and listen to their voice and tape them surreptitiously so they didn't know.\" Also helping her in her quest for accents was the show's staff. When she had to find a Brooklyn accent distinctive from the Queens accent she used for her character, United States postal worker, Tina, she had the show's", "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show" }, { "docid": "18761641", "text": "and that each job created through it cost the UK taxpayer £6.5 million. Brown has revealed that in Parliament, Hansard reporters often ask him to provide written ‘translations’ of his questions to the Commons due to his thick Ayrshire accent being difficult to understand. Even so, he has said he would not alter his accent because his constituents “know me locally and know how I talk, they would actually question what was happening if my accent changed when I came down to Westminster”. Despite the SNP losing seats and support at the 2017 general election, Brown was re-elected as MP", "title": "Alan Brown (Scottish politician)" }, { "docid": "8437548", "text": "Chilote Spanish Chilote is a dialect of Spanish language spoken on the southern Chilean islands of Chiloé Archipelago (Spanish: \"Archipiélago de Chiloé\" or simply, \"Chiloé\"). It has distinct differences from standard Chilean Spanish in accent, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, especially by influences from local dialect of Mapuche language (called \"huilliche\" or \"veliche\") and some conservative traits. After the battle of Curalaba (1598) and the Destruction of the Seven Cities Chiloé was further isolated from the rest of Chile and developed a culture with little influences from Spain or mainland Chile. During the 17th and 18th century most of the archipelagoes", "title": "Chilote Spanish" }, { "docid": "9017241", "text": "the tilde) in Spanish. English speakers may instead pronounce it , as if it were spelled ; the phenomenon also occurs with \"empanada\", which may be pronounced as if it is spelled . The city of Cartagena, Colombia is very commonly pronounced as if it were spelled . The South American beverage, mate, is frequently spelled in English, adding an accent which, in Spanish, changes the pronunciation and meaning of the word (\"maté\" meaning 'I killed' in Spanish). The accented spelling may however serve a purpose, as it is interpreted by some English speakers to indicate that the word has", "title": "Hyperforeignism" }, { "docid": "24494", "text": "cakes and pancakes, spread over toasted bread for breakfast, or served with ice cream. \"Alfajores\" are shortbread cookies sandwiched together with chocolate and \"dulce de leche\" or a fruit paste. The \"policeman's\" or \"truck driver's\" sweet is cheese with quince paste or \"dulce de membrillo\". \"Dulce de batata\" is made of sweet potato/yam: this with cheese is the \"Martín Fierro\"'s sweet. Apples, pears, peaches, kiwifruits, avocados, and plums are major exports. A traditional drink of Argentina is an infusion called mate (in Spanish, \"mate\", with the accent on the first syllable [MAH-teh]). The name comes from the hollow gourd from", "title": "Argentine cuisine" }, { "docid": "5913348", "text": "Vicki\". He added, \"Presumably the producers decided the reason viewers found her so annoying was her whiny American voice. Try again, guys.\" Upon her departure in 2004, Johnson was also critical about her character's alternating accent: \"When I took the job they weren't sure what accent they wanted Vicki to have and about a week before they told me it should be American. I did that for a few months and then one day out of the blue I arrived on set and they told me they wanted me to change to Cockney. It was the producer's decision. I was", "title": "Vicki Fowler" }, { "docid": "1436191", "text": "plant in Guaraní, language of the indigenous people who first cultivated and enjoyed mate, is , which has the same meaning as \"herb\". , in Portuguese, is derived from the Tupi expression, meaning something like \"what keeps us alive\", but a term rarely used nowadays. \"Mate\" is from the Quechua , a word that means container for a drink, infusion of an herb, as well as gourd. The word \"mate\" is used in both modern Portuguese and Spanish languages. The pronunciation of in Spanish is . The accent on the word \"mate\" is on the first syllable, not the second.", "title": "Yerba mate" }, { "docid": "1697534", "text": "special conjugations for the \"yo\" form of the preterite are (the accent mark goes over the 'e'): These are needed to keep their respective sounds. When conjugating -er and -ir verbs, their endings are the same. In most Iberian Mainland Spanish and, to a lesser extent, Mexican Spanish, there is still a strong distinction between the preterite and the present perfect. As the preterite denotes an action that began and ended in the past, while the present perfect denotes an action that began in the past and is over, thus: In most other variants of Spanish, such as in the", "title": "Preterite" }, { "docid": "9990598", "text": "style outfit, complete with toy bow and arrow, and declaring \"I am El Bow, I am the Spanish Archer\". The contradictions of the supposedly Spanish character, such as the costume, and Williams’ undisguised Welsh accent, were played for laughs. After a few jokes with the studio audience, El Bow would open a door in the set, where the audience would be introduced to a character named Pedro Paella who wore a sombrero, an obviously fake moustache, and rode a toy donkey. After some witty banter, Paella would use an inflatable toy guitar to mime to a backing track of Flamenco", "title": "Spanish Archer" }, { "docid": "20943742", "text": "The argument continued. After she spoke to him in English with a Jamaican accent, Mesher said: \"Don't talk to me in a fucking foreign language you stupid ugly cow.\" Another passenger intervened, asking Mesher to stop being abusive. His response was that \"I will carry on as far as I can with this ugly black bastard.\" Several passengers called for Mesher to be removed from the plane. A flight attendant told him that he was being \"super rude\" and asked him to calm down before stating that he would have to ask his supervisor what course of action should be", "title": "Ryanair racism incident" }, { "docid": "19060236", "text": "as his first language but he can speak Chinese but not fluently, he remarked \"I was born over here, but as soon as they see I am Chinese, they think I can speak fluently. It’s a shock. “I can speak Chinese, but not fluently. I am still trying to learn a lot. I have got quite a strong Leeds accent, a deep voice, so when I talk in China, they can’t understand the accent.\" Although his parents speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese, he mainly speaks English. Sanderson Lam Sanderson Lam () (born 28 January 1994) is a professional English snooker", "title": "Sanderson Lam" }, { "docid": "5944012", "text": "was mainly accomplished between the years 1760 and 1766; for example, the multi-volume \"España Sagrada\" made the switch with volume 16 (1762). From 1741 to 1815, the circumflex was used over vowels to indicate that preceding and should be pronounced /k/ and /ks/ respectively and not /tʃ/ and /x/, e.g. \", \". The use of accent marks in publishing varies with different historical periods, due mainly to reforms promulgated by the Spanish Royal Academy. For example, many of the words that are today standardly written with an accent mark appeared more often without it up until around 1880. These include", "title": "Spanish orthography" }, { "docid": "7194982", "text": "does not share is the use of a postposed definite article. The Greek article (like the Ancient Greek one) stands before the noun. Modern Greek has a stress accent, similar to English. The accent is notated with a stroke (΄) over the accented vowel and is called (\"oxeia\", \"acute\") or (\"tonos\", \"accent\") in Greek. The former term is taken from one of the accents used in polytonic orthography which officially became obsolete in 1982. Most monosyllabic words take no accent such as in (, \"the\") and (, \"who\"). Exceptions include the conjunction (, \"or\"), the interrogative adverbs (, \"how\") and", "title": "Modern Greek grammar" }, { "docid": "13253567", "text": "this variety of English is becoming \"nativised\". Gibraltarian English is similar in many respects to British English. Gibraltarian English Gibraltarian English (abbreviated GibE) denotes the accent of English spoken in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The English language has been present at Gibraltar for approximately 300 years, and during these centuries English has mixed with diverse languages, particularly Spanish and a type of Spanish called Andalusian. Gibraltarian English has become a subject of study for linguists interested in how English and other languages mix. While the primary language of Gibraltarians is a mix of Spanish and Andalusian known as", "title": "Gibraltarian English" }, { "docid": "1821323", "text": "and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in \"The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe\" (1954). He appeared in another twenty films and television series before his death in 2005. O'Herlihy admitted in an interview with \"Starlog\" magazine that he was not particularly impressed with the finished film. When asked what he thought of working in the horror film, O'Herlihy responded, \"Whenever I use a Cork accent, I'm having a good time, and I used a Cork accent in [\"Halloween III\"]. I thoroughly enjoyed the role, but I didn't think it was much of a picture, no.\" Two members", "title": "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" }, { "docid": "17579195", "text": "particularly in the root \"to eat\". In 1994 Jochem Schindler suggested the existence of what is called \"Narten roots\" – roots exhibiting a systematic *R(ḗ) ~ *R(é) ablaut in both nominal and verbal derivations, as opposed to the more common R(e) ~ R(Ø) pattern. These roots always carried a surface accent, and such ablaut is called more generally \"Narten ablaut\". The other roots would then be \"non-Narten roots\", exhibiting the R(e) ~ R(Ø) ablaut and allowing the accent to move away from the root. It has been shown that verbal roots exhibiting Narten ablaut occur in the same morphophonological environments", "title": "Narten present" }, { "docid": "17925645", "text": "Forsberg spent a few years in a music academy in Jakobstad and later studied to become a chef before embarking on a singing career. Since her video \"What Languages Sound Like to Foreigners\" was posted on YouTube on 3 March 2014 on her channel Smoukahontas Official (which subsequently has been changed into SAARA), it has been seen over 20 million times as of June 2018. Her ability to mimic accents and speech melodies of different languages, which included Japanese, Estuary English, American with California accent, Swedish, French, Arabic and Spanish, using mainly nonexistent words, was praised by media in a", "title": "Sara Forsberg" }, { "docid": "9858247", "text": "plan of King James I to negotiate a marriage between his heir the Prince of Wales and the Spanish Infanta. The masque, of course, takes the position that the match will come about and be a great success — a prediction that would, over the next few years, prove totally wrong. The character Vangoose has been interpreted as one installment in Jonson's mockery of Jones, his uneasy partner in masque creation. Vangoose has a thick foreign accent that is identified as Dutch but could be perceived as mock-Welsh, a dig at Jones's ethnic background. Jonson created a whole series of", "title": "The Masque of Augurs" }, { "docid": "188245", "text": "higher-prestige, non-local (regional and even supraregional) accent on the other end, whose most advanced characteristics only first emerged in the late 1980s and 1990s. The accent that most strongly uses the traditional working-class features has been labelled by linguists as local Dublin English. Most speakers from Dublin and its suburbs, however, have accent features falling variously along the entire middle as well as newer end of the spectrum, which together form what is called non-local Dublin English, spoken by middle- and upper-class natives of Dublin and the greater eastern Irish region surrounding the city. A subset of this variety, whose", "title": "Hiberno-English" }, { "docid": "7572020", "text": "of La Palma is the closest of the Canary Island accents to the Cuban accent. Many Cubans and returning Canarians settled in the Canary Islands after the revolution of 1959. Migration of other Spanish settlers (Asturians, Catalans, Galicians and Castilians) also occurred, but left less influence on the accent. Much of the typical Cuban replacements for standard Spanish vocabulary stems from Canarian lexicon. For example, \"guagua\" ('bus') differs from standard Spanish \"autobús\". The word \"guagua\" originated in the Canaries and is an onomatopoeia stemming from the sound of a Klaxon horn. An example of Canarian usage for a Spanish word", "title": "Cuban Spanish" }, { "docid": "13253566", "text": "Gibraltarian English Gibraltarian English (abbreviated GibE) denotes the accent of English spoken in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The English language has been present at Gibraltar for approximately 300 years, and during these centuries English has mixed with diverse languages, particularly Spanish and a type of Spanish called Andalusian. Gibraltarian English has become a subject of study for linguists interested in how English and other languages mix. While the primary language of Gibraltarians is a mix of Spanish and Andalusian known as Llanito or Yanito, Gibraltarian English is becoming more prominent, and there has been a theory proposed that", "title": "Gibraltarian English" }, { "docid": "9304877", "text": "\"both excellent\", concluding that it was \"a picture of his play that Eugene O'Neill, I should think, would approve.\" Contemporary reviews also expressed surprise at the low pitch of Garbo's voice. Hall wrote that \"although the low-toned voice is not what is expected from the alluring actress, one becomes accustomed to it, for it is a voice undeniably suited to the unfortunate Anna.\" \"Variety\" said that \"La Garbo's accent is nicely edged with a Norse \"yah\", but once the ear gets the pitch it's okay and the spectator is under the spell of her performance.\" Mosher called it \"a boy's", "title": "Anna Christie (1930 English-language film)" }, { "docid": "17097846", "text": "as \"Electro\" as a working title (\"A dance song that was concocted just as sort of a lark, really,\" multi-instrumentalist Duke Erikson revealed). Manson recorded her first vocal take with a German accent: \"There was a pause after I finished and I said, 'Well, that's the idea. What do you think?' and I remember Steve Marker and Duke looking at each other going, 'We like it. We like it. I think you should drop the German accent.'\" Critical response to \"Automatic Systematic Habit\" was fairly positive upon the release of \"Not Your Kind of People\". Theo Spielberg of \"Spinner\" described", "title": "Automatic Systematic Habit" }, { "docid": "14394814", "text": "the sentence if there is no risk of confusion, thus deprecating the general use of Spanish-like inverted question and exclamation marks. The verb is inflected. There are regular and irregular verbs in the language. All verbs will appear listed by means of their infinitive form in dictionaries, and there are three typical endings for verbs \"-ar / -er / ir\". All words have accent in Galician, considering that the accent is the fact of a particular syllable carrying the most stress in a word. The \"tilde\" (´) is a small line written over some vowels to show in some cases", "title": "Galician language" }, { "docid": "7895038", "text": "he was almost knocked unconscious after being hit over the head with a frying pan (after John Cleese accidentally picked up a real frying pan instead of a rubber-padded prop) and in \"The Germans\", he suffered second degree burns from a fire. For the Spanish dub of the show broadcast in Spain, the character was changed to an Italian from Naples called Paolo (and in \"The Anniversary\", his desire to make paella is changed to lasagna). In the Catalan TV3 channel (based in Barcelona), Manuel's origin was changed to Mexico City and the character has a Mexican accent. The French", "title": "Manuel (Fawlty Towers)" }, { "docid": "14423430", "text": "over the shoulders. The purpose of the \"pañuelo\" has been related to modesty, used to cover the nape and the upper body due to the \"camisa\"'s low neckline as well as its sheer translucency; and also doubles as an accent piece because of embellishments added to it, usually embroideries and the pin securing it in place. The \"saya\" is a skirt shaped like a \"cupola\" with a length that begins from the waist reaching the floor. These are usually comprised either of single or double sheets, called \"panels\" or \"dos paños\" (Spanish for \"two cloths\"); some examples are made out", "title": "Maria Clara gown" }, { "docid": "3386393", "text": "it serves to introduce or reintroduce a name as a topic, rather than to link one element with another), as in \"¿Y Inés?\" ('What about Inés?'). When the conjunction \"o\" appears between numerals, it is usually spelled with an accent mark (\"ó\"), in order to distinguish it from zero (0); thus, \"2 ó 3\" ('2 or 3') in contrast to \"203\" ('two-hundred three'). Spanish unmarked word order for affirmative declarative sentences is subject-verb-object (SVO); however, as in other Romance languages, in practice, word order is more variable, with topicalization and focus being the primary factors in the selection of a", "title": "Spanish grammar" }, { "docid": "18310918", "text": "test yesterday. (I did something else with it.) I didn't take \"the\" test yesterday. (I took a different one.) I didn't take the \"test\" yesterday. (I took something else.) I didn't take the test \"yesterday\". (I took it some other day.) Fallacy of accent The fallacy of accent (also referred to as accentus, from its Latin denomination, and misleading accent) is a type of ambiguity that arises when the meaning of a sentence is changed by placing an unusual prosodic stress, or when, in a written passage, it is left unclear which word the emphasis was supposed to fall on.", "title": "Fallacy of accent" }, { "docid": "4101587", "text": "father to Ullman's JoJo. The skit was set in a Baltimore row house. Tucker advised Ullman to \"take a Liverpool accent and Americanize it.\" The episode called, \"The Stoops\" begins with Tracey washing her marble stoops which are the most common small porches attached to most Baltimore town homes (called row houses in Baltimore): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHOOYntGgxA&t=28s Elizabeth Banks parodied the accent while playing Avery Jessup as the spokesperson for the fictional Overshoppe.com in a flashback scene in the \"I Do Do\" episode of \"30 Rock\". Kathy Bates' character on the \"Freak Show\" season of American Horror Story was inspired by a", "title": "Baltimore accent" }, { "docid": "18565494", "text": "area dialect, Northern New Jersey English, and New York Latino English.) Unlike Virginia Piedmont, Coastal Southern American, and Northeast American dialects (see section below), \"Miami accent\" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed). Phonology and sounds of the Miami accent as reported in the \"Miami Herald:\" Features of the Miami accent from a report on the Miami accent from WLRN Radio: Speakers of the Miami accent occasionally use \"calques\": idioms (that would sound awkward or unusual to other native English speakers). For example, instead of saying, \"lets get out of", "title": "Miami accent" }, { "docid": "5565462", "text": "to sneeze at.\" \"Time\" magazine's reviewer Richard Corliss criticized the film, saying it \"doesn't offer much.\" In a poll during November 2008, \"Empire\" magazine called \"Ocean's Eleven\" the 500th best film on \"The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.\" For Don Cheadle's role in this film, he needed to learn to speak with a cockney accent, which drew harsh reviews from critics and is recognized as being one of the worst accents in film. Cheadle commented on his accent, saying \"My British friends ... tell me [it's] a truly terrible London accent in Ocean's 13. You know something, I really", "title": "Ocean's Eleven" }, { "docid": "11271502", "text": "purest accent. He was also the author of various works on the antiquities and primitive languages of Spanish America, and of a valuable catalogue of the maps relating to the same region. Ezequiel Uricoechea Ezequiel Uricoechea Rodríguez (Bogotá, 9 April 1834 – Beirut, 29 July 1880) was a Colombian linguist and scientist. He is considered one of the first Colombian scientists and a pioneer in Spanish-language linguistics. Uricoechea was born in Santa Fe de Bogotá in what was then the Republic of New Granada, his family being of Basque origin. His father was José María de Uricoechea y Zornoza, and", "title": "Ezequiel Uricoechea" }, { "docid": "6008384", "text": "hear it? This is the character! This is the guy!'\" Jill Talley, Tom Kenny's wife, voices Karen Plankton. Being a Chicago native, she uses a Midwestern accent for the character. Electronic sound effects are underlaid by the series' audio engineers to create a robotic sound whenever she speaks. Talley and Mr. Lawrence often improvise Plankton and Karen's dialogue. Lawrence called improvisation his \"favorite part of the voice over\" in 2009. He elaborated in a 2012 interview, saying, \"I always enjoy the back-and-forth. [Talley and I] start to actually overlap so much talking to each other that [the voice directors] have", "title": "SpongeBob SquarePants" }, { "docid": "18679787", "text": "along with his brother Josh (Jackson Gallagher). The characters first appeared in online webisodes, which explored their backgrounds. The Barretts were initially rivals of the Braxton brothers and Hara said \"There is a lot of history behind both the families. I carry the secrets of what our whole relationship is with them.\" Andy's debut on the main show was broadcast on 28 August 2013. British actor Kyle Pryor also auditioned for the role with an Australian accent. But producers thought he was better suited to the role of Nate Cooper. Andy is characterised as an over-protective brother to Josh. He", "title": "Andy Barrett" }, { "docid": "554663", "text": "of the same name. The film received mixed reviews. In the 1997 film \"The Devil's Own\" Pitt starred, opposite Harrison Ford, as the Irish Republican Army terrorist Rory Devany, a role for which he was required to learn an Irish accent. Critical opinion was divided on his accent; \"Pitt finds the right tone of moral ambiguity, but at times his Irish brogue is too convincing – it's hard to understand what he's saying\", wrote the \"San Francisco Chronicle.\" \"The Charleston Gazette\" opined that it had favored Pitt's accent over the movie. \"The Devil's Own\" grossed $140 million worldwide, but was", "title": "Brad Pitt" } ]
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[ { "docid": "11991879", "text": "and Brian, prior to leaving for Japan, met with U.S. Olympic athlete and Ninja Warrior competitor Paul Terek, who has reached the third stage in past Ninja Warrior competitions. Paul trained them in strategies and tactics to quickly and successfully defeat some of the trickier obstacles of Ninja Warrior. Afterward, they headed to Japan, where they enjoyed Japanese culture and met for a dinner with Ninja Warrior's all-stars, including Makoto Nagano, the winner of the 17th Ninja Warrior tournament. Some other all-stars they met were: Shingo Yamamoto, gas station manager, and firefighter Toshihiro Takeda, who has reached the third stage", "title": "American Ninja Challenge" }, { "docid": "19053301", "text": "American Ninja Warrior (season 2) The second season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" began on December 8, 2010, in Venice Beach, California where 300 competitors took on the course. The 16 semi-finalists moved on to the \"\"Ninja Warrior Boot Camp\"\" in the remote California mountains, where they competed in a series of team challenges. Then, the final moved on to compete in the season finale of \"American Ninja Warrior 2\" as a part of \"Sasuke 26\" at Mount Midoriyama in Japan. The series concluded on January 2, 2011. This season was hosted by Matt Iseman and Jimmy Smith, with G4's Alison", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 2)" }, { "docid": "19620657", "text": "1, with a shorter run up, during the national finals. Warped wall The is an obstacle on many obstacle courses for obstacle racing. The warped wall is used in various \"Ninja Warrior\" franchises, such as \"Sasuke\", \"Kunoichi\", \"American Ninja Warrior\", \"Team Ninja Warrior\", \"Ninja Warrior UK\", \"Sasuke Ninja Warrior Indonesia\", and \"Australian Ninja Warrior\". The height of the warped wall varies depending on the competition. American Ninja Warrior utilized a warped wall for its first 7 seasons, before switching to a wall in season 8. American Ninja Warrior also uses a \"mega wall\" for its all-star skills competition, where the", "title": "Warped wall" }, { "docid": "19620653", "text": "Warped wall The is an obstacle on many obstacle courses for obstacle racing. The warped wall is used in various \"Ninja Warrior\" franchises, such as \"Sasuke\", \"Kunoichi\", \"American Ninja Warrior\", \"Team Ninja Warrior\", \"Ninja Warrior UK\", \"Sasuke Ninja Warrior Indonesia\", and \"Australian Ninja Warrior\". The height of the warped wall varies depending on the competition. American Ninja Warrior utilized a warped wall for its first 7 seasons, before switching to a wall in season 8. American Ninja Warrior also uses a \"mega wall\" for its all-star skills competition, where the height of the wall increases until no one can climb", "title": "Warped wall" }, { "docid": "19053302", "text": "Haislip as a sideline reporter. Notable competitors this season included: The 15 competitors who completed the Venice Beach finals course headed to \"Ninja Warrior Boot Camp\" where they were broken down into three teams: Red Dragons, White Tigers, and Blue Monkeys. From then on, 5 were eliminated from competition and 10 moved onto Mount Midoriyama in Japan to compete in the season finale for a chance to win $250,000 and be the first \"American Ninja Warrior\". The 10 finalists earned the chance to compete at \"Sasuke 26\" which aired on January 2, 2011, on G4. Final 10: In order they", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 2)" }, { "docid": "19053303", "text": "received their American flag \"colors\" (bandanas): Red Dragons: White Tigers: Blue Monkeys: None of the competitors were able to complete stage 3, but half (5 out of 10) completed stage 1 and progressed onto stage 2, where 4 out of 5 made it onto stage 3. <nowiki>*</nowiki> alternate, replaced Levi Meeuwenberg who broke his wrist during a taping of \"\" American Ninja Warrior (season 2) The second season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" began on December 8, 2010, in Venice Beach, California where 300 competitors took on the course. The 16 semi-finalists moved on to the \"\"Ninja Warrior Boot Camp\"\" in", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 2)" }, { "docid": "10472250", "text": "the same person all along, and telling him that he has to do one more thing before becoming a ninja warrior. The master tells Clarence that he did the right thing after he literally dumps Shotsi. \"Ninja Bachelor Party\" was out of print following its 1991 VHS release until it was included in \"Bill Hicks: The Essential Collection\". Reviewing the short as a part of the \"Essential Collection\", PopMatters critic Sean Murphy called it \"a huge draw\" for Hicks' fans but a \"semi-amusing lark\" for others. Ninja Bachelor Party Ninja Bachelor Party is a 1991 low-budget comedy film produced by", "title": "Ninja Bachelor Party" }, { "docid": "19217376", "text": "was won by the only female-led team, Jesse “Flex” Labreck’s Labreckfast Club . American Ninja Warrior Junior is a children's variant edition of \"Ninja vs. Ninja\" premiering in 2018. Unlike Team Ninja Warrior, there are no teams in ANWjr, with each child competing for themselves, head-to-head against another child competitor. American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja (formerly Team Ninja Warrior) is an American reality TV obstacle racing team competition series and a spin-off of \"American Ninja Warrior\". The series features \"ANW\" alumni racing in teams of three against each other, with the winners receiving", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja" }, { "docid": "13631518", "text": "Netherlands the show was first broadcast in 2017 on SBS 6, where their own \"Ninja Warrior NL\" has been broadcast. The show is in syndication markets throughout the US and airs on local broadcast channels. As of August 18th 2018 the syndicated episodes are airing on MTV2 on Saturdays. American Ninja Warrior American Ninja Warrior (sometimes abbreviated as ANW) is an American sports entertainment competition that is a spin-off of the Japanese television series \"Sasuke\". It features hundreds of competitors attempting to complete a series of obstacle courses of increasing difficulty in various cities across the United States, in hopes", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "13631487", "text": "took on the qualifiers course. 30 competitors advanced to the city finals course. The top 15 competitors in the city finals course then moved on to participate in \"Ninja Warrior Boot Camp\" in Simi Valley, where they competed in a series of team challenges for five days. The 10 finalists then moved on to compete in the season finale as part of \"Sasuke 26\" in Japan. Five competitors completed Stage 1, while four competitors completed Stage 2. No competitor made it beyond Stage 3. David Campbell was the Last Ninja Standing, having gone the farthest the fastest among the American", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "18162160", "text": "\"American Ninja Warrior\" alongside her then-boyfriend and co-competitor Brent Steffensen. She did not complete the qualifying course in Venice, California, but was an invited wildcard at the 2013 finals, where she fell early on the Giant cycle/ring. In 2014, Catanzaro became the first woman to complete the qualifying course of \"American Ninja Warrior\" (Season 6), making it up the warped wall on her second try at 5:26.18 at the Dallas qualifiers, ranking her 21 out of 30; this also makes her the first woman to make it up the warped wall in competition. Later in 2014, Catanzaro competed in the", "title": "Kacy Catanzaro" }, { "docid": "19217366", "text": "American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja (formerly Team Ninja Warrior) is an American reality TV obstacle racing team competition series and a spin-off of \"American Ninja Warrior\". The series features \"ANW\" alumni racing in teams of three against each other, with the winners receiving a cash prize. On October 9, 2015, Esquire Network announced a spin-off of \"American Ninja Warrior\" which would feature twenty-four 3-person teams (two men and one woman) of popular \"ANW\" alumni. The teams competed head-to-head against each other, running the course simultaneously, thus creating a new live duel dynamic. The", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja" }, { "docid": "569168", "text": "comics and television, where they have come to enjoy a culture hero status outside their original mediums. Ninja appear in many forms of Japanese and Western popular media, including books (\"Kōga Ninpōchō\"), television (\"Ninja Warrior\"), movies (\"Ninja Assassin\"), video games (\"Tenchu\", \"Shinobi\", \"Mortal Kombat\"), anime (\"Naruto\", \"Ninja Scroll\"), manga (\"Basilisk\") and American comic books (\"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\"). From ancient Japan to the modern world media, popular depictions range from the realistic to the fantastically exaggerated, both fundamentally and aesthetically. Ninja A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage,", "title": "Ninja" }, { "docid": "16551174", "text": "city finals obstacles in history of American Ninja Warrior. In the Vegas Finals he failed stage 1 for the third time in a row where he failed the silk slider. In 2015, he led a Team USA All-Star team into an all-star game versus Team China on \"X Warrior\" (; \"lit.\" Ultimate Warrior), a Chinese gameshow like American Ninja Warrior. In 2016, Campbell completed all four stages of Mount Midoriyama in \"Sasuke Việt Nam\", unofficially becoming the third American to achieve what is known as \"Total Victory\" after Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero completed the course on the seventh season", "title": "David Campbell (Ninja Warrior)" }, { "docid": "20521992", "text": "on the Hang Climb but was still crowned last ninja standing. Out of five seasons on the show, Moravsky has made it to Stage 3 four out of five years, more than any other athlete in American Ninja Warrior history. Moravsky is one of the most consistent and agile athletes in the show’s history. In addition to NBC's \"American Ninja Warrior\", Moravsky also competes on USA Network's \"Team Ninja Warrior\" (now known as American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs Ninja) and in many local Ninja Warrior competitions. In 2016, Moravsky would compete on \"Team Ninja Warrior\" alongside his cousin Rob Moravsky", "title": "Joe Moravsky" }, { "docid": "20229501", "text": "says I'm the first American Ninja Warrior. I think they are trying to give him a moment too because he does deserve it, but as far as the rules go, there is one title. It's an all or nothing deal. If you look at other sports, if Michael Phelps beats everyone in the Olympics by a fraction of the second that's the way it is, even if everyone else 'finishes the course'.\" Caldiero has also been referred to as the \"first \"American Ninja Warrior\" champion.\" In season eight, Caldiero did not return to the competition. Instead, he served as a", "title": "Isaac Caldiero" }, { "docid": "20932812", "text": "Schüßler, Benedikt Sigmund, Christian Harmat ) and won the prize money of €100,000. The first season with five episodes was recorded from May 19-24, 2016 at the Dm-Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany. there also the second from June 15-21, 2017. In 2016, a special titled Ninja Warrior – Das Phänomen was produced. Ninja Warrior Germany Ninja Warrior Germany () is the Ninja Warrior spin-off airing in Germany on RTL as of Spring 2018. Based on the Japanese broadcast television show, \"Sasuke\", and internationally known as \"Ninja Warrior\", contestants in the show are faced with completing various obstacle courses. Each season's competition", "title": "Ninja Warrior Germany" }, { "docid": "20622229", "text": "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World is a television special aired approximately once a year on NBC, featuring a team of \"American Ninja Warrior\" fan favorites competing against teams of competitors from other regions of the world, including Japan, Europe, Latin America, and Asia as a whole, for bragging rights and the \"American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World\" trophy. The competitors race on the same Mount Midoriyama course used in the annual \"ANW\" finals on the Las Vegas Strip. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> During the season 5 finale of \"American Ninja Warrior\", NBC announced", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World" }, { "docid": "8880471", "text": "seen in Poland as \"Wojownicy Ninja\" (Ninja Warriors) on MTV. The program is broadcast in Romania on Sport.ro as \"Ku Ninja In Atak\" (When Ninjas Attack). The show is hosted by two color commentators. The program is broadcast in the Slovak Republic on JOJ Plus as Ninja faktor (Ninja Factor). The program broadcast in South Africa is the Sony MAX CHANNEL version of \"Ninja Warrior\", with the \"Ninja Killer\" and \"Warrior Wipeout\" sections. The program is broadcast in Thailand on Modernine TV as \"Ninja Warrior\" on Tuesday 8:35 PM. The \"Ninja Warrior\" version of the program is broadcasting in Turkey", "title": "Sasuke (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13631515", "text": "Network ordered a sixteen-episode second season that also included a five-episode special college edition that had college-aged competitors go head-to-head against rival schools. On March 6, 2017, it was announced that \"Team Ninja Warrior\" will be moving to sibling cable channel USA Network as Esquire Network winds down its linear channel operations and relaunches as an online only service. The show's second season premiered proper on April 18. Ahead of its third season, the show was also re-titled \"American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja\". On May 2, 2018, the second spin-off of \"American Ninja Warrior\", entitled \"American Ninja Warrior Junior\",", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "16551169", "text": "David Campbell (Ninja Warrior) David Campbell (born June 23, 1977) is an American athlete and musician known for performances on the Japanese program, \"Sasuke\" and its USA equivalent, \"American Ninja Warrior\". Campbell (デイヴィッド・キャンベル) started his Ninja Warrior career winning the fourth American preliminary competition, the American Ninja Challenge, and earning a place in Sasuke 22. In Japan, he failed the first stage, making it to 'the rope ladder' (the final obstacle,) before timing out. That year, Campbell made it farther than all other American competitors and Japanese All-Stars. Campbell tried out in the first \"American Ninja Warrior\", clearing the first", "title": "David Campbell (Ninja Warrior)" }, { "docid": "20622232", "text": "showdown where each country would pick one team member for a race to the top of the Final Stage. Final Score: Americans: 6, Japan: 0. The winners of the special were the Americans over Japan. During the Season 6 finale, NBC announced that another special entitled \"USA vs. the World\" matchup would take place in Las Vegas under a new format. On September 15, Team USA competed against a returning Team Japan, and a new team, Team Europe. This was the \"Second Annual International Competition\" that pitted top competitors from the United States \"American Ninja Warrior\", Japan \"Ninja Warrior\" (\"Sasuke\"),", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World" }, { "docid": "20622230", "text": "that a special \"USA vs. Japan\" matchup would take place, the first-ever team competition in \"American Ninja Warrior\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s history. The two-hour special premiered on January 13, 2014, at 8 pm EST on NBC and matched five Japanese \"Sasuke\" All-Stars and New Stars - heroes of the original \"Ninja Warrior\" - against five American stars representing \"American Ninja Warrior\" at the American reconstruction of the Mount Midoriyama course in Las Vegas. At stake was the United States vs. Japan championship; also branded as the first world championship for \"Sasuke\"/\"American Ninja Warrior\", and a trophy to match. The special featured \"American Ninja", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World" }, { "docid": "20932800", "text": "Ninja Warrior Germany Ninja Warrior Germany () is the Ninja Warrior spin-off airing in Germany on RTL as of Spring 2018. Based on the Japanese broadcast television show, \"Sasuke\", and internationally known as \"Ninja Warrior\", contestants in the show are faced with completing various obstacle courses. Each season's competition starts with around 250 contestants and is divided into three stages - five Qualifier Rounds, two Semi-Finals, and the Final Round. The assault course that is used on the program is contained within a specially made studio, and features a variety of obstacles either taken from or based upon \"Sasuke\", with", "title": "Ninja Warrior Germany" }, { "docid": "18601920", "text": "was declared the winner, having managed to go the furthest. The fourth series of \"Ninja Warrior UK\" began airing on 14 April 2018. Unlike previous series, it was announced on 28 August 2017 that the competition would feature a selection of celebrity contestants, including Gethin Jones, Harry Judd, Jenni Falconer and Marvin Humes. On 18 December 2015, a special edition of \"Ninja Warrior UK\" was aired in association with the \"Text Santa\" charity. Of the celebrities who took part in this, the winner was Louise Hazel. Ninja Warrior UK Ninja Warrior UK is a British physical obstacle assault course game", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK" }, { "docid": "8880456", "text": "show for its second full season. In 2018 the network renamed the show to \"American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja\" with Iseman, Biama, and Curry as hosts and new teams for its third season. On May 2, 2018, Universal Kids announced a second spin-off called \"American Ninja Warrior Junior\". The spin-off consists of 192 kids from across America as they compete head to head in three different age brackets: 9-10, 11-12, and 13-14 years old. Each bracket will be mentored by All-Star Ninja Mentors: Drew Dreschel, Barclay Stockett, Kevin Bull, Natalie Duran, Najee Richardson and Meagan Martin. The series began", "title": "Sasuke (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20932853", "text": "ANW and NvN contestants, All-Star ninja warrior competitors. For season 1, these included Kevin Bull, Drew Drechsel, Natalie Duran, Meagan Martin, Najee Richardson, and Barclay Stockett. More than 192 children are to compete in season 1, from across the United States. Season 1 was licensed in Canada by Family Channel. American Ninja Warrior Junior American Ninja Warrior Junior (ANWjr) is a children's sports competition game show on Universal Kids that premiered in 2018. It is the children's edition of \"American Ninja Warrior\" (ANW) and \"\" (ANW:NvN). Ultimately the show derives from the Japanese game show \"SASUKE\". ANWjr is produced by", "title": "American Ninja Warrior Junior" }, { "docid": "18898917", "text": "American Ninja Warrior (season 4) The fourth season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" began on May 20, 2012, and aired on NBC and G4. This was a landmark season for \"Ninja Warrior\", as the entire format was overhauled. For the first time, the finals took place on U.S. soil. In addition, regional qualifiers were added, taking place in Dallas, TX, Miami, FL, and the series' flagship location, Venice Beach, CA. New co-host Jonny Moseley replaced Jimmy Smith, while Angela Sun replaced Alison Haislip. Again, the winner would have received $500,000 and the coveted \"American Ninja Warrior\" title. Brent Steffensen became the", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 4)" }, { "docid": "18898448", "text": "American Ninja Warrior (season 5) The fifth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on G4 on June 30, 2013, with subsequent shows airing on both G4 and NBC. Host Matt Iseman returned for his fifth season, while newcomers Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Jenn Brown replaced skier Johnny Moseley and Angela Sun. Similar to previous seasons, the winner receives $500,000 and the coveted title, \"American Ninja Warrior\". This also marks the second season Mount Midoriyama was held on U.S. soil. Tryouts for the fifth season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" commenced in February 2013 and took place in the following cities to determine", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 5)" }, { "docid": "18897616", "text": "finished the City Finals. Note: * Moravsky was only the third American Ninja Warrior competitor to complete the \"Ultimate Cliffhanger\". American Ninja Warrior (season 6) The sixth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 26, 2014. Hosts Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, and Jenn Brown returned for their sixth, second, and second seasons, respectively. Similar to previous seasons, the winner receives $500,000 and the coveted title, \"American Ninja Warrior\". Regional competitions were held in the following five locations to determine the 90 competitors to participate in the other stages: Venice Beach, CA, a return to Dallas, TX; and", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 6)" }, { "docid": "18898451", "text": "the obstacle.<br> The competitor was chosen as wildcard. American Ninja Warrior (season 5) The fifth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on G4 on June 30, 2013, with subsequent shows airing on both G4 and NBC. Host Matt Iseman returned for his fifth season, while newcomers Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Jenn Brown replaced skier Johnny Moseley and Angela Sun. Similar to previous seasons, the winner receives $500,000 and the coveted title, \"American Ninja Warrior\". This also marks the second season Mount Midoriyama was held on U.S. soil. Tryouts for the fifth season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" commenced in February 2013 and", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 5)" }, { "docid": "19217367", "text": "two teams with the fastest times advance to the finale where one team will be crowned the winners and receive a cash prize. Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila host alongside actor and journalist, Alex Curry. The series is Esquire Network's most-watched program in the channel's history. On May 31, 2016, Esquire Network announced a sixteen-episode second season that will also include a five-episode special college edition that will have college-aged competitors go head-to-head against rival schools. On March 6, 2017, it was announced that \"Team Ninja Warrior\" would be moving to sibling cable channel USA Network as Esquire Network wound", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja" }, { "docid": "13631517", "text": "each category coached by fan-favorite athletes: Drew Dreschel, Kevin Bull, Natalie Duran, Meagan Martin, Najee Richardson, and Barclay Stockett. In Australia and New Zealand, the show is broadcast on SBS2 (2013–2017), 9Go! (2018), TV3 and Four. On April 25, 2016, it was announced Canadian broadcaster CTV picked up \"American Ninja Warrior\" for its 2016 summer broadcast schedule. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the show is broadcast on Challenge. In Israel, the show is broadcast on Yes Action and Keshet 12. In 2016 Croatian RTL started broadcasting the show. The show is also shown in Finland on Sub-TV. In the", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "8880459", "text": "Challenge, covering \"Sasuke\" tournaments 31–34, also voiced by North. It was announced on 22 December 2014 that a UK remake of the format, similar to that of the American version, would be aired on ITV in 2015. The first series began on 11 April 2015. It is produced by ITV Studios subsidiary company, Potato and hosted by Ben Shephard, Rochelle Humes and Chris Kamara. \"American Ninja Warrior\" and \"Swedish Ninja Warrior\" are broadcast in Australia on SBS Two. The play-by-play commentary and interviews with participants are subtitled in English, while the introduction, player profiles, and replays have been dubbed by", "title": "Sasuke (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16551176", "text": "five seasons. He later fell on the fifth obstacle on Stage 2, \"Wingnut Alley.\" Campbell resides currently in Los Angeles, California. He is a vegetarian. David Campbell (Ninja Warrior) David Campbell (born June 23, 1977) is an American athlete and musician known for performances on the Japanese program, \"Sasuke\" and its USA equivalent, \"American Ninja Warrior\". Campbell (デイヴィッド・キャンベル) started his Ninja Warrior career winning the fourth American preliminary competition, the American Ninja Challenge, and earning a place in Sasuke 22. In Japan, he failed the first stage, making it to 'the rope ladder' (the final obstacle,) before timing out. That", "title": "David Campbell (Ninja Warrior)" }, { "docid": "20551930", "text": "on American Ninja Warrior, the last person standing in the competition is awarded $100,000 (in the event that no one completes stage 4). Drew Drechsel became season 10's Last Ninja Standing by getting to the Ultimate Cliffhanger faster than Sean Bryan. American Ninja Warrior (season 10) The tenth season of the reality/sports competition series \"American Ninja Warrior\" premiered on May 30, 2018 on NBC. Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila returned for their ninth and sixth seasons, respectively, alongside sideline reporter Kristine Leahy who returns for her fourth. Prior to the season premiere, NBC aired two special episodes. On May", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 10)" }, { "docid": "11991882", "text": "American Ninja Warrior. Beginning with the 4th season of American Ninja Warrior, the qualifiers would compete on a replicated Sasuke Midoriyama course in the Las Vegas, USA (and no longer participate in the Japanese version of the show). Beginning with ANW5, additional \"Special\" competitions would also be arranged between the finalists of the Japanese and USA editions of the show. The popularity of the American Ninja Challenge led G4 to create a licensed version of \"Sasuke\" titled American Ninja Warrior, with contestants from the United States and all play-by-play commentary in English. American Ninja Challenge American Ninja Challenge was a", "title": "American Ninja Challenge" }, { "docid": "20622242", "text": "Mars, the \"Last Ninja Standing\" on \"Ninja Warrior Sweden\", who returned for his 3rd appearance on the NBC special. Øssur Eiriksfoss, a \"Team Ninja Warrior Denmark\" record-holder, and Sergio Verdasco, who achieved \"Total Victory\" on \"Ninja Warrior Spain\", were first-time competitors. Team Latin America members wore yellow T-shirts and shorts. Competitors included freerunners Danee Marmolejo and Karl Fow, who returned for their second appearance, as well as professional rock climbers, Marco Jubes and Sebastian Prieto, who made their first appearance on the NBC special. Team Asia competed for the first time, with members wearing red T-shirts and shorts. Competitors included", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World" }, { "docid": "20229502", "text": "spokesman for the series and its sponsor, POM Wonderful. It was revealed that he would make a return to \"Ninja Warrior\" by participating in the celebrity special of \"Ninja Warrior Germany\" in November 2017. On April 24, 2018, Caldiero confirmed he would come out of retirement to compete in season ten of \"Ninja Warrior\" in the Indianapolis region. While he cleared the qualifying course, he fell early in the Indianapolis city finals and was unable to qualify for the National Finals in Las Vegas. Despite having won the $1,000,000 prize from \"Ninja Warrior\", he and his girlfriend, Laura Kisana, continue", "title": "Isaac Caldiero" }, { "docid": "19627245", "text": "Evan Dollard Evan \"The Rocket\" Dollard is a U.S. athlete and rock climber. He came to prominence during Season 1 of the rebooted American Gladiators, as the season 1 men's champion. He earned his nickname \"Rocket\" from his speed in Gladiator competition, taking it as his gladiator name, becoming a Gladiator for season 2 of the rebooted American Gladiators. He has since appeared prominently in the Ninja Warrior franchise; in American Ninja Warrior (and hence US TV specials for Sasuke called \"Ninja Warrior\") and the standalone American Ninja Warrior, also using his nickname. Dollard also hosts his own web series,", "title": "Evan Dollard" }, { "docid": "13631489", "text": "Stage 3. The fourth season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" began airing on May 20, 2012, on both G4 and NBC. There were six regional competitions held in three locations: Venice Beach (Southwest and Northwest), Dallas (Midwest and Midsouth), and Miami (Northeast and Southeast), that determined the 100 competitors to participate in the qualifying rounds. The winner of the \"ANW\" season four competition would receive $500,000 and the coveted \"American Ninja Warrior\" title. The season finale, held in Las Vegas, was the first time that Mount Midori was held on U.S. soil. Submission videos for \"American Ninja Warrior\" season 4 had", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "18162165", "text": "was again given a Wild Card spot in Las Vegas. In the Las Vegas National Finals, Stage 1, she fell on the second obstacle. In December 2016 Catanzaro co-hosted as a broadcaster the \"Team Ninja Warrior College Madness\" series of shows. In 2017, Catanzaro competed in \"American Ninja Warrior\" season 9 in the San Antonio city qualifier and finals. In the former she failed on the fourth obstacle, but did well enough to qualify for city finals under the show's new rules. In that latter run she had her best performance since 2014, making it past the Sky Hooks and", "title": "Kacy Catanzaro" }, { "docid": "8880379", "text": "tryouts. Levi however did compete \"American Ninja Warrior\" 4, however he failed the Quad Steps (Godantobi in Japanese), the very first obstacle. It was clear he was very tired as he had flown in from the Philippines hours beforehand and tried to rush. He has not competed in \"American Ninja Warrior\" ever since. It is known that he stopped free running altogether, and became a farmer instead. In the four times he completed the First Stage, he had the fastest time out of everyone who finished Stage 1. † - Hamm cleared the Second Stage with 0.1 seconds left, but", "title": "Sasuke (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16606466", "text": "Downie) and helped Australia earn a silver in the team competition. Later that year, she competed in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China, where she qualified for the floor final in 8th place and finished 6th. In June 2016, Miller was announced as Australia's lone representative in the women's gymnastics competition at the 2016 Olympics. In 2017 Miller was a contestant in the first season of Australian Ninja Warrior. Larrissa Miller Larrissa Miller (born 12 July 1992) is an artistic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She made her Australian Senior National", "title": "Larrissa Miller" }, { "docid": "11355844", "text": "material. Iseman has hosted the game shows \"Scream Play\" on E! and \"Casino Night\" on GSN. He appears as a regular cast member on the home makeover show \"Clean House\" and its companion outtakes show, \"Clean House Comes Clean\", both on the Style Network. Additionally, he has hosted 8 out of 9 seasons of \"American Ninja Warrior\" on the channel G4, and then on the NBC network. The only season he did not host was season 1. Iseman began working with \"American Ninja Warrior\" in 2010. He uses his athleticism and work as a comedian to add his style to", "title": "Matt Iseman" }, { "docid": "20225743", "text": "Finals and achieved \"Total Victory\", completing Stage 4 and leading \"Ninja Warrior\" commentator Akbar Gbaja-Biamila to immediately declare \"Geoff Britten is the first American Ninja Warrior.\" After Britten's run, Isaac Caldiero finished the course over three seconds faster, winning the show's top prize of $1,000,000. This created some controversy over who was truly the first \"American Ninja Warrior.\" While Britten admitted that Caldiero had defeated him and deserved the victory, he still believed he deserved some credit for his accomplishments: \"There’s been a lot of people confused about the verbiage – 'first American Ninja Warrior' or 'first winner.' The way", "title": "Geoff Britten" }, { "docid": "18851904", "text": "American Ninja Warrior (season 7) The seventh season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" premiered on NBC on May 25, 2015. Hosts Matt Iseman & Akbar Gbaja-Biamila returned for their respective sixth and third seasons while newcomer Kristine Leahy joined as sideline reporter, replacing Jenn Brown. In addition, this season's grand prize was increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The season concluded on September 14, 2015. For the first time in \"American Ninja Warrior\" history, a competitor completed Stage 3 of the Las Vegas Finals. Both Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero completed Stage 3 and climbed Mount Midoriyama in the allotted time of", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 7)" }, { "docid": "13631474", "text": "American Ninja Warrior American Ninja Warrior (sometimes abbreviated as ANW) is an American sports entertainment competition that is a spin-off of the Japanese television series \"Sasuke\". It features hundreds of competitors attempting to complete a series of obstacle courses of increasing difficulty in various cities across the United States, in hopes of advancing to the national finals on the Las Vegas Strip, in hopes of becoming an \"American Ninja Warrior\". To date only two competitors, rock-climbers Isaac Caldiero and Geoff Britten, have finished the course and achieved \"Total Victory\". Caldiero is the only competitor to win the cash prize. The", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "19042541", "text": "American Ninja Warrior (season 3) The third season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" began airing on July 31, 2011, on G4. Tryouts took place in May 2011 at Venice Beach, California. After the tryouts, the top 15 competitors competed in Ninja Warrior Boot Camp with the top 10 moving on to Japan for the finals of the competition as a part of Sasuke 27 and a chance at becoming the first American to conquer the course and win a $500,000 endorsement deal with K-Swiss. No competitors made it beyond stage 3. The final episode aired on August 22, 2011, as a", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 3)" }, { "docid": "18898919", "text": "city qualifiers competed at a finals venue with four stages that was built just off the Las Vegas Strip. American Ninja Warrior (season 4) The fourth season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" began on May 20, 2012, and aired on NBC and G4. This was a landmark season for \"Ninja Warrior\", as the entire format was overhauled. For the first time, the finals took place on U.S. soil. In addition, regional qualifiers were added, taking place in Dallas, TX, Miami, FL, and the series' flagship location, Venice Beach, CA. New co-host Jonny Moseley replaced Jimmy Smith, while Angela Sun replaced Alison", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 4)" }, { "docid": "18897610", "text": "American Ninja Warrior (season 6) The sixth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 26, 2014. Hosts Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, and Jenn Brown returned for their sixth, second, and second seasons, respectively. Similar to previous seasons, the winner receives $500,000 and the coveted title, \"American Ninja Warrior\". Regional competitions were held in the following five locations to determine the 90 competitors to participate in the other stages: Venice Beach, CA, a return to Dallas, TX; and new locations St. Louis, MO, Miami, FL and Denver, CO. Truss builder Stephen France made \"ANW\" history when he became", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 6)" }, { "docid": "18601913", "text": "Ninja Warrior UK Ninja Warrior UK is a British physical obstacle assault course game show, created for ITV and broadcast since 11 April 2015. The show is based upon the format of Japanese game show \"Sasuke\", created by Ushio Higuchi, which is aired in the United Kingdom and other countries as Ninja Warrior. Presented by Ben Shephard, Chris Kamara and Rochelle Humes, the show focuses upon around 250 contestants tackling a variety of obstacles along an assault course, the most notable being the \"warped wall\", and achieving a fast time or going the furthest to qualify for the semi-finals and", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK" }, { "docid": "20521993", "text": "and female star Mary Beth Wang. They would have some incredible runs, but would not place. In the 2017 season, Moravsky would coach his new teammates Josh Levin and Allyssa Beird to first place, winners of Season 2 of \"TNW\". Partly due to Moravsky's success on American Ninja Warrior, he has been able to work with NBC properties such as The Weather Channel and has partnered with Macy's. In 2018, he was made team captain of Team USA on American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World for being the last ninja standing again in season 9. In season 10 of", "title": "Joe Moravsky" }, { "docid": "20622250", "text": "80-foot rope climb race to the top of Mount Midoriyama, McColl edged out Bryan with a time of 25:93, just faster than Bryan's 26:79. Team Europe was then declared champions, earning their second \"USA vs. The World\" trophy. McColl's run was also named the \"\"POM Wonderful Run of the Night\"\". American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World is a television special aired approximately once a year on NBC, featuring a team of \"American Ninja Warrior\" fan favorites competing against teams of competitors from other regions of the world, including Japan, Europe, Latin America,", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World" }, { "docid": "20551917", "text": "American Ninja Warrior (season 10) The tenth season of the reality/sports competition series \"American Ninja Warrior\" premiered on May 30, 2018 on NBC. Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila returned for their ninth and sixth seasons, respectively, alongside sideline reporter Kristine Leahy who returns for her fourth. Prior to the season premiere, NBC aired two special episodes. On May 17, 2018, a two-hour All-Stars special aired, while on May 24, 2018, the second annual \"Celebrity Ninja Warrior for Red Nose Day\" featured celebrities raising money for charity. Changes this season include the introduction of the 18-foot (5.5 m) \"Mega Wall\".", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 10)" }, { "docid": "13631511", "text": "and the Floating Bar. The all-star winners were once again Team Kristine, who won the team relay race competition with a time of 6:12.06, beating Team Matt by only 5 seconds (6:17.96). \"Celebrity Ninja Warrior\" features celebrities competing on the \"American Ninja Warrior\" course while being coached by \"ANW\" favorites. NBC announced a special entitled \"Celebrity Ninja Warrior for Red Nose Day\" which aired on May 25, 2017. The course featured modified obstacles: Floating Steps, Cannonball Drop, Fly Wheels, Block Run, Battering Ram, and the Warped Wall. After completing the course, Stephen Amell also completed the Salmon Ladder (which he", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "16551173", "text": "in the ANW finals in Las Vegas, Nevada; however Furlanic did not compete at the Finals. Campbell failed on the \"Spinning Bridge\" in Stage 1 of the Finals. In 2013, Campbell competed in the fifth \"American Ninja Warrior\" in the Venice Qualifiers, and got 3rd place. In the Regional Qualifiers, he was one of four competitors to complete the whole course. In 2014, he competed in the sixth season and got the fastest times in the Venice Qualifiers and in the Venice Finals, and also he was one of four people that completed Cannonball Alley one of the most toughest", "title": "David Campbell (Ninja Warrior)" }, { "docid": "18153499", "text": "Warrior. In July 2018, she competed on Australian Ninja Warrior again for season 2. She was the only woman to make it to the Grand Final. Olivia was named to the Olympic team in 2008 where she contributed the highest score of her team on Uneven Bars helping the Australian women to a historic 6th-place finish. Vivian competed on all four events and helped her team win the silver medal. Despite having the 4th highest bar score on the uneven bars, she did not qualify into the apparatus event finals because of the two-per country rule. She qualified eleventh into", "title": "Olivia Vivian" }, { "docid": "17511897", "text": "Finals course (although she did not complete the qualifier course). In season 6 (2014) of \"American Ninja Warrior\" she could not compete because she had torn her ACL, TCL, and her meniscus. In season 7 (2015), she appeared at Stage One in Las Vegas and got past the first few obstacles, but she could not make it up the Warped Wall. In season 8, in the Los Angeles qualifying round, she became the first woman in \"American Ninja Warrior\" history to make it up the new 14 1/2-foot Warped Wall and moved on to the city finals along with professional", "title": "Jessie Graff" }, { "docid": "20932850", "text": "American Ninja Warrior Junior American Ninja Warrior Junior (ANWjr) is a children's sports competition game show on Universal Kids that premiered in 2018. It is the children's edition of \"American Ninja Warrior\" (ANW) and \"\" (ANW:NvN). Ultimately the show derives from the Japanese game show \"SASUKE\". ANWjr is produced by A. Smith & Co., the same producer of ANW and NvN. Like NvN, ANWjr is a head-to-head multi-round-per-episode triple-elimination-per-episode competition. Unlike NvN, there are no teams. Like ANW, each child contestant competes for themselves. Unlike either ANW or NvN, which are classless, but have a minimum age cut-off of 18-years", "title": "American Ninja Warrior Junior" }, { "docid": "11991876", "text": "American Ninja Challenge American Ninja Challenge was a nationwide competition sponsored by G4 TV to send a number of American citizens to Japan to compete in the TBS hit TV show \"Sasuke\" (known as \"Ninja Warrior\" in US). American Ninja Challenge has been held since \"Sasuke\" 19 (the 19th competition) and currently merged into the TV series \"American Ninja Warrior\" that premiered on December 12, 2009 and succeeded American Ninja Challenge. G4's Attack of the Show hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn broadcast a competition to ninja aspirees everywhere to create a video displaying their 'ninja moves'. Hundreds of people", "title": "American Ninja Challenge" }, { "docid": "8880460", "text": "a voice actor. On 19 June 2016, Nine Network announced they are creating \"Australian Ninja Warrior\", an Australian version of the show which will be produced by Endemol Shine and hosted by Rebecca Maddern, Ben Fordham and Freddie Flintoff. The program can be seen in Bosnia as Nindža Ratnici (\"Ninja Warriors\") every day from Monday until Friday at 18:20 (UTC+1) on the Hayat TV channel and on Mreža Plus syndicated TV program. The program is broadcast in Bulgaria on bTV Comedy as Най-добрият нинджа (The Best Ninja) weekends at 16:00 (UTC+2). An unlicensed Chinese edition, 极限勇士 (Sasuke China: X Warrior),", "title": "Sasuke (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19217373", "text": "the 2015-2016 TV season. The season was taped from October 21–23, 2015, in Long Beach, California. Of the competing teams, only one team was captained by a woman, that of Jessie Graff's, the \"G-Force\". Premiering on January 19, 2016, the season consisted of eight, hour-long episodes, exclusively on Esquire Network. The season ended with \"Party Time\", consisting of members Brian Arnold, Jake Murray, and Jennifer Tavernier crowned \"Team Ninja Warrior\" Champions, winning over \"TNT\", which included members Travis Rosen, Adam Arnold, and Joyce Shahboz.<ref name=\"IBT-01/12/16\"> </ref> Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness was a five-episode special season that premiered on November", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja" }, { "docid": "13631514", "text": "feature 24 three-person teams (two men and one woman) of popular \"ANW\" alumni, initially titled \"Team Ninja Warrior\". The teams compete head-to-head against each other, running the course simultaneously, thus creating a new live duel dynamic (including crossing points where the two competitors can affect the other's progress.) The two teams with the fastest times advance to the finale where one team will be crowned the winners and receive a cash prize. Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila host alongside actor and journalist, Alex Curry. The series is Esquire Network's most-watched program in the channel's history. On May 31, 2016, Esquire", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "19365678", "text": "executive producers include Sylvester Stallone and Kevin King-Templeton, both of whom also collaborated on the sports drama film \"Creed\" (2015). The series is being produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with 25/7 Productions. Paul Telegdy, NBC president of alternative and late-night programming, said \"American Ninja Warrior\" prompted interest in \"Strong\", and that pitches for shows were considered around the question: \"If there was a show that would get people ready to be a contestant on \"American Ninja Warrior\", what would it be?\" Host Gabrielle Reece said the show's physical challenges are a \"high level of difficulty\" and said of", "title": "Strong (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20521991", "text": "Joe Moravsky Joe Moravsky is an American athlete and Meteorologist who has competed on \"American Ninja Warrior\" in seasons five through ten. He is best known for being the last ninja standing twice (on ANW) and competing on USA Network's \"Team Ninja Warrior\" season one and winning season two. Moravsky first competed on \"American Ninja Warrior\" in season five, making it to the stage three in the Las Vegas Finals. However, he failed to complete the Floating Boards and was eliminated on Stage 3. In season six, Moravsky would once again make it to the Vegas Finals. Unfortunately, he fell", "title": "Joe Moravsky" }, { "docid": "13631497", "text": "complete Stage 4 with a second remaining; however, Isaac Caldiero achieved the Stage 4 rope climb in a faster time and was awarded the grand prize of $1,000,000 and the title of \"American Ninja Warrior\". Geoff Britten was the first Ninja to complete all six courses in a single season. Season eight of \"American Ninja Warrior\" began on June 1, 2016, on NBC, with encore episodes airing the following day on Esquire Network. Regional competitions were held in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, and Philadelphia, with 28 new obstacles. Over 40 percent more women registered for season eight compared", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "19620654", "text": "it. For its 2018 season 10, American Ninja Warrior introduced a \"mega warped wall\". If they are successful in climbing it, they would win $10,000. Competitors who choose the mega warped wall, have only one attempt to reach the top. If unsuccessful, the competitor will only get one shot at the warped wall. Those who do not wish to attempt the Mega Wall have three chances to reach the top of the warped wall. The mega wall will only be featured in the city qualifiers. In \"American Ninja Warrior Junior\", the warped wall measures 13 ft, and will be completed", "title": "Warped wall" }, { "docid": "20622243", "text": "Yusuke Morimoto, who returned for his 3rd appearance, and first under the Team Asia banner. He had twice competed for Team Japan in late 2014 and 2016. Another returning Team Japan member was Tomohiro Kawaguchi, who returned for his 2nd appearance. He had previously competed for Team Japan in 2016. A first-time appearance was also made by Yosua Zalukhu, the \"Last Ninja Standing\" on \"Ninja Warrior Indonesia\", making it to Stage Four. Thuc Le also made his first \"USA vs. The World\" appearance, having achieved \"Total Victory\" on \"Ninja Warrior Vietnam\". There were two heats during Stage One and Two", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World" }, { "docid": "13631475", "text": "series premiered on December 12, 2009 on the now-defunct cable channel G4 and now airs on NBC with encore episodes airing on USA Network and NBCSN, G4, and Esquire Network. \"American Ninja Warrior\" succeeded G4's \"American Ninja Challenge\" as the qualifying route for Americans to enter \"Sasuke\". Beginning with the fourth season in 2012, regional finalists and wild card competitors competed on a nearly identical Mount Midoriyama course in Las Vegas, Nevada, rather than traveling to Japan to compete on \"Sasuke\". \"American Ninja Warrior\" was originally hosted by G4's American television personality Blair Herter, and actress and former television correspondent", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "8880461", "text": "started on June 9, 2015 on Jiangsu TV. While the show contains courses directly based on \"American Ninja Warrior\" 6 and follows a similar structure, the version is unofficial and not directly related to \"Sasuke\". The Chinese edition contains four international competitions, the Chinese team playing head-to-head matches against contestants from Netherlands, United Kingdom, Singapore and the notable contestants from \"American Ninja Warrior\". The program is broadcast in Colombia on Canal Uno on Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 PM, and a version of \"American Ninja Warrior\" (as \"Guerrero Ninja Americano\") is broadcast on Canal RCN on Saturday and Sunday at", "title": "Sasuke (TV series)" }, { "docid": "15204346", "text": "Tim Shieff Timothy \"Livewire\" Shieff is a professional English freerunner. He is best known for winning the 2009 \"Barclaycard World Freerun Championship\" and participating on the television programme MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge. Shieff uses the nickname \"Livewire\" while performing freerunning. In 2011 and 2012 he appeared in the televised \"American Ninja Warrior\" competitions. In 2014 he appeared on a special \"USA vs. The World\" edition of \"American Ninja Warrior\", where he helped lead Team Europe to victory over Team USA and Team Japan, and also competed in \"ANW\" 's \"USA vs. The World II\" in 2015. He won the first", "title": "Tim Shieff" }, { "docid": "13631495", "text": "female to make it up the \"Warped Wall\" in the Dallas Qualifiers. Later in the Dallas Finals, she became the first woman to complete that finals course, in 8 minutes, 59 seconds. Again, no competitor achieved \"total victory\". Kacy's run has over ten million views. Joe Moravsky, the \"Weatherman\", made it farther than anyone on season six, falling on the Hang Climb, where Brent Steffensen failed two years ago. The seventh season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" premiered on NBC on May 25, 2015. This season's grand prize was increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000. Qualifying and finals courses were held in", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "8880462", "text": "4:00 PM. The program can be seen in Croatia on Nova TV as Ninja Ratnici (Ninja Warriors) from Monday to Friday at 09:45 (UTC+1) and 17:15 (UTC+1) narrated by Davor Jurkotić and Mario Lipovšek Battifiaca. The program is broadcast in the Czech Republic on Prima Cool as Ninja faktor (Ninja Factor). Episodes are 50 minutes long and split in two parts. The program was aired in Estonia as \"Ninjasõdalane\" (Ninja Warrior) on the TV6 channel every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 pm to 20.00 pm. Running time was 30 minutes per episode. In 2016, the inaugural season of Ninja Warrior", "title": "Sasuke (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13631491", "text": "30 contestants were then cut in half in the regional finals where the course would extend to include common Stage 2 and Stage 3 obstacles such as the Salmon Ladder, Cliffhanger and Body Prop. The 100 contestants who qualified (including wild cards) earned tickets to Las Vegas to challenge Mt. Midori. Brent Steffensen was the first American to defeat the Ultimate Cliffhanger on Stage 3, and he made it the farthest that season, falling on the Hang Climb. He was the only competitor to reach Stage 3 in this competition. The fifth season of \"American Ninja Warrior\" premiered on June", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "19217375", "text": "premiered on USA Network on April 18, 2017, with the season finale airing June 27, 2017. There were 28 teams; unlike season 1, in which only one team was captained by a woman, season 2 featured 3 teams captained by women. The season ended with Storm Team, led by Joe Moravsky, being crowned as the new champions, with Travis Rosen's Team TNT finishing runner-up for the second year in a row. Season 3 of the show, now dubbed as \"American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja\", premiered on March 1, 2018 with the finale airing on June 18, 2018. The competition", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja" }, { "docid": "19217368", "text": "down its linear channel operations and relaunched as an online-only service. The show's second season premiered on April 18. On October 5, 2017, it was announced by USA Network that the show would be retitled \"American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs Ninja\" starting with the show's third season, which premiered on March 1, 2018. Each first-round episode consists of five matches: two seeding-round matches, two elimination matches (always pitting a seeding-round winner against a seeding-round loser), and the championship relay race. The four standard rounds features three heats, with the captains selecting opponents (men vs. men only), with the women racing", "title": "American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja" }, { "docid": "7359613", "text": "arts sequences and B-movie production values. The film made $13,168,027 domestically in the United States. The film was released on Blu-ray in Australia in June 2017 Revenge of the Ninja Revenge of the Ninja is a 1983 American martial arts-thriller film starring martial artist and cult actor Sho Kosugi as a ninja trying to protect his only son from a cabal of ruthless gangsters. It is the second entry in Cannon Films' \"Ninja Trilogy\" anthology series, starting with \"Enter the Ninja\" (1981) and ending with \"\" (1984). It was directed by Sam Firstenberg and also stars Keith Vitali, Virgil Frye,", "title": "Revenge of the Ninja" }, { "docid": "19816376", "text": "qualifying course qualified for the city finals course, and the top two women in each city finals qualify for national finals, regardless of their placement overall. Beginning in Season 9, wildcard invitations will no longer be allowed for the National Finals in Vegas as only competitors who finish their city finals or those in the top 15 will advance. Also, the show introduces \"ANW Obstacle Design Challenge\", where from over 2500 fan-submitted obstacles, seven chosen obstacles are introduced in the show. Indicates obstacles created by fans for the \"\"American Ninja Warrior\" Obstacle Design Challenge\". The Los Angeles Qualifiers featured two", "title": "American Ninja Warrior (season 9)" }, { "docid": "16551172", "text": "seconds left on the clock (setting a SASUKE speed record). Campbell made it to the third stage, where he slipped on the sixth and final ledge of 'the ultimate cliffhanger'. Although it is often stated on the program that this is the farthest any American had ever gone on the Sasuke course, it is not accurate. Actor/martial artist Kane Kosugi reached the final stage in Sasuke 8. In 2012, Campbell competed in the fourth \"American Ninja Warrior\" tournament. He qualified with the fastest run during the Northwest qualifiers, with a time of 58.55 seconds. Both he and Furlanic earned spots", "title": "David Campbell (Ninja Warrior)" }, { "docid": "13631485", "text": "of \"American Ninja Warrior\" was held in Los Angeles, where hundreds of competitors came to challenge themselves against the course and qualify for a shot at making it to Japan to compete in \"Sasuke 23\" later in the year. The special premiered on December 12, 2009, on G4 TV and was hosted by G4's Blair Herter and Alison Haislip. Notable competitors this season included freerunners Levi Meeuwenberg and Brian Orosco, mixed martial artist Jason \"Mayhem\" Miller, and Hollywood stuntman Rich King. Along with competitors on every season, Lorin Ball, Brian Kretsch, Ryan Stratis, and David Campbell. Out of the ten", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "13631486", "text": "Americans who qualified to compete at Mount Midori in Japan, only Rich King, Levi Meeuwenberg and Brian Orosco successfully completed Stage 1. The majority of the \"American Ninja Warrior\" competitors ran out of time or failed the obstacles. Levi Meeuwenberg was the only American competitor to complete Stage 2. The sole American competitor on Stage 3 fell on the \"Shin-Cliffhanger\" and his run came to an end. The second season premiered on December 8, 2010, on G4, and concluded on December 23, 2010 after 10 episodes. The city qualifiers were held near the beach in Venice, California, where 300 competitors", "title": "American Ninja Warrior" }, { "docid": "6324011", "text": "skies, where the spirit of Splinter watches over her and the others with pride. In the fifth and final season (titled \"\"Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\"\"), Karai and her good friend Shinigami were traveling in the dead of night in pursuit of Foot soldiers who had double-crossed her, as they accused her of not being worthy to rule the Foot clan. She was suddenly attacked by a mysterious, masked warrior. She was shocked her to discover that it was, in fact, her old teacher and mentor- Hattori Tatsu. After escaping (thanks to Shinigami's dark arts) she came to", "title": "Karai (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)" }, { "docid": "12315355", "text": "The evening before Masamoto's arrival, the house is attacked by ninja, including Dokugan Ryu. Dokugan Ryu asks Jack where the rutter is, but Jack denies knowing about its whereabouts. Before Dokugan Ryu can do anything Masamoto arrives, forcing the ninja to flee. The next day, Masamoto takes Jack, Yamato and Akiko to Kyoto so they can learn the way of the samurai at his school. There Jack makes friends, but also enemies, one of them being Oda Kazuki. Jack proves to be a talented student in the Way of the Samurai, much to the dismay of others who don't approve", "title": "Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior" }, { "docid": "19627249", "text": "asked to host BattleFrog, and be an analyst, analyzing the obstacles and strategies to overcome them. Evan Dollard Evan \"The Rocket\" Dollard is a U.S. athlete and rock climber. He came to prominence during Season 1 of the rebooted American Gladiators, as the season 1 men's champion. He earned his nickname \"Rocket\" from his speed in Gladiator competition, taking it as his gladiator name, becoming a Gladiator for season 2 of the rebooted American Gladiators. He has since appeared prominently in the Ninja Warrior franchise; in American Ninja Warrior (and hence US TV specials for Sasuke called \"Ninja Warrior\") and", "title": "Evan Dollard" }, { "docid": "20661820", "text": "Ninja Warrior UK (series 4) Series Four of Ninja Warrior UK, a British physical obstacle assault course game show, began airing on 14 April 2018. Unlike previous series, it was announced on 28 August 2017 that the competition would feature a selection of celebrity contestants, including Gethin Jones, Harry Judd, Jenni Falconer and Marvin Humes. In the course of the four qualifier rounds, the contestants faced a variety of different obstacles in each round, alongside Floating Steps and Warped Wall. The most common featured included Jump Hang - this series saw a few new variations on the obstacle - Floating", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK (series 4)" }, { "docid": "20441221", "text": "Unfortunately a leg injury ruling him out. Cullimore then trained and fought as a mixed martial arts fighter turning pro with a 3-1 record He later Trained in natural body building placing 3rd at the Australian Nationals ANB & International Natural Bodybuilding Association heavy weight divisions and appeared in the Nations top hit TV show Australian Ninja Warrior [[Australian Ninja Warrior (season 1 & 2 making the semi finals for Australian Ninja Warrior. Francis Cullimore is now moved away from the sporting arena & all his focus is gone into creating a successful landscaping business, Gardenking Landscape & maintenance. [[Category:New", "title": "Francis Cullimore" }, { "docid": "20303751", "text": "Ninja Warrior UK (series 3) Series Three of Ninja Warrior UK, a British physical obstacle assault course game show, was aired on ITV from 31 December 2016 to 18 February 2017. Of the 250 contestant who took part, this series' competition was won by Jonny Urszuly. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 3.81 million viewers. In the course of the five qualifier rounds, the contestants faced a variety of different obstacles in each round, alongside Quintuple Steps and Warped Wall. The most common featured included Jump Hang - this series saw a few new variations on the obstacle -", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK (series 3)" }, { "docid": "20661821", "text": "Steps, and Log Runner - this obstacle was new for this series. This series saw the introduction of new obstacles used on the course - Rope Climb, Floating Steps, Tick Tock and Bar Hop Ninja Warrior UK (series 4) Series Four of Ninja Warrior UK, a British physical obstacle assault course game show, began airing on 14 April 2018. Unlike previous series, it was announced on 28 August 2017 that the competition would feature a selection of celebrity contestants, including Gethin Jones, Harry Judd, Jenni Falconer and Marvin Humes. In the course of the four qualifier rounds, the contestants faced", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK (series 4)" }, { "docid": "20303754", "text": "required the remaining finalists to take on five obstacles - Spider Jump, Spin Cycle, Salmon Ladder, Monkey Pegs, and Wall Lift - and complete them within two minutes. Of the remaining finalists, only Clarke and Urszuly managed to complete it successfully. For Stage 3, the remaining two finalists had to complete three obstacles, but with no time limit - Crazy Cliff Hanger, Floating Boards, and Flying Bars. Neither contestant managed to complete the stage, thus the winner was determined by progress, resulting in Urszuly being declared the winner. Ninja Warrior UK (series 3) Series Three of Ninja Warrior UK, a", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK (series 3)" }, { "docid": "20229500", "text": "climb was faster, he was declared the season's official winner, and he received the title of the first \"American Ninja Warrior.\" Because Britten ran first, however, some fans and competitors considered him to be the \"first American Ninja Warrior\"; Joe Moravsky stated: \"In my opinion, Geoff is technically the first American Ninja Warrior and Isaac is the second. The only difference is Isaac climbed it faster so he gets the million and won the season.\" Caldiero, however, believed the dispute was unnecessary, saying \"There is no distinction, it's the same title. There are pictures of me holding the trophy that", "title": "Isaac Caldiero" }, { "docid": "18601914", "text": "the finals, with the winner of the contest being crowned \"Ninja Warrior UK\" for that year. At present, the show has aired four series and one celebrity special for \"Text Santa\", and it was announced that Ninja Warrior UK will return for a fifth series in 2019. Each series' competition is divided into three stages - five Qualifier Rounds, two Semi-Finals, and the Final - and feature around 250 contestants taking part. The assault course that is used on the programme is contained within a specially made studio, and features a variety of obstacles either taken from or based upon", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK" }, { "docid": "2540960", "text": "from the television series, who endowed new powers from warrior Dulcea and becomes the White Ninja Ranger; he harnesses the spirit of the falcon and controlling the White Falcon Ninjazord to defeat Ivan Ooze with his team. Unlike the television series, Tommy's White Ranger costume is more of an armor than a formfitting spandex. While Tommy Oliver did not appear in the 2017 reboot film, Jason David Frank does have a cameo role, and Tommy Oliver is referenced in a post-credits scene, setting up his role as the Green Ranger in future sequels. Frank's cameo consists of a brief appearance", "title": "Tommy Oliver" }, { "docid": "4125574", "text": "the Colonel to Ortega's weapon-jacking. Ortega flees by helicopter with Patricia as his hostage, after gunning down her father. Joe, however, infiltrates Ortega's chopper; he and Patricia jump to safety just before Jackson shoots down the helicopter, killing Ortega. The film was originally called \"American Warrior\" and was released in UK cinemas under that title, but was changed to \"American Ninja\" for all other releases. The trailer (included on the DVD) contains the original title. In Germany, however, the film was released under the title \"American Fighter\". It was also the first of three films pairing Michael Dudikoff and Steve", "title": "American Ninja" }, { "docid": "20932803", "text": "three obstacles. Whoever manages to go the furthest or completes all three stages, is declared \"The Last Man Standing\" and wins. However, in the event that more than one contestant beats all three stages, they then tackle one more obstacle to determine the winner - climbing (fictional) \"Mount Midoriyama\" with a rope. The show's format features a similar approach to that of \"American Ninja Warrior\", in that footage in episodes focuses on the highlights of contestant runs. Commentary of a contestant's run is mainly done by the presenters, Köppen and Buschmann, while Wontorra often interviews contestants before their run, and", "title": "Ninja Warrior Germany" }, { "docid": "3985629", "text": "familiar from working for the Shaw Brothers in the 1970s. However, Ho later re-edited his scenes into several more films in a cut-and-paste style of filmmaking that has since made him infamous. Harrison found himself the unwilling star of almost a dozen different movies, with titles like \"Cobra Vs. Ninja\", \"Golden Ninja Warrior\" and \"Diamond Nínja Force\". Like the \"Silver Star\" productions, the \"ninja\" films have since become cult films. Disgusted with that outcome, Harrison returned to the United States. In 1991, Harrison played Jack Roth in the drama film \"Lies of the Twins\" opposite Aidan Quinn, Isabella Rossellini and", "title": "Richard Harrison (actor)" }, { "docid": "18601918", "text": "their run, and occasionally if they failed a run; in some instances, if a contestant's run was successful, especially during the qualifiers, the interview would be handled by Shephard and Kamara. The first series of \"Ninja Warrior UK\" was aired during 2015, from 11 April to 30 May. Of the contestants that made it to the final, none of the finalists managed to complete all three stages. As a result, the winner was declared as Timothy Shieff, who managed to go the furthest. The series drew favourable viewing figures, leading ITV to renew the show for a second series on", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK" }, { "docid": "18601919", "text": "29 May 2015. The second series of \"Ninja Warrior UK\" was aired during 2016, from 2 January to 13 February. Of the contestants that made it to the final, only three finalists made it to the second stage before failing on the same obstacle. Of these three, Owen McKenzie was declared the winner, having managed to go the furthest. The third series of \"Ninja Warrior UK\" was aired from 31 December 2016 to 18 February 2017. Of the contestants that made it to the final, only two made it to the final stage before failing. Of these two, Jonny Urzuly", "title": "Ninja Warrior UK" } ]
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what is the full form of icu in hospital
[ "intensive care unit" ]
[ { "docid": "8470617", "text": "responsibilities. Such systems allow hospitals to double-check that correct procedures are being followed for the patients most vulnerable to mistakes, and to access expertise remotely to keep patients that would otherwise have to be transferred to a larger facility, and have demonstrated a significant decrease in mortality. Intensive care unit An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive treatment medicine. Intensive care units cater to patients with severe and life-threatening illnesses and", "title": "Intensive care unit" }, { "docid": "14815123", "text": "arrangement in which ICU acted as the manufacturer of the Hospira critical care product line. The acquisition allowed ICU to obtain new manufacturing space in Salt Lake City, Utah, while it also broadened the company's footprint in the hospital marketplace with products designed for use in high acuity clinical settings like the operating room and intensive care unit. With the February 2017 acquisition of the Hospira Infusion Systems business from Pfizer, ICU Medical became one of the leading pure-play infusion companies. Over 90% of hospitalized patients receive some form of IV therapy during their stay. As a result, infusion devices", "title": "ICU Medical" }, { "docid": "12603582", "text": "care units at St Thomas Midtown Hospital. The Medical ICU, Neuro-Surgical ICU, and the CVICU. The Medical intensive care unit has 14 beds and treats a variety of critically ill patients. The Surgical intensive care unit also has 14 beds and treats Neurological and Surgical patients. The CVICU is a new unit developed in 2012 that sees the post Coronary Artery Bypass patients. A heart doctor from St Thomas Heart is always in the hospital 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In 2008, The Neuro ICU and the Surgical ICU combined beds and formed the current Neuro-Surgical ICU.", "title": "Saint Thomas - Midtown Hospital (Nashville)" }, { "docid": "19872072", "text": "Lounge, and a Pharmacy. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) which costs $20 Million and expanding the Short Stay Unit. It is expected to be finished in 2018, but there is no current funding for the newly completed ICU to be open as an ICU. Angliss Hospital Angliss Hospital is a Hospital Located on Albert Street, Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. It was originally named William Angliss Hospital and then changed to Angliss Hospital. It was established in 1939 and was named after Sir William Charles Angliss. Next to the hospital there is an aged care home, and near the hospital is", "title": "Angliss Hospital" }, { "docid": "17528117", "text": "treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU). Awareness of these long-term functional disabilities is growing, and research is ongoing to further clarify the spectrum of disabilities and to find more effective ways to prevent these long-term complications and to more effectively treat functional recovery. Increased awareness in the medical community has also highlighted the need for more hospital and community-based resources to more effectively identify and treat patients with suffering from PICS after surviving a critical illness. The most recognized form of the syndrome is the physical dysfunction commonly known as ICU-acquired weakness. The other physical, cognitive, and mental health", "title": "Post-intensive care syndrome" }, { "docid": "7151362", "text": "on 29 December 2015 by a cancer patient in Peshawar. At the completion of phase I, the hospital has commenced clinical services, with outpatient clinics, inpatient beds, a fully equipped intensive care unit (ICU), a full-service pharmacy and 24-hour emergency services. In addition, chemotherapy service has commenced operations, which is of tremendous benefit to its patients, who previously made physically, emotionally and financially demanding trips to Lahore to have cyclical chemotherapy treatments every few weeks. In conjunction with the commencement of clinical services, the full range of pathology and radiology services have begun in Peshawar. The Radiology department has X-ray,", "title": "Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre" }, { "docid": "3816016", "text": "name \"Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester\". The Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester, Saint Marys Campus has 1,265 licensed beds and 64 operating rooms. In 2008, there were 43,000 admissions as well as 28,000 surgical cases. The Mayo Clinic Psychiatry and Psychology Treatment Center in the Generose Building is also part of the campus. St. Marys Hospital campus includes the nation's largest intensive care unit which includes 200 ICU beds and 200 \"step-down\" ICU beds. Recently the Emergency Department and Post Anesthesia Care Unit were renovated. The hospital is accredited as a Level I trauma center and stroke center. It is", "title": "Mayo Clinic Hospital (Rochester)" }, { "docid": "2036394", "text": "intensively monitored unit. Intensive care is usually only offered to those whose condition is potentially reversible and who have a good chance of surviving with intensive care support. A prime requisite for admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) is that the underlying condition can be overcome. Medical studies suggest a relation between ICU volume and quality of care for mechanically ventilated patients. After adjustment for severity of illness, demographic variables, and characteristics of the ICUs (including staffing by intensivists), higher ICU volume was significantly associated with lower ICU and hospital mortality rates. For example, adjusted ICU mortality (for a", "title": "Intensive care medicine" }, { "docid": "18234009", "text": "services under MoD) in the year 2006–2007. The work was completed in 2010 at cost of the work was Rs. 38.00 Crores approx. at 2010 price. The hospital has an Intensive care unit (ICU). When fully commissioned the hospital will have nine medical specialties. In addition, hospital also has Polyclinic, Blood Bank, Physiotherapy Department, medical test laboratory, etc. Military Hospital, Hisar Military Hospital, Hisar at Hisar Military Station, Haryana, India is a 250-bed multi-specialty hospital with Intensive care unit (ICU), 9 medical specialties, physiotherapy, and blood bank for the free treatment of Army and ex-army personnel and their families. The", "title": "Military Hospital, Hisar" }, { "docid": "8639612", "text": "upgrading to a full hospital service including surgery and emergency. The hospital portion underwent further expansion in 2006. The hospital described as having \"state-of-the-art\" facilities upon opening has several ghost wards of that caliber. It was built with a fully operational intensive care unit that has never been opened or used in addition to several other inactive pavilions. The smaller field hospital had in fact maintained an ICU for this city until that point. In 1997 the hospital stopped admitting patients overnight due to the fact that it only filled on average 20 of the 50 spaces in its overnight", "title": "Richmond Medical Center" }, { "docid": "16743317", "text": "reduced lung volumes. Upon returning to Malaysia, Sachithanandan was appointed consultant anaesthesiologist to the \"Johor Baru General Hospital\" (since renamed Hospital Sultanah Aminah) where he practised for two periods (1964–71 and 1977–81). His most notable contribution as Johore State Anaesthetist was to establish the first public sector intensive care unit (ICU) in Malaysia in 1968 at the Johor Baru General Hospital (JBGH). This ICU inspired the establishment of similar units in several other state general hospitals nationwide over the next decade. In 2010, Malaysia reported availability of over four hundred operational critical care ICU beds across 36 different government hospitals", "title": "T. Sachithanandan" }, { "docid": "9955177", "text": "71 private, family-friendly patient rooms, 21-bed cardiac ambulatory procedure area, 20-bed cardiac surgery ICU, dedicated Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR), and a new interventional cardiac catheterization lab. With this expansion all cardiopulmonary services were brought under one roof: Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiac Support Unit, Cardiopulmonary Services (Respiratory Care, EKG, Echo), and Electrophysiology. Mercy General hospital is a full service general hospital, which places special emphasis on Cardiac Care and Neuroscience/Spine and Rehabilitative Services. It currently possesses 284 inpatient beds, a 20-bed Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), 18-bed Medical-Surgical-Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit (MSNICU), and 20-bed Emergency Department (ED). The Health Heart & Vascular", "title": "Mercy General Hospital" }, { "docid": "13354268", "text": "is one of the thirteen (13) Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda. It is also one of the fifteen (15) hospitals designated as Internship Hospitals, where graduates of Ugandan medical schools may undergo a year of internship under the supervision of consultants and specialists in the designated medical and surgical disciplines. The hospital is currently undergoing major renovations as a result of available funds from the government for capital development. In July 2009, a new 20-bed intensive care unit (ICU) was commissioned. Construction funds were donated by: The life-sustaining equipment in the ICU were donated by: Jinja Hospital Jinja Regional Referral", "title": "Jinja Hospital" }, { "docid": "17512782", "text": "South Health Campus South Health Campus (SHC) is a large hospital in Calgary, in Alberta, Canada. It is administered by Alberta Health Services. The South Health Campus has 2,400 full-time equivalent staff, approximately 180 physicians, 269 inpatient beds, 11 operating rooms and will serve 200,000 outpatient visits and perform 2,500 births every year. The hospital contains just over 250 beds. It includes a 24-hour emergency department, an intensive care unit (ICU), as well as day surgery units. The building was developed by Alberta Infrastructure, and the first phase was built at a cost of $1.31 billion. The entire South Health", "title": "South Health Campus" }, { "docid": "9186461", "text": "Priscilla Chan. covered approximately 7% of the overall cost. In recognition, the hospital was renamed after the couple. The new building was the first hospital in San Francisco to be constructed with a base-isolated foundation for protection against earthquakes. Notable improvements include expanding the capacity of emergency department and increasing the number of general admission beds, increasing the number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and combining the previously separate surgical and medical units into one ICU. The hospital owns and displays two paintings by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, donated to the hospital by Dr. Leo Eloesser. Eloesser interned", "title": "San Francisco General Hospital" }, { "docid": "1384700", "text": "selected States found that there were approximately 651 hospital stays per 100,000 population with a sepsis diagnosis in 2010. It is the second-leading cause of death in non-coronary intensive care unit (ICU) and the tenth-most-common cause of death overall (the first being heart disease). Children under 12 months of age and elderly people have the highest incidence of severe sepsis. Among U.S. patients who had multiple sepsis hospital admissions in 2010, those who were discharged to a skilled nursing facility or long term care following the initial hospitalization were more likely to be readmitted than those discharged to another form", "title": "Sepsis" }, { "docid": "17151710", "text": "best medical college in the state of Odisha. It has six lecture theatres with e-teaching facilities and many more. It has its own library with internet cafe, and the campus is supported by full-time high-speed wi-fi. The hospital has 1200 beds. It has an intensive care unit, the largest such unit in Odisha, and a special N-ICU for neonates. The campus has two conference halls, a large activity centre, an open auditorium for cultural programmes, a big theatre-style auditorium for special programmes, a central library, gym, separate hostels for men and women, three canteens, two messes, apartments for interns, quarters", "title": "Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital" }, { "docid": "14448704", "text": "Moderne style, was constructed between 1938 and 1941 to replace the existing complex that had grown from the original 1882 hospital building. The 1940s hospital building was further upgraded and expanded, including a two-storey lobby/emergency wing in front of the main building during the 1970s, and a new east wing and extensive refurbishment at a cost of RM 267 million in 2009. The first public sector intensive care unit (ICU) in Malaysia was set up at the General Hospital in 1968 under the stewardship of the State Anaesthesiologist (Dato’) Dr T. Sachithanandan. Its ICU was officially declared open on 3", "title": "Sultanah Aminah Hospital" }, { "docid": "12524993", "text": "ICU quality and management tools The intensive care unit (ICU) is one of the major components of the current health care system. The advances in supportive care and monitoring resulted in significant improvements in the care of surgical and clinical patients. Nowadays aggressive surgical therapies as well as transplantation are made safer by the monitoring in a closed environment, the surgical ICU, in the post-operative period. Moreover, the care and full recovery of many severely ill clinical patients as those with life-threatening infections occurs as a result of medical intensive care unit. However, despite many significant advances in various fields", "title": "ICU quality and management tools" }, { "docid": "17648675", "text": "College of Intensive Care Medicine The College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM), also known by its longer and more complete name, the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand, is the medical specialty college statutorily responsible for the training and accreditation of intensive care medical specialists (called \"intensivists\") in Australia and New Zealand. The first intensive care unit (ICU) in the Australasian continent was formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1958 at the Auckland Hospital. The first ICU in Australia was formed in 1961 in St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne. Since those early beginnings, the specialty of", "title": "College of Intensive Care Medicine" }, { "docid": "20423382", "text": "chamber, which was then being used to treat gas gangrene and tetanus. Hanson led the establishment of an intensive care unit (ICU) at Whipps Cross Hospital, and when it opened in 1968, she was appointed the physician in charge of the unit. This made her the first consultant physician placed in charge of a British ICU, and the youngest consultant in London at the time. The ICU at Whipps Cross became an international exemplar of intensive care, and Hanson co-authored the first textbook on intensive care therapy. In 1984, Hanson co-wrote a book entitled \"The Critically-Ill Obstetric Patient\" with Roger", "title": "Gillian Hanson" }, { "docid": "20381777", "text": "An angiography unit (j)Facilities for prostate screening (k) An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and (l) Radiotherapy equipment. Princess Marina hospital has 4 neonates records of people testing positive for the Klebsiella disease in 2018. Webpage of the Botswana Ministry of Health Princess Marina Hospital Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) is a provincial, government-funded hospital in Botswana. , PMH is the largest referral hospital in Botswana, with 530 in-patient beds. It is named after Princess Marina. The hospital is located in the city of Gaborone, at the corner of North Ring Road and Notwane Road. One block west, of Marina Hospital lies", "title": "Princess Marina Hospital" }, { "docid": "9213864", "text": "hospital meaning services are free. At Queen Elizabeth, Raising Malawi partners with one of only three pediatric surgeons in Malawi, who performs hundreds of life-saving surgeries annually and teaches local medical students and clinicians. Raising Malawi recently expanded its pediatric surgery work at Queen Elizabeth by launching a project with the Malawi Ministry of Health to construct a pediatric surgery and intensive care unit (ICU) at the hospital. The facility will include the country's first pediatric ICU, will double the number of life-saving surgeries, and will improve longer health outcomes for children who are currently dying as they wait for", "title": "Raising Malawi" }, { "docid": "17075721", "text": "Health and Senior Services. Specifically, MONOC nurses must possess training/certification in: CPR for Professional Rescuers, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation, Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (or Trauma Nursing Core Course), and Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Certification. Additionally, they must have several years of experience in Emergency Room and Intensive Care nursing. These transport units are capable of providing most high level Intensive Care Unit's services in a mobile platform. Typical jobs might include trauma transfers, burn transfers, Pediatric/Neonatal ICU transfers (with or without a team), ICU transfers, high risk OB/GYN, Stroke/Neurological transfers, STEMI/NSTEMI (heart attack) transfers, transfers", "title": "Monmouth Ocean Hospital Service Corporation" }, { "docid": "20175497", "text": "Accredited hospital in Mongolia. The hospital is located in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia. To be more specific, it is located on the Northwest of Bogd Khan Palace Museum and the East of APU Company, in Khan-Uul district. Bogd Khan's personal doctor's building was used to be on the current location of the hospital. The hospital is on of land. For laboratory purposes, Intermed Hospital uses technologies including Sysmex, Roche, BioMérieux, Leica and Siemens. Intermed hospital has the following specialties: Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology(OB&GY), Pediatric care, Cardiovascular care, Kidney care, Endocrinology, Pulmonary, Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) & Anesthesiology, Dental clinic,", "title": "Intermed Hospital" }, { "docid": "18234008", "text": "Military Hospital, Hisar Military Hospital, Hisar at Hisar Military Station, Haryana, India is a 250-bed multi-specialty hospital with Intensive care unit (ICU), 9 medical specialties, physiotherapy, and blood bank for the free treatment of Army and ex-army personnel and their families. The Military Hospital in Hisar is the 111th hospital of the Indian Army Medical Corps which provides medical services to all Army personnel. In 2011, a 250-bedded Military Hospital, Hisar was inaugurated to provide medical facilities. Work for the construction of hospital was tendered to Varindra Constructions Limited by Chief Engineer Jaipur Zone (Military Engineering Services department of Defence", "title": "Military Hospital, Hisar" }, { "docid": "9848868", "text": "Rockyview General Hospital Rockyview General Hospital (RGH) is a large hospital. It is located in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on the shores of the Glenmore Reservoir and is administered by Alberta Health Services and formerly by the Calgary Health Region. The hospital contains over 650 beds and provides medical and surgical services to Calgary and Southern Alberta. The RGH is noted for its comprehensive urology department, and is becoming the leader in Canada for urological care. It includes a 24 hours emergency department, an intensive care unit (ICU), as well as day surgery units. It offers a Maternal", "title": "Rockyview General Hospital" }, { "docid": "9111246", "text": "where most surgery takes place, and is also where the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and its waiting room may be found. Letterkenny University Hospital Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) () is an acute university and maternity hospital serving 147,000 inhabitants of County Donegal in Ireland. One of Ireland's busiest, the campus is divided by a main road heading on towards the North/West of Donegal on the N56 road (Ireland) . A teaching hospital, it maintains links with NUI Galway, LYIT and the Royal College of Surgeons. The general manager is Sean Murphy, the Director of Nursing is Dr. Anne Flood and", "title": "Letterkenny University Hospital" }, { "docid": "17163837", "text": "Princess Margaret Hospital (Funafuti) Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) on Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu is the only hospital in the country, and the primary provider of medical services for all the islands of Tuvalu. The hospital is located about 1.3 kilometres north from the centre of Funafuti on Fongafale islet. For 2010, the total health budget was AUD $4,696,042. The hospital has 50 beds with separate wards for men, women and infants. It offers basic routine medical, surgical, obstetric and gynaecologic services. There is also an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a surgery room and nurses' station. PMH also provides accident and", "title": "Princess Margaret Hospital (Funafuti)" } ]
[ { "docid": "13589097", "text": "1 Trauma Center with its own tower (building), dedicated ER, Resuscitation area, ICU and wards. At this point, the Trauma Unit is evolving having served 92 patients since inception (42 days, 1st Jan 2016 to 12th Feb 2016). The trauma ICU is up to its full capacity and patients have started overflowing to the Tower ICU. [1] Deena M. Barakah, and Sami S. Alwakeel, “Impact of CPOE on Physicians and Dentists' Work Performance at King Saud Medical Complex Hospital: A Case Study” Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2009 Vol. I, WCECS 2009, October 20–22, 2009,", "title": "King Saud Medical Complex" }, { "docid": "17080168", "text": "Fauji Foundation Hospital, Lahore Fauji Foundation Hospital, Lahore, established in December 2001 as a part of Fauji Foundation, is a 250-bed military/private hospital spread over an area of in Cantonment, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is also attached with Shalamar Medical & Dental College as a teaching hospital. It provides facilities of outdoor, emergency, consultant OPDs, Admissions etc in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Gynae/obs, ENT & Eye, Paeds ICU, Neonatal ICU, Medical ICU, Post Operative Care Unit, Operation Theatres, Laboratory, Radiology (Digital x-ray, Ultrasound and CT scan) are well established. Visiting consultants of all specialties and subspecialties are available. This hospital", "title": "Fauji Foundation Hospital, Lahore" }, { "docid": "5299381", "text": "care unit (ICU). Libyan Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Seyala claimed that Megrahi had been moved to a special VIP wing of the hospital, was receiving full treatment from a team of doctors, and that his condition was not dangerous. Megrahi's family claimed that they had been informed that he had been taken to the ICU, but they were not allowed to visit him. The Foreign Ministry confirmed that his family were not allowed to visit him, but said that it was to ensure his safety. On 5 September, Megrahi was released from the ICU, but remained under close observation by", "title": "Abdelbaset al-Megrahi" }, { "docid": "17080169", "text": "is providing services free of cost to families of ex-army persons and at very affordable rates to private patients as well as panel patients. Fauji Foundation Hospital, Lahore Fauji Foundation Hospital, Lahore, established in December 2001 as a part of Fauji Foundation, is a 250-bed military/private hospital spread over an area of in Cantonment, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is also attached with Shalamar Medical & Dental College as a teaching hospital. It provides facilities of outdoor, emergency, consultant OPDs, Admissions etc in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Gynae/obs, ENT & Eye, Paeds ICU, Neonatal ICU, Medical ICU, Post Operative Care Unit,", "title": "Fauji Foundation Hospital, Lahore" }, { "docid": "11907897", "text": "Greenville Memorial Hospital is the state's largest acute care hospital. It contains Greenville's only 24-hour Level 1 trauma center and dedicated chest pain center, children's hospital and ER, pediatric ICU, and highest level neonatal ICU. Its cardiac and women's services are among the largest in South Carolina. Cancer, rehabilitation, mental health, and wellness services—all located on Greenville Memorial Medical Campus—are available as well. GHS’ Greer Medical Campus is home to Greer Memorial Hospital, an 82-bed facility with a Level III Emergency Trauma Center, ICU, and maternity care. A variety of diagnostic services are available; special services involve cardiac rehabilitation, breast", "title": "Greenville Health System" }, { "docid": "14615633", "text": "care and long term care areas; total parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy and a full CIVA service. Burnaby Hospital Burnaby Hospital, (formerly known as Burnaby General Hospital) is a healthcare facility located in Burnaby, British Columbia and operated by the Fraser Health Authority (FHA). One of the largest hospitals outside the City of Vancouver, it serves the communities of Burnaby and East Vancouver. A 314-bed primary and secondary care centre, patient care services include general surgery, medicine, perinatal, neonatal ICU, critical care and emergency services. Burnaby Hospital is a university-affiliated hospital with the University of British Columbia, and serves as a training", "title": "Burnaby Hospital" }, { "docid": "10334861", "text": "internet and intranet resources for students and faculty. The Center for Advanced Simulation in Healthcare (C.A.S.H) is created with specific areas that can be used for training in communication skills, demonstration and practice of clinical skills on the simulator models. Some of the simulation set-ups include: Adult ICU, Neonatal ICU, Delivery Suites, Minor Operating Theatre, General Ward, Imaging and Diagnostics, Simulation Control Rooms, etc. CASH is linked to the GMCHRC hospital management system that provides opportunity to learn written formats in the form of patient charts, data entry and data retrieval for patient management and a digital video/data projection system", "title": "Gulf Medical University" }, { "docid": "10714214", "text": "Hospital staff comprises expatriates including doctors and paramedics. Sohar Hospital Sohar Hospital under the Ministry of Health, Oman was set up in 1997 and is a 408-bed tertiary care hospital of wilayat Sohar. It aims to cater to the population of North Batinah Region extending from Suweiq to Shinaz. It is a multispeciality hospital having a fully equipped Adult ICU, Paediatric ICU, CCU apart from facilities for Dialysis. The Operative facilities consists of Laparoscopic surgeries in surgery, Abdominal surgeries as well as Arthroscopy and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. It is a teaching hospital for students of Oman Medical College (second medical", "title": "Sohar Hospital" }, { "docid": "14577379", "text": "co-operative movement.\" Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospital Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospital is located in Shivaji Park, Mumbai, foudred in 1966 by Dr. V.S. Ranadive. Shushrusha is a Hospital Co-operative initiative; Doctors' Co-operatives are long standing; the contribution of Mission, Voluntary, Government and Private Hospitals, is well recognised. The hospital has grown progressively form 80 bed to 130 with an ICU with 17 beds and modern state-of-the-art technology throughout the facility. Latest diagnostic facilities such as imaging equipment e.g. Ultrasound with Doppler, Ventilators for critical care, Operating Microscopes, Dialysis Unit, Blood Gas Analysers, Cardiac Monitoring equipment, EEG/EMG and ancillary aids complement the", "title": "Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospital" }, { "docid": "14577375", "text": "Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospital Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospital is located in Shivaji Park, Mumbai, foudred in 1966 by Dr. V.S. Ranadive. Shushrusha is a Hospital Co-operative initiative; Doctors' Co-operatives are long standing; the contribution of Mission, Voluntary, Government and Private Hospitals, is well recognised. The hospital has grown progressively form 80 bed to 130 with an ICU with 17 beds and modern state-of-the-art technology throughout the facility. Latest diagnostic facilities such as imaging equipment e.g. Ultrasound with Doppler, Ventilators for critical care, Operating Microscopes, Dialysis Unit, Blood Gas Analysers, Cardiac Monitoring equipment, EEG/EMG and ancillary aids complement the facility. Specialized", "title": "Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospital" }, { "docid": "8293512", "text": "Levine Children's Hospital Levine Children's Hospital is a 234-bed pediatric hospital located on the campus of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hospital opened its doors in October 2007. It is named after businessman Leon Levine. The hospital has a Pediatric Cardiovascular ICU that can serve up to 4 open heart surgeries a day. The 20 bed unit is shared with a 10-bed Pediatric ICU. The PICU can overflow to 14 beds for additional patient care. Levine Children's Hospital has its own emergency department that can handle simple bumps and bruises to asthma attacks to pediatric traumas. Levine", "title": "Levine Children's Hospital" }, { "docid": "19981678", "text": "Clemenceau Medical Center Clemenceau Medical Center (CMC) is a medical center affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine International located in Beirut, Lebanon. The 158 bed hospital houses all the specialty branches, including Neurology, General Surgery, Pulmonary, Cardiac Center, Urology, OB/GYN, Fertility & IVF Center, Digestive Disease & Colonoscopy Center, Diagnostic Services, Robotic Surgery, full-fledged Cancer Center with Radiation Oncology Department, etc. CMC includes ICU/CCU beds, NICU beds, where patients are monitored in private rooms. CMC has also dedicated a specific ward for patients undergoing ambulatory and day surgeries. Full emergency department services and urgent care are also provided at the hospital.", "title": "Clemenceau Medical Center" }, { "docid": "10714213", "text": "Sohar Hospital Sohar Hospital under the Ministry of Health, Oman was set up in 1997 and is a 408-bed tertiary care hospital of wilayat Sohar. It aims to cater to the population of North Batinah Region extending from Suweiq to Shinaz. It is a multispeciality hospital having a fully equipped Adult ICU, Paediatric ICU, CCU apart from facilities for Dialysis. The Operative facilities consists of Laparoscopic surgeries in surgery, Abdominal surgeries as well as Arthroscopy and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. It is a teaching hospital for students of Oman Medical College (second medical college in The Sultanate of Oman).The majority of", "title": "Sohar Hospital" }, { "docid": "7971404", "text": "radical and somewhat independent organization under the ICU umbrella which is integrated quite tightly with the ICU armed forces, acting as a sort of \"special forces\" for the ICU. The Shabab caused difficulties for the ICU in maintaining a good international image on a number of occasions due to their hot-headedness and zealousness, such as abducting critical journalists, harassing overly-hip youngsters, and murdering wounded JVA soldiers in a Bu'aale hospital. The ICU formally apologized for each of the incidents and attempted to make it clear that these actions did not reflect ICU policy. Nevertheless, these incidents gave their opponents excellent", "title": "Islamic Courts Union" }, { "docid": "13539598", "text": "establish Kiwoko Hospital which, as of March 2015, maintained a nurses training school, a laboratory technician training school, a large community health programme, a neonatal ICU, and full general hospital facilities. Clarke later moved to Kampala, setting up his first clinic (International Medical Centre) within the Kampala Pentecostal Church Building (Watoto Church) on Buganda Road in Central Kampala. His vision continued to grow and he subsequently opened International Hospital Kampala (IHK) in Old Kampala where the first open heart surgery was carried out. IHK subsequently grew and moved to Namuwongo, another Kampala suburb. The 110 bed facility is the only", "title": "Ian Clarke (physician)" }, { "docid": "7373521", "text": "renowned Hospitals of Maharashtra. It is also a preferred destination for overseas patients with it being awarded numerous times by the Times Group for being a Hospital par Excellence in Medical Tourism. Ruby Hall Clinic has state of the art facilities in Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Neurology, Nuclear Science Center, Diagnostic Center, Intensive Care Units, a Blood Bank and Cancer Unit.In 1999, The Hospital ranked First in India for having the Most Number of ICU Beds i.e. 76, leaving behind other Renowned Hospitals like Bombay Hospital, Jaslok Hospital, Hinduja Hospital, etc. The number of ICU beds available now has increased to", "title": "Ruby Hall Clinic" }, { "docid": "5578379", "text": "after Taylor began putting plans together for expansion of the hospital that would have been hindered by the constant presence of a TV crew on-site during construction. In 2003, Alameda East Veterinary Hospital moved into a new facility next to the original hospital, expanding an additional . In addition to the normal patient visitation rooms and cages of a regular veterinary practice, the new facility offers four surgical suites, CT and MRI equipment, a full-service ICU and pathology laboratory, a physical therapy suite, and a boarding facility called \"Animal Lodge\". In March 2007, Alameda East Veterinary Hospital and VCA Antech", "title": "Alameda East Veterinary Hospital" }, { "docid": "4297888", "text": "International Components for Unicode International Components for Unicode (ICU) is an open-source project of mature C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode support, software internationalization, and software globalization. ICU is widely portable to many operating systems and environments. It gives applications the same results on all platforms and between C, C++, and Java software. The ICU project is sponsored, supported, and used by IBM and many other companies. ICU provides the following services: Unicode text handling, full character properties, and character set conversions; Unicode regular expressions; full Unicode sets; character, word, and line boundaries; language sensitive collation and searching; normalization, upper", "title": "International Components for Unicode" }, { "docid": "2036410", "text": "managed in three special 35-bed areas, which aided charting and other management. In 1953, Ibsen set up what became the world's first Medical/Surgical ICU in a converted student nurse classroom in Kommunehospitalet (The Municipal Hospital) in Copenhagen, and provided one of the first accounts of the management of tetanus with muscle relaxants and controlled ventilation. In 1954 Ibsen was elected Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at that institution. He jointly authored the first known account of ICU management principles in Nordisk Medicin, 18 September 1958: ‘Arbejdet på en Anæsthesiologisk Observationsafdeling’ (‘The Work in an Anaesthesiologic Observation Unit’) with Tone", "title": "Intensive care medicine" }, { "docid": "8470613", "text": "for severity of illnesses, demographic variables, and characteristics of different ICUs (including staffing by intensivists), higher ICU staffing was significantly associated with lower ICU and hospital mortality rates. A ratio of 2 patients to 1 nurse is recommended for a medical ICU, which contrasts to the ratio of 4:1 or 5:1 typically seen on medical floors. This varies from country to country, though; e.g., in Australia and the United Kingdom most ICUs are staffed on a 2:1 basis (for high-dependency patients who require closer monitoring or more intensive treatment than a hospital ward can offer) or on a 1:1 basis", "title": "Intensive care unit" }, { "docid": "11976621", "text": "Bachelor of Surgery) every year. Shri. Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj General Hospital (attached to Dr. V. M. Govt. Medical College) is a large state run hospital with over 750 beds, 850-900 outpatients/day, an average of 30 births/day, a casualty/emergency which attends to around 500 patients a day, a 15-bed ICU, a Pediatric ICU, a Neonatal ICU, 10 Operation Theatres, a Cardio Vascular Unit, an AKD Unit, a Trauma Unit, a Surgery Unit performing simple and advanced surgeries, a well equipped Radiology department, along with Blood Bank, Hematology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Laboratories. The medical school encourages its students to inculcate", "title": "Dr. V. M. Government Medical College" }, { "docid": "2036396", "text": "shoulder. In general, it is the most expensive, technologically advanced and resource-intensive area of medical care. In the United States, estimates of the 2000 expenditure for critical care medicine ranged from US$15–55 billion. During that year, critical care medicine accounted for 0.56% of GDP, 4.2% of national health expenditure and about 13% of hospital costs. In 2011 hospital stays with ICU services accounted for just over one-quarter of all discharges (29.9%) but nearly one-half of aggregate total hospital charges (47.5%) in the United States. The mean hospital charge was 2.5 times higher for discharges with ICU services than for those", "title": "Intensive care medicine" }, { "docid": "17528118", "text": "impairments are less well recognized and need further research to be better understood. ICU-acquired weakness (ICU-AW), sometimes called critical illness polyneuropathy, is the most common form of physical impairment, and is estimated to occur in 25 percent or more of ICU survivors. It is thought to be an effect of long-term immobility and deep sedation that many critically ill patients experience while in the ICU. In addition, severe infections and inflammation are significant risk factors for developing ICU-AW. ICU-AW often presents as difficulty performing activities of daily living (e.g. moving around the living environment, using the bathroom, ability to make", "title": "Post-intensive care syndrome" }, { "docid": "12524995", "text": "specific patient population that is treated in a certain geographic region, hospital or ICU. Therefore, approaches looking for standardized mortality ratios that are adjusted for disease severity, comorbidities and other clinical aspects are often sought. Severity of illness is usually evaluated by scoring systems that integrates clinical, physiologic and demographic variables. Scoring systems are interesting tools to describe ICU populations and explain their different outcomes. The most frequently used are the APACHE II, SAPS II and MPM. The APACHE II, for example, provides an estimate of ICU mortality based on a number of laboratory values and patient signs taking both", "title": "ICU quality and management tools" }, { "docid": "14615632", "text": "an estimated population of 205,261 and its neighbour, East Vancouver, with a population of 220,490. Burnaby Hospital offers a full range of facilities including a 24-hour emergency department, neurology, oncology, critical care (ICU, CCU, ER), obstetrics, pediatrics, surgery, palliative care and maternity services. The Emergency Department sees approximately 60,000 patients annually. It includes specialised units such as the Children's Urgent Care Clinic and the speech and language pathology programme. The hospital also offers health and nutritional counselling, as well as physiotherapy and mental health programs. Distribution services include a computerized system to provide centralized, traditional drug distribution to the acute", "title": "Burnaby Hospital" }, { "docid": "866110", "text": "healthcare facilities for 4 million annual births in the United States was estimated at over $50 billion. The summed cost of prenatal care, childbirth, and newborn care came to $30,000 for a vaginal delivery and $50,000 for a caesarian section. In the United States, childbirth hospital stays have some of the lowest ICU utilizations. Vaginal delivery with and without complicating diagnoses and caesarean section with and without comorbidities or major comorbidities account for four of the fifteen types of hospital stays with low rates of ICU utilization (where less than 20% of visits were admitted to the ICU). During stays", "title": "Childbirth" }, { "docid": "8935275", "text": "predict delay, but it can be used to predict how often an intersection will experience congestion. The method by which the ICU is used shows what the ICU is about. The ICU uses a grading system to rank the intersection that is being studied. This ranking system is known as the Level of Service (LOS) for the intersection. ICU is timing plan independent, yet has rules to ensure that minimum timing constraints are taken into account. This removes the choice of timing plan from the capacity results. The ICU can also be used on uncontrolled intersections to determine the capacity", "title": "Intersection capacity utilization" }, { "docid": "16944616", "text": "cases of CRE infections were documented in ICU patients in a Melbourne, Australia, hospital. Some cases of CRE are associated with receipt of medical care in the US. Strains found in Israel had genetic similarity to strains from the US. Hospital handwashing stations were found to be environmental reservoirs for CRE after screening all wet-area locations, including sinks, water fountains, and ice machines. The main reservoirs for CRE were the ICU sinks, and inappropriate cleaning methods accounted for transmission from sink to sink. The CRE strains in the sinks and the strains infecting the ICU patients were identical per genetic", "title": "Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae" }, { "docid": "6754710", "text": "SAPS III SAPS III is a system for predicting mortality, one of several ICU scoring systems. Its name stands for \"Simplified Acute Physiology Score\" and is a supplement to the SAPS II scoring system. It has been designed to provide a real-life predicted mortality for a patient by following a well defined procedure, based on a mathematical model that needs calibration. Predicted mortalities are good when comparing groups of patients, and having near-real-life mortalities means, that this scoring system can answer questions like \"if the patients from hospital A had been in hospital B, what would their mortality have been?\".", "title": "SAPS III" }, { "docid": "5508290", "text": "can cope with and fulfill this objective: Any innovations or patency in relevant research fields at TBRI are encouraged and supported. Development of new strategies for performance appraisal of hospital, out-patient clinics and laboratories. Development of quality-based documentation, database and communication systems or technical and administrative tools at TBRI. Development of quality-based safety systems for patients, personnel and utilized tools at TBRI, and upgrading of human capacity. .Theodor Bilharz research Institute Hospital is a tertiary hospital in Waraq El-Hadar, Giza, Egypt. · Six surgical theatres .Three ICU units ( 11 beds general medical ICU, 4 beds Surgical post-operative and 12", "title": "Theodor Bilharz Research Institute" }, { "docid": "1378174", "text": "Care Delirium Screening Checkllist (IC-DSC)., of the hundreds of thousands of ICU patients who develop delirium in ICUs every year, it has been recognized that most of them belong to the hypoactive variety, which is easily missed and invisible to the managing teams unless actively monitored using such instruments. The causes of delirium in such patients depend on the underlying illnesses, new problems like sepsis and low oxygen levels, and the sedative and pain medicines that are nearly universally given to all ICU patients. Outside the ICU, on hospital wards and in nursing homes, the problem of delirium is also", "title": "Delirium" }, { "docid": "14803279", "text": "at the University of Bordeaux II, FRANCE and was appointed \"Docteur en Medicine\" in 1977. He later specialised and obtained the \"Certificat d'Edudes spéciales en maladies cardiovasculaires\" in 1981. He also hold diplomas in Tropical Medicine as well as Human Cytogenetics. In 1982 he joined the government service as the first Specialist in Cardiology with the Ministry of Health and was posted to Victoria Hospital, Mauritius. As Cardiologist, Dr. Bunwaree was responsible for the setting up of a full-fledged ICU and Diagnostic Cardiac Unit at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam National Hospital in view of starting permanent cardiac surgery centre in", "title": "Vasant Bunwaree" }, { "docid": "15783194", "text": "investigation immediately. Germán refuses his offer at once, but wonders what will come next, now that he has turned down the \"carrot\" offered to him. When Germán contacts Francisco Medina to speak with him again, he founds out that he is in an hospital ICU, with a terminal illness he had not revealed to Germán. He is aware he has a short time to live and what he wanted is to see his daughter before dying. Nevertheless, Germán speaks hardly to him for not telling him the whole truth about Isabel. The day after, Cárdenas tells Germán that he has", "title": "El Crack (1981 film)" }, { "docid": "18204621", "text": "will give control over natural and artificial light while being energy efficient. This project is being realized through the \"Achuchón\" campaign, which began in February 2016. In spanish achuchón means both hug and push, and their campaign slogan is to give an \"achuchón\" for the new ICU at the hospital, meaning to give both a hug but also a push in the direction on the renovation. In February 2013, Fundación Aladina inaugurated the Maktub Center, which had been the most ambitious project until the launch of their latest campaign to renovate the entire ICU at the Niño Jesus Hospital. In", "title": "Fundación Aladina" }, { "docid": "14453420", "text": "An evaluation of the microbial burden of various objects in the ICU rooms has also been documented and is available. Earlier results disclosed in 2011 indicate that the coppered rooms demonstrated a 97% reduction in surface pathogens versus the non-coppered rooms. This reduction is the same level achieved by \"terminal\" cleaning regimens conducted after patients vacate their rooms. Furthermore, of critical importance to health care professionals, the preliminary results indicated that patients in the coppered ICU rooms had a 40.4% lower risk of contracting a hospital acquired infection versus patients in non-coppered ICU rooms. The U.S. Department of Defense investigation", "title": "Antimicrobial copper-alloy touch surfaces" }, { "docid": "9394854", "text": "room, CPR room and injections and also there is triage in this hospital. The center has following wards including dialysis, dialysis, CSR, Para clinical wards (radiology, laboratory, pathology, endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, echo cardio graph, exercise, physical therapy), CCU, ICU, General practice including angiography, angioplasty, ICU open heart, open heart surgery, general surgery room, internal A (gastroenterology and general internal) and internal B (Endocrinology and Nephrology, Rheumatology). Angiography ward in Friday, October 30, 2009 and open heart ICU and open heart surgery in Friday, January 15, 2010 launched with efforts of all personnel and authorities, which is a big step in", "title": "Arak University of Medical Sciences" }, { "docid": "18367174", "text": "house in the village in Sreekuttan's name. Things go worst as Ramachandran suffers a heart attack and is admitted in ICU section of hospital. He becomes speechless, and informs his best friend that he wants to see Priya. Priya reaches hospital with Sreekuttan and Ramachandran's friend makes way for her to visit him by carefully avoiding the presence of Bharathi. However Bharathi had a glance of both of them, just before leaving ICU. Ramachandran passes away that night. His brother in law was just about to cremate the body when Sreekuttan shouts for his father and runs towards the body.", "title": "Arthana" }, { "docid": "16783778", "text": "company's oncology product line after his wife, Dr. Diana Kostyra Lopez, lost her six-year battle with cancer. In 2012, ICU Medical introduced a new product in her honor, the Diana hazardous drug compounding system for the automated safe handling of oncology drugs. ICU Medical acquired the former Abbott Laboratories Critical Care business from Hospira in 2009 following a four-year business arrangement in which ICU acted as the manufacturer of the Hospira critical care product line. The acquisition allowed ICU to obtain new manufacturing space in Salt Lake City, Utah, while it also broadened the company's footprint in the hospital marketplace", "title": "George \"Doc\" Lopez" }, { "docid": "9406141", "text": "JVA plays in the TFG's military, it could be said that the JVA has been succeeded by, or incorporated into, the army of the nascent TFG. The ICU choked the economy of Somalia by putting all resources on the hands of a selected few. Although the mistakes of the ICU were many, the economy factor, the attack of Kismayo and the murdering of the bed-ridden JVA fighters who were at the Bu'ale Hospital hastened the fall of the ICU phenomenon in Somali politics of the recent years. Juba Valley Alliance The Juba Valley Alliance (JVA; Somali: \"Isbahaysiga Dooxada Jubba\") is", "title": "Juba Valley Alliance" }, { "docid": "3723035", "text": "after being released from the hospital, in June 2012, Cheng was diagnosed with pneumonia and rushed to the ICU. On July 4, Cheng was released from the ICU and was undergoing recovery at his home. On April 13, 2013, website oneloveforchi.com reported that Cheng had died of cardiac arrest after he was rushed to a hospital. According to a statement issued by his mother, Jeanne Marie Cheng, the morning of April 13, 2013, he was taken to the emergency room of a Stockton area hospital around 3:00 a.m. PST when Jeanne recalls that her son's \"heart just suddenly stopped.\" Whether", "title": "Chi Cheng (musician)" }, { "docid": "8823305", "text": "the face of an overwhelming ICU army in the hopes that, when returning in full force, the JVA would be strong enough to retake Kismayo. In the ensuing battles outside of Bu'aale and Kismayo however, the JVA proved to be no match for the ICU, who defeated them easily. JVA forces began to crumble by November, as JVA militias began defecting to the ICU. By November 14, entire Marehan subclans began defecting to the ICU, setting up courts in Bardhere and Afmadow. Puntland entered the conflict on November 12, attacking ICU positions south of Galkacayo. This led to immediate setbacks", "title": "Advance of the Islamic Courts Union" }, { "docid": "14134431", "text": "lack of dedicated rapid response vehicles for road based retrievals. With one statewide service, these issues were resolved. Around 20% of MedSTAR's work involves responding to metropolitan emergencies, such as motor vehicle crashes. However the majority of MedSTAR's work is critical-care transportation, to allow already hospitalised patients who require a higher-level of care access to Intensive Care beds at better equipped and staffed hospitals. Examples of this might include a patient at a metropolitan hospital that has an insufficient ICU or no ICU beds available or a patient from a rural hospital that needs a higher-level of care than the", "title": "MedSTAR" }, { "docid": "18887126", "text": "Vanderbilt. In 2001, Ely and Gordon Bernard were investigators on a study of the recombinant-form Activated Protein C (known as Drotrecogin alfa) and its possible efficacy in the treatment of sepsis. The same year, Ely and his ICU Delirium Study Group developed CAM-ICU based on an earlier Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) developed by Sharon Inouye. CAM-ICU is one of two commonly used methods to diagnose delirium in ICU patients. It has been validated in later independent studies, with a meta-analysis review of these studies showing high \"pooled values for sensitivity and specificity of 80% and 95.9%, respectively.\" Also in 2001,", "title": "E. Wesley Ely" }, { "docid": "7719685", "text": "1957. The Research team of Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories of Beyer, Sprague, Baer, and Novello created a new series of medications, the thiazide diuretics, which includes chlorothiazide. They won an Albert Lasker Special Award in 1975 for this work. Chlorothiazide Chlorothiazide sodium (Diuril) is an organic compound used as a diuretic and as an antihypertensive. It is used both within the hospital setting or for personal use to manage excess fluid associated with congestive heart failure. Most often taken in pill form, it is usually taken orally once or twice a day. In the ICU setting, chlorothiazide is", "title": "Chlorothiazide" }, { "docid": "8002975", "text": "a well-rounded independent critical care practitioner who can provide high-level clinical services in a variety of ICU settings. St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside is a 528-bed full service tertiary care Catholic hospital located in Jacksonville, Florida. It is a member of Ascension, the largest Catholic, mission-driven, not-for-profit health care system in the United States, and is owned by St. Vincent's HealthCare. Located in the Riverside area, it was launched in 1916 by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. St. Vincent's HealthCare is home to the largest cardiovascular program between Atlanta and Orlando,", "title": "St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside" }, { "docid": "7719684", "text": "Chlorothiazide Chlorothiazide sodium (Diuril) is an organic compound used as a diuretic and as an antihypertensive. It is used both within the hospital setting or for personal use to manage excess fluid associated with congestive heart failure. Most often taken in pill form, it is usually taken orally once or twice a day. In the ICU setting, chlorothiazide is given to diurese a patient in addition to furosemide (Lasix). Working in a separate mechanism than furosemide, and absorbed enterically as a reconstituted suspension administered through a nasogastric tube (NG tube), the two drugs potentiate one another. It was discovered in", "title": "Chlorothiazide" }, { "docid": "12633725", "text": "The hospital opened in 1999 and now has 116 beds and offers outpatient and inpatient specialist services, a 24-hour clinic and emergency services. Columbia Asia Columbia Asia is a multinational chain of hospitals in Asia, with 28 medical facilities across India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Columbia Asia is one of the largest and fastest-growing healthcare companies in Asia and owned by an investment fund : International Columbia USA LLC (ICU). The Group started operations in 1997 with a simple goal to \"deliver accessible, quality, cost-effective specialist care to people where they live.\" The company offers full-service hospitals usually built in", "title": "Columbia Asia" }, { "docid": "3252132", "text": "to nephrology, 50% if dialyzed, and 70% if on ICU. If AKI develops after major abdominal surgery (13.4% of all people who have undergone major abdominal surgery) the risk of death is markedly increased (over 12-fold). Depending on the cause, a proportion of patients (5–10%) will never regain full kidney function, thus entering end-stage kidney failure and requiring lifelong dialysis or a kidney transplant. Patients with AKI are more likely to die prematurely after being discharged from hospital, even if their kidney function has recovered. The risk of developing chronic kidney disease is increased (8.8-fold). New cases of AKI are", "title": "Acute kidney injury" }, { "docid": "2000478", "text": "disagreements with the city council of the capital by the extension of a new hospital in Montecelo, taking as name this project the Gran Montecelo. This hospital will extend the assistance offer of the capital of the province and the northern area of the province with six new specialties: Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Hemodynamics complementary to Cardiology, Maxillofacial surgery, Neonatal ICU and Pediatric ICU, both integrated in the Maternal and Infant area. It will have a capacity of 724 beds. The city houses a number of university departments int the Campus of Pontevedra, acting as a branch of the University of", "title": "Pontevedra" }, { "docid": "17236712", "text": "its management and development was taken over by what is now Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. In 2007 a review of the hospital was undertaken, with the aim of closing or redeveloping the facility. There was a full public consultation and the decision was to further develop the services available on-site. In the early 1980s, a further extension was added to the southeast corner of the hospital in the form of an octagon. This 10-bed ward was used for the assessment and rehabilitation of elderly people under the care of a specialist consultant from Salisbury Hospital. It has since", "title": "Westminster Memorial Hospital" }, { "docid": "18196093", "text": "Sunday) than in patients admitted midweek (Tuesday to Thursday). However, the adjusted odds of death were also higher (p<0.001) for patients admitted on a Monday (OR = 1.09) or a Friday (OR = 1.08). Findings were generally similar in analyses stratified by admission type (medical vs. surgical), hospital teaching status, and illness severity. In 2003, in Finland, Uusaro et al., studied 23,134 consecutive ICU patients. Adjusted ICU-mortality was higher for weekend as compared with weekday admissions (OR = 1.20; 95% CI 1.01-1.43). But not all ICU studies show an effect. For example, in the following year, Ensminger et al.(2004) published", "title": "Weekend effect" }, { "docid": "13631674", "text": "family doesn't want him to go to the college anymore. But his father (Nedumudi Venu) supports him, urges him to go back to the college, and asks him to win his life. What happens after this is an unbelievable change in Kichu's character. A hitherto simpleton now turns a superhero. The villain welcomes him back at the college with an attack. Kichu, the now fearless super hero, gives a difficult-to-believe show of stunts. Sudhi's brothers turn in for help. Kichu sends the eldest brother Mahi to hospital, mortally wounded. He is put in the ICU for observation and is reportedly", "title": "Puthiya Mukham" }, { "docid": "1378161", "text": "huge difference in awareness of this form of organ dysfunction and then enables a difference to be made in clinical outcomes. The CAM-ICU is a brief spot screening tool to assess patients for delirium. If the patient has both inattention plus acute onset and/or a fluctuating course then the first part of the screen is positive. If, in addition to the first part, the patient has an altered level of consciousness (altered RASS) or disorganized thinking the patient is CAM-ICU positive for delirium. The CAM-ICU is listed below: 1. Is there an acute change in mental status or fluctuating course", "title": "Delirium" }, { "docid": "9143087", "text": "Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam Established in 1964, the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam is an 170-bed multispecialty hospital. The hospital provides general medical services, specialist clinics and diagnostic services. It is also part of the Aga Khan Health Services international referral system, with links to the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi and the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. It is incorporating a 7-bed ICU with technical and managerial support. In addition a dental implant centre with diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities is also established. The hospital also offers several residency programmes. The hospital, under the umbrella of the Aga", "title": "Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam" }, { "docid": "20702557", "text": "operations were transferred to the Ministry of Public Health. On 30 September 2003, the hospital received ISO 9002:20031 accreditation and in 2006 received HA (Hospital Accreditation). Ratchaburi Hospital operates 855 beds (plus 40 ICU beds)(2018). Ratchaburi Hospital Ratchaburi Hospital () is the main hospital of Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. It is classified by the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors (CPIRD) Medical Education Center which trains doctors at the Praboromarajchanok Institute of Mahidol University. The foundation stone for Ratchaburi Hospital was laid on 2 April 1941 and the", "title": "Ratchaburi Hospital" }, { "docid": "14448705", "text": "February 1969 by HRH Sultan Ismail of Johor. The funding to build the ICU was derived from the Ministry of Health (MOH), Johor state government and charitable public donations via fundraising by the Johor Baru Junior Chamber International (JCI-Jaycees). The hospital's unit became the model upon which subsequent ICU facilities were designed and built in numerous other MOH state general hospitals nationwide. The first postgraduate medical center in Malaysia was also established at the General Hospital in 1969 by three medical pioneers; Dato' Dr Lim Kee Jin (physician), Dato' Dr. T. Sachithanandan (anaesthetist) and Datuk Dr. Sam C.E.Abraham (paediatrician). The", "title": "Sultanah Aminah Hospital" }, { "docid": "18196151", "text": "47,885 Japanese stroke patients were included (Inoue et al.). Of these patients, 32.0% were admitted to a Stroke ICU and 27.8% were admitted to a general medical ward (GMW) on a weekend. The estimated in-hospital mortality rate was significantly higher among the patients admitted to a GMW on a weekend compared with those admitted on a weekday (7.9% vs 7.0%), but this difference was not significant after adjusting for the patients' background characteristics. The estimated in-hospital mortality rates of the patients admitted to an S-ICU were similar between weekend and weekday admissions (10.0% vs 9.9%). In a UK stroke study", "title": "Weekend effect" }, { "docid": "6808388", "text": "hospital. A truly depressed and furious JR denounces everyone for what has happened. He takes to drinking and mourns the loss of both his son and his daughter. A very relieved Erica takes her granddaughter and brings her into Bianca's ICU room. Erica, along with Kendall, her uncle (and later stepfather), Jackson, her best friend (and later girlfriend), Maggie Stone, and many people who love her, plead for her to come out of her coma. When Erica puts Miranda into Bianca's arms, it is a Christmas miracle indeed. Bianca wakes up and holds her beautiful baby girl close to her", "title": "Miranda Montgomery" }, { "docid": "18088208", "text": "missions: Child health and development medicine (obstetrics, prenatal care, pediatrics), disability medicine (severe cases of multiple handicap, and muscular dystrophy), and cardiovascular and respiratory medicine (ICU). National Hospital Organization Nagara Hospital National Hospital Organization Gifu Hospital pediatric surgery National Hospital Organization Nagara Medical Center National Hospital Organization Nagara Medical Center (国立病院機構長良医療センター) is a hospital located in Gifu, Japan, which is administered by the National Hospital Organization of Japan. This hospital was established in March 2005, from the merger of two hospitals, National Hospital Organization Gifu Hospital and National Hospital Organization Nagara Hospital.There are 500-800 employees working at the hospital. National", "title": "National Hospital Organization Nagara Medical Center" }, { "docid": "9143088", "text": "Khan University offers residency programmes in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Surgery. In 2016, AKH received Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, making it the only JCI accredited hospital in the country. Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam Established in 1964, the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam is an 170-bed multispecialty hospital. The hospital provides general medical services, specialist clinics and diagnostic services. It is also part of the Aga Khan Health Services international referral system, with links to the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi and the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. It is incorporating a 7-bed ICU with technical and", "title": "Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam" }, { "docid": "11423552", "text": "grew quite rapidly into the 1930s, emerging as a major black political force. Like the South African ICU, it had a large rural base, as well as an influence in black urban areas. It experienced some decline, but continued to operate in the form of the Reformed ICU into the mid-1950s. In Zambia, ICU groups were active from 1931, but never attained the size and power of the two southern ICUs. In Namibia, the ICU was mainly active in the port town of Lüderitz. In 1935 Rachel Simons was the secretary of the union. Analysts and currents sympathetic to an", "title": "Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union" }, { "docid": "16964460", "text": "her bedside, and she manages to regain consciousness. The film ends with a tragic part as showing Noor and Joyita dead. The concluding scene shows Noor's body being taken away by a hysteric Riya and his grieving parents while Avik affectionately caresses the palm of a lifeless Joyita inside the ICU only to leave the hospital later, in grief. The site of the crash is declared an accident prone-area, and the film ends with few messages on road safety. One can never understand the reason behind what life has in store for him/her. Hence, the name: 'Bojhena Shey Bojhena'. The", "title": "Bojhena Shey Bojhena" }, { "docid": "12401131", "text": "Emory University Hospital Midtown Emory University Hospital Midtown (originally Emory Crawford Long Hospital) is a 511-bed acute care teaching hospital located in the SoNo district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and affiliated with Emory Healthcare. The hospital's CEO is Dan Owens. Emory University Hospital Midtown is staffed by more than 1,000 private-practice and Emory Clinic physicians, spanning 28 specialties including cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, oncology, neurosciences, general and vascular surgery, internal medicine, urology, obstetrics and gynecology. There is a level III neonatal ICU. Emory’s Midtown hospital celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2008. The institution’s history dates back to 1908, when two", "title": "Emory University Hospital Midtown" }, { "docid": "7193068", "text": "Yuma Regional Medical Center Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is a hospital serving the Yuma, Arizona, area. The hospital is the only one in the city. Yuma Regional Medical Center traces its roots to 1958, when it was founded as Parkview Hospital. In 1961, the Baptist Hospital Association of Arizona assumed management of the hospital and renamed it Parkview Baptist Hospital. Finally, in 1972, management of the hospital was transferred to the Yuma community, which renamed it Yuma Regional Medical Center. In 2004, a new six-story hospital tower was completed, adding a 42-bed ICU, a new heart center and over", "title": "Yuma Regional Medical Center" }, { "docid": "17320355", "text": "Trust to erect the hospital. The hospital started functioning on 1 November 2001. It has all the ultra modern facilities including blood bank, cancer research centre etc. The hospital has more than 65 ICU beds with a central monitoring system. The hospital has a well equipped air-conditioned auditorium (with a capacity of 3000 people), advanced sound system and a sophisticated video projection system too. The hospital conducts lot of awareness programs and makes films for the people and society like the films on diabetes etc. Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital () is a large hospital in Pune, India spread", "title": "Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital" }, { "docid": "19875136", "text": "D Y Patil Hospital D Y Patil Hospital or D.Y.P.H.R.C. (D. Y. Patil Hospital and Research centre - Navi Mumbai) is a charitable hospital in Navi Mumbai, India. It was founded in 2004 by His Excellency Padmashri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil (Ex-Governor of Tripura, West Bengal and Bihar). It has 1500 beds dedicated to charity, a 100-bed ICU facility (the largest in Navi Mumbai), 15 operation theatres, a 24x7 charitable casualty and trauma centre. It has a blood bank that is accredited by NABH. The hospital is one of the largest charitable hospitals in India. The hospital runs various charitable schemes", "title": "D Y Patil Hospital" }, { "docid": "14278352", "text": "Bustamante Hospital for Children Jamaica Hospital for Children is a children's hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, located on Arthur Wint Drive in the Kingston 5 district of the city, near the national stadium Independence Park and the Bob Marley statue. It is the only children's hospital amongst English speaking nations in the Caribbean. The Bustamante Hospital for Children was established in 1963 and has serves approximately 35,887 outpatients and 70,331 casualties per year. It has 283 including 5 ICU beds. It was a former British Military Hospital but was transformed into a children's hospital after the British left in 1962 (gifted", "title": "Bustamante Hospital for Children" }, { "docid": "16832701", "text": "and ultrasound. The hospital has a capacity of 180 beds within its 10 floors. in 2011, the hospital added other services in 2016, the hospital added a second ICU unit for the burn center. And also a Neonatal unit in order to respond to the population needs. The hospital meet standards of Ministry of Health – Lebanon, ISO 9001. Al-Salam Hospital Al Salam Hospital or Hopital de la paix () founded in 1996, is a private hospital located in Tripoli, Lebanon and has a trauma center, an angiology unit with interventional radiology available, a stroke unit, a cardiovascular and abdominal", "title": "Al-Salam Hospital" }, { "docid": "8823346", "text": "it to surrender, while simultaneously taking control of the rest of Bay and Bakool. Somalia's prime minister announced Islamic Courts Union (ICU) forces were moving into positions for an attack on the last government stronghold of Baidoa in \"what may now be an inevitable war\". The settlement of Ufurow, 90 km from the interim government capital at Baidoa, capitulated to the ICU without fighting. ICU troops were said to be within 20 km of Baidoa near Buurhakaba. Government troops held a front line at Daynuunay, and ICU troops — identified by a local resident as being from the SICC (Somalia", "title": "Advance of the Islamic Courts Union" }, { "docid": "11124103", "text": "McKay-Dee Hospital McKay-Dee Hospital is a not-for-profit community focused health system operated by Intermountain Healthcare. It is located in Ogden, Utah, United States. With 310 licensed beds, it is the 3rd largest hospital in the Intermountain system, and the 4th largest Hospital in Utah. Although not directly affiliated with the university, it is located just southwest of the main campus of Weber State University. McKay-Dee Hospital offers nationally ranked programs including the Heart and Vascular Institute and Newborn ICU. Other programs include the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Center, McKay-Dee Spine Institute, Emergency and Trauma Services and the new Stewart Rehab Center. McKay-Dee", "title": "McKay-Dee Hospital" }, { "docid": "16279098", "text": "rich experience. In July 2008 a team of Health department officials raided the Hospital when a woman from Rurka Khurd, Gorayan was being prepared for the abortion of a female foetus. Dr Jatinder Gambhir, owner of the hospital, was charged under the PNDT Act (Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act). Jattinder GH Hospital, Ludhiana Jatinder GH Hospital is a modern 50 bedded hospital situated in Pakowal Road, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. The hospital is equipped with scanning equipment which includes a CT Scan, Mammography, Bone Mineral Density and Color Doppler. It has an ICU and a NICU for neo natal care. Other facilities", "title": "Jattinder GH Hospital, Ludhiana" }, { "docid": "18083147", "text": "students came to realize that their cultural heritage, especially language, customs, norms, values and beliefs, were being eroded. The students consulted widely and decided to form a Cultural Affairs club called Iteso Cultural Union (ICU). The club is recognized by His Highness Papa Emorimor of the mainstream ICU. The ICU aims to appeal to young students in the Teso sub-region by raising awareness of the need for peaceful coexistence among people from diverse ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds, through mentorship and discussion of cross-cutting issues and shared cultural values. Teso College Aloet Teso College Aloet (TCA) was established in 1953.", "title": "Teso College Aloet" } ]
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where is the setting of charlotte 's web
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[ { "docid": "2045407", "text": "2006. A video game based on this adaptation was also released in 2006. After a little girl named Fern Arable pleads for the life of the runt of a litter of piglets, her father gives her the pig to nurture, and she names him Wilbur. She treats him as a pet, but a month later, no longer small, Wilbur is sold to Fern's uncle, Homer Zuckerman. In Zuckerman's barnyard Wilbur yearns for companionship but is snubbed by the other animals. He is befriended by a barn spider named Charlotte, whose web sits in a doorway overlooking Wilbur's enclosure. When Wilbur", "title": "Charlotte's Web" }, { "docid": "6052262", "text": "Wilbur. To her regret, when Wilbur has matured Fern is forced to take him to her uncle Homer Zuckerman whose barnyard he is left yearning for companionship but is despised by other barn animals until he is befriended by Charlotte, a spider who lives in the space above Wilbur's sty in the Zuckermans' barn. When the other animals reveal to Wilbur that he will be prepared for dinner in due time, Charlotte promises to hatch a plan guaranteed to spare Wilbur's life. With the help of the other barn animals including a comedic rat named Templeton, Charlotte convinces the Zuckerman", "title": "Charlotte's Web (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "14776777", "text": "Friends?\"). Edith and Homer Zuckerman are going over 'Honey Do Lists' when they decide to put the work off until fall (\"Summer\"). The barnyard animals soon begin talking to Wilbur, and he learns his fate. Charlotte vows to save him; that night she carries out her plan (\"Charlotte's Spinning Song\"). The next day he sees an opportunity to run away, and the animals advise him to do so. But Charlotte warns he will die in the wild (\"Freedom Now!). After the chase, everyone takes notice of the words 'Some Pig' in her web (\"Some Pig\"). The animals are thinking of", "title": "Charlotte's Web (musical)" } ]
[ { "docid": "6564717", "text": "Print. Scechter, Joel. \"A Lost Play Recovered.\" A Lost Play Recovered. Hunter-online Theatre Review, 2003. Web. 24 Feb. 2016. Walton, Geri. \"Charlotte Charke: Actress, Novelist, and Transvestite.\" Geri Walton. N.p., 11 Nov. 2015. Web. 24 Feb. 2016. \"Charlotte Charke and the Liminality of Bi-Genderings: A Study of Her Canonical Works\" by Polly S. Fields from Pilgrimage for Love: Essays in Early Modern Literature In Honor of Josephine A. Roberts. Edited by Sigrid King. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies Vol 213 (Tempe, AZ., 1999), pp. 221–48. Copyright Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University Charlotte Charke Charlotte Charke (née", "title": "Charlotte Charke" }, { "docid": "6052264", "text": "him). Exhausted from laying eggs, Charlotte cannot return home because she is dying. Wilbur bids an emotional farewell to her as she remains at the fair and dies shortly after Wilbur's departure but Wilbur manages to take her egg sac home, where hundreds of offspring emerge. Most of the young spiders soon leave, but three named Joy, Aranea, and Nellie stay and become Wilbur's friends. \"Charlotte's Web\" was produced without any involvement from E. B. White's estate. It was the first film based on a book by E. B. White since 2001's \"The Trumpet of the Swan\". Major shooting was", "title": "Charlotte's Web (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "6052263", "text": "family that Wilbur is actually quite special, by spelling out descriptions of him in her web: \"Some pig\", \"Terrific\", \"Radiant\", and \"Humble\". She gives her full name to be Charlotte A. Cavatica, revealing her to be a barn spider, an orb-weaver spider with the scientific name \"Araneus cavaticus\". The Arables, Zuckermans, Wilbur, Charlotte and Templeton go to a fair where Wilbur is entered in a contest. While there, Charlotte produces an egg sac containing her unborn offspring and Wilbur, despite winning no prizes, is later celebrated by the fair's staff and visitors (thus made too prestigious alive to justify killing", "title": "Charlotte's Web (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "4289403", "text": "cartoon. He often attacks the students when they're outside, and has an immense appetite, able to eat anything that will fit in his stomach. He is temporarily tamed by Charlotte, where Charlotte brushes and cares for him, although he gets angry again when Charlotte says he needs a bath. Buttons: Charlotte's pet hamster, her \"favorite hamster in the whole world\", first seen in episode 2. He is known for making a high-pitched noise at the sign of any danger. Scissor fiend: A fiend Vendetta made for Charlotte that resembles a bird and can cut things with its scissorlike beak. Charlotte", "title": "Making Fiends (web series)" }, { "docid": "15657704", "text": "city atmosphere rather than in large cities where filming typically occurs. Another frequent setting is nearby Mooresville. Executive producer Michael Cuesta said Mooresville is \"played for quite a few rural-type one-stoplight main-street type of towns.\" The Brody family house is in Mountainbrook, a Charlotte neighborhood near SouthPark Mall. Queens University of Charlotte is the Brody daughter's college. CIA headquarters is Cambridge Corporate Center in University Research Park. Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, the Ritz-Carlton, the old courthouse, Ed's Tavern, and Zack's Hamburgers in Charlotte, as well as Rural Hill in Huntersville and Lake Norman, have also served as filming locations. Production for", "title": "Homeland (TV series)" }, { "docid": "4289397", "text": "many of Vendetta's plans for torment to backfire. Vendetta seeks to kill Charlotte, but is never successful. A running gag is that Charlotte sees projectiles thrown at her as gifts. Almost every episode includes her singing a song that she makes up on the spot. Charlotte has the uncanny ability to hold her breath for nine hours. She has a hamster named Buttons. Charlotte is the only character present in every web episode. Grudge: (Voiced by Peter Merryman) Vendetta's giant hamster fiend, mistaken for a bear by Charlotte and a dog by Mrs. Minty. Grudge does not speak, but rather", "title": "Making Fiends (web series)" }, { "docid": "2045405", "text": "Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as \"Some Pig\") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live. Written in White's dry, low-key manner, \"Charlotte's Web\" is considered a classic of children's literature, enjoyable to", "title": "Charlotte's Web" }, { "docid": "6370739", "text": "Charlotte Greig Charlotte Greig (born 10 August 1954, Malta, died 19 June 2014) was a British novelist, playwright, music journalist, singer and songwriter. Charlotte Greig's father was in the navy and the family travelled the world. In 1962, she attended Charsfield village school, later described in Ronald Blythe's book \"Akenfield\", where she learned to sing folk songs. At the age of 10 she was sent to a convent boarding school, St Stephen's College, Broadstairs, Kent, where she learned to play piano. She studied philosophy at Sussex University during the 1970s, a setting recounted in \"A Girl's Guide to Modern European", "title": "Charlotte Greig" }, { "docid": "17298906", "text": "a younger woman named Sophia (played by British rising star Charlotte Vega). Trying to come to peace with his new life in these slow, peaceful surroundings, the musician's seemingly chance meeting with Peter (Harry Macqueen) will threaten to derail everything. The debut feature from lauded cinematographer Ben Hecking (nominated for the Accession Award for his work in \"Hide & Seek\" at the EEFF 2014) is a tangled web of passion, trauma, memory, and love, all building towards a great, operatic tragedy. A three-hander held together by the central performances and the increasingly claustrophobic setting of a country house, \"Provenance\" is", "title": "Provenance (film)" }, { "docid": "13556194", "text": "The library occupies the former church sanctuary, being renovated in 2007 and 2014. The library has 27,000 volumes, 60 periodical subscriptions, and subscribes to the ATLA database. The collections' strengths are in pastoral ministry and urban ministries, drawing from scholarship in urban sociology, urban anthropology, and urban theology. The library is a member of Carolinas Theological Library Consortium, a regional consortium of the American Theological Library Association (ATLA). 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202237/http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/Corp.aspx?PitemId=4745696 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101011122037/http://www.northcarolina.edu/aa/ncsaa/programs.htm 3. http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxycms.plcmc.net/iw-search/we/InfoWeb? p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F2A0691F0EE8909&p_docnum=2&p_queryname=4 4. https://web.archive.org/web/20100627160949/http://www.tracs.org/member.htm 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307213410/http://www.chea.org/search/actionInst.asp?CheaID=169162 6. http://www.gibill.va.gov/gi_bill_info/ch33/YRP/2010/states/nc.htm 7. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613170207/http://www.westcabarruschurch.com/pages/page.asp?page_id=91543 8. https://web.archive.org/web/20100713003242/http://www.atla.com/ctlc/ctlc.html Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary (formerly New Life", "title": "Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary" }, { "docid": "14776779", "text": "them (\"Don't\"). Charlotte and Wilbur are now comfortable in his stall, but when he sees the pig next door, he is worried. Charlotte reassures him that it will be fine (\"You're You\"). She then writes another word in her web to get him more attention (\"Charlotte at Work\"). When she is finished, she has written the word 'Humble'. The next day everyone is sad to find that the pig next door has won the blue ribbon. But their spirits are lifted when Wilbur wins a special medal (\"Wilbur (Reprise)\"). When it is time to leave, Charlotte cannot leave, because she", "title": "Charlotte's Web (musical)" }, { "docid": "16491213", "text": "set of Web services. It is based on the Vlingo personal assistant. The Galaxy S5 and later Samsung Android devices, S Voice runs on Nuance instead of Vlingo. Some of the capabilities of S Voice include making appointments, opening apps, setting alarms, updating social network websites such as Facebook or Twitter and navigation. S Voice also offers multitasking as well as automatic activation features, for example, when the car engine is started. In a disclaimer that pops up on first opening S Voice, Samsung states that the app is provided by a third party which it does not name. In", "title": "S Voice" }, { "docid": "2045426", "text": "by THQ and Sega, and released on December 12, 2006, for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 and PC. Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as \"Some Pig\") in her web in order to persuade the farmer", "title": "Charlotte's Web" }, { "docid": "9405379", "text": "& Sciences, \"I.D. Magazine\"'s Interactive Design Review, Communication Arts Interactive Design Annual, several New Media Invision awards, iMix Best of Show, the Digital Coast Innovation Award, IBC's Nombre D'Or, \"Time\" Magazine's Best of the Web, IndieCade's Festival of Independent Games, \"The Hollywood Reporter\"'s Women in Entertainment Power 100 and Fortune's 10 Powerful Women in Videogames. Fullerton appeared in Danny Ledonne's documentary \"Playing Columbine\". She is the cousin of television, novel, comic and game writer Charlotte Fullerton. In Walden, a game, Tracy Fullerton designed a conceptual, experiential game that simulates the philosophy of living the simplified experience articulated by Transcendental author,", "title": "Tracy Fullerton" }, { "docid": "16908523", "text": "an extremely successful female family which traced back to the Duke of Grafton's outstanding and influential broodmare Prunella. Cobweb's dam Filagree also produced the 2000 Guineas winner Riddlesworth and the filly Charlotte West who won the 1000 Guineas in 1830. Filagree was a daughter of Web, the foundation mare of Thoroughbred family 1-s, and a sister of the Derby winner Middleton and the leading broodmare Trampoline. Lord Jersey bought Web from the Duke of Grafton in about 1812, and she became his stud's foundation mare. Like all of Jersey's classic winners, Cobweb was prepared for racing by his private trainer", "title": "Cobweb (horse)" }, { "docid": "16896637", "text": "Oaks before producing three classic winners including Bay Middleton. Filagree was a daughter of Web, the Foundation mare of Thoroughbred family 1-s, and a sister of the Derby winner Middleton and the leading broodmare Trampoline. Charlotte West began her racing career on 15 April 1830 at the Newmarket Craven meeting. Ridden by James \"Jem\" Robinson she ran a match race against a colt named Coventry over the Ditch Mile. The colt was favoured in the betting, but the filly won to win a prize of £200. Two weeks later, Lord Jersey's filly was one of seven fillies to contest the", "title": "Charlotte West (horse)" }, { "docid": "1294208", "text": "organisms that reproduce quickly, such as daphnia feeding on algae grown under controlled environments in jars of water. While the complexity of real food webs connections are difficult to decipher, ecologists have found mathematical models on networks an invaluable tool for gaining insight into the structure, stability, and laws of food web behaviours relative to observable outcomes. \"Food web theory centers around the idea of connectance.\" Quantitative formulas simplify the complexity of food web structure. The number of trophic links (t), for example, is converted into a connectance value: where, S(S-1)/2 is the maximum number of binary connections among S", "title": "Food web" }, { "docid": "11542703", "text": "\"The Constant\", and found it \"incredibly awkward\" when Charlotte explained her whole backstory to Faraday. \"TV Guide\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Mickey O'Connor praised Mader's acting, saying \"Well done, Rebecca Mader, who has really done some fine work on Lost\". Charlotte Lewis (Lost) Dr. Charlotte Staples Lewis is a fictional character on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television series \"Lost\", played by Rebecca Mader. Charlotte is introduced in the second episode of season four and is a cultural anthropologist on a mission to the island where Oceanic Flight 815 crashed. On the island she is initially held hostage by one of the plane crash", "title": "Charlotte Lewis (Lost)" }, { "docid": "7771084", "text": "Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild (born 28 November 1955) is a British soprano specializing in the recital and oratorio repertoire who is a member of the Rothschild banking family of England. The second daughter of the four children of Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009) and Elizabeth Edith Rothschild \"née\" Lentner (1923–1980), she is a twin to David Lionel de Rothschild. In 1990 she married Nigel S. Brown. Her grandfather built the world-famous Exbury Gardens in Hampshire where she was raised. Noted for its cultivation of rhododendrons, a pink \"Charlotte de Rothschild\" was named for her. Charlotte de", "title": "Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild" }, { "docid": "7532645", "text": "Media Center Edition, MediaPortal or MythTV, or a commercial web server that hosts media for a large web site. In a home setting, a media server acts as an aggregator of information: video, audio, photos, books, etc. These different types of media (whether they originated on DVD, CD, digital camera, or in physical form) are stored on the media server's hard drive. Access to these is then available from a central location. It may also be used to run special applications that allow the user(s) to access the media from a remote location via the internet. The only requirement for", "title": "Media server" }, { "docid": "18652117", "text": "future seasons. On March 10, 2015, Tudyk, Fillion, and Haarsma launched a campaign to raise funds for the series on crowdfunding website Indiegogo with a target goal of $425,000 to produce three ten-minute episodes. In 24 hours, the campaign raised over $1 million, setting a one-day record for a crowdfunded web series. In 35 hours, it raised over $1.4 million, breaking the overall web series crowdfunding record set by the campaign for \"TableTop\"s Season Three. The campaign set a stretch goal of $1.75 million to produce a full season of 12 episodes, as Tudyk planned, plus a \"lost\" episode of", "title": "Con Man (web series)" }, { "docid": "19280706", "text": "her not to tell anybody, not giving an explanation for why she was at the medical center. Hanna is surprised by her fiancé, Jordan (David Coussins), while Spencer (Troian Bellisario) and Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) continue a questionable, yet unromantic, relationship. Alison invites the girls over to dinner, where she implies that she believes Aria had something to do with the murder. Hanna is able to access surveillance footage of the hotel from the night Charlotte died and discovers that Aria had left the hotel with Ezra soon before Charlotte was killed. They confront Aria, who reveals that, unable to sleep,", "title": "Charlotte's Web (Pretty Little Liars)" }, { "docid": "4490665", "text": "She's a Whore\". Openly shows romantic interest in Annie. Debbie: \"17\" year old daughter of Charlotte and Henry who nevertheless spends very little time with them. Brodie: \"25\" year old soldier imprisoned for setting fire to the wreath at the Cenotaph. Annie takes him up as a cause. Setting: London in 1982 In the first scene, Max accuses his distant and travelling wife, Charlotte, of adultery. Upset, she leaves. In the second scene, Charlotte's personality appears to have changed and she is now married to a playwright named Henry. The audience is gradually led to realize that Charlotte is an", "title": "The Real Thing (play)" }, { "docid": "16588720", "text": "& Voice' video series. Charlotte Video Project The Charlotte Video Project (CVP) is a web series about Charlotte, North Carolina, produced during the 18 months prior to Charlotte hosting the Democratic National Convention in 2012. The project comprises 100 non-fiction videos and is distributed over the Internet. Charlotte natives Scott Lazes and Kevin Beaty created the CVP after graduating from college in May 2011, majoring in Journalism and Film Studies at Rutgers University and Film Production at Boston University, respectively. Lazes initially conceived the project in his dorm room at Demarest Hall after First Lady Michelle Obama announced that Charlotte", "title": "Charlotte Video Project" }, { "docid": "8992617", "text": "where she wrote a history of the fat activist movement in which she argued that it is closely allied with the feminist movement and, like it, has undergone waves of activity. Cooper has co-produced a number of events with fat activism themes including 'The Fat of the Land', 'Big Bum Jumble' and 2012's 'Fattylympics', a protest against both attitudes to fat and the London 2012 Olympics, held in Stratford, where she lives. Charlotte Cooper (author) Charlotte Cooper (born 1968) is a London-based British writer and outspoken advocate for gay rights and fat acceptance. She describes herself as \"queer, from a", "title": "Charlotte Cooper (author)" }, { "docid": "8194993", "text": "Philippines, have slightly different hunting tactics. In laboratory tests, Los Baños \"P. labiata\"s rely more on trial and error than Sagada \"P. labiata\"s in finding ways to vibrate the prey's web and thus lure or distract the prey. Around Los Baños the web-building \"Scytodes pallida\", which preys on jumping spiders, is very abundant, and spits a sticky gum on prey and potential threats. A \"P. labiata\" from Los Baños instinctively detours round the back of \"S. pallida\" while with plucking the web in a way that makes the prey believe the threat is in front of it. In areas where", "title": "Portia labiata" }, { "docid": "16588716", "text": "Charlotte Video Project The Charlotte Video Project (CVP) is a web series about Charlotte, North Carolina, produced during the 18 months prior to Charlotte hosting the Democratic National Convention in 2012. The project comprises 100 non-fiction videos and is distributed over the Internet. Charlotte natives Scott Lazes and Kevin Beaty created the CVP after graduating from college in May 2011, majoring in Journalism and Film Studies at Rutgers University and Film Production at Boston University, respectively. Lazes initially conceived the project in his dorm room at Demarest Hall after First Lady Michelle Obama announced that Charlotte would be the host", "title": "Charlotte Video Project" }, { "docid": "17699025", "text": "unmarked graves: Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery formerly known as Coconut Grove Bahamian Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Miami, Florida where many Bahamian settlers were buried. For other cemeteries in Florida, see The Historic Coconut Grove Cemetery located at 3575 South Douglas Road in Coconut Grove. Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery was first used as a graveyard in the late 1850's. The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1913 for a total of $140.00 by five prominent families; the Burrows, Higgs, Reddick, Ross and E.W. F. Stirrup. The cemetery was renamed Charlotte Jane", "title": "Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery" }, { "docid": "17699023", "text": "Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery formerly known as Coconut Grove Bahamian Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Miami, Florida where many Bahamian settlers were buried. For other cemeteries in Florida, see The Historic Coconut Grove Cemetery located at 3575 South Douglas Road in Coconut Grove. Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery was first used as a graveyard in the late 1850's. The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1913 for a total of $140.00 by five prominent families; the Burrows, Higgs, Reddick, Ross and E.W. F. Stirrup. The cemetery was renamed Charlotte Jane Memorial Park", "title": "Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery" }, { "docid": "10689022", "text": "first in a relatively standard setting, but eventually pairing it with a military march accompaniment. The American composer Carl Ruggles (1876–1971) used the text in his last composition, \"Exaltation\" (for Brass, Chorus, and Organ) in 1958, in memory of his wife Charlotte who had died the previous year. The hymn and words are also featured in Vaughan Williams's anthem \"Lord, thou hast been our refuge\", using both the \"Book of Common Prayer\"'s words and those of Watts. Brother Colin Smith also arranged a setting of this hymn. \"Italicised lyrics\" denote verses not commonly in current use. <poem> Our God, our", "title": "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" }, { "docid": "18070104", "text": "Charlotte Drake Charlotte Drake is a fictional character in \"Pretty Little Liars\", an American mystery drama television series based on the homonymous novel series written by Sara Shepard. Charlotte is a character that only appears in the television series and is portrayed by Vanessa Ray. The character is also featured in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" web series \"Pretty Dirty Secrets\". Charlotte was introduced in the third season using the pseudonym CeCe Drake. Acting as a best friend and mentor to Alison DiLaurentis, CeCe moved back to Rosewood two years after Alison's disappearance. Having stolen the game from Mona Vanderwaal, Drake", "title": "Charlotte Drake" }, { "docid": "18070193", "text": "were drawn to CeCe in the first place.” She highlighted how CeCe manages to make her wrongdoings acceptable, almost redeeming herself. For her portrayal in the show's sixth season, Ray won a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Villain. Charlotte Drake Charlotte Drake is a fictional character in \"Pretty Little Liars\", an American mystery drama television series based on the homonymous novel series written by Sara Shepard. Charlotte is a character that only appears in the television series and is portrayed by Vanessa Ray. The character is also featured in the \"Pretty Little Liars\" web series \"Pretty Dirty Secrets\". Charlotte", "title": "Charlotte Drake" }, { "docid": "15972472", "text": "bases such as stems of shrubs. Males of \"Portia\" do not build capture webs. \"Portia\"s hunt in all types of webs, while other cursorial spiders generally have difficulty moving on webs, and web-building spiders find it difficult to move in webs unlike those they build. Where the web is sparse, a \"Portia\" will use \"rotary probing\", in which it moves a free leg around until it meets a thread. When hunting in another spider's web, a \"Portia\"′s slow, choppy movements and the flaps on its legs make it resemble leaf detritus caught in the web and blown in a breeze.", "title": "Portia schultzi" }, { "docid": "2045412", "text": "to avoid death. Even though Wilbur is able to escape his death, Charlotte, the spider who takes care of Wilbur, is not able to escape her own death. Charlotte passes away, but according to Trudelle H. Thomas, \"Yet even in the face of death, life continues and ultimate goodness wins out\". Jordan Anne Deveraux explains that E.B. White discusses a few realities of death. From the novel, readers learn that death can be delayed, but it cannot be avoided forever. For Norton D. Kinghorn, Charlotte's web also acts as a signifier of change. The change Kinghorn refers to is that", "title": "Charlotte's Web" }, { "docid": "17769894", "text": "side effects.\" According to Alan Shackelford, Charlotte Figi's physician: \"We really don't know how it works... The cannabidiol seems to act as a neuro-stabilizer, but how? The research is minuscule on this.\" Orrin Devinsky, a neurologist at New York University's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, where he will conduct clinical trials on Epidiolex, a high-CBD drug from GW Pharmaceuticals, expressed his sympathy for those who do not want to wait for research results: He also expressed concern that the number of parents using the Charlotte's Web extract will make it harder to find children for the clinical trials, and that: There are", "title": "Charlotte's web (cannabis)" }, { "docid": "8657343", "text": "Charlotte offers many extracurricular activities to encourage students' involvement in the school’s community outside of the normal classroom setting. Those activities include: West Charlotte is known throughout the Charlotte area for its athletic programs. The marching band is one of the best known extracurricular activities at West Charlotte. They have performed at a bowl game every year since 2004, when they debuted at the Sugar Bowl. WC's stadium is called Jack Martin Stadium. West Charlotte's main rivals are Independence High School and Harding University High School. [[Category:Public high schools in North Carolina]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1938]] [[Category:Schools in Charlotte,", "title": "West Charlotte High School" }, { "docid": "5277637", "text": "distillery. No plans have been formally announced to reopen Port Charlotte Distillery to date. The village is located on the shores of Loch Indaal and is very picturesque with its white painted houses. It is home to the Museum of Islay Life which is located in a former Church building. In October 1813, the American privateer \"The True Blooded Yankee\" captured six merchant ships lying at Port Charlotte, casting them adrift and setting fire to three. Port Charlotte, Islay Port Charlotte () is a village on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was founded in 1828.", "title": "Port Charlotte, Islay" }, { "docid": "4289406", "text": "which are in the classroom next to Vendetta's. A flash game that is put on the website on Halloween. Unlike the Christmas Bonus and Thanksgiving Treat, its URL is not available on the official website year-round, although it can be played here (renamed Pumpkin Plunkin). At the beginning of the game, the rules are explained by both Charlotte and Vendetta. The overall objective is to throw pumpkins at Charlotte while she moves around the screen in various costumes. On the DVDs of the web series, there are alternate versions of all the episodes. In 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010, a", "title": "Making Fiends (web series)" }, { "docid": "10876662", "text": "Making Fiends (TV series) Making Fiends is an American comedy horror animated television series. Based upon the web series of the same name, the series ran from October 4, 2008 to November 1, 2008 on Nicktoons Network. The series is Nickelodeon Animation Studio’s first animated series to be based on a web series, and follows the evil, but dim-witted Vendetta and the new happy girl, Charlotte, at school in the gloomy town of Clamburg. Vendetta hates Charlotte and tries to destroy her in each and every episode. The series is created by Amy Winfreyand produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, with", "title": "Making Fiends (TV series)" }, { "docid": "2045409", "text": "pig, a tourist attraction, with the web believed to be a miracle. At the county fair, to which he is accompanied by Charlotte and the rat Templeton, Wilbur fails to win the blue ribbon, but is awarded a special prize by the judges. Charlotte, by then dying as barn spiders do in the fall, hears the presentation over the public address system and knows that the prize means Zuckerman will cherish Wilbur for as long as the pig lives, and will never slaughter him for his meat. She does not return to the farm with Wilbur and Templeton, remaining at", "title": "Charlotte's Web" }, { "docid": "16825660", "text": "institute. She is the director of the Immunodeficiency Clinic at Mount Sinai where she treats patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders. She also does important drug research related to immunodeficiency disorders. And, she is the Director of the Allergy Immunology Fellowship training program. According to her Mt Sinai hospital profile,\"Rundles is an expert in the more than 150 Primary Immune Deficiency diseases, conditions that result from genetic defects of the immune system.\" She is a fellow of She is a member of Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles Dr. Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, an American physician, is the David S. Gottesman Professor of Immunology at the Mount", "title": "Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles" }, { "docid": "4289393", "text": "Making Fiends (web series) Making Fiends is a Flash cartoon series by Amy Winfrey. It follows the interactions between Vendetta, a villainous girl that regularly makes monsters called \"fiends\", and Charlotte, a cheerful and naive girl who thinks Vendetta is her best friend. Charlotte unintentionally irritates and embarrasses Vendetta. As a result, Vendetta attempts to assassinate her with fiends, but she always fails out of Charlotte's luck. The site was first put up on June 3, 2003, and the series debuted with its first episode on July 14, 2003. In 2004, the series was licensed by Nickelodeon, and eventually the", "title": "Making Fiends (web series)" }, { "docid": "2045408", "text": "discovers that he is being raised for slaughter, she promises to hatch a plan guaranteed to spare his life. Fern often sits on a stool, listening to the animals' conversation, but over the course of the story, as she starts to mature, she begins to find other interests. As the summer passes, Charlotte ponders the question of how to save Wilbur. At least, she comes up with a plan, which she proceeds to implement. Reasoning that Zuckerman would not kill a famous pig, Charlotte weaves words or short phrases in praise of Wilbur into her web, making the barn, and", "title": "Charlotte's Web" }, { "docid": "10460004", "text": "had with the Golden State Warriors. Phil Ford and Lee Rose were tapped to join Vincent's coaching staff on June 6, 2007. Buzz Peterson was hired from Coastal Carolina University, where he served as head basketball coach, to become director of player personnel on June 13, 2007. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Total for entire season including previous team(s) The Bobcats were involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season: 2007–08 Charlotte Bobcats season The 2007–08 Charlotte Bobcats season was the 18th season of NBA basketball in Charlotte in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their fourth as the Charlotte Bobcats. Charlotte finished 32–50", "title": "2007–08 Charlotte Bobcats season" }, { "docid": "6955592", "text": "the phrase, TERRIFIC! TERRIFIC! TERRIFIC!, though Charlotte decides to shorten it to one TERRIFIC. The incident becomes another media sensation, though Homer still desires to slaughter Wilbur. For the next message, Charlotte then employs Templeton to pull a word from a magazine clipping at the dump for inspiration, in which he returns the word RADIANT ripped from a soap box to spin within her web. Following this, Homer decides to enter Wilbur in the county fair for the summer. Charlotte reluctantly decides to accompany him, though Templeton at first has no interest in doing so until the goose tells him", "title": "Charlotte's Web (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "6955591", "text": "tells him that she will come up with a plan guaranteed to spare his life. Later, the goose's goslings hatch. One of them, named Jeffrey, befriends Wilbur. Eventually, Charlotte reveals her plan to \"play a trick on Zuckerman\", and consoles Wilbur to sleep. The next morning, Homer's farmhand, Lurvy, sees the words, SOME PIG, spun within Charlotte's web. The incident attracts publicity among Homer's neighbors who deem the praise to be a miracle. The publicity eventually dies down, and Charlotte requests the barn animals to devise a new word to spin within her web. After several suggestions, the goose suggests", "title": "Charlotte's Web (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "4921919", "text": "column view with folders and groups on the left, email in the middle, and the selected message on the right. With the 2015 update, Microsoft introduced the ability to pin, sweep and archive messages, and undo the last action, as well as richer image editing features. It can connect to other services such as GitHub and Twitter through Office 365 Connectors. Actionable Messages in emails allows a user to complete a task from within the email, such as retweeting a Tweet on Twitter or setting a meeting date on a calendar. Outlook on the web supports S/MIME and includes features", "title": "Outlook on the web" }, { "docid": "15217436", "text": "a Sitecore Award for Breitbart News, a Davey, Webby and Web Marketing Association Award for Drexel University, and a Web Marketing Association Award for the Phillips Collection. NavigationArts was also a finalist in the Washington SmartCEO awards event for companies providing excellence in Government contracting. In 2009, NavigationArts received 9 awards from the Web Marketing Association, including Outstanding Website for D.C. United and Best Newspaper Website for The Charlotte Observer. NavigationArts NavigationArts is a DC-based consulting firm specializing in enterprise web design and web development. It is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. In 2010, NavigationArts was listed on the Inc. Magazine", "title": "NavigationArts" }, { "docid": "17508911", "text": "and her home appeared on comedy panel game show \"Through the Keyhole\". Charlotte has also appeared on programmes such as \"Staying In\", Fake Reaction, \"Most Shocking Celebrity Moments\", 50 Funniest Moments, Utterly Outrageous Moments. Crosby's autobiography, \"ME ME ME\", was published in July 2015. The book topped the Sunday Times bestseller list. On 4 August 2015, Crosby appeared on BBC Radio 1's Innuendo Bingo. Crosby had her own programme on Chart Show TV called 'Charlotte Crosby's Propa Mint Party' where she played a collection of her favourite music videos. Crosby is a contributor to the Channel 4 documentary show, 'A", "title": "Charlotte Crosby" }, { "docid": "6955586", "text": "Charlotte's Web (1973 film) Charlotte's Web is a 1973 American animated musical drama film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions and based upon the 1952 children's book \"Charlotte's Web\" by E. B. White. The film, like the book, is about a pig named Wilbur who befriends an intelligent spider named Charlotte who saves him from being slaughtered. Released to theaters by Paramount Pictures, \"Charlotte's Web\" features a song score of music and lyrics written by the Sherman Brothers, who had previously written music for family films like \"Mary Poppins\" (1964), \"The Jungle Book\" (1967), and \"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\"", "title": "Charlotte's Web (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "2045417", "text": "overall motivation for the book has not been revealed and he has written: \"I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze\". When White met the spider who originally inspired Charlotte, he called her Charlotte Epeira (after \"Epeira sclopetaria\", the Grey Cross spider, now known as \"Larinioides sclopetarius\"), before discovering that the more modern name for that genus was \"Aranea\". In the novel, Charlotte gives her full name as \"Charlotte A. Cavatica\", revealing her as a barn spider, an orb-weaver with the scientific name \"Araneus cavaticus\". The", "title": "Charlotte's Web" }, { "docid": "16152629", "text": "Charlotte Smith (broadcaster) Charlotte Victoria Smith (born 2 October 1964, Leicester) is one of two main presenters of BBC Radio 4's \"Farming Today\". She grew up in Quorn, Leicestershire, the ancestral home of British fox hunting. She attended the direct-grant grammar school Loughborough High School, where she was head girl. She studied English and Drama at the University of Kent from 1983–86. She volunteered on BBC Radio Leicester. She was put on the BBC's Local Radio Reporters Scheme, then toured the local radio stations of Sussex, Cumbria and Devon. She then returned to Radio Leicester as a news reporter. At", "title": "Charlotte Smith (broadcaster)" }, { "docid": "11209599", "text": "Metropolitan Transit Commission on May 22, and with their approval, take a vote on May 28. On May 28, the Charlotte city council voted 7-4 to build the streetcar extension, setting aside $63 million for the purpose. CityLynx Gold Line The CityLynx Gold Line is a streetcar line in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, the first phase of which opened in 2015. The line is an extension of the Charlotte Area Transit System's Lynx rail system. With two additional phases planned for completion by 2023, the line is ultimately intended to connect the University Park area of west Charlotte with", "title": "CityLynx Gold Line" }, { "docid": "18931356", "text": "Drama Streamy Award for her role as Lizzie Bennet. Clements has also starred in \"The Mortician\" (2012) and the web series \"Just Go with It\" (2015). She has performed in web and TV advertisements, and has narrated audiobooks, among them \"The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet\". In 2016, Clements joined the cast of \"Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party\", where she plays author Charlotte Brontë and also appeared in the romantic comedy film \"Non-Transferable\". In 2017 she’s starred in the Tin Can Brothers first stage production, The Solve-It Squad Returns, as Gwen. She reprised the role when the show", "title": "Ashley Clements" }, { "docid": "18742676", "text": "the two corvettes were sent to secure Lüders's release, resulting in the Lüders affair. \"Charlotte\" and \"Stein\" arrived on 6 December, where \"Charlotte\"s commander, August Carl Thiele, issued an ultimatum to pay an indemnity of 20,000 dollars, suspend Lüders's conviction, and protect him while he was still in the country, to be completed within thirteen hours. The Haitian government refused the demands, so \"Charlotte\" and \"Stein\" went to battle stations and prepared to open fire on the Haitian naval vessels in the port, the fortress protecting the harbor, and the Government Palace in Haiti. After the German ships fired a", "title": "SMS Charlotte" }, { "docid": "9791169", "text": "most commonly used being WSDL. Although both languages target at different levels of specification, there is an intersection between them: OWL-S OWL-S is an ontology built on top of Web Ontology Language (OWL) by the DARPA DAML program. It replaces the former DAML-S ontology. \"OWL-S is an ontology, within the OWL-based framework of the Semantic Web, for describing Semantic Web Services. It will enable users and software agents to automatically discover, invoke, compose, and monitor Web resources offering services, under specified constraints.\" Development of OWL-S aims to enable the following tasks: The OWL-S ontology has three main parts: the \"service", "title": "OWL-S" }, { "docid": "17769864", "text": "Charlotte's web (cannabis) Charlotte's Web is a high-cannabidiol (CBD), low-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) \"Cannabis\" strain marketed as a dietary supplement under federal law of the United States. It is produced by the Stanley brothers in Colorado. It does not induce the psychoactive \"high\" typically associated with recreational marijuana strains that are high in THC. In September 2014, the Stanleys announced that they would ensure that the product consistently contained less than 0.3% THC. Charlotte's Web is named after Charlotte Figi, born , whose story has led to her being described as \"the girl who is changing medical marijuana laws across America.\" Her", "title": "Charlotte's web (cannabis)" }, { "docid": "20890463", "text": "entitled \"The Yellow Wallpaper\", for which Mason wrote the libretto based on the short story of the same name by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was produced by the Helios Collective to receive its premiere performance at the English National Opera's Lilian Baylis House in 2016. Mason's music has been included in events and festivals such as BBC Radio 3's Young Artist Day, in which her work 'Diamond Dust II' for Clarinet in Bb and Piano was broadcast live, her setting of Psalm 93 'The Lord Is' was premiered in the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music 2017 by the Sarum Consort,", "title": "Grace-Evangeline Mason" }, { "docid": "9791168", "text": "OWL-S OWL-S is an ontology built on top of Web Ontology Language (OWL) by the DARPA DAML program. It replaces the former DAML-S ontology. \"OWL-S is an ontology, within the OWL-based framework of the Semantic Web, for describing Semantic Web Services. It will enable users and software agents to automatically discover, invoke, compose, and monitor Web resources offering services, under specified constraints.\" Development of OWL-S aims to enable the following tasks: The OWL-S ontology has three main parts: the \"service profile\", the \"process model\" and the \"grounding\". OWL-S requires an additional description for a full specification of the grounding, the", "title": "OWL-S" }, { "docid": "20750723", "text": "happened in an alternate universe in which pro skater Tony Hawk had never landed the 900 at the X-Games and achieved widespread recognition. According to an anonymous developer under the moniker \"lil_vertex\", the setting is that of an apocalyptic universe where the stunt hadn't \"triggered an explosion of corporate skateboarding.\" They also claimed that it takes place within a metaphorical depiction of Yahoo! Geocities and served as a symbol of the \"dying web,\" noting that the various pieces of architecture are representative personal web pages. Esposito and Honor further explained that in the wake of this, an immortal \"time wizard\"", "title": "Arcane Kids" }, { "docid": "4289400", "text": "blue, overweight girl who sits next to Charlotte and speaks in a nasal whisper. She has a collection of glass animals, and has many allergies. A cowardly girl, she was the first student to talk to Charlotte and warn her about Vendetta. She appears to be friends with Malachi, and her DVD commentary implies that she has a crush on Marvin. Malachi: (Voiced by Peter Merryman) A grey boy who follows Charlotte around school, giving her dire cautions about Vendetta and her fiends, which Charlotte does not understand and ignores. He is a Puritan; he speaks in complicated, archaic English", "title": "Making Fiends (web series)" }, { "docid": "15840091", "text": "\"I'm Under Attack Mode\" setting. Cloudflare claims this can mitigate advanced Layer 7 attacks by presenting a JavaScript computational challenge which must be completed by a user's browser before the user can access a website. Cloudflare defended SpamHaus from a DDoS attack that exceeded 300 Gbit/s. Akamai's chief architect stated that at the time it was \"the largest publicly announced DDoS attack in the history of the Internet\". Cloudflare has also reportedly absorbed attacks that have peaked over 400Gbit/s from an NTP Reflection attack. Cloudflare allows customers on paid plans to utilize a web application firewall service, by default; the", "title": "Cloudflare" }, { "docid": "6229330", "text": "content a website contains. Web content is dominated by the \"page\" concept, its beginnings in an academic setting, and in a setting dominated by type-written pages, the idea of the web was to link directly from one academic paper to another academic paper. This was a completely revolutionary idea in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the best a link could be made was to cite a reference in the midst of a type written paper and name that reference either at the bottom of the page or on the last page of the academic paper. When it was", "title": "Web content" }, { "docid": "2318933", "text": "their proficiency. People are also forced to reflect on what they have learned and how they plan to build and improve in the future. This helps people to become better critical thinkers and helps them to develop their writing and multimedia skills. Today, many students are using multimedia such as Facebook, Twitter, and texting—all informal settings. The electronic portfolio, on the other hand, is a more formal setting where students must apply both their knowledge of how the web works and the message they want to convey. In this sense, students' use and comfort with the web at times can", "title": "Electronic portfolio" }, { "docid": "12576186", "text": "Charlotte (1903–1912). Charlotte died at the age of 9 after accidentally catching on fire in the family kitchen. Isabel and Alice both attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1920 and 1921, respectively. Isabel became a teacher at Brooklyn College, where she taught for more than 30 years, and was a close friend of Margaret Chase Smith (there are many pictures of Smith scattered about the home). Meanwhile, Alice followed in her father's footsteps, setting up a practice in Portland to become Maine's first female pediatrician. After Frank's death in 1924, Eugenie took up a life of travel, and she and", "title": "Skolfield–Whittier House" }, { "docid": "5475204", "text": "(without toggle) and \"Live Time\" (with toggle) settings in their Olympus OM-D E-M5 digital camera, where the viewfinder and display gets updated \"during\" the exposure in order to allow the photographer to inspect the exposure while it \"develops\". The display refresh rate for this mode can be configured between 0.5 s and 60 s. Some specialized cameras use other image triggers. Bulb (photography) The Bulb setting (abbreviated B) on camera shutters is a momentary-action mode that holds shutters open for as long as a photographer depresses the shutter-release button. The Bulb setting is distinct from shutter's Time (T) setting, which", "title": "Bulb (photography)" }, { "docid": "3222369", "text": "through which a performer will secure an ankle, wrist or their neck and be able to hang freely while spinning. In a typical Spanish web performance, there is a climber and a web setter. The web setter typically kneels on one knee, and the climber can climb first on the setter's thigh before ascending the web. Once the climber has ascended the web, the web setter can spin the web around the performer creating enough centrifugal force to push the performer into a near-horizontal position. Web setting is a specialty skill in its own right, with a lot more difficulty", "title": "Spanish web" }, { "docid": "12803991", "text": "which was won by Bindi Irwin. In March 2012, it was announced, that Best had been cast as Cheryl Hayes in Network Ten's drama series \"Puberty Blues\", which is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette. In 2018 she starred in the Australian web television series \"Tidelands\" as Cal McTeer, the lead role. It was released on 14 December 2018 on Netflix. Charlotte Best Charlotte Elise Best (born January 16, 1994) is an Australian actress and model. She is best known for her role in the show Home and Away as the", "title": "Charlotte Best" }, { "docid": "7637395", "text": "Alice Charlotte von Rothschild Alice Charlotte von Rothschild (17 February 1847 – 3 May 1922), otherwise referred to as 'Miss Alice', was a socialite and member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of Austria. Born in Frankfurt, she was the eighth and youngest child of Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874) and Charlotte Rothschild (1807–1859) and younger sister to the British politician, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. She was a small child when her family moved to Vienna, where her father took over management of the family-owned S M von Rothschild bank. Alice von Rothschild's mother was the daughter of Nathan Mayer Rothschild", "title": "Alice Charlotte von Rothschild" }, { "docid": "19303763", "text": "Charlotte Newhouse Charlotte Newhouse is an actress and writer, known for \"\" (2012), \"The Man That I Was\" (2010) and \"Celebrity Impression\" (2010). In January 2016, Comedy Central debuted a new series, \"Idiotsitter\", in which Newhouse portrays Harvard graduate Wilhelmina \"Billie\" Brown, who is hired by wealthy, negligent parents to supervise their incorrigible grown daughter, Gene (Jillian Bell), who is serving time under house arrest. \"Idiotsitter\" was launched as a web series in early 2014, before being picked up in June 2014 by Comedy Central for network airing. In 2015 she played the lead role of Mackenzie in the comedy", "title": "Charlotte Newhouse" }, { "docid": "19369694", "text": "Drake, who reveals that she was born as Charles before transitioning into Charlotte. CeCe/Charlotte reveals that she became \"A\" (and thus Red Coat) in order to sneak out of Radley and because she was angry that the Liars were happy about her disappearance. While Charlotte is telling her story, the Liars are alerted to a motion sensor in another room. Mona turns the camera to the room and they see that the motion sensor was alerted by Red Coat, who is setting up a bomb for Charlotte to blow up Radley with her family alongside herself. The Liars are stunned", "title": "Red Coat (Pretty Little Liars)" }, { "docid": "6955610", "text": "Album\" by producer Jackie Mills. In March 2018 the Original Cast Soundtrack was released on CD by the Varèse Sarabande record label. This is the first time the soundtrack had enjoyed any re-release (digitally or otherwise) since its original pressing. Charlotte's Web (1973 film) Charlotte's Web is a 1973 American animated musical drama film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions and based upon the 1952 children's book \"Charlotte's Web\" by E. B. White. The film, like the book, is about a pig named Wilbur who befriends an intelligent spider named Charlotte who saves him from being slaughtered. Released to", "title": "Charlotte's Web (1973 film)" }, { "docid": "4864299", "text": "Dynamic web page A server-side dynamic web page is a web page whose construction is controlled by an application server processing server-side scripts. In server-side scripting, parameters determine how the assembly of every new web page proceeds, including the setting up of more client-side processing. A client-side dynamic web page processes the web page using HTML scripting running in the browser as it loads. JavaScript and other scripting languages determine the way the HTML in the received page is parsed into the Document Object Model, or DOM, that represents the loaded web page. The same client-side techniques can then dynamically", "title": "Dynamic web page" }, { "docid": "19571046", "text": "the year and Player of the year at the WMWRL club. Her first International cap came in a friendly against England U17's, where manager Jarmo Matikainen gave her a starting place in the side. She went on to achieve 16 caps at Under 17 age group, including 3 in the UEFA Under 17 qualifying tournament in Denmark. With her time at Under 19 age group Charlotte has played 5 times for Wales, starting 4, and coming off the bench for her debut in a 4-1 win over Kazakhstan in the UEFA U19 Qualifying tournament in Bursa, Turkey. Charlotte Edmunds Charlotte", "title": "Charlotte Edmunds" }, { "docid": "20945737", "text": "35mm, with Kit Fraser functioning as the film's cinematographer, and production design by Charlotte Pearson. The setting of the original short story was based on a stretch of the coast in Kent near Whitstable. However, the setting was later changed to Norfolk, due to its similarities and atmosphere, the latter of which Holness stated contributed to the overall mood and feel of the film. Holness would later discover that the Stiffkey marshes location, where the crew had filmed, was the fabled Black Shuck was purported to haunt. Holness later describe the shooting experience as dark and very intense, stating, \"there", "title": "Possum (2018 film)" }, { "docid": "19303764", "text": "\"Sensitive Guys\", directed by Jason Farrand. Charlotte Newhouse Charlotte Newhouse is an actress and writer, known for \"\" (2012), \"The Man That I Was\" (2010) and \"Celebrity Impression\" (2010). In January 2016, Comedy Central debuted a new series, \"Idiotsitter\", in which Newhouse portrays Harvard graduate Wilhelmina \"Billie\" Brown, who is hired by wealthy, negligent parents to supervise their incorrigible grown daughter, Gene (Jillian Bell), who is serving time under house arrest. \"Idiotsitter\" was launched as a web series in early 2014, before being picked up in June 2014 by Comedy Central for network airing. In 2015 she played the lead", "title": "Charlotte Newhouse" }, { "docid": "9795593", "text": "designing a web experiment is the free Wextor tool, which \"dynamically creates the customized Web pages needed for the experimental procedure\" and is remarkably easy to use. Web experiments have been used to validate results from laboratory research and field research and to conduct new experiments that are only feasible if done online. Further, the materials created for web experiments can be used in a traditional laboratory setting if later desired. Interdisciplinary research using web experiments is rising. For example, a number of psychology and law researchers have used the web to collect data. Lora Levett and Margaret Bull Kovera", "title": "Web-based experiments" }, { "docid": "13611270", "text": "1.1. The changes are the following: Since WSDL files are an XML-based specification for describing a web service, WSDL files are susceptible to attack. To mitigate vulnerability of these files, limiting access to generated WSDL files, setting proper access restrictions on WSDL definitions, and avoiding unnecessary definitions in web services is encouraged. Web Services Description Language The Web Services Description Language (WSDL ) is an XML-based interface description language that is used for describing the functionality offered by a web service. The acronym is also used for any specific WSDL description of a web service (also referred to as a", "title": "Web Services Description Language" }, { "docid": "7451219", "text": "Younes Tsouli Younes Tsouli is a Moroccan-born resident of the United Kingdom who, in 2007, was found guilty of incitement to commit acts of terrorism (a crime introduced in the Terrorism Act 2006) and sentenced to 16 years in prison. His crimes were carried out via the internet, where he was known by several pseudonyms based on variations of Irhabi 007; \"Irhabi\" being the Arabic word for \"terrorist\", and \"007\" a reference to the fictional British secret agent, James Bond. Tsouli's activities included setting up web sites and web forums in support of Al-Qaeda and distributing video material filmed by", "title": "Younes Tsouli" }, { "docid": "4289404", "text": "thinks it's a puppy, and it ends up being her friend instead of killing her. It has a talent for making Valentines. It tries to rescue Charlotte even in the most dangerous situations. In the TV series, Charlotte names it Buttons 2. Mrs. Minty: (Voiced by Peter Merryman) A substitute teacher. She is an elderly woman who, true to her name, is mint green. She refers to the classmates as \"buttercups\", \"ducklings\", and other diminutive terms of endearment. She seems to be unaware of Vendetta's reputation and abilities, not unlike Charlotte. Her main debut is in episode 9, and she", "title": "Making Fiends (web series)" }, { "docid": "2687752", "text": "Charlotte Dacre Charlotte Dacre (1771 or 1772 – 7 November 1825), born Charlotte King, was an English author of Gothic novels. Most references to her today are under the name Charlotte Dacre, but she first wrote under the pseudonym Rosa Matilda, and later adopted a second pseudonym to tease and confuse her critics. She later became Charlotte Byrne upon her marriage to Nicholas Byrne. She was the daughter of John King, born Jacob Rey (c.1753–1824), a moneylender and radical writer well known in London society. Her father divorced her mother, Sara, née Lara, under Jewish law in 1784 before setting", "title": "Charlotte Dacre" }, { "docid": "17026295", "text": "Charlotte quarterback Matt Johnson passed for over 335 yards, setting a new personal best. NC Central running back Idreis Augustus had 16 carries for 80 yards and 2 touchdowns. Charlotte receiver Austin Duke had 7 receptions for 97. Game notes: James Madison was a late addition to the Charlotte 49ers' 2013 football schedule. Originally Charlotte had been scheduled to play future C-USA opponent ODU in 2013 and 2014. ODU, having secured a game against Vanderbilt during the summer, dropped the return game at Charlotte in 2014. Needing a short notice replacement home game for the next season, Charlotte reached out", "title": "2013 Charlotte 49ers football team" }, { "docid": "13674177", "text": "2002. This web comic started being published in print in 2015, under the title \"Web-ban Working!!\". The web comic's setting and characters are different from the later four-panel comic strip manga, which began serialization in the January 2005 issue of Square Enix's \"Young Gangan\" manga magazine. While the restaurant in the web comic and manga are both called Wagnaria, they are different branch stores, so the world is the same. For example, , the web comic's store manager, is an old friend of Kyōko Shirafuji and from the web comic is a band mate of Jun Satō from the \"Young", "title": "Working!!" }, { "docid": "6503004", "text": "clairvoyant, and precognitive mutant who first showed up to help Spider-Man find a kidnap victim. Madame Web was not one of the mutants that lost their power during the \"Decimation\" storyline. She was attacked by Sarah and Ana Kravinoff, who killed her, but not before she was able to pass her powers of precognition as well as her blindness on to Julia Carpenter, who became the next Madame Web. Webb is the grandmother of the fourth Spider-Woman, Charlotte Witter. Madame Web was created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist John Romita Jr., and first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #210", "title": "Madame Web" }, { "docid": "19280707", "text": "she had called Ezra, and the two had gone for a walk. They had noticed a blonde in a red jacket, who Ezra thought was Charlotte, going into the church and Ezra, obviously angry that Charlotte had been set free, said good night to Aria and sent her off in a taxi. Aria is afraid that Ezra may have done something to Charlotte out of anger. Alison calls Lorenzo, telling him she thinks her friends may have had something to do with the murder. Emily visits her father's grave, vowing to make things right, but is scared away by Sara", "title": "Charlotte's Web (Pretty Little Liars)" }, { "docid": "17769880", "text": "legalizing low or no THC, high CBD medical marijuana products. They believe that such legislation is too restrictive and ignores claimed benefits of THC, leaving \"behind around 98% of the individuals who can benefit from it.\" Referring to the \"Charlotte’s Web Medical Hemp Act of 2014\", an editorial in \"Ladybud Magazine\" expressed concern that the law \"leaves thousands of patients out in the cold without safe, legal access to medical cannabis. It also ignores science that seems to indicate that whole plant medicine is optimal.\" Charlotte's Web is named after an American girl, Charlotte Figi. She developed Dravet syndrome (also", "title": "Charlotte's web (cannabis)" }, { "docid": "14674732", "text": "topics, and six full-time staffers. Each contributor received a page to house their journalism. Each page featured headlines of stories elsewhere on the web selected by the journalists, which linked back to the originating outside site. In May 2009 it had 260,000 visitors. By April 2010, it had four times that number of visitors per month, roughly the same as \"The Village Voice\" or \"The Charlotte Observer\" (it was up to 1.5 million by May 2010), and more than 300 part-time contributors. It was generating more than 125 pieces of content a day. In May 2010, Forbes bought T/S. PaidContent", "title": "True/Slant" }, { "docid": "12253111", "text": "Trek\" novel to reach the US bestseller lists. In Robert Greenberger's analysis of the novelizations of \"Star Trek\" for \"Starlog\", he described \"Web of the Romulans\" as an \"interesting examination\" of the Romulan culture and empire. He called the computer love subplot \"silly\", but overall called it a \"well-done and well-conceived novel\". Web of the Romulans Web of the Romulans is a \"\" novel written by M. S. Murdock. The subplot where the \"Enterprise\" falls in love with Captain James T. Kirk was taken from a story that Murdock had originally written for a \"Star Trek\" fanzine. A deadly virus", "title": "Web of the Romulans" }, { "docid": "8195008", "text": "all types of webs. In contrast, other cursorial spiders generally have difficulty moving on webs, and web-building spiders find it difficult to move in webs unlike those they build: sticky webs adhere to cursorial spiders and to web-builders of non-sticky webs; builders of cribellate webs have difficulty with non-cribellate webs, and vice versa. Where the web is sparse, a \"Portia\" will use \"rotary probing\", in which it moves a free leg around until it meets a thread. When hunting in another spider's web, a \"Portia\"′s slow, choppy movement and the flaps on its legs make it resemble leaf detritus caught", "title": "Portia labiata" }, { "docid": "14767864", "text": "Web-based Usenet Usenet, a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system, can be accessed through Web browsers as well as through dedicated news clients. Usenet newsgroups are traditionally accessed by a newsreader. The user must obtain a news server account and a newsgroup reader. With Web-based Usenet, all of the technical aspects of setting up an account and retrieving content are alleviated by allowing access with one account. The content is made available for viewing via any Web browser. The browser interface offered by Web-based Usenet providers is typically known as a Usenet browser. All of the content is already compiled and", "title": "Web-based Usenet" }, { "docid": "8786161", "text": "in relation to the frequency of oscillating electrons \"\"that in \"S\" the time of vibrations be \"kε\" times as great as in \"S\"\"\", where \"S\" is the aether frame. In 1904 he rewrote the equations in the following form by setting \"l\"=1/ε (again, \"x\"* must be replaced by \"x-vt\"): Under the assumption that \"l=1\" when \"v\"=0, he demonstrated that \"l=1\" must be the case at all velocities, therefore length contraction can only arise in the line of motion. So by setting the factor \"l\" to unity, Lorentz's transformations now assumed the same form as Larmor's and are now completed. Unlike", "title": "History of Lorentz transformations" }, { "docid": "9404289", "text": "and the Wolverine is no longer available . Samson Manufacturing Corporation had planned on creating their own version, but it never came to fruition. Samson had a web page on their web site where they stated that they had the original molds and dies, and had a huge inventory of original parts from the 1950s that they obtained from the original manufacturer. The web page has since been removed but an archive of the web page can be viewed here. US 3060810 Whitney pistol`s patent Whitney Wolverine The Whitney Wolverine was an advanced, \"space-aged\", lightweight aluminum, semi-automatic, .22 LR caliber", "title": "Whitney Wolverine" }, { "docid": "10331748", "text": "for the third \"Schlock Mercenary\" collection. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In addition to his freelance illustration work, Wasden is the creator and writer of the \"Technosaurs\" web comic. Wasden illustrated several books by Charlotte Emerson based on \"Little Women\" by Louisa May Alcott. Wasden has illustrated several roleplaying game reference manuals. Kevin Wasden Kevin Wasden is a science fiction and fantasy artist, illustrator, and comics artist from Utah. He has illustrated book covers, magazines, and gaming manuals. He attended Utah State University in Logan, Utah where he studied psychology before switching", "title": "Kevin Wasden" }, { "docid": "8195018", "text": "is about equally effective with all sizes of web spiders up to twice \"P. labiata\"′s size. A female \"P. labiata\" is effective against insects up to twice \"P. labiata\"′s size when the insect is stuck in a non-salticid's web, and against insects not in webs and up to \"P. labiata\"′s size, while \"P. labiata\" seldom pursues or catches a larger insect in the open. A female \"P. labiata\" very seldom pursues or catches a larger insect in her own web, and is slightly less effective against smaller insects in \"P. labiata\"′s web than in other situations. Males are less efficient", "title": "Portia labiata" }, { "docid": "5373222", "text": "off the police, but is finally gunned down. He falls into a giant vat of wax which was intended for Charlotte. Charlotte is saved when Ralph moves away the table she is strapped to from where the wax is about to pour onto her. When Florence reports her story to her editor, Jim, he proposes to her. Having to choose between money (Winton) and happiness (Jim), she picks the latter. The film is based on an unpublished short story, \"The Wax Works\", by Charles S. Belden, who had also written a play called \"The Wax Museum\", which had been optioned", "title": "Mystery of the Wax Museum" }, { "docid": "15896917", "text": "time. Ailsworth, Timothy S., ed. \"Charlotte County, Rich Indeed\". Charlotte Court House, Virginia: Charlotte County Board of Supervisors. 1979. Bishir, Catherine W. “Jacob W. Holt: An American Builder”. \"Winterthur Portfolio\", Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring, 1981). Bishir, Catherine W. \"Southern Built: American Architecture, Regional Practice\". Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press. 2006. Blanton, Alison S., Mary A. Zirkle, and Stacy L. Marshall. \"Historic Architectural Survey of Charlotte County, Virginia\". Roanoke, Virginia: Hill Studio, P.C. 1998. Carrington, J. Cullen. \"Charlotte County, Virginia: Historical, Statistical, and Present Attractions\". Richmond, Virginia: The Hermitage Press, Inc. 1907. Charlotte County Land Records, Charlotte County Clerk", "title": "Annefield (Saxe, Virginia)" }, { "docid": "18725093", "text": "London in May 2015, featuring work by 147 artists. \"Printed Web 4\" was a co-publication with International Center of Photography and featured in the exhibition \"Public, Private, Secret,\" curated by Charlotte Cotton in June 2016. The text \"Folding the Web\" by Michael Connor, artistic director of Rhizome, was included in \"Printed Web 4\". \"Printed Web 5: Bot Anthologia\" features algorithmic media: bots, feeds, streams, and other autonomous projects. It was presented at Eyebeam and Interrupt 4 at Brown University. Included 30+ artists who make bots, feeds, streams, and other autonomous projects. Library of the Printed Web Library of the Printed", "title": "Library of the Printed Web" }, { "docid": "2044135", "text": "screen with long-lost co-stars such as Charlotte Rampling and John Hurt, the film in which Kiefer was nominated for the major Danish film prize Bodil. Kiefer also shared the screen with Hurt another time, this time on the small screen, in the web series \"The Confession\". In \"The Reluctant Fundamentalist\" (2013), the best-selling novel adaptation directed by Mira Nair, he played a supporting character for newcomer Riz Ahmed, as a boss named Jim Cross, and in the 2014 historical-disaster movie, \"Pompeii\", directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, he played a corrupt Roman senator who plotted to stop the love between", "title": "Kiefer Sutherland" } ]
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where does the term elephant in the room come from
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[ { "docid": "2738709", "text": "became proverbial. Fyodor Dostoevsky in his novel \"Demons\" wrote, 'Belinsky was just like Krylov's Inquisitive Man, who didn't notice the elephant in the museum...' The \"Oxford English Dictionary\" gives the first recorded use of the phrase, as a simile, in \"The New York Times\" on June 20, 1959: \"Financing schools has become a problem about equal to having an elephant in the living room. It's so big you just can't ignore it.\" This idiomatic expression may have been in general use much earlier than 1959. For example, the phrase appears 44 years earlier in the pages of the British \"Journal", "title": "Elephant in the room" }, { "docid": "3410621", "text": "term \"bonus room\" is mainly used in the United States. One early use is from \"The New York Times\" in 1991, which wrote that \"A recent solution to the problem of noisy teen-agers is the enticingly titled bonus room, which is a spare room on the bedroom floor that can be used as a den, television room or guest room.\" Bonus room A bonus room is a large room in a house which can be used as a multi-purpose area. A bonus room, unlike an American bedroom, does not usually contain a closet. A bonus room might be used as", "title": "Bonus room" } ]
[ { "docid": "6486166", "text": "White elephant gift exchange A white elephant gift exchange, Yankee swap or Dirty Santa is a party game where amusing, impractical gifts are exchanged during festivities. Usually, the goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to gain a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item. The term \"white elephant\" refers to an extravagant, but impractical, gift that cannot be easily disposed. The phrase is said to come from the historic practice of the King of Siam (now Thailand) giving rare albino elephants to courtiers who had displeased him, so that they might be ruined by", "title": "White elephant gift exchange" }, { "docid": "20426892", "text": "members of the owners. At a wedding ceremony, the male family members of the bridegroom are allowed to enter the middle section. The central part of the middle section is also known by the name \"ruang wanita\" (\"women's space\"). This central space is where the most important rituals take place, e.g. cutting the hair of a newborn baby and circumcision. The whole central part of the house is also known as the \"ruang gegajah\" (\"elephant chamber\") or \"pedalon\"; the name refers to either the room being the largest room in the house, or from a carpentry term \"kito gegaja\" (\"elephant", "title": "Rumah limas" }, { "docid": "177206", "text": "Assembly of North Korea (687 members). [...] Peers grumble that there is not enough room to accommodate all of their colleagues in the Chamber, where there are only about 400 seats, and say they are constantly jostling for space – particularly during high-profile sittings\", but added, \"On the other hand, defenders of the Lords say that it does a vital job scrutinising legislation, a lot of which has come its way from the Commons in recent years\". The House of Lords does not control the term of the Prime Minister or of the Government. Only the Lower House may force", "title": "House of Lords" }, { "docid": "7559878", "text": "then ends up in a jungle where she notices Horton the Elephant. She then reads \"Horton Hatches the Egg\". The Cat in the Hat appears again. Soon, Kathy wanders into a room which is explained to be \"The World of Advertising\". The Ad Man and the Ad Woman explain to Kathy about Dr. Seuss in the advertising business. The room soon rocks and Kathy is transported to Mulberry Street where she meets Marco. She helps Marco come up with a story to tell his father when he gets home from walking from school. The story changes as Kathy and Marco", "title": "In Search of Dr. Seuss" }, { "docid": "6774522", "text": "much more rare among African elephants than in Asia. They are reddish-brown or pink, and may suffer blindness or skin problems from sun exposure. In English, the term \"white elephant\" has come to mean a spectacular and prestigious thing that is more trouble than it is worth, or has outlived its usefulness to the person who has it. While the item may be useful to others, its current owner would usually be glad to be rid of it. White elephant (animal) A white elephant (also albino elephant) is a rare kind of elephant, but not a distinct species. Although often", "title": "White elephant (animal)" }, { "docid": "12205893", "text": "Many Elephants in This House\", which also plays with the notion of the elephant in the room. An imaginary elephant can (perhaps) become real, as with the elusive Heffalump. Although never specified as an elephant in A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories, a heffalump physically resembles an elephant; and E. H. Shepard's illustration shows an Indian elephant. \"\"Heffalump\"\" has since been defined as \"a child's term for an elephant.\" The elephant is used as a mascot or logo for various sports groups. Circus showman P. T. Barnum donated the stuffed hide of Jumbo the elephant to Tufts University's in", "title": "Cultural depictions of elephants" }, { "docid": "2148403", "text": "allow their urine to slowly come out and spray the insides of their hind legs. All of these behaviors are to advertise to receptive females and competing males they're in the musth state. The females are polyestrous, which means that they are capable of conceiving multiple times a year, which is a reason as to why they do not appear to have a breeding season. However, there does appear to be a peak in conceptions during the two rainy seasons of the year. Generally, the female conceives after two or three matings. Although the female has plenty of room in", "title": "African forest elephant" }, { "docid": "455308", "text": "color with a few pink spots. The expressions \"white elephant\" and \"gift of a white elephant\" came into common use in the middle of the nineteenth century. The phrase was attached to \"white elephant swaps\" and \"white elephant sales\" in the early twentieth century. Many church bazaars held “white elephant sales” where donors could unload unwanted bric-à-brac, generating profit from the phenomenon that \"one man’s trash is another man’s treasure\" and the term has continued to be used in this context. In modern British English, the term now often refers in addition to an extremely expensive building project that fails", "title": "White elephant" }, { "docid": "15778267", "text": "International Elephant Foundation The International Elephant Foundation (IEF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. Formed by individuals and institutions, IEF is dedicated to the conservation of African and Asian elephants worldwide. In 1998, Executive Director of Fort Worth Zoo Michael Fouraker envisioned an elephant foundation to provide funds and expertise to elephant related projects. Michael was a board member of International Rhino Foundation (IRF), and used the organizational structure and business plan of IRF as a template for multiple elephant holding facilities with diverse missions to come together for a shared common goal of contributing to the long-term preservation of elephants.", "title": "International Elephant Foundation" }, { "docid": "9340333", "text": "but that is the best I can do.\" \"The Elephant in the Room\" debuted at number 6 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and sold 46,000 copies in its first week. Two weeks later, it dropped below the top 50 at numbers 56 and 74 respectively before leaving the chart. Credits for \"The Elephant in the Room\" adapted from AllMusic. The Elephant in the Room (album) The Elephant in the Room is the eighth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. The album was released on March 11, 2008, by Terror Squad, Virgin Records and Imperial Records. Production for the album was", "title": "The Elephant in the Room (album)" }, { "docid": "15431598", "text": "Elephant trunk (astronomy) Elephant trunk is a term used to describe certain formations of interstellar matter found in space. More formally, scientists refer to them as cold molecular pillars, referring to their existence in molecular clouds. They are located in the neighborhood of massive O type and B type stars, which, through their intense radiation, can create expanding regions of ionized gas known as H II regions. Elephant trunks resemble massive pillars or columns of gas and dust, but they come in various shapes, lengths, and colors. Astronomers study elephant trunks because of their unique formation process and use 2-D", "title": "Elephant trunk (astronomy)" }, { "docid": "14535548", "text": "The brothel elephant can also be \"seen\" in the movie \"Moulin Rouge!\" as courtesan Satine's business and living quarters. Maybe coincidentally or perhaps a remnant of the 19th century elephant idiom, the 20th century euphemism \"seeing pink elephants\" is a term to denote drunk hallucinations. This may link back to the use of the term in Western saloons where patrons would drink alcoholic beverages in hopes of seeing the elephant. Also meaningful is the link between the pink elephants as a hallucination and the 19th century elephant as a mythical elephant that never appeared in tangible form but as an", "title": "Seeing the elephant" }, { "docid": "5198544", "text": "are based on Tywyn Pendre on the Talyllyn Railway. The railway runs from Crovan's Gate, to Cros-ny-Cuirn, then stopping at Glennock, calling at Rheneas before starting the Lakeside loop line, which stops at Lakeside and finally the line ended at Skarloey. In the television series it also calls at Middle, Elephant Park, Tea Room, Bluebell Valley, Mountain Village, and Rumblin Bridge. In the television series the railway runs from The Wharf, to west to Crovan's Gate, then north south of Rheneas where a line branches off and goes to Vicarstown, The main line continues the same path it does in", "title": "Skarloey Railway" }, { "docid": "7481691", "text": "away and the ones where their owners never came back for them but this room has a secret. Every night when the Shoe Mender locks up the shop, he makes sure the back room door is shut. This door does not shut very easily and when he slams it shut, the strangest thing happens. A large cloud of dust from the room fills the air and when it settles, the Shoes come to life and the back wall disappears and Shoe Town appears. Just below Toecap Hill is Shoe Town, where all the Shoes and Boots live. The characters were", "title": "The Shoe People" }, { "docid": "7889336", "text": "Blind men and an elephant The parable of the blind men and an elephant originated in the ancient Indian subcontinent, from where it has been widely diffused. However the meaning of the popular proverb differs in other countries. It is a story of a group of blind men, who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and conceptualize what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the elephant's body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then describe the elephant based on their limited", "title": "Blind men and an elephant" }, { "docid": "7889316", "text": "Blind men and an elephant The parable of the blind men and an elephant originated in the ancient Indian subcontinent, from where it has been widely diffused. However the meaning of the popular proverb differs in other countries. It is a story of a group of blind men, who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and conceptualize what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the elephant's body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then describe the elephant based on their limited", "title": "Blind men and an elephant" }, { "docid": "131425", "text": "own. However, many band members are still friends and even tour together under various guises. Many live together on the Orange Twin Conservation Community in Athens. The term \"Elephant 6\" has since come to refer to a broad range of bands and spin-off projects that the record label has spawned. In 2007 The Apples in Stereo featured the Elephant 6 logo on their album \"New Magnetic Wonder\", announcing \"The Elephant 6 Recording Company re-opens our doors and windows, and invites the world: join together with your friends and make something special, something meaningful, something to remember when you are old.\"", "title": "The Elephant 6 Recording Company" }, { "docid": "17963146", "text": "this would be the sentence \"John saw an elephant cloud.\" \"Elephant\" and \"cloud\" do not shared a close association, but it takes little effort to comprehend that the term \"elephant cloud\" refers to a cloud shaped like an elephant. This has led some to conclude that the combination of lexical concepts does not wholly rely on the simultaneous activation of linked lexical concepts alone. Rather, they claim that the process involves the use of existing nodes to generate entirely new concepts independent of their parent concepts. Although many theories of novel noun-noun combination interpretation ignore the effect of social environment,", "title": "Conceptual combination" }, { "docid": "2738712", "text": "\"What elephant?\" was a regular show-stopper. Durante reprises the piece in the 1962 film version of the play, \"Billy Rose's Jumbo\". The term refers to a question, problem, solution, or controversial issue which is obvious to everyone who knows about the situation, but which is deliberately ignored because to do otherwise would cause great embarrassment, sadness, or arguments, or is simply taboo. The idiom can imply a value judgment that the issue ought to be discussed openly, or it can simply be an acknowledgment that the issue is there and not going to go away by itself. The term is", "title": "Elephant in the room" }, { "docid": "1707615", "text": "goes to the town where the elephant has been seen. Entering one of the poorest quarters, he receives conflicting reports and contemplates leaving, thinking the incident is a hoax. The narrator then sees a village woman chasing away children who are looking at the corpse of an Indian whom the elephant has trampled and killed. He sends an order to bring an elephant rifle and, followed by a group of roughly a few thousand people, heads toward the paddy field where the elephant has rested in its tracks. Although he does not want to kill the elephant now that it", "title": "Shooting an Elephant" }, { "docid": "10001294", "text": "red where \"If I Left the Zoo\"s background is predominantly blue and the elephant on the cover of this album is white and not grey (and the elephant is facing the other direction). The White Elephant Sessions The White Elephant Sessions is a rarities and demo version album by American Christian band Jars of Clay, released in conjunction with the band's third studio album \"If I Left the Zoo\". Several of the tracks come straight from the demo recording sessions for \"If I Left The Zoo\", entitled the \"Tweed Horse Sessions\". The title is a play on the fact that", "title": "The White Elephant Sessions" }, { "docid": "14355318", "text": "between the owners of different elephants. “Many people enter the room where the food is prepared, so we cannot yet say who was behind this. There were no CCTV cameras inside that room and since this elephant was famous, many people visit him every day,” says Vasudevan K, Thechikkottukavu temple committee president. Ramachandran isn't the first elephant to be attacked, but he was lucky enough to escape unhurt. In the 1970s there were instances of attacks in which elephants had died in Thrissur district, after being attacked by unknown people. Thechikkottukavu Ramachandran An elephant named Nayarambalam Balakrishnan, one of the", "title": "Thechikottukavu Ramachandran" }, { "docid": "12205888", "text": "been invested with false expectations. The term 'white elephant sale' was sometimes used in Australia as a synonym for jumble sale. In the U.S., a White elephant gift exchange is a popular winter holiday party activity. The idiom Elephant in the room tells of an obvious truth that no one wants to discuss, alluding to the animal's size compared to a small space. \"Seeing pink elephants\" refers to a drunken hallucination and is the basis for the Pink Elephants on Parade sequence in the 1941 Disney animated feature, \"Dumbo\". \"Jumbo\" has entered the English language as a synonym for \"large\".", "title": "Cultural depictions of elephants" }, { "docid": "17665545", "text": "Come a Little Closer (Cage the Elephant song) \"Come a Little Closer\" is a song by American rock band Cage the Elephant. Written by lead singer Matthew Shultz and produced by Jay Joyce, it was released as the lead single from the band's third studio album \"Melophobia\" on August 13, 2013. It topped the \"Billboard\" Alternative Songs chart in the United States, giving the band their fourth number-one hit on the chart. Cage the Elephant lead singer Matthew Shultz wrote \"Come a Little Closer\", taking inspiration from an occasion in which he woke up in a São Paulo hotel in", "title": "Come a Little Closer (Cage the Elephant song)" }, { "docid": "9484610", "text": "the United States, in the same era, boudoir was an alternative term for dressing room, favored by those who felt that French terms conferred more prestige. In Caribbean English, a boudoir is the front room of the house where women entertain family and friends. Recently, the term boudoir has come to denote a style of furnishing for the bedroom that is traditionally described as ornate or busy. The plethora of links available on the Internet to furnishing sites using the term boudoir tend to focus on Renaissance and French inspired bedroom styles. In recent times, they have also been used", "title": "Boudoir" }, { "docid": "7287465", "text": "his son, prompting Thongs and Octopus to fight for the baby. The two end up trapped in the room with two minions, but are saved when Inspector Mok arrives with the Landlord, who swiftly cracks the lock to the room. Thongs and Octopus run to the garage with the comatose baby, where Thongs attempts to revive him with a makeshift defibrillator powered by a car battery from a Pagani Zonda. Despite his efforts, the baby does not come to and is driven off in an ambulance, where his heart is found to be beating weakly. Imprisoned for kidnapping, Thongs, Octopus", "title": "Rob-B-Hood" }, { "docid": "9340328", "text": "The Elephant in the Room (album) The Elephant in the Room is the eighth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. The album was released on March 11, 2008, by Terror Squad, Virgin Records and Imperial Records. Production for the album was done by Scott Storch, Cool and Dre, Danja, DJ Khaled, DJ Premier, Swizz Beatz, The Alchemist, Streetrunner & The Hitmen, and guest contributions came from artists like Beatz, Plies, Lil Wayne, J. Holiday and KRS-One. The album received a generally positive reception but critics felt it was inconsistent in its mixture of production and lyricism. \"The Elephant in", "title": "The Elephant in the Room (album)" }, { "docid": "7270347", "text": "a long period, parts where elephants gained access only in 2009 and a new area where small numbers of elephants were introduced in 2011. Dropping fences does not just allow elephants to expand their ranges, but also affects the distribution of other herbivores and predators. Long term data sets on the distribution of large mammal species in most of the study reserves are also being gathered and are revealing some interesting patterns. Yet another approach to managing elephant populations is to control their increase in numbers by using contraception. In Pongola, the bulls have been vasectomised and there is a", "title": "Operation Wallacea" }, { "docid": "9169648", "text": "some conversation while getting coffee; in a deleted scene, Angela offers Pam her dominant male cat Ash, but after Pam apologetically declines, Angela's chilly behavior returns. In \"Niagara\", Angela's complaints lead Pam to bluntly say Angela does \"not\" have to come to the wedding; while Angela does arrive with everyone else, her main success there is an offer to chaperone Pam on the pre-wedding night, leading Pam to give up on going out and return to her room. In \"Costume Contest\", Angela uses a dismissive \"blech\" term regarding Pam. Ironically, Kinsey and Fischer are close friends in real life. Angela", "title": "Angela Martin" }, { "docid": "2738715", "text": "noticing \"an elephant entering one's living room\". Since then, the events that led to drug money financing the \"Samper for President\" campaign have been referred to as \"The Elephant\". For some, their first encounter with this phrase comes through the poem of the same name by Terry Kettering. In one edition of \"Time\" magazine in 2013, Chris Christie was labeled as the \"Elephant in the Room\" on the cover page. Communism, Islam, Catholicism, the New Left, cell phone addiction, child poverty, light pollution and so on are also described sometimes as the elephant in the room. A variation is the", "title": "Elephant in the room" }, { "docid": "14123512", "text": "within the Commonwealth of Nations that share the same monarch, the phrase \"Commonwealth realm\" has come into common usage instead of \"Dominion\" to differentiate the Commonwealth nations that continue to share the monarch as head of state (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, etc.) from those that do not (India, Pakistan, South Africa, etc.). The term \"Dominion\" is still found in the Canadian constitution where it appears numerous times, but it is largely a vestige of the past, as the Canadian government does not actively use it (\"see Canada section\"). The term \"realm\" does not appear in the Canadian constitution. The", "title": "Dominion" }, { "docid": "7889328", "text": "Persian Sufi poet Sanai of Ghazni (currently, Afghanistan) presented this teaching story in his \"The Walled Garden of Truth\". Rumi, the 13th Century Persian poet and teacher of Sufism, included it in his Masnavi. In his retelling, \"The Elephant in the Dark\", some Hindus bring an elephant to be exhibited in a dark room. A number of men touch and feel the elephant in the dark and, depending upon where they touch it, they believe the elephant to be like a water spout (trunk), a fan (ear), a pillar (leg) and a throne (back). Rumi uses this story as an", "title": "Blind men and an elephant" }, { "docid": "12768318", "text": "rosmarus\"), and six to seven times heavier than the largest living terrestrial carnivorans, the polar bear (\"Ursus maritimus\") and the Kodiak bear (\"Ursus arctos middendorffi\"). The southern elephant seal was one of the many species originally described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in the landmark 1758 10th edition of his \"Systema Naturae\", where it was given the binomial name of \"Phoca leonina\". John Edward Gray established the genus \"Mirounga\" in 1827. In the nineteenth century the species was often called \"bottle-nosed seal\". The southern elephant seal is distinguished from the northern elephant seal (which does not overlap in range with", "title": "Southern elephant seal" }, { "docid": "11010706", "text": "adjuncts (nouns qualifying another noun) also generally come before the nouns they modify: in a phrase like \"book club\", the adjunct (modifier) \"book\" comes before the head (modified noun) \"club\". By contrast, prepositional phrases, adverbs of location, etc., as well as relative clauses, come after the nouns they modify: \"the elephant in the room; \"all the people here; \"the woman to whom you spoke\". (These remarks apply to English syntax; other languages may use different word order. In Chinese, for example, virtually all modifiers come before the noun, whereas in the Khmer language they follow the noun.) Sometimes a noun", "title": "Postpositive adjective" }, { "docid": "3491052", "text": "is facing Jerusalem, though it is sometimes placed on the north wall or another wall for architectural reasons. In those cases where the ark does not show the direction to Jerusalem, traditional Judaism instructs the worshiper to face the true direction towards Jerusalem in prayers such as the Amidah. In some ancient synagogues, such as the fifth-century synagogue in Susia, the Torah scroll was not placed inside the synagogue at all, but in a room adjacent to it, signifying that the sacredness of the synagogue does not come from the ark but from its being a house of prayer. The", "title": "Torah ark" }, { "docid": "14350695", "text": "on a nearby highway. The Elephant in the Living Room The Elephant in the Living Room is an American documentary film about the topic of exotic pets kept in homes in the United States and about the controversy surrounding this topic. In some U.S. states there are currently no laws that prohibit keeping exotic animals as pets, and this documentary presents incidents in which their owners and people around them are put in serious danger and hurt by these animals. Praised by critics as one of the best films of the year, \"The Elephant in the Living Room\" takes viewers", "title": "The Elephant in the Living Room" }, { "docid": "14350693", "text": "The Elephant in the Living Room The Elephant in the Living Room is an American documentary film about the topic of exotic pets kept in homes in the United States and about the controversy surrounding this topic. In some U.S. states there are currently no laws that prohibit keeping exotic animals as pets, and this documentary presents incidents in which their owners and people around them are put in serious danger and hurt by these animals. Praised by critics as one of the best films of the year, \"The Elephant in the Living Room\" takes viewers on a journey deep", "title": "The Elephant in the Living Room" }, { "docid": "2738708", "text": "Elephant in the room \"Elephant in the room\" is an English-language metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem or risk that no one wants to discuss. It is based on the idea/thought that something as conspicuous as an elephant can appear to be overlooked in codified social interactions, and that the sociology/psychology of repression also operates on the macro scale. In 1814, Ivan Andreevich Krylov (1769–1844), poet and fabulist, wrote a fable entitled \"The Inquisitive Man\" which tells of a man who goes to a museum and notices all sorts of tiny things, but fails to notice an elephant. The phrase", "title": "Elephant in the room" }, { "docid": "12221898", "text": "rift, Sager argues, the GOP should renew its fusionist bargain. This would involve, in his view, embracing the concept of cultural federalism (allowing thorny moral issues such as gay marriage to be sorted out at the state level), backing off intrusive security measures in the War on Terror, and committing to small-government policy reforms such as school choice. \"The Elephant in the Room\" received positive reviews, being named one of the best books of 2006 by \"National Review\". The Elephant in the Room (book) The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party (John", "title": "The Elephant in the Room (book)" }, { "docid": "2738716", "text": "phrase \"elephant in the corner\" which is infrequently used to the same effect. Logician and philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein used an example of a rhinoceros in the room to show the impossibility of proving negative existential statements. \"Mokita\" is a word in the Kilivila language, which is spoken on Kiriwina, the largest of the Trobriand Islands (near Papua New Guinea). It means \"truth we all know but agree not to talk about.\" Elephant in the room \"Elephant in the room\" is an English-language metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem or risk that no one wants to discuss. It is based on", "title": "Elephant in the room" }, { "docid": "18650306", "text": "to come and learn about elephants by caring for them. In terms of reproductive success, so far they have breed 24 elephants in 10 years. Every year, around 2–3 baby elephants are born. Five baby elephants were born in 2013. The first baby who was born at the farm is a male elephant named Puchan. A trip to Patara consists of a hands-on-experience where each visitor is given an elephant to take care of for a half-day or a full day. This program is called “Elephant Owner for a Day,” and its goal is for visitors to better understand elephant", "title": "Patara Elephant Farm" }, { "docid": "4339663", "text": "since then, but there are areas that are not patrolled, where trappers are able to trap freely. The Arabuko-Sokoke forest and other Kenyan forests where the shrews live, have the status of National Monuments, which prevents any further development, but does not particularly provide specific protection for them or for biodiversity. Due to their small populations, even though many are protected, their numbers are expected to continue to decline due to stochastic events and further anthropogenic disturbances. Golden-rumped elephant shrew The golden-rumped elephant shrew (\"Rhynchocyon chrysopygus\") is a small African mammal. It is the largest species of the elephant shrew", "title": "Golden-rumped elephant shrew" }, { "docid": "17816079", "text": "approximately 390 km² area. This is especially due to the Maasai people, and the constant presence of tourists and researchers. Thus, Amboseli is one of the few regions in Africa where the age structure of elephants has remained undistorted. The area is monitored by game wardens and scientists throughout the year. The subjects of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, mostly notably the elephant matriarch Echo, have been described at length in documentaries on PBS and Animal Planet. Amboseli Elephant Research Project The Amboseli Elephant Research Project is a long-term research project on the ethology of the African elephant, operated by", "title": "Amboseli Elephant Research Project" }, { "docid": "13467105", "text": "follows two Russian officers locked in a military prison cell that must deal with \"social and psychological problems\" in their isolation through brutality and torture. Two men (both being junior officers in Soviet Army, in 1986), nicknamed \"Bratishka\" (Little Brother) and \"Poekhavshiy\" (The Mad), are being held in a penal military prison. The room which they share looks like a dark cellar with a dripping sewer pipe running through it. One of the prisoners, Poekhavshiy, seems to be delirious and never stops talking. He tells stories of his past, sings the song of the \"Green Elephant\" circus, does push-ups, comes", "title": "The Green Elephant" }, { "docid": "15236829", "text": "After interrogating her, he ties her up and gags her. Church has strange dreams of Mae, then awakes in the monastery. He leaves immediately and kills the snipers watching the club of his weapons dealer, Jimmy (Bacon), taking one of their cellphones. Church arranges a meeting with Rajahdon, but hides outside until Rajahdon leaves. Church follows him back to a brothel and pays for a room. After entering the room, he asks the girl if Rajahdon is the boss and where he is. He sees Mae riding a white elephant toward him and wakes up at his hideout. He tells", "title": "Elephant White" }, { "docid": "13485444", "text": "UNESCO world heritage site, the Royal Elephant Kraal is steeped in elephant history. It dates back to the 16th century and was historically a compound where wild elephants were captured and kept. For hundreds of years the Kings of Thailand would attend the Royal Elephant Round Up and choose the best and strongest elephants that would work and live alongside the Thai people, and be used for labor or the military. The last annual roundup from the wild was in 1906, a spectacular display and testament to the King's power and skills of the mahouts. Note: The term \"kraal\" means", "title": "Elephantstay" }, { "docid": "14535546", "text": "western saloons and brothels throughout the end of the nineteenth century. A picture of a red light district in 1890s Colorado has the caption: \"The Row, Cripple Creek: a part of town where everybody goes to see the elephant.\" This use of the elephant in regards to brothels was not a one-time use of the term. Coney Island, New York, also shows signs of the elephant referring to brothels or the prostitution trade. The Coney Island Elephant, built in 1884, was used as a brothel after its prime hotel business wore off. In his book about pleasure resorts, Jon Sterngrass", "title": "Seeing the elephant" }, { "docid": "19800618", "text": "him that she really has cancer according to the doctor (Ikram Abbasi). But he does not listen and leaves. Bibi suffers with advanced cancer and is found dead on the bed when Jamra'at played Ludo. The story is of widow, (Saba Hameed) waiting for her son Saif and Ainy to come. She lives alone in her home where Saleem (Plumber) (Ehteshamuddin) comes to fix her pipes which mostly do work. She is unaware of fact that Saleem's home is nearby her home. She catches him when she saw his loud coming from his room to her room. Saleem starts taking", "title": "Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (season 2)" }, { "docid": "12872893", "text": "a lot of shouting before they emerge looking rather frightened or covered in something. He is French. Daisy is the new receptionist, first appearing in the series 3 episode \"American President\". She is an animal rights activist who has kidnapped an elephant from London Zoo, and is on the run from the police. Daisy is plotting to smuggle the elephant, which she has named Trunky and has hidden in room 360, back to the jungle where the two of them can start a new life together. She states that Sally found out her secret, thus prompting her to kidnap Sally", "title": "Hotel Trubble" }, { "docid": "13189292", "text": "operations out of hostel trunks, largely thanks to generous help from several kind-hearted souls in Pune city, notable amongst them are Sandhya Potdar, Limaye & Bhamburkar families. Ashwini Deshpande, Partho Guha, Sudhir Sharma, Ashish Deshpande & Vineet Limaye were the first to reach Pune. Gargi Sharma (then Gargi Gupta, 1984 Batch) joined the team in Pune about a year later. Elephant was registered on 2 May 1989, and began operating from a 10 ft. x 10 ft. Room, at 165, Shukrawar Peth, Pune. The space belonged to Ashwini Deshpande’s parents (then Ashwini Oak), where stood her ancestral Oak Wada. Initial", "title": "Elephant Design" }, { "docid": "2874748", "text": "Mahout A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the \"family profession\" when he is assigned an elephant early in its life. They remain bonded to each other throughout their lives. The word \"mahout\" derives from the Hindi words \"mahaut\" (महौत) and \"mahavat\" (महावत), and originally from the Sanskrit \"mahamatra\" (महामात्र). Another term is \"cornac\" or \"kornak\", which entered many European languages via Portuguese. This word derives ultimately from the Sanskrit term \"karināyaka\", a compound of \"karin\" (elephant) and \"nayaka\" (leader). In Tamil, the word used is \"pahan\", which means \"elephant", "title": "Mahout" }, { "docid": "17665547", "text": "stomach of a giant whale and evade being devoured by a group of birds. Schultz then rides a flaming lion and makes his way to a different planet made of skulls, traveling into its core and managing to escape death by destroying it. Scenes of the band performing the song is interspersed throughout. Come a Little Closer (Cage the Elephant song) \"Come a Little Closer\" is a song by American rock band Cage the Elephant. Written by lead singer Matthew Shultz and produced by Jay Joyce, it was released as the lead single from the band's third studio album \"Melophobia\"", "title": "Come a Little Closer (Cage the Elephant song)" }, { "docid": "9340329", "text": "the Room\" debuted at number 6 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and spawned two singles: \"I Won't Tell\" and \"Ain't Sayin' Nothin'\". \"The Elephant in the Room\" garnered positive reviews but music critics were divided by the production and lyrical content. Nathan Slavik of DJBooth praised the album's varied production for allowing Joe to deliver different topics through various regional flows, saying that, \"While Joe has never produced a truly classic album, \"Elephant In The Room\" proves that his contributions to the game have been significant and long-lasting.\" AllMusic editor David Jeffries also praised Joe for changing his flow when switching", "title": "The Elephant in the Room (album)" }, { "docid": "2738711", "text": "have elsewhere observed, it is like the Mark Twain story of the little boy who was told to stand in a corner and not to think of a white elephant.\" A slightly different version of the phrase was used before this, with George Berkeley talking of whether or not there is \"an invisible elephant in the room\" in his debates with scientists. In 1935, comedian Jimmy Durante starred on Broadway in the Billy Rose Broadway musical \"Jumbo\", in which a police officer stops him while leading a live elephant and asks, \"What are you doing with that elephant?\" Durante's reply,", "title": "Elephant in the room" }, { "docid": "7236190", "text": "breaks down when she is alone. Bianca and Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) form a friendship and set up a market stall together. Liam plays truant from school and Bianca worries when the police tell her she may face prison again if Liam does not return. Bianca discovers that Liam is involved in a mugging and that he has some dubious new friends. When Liam does not come home, she goes to an estate to confront the gang and collect Liam but he decides to stay with the gang and when he does come home, Bianca locks him in his room", "title": "Bianca Jackson" }, { "docid": "3437999", "text": "Recreation room A recreation room (also known as a rec room, rumpus room, play room, playroom, or ruckus room) is a room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use. The term is common in the United States, the term rumpus room is common in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, but is less common in the United Kingdom where the preferred term is games room. Often children and teenagers entertain their friends in the rec room, which is often located in the basement, away from the main living areas of the house.", "title": "Recreation room" }, { "docid": "7459066", "text": "the Cretan pygmy elephant (\"Elephas creticus\"). Pygmy elephant Pygmy elephants live in both Africa and Asia. The African pygmy elephant, formerly described as \"\"Loxodonta pumilio\"\", is currently considered to be a tiny morph of the African forest elephant (\"L. cyclotis\"). The Borneo elephant (\"Elephas maximus borneensis\"), a well-documented variety of elephant, is also called \"pygmy elephant.\" This elephant, inhabiting tropical rainforest in north Borneo (east Sabah and extreme north Kalimantan), was long thought to be identical to the Asian elephant and descended from a captive population. In 2003, DNA comparison revealed them to be probably a new subspecies. The term", "title": "Pygmy elephant" }, { "docid": "7459064", "text": "Pygmy elephant Pygmy elephants live in both Africa and Asia. The African pygmy elephant, formerly described as \"\"Loxodonta pumilio\"\", is currently considered to be a tiny morph of the African forest elephant (\"L. cyclotis\"). The Borneo elephant (\"Elephas maximus borneensis\"), a well-documented variety of elephant, is also called \"pygmy elephant.\" This elephant, inhabiting tropical rainforest in north Borneo (east Sabah and extreme north Kalimantan), was long thought to be identical to the Asian elephant and descended from a captive population. In 2003, DNA comparison revealed them to be probably a new subspecies. The term \"pygmy elephant\" should not be confused", "title": "Pygmy elephant" }, { "docid": "14186590", "text": "explore. Due to its high level of difficulty, the game world contains many checkpoints, to which the player's character is reset upon death. The sad elephant, sometimes also called the elephant in the room, is a large elephant with a tear dropping from its eye. It spans four rooms near the Space Station area of Dimension VVVVVV, flickering constantly from color to color. If the player stands near the elephant for a short period of time, it will cause Captain Viridian to become sad. The elephant serves no function to the game, but has served to provoke much discussion about", "title": "VVVVVV" }, { "docid": "2869976", "text": "that completed Maxwell's equations and is necessary to explain many phenomena, most particularly the existence of electromagnetic waves. The electric displacement field is defined as: where: Differentiating this equation with respect to time defines the \"displacement current density\", which therefore has two components in a dielectric:(see also the \"displacement current\" section of the article \"current density\") The first term on the right hand side is present in material media and in free space. It doesn't necessarily come from any actual movement of charge, but it does have an associated magnetic field, just as a current does due to charge motion.", "title": "Displacement current" }, { "docid": "18907988", "text": "and who may also have to breastfeed during her term\" of office. Weaver has said, \"when I began to write \"The First First Gentleman\" more than three years ago, some American voters have been ready for some time for a politician who is willing to tear down the old icons.\" The novel was mostly drawn from Weaver's thirteen years in national politics and on Capitol Hill, and from the rest of a lifetime of observing national politics from a front row seat. \"The elephant in the room, of course, is misogyny and we don’t talk about it,\" Weaver has said.", "title": "Gerald Weaver" }, { "docid": "6319564", "text": "necessarily to argue for reinvigoration of Hujra; rather our focus will remain to find strengths and challenges for Jirga from where it is today and move forward. The term \"mehmān khānā\" is direct derivation from Persian and means \"\"guest house or room\".\" In Iran and adjoining areas, the term can refer to hotels. The term (also spelled \"memonkhona\" in Latin script) is also used to describe a guest room in other parts of Central Asia. The term \"baithak\" (بیٹهک, बैठक or বৈঠক) literally means sitting room in Hindustani and Bengali. \"Hujra\" is derived from Arabic and means \"room\" or \"cell\".", "title": "Mehmaan khana" }, { "docid": "18284448", "text": "Seat of the Guru, is a seven-tiered, triangular, wooden throne adorned by the tortoise-elephant-lion motif and other decorative woodwork. Manikut Manikut (literally \"the jewel hut\") is an independent room located towards the eastern end of Namghar. It is the place that represents the worshipful god, or a guru-asana (the guru's seat). It is also called as \"bhajghar\" in western Assam, with its own roof. This is the only place in Namghar that is fully walled, with or without any window. The Manikut is a later addition room attached to the basic Namghar structure. The place does not house any idols", "title": "Manikut" }, { "docid": "2403727", "text": "winches come down from the ceiling to move the giant fossil bones about. The museum attic upstairs includes even more storage facilities, such as the Elephant Room, while the tusk vault and boar vault are downstairs from the attic. The great fossil collections that are open to public view occupy the entire fourth floor of the museum as well as a separate exhibit that is on permanent display in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, the museum's main entrance. The fourth floor exhibits allow the visitor to trace the evolution of vertebrates by following a circuitous path that leads through several", "title": "American Museum of Natural History" }, { "docid": "7958817", "text": "Charles Chong added: \"It would be very unfair if they come with ants and you use elephants to step on them.\" Desmond Lim, assistant secretary-general of the SPP responded that the red ant represented the party's never-say-die spirit: \"Ants see no obstacles. If you put a stone in front of them, they will make a detour or climb over it. We are like small ants in the political scene here. But when ants come together, they can move mountains.\" Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC housed the Buangkok MRT Station where the white elephant incident took place in August 2005 when \"white elephant\"", "title": "Pre-election day events of the 2006 Singaporean general election" }, { "docid": "6320311", "text": "forgotten stowing Karl's previous pet dog Marmalade in a closet to protect him from evil bats in the laundry room. As a result, a few days later, Marmalade suffocated and died head-down. However Bear reminds us that Karl's home does not have a laundry room. Looshkin has also been known to have a very vivid imagination, but all of the things he says or does come from his suspected dementia. Looshkin has thought of cloning Bear with a kit that will give him an endless supply of Bear clones on which to waste his days torturing and killing. In Looshkin's", "title": "Bear (comics)" }, { "docid": "3461079", "text": "threads tied to heavy objects (which are in turn tied to the doorknob). Horacio then sits in the dark on the opposite side of the room, near the window, waiting to see what will happen. The hours pass slowly and painfully, but finally Traveler does try to come in, and the tumult that results brings Dr. Ovejero and the others out into the garden, where they find Oliveira leaning out the window of his room as if intending to let himself fall. Traveler tries to talk Horacio out of doing what he, for his part, insists he doesn't intend to", "title": "Hopscotch (Cortázar novel)" }, { "docid": "12221896", "text": "The Elephant in the Room (book) The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) is a book by libertarian political columnist Ryan Sager. In the book, Sager argues that the Republican Party, after President Bush, risks a split between its Libertarian and Evangelical wings. Whereas the party once held together ideologically through a bargain known as fusionism, under which libertarian and religious conservatives mutually sought to reduce the size and scope of government, that bargain is now in jeopardy because of the rise of so-called \"big-government conservatives.\" Those", "title": "The Elephant in the Room (book)" }, { "docid": "15741408", "text": "DVD for the first time. Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room Elephant in the Room is a stand up special by comedian Patrice O'Neal, released by Comedy Central. It premiered on February 19, 2011. It is the comedian's only \"hour-length\" special and his first to be released on DVD or CD. The DVD was released by Comedy Central on February 22, 2011. Although the original televised version ran only 42 minutes (an hour with commercials), the full-length edit released on DVD and Netflix's streaming service runs at 77 minutes. The DVD includes additional \"deleted scenes\" as well as O'Neal's 2003", "title": "Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room" }, { "docid": "15741407", "text": "Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room Elephant in the Room is a stand up special by comedian Patrice O'Neal, released by Comedy Central. It premiered on February 19, 2011. It is the comedian's only \"hour-length\" special and his first to be released on DVD or CD. The DVD was released by Comedy Central on February 22, 2011. Although the original televised version ran only 42 minutes (an hour with commercials), the full-length edit released on DVD and Netflix's streaming service runs at 77 minutes. The DVD includes additional \"deleted scenes\" as well as O'Neal's 2003 \"Comedy Central Presents\", available on", "title": "Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room" }, { "docid": "1781522", "text": "to the parable of the blind men and an elephant, in which several blind men try to describe an elephant, and each draws different conclusions based on which body part he touched, and Van Sant's film uses that interpretation, as the same general timeline is shown multiple times from multiple viewpoints. Later, Van Sant discovered Clarke's film referred to the phrase \"elephant in the room\" (the collective denial of some obvious problem). Also, Gus Van Sant named Chantal Akerman's film \"Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles\" (1975) an inspiration. Clarke's film \"Elephant\" reflects on sectarian violence in Northern", "title": "Elephant (2003 film)" }, { "docid": "5871069", "text": "noticeable large rocks that encircle and dominate the city. Kurunegala's rocks rise from the plain below and have characteristic names, six of which come from the animals that they are imagined to represent. The largest among them is Ethagala or the \"Elephant Rock\" (though the translation is actually tusker), reaches 325 meters. The shape of Ethagala resembles an elephant. Kurunegala has been named after the Elephant rock (ඇතුගල). \"Kurune\" means tusker or an elephant with protruding teeth and \"gala\" in Sinhala means rock. \"Kurunai\" means tusker or an Elephant and \"gal\" in Tamil means rock or hill. Kurunegala's old name", "title": "Kurunegala" }, { "docid": "20269330", "text": "proof, where she finds family photos she does not remember taking, and her sister, who in her dimension is at boarding school, in her bedroom. Her sister attacks her and attempts to smother her to death with a pillow. Jude hears the struggling and bursts into the room, separating the sisters. He and June run outside, hiding from passing cars as they try to come up with a plan to get home. Mr. Wallace drives by them, and again stops to help. Jude and June at first hide from him, but a phone call from Judes mother alerts him to", "title": "Seven in Heaven" }, { "docid": "815490", "text": "the sanctuary is separated from the nave (where the people pray) by an iconostasis, literally a wall of icons, with three doors in it. In other Oriental Orthodox traditions, a sanctuary curtain is used. The terminology that applies the word \"sanctuary\" to the area around the altar does not apply to Christian churches alone: King Solomon's temple, built in about 950 BC, had a sanctuary (\"Holy of Holies\") where the Ark of the Covenant was, and the term applies to the corresponding part of any house of worship. In most modern synagogues, the main room for prayer is known as", "title": "Sanctuary" }, { "docid": "2738710", "text": "of Education\" in 1915. The sentence was presented as a trivial illustration of a question British schoolboys would be able to answer, e.g., \"Is there an elephant in the class-room?\" The first widely disseminated conceptual reference was a story written by Mark Twain in 1882, \"The Stolen White Elephant\", which slyly dissects the inept, far-ranging activities of detectives trying to find an elephant that was right on the spot after all. This may have been the reference in the legal opinion of \"United States v. Leviton\", 193 F. 2d 848 (2nd Circuit, 1951), makes reference in its opinion, \"As I", "title": "Elephant in the room" }, { "docid": "11381518", "text": "vice captain. It is not explained why or how Mirabel has developed such good sporting abilities, nor is it explained why she is no longer musical. In her first term at St Clare's she was written as a very musical girl, talented at the piano and the violin. Two girls use their new power badly - Angela Favorleigh takes advantage of her prettiness and charm and turns the younger girls into willing slaves and so does Mirabel, who is games captain. Some room is made for the second-form - Antoinette, Claudine's little sister, has come to St. Clare's, too, and", "title": "Fifth Formers of St. Clare's" }, { "docid": "16537416", "text": "open area where they have the chance to search for hidden baskets of fruit and roam around on their own. This provides a period of relaxation and play for the elephants, and allows them to socialize and develop relationships with each other. The mahouts at MEF are comfortable with and knowledgeable in traditional methods of elephant training which involve the use of pressure points known as nila points and the ankus. The ankus is used to apply strong, clear pressure in very particular points that the elephant is trained to react to. When used correctly, the ankus does not cause", "title": "Millennium Elephant Foundation" }, { "docid": "16252331", "text": "human animals. Where does an elephant go after a life in the circus? Sixteen years have passed since circus producer Ivor David Balding adopted Flora, the orphaned baby African elephant he lovingly raised as part of his family and made the star of his show. As Flora approaches adulthood, he realizes that she is not happy performing. Ultimately, David must face the difficult truth that the circus is no place for Flora. She needs to be with other elephants. The road to Flora’s retirement, however, is a difficult and emotional journey which tests their bond in unexpected ways. Ten years", "title": "One Lucky Elephant" }, { "docid": "16554291", "text": "friends with will be there. JR agrees to come to the party and convinces Colin to come by reminding him that Kim will be there. At the party, the TV agent does not show up and JR has difficulty getting along with her former friends, who seem to have more successful lives than her. Meanwhile, Colin gets into a fight with some guys at the party. After Colin recovers, he makes out with Kim. JR walks into the room where Colin is making out, they engage in a heated argument with Kim. Colin later vomits grossed out by Kim. After", "title": "The Color Wheel" }, { "docid": "12205889", "text": "Jumbo originally was the name of a huge elephant acquired by circus showman P. T. Barnum from the London Zoo in 1882. The name itself may have come from a West African native word for \"elephant\". The elephant is viewed in both positive and negative lights in similar fashion as humans in various forms of literature. In fact, Pliny the Elder praised the beast in his \"Naturalis Historia\" as one that is closest to a human in sensibilities. The elephant's different connotations clash in Ivo Andrić's novella \"The Vizier's Elephant\". Here the citizens of Travnik despise the young elephant who", "title": "Cultural depictions of elephants" }, { "docid": "7308168", "text": "George enters the dead woman's room and places a sheet over her flabby face. As he does, her hand suddenly wraps around his wrist and holds it for a few moments. George flees the room, injuring his nose in the process. As he tries to rationalize the movement, he hears groaning from the next room, as though the corpse was trying to get off of the bed. He then hears his Gramma calling him: \"Come here, Georgie... Gramma wants to give you \"a hug\".\" George is terrified and races from the room. He hears the enormous woman stumbling after him,", "title": "Gramma (short story)" }, { "docid": "6703896", "text": "what he believes about God and heaven. Then he confronts Treves, criticizing what he did to Mrs. Kendal and the rigid standards by which he judges everybody. Treves realizes that he has been too harsh with Merrick and tells him that although he will write to Mrs. Kendal, he does not believe she will return. After Merrick leaves the room, Treves says that it is because he does not want her to see Merrick die. Treves has a nightmare that he has been put on display while Merrick delivers a lecture about his terrifying normality, his rigidity, and the acts", "title": "The Elephant Man (play)" }, { "docid": "10381496", "text": "Kumki (elephant) Kumki or Koomkie is a term used in India for trained captive Asian elephants used in operations to trap wild elephants. The term may be more specifically applied to trained female elephants used as decoys. Kumkis are used for capturing, calming and herding wild elephants or to lead wild elephants away in conflict situations. The word is derived from Persian \"kumak\" which means \"aid\" and is in wide usage from Bengal to Tamil Nadu by mahouts. Kumkis are not the same elephants widely found in Indian temples. An elephant has to undergo extensive training before it can become", "title": "Kumki (elephant)" }, { "docid": "8753831", "text": "for a new single. The song, \"Falling Into You\", was released on February 9, 2018. Salvador is a member of a family of actors which includes her father, Ross Rival and uncle Phillip Salvador. In 2013 Salvador joined the PETA campaign to Free Mali from captivity in Manila zoo and have her transferred to Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary where she can be given proper treatment and care. Mali is the only captive elephant in the Philippines and the zoo does not have adequate knowledge or resources to properly care for her. Maja Salvador Maja Ross Andres Salvador (; born October", "title": "Maja Salvador" }, { "docid": "15778275", "text": "wild elephants by planting elephant food plants in the existing elephant habitat, and planting natural barriers of thorny plants - Assam lemon and thorny bamboo - between the forest and fields to protect the cultivated areas. Habitat loss and degradation is a significant issue for Asian elephant in Cambodia and there has been few targeted conservation efforts. The short-term goals of this project are to collect critical information to enable a monitoring program to be established, to improve human-Asian elephant coexistence and to inform the development of a comprehensive Asian elephant national action plan for Cambodia. The long-term is to", "title": "International Elephant Foundation" }, { "docid": "3821797", "text": "Elephants' graveyard An elephants' graveyard (also written elephant graveyard or elephant's graveyard) is a mythical place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age. They would then die there alone, far from the group. Several theories are given about the myth's origin. One theory involves people finding groups of elephant skeletons together, or observing old elephants and skeletons in the same habitat. Others suggest the term may spring from group die-offs, such as one excavated in Saxony-Anhalt, which had 27 \"Palaeoloxodon antiquus\" skeletons. In that particular case, the tusks of the skeletons were", "title": "Elephants' graveyard" }, { "docid": "6921937", "text": "separated before the ratite lineage arose, \"Aepyornis\" has been thought to have dispersed and become flightless and gigantic \"in situ\". More recently, it has been deduced from DNA sequence comparisons that the closest living relatives of elephant birds are New Zealand kiwis, indicating that the ancestors of elephant birds dispersed to Madagascar from Australasia. \"Aepyornis maximus\" is commonly known as the 'elephant bird', a term that apparently originated from Marco Polo's account of the rukh in 1298, although he was apparently referring to an eagle-like bird strong enough to \"seize an elephant with its talons\". Sightings of eggs of elephant", "title": "Aepyornis" }, { "docid": "14763691", "text": "Epikoros Epikoros (or Apikoros or Apikores or Epicurus; Hebrew: אפיקורוס, lit. \"Heretic\", pl. Epicorsim ) is a Jewish term cited in the Mishnah, referring to one who does not have a share in the world to come: The rabbinic literature uses the term \"Epikoros\", without a specific reference to the Greek philosopher Epicurus, yet it is apparent that the term is derived from the Greek philosopher's name, a philosopher whose views contradicted Jewish scripture, the strictly monotheistic conception of God in Judaism and the Jewish belief in the world to come. The Talmudic interpretation is that the Aramaic word is", "title": "Epikoros" }, { "docid": "151063", "text": "all significant words stand for ideas; all knowledge about our ideas; all ideas come from without or from within; if from without it must be by the senses, and they are called sensations, if from within they are the operations of the mind, and are called thoughts. Berkeley clarifies his distinction between ideas by saying they \"are imprinted on the senses,\" \"perceived by attending to the passions and operations of the mind,\" or \"are formed by help of memory and imagination.\" One refutation of his idea was: if someone leaves a room and stops perceiving that room does that room", "title": "George Berkeley" }, { "docid": "4108464", "text": "from 1800. The term may have originated from the action of the caretaker \"sitting on\" the baby in one room, while the parents were entertaining or busy in another. It's also theorized that the term may come from hens \"sitting\" on their eggs, thus \"caring for\" their chicks. In British English the term refers only to caring for a child for a few hours, on an informal basis and usually in the evening when the child is asleep for most of the time. In American English the term can include caring for a child for the whole or most of", "title": "Babysitting" }, { "docid": "927142", "text": "is that a significant percentage of them are capable of producing great complexity. Simply enumerating all possible variations of almost any class of programs quickly leads one to examples that do unexpected and interesting things. This leads to the question: if the program is so simple, where does the complexity come from? In a sense, there is not enough room in the program's definition to directly encode all the things the program can do. Therefore, simple programs can be seen as a minimal example of emergence. A logical deduction from this phenomenon is that if the details of the program's", "title": "A New Kind of Science" }, { "docid": "10429259", "text": "Elephant (1989 film) Elephant is a 1989 British short film directed by Alan Clarke and produced by Danny Boyle. The film is set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and its title comes from Bernard MacLaverty's description of the conflict as \"the elephant in our living room\" — a reference to the collective denial of the underlying social problems of Northern Ireland. Produced by BBC Northern Ireland, it first screened on BBC2 in 1989. The film was first conceived by Boyle, who was working as a producer for BBC Northern Ireland at the time. The film, which contains very little", "title": "Elephant (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "16459249", "text": "Elephantine Colossus The Elephantine Colossus, otherwise known as the Colossal Elephant or the Elephant Colossus, or by its function as the Elephant Hotel, was a tourist attraction located on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in the shape of an elephant, an example of novelty architecture. The seven story structure designed by James V. Lafferty stood above Surf Avenue and West 12th Street from 1885 until 1896, when it burnt down in a fire. During its lifespan, the thirty-one room building acted as a hotel, concert hall, and amusement bazaar. It was the second of three", "title": "Elephantine Colossus" }, { "docid": "10429262", "text": "Columbine High School Massacre. Van Sant's film borrowed not only Clarke's title, but also closely mirrors his minimalist style. Elephant (1989 film) Elephant is a 1989 British short film directed by Alan Clarke and produced by Danny Boyle. The film is set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and its title comes from Bernard MacLaverty's description of the conflict as \"the elephant in our living room\" — a reference to the collective denial of the underlying social problems of Northern Ireland. Produced by BBC Northern Ireland, it first screened on BBC2 in 1989. The film was first conceived by Boyle,", "title": "Elephant (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "5549307", "text": "Elephant in Cairo An elephant in Cairo is a term used in computer programming to describe a piece of data inserted at the end of a search space, which matches the search criteria, in order to make sure the search algorithm terminates; it is a humorous example of a sentinel value. The term derives from a humorous essay circulated on the Internet that was published in \"Byte\" magazine on September 1989, describing how various professions would go about hunting elephants. When hunting elephants, the article describes programmers as following this algorithm: This algorithm has a bug, namely a bounds checking", "title": "Elephant in Cairo" }, { "docid": "9731796", "text": "Waiting Room (band) Waiting Room is an Australian band consisting of lead vocalist and actor Alan Fletcher, guitarist Chris Hawker, singer-songwriter Tommy Rando and drummer Jeff Consi. The band play at a public house called \"The Elephant and Wheelbarrow\" in Victoria, Australia. for \"Neighbours Night\" to meet fans. The band often tour the UK, where Fletcher is well-known because of his role in the Australian soap opera \"Neighbours\". The band released their debut album \"In the Waiting Room\" in 2005. With Fletcher's link to \"Neighbours\", a couple of their songs have been about \"Neighbours\" characters including \"Sleeping Alongside Susan\" which", "title": "Waiting Room (band)" }, { "docid": "14809595", "text": "and Gunn while Fred stays confined to her room, too frightened to leave the hotel. Cordelia is personally attacked by Wolfram & Hart in \"That Vision Thing\" when Lilah hires a Shaman to hack into the visions granted to Cordelia by the Powers That Be and manifest them physically in order to persuade Angel to free a convicted felon from a hell dimension which he then does. This felon would come back to haunt the females of the group in the episode \"Billy\" where he uses his power to bring out primal misogyny within the males of the species. Fred,", "title": "Angel (season 3)" }, { "docid": "10001293", "text": "The White Elephant Sessions The White Elephant Sessions is a rarities and demo version album by American Christian band Jars of Clay, released in conjunction with the band's third studio album \"If I Left the Zoo\". Several of the tracks come straight from the demo recording sessions for \"If I Left The Zoo\", entitled the \"Tweed Horse Sessions\". The title is a play on the fact that a white elephant is a rarity, and the cover of \"If I Left the Zoo\" had a grey elephant on it. This album depicts a similar cover, except that the background is primarily", "title": "The White Elephant Sessions" }, { "docid": "2638352", "text": "had almost entirely withdrawn from naval warfare. Now, limited to combat by foot, the Romans received news of losing over half of their troops in Africa after an elephant stampede. This created a great fear of elephants and the Romans would not come within 3/4 of a mile of them. After these events, the army had a general lack of spirit, which Lucius’ second term would help to raise. With Gaius Atilius, he built 50 ships, and had a huge campaign to collect sailors and organize a fleet. In the meantime, Hasdrubal, the Carthaginian, brought his troops from Lilybaeum and", "title": "Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus" } ]
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when did they start singing god bless america at baseball games
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[ { "docid": "3672073", "text": "of the game by playing the crowd sing-along song \"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\". Since the September 11 attacks, many American ballparks complement or replace the song with the playing of \"God Bless America.\" If a game goes into a fifth extra inning, a similar \"fourteenth-inning stretch\" is celebrated (as well as a possible \"twenty-first inning stretch\" or \"twenty-eighth inning stretch\"). In softball games, amateur games scheduled for only seven innings, or in minor-league doubleheaders, a \"fifth-inning stretch\" may be substituted. The origin of the seventh-inning stretch is much disputed, and it is difficult to certify any definite", "title": "Seventh-inning stretch" }, { "docid": "298744", "text": "currently serving a life sentence for the bombing. The 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, took place just five months after the September 11 attacks, which meant a higher level of security than ever before provided for an Olympic Games. The opening ceremonies of the Games featured symbols of the day's events. They included the flag that flew at Ground Zero, NYPD officer Daniel Rodríguez singing \"God Bless America\", and honour guards of NYPD and FDNY members. The events of that day have made security at the Olympic Games an increasing concern for Olympic planners. The Olympic Games", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "docid": "459582", "text": "records were set in speed skating largely due to the introduction of the clap skate. The 2002 Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, United States, hosting 77 nations and 2,399 athletes in 78 events in 7 sports. These Games were the first to take place since the September 11 attacks of 2001, which meant a higher degree of security to avoid a terrorist attack. The opening ceremony saw signs of the aftermath of the events of that day, including the flag that flew at Ground Zero, NYPD officer Daniel Rodríguez singing \"God Bless America\", and honour guards of", "title": "Winter Olympic Games" }, { "docid": "3437715", "text": "On 25 January 2001, she gave birth to René-Charles Angelil, her first son. Since then, she had performed publicly only a handful of times, including 21 September 2001, when she sang a live rendition of \"God Bless America\" at the \"\" telethon honoring victims of the September 11 attacks, and 28 September for Montreal's companion fund-raiser, \"A Show for Life\", singing \"L'amour existe encore\". According to Dion, the album's title, \"A New Day Has Come\", acknowledged a new chapter in her life and career. However, she was also deeply affected by the events of 11 September and wanted the words", "title": "A New Day Has Come" }, { "docid": "16910617", "text": "God Bless America (charity album) God Bless America was a 2001 charity album composed of American patriotic or spiritual songs, released on October 16 of that year in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It was released specifically to benefit the Twin Towers Fund, directing what the album cover said would be a \"substantial portion of the proceeds\" towards families of firefighters, police officers, and other responders lost in the rescue response to the September 11 attacks. The artists and recordings featured were largely from Columbia Records. Following the September 11 attacks, Canadian pop star Celine Dion", "title": "God Bless America (charity album)" } ]
[ { "docid": "1349405", "text": "League Baseball games, most often on Sundays, Opening Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, All-Star Game, Labor Day, September 11, and all post-season Major League Baseball games. Following the attacks, John Dever, then the Assistant Media Relations Director with the San Diego Padres, suggested the song replace \"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\", the more traditional 7th inning anthem. MLB quickly followed the Padres lead and instituted it league-wide for the rest of the season; presently, teams decide individually when to play the song. Yankee Stadium is currently the only Major League ballpark to play \"God Bless America\" in every", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "3023909", "text": "memory. The Flyers still show a video of her singing \"God Bless America\" in lieu of \"The Star Spangled Banner\" for good luck before important games. The video of her performance is now accompanied by Lauren Hart, daughter of the late Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster, Gene Hart, longtime voice of the Flyers, and anthem singer for the Flyers. Before games whenever \"God Bless America\" is performed, Lou Nolan, the public address announcer for the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center would say: \"Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, we ask that you please rise and remove your hats and salute", "title": "Kate Smith" }, { "docid": "1349403", "text": "you please rise and remove your hats and salute to our flags and welcome the No. 1 ranked anthemist in the NHL, Our very own Lauren Hart, as she sings (if the visiting team is from Canada, O Canada, followed by) God Bless America, accompanied by the great Kate Smith.\" At some Senators home games since , if the visiting team is from the U.S., their main anthem singer, Ontario Provincial Police Constable Lyndon Slewidge, has sung \"God Bless America\" and \"O Canada.\" An example of this came during the Senators' home opener during the 2002-03 season, when they were", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "3578643", "text": "Game\". However, since the September 11, 2001 attacks, \"God Bless America\" has often been added to it, especially at games in New York City and Washington, D.C., as well as during the All-Star Game and the postseason. In Atlanta and Baltimore it has been a tradition since 1974 to play \"Thank God I'm A Country Boy\" after \"Take Me Out To The Ballgame\" during the seventh-inning stretch. At Boston's Fenway Park, a tradition has brought the singing of \"Sweet Caroline\" in the middle of the eighth inning. Each team is allowed to substitute for any player at any time the", "title": "Baseball rules" }, { "docid": "3672094", "text": "Me Out to the Ball Game\" and sometimes replacing it entirely. Some stadiums play \"God Bless America\" only on Sundays. At Yankee Stadium the song is now played at every game, in addition to \"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\". Since 2002, \"God Bless America\" has been performed at all Major League Baseball All-Star Games and playoff games in the United States, often with a celebrity recording artist or a member of the United States Armed Forces (\"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\" is sometimes done afterwards with a recording of Harry Caray), as well as Opening Day,", "title": "Seventh-inning stretch" }, { "docid": "758811", "text": "what became one of the team's best-known traditions: playing a recording of Kate Smith singing \"God Bless America\" instead of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" before important games. The perception was that the team was more successful on these occasions, so the tradition grew. The move was initially done by Flyers Promotion Director Lou Scheinfeld as a way to defray national tensions at the time of the Vietnam War: Scheinfeld noticed that people regularly left their seats and walked around during the anthem, but showed more respect and often sang along to \"God Bless America.\" To this day, the team plays the", "title": "Philadelphia Flyers" }, { "docid": "1349402", "text": "both countries.) At some Flyers' home games, especially during big games and the playoffs, their main anthem singer, Lauren Hart, has sung \"God Bless America\" alternating lyrics with Kate Smith on a video screen. Smith actually appeared in person to sing at select Flyers games, including their 1974 Stanley Cup clinching game against the Boston Bruins, to which she received a thunderous ovation from the passionate Philadelphia fans. Before games whenever \"God Bless America\" is performed, Lou Nolan, the PA announcer for the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center, would say: \"Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, we ask that", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "1349407", "text": "that the New York Yankees announced that they would no longer restrict the movement of fans during the playing of the song. On September 15, 2009, three high school teens filed a lawsuit against New Jersey's minor league Newark Bears for being ejected from Eagles Riverfront Stadium over their refusal to stand during the playing of \"God Bless America\" on June 29, 2009. Before being ejected, they were asked to leave the stadium by Bears president and co-owner Thomas Cetnar. To honor the start of the United States Bicentennial, Kate Smith sang \"God Bless America\" for a national television audience,", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "7794205", "text": "Leyte in 1946, in front of an audience that included Sergio Osmeña and Carlos P. Romulo. Berlin was touring U.S. military bases with a stage production of \"This Is the Army\", in 1945. During a stop in the Philippines, he heard children in Leyte singing the song \"God Bless America\" (which he had written in 1918 and had revised in 1938) with the lyric \"God Bless the Philippines\". Touched by that and feeling that they might like a song of their own, he composed \"Heaven Watch the Philippines\", trying to combine the spiritual quality of \"God Bless America\" with their", "title": "Heaven Watch the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1349394", "text": "Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called \"Yip Yip Yaphank\", so he set it aside. The lyrics at that time included the line \"Make her victorious on land and foam, God bless America...\" as well as \"Stand beside her and guide her \"to the right\" with the light from above\". Music critic Jody Rosen says that a 1906 Jewish dialect novelty song, \"When Mose with His Nose Leads the Band,\" contains a six-note fragment that is \"instantly recognizable as the opening strains of 'God Bless America'\". He interprets this as", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "1349401", "text": "Bless America\" on the steps of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. On July 21, 2011, Smith's version of the song was played as NASA's final wakeup call for the space shuttle \"Atlantis\" (STS-135), capping the 30-year shuttle program. \"God Bless America\" has been performed at home games of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers and those of the Ottawa Senators in which the visiting team is from the United States. (The NHL requires arenas in both the U.S. and Canada to perform both \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" and \"O Canada,\" the Canadian national anthem, at games that involve teams from", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "18471333", "text": "on subsequent trips to New York to play the Yankees or Mets. Upon joining the Mets in 2006, Delgado addressed the situation and agreed to stand on the field with teammates when God Bless America was played, saying he'd made his point and did not wish to cause distractions. In April 2005, Baker and Toronto Star photographer Peter Power traveled to the Dominican Republic, where they spent a week touring the country's needle-ridden baseball fields to do a pair of feature stories on PED use by teenage prospects from that country. The groundbreaking series described the use of cheaper farm", "title": "Geoff Baker" }, { "docid": "1349411", "text": "The live version, on \"America: A Tribute to Heroes\", is from the telethon event of the same name that took place on September 21, 2001. The studio version is on the \"God Bless America\" album, a patriotic songs CD. It was recorded on September 20, 2001, the day before the American telethon. It was meant to be a replacement for the performance in the event something happened and Dion could not appear. The song was recorded by New York City's \"singing cop,\" Daniel Rodríguez, and charted for one week at No. 99 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 as a single.", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "3023911", "text": "was the grand marshal for the 1976 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game. She sang \"God Bless America\" before the Ohio State–UCLA game at the Rose Bowl, which UCLA won 23–10. Smith's rendition of \"God Bless America\" is also played during the seventh-inning stretch of New York Yankees home games. Proceeds or money from her performances of \"God Bless America\" are donated to the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. Smith, who never married, rented several apartments in Manhattan during her long career. She had a home in Arlington, Virginia, and kept a summer home on a small island in Lake", "title": "Kate Smith" }, { "docid": "16877074", "text": "this candidly or even asked me to 'sanitize' the novel.\" In 2012, it won the Dundee International Book Prize, one of the UK's most lucrative prizes for an unpublished debut novel, and was published by Cargo Publishing. The title refers to the protagonist, a middle-aged botanist named Arnold Brinkman, who takes his nephew to Yankee Stadium for a baseball game. During the seventh-inning stretch, fans are asked to rise for the singing of \"God Bless America\" in honor of two Bronx soldiers killed in the line of duty. Arnold remains seated. \"When the stadium cameras inevitably find him,\" wrote reviewer", "title": "The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up" }, { "docid": "7737102", "text": "with topics such as race, prom fashions, and having a brother. In 2004, he put together a special report on the still controversial Philadelphia Experiment. On November 11, 2011, a performance was aired on KYW-TV where Washington joined the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale, of which he is a former member, and the \"Facebook Volunteer Choir\" at the Zion Baptist Church in north Philadelphia in singing \"God Bless America\", in tribute to America's military veterans. He had been asked by the Philadelphia Phillies to sing \"God Bless America\" at a seventh-inning stretch at Citizens Bank Park during the 2011 National", "title": "Ukee Washington" }, { "docid": "4872867", "text": "the Celtics with Dutch Dehnert, Davey Banks, Nat Hickey, Johnny Beckman, Carl Husta and him. They hit the road for five years, with Lapchick handling driving duties, and Kate Smith singing \"God Bless America\" at games. In 1936 Lapchick landed the coaching job at St. John’s University, New York City. In 11 seasons he steered the Redmen to a 180-55 record and two consecutive National Invitation Tournament titles, in 1943 and 1944. Overwhelmed by stress, Lapchick fainted during the second half of the 1944 final game. In 1947 he passed up a then-astronomical offer of $12,000 per year to stay", "title": "Joe Lapchick" }, { "docid": "11307432", "text": "the game a Nielsen rating of 9.5 and making it the 24th most popular Bowl Championship Series game in terms of television ratings. The game was also broadcast on ESPN Radio, and was commentated by Mark Jones, Bob Davie, and Holly Rowe. Spread bettors favored Auburn to win the game by seven points. Pregame entertainment was provided by Bowl Games of America, a group composed of more than 2,000 performing-arts bands, dance teams, and cheer groups from across the United States. Together, they performed the song \"God Bless America.\" The traditional pregame singing of the national anthem was sung by", "title": "2005 Sugar Bowl" }, { "docid": "758812", "text": "song before major playoff games, currently with Lauren Hart, daughter of Hall of Fame Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart, performing the first part of the song, a recording of Smith singing the second part, and Lauren Hart joining the recording for the finale. As of the close of the 2016–17 season, the Flyers have a record of 100–29–5 when \"God Bless America\" is sung prior to Flyers home games. In 1970–71, the Flyers returned to the playoffs, but were swept by the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round. Even though the team had improved their record in his second season", "title": "Philadelphia Flyers" }, { "docid": "11184949", "text": "Smith singing the second part, and Lauren Hart joining the recording for the finale. As of the close of the 2013–14 Flyers season, the Flyers have a record of 96–28–4 when \"God Bless America\" is sung prior to home games. General manager Bud Poile was fired on December 19. Keith Allen was named his replacement on December 22. The team struggled in 1969–70 recording a franchise worst (as of completion of the 2013–14 season) in wins (17). Even with such a bad output, the Flyers had a seven-point lead on the Oakland Seals with six games to play. However, the", "title": "1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers season" }, { "docid": "15119200", "text": "of the Rory Calhoun western, \"The Texan\" On January 15 and 22, 1959, Smith had been the only guest to appear in two consecutive episodes of NBC's \"The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.\" She performed \"It Was So Beautiful,\" \"Somebody Loves Me,\" and \"There's a Goldmine in the Sky\", as well as \"When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain.\". Smith and Tennessee Ernie Ford performed duets: \"You're Just in Love\" and \"Hey Good Lookin'\". From 1969 to 1976, Smith's singing of \"God Bless America\" at the Philadelphia Flyers hockey games attracted national attention after she had been out of", "title": "The Kate Smith Show" }, { "docid": "1349409", "text": "family, the track's owners. The performance, often not televised, immediately precedes the national anthem. Henderson routinely sang the entire song, including the prologue, and in some years sang the chorus a second time. Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Canadian pop star Celine Dion performed the song on the TV special \"\". Shortly afterwards on October 16, Sony Music Entertainment released a benefit album called \"God Bless America\", which featured Dion singing the song. The album debuted at No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and became the first charity album to reach the top since USA for Africa's \"We Are", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "3789263", "text": "voice by his father Edmund, Tynan won a series of voice competition awards and joined the Irish Tenors. A devout Roman Catholic, Tynan has appeared on Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). At the invitation of New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, he sang at the Archbishop's installation Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral on 15 April 2009. Tynan has performed in several events President George W. Bush has attended. Some of them include: Tynan has sung \"God Bless America\" at sporting event venues, such as Yankee Stadium (during New York Yankees home Major League Baseball games, including Opening Day, nationally televised games,", "title": "Ronan Tynan" }, { "docid": "3672095", "text": "Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and September 11. During the deciding Game 5 of the 2011 National League Division Series, Lauren Hart (daughter of Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster Gene Hart) appeared at Citizens Bank Park to sing \"God Bless America\" during the seventh-inning stretch; before this she had become a fixture at NHL Philadelphia Flyers games singing that song in duet with Kate Smith (the artist best known for the song) as the Flyers' good-luck charm before important games, and it was hoped that she would bring luck to the Philadelphia Phillies as well. Between the top and", "title": "Seventh-inning stretch" }, { "docid": "11679716", "text": "games. Hockey Accomplishments Also notable is the girls' Volleyball team, who won state championships in 2000 and 2004. The football team went undefeated in the regular season in 1965, 1980, 2004, and 2011. In 2011, they won the Division 3A State Championship for the first time in the school's history and had the teams only perfect season. Bourne high school also offers programs such as Football, Field Hockey, Cross Country, Soccer, Basketball, Winter track, Lacrosse, Spring Track, Softball, and Baseball. The school song was written by the author of \"God bless America\" and speaks of \"Elm trees tall, soft shadows", "title": "Bourne High School" }, { "docid": "1349404", "text": "home against the New Jersey Devils. During Tom Golisano's time as owner of the Buffalo Sabres, the team occasionally substituted \"God Bless America\" for \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" during certain special events. When this occurred, Ronan Tynan was brought in to sing the song while usual anthem singer Doug Allen sang \"O Canada.\" At Chicago's Wrigley Field during the Vietnam War, the song was often played by the organist as part of his postgame playlist while fans filed out of the stadium. Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, \"God Bless America\" is commonly sung during the seventh-inning stretch in Major", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "16237399", "text": "to shoot the judges, contestants and several members of the audience before being gunned down by the police. \"God Bless America\" was selected to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival, South By Southwest Film Festival, as well as the Maryland Film Festival and the Brisbane International Film Festival. \"God Bless America\" premiered on September 9, 2011 at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released video on demand on April 6, 2012 and in theatres on May 11, 2012. The DVD and Blu-ray for the film were released on July 3, 2012. \"God Bless America\" received generally mixed", "title": "God Bless America (film)" }, { "docid": "8159882", "text": "alongside \"Blue\" at Target during the 1996 Christmas season. The only two new songs that were released on the album were \"The Lord's Prayer\" and \"The Sands of Time\". The album was released as a patriotic tribute to the events of September 11, 2001, with the liner stating \"These classic recordings were made while America was first discovering LeAnn Rimes.\" Credits for \"God Bless America\" were adapted from liner notes. Additional credits adapted from \"You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs\" liner notes. God Bless America (LeAnn Rimes album) God Bless America is the second compilation album from American recording", "title": "God Bless America (LeAnn Rimes album)" }, { "docid": "1349393", "text": "God Bless America \"God Bless America\" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run up to World War II in 1938. The later version has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song. \"God Bless America\" takes the form of a prayer (intro lyrics \"as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer\") for God's blessing and peace for the nation (\"...stand beside her and guide her through the night...\"). Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "13702889", "text": "Boy\"\". God Bless Miss Black America God Bless Miss Black America is a studio album released on by alternative rock band Miss Black America on Integrity Records. It was Miss Black America's debut album. The album was recorded between and at The Magic Garden in Wolverhampton. All lyrics were written by Seymour Glass (with the exception of \"\"Scream For Me\"\", which also features vocals from Mike Smith) and all music was written by Miss Black America. It was produced by Gavin Monaghan. It was engineered by Andy Taylor. It was mastered by Ian Shepherd at SRT. Photography for the artwork", "title": "God Bless Miss Black America" }, { "docid": "13702887", "text": "God Bless Miss Black America God Bless Miss Black America is a studio album released on by alternative rock band Miss Black America on Integrity Records. It was Miss Black America's debut album. The album was recorded between and at The Magic Garden in Wolverhampton. All lyrics were written by Seymour Glass (with the exception of \"\"Scream For Me\"\", which also features vocals from Mike Smith) and all music was written by Miss Black America. It was produced by Gavin Monaghan. It was engineered by Andy Taylor. It was mastered by Ian Shepherd at SRT. Photography for the artwork was", "title": "God Bless Miss Black America" }, { "docid": "8437846", "text": "lead to 7–0. During the seventh-inning stretch, Brian McKnight sang \"God Bless America\". The NL finally got on the board in the next inning, when Andruw Jones launched a two-run shot just inside the foul pole off Kenny Rogers to close the NL to within five. They scored another run in the eighth, when Moisés Alou scored on an RBI forceout by Miguel Cabrera. In the top of the ninth, Luis Gonzalez scored Andruw Jones with a double off of Baltimore closer B.J. Ryan, and then scored himself on an RBI groundout by Carlos Lee. Mariano Rivera then came on", "title": "2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "1349408", "text": "accompanied by the UCLA Band at the 1976 Rose Bowl. During the Super Bowl LI halftime show, a pre-recorded intro, recorded by Lady Gaga, who headlined the halftime show, was played featuring this song and \"This Land is Your Land\". The Indianapolis 500 is traditionally held at the end of May, and \"God Bless America\" has been sung there since 2003. The song \"America the Beautiful\" was sung before, but it was switched to \"God Bless America\" in the post-9/11 era. The song for many years was performed by Florence Henderson, a native Hoosier, and a friend of the Hulman-George", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "16910621", "text": "folk, rock, gospel, country, and more, \"God Bless America\" was designed with the feelings of troubled Americans in mind.\" Source: Album liner notes, except track times God Bless America (charity album) God Bless America was a 2001 charity album composed of American patriotic or spiritual songs, released on October 16 of that year in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It was released specifically to benefit the Twin Towers Fund, directing what the album cover said would be a \"substantial portion of the proceeds\" towards families of firefighters, police officers, and other responders lost in the rescue", "title": "God Bless America (charity album)" }, { "docid": "14988582", "text": "God Bless America Again (song) \"God Bless America Again\" is a country music song written by Bobby Bare and Boyce Hawkins. A patriotic hymn pleading for God's forgiveness of the United States and his guidance over the country, the song was first recorded and made famous by Bare. Released as a single in 1969, Bare's version reached No. 16 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart. Many artists recorded \"God Bless America Again\" through the years, including Jan Howard, Jim & Jesse, Billy Preston, Tex Ritter, Floyd Van Laningham, Dee Vickery, Ray Charles, and Bob Whitlock. Also recording a cover", "title": "God Bless America Again (song)" }, { "docid": "3162627", "text": "This Land Is Your Land \"This Land Is Your Land\" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940, based on an existing melody, a Carter Family tune called \"When the World's on Fire\", in critical response to Irving Berlin's \"God Bless America.\" When Guthrie was tired of hearing Kate Smith sing \"God Bless America\" on the radio in the late 1930s, he sarcastically wrote \"God Blessed America for Me\" before renaming it \"This Land Is Your Land.\" In 2002, \"This Land Is Your Land\" was one", "title": "This Land Is Your Land" }, { "docid": "1349399", "text": "used by Christian conservatives in the US to signal their opposition to secular liberalism and to silence dissenters who were speaking in favor of communism or in opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Later, from December 11, 1969, through the early 1970s, the playing of Smith singing the song before many home games of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers brought it renewed popularity as well as a reputation for being a \"good luck charm\" to the Flyers long before it became a staple of nationwide sporting events. The Flyers even brought Smith in to perform live", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "9527653", "text": "stretch, Sara Evans sang \"God Bless America\". By contrast, little attention was paid to the Canadian national anthem, \"O Canada\". An instrumental version was played through stadium speakers during the opening ceremonies, a move criticized by Canadian player Justin Morneau. The American League got off to a quick start in the top of the first inning by scoring two runs. Ichiro Suzuki led off the game with a single to right field, then Derek Jeter reached base on a hit-by-pitch. With one out, Mark Teixeira hit a groundball that was misplayed by first baseman Albert Pujols allowing Jeter to score", "title": "2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "4534751", "text": "to the Ball Game\" in the middle of the 7th inning. After 9/11, many professional teams chose to use \"God Bless America\" during that break, either supplementing or replacing \"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\". A very loud cheer at sporting events is usually called \"Do Yay\". In High School Basketball games, if the score was a blow-out and approaching the end of regulation, fans of the winning team would chant \"This Game's Over\" or \"This One's Over.\" If the losing team makes a play, and that teams fans chant for that, fans of the winning team will start", "title": "Cheering" }, { "docid": "11184947", "text": "a 19-year-old diabetic from Flin Flon, Manitoba, named Bobby Clarke with their second draft pick, 17th overall, in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. By the time training camp came around it was clear that Clarke was the best player on the team, and he quickly became a fan favorite. His 15 goals and 31 assists earned him a trip to the NHL All-Star Game. On December 11, 1969, the Flyers introduced what became one of the team's best-known traditions: playing a recording of Kate Smith singing \"God Bless America\" instead of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" before important games. The perception was", "title": "1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers season" }, { "docid": "1349413", "text": "were released on October 16, 2001. Both versions contain the song as the A-side track, but the B-side tracks were different. One released to the general public was released with the B-side track, \"Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart,\" and the other was released to radio with the B-side track of Rimes's rendition of \"The National Anthem.\" Rimes's version peaked at No. 51 on the \"Billboard\" Country Songs chart on October 27, 2001. The song has spawned numerous parodies. God Bless America \"God Bless America\" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "7643936", "text": "WWF's theme restaurant in Times Square, and was open to the public. It featured analysis by WNBC sportscaster Bruce Beck and New York/New Jersey Hitmen head coach Rusty Tillman, but also featured plenty of raunch. One segment featured the hosts as chefs, inserting a cucumber in between two melons. The pair were almost banned from Giants Stadium for life during the filming of one episode when they imitated a proposed XFL rule where first possession was determined by placing the ball at midfield and having two opposing team-members attempt to get it. They did this as \"God Bless America\" began", "title": "Gregg Hughes" }, { "docid": "758819", "text": "6 at the Spectrum. The Flyers picked up the lead early when Rick MacLeish scored a first period goal. Late in the game, Orr hauled down Clarke on a breakaway, a penalty which assured the Flyers of victory. Time expired as the Flyers brought the Stanley Cup to Philadelphia for the first time. Parent, having shutout Boston in Game 6, won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Playoff MVP. Throughout the 1973–74 season, the Flyers often used a recording of Kate Smith singing \"God Bless America\" instead of the national anthem. Smith herself appeared before Game 6 to lead the", "title": "Philadelphia Flyers" }, { "docid": "9175469", "text": "Unplugged\" 2005 \"Somewhere in My Memory - 40 Years of Holidays with the Singing Angels\" 2004 \"Walking on Sunshine\" 2001 \"God Bless the USA\" 2000 \"Happiness\" 1998 \"We Wish You the Merriest\" 1993 \"And The Angels Sing\" 1987 \"Getting Ready for Christmas\" 1984 \"Make Someone Happy\" 1983 \"Jolly, Holly Days\" 1981 \"Christmas in the Air\" 1981 \"Get Happy\" 1980 \"Children of the World\" 1979 \"Great Day\" 1977 \"Finally It’s Christmas\" 1976 \"Sing America\" 1974 \"Tenth Anniversary\" 1973 \"Christmas Is Christmas All Over The World\" (single) 1972 \"Bill Boehm’s Singing Angels\" </poem> One notable alum of The Singing Angels, who has", "title": "The Singing Angels" }, { "docid": "18705605", "text": "number DL 8020. What We So Proudly Hail What So Proudly We Hail is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1946 featuring songs that were sung by Crosby in an American-type patriotic style. This album featured Bing singing patriotic songs such as: \"Ballad for Americans\", \"God Bless America\" and \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". The songs were later presented in a 33 1/3 rpm split set with \"The Man Without a Country\". Crosby did not approach the project lightly. He studied the work before the session, and his concentration in the studio was intense. Usually, Crosby would", "title": "What We So Proudly Hail" }, { "docid": "18705603", "text": "What We So Proudly Hail What So Proudly We Hail is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1946 featuring songs that were sung by Crosby in an American-type patriotic style. This album featured Bing singing patriotic songs such as: \"Ballad for Americans\", \"God Bless America\" and \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". The songs were later presented in a 33 1/3 rpm split set with \"The Man Without a Country\". Crosby did not approach the project lightly. He studied the work before the session, and his concentration in the studio was intense. Usually, Crosby would record up to", "title": "What We So Proudly Hail" }, { "docid": "16175479", "text": "States. In her book \"God Bless America\", Kathleen E.R. Smith states that only twenty-seven war-themed songs had reached the top ten charts during the span of the war. This suggests that these patriotic war-themed songs, pushed by the government, did not sell well. Billboard archives suggest that the public preferred escapist and rather lighthearted songs. Female singers became more prominent by singing songs expressing the war from the woman’s point of view, illustrating feelings of separation and loneliness. Furthermore, as musicians joined the military, larger bands shrunk and often disbanded, creating a trend towards soloists and smaller music groups. Many", "title": "Entertainment industry during World War II" }, { "docid": "13702888", "text": "produced by Julia Kidd and Daisy Metz. Five tracks from the album were released as single, they were; All five were included in two of John Peel's Festive Fiftys. \"\"Don't Speak My Mind\"\" and \"\"Human Punk\"\" were included in the 2001 list, placed at number 42 and number 14 respectively, while \"\"Infinite Chinese Box\"\", \"\"Miss Black America\"\" and \"\"Talk Hard\"\" were placed at 45, 11 and 3 respectively in the 2002 list. The album has been described as a \"\"fast 'n' hard sonic pummelling\"\", and that \"\"much of God Bless sounds like the more mature Manic Street Preachers playing U2's", "title": "God Bless Miss Black America" }, { "docid": "12674461", "text": "1999. In 2003, her performance was switched to \"God Bless America,\" which became more popular in the post-9/11 era. She continued through 2015, then served as grand marshal for her final race in 2016. Henderson died six months after the 2016 race. Henderson routinely sang the entire song, including the prologue, and in some years sang the chorus a second time. By 2009, \"America the Beautiful\" was re-added to the ceremonies, with a different artist each year. In 1999, Lee Greenwood did a special performance of \"God Bless the USA\", and in 2003, Darryl Worley performed \"Have You Forgotten?\". In", "title": "Indianapolis 500 traditions" }, { "docid": "19793066", "text": "season long before being finally noticed in February 2003, said that she was also protesting the United States' involvement in Iraq, as well as a growing disparity between the rich and the poor. During one of her team's games on February 23, 2003, a fan named Jerry Kiley, a self-described Vietnam veteran, ran onto the court and confronted her with an American flag, saying, \"She has not earned the right to disrespect the flag.\" In 2004, Carlos Delgado of the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team decided he would no longer stand during the song, \"God Bless America\" out", "title": "U.S. national anthem protests" }, { "docid": "14036063", "text": "Piss Artists an all-girl punk band. Playing bass guitar – 'seemed the easiest' – the band became an excuse to get drunk a lot. When that band broke up she joined God Bless You initially as a bassist. Finding that she had a good singing voice Lynch dropped the bass & concentrated on vocals which she shared with Dave Ryan. When God Bless You faded out Lynch decided to launch herself as a singer-songwriter. Eventually she got a band together to record her 1st album 'Call Me Your Girlfriend'. Released in 1991, this was toured throughout the UK and Europe.", "title": "Rita Lynch" }, { "docid": "11915260", "text": "Vermont won a preliminary award at the Miss America Pageant. Ashley Wheeler Ashley Ruth Wheeler (born August 6, 1986) was crowned Miss Vermont 2008 on Saturday, April 26, 2008 in Barre, Vermont. Wheeler was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to Michael & Donna Ellsworth Wheeler. She grew up in Lyndonville, Vermont. Her vocal talent was singing \"The Prayer.\" Ashley's platform is Political Awareness Among Young Voters. She was competing for the title of Miss America 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada in January and she won a Preliminary Talent Award for her a cappella vocal performance of \"God Bless America.\" This", "title": "Ashley Wheeler" }, { "docid": "3736014", "text": "to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. This is a time for American heroes. We will do what is hard. We will achieve what is great. This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars. God bless their memory, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.\" Bartlet campaign advisor Bruno Gianelli asks Sam when he wrote the last part. He replies, \"in the car\", which prompts the response, \"Freak\". After the election, Sam becomes Deputy White House Communications Director in the Bartlet", "title": "Sam Seaborn" }, { "docid": "629454", "text": "bless America, God bless the universe, God bless Japanese, Chinese, Indians, all of them and let's have peace.\" The film continues to draw criticism for this character, now widely considered to be a racist caricature, particularly when the movie is selected as a \"classic\" screened in public spaces, supported by tax dollars. In 2011, a SyFy and Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation screening inspired petitions. The soundtrack featured a score composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, with songs by Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer. Mancini and Mercer won the 1961 Oscar for Best Original Song for \"Moon River\". Mancini won for", "title": "Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)" }, { "docid": "9353809", "text": "111th season opening, October 2001, he sang \"God Bless America\", with the Berlin Philharmonic in a tribute to 9-11. He also signs his first recording contract in October 2001 offered by Manhattan Record Company's Arif Mardin and Ian Ralfini. Rodriguez was the first artist to sign with newly re-activated Manhattan, a division of EMI. In Mardin's life story, he describes Rodriguez as \"golden voiced\". His debut performance before a worldwide audience occurred when he sang \"God Bless America\" at the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. June 13, 2002, saw his first public concert", "title": "Daniel Rodríguez (tenor)" }, { "docid": "7451732", "text": "1917, when he saw headlines announcing the U.S. had entered World War I. Cohan also is famous for penning \"Yankee Doodle Dandy,\" an over-the-top parody of patriotic music. A 1918 Irving Berlin composition, \"God Bless America\", is sometimes considered an unofficial national anthem of the United States and is often performed at sporting events alongside (or, in some rare cases, such as Ronan Tynan, in place of) \"The Star-Spangled Banner.\" In 1940, Woody Guthrie wrote \"This Land Is Your Land\" in response to his dislike of \"God Bless America\", calling it unrealistic and complacent. The World War II era produced", "title": "American patriotic music" }, { "docid": "16910620", "text": "at a time when a number of similarly themed albums were being released, and many patriotic and inspirational American songs were showing up on the pop charts. The latter included \"God Bless the USA\" as well as different recordings of \"The Star Spangled Banner\" and \"America the Beautiful\". Music writer Robert Hilburn of the \"Los Angeles Times\" termed the compilation an \"unlikely combination\" while writing that \"patriotism makes strange bedfellows.\" \"Rolling Stone\" said it was a \"can't miss collection\" with an artist array that \"seems to have a little something for everyone.\" Allmusic states that, \"Touching the worlds of pop,", "title": "God Bless America (charity album)" }, { "docid": "11816318", "text": "the lowest paying jobs, put them outside the equal protection of the law, kept them out of their racist bastions of higher education and locked them into positions of hopelessness and helplessness. The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing \"God Bless America\". No, no, no, not God Bless America. God damn America — that's in the Bible — for killing innocent people. God damn America, for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America, as long as she tries to act like she is God, and", "title": "Jeremiah Wright controversy" }, { "docid": "8297405", "text": "his voice, he was loudly singing \"God Bless America\". On September 26, 1965, North Vietnam's \"Liberation Radio\" announced the execution of Captain Humbert Roque Versace. Versace's remains have never been recovered. His headstone at Arlington National Cemetery stands above an empty grave and can be located in the Memorial section MG-108. Upon learning of their son's fate, Marie Teresa Rios Versace and her husband, Colonel Versace, tried to find out what they could about the circumstances. She went to Paris in the late 1960s, trying unsuccessfully to see the North Vietnamese delegation as it arrived for peace talks. Rios Versace", "title": "Humbert Roque Versace" }, { "docid": "11924342", "text": "12, 1970. Album – Billboard (North America) God Bless America Again God Bless America Again is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on June 19, 1972, by Decca Records. This was Lynn's third gospel album and her last album of religious material for over 20 years. Lynn's next gospel album would be the 1997 independent release, \"All Time Gospel Favorites\". The title song was cowritten by Bobby Bare and has apparently led some to mislabel this release as a collection of patriotic songs. Largely consisting of new material, the album also includes", "title": "God Bless America Again" }, { "docid": "15510539", "text": "It later became available at most distributors. In its first week of release, it charted at No. 3 on the Billboard Music Video Sales chart and remained on that chart for eight weeks. Digital releases or songs charted due to digital download § On January 20, 2017, Evancho released \"Together We Stand\", a disc containing three songs: \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", \"America the Beautiful\" and \"God Bless America\". The songs charted at No. 2, 4 and 5, respectively, on \"Billboard's\" Classical Digital Song sales chart. In addition to the live albums described above, there is a music video of Evancho singing", "title": "Jackie Evancho discography" }, { "docid": "16910619", "text": "to \"God Bless America\", as well as both the overtly patriotic \"God Bless the USA\" and the far different \"Blowin' in the Wind\". Two live recordings are used, both performances in New York City. The album debuted at number 1 on the \"Billboard\" 200, selling 181,000 copies in its first week of release. In doing so, it became the first charity album to reach the top since USA for Africa's \"We Are the World\" in 1985. Dion's title track single also received enough radio airplay to reach number 14 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The album's release came", "title": "God Bless America (charity album)" }, { "docid": "19390269", "text": "She got to sing the national anthem for the Kansas City Royals, a team for which her husband played, and in 2016, with her husband playing for the Chicago Cubs, she sang \"God Bless America\" before game 4 at Wrigley Field of the 2016 World Series. Zobrist married Major League Baseball player Ben Zobrist in 2005. They have three children together: a son and two daughters. Studio albums EPs Julianna Zobrist Julianna Joy Zobrist (\"née\" Gilmore; born October 5, 1984) is an American Christian musician, who plays a Christian pop style of electronic dance music. She has released two extended", "title": "Julianna Zobrist" }, { "docid": "7020898", "text": "Night in America\" title (previously used for The Baseball Network's games) for a series of Saturday night games. Unlike The Baseball Network, Fox did not carry every game that was scheduled for a given Saturday, only choosing five to six games to distribute to its affiliates. As far as the primary announce teams for The Baseball Network were concerned, they mostly went their separate ways. Al Michaels remained at ABC until 2006 (his final assignment for ABC Sports was Super Bowl XL), when he moved to NBC to become the voice of their Sunday night NFL coverage. Tim McCarver joined", "title": "The Baseball Network" }, { "docid": "13032081", "text": "Robert Bardwell Robert Bardwell, also known as \"The Phantom of Jacobs Field,\" is the former organist for the Cleveland Indians. Bardwell was hired in 2001 as the Indians' music director, a position that also required him to serve as the organist, playing familiar songs such as Take Me Out to the Ball Game, the Tarantella, the Star-Spangled Banner, O Canada and the Charge fanfare, as well as God Bless America, which Major League Baseball required teams to play following the 9/11 attacks. Because the stadium did not use a traditional organ, Bardwell played an Ensoniq keyboard with a classic ballpark", "title": "Robert Bardwell" }, { "docid": "1708175", "text": "that culminated on 21 September 1981. The song was originally titled \"Land of the Gods\", a salute to the proliferation of organised religion in Belize. With the arrival of the nationalist movement led by the People's United Party, the search was on for new symbols of Belizean identity. The PUP had defied the colonial order by singing \"God Bless America\" instead of the royal anthem \"God Save the King\" (or Queen). At independence, the ruling PUP named \"Land of the Free\" Belize's official anthem and played it at emotional independence ceremonies on 21 September. Most Belizeans agreed with the choice", "title": "Land of the Free (anthem)" }, { "docid": "782416", "text": "goals in less than 27 games, and only the second player to score 20 goals before December. Doug Allen sings the Canadian and U.S. national anthems at most home games (except in cases where there is a conflict with his charitable work for the Wesleyan Church) and he is accompanied by organist Curtis Cook. During Tom Golisano's ownership, the team occasionally used the services of singer Ronan Tynan, who sang \"God Bless America\" while Allen performed the Canadian anthem (in such cases, the U.S. anthem was not performed). When Allen is unavailable, Kevin Kennedy (the regular anthem singer for the", "title": "Buffalo Sabres" }, { "docid": "17958399", "text": "2015. After he tested positive for marijuana, Major League Baseball announced on November 9, 2015, that they were suspending Reyes for 50 games including the remainder of the AFL season and the start of the 2016 season. \"Baseball America\" selected Reyes as the top Cardinals' prospect entering the 2016 season. MLB.com ranked him as the tenth-best prospect in all the minor leagues, and \"Baseball Prospectus\" at number 13. Reyes was activated from his suspension on May 22 to make his first start for the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. \"Baseball America\" moved his rank to second", "title": "Alex Reyes" }, { "docid": "18864034", "text": "began the 2015–16 season by winning their first 24 games, eclipsing the previous best start in NBA history, set by the 1993–94 Houston Rockets and the 1948–49 Washington Capitols at . Their record-setting start ended when they were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12, 2015. The Warriors broke a 131-year-old record of set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team, to claim the best start to a season in all of the major professional sports in America. They also won 28 consecutive regular-season games dating back to the 2014–15 season, eclipsing the 2012–13 Miami Heat for the", "title": "2015–16 Golden State Warriors season" }, { "docid": "8342425", "text": "— sometimes in the name of Rabbi Ammi, and sometimes in the name of Rabbi Assi — that the angels asked God whether God was not showing favor to Israel. And God asked the angels how God could not show favor to Israel, when required them to bless God when they had eaten and were satisfied, but the Israelites bless God even when they have eaten only the quantity of an olive or an egg. Rabbi Johanan deduced from that people who are haughty of spirit are as though they had denied the fundamental principle of God's existence. And Rav", "title": "Eikev" }, { "docid": "8159881", "text": "God Bless America (LeAnn Rimes album) God Bless America is the second compilation album from American recording artist LeAnn Rimes. The album was released on October 16, 2001. The album comprises patriotic and inspirational songs that were originally recorded on her \"\" album (tracks one, two, eight and ten), as well as songs from her commercial album, \"All That\" (tracks five, seven and nine), under the independent label, Nor Va Jak, although \"Why Can't We\" and \"Middle Man\" are both re-recordings. \"Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart\" was originally released as a bonus single, with the song \"Unchained Melody\",", "title": "God Bless America (LeAnn Rimes album)" }, { "docid": "16237402", "text": "Some negative reception was due to many critics noticing similarities to the film \"Falling Down\". God Bless America (film) God Bless America is a 2011 American black comedy thriller film that combines elements of political satire with dark humor. The film is written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, and stars Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr. Frank Murdoch (Joel Murray) is a middle-aged insurance salesman living in Syracuse, New York, who is sick with how the United States has fallen into a state of rudeness based on pop culture, talk radio, television, and Internet influences. After a boring evening of", "title": "God Bless America (film)" }, { "docid": "16237391", "text": "God Bless America (film) God Bless America is a 2011 American black comedy thriller film that combines elements of political satire with dark humor. The film is written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, and stars Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr. Frank Murdoch (Joel Murray) is a middle-aged insurance salesman living in Syracuse, New York, who is sick with how the United States has fallen into a state of rudeness based on pop culture, talk radio, television, and Internet influences. After a boring evening of watching television, Frank visualizes killing his loud and inconsiderate neighbors, whose baby's screams exacerbate his", "title": "God Bless America (film)" }, { "docid": "14988583", "text": "version were Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, whose duet recording was the B-side to their No. 3 country hit \"The Letter.\" The Twitty-Lynn version, released in 1976, featured Twitty speaking the verses while Lynn sang the refrain. The Lynn version was played during the closing credits in the 2012 HBO made-for-TV movie \"Game Change\" about Sarah Palin's role in the 2008 Presidential Election which she and John McCain lost. It was also featured in the opening sequences of the film \"Canadian Bacon\". God Bless America Again (song) \"God Bless America Again\" is a country music song written by Bobby Bare", "title": "God Bless America Again (song)" }, { "docid": "11924340", "text": "God Bless America Again God Bless America Again is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on June 19, 1972, by Decca Records. This was Lynn's third gospel album and her last album of religious material for over 20 years. Lynn's next gospel album would be the 1997 independent release, \"All Time Gospel Favorites\". The title song was cowritten by Bobby Bare and has apparently led some to mislabel this release as a collection of patriotic songs. Largely consisting of new material, the album also includes a few well-known songs, including \"Softly and", "title": "God Bless America Again" }, { "docid": "3023908", "text": "to the Montreal Canadiens 5–3 and were swept in that series. She made her final public performance on May 23, 1985 before game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, when the Flyers lost to the Edmonton Oilers 3–1, and lost the series in five games. The Flyers' record when \"God Bless America\" is played or sung in person stood at a remarkable 100 wins, 29 losses, and five ties . Smith and her song remain a special part of Flyers' history. In 1987, the team erected a statue of Smith outside their arena at the time, the Spectrum, in her", "title": "Kate Smith" }, { "docid": "1557005", "text": "military threats, and amid the inaction or duplicity of the Western democracies.\" Civil religion is an important component of public life in America, especially at the national level for its celebration of nationalism. Sociologists report that its \"feast days\" are Thanksgiving, Veterans Day, and Memorial Day. Its rituals include salutes to the flag and singing \"God Bless America\". Soldiers and veterans play a central role of standing ready to sacrifice their lives to preserve the nation. Bellah noted the veneration of veterans. The historian Conrad Cherry called the Memorial Day ceremonies \"a modern cult of the dead\" and says that", "title": "Civil religion" }, { "docid": "11491412", "text": "2013, and Eastern Europe in 2016. The Singing Cadets have sung a wide variety of music in their history. Their repertoire has included Christian hymns and gospel music, as well as Texas A&M school songs such as the Aggie War Hymn. Musical selections varied through the decades, although Southern songs and songs from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s remain perennial favorites. Currently, eight recordings produced by the Singing Cadets are available for purchase. In chronological order, the titles are: \"God Bless the USA\", \"Live from South America\", \"Tradition\"; \"Duty, Honor, Country: A Tribute to President Bush\", \"Remembrance\", \"Centennial\", \"Let Freedom", "title": "Texas A&M Singing Cadets" }, { "docid": "4339255", "text": "car, then wanders Baltimore trying to kill anyone she can. The film ends with the appearance of the National Guard, who surround Lady Divine on the street and shoot her down, accompanied by the sound of Kate Smith singing \"God Bless America\". Filming took place in Baltimore, Maryland. Waters has said he was influenced by Herschell Gordon Lewis's \"Two Thousand Maniacs!\" (1964) when writing the film, and the title \"Multiple Maniacs\" is a direct reference. \"Multiple Maniacs\" had its world premiere in Baltimore on April 10, 1970. Waters later recalled that he toured the film throughout the United States, showing", "title": "Multiple Maniacs" }, { "docid": "2844381", "text": "Kozlov, the latter of whom then sung a duet with Volkoff of the Soviet national anthem. Afterwards, Volkoff worked for various independent promotions throughout North America. He remained popular on the autograph convention circuit. In June 2013 he threw out the first pitch at a Bowie Baysox baseball game and sang \"God Bless America\" after the pitch. In October 2013, he sang the Soviet national anthem at a show in New Jersey, after being introduced by Howard Finkel. Volkoff lent his name to a forward for a fiction novel called \"Only The Beginning\" which is set in the 1980s and", "title": "Nikolai Volkoff" }, { "docid": "40555", "text": "Jonny Gomes and Jarrod Saltalamacchia performed a ceremony during the team's traditional duck boat victory parade, in which they placed the World Series trophy and the custom 617 jersey on the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street, followed by a moment of silence and a singing of God Bless America. This ceremony helped the city \"reclaim\" its spirit that was lost after the bombing. Overall, the Red Sox team and organization played a role in the healing process after the tragedy, owing to the team's unifying effect on the city. Following the 2013 championship, the team finished last in", "title": "Boston Red Sox" }, { "docid": "1349412", "text": "Before the 2001 versions, the last time \"God Bless America\" had been a \"Billboard\" chart hit was in 1959 when Connie Francis reached No. 36 with her version (the B-side of her Top 10 hit \"Among My Souvenirs\"). Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 22, 1939 for Decca Records. In 1997, American country music recording artist LeAnn Rimes recorded a cover of the song on her second studio album, \"\". After the events of September 11, Rimes rereleased the song on a compilation album by the same name. Rimes also released the song on a CD single. Two versions", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "19478068", "text": "Bless Me Indeed (Jabez's Song) \"Bless Me Indeed (Jabez's Song)\" (sometimes called \"Bless Me Indeed\") is a song by Christian rock band MercyMe. Written by the band and produced by Pete Kipley, it was released as the lead single from the band's 2001 album \"Almost There\". The song was written at the request of the band's record label, who wanted to produce a song based on the popular book \"The Prayer of Jabez\" (2000). Although the band did not want to write it at first, they eventually relented and recorded it. Lyrically, \"Bless Me Indeed\" asks God for blessing, paralleling", "title": "Bless Me Indeed (Jabez's Song)" }, { "docid": "7735479", "text": "of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" and \"O Canada\" before many Flyers home games. She also performs a duet of \"God Bless America\" with a taped version of Kate Smith on several occasions, especially big games, among them games in the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals. She wears number 68 on her Flyers jersey to honor the age of her father when he died. The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Gene Hart into their Hall of Fame in 2001. Gene Hart Eugene Charles \"Gene\" Hart (June 28, 1931 – July 14, 1999) was an American sports announcer for the Philadelphia Flyers of the", "title": "Gene Hart" }, { "docid": "451658", "text": "talking about, but it wasn't like we was trying to start a beef. It's just sometimes, when you get in the booth and you start saying what you wanna say, it just happened.\" God bless the dead, I love B.I.G. He's a fucking icon. Even when I seen him out in Cali, I wanted to tell son, yo, let's go ahead and make this record together because I matured through the years, and at the same time, I recognized good music. We shook hands on some peace shit, but that was all, cause they was on their way to leaving", "title": "Wu-Tang Clan" }, { "docid": "9060710", "text": "starting point for a song, which she worked out in conjunction with Herzog. In his 1990 book \"Jazz Singing\", Will Friedwald indicates it as \"sacred and profane\" as it references the Bible while indicating that religion seems to have no effect in making people treat each other better. God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song) \"God Bless the Child\" is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr. in 1939. It was first recorded on May 9, 1941 and released by the Okeh Records in 1942. Holiday's version of the song was honored with the Grammy Hall of", "title": "God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)" }, { "docid": "15615131", "text": "take Hillary to the park and leaves her for Mr. Reed to pick up. Before leaving her, she gives her a heart necklace and tells her that every time she looks at it she should remember that she loves her. When she leaves, Mr. Reed and another social worker take Hillary away, and the story ends with Theresa alone in the park, crying, as Hillary can still be heard crying for her mother. Before the credits start, the statement \"32 million people live in poverty in the United States, today. 13 million of them are children.\" is shown. God Bless", "title": "God Bless the Child (film)" }, { "docid": "19203126", "text": "popular radio hour known as \"The Kate Smith Hour.\" Smith also went on to host the number one daytime show called \"Kate Smith Speaks,\" which was a news and commentary program. Aside from this, she was also well known in the 30's and 40's for singing \"God Bless America\" on air. Her final radio show was in 1958. Another woman known as Pegeen Fitzgerald was also known for being a pioneer of women in the radio industry. Pegeen was known as \"First Lady of Radio Chatter\" when she began her own show from her apartment in 1937. In her talk", "title": "Women in American radio" }, { "docid": "15119198", "text": "and Smith was single; there was no romantic connection between the two. More than a year after his recovery, Smith and Collins launched \"The Kate Smith Show\" on CBS, with the theme song \"When the Moon Comes over the Mountain\", first adopted in 1931 on radio, rather than Smith's better known rendition of \"God Bless America\" by the composer, Irving Berlin, which she began singing in 1938. The early evening time slot, her previous absence from the limelight, and the growing popularity of rock and roll netted low ratings. Despite otherwise good reviews, the show was cancelled after nearly six", "title": "The Kate Smith Show" }, { "docid": "586968", "text": "and is one of the most frequently played songs ever written. In 1938, \"God Bless America\" became the unofficial national anthem of the United States, and on September 11, 2001, members of the House of Representatives stood on the steps of the Capitol and solemnly sang \"God Bless America\" together. The song returned to no. 1 shortly after 9/11, when Celine Dion recorded it as the title track of a 9/11 benefit album. The following year, the Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp of Berlin. By then, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of New York had received more than", "title": "Irving Berlin" }, { "docid": "6310592", "text": "God bless you God bless you (\"variants include\" God bless or bless you) is a common English expression, used to wish a person blessings in various situations, especially as a response to a sneeze, and also, when parting or writing a valediction. The phrase has been used in the Hebrew Bible by Jews (cf. ), and by Christians, since the time of the early Church as a benediction, as well as a means of bidding a person Godspeed. Many clergy, when blessing their congregants individually or as a group, use the phrase \"God bless you\". \"National Geographic\" reports that during", "title": "God bless you" }, { "docid": "3023905", "text": "Smile\" a one-shot single release (and her last recording) for Atlantic Records peaked at #42 in June 1974. (US chart positions courtesy Billboard magazine). When the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team played Smith's rendition of \"God Bless America\" before their game on December 11, 1969, an unusual part of her career began. The team began to play the song before home games every once in a while; the perception was that the team was more successful on these occasions, so the tradition grew. At the Flyers' home opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 11, 1973, she made a surprise", "title": "Kate Smith" }, { "docid": "1349400", "text": "before Game 6 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals on May 19, 1974, and the Flyers won the Cup that day. \"God Bless America\" was the official campaign song for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940, as well as his Republican opponent, Wendell Willkie. At that time, the song represented cultural and religious tolerance. During a live television broadcast on the evening of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, following addresses by then House and Senate leaders, Speaker Dennis Hastert (Republican) and Tom Daschle (Democrat), members of the United States Congress broke out into an apparently spontaneous verse of \"God", "title": "God Bless America" }, { "docid": "1398950", "text": "in his unusual falsetto style. However, on a number of songs (\"Stay Down Here Where You Belong\", \"The Coming Home Party\" and others) he sings in a rich baritone, demonstrating his voice's great range. In \"On the Old Front Porch\", \"Daddy, Daddy, What is Heaven Like?\" and on \"I Got You Babe\" he sings both baritone and falsetto, alternating between the two. A joke in \"I Got You Babe\" is revealed in the last words where both baritone and falsetto voices unexpectedly sing at once, revealing the apparently agile duet is actually himself singing double-tracked. God Bless Tiny Tim God", "title": "God Bless Tiny Tim" }, { "docid": "16174268", "text": "at every Gorsedd ceremony since. In 1887 Rees was invited to sing at the National Eisteddfod in London in front of the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward. Rees led the singing of \"God Bless the Prince of Wales\" and at the end of the meeting he also sang \"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau\", to which the prince and his family rose, the first time royalty had stood to the Anthem of Wales. Rees sang throughout Wales and England and in 1879 he performed a tour of North America. He died at his home in Swansea on 5 June 1892. Robert Rees", "title": "Robert Rees (singer)" }, { "docid": "18853604", "text": "groom's homestead as the sun sets as it is believed that the ancestral spirits are at their most active and so welcome and bless the bride. When the bridal party approaches the groom's homestead, members of the bridal party dance in order to make their presence known. They wait outside the gates and await to be welcomed. The bridal party forms an arc, with the bride at its centre, the men start loudly praising her clan name and praising her ancestors. The singing ends when the groom's female relatives, wearing rattles on their ankles, emerge to welcome the party. As", "title": "Umtsimba" } ]
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which country has the greatest loss of life in ww2
[ "Soviet Union" ]
[ { "docid": "1811300", "text": "decline in births are not included with the total dead. The distinction between military and civilian casualties caused directly by warfare and collateral damage is not always clear-cut. For nations that suffered huge losses such as the Soviet Union, China, Poland, Germany, and Yugoslavia, sources can give only the total estimated population loss caused by the war and a rough estimate of the breakdown of deaths caused by military activity, crimes against humanity and war-related famine. The casualties listed here include 19 to 25 million war-related famine deaths in the USSR, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and India that are", "title": "World War II casualties" } ]
[ { "docid": "15930064", "text": "to renovate the building and build a 65 ft stage in 1900. Matcham was arguably the greatest theatre architect in UK history. His buildings are loved by a variety of artistes as the ideal place to perform. He built over a hundred and fifty theatres across the country including the Tower Ballroom Blackpool, Sadlers Wells and the London Palladium, his greatest success. (The exact number is not known as much of the Matcham archive was destroyed in the WW2 bombing of London.) A brilliant and innovative architect, Matcham perfected increasingly larger floors of seating without supporting pillars, shaped to allow", "title": "New Theatre Royal" }, { "docid": "17909739", "text": "this deity's only name, and worship is geographically widespread. Some of the character ascribed to Hebo is related to the character of the Yellow River itself: a river which has been described as one of China's greatest assets as well as one of the greatest sources of sorrow. Some of the world's greatest floods accompanied by tragic and stupendous loss of human life have been due to the Yellow River overflowing its banks, and even shifting course and establishing a new river bed. The Yellow River has also been one of the major agricultural sources for irrigation of farms which", "title": "Hebo" }, { "docid": "17399502", "text": "site and the remains of the Granite Mountain crew. According to the National Fire Protection Association, it was the greatest loss of life for firefighters in a wildfire since 1933, the greatest loss of firefighters in the United States since the September 11 attacks, and the deadliest wildfire of any kind since 1991. The number of total fatalities (though not of firefighters) has since been surpassed by California's Camp Fire (2018) which killed 85 civilians. On June 30, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued a statement offering her condolences. \"This is as dark a day as I can remember,\" she said.", "title": "Yarnell Hill Fire" }, { "docid": "9576193", "text": "called the epicenter, and has the highest magnitude, and causes the greatest damage. As with a continental earthquake the severity of the damage is not often caused by the earthquake at the rift zone, but rather by events which are triggered by the earthquake. Where a continental earthquake will cause damage and loss of life on land from fires, damaged structures, and flying objects; a submarine earthquake alters the seabed, resulting in a series of waves, and depending on the length and magnitude of the earthquake, tsunami, which bear down on coastal cities causing property damage and loss of life.", "title": "Submarine earthquake" }, { "docid": "6509084", "text": "damage across eastern Japan and was regarded as the worst to strike the nation since Typhoon Vera in 1959. The greatest loss of life occurred along the slopes of Mt. Fuji where two villages were virtually wiped out by massive mudslides. Nearly 700 landslides struck the region and were blamed for the majority of damage and loss of life. A total of 275 people perished, 43 were listed as missing, and a further 976 sustained injury. Disastrous landslides and strong winds destroyed more than 73,000 homes and damaged 56,000 more. Damage in the country exceeded $300 million, with crop losses", "title": "1966 Pacific typhoon season" }, { "docid": "6535344", "text": "Brympton d'Evercy Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine \"Country Life\" published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as \"the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities.\"", "title": "Brympton d'Evercy" }, { "docid": "174225", "text": "conserving endangered natural resources and promoting economic development has often been quite difficult to combine, which has resulted in conflicting policies that fail to protect forests. Honduras has suffered the greatest percentage loss of forest cover of any country in Latin America. The forests in Honduras are an important source of economic resources to finance government programs. The tropical forests in Honduras are diminishing rapidly due to poverty in the country. The majority of the population of Honduras see the forests as an obstacle to the expansion of ranching and agricultural activities, ignoring the significance that forests have for the", "title": "Geography of Honduras" }, { "docid": "13464766", "text": "changing the dynamic of the long standing relationship between the two erstwhile allies. Romance is often depicted in stories as being triggered solely by the person's model citizenship, as when a beautiful woman is unattractive until a man learns she volunteered to work at a potato farm. The capital city of North Korea has witnessed tight, inflexible social control since Kim Il-sung’s rule, during as well as after Kim Jong-il’s rule. The act which inflicted the greatest loss of civilian life in the Korean War by far, one which the North Koreans have claimed ever since was America’s greatest war", "title": "Propaganda in North Korea" }, { "docid": "9075754", "text": "Greatest Hits (Chris Gaines album) Greatest Hits, also titled Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, is an album by American country music artist Garth Brooks, in which Brooks assumes the fictitious persona of Australian rock artist Chris Gaines. Originally, this album was intended to be the soundtrack for a movie called \"The Lamb\" that would star Brooks as a rock star recalling the different periods of his life. This album was purposely released a year in advance from the scheduled film release date to pique interest in Brooks performing rock instead of country. \"The Lamb\", however, was never", "title": "Greatest Hits (Chris Gaines album)" }, { "docid": "12962482", "text": "Dudley Clarke Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke ( – ) was an officer in the British Army, known as a pioneer of military deception operations during the Second World War. His ideas for combining fictional orders of battle, visual deception and double agents helped define Allied deception strategy during the war, for which he has been referred to as \"the greatest British deceiver of WW2\". Clarke was also instrumental in the founding of three famous military units, namely the British Commandos, the Special Air Service and the US Rangers. Born in Johannesburg and brought up near London, Clarke joined the Royal", "title": "Dudley Clarke" }, { "docid": "1287678", "text": "Clarke pioneered many of the strategies of military deception. His ideas for combining fictional orders of battle, visual deception and double agents helped define Allied deception strategy during the war, for which he has been referred to as \"the greatest British deceiver of WW2\". During the lead up to the Allied invasion of Normandy, many new tactics in psychological warfare were devised. The plan for Operation Bodyguard set out a general strategy to mislead German high command as to the exact date and location of the invasion. Planning began in 1943 under the auspices of the London Controlling Section (LCS).", "title": "Psychological warfare" }, { "docid": "17171339", "text": "Bernard Abbey and seeks enlightenment at the monastery. Dawkins later juxtaposes the methods to which Tolstoy found meaning in his life to Albert Camus a philosopher during WW2 who did not seek religion when searching for the meaning in his life. Camus is quoted in saying, “Without the aid of eternal values, it is necessary to wonder whether life has a meaning.” Camus later in life comes up with the idea of “absurdity” claiming that life must have meaning in order to value it, and that we must find meaning in futile work while analyzing the Greek Myth of Sisyphus.", "title": "Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life" }, { "docid": "17066209", "text": "This, in time became his best known and greatest contribution to the business. There were a total of 23 volumes, ending in 1954. Rider also published over a 125 other technical books on servicing and radio theory authored by him or in collaboration. He was a contributor to the WW2 US war effort through his technical publications and teaching military personnel for the US Army. After WW2, many of the military training manuals were available at little or minimal charge. This was a great opportunity for publishers to capitalize on this as men leaving active military duty were looking to", "title": "John F. Rider" }, { "docid": "17399572", "text": "carriers, was housed. The 2017 film \"Only the Brave\" was based on the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the Yarnell Fire. On June 30, 2013, 19 members of the group died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. There were twenty members of the group, of which only one survived. The firefighters had apparently deployed fire shelters, but not all of the bodies were found inside them. According to the National Fire Protection Association, it was the greatest loss of life for firefighters in a wildfire since 1933, the deadliest wildfire of any kind since 1991, and the greatest loss of firefighters in", "title": "Prescott Fire Department" }, { "docid": "14074237", "text": "and over 50 published music recordings relating to LGBT music. The Oral History Collection documents the breadth of Australian LGBT life from across Australia, documenting early camp life from pre-WW2, the development of the gay liberation movement and later LGBT organisations and community activism. The collection has a strengths in documenting gay liberation and activists, but also holds a wealth of stories of everyday lesbians, gay men and trans men and women. Special collections include the John Lee Collection, which includes 34 oral history interviews recorded between 1978 and 1980, documenting camp life in Adelaide, SA, which includes 9 interviews", "title": "Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives" }, { "docid": "12110003", "text": "Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries is a documentary on the Discovery Channel, written and directed by Ben Mole and hosted by Zahi Hawass, featuring a list of the top ten discoveries of Ancient Egyptian sites and artifacts which are of cultural significance to the country. The list was compiled by Hawass with the assistance of some of the world's leading Egyptologists. Each discovery has a theme centered on a part of everyday life in Ancient Egypt. For six of those discoveries, a certain emphasis is placed on how some of their themes have managed to influence modern", "title": "Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries" }, { "docid": "74228", "text": "consolidated, along with the track of the old Intercolonial Railway and its spurs, into the government-owned Canadian National Railways. The CPR suffered its greatest loss of life when one of its steamships, the \"Empress of Ireland\", sank after a collision with the Norwegian collier \"SS Storstad.\" On 29 May 1914, the \"Empress\" (operated by the CPR's Canadian Pacific Steamship Company) went down in the St. Lawrence River with the loss of 1,024 lives, of which 840 were passengers. During the First World War CPR put the entire resources of the \"world's greatest travel system\" at the disposal of the British", "title": "Canadian Pacific Railway" }, { "docid": "20079950", "text": "departure was “\"the greatest blow which education in this country has ever suffered\";” describing their work as the “\"first and foremost as regards quality of education and character training\"” – a testament to the mission’s approach of combining academic study with practical training for life. While propagation of the Gospel was the main objective of the West Indians and the Basel Mission, the domestic socioeconomic and dire educational environment motivated them to establish the first formal schools and colleges in the country, open to pupils from all walks of life. Moreover, the missionaries provided alternative sources of employment to rural", "title": "Alexander Worthy Clerk" }, { "docid": "16099780", "text": "a poor script\". Leonard Maltin writes: \"Amateurish muddle about WW2 combines tired vignettes with well-known stars, dubbed sequences with others, and newsreel footage narrated by Orson Welles. A waste of everybody's time\". The Greatest Battle The Greatest Battle (, also titled The Biggest Battle) is a 1978 Euro War film co-written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring an ensemble cast, including Helmut Berger, Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, Giuliano Gemma, John Huston, Ray Lovelock, and Guy Doleman, with a voiceover narration provided by Orson Welles. \"The Greatest Battle\" passed Italian censors on 19 January 1978. The film was", "title": "The Greatest Battle" }, { "docid": "4769775", "text": "full-scale attack had been waged on the city of Belfast (today known as the Belfast Blitz, the greatest loss of life outside London during the blitz) and the village's Air Raid Precautions volunteers disappeared into Belfast for several days to help with the recovery. A snapshot of life in Greenisland in 1986 can be found by visiting BBC Domesday Reloaded website here. Greenisland has a number of shops and services which include: grocery shops and newsagents, a petrol filling station, a butcher's shop, a golf club, sports/rugby club and working men's clubs, two hair salons and a barber's shop, a", "title": "Greenisland" }, { "docid": "12817083", "text": "The Greatest Man I Never Knew \"The Greatest Man I Never Knew\" is a song written by Richard Leigh and Layng Martine, Jr., and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It released in July 1992 as the fourth and final single from her album \"For My Broken Heart\". The song reached No. 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1992. Richard Leigh has described the song as being about his own father and that several other of his hit songs were also from his own life (\"I'll Get Over You\" and \"Don't It", "title": "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" }, { "docid": "6556810", "text": "can also be made by electrolytic oxidation, although this is a more expensive process. The advantages are a lower microbiological profile, and a more complete reaction, yielding a product with a longer shelf life. Zinc gluconate has been used in lozenges for treating the common cold. However, controlled trials with lozenges which include zinc acetate have found it has the greatest effect on the duration of colds. Zinc has also been administered nasally for treating the common cold, but has been reported to cause anosmia in some cases. Instances of anosmia (loss of smell) have been reported with intranasal use", "title": "Zinc gluconate" }, { "docid": "8489204", "text": "with 812 troops, 30 officers and 500 horses, becoming one of the first territorial battalions to join the war. At the battalion drill hall in Swansea prior to their departure, Crichton-Stuart addressed the unit, stating \"The greatest honour a man can receive is that he has been provided with a chance to give, if need be, the greatest that he has, which is his life, for his country. I do not doubt every man on this parade will give it and give it as willingly as I mean to give it myself.\" On their arrival on the Western Front, the", "title": "Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart" }, { "docid": "10778821", "text": "Greatest Hits (Jo Dee Messina album) Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by country singer Jo Dee Messina in 2003. This album featured Messina's biggest hits from her first three studio albums (1996's \"Jo Dee Messina\", 1998's \"I'm Alright\", and 2000's \"Burn\"). Also included are four new studio tracks: \"Was That My Life\", \"Wishing Well\", \"You Belong in the Sun\", and \"I Wish\". Of these, \"Was That My Life\" and \"I Wish\" were released as singles, peaking at #21 and #15, respectively, on the \"Billboard\" country music charts in 2003. \"Wishing Well\" was previously recorded by country singer Jessica", "title": "Greatest Hits (Jo Dee Messina album)" }, { "docid": "6236446", "text": "2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash On 19 August 2002, a group of Chechen separatists armed with a man-portable air-defense system brought down a Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter in a minefield, which resulted in the death of 127 Russian soldiers in the greatest loss of life in the history of helicopter aviation. It was also the most deadly aviation disaster ever suffered by the Russian Armed Forces, as well as its worst loss of life in a single day since 1999. On 19 August 2002, Chechen separatist fighters launched a Russian-made 9K38 Igla shoulder-fired, heat-seeking surface-to-air missile which hit an overloaded Mil", "title": "2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash" }, { "docid": "4498973", "text": "important seaplane base, serving the builder Latécoère and airlines Aéropostale and its successor Air France. A exists at the shores of the Lac de Biscarrosse et de Parentis. During World War II the base served German military seaplanes; two Dornier 24 flying boats were recovered from the lake in 1980 and 1981. Since 1991, the lake has seen bi-annual seaplane fly-ins. After the demise of seaplanes after WW2, the lake gained new interest at the discovery of petroleum. It has the greatest reserve in France. Petroleum exploitation is situated on the shores of the lake, in the commune of Parentis.", "title": "Biscarrosse" }, { "docid": "152023", "text": "by an exploration diving team led by dive boat Captain Jitka Hanakova from her boat the Molly V. The ship sank in October 1898, probably attempting to rescue a small schooner, \"Olive Jeanette\", during a terrible storm. Still missing are the two last warships to sink in the Great Lakes, the French minesweepers, \"Inkerman\" and \"Cerisoles\", which vanished in Lake Superior during a blizzard in 1918. 78 lives were lost making it the largest loss of life in Lake Superior and the greatest unexplained loss of life in the Great Lakes. Related articles In 1872, a treaty gave access to", "title": "Great Lakes" }, { "docid": "469636", "text": "in the Middle East, including between Israel and Hezbollah, then with Israel and Hamas. The greatest loss of life due to natural disaster came from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which caused a tsunami that killed around one quarter-million people and displaced well over a million others. Cooperative international rescue missions by many countries from around the world helped in efforts by the most affected nations to rebuild and recover from the devastation. An enormous loss of life and property value came in 2005, when Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly the entire city of New Orleans. The resulting political fallout was", "title": "2000s (decade)" }, { "docid": "5770056", "text": "conquest of Yugoslavia in 1941, Croatia was a semi-autonomous state with a puppet government set up by the Nazis. Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2. Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2 but there was another regional issue in 1945 due to a shortage of Yugoslavia stamps at the time. When the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed from Sarajevo in March 1992, a civil war situation escalated with Bosnian Serbs attempting to seize control of the country. An immediate effect of the conflict was that the country split into three entities: Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic), based at Pale,", "title": "Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Co–Cz)" }, { "docid": "417796", "text": "novel is his third, \"Gravity's Rainbow\", published in 1973. An intricate and allusive fiction that combines and elaborates on many of the themes of his earlier work, including preterition, paranoia, racism, colonialism, conspiracy, synchronicity, and entropy, the novel has spawned a wealth of commentary and critical material, including reader's guides, books and scholarly articles, online concordances and discussions, and art works. Its artistic value is often compared to that of James Joyce's \"Ulysses\". Some scholars have hailed it as the greatest American post-WW2 novel, and it has similarly been described as \"literally an anthology of postmodernist themes and devices\". The", "title": "Thomas Pynchon" }, { "docid": "20321883", "text": "a story of two people getting together and then separating and then realizing through that separation that what they needed in life was each other.\" \"Greatest Love Story\" first entered at number 58 on \"Billboard\"s Country Airplay chart of March 18, 2017, and at number 50 on Hot Country Songs the same week. It reached number one on Country Airplay for the chart dated December 2, 2017, becoming Lanco's first number-one hit. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 20, 2017, and has sold 556,000 copies in the United States as of March 2018. Justin Key directed", "title": "Greatest Love Story" }, { "docid": "7951195", "text": "mother's life, \"\", produced by and starring actress Michele Lee. At that point, amidst major changes in the country music industry that impacted the careers of many established country stars, the younger West retired to focus on her family. In June 2005, CMT honored Shelly and her duet partner, David Frizzell, when they were voted No. 6 on their \"100 Greatest Duets Special\". Although they did not perform any songs, Shelly West and David Frizzell appeared on the special, for which West was interviewed. West appeared on numerous episodes of \"Country Family Reunion\" on RFD-TV. West has returned to performing", "title": "Shelly West" }, { "docid": "17284800", "text": "Bazar District. Along the Meghna River, 30 villages became submerged in flood waters. Government assessments revealed that 49,178 homes were totally destroyed while another 45,825 were damaged. Tens of thousands of trees were downed, causing travel disruptions. At least 17 people were killed across the country, all of whom were in the southwestern coastal areas. Thousands of people were also injured and many livestock were killed. The most severe damage and greatest loss of life took place in the Barguna District. Approximately 15,000 mud-built homes sustained damage in the Noakhali district. In the Patuakhali District, at least 100 huts were", "title": "Cyclone Viyaru" }, { "docid": "13440720", "text": "noted Greatest Hits (Rodney Crowell album) Greatest Hits is the title a compilation album released by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. Released in 1993 (see 1993 in country music), It was his first greatest hits compilation for Columbia Records. It covers Crowell's most successful period from 1988's Diamonds & Dirt to 1992's Life Is Messy. It failed to chart on the \"Billboard\" Top Country Albums chart. One of three newly recorded tracks, \"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues\" was released as a single but failed to chart on the Hot Country Songs chart. All songs composed by Rodney Crowell except", "title": "Greatest Hits (Rodney Crowell album)" }, { "docid": "13440719", "text": "Greatest Hits (Rodney Crowell album) Greatest Hits is the title a compilation album released by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. Released in 1993 (see 1993 in country music), It was his first greatest hits compilation for Columbia Records. It covers Crowell's most successful period from 1988's Diamonds & Dirt to 1992's Life Is Messy. It failed to chart on the \"Billboard\" Top Country Albums chart. One of three newly recorded tracks, \"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues\" was released as a single but failed to chart on the Hot Country Songs chart. All songs composed by Rodney Crowell except when", "title": "Greatest Hits (Rodney Crowell album)" }, { "docid": "10962974", "text": "GAC (Great American Country), the two major country music television networks, on April 1, 2006. Directed by Roman White, it features Vassar performing behind a greenscreen onto which animation is projected. Last Day of My Life \"Last Day of My Life\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Phil Vassar and Julian Williams It was released in February 2006 as the first single from his CD \"Greatest Hits, Vol. 1\", and Vassar's twelfth chart single overall. The song reached a peak of number 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts. It was written by Vassar", "title": "Last Day of My Life" }, { "docid": "5956177", "text": "this submarine's loss during a patrol off eastern Australia has not been confirmed. The single greatest loss of life resulting from a submarine attack in Australian waters occurred in the early hours of 14 May 1943 when torpedoed and sank the Australian hospital ship \"Centaur\" off Point Lookout, Queensland. After being hit by a single torpedo, \"Centaur\" sank in less than three minutes with the loss of 268 lives. While hospital ships—such as \"Centaur\"—were legally protected against attack under the terms of the Geneva Conventions, it is unclear whether Commander Hajime Nakagawa of \"I-177\" was aware that \"Centaur\" was a", "title": "Axis naval activity in Australian waters" }, { "docid": "6678103", "text": "both of style and matter; in his noble prose work he has set himself to be a disciple of Tacitus. Hooft is considered one of the greatest historians, not merely of the Low Countries, but of Europe. His influence in standardising the language of his country can hardly be overrated. The literary circle founded by Roemer Visscher later centered around Hooft, in whose castle at Muiden they regularly convened, and after which they were later called \"Muiderkring\" or \"Circle of Muiden\". Very different from the long and prosperous career of Hooft was the brief life of the greatest comic dramatist", "title": "Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature" }, { "docid": "7504251", "text": "was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and Agnews became infamous as the site of the Santa Clara Valley's greatest loss of life resulting from the quake. The \"Daily Palo Alto\" reported: \"The position of the people in Agnews is critical; a number of insane persons having escaped from the demolished asylum, are running at random about the country.\" 117 patients and staff were killed and buried in mass graves on the site. The main building and some others were irreparably damaged. Following this disaster, Agnews was rebuilt in the Mediterranean Revival architecture styles of Mission Revival—Spanish Colonial Revival,", "title": "Agnews Developmental Center" }, { "docid": "6897534", "text": "early the next morning. In contrast to Mala's intensity, damage was relatively minimal across Myanmar due to adequate early warnings, while timely and effective evacuations minimized loss of life along the coast. The greatest damage resulted from a thunderstorm near Yangon on April 28 that spawned a possible tornado in an industrial zone. A total of 586 homes were damaged there. Just outside the city in the Hinthada District, a flash flood killed at least 18 people. Overall, the storm claimed 37 lives in the country and left US$6.7 million in damage. In the wake of Mala, the Red Cross", "title": "2006 North Indian Ocean cyclone season" }, { "docid": "16972798", "text": "resistance—such as demolition of bridges and rail lines—as illegal and subversive, shooting the offenders and burning buildings in retaliation. Flanders was the main base of the British army and it saw some of the greatest loss of life on both sides of the Western Front. The Germans governed the occupied areas of Belgium (over 95% of the country) while a small area around Ypres remained under Belgian control. An occupation authority, known as the General Government, was given control over the majority of the territory although the two provinces of East and West Flanders were given separate status as a", "title": "Belgium in World War I" }, { "docid": "20516399", "text": "Dynapenia Dynapenia (pronounced dahy-nuh-pē-nē-a, Greek translation for poverty of strength, power, or force) is the loss of muscular strength not caused by neurological or muscular disease that typically is associated with older adults. Dynapenia is the loss of muscle strength, rather than muscle mass. The preservation of muscular strength through the aging process has become increasingly significant with increasing life expectancy in the modern world. The muscular degeneration that occurs throughout the aging process has been one of the greatest concerns of mankind for thousands of years. Greeks of the 4th and 5th centuries BC viewed aging as a chronic,", "title": "Dynapenia" }, { "docid": "7929197", "text": "of St Nicholas's, Feltwell, and others, at a rent of forty pounds annually for his life. Feltwell Feltwell is a village 10 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk, England, and is in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Feltwell has the largest area of any parish in Norfolk. It is a thriving community. The village has a large modern primary school which was originally built during the post WW2 building period to cope with the 1946-48 \"baby-boom\". The original school buildings are of late Victorian era mock perpendicular flint-faced single-storey buildings, which catered for all age groups on either", "title": "Feltwell" }, { "docid": "6326583", "text": "his wife and mother of his two youngest daughters. This theme of loss of love, heartbreak and abandonment was derived from sharp life experiences which repeated again and again. Following \"Parallel Lines\"' success, Lee slowly put together and released a solo album entitled \"Jack Lee's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1\" in 1981, which featured re-worked recordings of Nerves songs, as well as new material. However, with the exception of this LP, and a self-titled album released in 1985, little since has been heard from Lee, who seemed content to largely resign from the commercial music world. Nevertheless, the strength of Jack", "title": "Jack Lee (musician)" }, { "docid": "14191158", "text": "Biggest Loser and how it has affected both him and his family. In May 2010 Chopin appeared at the Biggest Loser Finale, showing his successful weight loss and current weight of 245 lbs. In late 2010, Chopin became a life coach and has kept the weight loss he was able to lose. He is still a motivational speaker at businesses and schools across the country and helps people as a certified life coach. Chopin earned a degree in accounting from Hofstra University in 1998, and has a career in accounting with his family’s business, Emma's Delicattessen in North Babylon. He", "title": "Erik Chopin" }, { "docid": "15226084", "text": "2016. The pair won four titles together, the greatest of which was the French Open title. The Frenchwomen were the 2016 WTA Doubles Team of the Year. During the next season they focused on the singles with Garcia becoming the first player ever to win Wuhan and Beijing in the same year. Playing for France at the Fed Cup, Garcia has a win-loss record of 8–4 in singles and 5–1 in doubles. She was awarded a Heart Award for her sportsmanship, and led her country to the 2016 Fed Cup final, France's first final since 2005. At the Australian Open,", "title": "Caroline Garcia" }, { "docid": "5491261", "text": "after buying the pub in 2003 when it was placed into receivership after a downturn in trade and public liability concerns. Kernaghan has described the time during which he owned the Great Western Hotel as one of the greatest periods of his life. Lee Kernaghan Lee Kernaghan OAM (born 15 April 1964) is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was the 2008 Australian of the Year, in recognition for his support of rural and regional Australia. The son of country music singer and truck driver Ray Kernaghan, Lee Kernaghan was born in the Victorian town of Corryong", "title": "Lee Kernaghan" }, { "docid": "710118", "text": "who pass by on their way to and from school. But eventually she puts down her sewing needle, saying it grew \"heavy.\" Beth's final sickness has a strong effect on her sisters, especially Jo, who resolves to live her life with more consideration and care for everyone. The main loss during \"Little Women\" is the death of beloved Beth. Her \"self-sacrifice\" is ultimately the greatest in the novel. She gives up her life knowing that it has had only private, domestic meaning.\" Amy is the youngest sister and baby of the family, aged 12 when the story begins. Interested in", "title": "Little Women" }, { "docid": "4469998", "text": "was redesigned to resemble the Powercat head. During the 1998 season, Kansas State posted an undefeated 11–0 regular season and earned its first number 1 ranking in the national polls, just ten years after being named the worst program in the country by \"Sports Illustrated\". They lost to the Texas A&M Aggies in the Big 12 Championship Game, which has been called one of the greatest games played. The loss stopped them from reaching the National Championship and sent them to the Alamo Bowl, where they lost and finished the season 11–2. In the 2003 season, the team won the", "title": "Bill Snyder" }, { "docid": "16071595", "text": "that knows, and shows, the value of tact, selection and economy.” – The Independent (UK) Walking into the Night Walking into the Night is a novel from Olaf Olafsson about a man’s hidden past and the immutability of love and loss. For twenty years Christian Benediktsson has led a quiet life as the butler to William Randolph Hearst, the greatest newspaper magnate in the world. His days are filled with the rituals of Hearst’s life and the demands of running a grand household. But in his most private thoughts and memories, he relives another life: once a husband and father", "title": "Walking into the Night" }, { "docid": "14511180", "text": "after the loss whereas perceiving the benefit may be a more long term process that occurs over time with the greatest benefit usually experienced later on (Davis, Nolen-Hoeksema & Larson, 1998). Based on systematic reviews, there are various promising therapies and interventions that focus on increasing meaning or purpose in life. Many of these interventions been created for patients with advanced disease. While there are benefits to making meaning out of life, there is still not one definitive way in which one can establish such a meaning. Those who were successful in creating a meaningful life enjoyed benefits such as", "title": "Meaningful life" }, { "docid": "9591022", "text": "Greatest Hits Vol. II (Alabama album) Greatest Hits Vol. II is the second greatest hits package released by the American country music band Alabama. The album was released by RCA Records in 1991, and has since been certified platinum for sales of 1 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America. As with Alabama's first greatest hits album, \"Greatest Hits Vol. II\" includes many of the band's biggest hits of the 1980s, a decade in which they sold millions of albums, had 26 No. 1 singles on \"Billboard magazine\"'s Hot Country Singles chart and won the \"Entertainer of the", "title": "Greatest Hits Vol. II (Alabama album)" }, { "docid": "10962972", "text": "Last Day of My Life \"Last Day of My Life\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Phil Vassar and Julian Williams It was released in February 2006 as the first single from his CD \"Greatest Hits, Vol. 1\", and Vassar's twelfth chart single overall. The song reached a peak of number 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts. It was written by Vassar and Tim Ryan. \"Last Day of My Life\" was co-written by Vassar and former solo artist Tim Ryan. It is a ballad in which the narrator realizes that he is not", "title": "Last Day of My Life" }, { "docid": "1365311", "text": "were ranked the third best British artists of all time by \"Paste\", below only the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. In 2005, Radiohead were ranked number 73 in \"Rolling Stone\"s list of \"The Greatest Artists of All Time\". Abingdon has two non-League football teams: Abingdon United F.C., who play at The Armadillo Energy Stadium, and their Abingdon Town F.C., who play at Culham Road. Abingdon Golf Club/North Berks Golf Club (now defunct) was first mentioned in 1876. The club disappeared at the time of WW2. Abingdon RUFC was formed at the Queens Hotel on 27 February 1931. During the '30s", "title": "Abingdon-on-Thames" }, { "docid": "13735215", "text": "1991. Being a relatively warm and sunny country, Italians are often exposed to direct radiation from the sun (ultraviolet radiation), which, if not protected from sun cream or block, can create carcinogenic skin diseases, such as skin cancer. Despite this, the greatest risk from exposure to radiation is found indoors. Italy has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. Italy's high average varies greatly by regions. In the more affluent north, the life expectancy at birth in 1990 for a man was lower than in Italy's south (73.3 compared to 74.2). For a woman, the average is higher", "title": "Health in Italy" }, { "docid": "11896560", "text": "wages earned by the woman in her other occupation are often too low to obtain the necessities of life for her.\" Prostitution was a boom industry in the 1940s after the allied troops, especially American, were stationed on the islands during WW2, especially around Port of Spain Arima. In addition to the 100,000 troops, the construction workers building the new American bases at Chaguaramas and Waller Field added to the demand for prostitution. The spread of STIs was a problem in this era. The Governor of Trinidad and Tobago considered licencing the brothels in the country to ensure proper testing", "title": "Prostitution in Trinidad and Tobago" }, { "docid": "7825123", "text": "Tim McGraw) and \"Little Red Rodeo\" (previously recorded by Collin Raye). Three newly recorded songs — \"Twenty One\", \"Last Day of My Life\", and \"The Woman in My Life\" — are also included on this compilation. The latter two were released as singles, peaking at #2 and #20, respectively, on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts. \"Greatest Hits, Vol. 1\" was re-released in 2011 as \"Playlist: The Very Best of Phil Vassar\". Both albums have an identical track listing. Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Phil Vassar album) Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is the 2006 greatest hits album from Phil Vassar. This", "title": "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Phil Vassar album)" }, { "docid": "9871825", "text": "War in the North The War in the North, in the Spanish Civil War was the campaign in which the Nationalist forces defeated and occupied the parts of northern Spain that remained loyal to the Republican government. The campaign included several separate battles. The Biscay Campaign resulted in the loss of the part of the Basque Country still held by the Republic and Bilbao, the greatest Spanish industrial center. This part of the campaign saw the Bombing of Guernica and Durango. The Battle of Santander caused the loss of the province of Santander in Cantabrian Castile for the Republic. The", "title": "War in the North" }, { "docid": "5120536", "text": "During one of the concerts, Janusz Kruk, who had already grappled with heart problems, fainted on stage. That prompted the group to take some time off from extensive touring, and Janusz focused on composing soundtracks to plays. In 1991, the hits collection \"18 Greatest Hits\" became their first album released directly in CD format. In June 1992, Janusz Kruk died of a heart attack. Elżbieta, who never got over the loss, moved from Warsaw to a countryside, and subsequently gave up public and artistic life. In 1997, another compilation \"Greatest Hits Vol. 2\" was released, which focused on rare and", "title": "2 Plus 1" }, { "docid": "16071593", "text": "Walking into the Night Walking into the Night is a novel from Olaf Olafsson about a man’s hidden past and the immutability of love and loss. For twenty years Christian Benediktsson has led a quiet life as the butler to William Randolph Hearst, the greatest newspaper magnate in the world. His days are filled with the rituals of Hearst’s life and the demands of running a grand household. But in his most private thoughts and memories, he relives another life: once a husband and father in Iceland, he abandoned his family for an actress in New York, where his affair", "title": "Walking into the Night" }, { "docid": "20414656", "text": "Milada (film) Milada is a 2017 Czech biographical film written, produced and directed by David Mrnka. It stars Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer as Milada Horáková. The film was a Czech-American co-production. The movie follows the life of Milada who was hanged by the Czechoslovakia communist party on fabricated charges of conspiracy and treason. The story of Milada Horáková, democratic pre-WW2 Czech politician first arrested and tried by the Nazis during the War and then the post-war Communist government for her refusal to cease her opposition activity and leave the country. In 1953, Bohuslav (her husband) arrives in Washington, D. C.", "title": "Milada (film)" }, { "docid": "6564210", "text": "& World Report, the average indebtedness of 2013 graduates who incurred law school debt was $146,919 (not including undergraduate debt), and 89% of 2013 graduates took on debt. The Law School has several school-sponsored publications in which students can participate. The \"Maritime Law Journal\" is one of two journals devoted to maritime law in the country and is subscribed to by the United States Supreme Court. The USF student body is among the most ethnically diverse in the country. It is ranked 9th best quality of life for law students and fifth for greatest resources for minority students. USF sponsors", "title": "University of San Francisco School of Law" }, { "docid": "8506053", "text": "Matthew Stadler Matthew Stadler (born 1959) is an American author who has written six novels and received several awards. Stadler has compiled four anthologies about literature, city life and public life. His essays, which have been published in magazines and museum catalogs, focus on architecture, urban planning and sprawl. \"Sprawl is the disappearance of an idea\", Stadler wrote in the annotated reader \"Where We Live Now\". \"So how can we go on speaking of the city and the country, yet not remain fixed in the downward spiral of loss?\" Stadler's essays and larger projects, such as suddenly.org explore this question", "title": "Matthew Stadler" }, { "docid": "13295356", "text": "iron hull, unique engines, and rectangular portholes. NOAA has no plans to raise the wreck, make it a sanctuary, or limit diving to it, but does plan to work with the New Jersey diving community to increase understanding of the wreck. USCS Robert J. Walker (1844) USCS \"Robert J. Walker\" was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, from 1848 until sinking in 1860 after a collision at sea. Her loss resulted in the death of 20 men, the greatest loss of life in single incident", "title": "USCS Robert J. Walker (1844)" }, { "docid": "18815449", "text": "In the summer of 2000, 150 years after the disaster, a monument to those who died in the disaster was erected at Willowbeach, near the site of the wreck. SS G. P. Griffith The SS \"G. P. Griffith\" was a passenger steamer that burned and sank on Lake Erie on 17 June 1850, resulting in the loss of between 241 and 289 lives. The destruction of the \"G. P. Griffith\" was the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes up to that point, and remains the third-greatest today, after the SS \"Eastland\" in 1915 and the \"Lady Elgin\" in", "title": "SS G. P. Griffith" }, { "docid": "524340", "text": "PS Lady Elgin The PS \"Lady Elgin\" was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that sank in Lake Michigan off Highwood, Illinois after she was rammed in a gale by the schooner \"Augusta\" in the early hours of September 8, 1860. The passenger manifest was lost with the collision, but the sinking of \"Lady Elgin\" resulted in the loss of about 300 lives in what was called \"one of the greatest marine horrors on record\". Four years after the disaster, a new rule required sailing vessels to carry running lights. The \"Lady Elgin\" disaster remains the greatest loss of life on open", "title": "PS Lady Elgin" }, { "docid": "18815442", "text": "SS G. P. Griffith The SS \"G. P. Griffith\" was a passenger steamer that burned and sank on Lake Erie on 17 June 1850, resulting in the loss of between 241 and 289 lives. The destruction of the \"G. P. Griffith\" was the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes up to that point, and remains the third-greatest today, after the SS \"Eastland\" in 1915 and the \"Lady Elgin\" in 1860. The \"G. P. Griffith\" was launched in 1848 at Maumee, Ohio. It was named for businessman Griffith P. Griffith. The ship was long, and weighed 587 tons. It", "title": "SS G. P. Griffith" }, { "docid": "13081032", "text": "her children”. Readers purchased her works partially because they wanted to hear the unfolding story of her life. The narratives of Jessy and Sophy contain references to Smith's own life that readers of the \"Sonnets\" would have recognised and to which reviewers alluded. For example, Sophy's marriage to a merchant whose wealth was built on the slave trade, her suffering as a mother, and the loss of her children, all parallel Smith's own life. The heroine is widely read and a poet, signalling her connection with Smith. For Celestina, “literature is talismanic, her greatest help in times of trouble”, as", "title": "Celestina (novel)" }, { "docid": "4059150", "text": "Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Shania Twain, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). The album contains 17 hits (18 on the International album) from her three Diamond albums \"The Woman in Me\", \"Come on Over\" and \"Up!\". Also included are three new songs: \"Party for Two\" which hit the top ten at country in the U.S. and top ten in UK and Germany, the ballad \"Don't!\" and \"I Ain't No Quitter\". \"Greatest Hits\" finished 2005 as the highest selling country album in the US. The album has been certified 4× platinum", "title": "Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)" }, { "docid": "2031624", "text": "the waters. Another three were picked up over a week later in a lifeboat. In the immediate aftermath of the sinking, greatest attention was paid to the loss of life, which was described as \"appalling\" and as having \"no parallel\" among American navigation disasters. At the time of her sinking, \"Central America\" carried gold then valued at approximately (modern monetarily equivalent to $292 million, assuming a gold value of $1,000 per troy ounce). The loss shook public confidence in the economy, and contributed to the Panic of 1857. The valuation of the ship itself was substantially less than those lost", "title": "SS Central America" }, { "docid": "19505378", "text": "of Theatre People said: \"The songs of love, loss and longing on \"Both Sides Now\" have all clearly been carefully selected for their beauty and their personal meaning for Prior. Mostly written in the late 1960s and 1970s, these songs are the soundtrack of Prior’s life away from the footlights and greasepaint. Traditional tunes “Waters of Babylon”, which has never sounded as beautiful, and “Scarborough Fair” are joined by tracks from some of the greatest pop songwriters of all time, such as The Beatles’ Paul McCartney and John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, ABBA’s Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus, and", "title": "Both Sides Now (Marina Prior album)" }, { "docid": "11422073", "text": "Tujko Hai Salaam Zindgi Tujhko Hai Salaam Zindagi is an Indian daily television series which premiered on 10 December 2007 on Sony TV. It takes the audience through the journey of Manya, an effervescent, energetic, and fun-filled girl. The series is produced by Sphere Origins. The show focuses on the life of the protagonist Manya, who has grown up with simple dreams...while at the moment she's just immersed herself in what her biggest passion - dance. The story takes a twist when Manya's biggest passion – dancing, clashes with the dreams of her grandfather, whose greatest loss was of his", "title": "Tujko Hai Salaam Zindgi" }, { "docid": "5764830", "text": "teams in the country also had Sportclub in their name. During the years of WW2, the team participates in several other tournaments including the Tsar's Cup considered Bulgaria's most prestigious knock-out tournament at the time and a predecessor of the current domestic cup tournament. In the Tsar's Cup the team reaches the finals twice - in 1940 and in 1942. Since its establishment in 1926 up to the beginning of the communist rule in Bulgaria in 1944 Sportclub has become one of the best performing teams in the country with a constant participation in the final phases of the most", "title": "PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv" }, { "docid": "10830662", "text": "ship's ammunition Magazine . The massive explosion destroyed the ship, which sank immediately with the loss of 672 crew. There were only three survivors. The sinking was the greatest single loss of life for the German Baltic forces for the duration of the war. Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser The \"Prinz Adalbert\" class was a type of armored cruiser built for the Imperial German Navy in the early 1900s. Two ships of the class were built, \"Prinz Adalbert\", and . \"Friedrich Carl\" was commissioned first, on 12 December 1903 and \"Prinz Adalbert\" followed on 12 January 1904. They were an improvement upon", "title": "Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser" }, { "docid": "12962532", "text": "extent that they overestimated Allied strength in North Africa by a quarter of a million men. The journalist Nicholas Rankin, writing in 2008, referred to Clarke as \"the greatest British deceiver of WW2, a special kind of secret servant.\" From the start of his Cairo posting Clarke learned the art of deception by trial and error. From mistakes during Camilla he learned to focus on what he wanted the enemy to do rather than on what he wanted them to think. From another early operation (K-Shell, the spreading of rumours about a new Allied super-shell which eventually petered out after", "title": "Dudley Clarke" }, { "docid": "2346462", "text": "type of leader.\" Latham also criticised state Labor premiers Bob Carr, Peter Beattie and Geoff Gallop, calling them \"A-grade arseholes.\" Union leader Bill Shorten remarked that Latham had displayed \"all the attributes of a dog except loyalty.\" Of his election loss, Latham wrote: I had my shot at being prime minister. It didn't work out on several fronts. But life goes on, potentially in a splendid way, spending so much time with my family. After suffering testicular cancer, the greatest gift in my life has been the ability to have children with Janine. I would be a fool to waste", "title": "Mark Latham" }, { "docid": "9669502", "text": "data that the occurrence of disasters increased over the last 50 years, paralleled by an increasing loss of life. The work also showed that the greatest losses of life concentrate in underdeveloped countries, where the authors concluded that vulnerability is increasing. Chambers put these empirical findings on a conceptual level and argued that vulnerability has an external and internal side: People are exposed to specific natural and social risk. At the same time people possess different capacities to deal with their exposure by means of various strategies of action (Chambers 1989). This argument was again refined by Blaikie, Cannon, Davis", "title": "Social vulnerability" }, { "docid": "2466576", "text": "and regrets... This a complex, driven man, whom we all recognise and admire for his achievements, revealing aspects of his life and survival that have hitherto been kept close to his chest.\" Boycott's playing style revolved around intense concentration, solid defence and attention to detail, while avoiding heavy hitting or slogging. He was described in \"The Complete Encyclopaedia of Cricket\" as \"one of the greatest opening batsmen that the game has known. He dedicated his life to the art of batting, practising assiduously and eschewing any shot that might even hint at threatening the loss of his wicket.\" Through his", "title": "Geoffrey Boycott" }, { "docid": "19532550", "text": "writing frequently on financial issues and the poverty industry. McNay has written eight books: \"Brand New Man: My Weight Loss Journey\", \"Death By Lottery\", \"Don McNay's Greatest Hits\", \"Life Lessons from the Lottery: Protecting Your Money in a Scary World\", \"Son of a Son of a Gambler: Joe McNay 80th Birthday Edition\", \"Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money\", \"Son of a Son of a Gambler: Winners, Losers and What to Do When You Win the Lottery\" and \"The Unbridled World of Ernie Fletcher: Reflections on Kentucky's Governor\". Another book, \"Life Lessons from the Golf Course\",", "title": "Don McNay" }, { "docid": "16874662", "text": "attack on the Panama Canal using the I-400 class submarine. The sank the heavy cruiser shortly after it delivered parts for the atomic bomb Little Boy to the island of Tinian. The loss of the \"Indianapolis\" was not noticed for four days, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of American sailors at sea, and constituted the greatest loss of life at sea in a single incident in the history of the United States Navy (the sinking of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor resulted in greater deaths). After 1942, submarines became the only remaining supply link between Nazi Germany", "title": "Japanese submarines in the Pacific War" }, { "docid": "20315160", "text": "(1988) and \"Earthdweller\". She has edited \"Friendly Street Poetry reader no. 13\" with Barry Westburg (1989). There is also a spoken text published about Connie's life, entitled \"Ugly as a Boxer's Glove\", which is spoken by Connie and edited by Marg McHugh. Connie Frazer Constance Winifred Frazer (18 September 1925 – 6 May 2002) was an Australian poet, feminist, revolutionist and writer. She was born in Coventry, England in 1925 to a working-class family. She served as postal clerk in the women's section of the British Army during WW2. After marrying she lived in a cottage on the east coast", "title": "Connie Frazer" }, { "docid": "10114954", "text": "Natural disasters in India Natural disasters in India, many of them related to the climate of India, cause massive losses of life and property. Droughts, flash floods, cyclones, avalanches, landslides brought on by torrential rains, and snowstorms pose the greatest threats. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslides, hurricanes etc. In order to be classified as a disaster it will have profound environmental effect and/or human loss and frequently incurs financial loss. Other dangers include frequent summer dust storms, which usually track from north to south; they cause extensive property damage in North India and", "title": "Natural disasters in India" }, { "docid": "10542956", "text": "St Vincent De Paul which made him believe in giving back. With this in mind, he formed the Lyone Foundation in 2013 with a commitment to contribute 15% of COS profits each year to help Australians facing challenging times. So far COS has contributed $3 million to the Lyone Foundation in 3 years. Domnique has stated in a number of interviews that his greatest personal influence is his father, who he said had the courage to move his young family to a foreign country where he knew one person in order to seek a better and safer life. He is", "title": "Dominique Lyone" }, { "docid": "10588520", "text": "and \"The Seven Dials Mystery\". Many references to various places around Cheadle can be found in her books. Vanessa Wagstaff writes, \"Abney became Agatha's greatest inspiration for country-house life, with all the servants and grandeur which have been woven into her plots. The descriptions of the fictional Styles, Chimneys, Stoneygates and the other houses in her stories are mostly Abney in various forms.\" Abney Hall has had numerous famous visitors, including: The park is a Local Nature Reserve. It was originally part of the Mersey flood plain, and much of the land is still very damp. This land has now", "title": "Abney Hall" }, { "docid": "12371177", "text": "2008 Afghanistan: the same day, tens of civilians were killed by a car bomb in Khost, and suicide bombers had attacked US military installation, yielding a 12-hour battle. Two days later, a US airstrike on Azizabad killed 90 civilians, 60 of them children. However, the loss of life for the French Army represented the most significant single incident since the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, which killed 58 soldiers, and the third greatest single military loss since Operation Red Wings. The French took the brunt of the casualties among ISAF forces, with 10 dead—8 killed by bullets or shrapnels, one by", "title": "Uzbin Valley ambush" }, { "docid": "12110004", "text": "life. The documentary concludes with a short segment on how the practice of mummification influenced modern surgery, with both procedures sharing much of the same techniques. The list of discoveries presented on the show. The discoveries are listed in the order they were presented. Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries is a documentary on the Discovery Channel, written and directed by Ben Mole and hosted by Zahi Hawass, featuring a list of the top ten discoveries of Ancient Egyptian sites and artifacts which are of cultural significance to the country. The list was compiled by Hawass with the", "title": "Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries" }, { "docid": "8738401", "text": "Greatest Hits (1980 Kenny Rogers album) Greatest Hits (sometimes referred to as Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits) is the second compilation album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers. It was released in September 1980 and issued by Liberty Records. The album marks Rogers' first release after United Artists Group merged with Liberty. The album has achieved diamond certification. The album reached #1 on both the Pop and Country charts in the US and featured three singles that were not included on any of Rogers' studio albums - these being \"Lady\" (written and produced specifically for Rogers by Lionel Richie, which was", "title": "Greatest Hits (1980 Kenny Rogers album)" }, { "docid": "367259", "text": "\"Risk management. Vocabulary.\" In ideal risk management, a prioritization process is followed whereby the risks with the greatest loss (or impact) and the greatest probability of occurring are handled first, and risks with lower probability of occurrence and lower loss are handled in descending order. In practice the process of assessing overall risk can be difficult, and balancing resources used to mitigate between risks with a high probability of occurrence but lower loss versus a risk with high loss but lower probability of occurrence can often be mishandled. Intangible risk management identifies a new type of a risk that has", "title": "Risk management" }, { "docid": "2231597", "text": "and which has dominated Irish politics to the present day. Perhaps the greatest achievement of the IPP was the introduction to Irish society of a parliamentary constitutional tradition and all that went with it – a fully up and running local government administration with its diverse institutions, which had rooted itself more deeply than anyone could have imagined into the life of the country. The party had above all (in the era prior to 1914) contributed in its prime to the political maturity of the nation and to the transformation of its society. Its supporters claimed that this paved the", "title": "Irish Parliamentary Party" }, { "docid": "5079395", "text": "working life as an apprentice tool maker at Borehamwood near London England. Armin did time in the R.A.F. as a quartermaster (His rank was staff sergeant) and whilst serving a year's WW2 assignment in India Armin was court martialled. This came near the climax of WW2, and during this time he married Violet Burton from Waterloo, who eventually became known as Ruth within the Emin. After the war Armin worked at various locations around the London areas, as manager of a furniture company based in Camden Town, London, and then as a market demonstrator. During the late 1940s and early", "title": "Emin (esoteric movement)" }, { "docid": "1909301", "text": "enough to cause loss of traction if it occurs after the turn has begun. Sporting vehicles are usually modified (if necessary) so that the heights of the brake and accelerator pedals are closely matched when the brake is sufficiently depressed, and the pedals are not too far apart to permit easy use of heel-and-toe. The name stems from pre-WW2 vehicles where the accelerator pedal was in the centre (between the clutch on the left and the foot brake to the right). The brake was able to be operated with the heel whilst the accelerator pedal could be simultaneously pressed with", "title": "Heel-and-toe" }, { "docid": "16978079", "text": "the period of 15 years, Pride has authored seven books. Her motivational book of essays, \"The Message: Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs\" was published in 2007. The book has been used as a teaching tool to engage students in classrooms across the country and was re-issued by NBCUniversal. Her young adult novel, \"Patterson Heights\" was a 2010 \"American Library Association Pick for Reluctant Readers\". Pride was selected as a \"Film Independent Screenwriting Fellow\" in 2016. She was the writer and producer of the short film \"The End Again\", which starred Columbus Short, and was covered in the press by", "title": "Felicia Pride" }, { "docid": "1596658", "text": "news from a passing courier, and fainted in shock. On recovering, she stated, \"England, that great country, has lost everything in losing my ever beloved daughter.\" Even the Prince of Orange burst into tears at hearing the news, and his wife ordered the ladies of her court into mourning. The greatest effect fell on Prince Leopold. Stockmar wrote years later, \"November saw the ruin of this happy home, and the destruction at one blow of every hope and happiness of Prince Leopold. He has never recovered the feeling of happiness which had blessed his short married life.\" According to Holme,", "title": "Princess Charlotte of Wales" }, { "docid": "14677949", "text": "2, 1995. Life Goes On (Little Texas song) \"Life Goes On\" is a song recorded by American country music group Little Texas. It was released in August 1995 as the first single from the band's \"Greatest Hits\" album. The song was co-written by the band's drummer, Del Gray and songwriters Thom McHugh and Keith Follesé. \"Life Goes On\" was Little Texas's thirteenth entry on the \"Billboard\" charts, peaking at #5 on the Hot Country Songs chart and reaching #4 on Canada's \"RPM\" country tracks chart. It would be their last single to make it to the Top 40. \"Life Goes", "title": "Life Goes On (Little Texas song)" }, { "docid": "14677947", "text": "Life Goes On (Little Texas song) \"Life Goes On\" is a song recorded by American country music group Little Texas. It was released in August 1995 as the first single from the band's \"Greatest Hits\" album. The song was co-written by the band's drummer, Del Gray and songwriters Thom McHugh and Keith Follesé. \"Life Goes On\" was Little Texas's thirteenth entry on the \"Billboard\" charts, peaking at #5 on the Hot Country Songs chart and reaching #4 on Canada's \"RPM\" country tracks chart. It would be their last single to make it to the Top 40. \"Life Goes On\" is", "title": "Life Goes On (Little Texas song)" }, { "docid": "16550593", "text": "in southern Italy (Scontrone), before being executed by Italian Communist partisans in 1944. The process involves a \"Devil's advocate\", who is tasked with discovering any details about the subject's life which would indicate that canonisation would be inappropriate. Monsignor Blaise Meredith (John Mills) is given this responsibility, shortly after he learns he has terminal cancer. Meredith discovers that Nerone was actually a British soldier named James Black, who had become detached from the British Army during WW2 and was hiding in this village, where he began a relationship with a local woman. The film touches on homosexuality in the priesthood,", "title": "The Devil's Advocate (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "129350", "text": "the greatest loss of life, while powerful, were deadly because of their proximity to either heavily populated areas or the ocean, where earthquakes often create tsunamis that can devastate communities thousands of kilometers away. Regions most at risk for great loss of life include those where earthquakes are relatively rare but powerful, and poor regions with lax, unenforced, or nonexistent seismic building codes. Earthquake prediction is a branch of the science of seismology concerned with the specification of the time, location, and magnitude of future earthquakes within stated limits. Many methods have been developed for predicting the time and place", "title": "Earthquake" }, { "docid": "14779422", "text": "The $10,000 Team Challenge is a weight loss competition in which teams of five use teamwork and tools to lose weight over a period of time (usually 90 days). HealthyWage pays a large prize to the participants with the greatest percentage weight loss. The team wins as a group, so every team member has a stake in every other team member's success. HeatlhyWage Jackpot Challenges are weight loss competitions in which individuals and teams (generally 4 to 9 teammates) compete to lose a set percentage of their body weight by the end of the challenge. Each participant pays a fee", "title": "HealthyWage" }, { "docid": "884475", "text": "on national television; hundreds of communities across Canada also held memorial services, a public memorial service was held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and Canadians again overwhelmed Cancer Society offices with donations. Fox remains a prominent figure in Canadian folklore. His determination united the nation; people from all walks of life lent their support to his run and his memory inspires pride in all regions of the country. A 1999 national survey named him as Canada's greatest hero, and he finished second to Tommy Douglas in the 2004 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation program \"The Greatest Canadian\". Fox's heroic status has been", "title": "Terry Fox" }, { "docid": "15008705", "text": "given a sheet music release. Following the song's original release as a single and on the \"Pages of Life\" album, the song would appear on both of the band's compilations \"A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits\", released in 1991, and \"Sixteen Roses: Greatest Hits\", released in 1995. No music video was created for the single, although the band performed the track live on Nashville Now - an American country music television talk show, presented by Ralph Emery. Since appearing on YouTube in August 2008, the video has gained approximately 32,800 views. On March 2, 1990, the Orlando Sentinel spoke of", "title": "Story of Love" } ]
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who played guitar solo on reeling in the years
[ "Elliott Randall" ]
[ { "docid": "8220513", "text": "Elliott Randall Elliott Randall (born 1947) is an American guitarist, best known for being a session musician with popular artists. Randall played the well-known guitar solos from Steely Dan's song \"Reelin' in the Years\" and Irene Cara's song \"Fame\". It was reported that Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page said Randall's solo on \"Reelin' in the Years\" is his favorite guitar solo of all-time. The solo was ranked as the 40th best guitar solo of all-time by the readers of \"Guitar World\" magazine and the eighth best guitar solo by Q4 Music. Randall began taking piano lessons at age five. At", "title": "Elliott Randall" }, { "docid": "8425080", "text": "said that Elliott Randall's guitar solo on \"Reeling In the Years\" is his favorite solo of all time. That solo was also ranked the 40th best guitar solo of all time by the readers of \"Guitar World\" magazine. Fagen referred to the song as \"dumb but effective\" in \"Rolling Stone\" magazine. The four-channel quadraphonic mix of the recording has extra lead guitar fills not heard in the more common two-channel stereo version. Reelin' In the Years \"Reelin' In the Years\" (sometimes \"Reeling In the Years\") is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan, released as the second single from", "title": "Reelin' In the Years" }, { "docid": "8220513", "text": "Elliott Randall Elliott Randall (born 1947) is an American guitarist, best known for being a session musician with popular artists. Randall played the well-known guitar solos from Steely Dan's song \"Reelin' in the Years\" and Irene Cara's song \"Fame\". It was reported that Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page said Randall's solo on \"Reelin' in the Years\" is his favorite guitar solo of all-time. The solo was ranked as the 40th best guitar solo of all-time by the readers of \"Guitar World\" magazine and the eighth best guitar solo by Q4 Music. Randall began taking piano lessons at age five. At", "title": "Elliott Randall" } ]
[ { "docid": "1358585", "text": "became more common for Daltrey to play guitar during both the Who and solo shows. He played a Versoul Buxom 6 handmade acoustic guitar on the Who's 2002 tour. Daltrey owns a Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop acoustic guitar which he played on the Who and solo tours in the late first decade of the 21st century. On his 2009 tour, Daltrey played Pete Townshend's \"Blue, Red and Grey\" on an Ashbury cutaway tenor EQ ukulele. Daltrey is among those who first brought the harmonica into popular music. Although the mouth harps that Daltrey uses have varied over the years, brands", "title": "Roger Daltrey" }, { "docid": "7274697", "text": "Set the Twilight Reeling Set the Twilight Reeling is the seventeenth solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in February 1996 by Sire Records. As noted on the lyric sheet, \"Finish Line\" was Reed's tribute to the Velvet Underground's guitarist Sterling Morrison, who had died the previous year. The album is dedicated to Laurie Anderson, whom Reed would marry eight years after its release. The cover artwork direction and packaging design was done by Stefan Sagmeister. The photograph is by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Pete Cornish. The CD case sold with the album was a dark purple/blue hue, making", "title": "Set the Twilight Reeling" }, { "docid": "11028440", "text": "lead guitar on several Beatles recordings, including what MacDonald described as a \"fiercely angular slide guitar solo\" on \"Drive My Car\", which McCartney played on an Epiphone Casino. McCartney said of the instrument, \"if I had to pick one electric guitar it would be this.\" He contributed what MacDonald described as \"a startling guitar solo\" on the Harrison composition \"Taxman\" and the \"shrieking\" guitar on \"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\" and \"Helter Skelter\". MacDonald also praised McCartney's \"coruscating pseudo-Indian\" guitar solo on \"Good Morning Good Morning\". McCartney also played lead guitar on \"Another Girl\". During his years with Wings,", "title": "Paul McCartney" }, { "docid": "20297277", "text": "gypsy) family, learning the guitar from his father Gono who before the second world war had played violin, guitar, accordion and zither. Taking up the guitar at age 13, two years later he won first prize in a young talent competition in Berlin. By the age of 18, he was already an excellent guitarist in the tradition of Django Reinhardt and in December 1969 was picked by Schnuckenack Reinhardt to join his quintet in the role of solo guitarist. Over the succeeding two and a half years he played with this group in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France and played", "title": "Häns'che Weiss" }, { "docid": "14608224", "text": "Lefty Williams (musician) Lefty Williams (born Jason Cochise Williams) is The uncle of Evan, a one-armed guitar player from Marietta, Georgia. He was born on August 21, 1974 with an incomplete right arm. He performs original southern rock and blues music throughout the United States of America. He also works internationally to assist other disabled persons who want to play the guitar, customizing picks and consulting on technical issues in playing that are confronted by those with only one arm. Lefty has played guitar since childhood and played guitar in various bands during his teenage years. His first solo project", "title": "Lefty Williams (musician)" }, { "docid": "5059236", "text": "with Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss, was very impressed by his performance, but it was the glitzier Ace Frehley (who auditioned immediately after him) who was chosen to fill the spot. He later played (uncredited) on four Kiss albums: \"Alive II\" (three of the five studio tracks), \" Unmasked \" (played Lead Guitar on Naked City), \"Killers\" (all four new studio tracks), and some minimal work on \"Creatures of the Night\". He also played on Paul Stanley's 1978 solo album and on his 1989 solo tour. Early in his session career, Bob Kulick played lead guitar for Lou", "title": "Bob Kulick" }, { "docid": "9989678", "text": "year, the song appeared on Townshend's solo debut \"Who Came First\". Quaye played guitar on the original demos for Joan Armatrading's debut album \"Whatever's for Us\", which was released in November 1972. The demos were recorded by Gus Dudgeon at Marquee Studios, London. Quaye first met Elton John in 1965, and in 1967 helped him to get studio time to record demos at Dick James' studio, where he worked as an engineer. They played together in the Bread and Beer Band, and Quaye produced John's first solo single. Quaye played off and on for more than 10 years with John,", "title": "Caleb Quaye" }, { "docid": "14353793", "text": "the bass guitar. He joined Buddy Scott's backing band when he was in his late teens. He played for Scott for two years. After that he played with Jimmy Dawkins. By 1993, he had joined the Legendary Blues Band and played bass on their final album, \"Money Talks\". The band's frontman, Willie \"Big Eyes\" Smith, suggested Moss should switch to lead guitar, and he spent over two years there before they split up. Moss moved on to play guitar in the Jimmy Rogers band for three years, before he turned to a solo career. His debut album, \"First Offense\" (re-released", "title": "Nick Moss" }, { "docid": "10259777", "text": "City Streets (album) City Streets is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1989. It was the first album after 6-year hiatus from her recording career, co-produced by Rudy Guess who supported her as a backing guitarist in later years. The title track features a guitar solo by Eric Clapton. It was released as a single and became top-20 hit on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Clapton also played the guitar on \"Ain't That the Way\". Another notable guest musician is Branford Marsalis, who played the saxophone on \"Midnight Flyer.\" Before making a comeback record, King fostered", "title": "City Streets (album)" }, { "docid": "8616331", "text": "First National Band were Nesmith and O.J. \"Red\" Rhodes. The Second National Band was filled out by Michael Cohen on keyboards (who had played on Nesmith's previous LP \"Nevada Fighter\" and on some of Nesmith's Monkees sessions), big-band drummer Jack Ranelli, bassist Johnny Meeks (who had played lead guitar years before with Gene Vincent), and Puerto Rican conga player Jose Feliciano. The album is celebrated by Nesmith fans for its trippy, almost psychedelic feel. \"Lazy Lady\" has delay effects and white noise; \"You Are My One\" features guitar phasing and a long solo section; \"In the Afternoon\" and \"Highway 99\"", "title": "Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1" }, { "docid": "5968470", "text": "17-minute version on \"Animals\"), and some of the lyrics are different, most notably in the closing \"\"Who was...\"\" verse. The song was performed nightly during the 1977 tour. When played on the 1977 tour, David Gilmour would sing all but the last section and played his acoustic parts on electric guitar making it easy to switch between lead and rhythm with his Telecaster played in D standard tuning. The song had some different solos performed live to its studio counterpart. Also, before the final guitar solo, David would perform an extra solo. Roger would sing the \"who was born in", "title": "Dogs (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "6073414", "text": "years with the band, Tracy G was featured on two studio albums, (\"Strange Highways\" and \"Angry Machines\"), and one live album (\"\"). He left the band in 1999 when he was asked to play rhythm guitar while Craig Goldy took lead. Dio decided to bring back Goldy, who had played with him on the \"Dream Evil\" album. Tracy G formed The Tracy G Group, which included Jeremy Masana on bass guitar, Donnie Rodriguez on drums and, respectively, Tracy G on guitar. Currently, Tracy G is in the band Goad-ed. They have released two albums and Tracy has released numerous solo", "title": "Tracy G" }, { "docid": "3108681", "text": "(1790–1877), Matteo Carcassi (1792–1853), Napoléon Coste (1805–1883) and Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856). Beginning in the 1920s, guitar soloist Andrés Segovia popularized the guitar with tours and early phonograph recordings. Modern classical guitar solo performers who are known for playing modern repertoire include Leo Brouwer, John Schneider, Reinbert Evers, Maria Kämmerling, Siegfried Behrend, David Starobin, Mats Scheidegger, John Williams, and Magnus Andersson. Even though guitar solos are used in a wide range of genres, the term \"guitar solo\" often refers to electric guitar solos played in blues and in rock. Unlike acoustic guitars like the classical guitar or steel-string guitar, the", "title": "Guitar solo" }, { "docid": "5155473", "text": "followed the album version with a few notable differences: an extra guitar solo was played after the second verse, the talk-box solo on guitar was substituted with a Minimoog solo and to the coda were added a quiet Hammond-led section and a crescendo reprise of the guitar solo with aggressive drumming. Waters, who sang on both the studio and live versions of \"Pigs (Three Different Ones)\", also added his signature screams throughout live performances of this song during the 1977 tour. While playing on the 1977 tour, Waters shouted a different number for each concert. This purportedly had the purpose", "title": "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" }, { "docid": "3844934", "text": "(though he later claimed his aptitude derived from being \"half-wolf\"). He initially showed talent on steel guitar before switching to guitar in the early 50s, and started his professional career at age 15, in Johnny Otis's rhythm and blues revue. In 1958, Buchanan made his recording debut accompanying Dale Hawkins (Buchanan played the solo on \"My Babe\") for Chicago's Chess Records. Two years later, during a tour through Toronto, Buchanan left Dale Hawkins to play for his cousin Ronnie Hawkins and tutor Ronnie's guitar player, Robbie Robertson. Buchanan plays bass on the Ronnie Hawkins single \"Who Do You Love?\". Buchanan", "title": "Roy Buchanan" }, { "docid": "13683945", "text": "and the guitar solo on \"Tonight the World Dies\" on their \"Nightmare\" album. He played the outro guitar solo on \"Coming Home\" on \"Hail to the King\" album. Most recently, he contributed the outro guitar solo on the song \"Angels\" from their latest album \"The Stage\". He made a rare live appearance with Avenged Sevenfold at their all acoustic Grammy Museum concert in October 2017. He married in 1980 to his first wife Jan (Smith) Gera. The couple had two sons, Brian Haner Jr, better known by his stage name, Synyster Gates, who is the lead guitarist for the metal", "title": "Brian Haner" }, { "docid": "1358584", "text": "in the 1960s, and during the 1970s, Daltrey rarely played guitar on stage; however, he played a Martin acoustic guitar for appearances to promote his solo album \"Daltrey\". He began playing guitar with the Who again during the band's tours in the 1980s, and used a Fender Esquire to play a second guitar part for the song \"Eminence Front\" on the Who's 1982, 1989 and later tours. During the 1989 tour, he played a Gibson Chet Atkins SST guitar for the song \"Hey Joe\". During the Who's 1996–97 Quadrophenia tour, Daltrey played a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar. After 1999, it", "title": "Roger Daltrey" }, { "docid": "15260385", "text": "records of his compositions \"Magic Cereal\" and \"If You're Too Crazy\", he was featured in the New Talent section of \"Guitar Player\" magazine and became a contributing writer. During the 1990s Grassel played jazz seven nights per week in duos, trios, quartets, and with the twelve-piece Chuck Howard Superband. He played duets on classical guitar in concert with Luciano Pavarotti. From 1990–1993 he studied with George Van Eps, working on solo guitar technique, and recorded his first album, \"Solo Burner\". From 1994–1998 he studied with Tal Farlow, who recorded some of their sessions, which Grassel released on the album \"Two", "title": "Jack Grassel" }, { "docid": "8027864", "text": "guitar solo on the track \"Heaven on a Sunday\". On \"Driving Rain\", he co-wrote the songs \"Spinning On An Axis\" and \"Back In The Sunshine Again\" with his father, and played percussion on the former track and guitar on the latter. He also plays lead guitar on his mother's posthumously released solo album, \"Wide Prairie\" (1998), which included tracks recorded privately over the previous twenty years. In 2004 he again left the McCartney family home and began living in a flat in Brighton, where he waited tables while he attended college and worked on his music. In 2005, he accompanied", "title": "James McCartney" }, { "docid": "2357429", "text": "the breakup of the Pixies, Santiago went into a depression for the first couple of years but remained on good terms with bandmate Black Francis (who soon adopted the name Frank Black). Black, who was recording his 1993 debut album, \"Frank Black\", contacted Santiago to ask whether he would contribute lead guitar. Santiago agreed, and he and Mallari drove from their home in Florida to Los Angeles. The couple ended up moving into Black's old apartment in L.A. on a whim. Santiago played lead guitar on a number of Frank Black's solo albums, including \"Teenager of the Year\" (1994), and", "title": "Joey Santiago" }, { "docid": "7057277", "text": "Beauty\", it was also the first Grateful Dead song released on record to feature Phil Lesh as the lead vocalist. The song also featured two musicians who are not in the band. Dave Torbert played bass, while Lesh played acoustic guitar. David Nelson (of New Riders of the Purple Sage) plays the lead guitar with a Fender Telecaster, while Jerry Garcia plays the piano. While many describe Dave Nelson's Telecaster solo as being performed on a b-bender equipped guitar, the solo was recorded before he owned one, and was performed using traditional bending technique. According to lyricist Hunter, Lesh \"wanted", "title": "Box of Rain" }, { "docid": "1983171", "text": "lifetime. It may merit you sleeping on it overnight and making a decision that will be in your best interest.' He was absolutely correct. Kenny made the decision as well. It delayed his solo career, but it gave him an opportunity, I think, to have one.\" Both members of the duo were guitarists: Loggins played rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and harmonica and Messina played lead guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin and Dobro. Over the next four years they produced five more albums of original material in the studio, plus one album of covers of other artists' material,", "title": "Kenny Loggins" }, { "docid": "8880105", "text": "(Paulinho Galvão on guitar, Bernardo Fonseca on bass and Gláucio Ayala on drums), Gessinger returned to lead guitar. After Engenheiros stopped its activities, Gessinger joined his friend and musician Duca Leindecker, former leader of the band , and created the duo Pouca Vogal, in which they played both music from Engenheiros, Cidadão Quem and new compositions from both. The duo lasted four years, until both singers decided to go on with their solo careers. In 2013, Humberto Gessinger released \"Insular\", his first solo album, and first album composed solely of new songs in ten years. He recorded music alongside musician", "title": "Humberto Gessinger" }, { "docid": "4447527", "text": "classical guitar and electric guitar besides music theory and band workshops. He started to give guitar lessons, played in several bands and did solo performances with improvisations on the classical guitar. From age twenty, he studied jazz guitar at the Berklee College, Boston. After that, he studied five years classical guitar with Prof. Barbara Probst-Polášek, master student of Andrés Segovia, at the Munich Conservatory. In these years he additionally studied jazz guitar on his own and went to master classes and lessons with John Scofield, John McLaughlin, Joe Pass, and Mike Stern. Probst-Polášek helped him adapt his jazz-related compositions to", "title": "Andreas Paolo Perger" }, { "docid": "6240781", "text": "of Ace Frehley (on lead, backup vocals and lead guitar), Richie Scarlet (on lead, backup vocals, lead and rhythm guitar), John Regan (on bass guitar and backup vocals), Arthur Stead (on keyboards), and Anton Fig (on drums). Anton Fig, who played drums on the album, also performed on Frehley's 1978 Kiss solo album, as well as Kiss's \"Dynasty\" and \"Unmasked\" albums. In 1985, Richie Scarlet left the band to focus on his own solo career. Scarlet's departure led to another lineup change with Arthur Stead being dropped out and Tod Howarth joining the band, handling the rhythm guitar, lead and", "title": "Frehley's Comet (album)" }, { "docid": "128668", "text": "to Crossroads. Clapton uses Ernie Ball Slinky and Super Slinky strings, gauge .10 to.46. His guitar technician for over thirty years was Lee Dickson. Clapton frequently appears as a guest on the albums of other musicians. He played lead guitar and synthesiser on \"The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking\", Roger Waters' debut solo album. Other media appearances include the Toots & the Maytals Grammy award-winning album \"True Love\", where he played guitar on the track \"Pressure Drop\". He played on Paul Brady's 1985 album \"Back to the Centre\" on the track \"Deep in your Heart\". He can also be", "title": "Eric Clapton" }, { "docid": "18948153", "text": "Bärjed has mentioned \"The Stooges, The Who, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Deep Purple, The Beatles, Motörhead.\" He has also described Free Fall's music as \"Freedom rock\". Over the years Bärjed has been working as a session or concert guitarist for a whole string of Swedish rock bands and artists, including The Hellacopters and Håkan Hellström. He played guitar on Broder Daniel's last gig on 8 August 2008. Since spring 2015, he plays guitar in the hardcore band Refused's live line-up. In later years Mattias Bärjed has started a solo career as a film score composer. He wrote and performed", "title": "Mattias Bärjed" }, { "docid": "18726987", "text": "guitar during the set. With the help of Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper) who also contributed some rap vocal to the album, Depp was asked and he said yes. Steve pretty much wrote 'The Brooklyn Shuffle' specifically with Depp in mind and then throwing caution to the wind he decided to ask Joe Perry of Aerosmith about doing a solo on the same song. Back in 1974 Hunter had played the opening solo of \"Train Kept A-Rollin'\" and it seemed somehow fitting that 40 years later Perry would put a solo on Hunters album. Depp and Perry are also good friends,", "title": "The Manhattan Blues Project" }, { "docid": "5535596", "text": "the studio tracks, the remastered version released in 1997 confirmed what had been speculated by Kiss fans for years: Bob Kulick actually played lead guitar on three tracks (\"All American Man\", \"Rockin' in the U.S.A.\" and \"Larger Than Life\"), not Frehley. Frehley's sole involvement for the studio songs was \"Rocket Ride\" (originally written for a solo album), on which he sang lead vocals and played both guitar and bass guitar. Paul Stanley played all guitars on \"Any Way You Want It\", which was originally recorded by the Dave Clark Five in 1964. Several early copies of the album's cover featured", "title": "Alive II" }, { "docid": "11621301", "text": "Maria Petrova. Deep Zone Project was formed in 2000 by three musicians, DJs and studio engineers. They were DJ Dian Solo (Dian Savov), JuraTone (Lyobomir Savov Mikhailov, Dian's father) and Rossko (Rosen Stoev). DJ Dian was an accomplished musician who played the piano, saxophone, electric guitar and bass. In 1993, he had started as a DJ and in 1998 was selected \"Best DJ of the Year\". JuraTone was a multi-instrumentalist born in 1953 who played the flute, banjo, guitar, and had been part of many Bulgarian and European rock formations for 15 years and founder of his own recording studio.", "title": "Deep Zone Project" }, { "docid": "9038411", "text": "Nick Larkins Nick Larkins is an Australian rock musician who has played with various Australian acts, and solo. Nick was born in London but raised in Hobart, Tasmania. Larkins has been highly nomadic for much of his career. He has usually been based in the city of Melbourne, known as the live music capital of Australia, but has also lived and worked in Europe several times. As a teenager Nick Larkins fronted some of Tasmania's pioneering punk bands, most notably REJECT, who smashed at least one guitar at every show, replacing the guitar solo with the guitar-smashing solo. He has", "title": "Nick Larkins" }, { "docid": "14127905", "text": "Of..., who, despite a period of inactivity from 2002–2005, currently remain active under the name The Convocation. Joy was an occasional member in the group Men's Recovery Project in the late 1990s. In 2010 he briefly played bass in the hard rock band The Pilgrim and in 2011 played guitar on a few tracks on the Cold Cave LP \"Cherish the Light Years\" and was a touring guitarist on their 2011 UK and EU tour. Later this year, Joy debuted his 7 piece live band called Slow Bull, the culmination of several years of solo writing and recording efforts. Tonie", "title": "Tonie Joy" }, { "docid": "2293627", "text": "At the two-minute mark, Wright's Minimoog and Gilmour's lap steel guitar play notes in unison before Gilmour does a lap steel guitar solo (the lap steel had open G tuning with the high D string tuned to E) with some counterpointing from Wright's synthesizers. It lasts for about three minutes (four when played on the band's \"In the Flesh\" tour) and Gilmour played each section an octave higher than the previous one. The highest note he hit on the lap steel/slide solo was a B♭6, followed by a reprise of the guitar solo from Part IV (which was played by", "title": "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" }, { "docid": "11682216", "text": "EP of solo recordings by Philpot, with guest musicians performing on various instruments. Shortly after its release, Philpot assembled a band lineup including Sadek Bazarra on keyboards and guitar, David Daniell (of San Agustin) on guitar, James Elliott (also of Ateleia and School of Seven Bells) on bass, and Adam Wills on guitar. Drummer Joe Stickney (formerly of Perpetual Groove, who later played with Warm Ghost, Rhys Chatham and Panthers) was then added to the lineup. Daniell left in 2005 to focus on his solo project. In 2006, Bear in Heaven participated in a Take Away Shows video session shot", "title": "Bear in Heaven" }, { "docid": "11303229", "text": "Pom Pom Girls Gone Go-Go, NYC 1980-1981, was released in 2006 on the Bacchus Archives label. The Cosmopolitans played a reunion concert on August 2, 2009 at Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, N.C., their first concert in 27 years. Don Dixon and Mitch Easter sat in with the group and also performed solo sets. Evan \"Funk\" Davies played drums, Nel Moore Nichols played harmonica and sang, Jamie K. Sims provided lead vocals and played tambourine and toys. Don Dixon played bass. On \"Rockin' Doctors\" Thad Williamson performed on trombone and Mac Smith played the guitar solo. On \"(How to Keep Your) Husband", "title": "The Cosmopolitans" }, { "docid": "19185531", "text": "the late 1980s, D'Auri also played guitar on two albums by Japanese new age world fusion artist Keiko Matsui. In the 1990s D'Auri recorded two further solo albums \"Flamenco Mystico\" and \"Flamenco: Passion & Soul\" with some tracks accompanied by cello and percussion. His last recorded solo album was \"Flamenco Passion\" in 2003. D'Auri died of cancer at the age of 70 at his Los Angeles home on 26 January 2007. D'Auri, who was married twice, is survived by wife Dahad of 30 years. He has been reported playing music on the stage of El Cid in Southern California even", "title": "Gino D'Auri" }, { "docid": "403209", "text": "pretty busy.\" Lewis also had plans to release his first solo album \"The Road\". During this time, Mike Mushok auditioned, and was selected, to play guitar for former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted's new band Newsted. He featured on their debut album \"Heavy Metal Music\". Staind played their first show in two years at the Welcome To Rockville Festival on April 27, 2014. They also played the Carolina Rebellion and Rock on the Range festivals in May 2014. In late 2014, the band went on another hiatus. Aaron Lewis continued to play solo shows and work on his next solo album.", "title": "Staind" }, { "docid": "9804659", "text": "microphones close to the electric guitar strings. Chopsticks were jammed between the guitar strings on \"Gaifu Kaisei\". \"Minimalism\" was performed entirely by striking the guitar strings with drumsticks. Frith dedicated four of the tracks on the album to: AllMusic said this of the album: Clearing (album) Clearing is a guitar solo album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was Frith's first solo guitar recording since \"Live in Japan\" (1982) and his first solo guitar studio recording since his landmark 1974 album \"Guitar Solos\". \"Clearing\" comprises eleven tracks of unaccompanied and improvised music played on prepared guitars by", "title": "Clearing (album)" }, { "docid": "9031541", "text": "the first commercially successful international ska song, Small's version of \"My Boy Lollipop\" sold over six million records worldwide and helped to launch Island Records into mainstream popular music. It remains one of the best-selling reggae/ska hits of all time. The record's arrangement is credited to Ernest Ranglin, who also plays guitar on the recording. The saxophone solo from the original version was replaced by a harmonica solo. It is unclear who played the harmonica – urban legend credited Rod Stewart for many years, but he has denied it. Instead, it was almost certainly either Pete Hogman or Jimmy Powell,", "title": "My Boy Lollipop" }, { "docid": "3015842", "text": "that share. During this time Ace put together a band for his solo work, the original lineup consisted of Richie Scarlet on guitar, John Regan on bass, and Anton Fig on drums. However, before they made their initial record, Scarlet was replaced by Tod Howarth who played guitar and keyboards. \"Frehley's Comet\" was supposed to simply be the title of Ace Frehley's next solo album, but Ace decided to use that as the name of the band rather than release the record as a solo artist. For the second album, \"Second Sighting\", Fig was replaced on drums by veteran Eric", "title": "Frehley's Comet" }, { "docid": "3385177", "text": "album in 25 years, produced by Cradock. A cover of Mike Nesmith's \"Different Drum\" was released as a single in 1998; as well as producing the track, Cradock also played drums and guitar on it. Despite television and radio promotion, the single failed to chart and the proposed solo album was not released. Along with Liam Gallagher, Cradock recorded a version of \"Carnation\" in 1999, for the Jam tribute album \"Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam\". Cradock also played guitar on the album's hidden track, \"No One in the World\". Cradock recorded some guitar parts for Macdonald's single", "title": "Steve Cradock" }, { "docid": "2942025", "text": "a Star\" reached the ARIA Top 100. Also that year Moss played in Don Walker's band Catfish, contributing guitar to their album, \"Ruby\". Subsequently, he made guest appearances on albums by The Black Sorrows' \"Better Times\" (1992) on a track called \"Ain't Love the Strangest Thing\", Richard Clapton's \"Distant Thunder\" (1993), on Barnes' solo album, \"Heat\" (1993), the first time he had worked with Barnes in ten years. In June 1994 he provided lead guitar on the title track of Don Walker's solo album, \"We're All Gunna Die\" (1995). In 1993 Cold Chisel, with Moss as a member, were inducted", "title": "Ian Moss" }, { "docid": "2190340", "text": "and fretted and 4-string and 6-string bass. He played with Melissa Etheridge, Richard Wright, Elton John, and Eric Clapton. He played on Mike Lindup's first solo album, \"Changes\" with Dominic Miller on guitar and Manu Katché on drums. In 1999, he began working with Richard Ashcroft of The Verve on Ashcroft's debut solo album, \"Alone With Everybody\". The Who's bassist John Entwistle died the night before the start of their first tour in two years. Palladino became the band's bass guitarist on tour. In 2006, he joined the remaining band members on their first album in twenty-four years, \"Endless Wire\".", "title": "Pino Palladino" }, { "docid": "9804657", "text": "Clearing (album) Clearing is a guitar solo album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was Frith's first solo guitar recording since \"Live in Japan\" (1982) and his first solo guitar studio recording since his landmark 1974 album \"Guitar Solos\". \"Clearing\" comprises eleven tracks of unaccompanied and improvised music played on prepared guitars by Frith. Ten of the tracks were recorded in Stuttgart, Germany in 1996 and 2000, and one was recorded live at the Konstrukcja w Procesie Festival VII in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 2000. In 2000, John Zorn commissioned Frith to make a guitar solo album for", "title": "Clearing (album)" }, { "docid": "5609452", "text": "produced by scraping a pick across the strings of an electric guitar in conjunction with distortion and delay. The three guitar solos on \"Long Time\" are played by Barry Goudreau, rather than Scholz, who played most of the guitar parts on \"Boston\". Goudreau also plays the solo in \"Let Me Take You Home Tonight\". Scholz played the solos in \"More Than a Feeling\", \"Peace of Mind\", \"Rock & Roll Band\", and \"Something About You\". \"Rolling Stone\" described \"Foreplay/Long Time\" as \"a perfect marriage of Led Zeppelin and Yes that plays musical chairs with electric and acoustic sounds.\" In 2004, \"Long", "title": "Foreplay/Long Time" }, { "docid": "16255416", "text": "Shuffler's crosspicking style, Doc Watson's flatpicking and a blues finger-style of picking. He later played dobro and guitar with the Flint Hill band. Shelton recorded 10 solo albums: James Alan Shelton James Alan Shelton (November 3, 1960 – June 3, 2014) was an American bluegrass guitarist. Shelton was a solo musician, released 10 albums, and performed with the Clinch Mountain Boys. Shelton was born in Kingsport, Tennessee and raised in Gate City, Virginia. A major influence musically on Shelton as a youth were the Stanley Brothers, who were from nearby Dickenson County, Virginia. When he was 12 years old he", "title": "James Alan Shelton" }, { "docid": "3634396", "text": "of the song on his 2003 album \"Now\". In 2004, when Harrison was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, \"While My Guitar Gently Weeps\" was played in tribute by a large band that included Tom Petty, Lynne, Steve Winwood, Mann, Dhani Harrison and Steve Ferrone. The performance concluded with an extended guitar solo by Prince, who was also being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Among other cover versions, the song has also been recorded by guitarists such as Marc Ribot, Phish and Charlie Byrd, and on ukulele by Jake Shimabukuro. Toto", "title": "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" }, { "docid": "11007937", "text": "14 years old. His parents bought him a guitar which he taught himself to play. A year later, he was writing and performing songs with a friend who played bass guitar. After that band collapsed he started another one with Manchester Orchestra's keyboard player, Chris Freeman, on drums. Hull initially intended Manchester Orchestra to be a solo project, with guest appearances by his friends. \"I was listening to a lot of Morrissey and The Smiths,\" said Hull, \"So the city of Manchester really fascinated me, as did the idea of being the leader of an orchestra and having all my", "title": "Andy Hull" }, { "docid": "5369727", "text": "get double bypass surgery within 72 hours. King's X canceled all future shows until further notice. In addition to King's X, Gaskill has performed on the albums \"Let It Go\" by Galactic Cowboys, \"Red Line\" by the Texas blues guitarist Jay Hooks, Ty Tabor's solo album \"Safety\", Black Sugar Transmission's 2007 debut album (helmed by Andee Blacksugar, who also played guitar in Gaskill's solo band in 2005) and Doug Pinnick's Poundhound albums and Supershine project. Gaskill released a solo album, \"Come Somewhere\", in April 2004. He sang all lead vocals as well as performed all drum, acoustic guitar, and some", "title": "Jerry Gaskill" }, { "docid": "14627116", "text": "Dave Hause Dave Hause (born March 12, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter who has played in multiple Philadelphia, PA area punk and hardcore bands. He currently performs solo as well as sings and plays guitar in The Loved Ones and The Falcon. In the mid-90s, Hause played guitar in a Philadelphia-based hardcore/punk band called Step Ahead, who released one album. After they broke up, Hause and Brendan Hill, the drummer from Step Ahead, formed The Curse. The Curse, which featured Hause on guitar and sharing vocals, released two songs on the four-way split album \"The Philadelphia Sound\" and released a", "title": "Dave Hause" }, { "docid": "9128622", "text": "on the Shoulder of Giants\" (2000), he performed a number of other roles as the band suffered line-up issues for the recording of the album, particularly contributing bass guitar work in the absence of the band's bassist Paul McGuigan. Stacey played bass on 4 songs - \"Who Feels Love?\", \"Gas Panic!\", \"I Can See a Liar\" and \"Roll It Over\". He also contributed keyboards and lead guitar to \"Fuckin' in the Bushes\", the guitar solo in \"Roll It Over\", backwards guitar to \"Who Feels Love?\" and acoustic guitar to \"Where Did It All go Wrong?\". Later, at the end of", "title": "Paul Stacey" }, { "docid": "621145", "text": "off a guitarist's technical skill. In place of the strutting guitar heroes of metal, grunge had \"guitar anti-heroes\" like Cobain, who showed little interest in mastering the instrument. In Will Byers' article \"Grunge committed a crime against music--it killed the guitar solo\", in \"The Guardian\", he states that while the guitar solo managed to survive through the punk rock era, it was weakened by grunge. He states that when Kurt Cobain played guitar solos that were a restatement of the main vocal melody, fans realized that they did not need to be a Jimi Hendrix-level virtuoso to play the instrument;", "title": "Grunge" }, { "docid": "8337214", "text": "solo band, becoming a slower, more contemplative song, performed acoustically instead of the original album's faster paced rock arrangement. Eddie Van Halen played guitar and keyboards on the studio version of this song. During the 5150 Tour, he played the keyboards and switched to the guitar during the first solo, while Hagar played the rhythm parts before then. On later tours, he would play guitar only, while the keyboard was either played offstage by a hired performer (such as Alan Fitzgerald of Night Ranger during the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour), or prerecorded material was used. During live performances, on", "title": "Dreams (Van Halen song)" }, { "docid": "9688135", "text": "the band. made several guest appearances as lead guitarist. He collaborated on Leather's solo debut album \"Shock Waves\" which came out in 1989. He played lead on the track \"Balancing Act\" which came out as a bonus track for the 1997 re-issue of Lethal's \"\"Your Favorite God\"\" EP. In 2006 he played lead guitar on \"Render My Prey\" on Spawn of Possession's album \"Noctambulant\". In 2008 played guitar on the song \"Race Against Disaster\" on Jeff Loomis's debut solo album \"Zero Order Phase\". In the same year he made a guest solo appearance on Kataklysm's album \"Prevail\". On December 10,", "title": "Pat O'Brien (guitarist)" }, { "docid": "17101496", "text": "\"Drum Wars\". Later on in 2014 a live album called \"Drum Wars Live!\" was released with Brosh being the guitar player on it. Also during the years 2014 and 2015 The Ethan Brosh Band went on a couple of tours supporting another one of Brosh's guitar heroes in Jake E. Lee with his new band Red Dragon Cartel. In the summer of 2015 Brosh played guitar in one of his favorite bands Steelheart as they performed at the Pentaport rock festival in South Korea opening for the Scorpions. Brosh provided guitar tracks on Stryper front man Michael Sweet's 2016 solo", "title": "Ethan Brosh" }, { "docid": "6383570", "text": "playing guitars made by a little-known local guitar luthier at the time by the name of Paul Reed Smith. Stanley played a 6-string that now resembles a Santana I PRS, and 6/12-string doubleneck custom guitar. The 12-string guitar parts, as well as the guitar solo on \"Ibby It Is\" from \"Crafty Hands\", is played on his PRS Doubleneck. The contract with Arista Records was dissolved after \"Crafty Hands\" failed to make any significant commercial impact. Undeterred, the band soldiered on, enlisting French drummer Coco Roussel, formerly of Heldon and Clearlight, to replace Riddle, who had departed the band following the", "title": "Happy the Man" }, { "docid": "16915564", "text": "re-released, at Confusion Studios. The lyrics for the song \"Tears for All Those Who Died\" were written by Absurd drummer Hendrik “Jarl Flagg Nidhoegg” Möbus. The album mentions Hendrik Poppe and Marko Sklenarz but does not specify who played which instrument, so it is likely that the two members shared vocals and Marko Sklenarz played guitar as on all former recordings while Hendrik Poppe played all other instruments. It is only specified that the 12-string guitar and solo on \"The Fortress Will Fall\" were played by producer and mixer Kai Schwerdtfeger and “[a]ll keyboards and ‘Fegefeuer’ by Nachtsprung (Norbert Weber)”.", "title": "Tha-Norr" }, { "docid": "19269035", "text": "of the Wetlands Allstars, wherein he befriended Anders Osborne. \"Poor Man's Paradise\" (2007) was Sansone's first solo album for eight years and was produced by Osborne who also played clavinet and slide guitar on two of the tracks. Joe Krown also contributed on the electric organ. In 2009, Sansone played the accordion on Mike Zito's album, \"Pearl River\". By then playing in another acoustic trio setting, this time with Osborne and Fohl, Sansone was inspired to write the track, \"The Lord Is Waiting and The Devil Is Too\". It turned in to the title track of his 2011 album, and", "title": "Johnny Sansone" }, { "docid": "5364438", "text": "was later revealed to have been funded by \"donations\" from businessmen, exclaims, \"I might keep a bit for myself!\". A 2008 poll (conducted by the \"RTÉ Guide\") of Ireland's Top 100 television programmes resulted in \"Reeling in the Years\" being voted \"most popular home-produced TV programme ever\". In 2008, a DVD—\"Reeling in the 80s\"—was released for the Irish market—with follow-up DVDs \"Reeling in the 90s\" and \"Reeling in the 70s\" released in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The original series focused on the 1980s and first aired on Monday nights from 6 September to 8 November 1999. The second series focused", "title": "Reeling In the Years" }, { "docid": "5364447", "text": "four series each of 10 episodes covering one year of their respective decade - 40 episodes in total. Different from the \"Reeling in the Years\" series was that persons prominent in the year covered by an episode also narrated on-screen. Reeling In the Years Reeling in the Years is a television series shown on RTÉ. Each episode, running for about 25 minutes, reviews the events of a particular selected year, from 1962 to 2009. News archive footage features, along with subtitles as the means of narration, to recount important national and international events of the time. Music from the selected", "title": "Reeling In the Years" }, { "docid": "18433755", "text": "Grant Stinnett Grant Stinnett is an American bassist notable for compositions on the bass guitar played as a solo instrument which use tunings different from the standard bass guitar tuning. For example, he performed using a D-Tuner bass tuned to C G C G for his tune \"Born of Fire and Light\". Reviewer Jake Kot in \"Bass Musician Magazine\" compared Stinnett to bass guitarists such as Michael Manring, Victor Wooten, and Steve Bailey, who play the bass guitar as a solo instrument, and Kot described Stinnett as presenting a \"nice array of techno-adventures, ambient excursions, chord/melody playing\", with good melodies.", "title": "Grant Stinnett" }, { "docid": "18433754", "text": "Grant Stinnett Grant Stinnett is an American bassist notable for compositions on the bass guitar played as a solo instrument which use tunings different from the standard bass guitar tuning. For example, he performed using a D-Tuner bass tuned to C G C G for his tune \"Born of Fire and Light\". Reviewer Jake Kot in \"Bass Musician Magazine\" compared Stinnett to bass guitarists such as Michael Manring, Victor Wooten, and Steve Bailey, who play the bass guitar as a solo instrument, and Kot described Stinnett as presenting a \"nice array of techno-adventures, ambient excursions, chord/melody playing\", with good melodies.", "title": "Grant Stinnett" }, { "docid": "20215781", "text": "the Virginians for more than four years. In 1983, he joined the Bluegrass Cardinals. During this time, he recorded two solo albums: \"Sweet Sunny South\" in 1982 and \"Every Time I Sing A Love Song\". He moved close to Nashville in April 1992. Stephenson formed the band in 1989. Initially, Marc Keller played guitar, Doug Campbell played bass, and, Rick Allred played fiddle. The current lineup is Kenny Ingram (banjo), Kevin Richardson (guitar), and Matt Wright (bass). White House was a bluegrass supergroup formed by Stephenson, David Parmley (guitar, lead vocals), Missy Raines (bass), Jason Carter (violin), and Charlie Cushman", "title": "Larry Stephenson" }, { "docid": "7297047", "text": "band started by Allen Toussaint. The Flamingoes did not have a bass player, and according to Eaglin, he played both the guitar and the bass parts simultaneously on his guitar. He stayed with the Flamingoes for several years, until the group disbanded in the mid-1950s. As a solo artist, his recording and touring were inconsistent, and for a man with a career of about 50 years, his discography is rather slim. His first recording was in 1953, playing guitar at a recording session for James \"Sugar Boy\" Crawford. The first recordings under his own name were made by Harry Oster,", "title": "Snooks Eaglin" }, { "docid": "15322326", "text": "pop music. After Payton’s arrival, the band’s line-up comprised Dave Clark (drums), Mike Smith (vocals and organ), Lenny Davidson (guitar), Rick Huxley (bass guitar) and Denis Payton (saxophone). This line-up remained unchanged for the next eight years. Apart from saxophone, Payton occasionally played guitar and harmonica (he played the harmonica solo on the group’s hit single \"Catch Us If You Can\"), and sang background vocals. Payton also co-wrote over two dozen songs with Dave Clark for the group, two of which he sang lead vocals: \"I Miss You\" and \"Man in the Pin Striped Suit.\" The Dave Clark Five scored", "title": "Denis Payton" }, { "docid": "8054363", "text": "frocks'. Deacon, the song's author, insisted he didn't want a guitar solo on the track so a synth solo was played by Mandel – live, however, May played the solo on guitar. The version used for the single and the promotional video includes an opening and instrumental bridge (after the synth solo) not part of the original mix. \"Keep Passing the Open Windows\" is \"The Works\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s seventh track, and was written by Mercury in 1983 for the film \"The Hotel New Hampshire\", based on the novel by John Irving. The phrase is mentioned on a number of occasions throughout the", "title": "The Works (Queen album)" }, { "docid": "18759819", "text": "It Was Romance It Was Romance is an American rock band formed by Lane Moore. It began as the bedroom recording project of lead singer and songwriter Moore, who years later added a backing band. Moore is the chief songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, using an electric ukulele with distortion that she plays like an electric guitar as well as piano, synthesizer, accordion, bass guitar, and percussion. Bust magazine called \"It Was Romance\" The Best Band Of 2015. It Was Romance began as a solo project by Lane Moore, who originally played all of the instruments and sang. In 2015, she", "title": "It Was Romance" }, { "docid": "7766516", "text": "that Randy Rhoads achieved in Ozzy Osbourne's band. According to DuBrow, Rhoads was never happy with his guitar tone while in Quiet Riot, but very satisfied with his tone while with Osbourne as he could afford better equipment by then. The song \"Trouble\" was sped up as DuBrow felt the original was too slow. DuBrow also added wah-wah to one guitar solo, playing the pedal himself through the original guitar tracks. Again, Rhoads could not afford a wah-wah pedal at the time of recording, but wished he had played the solo with one. \"Afterglow (Of Your Love)\" from \"Quiet Riot", "title": "The Randy Rhoads Years" }, { "docid": "5558676", "text": "lead vocal and played piano, accompanied by Ringo Starr on drums, and then overdubbed the bass guitar. Music critic Ian MacDonald was unsure if John Lennon played guitar on the track; in his description of the recording sessions for the song, Mark Lewisohn did not mention a guitar track. Lennon and George Harrison add harmony vocals during the choruses. Lennon can be barely heard repeating \"she feels good\" after McCartney at 1:27. George Martin played the piano solo, recorded with the tape recorder running slower than usual and thus in the released version the solo sounds faster than it was", "title": "Good Day Sunshine" }, { "docid": "4230940", "text": "voice of the original recording of the 1970 Beatles track and added it to the Ferry Aid recording. The song was recorded over three days between 14 and 16 March 1987 and the single was released on Monday 23 March 1987. The first artist to record his part was Mark King (who also played bass guitar on the song) on the Saturday morning, while the last was Paul King on Monday evening. In the original Beatles recording George Harrison did the guitar solo but for the purposes of this song – as shown in the video – the solo was", "title": "Ferry Aid" }, { "docid": "15058985", "text": "album, \"The Seventh Step\",in which he played guitar, and with help from musician Ian Cussick from Scotland,who was a member of Lucifer's Friend for a short time, and musician Rolf Köhler, who was from Hamburg, and part of the group To Be. \"The Seventh Step\" was finished and released in 1976 by Nova, and a second solo album entitled \"Tollhouse\" was completed and released by Nova in 1978, also with Dirk Steffens on guitar, and featuring Cussick and Kohler, as well as guest guitarist Peter Wiehe. A lot of both solo record's song titles were referring to personal things from", "title": "Dirk Steffens" }, { "docid": "8425079", "text": "Reelin' In the Years \"Reelin' In the Years\" (sometimes \"Reeling In the Years\") is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan, released as the second single from their 1972 album, \"Can't Buy a Thrill\". It reached number 11 in the \"Billboard\" charts. The song was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and features Fagen on vocals. The song was also a No. 11 hit on the Pop singles chart in 1973. In March 2005, \"Q magazine\" placed the song at number 95 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has reportedly", "title": "Reelin' In the Years" }, { "docid": "1343156", "text": "Against the Empire\" and \"Sunfighter\"), was on bass. On lead guitar was Craig Chaquico who had played on three of Kantner and Slick's solo albums, as well as in the band Steelwind. The band began rehearsals in January 1974 and opened its first tour in Chicago on March 19. By April, it was decided that the band would go into the studio to record an album. British veteran Pete Sears, who had worked on Slick's solo album, \"Manhole\", and played with Rod Stewart and John Cipollina, was selected to replace Peter Kaukonen as the band's bass player. In 1974, after", "title": "Jefferson Starship" }, { "docid": "8263455", "text": "too slow, it sticks to itself and becomes tangled. Thus silk reeling movements are continuous, cyclic, spiralling patterns performed at constant speed with the \"light touch\" of drawing silk. Silk reeling is trained in solo forms and stances as well as in pushing hands with a partner. As described by Wu Kung-tsao: This resembles the strands of spun silk. Winding silk energy is applied in pushing hands when opponents probe, use locking maneuvers, neutralize, vie for control, and practice tactical movements around each other's space.There are six methods of winding silk energy: inner, outer, upper, lower, forward and backward. They", "title": "Silk reeling" }, { "docid": "16085169", "text": "Miss. L and Velvet Waltz\", although the composer states that these pieces can be played in any order with any instrument to supplement the guitar. The sheet music for these pieces was issued together in \"Yoshimatsu Takashi Guitar Works Vol. 1: Tender Toys for Guitar Solo\". All pieces are played in standard tuning with the exception of \"Antique Tree Song\" and \"March to the Distorted Flags\" (2nd guitar only), which are played with the low E string tuned down one full step (drop D tuning). \"Wind Color Vector, Op. 48\" is a series of three small pieces for solo classical", "title": "Compositions for Guitar by Takashi Yoshimatsu" }, { "docid": "3176587", "text": "an EP, and several singles. The Bam Balams split in 1992. Over the next few years, he acted as producer for several Pyramidiacs records: the \"Krunch!\" EP (1993), the \"Solo Una Vez\" EP (1993) and the \"All You Want\" LP (1994) (which he also played guitar on). In 1994 he started playing live again, in the band Surry Hills 2010, who took rock'n'roll songs and played them in full country/honky tonk style. Later in 1994, Kibble teamed up with Chris Flynn (ex The Headstones, The Dubrovniks) and they formed Motorhank. This band took country songs (mainly Hank Williams tunes) and", "title": "Brendan Kibble" }, { "docid": "14962841", "text": "Naked Guitar Naked Guitar is a solo-guitar studio album by Earl Klugh released in 2005. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006. After six years of studio absence, Klugh returned to the studio and released a fingerstyle jazz album similar to his 1989 release \"\"Solo Guitar\"\". \"Naked Guitar\" is the first album to be recorded by Klugh on the Koch Records label. It features intimate solo interpretations of 13 standards and pop classics, as well as the song \"Angelina\", a tune from Klugh's self-titled 1976 solo debut album that", "title": "Naked Guitar" }, { "docid": "3155522", "text": "parts with a Voyetra Sequencer Plus, with a Yamaha SPX-90 being used as an effects unit and the parts being saved on a Compaq Portable 286. The guitars were played by Eldritch himself, apart from the solo on \"This Corrosion\" which was played by Steinman's friend Eddie Martinez. In the previous year, he had played the guitar solo on Robert Palmer's US number one hit \"Addicted to Love\". Most of the bass on the album was not played on a bass guitar, but instead by Eldritch himself using synth bass. Though Patricia Morrison was brought in as a member to", "title": "Floodland (album)" }, { "docid": "9167096", "text": "Ian & Sylvia until the duo parted ways in 1975. They also backed Ian Tyson as a solo artist, for his 1973 debut solo album and his live performances, until 1976. Great Speckled Bird (band) Great Speckled Bird was a country rock group formed in 1969 by the Canadian musical duo Ian & Sylvia. Ian Tyson sang, played guitar and composed. Sylvia Tyson sang, composed and occasionally played piano. The other founding members were Amos Garrett on guitar and occasional vocals, Ben Keith on steel guitar, Ken Kalmusky on bass and Ricky Marcus on drums. They were named after the", "title": "Great Speckled Bird (band)" }, { "docid": "15707994", "text": "with Root going on to form the band Tre Lux. Earth and Root performed the final shows of Switchblade Symphony in 2000. From 2001 to 2003, George Earth played guitar in Captain Bringdown, with bassist Paula O'Rourke and drummer John Weiss, and appears on their 2002 self-titled album, recorded at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco. Weiss was later replaced by Thievery Corporation drummer El John Nelson, who later played on Earth's 2004 solo CD, \"Love Songs\". During that period he also did session work with several groups. He played guitar for Angel Corpus Christi; appearing on her 2003 CD", "title": "George Earth" }, { "docid": "13683944", "text": "in over 15 years. 2018 also saw the launch of \"The Synyster Gates School of Music\". A free online school created by him and his son for guitarists of all levels. Haner made his first appearance with Avenged Sevenfold on their third studio album, \"City of Evil\", playing acoustic & electric guitar on several tracks including a dual guitar solo with his son on \"Sidewinder\". He contributed string arrangements on their self-titled album. He was also the orchestral arranger on the track, \"Until the End,\" from \"Diamonds in the Rough\". He played additional guitar on the track, \"So Far Away,\"", "title": "Brian Haner" }, { "docid": "6589886", "text": "and Jimmy Barnes. Energy Orchard disbanded in 1996 with a farewell London gig on St Patrick’s Day which would be recorded for the live album \"Orchardville\". After Energy Orchard split up, Kennedy received a phone call from Steve Earle, who offered to produce Kennedy's first solo record. Shortly afterwards, Kennedy joined him in Nashville, Tennessee, and recorded his first solo album. \"Domestic Blues\", which was released in 1998, was produced by the “Twang Trust” of Earle and Ray Kennedy, and Earle played guitar and sang backing vocals on the record. The album also features slide guitar player Jerry Douglas, guitarist", "title": "Bap Kennedy" }, { "docid": "2461064", "text": "band LSD C&W. For many years he was in a duet with Jimmy Carl Black, who played drums for Frank Zappa. He has also worked with Han Bennink, Fred Frith, Elliott Sharp, and Charles Tyler. A notable solo album, \"Songs\" (Intakt, 1993), featured politically oriented originals, such as \"Knock on the Door\" and \"Hello Ceausescu\", and covers, such as Nick Drake's \"Thoughts of Mary Jane\", and Floyd Tillman's \"This Cold War With You\". Chadbourne invented an instrument known as the electric rake by attaching an electric guitar pickup to a rake. He played a duet of electric rake and classical", "title": "Eugene Chadbourne" }, { "docid": "18361322", "text": "a family with a musical mother who played slide guitar. He began playing guitar at about age 15 in a local garage band. He later played in a duo that opened for performers in comedy clubs, and followed that with solo gigs as a singer and guitar player. In the early 1980s he answered an ad for a vocalist in a traveling road band. After six weeks on the road, he quit and put together his own traveling blues band. Harpdog got his stage name at a gig in Kitsilano Beach during the fall of 1989 at a place called", "title": "Harpdog Brown" }, { "docid": "326560", "text": "After the breakup, the members embarked on separate projects. Black Francis renamed himself Frank Black, and released several solo albums, including a string of releases with Frank Black and the Catholics. Deal returned to the Breeders, who scored a hit with \"Cannonball\" from their platinum-selling \"Last Splash\" in 1993, and released two more albums several years later. She also formed the Amps, who released one album. Santiago played lead guitar on a number of Frank Black albums, as well as on other artists' albums. He wrote theme music for the show \"Undeclared\" on Fox television and film \"Crime and Punishment", "title": "Pixies" }, { "docid": "7452672", "text": "Jenny Choi Jenny Choi is an American singer and cellist, who founded the Asians in Rock tour, and is the lead singer of the two-piece Chicago band, Sanawon. For many years she performed solo at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (where she received her undergraduate degree) as well as with a back-up band. She also played synthesizer and sang lead and backing vocals in the short-lived Sweet Black And Blue, with Philip Stone on drums and Ben Weasel at guitar and microphone. She played cello on Mike Park's second album \"North Hangook Falling\", The Lawrence Arms fifth album \"Oh!", "title": "Jenny Choi" }, { "docid": "4288454", "text": "\"James Bond Theme\" was recorded on 21 June 1962, using five saxophones, nine brass instruments, a solo guitar and a rhythm section. The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Vic Flick on a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Fender Vibrolux amplifier. Flick was paid a one-off fee of £6 for recording the famous James Bond Theme riff. John Scott played the saxophone. Barry, who was paid £250 for his work, was surprised that his theme appeared so often in \"Dr. No\". He was told by Noel Rogers, the", "title": "James Bond Theme" }, { "docid": "15348599", "text": "as well as the most-recorded, with over 500 tracks to his credit. Teaming up with Hooker in the late 1940s was the guitarist and harmonica player Eddie \"Guitar\" Burns, who played on several Hooker tracks and performed regularly on the Detroit blues scene. Another sideman of Hooker was Eddie Kirkland, who played second guitar for him in Detroit and on tour from 1949 to 1962, and later went on to a long solo career. Other notable musicians on the 1950s blues scene were the singers Alberta Adams and singer/guitarists Doctor Ross, Baby Boy Warren, Johnnie Bassett, Sylvester Cotton, Andrew Dunham,", "title": "Music of Detroit" }, { "docid": "10045999", "text": "which Hazel is most fondly remembered by many music critics and fans. Though several other musicians began the track playing, Clinton soon realized how powerful Hazel's solo was and faded them out so that the focus would be on Hazel's guitar. Critics have described the solo as \"lengthy, mind-melting\" and \"an emotional apocalypse of sound.\" The entire track was recorded in one take. The solo is mostly played in a pentatonic minor scale in the key of E minor over another guitar track of a simple arpeggio. Hazel's solo was played through a fuzzbox and a Crybaby Wah wah pedal;", "title": "Maggot Brain (song)" }, { "docid": "13542328", "text": "Allan Cousins performing his song \"A Lonely Dream\" at the age of 78. Cousins played piano on the track and his brother played guitar, also featured was Simon Cousins' daughter Olivia, who played bass guitar and harmonium. \"A Lonely Dream\" was released as a download single on 31 August 2012. In an interview with the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald about the release, Cousins stated \"To me it is very special to have a record of us all playing together for the future.\" Cousins released his first solo LP \"Given Songs\" on 1 May 2014. It contained 9 self penned songs", "title": "Simon Cousins" }, { "docid": "4112751", "text": "Jak Housden John Paul \"Jak\" Housden (born 12 June 1969) is an Australian musician. He was the founding guitarist for the Badloves and later joined the Whitlams. As a solo artist he issued a studio album, \"Mad About Disco\", in 2004. John Paul \"Jak\" Housden has played guitar since he was about 10 years old. He joined his first professional band, Show of Hands, at 16. Housden was a member of the Hound Dogs. In 1989, Housden on guitar, joined Daryl Braithwaite Band in Sydney, which included Stephen O'Prey on bass guitar (also ex-the Hound Dogs) and Michael Spiby on", "title": "Jak Housden" }, { "docid": "3108683", "text": "had also recorded at least one electric guitar solo, but his innovation was neither much noted nor influential. Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Jimmy Reed played in Chicago in a style characterized by the use of electric guitar, sometimes slide guitar, harmonica, and a rhythm section of bass and drums. In the late 1950s, a new blues style emerged on Chicago's West Side pioneered by Magic Sam, Buddy Guy and Otis Rush on Cobra Records. The 'West Side Sound' had strong rhythmic support from a rhythm guitar, bass guitar and drums and as pefected by Guy, Freddie King,", "title": "Guitar solo" }, { "docid": "14972884", "text": "an active performer. She played and toured with Mimi Fariña between 1969 and 1971, and released a solo album, \"Love Can Take You Home Again\", in 1975. Between 1975 and 1980 she fronted a band called Moonstone, who released one album. Her solo albums included \"Tears into Laughter\" (1990) and \"Little Bit of Heaven\" (2000). She wrote and published the instructional book \"Country and Blues Guitar for the Musically Hopeless\" (1991), and has run folk guitar workshops in Palo Alto, California, as well as teaching guitar, harmony singing, voice and songwriting in the San Francisco Bay Area and at summer", "title": "Kathy and Carol" }, { "docid": "13529965", "text": "1981. He wrote and published \"\" in 2002. In 1990, he co-wrote the autobiography of jazz flautist Paul Horn. His first book of poems, \"Timewinds\", was published by Poetic Matrix Press in 2010 and his second, \"Diamondfire\", by Outskirts Press in 2016. Underwood recorded the albums \"California Sigh\" (1988), a solo guitar work produced by Steve Roach; \"Phantom Light\" (2003), a solo acoustic piano recording; and \"Gathering Light\", also a solo acoustic piano work, recorded in 2009. With Tim Buckley Lee Underwood Lee Underwood is an American musician and writer who played lead guitar with Tim Buckley for most of", "title": "Lee Underwood" }, { "docid": "3108697", "text": "Dirnt played a bass solo on the song \"No One Knows\" from the 1992 album \"Kerplunk!\" and on the song \"Makeout Party\" from the 2012 album \"¡Dos!\". U2 includes a bass solo most notably on \"Gloria\", in which Adam Clayton utilizes several techniques. Bassist Matt Freeman of Rancid has a very speedy, guitar-like bass solo in the song '\"Maxwell Murder\". Blink-182's \"Voyeur\" has a bass solo on both their studio album \"Dude Ranch\" and their live album \"The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)\", in which they must \"prepare for the bass solo.\" Heavy metal bass players", "title": "Guitar solo" }, { "docid": "3493424", "text": "in 2007 he formed Detrox with KAZ (Sads) and they released a large amount of material before going on hiatus after their show on April 18, 2012. Kazuma also started his solo career after the disbanding. In 2003, he performed a duet with Vivian Hsu, \"Moment\", which was used as the second opening theme to the anime \"Mobile Suit Gundam SEED\". He has also played support guitar for Anna Tsuchiya and Damijaw (solo project of Janne Da Arc member Ka-yu). Daita started a solo career, wrote the soundtrack for the movie \"Volcano High\", and played support guitar for Kyosuke Himuro.", "title": "Siam Shade" }, { "docid": "17749373", "text": "and Bill Shepherd orchestration to three songs. Kendall's acoustic guitar was just about mixed out, but he or Maurice added electric rhythm guitar to \"High Heel Blues\". All this tinkering changed the raw feel of the basic tracks. The second session for the album was in May 1972, and features Peter Frampton on guitar, Mike Kellie on drums and the orchestra was arranged by Gerry Shury. Frampton played electric guitar instead on the \"Bye Bye Love\" and added electric guitar to two others. Frampton, who was a member of Humble Pie, recorded his first solo album \"Wind of Change\" around", "title": "Don't Freak Me Out" }, { "docid": "20843318", "text": "Mike Dowling Mike Dowling is an American roots music guitarist and songwriter who is best known for his solo arrangements on the Grammy Award-winning composition CD \"\". In 2005, Dowling was ranked as one of the twelve best fingerstyle guitarists in the United States. Dowling was raised in Wisconsin before moving to Nashville. He learned about song structures while taking piano lessons when he was ten years old. Dowling got his first guitar when he was twelve years old. After dropping out of college, Dowling played with late fiddler Vassar Clements in the mid 1970s at the Bottom Line and", "title": "Mike Dowling" } ]
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where does the final battle in julius caesar take place
[ "in the plain" ]
[ { "docid": "818303", "text": "consisted of two engagements in the plain west of the ancient city of Philippi. The first occurred in the first week of October; Brutus faced Octavian, while Antony's forces fought those of Cassius. The Roman armies fought poorly, with low discipline, non-existent tactical coordination and amateurish lack of command experience evident in abundance and neither side able to exploit opportunities as they developed. At first, Brutus pushed back Octavian and entered his legions' camp. But to the south, Cassius was defeated by Antony, and committed suicide after hearing a false report that Brutus had also failed. Brutus rallied Cassius' remaining", "title": "Battle of Philippi" } ]
[ { "docid": "14332232", "text": "in those parts of Gaul where the Roman tongue prevailed. The name of the Tribocci does not appear in the \"Notitia provinciarum Galliae\", though the names of the Nemetes and Vangiones are there; but instead of the Tribocci we have \"Civitas Argentoratum\" (Strasbourg), the chief place of the Tribocci. The Triboci were in the army of the Germanic king Ariovistus in the great battle in which Julius Caesar defeated him; and though Caesar does not say directly that they were Germans, his narrative shows that he considered them to be Germans. In another passage Caesar places the Triboci on the", "title": "Triboci" }, { "docid": "14938175", "text": "Military campaigns of Julius Caesar The military campaigns of Julius Caesar constituted both the Gallic War (58 BC-51 BC) and Caesar's civil war (50 BC-45BC) in 59 BC, which had been highly controversial. The Gallic War mainly took place in what is now France. In 55 and 54 BC, he invaded Britain, although he made little headway. The Gallic War ended with complete Roman victory at the Battle of Alesia. This was followed by the civil war, during which time Caesar chased his rivals to Greece, decisively defeating them there. He then went to Egypt, where he defeated the Egyptian", "title": "Military campaigns of Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "7291768", "text": "to oppose Julius Caesar including in the crucial year of his consulship 50 BC. Civil war broke out when Caesar in Gaul invaded Italy in 49 BC. Marcellus, a friend of Cicero, was an initial opponent of Julius Caesar when Caesar invaded Italy, but did not take up arms against his wife's great uncle at the Battle of Pharsalus, and was eventually pardoned by him. In 47 BC he was able to intercede with Caesar for his cousin and namesake, also a former consul, then living in exile. Presumably, Octavia continued to live with her husband from the time of", "title": "Octavia the Younger" }, { "docid": "3122789", "text": "The Sahel was the location of one of the key battles of the War between Pompey and Caesar. Julius Caesar landed at Ruspina on 28 December 47 BC, marched to Thapsus and put it under siege at the end of February 46 BC. The Battle of Thapsus took place on 6 April and was a massive victory for Caesar and the city surrendered to him shortly after. Then he proceeded to take control of northern Tunisia. Around 293 AD the Romans divided the province of Africa and the Sahel became its own province, named Byzacena, which was among the provinces", "title": "Sahel, Tunisia" }, { "docid": "753802", "text": "One of the oldest techniques that has been used often, is that of \"teichoscopy\" or the \"viewing from the wall\", in which actors observe events beyond the confines of the stage, such as a distant battle, and discuss it on stage while the battle is taking place, as opposed to the event being reported by messengers at a later time after the event has happened. Shakespeare uses this technique in the final scenes of the play Julius Ceasre\"Julius Caesar\". Theatre technique Theatre techniques are procedures that facilitate a successful presentation of a play. They also include any practices that advance", "title": "Theatre technique" }, { "docid": "1918872", "text": "link up with their corresponding forces in Thessaly. Upon entering Thessaly, Caesar captured the town of Gomphi and regrouped with Domitius, allowing his men to resupply, rest and then move towards Pharsalus, where the decisive battle would soon be fought. Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC) The Battle of Dyrrachium (or Dyrrhachium) on 10 July 48 BC was a battle during Caesar's Civil War that took place near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania). It was fought between Julius Caesar and an army led by Gnaeus Pompey who had the backing of the majority of the Roman Senate.", "title": "Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)" }, { "docid": "12092555", "text": "office. Lucius Julius Caesar II, first cousin of Caesar's grandfather, grandson of Lucius Julius Caesar I; Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 90 BC), second cousin of Caesar's father (d. 87 BC, praetor 94 BC, consul 90 BC, killed by partisans of Marius). Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 64 BC), third cousin of Caesar, consul in 64 BC (d. aft. 43 BC, consul 63 BC) Lucius Julius Caesar V, third cousin once removed of Caesar, son of the consul in 64 BC (proquaestor 46 BC, killed soon aft. Battle of Thapsus); Lucius Julius Caesar, more commonly known as Lucius Caesar (17 BC –", "title": "Lucius Julius" }, { "docid": "10291144", "text": "Marbella Design Academy is based in Monda. There’s a tale that the traditional Andalusian village of Monda was the scene of the final battle between the armies of Julius Caesar and the supporters of Pompeii. This was the Battle of Munda and while it is known that Julius Caesar did visit the Costa del Sol it is something of a stretch to claim this battle was actually fought in Monda. \"El Molino de Monda\" (The Monda Mill) is an old mill that is still actively making local olive oil. The mill has been making olive oil since the year 2000.", "title": "Monda" }, { "docid": "2257266", "text": "Battle of Thapsus The Battle of Thapsus was an engagement in Caesar's Civil War that took place on April 6, 46 BC near Thapsus (in modern Tunisia). The Republican forces of the Optimates, led by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Scipio, were decisively defeated by the veteran forces loyal to Julius Caesar. It was followed shortly by the suicides of Scipio and his ally, Cato the Younger. In 49 BC, the last Republican civil war was initiated after Julius Caesar defied senatorial orders to disband his army following the conclusion of hostilities in Gaul. He crossed over the Rubicon river with the", "title": "Battle of Thapsus" }, { "docid": "18979754", "text": "once he is ransomed, he will return and destroy the pirates. \"Julius Caesar Against the Pirates\" was shot at INCOM studios in Rome with sea battle scenes filmed in Yugoslavia. \"Julius Caesar Against the Pirates\" was released in Italy on April 23, 1962. Julius Caesar Against the Pirates Julius Caesar Against the Pirates () is a 1962 Italian adventure film written and directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Gustavo Rojo, Abbe Lane and Gordon Mitchell. It is loosely based on actual events from the early life of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar, is threatened by the dictator Sulla, due to Caesar's", "title": "Julius Caesar Against the Pirates" }, { "docid": "19546568", "text": "on BoardGameGeek. Julius Caesar (block wargame) Julius Caesar is a block wargame designed in 2000 by Justin Thompson and Grant Dalgliesh and produced by Columbia Games. Julius Caesar is a card driven block wargame based on the Roman Civil War. Players take control of the legions of Julius Caesar or Pompey and fight to determine the future of Rome. Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Octavian, and Brutus also play key roles in the game. The game was released by Columbia Games in 2010. BoardGameGeek has Julius Caesar noted as #35 on its best wargames of all time. Julius Caesar is rated with", "title": "Julius Caesar (block wargame)" }, { "docid": "19546567", "text": "Julius Caesar (block wargame) Julius Caesar is a block wargame designed in 2000 by Justin Thompson and Grant Dalgliesh and produced by Columbia Games. Julius Caesar is a card driven block wargame based on the Roman Civil War. Players take control of the legions of Julius Caesar or Pompey and fight to determine the future of Rome. Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Octavian, and Brutus also play key roles in the game. The game was released by Columbia Games in 2010. BoardGameGeek has Julius Caesar noted as #35 on its best wargames of all time. Julius Caesar is rated with a 7.8", "title": "Julius Caesar (block wargame)" }, { "docid": "2234861", "text": "great army in the country, and returned to the city where he ejected his opponents and was declared king. This accomplished, Vercingetorix forged an alliance with at least 15 Gallic tribes, requesting the presence of sons of chiefs to prove their alliance. He then led the majority of the Gauls and won the Gergovia battle against Julius Caesar and his cavalry did marvels in pursuing the Roman troops. After Julius Caesar saved half of his legions and received food from other Gauls, he went further north to fight weaker opposition. Vercingetorix was defeated by Caesar at the Battle of Alesia,", "title": "Arverni" }, { "docid": "8796793", "text": "later married their half-cousin (on the maternal side) Marcus Junius Brutus. Marcus fought in the Battle of Thapsus, and after being defeated by Caesar's forces his father Cato committed suicide in 46 BC. Julius Caesar pardoned young Cato and allowed him to keep his father's property. In spite of being pardoned by Caesar and allowed to return home, Marcus joined his brother-in-law Brutus and his ally Gaius Cassius Longinus in the assassination of Julius Caesar. Afterwards they fled Rome headed for Greece, where Marcus Cato fought in both of the battles of Philippi. He was killed in the second battle", "title": "Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger)" }, { "docid": "16598745", "text": "complimentary defensive position. In the 1st Century BC, the Roman Empire began its definitive push into the territories contemporaneously dominated by the Cantabri and the Astures, commencing the so-called Cantabrian Wars. The Romans were led in person by the Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus. According to the chronicles of Florus and Orosius, a momentous battle occurred at the base of Vellica between the Romans, led by Caesar Augustus and the Cantabri that culminated in the taking of the city between 25-26 BC. It is likely that this chronicle refers to the lowground surrounding Mave which is where other historians place", "title": "Battle of Vellica" }, { "docid": "577759", "text": "the famous Roman statesman) as \"ab utero caeso\", \"cut from the womb\" giving this as an explanation for the cognomen \"Caesar\" which was then carried by his descendants. Nonetheless, even if the etymological hypothesis linking the caesarean section to Julius Caesar is a false etymology, it has been widely believed. For example, the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" defines caesarean birth as \"the delivery of a child by cutting through the walls of the abdomen when delivery cannot take place in the natural way, as was done in the case of Julius Caesar\". \"Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary\" (11th edition) leaves room for etymological", "title": "Caesarean section" }, { "docid": "9020150", "text": "Battle of Ilerda The Battle of Ilerda took place in June 49 BC between the forces of Julius Caesar and the Spanish army of Pompey the Great, led by his legates Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius. Unlike many other of the battles of the civil war, this was more a campaign of manoeuvre than actual fighting. After having driven the Optimates from Italy, in March 49 BC Caesar turned his attention to the Republican army in the Spanish provinces. On his way to Spain, Caesar was delayed when the port city of Massilia rebelled under the leadership of Lucius Domitius", "title": "Battle of Ilerda" }, { "docid": "14463002", "text": "star of Caesar has appeared to gladden the fields. Virgil later writes of the period following Julius Caesar’s assassination, “Never did fearsome comets so often blaze.” Gurval points out that this passage in no way links a comet to Caesar’s divine status, but rather links comets to his death. It is Ovid, however, who makes the final assertion of the comet’s role in Julius Caesar’s deification. Ovid describes the deification of Caesar in \"Metamorphoses\" (8 AD):Then Jupiter, the Father, spoke...\"Take up Caesar’s spirit from his murdered corpse, and change it into a star, so that the deified Julius may always", "title": "Caesar's Comet" }, { "docid": "3990502", "text": "and the suicide of Mithridates in 63 BC. In Pompey's settlement of Pontus, Zela received a civic constitution and a sizable territory thus transforming from its previous status as a temple domain to a city. In 49 BC, civil war broke out between Julius Caesar and Pompey. While the Romans were distracted by this, Pharnaces II of Pontus, son of Mithridates, decided to seize the opportunity and take revenge for his father. His attack on Zela was halted by Julius Caesar in the bloody Battle of Zela (47 BC). While Caesar's army suffered great losses, Pharnaces's was completely destroyed in", "title": "Zile" }, { "docid": "2251831", "text": "Battle of Munda The Battle of Munda (17 March 45 B.C.), in southern Hispania Ulterior, was the final battle of Caesar's civil war against the leaders of the Optimates. With the military victory at Munda, and the deaths of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius (eldest son of Pompey), Caesar was politically able to return in triumph to Rome, and then govern as the elected \"Roman dictator\". Subsequently, the assassination of Julius Caesar began the Republican decline that led to the Roman Empire, initiated with the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. The republicans had initially been led by Pompey, until", "title": "Battle of Munda" }, { "docid": "7343470", "text": "him proscribed. Fleeing to his sister's (Antony's mother's) house, Lucius remained there until she obtained a pardon for him from her son. Lucius Caesar was still alive in 40 BC, when he was recorded as still being active as an augur. Lucius Julius Caesar had at least one son, also named Lucius. This son chose to join the optimates faction and opposed his father (Lucius) and uncle (Gaius) in the civil war. After the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC, Lucius the younger was killed by the victorious soldiers. Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 64 BC) Lucius Julius Caesar (fl. 1st", "title": "Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 64 BC)" }, { "docid": "7343704", "text": "Augustus defeated the legions of the other generals who wanted to succeed Julius Caesar as the master of the Roman world. Suetonius includes descriptions of these civil wars, including the final one against Mark Antony that ended with the Battle of Actium. Antony had been Octavian's last surviving rival, but committed suicide after his defeat at Actium. It was after this victory in 31 BC that Octavian became master of the Roman world and imperator (emperor). His declaration of the end of the Civil Wars that had started under Julius Caesar marked the historic beginning of the Roman Empire, and", "title": "The Twelve Caesars" }, { "docid": "1918857", "text": "Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC) The Battle of Dyrrachium (or Dyrrhachium) on 10 July 48 BC was a battle during Caesar's Civil War that took place near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania). It was fought between Julius Caesar and an army led by Gnaeus Pompey who had the backing of the majority of the Roman Senate. The battle was a victory for Pompey, albeit not a decisive one. The battle preceded the Battle of Pharsalus which was the decisive battle of the Civil War. By the end of Julius Caesar's first year as consul he had", "title": "Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)" }, { "docid": "4805299", "text": "the most powerful and wealthy tribes in ancient Gaul: A shrine in Auvergne marks the Battle of Gergovia. Based on scholars' interpretation of books by Caesar, it took place about 12 km from present-day Clermont-Ferrand; this has not been conclusively proved. Vercingetorix beat Julius Caesar at Gergovia in 52 BC before he started chasing Caesar’s troops. Roman troops won a victory in Alesia (Alise-sainte-Reine) in Burgundy. Roman legionaries had set traps and established over several hundred metres. They captured Vercingetorix and took him to Rome, where he was imprisoned. Augustonemetum (as Clermont-Ferrand was known) was developed, probably by displacing a", "title": "Auvergne" }, { "docid": "1993350", "text": "was preparing to follow in pursuit and, among other preparations, levied Legio IV. The first battles of the legion were Dyrrhachium and Pharsalus, where Caesar defeated Pompey. After this, the legion was stationed in the province of Macedonia, attaining thus its \"cognomen\". IV \"Macedonica\" sided always with Julius Caesar's adopted son, Octavian, first against Caesar's murderers in the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, then against Mark Antony in the naval Battle of Actium in 31 BC. Octavian, now Augustus, sent the legion to Hispania Tarraconensis in 30 BC, to take part in the Cantabrian Wars. In 25 BC, they", "title": "Legio IV Macedonica" }, { "docid": "13150653", "text": "no local revolts could ever take place again. Julius Classicus Julius Classicus was a Gaulish nobleman and military commander of the 1st century AD, belonging to the tribe of the Treviri. He served as a commander of the Roman auxiliaries. Along with Julius Tutor, another Treviran Roman auxiliary commander, and Julius Sabinus, who claimed descent from Gaius Julius Caesar, he joined the rebellion of Gaius Julius Civilis during the disorder of the Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD). In order to secure his position as Roman Emperor, Vespasian, along with his allies Antonius Primus and Mucianus, decided to stir", "title": "Julius Classicus" }, { "docid": "6663415", "text": "it earned the title “Hispaniensis” after fighting at Ilerda. Later seeing action at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Julius Caesar took the 6th to Alexandria to settle the dispute in Egypt with Cleopatra. Alexandria was besieged, and the 6th suffered many casualties, losing approximately two-thirds of its strength. Caesar eventually triumphed when reinforcements under Mithridates of Pergamum arrived. Caesar took his \"Veteran Sixth Legion\" with him to Syria and Pontus. The Legion served in Pontus under Caesar in 48 and 47 BC. This culminated in the battle of Zela where victory was won by Legio VI. During Caesar's", "title": "Legio VI Ferrata" }, { "docid": "6778908", "text": "Battle of Ruspina The Battle of Ruspina was fought on 4 January 46 BC in the Roman province of Africa, between the Republican forces of the Optimates and forces loyal to Julius Caesar. The Republican army was commanded by Titus Labienus, Caesar's former supporter who had defected to the Republican side at the beginning of the civil war. Julius Caesar arrived at Lilybauem in Sicily on 17 December 47 BC and built up an invasion force there to crush the Optimates in Africa. Caesar failed to gather enough transport shipping to carry his army of six legions in a single", "title": "Battle of Ruspina" }, { "docid": "209153", "text": "little confidence in Pompey's newly raised troops. Pompey, despite greatly outnumbering Caesar, who only had his Thirteenth Legion with him, did not intend to fight. Caesar pursued Pompey, hoping to capture Pompey before his legions could escape. Pompey managed to escape before Caesar could capture him. Heading for Spain, Caesar left Italy under the control of Mark Antony. After an astonishing 27-day route-march, Caesar defeated Pompey's lieutenants, then returned east, to challenge Pompey in Illyria, where, in July 48 BC in the battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoided a catastrophic defeat. In an exceedingly short engagement later that year, he", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "8203929", "text": "against the expansion of Julius Caesar. Alongside the Nervii and the Atrebates, they fought against Julius Caesar in the Battle of the Sabis, around 57 BC, named for the river that split the battlefield. We know about this battle because it is described extensively in Julius Caesar’s \"De Bello Gallico\". He tells how the Belgae surprised the Romans by charging out of the woods while the legions were still constructing the Roman camp. In the initial part of the battle, the Romans lost their camp and took heavy losses, prompting their Gallic allies to desert them. However, they reformed their", "title": "Viromandui" }, { "docid": "832640", "text": "in the Battle of Pharsalus, Caesar overtook Cassius and forced him to surrender. After Caesar's death, Cassius fled to the East, where he amassed an army of twelve legions. He was supported and made Governor by the Senate. Though he and Brutus marched west against the allies of the Second Triumvirate, Cassius was defeated at the Battle of Phillippi and committed suicide. He followed the teachings of the philosopher Epicurus, although scholars debate whether or not these beliefs affected his political life. Cassius is a main character in William Shakespeare's play \"Julius Caesar\" that depicts the assassination of Caesar and", "title": "Gaius Cassius Longinus" }, { "docid": "323216", "text": "dedicated to a hero cult. This monument covers the tomb of a certain Exekestos, is possibly situated on the agora and is dedicated to the κτίστης (\"ktistēs\"), the foundation hero of the city. The city reappears in the sources during the Roman civil war that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar. His heirs Mark Antony and Octavian confronted the assassins of Caesar, Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, at the Battle of Philippi on the plain to the west of the city during October in 42 BC. Antony and Octavian were victorious in this final battle against the partisans", "title": "Philippi" }, { "docid": "4912697", "text": "Temple of Caesar The Temple of Caesar or Temple of Divus Iulius (; ), also known as Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar, \"delubrum\", \"heroon\" or Temple of the Comet Star, is an ancient structure in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy, located near the \"Regia\" and the Temple of Vesta. The temple was begun by Augustus in 42 BC after the senate deified Julius Caesar posthumously. Augustus dedicated the prostyle temple (it is still unknown whether its order was Ionic, Corinthian or composite) to Caesar, his adoptive father, on 18 August 29 BC, after the Battle of Actium. It", "title": "Temple of Caesar" }, { "docid": "4106065", "text": "arrived with a small army, and was released, but died mysteriously, a rumored suicide. The Helvetians went on with their plans for migration but were defeated in 58 BC and returned by Julius Caesar. This incident was the beginning of the Gallic War in which Caesar subjugated Gaul. Julius Pokorny segments the name [P]orgeto-rix, where the first element contains Gallic \"orge\", \"kill,\", related to Old Irish \"orcaid\", \"kill,\" from the Indo-European root *per-g-, \"to hit.\" The second element is manifestly Celtic \"rīx\", \"king:\" \"warrior-king,\" which does not imply that the owner of the name is necessarily a legal ruler. Although", "title": "Orgetorix" }, { "docid": "7556163", "text": "Alesia (city) Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gallic tribes allied with the Aedui. The Celtic was conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars and afterwards became a Gallo-Roman town. Its location was controversial for a long time. It is today considered to have been located on , near in Burgundy, France. Alesia is best known for being the site of the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC that marked the defeat of the Gauls under Vercingetorix by the Romans under Julius Caesar. Caesar described the battle in detail in his \"\" (Book VII,", "title": "Alesia (city)" }, { "docid": "13417883", "text": "over Anatolian territories in the east but had to stop an advance into western Anatolia because of Asander's rebellion. He was eventually defeated by Gaius Julius Caesar. According to Appian, before the battle with Caesar Pharnaces sent envoys to him to negotiate a peace. They “bore a golden crown and foolishly offered him the daughter of Pharnaces [Dynamis] in marriage.” After his defeat, Pharnaces returned to the Cimmerian Bosporus with his cavalry. Asander defeated Pharnaces II, who died in battle. Asander took over the Bosporan Kingdom and married Dynamis, probably to legitimise his rule. Asander was soon overthrown. Julius Caesar", "title": "Dynamis (Bosporan queen)" }, { "docid": "6710469", "text": "dies of a heart-attack and Caesar is allowed to return home. While he was gone Cornelia became very ill and Julia befriended the young daughter of Caesar's rival Marcus Porcius Cato, Portia, her brother Marcus and their cousin Brutus. When Cornelia dies from her illness, Caesar swears at her funeral that he will make Rome a better place. Around this time the same pirates who held him captive cut off the grain supply. The senate send Pompey to deal with the problem after Caesar convinced them that he will not take the city with his army like Sulla did. Several", "title": "Julius Caesar (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "209157", "text": "May), where he met enthusiastic support, but where, according to Cicero, Cassius was planning to kill him at this point. Thence, he proceeded to Africa to deal with the remnants of Pompey's senatorial supporters. He quickly gained a significant victory in 46 BC over Cato, who then committed suicide. After this victory, he was appointed dictator for 10 years. Pompey's sons escaped to Spain; Caesar gave chase and defeated the last remnants of opposition in the Battle of Munda in March 45 BC. During this time, Caesar was elected to his third and fourth terms as consul in 46 BC", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "854717", "text": "a town of the Suessiones, mentioned by Julius Caesar (\"B. G.\" ii. 12). Caesar (\"B.C.\" 57), after leaving the Axona (modern Aisne), entered the territory of the Suessiones, and making one day's long march, reached Noviodunum, which was surrounded by a high wall and a broad ditch. The place surrendered to Caesar. From 457 to 486, under Aegidius and his son Syagrius, Noviodunum was the capital of the \"Kingdom of Soissons\", until it fell to the Frankish king Clovis I in the Battle of Soissons. Part of the Frankish territory of Neustria, the Soissons region, and the Abbey of Saint-Médard,", "title": "Soissons" }, { "docid": "6914947", "text": "in 1950, the film had only a limited distribution in the United States, where it was mainly shown in schools and colleges. In 1951, it played at the Edinburgh Film Festival, then opened in New York City in late 1952. The film was shown at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1953 where it tied for first place. On the basis of a private screening in Hollywood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired Bradley as a directing intern in 1950. Two decades later, Heston reprised his role as Mark Antony in both \"Julius Caesar\" and \"Antony and Cleopatra\". Upon the film's opening in New", "title": "Julius Caesar (1950 film)" }, { "docid": "4189257", "text": "of his sister saved him from death. Lucius was an augur as early as 69 BC. The son of Lucius Julius Caesar, consul in 64 BC, Lucius was a partisan of Pompeius during the Civil War, although his father was a legate in the army of Gaius Julius Caesar. In 46 BC, he was proquaestor under Cato at Utica, and he was pardoned by his victorious cousin after the Battle of Thapsus, but was murdered soon afterward, probably by Caesar's soldiers, who lacked their commander's clemency. Born \"Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa\" in 17 BC, he was the son of Marcus Vipsanius", "title": "Lucius Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "3741237", "text": "the Napoleonic painters and even the battle compositions of Delacroix\", according to the art historian Frederick Hartt. All of these depicted frankly minor actions where Florence had defeated neighbouring cities, but important battles from distant history were equally popular. Andrea Mantegna's \"Triumphs of Caesar\" shows the Roman triumphal parade of Julius Caesar, though concentrating on the booty rather than the army following it; the print series \"Triumphs of Maximilian\" shows both, leading up to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor riding on a huge carriage. \"The Battle of the Milvian Bridge\" by Giulio Romano brought a huge and \"seminal\" battle scene", "title": "Military art" }, { "docid": "8891275", "text": "a strength that arises precisely from the avoidance of it?\". Time is a natural force from which none of us is immune. This theme pervades the sonnet; the speaker recognizes that time will strip the beloved of his beauty and by saying that implies that time will take his beloved from him. Eventually, time will consume everyone in death, and, whether one chooses to recognize it or not, he will not have any control over exactly when that consumption will take place. This theme translates to Julius Caesar as well. Caesar is unfazed by the soothsayer's proclamation in act one,", "title": "Sonnet 65" }, { "docid": "2138553", "text": "Republic are \"Caesar, Iulus, Mento\", and \"Libo\", of which the first three are undoubtedly patrician; but the only families which were particularly celebrated were those of \"Iulus\" and \"Caesar\", the former at the beginning and the latter in the last century of the Republic. On coins the only names which we find are \"Caesar\" and \"Bursio\", the latter of which does not occur in ancient writers. Due to the activity of Julius Caesar in Gaul over many years, a number of natives of the Gallic provinces adopted \"Julius\" as their gentilicum, and have no other connection to the Republican Julii.", "title": "Julia (gens)" }, { "docid": "1436855", "text": "In 1512 at the Battle of Ravenna, where his father and elder brother were killed, his conduct earned him Order of the Golden Spur, augmented with the collar and the eagle of gold. He left the service of Maximilian, and after a brief employment by another kinsman, the duke of Ferrara, he decided to quit the military life, and in 1514 entered as a student at the University of Bologna. He decided to take holy orders, expecting that he would become cardinal, and then pope, when he would wrest from the Venetians his duchy of Verona, which the republic had", "title": "Julius Caesar Scaliger" }, { "docid": "818645", "text": "for safety, possibly as part of plans for an escape to India; he may have been sent years earlier, but the sources are unclear. Plutarch does say that Caesarion was sent to India, but also that he was lured back by false promises of the kingdom of Egypt: Caesarion, who was said to be Cleopatra's son by Julius Caesar, was sent by his mother, with much treasure, into India, by way of Ethiopia. There Rhodon, another tutor like Theodorus, persuaded him to go back, on the ground that [Octavian] Caesar invited him to take the kingdom. Octavian captured the city", "title": "Caesarion" }, { "docid": "209131", "text": "\"caedere\", \"caes-\"). The \"Historia Augusta\" suggests three alternative explanations: that the first Caesar had a thick head of hair (Latin \"caesaries\"); that he had bright grey eyes (Latin \"oculis caesiis\"); or that he killed an elephant (\"caesai\" in Moorish) in battle. Caesar issued coins featuring images of elephants, suggesting that he favored this interpretation of his name. Despite their ancient pedigree, the Julii Caesares were not especially politically influential, although they had enjoyed some revival of their political fortunes in the early 1st century BC. Caesar's father, also called Gaius Julius Caesar, governed the province of Asia, and his sister", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "2117852", "text": "Julius Caesar (judge) Sir Julius Caesar (1557/155818 April 1636) was an English lawyer, judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1622. He was also known as Julius Adelmare. Caesar was born near Tottenham in Middlesex, the son of Cesare Adelmare of Treviso, Italy, Tottenham, Middlesex, and Bishopsgate, London, and his wife Margery Perient (died c.1583). Cesare Adelmare, like many of his ancestors, studied at the University of Padua, where he was made doctor in 1547. He was registered as a doctor in his native Treviso in 1542. In England in 1544", "title": "Julius Caesar (judge)" }, { "docid": "3872124", "text": "as exemplified in the popular French comic \"Asterix\", where the battle is referenced, specifically in the book \"Asterix and the Class Act\". As with much of the early history of Gaul, the knowledge of the war comes principally from Julius Caesar's \"Commentaries on the Gallic War\" (there are no surviving Gaulish accounts). Vercingetorix had earlier been expelled from Gergovia. In winter 53 BC, whilst Caesar was gathering his forces for a strike against the Gauls, Vercingetorix attacked Gergovia. Caesar states that this left him with a difficult decision, between keeping his forces safe over the winter but showing Roman weakness", "title": "Battle of Gergovia" }, { "docid": "17379014", "text": "the flamen held a very senior priesthood some ten years before the time that his son was so described by Appian. Sextus' grandfather, the consul, was an uncle of Gaius Julius Caesar, under whom the young Sextus would serve during the Civil War. In BC 49, early in the Civil War, Sextus was in Spain, serving in the army of his cousin, who dispatched him as an ambassador to Marcus Terentius Varro, one of Pompeius' commanders, whom Caesar later pardoned after the Battle of Pharsalus. At the end of the Alexandrine War in BC 47, Caesar gave Sextus the command", "title": "Sextus Julius Caesar (governor of Syria)" }, { "docid": "11779073", "text": "Vellaunodunum Vellaunodunum was a Gallic oppidum of the Senones tribe two days' march from Agedincum. On the outbreak of Vercingetorix's revolt in 52 BC, Julius Caesar marched to this oppidum to besiege it, \"in order that he might not leave an enemy in his rear, and might the more easily procure supplies of provisions\". In his own words, he : Caesar then marched on to besiege Genabum and Noviodunum Biturigum. These three sieges brought Vercingetorix to open battle at Noviodunum, where Caesar won, though this was soon followed by the Roman defeat at Gergovia. The exact location of Vellaunodunum has", "title": "Vellaunodunum" }, { "docid": "11779074", "text": "never been fixed, suggested sites including Montargis and Château-Landon. Vellaunodunum Vellaunodunum was a Gallic oppidum of the Senones tribe two days' march from Agedincum. On the outbreak of Vercingetorix's revolt in 52 BC, Julius Caesar marched to this oppidum to besiege it, \"in order that he might not leave an enemy in his rear, and might the more easily procure supplies of provisions\". In his own words, he : Caesar then marched on to besiege Genabum and Noviodunum Biturigum. These three sieges brought Vercingetorix to open battle at Noviodunum, where Caesar won, though this was soon followed by the Roman", "title": "Vellaunodunum" }, { "docid": "4195085", "text": "BC. Sextus Julius Caesar, son of the consul of 157, was \"praetor urbanus\" in 123 BC. Sextus Julius Caesar, the son of Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcia, is best known as the uncle of Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator. He was praetor by 94 BC, and held the consulship in 91. Proconsul in 90, he won a military victory, probably over the Paeligni. He died while laying siege to Asculum. The son of Sextus Julius Caesar, the consul of 91, this Sextus Julius Caesar was appointed Flamen Quirinalis about 60 to 58 BC. Son of the Sextus Julius Caesar who", "title": "Sextus Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "6752992", "text": "eloquent.\" Cicero, despite his previous attacks against Vatinius, defended him because he was afraid of offending the triumvirs and wanted their protection from Publius Clodius. Despite Cicero's speech, Vatinius' acquittal was more likely due to bribery by his patrons. Vatinius returned to Gaul in 51 BC where he was again a \"legatus\" for Julius Caesar. He stayed with Caesar during the start of the civil war. While in Greece, Caesar sent him with peace proposals to Pompeius. But instead of serving at the battle of Pharsalus, he defended Brundisium from Decimus Laelius, who led an attack on the city with", "title": "Publius Vatinius" }, { "docid": "349135", "text": "lead to a series of civil wars; the first between the two generals Julius Caesar and Pompey. Despite his victory and appointment as dictator for life, Caesar was murdered in 44 BC. Caesar's heir Octavian and lieutenant Mark Antony defeated Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC, but then turned against each other. The final defeat of Mark Antony and his ally Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, and the Senate's grant of extraordinary powers to Octavian as \"Augustus\" in 27 BC – which effectively made him the first Roman emperor – thus ended the Republic.", "title": "Roman Republic" }, { "docid": "7327858", "text": "Civile\" 2.14; alternatively, Dio 41.25.2 records that the Massiliots destroyed these works in response to a surprise attack by the Caesarian forces). The city's inhabitants were then near surrender. At the final surrender of Massilia, Caesar showed his usual leniency and Lucius Ahenobarbus escaped to Thessaly in the only vessel that was able to escape from the Populares. Afterwards, Massilia was allowed to keep nominal autonomy, due to ancient ties of friendship and support of Rome, along with some territories while most of its empire was confiscated by Julius Caesar. Siege of Massilia The Siege and naval Battle of Massilia", "title": "Siege of Massilia" }, { "docid": "6540558", "text": "and Julius Caesar. Gulliver later summons more spirits by his own will. After summoning many spirits, he abandons the place realizing everything's an illusion when he goes through two standing guardians. He later meets the Struldbrugs where he gives his wasp-sting dagger to the Immortal Gatekeeper (Kristin Scott Thomas) to enter, later rejecting their offer to gain immortality by drinking their water (because it also causes blindness). Gulliver makes it to a port where the ship's captain agrees to take him back to England. Following an undepicted mutiny, due to plague aboard the ship, Gulliver arrives on the island of", "title": "Gulliver's Travels (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "8174148", "text": "Battle of Vosges (58 BC) The Battle of Vosges, also referred to as the Battle of Vesontio, was fought between the Germanic tribe of the Suebi under the leadership of Ariovistus against six Roman legions under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar in 58 BC. This encounter is the third major battle of the Gallic Wars. Germanic tribes crossed the Rhine, seeking a home in Gaul. Prior to the battle, Caesar and Ariovistus held a parley. Ariovistus' cavalry cast stones and weapons at the Roman cavalry. Caesar broke off negotiations and instructed his men not to retaliate to prevent the", "title": "Battle of Vosges (58 BC)" }, { "docid": "13394275", "text": "may have assumed the name Gaius Julius in honour of Gaius Julius Caesar (as the \"divus Julius\" of Imperial cult). His father, like other Gaii Julii of the Aedui, may even have been granted Roman citizenship directly by Caesar in the aftermath of the Gallic Wars, since it was customary for naturalized citizens to take the gentilic name of their patron. The Celtic personal name Vercondaridubnus has been interpreted as meaning “The Dark One of Great Wrath.” The prefix \"ver-\" is hierarchical (“above, highest, supreme”); \"con-\" (\"com\"-) is combinative (“with”) or intensive. The element \"dari-\" refers to a violent emotion", "title": "Gaius Julius Vercondaridubnus" }, { "docid": "5589433", "text": "in their youthful vigor. In the war between Antiochus III and the Romans, Pharsalus was for a time in the possession of the Syrian monarch; but on the retreat of the latter, it surrendered to the consul Acilius Glabrio in 191 BC. After the defeat of the Macedonian Kingdom, Pharsalos and the whole area became a part of the Roman Republic. The whole area suffered great destruction during the Roman Civil War. The Battle of Pharsalus, where Julius Caesar defeated Pompey and changed the course of the Roman Republic forever, took place in 48 BC in the fields of the", "title": "Farsala" }, { "docid": "2624491", "text": "in 49 BC, Spinther predictably sided with Pompey. Unfortunately although a good governor, Spinther was not a good soldier, and soon found himself trapped and besieged by Caesar's troops in Corfinium where he was forced to surrender. The generosity with which he was subsequently treated by Caesar after the capitulation of Corfinium made Spinther hesitate, but not for long. After a brief retirement to Puteoli he soon rejoined Pompey's main army in Greece. In 48 BC, Pompey's main army confronted that of Julius Caesar and his lieutenant Marc Antony at the battle of Pharsalus. This battle resulted in a decisive", "title": "Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther" }, { "docid": "14938197", "text": "spending the first months of 47 BC in Egypt, Caesar went to the Middle East, where he annihilated King Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela; his victory was so swift and complete that he mocked Pompey's previous victories over such poor enemies. Thence, he proceeded to Africa to deal with the remnants of Pompey's senatorial supporters. He quickly gained a significant victory at Thapsus in 46 BC over the forces of Metellus Scipio (who died in the battle) and Cato the Younger (who committed suicide). After this victory, he was appointed Dictator for ten years. Nevertheless, Pompey's", "title": "Military campaigns of Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "10733444", "text": "a son of his second wife, Livia, by her first marriage. Thus, Tiberius was not the last of any line established by Julius Caesar (Augustus' maternal great-uncle by blood) as he had no blood relation to Caesar at all. His successors, Caligula and Claudius were blood relatives of Julius Caesar through a maternal blood line dating back to Augustus's older sister, Octavia. Nero, a direct descendant of Augustus, ruled roughly twenty years after the death of Tiberius and was the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty, thus making him the last ruler descended from Julius Caesar's family – the Julii.", "title": "The Last Legion" }, { "docid": "7593265", "text": "Battle of the Nile (47 BC) The Battle of the Nile in 47 BC saw the combined Roman–Egyptian armies of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII defeat those of the rival Queen Arsinoe IV and King Ptolemy XIII and secure the throne of Egypt. After pursuing his rival Pompey to Egypt, Caesar, recently victorious in a civil war closer to home, became entwined in the Alexandrine civil war after his rival, Pompey Magnus, was killed by King Ptolemy XIII in an attempt to please Caesar. From August 48 BC until January 47 BC, Caesar was besieged in Alexandria, Egypt with about", "title": "Battle of the Nile (47 BC)" }, { "docid": "6710473", "text": "sends Mark Antony to talk to the Senate, but this makes the situation worse. Pompey begins planning to attack Caesar before he can march to Rome, but is too late. Caesar makes his way back to Rome and crosses the river Rubicon with his army. Pompey, Cato and Brutus immediately decide to leave to regroup their own troops in Greece. Upon his return to Rome Caesar is made Dictator. He then catches up with and defeats Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus, who then flees to Egypt. After the battle Caesar pardons the captured soldiers of Pompey, including Brutus to", "title": "Julius Caesar (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "126540", "text": "for a wide variety of archeological and architectural tasks. When he wished to put up a monument to mark the Battle of Alesia, where Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls, a battle whose actual site was disputed by historians, he asked Viollet-le-Duc to locate the exact battlefield. Viollet-le-duc conducted excavations at various purported sites, and finally found vestiges of the walls that Caesar had built. He also designed the metal frame for the six-meter-high statue that would be placed on the site. He later designed a similar frame for a much larger statue, the Statue of Liberty, but died before that", "title": "Eugène Viollet-le-Duc" }, { "docid": "3872123", "text": "Battle of Gergovia The Battle of Gergovia took place in 52 BC in Gaul at Gergovia, the chief oppidum (fortified town) of the Arverni. The battle was fought between a Roman Republican army, led by proconsul Julius Caesar, and Gallic forces led by Vercingetorix, who was also the Arverni chieftain. The Gauls won the battle. The site is identified with Merdogne, now called Gergovie, a village located on a hill within the town of La Roche-Blanche, near Clermont-Ferrand, in south central France. Some walls and earthworks still survive from the pre-Roman Iron Age. The battle is well known in France,", "title": "Battle of Gergovia" }, { "docid": "3722486", "text": "the territory of the Franks, which was a new name that possibly represented a new alliance of older tribes, possibly including the Sicambri. Many Sicambri had however been moved into the Roman empire by this time. The Sicambri appear in history around 55 BC, during the time of conquests of Gaul by Julius Caesar and his expansion of the Roman Empire. Caesar wrote in his \"Commentarii de Bello Gallico\" that near the confluence of the Rhine and Meuse River a battle took place in the land of the Menapii with a large number of Tencteri and Usipetes, who then proceeded", "title": "Sicambri" }, { "docid": "15359185", "text": "conquered\". Veni, vidi, vici Veni, vidi, vici (; ; \"I came; I saw; I conquered\") is a Latin phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar who, according to Appian, used the phrase in a letter to the Roman Senate around 47 BC after he had achieved a quick victory in his short war against Pharnaces II of Pontus at the Battle of Zela. The phrase is used to refer to a swift, conclusive victory. The phrase is attributed in Plutarch's \"Life of Caesar\" and Suetonius's \"Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Julius\". Plutarch writes that Caesar used it in a report to", "title": "Veni, vidi, vici" }, { "docid": "15359180", "text": "Veni, vidi, vici Veni, vidi, vici (; ; \"I came; I saw; I conquered\") is a Latin phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar who, according to Appian, used the phrase in a letter to the Roman Senate around 47 BC after he had achieved a quick victory in his short war against Pharnaces II of Pontus at the Battle of Zela. The phrase is used to refer to a swift, conclusive victory. The phrase is attributed in Plutarch's \"Life of Caesar\" and Suetonius's \"Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Julius\". Plutarch writes that Caesar used it in a report to Amantius,", "title": "Veni, vidi, vici" }, { "docid": "3138427", "text": "his findings do not entirely correspond with the geography of the region – he provided only that the Bellovaci camped at a “high wooded place surrounded by marsh”. The Bellovaci were surprised by the arrival of Roman troops, and Julius Caesar was intimidated by the size of enemy forces, even though he (Caesar) had a large force of about 30,000 men with him, including four legions, tribes, and a few baggage trains. Neither initiated battle. The battles were initially small confrontations with varying success across the marsh surrounding Bellovaci territory. The Belgic warriors set traps in the woods for Roman", "title": "Bellovaci" }, { "docid": "12092554", "text": "or identical to Lucius Julius Libo II, with Sextus Julius Caesar (praetor 208 BC) as his son, in which case the latter would be the father of Sextus Julius Caesar (military tribune 181 BC) identical to Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 157 BC). Lucius Julius, possibly with the \"cognomen\" Caesar, a praetor in Cisalpine Gaul in 183 BC. His mission was to keep Transalpine Gauls from settling in the area of Aquileia, without resorting to war. Lucius Julius, possibly with the \"cognomen\" Caesar and to be identified as the Julius Caesar who was \"praetor urbanus\" in 166 and died suddenly in", "title": "Lucius Julius" }, { "docid": "5361250", "text": "Delbrück. Also according to Caesar the census totals of the tribes at the start of the war were: Battle of Bibracte The Battle of Bibracte was fought between the Helvetii and six Roman legions, under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar. It was the second major battle of the Gallic Wars. After following the migration of the Helvetii and defeating them, Caesar, around 20 June, moved towards Bibracte (approximately 18 miles away from their camp) to obtain the supplies promised by his allies, the Aedui. Dumnorix, an Aedui chieftain opposed to the Romans, had been delaying supplies from reaching Caesar's", "title": "Battle of Bibracte" }, { "docid": "832656", "text": "one of three people deemed sinful enough to be chewed in one of the three mouths of Satan, in the very center of Hell, for all eternity, as a punishment for killing Julius Caesar. The other two are Brutus, his fellow conspirator, and Judas Iscariot, the Biblical betrayer of Jesus. Cassius also plays a major role in Shakespeare's play \"Julius Caesar\" (I. ii. 190–195) as the leader of the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar. Caesar distrusts him, and states, \"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.\" In one of the final scenes", "title": "Gaius Cassius Longinus" }, { "docid": "2380033", "text": "prisoners kept their freedom thanks to their valor. The relief force probably suffered heavy losses, like many other armies who lost battle order and retreated under the weapons of the Roman cavalry. Battle of Alesia The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia was a military engagement in the Gallic Wars that took place in September, 52 BC, around the Gallic \"oppidum\" (fortified settlement) of Alesia, a major centre of the Mandubii tribe. It was fought by the army of Julius Caesar against a confederation of Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix of the Arverni. It was the", "title": "Battle of Alesia" }, { "docid": "2379991", "text": "Battle of Alesia The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia was a military engagement in the Gallic Wars that took place in September, 52 BC, around the Gallic \"oppidum\" (fortified settlement) of Alesia, a major centre of the Mandubii tribe. It was fought by the army of Julius Caesar against a confederation of Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix of the Arverni. It was the last major engagement between Gauls and Romans, and is considered one of Caesar's greatest military achievements and a classic example of siege warfare and investment. The battle of Alesia marked the end", "title": "Battle of Alesia" }, { "docid": "16637982", "text": "him in a general assembly. The Aeduan Druid and statesment Diviciacus, acting as spokesmen for the Gallic delegation, appealed to Caesar to intervene against Ariovistus. Ariovistus' demand, that the Sequani give him more land to accommodate the Harudes people, 'concerned' Rome because it would position Ariovistus to take all of the Sequani land and then move against the rest of Gaul. The Gallic request afforded Caesar the perfect pretext to expand his intervention as \"the saviour and not the conqueror of Gaul.\" Caesar would defeat Ariovistus at the Battle of Vosges. In the battle, which took place near Vesontio (Besançon),", "title": "Battle of Magetobriga" }, { "docid": "5169390", "text": "the Romans but suffered a decisive defeat. The Helvetii Caesar defeated were part of the \"pagus\" (sub-tribe) of the Tigurini, which in 107 BC had slain the Consul Lucius Cassius Longinus, as well as the legate Lucius Calpurnius Piso, the grandfather of the Lucius Calpurnius Piso who was the father-in-law of Caesar. Battle of the Arar The Battle of the Arar was fought between the migrating tribes of the Helvetii, and four Roman legions (Legions VII, VIII, IX \"Hispana\" and X \"Equestris\"), under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar, in 58 BC. This was the first major battle of the", "title": "Battle of the Arar" }, { "docid": "6466732", "text": "after the battle. Octavian had Caesarion, Cleopatra's son by Julius Caesar, as well as Mark Antony's eldest son, Antyllus, executed. Octavian recognized the value of holding Egypt and had the kingdom annexed as a Roman province. Following the annexation of the kingdom, all Roman officials sent to Egypt were from the equestrian class, and no senator could visit Egypt without direct permission from Octavian. Battle of Alexandria (30 BC) The Battle of Alexandria was fought on July 31, 30 BC between the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony during the Final War of the Roman Republic. Although Antony's side was", "title": "Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)" }, { "docid": "20672093", "text": "that utilised here by Pompey to conceal a force of infantry behind a screen of cavalry would later be used against him by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus, at which Pompey would be defeated. Battle of the Abas The Battle of the Abas was fought in 65 BC between the forces of the Roman Republic under Pompey Magnus and those of the Albanian King Oroeses during the course of the Third Mithridatic War. The battle took place on a flat plain by the River Abas (likely the modern Alazani), after the Roman forces had only recently crossed over", "title": "Battle of the Abas" }, { "docid": "2601830", "text": "result of a different phonetic evolution from \"Atrebates\". In 57 BC, they were part of a Belgic military alliance in response to Julius Caesar's conquests elsewhere in Gaul, contributing 15,000 men. Caesar took this build-up as a threat and marched against it, but the Belgae had the advantage of position and the result was a stand-off. When no battle was forthcoming, the Belgic alliance broke up, determining to gather to defend whichever tribe Caesar attacked. Caesar subsequently marched against several tribes and achieved their submission. The Atrebates then joined with the Nervii and Viromandui and attacked Caesar at the battle", "title": "Atrebates" }, { "docid": "7542482", "text": "Gaius Julius Caesar (proconsul) Gaius Julius Caesar (\"ca.\" 140 BC – 85 BC) was a Roman senator, a supporter of his brother-in-law, Gaius Marius, and the father of Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar was married to Aurelia Cotta, a member of the Aurelii and Rutilii families. They had two daughters, known as Julia Major and Julia Minor, and a son, Gaius, who was born in 100 BC. He was the brother of Sextus Julius Caesar (consul in 91 BC) and the son of Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's progress through the \"cursus honorum\" is well known, although the specific dates associated with", "title": "Gaius Julius Caesar (proconsul)" }, { "docid": "832658", "text": "Publius Cornelius Dolabella Publius Cornelius Dolabella (c. 85–80 BC – 43 BC) was a Roman general, by far the most important of the Dolabellae. He arranged for himself to be adopted by a plebeian so that he could become a plebeian tribune. He married Cicero's daughter, Tullia. Throughout his life he was an extreme profligate, something that Plutarch wrote reflected ill upon his patron Julius Caesar. In the Civil Wars (49–45 BCE) Dolabella at first took the side of Pompey, but afterwards went over to Julius Caesar, and was present when Caesar prevailed at the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BCE).", "title": "Publius Cornelius Dolabella" }, { "docid": "109554", "text": "\"Acallam na Senórach\", Ann Dooley and Harry Roe commented that \"to go to the House of Donn in Irish tradition means to die\". This suggests that the pagan Gaels saw Donn as their ancestor and believed they would go to his abode when they died. Tech Duinn may have been thought of as a place where the souls of the dead gathered before travelling to their final destination in the otherworld, or before being reincarnated. According to Julius Caesar, the Gauls also claimed descent from a god of the underworld whom he likened to Dīs Pater. The Christian writers who", "title": "Donn" }, { "docid": "2448631", "text": "did not even have time to put on their helmets or take the covers off their shields. The legionaries had no opportunity to group with their own cohorts and instead congregated around the first friendly standard they saw. Caesar states that the hedges were a considerable obstruction to his men during the battle although he does not specify their locations on the field. and the woody hilltop is the one place we can infer their presence. The soldiers of legions X \"Equestris\" and IX \"Triumphalis\", on the left flank, having thrown their spears at their Atrebates opponents, charged. They threw", "title": "Battle of the Sabis" }, { "docid": "18979753", "text": "Julius Caesar Against the Pirates Julius Caesar Against the Pirates () is a 1962 Italian adventure film written and directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Gustavo Rojo, Abbe Lane and Gordon Mitchell. It is loosely based on actual events from the early life of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar, is threatened by the dictator Sulla, due to Caesar's wife Cornelia's ties to Sulla's enemies. Caesar decides to flee Rome to the court of his friend, King Nicomedes of Bithynia. While traveling in the area, Caesar is captured by pirates. The pirates are engaged in hostilities with Bithynia, and Caesar swears that", "title": "Julius Caesar Against the Pirates" }, { "docid": "4189253", "text": "Lucius Julius Caesar Lucius Julius Caesar was the name of several men of the \"gens Julia\" at ancient Rome. \"Lucius\" was one of three praenomina used by the Julii Caesares; the others were \"Sextus\" and \"Gaius\", which was the praenomen of the most famous Julius Caesar. The earliest known Lucius Julius Caesar was praetor in Cisalpine Gaul in 183 BC. His mission was to keep Transalpine Gauls from settling in the area of Aquileia, without resorting to war. His brother, Sextus, was a military tribune in 181, and consul in 157 BC. Lucius Julius Caesar, son of the praetor of", "title": "Lucius Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "4189258", "text": "Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and grandson of Augustus. As the emperor had no sons, he adopted Lucius and his brother, Gaius, and became \"Lucius Julius Caesar\". He died in AD 2, while still a young man, and in his grandfather's lifetime. Lucius Julius Caesar Lucius Julius Caesar was the name of several men of the \"gens Julia\" at ancient Rome. \"Lucius\" was one of three praenomina used by the Julii Caesares; the others were \"Sextus\" and \"Gaius\", which was the praenomen of the most famous Julius Caesar. The earliest known Lucius Julius Caesar was praetor in Cisalpine Gaul in", "title": "Lucius Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "4189254", "text": "183, was \"praetor urbanus\" in 166. A \"praetor urbanus\" named Julius Caesar was mentioned by Pliny the Elder as having died suddenly during his year of office, and was perhaps the same man, although some scholars identify him with Gaius Julius Caesar, the grandfather of the dictator. Son of the Sextus Julius Caesar who was consul in 157 BC, this Lucius is not known to have held any public office, but he was the father of Lucius Julius Caesar, consul in 90 BC, and Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus, and probably also Julia, the first wife of the dictator Lucius", "title": "Lucius Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "10703032", "text": "to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Though modern scholars to avoid confusion commonly refer to him at this point as Octavian, he called himself \"Caesar\", which is the name his contemporaries also used. Rejecting the advice of some army officers to take refuge with his troops in Macedonia, Octavian sailed to Italy to claim his inheritance. Early life of Augustus The early life of the Roman Emperor Augustus began at his birth in Rome on September 23, 63 BC, and is considered to have ended around the assassination of Dictator Julius Caesar, his great-uncle and adoptive father, on March 15, 44", "title": "Early life of Augustus" }, { "docid": "17379013", "text": "Sextus Julius Caesar (governor of Syria) Sextus Julius Sex. f. Sex. n. Caesar was a cousin of the Roman general Gaius Julius Caesar, and served as one of his lieutenants during the Civil War. He was killed in a revolt of the soldiers while still a young man. Sextus was the son of Sextus Julius Caesar, the Flamen Quirinalis, and grandson of Sextus Julius Caesar, who was consul in BC 91. Although some scholars have supposed that he was identical with the flamen, Appian describes him as \"very young\" in 47 BC; the consul Sextus had died in 89, and", "title": "Sextus Julius Caesar (governor of Syria)" }, { "docid": "209186", "text": "Cleopatra, intending to use the fabulously wealthy Egypt as a base to dominate Rome. A third civil war broke out between Octavian on one hand and Antony and Cleopatra on the other. This final civil war, culminating in the latter's defeat at Actium in 31 BC and suicide in Egypt in 30 BC, resulted in the permanent ascendancy of Octavian, who became the first Roman emperor, under the name Caesar Augustus, a name conveying religious, rather than political, authority. Julius Caesar had been preparing to invade Parthia, the Caucasus, and Scythia, and then march back to Germania through Eastern Europe.", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "3392616", "text": "brother of the Sextus Julius Caesar who was consul in 157, and the great-grandfather of the dictator. This is how Drumann regarded the dictator's most likely descent. If his brother was the Sextus Julius Caesar who was consul in 157 BC, then he would be the son of Sextus Julius Caesar, the praetor in 208 BC. The grandfather of the dictator is relatively unknown; he might have been the same Julius Caesar who died while \"praetor urbanus\". Nothing is known of the career of Gaius Julius Caesar, except that he can possibly be identified with a praetor who died suddenly", "title": "Gaius Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "18282049", "text": "9. Eric Sams suggests there are many other clues throughout Schumann's works, including a cipher for \"C-A-E-S-A-R\" in the opening chords of the \"Julius Caesar\" overture. The work has been recorded a number of times, but is not often performed in concert. Julius Caesar (overture) The Julius Caesar overture, Op. 128, is a concert overture written in 1851 by Robert Schumann, inspired by Shakespeare's play \"Julius Caesar\" and influenced by the \"Egmont\" and \"Coriolan\" overtures of Ludwig van Beethoven. \"Julius Caesar\" is usually associated with two other Schumann concert overtures written about that time, also inspired by great literature: \"The", "title": "Julius Caesar (overture)" }, { "docid": "7343462", "text": "Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 64 BC) Lucius Julius Caesar (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman politician and senator who was elected consul of the Roman Republic in 64 BC. A supporter of his cousin, the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar, Lucius was a key member of the senatorial faction which strove to avoid civil war between the Roman Senate and his nephew Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) in the aftermath of the Dictator's assassination. A member of the patrician \"gens Julia\", Lucius Julius Caesar was the son of the consul of 90 BC, also named Lucius Julius Caesar. He began", "title": "Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 64 BC)" }, { "docid": "18708862", "text": "Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 91 BC) Sextus Julius C. f. Caesar was a Roman statesman, who held the consulship in 91 BC. He was killed during the Social War. However, he is best known to history as the uncle of Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator. Sextus was the son of Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcia. Little is known of his father, except that he might have been the praetor Caesar who died suddenly at Rome. Wilhelm Drumann suspected that his grandfather was the senator Gaius Julius who wrote a history of Rome in Greek around 143 BC. Sextus had a", "title": "Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 91 BC)" }, { "docid": "6509221", "text": "final battle at Thapsus, and now they must consider their fates. Cato urges Scipio to consider making peace with Caesar. \"You have a tolerant spirit,\" he tells him, before disappearing into another room to take his own life. Scipio soon follows his lead, instructing his aide Aquinas to cut his throat. When word of the final battle makes it back to Rome, a newsreader pronounces that \"the last standard of the bastard Pompeian scum is fallen, and Rome is at peace.\" Caesar, Mark Antony and their triumphant legions soon return to a hero's welcome. After two years at war, Vorenus", "title": "Utica (Rome)" }, { "docid": "209179", "text": "nothing. Plutarch also reports that Caesar said nothing, pulling his toga over his head when he saw Brutus among the conspirators. The version best known in the English-speaking world is the Latin phrase \"\"Et tu, Brute?\"\" (\"And you, Brutus?\", commonly rendered as \"You too, Brutus?\"); best known from Shakespeare's \"Julius Caesar\", where it actually forms the first half of a macaronic line: \"\"Et tu, Brute?\" Then fall, Caesar.\" This version was already popular when the play was written, as it appears in Richard Edes's Latin play \"Caesar Interfectus\" of 1582 and \"The True Tragedie of Richarde Duke of Yorke &", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "7313274", "text": "will he adopted his grand-nephew, Gaius Octavius, who thus became Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the future emperor better known as Augustus. Octavian had only a daughter, and therefore adopted two of his grandchildren by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, who thus became Gaius and Lucius Julius Caesar; but when both died young, the emperor adopted their brother, who became Marcus Julius Caesar Agrippa Postumus, and a stepson, Tiberius Claudius Nero, who became Tiberius Julius Caesar. Tiberius' son, Nero Claudius Drusus, became Drusus Julius Caesar, and he adopted a nephew, Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, who became Germanicus Julius Caesar; their children also became", "title": "Julii Caesares" }, { "docid": "20450361", "text": "Artemidorus Knidos Artemidorus of Knidos, 1st century BCE was a native of Knidos in South West Turkey He is now best known as a minor character in the Shakespeare play “Julius Caesar” where, aware of the plot against Caesar’s life, he attempts to warn him with a written note. Although Caesar takes the note he does not look at it before entering the Senate and shortly thereafter is assassinated. The story originates with Plutarch . The name Artemidorus was found on an inscription at Knidos by W. J. Hamilton in the 1830s . It occurs along with the name Gaius", "title": "Artemidorus Knidos" } ]
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who wrote the parks and recreation theme song
[ "Vincent Jones", "Gaby Moreno" ]
[ { "docid": "12826347", "text": "Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones. Michael Schur said this theme song was chosen because producers wanted something that would immediately make the viewer associate the music with the series and the characters. He said Moreno and Jones' song \"does a really good job of explaining what the town is like. (The) credits do a really good job of establishing it's just sort of a normal, every-day town in the middle of the country.\" Due to its realistic mockumentary-style cinematography technique, \"Parks and Recreation\" does not use composed background music. Several songs were written for the show to be performed by", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "14152531", "text": "her time on \"Saturday Night Live\". Poehler ultimately lost to Edie Falco for her performance on the Showtime comedy series \"Nurse Jackie\". Also that year, the \"Parks and Recreation\" theme song by Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones was for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, but the award again went to \"Nurse Jackie\". \"Parks and Recreation\" was also nominated for a Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and Nick Offerman received a nomination for Individual Achievement in Comedy; the awards ultimately were awarded, respectively, to the comedy series \"Modern Family\" and to Jane Lynch", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)" }, { "docid": "12826347", "text": "Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones. Michael Schur said this theme song was chosen because producers wanted something that would immediately make the viewer associate the music with the series and the characters. He said Moreno and Jones' song \"does a really good job of explaining what the town is like. (The) credits do a really good job of establishing it's just sort of a normal, every-day town in the middle of the country.\" Due to its realistic mockumentary-style cinematography technique, \"Parks and Recreation\" does not use composed background music. Several songs were written for the show to be performed by", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "14279458", "text": "their theme song to NBC's \"Parks and Recreation.\". In 2010 Moreno was awarded \"Favorite American Latino Indie Artist\" at the American Latino Awards (run by American Latino TV). 2011 Critical Praise: 2012 Critical Praise: Festival Acústico: Gaby Moreno y amigos Europe Tour New York City A Grammy Award is an accolade by the Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Gaby Moreno María Gabriela Moreno Bonilla (born 16 December", "title": "Gaby Moreno" } ]
[ { "docid": "14566613", "text": "use it and the original line was never filmed. During another scene at the Snakehole Lounge, a drunken Leslie angrily yells to Ben, \"I just talked to everybody in this bar and nobody wants you here.\" That line was written by Harris Wittels, who wrote past screenplays for other \"Parks and Recreation\" episodes. During the end credits, Andy sings a song he wrote for April called \"November,\" which includes the lyrics, \"Let's spread our wings and fly on a date.\" This is also a reference to \"Woman of the Year,\" in which Andy explained every song he writes includes either", "title": "The Master Plan (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "14566614", "text": "the lyrics, \"Spread your wings and fly\" or \"You deserve to be a champion.\" Schur, who wrote the words to \"November\", said it was especially challenging working one of those phrases into a love song. \"The Master Plan\" marked the first appearance of Adam Scott, who also appeared in the subsequent season finale \"Freddy Spaghetti\" and became a regular cast member during the third season. Scott left the Starz comedy \"Party Down\" to join the \"Parks and Recreation\" cast, a decision he made in part because it was unclear whether Starz would renew the series: \"It was a matter of", "title": "The Master Plan (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "12826346", "text": "Recreation\", although Poehler also pointed out it gave them additional time to go back and re-edit episodes or shoot and add new material. The producers hired BMI as music consultants to find a theme song. With less than three weeks until the show first aired, BMI sent out a mass e-mail to a slew of composers, giving them just five days to submit an entry. According to the terms of the submission request, the only compensated composer would be the winner, who would receive $7,500 in exchange for release of all rights to NBC. The winning entry was written by", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "13366042", "text": "Schur said he tried to shoot and direct it as if it were a music video. Yang is a writer with \"Parks and Recreation\", and wrote the previous first season episode, \"Boys' Club\". Rivers is a composer who has worked on the sketch comedy show \"Human Giant\", which starred \"Parks\" star Aziz Ansari. Rivers wrote the songs performed in \"Rock Show\", which Pratt said took him only \"about fifteen minutes\". Hiscock wrote the lyrics for \"The Pit\" in the initial outline for the episode and they were handed to Rivers who then fleshed them out. The songs were designed to", "title": "Rock Show (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "17304465", "text": "We Own It (Fast & Furious) \"We Own It (Fast & Furious)\" is a song by 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa that appears on the \"Fast & Furious 6\" soundtrack. The song appears in the opening and end credits of the film. The song was also included as an international bonus track on 2 Chainz' second studio album \"\". The song was used as the official theme for WWE's Royal Rumble 2014 event, as Chicago Cubs 3rd baseman Kris Bryant's walk-up song, and it was also featured on an episode of \"Parks and Recreation\". It reached number six on the", "title": "We Own It (Fast & Furious)" }, { "docid": "6229963", "text": "of the British sitcom \"One Foot in the Grave\" and the American comedy \"Parks and Recreation\". \"End of the Line\" appeared in the George Harrison-produced cult comedy \"Checking Out\". A version sung by Dennis Waterman was used as the theme tune for the pilot of the BBC production \"New Tricks\". The song has also been included in TV spots for the 2004 film \"The Terminal\", as well as the trailer for the 2007 hit comedy \"Knocked Up\". Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played this song live during their 2008 North American tour. Harrison was honoured in the parody song \"No", "title": "End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)" }, { "docid": "16966491", "text": "song for several 1950s TV series.) The song \"There She Is\" became the theme song of the Miss America pageant starting in 1955. The pageant had stopped playing the song in 1981 after an argument over royalties for the song and had tried to bring back Bert Parks to sing his trademark song at the 1986 pageant, but he declined. Bernie Wayne Bernie Wayne (March 6, 1919 – April 18, 1993) was an American composer who wrote over 1,000 songs and music for commercial jingles. He was best known for \"Blue Velvet,\" which was recorded as a hit by numerous", "title": "Bernie Wayne" }, { "docid": "14070705", "text": "to parks in general, and the deceptiveness of their name and mission inspired the producers' writing for those characters. The \"Parks and Recreation\" staff worked with a number of consultants familiar with local government work, including Scott Albright, a California city planner who provided feedback for the Mark Brendanawicz character. Inspiration for Ron Swanson came from an encounter Schur had in Burbank with an elected official, a Libertarian who favored minimal government and admitted, \"I don't really believe in the mission of my job.\" Daniels and Schur wrote the script for the pilot episode in mid-2008. The original script portrayed", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 1)" }, { "docid": "14303246", "text": "script included a theme about the political nature of local awards. \"Woman of the Year\" featured guest appearances by Ben Schwartz as Jean-Ralphio and Ian Roberts as Ian Winston, both of whom have appeared in the series in past episodes. Rashida Jones, a regular \"Parks and Recreation\" cast member who plays Ann Perkins, did not appear in \"Woman of the Year\" because she was filming scenes for the David Fincher film \"The Social Network\". According to Nielsen Media Research, \"Woman of the Year\" was seen by 4.6 million viewers, which marked a continued recent improvement in ratings for the series.", "title": "Woman of the Year (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "12826317", "text": "of \"Parks and Recreation\", along with Nancy Perkins, for whom the character Ann Perkins was named. Dorian Frankel became the casting director starting with the second season. Alan Yang, Harris Wittels, and Katie Dippold, all of whom were \"Parks and Recreation\" screenwriters, also worked as executive story editors. The pilot episode was written by Daniels and Schur, and directed by Daniels. Daniels also directed the second-season episode \"Hunting Trip\", while Schur made his directorial debut with the first-season finale \"Rock Show\", and wrote or directed several other episodes including \"Sister City\", \"The Master Plan\" and \"Time Capsule\". Poehler wrote three", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "15297540", "text": "of Pawnee residents are, \"those concerns and arguments are what makes Pawnee Pawnee\". Some reviews were more negative. Matt Richenthal called \"Time Capsule\" mediocre at best, especially compared to the previous episode, \"Flu Season\". He said the episode was too centered on the \"one-note joke\" of Will Forte's character, and that the jokes about \"Twilight\" felt dated. Richenthal wrote, \"\"Parks and Recreation\" features too many hilarious characters to include such a gimmick.\" Time Capsule (Parks and Recreation) \"Time Capsule\" is the third episode of the third season of the American comedy television series \"Parks and Recreation\", and the 33rd overall", "title": "Time Capsule (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "18230342", "text": "students and teachers from different schools. The Shine Singapore Project raised SGD $200,000 for the Straits' Times School Pocket Money Fund. In the same year, Tan was also commissioned by National Parks Board to compose the official theme song to celebrate Singapore's 50th year of greening. This song was aired on Channel 5, 8 & CNA as a TV interstitial. In April 2014, Tan was selected as the \"Kindness Ambassador\" for The Singapore Kindness Movement. She wrote and sang the theme song titled \"Kindness is in Me\" to promote kindness and a more loving and caring society. This song can", "title": "Lorraine Tan" }, { "docid": "13943579", "text": "Mort Furay Theatre Festival, a juried series of performances organized by the Detroit Metropolitan Theatre Association with sponsorship by the City of Detroit Parks and Recreation Department at the Detroit Institute of Arts Theater. The company featured “The First Day” as its selection in the competition. Detroit Free Press critic John Weisman in an article dated Sunday, March 4, 1973 wrote, “ Each theatre—with one exception—performed out of its roots. Only the high school kid’s theatre, Satori, wrote a show that could be called universal in theme. …Only the youngest group present sensed whether by instinct or art is indeterminable—that", "title": "Satori Theatre Company of Detroit" }, { "docid": "1938545", "text": "base. Barrie and Peterborough are situated close to scenic lakes, rivers and hills in the northern reaches of the Golden Horseshoe, where all-year around recreation contributes to the local economies, in addition to being major service centres. There are a number of theme parks in the Golden Horseshoe, all of which are seasonal. Canada's Wonderland, run by Cedar Fair in Vaughan, north of Vaughan Mills, is the largest and most attended theme park in Canada, as well as the most attended seasonal theme park in North America. Other theme parks include Wet'n'Wild Toronto (formerly Wild Water Kingdom) in Brampton, African", "title": "Golden Horseshoe" }, { "docid": "10266979", "text": "Universal Creative Universal Creative is the master planning, creative development, design, engineering, project management, and research and development division of Universal Parks & Resorts, a division of NBCUniversal.Universal Creative is composed of artists, architects, engineers, designers, producers, builders, writers and more who conceive, design and build all of the attractions, rides, theme parks and resorts for Universal Parks & Resorts. From 1968 until 1997, Universal Creative was known as MCA Planning and Development, working as part of Universal's recreation division. In 1997, when Universal parent MCA was sold to Seagram and dropped the MCA name, the company was renamed Universal", "title": "Universal Creative" }, { "docid": "12826349", "text": "\"Boys' Club\". Schur wrote the lyrics to \"November\", a song featured in \"The Master Plan\" about April Ludgate. In the episode \"Woman of the Year\", Andy claims every song he writes includes either the lyrics, \"Spread your wings and fly\", or \"You deserve to be a champion.\" As a result of that joke, every \"Mouse Rat\" song featured in the series since then has included one of those two lyrics. In the episode \"Telethon\", Andy plays the song \"Sex Hair\", about how one can tell whether someone has had sex because their hair is matted. In \"Li'l Sebastian\", Andy performs", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "13490626", "text": "Xetulul Theme Park Xetutul is a theme park in Guatemala. It is located in the Retalhuleu Department in the southwest of the country. Opening in 2002, Xetutul is the third largest amusement park in Latin America, after Beto Carrero World in Penha, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Six Flags México near Mexico City, Mexico. Xetutul is associated with the nearby Xocomil waterpark, which opened in 1997, and together the two parks receive over one million visitors every year, making the parks the most popular tourist attraction in the country. Xetulul and Xocomil are operated by the Institute for the Recreation of", "title": "Xetulul Theme Park" }, { "docid": "17267580", "text": "for service to parks and recreational opportunities. In 2012 the award was given to Adrienne Lederer and Julianna Guy, who together formed the Cordata Neighborhood Association. Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation The Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation (WPRF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization operating in Whatcom County, Washington. The mission of the Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation is to encourage public and private support for parks and recreation projects within Whatcom County. It serves as a trust for privately donated park funding, as a fiscal sponsor for smaller groups of park advocates, and promotes its own initiatives within the community.", "title": "Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation" }, { "docid": "4352747", "text": "of Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre, and three hotels, with land reserved for future expansion. It is owned and operated by Hong Kong International Theme Parks, an incorporated company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and the Government of Hong Kong. The first phase of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort occupies . In November 2009, Disney received approval from the central government of China to build a Disney theme park, Shanghai Disneyland Park, in Shanghai's Pudong district. \"China is one of the most dynamic, exciting and important countries in the world and this approval marks a", "title": "Walt Disney Parks and Resorts" }, { "docid": "14538657", "text": "claims to have written a song about how one can tell whether someone had sex because their hair is matted. A music video for the song was made available on the official NBC.com \"Parks and Recreation\" website shortly after the episode was broadcast. Also in \"Telethon,\" the television event is sponsored by the candy manufacturer Sweetums, and Leslie constantly eats their Nutri-Yum bars in order to stay awake. Both the company and candy bars were prominently featured by \"Sweetums\", where Leslie and Ann fought to prevent the unhealthy snacks from being sold in Pawnee parks. In other scenes, Tom takes", "title": "Telethon (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "12826350", "text": "a tribute song called \"5,000 Candles in the Wind\", so-called because Leslie asks him to write a song like Elton John's \"Candle in the Wind,\" only 5,000 times better. \"Parks and Recreation\" was broadcast in the 8:30 pm timeslot Thursdays on NBC, in the United States, during its first two seasons, as part of the network's Comedy Night Done Right line-up. It was moved to a 9:30 pm timeslot during its third season, where it premiered as a mid-season replacement. In September 2011, the show returned to its original 8:30 pm timeslot for the fourth season. In Australia, \"Parks and", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "14152528", "text": "he was in. Jonah Weiner of \"Slate\" magazine declared Swanson \"\"Parks and Recreation\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s secret weapon\" and \"vital to the show's improvement\". Aziz Ansari, who was particularly acclaimed during the first season for his role as Tom Haverford, received similar praise in the second season as well. Many reviewers were critical of the pairing of Mark and Ann, feeling the couple lacked chemistry and were often the least funny parts of the individual episodes. \"Entertainment Weekly\" writer Margaret Lyons called Mark and Ann the show's \"Achilles' heel\", and Sandra Gonzalez, also from \"Entertainment Weekly\", wrote, \"No matter what they do with", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)" }, { "docid": "13247696", "text": "and Daniels previously worked together on \"The Office\", a half-hour comedy Daniels adapted from the British comedy of the same name by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Daniels wrote the pilot for what eventually became \"Parks and Recreation\" along with series co-creator Michael Schur, who had served as a writer on \"The Office\". Daniels and Schur had been considering ideas for a possible show with cast members Rashida Jones and Aziz Ansari, but the concept for the series did not form until they learned Amy Poehler could play the lead character. Once that casting was determined, the script for the", "title": "Pilot (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "14070687", "text": "McCarthy Miller, a longtime television director who worked with Poehler on the sketch comedy show \"Saturday Night Live\". Daniels and Schur wrote the pilot episode, and the rest of the season's episodes were written by Axler, Goor, Hiscock, Cawley and Alan Yang. A principal cast of six actors received star billing in the show's first season. Poehler portrayed the lead character, Leslie Knope, the naive but well-meaning, eager-to-please deputy director of the parks and recreation department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Poehler said, upon reading the script provided by Michael Schur, \"it took me five minutes to realize", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 1)" }, { "docid": "7118920", "text": "April 2008, Schur and Greg Daniels started working on a pilot for \"Parks and Recreation\" as a proposed spin-off of \"The Office\". Over time, Schur realized \"Parks and Recreation\" would work better if they made it separate from \"The Office\". While \"Parks and Recreation\" received negative reviews in its first season, it received critical acclaim in the second, much like \"The Office\". Schur collaborated with The Decemberists on their music video for \"Calamity Song\" from the album \"The King Is Dead\". This video is based upon Eschaton, a mock-nuclear war game played on tennis courts that David Foster Wallace created", "title": "Michael Schur" }, { "docid": "13366055", "text": "a good job of fleshing out the characters. He said Chris Pratt was especially funny, and that his band's song \"The Pit\" was stuck in his head after the episode. \"The A.V. Club\" writer Keith Phipps, who had mixed feelings about \"Parks and Recreation\" throughout the season, said \"Rock Show\" was very funny and restored his faith in the potential of the series. Phipps said he believed the show would become very popular in the second season, and that people would later claim to like the first season more than they did the first time they saw it. In October", "title": "Rock Show (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "14303253", "text": "David Fincher film about the founding of the social-networking website Facebook. The \"Woman of the Year\" script included a theme about the political nature of awards, arguing despite the value and prestige people like Leslie assign to them, they are ultimately meaningless. Some commentators speculated this subplot served as a commentary about the meaninglessness of award ceremonies in the entertainment industry. \"Woman of the Year\" originally aired three days before the 82nd Academy Awards, prompting \"Entertainment Weekly\" to suggest it was a commentary about the Oscars, whereas others suggested the episode was a joke about how \"Parks and Recreation\" itself", "title": "Woman of the Year (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "4023655", "text": "as an installment of current television series \"Parks and Recreation\" star Adam Scott's \"The Greatest Event in Television History\". The parody was directed by Lance Bangs and Scott and features Paul Rudd playing the part of Tom Hanks's character Kip, and Scott playing Peter Scolari's character Henry. The theme song \"My Life\" by Billy Joel is actually sung by Joel instead of the sound-alike version used for the original TV series. In an extended mock \"making-of\" documentary preceding the opening credits remake, Hanks, Scolari, and Joel make cameo appearances. In Season 5 Episode 20 of the NBC comedy \"30 Rock\",", "title": "Bosom Buddies" }, { "docid": "9842964", "text": "for the individual (rather than a trade association). The majority of PGMS members are institutional grounds managers who work for organizations such as colleges and universities, municipalities, park and recreation facilities, office parks, apartment complexes, hotels/motels, cemeteries, theme parks, etc. In addition, many independent landscape contractors are also in membership. All have joined together for the purpose of education and economic advancement. The society defines a grounds manager as a member of a management team responsible for the operation and maintenance of a site or sites. The grounds manager is responsible for the management of staff, money, materials and equipment", "title": "Professional Grounds Management Society" }, { "docid": "5603667", "text": "the Department of Parks and Recreation was split into the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division and the Toronto Economic Development and Culture Division. The division reported to a deputy city manager and with the new executive committee it will report to two councillors who are heads of city council standing commott: The City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division’s vision is for Toronto to be known by the world as a “City within a Park”, a tapestry of parks, open spaces, rivers and streets that will connect their neighbourhoods and join them with their clean, vibrant lakefront. Currently, the", "title": "Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division" }, { "docid": "13280779", "text": "shot in a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, outside the \"Parks and Recreation\" studio. Michael Schur said they wanted to establish the type of groundwork public servants often had to conduct in a small town. Seth Gordon sought to make the canvassing scenes as realistic as possible, so he allowed a large amount of improvisation among the actors. The Pawnee residents who are vocally opposed to parks were based on real-life California residents the \"Parks and Recreation\" producers encountered who opposed the construction of parks in their hometown. One such group, \"The Committee for a Better Park\", was actually a", "title": "Canvassing (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "15279988", "text": "of Pawnee due to the optimism and enthusiasm Leslie Knope shows for the town and her job. Commentators suggested this transition appeared to begin in \"Flu Season\", when Ben is visibly, extremely impressed by Leslie's perfect deliverance of a public presentation despite her illness. Steve Kandell of \"New York\" magazine wrote: \"This is obviously the moment when Ben’s begrudging respect for her becomes something else\", and \"The Atlantic\" writer Scott Meslow wrote: \"Parks and Recreation has allowed Ben to develop in the background so far, but his affection for Pawnee is clearly growing.\" \"Flu Season\" also demonstrated a departure in", "title": "Flu Season (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "20266414", "text": "the pageant. On September 11, 1955, Bert Parks, who was hired by the Miss America pageant to host the ceremonies, sang the song to Meriwether who won the pageant that same year. In 1977, the band Styx referenced the theme in their song \"Miss America\" from the album \"The Grand Illusion\". In 1982, there was a disagreement over royalties with the Miss America pageant, which resulted in the song not being used again until 1985. Master of Ceremonies, Parks sang the song every year from 1955 until 1979 when he was suddenly dismissed from his duties. In 1980, pageant chairman", "title": "There She Is, Miss America" }, { "docid": "18239921", "text": "\"Survivor\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", \"The Americans\", \"Modern Family\" and \"Veep\". Sean Callery conducted his theme for \"The Kennedys\" and, in a send-off video before the performance of Callery’s \"24\" theme, Kiefer Sutherland complained that Callery did not get enough time in the Score! show, and Mary Lynn Rajskub said, “Sean Callery has won enough awards – how about one for me?\" Actor Tim Daly presented Mark Snow — who happens to be Daly's brother-in-law — with the Music Peer Group Career Achievement Award, in recognition of the composer's prolific and diverse 30-year career. Snow then conducted suites", "title": "Score! A Concert Celebrating Music Composed for Television" }, { "docid": "13340780", "text": "wrote as a romantic ballad for her. Chris Pratt actually wrote and performed the song himself for the show, although he said in an interview, \"it really wasn't much\". Pratt actually appeared on set naked while filming the scene in which he chases Lawrence through the streets without clothes on. Schur said the scene was written because Pratt \"loves taking his clothes off\". It proved difficult to film the scenes with Pratt bathing in the children's pool because the bubbles disappeared so quickly that multiple takes were required. The scenes with Andy running naked through the streets with his crutches", "title": "Boys' Club (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "13280784", "text": "they gave it to him. Leslie's response line, \"Hear that? He called me park lady\", was improvised by Poehler. During office hours, Leslie catches Mark, April and Andy playing \"Rock Band\", a popular music video game in which the players perform rock music using guitar, drum and microphone controllers; during the game, Andy sings the song \"My Own Worst Enemy\" by Lit. Seth Gordon said the \"Parks and Recreation\" producers almost opted not to include a singing part due to concerns about the legalities of using the song, but they ultimately decided to use it. During Leslie's filibuster at the", "title": "Canvassing (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "14070682", "text": "Parks and Recreation (season 1) The first season of \"Parks and Recreation\" originally aired in the United States on the NBC television network between April 9 and May 14, 2009. Produced by Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios, the series was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, who served as executive producers with Howard Klein. The comedy series focuses on Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), the deputy director of the parks and recreation department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. The season consisted of six 22-minute episodes, all of which aired at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Daniels and Schur", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 1)" }, { "docid": "15126334", "text": "Parks and Recreation (season 3) The third season of \"Parks and Recreation\" originally aired in the United States on the NBC television network between January 20 and May 19, 2011. Like the previous seasons, it focuses on Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her staff at the parks and recreation department of the fictional Indiana town of Pawnee. The season featured 16 episodes, most of which were approximately 22 minutes long each and aired at 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays. All of the members of the original cast returned for the third season except Paul Schneider, who previously played city planner Mark", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 3)" }, { "docid": "12826316", "text": "half-hour NBC comedy Daniels adapted from the British comedy of the same name, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Schur served as the showrunner of \"Parks and Recreation\", while Amy Poehler and Morgan Sackett worked as producers. Dean Holland, an editor on \"The Office\", also worked as an editor on \"Parks and Recreation\". Mike Scully, a former executive producer and showrunner for \"The Simpsons\", joined \"Parks and Recreation\" as a consulting producer starting in the middle of the first season. Allison Jones, who worked as a casting director for \"The Office\", served in the same capacity at the start", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "481992", "text": "(grass areas hold additional 500+ vehicles). Before it opened on October 1, 1982, Walt Disney World Ambassador Genie Field introduced E. Cardon Walker, Disney's chairman and CEO, who dedicated EPCOT Center. Walker also presented a family with lifetime passes for the two Walt Disney World theme parks. His remarks were followed by Florida Governor Bob Graham and William Ellinghaus, president of AT&T. As part of the opening-day ceremony, dancers and band members performed \"We've Just Begun to Dream\". The Sherman Brothers wrote a song especially for the occasion entitled \"The World Showcase March\". During the finale, doves and many sets", "title": "Epcot" }, { "docid": "8967207", "text": "before he died in London at the age of 85. Lloyd inscribed the score, his last composition, \"Written in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales\". Lloyd and Nancy married in 1937. The marriage lasted until Lloyd's death. She survived him by 18 months, and the couple had no children. Lloyd's works include 12 symphonies and four piano concertos, two violin concertos and a cello concerto. For his three operas, Lloyd's father wrote the libretti. Lloyd also wrote five works for brass band: \"Royal Parks\", \"Diversions on a Bass Theme\", \"English Heritage\", \"Evening Song\" and \"Kings Messenger\". He wrote the official", "title": "George Lloyd (composer)" }, { "docid": "19648067", "text": "Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR) is the municipal department responsible for managing parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, trails, community gardens, and historic properties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its inventory includes more than 150 parks and 170 recreation centers and playgrounds. It became the successor to the Fairmount Park Commission and the City of Philadelphia Recreation Department in 2010. In addition to overseeing nearly 10,200 acres of land and hundreds of recreation centers, some of the amenities found in the parks and recreation system include 71 outdoor pools, 223 miles of trails, 404 baseball/softball fields, 40 historic sites, 25", "title": "Philadelphia Parks & Recreation" }, { "docid": "15615749", "text": "in previous \"Parks\" episodes, including Jay Jackson as Pawnee reporter Perd Hapley and stand-up comedian Kirk Fox as sewage department employee Joe. Andy's band Mouse Rat, which has appeared in previous episodes starting with the first season finale \"Rock Show\", also appeared in \"Andy and April's Fancy Party\". Mark Rivers played the drums, Andrew Burlinson played guitar and \"Parks and Recreation\" screenwriter Alan Yang played bass guitar. In \"Road Trip\", the band performs \"The Pit\", a song first featured in \"Rock Show\", which was about Andy falling into a construction pit and breaking his legs. April reveals her favorite band", "title": "Road Trip (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "13340779", "text": "You're trashy women, and we're going to take your picture now.\" During the courtyard party scenes, a brief clip shows Poehler, Jones and Schneider dancing together. The clip was actually the three actors out-of-character playing around between takes, but the \"Parks\" producers decided to add it to the episode. Michael Schur, co-creator of \"Parks and Recreation\", said \"Boys' Club\" marked an attempt to better develop Andy Dwyer. Schur said, \"We definitely wanted to dimensionalize his character and not make him just a one-dimensional douchebag.\" In the episode, Andy plays a tape of himself singing a song called \"Ann\", which he", "title": "Boys' Club (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "12786804", "text": "scenic routes, National Parkways are built with a buffer of park land along both sides of the roadway. They also may have large satellite parks or recreation areas built periodically along their length. Most National Historic Trails are commemorative motor routes which follow historic pathways. Theme Routes are special theme-based tours, aimed at providing a visitor or tourist with a better insight on that theme. Being popular in Europe, they can cover anything from an individual city, a wine growing region, Dutch tulip fields, Swiss Mountains, to Norwegian Fjords. Subjects can be architectural, historical, or cultural. Examples of theme routes:", "title": "Scenic route" }, { "docid": "19648069", "text": "citizen engagement, youth employment, tree services and concessions. Philadelphia Parks & Recreation also organizes signature events and entertainment series like the Mummers Parade, Broad Street Run, The Oval and the Dell Music Center. Among the department's more than 150 neighborhood and regional parks are: Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR) is the municipal department responsible for managing parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, trails, community gardens, and historic properties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its inventory includes more than 150 parks and 170 recreation centers and playgrounds. It became the successor to the Fairmount Park Commission and the City of Philadelphia", "title": "Philadelphia Parks & Recreation" }, { "docid": "12427499", "text": "Air Force Base, Schweinfut Army Base 2005 – City of Greensboro Parks & Recreation, City of Westerville Parks and Recreation Department, Gainesville Parks and Recreation, Mountain Home Air Force Base Youth Programs, Peterson Air Force Base Youth Center 2006 – Beale Air Force Base Youth Center, Indy parks and Recreation, City of Henderson Parks and Recreation, Hickam Air Force Base Youth Sports Program, Tinker Air Force Base Youth Center 2007 – Botetourt County Parks and Recreation Department, Fort Knox Child and Youth Services Sports and Fitness, Commander Fleet Activities Youth Sports, Misawa Youth Sports Program, St. Andrews Parish Parks and", "title": "National Alliance for Youth Sports" }, { "docid": "293679", "text": "Tour. North Carolina provides a large range of recreational activities, from swimming at the beach to skiing in the mountains. North Carolina offers fall colors, freshwater and saltwater fishing, hunting, birdwatching, agritourism, ATV trails, ballooning, rock climbing, biking, hiking, skiing, boating and sailing, camping, canoeing, caving (spelunking), gardens, and arboretums. North Carolina has theme parks, aquariums, museums, historic sites, lighthouses, elegant theaters, concert halls, and fine dining. North Carolinians enjoy outdoor recreation utilizing numerous local bike paths, 34 state parks, and 14 national parks. National Park Service units include the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Cape Hatteras", "title": "North Carolina" }, { "docid": "13971168", "text": "\"Ron and Tammy\" one of the moments when \"Parks and Recreation\" \"found its voice and its footing\". \"Dose\" writer Kat Angus said \"Ron and Tammy\" solidified \"Parks and Recreation\" as \"the funniest show on TV this season\". Angus praised Offerman's performance and his pairing with Mullally. \"TV Guide\" writer Matt Roush, who had previously been very critical of \"Parks and Recreation\", called \"Ron and Tammy\" \"unquestionably the show’s best episode to date\". Roush particularly praised the comedic chemistry between Offerman and Mullally, who he said \"make beautiful comic music together\". \"Time\" magazine reviewer James Poniewozik called it an \"excellent episode\",", "title": "Ron and Tammy" }, { "docid": "6807660", "text": "Inspiration Lake The Inspiration Lake (), officially known as The Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre (), is a 12-hectare artificial lake located in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The lake, opened on 16 August 2005, was created as part of the development of adjacent Hong Kong Disneyland Resort as a dual-purpose project for recreation and an irrigation reservoir. Inspiration Lake was built by the Hong Kong Government and managed by the Hong Kong International Theme Parks. It opens daily from 09:00 - 19:00; entrance is free. The entire Recreation Centre has a total area of about 30-hectares, and consists of", "title": "Inspiration Lake" }, { "docid": "12427501", "text": "Youth Sports, Village of Evendale Recreation, Kaiserslautern Military Community Youth Sports and Fitness Program, Town of Westport Parks and Recreation, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Youth Sports Program 2012 – Camp Lejeune Youth Sports, Churchville Recreation Council, Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department's Youth Athletic Services, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Youth Sports & Fitness Program 2013 – Botetourt County Parks, Recreation and Tourism, Fort Rucker Youth Sports and Fitness, Glynn County Recreation & Parks Department, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, Tinker Air Force Base Youth Programs 2014 - Dyess Air Force Base Youth Sports, JBLE Fort Eustis", "title": "National Alliance for Youth Sports" }, { "docid": "8253457", "text": "single's liner notes, the song was a tribute to women of the past like Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Shirley Chisholm, and Angela Davis who played major roles in black resistance, as well as the empowerment of women of the present. \"Freedom\" is a cover of a song originally performed by underground R&B singer Joi on her acclaimed 1994 album \"The Pendulum Vibe\". The song was re-recorded as the official theme for the award-winning film \"Panther\". The song was produced by Dallas Austin and Diamond D, \"Freedom\" reached the top twenty of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100", "title": "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" }, { "docid": "15126341", "text": "film \"Spring Breakdown\", appeared in \"Eagleton\" as Leslie's former best friend and rival official from a neighboring town. Posey had been in discussions with the \"Parks and Recreation\" staff to make a guest appearance since the show debuted, and grew frustrated when it took several months before she received an invitation. Several actors who had appeared in previous seasons of \"Parks and Recreation\" continue to appear in the third season, including Ben Schwartz as Tom's cocky and entrepreneurial friend Jean-Ralphio Saperstein; Natalie Morales as bartender and Tom's girlfriend Lucy; Jama Williamson as Wendy, Tom's ex-wife who starts dating Ron; Pamela", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 3)" }, { "docid": "12427502", "text": "Youth Sports & Fitness Program, Jefferson City Parks, Recreation & Forestry, MCAS Miramar Youth Sports Program, Suffolk Parks & Recreation 2015 - Beale Air Force Base Youth Programs, Camp Pendleton Youth Sports, Cherokee Recreation & Parks Agency, Fort Leonard Wood Youth Sports & Fitness, Mountain Home Air Force Base Youth Sports Programs, NSA Bahrain Child and Youth Programs, Oconee County Parks and Recreation Department, US Army Garrison Hawaii, Youth Sports & Fitness Program 2016 - County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation – East Agency, Detroit Parks and Recreation Department, Naval Station Rota Spain Youth Sports and Fitness", "title": "National Alliance for Youth Sports" }, { "docid": "20132516", "text": "End of the World (Parks and Recreation) \"End of the World\" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\" and the 52nd episode overall. It originally aired in the United States on November 3, 2011. \"End of the World\" was written by Michael Schur and was directed by Dean Holland. The episode features a doomsday cult, the Resonabilists (also known derogatorily as \"Zorpies\"), who predict that the world is coming to an end. A local Pawnee group, the Reasonabilists (aka \"Zorpies\"), members of a Pawnee doomsday cult who follow \"Zorp the Surveyor\", predict", "title": "End of the World (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "13899861", "text": "The Stakeout (Parks and Recreation) \"The Stakeout\" is the second episode of the second season of the American comedy television series \"Parks and Recreation\", and the eighth overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on September 24, 2009. In the episode, Leslie conducts surveillance on a community garden in an attempt to find out who planted marijuana there. The episode was written by Rachel Axler and directed by Seth Gordon. It marked the first in a series of guest appearances by stand-up comedian Louis C.K. as Dave Sanderson, a Pawnee police officer who", "title": "The Stakeout (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "15413861", "text": "reviewers mentioned that Ben Wyatt closely resembled Scott's character on \"Party Down\", Henry Pollard. Ben's character is a politician who found great success at a young age, then suffered a downfall. Henry's character is an actor who became a caterer after his acting career declined. Scott himself has said that he feels they are \"vastly different characters and circumstances.\" Ben Wyatt (Parks and Recreation) Sir Benjamin Wyatt, is a character portrayed by Adam Scott in the TV series \"Parks and Recreation\". The character guest starred in two episodes of season two and was upgraded to a series regular in season", "title": "Ben Wyatt (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "15321080", "text": "built in 1897 for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Nashville Parks also runs the nearby Centennial Sports Complex, which has an Olympic-sized pool, an ice rink, and a workout area. The Complex rink is home to the Nashville Predators's practice facilities. Nashville Board of Parks and Recreation The Nashville Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation (commonly, Metro Parks and Recreation or Nashville Parks and Recreation) is the municipal board that is responsible for maintaining the parks system of Nashville, Tennessee, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents. The board maintains over of park space. The Board boasts over 100 stand-alone parks", "title": "Nashville Board of Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "15321079", "text": "Nashville Board of Parks and Recreation The Nashville Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation (commonly, Metro Parks and Recreation or Nashville Parks and Recreation) is the municipal board that is responsible for maintaining the parks system of Nashville, Tennessee, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents. The board maintains over of park space. The Board boasts over 100 stand-alone parks and 7 municipal golf courses. Nashville's first park, Watkins Park, was founded in 1909. Nashville Parks' most famous attraction is the Parthenon, based in Centennial Park, which is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was originally", "title": "Nashville Board of Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "13299036", "text": "stay in the episode. The clip of Leslie trying to confront a raccoon loose in the city hall building was originally filmed for a \"Parks and Recreation\" commercial, but was later included into this episode. The scene was filmed to establish a running gag that Pawnee has a terrible raccoon infestation problem. The J.J.'s Diner eatery featured in the episode was named after Goor's wife. Poehler speedily eats tremendous amounts of whipped cream on her waffles. This was inspired by \"Parks and Recreation\" story editor Rachel Axler, who producer Morgan Sackett said is \"a tiny, bird-like woman\" who eats enormous", "title": "The Reporter (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "2168262", "text": "parks opening each year. Major organizations are the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) and WWA (World Waterpark Association), which is the industry trade association. Water parks which emerge from spas tend to more closely resemble mountain resorts, as they become year-round destinations. For example, Splash Universe Water Park Resort is themed to match the community in which it is located. The theme is intended to enhance the community's destination appeal. Therefore, the amusement and leisure-time industry is becoming more concentrated, as winter sports are becoming common themes in summertime water recreation. A process of concentration can be", "title": "Water park" }, { "docid": "4119491", "text": "complete show. The complete 1975 \"Now is the Time\" version was found on Walt Disney World Forever. The current (1994) theme song of the show, \"There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow\", was previously available on the 2008 \"Four Parks – One World: Walt Disney World\" album and is currently available on the two-disc \"Walt Disney World Resort Official Album\" from 2013, along with other hard-to-find songs from the Walt Disney World parks. The theme song \"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow\" was found on a few official theme park albums over the years, including: Profiles: Other: Walt Disney's Carousel of", "title": "Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress" }, { "docid": "11245805", "text": "New York City Parks Enforcement Patrol The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation maintains a unit of full-time and seasonal uniformed officers who enforce parks department rules and regulations, as well as New York State laws within the jurisdiction of New York City parks. Established in 1981, NYC Parks Enforcement Patrol officers patrol on foot, bicycle, horseback, in marked sedans, vans, scooters, carts, ATVs, SUVs and trucks. Parks Enforcement officers are responsible for protecting NYC Park land, waterways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation, city owned monuments, and public pools. PEP officers are responsible", "title": "New York City Parks Enforcement Patrol" }, { "docid": "6406350", "text": "Village Roadshow Theme Parks Village Roadshow Theme Parks is a division of Village Roadshow Limited which operates theme parks and attractions in Australia and the United States of America. The Sydney Attractions Group Pty Ltd was formerly part of Village Roadshow Theme Parks; however, it was sold in 2011 to Merlin Entertainments. In 1989, the publicly listed Sea World Property Trust who owned its namesake theme park coordinated a three-way venture to acquire Wet'n'Wild Water World from the Herringe Group of Companies and build the adjacent Warner Bros. Movie World theme park. The two other companies involved in the venture", "title": "Village Roadshow Theme Parks" }, { "docid": "18202346", "text": "Valley's parks include Canoa Preserve Park and Canoa Ranch. The NRPR has 13 community centers: The NRPR has 10 pools and 2 splash pads community centers: Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation is the agency within Pima County, Arizona that manages the natural resources, parks, and recreation offerings within Pima County including Tucson, AZ. The agency was established by the county as the Parks and Recreation Department in 1947 with the intended goal of serving \"urban and rural residents and guests by providing leisure-time destinations and services.\" NRPR manages 51 parks with", "title": "Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "18202345", "text": "Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation is the agency within Pima County, Arizona that manages the natural resources, parks, and recreation offerings within Pima County including Tucson, AZ. The agency was established by the county as the Parks and Recreation Department in 1947 with the intended goal of serving \"urban and rural residents and guests by providing leisure-time destinations and services.\" NRPR manages 51 parks with the majority located in or near Tucson. Ajo's parks include Ajo Regional Park, E.S. Bud Walker Park, Forrest Rickard Park, and Palo Verde II Park. Green", "title": "Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "1041156", "text": "that serve as advisory groups to the City Manager and the City Commission. The city of Dunedin contains a Parks & Recreation Department, which provides low-cost recreation programming to the city's residents. The city operates four recreation facilities, each one designed to provide resources for a specific age group. In 2007, Dunedin opened its newest and largest recreation facility, the Dunedin Community Center at a cost of just over $10 million. The project was mostly paid for by the \"Penny for Pinellas\" tax. The St. Petersburg Times wrote that Marston \"figured that since the county needs recreation programs of its", "title": "Dunedin, Florida" }, { "docid": "19288780", "text": "agreement with Lionsgate, for a fifth themed zone in Motiongate Dubai. In 2016, the Company announced the commencement of construction for Six Flags Dubai, the fourth theme park to be added to the Dubai Parks and Resorts destination. In 2016 Dubai Parks and Resorts released its official theme song, \"All the Wonders of the Universe,\" created by Academy Award winner Alan Menken. In October 31, 2016, Dubai Parks and Resorts opened the doors to Legoland Dubai and Riverland Dubai. This followed by the opening of Bollywood Parks Dubai on 17 November 2016 and Motiongate Dubai on 16 December 2016. The", "title": "Dubai Parks and Resorts" }, { "docid": "15126352", "text": "broadcast of \"Ron & Tammy: Part Two\", NBC ran a commercial advertising \"April and Andy's wedding registry\" on the official \"Parks and Recreation\" website. At this point in the season, April and Andy were separated and had not yet reconciled. Shortly after the episode aired, HitFix television reviewer Alan Sepinwall wrote that the commercial mistakenly used the wrong names and was actually referring to Ron and Tammy's wedding registry. However, after \"Andy and April's Fancy Party\" aired, Schur admitted the commercial was intended to run with that episode, but ran with \"Ron & Tammy: Part Two\" due to an error", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 3)" }, { "docid": "13046652", "text": "in popularity, and was featured in an SI.com piece within its first year of existence. The site's authors initially kept their identities hidden using the pseudonyms Ken Tremendous, Junior, and Dak, but in February 2008 revealed themselves to be TV writers Michael Schur, Alan Yang, and Dave King respectively. The three met as staff members of the \"Harvard Lampoon\" and Schur and Yang both wrote for the television show \"Parks and Recreation\". As of season 4, King also worked for \"Parks and Recreation\". King is also a writer for Comedy Central's \"Workaholics\". From 2006 on, the website grew in popularity", "title": "Fire Joe Morgan" }, { "docid": "14805492", "text": "Vocal Performance, Male and for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television. Moonlighting (theme song) \"Moonlighting\" is the theme song to the ABC comedy-crime drama of the same name, which ran from 1985 to 1989 and starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. The theme song was performed by Al Jarreau, who wrote the song with Lee Holdridge; it was produced by Nile Rodgers. Included on the soundtrack album for the series and released as a single in 1987, the song reached number 23 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and spent one week at number one on the", "title": "Moonlighting (theme song)" }, { "docid": "14805491", "text": "Moonlighting (theme song) \"Moonlighting\" is the theme song to the ABC comedy-crime drama of the same name, which ran from 1985 to 1989 and starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. The theme song was performed by Al Jarreau, who wrote the song with Lee Holdridge; it was produced by Nile Rodgers. Included on the soundtrack album for the series and released as a single in 1987, the song reached number 23 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and spent one week at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 1988 the song earned two Grammy Award nominations for Best Pop", "title": "Moonlighting (theme song)" }, { "docid": "12332664", "text": "played his final show with the band in Tokyo on January 20, 2012. Tillman released the album \"Fear Fun\" under his new moniker Father John Misty on May 1, 2012. A couple of months prior to the release of the album a video was released for the song \"Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings\" starring \"Parks and Recreation\"s Aubrey Plaza. The album was a dramatic departure from any of Tillman's prior releases. As Father John Misty, Tillman was featured on Kid Cudi's 2013 album \"Indicud\". Tillman wrote an essay about Damien Jurado's recording, \"Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son\" (Secretly Canadian,", "title": "Josh Tillman" }, { "docid": "4590357", "text": "composer Laurence O'Keefe wrote the music and lyrics for the Off-Broadway shows \"\" and \"Heathers: The Musical\". O'Keefe co-wrote the score to the Broadway musical \"Legally Blonde\" with his wife, Pudding librettist Nell Benjamin, who herself wrote the award-winning play \"The Explorers' Club\" and is currently collaborating with Tina Fey on the musical adaptation of the film \"Mean Girls\". Pudding bookwriter Mark O'Keefe co-wrote and co-produced the movies \"Bruce Almighty\" and \"Click\". Pudding librettist Megan Amram became famous shortly after graduating for her comic Twitter feed and now writes for television shows like \"Parks And Recreation\" and \"Silicon Valley\", and", "title": "Hasty Pudding Theatricals" }, { "docid": "20239786", "text": "Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR) is a State of Idaho governmental organization that manages state parks throughout Idaho as well as the registration programs for boats, snowmobiles and other off-highway vehicles. The department's mission statement is \"to improve the quality of life in Idaho through outdoor recreation and resource stewardship.\" The department has the dual duty of \"protecting and preserving the resources of the state park system and of providing recreation opportunities and facilities for public use.\" The park system has four classifications: natural parks, which preserve significant natural resources; recreation", "title": "Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "9855809", "text": "Roswell Recreation and Parks The Roswell Recreation and Parks is a municipal department serving the city of Roswell, Georgia. It oversees eight public-use parks covering over 900 acres and sponsors over 25 athletic programs ranging from soccer, football, basketball, baseball, and swimming for all age groups. It has been recognized as one of the top civic recreation programs in the United States. The Roswell Recreations Department also works closely with local middle and high schools by providing practice fields. Roswell's Recreation and Parks department has twice been awarded a silver medal by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). The", "title": "Roswell Recreation and Parks" }, { "docid": "9360043", "text": "Oregon Parks and Recreation Department The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), officially known (in state law) as the State Parks and Recreation Department, is the government agency of the U.S. state of Oregon which operates its system of state parks. In addition, it has programs to protect and provide public access to natural and historic resources within the state, including the State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Heritage Commission, Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries, recreation trails, the Ocean Shores Recreation Area, scenic waterways and the Willamette River Greenway. The department's chief sources of funding are the Oregon Lottery, state park", "title": "Oregon Parks and Recreation Department" }, { "docid": "17267578", "text": "Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation The Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation (WPRF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization operating in Whatcom County, Washington. The mission of the Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation is to encourage public and private support for parks and recreation projects within Whatcom County. It serves as a trust for privately donated park funding, as a fiscal sponsor for smaller groups of park advocates, and promotes its own initiatives within the community. \"Ex Officio\" members on the Board of Directors represent all of the city parks departments and park districts in Whatcom County, including Bellingham, Lynden, Blaine, Northwest", "title": "Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation" }, { "docid": "14256942", "text": "\"Parks and Recreation\". He also appears in the short film \"Food Club\" (2014), directed by Eric Wareheim, and on \"Kroll Show\" as a contestant on the episode \"Sponsored by Stamps\" (2014). He also is a performer on the song \"5,000 Candles In The Wind\" on two episodes of \"Parks and Recreation\" (\"Moving Up: Part 2\" and \"Lil' Sebastian\"). He is friends with chef David Chang and was featured in the Netflix non-fiction original series Ugly Delicious episode 'Fried Rice' where he discussed Chinese cuisine. Alan Yang Alan Michael Yang (born August 22, 1983) is an American screenwriter, producer and actor.", "title": "Alan Yang" }, { "docid": "14724995", "text": "local communities. Flom called them \"Magic Penny Gardens,\" after a folk song by Malvina Reynolds entitled \"Magic Penny,\" dealing with both love and pennies, and the idea that the more one gives away, the more one receives. Frank Curto Frank S. Curto (1898 or 1899 – February 23, 1971) was the chief horticulturist for the Pittsburgh Department of Parks and Recreation. Curto received his Master of Science degree in ornamental horticulture from Ohio State University. His career with the city's bureau of Parks and Recreation began in 1946 and ended in 1970 after a decade as foreman of Phipps Conservatory,", "title": "Frank Curto" }, { "docid": "16817418", "text": "a hot day. Distance markers are located at every half mile. Trail Ownership The Conewago Recreation Trail is managed and maintained by the Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation. The Department of Parks and Recreation is a division of the Lancaster County Government. Among other obligations, the Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible for the county’s land and water assets dedicated to recreation. These locations hold value and significance to the community in regard to their various historical, geological and ecological values. Maintenance and Preservation The Lancaster Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible for all work and", "title": "Conewago Recreation Trail" }, { "docid": "16361038", "text": "since \"Sunrise (Love Is All)\"'s use for \"Dandy Daddy?\". For the second series of \"Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi\" in 2014, a new song by Hamasaki, \"Hello New Me\", served as the theme song. The music of the song was written by her musical collaborator Tim Wellard, who first worked with Hamasaki on the song \"Brillante\" from her extended play \"Five\" (2011), and also wrote the songs \"Party Queen\", \"The Next Love\" and \"Eyes, Smoke, Magic\" for \"Party Queen\". Fuji Television director Hiroki Wakamatsu commissioned Hamasaki for the drama's theme song, asking her to write a grown-up song. Hamasaki wrote", "title": "How Beautiful You Are (Ayumi Hamasaki song)" }, { "docid": "18228187", "text": "Coe Park Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department, sometimes referred to as Santa Clara County Parks Department or Santa Clara County Parks, is a government department in Santa Clara County, California. The department manages 29 parks with a total area over . Santa Clara County's first parkland was purchased in 1924, a parcel near Cupertino which eventually became Stevens Creek County Park. Mount Madonna park was acquired in 1927. The Parks and Recreation Department was founded in 1956. A major expansion with numerous additional parks became possible in the 1970s with the", "title": "Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department" }, { "docid": "18228181", "text": "Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department, sometimes referred to as Santa Clara County Parks Department or Santa Clara County Parks, is a government department in Santa Clara County, California. The department manages 29 parks with a total area over . Santa Clara County's first parkland was purchased in 1924, a parcel near Cupertino which eventually became Stevens Creek County Park. Mount Madonna park was acquired in 1927. The Parks and Recreation Department was founded in 1956. A major expansion with numerous additional parks became possible in the 1970s with the availability of", "title": "Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department" }, { "docid": "15531569", "text": "what the hell? What if they just make a rash decision and get hitched?\" The cast and crew of \"Parks and Recreation\" made a conscious effort not to discuss the Andy and April wedding during media interviews with the hopes of keeping it a surprise. However, after the original broadcast of the third season episode \"\", NBC ran a commercial advertising \"April and Andy's wedding registry\" on the official \"Parks and Recreation\" website. At this point in the series, April and Andy were separated and had not yet reconciled. Shortly after the episode aired, HitFix television reviewer Alan Sepinwall wrote", "title": "Andy and April's Fancy Party" }, { "docid": "15297537", "text": "had a \"terrific second half\", and that the public hearing in particular displayed the strengths of the show. Joel Keller of TV Squad had the opposite view of Alan Sepinwall and felt Forte's character was the most interesting part of the episode, whereas the second half felt \"dragged down\" and less funny. Keller wrote, \"It just lasted a scene too long; we get it, the people in Pawnee are loopy.\" Eric Sundermann of Hollywood.com said \"Parks and Recreation\" is \"at its best when its illustrating small-town life in America\" and that the public hearing meetings did so brilliantly. Sundermann praised", "title": "Time Capsule (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "15615747", "text": "beliefs to her. He illustrates the concept of taxes by eating 40 percent of Lauren's lunch, to compare his actions to those of the government. She eagerly accepts his anti-government views. The next day, Lauren's furious mother reveals her daughter's assignment was \"Why Government Matters\", and that Lauren simply wrote \"It doesn't\". Ron apologizes, and later tells Lauren she should keep her views on government to herself until she gets older. \"Road Trip\" was written by Harris Wittels and directed by Troy Miller. It was originally broadcast on May 12, 2011, and ran back-to-back with the \"Parks and Recreation\" episode", "title": "Road Trip (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "12826319", "text": "\"Flu Season 2\"; while Adam Scott directed season 6's \"Farmers Market\". Holland also directed several episodes throughout the series, including \"The Master Plan\". Norm Hiscock, a consulting producer, wrote a number of episodes, including the first-season finale \"Rock Show\" and second-season premiere \"Pawnee Zoo\". Other regular screenwriters included Katie Dippold, Dan Goor, Aisha Muharrar, Harris Wittels, and Alan Yang. Frequent \"Parks and Recreation\" directors include Dean Holland, Randall Einhorn, Troy Miller, and Jason Woliner, with several others guest-directing one or two episodes such as Jeffrey Blitz, Paul Feig, Tucker Gates, Seth Gordon, Nicole Holofcener, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Michael McCullers, and Charles", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "docid": "15255897", "text": "show rivaled the ensemble cast of \"The Office\", a comedy made by the same producers as \"Parks and Recreation\". Zap2it writer Rick Porter wrote that \"Parks and Recreation\" \"was one of the two or three funniest comedies on TV when it finished its second season, and it begins its third season having lost none of its mojo\". He particularly praised the performances of Nick Offerman and Rob Lowe. Matt Fowler of IGN said the episode was a pleasant way to return to the series, and was glad the harvest festival would give the characters something specific to focus on. However,", "title": "Go Big or Go Home" }, { "docid": "20561797", "text": "1948 on the California coast and nenrolled at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1950, where they informally tutored some of their colleagues. After a student diver at another university died in a scuba accident in 1952, Scripps administration got Limbaugh to produce the first formal scuba training manual and course in the US. In 1952, Al Tillman, the director of sports for the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, wrote a letter to Parks and Recreation director Paul Gruendyke stating that: “A new sport—skin diving—is becoming popular in the area. Recently while diving in Palos Verdes, I ran", "title": "History of scuba diving" }, { "docid": "15458347", "text": "remake of the CW Network drama \"Nikita\", which drew 1.37 million households. \"Harvest Festival\" received critical acclaim. \"New York\" magazine writer Steve Kandell called it the most pivotal episode of the season in terms of \"resolving and resetting narrative stakes\", as well as the most complex from a production perspective. Kandell wrote, \"There's something that feels particularly satisfying about watching a wholly sympathetic, albeit fictional, character like Leslie Knope do well by her own ambition and by her friends.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" writer Ken Tucker said the episode placed \"Parks and Recreation\" \"squarely in the tradition of great gentle-hearted sitcoms\" that", "title": "Harvest Festival (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "17248545", "text": "San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department The San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department is the city agency responsible for governing and maintaining all city owned parks and recreational facilities in San Francisco, California. The Recreation & Parks Department also runs Sharp Park in Pacifica, California and Camp Mather in Tuolumne County, California. Current facilities include of total recreational and open space with of that land within San Francisco. The department runs 179 playgrounds and play areas, 82 recreation centers and clubhouses, nine swimming pools, five golf courses, 151 tennis courts, 72 basketball courts, 59 soccer fields, numerous baseball diamonds, and", "title": "San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department" }, { "docid": "17248555", "text": "Reservoir in the 1920s. The Department had 9 swimming pools spread all over the city. San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department The San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department is the city agency responsible for governing and maintaining all city owned parks and recreational facilities in San Francisco, California. The Recreation & Parks Department also runs Sharp Park in Pacifica, California and Camp Mather in Tuolumne County, California. Current facilities include of total recreational and open space with of that land within San Francisco. The department runs 179 playgrounds and play areas, 82 recreation centers and clubhouses, nine swimming pools, five", "title": "San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department" }, { "docid": "2098055", "text": "Mitchell Froom, Van Dyke Parks, George S. Clinton and Dweezil Zappa with Scott Thunes (spelled 'Tunis' in the credits). Mothersbaugh, who later went on to become a fixture in composing music for children's shows like \"Rugrats\", joined the show on hiatus from recording with Devo: The opening prelude theme is an interpretation of Les Baxter's \"Quiet Village\". The theme song, which originally followed the prelude, was performed by Cyndi Lauper (credited as \"Ellen Shaw\"), imitating Betty Boop. For the final season in 1990, a new version of the prelude theme was recorded, and the opening theme was slightly edited. This", "title": "Pee-wee's Playhouse" }, { "docid": "13762852", "text": "oversees more than 200 parks, including major attractions such as Stanley Park to local neighbourhood parks such as Falaise Park. Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Vancouver Park Board The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, commonly referred to as the Vancouver Park Board, is the elected board with exclusive possession, jurisdiction and control over public parks in Vancouver, British Columbia. Established by section 485 of the \"Vancouver Charter\", the Vancouver Park Board is the only elected body of its kind in Canada. It has seven elected commissioners who are charged by the \"Vancouver Charter\" with determining the policy direction", "title": "Vancouver Park Board" }, { "docid": "12427500", "text": "Playground Commission 2008 – City of Clearwater Parks and Recreation Department, City of Evans Parks and Recreation Department, Hickam Air Force Base Youth Sports Program, Tinker Air Force Base Youth Center, USAG Fort Belvoir Youth Sports 2009 – Andrews Air Force Base Youth Sports, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Sasebo Youth Sports, Town of Huntersville Parks & Recreation Department, USAG West Point Youth Sports & Fitness 2010 – Glynn County Parks & Recreation, MCAS-MCCS Miramar Youth Sports Programs, Oconee County Parks & Recreation, Spangdahlem Air Base Youth Sports, USAG Hawaii Youth Sports and Fitness 2011 – MCCS Cherry Point", "title": "National Alliance for Youth Sports" }, { "docid": "2606797", "text": "New York City Department of Parks and Recreation The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also called Parks Department and NYC Parks, is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents and visitors. The total area of the properties maintained by the department is over . The department maintains more than 1,700 parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities across the five boroughs. It is responsible for over 1,000 playgrounds, 800 playing fields, 550", "title": "New York City Department of Parks and Recreation" } ]
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who sang i shall be released the band
[ "The Band" ]
[ { "docid": "9293355", "text": "I Shall Be Released \"I Shall Be Released\" is a 1967 song, written by Bob Dylan. The Band recorded the first officially released version of the song for their 1968 debut album, \"Music from Big Pink\", with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals, and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus. The song was also performed near the end of the Band's 1976 farewell concert, \"The Last Waltz\", in which all the night's performers (with the exception of Muddy Waters) plus Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood appeared on the same stage. Additional live recordings by the Band were included", "title": "I Shall Be Released" }, { "docid": "3648311", "text": "Wood on guitar, then sang \"I Shall Be Released\" as a closing number. Dylan, who wrote the song, and Manuel, whose falsetto rendition had made the song famous on \"Music from Big Pink\", shared lead vocals, although Manuel cannot be clearly seen in the film and switched between his normal and falsetto voices between verses. Two loose jam sessions then formed. \"Jam #1\" featured The Band minus Richard Manuel playing with Neil Young, Ronnie Wood and Eric Clapton on guitar, Dr. John on piano, Paul Butterfield on harmonica and Ringo Starr on drums. It was followed by \"Jam #2\" with", "title": "The Last Waltz" }, { "docid": "9742725", "text": "Musical History\", and as bonus tracks on the 2000 reissues of \"Music From Big Pink\" and \"Cahoots\". Live versions by The Band of various Basement Tapes songs have also been issued: \"I Shall Be Released\" on \"Before the Flood\"; \"Caledonia Mission\" and \"This Wheel's On Fire\" on \"Rock of Ages\", with \"I Shall Be Released\", \"Down in the Flood\" and \"Don't Ya Tell Henry\" appearing on the album's 2001 reissue; \"I Shall Be Released\" on \"The Last Waltz\" and \"This Wheel's On Fire\" on the 2002 box set release of the album; \"I Shall Be Released\" and \"Don't Ya Tell", "title": "The Basement Tapes" }, { "docid": "9293355", "text": "I Shall Be Released \"I Shall Be Released\" is a 1967 song, written by Bob Dylan. The Band recorded the first officially released version of the song for their 1968 debut album, \"Music from Big Pink\", with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals, and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus. The song was also performed near the end of the Band's 1976 farewell concert, \"The Last Waltz\", in which all the night's performers (with the exception of Muddy Waters) plus Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood appeared on the same stage. Additional live recordings by the Band were included", "title": "I Shall Be Released" }, { "docid": "9293362", "text": "Jacob Miller; Bobby McFerrin; Black Oak Arkansas; Marion Williams; Lera Lynn; Wilco; Jack Johnson; Lisa Loeb; Zac Brown Band; Kesha; Half Moon Run; and by Elvis Presley. I Shall Be Released \"I Shall Be Released\" is a 1967 song, written by Bob Dylan. The Band recorded the first officially released version of the song for their 1968 debut album, \"Music from Big Pink\", with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals, and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus. The song was also performed near the end of the Band's 1976 farewell concert, \"The Last Waltz\", in which all the", "title": "I Shall Be Released" }, { "docid": "6203650", "text": "Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever is the second album recorded by post-rock band Explosions in the Sky, released on September 4, 2001. It is their first album released on the Temporary Residence label. The band garnered a small amount of media attention as the liner notes of this album contained a picture of an airplane and the text \"This Plane Will Crash Tomorrow\". A rumor circulated that the album was released on September 10, 2001,", "title": "Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever" }, { "docid": "9293360", "text": "commensurate simplicity of meaning. The release that he is singing about—and that Richard Manuel echoes—is not from mere prison bars but rather from the cage of physical existence, the same cage that corrodes on Visions of Johanna.<br> Like a number of Dylan's greatest songs—including that other reluctant rabble-rouser, \"Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door\"—its solipsistic self would be turned inside out by simpletons (after the Band, that is) as this highly personal song was made a communal anthem by organizations like Amnesty International, for which it was always a song with one meaning alone. \"I Shall Be Released\" has been covered by", "title": "I Shall Be Released" }, { "docid": "17341416", "text": "band was recording their third full-length album, artistic differences between EMI (who had bought Chrysalis Records) and Darbyshire resulted in the split of the band before the album was completed. In 1991, he sang \"I Love a Lady\" with Bandzilla, a big band created and led by composer-arranger Richard Niles (then-husband of Tessa Niles, with whom Darbyshire had previously worked). His performance can be heard on Richard Niles' website. His debut (and to date, only) solo effort, \"How Many Angels\" was released in 1994. Singer Lisa Stansfield co-wrote two of the songs, \"This I Swear\" and \"Tell Him No\", and", "title": "Richard Darbyshire" }, { "docid": "3463512", "text": "for fronting In Flames. In July 2005, the band released the second part of their split-CD with their friends from Heaven Shall Burn, called \"The Split Program II\". The band released their fifth album called \"The Undying Darkness\" in February 2006 and toured with All Shall Perish, Bleeding Through and I Killed The Prom Queen for the \"Darkness over Europe\" tour. In 2007, Caliban recorded their album \"The Awakening\" with producer Benny Richter and it was released in Germany on May 25. The album reached 36 in the German charts. In 2009, the band toured with German band Kreator on", "title": "Caliban (band)" }, { "docid": "5714503", "text": "on Swedish TV4 and used her artist name for the first time. Although she sang to a pre-recorded backing track in the studio, on the program she sang her single and Alicia Keys' song \"If I Ain't Got You\" while accompanied by a live band. The band included a drummer, guitarist, bassist, background singer and a keyboard player, who also sang backgrounds. Due to the success of the single, a full album was commissioned, and \"This Is Me Now\" was released in May 2005. The album sold more than 150,000 copies, which was triple the requirement for gold record certification", "title": "Amy Deasismont" }, { "docid": "11925599", "text": "It seemed to me like things were making sense...I didn't know who the hell the artist was. It turned out to be The Band. I looked up at the sky and the sun started to shine and all of a sudden the song just came through my head. I started to write it down, right from \"When all the dark clouds roll away\"...The song (on FM radio) was either \"The Weight\" or \"I Shall Be Released\". \"Brand New Day\" has been covered by Dorothy Morrison, Esther Phillips, Frankie Laine and Miriam Makeba. Brand New Day (Van Morrison song) \"Brand New", "title": "Brand New Day (Van Morrison song)" }, { "docid": "4614170", "text": "by The Band. The theme music in 2005 received a lot of attention from listeners who believed that Ron and Fez might leave WJFK for satellite radio. Some songs, like the January 2005 opening with the J Geils Band \"Crusin For A Love\" (with its lyric \"I'm back on Broadway\") turned out to be prophetic. Using various versions of \"I Shall Be Released\" in early summer 2005 was a clear sign that they wanted out of their contract. On that final DC broadcast, they also played \"We Want The Airwaves\", \"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone\", \"Radio, Radio\",", "title": "Ron and Fez" }, { "docid": "9742724", "text": "Flood\" appeared on \"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II\". In 2005, The Band compilation \"A Musical History\" was released, which includes the 1967 Woodstock Band recordings \"Words and Numbers\", \"You Don't Come Through\", \"Caledonia Mission\", \"Ferdinand the Imposter\" and \"Will the Circle Be Unbroken\". In 1968, The Band re-recorded \"This Wheel's on Fire\", \"Tears of Rage\", \"I Shall Be Released\" and \"Caledonia Mission\" in studios in New York and Los Angeles for \"Music From Big Pink\". Versions of other Band Basement Tape compositions, recorded in various locations between 1967 and possibly 1975, appear on \"Across the Great Divide\" and \"A", "title": "The Basement Tapes" }, { "docid": "10595778", "text": "They will undoubtedly be very big in the mid 1980’s.” However, after the \"Wolfman Tap\" single on Naive Records, they disbanded in August 1983. The band sang and performed in a Japanese advert for Royal Dutch Shell, called Shell, We Shall. Sarah and Wendy Partridge went on to sing with Shriekback. Electric Guitars Electric Guitars were an English band formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport (vocals, lyrics) and Richard Hall (bass, vocals) who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Saunders (guitar, vocals), Matt Salt (drums) and Dick Truscott", "title": "Electric Guitars" }, { "docid": "11496898", "text": "school house productions that sounded almost techno. I didn't want polite, I wanted aggressive\". In a conscious change from the previous two albums, he did not make use of organic instrumentation. When recording the first songs for the album, Butler had stated his intention not to use any well-known vocalists for the album, because he believed that – as with Anohni and Okereke – they would be too busy to tour with the band. However, when the album was released, it received guest vocals from Grant, who sang on \"Liberty\" and \"I Try To Talk To You\", in which he", "title": "Hercules and Love Affair" }, { "docid": "4422726", "text": "final headline tour of the year was in Europe, with Heaven Shall Burn, Suicide Silence, and Sylosis. In February 2011, the band headlined a US tour with support from Winds of Plague and After the Burial. The band then toured in late April/early May with Trivium, in support of Disturbed, on the \"Music as a Weapon\" tour in Australia and New Zealand. Then at the end of May and beginning of June, the band headlined a few performances with Heaven Shall Burn. On November 8, 2011, As I Lay Dying released a compilation, \"Decas\", in honor of the band's ten-year", "title": "As I Lay Dying (band)" }, { "docid": "7365952", "text": "in her latter career has formed the band Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs. Kyra and Debbie went on to sing for The A Lines (featuring Delia from Mambo Taxi and Julie Hamper of Billy Childish's Musicians of the British Empire); Debbie and Delia currently play in Ye Nuns. Kyra and Ludella later appeared in The Shall I Say Quois alongside Julie Hamper, while Debbie also went on to play with Dutronc, Baby Birkin and The Speed of Sound; she also drummed and sang with Would-Be-Goods, and recorded in The Buffets, alongside Hamper. Thee Headcoatees Thee Headcoatees were formed by Billy", "title": "Thee Headcoatees" }, { "docid": "12939720", "text": "tracks. Reynolds sang on five tracks, while Alvarez sang \"Guitar Case\" (the remaining track, \"Son-O-Theme\", is an instrumental). \"We got Karl to sing, Scott sang\", Lombardo later remembered. \"I sang, if you want to call it singing. My voice is very shaky, iffy.\" Along with their third studio album \"Allroy Saves\" (1990), recorded the same month, \"New Girl, Old Story\" was All's last release to be recorded in California. Seeking a more affordable cost of living and centralized location from which to tour, the band relocated to Brookfield, Missouri following the recording sessions. \"New Girl, Old Story\" was released August", "title": "New Girl, Old Story" }, { "docid": "10457938", "text": "which had tended to de-emphasize or omit them altogether. It was the last Chicago single released with founding drummer Danny Seraphine before his departure from the band in 1990. What Kind of Man Would I Be? \"What Kind of Man Would I Be?\" is a song written by Jason Scheff, Chas Sandford and Bobby Caldwell and recorded by the band Chicago for their 1988 album \"Chicago 19\" and 1989 album \"Greatest Hits 1982–1989\". Scheff sang the lead vocals. A slightly remixed version of the song was included on the 1989 compilation album \"Greatest Hits 1982–1989\", and a single release of", "title": "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" }, { "docid": "13144311", "text": "for their debut CD to be released Summer '09.\" On September 11, 2009, The Empire Shall Fall announced through their Myspace page that their debut album \"Awaken\" would be released on November 17, 2009 with eight songs, including the previously recorded demo tracks re-recorded and reworked, and three new songs which had only been played live. \"Awaken\" was released on November 17, 2009 through Angle Side Side Records, owned by The Empire Shall Fall's bassist, Nick Sollecito. The band cites its influences as At the Gates, Meshuggah, and Edge of Sanity. \"Awaken\" draws heavily on the band members' interests in", "title": "The Empire Shall Fall" }, { "docid": "6853783", "text": "Be Released\". On 20 April, following a performance of I Shall Be Released in Los Angeles, the band surprised the audience by bringing out Dylan himself for a performance of Knockin' on Heaven's Door. During the performance, Bono jokingly said, \"I usually make up my own words to Bob Dylan songs. He says he doesn't mind.\" Dylan replied in kind, saying \"I do it too.\" Bono often would sing excerpts of other songs, notably ones by The Rolling Stones and Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side, near the end of the song Bad as he had done during the", "title": "The Joshua Tree Tour" }, { "docid": "4487477", "text": "and \"A Girl I Used To Know\", both of which preceded the successful reissue of \"Mary's Prayer\" but neither of which matched its success. The band released its second album, \"Bebop Moptop\" the following year. Gary Clark was no longer the band's only songwriter, as Ged Grimes and Kit Clark co-wrote \"I Can't Wait\" and Kit also contributed \"N.Y.C Shanty\", both of which Kit sang on the record. The first single released from the album was \"Never Gonna Be The Same\", but this was overshadowed by its successor, the hit single \"The Second Summer of Love\", which reached number 23", "title": "Danny Wilson (band)" }, { "docid": "10147740", "text": "by session drummer Josh Freese while Mars sang backing vocals. The album art is from the music video for \"Alex Chilton\". Westerberg stated in a 2006 interview with \"Newsweek\" that he had written \"Message to the Boys\" many years ago. Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? is a greatest hits album by the American rock band The Replacements, released in 2006 by Rhino Records. It includes eighteen tracks spanning the band's eight studio releases from 1981 to 1990, as well as two new tracks recorded specifically for this release. The", "title": "Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?" }, { "docid": "3983519", "text": "to aspire to it - we kind of got ours from Public Enemy, who were too black and the Young Gods, who sang in French, for fuck's sake! And it wasn't seen as 'serious' enough, perhaps meaning it wasn't seen as commercially viable enough... who knows. Anyway, I did it 'cos I had the ideas.\" The band's musical approach reached its peak on their second album \"D. I. Go Pop\", released in February 1994. The album's music was harsh and concise, with the melody on the eight tracks often carried by the bassline, while an array of samples (including running", "title": "Disco Inferno (band)" }, { "docid": "3672478", "text": "and her record label due to his writing/production/keyboard-playing work with Seal and Björk. Their first work together consisted of Heap providing extra vocals for Sigsworth's band Acacia. She subsequently contributed to the live Acacia lineup at several concerts, became a significant \"floating member\" of the band (although never a full member) and sang on all but one track on Acacia's ill-fated debut album \"Cradle\". Sigsworth subsequently contributed to Heap's debut album, \"i Megaphone\", which was released on the now defunct Almo Sounds in 1998. Together they wrote the first single to be taken from \"i Megaphone\", the angst-ridden \"Getting Scared,\"", "title": "Frou Frou (band)" }, { "docid": "10775484", "text": "a version of the song \"Say So\", the first song the band wrote together, in which Hailey sang lead vocals (the later release of the song had Grey singing lead). I See Red was initially released digitally with limited amounts of hard copies, with a bonus track available on hard copies and on iTunes. 's debut album \"Common Reaction\" was released on August 19, 2008, after a delay. Both \"Explode\" and \"Say So\" were released for a second time on the full-length album as both members felt the songs deserved to be more polished. \"Common Reaction\", which was recorded in", "title": "Uh Huh Her (band)" }, { "docid": "7676337", "text": "respectively. Moreover, Dennis Becker joined the band in 2003 as second guitarist. In 2005, Max Schröder joined the band as keyboardist. The next album, \"Buchstaben über der Stadt\" (“Letters above the City”) came out in early 2006. It was one of the best selling German albums of 2006. The first single was \"Ich sang die ganze Zeit von dir\" (\"I sang of you all the time\"). Other singles from this album were \"New York\" and \"Norden der Welt\" (\"North of the World\"). The band have since released another album, called \"Heureka\". It went on sale on 10 October 2008 in", "title": "Tomte (band)" }, { "docid": "6503523", "text": "white as Jal would be my priority if I stay with the band.\" Jal performed in front of an audience of 2000. They sang \"sajni pass bulao na \"'& 'Aadat\"\" Mellifluously according to 74.5% audience. On 8 Sep 2012, lead vocalist and lead guitarist, Goher Mumtaz in an interview with \"Rj Syed Ali\" confirmed that the band's third album, \"Pyaas\", which was originally slated for a March 2012 release date, was delayed to be released on end of the year. Gohar, inspired from success of Fawad Khan; former member of band EP, took up acting as a side project in", "title": "Jal (band)" }, { "docid": "10850203", "text": "native dudes I met in Fiji who sang super mellow beach harmonies, so I guess it'll be some island jams.\" Peter and the Wolf (band) Peter and the Wolf is the American folk band formed by musician Redding Hunter. Hunter says about his song writing, \"I carry a journal everywhere with me. I will stop in the middle of whatever I'm doing to write down an idea, whether it's something I think about, hear, observe, or whatever. It's my highest priority to make sure I capture these ideas, as the craft of songwriting is a lifelong pursuit\". The band's record", "title": "Peter and the Wolf (band)" }, { "docid": "3648323", "text": "film) conspired to make The Band look like Robbie Robertson's sidemen. He states that Robertson, who is depicted singing powerful backing vocals, was actually singing into a microphone that was turned off throughout most of the concert (a typical practice during their live performances). Helm also discusses Manuel's and Hudson's minimal screen time, such as when Manuel sings during the closing number \"I Shall Be Released\", but Manuel is hidden behind the phalanx of guest performers. There are several shots catching Ronnie Hawkins looking around but not singing, yet Manuel remains invisible. However, during the same segment, in the background,", "title": "The Last Waltz" }, { "docid": "5141265", "text": "two songs from the band's 2010 album \"All in Good Time\", \"On The Lookout\" and \"I Saw It\", as well as a bonus track titled \"She Turned Away\". Creeggan wrote and sang a song for 2013's \"Grinning Streak\", titled \"Who Knew?\", that was left off the album and released as a bonus track. Creeggan wrote and sang a song titled \"Narrow Streets\" for the 2015 album \"Silverball. In their first show since the 2009 departure of Steven Page from the band, Creeggan took over some of Page's harmony vocals, and his lead vocals on the song \"Maybe Katie\"; a song", "title": "Jim Creeggan" }, { "docid": "18025396", "text": "music. I \"I Have a Problem\" was later re-recorded for Beartooth's debut album \"Disgusting\". Sick (EP) Sick is the debut extended play by American hardcore punk band Beartooth and is produced by Caleb Shomo formerly of the band Attack Attack! who sang and recorded all the instruments used on the album. It was released on July 26, 2013, through Red Bull Records for free download. Caleb Shomo began writing Beartooth songs while he was still in Attack Attack! as \"a different musical outlet\" as a way to make fun, punk-rock, hardcore, wild music, play crazy shows and have a good", "title": "Sick (EP)" }, { "docid": "11246651", "text": "we got Ben (who played trumpet on tour) in and did a studio version with a few extra bits and pieces.\" The song was first announced as a single along with the live CD called \"Once Upon a Time in December\". On 10 March 2008, the band promoted the single by organizing a CD signing in HMV, Staines. The band also performed a select set list including \"I Shall Overcome\" in acoustic, \"Suburban Knights\" and \"Hard to Beat\" plus some covers including \"A Town Called Malice\" and \"\"Should I Stay or Should I Go\"\". On 17 January 2008, Archer left", "title": "I Shall Overcome" }, { "docid": "13144309", "text": "The Empire Shall Fall The Empire Shall Fall is a band formed by Jesse Leach with friends in 2008. The band released their first independent album \"Awaken\" which was released on November 17, 2009. Including Leach, The Empire Shall Fall consists of guitarists Jake Davenport and Marcus de Lisle, bassist Nick Sollecito, and drummer Jeff Pitts. The Empire Shall Fall was formed in late 2008 by current Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach with a handful of instrumentalists: guitarists Jake Davenport and Marcus de Lisle, bassist Nick Sollecito, and drummer Jeff Pitts. The Empire Shall Fall is the first band vocalist", "title": "The Empire Shall Fall" }, { "docid": "9742703", "text": "two issues: the recordings by The Band on their own, and the selection of the Dylan songs. In his book about the basement sessions, Greil Marcus describes the album's contents as \"sixteen basement recordings plus eight Band demos\". Critic Michael Gray writes of the album, \"The interspersed tracks by The Band alone merely disrupt the unity of Dylan material, much more of which should have been included. Key songs missing here include 'I Shall Be Released' and 'The Mighty Quinn'\". Heylin similarly argues that compiler Robbie Robertson did Dylan fans \"a major disservice\" by omitting those two songs as well", "title": "The Basement Tapes" }, { "docid": "3152364", "text": "musical marathons featuring two sets of Dylan backed by The Band, two Band sets, and a Dylan acoustic set. The ensuing live album from the tour, \"Before the Flood\", reveals that Manuel was still capable of reaching the falsetto on \"I Shall Be Released\". The Band continued performing throughout 1974, supporting Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young alongside Joni Mitchell, Jesse Colin Young and The Beach Boys on a grueling summer stadium tour. By 1975, Robertson had expressed his dissatisfaction with touring and was acting in an increasingly parental capacity, as the move to Malibu and his refusal to allow the", "title": "Richard Manuel" }, { "docid": "5606418", "text": "band during a number of tapings of \"Last Call with Carson Daly\" in early February 2005. During one of these tapings, the scheduled musical act was absent, so Haynes performed an acoustic rendition of U2's \"One\". The song also appeared on his \"Live from Bonnaroo\" album. In 2008, Haynes covered the Bob Dylan song \"I Shall Be Released\" with Coheed and Cambria, as well as their song Welcome Home, as part of an encore the band played during their shows in support of \"Neverender\". After recording Gov't Mule's \"By a Thread\" album, Haynes formed The Warren Haynes Band. The group", "title": "Warren Haynes" }, { "docid": "17722487", "text": "number of duets and solo pieces in the album. Both Part I and Part II have been reissued as of 1998. In 1994, Tracy sang on Gandalf's \"To Our Children's Children\". She sang lead vocals on five of the nine songs on the album. Tracy's passionate and soothing voice complimented the album's keyboards and symphonic arrangements. At the end of 1994, Hitchings joined Karl Groom's project \"Blue Heat\". The band recorded ten songs for the album but due to reasons unknown, the album entitled \"Dancing on Stones\" has yet to be released. From 1992–1995, she made guest spots on various", "title": "Tracy Hitchings" }, { "docid": "3152368", "text": "confined to impassioned, raging versions of the prophetic \"The Shape I'm In,\" \"Rockin' Chair\" and \"King Harvest (Has Surely Come).\" The Band played its final show as its original configuration at Winterland on Thanksgiving Day of 1976. The concert was filmed in 35 mm by Robertson confederate and longtime Band fan Martin Scorsese for the documentary \"The Last Waltz\". Manuel can be heard, but barely seen, singing \"I Shall Be Released,\" surrounded by guest stars. While Manuel's famed sense of humor and warm, congenial nature emerged in the interview segments, so did his shyness, deferential attitude – and inebriation. Initially", "title": "Richard Manuel" }, { "docid": "2031639", "text": "on the bass, who reportedly wished to spend more time on his other musical projects. \"I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master\", Electric Six's fourth studio album, was released October 9, 2007. It has sixteen tracks. In the UK the album was released on October 22. 16 of the 18 tracks recorded were used on the album. There were no singles in support of this album; however, the band have had several music videos produced and spread over the internet for a number of tracks on the album. A fifth album, \"Flashy\", was released", "title": "Electric Six" }, { "docid": "15246879", "text": "October Bridge School Benefit acoustic shows: The show of 30 October closed with the group taking part in an ensemble performance of Bob Dylan's \"I Shall Be Released\" along with concert organiser Neil Young, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Emmylou Harris, and others. The shows in Chicago saw the band unearth a few \"Lifehouse\" songs, the biggest surprise being \"Pure and Easy\", which hadn't been played since 1971; \"Getting In Tune\" had only appeared once (in 1980) since 1971, while \"Let's See Action\" had been an infrequent encore in years past. The group also elected to finally perform \"After the Fire\",", "title": "The Who 1999 performances" }, { "docid": "418416", "text": "their time with Dylan everyone just referred to them as \"the band\" and the name stuck. Initially they disliked the moniker, but eventually they grew to like it, thinking it both humble and presumptuous. In 1969, \"Rolling Stone\" referred to them as \"the band from Big Pink.\" Their first album, \"Music from Big Pink\" (1968) was widely acclaimed. The album included three songs written or co-written by Dylan (\"This Wheel's on Fire\", \"Tears of Rage\", and \"I Shall Be Released\") as well as \"The Weight\", the use of which in the film \"Easy Rider\" would make it probably their best-known", "title": "The Band" }, { "docid": "5981650", "text": "looking for a new gig, too. I came down and sang with them, and it was real natural. Everybody got along really well, so we were like, 'Hey, we should probably call this something.' We called it C-14, which was the original name of the band. After that we decided to come up with a better name.\" By late 2000, Tantric's demo caught the attention of Maverick Records who signed them that same year. The band quickly began recording their self–titled debut with producer Toby Wright in Nashville. The album was released on February 13, 2001, it spawned three singles", "title": "Tantric (band)" }, { "docid": "16264234", "text": "Kim Taylor Kim Taylor is an American independent singer-songwriter who plays primarily in the styles of Folk and Folk-rock. She has toured extensively with the band Over the Rhine as a support act, as well as a backup singer and guitarist. To date, she has released several full-length studio albums, toured with notable international artists, and embarked on an acting career which has garnered positive attention from critics and bloggers. Her first full-length film, \"I Used to Be Darker\", premiered in January 2013. Originally from Florida, Taylor played instruments in school bands and sang in church as a child. She", "title": "Kim Taylor" }, { "docid": "19733668", "text": "video. Wanderer (Heaven Shall Burn album) Wanderer is the eighth album by German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn, released on 19 September 2016 through Century Media Records. The album is released as a regular version of 12 tracks, and a deluxe version with the cover \"Agent Orange\" by fellow band Sodom as a bonus track, plus a bonus disc which is a compilation of covers that the band recorded since its inception and also included in previous releases. The tracks \"Bring the War Home\" and \"Downshifter\" were released as promotional singles, which the first one was released as a", "title": "Wanderer (Heaven Shall Burn album)" }, { "docid": "19733667", "text": "Wanderer (Heaven Shall Burn album) Wanderer is the eighth album by German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn, released on 19 September 2016 through Century Media Records. The album is released as a regular version of 12 tracks, and a deluxe version with the cover \"Agent Orange\" by fellow band Sodom as a bonus track, plus a bonus disc which is a compilation of covers that the band recorded since its inception and also included in previous releases. The tracks \"Bring the War Home\" and \"Downshifter\" were released as promotional singles, which the first one was released as a lyric", "title": "Wanderer (Heaven Shall Burn album)" }, { "docid": "6600247", "text": "Cindy Wheeler, a poet and bookstore owner in Tampa's trendy Ybor City neighborhood, primarily played accordion and sang lead vocals, while Jenny Juristo, a community radio DJ who was training to be a speech-language pathologist, played clarinet and keyboards and occasionally sang lead. (Juristo became Jenny Juristo Morrison following her 1997 marriage to fellow Tampa musician Eric Morrison, of the band Home.) \"We talked a lot about doing music together, but I didn't know how to play any instruments,\" Wheeler recalled in an interview. \"I started house sitting for some friends of mine at some point and they had an", "title": "Pee Shy" }, { "docid": "18854355", "text": "\"Firework\", with Ain't No Grave Records, on May 22, 2012. The band appears as a cameo in Taylor Swift's music video for the song, \"I Knew You Were Trouble\". The Great Commission (band) The Great Commission is an American Christian hardcore from Riverside, California. The band started making music in 2007. Their membership is Justin Singh, Angela Razo, Derek, Christian, Nelson, and Solomon. The band released an independently made extended play, \"The Great Commission\", in 2008. They signed to Strike First Records, where they released, \"And Every Knee Shall Bow\", a studio album, in 2009. Their subsequent studio album, \"Heavy", "title": "The Great Commission (band)" }, { "docid": "12879638", "text": "Radioactive - Taken This I Promise You and Carry On - and also with the band Last Autumn's Dream released their second album \"II\". Also in 2005, he sang The Story Lives On from \"Northern Light\" debut album with artist like Fergie Frederiksen (Toto). In 2006, with the band Last Autumn's Dream released their following-up albums \"Winter in Paradise\" and \"Saturn Skyline\" in 2007. Also in 2006, he wrote two of the songs on the album called \"Varje steg du tar\" released by the Swedish band \"Surround\". This one did very well in Japan and had great reviews in \"Burrn!\"magazine.", "title": "Mikael Erlandsson" }, { "docid": "3152350", "text": "with their idea of the perfect album, switching solos, and singing harmonies modeled after the gospel sound of their musical heroes The Staple Singers. Manuel and Robertson each contributed four songs; among Manuel's contributions was \"Tears of Rage,\" which he co-wrote with Dylan. Covers of \"Long Black Veil\" and \"I Shall Be Released\" and the Danko–Dylan collaboration \"This Wheel's on Fire\" rounded out the album. \"Music from Big Pink\" was released with the group name given as simply \"The Band.\" This would be their name for the rest of the group's existence. While only reaching No. 30 on the Billboard", "title": "Richard Manuel" }, { "docid": "4329564", "text": "disc (which contains covers included on previous albums). The first single released from the album was \"Downshifter\", followed by \"Bring the War Home\", which was released as a lyric video. The name was taken from a Marduk album titled \"Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered\". Heaven Shall Burn Heaven Shall Burn are a German extreme metal band from Saalfeld, formed in 1996. The band consists of vocalist Marcus Bischoff, guitarists Maik Weichert and Alexander Dietz, bassist Eric Bischoff and drummer Christian Bass. They are currently signed to Century Media. They have released eight studio albums, as well as a", "title": "Heaven Shall Burn" }, { "docid": "2793989", "text": "Get a Grip Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on April 20, 1993 by Geffen Records. \"Get a Grip\" was the band's last studio album to be released by Geffen before they returned to Columbia Records. \"Get a Grip\" featured guests including Don Henley, who sang backup on \"Amazing\", and Lenny Kravitz, who offered backup vocals and collaboration to \"Line Up\". As on \"Permanent Vacation\" and \"Pump\", this album featured numerous song collaborators from outside the band including: Desmond Child, Jim Vallance, Mark Hudson, Richie Supa, Taylor Rhodes, Jack Blades, and Tommy", "title": "Get a Grip" }, { "docid": "18242224", "text": "a single. Along with \"Nothing Was Delivered\", it appeared on their country-rock album \"Sweetheart of the Rodeo\", released in August. The Hawks, officially renamed the Band, recorded \"This Wheel's on Fire\", \"I Shall Be Released\" and \"Tears of Rage\" for their debut album, \"Music from Big Pink\", released in July 1968. Fairport Convention covered \"Million Dollar Bash\" on their 1969 album \"Unhalfbricking\". In July 1969, the first rock bootleg appeared in California, entitled \"Great White Wonder\". The double album consisted of seven songs from the Woodstock basement sessions, plus some early recordings Dylan had made in Minneapolis in December 1961", "title": "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete" }, { "docid": "9742691", "text": "Wheel's on Fire\", recorded by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, hit number five on the UK chart. That same month, a version of \"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere\" by The Byrds was issued as a single. Along with \"Nothing Was Delivered\", it appeared on their country-rock album \"Sweetheart of the Rodeo\", released in August. The Hawks, officially renamed The Band, recorded \"This Wheel's on Fire\", \"I Shall Be Released\" and \"Tears of Rage\" for their debut album, \"Music from Big Pink\", released in July 1968. Fairport Convention covered \"Million Dollar Bash\" on their 1969 album \"Unhalfbricking\". As tapes of", "title": "The Basement Tapes" }, { "docid": "9678879", "text": "with Andy Lewis which was released in August 2017. She also recorded a duet with David Longdon on \"The Ivy Gate\" with Big Big Train for the album \"Grimspound\", which was released in April 2017. Dyble performed at Fairport's Cropredy Convention Festival with her own The Band of Perfect Strangers; and she also appeared with the surviving original members of Fairport Convention, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the formation of the band. The songs sang by the early year's line-up, were \"Time Will Show The Wiser\", \"I Don't Know Where I Stand\" and \"Reno Nevada\". All three songs were often", "title": "Judy Dyble" } ]
[ { "docid": "8216394", "text": "Mark A. Radcliffe, Quinn's \"Will I Ever Be Inside Of You\" is the song that is playing when one of the characters wakes from a coma. Paul Quinn (singer) Paul Walter Quinn (born 1959) is a Scottish musician who was the lead singer of cult 1980s band Bourgie Bourgie, and also released records with Jazzateers, Vince Clarke and Edwyn Collins and sang on an early track by the French Impressionists. Quinn was a classmate of Edwyn Collins between the ages of 11 and 15, and sang backing vocals on \"Rip It Up\" by Collins' band Orange Juice. After singing with", "title": "Paul Quinn (singer)" }, { "docid": "19049682", "text": "a step in the right direction for this band. Every Knee Shall Bow will go far if they can keep progressing musically. Oh, and before I forget, I meant to mention how much I like the vocals on. They fit well with the music and I really like that the range is pretty wide. The highs are awesome and the lows feel natural and not too overdone.\" Adapted from AllMusic. Every Knee Shall Bow Production Slayers of Eden Slayers of Eden is the debut album of the Christian metal band, Every Knee Shall Bow. It was released on March 13,", "title": "Slayers of Eden" }, { "docid": "920891", "text": "twins hurled the flint in each of the four directions, saying, \"From now on the people of the earth shall use you.\" Then the older brother said to the young brother, \"I will call you , He Who Cuts Life Out of the Enemy.\" The younger brother then said to his older brother, \"And I will call you , Monster Slayer. It is the name by which you shall always be known.\" Then the two brothers climbed back to the top of , the Blue Bead Mountain where they had landed after descending from the sky, and each sang a", "title": "Diné Bahaneʼ" }, { "docid": "20602771", "text": "other albums to date.\" I Shall Be Released: The Best of James Blundell I Shall Be Released: The Best of James Blundell is the first greatest hits album by Australian recording artist James Blundell, released in August 2001 by EMI; ending his contract with the label. The album has 20 of Blundell's hits and best tracks from the last decade plus 4 brand new tracks \"The Valley\", \"A Moment in Time\", \"Come Back Soon\" and \"I Shall Be Released\". Ron Adsett from Capital News said \"If you want a taste of James, this is a great value introduction to the", "title": "I Shall Be Released: The Best of James Blundell" }, { "docid": "20602770", "text": "I Shall Be Released: The Best of James Blundell I Shall Be Released: The Best of James Blundell is the first greatest hits album by Australian recording artist James Blundell, released in August 2001 by EMI; ending his contract with the label. The album has 20 of Blundell's hits and best tracks from the last decade plus 4 brand new tracks \"The Valley\", \"A Moment in Time\", \"Come Back Soon\" and \"I Shall Be Released\". Ron Adsett from Capital News said \"If you want a taste of James, this is a great value introduction to the work on his seven", "title": "I Shall Be Released: The Best of James Blundell" }, { "docid": "9845242", "text": "of the youth category with the song “Cosa farà Dio di me” (What God shall do with me). In 1993 she worked on her second album entitled “Attrice” (Actress). In 1996 she performed in several excellent collaborations: with Lucio Dalla she sang duet in the song “Rispondimi” (Answer Me), with Riccardo Cocciante she sang “L’Amore Esiste Ancora” (Love Still Exist), with Renato Zero she sang “Inventi” (You Think up), and finally with Ron she won the Sanremo Festival with the song “Vorrei Incontrarti Tra Cent’Anni” (I Want To Meet You In One Hundred Years). Afterwards, she released the “L’Altra Tosca”", "title": "Tiziana Tosca Donati" }, { "docid": "676737", "text": "in a 1992 \"Vanity Fair\" profile: \"I wasn't trying to be rebellious in those days; I was just being me. I wasn't trying to push the edge of anything. I'm being me and ordinary, the guy from suburbia who sings in this band, but someone older might have thought it was just the most awful racket, the most terrible thing, and where are we going if this is music?... But all those songs we sang were pretty tame, really. People didn't think they were, but I thought they were tame.\" The group released several successful albums, including \"Out of Our", "title": "Mick Jagger" }, { "docid": "18957960", "text": "I Shall Die Here I Shall Die Here is the fourth studio album by American sludge metal band The Body. Released on April 1, 2014 through RVNG Intl. record label, the album was produced by British electronic musician The Haxan Cloak. Upon its release, \"I Shall Die Here\" received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 80, which indicates \"generally favorable reviews\", based on 9 reviews. Allmusic critic Gregory Heaney wrote: \"While words like \"fun\" or \"entertaining\" aren't likely to ever", "title": "I Shall Die Here" }, { "docid": "18957956", "text": "I Shall Die Here I Shall Die Here is the fourth studio album by American sludge metal band The Body. Released on April 1, 2014 through RVNG Intl. record label, the album was produced by British electronic musician The Haxan Cloak. Upon its release, \"I Shall Die Here\" received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 80, which indicates \"generally favorable reviews\", based on 9 reviews. Allmusic critic Gregory Heaney wrote: \"While words like \"fun\" or \"entertaining\" aren't likely to ever", "title": "I Shall Die Here" }, { "docid": "15601988", "text": "sang the songs \"Echo\" and \"Dolphin\" for the SBS drama \"I Can Hear Your Voice\", a courtroom drama about a fresh female public defender and a young high school student who is able to read people's thoughts. They sang three soundtracks and featured in another soundtrack for \"Miss Korea\", which are New World, Street Of Angels, Take My Hands and Heartbreaker respectively. They also wrote the song \"Rush\" for \"Gap Dong\", an tvN drama in 2014. Every Single Day sang the OST Part 3 soundtracks, released on December 4, for SBS drama \"Pinocchio\", a story of a man who hides", "title": "Every Single Day (band)" }, { "docid": "5229478", "text": "clothing, and a savanna theme which was darker and had the girls dressed in more conservative and earthy-toned coloured outfits. Both scenes feature CGI animals. \"I Shall Be There\" was released on 6 December 1999 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 13, becoming B*Witched's first single to miss the UK top 10. It spent a total of nine weeks on the chart, five of which were in the top 40. The single was not released in Australia or New Zealand. I Shall Be There \"I Shall Be There\" is a song by Irish girl group B*Witched, featuring vocals", "title": "I Shall Be There" }, { "docid": "2143500", "text": "with New Orleans funk rock band Bonerama and producer Mark Nevers, to raise money for musicians who were still displaced by the 2005 Hurricane Katrina. The EP, entitled \"You're Not Alone\", was released on Mardi Gras, February 5, 2008. The title is taken from a line in David Bowie's \"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide,\" a cover of which appears on the EP, along with renditions of Bob Dylan's \"I Shall Be Released\" and three songs from \"Oh No.\" The EP was sold exclusively through iTunes and raised over $40,000, which helped buy a new home for New Orleans musician Al \"Carnival", "title": "OK Go" }, { "docid": "10125759", "text": "Antichrist (Akercocke album) Antichrist is the fifth studio album by English death metal band Akercocke, released in 2007. It is their third release on Earache Records and the first to feature Peter Benjamin on bass, having replaced Peter Theobalds. The limited edition super jewel case version (Limited to 8000 copies worldwide) includes two bonus tracks, these are covers of songs by Morbid Angel & Death. A video has been released for the song \"Axiom\". The lyrics \"I believe that when I die, I shall rot, and nothing of my ego shall survive\" from \"Axiom\" are taken from the writings of", "title": "Antichrist (Akercocke album)" }, { "docid": "14685766", "text": "video. Both included bonus changeable jackets, as well - in the limited edition - an extra bonus (making-of DVD), which could be obtained upon request for those who purchased both versions. Along with the A-Side theme song, Ever, the single also includes a studio recording of \"Uncontrol Kyoukiranbu edition\" which Gackt sang in his 2010 tour \"Yellow Fried Chickenz\", and released a live recording of on his compilation album \"Are You \"Fried Chickenz\"??\" (2010). The song \"Ever\" was covered i English version by Gackt's band Yellow Fried Chickenz's and performed live including at Makuhari Messe in 2011, released on DVD", "title": "Ever (song)" }, { "docid": "18908817", "text": "to get a crowd on their feet. He remembers that \"the biggest lesson I learned from Smokey and Shorty was the importance of putting on a good show, because they were great showmen\". Smokey Wilson and the Andy T Band album released \"Ready to Roll\" in 2003. Andy relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 2008. James \"Nick\" Nixon was a Nashville native who sang throughout his childhood, in church, high school performances, and opera. He remembered: \"I had to actually learn how to sing 'wrong' after that, when I decided I wanted to sing rock and blues\". An active participant in", "title": "The Andy T Band" }, { "docid": "5402352", "text": "Laban (band) Laban was a 1980s synthpop duo consisting of Lecia Jønsson and Ivan Pedersen. Both members were born in Denmark and originally sang in Danish, before moving onto English language releases. They went on to limited international success with the releases of two albums, as well as singles such as \"Love In Siberia\" and \"Caught By Surprise\". The duo formed in 1982, and recorded the song \"Hvor Ska' Vi Sove I Nat?\" (\"Where Shall We Sleep Tonight?\") in 1982, a cover version of Ricchi e Poveri's \"Sarà perché ti amo\". A manager called Cai Leitner heard the song, and", "title": "Laban (band)" }, { "docid": "11246647", "text": "I Shall Overcome \"I Shall Overcome\" is the third single from English indie rock band Hard-Fi's second album \"Once Upon a Time in the West\". It was released on 29 February 2008. Written and co-produced by Richard Archer, it features a gospel choir and acoustic guitars along with a mariachi trumpet on the \"Per un Pugno di Hard-Fi version\". Tracy Ackerman contributes backing vocals on the song. The song reached #35 in the UK Singles Charts, despite the fact that 1,000 copies were not counted due to a mistake made by Concert Live. It followed the success of \"Suburban Knights\"", "title": "I Shall Overcome" }, { "docid": "11246659", "text": "40 at #35 on 16 March 2008, where it dropped out of the Top 75 altogether the following week. On 20 March 2008, Richard Archer posted a blog stating that due to an administrative mistake, around 1000 copies ordered during the December tour were not counted towards the chart position, he said, \"you can imagine we're not pleased.\" I Shall Overcome \"I Shall Overcome\" is the third single from English indie rock band Hard-Fi's second album \"Once Upon a Time in the West\". It was released on 29 February 2008. Written and co-produced by Richard Archer, it features a gospel", "title": "I Shall Overcome" }, { "docid": "14675312", "text": "a Joyful Noise’ bore more than a passing resemblance to The Association, while their covers of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ and ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’ offered up a nice introduction to Duane Eddy-styled rock\". Hi! I am Fred Barnett, and this is 2011. I just want everyone to know that much of this album was vocalized by studio musicians who sounded more like \"The Chipmunks\" than our actual band. We spent months trying to sound like these lame-o's who sang like they'd been castrated by a Hamilton Beach smoothy machine. In July 1967 Capitol Records released a single \"Make a", "title": "The Crusaders (Los Angeles band)" }, { "docid": "13766367", "text": "call out of the blue from Wardrobe Stylist, Genny Schorr, who suggested that I might be someone Dave would like as a member of his band. Dave is the kind of person who encourages people.\" She subsequently \"sang backup as one of his Spiritual Cowboys on Stewart's 1990 release. Vernon parlayed \"her high-profile acquaintance with Stewart into a record deal and released \"Manta Ray\" in 1994, through Stewart's Anxious Records.\" Tom Demalon praises her debut album, lauding the singer for \"her keen sense of melody, articulate writing, and pristine vocals\" that \"make it more memorable than many other such releases.", "title": "Nan Vernon" }, { "docid": "11748541", "text": "sang, and played his original song, \"Good Morning\", as well as other album tracks, which appeared on their 1970 album \"STEVE MILLER BAND NUMBER 5\", on Capitol Records. He also played and sang on Steve Miller's 1972 released Anthology album. In 1975, Bobby got a solo artist record deal with the Warner Brothers Record Company, and they released his album with Bonaroo (band), \"Bonaroo\", with his original songs, \"Life's Sweet Song\", \"Dream On\", Melody Maker\", \"Spirit of a Dead Man\", \"I See the Light\" and \"Let's Go Down to the River\". In 1977, he contributed a co-authored song titled, \"My", "title": "Bobby Winkelman" }, { "docid": "8468285", "text": "Christmas\" was previously released on November 25, 2008. Whereas the original \"Snow Falls\" had a fade out effect at the end, the \"I Saw Lights\" version uses an echo effect instead. Carried Away (band) Carried Away was a Canadian Contemporary Christian musical group from Ontario, Canada. Signed to independent record label Glide Records until 2009, the group released three studio albums. Pam Walker and Colleen Walker are sisters who, along with their cousin Christine Prankard, formed the group Carried Away in 2000. The women were inspired by the song \"Carried Away\" by Sonicflood, in which Jeff Deyo sang the chorus.", "title": "Carried Away (band)" }, { "docid": "18049814", "text": "Creator, the One Who Lives Above. He created light. He then created a girl by putting the sweat from his head onto his hands, rubbed them together and thrust them forward. The little girl appeared on a cloud. The girl is called Girl-Without-Parents. Creator sang “I am thinking, thinking, thinking what I shall create next,” which he sang 4 times which is his magic number. He wiped his face and rubbed his hands together and flung them forward and that created Sun-God and Small-Boy. With now there being 4 gods there is not enough room on the small cloud so", "title": "American Indian creationism" }, { "docid": "5518894", "text": "also can be heard playing and singing together on two compilation rock albums released by the MelodicRock Records label and website. Edwards is currently fronting Louisville, KY based rock band Bleu Phonque who released their eponymous debut album in 2018. Johnny Edwards (musician) John Douglas \"Johnny\" Edwards is an American rock singer who sang for the bands Buster Brown, Montrose, King Kobra, Wild Horses, Northrup, Royal Jelly and is best known as the second lead singer of the rock band Foreigner. Edwards' first band of note were Buster Brown from Louisville, Kentucky. Together with drummer James Kottak, who had joined", "title": "Johnny Edwards (musician)" }, { "docid": "7839511", "text": "up her own website and work on a long-term goal of making a film telling the story of her mother's life. Robb was once in a band called The Kinky People and also sang \"I Will Be There\" by a group called Absolutely. In 1997, she released a single with dance group Partizan called \"Keep Your Love\". Both videos can be found on YouTube. She supports Celtic and sang at a Celtic v Liverpool friendly. Robb is best known for her roles in continuing dramas, initially playing Trish McDonald in \"Take the High Road\" before spending one season in the", "title": "Natalie J. Robb" }, { "docid": "14814224", "text": "exposure in church, where he sang and played the piano. After featuring in his high school band, Anderson met his future business partner, Charles Derrick, at radio station WOIC, in Columbia. In 1959, Anderson's debut single, \"I Wanna Be the Only One\", was released by Vee-Jay Records. For his follow-up release, \"Oh My Linda\", he was accompanied by the guitarist Mickey Baker. Lack of commercial gains from recording led Anderson to find work as a disc jockey. Everlast Records released Anderson's third single, \"I Will Cry\" (1962), and \"Here I Am, Try Me,\" and \"That's When the Crying Begins\" (1964)", "title": "Kip Anderson" }, { "docid": "7133855", "text": "lyrics from the NOFX song \"Don't Call Me White\". The Slackers/Pulley Split The Slackers/Pulley Split is a split EP by The Slackers, a New York ska band, and Pulley, a punk rock band. It was released in 2004. The Track \"Sarah\", by The Slackers, is an alternate version to that which appears on their debut album Better Late Than Never. The Track \"I Shall Be Released\" is a cover of the Bob Dylan song of the same name. \"Stumped\" and \"Salad Days\" are Minor Threat covers. \"Good Guys Don't Wear White\" is a Standell's cover, which was also covered by", "title": "The Slackers/Pulley Split" }, { "docid": "7133854", "text": "The Slackers/Pulley Split The Slackers/Pulley Split is a split EP by The Slackers, a New York ska band, and Pulley, a punk rock band. It was released in 2004. The Track \"Sarah\", by The Slackers, is an alternate version to that which appears on their debut album Better Late Than Never. The Track \"I Shall Be Released\" is a cover of the Bob Dylan song of the same name. \"Stumped\" and \"Salad Days\" are Minor Threat covers. \"Good Guys Don't Wear White\" is a Standell's cover, which was also covered by Minor Threat. The end of Pulley's version also includes", "title": "The Slackers/Pulley Split" }, { "docid": "11531695", "text": "to the cause. The EP was recorded in August 2007 in New Orleans, Bonerama's home city. The first track is a cover of \"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide\" by David Bowie and the last track a cover of Bob Dylan's \"I Shall Be Released\", in which Johnson performs the lead vocals. The remaining three are arrangements of songs from OK Go's album \"Oh No\", performed together by OK Go and Bonerama. You're Not Alone (EP) You're Not Alone is an EP by American rock band OK Go and brass funk rock band Bonerama, released on February 5, 2008. It was recorded", "title": "You're Not Alone (EP)" }, { "docid": "1912486", "text": "that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it out on that specific Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe. Well, as I am cold and crave the warmth of my native Tartarus, and it is about time I leave your earthly home, I will cease my discourse. Hoping that", "title": "Axeman of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "1484461", "text": "his second album were released as \"Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk\" — the compilation being overseen by his mother, Mary Guibert, band members and old friend Michael J. Clouse, as well as Chris Cornell. The album achieved gold sales in Australia in 1998. Three other albums composed of live recordings have also been released, along with a live DVD of a performance in Chicago. A previously unreleased 1992 recording of \"I Shall Be Released\", sung by Buckley over the phone on live radio, was released on the album \"For New Orleans\". Since his death, Buckley has been the subject", "title": "Jeff Buckley" }, { "docid": "2225607", "text": "was sung by the movie's star, Debbie Reynolds. Elton John and Bernie Taupin's 1975 song \"Philadelphia Freedom\" features a flute mimicking the call of the eastern whip-poor-will and includes the lyrics \"I like living easy without family ties, till the whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.\" US country band Blackberry Smoke released a 2012 album called \"The Whippoorwill\", whose title song features the lyrics \"I dreamed I heard that Whippoorwill sing, She sang my song and called me by name, I hung my head in shame\". The Pennsylvania-based Indie rock band Dr Dog released their song \"Lonesome\"", "title": "Eastern whip-poor-will" }, { "docid": "11260418", "text": "Party Time (The Heptones album) Party Time is a studio album by The Heptones and backing band called The Upsetters, released in 1977. Along with Junior Murvin's \"Police and Thieves\" and Max Romeo's \"War Ina Babylon\", this album can be seen as part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry produced \"holy trinity\". Highlights include the title track, a Rasta-influenced cover of Bob Dylan's \"I Shall Be Released\", the menacing \"Storm Cloud\", and the determined \"Road Of Life\". After years of being out of print, this classic album has been remastered and re-released on Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures label. All", "title": "Party Time (The Heptones album)" }, { "docid": "15642054", "text": "Kaile at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2015 he portrayed Dr. Williams in the drama thriller film \"Survivors\". Keeble has also performed as a musician with a number of bands. He sang and played guitar in indie-rock band Goodbye Sergeants, who released the single \"Boy Band Kind of Way\" / \"I Want to Get Fired\" (2007) and the EPs \"Live at the Bullet Bar\" (2007) and \"An Opuscule Worthy Of A Monstrance\" (2009). He also played live keyboards for indie-rock band The Splendour on their 2008 UK summer tour in support of their album \"Best Way To Make Money\" (2008), culminating", "title": "Rich Keeble" }, { "docid": "15470413", "text": "mean that's how it'll turn out. I shall be writing and recording throughout the summer, but daddyfying is really my priority at the moment.\" \"Liza Jane\" was Bowie's debut single, released under the name Davie Jones with the King Bees. \"You've Got a Habit of Leaving\" was his third single, credited to Davy Jones but recorded with his then band the Lower Third. The original version of \"Silly Boy Blue\" appeared on Bowie's eponymous debut album, and several other versions of these songs were released during Bowie's early career including \"I Dig Everything\", \"Baby Loves That Way\", as collected on", "title": "Toy (David Bowie album)" }, { "docid": "15225584", "text": "of this song title, including how it was translated into Spanish changing the first singular to first person plural, \"No Nos Moverán\". Among others, the following artists recorded \"I (We) Shall Not Be Moved\": I Shall Not Be Moved \"I Shall Not Be Moved\" is an African American spiritual. The song describes how the singer is \"like a tree planted by the waters\" who \"shall not be moved\" because of their faith in God. Secularly, as \"We Shall Not Be Moved\" it gained popularity as a Civil Rights Movement, protest, and union song. The text is based on a portion", "title": "I Shall Not Be Moved" }, { "docid": "892443", "text": "convinced organiser Artie Kornfeld to book Cocker and the Grease Band for the Woodstock Festival. The group had to be flown into the festival by helicopter due to the large crowds. They performed several songs, including \"Feelin' Alright?,\" \"Something's Comin' On,\" \"Let's Go Get Stoned,\" \"I Shall Be Released\" and \"With a Little Help from My Friends.\" Cocker would later say that the experience was \"like an eclipse ... it was a very special day.\" Directly after Woodstock, Cocker released his second album, \"Joe Cocker!\" Impressed by his cover of \"With a Little Help from My Friends,\" Paul McCartney and", "title": "Joe Cocker" }, { "docid": "1593077", "text": "individuals forming a part of armed bands or bodies existing without legal authority, whether or not proclaiming a political pretext, whatever the number of those forming such band, or its organization, character, and denomination, shall be judged militarily by the courts martial. If found guilty, even though only of the fact of belonging to an armed band, they shall be condemned to capital punishment, and the sentence shall be executed within twenty-four hours\". It is calculated that more than eleven thousand of Juarez's supporters were executed as a result of the \"Black Decree\", but at the end it only inflamed", "title": "Maximilian I of Mexico" }, { "docid": "14065508", "text": "sky, It is that many a widow shall be. That the dawn rose up all red with blood, It is that thou shalt be left to weep: That the cuckoo bird by St. Rose sang, It is that the Turks shall plunder it, And me in my old age they shall slay. Ivo Senjanin Ivan Vlatković ( 1571–died 1612), known in folklore as Ivo Senjanin (\"Ivo of Senj\"), was a Habsburg Croatian Uskok who led numerous military exploits against the Ottoman Empire. Due to few historical sources, much of what is known about him today is mainly attributed to legend", "title": "Ivo Senjanin" }, { "docid": "15225582", "text": "I Shall Not Be Moved \"I Shall Not Be Moved\" is an African American spiritual. The song describes how the singer is \"like a tree planted by the waters\" who \"shall not be moved\" because of their faith in God. Secularly, as \"We Shall Not Be Moved\" it gained popularity as a Civil Rights Movement, protest, and union song. The text is based on a portion of Biblical scripture, namely Jeremiah 17:8-9 -- \"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and", "title": "I Shall Not Be Moved" }, { "docid": "7276685", "text": "Hinda Hicks Hinda Hicks is a Tunisian-born singer, with British nationality having moved to West Sussex as a child. Hicks originally sang with an R&B band called the Fabulous Fug Band and at one time sent a demo of her vocals alongside Aretha Franklin's \"Giving Him Something He Can Feel\" to Phil Collins. However she continued to remain unsigned and moved to London working as a secretary and singing with a band called Mixed Fruits. She signed to Island Records and her first single, \"I Wanna Be Your Lady\" was released in late 1997, followed by her first album, eponymously", "title": "Hinda Hicks" }, { "docid": "11260419", "text": "tracks composed by Leroy Sibbles; except where indicated Party Time (The Heptones album) Party Time is a studio album by The Heptones and backing band called The Upsetters, released in 1977. Along with Junior Murvin's \"Police and Thieves\" and Max Romeo's \"War Ina Babylon\", this album can be seen as part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry produced \"holy trinity\". Highlights include the title track, a Rasta-influenced cover of Bob Dylan's \"I Shall Be Released\", the menacing \"Storm Cloud\", and the determined \"Road Of Life\". After years of being out of print, this classic album has been remastered and", "title": "Party Time (The Heptones album)" }, { "docid": "783464", "text": "band; Akkerman later said, \"Focus is a Latin word that is the same in many languages. It means concentration, which is the meaning of what Focus does\". Their first live gig as Focus followed at the Bird's Club in Rembrandtplein, and they soon secured a weekly residency playing two shows a night on two days. Early sets were mainly formed of covers, including \"I Shall Be Released\" by Bob Dylan, \"A Whiter Shade of Pale\" by Procol Harum and \"Nights in White Satin\" by The Moody Blues, mixed with original material, including van Leer's first song written with the group", "title": "Focus (band)" }, { "docid": "7025934", "text": "living rock for his tomb. No tomb seek I; and yet shall there be a living tomb for my lifeless body ---- the carrion-crow.\" In Rome, at the English College, when the news of his martyrdom reached there, the staff and students sang the Te Deum in the college chapel and wrote against his name 'Martyro insigni coronatus'. He was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI and his anniversary is 24 July. His martyrdom is commemorated each year by faithful Catholics who gather at St Andrew's Anglican Church in Newcastle, which is situated where John Ingram was held in", "title": "John Ingram (martyr)" }, { "docid": "6203855", "text": "woman of a different stamp, for her name denotes that she sang (\"man'emet\") to the timbrel in honor of idolatry. Ben Azzai taught that the words of \"This is the book of the descendants of Adam,\" teach a great principle of the Torah. But Rabbi Akiva replied that the words of \"you shall love your neighbor as yourself,\" teach an even greater principle. Hence, one must not say, \"Since I have been put to shame, let my neighbor be put to shame.\" And Rabbi Tanhuma taught that those who do so must know Whom they put to shame, for reports", "title": "Bereshit (parsha)" }, { "docid": "5229477", "text": "I Shall Be There \"I Shall Be There\" is a song by Irish girl group B*Witched, featuring vocals from South African male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released on 6 December 1999 as the second single from their second studio album, \"Awake and Breathe\" (1999). The recording of the song was a collaboration with African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo. B*Witched member Edele Lynch along with MSNBC explained the pairing: The music video was directed by Katie Bell. It has a very 'African' feel to it and featured two different scenes, a jungle scene with the group sporting appropriate", "title": "I Shall Be There" } ]
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who sang i put a spell on you first
[ "Jay Hawkins" ]
[ { "docid": "6863220", "text": "\"Billboard\" pop or R&B charts. Hawkins had originally intended to record \"I Put a Spell on You\" as \"a refined love song, a blues ballad\". However, the producer (Arnold Maxin) \"brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version ... I don't even remember making the record. Before, I was just a normal blues singer. I was just Jay Hawkins. It all sort of just fell in place. I found out I could do more destroying a song and screaming it to death.\" Hawkins first recorded \"I Put a Spell on You\"", "title": "I Put a Spell on You" }, { "docid": "6863220", "text": "\"Billboard\" pop or R&B charts. Hawkins had originally intended to record \"I Put a Spell on You\" as \"a refined love song, a blues ballad\". However, the producer (Arnold Maxin) \"brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version ... I don't even remember making the record. Before, I was just a normal blues singer. I was just Jay Hawkins. It all sort of just fell in place. I found out I could do more destroying a song and screaming it to death.\" Hawkins first recorded \"I Put a Spell on You\"", "title": "I Put a Spell on You" }, { "docid": "15392179", "text": "finalist to be saved by the judges in three seasons. Abrams was eliminated from the competition on April 28, 2011, finishing in sixth place. During his last performance he sang \"I Put a Spell on You\" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, a song he had performed during the semi-finals. During the performance he kissed audience members, rolled onto the stage, thanked the judges, and sang the last two words (\"you're mine\") to fellow contestant Haley Reinhart. On May 25, 2011, Abrams sang \"Fat Bottomed Girls\" with Jack Black on the \"American Idol\" finale. Abrams appeared and performed on \"The Tonight Show", "title": "Casey Abrams" }, { "docid": "2808865", "text": "\"That's why most people thought we were British at first\" said Alice Cooper. Screamin' Jay Hawkins was arguably the first shock rocker. After the success of his 1956 hit \"I Put a Spell on You\", Hawkins began to perform a recurring stunt at many of his live shows; he would emerge from a coffin, sing into a skull-shaped microphone and set off smoke bombs. Another artist who performed similar stunts was the British singer-songwriter Screaming Lord Sutch. The 1960s brought several proto-shock rock artists. In the UK, The Who often destroyed their instruments, The Move did the same to television", "title": "Shock rock" }, { "docid": "7997517", "text": "version as the first single from \"Smells Like Children\" (1995), an EP of covers, remixes and interludes. In his 1998 autobiography, the band's eponymous vocalist said he fought their label to have this track released as a single, saying: \"They didn't want to release [it], which I knew would be a song that even people who didn't like our band would like. [Nothing] wanted to release our version of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' 'I Put a Spell on You', which was far too dark, sprawling and esoteric, even for some of our own fans. We battled the label this time, and", "title": "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" }, { "docid": "15538184", "text": "to fans of Lynch who hate pop music; at the same time, he wanted it to \"have some degree of accessibility for the 13-, 14-year-old kid who buys it because I have a new song on it; or for the Smashing Pumpkins fan who buys it for that.\" Lynch met Manson through Reznor. After meeting with Lynch, Manson contributed two songs to the soundtrack: \"Apple of Sodom\", which was written specifically for \"Lost Highway\", and a cover of \"I Put a Spell on You\" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins; the latter had previously been featured on the band's platinum-selling extended play", "title": "Apple of Sodom (song)" }, { "docid": "15922120", "text": "of the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song, \"I Put a Spell on You\", the proceeds going to the 2010 earthquake disaster fund. However, at the last minute, the record label pulled out and that was when Jaymes and Tom Haxell of IRL Records jumped in. They immediately offered their studio in London and hooked up Johnny Depp – who was filming in Los Angeles at the time – to record his guitar solo and music video footage. The musicians: † \"Can You Move / Can You Dance\" (US Dance Chart #2) † \"Walking in the Rain\" (Thailand #1) † \"Adventures in", "title": "David Jaymes" }, { "docid": "5124093", "text": "created of a man dying from AIDS, that he wanted \"to use the forum of poster advertising to make people aware of this [AIDS] tragedy at a time when no-one dared to show AIDS patients.\" Shock rock is a wide umbrella term for artists who combine rock music with elements of theatrical shock value in live performances. Screamin' Jay Hawkins was arguably the first shock rocker. After the success of his 1957 hit \"I Put a Spell on You\", Hawkins began to perform a recurring stunt at many of his live shows: he would emerge from a coffin, sing into", "title": "Shock value" }, { "docid": "10078086", "text": "specifies as \"strepitus diaboli\" and which is often taken to mean a low and growling voice. In 1966, The Who released the song \"Boris the Spider\", which featured death growls sung in basso profondo by bass player John Entwistle. This can be considered one of the first uses of death growl in popular music. The use of growling, \"monstrous\" vocals for ominous effect in rock music can be traced at least as far back as \"I Put a Spell on You\" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins in 1956. Mike Oldfield's \"Tubular Bells, Part Two,\" from 1973, contains a section from 11:55", "title": "Death growl" }, { "docid": "19165466", "text": "York in 2008. The group formed as the Druids in New York City in 1965. Their original lineup consisted of Dave Budge on lead vocals, Carl Hauser and Billy Tracy on guitars, Tim Workman on bass, and Steve Tindall on drums. Initially the band's repertoire was made up of largely covers done and was stylistically similar to the early Rolling Stones with a strong R&B orientation. The band went to Nola studios in Manhattan and cut several songs, all covers, such as Bo Diddly's \"Who Do You Love\" and \"Pretty Thing,\" Screamin' Jay Hawkins' \"I Put a Spell on You,", "title": "The Druids of Stonehenge (band)" }, { "docid": "5278420", "text": "becomes addicted to the Ribwich is a parody of the Darren Aronofsky film \"Requiem for a Dream\" (2000). Boobarella, who appears at the beginning of the episode, is a parody of Elvira, the seductive gothic character portrayed by Cassandra Peterson. While opening the school, Principal Skinner sings a parody of \"School's Out\" by Alice Cooper. The song played during the Spellympics and during the credits is \"I Put a Spell on You\" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. The song played at the beginning of the Spellympics finals is \"Get Ready for This\" by 2 Unlimited. This song was also played in", "title": "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" }, { "docid": "17070905", "text": "Stephen Clive Turner had been offered (but did not take) 25 pounds for having them on the program. After he told BBC management about the incident, he was fired. Subsequently, the \"News of the World\" ran a story about the event. They signed with the Dawn Records division of Pye Records, for whom they released two recordings: the studio album \"Afreaka!\" (catalogue number DNLS 3013) and a maxi-single with the songs \"I Put A Spell on You\" (written by Screamin' Jay Hawkins), \"Message To Mankind\" and \"Fuzz Oriental Blues\", both released in 1970. Demon Fuzz's cover version of \"I Put", "title": "Demon Fuzz" }, { "docid": "17028760", "text": "In 2013, the album sold 74,000 copies in Canada. The lead single, titled \"Stompa\", was released on September 27, 2012, in Canada, and then on February 26, 2013 to the U.S. The song peaked at #8 on the Canadian Hot 100, after spending 16 weeks on the chart. The second Canadian single, titled \"What I Wouldn't Do\", was released in early November 2012, and has reached #8 on the Canadian Hot 100. The song \"For You\" \"reinterprets\" Screamin' Jay Hawkins' well-known \"I Put a Spell on You\" and shares a songwriting credit with his estate. Harmony (Serena Ryder album) Harmony", "title": "Harmony (Serena Ryder album)" }, { "docid": "6644059", "text": "a favorite of Babe Ruth, and Peter DeRose performed the song at Ruth's birthday parties for about a decade. It was Adelaide Hall who introduced the song to Britain and recorded it for Decca. Her version was released on 15 May 1939. The song remained a traditional pop favourite, recast in 1957 as a doo wop classic by The Dominoes with vocals by Eugene Mumford. Screamin' Jay Hawkins (best remembered for his song \"I Put A Spell On You\") also released his version of \"Deep Purple\" on his 1958 album, \"At Home with Screamin' Jay\". Harry James recorded a version", "title": "Deep Purple (song)" }, { "docid": "1297218", "text": "were released from the debut: a cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins's \"I Put A Spell On You\" (No. 58) and \"Porterville\" (released on the Scorpio label with writing credited to \"T. Spicebush Swallowtail\"), written during Fogerty's time in the Army Reserve. After their breakthrough, CCR began touring and started work on their second album, \"Bayou Country\" (1969), at RCA Studios in Los Angeles. A No. 7 platinum hit, the record was their first in a string of hit albums and singles that continued uninterrupted for three years. The single \"Proud Mary\", backed with \"Born on the Bayou\", reached No. 2", "title": "Creedence Clearwater Revival" }, { "docid": "3982619", "text": "only vocal included is \"I Put a Spell on You\"; a version of the Screaming Jay Hawkins classic sung by Jarboe (ex Swans). Severin returned to composing soundtracks, and in 2003 film director Robert Pratten approached Severin to compose the soundtrack for his first film, a British independent supernatural thriller called \"London Voodoo\". The film contained four tracks that Severin collaborated on with his wife and songwriting partner Arban, under the name \"Darling Hate\". As a result of this new direction, Severin wound down his RE: label to concentrate on writing for film and television. \"London Voodoo\" was followed by", "title": "Steven Severin" }, { "docid": "12016996", "text": "and Southside Festival. The Heavy play a mix of guitar-heavy neo soul and rock using crunchy guitar, funky horns, and raspy James Brown-like vocals. Their songs incorporate many different styles; for example, \"Sixteen\" samples the horn line and guitar verse from Screamin' Jay Hawkins's \"I Put a Spell on You\". \"How You Like Me Now?\" samples the song \"Let a Woman Be a Woman\" by Dyke & the Blazers. \"Oh No! Not You Again\" emulates garage rock; and \"Girl\" is a combination of spoken word and rap sampled from Terry Reid's \"Superlungs\". \"How You Like Me Now?\" is featured in", "title": "The Heavy (band)" }, { "docid": "210374", "text": "Tom Waits, Gary Farmer, Youki Kudoh, RZA and Iggy Pop have featured in multiple Jarmusch films, while Joe Strummer and Screamin' Jay Hawkins appear in \"Mystery Train\" and GZA, Jack and Meg White feature in \"Coffee and Cigarettes\". Hawkins' song \"I Put a Spell on You\" was central to the plot of \"Stranger than Paradise\", while \"Mystery Train\" is inspired by and named after a song popularized by Elvis Presley, who is also the subject of a vignette in \"Coffee and Cigarettes\". In the words of critic Vincent Canby, \"Jarmusch's movies have the tempo and rhythm of blues and jazz,", "title": "Jim Jarmusch" }, { "docid": "18644219", "text": "lot of his songs and arrangements both at home and during the early hours of opening the retail store he opened and had a few hours before customers arrived. Alexander's group round for Hollywood Week was in a quartet where he was the oldest member, they successfully performed Bruno Mars' \"Runaway Baby\". The top 24 semi-finals showcases were the first time the contestants were in front of a live audience to gain their votes, and filmed in Detroit's historic The Fillmore Detroit in homage to the theme Motown. Alexander performed Screamin' Jay Hawkins' \"I Put a Spell on You\" to", "title": "Quentin Alexander" }, { "docid": "2810940", "text": "their cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' \"I Put a Spell on You\", which, according to Manson, \"was far too dark, sprawling and esoteric, even for some of our fans.\" The music video for Manson's cover was a gateway to popularity for the band, eventually being nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rock Video, and contains several clips of Manson and band members in what appears to be an old, decrepit asylum whilst wearing a variety of strange costumes. The overall video was shot with unusual filters: this was one of the first videos shot with director Dean", "title": "Smells Like Children" }, { "docid": "2443667", "text": "Me Why\" with 12 string guitar hook & harmonies, and an instrumental, \"Take A Trip,\" under the pseudonym band name as The Gift of Love. However they only succeeded chart-wise with an excellent version of Screaming Jay Hawkins \"I Put A Spell On You\", which reached No. 29 on the Sydney charts in 1966. In 1967 they put out the song that is now widely regarded as a classic punk/garage track, Peter Hood's \"Come On\". During this time Johnny Rebb continued to release a number of singles under his own name with The Atlantics backing him. They also provided backing", "title": "The Atlantics" }, { "docid": "9657540", "text": "use of screaming vocals in experimental music. Noise music is notable for screamed vocals, examples being the well-known noise artist Masonna and the vocalist Maja Ratkje. Kansas City blues musicians began shouting in order to be heard over music in the loud dancehalls. The shouted vocals eventually became a characteristic for these bands. Key members of this movement include Big Joe Turner and Howlin' Wolf. One of the first known songs to utilize screaming vocals is said to be Screamin' Jay Hawkins' \"I Put a Spell on You\" (1956). Rock and roll (before the advent of heavy metal and punk", "title": "Screaming (music)" } ]
[ { "docid": "6863223", "text": "theatrical act was one of the first shock rock performances. \"I Put a Spell on You\" has been covered by other artists extensively; there are several hundred versions available on online stores like iTunes. Most of the covers treat the song seriously; few attempt to duplicate Hawkins' bravura performance. Although Hawkins' own version never charted, several later cover versions have. Other versions of note: I Put a Spell on You \"I Put a Spell on You\" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy \"Screamin' Jay\" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock", "title": "I Put a Spell on You" }, { "docid": "8872668", "text": "I Put a Spell on You (album) I Put a Spell on You is a studio album by American jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist Nina Simone. Recorded in 1964 and 1965 in New York City, it was released by Philips Records in 1965. It peaked at number 99 on the \"Billboard\" 200 chart and number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. The title track, \"I Put a Spell on You,\" peaked at number 23 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 28 on the UK Singles Chart. AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger gave the album 3 stars out of 5,", "title": "I Put a Spell on You (album)" }, { "docid": "10604484", "text": "dedicated to Phoebus. The concert took place at the Olympic Stadium in Athens where the 2004 Summer Olympics were held. Mando sang her songs \"Gia Oles Tis Fores\" and \"Daneika\" along with \"Emeis\", a duet between her and Antonis Remos which are all songs written by Phoebus. On 2 December, she appeared at Shamone, a night bar-club where she sang a lot of her songs and international songs such as Adele's \"Skyfall\", Nina Simone's \"I Put a Spell on You\" and Madonna's \"Frozen\". On 21 January 2013 she appeared at Half Note Jazz Club, where she sang a tribute to", "title": "Mando (singer)" }, { "docid": "8795818", "text": "I Put a Spell on You (book) I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone is the 1992 autobiography by Nina Simone (1933–2003), written with Stephen Cleary. The 192-page book was published February 1, 1992 by Pantheon. It was re-released in a 2003 Da Capo Press reprint edition following Simone's death on April 21, 2003; this edition included an introduction, \"I Know How it Feels To Be Free: Nina Simone 1933–2003\", written by Dave Marsh. The book received mixed reviews. Reviewing the book in \"The Washington Post\", Gerald Early felt, \"The best part of this autobiography...is Simone's", "title": "I Put a Spell on You (book)" }, { "docid": "6863219", "text": "I Put a Spell on You \"I Put a Spell on You\" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy \"Screamin' Jay\" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also ranked No. 313 on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The selection became a classic cult song covered by a variety of artists and was his greatest commercial success, reportedly surpassing a million copies in sales, even though it failed to make the", "title": "I Put a Spell on You" }, { "docid": "8795820", "text": "it.\" Discussing the latter part of the autobiography, Tom Piazza wrote in \"The New York Times\", \"In the 1970's, through a series of stunningly bad choices (and some plain bad luck), [Simone] began a slide into personal and professional misfortune. If her eagerness to cast the blame in every direction except inward -- at lovers, husbands, managers, America itself -- is irritating, one can't help admiring her survivor's spirit.\" I Put a Spell on You (book) I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone is the 1992 autobiography by Nina Simone (1933–2003), written with Stephen Cleary. The", "title": "I Put a Spell on You (book)" }, { "docid": "6863222", "text": "a million copies. The hit brought Hawkins together with Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed who promptly added him to his \"Rock and Roll Revue.\" Up to this time, Hawkins had been a blues performer: emotional, but not wild. Freed suggested a gimmick to capitalize on the \"demented\" sound of \"I Put a Spell on You:\" Hawkins wore a long cape, and appeared onstage by rising out of a coffin in the midst of smoke and fog. The act was a sensation, later bolstered by tusks worn in Hawkins' nose, on-stage snakes and fireworks, and a cigarette-smoking skull named \"Henry.\" This", "title": "I Put a Spell on You" }, { "docid": "18130443", "text": "song didn't fit him. Trent Summar sang in the demo, and Ron Stuve pitched the song to Joe Fisher at UMG who put it on hold for David Nail. According to Nail, \"Kiss You Tonight\" had the impact on him similar to what \"Need You Now\" by Lady Antebellum had. He said that it \"was a song that the first time I heard it I knew I was going to record it. There was just something about it that made me remember so many songs from the past that, you know there’s not a specific thing that jumps out at", "title": "Kiss You Tonight" }, { "docid": "8872669", "text": "calling it \"One of her most pop-oriented albums, but also one of her best and most consistent.\" He added, \"There are really fine tunes and interpretations, on which Simone gives an edge to the potentially fey pop songs, taking a sudden (but not uncharacteristic) break for a straight jazz instrumental with 'Blues on Purpose.'\" In 2017, NPR placed it at number 3 on the \"150 Greatest Albums Made by Women\" list. Writing for NPR, Audie Cornish called it \"the closest you'll ever hear her come to pop.\" Credits adapted from liner notes. I Put a Spell on You (album) I", "title": "I Put a Spell on You (album)" }, { "docid": "17913477", "text": "Weihan would be dying for the state?\" Li was ashamed and could not respond. When Sang arrived at Zhang's headquarters, Zhang was initially arrogant toward him, sitting high in his seat. Sang rebuked him and stated, \"Last year, it was I who promoted you from the ranks of the guilty [(Zhang had been accused of wrongly killing a staff member as well as misruling his circuit)]. You received a large circuit and a key command. How is it that you are turning against me like this?\" Zhang could not respond, and put him under guard. Shortly after, Zhang killed Sang", "title": "Sang Weihan" }, { "docid": "11549175", "text": "to a record contract with Monument, but Kristofferson protested the latter, saying \"I can't sing— I sound like a frog\". The answer was \"you can communicate\". When Kristofferson was a new hire in 1969, he was having a little dry spell in writing and Foster suggested he come up with a song where the hook would be about the name of a woman; a secretary named \"Bobbie McKee\" who worked in their office. Kristofferson came up with \"Me and Bobby McGee\" and sang it for her in the office. Kristofferson said, \"You know, somebody would give you a title and", "title": "Bob Beckham" }, { "docid": "17012351", "text": "purchased by Bigelf keyboardist Damon Fox, who said: \"Kitcat was the first person to put 'lead' sounds on both [tape] sides [of his Mellotron keys]. Most bands had Mk II's [and] used them as they were sold: the rhythm sounds on one side, and then flutes, strings, horns -- the lead sounds -- on the right side. But Martin was the first guy to contact the Bradley brothers [UK-based Mellotron manufacturers] and have his made custom, with lead sound on both sides.\" Four tracks (three Davis/Kitcat originals and a cover of \"I Put A Spell On You\") from the aborted", "title": "Gracious!" }, { "docid": "1591387", "text": "Arthur Brown, Bryan Ferry, Buddy Guy with Carlos Santana, Tim Curry, Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Nick Cave in a concert only version, Marilyn Manson, Mica Paris with David Gilmour, Jeff Beck and Joss Stone, Diamanda Galas, and Annie Lennox in 2014 for her Grammy nominated album \"Nostalgia\". Hawkins' original \"I Put a Spell on You\" was featured during the show and over the credits of Episode 303 of \"The Simpsons\". \"I Put a Spell on You\" was featured in the April 17, 2018 New York Times crossword puzzle. Hawkins' later releases included \"Constipation Blues\" (which included a spoken introduction by", "title": "Screamin' Jay Hawkins" }, { "docid": "1693905", "text": "recorded \"My Baby Just Cares for Me\", which would become her biggest success years later, in 1987, after it was featured in a 1986 Chanel No. 5 perfume commercial. A music video was also created by Aardman Studios. Well known songs from her Philips albums include \"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood\" on \"Broadway-Blues-Ballads\" (1964), \"I Put a Spell on You\", \"Ne me quitte pas\" (a rendition of a Jacques Brel song) and \"Feeling Good\" on \"I Put a Spell On You\" (1965), \"Lilac Wine\" and \"Wild Is the Wind\" on \"Wild is the Wind\" (1966). \"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood\",", "title": "Nina Simone" }, { "docid": "18966030", "text": "and I drove away from that session and I had that song in my head. I got home and I just wrote the lyric. Phoned him up and said, “I’m sorry but I just jumped in on this.” He said, “Great, bring it over to me.” A couple of days later I had it all on a sheet and he put the sheet beside his guitar, sang it first time through, put in his chorus – all that lightning stuff is his as well, that middle eight is all him as well. He just put his chorus and middle eight", "title": "Finding You (The Go-Betweens song)" }, { "docid": "14414403", "text": "to be the center of attention. Tharp put a full band on stage and a singer, Hilary Gardner, who sang duets with Sinatra recordings. Reviews were mostly positive. In \"The New York Times\", Charles Isherwood opined: \"A sleek, energizing mixture of Sinatra's inimitable cool and Ms. Tharp's kinetic heat, \"Come Fly Away\" sweeps you up in a spell so complete that only those resistant to the seductions of dance or the swing of Sinatra will be left on the other side of the velvet rope.\" The \"USA Today\" reviewer was even more enthusiastic: \"It's hard to imagine a Broadway show", "title": "Come Fly Away" }, { "docid": "10915164", "text": "150,000 copies. The song is notable as being one of the few songs where someone other than Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez sang lead vocals—Chris Kirkpatrick sings the first verse in the U.S. version, while in the European version, Chasez sang Kirkpatrick's part. The video, directed by Tim Story, shows members of the band in an asylum. The viewer gets to see each man's torment as he remembers the girl who put him there. Each member came up with his own storyline. A flashback shows Kirkpatrick ignoring his girlfriend as he talks on the cell phone, so she gets up", "title": "Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)" }, { "docid": "15996616", "text": "in his living room and sing to him - which was the scariest thing ever at the time. At first I wouldn’t do it, but he wouldn't shut up so I just put my tea down, shut my eyes and sang...just to stop him pestering me. Danny recorded me on 'Insecurity.' The next thing I knew I was in the band. When I told my family and friends they were saying, ‘but you can't sing, can you?’\" Before joining the band, Driver had never performed in public. Stuart Nichols recruited drummer Chris Durling after meeting him in a pub and", "title": "Scars on 45" }, { "docid": "459712", "text": "and gave so many memorable performances here over the years. Simply put, Whitney would have wanted the music to go on and her family asked that we carry on. Tony Bennett spoke of Houston's death before performing at Davis's party. He said, \"First, it was Michael Jackson, then Amy Winehouse, now, the magnificent Whitney Houston.\" Bennett sang \"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?\" and said of Houston, \"When I first heard her, I called Clive Davis and said, 'You finally found the greatest singer I've ever heard in my life. Some celebrities opposed Davis' decision to continue on the", "title": "Whitney Houston" }, { "docid": "13710856", "text": "You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter is the first full-length album by American experimental band I Set My Friends On Fire. It was released October 7, 2008 via Epitaph Records. It includes the band's most famous song, \"Things that Rhyme with Orange\", a promotional video for which was released July 22, 2009. Four of the album's tracks are re-released songs from the band's self-released EP \"I Set My Friends On Fire EP\". The album reached #29 on the \"Billboard\" Top Heatseekers chart. \"You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter\" was panned by most music critics.", "title": "You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter" }, { "docid": "13630318", "text": "on the Pussy Parlour stage, her first festival performance. In early 2010 she took part in musician Shane MacGowan's charity single \"I Put a Spell on You\", in aid of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Her debut single \"Skinny Genes\" was released on 12 April 2010, reaching #22 in the UK Singles Chart. She told BBC's Steve Lamacq the song is \"a funny scenario if you didn’t like someone, if they were really annoying, but you had a good time under the sheets.\" Doolittle's second release is titled \"Pack Up\" and was released on 5 July 2010, reaching #5 on the", "title": "Eliza Doolittle (singer)" }, { "docid": "17521550", "text": "Waetford, for the live finals—a series of ten weekly live shows in which contestants are progressively eliminated by public vote. For the Judges' Choice-themed first live show, Henderson sang \"I Won't Let You Go\" by James Morrison and received a mixed feedback from Keating, who noted that it was not his best performance of the song. Henderson's performance of \"I Won't Let You Go\" debuted at number 84 on the ARIA Singles Chart. For the Legends-themed second live show, he sang \"Run to You\" by Bryan Adams and played the electric guitar for the first time. Minogue thought the guitar", "title": "Taylor Henderson" }, { "docid": "16424900", "text": "Bryceland to sing Lady Gaga's The Edge of Glory, which she won, therefore proceeding to the live shows. In Week 1, she performed P!nk's Who Knew and won the public vote, alongside Ruth Brown and Adam Isaac, moving on the next show. In Week 3, she performed I Put A Spell On You, but ended up in the bottom 3 after they lost to Ruth Brown, who won the vote. Tom Jones chose to save Leanne, taking her to the Semi-Finals. In the Semis, she performed Whitney Houston's Run to You and won the public vote against Ruth Brown. In", "title": "Leanne Mitchell" }, { "docid": "12676341", "text": "from Éloi Painchaud from the band Okoumé as well as Plaster bandmembers Jean-Phi Goncalves and Alex MacMahon. The first single off the album \"The New Dawn\" features fellow Montreal vocalist Béatrice Bonifassi—the song is a cover of Nina Simone's rendition of Feeling Good which appeared on her 1965 album \"I Put a Spell on You\". The album was also mixed by Carl Bastien, who has worked with many Québécois artists such as Daniel Bélanger, Dumas and Jean-Pierre Ferland. Deweare is currently working on a new album which will feature songs sung in French. The album's release has been planned for", "title": "Deweare" }, { "docid": "8240681", "text": "what could easily have been polarizing rock from The Doors, Cream, Deep Purple and Eric Burdon and the Animals. WAPE took chances on songs like 'I Love You' from The People, 'Mechanical World' from Spirit, 'I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know' from (Al Kooper’s original) Blood, Sweat and Tears and 'I Put A Spell On You' from the Alan Price Set. The Big Ape featured local bands like Mouse and the Boys and (future Allman Brothers Band heavyweight Dickie Betts’) Second Coming. The music list became The Tuff Thirty (tuff, not to be confused with “tough”, was a", "title": "WAPE (defunct)" }, { "docid": "20461827", "text": "criticism in the way you dress, especially during the ’60s.\" The first record Allam purchased was \"Then He Kissed Me\" by the Crystals (1963), which he bought from a record store in Maidstone. The first vinyl album he bought, \"I Put A Spell On You\" by Nina Simone (1965), was from HMV record store in Oxford Street, London. The initial moment Allam came face to face with his sexuality was when his parents sent him to ballroom dance classes at the Palace Theatre in Maidstone: \"Not the best thing to do with a son who’s slightly fey.\" Allam became fashion", "title": "Tallulah (DJ)" }, { "docid": "12170365", "text": "and featured on the single \"I Know (No More)\" by Razor. Lorenzo Smith Lorenzo Smith (born May 23, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter who has released three albums. Lorenzo Smith was born on May 23, 1972 in Havana, Florida. As a child, he sang in the churches and was an avid listener of Michael Jackson, El Debarge, James Brown and Sam Cooke. In high school, Lorenzo was active and competed in sports, a fact reflected by his strong build. In 1990, Lorenzo put out his first album, \"Let Me Show You\". The album was released with Alpha International through CEMA", "title": "Lorenzo Smith" }, { "docid": "14979966", "text": "The first song McCartney himself ever sang in public was \"Long Tall Sally\", at a Butlin's talent competition. For several years between 1956 and 1959, the comedian and TV presenter Dave Allen worked as a Redcoat at the camp. For Allen it was his first experience of fame (within the community of campers) and he found that he could not escape it, saying, \"You can't get away once they know you—unless you lock yourself in your chalet. If you put on a moustache and dark glasses they'd think you were doing a stunt.\" Other acts who have performed at the", "title": "Butlins Skegness" }, { "docid": "4009819", "text": "or five weeks. All of a sudden, for 'Jack & Diane,' Mick said 'Johnny, you should put baby rattles on there.' I thought, 'What the fuck does put baby rattles on the record mean?' So he put the percussion on there and then he sang the part 'let it rock, let it roll' as a choir-ish-type thing, which had never occurred to me. And that is the part everybody remembers on the song. It was Ronson's idea. The opening guitar riff and drum beat of \"Jack & Diane\" were sampled as a hook on Jessica Simpson's single \"I Think I'm", "title": "Jack & Diane" }, { "docid": "5431055", "text": "made to the costume and set and the number was filmed a second time the following Thursday, October 29. Art director Gene Allen said, \"The first time it looked as if we had painted a set to look like a bar. So to give it a slightly impressionistic look I...put a scrim between the musicians and the back bar. If you look very carefully at that scene you can see the scrim nailed down on the floor...\" According to sound man Earl Bellamy: \"When Judy sang to playback, you could never hear anything...She wanted me to start off at a", "title": "The Man That Got Away" }, { "docid": "1918958", "text": "on tour for several years, as well as appearing on several network television specials which showcased them. Their hits together \"Every Time Two Fools Collide\" (#1), \"Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight\" (#2), \"What Are We Doin' in Love\" (#1), \"All I Ever Need Is You\" (#1) and \"Till I Can Make It On My Own\" (#3) all became Country standards. Of West, Rogers stated in a 1995 TNN interview: \"She, more than anybody else I ever worked with, sang with such emotion that you actually believed what she sang. A lot of people sing words, Dottie West sang emotions.\" In", "title": "Kenny Rogers" }, { "docid": "6203855", "text": "woman of a different stamp, for her name denotes that she sang (\"man'emet\") to the timbrel in honor of idolatry. Ben Azzai taught that the words of \"This is the book of the descendants of Adam,\" teach a great principle of the Torah. But Rabbi Akiva replied that the words of \"you shall love your neighbor as yourself,\" teach an even greater principle. Hence, one must not say, \"Since I have been put to shame, let my neighbor be put to shame.\" And Rabbi Tanhuma taught that those who do so must know Whom they put to shame, for reports", "title": "Bereshit (parsha)" }, { "docid": "2854422", "text": "we said, Do you want to give it a go? And he said, 'I do Whole Lotta Rosie with Geordie,' and off he went. We went, fucking hell, this guy is cutting the mustard. Anything else you know? 'Nutbush City Limits?' OK, we can knock that out, and he sang that great too. It put a little smile on our faces – for the first time since Bon. So we just started working with him then.\" Within days, Johnson was in the band, the news being made official on 1 April. A week after that he was sent a plane", "title": "Brian Johnson" }, { "docid": "15538189", "text": "it was inspired by his feelings toward Fiona Apple, a singer he deemed \"sexy and fragile—definitely too fragile for me\". Manson elaborated that he was a \"huge fan\" of Apple's music, and that \"If I was ever to be put in a circumstance where I could have sex with her, I would decline because her vagina is probably too precious to be dirtied by my filthy cock.\" In a review of the \"Lost Highway\" soundtrack, \"The Daily Aztec\" praised \"Apple of Sodom\" and the band's version of \"I Put a Spell on You\", saying that they \"both make listeners feel", "title": "Apple of Sodom (song)" }, { "docid": "18003683", "text": "Annie Lennox, along with Annie's cover of I Put A Spell On You. Lyrically, \"Take Me to Church\" is a metaphor, with the protagonist comparing his lover to religion. The song grew out of Hozier's frustration with the Catholic Church's teachings which, although he himself was raised in the Protestant Quaker faith, dominated the social and political outlook of the Irish state. \"Growing up, I always saw the hypocrisy of the Catholic church\", Hozier said in an interview with \"Rolling Stone\". \"The history speaks for itself and I grew incredibly frustrated and angry. I essentially just put that into my", "title": "Take Me to Church" }, { "docid": "18823972", "text": "Visconti. At university she played solo original gigs and in covers bands, and also put on gigs for other bands. In 2010 she launched her debut album \"I Am Not\". The same year, she sang on several tracks on \"You Look Familiar\" by her mother Mary Hopkin and her brother Morgan Visconti. In 2011 Jessica recorded \"The Long and Winding Road\" for The Beatles Complete On Ukulele. In 2014 Jessica sang on Morgan Visconti's album, \"Ride\", and performed live at the launch event in May in New York City. Morgan and Jessica had previously collaborated on her album \"I Am", "title": "Jessica Lee Morgan" }, { "docid": "17614226", "text": "the BBC documentary \"Agnetha: ABBA and After...\" which was broadcast in June. On 12 November 2013 Fältskog sang live \"I Should've Followed You Home\" at the BBC Children in Need Rocks 2013 concert in London. She sang the song with Gary Barlow, the organiser of the event. It was her first live performance for 25 years. The video premiered at YouTube on , the same day as the release of the single itself. I Should've Followed You Home \"I Should've Followed You Home\" is a duet sung by Swedish recording artist and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog and British singer-songwriter and", "title": "I Should've Followed You Home" }, { "docid": "18167072", "text": "The Ladies Who Lunch (song) \"The Ladies Who Lunch\" is a song from the Broadway musical \"Company\", sung by the character Joanne. It was written by Stephen Sondheim, and was introduced by Elaine Stritch, whose signature song it became. In regard to her performance, which one interviewer described as filled with \"rage\", Elaine Stritch responded \"I don’t think I sang it with rage. First of all, she drank. I should have made you understand that. Anyway, when you drink, you can do anything you want, and it’s not always very attractive. I tried to say to the audience, 'And here’s", "title": "The Ladies Who Lunch (song)" }, { "docid": "17715865", "text": "gonna do.\" She performed her track \"You Should Have Known\" on GMTV on 19 August 2009. The video for the single \"You Should Have Known\" was shot in early September and was uploaded to White's official YouTube account. The single was released on 2 November 2009. To promote the single, White embarked on a promo tour of the UK. \"You Should Have Known\" debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Indie Singles Chart. White was also part of the alternative Haiti relief charity single \"I Put a Spell on You\". The track, which was released at the end", "title": "What My Mother Taught Me" }, { "docid": "20612254", "text": "conversation evolves around this issue: it appears that gold and silver are in abundance here in the kurgans, but nobody can find them, because all of them are under the spell. The old man warms up to the subject, which he seems to be obsessed with. It appears that he'd made numerous attempts at diggings, craving to find his 'happiness', but to no avail: all the treasures in the vicinity must have been put under spell. \"But what will you do with the treasure when you find it?\" the young man enquires. \"I know what I'll do. I'll… I’ll show", "title": "Happiness (short story)" }, { "docid": "11231457", "text": "was Studio 8H, the famous one, and of course his dressing room was like a huge apartment. We walked into this gorgeous living room with a grand piano, and there he was, this little guy, with his pince-nez glasses. After some small talk in Italian, he put his hand on my shoulder and asked me to sing. So I unbuttoned my collar -- I had no fear whatsoever -- and I sang. Later, Toscanini's son, Walter, spoke to me. \"Well, Mr. Guarrera, my dad would like to invite you to sing at La Scala. Will you be able to make", "title": "Frank Guarrera" }, { "docid": "17448774", "text": "the bridge, with Tegan explaining in a track-by-track commentary, \"There were eight or 16 bars of silence in the song—I can't remember what the number was—that I'd just left for her. She called me and was like, \"That is impossible! You need to put a guitar or something in there.\" So I ended up just using the same chords from the chorus, and she sang overtop of it.\" The original demo of \"I Was a Fool\" consisted only of a piano, an acoustic guitar and synths. Tegan showed it with six producers, one of them who was Greg Kurstin: \"he", "title": "I Was a Fool" }, { "docid": "16278914", "text": "where his dreams have become reality. In 2012, he became a contestant on season two of the American television program \"The Voice\", where he auditioned singing Leon Russell's \"A Song for You\". All four judges (Adam Levine, CeeLo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton) hit the \"I Want You\" button for him, within 25 seconds of the song. He chose to be part of the team of Christina Aguilera. In the Battle round, he was put against Anthony Evans, another R&B/gospel singer. In a duet, they sang the Alicia Keys song \"If I Ain't Got You\", in what was described", "title": "Jesse Campbell (singer)" }, { "docid": "14964448", "text": "you first time I saw her, she is our generation’s songbird.\" She sang \"Fireflies\" at judges' houses and was sent through to the live shows by mentor Cheryl and assistant will.i.am. For the first live show she sang \"Teardrops\" and in the second live show she sang \"Feeling Good\". In the third live show she sang \"Why Don't You Do Right?\" and in the fourth live show she sang \"Wicked Game\". In the fifth live show, Ferguson received a standing ovation from Cowell and Cheryl following her performance of \"Make You Feel My Love\". In the following episode, Ferguson received", "title": "Rebecca Ferguson (singer)" }, { "docid": "6102859", "text": "her hit \"Clean Up Woman\" (1971), worked closely with Lopez on the album and provided her with \"plenty of inspiration\". Lopez said Wright had \"an amazing spirit\": \"She was in [the studio] with me, day in and day out, helping me. I'm a young singer, you know? A young studio singer. I may have sang all my life, and I may have sang on stage and stuff like that, but it's different to record in the studio. And you need somebody who really can guide you through that.\" One day, whilst working on \"On the 6\", Jennifer Lopez \"happened to", "title": "On the 6" }, { "docid": "1693921", "text": "of Nina Simone: Montreux, 1976\" which is curated by Tom Blunt. Footage of Simone singing \"Mississippi Goddam\" for 40,000 marchers at the end of the Selma to Montgomery marches can be seen in the 1970 documentary \"\" and the 2015 Liz Garbus documentary, \"What Happened, Miss Simone?\" Plans for a Simone biographical film were released at the end of 2005, to be based on Simone's autobiography \"I Put a Spell on You\" (1992) and to focus on her relationship in later life with her assistant, Clifton Henderson, who died in 2006; Simone's daughter, Simone Kelly, has since refuted the existence", "title": "Nina Simone" }, { "docid": "9589886", "text": "song Another Love on his album with 3rdeyegirl, Plectrumelectrum. She also performed \"Fool For You\", \"The One\", \"She\", and \"Don't Get Me Wrong\", and \"Dreams\" at AfroPunk 2014. In 2015, Smith's cover of \"I Put a Spell on You\" was featured on \"Nina Revisited... A Tribute to Nina Simone\". In 2018, Smith's song \"Fool For You\" was featured in the \"Season 4\" episode \"One of My Three Soups\" of the TV series \"Gotham\", which chronicles the events leading up to Batman's arrival. Smith has one daughter with recording artist Citizen Cope. Alice Smith Alice Smith (born 30 November 1978) is", "title": "Alice Smith" }, { "docid": "1817667", "text": "\"I Put a Spell on You\" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2. Upon release, the album entered the UK and US Top 10, and reached number one on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. On 28 January 2015, Lennox performed a live concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles entitled \"An Evening of Nostalgia with Annie Lennox\". The show aired on PBS in the US in April 2015, and was released on DVD and", "title": "Annie Lennox" }, { "docid": "7057615", "text": "program has also been very successful, with the 2016 Winterguard show, \"I Put A Spell on You\" taking home a first place win at WGASC Championships in the Scholastic 3A division. The next season they were promoted another division. On day 1 of championships they received a bronze medal, making the top 15 overall, marking Fallbrook's first time performing in finals in the Scholastic 2A division in the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine. They placed 10th at this event, making the guard a force to be reckoned with. The Winter Drumline has also seen success as they took home", "title": "Fallbrook Union High School" }, { "docid": "3162063", "text": "Dance to Love\", was released by United Artists in 1979. Residing again in Melbourne, in 1999 Sang made a short return to live performing, with her father, Reg, as guest vocalist. In 2004, Sang's three albums were released for the first time on CD in a two-piece set as the compilation, \"The Ultimate Collection\". Samantha Sang Cheryl Lau \"Samantha\" Sang (born 5 August 1951) is an Australian singer from Melbourne who had an earlier career as Cheryl Gray. She had a number eight hit in Australia with \"You Made Me What I Am\" in 1967. By 1969, she had relocated", "title": "Samantha Sang" }, { "docid": "14679552", "text": "project, and that's it! And anybody else, tryna put putting out a black rock project, you biting!\", blustered Sticky Fingaz. \"If that shit come out, I promise you I put trademarks around your fuckin' eyes. All of y'all niggas. I'm do to y'all niggas like the fuckin' candyman, come find y'all niggas one at a fuckin' time! It ain't about who put it out first, it's about who getting punched in they fuckin' eye first.\" Despite all the threats from Onyx, the Damon Dash's project \"BlakRoc\" came out on November 24, 2009. Soon after this Onyx released a video \"The", "title": "Black Rock (Onyx album)" }, { "docid": "20414715", "text": "for Asphalt Tango, for compositions. Deciding to record \"I Put a Spell on You\" they called on Iulian Canaf, a Romanian Roma vocalist who is noted for singing blues songs. Touring Colombia the band found their sound worked well with many of the local cumbia artists playing brass lead dance music so entered the studio in Medellín with local cumbia band Puerto Candelaria to record what would become \"Onwards to Mars!\" closing track, \"Fiesta de Negritos\". This worked so well that a video was shot of Fanfare Ciocărlia performing the song in Colombia. \"Onwards to Mars!\" cover is designed by", "title": "Onwards to Mars!" }, { "docid": "13982292", "text": "dog comes to see Sang Kancil. He mocks him and said that he will be cooked the next morning. Sang Kancil stays calm and relaxed. The dog got confused and asks him why. He said, \"You are wrong, I'm not going to be cooked! I'm going to be a prince!\" The dog becomes more confused. \"I’ll marry the farmer's daughter and I will become a prince. I feel sorry for you, all of your loyalties were paid just like this! You just become a dog! Look at me! Tomorrow, I'll become a prince!\" said Sang Kancil proudly. The dog, who", "title": "Kancil Story" }, { "docid": "1580489", "text": "or five weeks. All of a sudden, for 'Jack & Diane', Mick said 'Johnny, you should put baby rattles on there.' I thought, 'What the fuck does put baby rattles on the record mean? So he put the percussion on there and then he sang the part 'let it rock, let it roll' as a choir-ish-type thing, which had never occurred to me. And that is the part everybody remembers on the song. It was Ronson's idea.\" (John Mellencamp, \"Classic Rock\" magazine, January 2008, p.61) Both \"Jack & Diane\" and \"American Fool\" topped their respective US \"Billboard\" charts. Ronson was", "title": "Mick Ronson" }, { "docid": "12613916", "text": "who produced the album, signed Streisand to a contract, and her first solo album The Barbra Streisand Album was released two months after I Can Get It for You Wholesale closed. Barbra remembers in Just For The Record: \"My first audition for the show was on the morning after Thanksgiving in 1961. Since the action took place in the 1930s, I showed up in a '30s fur coat that I'd bought in a thrift shop for $10. I sang three songs, including my new standby \"A Sleepin' Bee.\" They asked me to come back and gave me \"Miss Marmelstein\" to", "title": "I Can Get It for You Wholesale (album)" }, { "docid": "7385011", "text": "Feeling Good \"Feeling Good\" (also known as \"Feelin' Good\") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd\". It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour and by Gilbert Price in 1965 with the original Broadway cast. Nina Simone recorded \"Feeling Good\" for her 1965 album \"I Put a Spell on You\". The song has also been covered by Traffic, Michael Bublé, John Coltrane, George Michael, Victory, Eels, Joe Bonamassa, EDEN, Muse, and Black Cat Bones,", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "docid": "2200501", "text": "Magda Olivero noted in a recent interview that: \"When Del Monaco and I sang \"Francesca da Rimini\" together at La Scala [in 1959] he explained his whole vocal technique to me. When he finished I said, \"My dear Del Monaco, if I had to put into practice all the things you’ve told me, I’d stop singing right away and just disappear.\" The technique was so complicated: you push the larynx down, then you push this up, then you do that—in short, it made my head spin just to hear everything he did. \"We recorded \"Francesca\" excerpts together [in 1969]. Francesca", "title": "Mario Del Monaco" }, { "docid": "16874015", "text": "Finally in 2015, Zendee sang her own theme song \"Habang Kayakap Ka\" from the Philippine original soundtrack of \"Stairway to Heaven\" in her album \"Z\" as a rerun of this Korean drama series. Zendee Rose Tenerefe Zendee (Zendee Rose Japitana Tenerefe born on June 21, 1991) is a Filipina singer, who rose to prominence after a video of her singing a karaoke version of Whitney Houston's \"I Will Always Love You\" was put on YouTube by Yuan Juan a.k.a. youngjay0918. Known on YouTube as the 'random girl of SM Megamall' she gained a following and went on to sign with", "title": "Zendee Rose Tenerefe" }, { "docid": "17441784", "text": "by giving her a standing ovation before she even sang a single note. It was a reminder to people from where she started and how far she has come. For the song \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" Boyle said, \"This song is about a wee lassie who goes on an incredible journey.\" \"I hope tonight to take you all on a journey\". Some of the Jazz numbers, such as \"That Ole Devil Called Love\" and \"Cry Me a River\", Boyle sang while seated beside the piano. The first half ended with a rendition of \"You Raise Me Up\" accompanied by a", "title": "Susan Boyle in Concert" }, { "docid": "17996598", "text": "2011 titled \"Home\" through Fair Trade Services. Evans appeared on the second season of NBC's \"The Voice\". In the blind audition broadcast on February 20, 2012, he sang \"What's Going On\" from Marvin Gaye. Only Christina Aguilera turned her chair during the blind audition, with the other three, Adam Levine, CeeLo Green and Blake Shelton abstaining. On Team Aguilera as a default, he was put in the Battles round against another Aguilera contestant, Jesse Campbell. On an episode broadcast on March 5, 2012, they both sang \"If I Ain't Got You\", an Alicia Keys song , with Aguilera, after an", "title": "Anthony Evans (singer)" }, { "docid": "12116188", "text": "been featured on the soundtracks for the Melissa McCarthy comedy \"Spy\" and the musical drama \"Jem and the Holograms\". The song \"I eat boys like you for breakfast\" was used in the first episode of Season 10 of \"Jenter\" (Girls), a Norwegian TV and web series directed at children and teenagers on NRK Super. The song “Devil” is featured on the trailer for Vampyr (video game). In 2007, Maria sang vocals for the track \"I Love You, You Imbecile\" by Pelle Carlberg. In 2008, she sang backing vocals for the track \"Words\" on Guillemots' album \"Red\". In 2009, she collaborated", "title": "Ida Maria" }, { "docid": "17913476", "text": "\"I am a prominent official. Where can I flee?\" He remained at his headquarters and waited for orders. Zhang, thereafter, in the name of Shi Chonggui, summoned him. As Sang was walking toward Zhang's headquarters, he ran into Li Song on the road and began conversing with Li. While they were conversing, Zhang sent soldiers, who were respectful to Sang but nevertheless insisted on him heading to Zhang's headquarters. Sang, knowing what his fate would be, turned to Li and stated, \"You, chancellor, were responsible for the state. Now the state is falling, but how is it that, instead, Sang", "title": "Sang Weihan" }, { "docid": "5214463", "text": "Intervention Tour, Bette Midler appeared on stage dressed as Winifred Sanderson. Her Harlettes appeared with her dressed as Mary and Sarah, and the three of them performed the film's version of \"I Put a Spell on You\". On September 15, 2015, the \"Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular\" was introduced at the Magic Kingdom as a part of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. The show introduces new actresses as the Sanderson Sisters, who try to make a villain party and summon or attract various Disney villains in the process. In September 2016, entertainment critic Aaron Wallace published \"Hocus Pocus in Focus: The Thinking", "title": "Hocus Pocus (1993 film)" }, { "docid": "18644220", "text": "the judges' approval, including judge Keith Urban deeming it \"a Grammy performance\". For \"I Put a Spell on You\" he chose it about a week before the show and experimented with \"American Idol\"s arranger, he says the song was different every time he did it and is his favorite performance from his competing. He also acknowledged that he needs more technical training to know the argot of arranging and felt lucky he was able to work with people who knew how to translate his vision. For the top 16 show round narrowing the competition to the top 12, ten contestants", "title": "Quentin Alexander" }, { "docid": "11662712", "text": "You Sang to Me \"You Sang to Me\" is a 2000 hit song by Marc Anthony, and was released as the third single of his first English language album \"Marc Anthony\". The song was written and produced by Marc Anthony and Cory Rooney, and like the previous English single from \"Marc Anthony\" also a Spanish version was recorded, but wasn't included on the first edition of the album. Both versions of the track were very successful in the United States. The English version peaked at even higher than \"I Need to Know\", climbing to number 2 in the \"Billboard\" Hot", "title": "You Sang to Me" }, { "docid": "17616177", "text": "by singing in subway stations. \"When I arrived in New York, I saw these guys singing on the street,\" he said. \"People were stopping to listen to the singers and dropping money in their buckets. So, I thought to myself, 'This must be how you get discovered.' I went down to 34th Street in front of Macy's department store and started doing the same thing. I didn't have a bucket – I just had a hat, and took it off to gather my tips. The more money that was put into my hat, the louder I sang. I made between", "title": "Michael Speaks" }, { "docid": "5714503", "text": "on Swedish TV4 and used her artist name for the first time. Although she sang to a pre-recorded backing track in the studio, on the program she sang her single and Alicia Keys' song \"If I Ain't Got You\" while accompanied by a live band. The band included a drummer, guitarist, bassist, background singer and a keyboard player, who also sang backgrounds. Due to the success of the single, a full album was commissioned, and \"This Is Me Now\" was released in May 2005. The album sold more than 150,000 copies, which was triple the requirement for gold record certification", "title": "Amy Deasismont" }, { "docid": "5637986", "text": "it. When discussing the recording process for old school Aaliyah said, \"At first, I had to get comfortable, but I had been around Robert, so it was cool. Both Robert and I are perfectionists, and if you listen to the music, there is a lot of passion in it.” While recording the album, Kelly coached her as they worked several hours in the studio. She often sang the songs multiple times in order to achieve \"excellence\". When discussing the hectic hours recording the album Aaliyah said, \"We put in a lot of hours; as far as the music, we’d be", "title": "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" }, { "docid": "8858283", "text": "with a host of musicians on the Haiti earthquake disaster single (a cover version of \"I Put a Spell on You\"), including Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Chrissie Hynde, and Johnny Depp. In 2001, Andy Kyriacou reformed Modern Romance with a new line-up, joining the burgeoning British 80s revival scene. The new line-up featured no original band members ( Kyriacou himself had first appeared on the Modern Romance single, \"Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey\", though had remained their drummer until the band split in 1985). In 2002, the new line-up released the album \"Back on Track\", which consisted mostly of re-recorded", "title": "Modern Romance (band)" }, { "docid": "1693924", "text": "in 10 countries. She is the subject of \"Nina - A Story About Me and Nina Simone\", a one-woman show first performed in 2016 at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool — a \"deeply personal and often searing show inspired by the singer and activist Nina Simone\" — and which in July 2017 ran at the Young Vic, before being scheduled to move to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre. As well as her 1992 autobiography \"I Put a Spell on You\" (1992), written with Stephen Cleary, Simone has been the subject of several books. They include \"Nina Simone: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood\" (2002)", "title": "Nina Simone" }, { "docid": "167361", "text": "fiction. At the end of the 19th century, painters like John Everett Millais and John Ruskin invented a new kind of Gothic. Some people credit Jalacy \"Screamin' Jay\" Hawkins, perhaps best known for his 1956 song \"I Put A Spell On You,\" as a foundation of modern goth style and music. Some people credit the band Bauhaus' first single \"Bela Lugosi's Dead\", released in August 1979, with the start of goth subculture. The British sitcom, The IT Crowd featured a recurring goth character named Richmond Avenal, played by Noel Fielding. Fielding said in an interview that he himself had been", "title": "Goth subculture" }, { "docid": "2757490", "text": "rumors circulated regarding the actor's sexual orientation. When asked about such gossip during an interview, Gyllenhaal said: Gyllenhaal narrated the 2005 short animated film \"The Man Who Walked Between the Towers\", based on Mordicai Gerstein's book of the same name about Philippe Petit's famous stunt. In January 2007, as host of \"Saturday Night Live\", he put on a sparkly evening dress and sang \"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going\" from the musical \"Dreamgirls\" for his opening monologue, dedicating the song to his \"unique fan base... the fans of \"Brokeback\"\". In 2007, Gyllenhaal starred in David Fincher's mystery thriller", "title": "Jake Gyllenhaal" }, { "docid": "11683339", "text": "follow-up (to both that book and I Put a Spell On You) entitled \"Extraordinary*\" was released by Delacorte in 2011, the same day as he published \"Sparks\" with Flux under the name SJ Adams. His first nonfiction book for Random House was The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History, and was selected as a Junior Library Guild selection. Critics frequently compared the humor to that of The Daily Show and Mark Twain. Most of his books (and many of his songs) take place in Cornersville Trace, a fictional suburb of Des Moines. In addition to his book work, Adam works", "title": "Adam Selzer" }, { "docid": "11139109", "text": "years of age and later sang in the high school choir. A local DJ, hearing him sing in church, suggested that he audition to perform on a local television program. He performed on TV for eight weeks in a row and put together the band \"Terry and the Pirates\". In 1960, in Clovis, New Mexico, he cut recordings of his first two songs, \"Just Wait Til I Get You Alone\" and \"Orchids Mean Good-bye\" backed by The Fireballs and produced by Norman Petty. These songs were released on a single by Warwick Records (United Kingdom). Of the 300 songs in", "title": "Terry Teene" }, { "docid": "13011248", "text": "September and was uploaded to White's official YouTube account. The single was released on 2 November 2009. To promote the single, White embarked on a promo tour of the UK. \"You Should Have Known\" debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the UK Indie Singles Chart. White was also part of the alternative Haiti relief charity single \"I Put A Spell On You\". White toured on \"The X Factor\" live tour, with fellow series 5 finalists. White was also touring with Peter Andre with his Revelation Tour. She continues to perform in gigs/festivals. Laura White Laura Jane Amanda White (born", "title": "Laura White" }, { "docid": "18356768", "text": "continued saying, \"it was recorded in 1970 so the technology since then really has changed... I really believe if it ain't broke don't fix it so I sang the songs with the same respect as though they were written for me or I wrote them myself. But if you put my voice to anything and somebody else's voice to the same thing, no two people are going to interpret that song the same way. The great thing about being a singer is that you actually are a storyteller.\" All songs written by Carole King except where noted. Marcia Sings Tapestry", "title": "Marcia Sings Tapestry" }, { "docid": "12557765", "text": "\"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)\" on November 9, 2008, at the 2008 World Music Awards in Monaco. She then took to the stage of \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\" to perform \"If I Were a Boy\" on November 13, 2008. She appeared on television show \"Saturday Night Live\" on November 15, 2008, where she sang \"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)\". On November 16, 2008, Beyoncé sang a medley of \"If I Were a Boy\", \"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)\", and \"Crazy in Love\" during the final episode of \"Total Request Live\". \"Single Ladies (Put a", "title": "I Am... Sasha Fierce" }, { "docid": "12585999", "text": "That\", \"ASL\", and \"Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beerholder\". The duo then signed to Epitaph Records, which released their debut album \"You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter\" on October 7, 2008. The album garnered a negative to mixed reception from various critics. \"You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter\" reached number 29 on the \"Billboard\" Top Heatseekers chart. The song \"Things That Rhyme with Orange\" was the second single from the album and their third career single. On November 21, 2008, the comedy duo Smosh had teamed up with I Set My Friends on Fire and released their first", "title": "I Set My Friends on Fire" }, { "docid": "8795819", "text": "recollection of her childhood,\" but said \"in the end, [the book] seems sketchy and self-defensive...She tells very little either about the times in which she lived, or about the people who were most instrumental to her growth after her childhood,\" noting his disappointment with this absence given she \"occupied an influential and unusual place in American cultural history, attracting Cafe Society-type white audiences at the same time that she maintained her integrity with a politicized young black audience. There is much to be said about the period from 1958 to 1968, and Simone would have been a stunning witness to", "title": "I Put a Spell on You (book)" } ]
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who was given the ten commandments by god
[ "Moses" ]
[ { "docid": "5884025", "text": "after the arrival of the children of Israel at Mount Sinai (also called Horeb). On the morning of the third day of their encampment, \"there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud\", and the people assembled at the base of the mount. After \"the came down upon mount Sinai\", Moses went up briefly and returned and prepared the people, and then in \"God spoke\" to all the people the words of the covenant, that is, the \"ten commandments\" as it is written. Modern biblical scholarship differs as to", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "1766228", "text": "word \"Torah\" is 611, which corresponds to the number of commandments given via Moses, with the remaining two being identified as the first two of the Ten Commandments, which tradition holds were the only ones heard from the mouth of God himself. Jews are also reminded of the 613 commandments by the \"Tzitzit\", known as 'fringes' or 'strings'. The Biblical mitzvot are referred to in the Talmud as \"mitzvot d'oraita\", translated as \"commandments of the Law (Torah)\". In contradistinction to this are rabbinical commandments, referred to as \"mitzvot d'rabbanan\". \"Mitzvot d'rabbanan\" are a type of \"takkanah\". Among the more important", "title": "Mitzvah" }, { "docid": "10678906", "text": "of his power to Israel and the nations. From Egypt, Moses led the Israelites to biblical Mount Sinai, where he was given the Ten Commandments from God, written on stone tablets. Later at Mount Sinai, Moses and the elders entered into a covenant, by which Israel would become the people of YHWH, obeying his laws, and YHWH would be their god. Moses delivered the laws of God to Israel, instituted the priesthood under the sons of Moses' brother Aaron, and destroyed those Israelites who fell away from his worship. After the forty years had passed, Moses eventually led the Israelites", "title": "Jewish mythology" }, { "docid": "5884081", "text": "animated film that depicted the early life of Moses (voiced by Val Kilmer), the ending depicts him with the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, accompanied by a reprise of Deliver Us. The story of Moses and the Ten Commandments is discussed in the Danish stageplay \"Biblen\" (2008). Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (, \"Aseret ha'Dibrot\"), also known as the Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity. The commandments include instructions to worship only God, to honour one's parents, and to keep the sabbath, as well as", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "13004563", "text": "ideas about God, but God's ideas about man.\" The Church teaches that Jesus freed people from keeping \"the burdensome Jewish law (Torah or Mosaic Law) with its 613 distinct regulations [but] not from the obligation to keep the Ten Commandments\", because the Ten \"were written 'with the finger of God', unlike [those] written by Moses\". This teaching was reaffirmed at the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and at the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). Although it is uncertain what role the Ten Commandments played in early Christian worship, evidence suggests they were recited during some services and used in Christian education. For", "title": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology" }, { "docid": "8073786", "text": "to the first\", where \"first\" (\"reishit\") is a word used elsewhere to refer to the Torah and to the Jewish people. Thus, one may say that the world was created for the sake of Torah and the Jewish people. Rabbi Simlai deduced that the Torah's commandments are 613 in number. Deuteronomy 33:4 states that \"Moses commanded us the Torah\". The gematria of \"Torah\" is 611. Adding to them the first two of the Ten Commandments (which were given to the Jews not via Moses but rather directly by God, which is known because only these two commandments are written in", "title": "Pardes (Jewish exegesis)" }, { "docid": "4537480", "text": "to human affairs. With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our Nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits this disregard of polytheists and believers in unconcerned deities, just as it permits the disregard of devout atheists. \"The three most popular religions in the United States, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam–which combined account for 97.7% of all believers–are monotheistic . . .. All of them, moreover (Islam included), believe that the Ten Commandments were given by God to Moses, and are divine prescriptions for a virtuous life . . .. Publicly honoring the Ten Commandments", "title": "McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union" }, { "docid": "262123", "text": "his life. Moses returned to carry out God's command, but God caused the Pharaoh to refuse, and only after God had subjected Egypt to ten plagues did the Pharaoh relent. Moses led the Israelites to the border of Egypt, but there God hardened the Pharaoh's heart once more, so that he could destroy the Pharaoh and his army at the Red Sea Crossing as a sign of his power to Israel and the nations. From Egypt, Moses led the Israelites to biblical Mount Sinai, where he was given the Ten Commandments from God, written on stone tablets. However, since Moses", "title": "Moses" }, { "docid": "2427364", "text": "to him. It is narrated in the Qur'an that God told him that it would not be possible for Moses to perceive God, but that He would reveal himself to the mountain stating: \"By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its place, then shalt thou see Me.\" When God revealed himself to the mountain, it instantaneously turned into ashes, and Moses lost consciousness. When he recovered, he went down in total submission and asked forgiveness of God. Moses was then given the Ten Commandments by God as Guidance and as", "title": "Moses in Islam" }, { "docid": "13004561", "text": "text against covetousness as a single proscription, but differs from Christian denominations in that it considers what many Christians call a prologue to be the entire first commandment. The Ten Commandments are recognized as a moral foundation by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They first appear in the Book of Exodus, according to which Moses, acting under the orders of God, freed the Israelites from physical slavery in Egypt. According to Church teaching, God offered a covenant—which included the Ten Commandments—to also free them from the \"spiritual slavery\" of sin. Some historians have described this as \"the central event in the", "title": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology" }, { "docid": "5884069", "text": "picture God just commanding Moses to make some tablets, as if there were no history to this matter, so RJE adds the explanation that these are a replacement for the earlier tablets that were shattered.\" He writes that Exodus 34:14–26 is the J text of the Ten Commandments: \"The first two commandments and the sabbath commandment have parallels in the other versions of the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5). … The other seven commandments here are completely different.\" He suggests that differences in the J and E versions of the Ten Commandments story are a result of power", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "13666138", "text": "Honour thy father and thy mother \"Honour thy father and thy mother\" is one of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible. The commandment is generally regarded in Protestant and Jewish sources as the fifth in both the list in Exodus 20:1–21, and in Deuteronomy (Dvarim) 5:1–23. Catholics count this as the fourth. These commandments were enforced as law in many jurisdictions, and are still considered enforceable law by some. Exodus 20, 1 describes the Ten Commandments as being spoken by God, inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God, broken by Moses, and rewritten on replacement stones", "title": "Honour thy father and thy mother" }, { "docid": "4707352", "text": "build moral character and to significantly improve one's quality of life and to improve society at large, because it is seen as an expression of the mind and character of God. Despite criticism of legalism, CGI staunchly maintains that obedience is not viewed as a \"work\" to \"earn\" salvation, but that salvation is a freely given gift from God. CGI teaches that the Ten Commandments were in force long before Moses, and predated the Flood by centuries, and that this is proven circumstantially in the Old Testament, (though not in precisely the same form as those given at Sinai) thus", "title": "Church of God International (United States)" }, { "docid": "11059494", "text": "The Ten Commandments (2007 film) The Ten Commandments is a 2007 American computer animated film directed by John Stronach and Bill Boyce, and released by Promenade Pictures. The film follows Moses from his childhood, as the adopted son of Pharaoh, to his adulthood, as the chosen one of Yahweh and liberator of his people. The film is narrated by Ben Kingsley, and stars Christian Slater as Moses, Alfred Molina as Ramses and Ellott Gould as God. It was released to theaters on October 19, 2007, and received negative reviews, with criticism directed towards the animation and acting. The film was", "title": "The Ten Commandments (2007 film)" }, { "docid": "13662002", "text": "our hearts under the government of it. Thou shalt not covet \"Thou shalt not covet\" is the most common translation of one (or two, depending on the numbering tradition) of the Ten Commandments or Decalogue, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Protestant scholars. The Book of Exodus and the Book of Deuteronomy both describe the Ten Commandments as having been spoken by God, inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God, and, after Moses broke the original tablets, rewritten by God on replacements. In traditions that consider the passage", "title": "Thou shalt not covet" }, { "docid": "13661977", "text": "Thou shalt not covet \"Thou shalt not covet\" is the most common translation of one (or two, depending on the numbering tradition) of the Ten Commandments or Decalogue, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Protestant scholars. The Book of Exodus and the Book of Deuteronomy both describe the Ten Commandments as having been spoken by God, inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God, and, after Moses broke the original tablets, rewritten by God on replacements. In traditions that consider the passage a single commandment, the full text reads:", "title": "Thou shalt not covet" }, { "docid": "18856840", "text": "I regard the work of J.John as being of primary importance.\"\" Sir Cliff Richard said \"\"It's really hard to communicate if people don't like you. I've heard J.John speak. He appealed to everyone. He was funny and he made us think – instant communication.\"\" J.John is also a speaker and advocate for Compassion International. In January 1998 J.John began teaching the Ten Commandments. \"just10\", his ten-week course teaches why he believes following the 10 laws given to Moses by God are a way to a better life. The ten sections of \"just10\" are presented to appeal to people of any", "title": "J.John" }, { "docid": "4566021", "text": "symbolic act. The Mosaic covenant, found in and the book of Deuteronomy, contains the foundations of the written Torah and the Oral Torah. In this covenant, God promises to make the Israelites his treasured possession among all people and \"a kingdom of priests and a holy nation\", if they follow God's commandments. As part of the terms of this covenant, God gives Moses the Ten Commandments. These will later be elaborated on in the rest of the Torah. The form of the covenant resembles the suzerainty treaty in the ancient Near East. Like the treaties, the Ten Commandments begins with", "title": "Covenant (biblical)" }, { "docid": "8286297", "text": "children that God should converse with them in the open. So God instructed the Israelites to make a Tabernacle, and when God needed to communicate with the Israelites, God did so from the Tabernacle. And thus bears this out when it says, \"And when Moses went into the tent of meeting that He might speak with him.\" The Mishnah taught that the priests recited the Ten Commandments daily. The Gemara, however, taught that although the Sages wanted to recite the Ten Commandments along with the \"Shema\" in precincts outside of the Temple, they soon abolished their recitation, because the Sages", "title": "Va'etchanan" }, { "docid": "9434668", "text": "eternal lessons that the story of Moses taught. To the scribes, the most important truths of all were how God gave Moses the laws that the people were to preserve for all time. God gave them to Moses in a face-to-face meeting. The revolution in the Ten Commandments was that God cared about how human beings treated each other. One honors God by treating well the person standing in front of him. The commandments were viewed as a legal contract where God will bless an individual if the individual would follow His rules. After Sinai, all the stories of the", "title": "Kingdom of David" }, { "docid": "11852501", "text": "what Jews know as the Torah or The Law, given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai, the summary of which is comprised in the Ten Commandments. The Jewish sage Hillel the Elder states that The Law can be further compressed in just one line, popularly known as the Golden Rule: \"That which is hateful to you, do not do unto your fellow\". In Judaism, salvation is closely related to the idea of redemption, saving from the states or circumstances that destroy the value of human existence. God as the universal spirit and Creator of the World, is the source", "title": "Soteriology" }, { "docid": "10948645", "text": "Mount Horeb Mount Horeb, Hebrew: , Greek in the Septuagint: , Latin in the Vulgate: \"\", is the mountain at which the book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible states that the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God. It is described in two places (, ) as the \"Mountain of God\". The mountain is also called the Mountain of YHWH. In other biblical passages, these events are described as having transpired at Mount Sinai. Although most scholars consider Sinai and Horeb to have been different names for the same place, there is a minority body of opinion that", "title": "Mount Horeb" }, { "docid": "1434554", "text": "an inheritance for the community of Jacob\". The Talmud notes that the Hebrew numerical value (\"gematria\") of the word \"Torah\" is 611, and combining Moses's 611 commandments with the first two of the Ten Commandments which were the only ones heard directly from God, adds up to 613. The Talmud attributes the number 613 to Rabbi Simlai, but other classical sages who hold this view include Rabbi Simeon ben Azzai (Sifre, Deuteronomy 76) and Rabbi Eleazar ben Yose the Galilean (Midrash Aggadah to Genesis 15:1). It is quoted in Midrash Shemot Rabbah 33:7, Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15–16; 18:21 and Talmud Yevamot", "title": "613 commandments" }, { "docid": "3199350", "text": "Holy of Holies The Holy of Holies (Tiberian Hebrew: \"Qṓḏeš HaQŏḏāšîm\") is a term in the Hebrew Bible which refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle where God's presence appeared. The Ark according to Hebrew Scripture contained the Ten Commandments, which were given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai. The area was defined by four pillars which held up the veil of the covering, under which the Ark of the Covenant was held above the floor. King Solomon built the Temple in Jerusalem, where the Ark of the Covenant was supposed to be kept. The Crusaders associated it", "title": "Holy of Holies" }, { "docid": "10948651", "text": "Horeb is disputed. Jewish and Christian scholars have advanced varying opinions as to its whereabouts since biblical times. Elijah is described in as traveling to Horeb, in a way which implies that its position was familiar when that was written, but there are no biblical references set any later in time. Mount Horeb Mount Horeb, Hebrew: , Greek in the Septuagint: , Latin in the Vulgate: \"\", is the mountain at which the book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible states that the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God. It is described in two places (, ) as", "title": "Mount Horeb" }, { "docid": "10890576", "text": "for proselytisation. Similarly, the portrayal of God is prepared to poke fun at Christian doctrine. Further, \"Joan of Arcadia\"'s God spurns the supernatural. A more oblique portrayal of God occurs in the television series \"Wonderfalls\", where God appears not as a person, but as a series of inanimate objects, that lead the protagonist of the series to perform good works in other people's lives. The word \"God\" is never mentioned in the show in relation to these encounters. Some portrayals of God are entirely off-screen. For example: The God who gives the stone tablets to Moses in \"The Ten Commandments\"", "title": "Portrayals of God in popular media" }, { "docid": "2453596", "text": "The Discovery of Heaven The Discovery of Heaven () is a 1992 novel by Dutch writer Harry Mulisch. It is considered Mulisch's masterpiece and was voted best book in the Dutch language in a 2007 poll among the readers of \"NRC Handelsblad\". A 2001 film adaptation by director Jeroen Krabbé features Stephen Fry and Flora Montgomery in the leading roles. An angel-like being is ordered to return to Heaven the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments, given to Moses by God, which symbolise in the book the link between Heaven and Earth. The divine being, however, cannot himself travel to", "title": "The Discovery of Heaven" }, { "docid": "829445", "text": "The Ten Commandments (1956 film) The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision (color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on \"Prince of Egypt\" by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, \"Pillar of Fire\" by J.H. Ingraham, \"On Eagle's Wings\" by A.E. Southon, and the Book of Exodus. \"The Ten Commandments\" dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and therefore leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where", "title": "The Ten Commandments (1956 film)" } ]
[ { "docid": "5884048", "text": "Mosaic dispensation itself was concluded upon the appearance of Christ, the moral law remains a vital component of the covenant of grace, having Christ as its perfecting end.\" As such, in Methodism, an \"important aspect of the pursuit of sanctification is the careful following\" of the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are a summary of the requirements of a works covenant (called the \"Old Covenant\"), given on Mount Sinai to the nascent nation of Israel. The Old Covenant came to an end at the cross and is therefore not in effect. They do reflect the eternal character of God, and", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "2488126", "text": "fathered 42 children. Kony insists that he and the LRA are fighting for the Ten Commandments, and defended his actions in an interview, saying, \"Is it bad? It is not against human rights. And that commandment was not given by Joseph. It was not given by LRA. No, those commandments were given by God.\" Ugandan political leader Betty Bigombe recalled that Kony and his followers used oil to ward off bullets and evil spirits. Kony believes himself to be a spirit medium. In 2008, responding to a request by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to engage in peace talks via telephone,", "title": "Joseph Kony" }, { "docid": "1760614", "text": "the ten Aristotelian categories, none of which, he shows, may be applied to God. At the conclusion of this section the author pictures with deep religious feeling the relation to the Deity sustained by the human soul when permeated by the true knowledge of God. The mitzvot \"divine commandments\" revealed in the Torah have been given to man by the grace of God as a means to attain the highest blessedness. According to a classification borrowed by Saadia from the Muʿtazila but based upon an essentially Jewish view, the commandments are divided into those of reason and of revelation, although", "title": "Emunoth ve-Deoth" }, { "docid": "3791104", "text": "Commandments (film) Commandments is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama which was written and directed by Daniel Taplitz and stars Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox and Anthony LaPaglia. The executive producer was Ivan Reitman. Ever since Seth Warner's (Aidan Quinn) wife died two years ago, his life has gone to pieces. In his rage, he affronts God who seemingly responds by stopping his suicide attempt and his screaming at God above by crippling his dog and putting Seth in the hospital. So Seth sets out to break all of the ten commandments. Moving in with his sister-in-law, Rachel (Courteney Cox), and her reporter-husband,", "title": "Commandments (film)" }, { "docid": "4759872", "text": "series of poisonings and killings that was initially considered a group suicide, but was later determined to be an orchestrated mass murder by group leaders after their predictions of the apocalypse failed to come about. In their coverage of that event, BBC News and \"The New York Times\" referred to the Movement as a doomsday cult. The goals of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God were to obey the Ten Commandments and preach the word of Jesus Christ. They taught that to avoid damnation in the apocalypse, one had to strictly follow the Commandments. The", "title": "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God" }, { "docid": "4759871", "text": "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God was a breakaway religious movement from the Roman Catholic Church founded by Credonia Mwerinde, Joseph Kibweteere and Bee Tait in Uganda. It was formed in the late 1980s after Mwerinde, a brewer of banana beer, and Kibweteere, a politician, claimed that they had visions of the Virgin Mary. The five primary leaders were Joseph Kibweteere, Joseph Kasapurari, John Kamagara, Dominic Kataribabo, and Credonia Mwerinde. In early 2000, followers of the religious movement perished in a devastating fire and a", "title": "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God" }, { "docid": "777410", "text": "contains this text at Exodus 20:17: This commandment is absent from the corresponding text of the Ten Commandments in the Masoretic. The Samaritan Pentateuch's inclusion of the Gerizim variation within the Ten Commandments places additional emphasis on the divine sanction given to that community's place of worship. This variation has similarities to and is supported by changes to the verbal tense within the Samaritan text of Deuteronomy indicating that God has already chosen this place. The future tense (\"will choose\") is used in the Masoretic. And whereas in the Masoretic commands an altar to be constructed on Mount Ebal, the", "title": "Samaritan Pentateuch" }, { "docid": "1859871", "text": "This means that the commands of natural law do not depend on God's will, and thus form the first three commandments of the Ten Commandments. The last seven of the Ten Commandments do not belong to the natural law in the strictest sense. Whilst our duties to God are self-evident, true by definition, and unchangeable even by God, our duties to others (found on the second tablet) were arbitrarily willed by God and are within his power to revoke and replace (although, the third commandment, to honour the Sabbath and keep it holy, has a little of both, as we", "title": "Divine command theory" }, { "docid": "2803230", "text": "on the sort of universe God has decided to create. The second horn of the dilemma (i.e. that which is right is right \"because it is commanded by God\") is sometimes known as divine command theory or voluntarism. Roughly, it is the view that there are no moral standards other than God's will: without God's commands, nothing would be right or wrong. This view was partially defended by Duns Scotus, who argued that not all Ten Commandments belong to the Natural Law in the strictest sense. Scotus held that while our duties to God (the first three commandments, traditionally thought", "title": "Euthyphro dilemma" }, { "docid": "15387341", "text": "notable feature of the ministry office is a granite sculpture depicting the Ten Commandments displayed in the building’s front garden. On Memorial Day in 2006, the monument was placed in the front of the building, readily noticeable from the street. The Ten Commandments Project is an ongoing operation of Faith and Action. Faith and Action's motto is \"bringing the word of God to bear on the hearts and minds of those who make public policy in America.\" One of its goals is to \"restore the moral foundations of our American culture\" through placing Ten Commandments displays in public buildings. Created", "title": "Faith and Action" }, { "docid": "15173234", "text": "most Christians denounce as heresy. The phrase has featured in United States popular culture. In a \"Jaywalking\" sketch on \"The Tonight Show\", comedian host Jay Leno asked random people on the street to name one of the Ten Commandments. The most popular response given was \"God helps those who help themselves.\" Political commentator Bill O'Reilly employed the phrase, in responding to Jim McDermott who argued, \"This is Christmas time. We talk about Good Samaritans, the poor, the little baby Jesus in the cradle and all this stuff. And then we say to the unemployed we won't give you a check", "title": "God helps those who help themselves" }, { "docid": "6820645", "text": "of trouble (Daniel 12:1; Jeremiah 30:7; Isaiah 26:20) just prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and feel that the close of human probation has been delayed by sin and unbelief in the Laodicean church, but can be accelerated through their consistent living of holy lives (consistent obedience to the Ten Commandments by the enabling power of God, through the power of the Holy Spirit) so Christ can come. Seventh-day Adventists teach that, at the end of time, there will be a Christian remnant who are faithful to God in keeping all of His ten commandments, (which includes resting", "title": "Last Generation Theology" }, { "docid": "12285226", "text": "Alternatives to the Ten Commandments Several alternatives to the Ten Commandments have been promulgated by different persons and groups, which intended to improve on the lists of laws known as the Ten Commandments that appear in the Bible. Lists of these kinds exist in many different cultures and times. They are sometimes given names, example: Yamas, but not always. George Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor, and author. In 2001, in a bit in his twelfth HBO stand-up comedy special \"Complaints and Grievances\", George Carlin after making fun of the Ten Commandments initially suggested two commandments, and", "title": "Alternatives to the Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "6749459", "text": "heretics (who might argue that Jews honored only the Ten Commandments). Rabbi Ishmael interpreted (20:2–3 in the NJPS) and (5:6–7 in the NJPS) to be the first of the Ten Commandments. Rabbi Ishmael taught that Scripture speaks in particular of idolatry, for says, “Because he has despised the word of the Lord.” Rabbi Ishmael interpreted this to mean that an idolater despises the first word among the Ten Words or Ten Commandments in (20:2–3 in the NJPS) and (5:6–7 in the NJPS), “I am the Lord your God . . . . You shall have no other gods before Me.”", "title": "Yitro (parsha)" }, { "docid": "13765010", "text": "I am the Lord thy God \"I am the thy God\" (KJV, also \"I am Yahweh your God\" NJB, WEB, \"’Ānōḵî Yahweh ’ĕlōheḵā\") is the opening phrase of the Ten Commandments, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by ancient legal historians and Jewish and Christian biblical scholars. The text of the Ten Commandments according to the Book of Exodus begins: The conventional \"the \" in English translations renders in the Hebrew text (transliterated \"YHWH\"), the proper name of the God of Israel, reconstructed as \"Yahweh\". The translation \"God\" renders אֱלֹהִים (transliterated \"Elohim\"), the normal biblical Hebrew word for \"god,", "title": "I am the Lord thy God" }, { "docid": "12285227", "text": "then added a third additional commandment. Christopher Hitchens was an English American author, columnist, essayist, orator, religious and literary critic, social critic and journalist. His new Ten Commandments are: Richard Dawkins is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. These are the alternative to the Ten Commandments, cited by Dawkins in his book \"The God Delusion\": Dawkins uses these proposed commandments to make a larger point that \"it is the sort of list that any ordinary, decent person today would come up with\". He then adds four more of his own devising: Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician,", "title": "Alternatives to the Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "13004556", "text": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology The Ten Commandments are a series of religious and moral imperatives that are recognized as a moral foundation in several of the Abrahamic religions, including Catholicism. As described in the Old Testament books Exodus and Deuteronomy, the Commandments form part of a covenant offered by God to the Israelites to free them from the spiritual slavery of sin. According to the \"Catechism of the Catholic Church\"—the official exposition of the Catholic Church's Christian beliefs—the Commandments are considered essential for spiritual good health and growth, and serve as the basis for Catholic social teaching. A review", "title": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology" }, { "docid": "4244430", "text": "Hampton recorded \"the Old and the New Covenant\" and a second set of commandments, which Hampton believed God had given to him to pass along because man no longer followed the original Ten Commandments. Some of the text was accompanied by notes in English in Hampton's handwriting. In the notebook, Hampton referred to himself as St. James with the title \"Director, Special Projects for the State of Eternity\" and ended each page with the word \"Revelation\". Hampton had also written texts, some of which refer to religious visions, on various pieces of paper and cardboard and on a few pages", "title": "James Hampton (artist)" }, { "docid": "2363426", "text": "be raised among them that the ten commandments were given by God from Mount Sinai, men would think they were at liberty to steal, and women would think themselves absolved from the restraints of chastity. In 1840 Campbell conducted the prosecution against John Frost, one of the three Chartist leaders who attacked the town of Newport, all of whom were found guilty of high treason. Next year, as the Melbourne administration was near its close, Plunkett, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was forced to resign, and was succeeded by Campbell, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Campbell, of", "title": "John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell" }, { "docid": "5884022", "text": "Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (, \"Aseret ha'Dibrot\"), also known as the Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity. The commandments include instructions to worship only God, to honour one's parents, and to keep the sabbath, as well as prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery, theft, dishonesty, and coveting. Different religious groups follow different traditions for interpreting and numbering them. The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Hebrew Bible, in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. Modern scholarship has found likely influences in Hittite and Mesopotamian", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "8383421", "text": "book for Reader Views in the US. \"The Message of the Cross\" has been published in 57 different languages including English, Nepalese, and Indian vernacular languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Simte, and Tangkhul. Hindi version of the book was covered by CNN-IBN \"The Law of God\" is a collection of Lee’s topical messages on the Ten Commandments. The primary focus of the book is the reason behind the Ten Commandments and the spiritual significance of each Commandment. In the book \"The Power of God\", Lee has attempted to introduce the process in which a person may meet God.", "title": "Jaerock Lee" }, { "docid": "13337483", "text": "Ten Commandments, a basic law of human conduct. He brought the commandments back to his people, only to find that they had descended into idolatry and sin. Enraged and disappointed, he broke the law tablets and threatened that God would punish the Hebrews. The people repented, accepted the new law, and thus prepared to enter The Promised Land. The musical received mixed reviews from theatre critics. However, the actors earned nearly unanimous praise for their performances. Adam Lambert's fame on \"American Idol\" had led DVD releases to feature his name on covers. The Ten Commandments: The Musical The Ten Commandments:", "title": "The Ten Commandments: The Musical" }, { "docid": "5884033", "text": "commandments; a number of works, starting with Rabbi Saadia Gaon, have made groupings of the commandments according to their links with the Ten Commandments. A conservative rabbi, Louis Ginzberg, stated in his book \"Legends of the Jews\", that Ten Commandments are virtually entwined, that the breaking of one leads to the breaking of another. Echoing an earlier rabbinic comment found in the commentary of Rashi to the Songs of Songs (4:5) Ginzberg explained—there is also a great bond of union between the first five commandments and the last five. The first commandment: \"I am the Lord, thy God,\" corresponds to", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "8286298", "text": "did not want to lend credence to the arguments of the heretics (who might argue that Jews honored only the Ten Commandments). Rabbi Tobiah bar Isaac read the words of and \"I am the Lord your God,\" to teach that it was on the condition that the Israelites acknowledged God as their God that God (in the continuation of and ) \"brought you out of the land of Egypt.\" And a Midrash compared \"I am the Lord your God\" to a princess who having been taken captive by robbers, was rescued by a king, who subsequently asked her to marry", "title": "Va'etchanan" }, { "docid": "13004625", "text": "the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.\" As Jesus stated, \"What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own Church teaching on the tenth commandment is directed toward this same attitude toward worldly goods, termed \"poverty of spirit\". Ten Commandments in Catholic theology The Ten Commandments are a series of religious and moral imperatives that are recognized as a moral foundation in several of the Abrahamic religions, including Catholicism. As described in the Old Testament books Exodus and Deuteronomy, the Commandments form part of a covenant offered by God to", "title": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology" }, { "docid": "188747", "text": "father and mother\"), brought to England by William Tyndale. The founding of royal authority on the Ten Commandments was another important shift: reformers within the Church used the Commandments' emphasis on faith and the word of God, while conservatives emphasised the need for dedication to God and doing good. The reformers' efforts lay behind the publication of the \"Great Bible\" in 1539 in English. Protestant Reformers still faced persecution, particularly over objections to Henry's annulment. Many fled abroad, including the influential Tyndale, who was eventually executed and his body burned at Henry's behest. When taxes once payable to Rome were", "title": "Henry VIII of England" }, { "docid": "4759878", "text": "1984. Credonia Mwerinde also had a similar vision in a cavern near Kibweteere's house in Rwashamaire, Uganda. In 1989 the two met and formed the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, with the mission to spread the Virgin's message about the apocalypse. The group grew rapidly and also attracted several defrocked Catholic priests and nuns who worked as theologians, rationalizing messages from the leadership. Two of the arrivals were the excommunicated priests Paul Ikazire and Dominic Kataribabo. The sect grew in importance with the arrival of Dominic Kataribabo, a respected and popular priest with a PhD", "title": "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God" }, { "docid": "10936902", "text": "Supper, an annual memorial of Christ’s death in which believers eat the bread and drink from the cup symbols of His body and blood. They extend charity toward those who may observe communion at other times. This communion service demonstrates fellowship with our Savior until He comes again. The Ten Commandments were known and obeyed by faithful people before the law was given at Sinai. Later incorporated into the new covenant by the example and teaching of Christ, they constitute the basic moral code for humanity and are obeyed to demonstrate the believer’s love for God and his fellowman. Free", "title": "Free Bible Students" }, { "docid": "4759888", "text": "murder by these priests for monetary gain\". Vice president Dr. Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe said, \"These were callously, well-orchestrated mass murders perpetrated by a network of diabolic, malevolent criminals masquerading as religious people.\" Although it was initially assumed that the five leaders died in the fire, police now believe that Joseph Kibweteere and Credonia Mwerinde may still be alive, and have issued an international warrant for their arrest. In 2014, it was announced by the Uganda National Police that there were reports that Kibweteere was hiding in Malawi. Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God The Movement for", "title": "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God" }, { "docid": "5884046", "text": "St. Augustine, following the then current synagogue scribal division. The first three commandments govern the relationship between God and humans, the fourth through eighth govern public relationships between people, and the last two govern private thoughts. See Luther's Small Catechism and Large Catechism. The \"Articles of the Church of England, Revised and altered by the Assembly of Divines, at Westminster, in the year 1643\" state that \"no Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the commandments which are called moral. By the moral law, we understand all the Ten Commandments taken in their full extent.\" The Westminster Confession,", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "18938497", "text": "partial recovery, he undertook painting a series of works based on the Ten Commandments, four of which were reprinted by the United Nations. The subject was close to his heart, he admits: \"People are always asking things from God. I think that is shameful. I say you have nothing but to give thanks to God every day and every minute...That is why the Ten Commandments are so important.\" Albert Nemethy Albert Szatmar Nemethy (; March 31, 1920 – September 3, 1998) was a Hungarian-born American artist, noted for being one of the Hudson Valley's most legendary art figures. Art historian", "title": "Albert Nemethy" }, { "docid": "13004568", "text": "of our neighbor\". In the same way, the Lord gave the twofold Great Commandment, for God and for the neighbour, by virtue of the four reasons of charity. The most recent \"Catechism of the Catholic Church\"—the official summary of Church beliefs—devotes a large section to the Commandments, which serve as the basis for Catholic social teaching. According to the \"Catechism\", the Church has given them a predominant place in teaching the faith since the fifth century. Kreeft explains that the Church regards them as \"a path of life\", and a \"path to freedom\" just as a schoolyard fence protects children", "title": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology" }, { "docid": "6938483", "text": "followers. The Dragon pursued the woman and tried to drown her, but the water drained away into the ground. The woman grew wings and flew away. The Dragon was enraged, and went to war with the remainder of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God. A beast with ten horns atop seven heads rises out of the sea and is given authority to rule the Earth by the Dragon. The people of Earth marvel at the beast's abilities and worship it and the Dragon. (). The beast is able to control the entire planet, and goes to war against", "title": "Events of Revelation" }, { "docid": "13765021", "text": "of the aged, and kindness to foreigners. The prophet Isaiah asserts that failure to obey the commandments is the reason for Israel’s captivity and had the nation obeyed the commandments, they would have had peace like a river. The prophet Joel looks forward to future blessing through which God’s people will know that Yahweh is their God through his wondrous deeds on their behalf. I am the Lord thy God \"I am the thy God\" (KJV, also \"I am Yahweh your God\" NJB, WEB, \"’Ānōḵî Yahweh ’ĕlōheḵā\") is the opening phrase of the Ten Commandments, which are widely understood as", "title": "I am the Lord thy God" }, { "docid": "3495210", "text": "J (Exodus 34), this gives some antiquity and there may be some original events serving as a basis to the stories. The Golden Calf story is only in the E version and a later editor added in an explanation that God made a second pair of tablets to give continuity to the J story. The actual Ten Commandments as given in Exodus 20 were also inserted by the redactor who combined the various sources. Archaeologists Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman say that while archaeology has found traces left by small bands of hunter-gatherers in the Sinai, there is no", "title": "Golden calf" }, { "docid": "6749422", "text": "the stones to make a stone altar. And God prohibited ascending the altar by steps, so as not to exposed the priests' nakedness. Jews who read the Torah according to the triennial cycle of Torah reading may read the parashah according to a different schedule. Some congregations that read the Torah according to the triennial cycle read the parashah in three divisions with the Ten Commandments in years two and three, while other congregations that read the Torah according to the triennial cycle nonetheless read the entire parashah with Ten Commandments every year. The parashah has parallels in these ancient", "title": "Yitro (parsha)" }, { "docid": "1766225", "text": "Hebrew Bible. The first use is in Genesis where God says that Abraham has \"obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments ( '), my statutes, and my laws\". In the Septuagint the word is usually translated with \"entole\" (). In Second Temple period funeral inscriptions the epithet \"phil-entolos\", \"lover of the commandments\", was sometimes inscribed on Jewish tombs. Other words are also used in Hebrew for commands and statutes; the Ten Commandments (עשרת הדיברות), for example, are the \"Ten Words\". The Tanakh does not state that there are 613 commandments. The tradition that the number is 613 began", "title": "Mitzvah" }, { "docid": "13661866", "text": "on the cross. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy \"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy\" is one of the Ten Commandments found in the Hebrew Bible. The full text of the commandment reads: When God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments at biblical Mount Sinai, they were commanded to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy by not doing any work and allowing the whole household to cease from work. This was in recognition of God's act of creation and the special status that God had conferred on the seventh day during the creation week. The", "title": "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" }, { "docid": "13661841", "text": "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy \"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy\" is one of the Ten Commandments found in the Hebrew Bible. The full text of the commandment reads: When God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments at biblical Mount Sinai, they were commanded to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy by not doing any work and allowing the whole household to cease from work. This was in recognition of God's act of creation and the special status that God had conferred on the seventh day during the creation week. The Sabbath day also", "title": "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" }, { "docid": "13004559", "text": "Jesus into two \"Great Commandments\" that teach \"love of God\" and \"love of neighbor\", they instruct individuals on their relationships with both. The first three commandments demand respect for God's name, observation of the Lord's Day and prohibit the worship of other gods. The others deal with the relationships between individuals, such as that between parent and child; they include prohibitions against lying, stealing, murdering, adultery and covetousness. The Old Testament refers to ten individual commandments, even though there are more than ten imperative sentences in the two relevant texts: Exodus 20:1–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21. The Old Testament does not", "title": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology" }, { "docid": "19417736", "text": "Biggie's \"Ten Crack Commandments\" Into New Pro-Hillary Song.” Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Turn Biggie's \"Ten Crack Commandments\" Into New Pro-Hillary Song | Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2016, pitchfork.com/news/69090-watch-lin-manuel-miranda-turn-biggies-ten-crack-commandments-into-new-pro-hillary-song/. Ten Crack Commandments Ten Crack Commandments is a song by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. on disc two of his final studio album, ‘’Life After Death’’. It was written by B.I.G. (credited under his legal name, Christopher Wallace) along with Christopher Martin who also produced the song under his stage name DJ Premier. Complex (magazine) rated the song #1 song about selling drugs. In March 2017, Faith Evans released the single ‘’The Ten", "title": "Ten Crack Commandments" }, { "docid": "13004562", "text": "history of ancient Israel\". The coming of Jesus is seen by the Catholic Church as the fulfillment of the destiny of the Jews, who were chosen, according to Peter Kreeft, to \"show the true God to the world\". Jesus acknowledged the Commandments and instructed his followers to go further, requiring, in Kreeft's words, \"more, not less: a 'righteousness (which) exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees. Explaining Church teaching, Kreeft states, \"The Commandments are to the moral order what the creation story in Genesis 1 is to the natural order. They are God's order conquering chaos. They are not man's", "title": "Ten Commandments in Catholic theology" }, { "docid": "1766222", "text": "Mitzvah In its primary meaning, the Hebrew word (; meaning \"commandment\", , , Biblical: '; plural ' , Biblical: '; from ' \"command\") refers to precepts and commandments commanded by God, with the additional connotation of one's religious duty. It is used in rabbinical Judaism to refer to the 613 commandments given in the Torah at biblical Mount Sinai and the seven rabbinic commandments instituted later for a total of 620. The 613 commandments are divided into two categories: 365 negative commandments and 248 positive commandments. According to the Talmud, all moral laws are, or are derived from, divine commandments.", "title": "Mitzvah" }, { "docid": "4691922", "text": "duty to be involved in government. Familial dynamics was a recurrent issue for Rogers. He focused most closely on fathers that he labeled \"drop-out dads.\" According to Rogers, since the Bible emphasizes the paternal role in a family, the father should be the primary source of teaching in the home. He was critical of fathers who do not fulfill this role: \"We have dads today that are interested in sports, business, and sex. They've forgotten their God-given assignments to teach the Ten Commandments .\" He went on to say that social problems, such as gun violence, are the consequences of", "title": "Adrian Rogers" }, { "docid": "5884023", "text": "laws and treaties, but is divided over exactly when the Ten Commandments were written and who wrote them. In biblical Hebrew, the Ten Commandments are called (transliterated ) and in Mishnaic Hebrew (transliterated ), both translatable as \"the ten words\", \"the ten sayings\", or \"the ten matters\". The Tyndale and Coverdale English biblical translations used \"ten verses\". The Geneva Bible used \"tenne commandements\", which was followed by the Bishops' Bible and the Authorized Version (the \"King James\" version) as \"ten commandments\". Most major English versions use \"commandments.\" The English name \"Decalogue\" is derived from Greek , \"dekalogos\", the latter meaning", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "19417731", "text": "Ten Crack Commandments Ten Crack Commandments is a song by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. on disc two of his final studio album, ‘’Life After Death’’. It was written by B.I.G. (credited under his legal name, Christopher Wallace) along with Christopher Martin who also produced the song under his stage name DJ Premier. Complex (magazine) rated the song #1 song about selling drugs. In March 2017, Faith Evans released the single ‘’The Ten Wife Commandments’’ as the fourth single from her duet album with the rapper, The King & I. Lin-Manuel Miranda paid homage with the song ‘’Ten Duel Commandments’’", "title": "Ten Crack Commandments" }, { "docid": "3475643", "text": "the Methodist movement John Wesley held that the moral law, which is contained in the Ten Commandments, continues to stand today: Wesleyan covenant theology, unlike Reformed classical covenant theology, emphasizes the fact that though God iniates a covenant with humanity, humans are given the free will to follow Him, and \"God is always the innocent party in cases where salvation is lost\". It is thus frequent for Methodist churches to conduct Covenant Renewal Services, so that Methodists can personally renew their covenant with the Creator; this liturgy is traditionally preceded by prayer and fasting. 1689 Baptist Confession Covenant theology Covenant", "title": "Covenant theology" }, { "docid": "4759876", "text": "was the Christian resistance group, the Holy Spirit Movement, which fought against the government of Yoweri Museveni. A former member of another unrelated sect, Paul Ikazire, would explain his motivation to join the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, \"We joined the movement as a protest against the Catholic Church. We had good intentions. The church was backsliding, the priests were covered in scandals and the AIDS scourge was taking its toll on the faithful. The world seemed poised to end.\" The earliest origins of the movement have been traced back to Credonia Mwerinde's father Paulo", "title": "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God" }, { "docid": "7788414", "text": "be observed since they are not commanded in the Torah. There is no unified Christology in the Hebrew Roots movement. It is not rare to find among Hebrew Roots believers people who reject the notion of Yeshua as God in the flesh. The \"\"notion of a “Trinity” or any other “God in the flesh” Messiah teaching is a fundamental violation of that clear understanding of the ONE and ONLY true God\",\" according to some in the movement. To make Yeshua as God is \"\"the equivalent of breaking the first of the Ten Words\"\" (Ten Commandments) according to others. Hebrew Roots", "title": "Hebrew Roots" }, { "docid": "16983540", "text": "them to the \"Promised Land\" of Israel. While the historicity of these accounts is not considered precise, the stories of the Hebrew Bible have been an inspiration for vast quantities of Western art, literature and scholarship. Around 1000BC, the Israelites had a period of power under King David who captured Jerusalem. His son King Solomon constructed the first magnificent Temple at Jerusalem for the worship of God. The Jews rejected the polytheism common to that age and would worship only God, whose Ten Commandments instructed them on how to live. These commandments remain influential in the West and prohibited theft,", "title": "History of Western civilization before AD 500" }, { "docid": "15387342", "text": "in 1995, Faith and Action’s Ten Commandments Project has given over 400 plaques depicting the Ten Commandments to members of Congress and other highly placed officials, including former presidents Clinton and Bush. Special delegations made up of clergy and lay people make the presentations during ceremonies held in the recipients’ offices. The agenda includes a short speech describing religion as the foundational basis of morality and law, a reading of the Commandments in their entirety, and prayers. The official is then given an inscribed wooden plaque on which is mounted two stone polymer tablets containing a summary of the Ten", "title": "Faith and Action" }, { "docid": "6749519", "text": "and 14 negative commandments in the parashah: The second blessing before the \"Shema\" speaks of how God \"loves His people Israel,\" reflecting the statement of that Israel is God's people. The fire surrounding God's Presence in is reflected in which is in turn one of the six Psalms recited at the beginning of the Kabbalat Shabbat prayer service. Reuven Hammer noted that recorded what was in effect the first siddur, as a part of which priests daily recited the Ten Commandments. It is customary for listeners to stand while the reader chants the Ten Commandments in the synagogue, as if", "title": "Yitro (parsha)" }, { "docid": "15345673", "text": "ages. Some have criticized NCT for proposing that the Ten Commandments have been cancelled. New Covenant Theology is an Evangelical position, but within evangelicalism there are divergent views on a number of topics. One of those topics is how the salvation history fits together, and the relationship of the covenants within salvation history. Christ's work on the cross is the New Covenant, by which people are reconciled to God sola gratia, and it includes various promises given in Old Testament times. The Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants were temporary covenants—the latter were for the (generally unbelieving) people of God, Israel—and had", "title": "New Covenant theology" }, { "docid": "13662014", "text": "well as any image of a created thing to which divinity would be ascribed. In a number of places the ancient texts assert that God has no shape or form and is utterly incomparable; thus no idol, image, idea, or anything in creation could ever capture God's essence. The narrative in Deuteronomy 4 recounts that when the Israelites were visited by God at Mt. Sinai at the time the Ten Commandments were given, they saw no shape or form and this is stated as a reason why any physical representation of the divine is prohibited – no idols of humans,", "title": "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" }, { "docid": "783834", "text": "round. The depth of the sea was five ells, corresponding to the distance of five hundred years' journey between heaven and earth (compare Chagigah 13a). The band of thirty ells around it corresponded to the Ten Commandments, to the at the creation of the world, and to the ten Sefirot: for the world can exist only when the Ten Commandments are observed, and the ten Sefirot as well as the ten words of God were the instruments of the Creation. The two rows of colocynths (knops) below the rim were symbolic of the sun and the moon, while the twelve", "title": "Molten Sea" }, { "docid": "9866172", "text": "and there must be a moral and spiritual perfection of the believers before the end time. In the Consecrated Way, he wrote: \"Sanctification is the true keeping of all the commandments of God. In other words, this is to say that the will of God concerning man is that His will shall be perfectly fulfilled in man. His will is expressed in His law of ten commandments, which is \"the whole duty of man.\" This law is perfect, and perfection of character is the perfect expression of this law in the life of the worshiper of God. By this law", "title": "Alonzo T. Jones" }, { "docid": "4535286", "text": "power of God compensated solely in terms of individual relationships. The Ten Commandments reflect the basic structure of the Natural Law insofar as it applies to humanity. The first three are the foundation for everything that follows: The Love of God, the Worship of God, the sanctity of God and the building of people around God. The other seven Commandments are to do with the love of humanity and describe the different ways in which we must serve the common good : Honour your father and mother, you shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal,", "title": "Catholic social teaching" }, { "docid": "15704030", "text": "included \"the New Testament requirements, such as repentance, faith, baptism, Lord's Supper, washing the saints’ feet, etc.\" that Jesus practiced. This position countered those in the Protestant world who considered those requirements to be the \"commandments of God.\" By identifying them as the \"faith of Jesus,\" Adventists distinguished and preserved the perennial imperatives of the Ten Commandments and the Sabbath. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has traditionally believed that it is the remnant church of Bible prophecy, and that its mission is to proclaim the three angels' messages. In Fundamental Belief #13: \"The universal church is composed of all who truly", "title": "Pillars of Adventism" }, { "docid": "5884044", "text": "of the Catholic Church's Christian beliefs—the Commandments are considered essential for spiritual good health and growth, and serve as the basis for social justice. Church teaching of the Commandments is largely based on the Old and New Testaments and the writings of the early Church Fathers. In the New Testament, Jesus acknowledged their validity and instructed his disciples to go further, demanding a righteousness exceeding that of the scribes and Pharisees. Summarized by Jesus into two \"great commandments\" that teach the love of God and love of neighbour, they instruct individuals on their relationships with both. The Eastern Orthodox Church", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "15532726", "text": "moral and spiritual perfection of the believers before the end time. In the Consecrated Way, he wrote: \"Sanctification is the true keeping of all the commandments of God. In other words, this is to say that the will of God concerning man is that His will shall be perfectly fulfilled in man. His will is expressed in His law of ten commandments, which is \"the whole duty of man.\" This law is perfect, and perfection of character is the perfect expression of this law in the life of the worshiper of God. By this law is the knowledge of sin.", "title": "Seventh-day Adventist Church Pioneers" }, { "docid": "13661939", "text": "traditions look down on any minimal physical pleasure evoked by intercourse as leading to concupiscence, or tendency toward or lowered ability to resist sin, in this case, sexual sin. Before the account of the Ten Commandments, there are biblical examples that adultery was understood to be a serious offense. According to Exodus, the law forbidding adultery was codified at Mount Sinai as one of the Ten Commandments written by the finger of God on stone tablets. Details regarding the administration of this law and additional boundaries on sexual behavior followed. According to Deuteronomy, the commandment was reaffirmed as the leadership", "title": "Thou shalt not commit adultery" }, { "docid": "14856023", "text": "includes a short speech which describes religion as the foundational basis of morality and law, a reading of the Commandments in their entirety, and prayers. The official is then given an inscribed wooden plaque on which is mounted two stone polymer tablets containing a summary of the Ten Commandments. Recipients are urged to \"display and obey\" the Ten Commandments. Schenck chose to promote the Ten Commandments because he believes that they have a universal and enduring nature and that they are fundamental to morality. At the present time, however, he has publicly stated that he has considered requesting some of", "title": "Rob Schenck" }, { "docid": "5884035", "text": "thy neighbor,\" for he who bears false witness against his neighbor commits as grave a sin as if he had borne false witness against God, saying that He had not created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day (the holy Sabbath). The fifth commandment: \"Honor thy father and thy mother,\" corresponds to the tenth: \"Covet not thy neighbor's wife,\" for one who indulges this lust produces children who will not honor their true father, but will consider a stranger their father. The traditional Rabbinical Jewish belief is that the observance of these commandments and the other", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "5884031", "text": "only God), the greatest injury to a person (murder), the greatest injury to family bonds (adultery), the greatest injury to commerce and law (bearing false witness), the greatest inter-generational obligation (honour to parents), the greatest obligation to community (truthfulness), the greatest injury to moveable property (theft). The Ten Commandments are written with room for varying interpretation, reflecting their role as a summary of fundamental principles. They are not as explicit or detailed as rules or many other biblical laws and commandments, because they provide guiding principles that apply universally, across changing circumstances. They do not specify punishments for their violation.", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "14666644", "text": "Tianzhu (Chinese name of God) Tianzhu (Chinese: 天主, Tiānzhǔ), meaning \"Heavenly Master\" or \"Lord of Heaven,\" was the Chinese word used by the Jesuit China missions to designate God. The word first appeared in Michele Ruggieri's Chinese translation of the \"Decalogo\", or \"Ten Commandments\". In 1584, Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci published their first catechism, \"Tiānzhǔ shílù\" (天主實錄, \"The Veritable Record of the Lord of Heaven\"). Matteo Ricci later wrote a catechism entitled \"Tiānzhŭ Shíyì\" (天主實義, \"The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven\"). Following the Chinese rites controversy, the term \"Tiānzhŭ\" was officially adopted by the Pope in 1715, who", "title": "Tianzhu (Chinese name of God)" }, { "docid": "6503019", "text": "and they view these Commandments in four different ways. There is Mrs. McTavish, the mother, who keeps the Commandments the wrong way. She is narrow. She is bigoted. She is bound with ritual. She is a representative of orthodoxy, yet withal she is a fine, clean, strong woman just like dozens we all know. There is a girl, Mary Leigh, who doesn't bother about the Ten Commandments at all. She is a good kid, but she has spent so much time working that she hasn't learned the Ten Commandments... Dan McTavish knows the Ten Commandments, but defies them. John McTavish", "title": "The Ten Commandments (1923 film)" }, { "docid": "5884042", "text": "of Mount Gerizim. The text of the Samaritan tenth commandment follows: Most traditions of Christianity hold that the Ten Commandments have divine authority and continue to be valid, though they have different interpretations and uses of them. The Apostolic Constitutions, which implore believers to \"always remember the ten commands of God,\" reveal the importance of the Decalogue in the early Church. Through most of Christian history the decalogue was considered a summary of God's law and standard of behaviour, central to Christian life, piety, and worship. During his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explicitly referenced the prohibitions against murder and", "title": "Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "702211", "text": "Marshall, \"The Bishops' Book\" rejected the traditional Catholic numbering of the Ten Commandments, in which the prohibition on making and worshiping graven images was part of the first commandment, \"Thou shalt have no other gods before me\". In agreement with the Eastern Orthodox and Huldrych Zwingli's church at Zurich, the authors of the \"Bishops' Book\" adopted the Jewish tradition of separating these commandments. While allowing images of Christ and the saints, the exposition on the second commandment taught against representations of God the Father and criticised those who \"be more ready with their substance to deck dead images gorgeously and", "title": "Thirty-nine Articles" }, { "docid": "20137558", "text": "rules involved in a duel of the era, before the seconds in the duel, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, convene to attempt to make peace. Burr labels duels \"dumb and immature\", but Hamilton insists that they proceed. The duel continues as planned, with Laurens emerging victorious having wounded his opponent. Washington then interrupts the scene, calling for medical attention to be given to Lee and demanding a word with Hamilton. The eponymous ten commandments refer to the Ten Commandments of the Abrahamic faiths, which guide followers on how to live their lives. Miranda also stated that the concept of ten", "title": "Ten Duel Commandments" }, { "docid": "11552924", "text": "solidarity and be concerned with the fate of their Hutu brothers. 10. The Social Revolution of 1959, the Referendum of 1961, and the Hutu Ideology, must be taught to every Hutu at every level. Every Hutu must spread this ideology widely. Any Hutu who persecutes his brother Hutu for having read, spread, and taught this ideology is a traitor. Hutu Ten Commandments The \"Hutu Ten Commandments\" (also \"Ten Commandments of the Bahutu\") was a document published in the December 1990 edition of \"Kangura\", an anti-Tutsi, Hutu Power Kinyarwanda-language newspaper in Kigali, Rwanda. The Hutu Ten Commandments are often cited as", "title": "Hutu Ten Commandments" }, { "docid": "8460607", "text": "painting above Akhnaton's throne. With that said, the ankh was used in the original novel. Likewise, Akhnaton's dying revelation that God is much more than the face of the sun is actually found among Waltari's best-known writings. Some of the sets, costumes, and props from this film were bought and re-used by Cecil B. DeMille for \"The Ten Commandments\" (1956). As the events in that story take place seventy years after those in \"The Egyptian\", this re-use creates an unintended sense of continuity. The commentary track on the \"Ten Commandments\" DVD points out many of these re-uses. Only three actors,", "title": "The Egyptian (film)" }, { "docid": "5997287", "text": "[[Angola]] in February 2013 after an incident at the Citadela Desportiva in December 2012, which resulted in the death of several people. The Aid Organs of the Presidency of the Republic also recommended that similar churches which have not been recognised by the state be banned, including \"Igrejas Mundial do Poder de Deus\", \"Mundial do Reino de Deus\", \"Mundial Internacional\", \"Mundial da Promessa de Deus\", \"Mundial Renovada\" and \"Igreja Evangélica Pentecostal Nova Jerusalém\" be suspended. In Brazil this news was published with a response from local religious leaders. \"[[The Ten Commandments: The Movie|The Ten Commandments]]\" is a film released in", "title": "Universal Church of the Kingdom of God" }, { "docid": "5884074", "text": "U.S. civil religion, along with adding the phrase \"under God\" to the Pledge of Allegiance. By the beginning of the twenty-first century in the U.S., however, Decalogue monuments and plaques in government spaces had become a legal battleground between religious as well as political liberals and conservatives. Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State launched lawsuits challenging the posting of the ten commandments in public buildings. The ACLU has been supported by a number of religious groups (such as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the American Jewish Congress), both", "title": "Ten Commandments" } ]
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when did ford quit making the 7.3 diesel
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[ { "docid": "3802130", "text": "by the 6.0L because of its inability to meet newer emission requirements. Nearly 2 million 7.3s were produced from International's Indianapolis plant. The 7.3L DI Power Stroke engine is commonly referred to as one of the best engines that International produced. The 7.3L (444 CID) Power Stroke was replaced by the 6.0L (365 CID) beginning in the second quarter of the 2003 model year. The 6.0L Power Stroke, was used in Ford Super Duty trucks until the 2007 model year but lasted until 2009 in the Ford Econoline vans (model year 2010) and in the Ford Excursion SUVs until after", "title": "Ford Power Stroke engine" }, { "docid": "3694879", "text": "V8 was standard, with the 6.8L V10 as an option. As a running change during the 2003 model year, the Navistar-sourced Powerstroke diesel V8 was changed from the 7.3L V8 to the 6.0L V8. The 4-speed 4R100 automatic was standard with the Triton engines and the 7.3L diesel; a 5R110W 5-speed automatic was paired with the 6.0L diesel. Although using the 3/4 ton chassis of the F-250, the Excursion was rated with a GVWR of when equipped with gasoline engines, and with equipped with diesel engines. As its GVWR was above 8,500 lbs, the Excursion was exempt from EPA fuel", "title": "Ford Excursion" }, { "docid": "5039107", "text": "touch materials, 'ebony' dark colour scheme. Ford Everest The Ford Everest, also known as the Ford Endeavour in the Indian market, is a mid-sized sport utility vehicle (SUV) produced by Ford Motor Company since 2003 over three generations. The Everest is a five-door SUV variant of the Ford Ranger four-door pickup truck. Ford unveiled the MY19 Ford Everest in May 2018. Changes include the new 2.0L Bi-Turbo I4 Diesel engine paired to the 10-speed Automatic transmission. Other changes include Autonomous Emergency Braking, a standard kick-activated power liftgate on Trend and Titanium models, new wheels, Sync 3 now standard on Ambiente", "title": "Ford Everest" }, { "docid": "5039106", "text": "Ford Everest The Ford Everest, also known as the Ford Endeavour in the Indian market, is a mid-sized sport utility vehicle (SUV) produced by Ford Motor Company since 2003 over three generations. The Everest is a five-door SUV variant of the Ford Ranger four-door pickup truck. Ford unveiled the MY19 Ford Everest in May 2018. Changes include the new 2.0L Bi-Turbo I4 Diesel engine paired to the 10-speed Automatic transmission. Other changes include Autonomous Emergency Braking, a standard kick-activated power liftgate on Trend and Titanium models, new wheels, Sync 3 now standard on Ambiente models. Interior changes include more soft", "title": "Ford Everest" }, { "docid": "3751963", "text": "points per game, he was selected to the All-EuroLeague 2002–03 First Team, after Siena qualified to the 2003 EuroLeague Final Four. Unfortunately, Ford had one of his worst shooting nights ever, in the semifinal against Benetton Treviso: he scored 15 points, making only 5 of his 19 shots. His 7 rebounds and 2 steals did not allow his team to overcome Benetton's obstacle, as they lost 62–65 in a highly intense game. In the Italian League 2002–03 season, Ford averaged 19.1 points per game, and Siena finished in fourth place in the league. Despite his leukemia being in an advanced", "title": "Alphonso Ford" }, { "docid": "3523160", "text": "a Ford Powerstroke diesel, also sourced from Navistar. For 1997, nearly the entire engine line was replaced, with only the 7.3L Powerstroke diesel remaining. A 4.2L Essex V6 replaced the 4.9L inline-6 and the 7.5L V8 was replaced by a 6.8L Triton V10. The and Windsor V8s were replaced by 4.6L and 5.4L Triton V8s, respectively. During the 2003 model year, the 7.3L Powerstroke diesel was replaced by a 6.0L Powerstroke diesel, again sourced by Navistar; due to the lack of airflow in the engine compartment compared to the Ford Super Duty trucks, the version used in the E series", "title": "Ford E series" } ]
[ { "docid": "7666453", "text": "Ford Focus, Ford Fiesta, Ford Escape, Mazda 3, Mazda 5, and Mazda Tribute. Also, all 2007 model year Asia/Pacific (except China and South Korean markets) Ford Escapes are assembled by Ford Lio Ho. The Taiwan-assembled Mondeo is also exported to China and Saudi Arabia. After the ban on diesel-engined passenger cars was lifted in Taiwan in 2004, Ford Liou Ho became the first local manufacturer to build a diesel car. This was a diesel Focus, introduced in August 2007. Before Ford divested Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008, and significantly reduced share-holding of Mazda in 2010, the Taiwanese units of", "title": "Ford Lio Ho Motor" }, { "docid": "4594267", "text": "Motors in 1978) had become popular, as they offered the power of a big-block V8 with the fuel economy of a smaller engine. Ford entered into a supply agreement with International Harvester to receive its 6.9 L IDI V8 engine. The first diesel-powered Ford pickup trucks debuted for 1982; it was available for 3/4 and 1-ton models. GM at the time had a Detroit Diesel V8 engine also on its debut, prior to that GM used a 350 Diesel. Dodge started using a Cummins six-cylinder in 1988. In 1994, when the International 7.3 L IDI V8 was replaced by the", "title": "Navistar International" }, { "docid": "4139296", "text": "Ford Endura-D engine The Ford Endura-D engine is a 1,753cc inline-4 diesel power unit used in a variety of vehicles made by the Ford Motor Company, including the Ford Escort (Europe), Ford Focus, Ford Fiesta, Ford Mondeo, Ford Orion, Ford Sierra, Ford Transit Connect and Ford Ikon. Originally branded Lynx it had... 1.8 DIESEL stamped on its rocker cover, it is an engine which has featured in the Ford range since the late 1980s in models such as the Mk 3 Fiesta, Mk 4 Ford Escort (Europe), Ford Sierra, and Mk 1 Ford Mondeo. The 1.8 itself was a development", "title": "Ford Endura-D engine" }, { "docid": "18699546", "text": "Ford in providing engines for the heavier-duty Ford Cargos. Output is at 4800 rpm. The cranskhaft has five bearings and the glowplugs were of the quicker in-cylinder type, reducing pre-heating times to between 7 and 12 seconds depending on the outside temperature. Ford LT engine The Ford LT engine (sometimes referred to as the \"Dagenham\") is a 1.6 litre diesel power inline-four engine used in the Ford Escort (Europe) as well as its Orion and Escort Van derivatives. It was also installed in the Ford Fiesta Mark 2. The LT was designed from the beginning exclusively to be a diesel", "title": "Ford LT engine" }, { "docid": "1853609", "text": "with the American-built Probe, and then enjoyed more success with its smaller Puma between 1997 and 2002. In May 2000 Ford announced that passenger car assembly as its Ford Dagenham plant would cease in 2002, ending 90 years of Ford passenger car assembly in the UK. At the same time Ford announced that it would invest US$500 million in the expansion of a diesel engine factory at the site, making Dagenham its largest diesel engine center worldwide and creating about 500 new jobs to offset the 1,900 lost in vehicle assembly. In December 2004 Ford announced a further investment of", "title": "Automotive industry in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "14865854", "text": "1977/1978 the \"A\" retained its profile for the entire period of production. The A series could be divided into two categories: Four different engines were offered: a 2.4l 4-cylinder diesel. A 3.54l 6-cylinder diesel, actually a 2.4 with 2 more cylinders, a 2l V4 petrol and a 3l V6 petrol. Three transmissions were offered: Ford 4-speed 4-310 synchro only on 2-3-4, Turner 4 spd T4-150 1-2-3-4 synchro, and the ZF 5 spd S5-24/3 1-2-3-4-5 synchro offered as a high capacity unit. 3 driving axles were offered: The versions with 14-inch wheels had a slightly modified 50-series axle (Ford type 24)", "title": "Ford A series" }, { "docid": "2607387", "text": "the option of an enlarged diesel engine was introduced. The stroke of remained the same as that of the existing 2112 cc diesel motor, but for the larger engine the bore was increased to , giving an overall 2304 cc along with an increase in claimed power output from . The 2112 cc diesel engine would also find its way into the Ford Granada since Ford did not at the time produce a sufficient volume of diesel sedans in this class to justify the development of their own diesel engine. Peugeot 504 production in Europe was pruned back in 1979", "title": "Peugeot 504" }, { "docid": "12194877", "text": "for the Intercontinental Championship and The Roadie defeated 1–2–3 Kid. Both Jarrett and the Roadie legit quit WWF the following day. The pay-per-view received a 0.7 buyrate, equivalent to approximately 280,000 buys. The most prominent feud heading into the pay-per-view was between then-WWF Champion Diesel and Sid. At WrestleMania XI, Diesel had retained the championship against his former partner, Shawn Michaels, partly due to an interference by Michaels' bodyguard Sid backfiring. When Michaels said that for a potential rematch, he would give Sid the night off, he was attacked by his bodyguard and eventually saved by Diesel. This turned Michaels,", "title": "In Your House 2" }, { "docid": "3577463", "text": "Brazil, the petrol engines are often converted to also run with alternative fuels, E-96h (Brazilian-spec ethanol) and compressed natural gas (CNG). Biodiesel also is used in Diesel engines. The addition of the 3.0l V6 turbo diesel engine could potentially make the Ford F-150 go global and in both LHD and RHD from the factory. Ford F-Series The Ford F-Series is a series of light-duty trucks and medium-duty trucks (Class 2-7) that have been marketed and manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1948. While most variants of the F-Series trucks are full-size pickup trucks, the F-Series also includes chassis cab trucks", "title": "Ford F-Series" }, { "docid": "14443365", "text": "million by Ford. Announced in 2010, the Australian Focus was set for arrival in August 2011. Going on sale would be a hatch and a sedan, in 4 trim levels and 3 powertrains. The Focus range starts with the base Ambiente, Trend, mid-range Sport and top-of-the-line Titanium. Powering the Ford Focus are 2 petrol, a 1.6 petrol with 92KW and 159NM, a 2.0 petrol with 118KW and 198NM, and one diesel, a 2.0 turbo diesel with 120KW and 340NM. Ambiente coming with the 1.6, and the Trend, Sport and Titanium standard with the 2.0 petrol, with the 2.0 diesel available", "title": "Ford Focus (third generation)" }, { "docid": "4139297", "text": "of the (then all-new) LT 1.6 Diesel unit, originally first featured in the Mk 3 Ford Escort and Mk 2 Fiesta. Still branded Lynx, later engines had Endura-DE stamped on the rocker cover, and first featured in the Mk 4 Ford Fiesta, Mk 6 Ford Escort (Europe) and Mk 2 Ford Mondeo The Endura-DE engine features a cast iron block and indirect injection style cylinder head, which means there is a combustion chamber built into the cylinder head. This engine makes use of aluminium for some other components to minimise the weight penalty of the Diesel engine. It has a", "title": "Ford Endura-D engine" }, { "docid": "17152904", "text": "he set foot on the Michigan gridiron. Miller was furious and wrote an angry article which the newspaper refused to publish. The Georgia Tech incident later became part of the public legacy of President Gerald Ford. Ward and Ford met during freshman orientation in 1932, and the two became friends and roommates when the football team traveled for road games. When Ford learned that the school had capitulated to Georgia Tech, he reportedly quit or threatened to quit the team to take a stand for his friend, Ward. Ford wrote in his autobiography that he felt the decision to keep", "title": "History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years" }, { "docid": "10963955", "text": "the usage of winter diesel at temperatures below the cloud point. The tests according to EN 590 show that a CloudPoint of +1 °C can have a CFPP −10 °C. Current additives allow a CFPP of −20 °C to be based on diesel fuel with a CloudPoint of −7 °C. The trustworthiness of the EN 590 have been criticized as being too low for modern diesel motors - the German ADAC has run a test series on customary winter diesel in a cold chamber. All diesel brands did exceed the legal minimum by 3 to 11 degrees in the laboratory", "title": "Cold filter plugging point" }, { "docid": "4604779", "text": "of 1967 was the last laker to be built with a steam turbine and thus was the last steamer built on the lakes. Ford Motor Company's \"Henry Ford 2nd\" and \"Benson Ford\" of 1924 were the first lakeboats with diesel engines. Diesel powerplants did not become standard until the 1970s. The last active ships of 1920s vintage, and the oldest ships still operating in non-specialized bulk trades is the motor vessels \"Maumee\" of Lower Lakes Transportation. She was built as \"William G Clyde\" for US Steel. \"S. T. Crapo\", inactive since 1996, was built to haul cement for Huron Cement", "title": "Lake freighter" }, { "docid": "11477537", "text": "to lose in respect and esteem.\" The school's refusal to play Ward in the Georgia Tech game later became part of the public legacy of President Gerald R. Ford. Ward recalled that he met \"my man Jerry\" during freshman orientation in 1932, and the two became friends and roommates when the football team traveled for road games. When Ford learned that the school had capitulated to Georgia Tech, some accounts indicate that he \"quit the team\" or threatened to quit in order \"to make a statement and take a stand because Willis Ward was his friend.\" Ford wrote about the", "title": "Willis Ward" }, { "docid": "5451726", "text": "particularly noted for his mastery of the Ford Capri in the mid-1970s, registering not only the class wins at Bathurst, but also winning the Sun-7 Rothmans 3-Litre Series at Amaroo Park. For his 21st Bathurst start in 1983, his co-driver was his son, Glenn Seton making the first of so far 25 Great Race starts and who would go on to become a two time ATCC winner. The pair were leading Class B by over a lap when their Ford Capri blew its engine resulting in a DNF. His last start, in the 1984 James Hardie 1000 was driving a", "title": "Barry Seton" }, { "docid": "7258243", "text": "Braves, 7–3. Ford never played in another major league game, and he is considered to have an MLB earned run average (ERA) of infinity. From 1937 through 1941, Ford played for ten different minor league teams, mostly at the Class C and Class B levels. After compiling a 3–6 record as a pitcher in 1937, Ford played as an outfielder and first baseman for the remainder of his career. Ford died on April 6, 1994, in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. Ford's appearance with the Bees did not appear in any official MLB", "title": "Bill Ford (baseball)" }, { "docid": "8618277", "text": "Stroke Diesel engine available in Ford Super Duty trucks. Current application of the 4.4L TD engine is the Land Rover Range Rover. While in development, the 4.4 TD was rumored to be for use in the Ford F-150, Ford Expedition, and as an entry level diesel option for the Super Duty. No such option ever became available with Ford citing the reason as being a low demand for a vehicle with a $6000–$8000 premium over its gasoline models. Ford 4.4 Turbo Diesel The Ford 4.4 TD is a diesel engine developed and built by Ford Motor Company. It is based", "title": "Ford 4.4 Turbo Diesel" }, { "docid": "2941882", "text": "2.7L V6 version (same bore & stroke) and was designed at Ford Otosan's R&D Center in Gebze, Turkey and Ford's Dagenham Diesel Centre product development site, with input from Land Rover powertrain team. Applications: Ford Duratorq engine The Ford Duratorq engine, commonly referred to as Duratorq, is the marketing name of a range of Ford diesel engines first introduced in 2000 for the Ford Mondeo range of cars. The larger capacity 5-cylinder units use the Power Stroke branding when installed in North American-market vehicles. The first design, codenamed \"Puma\" during its development, replaced the older Endura-D unit which had been", "title": "Ford Duratorq engine" }, { "docid": "12395420", "text": "previous Ford heavy-truck tradition, gasoline-engine trucks received a three-digit model number while diesel-engine trucks were given a four-digit model number. L-600/L-6000 and L-700/L-7000 series were Class 6/7 medium-duty trucks, typically sold as straight trucks. L-800/L-8000 trucks were Class 8 trucks, typically sold in severe-service configurations. L-900/L-9000 chassis were available in all axle configurations, but were typically sold as semitractors; the LTL-9000 was only sold with a diesel engine. 1973–1977 Models Almost all models had at least one engine option, the 9000 series had several. The 600–800 series had a Ford 361 V8 standard, 700–900 had a 475 V8 optional. The", "title": "Ford L series" }, { "docid": "5210165", "text": "2010, only minor changes were made. Dark Blue Pearl was deleted from the color options in favor of Black with Tuxedo Black painted flames and the rearview camera was made standard. 2010 was the final year Ford offered a Harley edition Super Duty. The same two gas engines are carried over and rated exactly the same from the 2nd generation. The 3-valve V8 SOHC is standard. The 3-valve V10 SOHC was still a $699 option over the 5.4L V8. The 4-valve Navistar V8 OHV Power Stroke diesel engine was the diesel engine option and was a $6,895 option over the", "title": "Ford Super Duty" }, { "docid": "18546323", "text": "diesel engined version of the Fiesta, making full advantage of the now wider engine compartment. Diesel power units in this market segment were still unusual, and commentators found that the impressive fuel economy of the diesel powered Fiesta came at the expense of a power unit that was noisy and rough. Even in West Germany, a market traditionally receptive to diesel powered passenger cars, the petrol/gasoline powered Fiesta was still outselling the diesel version by more than four to one in 1988. This may also have been because the larger engine, shared with the Escort/Orion, offered only marginal fuel savings", "title": "Ford Fiesta (second generation)" }, { "docid": "3961363", "text": "and a turbocharged, direct injection 2.7-litre 60-degree V6 diesel engine marketed as \"Duratorq\" for the RWD and AWD Territory models. Petrol-engined AWD models are no longer offered. The petrol engine, now compliant with Euro 4 emission standards, generates and . At launch, the diesel engine was a seven-year-old Ford AJD-V6/PSA DT17 engine, which debuted in Australia with the Jaguar XF and Land Rover Discovery 3. It reportedly emits up to 25% less compared to the petrol engine. Across the range, two types of six-speed automatic transmission became default depending on model variants. For petrol-engined RWD—the ZF 6HP26 transmission; for diesel-engined", "title": "Ford Territory (Australia)" }, { "docid": "18215015", "text": "Auburn Alehouse Auburn Alehouse is a brewery and restaurant located in the Old Town neighborhood of Auburn, California in the United States. Auburn Alehouse was co-founded by Brian and Lisa Ford. Brian Ford started making beer by homebrewing. His brewmaking mentor was Paul Zawilenski. Ford then took classes through the American Brewers’ Guild in fermentation science and engineering. Ford interned at Rubicon Brewing Company. He opened Crawford Brewing Company in 1997. The brewery relocated to Nevada City, California and was renamed Stonehouse. He quit working there in 1999 and Beermann's in Roseville, California. He also opened their location in Lincoln,", "title": "Auburn Alehouse" }, { "docid": "7235058", "text": "batteries that help deliver up to of diesel fuel, and can accelerate the vehicle from 0 to in 7 seconds. The concept features an electric motor on the rear axle in addition to its hybrid propulsion system on the front axle. The rear motor provides all wheel drive capability, improved driving dynamics, and the fuel economy benefits of a full hybrid vehicle. Reflex's energy is stored in a new-generation lithium-ion battery pack, using the same technology found in cell phones. Ford was the first manufacturer to produce an electric vehicle using this type of battery system when it introduced the", "title": "Ford Reflex" }, { "docid": "6783002", "text": "Australian made Ford Territory since 2011. Territory is a 5 or 7 seat Falcon based SUV vehicle, available in rear or all wheel drive. Production is scheduled to cease in October, 2016 when Ford close its Australian manufacturing facility. The 3.0 L DOHC 24-valve biturbo V6 DT20 has replaced the 2.7 V6 HDi on PSA cars starting from 2009. PSA stopped its production in 2009. PSA HDi engine The PSA Group sells a variety of diesel automobile engines with the HDi (high-pressure direct injection) designation. Earlier versions were exclusive to Peugeot and Citroën. In 1998, PSA entered into a joint", "title": "PSA HDi engine" }, { "docid": "14444662", "text": "else the fuel did not vapourise adequately. In 1951 Standard produced their first diesel engine for the TE-F20 tractor. This was a new engine design, different from the petrol engine. Bore of 3 3/16\" and stroke of 4\" gave a capacity of 2,092 cc. In 1954 this engine also found its way into the Phase II Vanguard, making this Britain's first production diesel car. A larger capacity of 2,088 cc was achieved by changing the pistons and liners for a bore of 85 mm, retaining the stroke of 92 mm. These are generally known as \"85 mm engines\", in contrast", "title": "Standard wet liner inline-four engine" }, { "docid": "18215762", "text": "Ford 3000 The Ford 3000 is a tractor that was introduced by Ford in the spring of 1965. It was part of Ford's Thousand Series of tractors. This was a \"ground up\" new platform designed to replace the \"Prior\" or \"Hundred Series\" Fords built from 1955 through 1964. It has a 3-cylinder OHV, water-cooled engine. It could be ordered with a Ford-built 158-cubic-inch gas or 175-cubic-inch diesel engine. It was rated at 37 horsepower at the PTO. Optional transmissions were a 4-speed, 6-speed (3-speed with high and low), 8-speed (4-speed with high and low) and a 10-speed 'Select O Speed'", "title": "Ford 3000" }, { "docid": "13740501", "text": "7 models and Isuzu class 3 gasoline-engine cabover models. Secondarily, MFTA competes with makers of conventional medium-duty trucks. Those are: Ford, Freightliner Medium Duty, International Medium Duty, Kenworth Medium Duty and Peterbilt Medium Duty. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA), Logan Township, New Jersey, United States, imports and markets Class 3 through Class 5 diesel-powered, medium-duty cabover trucks through more than 200 dealer locations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam. According to the company, more than 100,000 Mitsubishi Fuso standard, 4-wheel-drive and crew cab trucks have been sold into the", "title": "Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc." }, { "docid": "14441462", "text": "managed to run 212 out of 250 laps before the race ending with him still in the running. This would be Tim Pistone's final career start and Pete Hamilton's first finish in the top five. Total winnings for this race were $4,740 ($ when adjusted for inflation) with the winner receiving $1,000 ($ when adjusted for inflation). Twelve drivers used a Ford vehicle to participate in the race in; making up the majority of the grid. Three drivers would use a Dodge while only one driver would use a Chevrolet. Both Ed Negre and Paul Dean Holt would quit the", "title": "1968 Tidewater 250" }, { "docid": "10573033", "text": "nearside of the cab compartment. Also available from February 1961 was the Perkins 4/99 diesel engine for those who chose economy before performance. As well as making the 12 seater bus, Martin Walter produced another version called the Farmer's Model Utilabrake, which had two front upholstered seats, but plainwood slatted seats arranged along the sides of the rear part of the body. For a little comfort pvc backrests were supplied for the longitudinal seats, unlike their other Work bus 12 seater, which was designed for rough usage and did not have this comfort for its occupants! Other interesting conversions of", "title": "Ford Thames 400E" }, { "docid": "8501744", "text": "in a 1-3 defeat at St James' Park. Tragedy struck during 1967 when he was involved in a serious car accident in which his fiancée was killed. Ford took a long time to recover from the accident making only 14 appearances during the 1967-68 season and he was eventually sold to Newcastle United in December 1969. Ford made 26 league appearances in his 14-month stay with Newcastle, scoring three goals. He returned to play in Sheffield in January 1971 when he joined Wednesday's city rivals Sheffield United. He was not a regular in the United side making only 21 league", "title": "David Ford (footballer)" }, { "docid": "4485291", "text": "F. Eckler. Ford was decommissioned 31 October 2013. \"Ford\" deployed on 28 November 1985, stopping first in San Diego to pick up Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) HSL 45 Detachment ONE, the embarking SH-60F Sea Hawk Detachment. After a five-hour stop \"Ford\" was underway to rendezvous with the Battle Group under the command of Rear Admiral Lyle Bien, Commander, Carrier Group 7. The battle group then transited the Pacific Ocean from 2–20 December en route for Hong Kong. \"Ford\" participated in two ASW exercises with a US and a new state-of-the-art Diesel submarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. \"Ford\" remained part", "title": "USS Ford (FFG-54)" }, { "docid": "2527286", "text": "with Coventry Climax FWA, FWB, and FWE in production. The Endura-DE and Endura DI diesels bear no similarities to their petrol namesake. Ford did produce a diesel HCS engine. Ford Kent engine The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinder pushrod engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and block. The Kent family can be divided into three basic sub-families; the original pre-Crossflow Kent, the Crossflow (the most prolific of all versions of the Kent), and the transverse mounted Valencia variants. The arrival of", "title": "Ford Kent engine" }, { "docid": "2754375", "text": "equipping of the van with an alternator at time when the UK market competitors expected buyers to be content with a dynamo. A 43 bhp (32 kW) diesel engine sourced from Perkins was also offered. As this engine was too long to fit under the Transit's stubby nose, the diesel version featured a longer bonnet. The underpowered Perkins proved unpopular, and was replaced by Ford's own York unit in 1972. For mainland Europe the Transit had the German Ford Taunus V4 engine in Cologne 1.3, 1.5, and 1.7- or Essex 2.0-litre versions. The diesel version's long nose front was also", "title": "Ford Transit" }, { "docid": "8618276", "text": "Ford 4.4 Turbo Diesel The Ford 4.4 TD is a diesel engine developed and built by Ford Motor Company. It is based on the Lion V6 Diesel and has a power output of 330 hp (246 kW) and 516 lb·ft (700 N·m) of torque. As with the other AJDs, it has a Compacted Graphite Iron block that reduces weight while increasing engine block strength. Its bore diameter is 84 mm and the stroke is 98.5 mm, giving a displacement of 4367 cc. The 4.4L is built at Chihuahua Engine Plant in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico along with the 6.7L Ford Power", "title": "Ford 4.4 Turbo Diesel" }, { "docid": "8678130", "text": "Allan K.. He made his name as a young host/TV comedian, and was then paired with Ciara Sotto. Their team which started in the \"Bulagaan\" segment of \"Eat Bulaga!\" soon branched out to other TV shows. They did Season 7 and 9 of \"Love to Love\" which gained high ratings. They were also paired in \"Enteng Kabisote 3\". However, their pairing soon ended when Ciara quit \"Eat Bulaga!\" to perform in concerts abroad. In 2007, Ballesteros' appearance on the daily noontime show \"Eat Bulaga!\" was reduced to a weekly stint on Saturdays. His other TV show, \"Daddy Di Do Du\"", "title": "Paolo Ballesteros" }, { "docid": "20509722", "text": "Ingenium engine family The Ingenium family is a range of modular engines produced by Jaguar Land Rover, in both petrol and diesel variants. It uses modular architecture making possible to be produced in 3, 4, 5, and 6 cylinder versions (built around individual 500cc cylinders), depending on demand and requirements. The engines sourced from Ford were replaced by engines from Jaguar Land Rover's new Ingenium engine line from late 2015. Ingenium’s design is configurable and flexible for longitudinal and lateral architectures and for front,rear, and all-wheel drive,together with auto and manual transmissions. Hybrid variants are set to be released in", "title": "Ingenium engine family" }, { "docid": "10823454", "text": "Senator, 42nd Senatorial District, 1992 Primary election, August 25, 1992 Threshold > 50% Ford won the general election unopposed on November 3, 1992. South Carolina State Senator, 42nd Senatorial District, 1996 Ford did not have a primary opponent on June 11, 1996. General election, November 5, 1996 South Carolina State Senator, 42nd Senatorial District, 2000 Primary election Threshold > 50% First Ballot, June 13, 2000 Second Ballot, June 27, 2000 Ford won the general election unopposed on November 7, 2000. South Carolina State Senator, 42nd Senatorial District, 2004 Primary election, June 8, 2004 Threshold > 50% General election, November 2,", "title": "Robert Ford (politician)" }, { "docid": "6782998", "text": "Skövde Sweden when Volvo was still under Ford ownership. Half of the group's vehicles are fitted with an HDi diesel engine: in 2007 this amounted to approximately 1.8 million vehicles. As a result of a cooperation between BMW Group and PSA, the MINI One D and the MINI Cooper D are also fitted with PSA-made HDi DV engines. The 1.4 L (1,398 cc) Diesel is part of the DV/DLD family and is, depending application, called the DV4 (PSA), or DLD-414 (Ford), or Suzuki Liana and Citroen C3 1.4 16v with 90PS The 1.6 L (1,560 cc) Diesel is part of", "title": "PSA HDi engine" }, { "docid": "13079679", "text": "Rover engines have also been used in cars, vans and boats. This article only covers engines developed and produced specifically for Land Rover vehicles. It does not cover engines developed outside the company but used in its products, such as the Rover V8, the Rover IOE petrol engines or the current range of Ford/Jaguar-derived engines. The engines are listed below in the chronological order of their introduction. Throughout the 1950s there was an increasing demand for a diesel-engined Land Rover. Diesel technology had improved, making small-capacity high-speed engines practical. Diesel power had also become prominent in industrial and agricultural uses", "title": "Land Rover engines" }, { "docid": "3715945", "text": "of 18.3:1 are shipped to [[Hiroshima]] and mounted into the [[Mazda 3]] (Axela) and [[Mazda Demio#2007|Mazda 2 DE]] in three versions together with both 5 and 6-speed manual (Getrag-Ford developed, J65M-R) or 4-speed automatic \"Activematic\" transmission: Engine features: [[Category:History of the diesel engine]] [[Category:Mazda engines|Diesel]] Mazda Diesel engine Mazda has a long history of building its own Diesel engines, with the exception of a few units that were built under license. These three engines (GA/GB/GC in Perkins' internal parlance) were developed especially for Mazda and were never offered by Perkins themselves. All of these engines have cast iron blocks and", "title": "Mazda Diesel engine" }, { "docid": "6875906", "text": "broke into laughter when they realized it was Johnny Weissmuller. His swimming talents can still be seen in the 1940s film, \"Blue Winners\". Ford died of emphysema on November 3, 2008 in Sarasota, Florida; he was 84 years old. Alan Ford (swimmer) Alan Robert Ford (December 7, 1923 – November 3, 2008) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events. Ford won a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and was the first person to swim the 100-yard freestyle in under 50 seconds. Born in the Panama Canal Zone, he moved", "title": "Alan Ford (swimmer)" }, { "docid": "4663777", "text": "sample, when he had been arrested and convicted of drunk driving. At Saint Patrick's Day festivities in March 2012, Ford was \"very intoxicated\" at City Hall and a downtown restaurant. According to those attending, Ford held a \"wild party\" in his office. Ford knocked down a staffer, insulted others, then went to a restaurant. According to one server, Ford did cocaine in a private room at the restaurant. After \"flailing around\" on the restaurant's dance floor, Ford returned to City Hall by cab, making racial slurs to the driver. The Mayor then wandered around City Hall after 2 am with", "title": "Rob Ford" }, { "docid": "2754392", "text": "The 6-speed transaxle was introduced on the mid-power FWD in late 2008 when the engine was upped to . In late 2008, the \"coated Diesel Particulate Filter\" (cDPF)—designed to meet higher emission standards than the current Euro IV requirement—was introduced as an option on all diesel engines. Production ended in 2013, but returned in China in two modified forms. Engines To celebrate the Transit's status as International Van of the Year 2007, Ford built a stretch limousine style van — the Transit XXL. It is a unique special that is the most expensive Transit ever made. The Ford Transit SuperSportVan", "title": "Ford Transit" }, { "docid": "4416869", "text": "of the SYNus, but was discarded when it was discovered that there was another concept car from Fiat with this title. Other production names have included \"Ford Knox\" and \"Gorilla\". The SYNus shares its powertrain design with the Ford Mondeo. The engine is a diesel powered, 16 valve, turbocharged, 2.0L DOHC 4-cylinder Duratorq TDCi Diesel engine that produces 134 horsepower (100 kW). The SYNus has a five-speed manual transmission. Its wheels are 18 inches (457 mm) in diameter. It has an IEEE 802.11g compliant wireless LAN hub. The SYNus was designed to maximize safety, and derives its aesthetic from modern", "title": "Ford SYNus" }, { "docid": "19292397", "text": "specialises in cars based on the Lotus Seven named the McGregor Mark 7. The company was formed in October 2001 by John McGregor as McGregor Motorsport Holdings Limited. In July 2007 Robert Snow and Mark Roberts took over from McGregor. Magoo's Street Rods are a Masterton based company that specializes in making 1923 Ford model T bucket, and 1932 Ford 3 window coupe and roadster bodies. They also make turn key versions of these. The business, run by Lloyd Wilson, commenced in 2002. In 2008 their Ford Roadster won the Stroker McGurk Trophy. Following Bruce Meyers Meyers Manx design, Louis", "title": "Kit and replica cars of New Zealand" }, { "docid": "18699545", "text": "Ford LT engine The Ford LT engine (sometimes referred to as the \"Dagenham\") is a 1.6 litre diesel power inline-four engine used in the Ford Escort (Europe) as well as its Orion and Escort Van derivatives. It was also installed in the Ford Fiesta Mark 2. The LT was designed from the beginning exclusively to be a diesel engine, eliminating any compromises required for a design also intended to run on petrol. It was built exclusively at the Ford Dagenham plant. Design work was carried out with the help of German diesel specialists Deutz, who already had a relationship with", "title": "Ford LT engine" }, { "docid": "416748", "text": "was read by then-Castle Rock Entertainment producer Liz Glotzer, whose interest in prison stories, and reaction to the script, led her to threaten to quit if Castle Rock did not produce \"The Shawshank Redemption\". Director and Castle Rock co-founder Rob Reiner also liked the script. He offered Darabont between $2.4 million and $3 million to allow him to direct it himself. Reiner, who had previously adapted King's 1982 novella \"The Body\" into the 1986 film \"Stand by Me\", planned to cast Tom Cruise as Andy and Harrison Ford as Red. Castle Rock offered to finance any other film Darabont wanted", "title": "The Shawshank Redemption" }, { "docid": "5700390", "text": "Vapeurs Toxiques La Boussole Feat Dadoo – Entrevue on the album la Boussole, Rappel KDD - Militant sur la compile Les militants Hors série Dadoo – Les 7 Q capitaux sur la B.O. du film Double Zéro Dadoo – Making off sur la B.O. du film Taxi 3 Dadoo Feat Diam's – Vivre sans ça sur la B.O. du film Taxi 3 Dadoo – Petite sœur sur la B.O. du film Taxi 3 IPM Feat Dadoo & Diesel – Le mal en patience on the album d'IPM, 1 pied dans l'biz Dadoo – Ding Ding sur the album de RRRrrrr!!!", "title": "Dadoo" }, { "docid": "17668433", "text": "Port Elizabeth in April 1820. His wife was Frances Stransham 40, and with their 7 children, they were members of Bailie's Party of 256 Settlers on the ship \"Chapman\". The area allocated to the Party lay midway between Bathurst and the Great Fish River mouth and was named Cuylerville after Col. Jacob Cuyler. The children were Frances Jane Ford 14, James Samuel Ford 13, George Henry Ford 11, Edward Stransham Ford 9, Adelaide Elizabeth Ford 8, Jane Murray Ford 6, and John Henry Ford 3. Andrew Smith made the acquaintance of the Ford family in 1821 when he was visiting", "title": "George Henry Ford" }, { "docid": "20567967", "text": "called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards worked pit road for the radio side. On March 7, 2018, NASCAR assessed the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Ford an L1 penalty for violating sections 20.4.8.1 (dealing with rear window support) and 20.4.18 (rocker panel extensions). A brace that supports the rear window failed and did not meet specifications for keeping the rear window glass rigid in all directions, at all times. Additionally, the rocker panel extension was not aluminum. The team", "title": "2018 Pennzoil 400" }, { "docid": "3723584", "text": "unsprung weight, the Twin I-Beams were constructed of stamped high-strength steel (rather than forged steel). Rear-wheel drive was standard, with part-time four-wheel drive as an option (never offered in the Courier). Dependent on configuration, the Ranger was produced in three wheelbases: 107.9 inches (6-foot bed), 113.9 inches (7-foot bed), and 125 inches (SuperCab, introduced in 1986). For 1989, rear-wheel anti-lock brakes became standard. From 1983 to 1992, the first-generation Ranger was powered by 2.0L and 2.3L versions of the Ford \"Pinto\" inline-4, the 2.8L, 2.9L, and 4.0L Ford \"Cologne V6\", the 3.0L Ford \"Vulcan V6\", and four-cylinder diesel engines sourced", "title": "Ford Ranger (Americas)" }, { "docid": "2552676", "text": "course of the match, Hart arrived at ringside, entered the ring and was pinned by Diesel for the win and the title, making him and Michaels holders of all three major WWF championships. The reign did not last long, however, as Hart and Yokozuna had the titles returned to them the next night on \"Raw\" due to Hart not being an official part of the match when he was pinned. Diesel's WWF World Heavyweight Championship reign continued until November 19, when he was defeated by Bret Hart at Survivor Series. Following the loss, Diesel attacked Hart. He later began a", "title": "Kevin Nash" }, { "docid": "7754399", "text": "Ford's senior year, a controversy developed when Georgia Tech said that it would not play a scheduled game with Michigan if a black player named Willis Ward took the field. Students, players, and alumni protested, but university officials capitulated and kept Ward out of the game. Ford was Ward's best friend on the team, and they roomed together while on road trips. Ford reportedly threatened to quit the team in response to the university's decision, but he eventually agreed to play against Georgia Tech when Ward personally asked him to play. In 1934, Ford was selected for the Eastern Team", "title": "Gerald Ford" }, { "docid": "6802071", "text": "and Peugeot. Mazda also uses the Ford-made DLD engine in the Mazda2 and the Mazda 3, calling it the MZ-CD or CiTD. Officially, there are two families of engines in the range: Ford later added their unrelated 1.8 L DLD-418 engine to the DLD family, though it is properly part of the Ford Endura-D engine family. In 2012, Ford added the 1.5-litre, closely derived from the 1.6-litre engine. The Duratorq DLD-414 (or DV4) is a 1.4 L (1398 cc/85 cu in) straight-4 turbo-Diesel. Output is 50 kW (67 hp) at 4500 rpm and 160 N·m (117 lb·ft) at 2000 rpm.", "title": "Ford DLD engine" }, { "docid": "20663214", "text": "as a consultant for Ford Aerospace when they were competing for the award of the Division Air Defense gun system. The contract was awarded to Ford on 7 May 1981. It was later suggested that Ford had acted improperly in engaging consultants such as Cooksey who had only recently retired from key equipment decision-making roles in the Army and an investigation was launched by Undersecretary of the Army, James R. Ambrose, a former Ford Aerospace executive. He died of heart disease on 22 December 1999 at Fort Belvoir and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Howard H. Cooksey Howard Harrison", "title": "Howard H. Cooksey" }, { "docid": "3335710", "text": "there. Later, she was moved to Philadelphia. However, \"T-3\"s active service did not end there. At the time of the T-boats' decommissioning, the idea of testing German-produced diesel engines in one of them had been bantered about in Navy circles. \"T-1\" had originally been designated for this purpose, but funds were not then available. In 1925, when money was forthcoming, it was \"T-3\" that came out of mothballs for the tests. On 1 October 1925, \"T-3\" was recommissioned at Philadelphia. For the following 21 months, she tested her newly installed M.A.N. diesel engines for the Bureau of Engineering. Early in", "title": "USS T-3 (SS-61)" }, { "docid": "16341561", "text": "thing worth noting is that the 7.3 Powerstroke was the second diesel motor with electronic fuel injection to be put into a light duty truck. The GM 6.5L TurboDiesel with the Stanadyne DS-4 injection pump was the first, appearing in 1992. The Dodge Ram did not offer EFI in its diesel engines until 1998. As before, the 5.0L V8 was not offered above 8500 GVWR and the F-Superduty was 7.5 and diesel only. The diesels and 7.5 were above 8500 GVWR only (F250HD and heavier.) The 4.9 was available in the F350 through 1996 as a delete option. The 4wd", "title": "Ford F-Series (ninth generation)" }, { "docid": "785675", "text": "president. The Senate voted 92–3 to confirm Ford on November 27 and, on December 6, the House of Representatives did the same by a vote of 387–35. Ford was sworn in later that day before a joint session of the United States Congress. When President Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald Ford succeeded to the presidency. Ford is the only person ever to serve as both vice president and president without being elected to either office. When Gerald Ford became President, the office of vice president became vacant. On August 20, 1974, after considering Melvin Laird", "title": "Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "11434227", "text": "wins away from making the playoffs. This was the Bills' first winning season in 10 years (when the Bills finished 9–7 under Mike Mularkey in 2004). At the end of the 2014 season, it was revealed that Marrone had a three-day \"out\" clause in his contract in the event of an ownership change; the clause was triggered by the sale of the Bills in 2014 after the death of the Bills' founder and long-time owner. Marrone exercised the out clause and quit on December 31, 2014, and still collected his 2015 salary in full. After Marrone quit, several players expressed", "title": "Doug Marrone" }, { "docid": "6880288", "text": "he was tone-deaf. After attending Dartmouth College for one year, Ford was a salesman before he became an entertainer. He took his middle birth name, which was his mother's maiden name, as his stage last name. The change occurred after he failed an audition as Paul Weaver but was successful when he auditioned again as Paul Ford. In later years, Ford made his hollow, reverberating voice one of the most recognized of his era. His success was long in the making, and he did little acting, but instead raised his family during the Great Depression. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Public Works", "title": "Paul Ford" }, { "docid": "15230742", "text": "brand. Slotted between Freightliner and Western Star, Sterling trucks were produced through 2009. Line of heavy trucks made by Ford for the North American market: For 1999, Ford briefly withdrew from production of medium-duty trucks. For the 2001 model year, the company entered into a joint venture with Navistar International (the supplier of diesel engines for 1-ton F-Series trucks), named \"Blue Diamond Truck Company LLC\". As part of the joint venture, sharing a common truck chassis, the two companies would produce medium-duty (Class 6-7) trucks in a Navistar facility in Mexico, with each manufacturer supplying its own powertrain and bodywork,", "title": "Ford Motor Company" }, { "docid": "17957230", "text": "ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and QS9000 accreditation, ISO/TS16949 - 2002. From the 7th position when it started business in 2007, Ford Vietnam now ranks 3rd in the Vietnam automobile market with the market share of 7.4% in 2013 and 8.7% in the first nine months of 2014. In 2013, Ford recorded the year-to-year growth rate of 70%. Ford Vietnam's current available models: Ford Vietnam Ford Vietnam was established in 1995, and is a joint venture between Ford Motor Company (75%) and Song Cong Diesel Company (25%) with the total investment to date of more than US$120 million. Ford Vietnam has", "title": "Ford Vietnam" }, { "docid": "5039917", "text": "inset starting in 1978. 1977 models retained the turn signal lights in the bumper. In 1979, the base model engine was increased in size to 2.0-liters. The optional Ford 2.3-liter engine was produced in Brazil. The Courier was never available with a diesel engine in the US. However, the 1982 Mazda B2200 was available with the S2, a Perkins-built 4.135, 2.2-liter four-cylinder diesel engine, producing at 2,100 rpm. This diesel engine was available for the 1983 and 1984 Ford Ranger; for the 1985 to 1987 Ford Rangers it was replaced with the 2.3-liter \"4D55T\" turbo diesel. The Courier continued to", "title": "Mazda B series" }, { "docid": "13135782", "text": "In 1981 Ford signed an agreement with International Harvester to produce diesel engines for their light truck line. This led directly to the production of the 6.9 liter IDI diesel. The engine is developed as a low cost, light weight diesel that fit where a V8 gas engine would, to try to convert their gas engine customers to diesel and to sell to Ford for use in F-Series light duty trucks and E-Series/Econoline vans. Before it could be sold to Ford however, Tenneco Inc. purchased in the \"Harvester\" division of International Harvester which was moved within their Case heavy equipment", "title": "International Harvester IDI" }, { "docid": "3413884", "text": "Toyota. Although it is technically a crossover vehicle, it is marketed by Ford as part of its traditional SUV lineup (Escape, Explorer, Expedition) rather than its separate crossover lineup (Edge, Flex). From 2001 to 2004, the Ford Escape was sold in Europe under the Maverick name, and replaced a rebadged version of the Nissan Mistral/Terrano II. Only two versions were made, the 2.0 L Zetec inline 4 engine with manual transmission and 3.0 L Duratec V6 with automatic transmission, both using gasoline as fuel. The absence of a diesel version did not help sales and the vehicle was temporarily discontinued", "title": "Ford Escape" }, { "docid": "3802119", "text": "Ford Power Stroke engine Power Stroke is a name used by a family of diesel engines for trucks produced by Ford Motor Company since 1994. Along with its use in the Ford F-Series (including the Ford Super Duty trucks), applications include the Ford E-Series, Ford Excursion, and Ford LCF commercial truck; the name was also used for a diesel engine used in South American production of the Ford Ranger. From 1994, the Power Stroke engine family existed as a re-branding of engines produced by Navistar International, sharing engines with its medium-duty truck lines. Since the 2010 introduction of the 6.7L", "title": "Ford Power Stroke engine" }, { "docid": "19407581", "text": "for 'Project Brazen 2' to the public. On November 3, 2013, on his weekly radio show, Ford responded to the scandal by apologizing for \"making mistakes\". He reiterated his plans to continue as mayor and run for reelection in 2014. Ford publicly asked Police Chief Blair to release the video to the public. Referring to the content of the video, Ford said \"When the video is released, I am going to explain to the best of my mind what is in that video or videos\". Referring to allegations of his abuse of alcohol, Ford said, \"St. Patrick's Day got a", "title": "Mayoralty of Rob Ford" }, { "docid": "3710699", "text": "model was increased in size to 2.0 liter (120.1 CID). The optional Ford 2.3-liter (140 cid) engine was produced in Brazil. The Courier was never available with a diesel engine in the US. However, the 1980 Mazda B2200 was available with the S2, a Perkins-built 4.135 (four-cylinder, 135-cid) 2.2-liter diesel engine, producing 66 hp (49 kW) at 2,100 rpm. This same diesel engine was available in the 1983 and 1984 Ford Rangers, but it was replaced by the Mitsubishi 4D55T 2.3-liter turbodiesel (also used in Mitsubishi's own Mighty Max and the Dodge Ram 50) for the 1985 to 1987 Ford", "title": "Ford Courier" }, { "docid": "4369255", "text": "of Omega Psi Phi, an all-black fraternity whose membership also included Bob Mann, another Michigan end who went on to play in the NFL. In 1945, Ford was Michigan's tallest player at and 190 pounds. Ford played as a backup at the left end for the 1945 Michigan football team that compiled a 7–3 win–loss record under head coach Fritz Crisler. When Ford caught a pass from Wally Teninga in Michigan's 26-0 victory over Minnesota in early November 1945, \"The New York Times\" took note and referred to Ford as \"a six-foot, five-inch giant.\" As a junior in 1946, Ford", "title": "Len Ford" }, { "docid": "3103231", "text": "Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt,\" recalled Glenn Ford to his son decades later, \"I was thrilled when I got back to Los Angeles and found a beautiful photograph personally autographed to me. It always held a place of high honor in my home.\" After 35 interviews and glowing reviews for him personally, Glenn Ford had young female fans begging for his autograph, too. However, the young man was disappointed when Columbia Pictures did nothing with this prestige and new visibility and instead kept plugging him into conventional films for the rest of his 7-year contract. His next picture, \"Texas\", was his", "title": "Glenn Ford" }, { "docid": "2791687", "text": "naturally aspirated Perkins diesel unit launched the previous year. However, without a turbo this model was rather slow. The diesel had already been available in the Maestro van since 1986. The MG Maestro Turbo, fitted with a turbocharged version of the 2.0 fuel-injected engine from the MG Maestro EFi, was unveiled at the Motor Show in October 1988 and went on sale on 17 March 1989. It was one of the fastest production hatchbacks in the world with a top speed of , making it faster than the Ford Escort XR3i and RS Turbo, as well as the Volkswagen Golf", "title": "Austin Maestro" }, { "docid": "5936458", "text": "the anti-Semitic purge in the communist party in Poland, in 1968 Ford emigrated to Israel and from there through Germany and Denmark, to the United States. He committed suicide in 1980 in Naples, Florida. Ford made his first feature film, \"Mascot\" in 1930, after a year of making short silent films. He did not use sound until \"The Legion of the Streets\" (1932). When World War II began, Ford escaped to the Soviet Union and worked closely with Jerzy Bossak to establish a film unit for the Soviet-sponsored People's Army of Poland in the USSR. The unit was called \"Czołówka", "title": "Aleksander Ford" }, { "docid": "6094397", "text": "nominee was given at least some consideration. Ford asked for certain powers and prerogatives that have been described as making Ford a co-president (had he been chosen). Negotiations for the terms of such an arrangement were held at the Hotel Pontchartrain. These included the return of Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State and the appointment of Alan Greenspan as Secretary of the Treasury in a \"package deal\". On July 16, Ford was interviewed by Walter Cronkite. According to Bob Schieffer, \"The whole convention came to a stop,\" when, after being asked by Cronkite, Ford did not dismiss rumors that Reagan", "title": "1980 Republican National Convention" }, { "docid": "5210127", "text": "was sold with two gasoline and two diesel engines. Replacing the overhead-valve engines used in previous F-Series models, for the Super Duty, Ford transitioned to the Triton overhead-cam engine family (truck versions of the Ford Modular engines). At its launch, the standard engine in the Super Duty was a Triton V8. Producing 255 hp/350 lb-ft of torque, the SOHC 16-valve V8 was shared with the F-150 and Ford E-Series. During 1999, the engine was retuned to 260 hp. In 2005, the cylinder heads were redesigned to 3-valve design, converting it to a 24-valve V8; output was increased to 300 hp/365", "title": "Ford Super Duty" }, { "docid": "5210116", "text": "payload and towing capacities; additionally, the product line continued the use of Ford PowerStroke diesel engines. With a GVWR over ; Super Duty pickups are Class 3 trucks while chassis-cab trucks are in the Class 4-5 range. The F-Series Super Duty has been used as the donor chassis of the Ford Excursion full-size SUV. Ford F-250 to F-550 Super Duty trucks are assembled at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky with medium-duty F-650 and F-750s are assembled at Ohio Assembly in Avon Lake, Ohio (prior to 2016, medium-duty trucks were assembled in the Blue Diamond Truck joint venture with", "title": "Ford Super Duty" }, { "docid": "4594210", "text": "name). In the early 1980s, IH developed a series of reliable large-displacement V8 diesel engines that were sold as an option for heavy-duty Ford 3/4-ton and 1-ton pickup trucks. Navistar still uses the \"International\" brand in its diesel engine and truck product lines, and the brand name continues on in product lines of Navistar International's International Truck and Engine Corporation subsidiary. During the 1980s and 1990s, the popularity of diesel engines had made Navistar a leading manufacturer of bus chassis, particularly school buses. The company purchased one-third of American Transportation Corporation (AmTran), an Arkansas-based manufacturer in 1991, and the remaining", "title": "Navistar International" }, { "docid": "648428", "text": "retired the 206 WRC in favour of the new 307 WRC. The 307 WRC did not match its predecessor in success, but Grönholm took three wins with the car, one in 2004 and two in 2005. PSA Peugeot Citroën withdrew Peugeot from the WRC after the 2005 season, while Citroën took a sabbatical year in 2006 and returned for the next season. Meanwhile, Gronholm departed Peugeot when they quit at the end of 2005 to partner young compatriot Mikko Hirvonen at Ford. Peugeot 207 S2000, winner of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2007 to 2009. In 2013, the Peugeot 208GTi", "title": "Peugeot" }, { "docid": "13989466", "text": "did basically the same thing that H.R. 5809 did. That bill was the Voinovich-Carper Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010, which was the 3973 bill heard by the 111th Senate. S.3973 was first introduced to the Senate on November 18th, 2010, but never made it passed the Senate floor. Possibly because The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 (H.R. 5809) was already making its way in the Senate. Ultimately the DERA that passed and became law was the one that was introduced by the House. The National Clean Diesel Campaign focuses on the health of Americans due to the exhaust", "title": "Diesel Emissions Reduction Act" }, { "docid": "3821855", "text": "an extra road wheel enabled allowed 3 more dismounted personnel (7+3 crew), and replacing the Jaguar petrol engine with a Perkins diesel offered greater range. CVR(T) prototype number 11 (a Scorpion) was cut and extended to demonstrate the basic hull could be used as a ten-man Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), and a diesel engine fitted. When tests confirmed the stretched version retained the mobility of the basic CVR(T) MVEE then built another prototype from scratch with a wider hull called the FV4333, later renamed Alvis Stormer (Alvis having purchased the design rights). The Alvis Stormer and subsequent developments are described", "title": "FV103 Spartan" }, { "docid": "4742754", "text": "the predecessor to the Ford GT, but after the plan for production was cancelled, the chronology was changed, making the Ford GT the new successor to the GT40 and GT70. The Ford GT90 appeared in the video games \"Need for Speed II\", \"Sega GT 2002\", \"Sega GT Online\", \"Ford Racing 2\", \"Ford Racing 3\", \"Gran Turismo 2\", \"\", \"TOCA Race Driver 2\", \"TOCA Race Driver 3\", \"Project Gotham Racing 3, \"GTA 5 as a mod\", and \"Ford Street Racing\". The car was featured on \"Top Gear\" in a 1995 issue tested by Jeremy Clarkson, while the car was still planned", "title": "Ford GT90" }, { "docid": "14338264", "text": "it. Cena performed his Attitude Adjustment on Batista onto the car, but when Batista refused to quit, Cena went for the move again. Batista quit, making Cena the winner, but Cena performed the Attitude Adjustment again anyway, sending Batista through the stage to the floor. As Cena was celebrating retaining the championship, he was attacked by Sheamus to end the show. During the event, five wrestlers suffered legitimate injuries. Randy Orton dislocated his shoulder while Ted DiBiase suffered a concussion, and although they both appeared on \"Raw\" the following night, they did not wrestle. CM Punk required 13 staples to", "title": "Over the Limit (2010)" }, { "docid": "16977011", "text": "a 30-13 score. However, the Falcons didn't quit. Down three scores the Falcons stormed 80 yards in 7 plays, taking less than two minutes, with Ryan hitting Gonzalez on an 11-yard touchdown pass, trimming the deficit to 30-20 with only 4:22 remaining. The Falcons recovered the onside kick after it was fumbled by Sudfeld and drove to their own 7, but couldn't reach the end zone and Bryant kicked a 25-yard field goal making it a one possession deficit again at 30-23 with just 3:00 remaining. After an 8-yard run by Blount on 1st-down, Brady only gained a yards, and", "title": "2013 New England Patriots season" }, { "docid": "16151234", "text": "for the tie against Limón in Cartaginés 1-2 victory, after Hansell Arauz recovered the ball in 3/4 of field, passes to Nelson, running and leaves two opponents to make an assistance to Erick Ponce. On 28 October, Nelson created a play of a wall with Randall Alvarado, made attendance goal to Paolo Jimenez, in the game who lost Cartaginés 1-3 against C.D. Saprissa. On 7 November, he made a goal assisted by Eduardo Valverde in the game who lost Cartaginés 2-3 against C.S. Herediano. In January 2013, Nelson quit Cartaginés because he did not want to play out of his", "title": "Edder Nelson" }, { "docid": "12078758", "text": "visitors a glimpse of the residence down the long meadow after the passing the entry gates, then brief partial views along the long drive, and only at the end revealing the entire house and another view back up the long meadow. Mrs. Ford wanted to have a rose garden installed but Jensen originally disapproved of this claiming that it would ruin the landscape which was designed to look completely natural. Jensen had previously quit on Henry Ford and Clara Ford, when Clara wanted to install a rose garden directly in the center of the backyard meadow at the Henry Ford", "title": "Edsel and Eleanor Ford House" }, { "docid": "6802070", "text": "Ford DLD engine The Ford DLD engine is an automobile engine family - a group of compact straight-4 Diesel engines developed jointly by Ford of Britain and the automotive-diesel specialist PSA Group (Peugeot/Citroën). The Ford of Britain/PSA joint-venture for the production of the DLD/DV was announced in September, 1998. Half of the total engine count are produced at Ford of Britain's main plant at Dagenham, England and at Ford's Chennai plant in India, the other half at PSA's Trémery plant in France. The straight-4 engines are sold under the Duratorq TDCi name by Ford, and as the HDi by Citroën", "title": "Ford DLD engine" }, { "docid": "18546324", "text": "over that of the smallest petrol options and at a considerably higher purchase price. When installed in the lighter Fiesta, though, this engine provided considerably spritelier performance than in the Escort Diesel. The Diesel Fiesta also had altered spring settings at the rear and received the Sierra's McPherson struts up front to deal with the heavier engine. The XR2's engine was replaced by a lean-burn variant in November 1986 which featured a revised cylinder head and carburettor; this reduced emissions, but resulted in a small drop in power (although Ford still claimed the same maximum power output). At this point", "title": "Ford Fiesta (second generation)" }, { "docid": "13683876", "text": "times decrease and throttle response improves when compared with factory turbochargers. 1994: Banks begins offering intercoolers to improve the performance of the Ford Power Stroke diesel. At this time, the Ford factory was not using intercoolers on their diesel-powered pickup trucks. 2002: A street-legal Dodge Dakota pick up truck built in the Banks Power shop with a 735-hp, 1300 lb-ft, 5.9 litre Cummins hauls its own trailer to Bonneville and sets the FIA record for \"World's Fastest Pickup Truck\" with a two-way average of 217 mph and one-way top speed of 222 mph. 2007: The Wes Anderson-driven Banks \"Sidewinder\" S-10", "title": "Gale Banks" }, { "docid": "11082002", "text": "- 6000cc class featured the V8 Holden Toranas, Ford Falcons and a pair of Chevrolet Camaros, making their Bathurst debut. Class A cars would fill the first eight positions in the outright results, all of the Holden Toranas. Mirroring the outright result, Brock and Richards took a six lap victory over the similar Torana of Janson and Perkins. Smith and Radburn were two laps further behind. The 2001cc - 3000cc class saw the debut of the Mazda RX-7 (13B powered rotaries were rated as 2.292 litres capacity) which raced alongside its predecessor, the Mazda RX-3 and against Ford Capris, a", "title": "1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000" }, { "docid": "4594268", "text": "T444E, the diesel option was branded \"Ford PowerStroke\" to emphasize the switch to direct injection. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Ford offered International/Navistar V8 (as the DT inline-6 was far too large to package in a pickup truck) in the Ford Super Duty pickup trucks. As of 2010, the 6.4 L Ford PowerStroke V8 was the last of the International/Navistar diesels used in Ford's F-Series Super Duty lineup. When Ford redesigned the Super Duty in 2011, it was fitted with a 6.7 L V8 designed and produced by Ford. In 2001, Navistar formed a joint venture with longtime (20 years)", "title": "Navistar International" }, { "docid": "13790775", "text": "was largely superseded by the Freightliner FS-65, introduced in late 1997. For 1948, the B-Series (B=bus) was introduced as a variant of the all-new Ford F-series truck line, designed as a cowled chassis variant of the F-5 and F-6 (1 ½ and 2-ton) medium-duty conventional. For 1953, the B-series shifted to a 3-digit model nomenclature that remains in use by Ford today. Subsequently, Ford sold the B-600, B-700, and B-800 (prior to 1991, diesel-powered versions were badged with an extra \"0\"). For its entire 50-year production run, the B-series paralleled the medium-duty F-series in its development. Before 1967, the medium-duty", "title": "Ford B series" }, { "docid": "10465284", "text": "of determining round positions was used for Round 6 at Adelaide International Raceway where points were allocated on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first fourteen placegetters in each class in each part. The following entrants and drivers competed in the 1981 Australian Touring Car Championship. The 1981 Australian Touring Car Championship was contested over an eight-round series with Rounds 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8 being single race rounds and Rounds 2, 4 & 6 being two race rounds. Colin Bond, driving an under 3 litre Ford Capri took seven class wins in the first seven rounds, but did not", "title": "1981 Australian Touring Car Championship" }, { "docid": "4187555", "text": "numerous events, before graduating to Formula Ford at the early age of 15. A switch to single seaters saw him dominate the Scandinavian Formula Ford. He then won the British and European Formula 2000 championship in 1987 and went on to win the coveted British Formula 3 title in 1988, driving for Pacific Racing. In 1989 Lehto drove in Formula 3000, again for Pacific Racing. The season was not successful and he failed to score any podium finishes. He did not participate in the last race which was held in Dijon-Prenois. In 1989 Lehto tested for Ferrari before making his", "title": "JJ Lehto" }, { "docid": "8522406", "text": "early Ford C-series trucks were \"helmet-shaped\", cab-forward trucks that shared components with pickup trucks (the F series, in this case). From 1948-52, they were simply COE versions of the F-5, F-6, F-7, and F-8. For 1953, they were redesignated the C series, but largely remained modified F-series trucks. Models consisted of the C-500, C-600, C-700, C-750, C-800, C-850 and C-900. Like the F-900, the C-900 also included a \"Big Job\" model. Diesel-engined trucks included an extra zero in the model designations (i.e. C-8000 or C-9000). As Ford started squaring off its vehicles in 1957, they finally gave the cab-overs their", "title": "Ford C series" } ]
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who plays poussey in orange is the new black
[ "Samira Wiley" ]
[ { "docid": "18006836", "text": "\"Out\" magazine's \"OUT100\" for 2017 in recognition of her work and her visibility. Samira Wiley Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Poussey Washington in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\" and for playing Moira in the Hulu series \"The Handmaid's Tale\", for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2018. Wiley was raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's parents have", "title": "Samira Wiley" }, { "docid": "20035847", "text": "homeless LGBT youth are people of colour. The documentary follows Beniah, Noel, Giovanno, Benjamin, Danielle and Zaykeem over and 18-month period; Noel and Danielle are women. Netflix’s \"Orange Is the New Black\" includes a number of characters who identify as LGBT or question their sexuality in the penitentiary. Poussey Washington (Samira Wiley) is a black lesbian who was open about her sexuality before her incarceration. During the series, she develops a relationship with Brook Soso (Kimiko Glenn). Although Brook dated men before entering prison, she pursues a relationship with her fellow inmate. Sophia Burset (Laverne Cox) is a trans woman", "title": "Media and LGBTQ youth of colour in the United States" }, { "docid": "18004822", "text": "the show for only two episodes, but ended up being written into the rest of the first season and then into the seasons that followed. Taystee's on-screen best friend Poussey is played by Samira Wiley, with whom Brooks has been friends since they met while studying together at Juilliard. Brooks' performance in \"Orange Is the New Black\" has been praised by critics, with one writer from \"The Daily Beast\" calling her \"the breakout actress of the show and one of the most refreshing and exciting new talents of 2013.\" Brooks was upgraded from a recurring cast member to a series", "title": "Danielle Brooks" }, { "docid": "18006836", "text": "\"Out\" magazine's \"OUT100\" for 2017 in recognition of her work and her visibility. Samira Wiley Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Poussey Washington in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\" and for playing Moira in the Hulu series \"The Handmaid's Tale\", for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2018. Wiley was raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's parents have", "title": "Samira Wiley" }, { "docid": "18006829", "text": "Samira Wiley Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Poussey Washington in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\" and for playing Moira in the Hulu series \"The Handmaid's Tale\", for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2018. Wiley was raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's parents have been referred to as \"pillars of the LGBT religious community,\" as the Covenant", "title": "Samira Wiley" } ]
[ { "docid": "17521367", "text": "a Japanese-American inmate named Brook Soso, whom Piper comforts. Taystee's mother figure Vee returns, to disapproval from Taystee. It is revealed that Vee and Red know each other from Vee's previous incarceration. Vee uses Suzanne's outcast desperation to manipulate her, and begins her bid to take back power in the prison. Vee offers to help Poussey sell her hooch to other inmates but Poussey declines. Red starts to grow plants in an old greenhouse as a cover to move contraband into the prison. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On June 27, 2013, prior to the series premiere, Netflix renewed the show for a second", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" }, { "docid": "19645613", "text": "in the edit\". Adjustments were also made using sound design techniques such as sound effects. The titles of the six episodes that make up series 3 were announced in July 2016, along with the release date. A trailer for series three, featuring an amalgamation of clips and sound bites from the six episodes, was released by Netflix on 7 October 2016. A short clip \"Orange Is the New Black Mirror\", released by Netflix in 2017, is a crossover between this episode and \"Orange is the New Black\", featuring characters Poussey and Taystee from the latter reunited in San Junipero. Reviewers", "title": "San Junipero" }, { "docid": "11352144", "text": "and bisexual relationships so far, making them a key part of the plot line. The majority of the characters on the show identify as women, because the show is based in a women's federal prison, and a significant amount of those women identify with a sexuality other than heterosexuality, including: Piper Chapman, Alex Vause, Nicky Nichols, Big Boo, Suzanne \"Crazy Eyes\" Warren and Poussey Washington. \"Orange is the New Black\" helps to expand lesbianism in mainstream media and confronts many lesbian stereotypes throughout the show. This show paints a greater picture of lesbians in many different forms and personalities. In", "title": "Media portrayal of lesbianism" }, { "docid": "13975542", "text": "Stef and Lena Adams Foster on \"The Fosters\", Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins on \"Grey's Anatomy\", \"\", and Poussey Washington, Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren, Nicky Nichols and Alex Vause on \"Orange is the New Black\". A few shows with LGBTQ characters no longer airing on television are \"Glee\", \"Queer as Folk\", \"The L Word\", \"Ellen\", \"Lost Girl\", and \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\". A more complete list of characters can be found on the List of LGBT characters in television and radio page. A more complete list of dramatic television shows can be found on the List of dramatic television series", "title": "Media portrayal of LGBT people" }, { "docid": "18006831", "text": "New Black\" —based on Piper Kerman's — came into development, Wiley was told about the auditions by a friend from Juilliard, Marco Ramirez, who was a writer for the show. After discovering that another Juilliard friend, Danielle Brooks, had won a role in the show, Wiley asked Brooks to rehearse lines with her to prepare for her audition for the role of Poussey Washington, the on-screen best friend of Brooks' character. Wiley's audition was ultimately successful; she appeared in all twelve episodes of the series' first season and was featured prominently throughout the second season. The darker and more violent", "title": "Samira Wiley" }, { "docid": "17986632", "text": "to read for the character Nicky Nichols; \"[Kohan knew] she could do Nicky with her eyes closed. She was perfect,\" said Euston. Uzo Aduba read for the part of Janae Watson but was offered the character Suzanne \"Crazy Eyes\" Warren. Taryn Manning was offered the role of Tiffany \"Pennsatucky\" Doggett. \"This American Life\" host Ira Glass was offered a role as a public radio host, but he declined. The role instead went to Robert Stanton, who plays the fictional host Maury Kind. \"Orange Is the New Black\" has received critical acclaim, particularly praised for humanizing prisoners and for its depiction", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "18933758", "text": "and her husband was brought in for the role. Julie Lake Julie Lake is an American actress, best known for playing inmate Angie Rice on \"Orange is the New Black\", for which she is a two-time winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. A native of Palo Alto, California, Lake attended Yale University, where she majored in theater. Lake acted in theatrical plays in New York for several years, including with Nick Jones. When Jones was hired to be a writer for \"Orange is the New Black\", Jones suggested that", "title": "Julie Lake" }, { "docid": "18933756", "text": "Julie Lake Julie Lake is an American actress, best known for playing inmate Angie Rice on \"Orange is the New Black\", for which she is a two-time winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. A native of Palo Alto, California, Lake attended Yale University, where she majored in theater. Lake acted in theatrical plays in New York for several years, including with Nick Jones. When Jones was hired to be a writer for \"Orange is the New Black\", Jones suggested that Lake audition for the part of Angie Rice. Lake", "title": "Julie Lake" }, { "docid": "17440423", "text": "New York City for 8 years. During his time in New York City, Harney acted in and/or directed over 80 plays and one acts and starred in \"On The Waterfront\" on Broadway playing the role of Charlie Malloy. Throughout Harney's television career, he has performed in numerous blockbuster films such as \"Erin Brockovich\" and \"Ocean's Thirteen\". Before starring on \"Orange Is the New Black\", Harney starred as Detective Mike Roberts in the award-winning television police drama \"NYPD Blue\" and also in the HBO historical drama series \"Deadwood\" as Steve Fields. Harney first worked with \"Orange Is The New Black\" creator", "title": "Michael Harney" }, { "docid": "20030012", "text": "created \"US\", a performance piece exploring racism and the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. Dillon was born in Ithaca, New York. They were assigned female at birth, but identify as non-binary. Dillon explained around 2015, they began removing gendered pronouns from their biography, and auditioning for the part of Mason helped them understand their gender identity. Dillon identifies as pansexual, stating they are attracted to multiple genders. Asia Kate Dillon Asia Kate Dillon (born November 15, 1984) is an American actor who plays Brandy Epps in \"Orange Is the New Black\" and Taylor Mason in \"Billions\". Dillon", "title": "Asia Kate Dillon" }, { "docid": "17986630", "text": "finalized and the series had been greenlit. Casting announcements began in August 2012 with Taylor Schilling, the first to be cast, in the lead role as Piper Chapman, followed by Jason Biggs as Piper's fiancé Larry Bloom. Laura Prepon and Yael Stone were next to join the series. Abigail Savage, who plays Gina, and Alysia Reiner, who plays Fig, had auditioned for role of Alex Vause. Prepon initially auditioned for Piper Chapman, however Kohan felt she would not worry about her [in prison], noting a \"toughness and a presence to her that wasn’t right for the character.\" Kohan instead gave", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "19166142", "text": "story, just ordinary people struggling to create a sense of normalcy in their day-to-day existence.\" Critic John Anderson says in his Thompson on Hollywood Indiewire review of A LIGHT BENEATH THEIR FEET, \"Not only does director Valerie Weiss's latest effort straddle several genres simultaneously—among them, the coming-of-age drama and the social critique—it also features a pair of break-out performances: Madison Davenport (Tina Fey's daughter in the upcoming \"Sisters\"), who plays high-schooler Beth Gerringson; and Taryn Manning (\"Orange Is the New Black\"), who plays Beth's mother, Gloria ... Manning, under Weiss's direction, puts a spin on Gloria that distinguishes her from", "title": "Valerie Weiss" }, { "docid": "16157428", "text": "Abigail Savage, who plays Gina, and Alysia Reiner, who plays Fig, had auditioned for role of Alex Vause. Prepon initially auditioned for Piper Chapman, however Kohan felt she would not worry about her [in prison], noting a \"toughness and a presence to her that wasn't right for the character.\" Kohan instead gave her the role of Alex. Stone had originally auditioned for the role of Nicky Nichols, but she was not considered \"tough enough\" for the character; she was asked to audition for Lorna Morello instead. Likability was important for Morello, whom casting director Jen Euston deemed \"a very helpful,", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "15530626", "text": "artificial or fake. Transgender women of color are also disproportionately represented as victims of hate crimes. The character, Sophia Burset, from the Netflix series, Orange is the New Black is a black trans woman, who reinforces these stereotypes since she has used medical surgery and hormones to appear more as a woman. Other characters in this show constantly make comments indicating they view Sophia as not a real woman. Writer Michael Chavez also argues that Sophia plays into the stereotypical hyperfeminization of trans women in the media through her role of the hairdresser in the prison salon and knowledge of", "title": "Representation of African Americans in media" }, { "docid": "18260397", "text": "the ground and beating her repeatedly, until the Dominicans pull her off. This fight leads her to extreme guilt and a wish to punish herself. She demonstrates this especially when a peaceful protest in the jail cafeteria turns into a chaotic scene and Poussey Washington dies by suffocation. Whilst the inmates grieve over her death, Suzanne believes that Poussey is alive and tries numerous times to suffocate herself. Finally, she is sent to Medical and is placed in a bed next to Kukudio. In season five, Suzanne continues to recover from her injuries and also goes out of her way", "title": "Crazy Eyes (character)" }, { "docid": "16157430", "text": "\"Pennsatucky\" Doggett. \"This American Life\" host Ira Glass was offered a role as a public radio host, but he declined. The role instead went to Robert Stanton, who plays the fictional host Maury Kind. The series is set in a fictional prison in Litchfield, New York, which is a real town in upstate New York, but it does not have a federal penitentiary. The series began filming in the old Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center in Rockland County, New York, on March 7, 2013. The title sequence features photos of real former female prisoners including Kerman herself. On June 27, 2013,", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "15505117", "text": "Orange County SC U-23 Orange County SC U-23 is an American soccer team based in Costa Mesa, California, United States. Founded in 2011 as the Los Angeles Blues 23, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Vanguard University Stadium. The team's colors are black, orange, and white. The club was known as Los Angeles Blues 23 in 2011, Pali Blues in 2012, OC Blues Strikers FC in 2013, OC Pateadores Blues in 2014 and Orange County Blues U-23 in 2015-2016. Los Angeles Blues 23 was", "title": "Orange County SC U-23" }, { "docid": "20127379", "text": "Basquiat and Keith Haring\". He has had commissions from, and formed partnerships with, celebrities and brand titans including Nike, Beyoncé's album \"Lemonade\", the Grammy Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. He has also partnered with Danielle Brooks (who plays Tasha Jefferson on the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\"). In June 2015, Senbanjo's new mantra became \"everything is my canvas\" and he began painting on everything from shoes, to jackets, to people. He created the \"Sacred Art of the Ori Ritual\", which he describes and explains in a September 11, 2017, TED talk. Senbanjo and his Sacred Art of the", "title": "Laolu Senbanjo" }, { "docid": "17921330", "text": "as its 2015 book for the university-wide reading program \"UCSB Reads\". Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (titled Orange Is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison in some editions) is a 2010 memoir by Piper Kerman, which tells the story of her money laundering and drug trafficking conviction and subsequent year spent in a federal women's prison. The book was adapted into the Netflix original comedy-drama series \"Orange Is the New Black\". The memoir details the events which occur as a", "title": "Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison" }, { "docid": "17921325", "text": "Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (titled Orange Is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison in some editions) is a 2010 memoir by Piper Kerman, which tells the story of her money laundering and drug trafficking conviction and subsequent year spent in a federal women's prison. The book was adapted into the Netflix original comedy-drama series \"Orange Is the New Black\". The memoir details the events which occur as a result of Piper Kerman's involvement with Nora Jansen, a former friend,", "title": "Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison" }, { "docid": "16157434", "text": "of 8.24 out of 10 . The site's critical consensus is \"\"Orange Is the New Black\" is a sharp mix of black humor and dramatic heft, with interesting characters and an intriguing flashback structure.\" Hank Stuever, television critic for \"The Washington Post\", gave \"Orange Is the New Black\" a perfect score. In his review of the series, he stated: \"In Jenji Kohan's magnificent and thoroughly engrossing new series, \"Orange Is the New Black\", prison is still the pits. But it is also filled with the entire range of human emotion and stories, all of which are brought vividly to life", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "15505119", "text": "achieved its first victory on May 28, 2011, a 2–0 win over the Los Angeles Misioneros, with both goals – the first in franchise history – being scored by Daniel Martinez. Orange County SC U-23 Orange County SC U-23 is an American soccer team based in Costa Mesa, California, United States. Founded in 2011 as the Los Angeles Blues 23, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Vanguard University Stadium. The team's colors are black, orange, and white. The club was known as Los Angeles", "title": "Orange County SC U-23" }, { "docid": "16157446", "text": "most-watched original series. In 2016, a \"New York Times\" study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that \"Orange Is the New Black\" is one of the shows most watched in urban areas, and despite its \"minority-rich ensemble cast,\" the series \"appeals more to a white audience.\" Orange Is the New Black Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama web television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Produced by", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "863363", "text": "perception of butch, queer and LGBT, it is an honor for me to receive such recognition from my home state. I feel I'm doing Belleville proud. Go Maroons!\". In June 2018 it was announced she would star in the eighth season of \"American Horror Story\", subtitled \"\". In January 2015, DeLaria became engaged to fashion editor Chelsea Fairless after two and a half years of dating. The two met through Fairless's friend, actress Emma Myles, who plays Leanne in \"Orange is the New Black\". In January 2017, DeLaria confirmed she and Fairless had separated. Shortly after the election of Donald", "title": "Lea DeLaria" }, { "docid": "2033447", "text": "the Netflix TV series, \"Orange Is the New Black\", actress Laura Prepon plays Alex Vause, a modern femme fatale, leading both men and women to their destruction. Femmes fatales also appear frequently in comic books. Notable examples include Batman's long-time nemesis Catwoman, who first appeared in comics in 1940, and various adversaries of The Spirit, such as P'Gell. This stock character is also often found in the genres of opera and musical theatre, where she will traditionally have a mezzo, alto or contralto range, opposed to the ingénue’s soprano, to symbolise the masculinity and lack of feminine purity. An example", "title": "Femme fatale" }, { "docid": "15505372", "text": "directed by Lee Daniels. Andujar's role came when she played former heroin addict Rita Romero in the 2009 film \"Precious\". She went on to play young Miss Rosa in \"Orange is the New Black\" Season 2. Hillary Busis of Entertainment Weekly raved about her performance and stated, \"Stephanie Andujar, who plays Young Rosa, is mesmerizing, and I want her to star in a prequel spinoff called \"Portrait of the Prisoner as a Young Bank Robber\".\" In 2016, Stephanie formed Andujar Productions with her family and produced a comedy web series \"StephA: One Woman Show.\" The Youtube series showcases Stephanie's comedic", "title": "Stephanie Andujar" }, { "docid": "10345162", "text": "Black Box\" and \"The Orange Box\" represent a new approach to publishing multiple products on multiple platforms.\" After first discontinuing \"The Black Box\", however, Valve released all the new material for individual download via Steam. \"The Black Box\" was to be priced lower than \"The Orange Box\". To compensate for the cancellation of \"The Black Box\", Valve offered gift subscriptions to Steam users who had previously purchased \"Half-Life 2\" or \"Half-Life 2: Episode One\" and then purchased \"The Orange Box\" so that they could give their second copies of those two games as gifts to people added to their Steam", "title": "The Orange Box" }, { "docid": "17986635", "text": "hungry to see more.\" \"Orange Is the New Black\" was considered one of the best shows of the year by many critics and journalists. The series began airing on broadcast television in New Zealand on TV2 on August 19, 2013. It premiered in Australia on October 9, 2013, on Showcase. Orange Is the New Black (season 1) The first season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "18260392", "text": "Chapman had beaten Tiffany \"Pennsatucky\" Doggett (Taryn Manning) unconscious at the end of season 1. In season 3, Taystee has her hands full trying to control Suzanne, who is still grieving Vee's death and is unstable, prone to losing her temper and constantly fighting with Poussey. Eventually, she turns to new prison counsellor Berdie Rogers's drama class. There, she begins writing a surrealistic science-fiction erotica series called \"\"The Time Hump Chronicles\"\" which, although considered obscene and strange by both Rogers and Taystee, becomes an instant hit amongst the inmates. Although they prove to be therapeutic for her mental health, Suzanne", "title": "Crazy Eyes (character)" }, { "docid": "20030008", "text": "Asia Kate Dillon Asia Kate Dillon (born November 15, 1984) is an American actor who plays Brandy Epps in \"Orange Is the New Black\" and Taylor Mason in \"Billions\". Dillon is non-binary and uses \"singular they\" pronouns. Their role on \"Billions\" is the first non-binary main character on North American television, and earned them a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Dillon graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. They enrolled in and completed the Meisner training program at The Actor’s Workshop of Ithaca, beginning during their junior year of high school", "title": "Asia Kate Dillon" }, { "docid": "16157417", "text": "Orange Is the New Black Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama web television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013. In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. The sixth season was released on July 27, 2018. On October 17, 2018, it was confirmed that the", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "4477698", "text": "the films. These silent movies featured dancers, pugilists, magicians and vaudeville performers. Their appearances at the studio were used as publicity opportunities by Edison, who would often pose with the performers for newspaper articles. Notes Bibliography Edison's Black Maria The Black Maria ( ) was Thomas Edison's movie production studio in West Orange, New Jersey. It is widely referred to as America's First Movie Studio. In 1893, the world's first film production studio, the Black Maria, or the cinematographic Theater, was completed on the grounds of Edison's laboratories at West Orange, New Jersey, for the purpose of making film strips", "title": "Edison's Black Maria" }, { "docid": "11118561", "text": "than six have had recurring roles including Melvin Russell (who plays Jamal) and brother and sister Rashad Orange (who plays Sherrod) and Rakiya Orange who plays Charlene Young. Chew worked as an acting coach with several of the young actors joining the show in the fourth season and with non-professional actor Felicia \"Snoop\" Pearson. As acting coach Chew was responsible for preparing the core of four new young actors Tristan Wilds, Julito McCullum, Maestro Harrell and Jermaine Crawford for their major roles in the fourth season. Chew described his aim as helping the young actors find the roles within themselves", "title": "Robert F. Chew" }, { "docid": "13971513", "text": "had a small role in the 2013 film \"The Wolf of Wall Street\". His most recent roles have been as Management and Correction Corporation employee Jack Pearson who is also the father of Danny Pearson on the Netflix comedy-drama \"Orange is the New Black\" and Blake North on the ABC miniseries \"Madoff\". Michael Bryan French Michael Bryan French is an American stage, film and television actor known for his roles on \"Orange is the New Black, Prison Break, Madoff, \", and \"As the World Turns\". French was born in Lackawanna, New York and raised in Elmira, New York. In 1990,", "title": "Michael Bryan French" }, { "docid": "12906915", "text": "Clifton Heights Orange & Black The Clifton Heights Orange and Black was a professional football team from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, a town located just to the southwest of Philadelphia, from 1921 until around 1932. The team was operated by the Clifton Heights Athletic Association to compete against the other towns of Delaware County. The team was managed by James E. Gallagher and coached by Rusty Yarnell, who also played with the team for a number of years. The Orange and Black consistently fielded strong teams that drew the attention of competitive clubs from neighboring Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware. The", "title": "Clifton Heights Orange & Black" }, { "docid": "19583039", "text": "based on 39 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"\"Orange is the New Black\" is back and better than ever, with a powerful fourth season full of compelling performances by the ensemble cast.\" James Poniewozik of \"The New York Times\" reviewed the fourth season as \"Do you measure the quality of a TV season as a beginning-to-end average or by how well it ends? By the first yardstick, Season 4 is ambitious but uneven; by the latter, it's the series' best.\" Orange Is the New Black (season 4) The fourth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 4)" }, { "docid": "16157419", "text": "in a Drama Series. \"Orange Is the New Black\" is the first series to score Emmy nominations in both comedy and drama categories. The series has also received six Golden Globe Award nominations, six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, a Producers Guild of America Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody Award. The series begins revolving around Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a woman in her thirties living in New York City who is sentenced to 15 months in Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum-security women's federal prison in upstate New York. Chapman was convicted of transporting a suitcase full", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "20999791", "text": "orange bulletproof best, as Lamborghini and Audi vehicles are featured. Rap-Up notes that in the video Black \"counts his money, plays on his iPad, and answers text messages, before heading outside.\" The video proceeds as Black's orange vehicles were shown on display outside of his drive-way. Transportin' \"Transportin'\" is a song recorded by American rapper Kodak Black. It was released on August 18, 2017, via Atlantic Records and WEA. Produced by C-ClipBeatz, the song was included on Black's fifth mixtape \"Project Baby 2\" with songwriting credits from Black, Jermaine Smith and Isaac Hayes. The song samples Isaac Hayes' \"Hung Up", "title": "Transportin'" }, { "docid": "17986634", "text": "Is the New Black\" a perfect score. In his review of the series, he stated: \"In Jenji Kohan's magnificent and thoroughly engrossing new series, \"Orange Is the New Black\", prison is still the pits. But it is also filled with the entire range of human emotion and stories, all of which are brought vividly to life in a world where a stick of gum could ignite either a romance or a death threat.\" Maureen Ryan, of \"The Huffington Post\", wrote: \"\"Orange\" is one of the best new programs of the year, and the six episodes I've seen have left me", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "19786505", "text": "is a full-length 80 to 90-minute show. The plays, based on the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, premiered in repertory at Mixed Blood Theatre in October 2013 and have since been produced across the U.S. and in the U.K. The plays received some activist response from a Nevada-based organization for protecting Hinduism. The group claimed that Kapil trivializes the religion in this trilogy. \"Brahman/i\" and \"The Chronicles of Kalki\" received an unprecedented double nomination for the James Tait Black Prize (from the University of Edinburgh). \"Orange\" is the story of an adventure through Orange County, told from the", "title": "Aditi Kapil" }, { "docid": "4218609", "text": "like Ryo (blond hair, orange gi and black tights), while scheme F resembles Robert Garcia's outfit from \"The King of Fighters '99\" to \"2002\", which consists of brown hair, orange gi with black long-sleeved tights, and no headband. Although Yuri is not playable in the first \"Art of Fighting\" game, she plays a big role in the plot as she is kidnapped by the Southtown criminal Mr. Big, causing Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia to search for her throughout the game. In the end, Ryo and Robert fight Mr. Karate, a soldier from Mr. Big taking Yuri as a hostage,", "title": "Yuri Sakazaki" }, { "docid": "20288484", "text": "field, Staphorst scored twice and went on to the third round. In recent years Montfoort plays again in the Eerste Klasse. VV Montfoort Voetbalvereniging Montfoort is an association football club from Montfoort, Netherlands. It was founded on 30 July 1946. Its kit consists of an orange shirt, black shorts and orange socks. The first male squad of Montfoort plays in the Eerste Klasse since 2015. Home grounds of VV Montfoort are at Sportpark Hofland Zuid, located on the Bovenkerkweg in Montfoort. Voetbalvereniging Montfoort was founded on 30 July 1946. Until 1996 its first squad played mainly in local leagues, with", "title": "VV Montfoort" }, { "docid": "18846586", "text": "You've Got Time \"You've Got Time\" is the main title theme song for the Netflix Original Series \"Orange Is the New Black\", written, composed and performed by Regina Spektor. The song was nominated in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was written specifically for \"Orange Is the New Black\" by Regina Spektor, who was approached by the show's creator, Jenji Kohan. Kohan said, \"I listened to Regina's albums obsessively while writing the series, so I immediately thought of her for our theme song.\" Additionally Spektor had previously performed a cover", "title": "You've Got Time" }, { "docid": "7076175", "text": "Arden Myrin Arden VanAmringe Myrin (; born December 10, 1973) is an American actress and comedian. Arden plays Regina Sinclair on the Netflix show Insatiable. Arden became a new cast member on Showtime's \"Shameless\" Season 7, and recently appeared in the world premiere of Steve Martin's new play \"Meteor Shower\" at the Long Wharf Theatre. Her television credits include \"Orange Is the New Black, Hung, Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, W/ Bob and David, Psych, Bones, Fresh Off The Boat, Suburgatory, 2 Broke Girls, Reno 911!,\" and \"Gilmore Girls\" among others. From 1997-99 Arden played the regular role of", "title": "Arden Myrin" }, { "docid": "18004958", "text": "theatre company. After four months in New York, she was cast in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\", a show set in a women's prison. Stone plays Lorna Morello, a prisoner from New Jersey; her accent, a mixture of Brooklyn and Boston, was called \"the most amazing accent on television\" by a journalist for \"The New Republic\", while another reviewer deemed the role to be Stone's \"breakout turn\". She reprised her role in the show's second season, and was billed as a series regular in the third season. She has also appeared on the web series \"High Maintenance\".", "title": "Yael Stone" }, { "docid": "13834301", "text": "black sub-apical spots and a series of grey sub-marginal specks found with a large grey patch at outer angle. Cilia greyish. Hind wings orange, with broad sub-marginal fuscous black band. The larvae feed on \"Melaleuca\" species. Ophiusa discriminans Ophiusa discriminans is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Brunei, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and in Australia in the Northern Territory and Queensland. The wingspan is about 60-65mm. Head and thorax reddish orange with grey palpi. Sides of head chestnut colored. Abdomen orange with a black dorsal patch near extremity. Fore wings greenish orange with", "title": "Ophiusa discriminans" }, { "docid": "19372963", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 5) The fifth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 9, 2017, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. The fifth season was released on June 9, 2017. In", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 5)" }, { "docid": "18038514", "text": "New South Wales Country Eagles The New South Wales Country Eagles is an Australian rugby union football team competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team was founded by a group of patrons associated with country rugby in New South Wales. The Eagles team plays home matches in regional centres of New South Wales including Armidale, Goulburn, Orange, and Tamworth. The Country Eagles' name derives from the wedge-tailed eagle, a large bird of prey found across all areas of Australia. Golden hackles highlight the eagle's predominantly black feathers and these have been adopted as the team's colours. The team's", "title": "New South Wales Country Eagles" }, { "docid": "19583037", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 4) The fourth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 17, 2016, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 54–60 minutes, with a 77-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. The season received critical acclaim, again winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19372975", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 6) The sixth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 27, 2018, at 12:00 am PDT in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 50 and 84 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. This season takes place in a maximum security prison, after the inmates incite a riot at Litchfield Penitentiary during the previous season, and", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19372972", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 6) The sixth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 27, 2018, at 12:00 am PDT in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 50 and 84 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. This season takes place in a maximum security prison, after the inmates incite a riot at Litchfield Penitentiary during the previous season, and", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 6)" }, { "docid": "18900275", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 3) The third season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 11, 2015, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 53–60 minutes, with a 90-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. The season received critical acclaim, again winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 3)" }, { "docid": "17521371", "text": "shows of the year by many critics and journalists. In Australia, the second season began airing on Showcase on July 16, 2014. Orange Is the New Black (season 2) The second season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 6, 2014, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes, with a 90-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" }, { "docid": "17986623", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1) The first season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. In July 2011, Netflix was in negotiations with Lionsgate for a 13-episode TV adaptation of Kerman's memoirs. The series began filming in the old Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16157445", "text": "for the fifth season when Netflix releases it in June. \"Orange Is the New Black\" generated more viewers and hours viewed in its first week than the other top Netflix original series \"House of Cards\" and \"Arrested Development\". In October 2013, Netflix stated that the show is a \"tremendous success\" for the streaming platform. \"It will end the year as our most watched original series ever and, as with each of our other previously launched originals, enjoys an audience comparable with successful shows on cable and broadcast TV.\" As reported in February 2016, \"Orange Is the New Black\" remains Netflix's", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "17521363", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2) The second season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 6, 2014, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes, with a 90-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. The series follows Piper Chapman, forced to board a bus and a plane without being given any information. Later she discovers", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16157437", "text": "reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"Thanks to its blend of potent comedy and rich character work, \"Orange is the New Black\" remains a bittersweet pleasure in its third season.\" The fourth season received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, it has a score of 86 out of 100 based on 19 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 96% rating with an average score of 8.46 out of 10 based on 47 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"\"Orange is the New Black\" is back and better than ever, with a powerful fourth season full of compelling performances by the ensemble", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "19372965", "text": "has received \"generally favorable reviews\". On Metacritic, it has a score of 67 out of 100 based on 20 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 76% rating with an average score of 7.47 out of 10 based on 33 reviews. Orange Is the New Black (season 5) The fifth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 9, 2017, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 5)" }, { "docid": "8325325", "text": "hence the name \"varied\" sittella. There are five subspecies: The New Guinea subspecies are \"papuensis\" (Papuan or New Guinea sitella), sometimes given specific status \"alba\" (white sitella), \"intermedia\" (intermediate sitella) and \"albifrons\" (white-fronted sitella) Its crown and head can be white, grey or black, and its body is either whitish or grey often streaked with black and grey. Its wings are black, with a broad bar in either white or cinnamon. The iris is dark orange, and the eye-ring legs and feet are orange-yellow. The beak is orange with a black tip that can extend as far as the base.", "title": "Varied sittella" }, { "docid": "18900277", "text": "100 based on 24 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 96% rating with an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 53 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"Thanks to its blend of potent comedy and rich character work, \"Orange is the New Black\" remains a bittersweet pleasure in its third season.\" For its third season, \"Orange Is the New Black\" won Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (Aduba). It received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 3)" }, { "docid": "16492381", "text": "transgender activist. Cox has a recurring role in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\" as Sophia Burset, a transgender woman who went to prison for credit-card fraud, and is the hairdresser for many of the inmates. Cox is best known for her role on \"Orange Is the New Black\", for being a contestant on the first season of VH1's \"I Want to Work for Didd\"y and for producing and co-hosting the VH1 makeover television series \"TRANSform Me\" (which made her the first African-American transgender person to produce and star in her own TV show). Cox was on the", "title": "History of transgender people in the United States" }, { "docid": "18900278", "text": "Television Series – Musical or Comedy. The series has also received, among other accolades, six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, five Satellite Awards, four Critics' Choice Television Awards, a GLAAD Media Award, an American Cinema Editors Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a Peabody Award. In Australia, the third season began airing on Showcase on June 11, 2015. Orange Is the New Black (season 3) The third season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 11, 2015, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 3)" }, { "docid": "14365408", "text": "Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey is a college ice hockey program that has represented Syracuse University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and College Hockey America (CHA) since the 2008–09 season.Syracuse plays its home games at Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion in Syracuse, New York. On March 6, 2008, it was announced that the Orange would join College Hockey America. Syracuse was the fifth school to join the conference for women's hockey. Paul Flanagan, who coached the St. Lawrence Skating Saints women's ice hockey program to five NCAA Frozen Four appearances was appointed as", "title": "Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey" }, { "docid": "15742348", "text": "written below the logo. The logo consisted on a bird black head, with a basketball in its claw. Their colors were dark yellow, black, white and orange. As New Mexico, they removed the orange color and replaced with grey. Their home uniform was white, with \"Thunderbirds\" and the numbers written in orange, and black details on the side of the jersey. The away uniform was orange, with black details, and letters (\"Albuquerque\") in white. As New Mexico, it had a little change, the away uniform used \"T-Birds\" instead of \"New Mexico\". Under the Cleveland Cavaliers ownership, the Charge adopted a", "title": "Canton Charge" }, { "docid": "80073", "text": "to be the trademark. In 2004, a new tiger stripe pattern and more accents were added to the uniforms. The black jerseys now featured orange tiger-striped sleeves and white side panels, while the white jerseys began to use black tiger-striped sleeves and orange shoulders. A new logo consisting of an orange \"B\" covered with black tiger stripes was introduced. The team also started rotating black pants and debuted an alternate orange jersey, with white side panels and black tiger-striped sleeves. The Bengals have worn their black uniforms at home throughout their history, with some exceptions such as the 1970 season", "title": "Cincinnati Bengals" }, { "docid": "10671982", "text": "day, this flying fox usually roosts among dry banana leaves, a perfect camouflage given its burnt orange and black fur pattern. They roost alone, primarily within 100 m of their core-use feeding area, except for sub-adult bats who roost more than 400 m from their most frequented foraging grounds. Sub-adult bats often have not established a territory yet and have to wait for a home range to become available or fight to claim one. Black-bellied fruit bats are endothermic but are poor thermoregulators. Ambient temperature plays a role in determining their body temperature. They are thermally neutral from 28 to", "title": "Black-bellied fruit bat" }, { "docid": "8172332", "text": "Naranjas de Villa Clara The Naranjas de Villa Clara (Villa Clara Oranges) is a baseball club that plays in the Cuban National Series. Based in Santa Clara, the Naranjas have been one of the league's most successful Cuban squads over the last 30 years; winning championships in 1983, as well as three-year run from 1993 to 1995. They also lost the 1996, 2003, 2004 and 2010 finals to the Industriales. Orange, white and black are their colors; although they have three different colors, the orange is what represents them, even though teams like Sancti Spíritus Gallos also wore orange uniforms.", "title": "Naranjas de Villa Clara" }, { "docid": "2264145", "text": "back older Betacam variants, for example, the Sony SRW-5500 HDCAM SR recorder, plays back and records HDCAM and HDCAM SR tapes and with optional hardware also plays and upconverts Digital Betacam tapes to HD format. Tape lengths are the same as for Digital Betacam, up to 40 minutes for S and 124 minutes for L tapes. In 24p mode the runtime increases to 50 and 155 minutes, respectively. Sony branded HDCAM cassettes are black with an orange lid, and HDCAM SR cassettes black with a cyan lid. 440 Mbit/s mode is known as SQ, and 880 Mbit/s mode is known", "title": "Betacam" }, { "docid": "8228618", "text": "Orange Judd Orange Judd (July 26, 1822 – December 27, 1892) was an American agricultural chemist, editor, and publisher. Judd was born of a rural family near Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York. His grandfather, also named Orange Judd (1763–1844), came from Tyringham, Massachusetts and served as a private in the Berkshire Militia in the Northern Campaigns. His father, Ozias Judd, fought at Black Rock in 1813. Orange Judd's mother was Rheuama Wright, daughter of David Wright who was a private in the New York Militia during the Revolution. Judd married twice, first to Sarah L. Ford of Boston", "title": "Orange Judd" }, { "docid": "8076179", "text": "New York City Hardcore:Together New York City Hardcore:Together is a record that was released as a seven-track 7\" in 1987 as Revelation Records #2. The tracks were later re-released on the 18-track CD \"New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is\", also on Revelation Records. The recording documents some of the popular bands of the 1980s New York hardcore era, and as such is an important document of the early NY Hardcore scene. First pressing: 600 on black, 400 on orange/gold vinyl (2 or more are orange/black swirl). Some orange copies have a Batman or Superman stamp on inner sleeve.", "title": "New York City Hardcore:Together" }, { "docid": "17986633", "text": "of race, sexuality, gender and body types. The first season received positive reviews from critics, review aggregator Metacritic gave it a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 based on reviews from 32 critics, indicating favorable reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, season one has a 93% approval rating based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10 . The site's critical consensus is \"\"Orange Is the New Black\" is a sharp mix of black humor and dramatic heft, with interesting characters and an intriguing flashback structure.\" Hank Stuever, television critic for \"The Washington Post\", gave \"Orange", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "4477696", "text": "is now the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange. A previous reconstruction had been built and dedicated in May 1940 when MGM held the world premiere of \"Edison, the Man\" starring Spencer Tracy in theaters throughout The Oranges (West Orange, East Orange, South Orange, and Orange). The Black Maria was, according to the staff who worked there, a small and uncomfortable place to work. Edison employees W. K. Dickson and Jonathan Campbell coined the name—it reminded them of police Black Marias, (police vans, also known as \"paddywagons\") of the time because they were also cramped, stuffy and a similar", "title": "Edison's Black Maria" }, { "docid": "17224370", "text": "Meeting (AGM) it was announced that the third period of play has been increased from 15 minutes to 20 minutes, while the first two remain 15 minutes in length. The change was in response to fans calling for the league to align itself with international hockey which plays three 20 minute periods. The Melbourne Mustangs revealed their new logo and jerseys for the start of the season featuring a redesigned mustang horse, holding an ice hockey stick. The new jerseys include a white home jersey, a black away jersey and an orange third jersey which is being released as off-ice", "title": "2013 AIHL season" }, { "docid": "6376299", "text": "Gwendolyn Sanford Gwendolyn Sanford is an American singer-songwriter and composer. She is best known for her performances with Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang and for her contributions to the scores for \"Weeds\", \"Orange Is the New Black\" and other films and plays. Sanford was born in Philadelphia and raised in Sierra Madre, California. Sanford studied acting at the Los Angeles County School High School for the Arts. While in school, she learned to play guitar and at age 27, formed Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang. The group was first noticed at a 2003 street fair in Los Feliz.", "title": "Gwendolyn Sanford" }, { "docid": "6376302", "text": "Gwendolyn has recorded four solo albums Gwendolyn has released four children's albums as \"Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang\": And a live concert DVD The \"Good Time Gang\" performs for children's events, mainly in California. Musicians in Gwendolyn's live band include: Musicians Gwendolyn has worked with include: Gwendolyn Sanford Gwendolyn Sanford is an American singer-songwriter and composer. She is best known for her performances with Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang and for her contributions to the scores for \"Weeds\", \"Orange Is the New Black\" and other films and plays. Sanford was born in Philadelphia and raised in Sierra Madre,", "title": "Gwendolyn Sanford" }, { "docid": "5625286", "text": "Orange Record Label Orange Record Label was a Canadian independent record label, located in Toronto, Ontario. Orange recordings were distributed in Canada by Universal Music Canada, which was also a minority stakeholder in the label. Orange is also used to record and distribute the songs featured on the \"Instant Star\" television series starring Alexz Johnson. Stephen Stohn who is Executive Producer of \"Instant Star\" is also a minority stakeholder and director of Orange. Orange also plays host to the \"Live @ Orange Sessions\" which are recorded in the Orange Lounge Recording Studio for webcasting on Bell Sympatico. Orange's distribution arm,", "title": "Orange Record Label" }, { "docid": "5689879", "text": "with the park in 2008) to a new slide, now known as the Soundsurfer, \"King of the beats.\" This new attraction features colorful LED lights, and also plays music that guests choose at the top of the tower before getting on the slide. The slide also went through a re-paint, and the slides new colors are orange and white, instead of the former colors, blue and black. These new features make this slide the first of its kind in America. The Zoombezi Bay theme song \"Zoombezi Bay\" was written and produced by freelance musician Kelly Warner from Columbus, Ohio. Vocals", "title": "Zoombezi Bay" }, { "docid": "18154925", "text": "Madeline Brewer Madeline Kathryn Brewer (born c. 1991/1992) is an American actress who has appeared in the Netflix original series \"Orange Is the New Black\" and \"Hemlock Grove\", the Hulu series \"The Handmaid's Tale\", and the Netflix horror film \"Cam\". Brewer grew up in Pitman, New Jersey, the daughter of Laurie and Mark Brewer, who is an actor and musician. She is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. Brewer was crowned Miss Pitman in high school in 2010. In 2016, she appeared in \"Men Against Fire\", an episode of the anthology series \"Black", "title": "Madeline Brewer" }, { "docid": "12906917", "text": "season. The Orange and Black won Delaware County Titles in 1922 and 1923. Clifton Heights Orange & Black The Clifton Heights Orange and Black was a professional football team from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, a town located just to the southwest of Philadelphia, from 1921 until around 1932. The team was operated by the Clifton Heights Athletic Association to compete against the other towns of Delaware County. The team was managed by James E. Gallagher and coached by Rusty Yarnell, who also played with the team for a number of years. The Orange and Black consistently fielded strong teams that drew", "title": "Clifton Heights Orange & Black" }, { "docid": "9708146", "text": "theatre director, who retired from the Orange Tree Theatre in June 2014. The Orange Tree Theatre specialises in staging new plays and rediscovering classics. It has an education and participation programme that reaches over 10,000 people every year. Since 2014 the theatre has won ten Offies (Off West End Awards), five UK Theatre Awards and the Alfred Fagon Audience Award. It won the Empty Space Peter Brook Award in 2006 and 2015. As a company the Orange Tree Theatre, then known as the Richmond Fringe, was founded on 31 December 1971 by Sam Walters and Auriol Smith in a small", "title": "Orange Tree Theatre" }, { "docid": "20642018", "text": "Themes include the oppression and resistance of Black Americans and women, the Supreme Court, the American News Media, and the ever-expanding security and surveillance state. Stephen Vittoria Stephen Vittoria (born January 11, 1957) is an American filmmaker and author born in Newark, New Jersey who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Vittoria grew up in West Orange, New Jersey and attended West Orange Mountain High School. In 1973, when he was a 16-year-old high school student, Vittoria petitioned to run for the Board of Education of the West Orange Public Schools. Vittoria wanted student representation on the school board but", "title": "Stephen Vittoria" }, { "docid": "20620005", "text": "Mason Toye Mason Toye (born October 16, 1998) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Minnesota United in MLS. Born in South Orange, New Jersey, Toye attended Morristown-Beard School for his first two years of High School, before transferring to Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey where he graduated in 2017. Toye played one year at Indiana University before entering the 2018 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation Adidas player. At Indiana University, Toye made 21 starts and 25 appearances throughout the 2017 season. He tallied 10 goals and 2 assists in the 2017 campaign. Toye", "title": "Mason Toye" }, { "docid": "18066476", "text": "New South Wales. The team colours are orange (amber) and black. The New South Wales Country Under 20 team competes in the Southern States Championship and also plays occasional matches against other representative sides. Prior to 2008, country colts teams at under 21 and under 19 age levels were fielded in national and state competitions. The New South Wales Country team first played the Metropolitan Sydney side when the New South Wales Rugby Union inaugurated the Country Week carnivals in 1895. Sydney won in the first two years by 14–11 and 23–8, but in 1897 the Country team won by", "title": "New South Wales Country Cockatoos" }, { "docid": "14116106", "text": "Orange bluet The orange bluet (\"Enallagma signatum\") is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species of bluet stands out from other many bluets because of its orange color. On male orange bluets, the thorax is orange with a thick, black stipe along the back and black shoulder stripes. His abdomen is mostly black with some orange rings, orange below, and orange near the tip. His large eyes are orange on a black head; small orange postocular spots are connected across the back of the head by an orange bar. On female orange bluets, the thorax is similar", "title": "Orange bluet" }, { "docid": "20752618", "text": "(2018). She plays the role of Allyson Nelson, the daughter of Judy Greer's character Karen Nelson, and the granddaughter of Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode, whose character also starred in the 1978 original film. Andi Matichak Andi Matichak (born May 3, 1995) is an American actress. She has appeared in such television series as \"666 Park Avenue\", \"Orange Is the New Black\" and \"Blue Bloods\". She stars as Allyson Nelson in the horror film \"Halloween\" (2018), a direct sequel to the 1978 original film of the same name. Matichak was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, but raised in the suburbs of", "title": "Andi Matichak" }, { "docid": "4280286", "text": "Taryn Manning Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress and singer. Manning made her film debut in the teen drama \"Crazy/Beautiful\" (2001), followed by a lead part opposite Britney Spears in \"Crossroads\" (2002), which garnered her mainstream attention. She then appeared in \"8 Mile\" (2002), \"White Oleander\" (2002), \"A Lot Like Love\" (2005) and \"Hustle & Flow\" (2005). Manning has also had a main role on \"Hawaii Five-0\" and had recurring roles in television on \"Sons of Anarchy\", and plays the role of Tiffany \"Pennsatucky\" Doggett in the Netflix original series \"Orange Is the New Black\". Manning", "title": "Taryn Manning" }, { "docid": "10234772", "text": "that Stevens had been released from her contract following a backstage real-life physical altercation with Rebecca (Reby) Hardy just a week before TNA's tour in the United Kingdom. Kong returned for one night only at Bound for Glory along with Taryn Terrell, Christy Hemme and Dixie Carter to induct Gail Kim into the TNA Hall of Fame. She is a playable character in \"WWE '12\" and \"WWE '13\". Stevens plays Tammé \"The Welfare Queen\" Dawson in the Netflix original comedy series \"GLOW\" from producer Jenji Kohan (creator of \"Orange Is the New Black\"), which was inspired by the 1980s female", "title": "Kia Stevens" }, { "docid": "14074925", "text": "is narrow, black in colour with yellow strips. There is a brown yellow colour at the base of their wings. Females are the same size as the males. They are pale brown in colour and have the same black patterns as the males. Orange threadtails are found in eastern Australian States: Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. Orange threadtail The orange threadtail or ochre threadtail (\"Nososticta solida\") is an Australian damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. They are medium-sized with a length of around 35mm. Orange threadtails can be found near semi-shaded running water, and usually rest on", "title": "Orange threadtail" }, { "docid": "14116110", "text": "March to early November. This bluet is unusual in that it is most active in the late afternoon. Orange bluet The orange bluet (\"Enallagma signatum\") is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species of bluet stands out from other many bluets because of its orange color. On male orange bluets, the thorax is orange with a thick, black stipe along the back and black shoulder stripes. His abdomen is mostly black with some orange rings, orange below, and orange near the tip. His large eyes are orange on a black head; small orange postocular spots are connected", "title": "Orange bluet" }, { "docid": "13834300", "text": "Ophiusa discriminans Ophiusa discriminans is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Brunei, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and in Australia in the Northern Territory and Queensland. The wingspan is about 60-65mm. Head and thorax reddish orange with grey palpi. Sides of head chestnut colored. Abdomen orange with a black dorsal patch near extremity. Fore wings greenish orange with reddish outer third, slightly irrorated with black. A faint outwardly oblique, sinuous antemedial line and inwardly oblique crenulate postmedial line present. Orbicular is a dark speck and reniform is greyish with dark edge. Two grey and", "title": "Ophiusa discriminans" }, { "docid": "17090664", "text": "An online petition \"led to the state department of corrections administering the full regimen of hormones she needed.\" Her story got international attention including in May 2013 when an Ebony.com article about the case won the GLAAD Media Award for \"Outstanding Digital Journalism Article\". She also received support from transgender activist and actress Laverne Cox, star of \"Orange Is the New Black\", which includes story lines about trans women of color and hate crimes. Cox says McDonald is the image she has of her OITNB character, Sophia Burset, and that she plays Burset as a homage to McDonald. Cox also", "title": "CeCe McDonald" }, { "docid": "5657329", "text": "Aaron Moorhead's critically acclaimed romantic horror \"Spring\" (2014) and Amber Tamblyn's drama \"Paint It Black\". Cage (rapper) Christian Palko (born May 4, 1973), better known by his stage name Cage, is an American rapper and actor from Middletown, Orange County, New York. He spent most of his career on the labels Definitive Jux and Eastern Conference. He has released four solo albums, from \"Movies for the Blind\" (2002) to \"Kill the Architect\" (2013), in addition to two compilation albums and two extended plays. Aside from his solo career, Cage is one of the founders of the underground hip hop supergroup", "title": "Cage (rapper)" }, { "docid": "13294380", "text": "Hoangus venustus Hoangus venustus, commonly known as the flax ladybird, is a species of ladybird beetle that is native to New Zealand, being found at least in the North Island. It can be found on New Zealand flax (\"Phormium\") and Toetoe (cutty grass), reportedly eating the mealybugs that live there. Previously known as \"Cassiculus venustus\", the valid name of the species is now \"Hoangus venustus\". The species' colouration is black and orange: its head is orange on each side with black running down the middle, while its elytra or wing cases (which cover the back) are orange around the edge", "title": "Hoangus venustus" }, { "docid": "10710819", "text": "Alysia Reiner Alysia Reiner (born July 21, 1970) is an American actress and producer. Reiner is best known for playing Natalie \"Fig\" Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series, \"Orange Is the New Black\" (2013–present) for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as part of the ensemble cast. Reiner starred in and produced the financial drama, EQUITY, which was bought at Sundance by Sony Pictures Classics and was released nationwide. It is now being developed into a TV series by Tri-Star and ABC. Reiner has appeared in several Off-Broadway plays and won an Obie Award", "title": "Alysia Reiner" }, { "docid": "1743498", "text": "Davis' 1967 album, \"Sorcerer\". She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts, a magnet school in East Orange, New Jersey, was named after her. She plays an active part in supporting the school, which serves underprivileged African-American communities. Cicely Tyson Cicely L. Tyson (born December 19, 1924) is an American actress and former fashion model whose acting career has spanned more than six decades. She is best known for playing strong African-American women on screen and stage. Tyson is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Black Reel Awards,", "title": "Cicely Tyson" }, { "docid": "17521370", "text": "10 based on 42 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"With a talented ensemble cast bringing life to a fresh round of serial drama, \"Orange Is the New Black's\" sophomore season lives up to its predecessor's standard for female-led television excellence. Metacritic gave the second season a score of 89 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating \"universal acclaim.\" David Wiegland of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" gave the season a positive review, calling the first six episodes \"not only as great as the first season, but arguably better.\" \"Orange Is the New Black\" was considered one of the best", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" } ]
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[ { "docid": "71317", "text": "Computer program A computer program is a collection of instructions that performs a specific task when executed by a computer. A computer requires programs to function. A computer program is usually written by a computer programmer in a programming language. From the program in its human-readable form of source code, a compiler can derive machine code—a form consisting of instructions that the computer can directly execute. Alternatively, a computer program may be executed with the aid of an interpreter. A collection of computer programs, libraries, and related data are referred to as software. Computer programs may be categorized along functional", "title": "Computer program" }, { "docid": "1770886", "text": "Computer code Computer code or program code is the set of instructions forming a computer program which is executed by a computer. It is one of two components of the software which runs on computer hardware, the other being the data. Computers can only directly execute the machine code instructions which are part of their instruction set. Because these instructions are difficult for humans to read, and writing good programs in machine code or other low-level programming languages is a time-consuming task, most programmers write in the source code of a high-level programming language. This source code is translated into", "title": "Computer code" }, { "docid": "1770887", "text": "machine code by a compiler or interpreter so that the computer can execute it to perform its tasks. A compiler produces object code which is usually in machine language but may also be in an intermediate language which is at a lower level than the source. Byte code is a lower level of source which is designed for more efficient interpretation by interpreters. Computer code Computer code or program code is the set of instructions forming a computer program which is executed by a computer. It is one of two components of the software which runs on computer hardware, the", "title": "Computer code" }, { "docid": "12283157", "text": "Program (machine) A program is a set of instructions used to control the behavior of a machine, often a computer (in this case it is known as a computer program). Examples of programs include: The execution of a program is a series of actions following the instructions it contains. Each instruction produces effects that alter the state of the machine according to its predefined meaning. While some machines are called programmable, for example a programmable thermostat or a musical synthesizer, they are in fact just devices which allow their users to select among a fixed set of a variety of", "title": "Program (machine)" }, { "docid": "61855", "text": "Greek methods by 2,000 years. The first recorded idea of using digital electronics for computing was the 1931 paper \"The Use of Thyratrons for High Speed Automatic Counting of Physical Phenomena\" by C. E. Wynn-Williams. Claude Shannon's 1938 paper \"A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits\" then introduced the idea of using electronics for Boolean algebraic operations. A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions called a computer program. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute the instructions. The same program in its human-readable source code", "title": "Computing" }, { "docid": "12283158", "text": "options, rather than being controlled by programs written in a language (be it textual, visual or otherwise). Program (machine) A program is a set of instructions used to control the behavior of a machine, often a computer (in this case it is known as a computer program). Examples of programs include: The execution of a program is a series of actions following the instructions it contains. Each instruction produces effects that alter the state of the machine according to its predefined meaning. While some machines are called programmable, for example a programmable thermostat or a musical synthesizer, they are in", "title": "Program (machine)" }, { "docid": "71317", "text": "Computer program A computer program is a collection of instructions that performs a specific task when executed by a computer. A computer requires programs to function. A computer program is usually written by a computer programmer in a programming language. From the program in its human-readable form of source code, a compiler can derive machine code—a form consisting of instructions that the computer can directly execute. Alternatively, a computer program may be executed with the aid of an interpreter. A collection of computer programs, libraries, and related data are referred to as software. Computer programs may be categorized along functional", "title": "Computer program" }, { "docid": "276184", "text": "Machine code Machine code is a computer program written in machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit (CPU). Each instruction causes the CPU to perform a very specific task, such as a load, a store, a jump, or an ALU operation on one or more units of data in CPU registers or memory. Machine code is a strictly numerical language which is intended to run as fast as possible, and may be regarded as the lowest-level representation of a compiled or assembled computer program or as a primitive and hardware-dependent programming language. While", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "61856", "text": "form, enables a programmer to study and develop a sequence of steps known as an algorithm. Because the instructions can be carried out in different types of computers, a single set of source instructions converts to machine instructions according to the central processing unit type. The execution process carries out the instructions in a computer program. Instructions express the computations performed by the computer. They trigger sequences of simple actions on the executing machine. Those actions produce effects according to the semantics of the instructions. Computer software or just \"software\", is a collection of computer programs and related data that", "title": "Computing" }, { "docid": "12325892", "text": "always possible to determine instruction path length without, for example, an instruction set simulator that can count the number of 'executed' instructions during simulation. If the high-level language supports and optionally produces an 'assembly list', it is sometimes possible to estimate the instruction path length by examining this list. From the above, it can be realized that knowledge of instruction path lengths can be used: Instruction path length In computer performance, the instruction path length is the number of machine code instructions required to execute a section of a computer program. The total path length for the entire program could", "title": "Instruction path length" }, { "docid": "12965902", "text": "A code generator generates machine language instructions for the target processor. Sethi–Ullman algorithm or Sethi-Ullman numbering is a method to minimise the number of registers needed to hold variables. History of compiler construction In computing, a compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language or computer language (the \"source language\"), into another computer language (the \"target language\", often having a binary form known as \"object code\" or \"machine code\"). The most common reason for transforming source code is to create an executable program. Any program written in a high-level programming language must be translated", "title": "History of compiler construction" }, { "docid": "276198", "text": "be decompiled in order to make its functioning more easily understandable to humans. Cognitive science professor Douglas Hofstadter has compared machine code to genetic code, saying that \"Looking at a program written in machine language is vaguely comparable to looking at a DNA molecule atom by atom.\" Machine code Machine code is a computer program written in machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit (CPU). Each instruction causes the CPU to perform a very specific task, such as a load, a store, a jump, or an ALU operation on one or more units", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "18116260", "text": "Weird machine In computer security, the weird machine is a computational artifact where additional code execution can happen outside the original specification of the program. It is closely related to the concept of weird instructions, which are the building blocks of an exploit based on crafted input data. While expected, valid input activates the normal, intended functionality in a computer program, input that was unexpected by the program developer may activate unintended functionality. The weird machine consists of this unintended functionality that can be programmed with selected inputs in an exploit. In a classical attack taking advantage of a stack", "title": "Weird machine" }, { "docid": "701615", "text": "Interpreter (computing) In computer science, an interpreter is a computer program that directly executes, i.e. \"performs\", instructions written in a programming or scripting language, without requiring them previously to have been compiled into a machine language program. An interpreter generally uses one of the following strategies for program execution: Early versions of Lisp programming language and Dartmouth BASIC would be examples of the first type. Perl, Python, MATLAB, and Ruby are examples of the second, while UCSD Pascal is an example of the third type. Source programs are compiled ahead of time and stored as machine independent code, which is", "title": "Interpreter (computing)" }, { "docid": "276190", "text": "Special purpose instructions also often lack explicit operands (CPUID in the x86 architecture writes values into four implicit destination registers, for instance). This distinction between explicit and implicit operands is important in code generators, especially in the register allocation and live range tracking parts. A good code optimizer can track implicit as well as explicit operands which may allow more frequent constant propagation, constant folding of registers (a register assigned the result of a constant expression freed up by replacing it by that constant) and other code enhancements. A computer program is a list of instructions that can be executed", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "12364093", "text": "\"pre-packaged\" CPU simulators, in order to concentrate on good and efficient emulation of a specific machine. The simplest form of a CPU simulator is an interpreter, which is a computer program that follows the execution flow of the emulated program code and, for every machine code instruction encountered, executes operations on the host processor that are semantically equivalent to the original instructions. This is made possible by assigning a variable to each register and flag of the simulated CPU. The logic of the simulated CPU can then more or less be directly translated into software algorithms, creating a software re-implementation", "title": "Emulator" } ]
[ { "docid": "2012376", "text": "code in a high-level instruction set (originally called MI for \"Machine Interface\", and renamed TIMI for \"Technology Independent Machine Interface\" for AS/400). MI/TIMI is a virtual instruction set; it is not the instruction set of the underlying CPU. Unlike some other virtual-machine architectures in which the virtual instructions are interpreted at runtime (see P-code machine), MI/TIMI instructions are never interpreted. They constitute an intermediate compile time step and are translated into the processor's instruction set as the final compilation step. The MI/TIMI instructions are stored within the final program object, in addition to the executable machine instructions. If a program", "title": "IBM System/38" }, { "docid": "12965891", "text": "produce IBM System/360 code. Later generations are not publicly documented. One important feature would be the abstraction of the target processor instruction set, generating to a pseudo machine instruction set, macros, that could be separately defined or mapped to a real machine's instructions. Optimizations applying to sequential instructions could then be applied to the pseudo instruction before their expansion to target machine code. A cross compiler runs in one environment but produces object code for another. Cross compilers are used for embedded development, where the target computer has limited capabilities. An early example of cross compilation was AIMICO, where a", "title": "History of compiler construction" }, { "docid": "583642", "text": "Thumb and AVR32 typically exhibit very high density owing to a technique called code compression. This technique packs two 16-bit instructions into one 32-bit instruction, which is then unpacked at the decode stage and executed as two instructions. Minimal instruction set computers (MISC) are a form of stack machine, where there are few separate instructions (16-64), so that multiple instructions can be fit into a single machine word. These types of cores often take little silicon to implement, so they can be easily realized in an FPGA or in a multi-core form. The code density of MISC is similar to", "title": "Instruction set architecture" }, { "docid": "583629", "text": "(MISC) and one instruction set computer (OISC). These are theoretically important types, but have not been commercialized. Machine language is built up from discrete \"statements\" or \"instructions\". On the processing architecture, a given instruction may specify: More complex operations are built up by combining these simple instructions, which are executed sequentially, or as otherwise directed by control flow instructions. Examples of operations common to many instruction sets include: Processors may include \"complex\" instructions in their instruction set. A single \"complex\" instruction does something that may take many instructions on other computers. Such instructions are typified by instructions that take multiple", "title": "Instruction set architecture" }, { "docid": "3805573", "text": "referring to programs in high level languages as well as the programs written in machine code or assembly language. In high-level programming languages, branches usually take the form of conditional statements of various forms that encapsulate the instruction sequence that will be executed if the conditions are satisfied. Unconditional branch instructions such as GOTO are used to unconditionally \"jump\" to (begin execution of) a different instruction sequence. Machine level branch instructions are sometimes called \"jump\" instructions. Machine level jump instructions typically have \"unconditional\" and \"conditional\" forms where the latter may be \"taken\" or \"not taken\" depending on some condition. Usually", "title": "Branch (computer science)" }, { "docid": "266981", "text": "Microcode Microcode is a computer hardware technique that imposes an interpreter between the CPU hardware and the programmer-visible instruction set architecture of the computer. As such, the microcode is a layer of hardware-level instructions that implement higher-level machine code instructions or internal state machine sequencing in many digital processing elements. Microcode is used in general-purpose central processing units, although in current desktop CPUs it is only a fallback path for cases that the faster hardwired control unit cannot handle. Microcode typically resides in special high-speed memory and translates machine instructions, state machine data or other input into sequences of detailed", "title": "Microcode" }, { "docid": "267012", "text": "such as loop or string instructions, floating point unit transcendental functions or unusual values such as denormal numbers, and special purpose instructions such as CPUID. Microcode Microcode is a computer hardware technique that imposes an interpreter between the CPU hardware and the programmer-visible instruction set architecture of the computer. As such, the microcode is a layer of hardware-level instructions that implement higher-level machine code instructions or internal state machine sequencing in many digital processing elements. Microcode is used in general-purpose central processing units, although in current desktop CPUs it is only a fallback path for cases that the faster hardwired", "title": "Microcode" }, { "docid": "276186", "text": "into machine code. However, the \"interpreter\" itself, which may be seen as an executor or processor, performing the instructions of the source code, typically consists of directly executable machine code (generated from assembly or high-level language source code). Machine code is by definition the lowest level of programming detail visible to the programmer, but internally many processors use microcode or optimise and transform machine code instructions into sequences of micro-ops, this is not generally considered to be a machine code per se. Every processor or processor family has its own instruction set. Instructions are patterns of bits that by physical", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "7726559", "text": "Bank, Baric). The description following describes this machine and its use. KDF8 was a transistor based machine with magnetic core memory. The core memory of the machine installed at the Kidsgrove computer bureau was upgraded from 64k to the then maximum of 96k of core memory. KDF8 used an octal (base eight) addressing system. A machine-code instruction was fixed length, ten octal characters long. The instruction set was specifically designed for commercial use. It had machine-code level instructions for all four of the decimal arithmetic functions operating on variable length numbers, and also had instructions for efficient manipulation of variable-length", "title": "English Electric KDF8" }, { "docid": "71329", "text": "executed immediately with the aid of an interpreter. Compilers are used to translate source code from a programming language into either object code or machine code. Object code needs further processing to become machine code, and machine code consists of the central processing unit's native instructions, ready for execution. Compiled computer programs are commonly referred to as executables, binary images, or simply as binaries – a reference to the binary file format used to store the executable code. Interpreters are used to execute source code from a programming language line-by-line. The interpreter decodes each statement and performs its behavior. One", "title": "Computer program" }, { "docid": "276192", "text": "rendition of machine language, called assembly language, uses mnemonic codes to refer to machine code instructions, rather than using the instructions' numeric values directly. For example, on the Zilog Z80 processor, the machine code codice_1, which causes the CPU to decrement the codice_2 processor register, would be represented in assembly language as codice_3. The MIPS architecture provides a specific example for a machine code whose instructions are always 32 bits long. The general type of instruction is given by the \"op\" (operation) field, the highest 6 bits. J-type (jump) and I-type (immediate) instructions are fully specified by \"op\". R-type (register)", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "6465", "text": "Assembly language An assembly (or assembler) language, often abbreviated asm, is any low-level programming language in which there is a very strong correspondence between the program's statements and the architecture's machine code instructions. Each assembly language is specific to a particular computer architecture and operating system. In contrast, most high-level programming languages are generally portable across multiple architectures but require interpreting or compiling. Assembly language may also be called \"symbolic machine code\". Assembly language usually has one statement per machine instruction, but assembler directives, macros and symbolic labels of program and memory locations are often also supported. Assembly code is", "title": "Assembly language" }, { "docid": "17056225", "text": "Millicode In computer architecture, millicode is a higher level of microcode used to implement the instruction set of a computer. Millicode runs on top of the microcoded instructions and uses those instructions to implement more complex instructions visible to the user of the system. Implementation of millicode requires a special processor mode called millimode that provides its own set of registers, and possibly its own special instructions invisible to the user. IBM invented both the concept and the term \"millicode\" for the System/390 9672-G4 processor in 1997. The following are cited as advantages of millicode: The \"i370\" code for the", "title": "Millicode" }, { "docid": "583627", "text": "their ISA such as Smalltalk, the Java virtual machine, and Microsoft's Common Language Runtime, implement this by translating the bytecode for commonly used code paths into native machine code. In addition, these virtual machines execute less frequently used code paths by interpretation (see: Just-in-time compilation). Transmeta implemented the x86 instruction set atop VLIW processors in this fashion. An ISA may be classified in a number of different ways. A common classification is by architectural \"complexity\". A complex instruction set computer (CISC) has many specialized instructions, some of which may only be rarely used in practical programs. A reduced instruction set", "title": "Instruction set architecture" }, { "docid": "1600890", "text": "links. Cyclone (computer) The Cyclone, was a vacuum tube computer, built by Iowa State College (later University) at Ames, Iowa. The machine was placed into operation in July 1959. It was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. The prototype of this machine is ILLIAC, the University of Illinois Digital Computer. The Cyclone used 40-bit words, used two 20-bit instructions per word, and each instruction had an eight-bit op-code and a 12-bit operand or address field. In general IAS-based computers were not code compatible with each other, although originally math routines which ran on the ILLIAC would", "title": "Cyclone (computer)" }, { "docid": "1600885", "text": "Cyclone (computer) The Cyclone, was a vacuum tube computer, built by Iowa State College (later University) at Ames, Iowa. The machine was placed into operation in July 1959. It was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. The prototype of this machine is ILLIAC, the University of Illinois Digital Computer. The Cyclone used 40-bit words, used two 20-bit instructions per word, and each instruction had an eight-bit op-code and a 12-bit operand or address field. In general IAS-based computers were not code compatible with each other, although originally math routines which ran on the ILLIAC would also", "title": "Cyclone (computer)" }, { "docid": "3837527", "text": "G-code G-code (also \"RS-274\"), which has many variants, is the common name for the most widely used numerical control (NC) programming language. It is used mainly in computer-aided manufacturing to control automated machine tools. G-code is a language in which people tell computerized machine tools how to make something. The \"how\" is defined by g-code instructions provided to a machine controller (industrial computer) that tells the motors where to move, how fast to move, and what path to follow. The two most common situations are that, within a machine tool such as a lathe or mill, a cutting tool is", "title": "G-code" }, { "docid": "468945", "text": "Z-machine The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games. Infocom compiled game code to files containing Z-machine instructions (called story files or Z-code files) and could therefore port its text adventures to a new platform simply by writing a Z-machine implementation for that platform. With the large number of incompatible home computer systems in use at the time, this was an important advantage over using native code or developing a compiler for each system. The \"Z\" of Z-machine stands for Zork, Infocom's", "title": "Z-machine" }, { "docid": "18319671", "text": "a compiler. Machine language instructions were created to interpret the object code, the output of the assembler. In effect, this was a high level instruction set, or programming language, for a hypothetical or virtual real-time sensor-based computer and LABS/7 provided a language interpreter implemented in System/7 machine language which mimicked, or, in today's language, emulated, the virtual machine. Another element of LABS/7 was a package of general purpose \"utility programs\"; today these would probably be called \"apps\". Finally, a System/360 software package known as the Host Communication Facility (HCF) was developed to provide bi-directional data transfer between a host System/360", "title": "Event Driven Executive" }, { "docid": "1569458", "text": "more instructions than AGC natively supported and the memory requirements were much lower than in the case of adding these instructions to the AGC native language which would require additional memory built into the computer (at that time the memory capacity was very expensive). The average pseudo-instruction required about 24 ms to execute. The assembler and version control system, named \"YUL\" for an early prototype \"Christmas Computer\", enforced proper transitions between native and interpreted code. A set of interrupt-driven user interface routines called \"Pinball\" provided keyboard and display services for the jobs and tasks running on the AGC. A rich", "title": "Apollo Guidance Computer" }, { "docid": "354807", "text": "efficient and allowing higher clock frequencies. In the early days of the computer industry, programming was done in assembly language or machine code, which encouraged powerful and easy-to-use instructions. CPU designers therefore tried to make instructions that would do as much work as feasible. With the advent of higher level languages, computer architects also started to create dedicated instructions to directly implement certain central mechanisms of such languages. Another general goal was to provide every possible addressing mode for every instruction, known as orthogonality, to ease compiler implementation. Arithmetic operations could therefore often have results as well as operands directly", "title": "Reduced instruction set computer" }, { "docid": "93848", "text": "a typical CISC machine may limit the instruction level parallelism that can be extracted from the code, although this is strongly mediated by the fast cache structures used in modern designs, as well as by other measures. Due to inherently compact and semantically rich instructions, the average amount of work performed per machine code unit (i.e. per byte or bit) is higher for a CISC than a RISC processor, which may give it a significant advantage in a modern cache based implementation. Transistors for logic, PLAs, and microcode are no longer scarce resources; only large high-speed cache memories are limited", "title": "Complex instruction set computer" }, { "docid": "583553", "text": "heart, consisting of three \"primitives\". Those are: In an indirect-threaded virtual machine, the one given here, the operations are: This is perhaps the simplest and fastest interpreter or virtual machine. Threaded code In computer science, the term threaded code refers to a programming technique where the code has a form that essentially consists entirely of calls to subroutines. It is often, but not only, found in compiler implementations that generate code in that form and/or are implemented in that form themselves. The code may be processed by an interpreter, or may simply be a sequence of machine code call instructions.", "title": "Threaded code" }, { "docid": "18400080", "text": "as exceptions and virtual functions; this uses JIT to ensure performance. There is a wide variety of systems under this heading. The most extreme example is a Directly Executed Language, where the instruction set architecture of the computer equals the instructions of the HLL, and the source code is directly executable with minimal processing. In extreme cases the only compilation required is tokenizing the source code and feeding the tokens directly to the processor; this is found in stack-oriented programming languages running on a stack machine. For more conventional languages the HLL statements are grouped into instruction + arguments, and", "title": "High-level language computer architecture" }, { "docid": "220096", "text": "JIT compiler called HotSpot. The commercially supported Java releases available from Oracle Corporation are based on the OpenJDK runtime. The Java virtual machine is an abstract (virtual) computer defined by a specification. The garbage-collection algorithm used and any internal optimization of the Java virtual machine instructions (their translation into machine code) are not specified. The main reason for this omission is to not unnecessarily constrain implementers. Any Java application can be run only inside some concrete implementation of the abstract specification of the Java virtual machine. Starting with Java Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0, changes to the JVM specification have", "title": "Java virtual machine" }, { "docid": "17056226", "text": "\"Capitol\" chipset used in some ES/9370 models was similar to millicode, in that it was written as a combination of System/370 instructions and code that had access to special hardware features. Millicode In computer architecture, millicode is a higher level of microcode used to implement the instruction set of a computer. Millicode runs on top of the microcoded instructions and uses those instructions to implement more complex instructions visible to the user of the system. Implementation of millicode requires a special processor mode called millimode that provides its own set of registers, and possibly its own special instructions invisible to", "title": "Millicode" }, { "docid": "1679472", "text": "Instructions per cycle In computer architecture, instructions per cycle (IPC) is one aspect of a processor's performance: the average number of instructions executed for each clock cycle. It is the multiplicative inverse of cycles per instruction. The calculation of IPC is done through running a set piece of code, calculating the number of machine-level instructions required to complete it, then using high-performance timers to calculate the number of clock cycles required to complete it on the actual hardware. The final result comes from dividing the number of instructions by the number of CPU clock cycles. The number of instructions per", "title": "Instructions per cycle" }, { "docid": "276193", "text": "instructions include an additional field \"funct\" to determine the exact operation. The fields used in these types are: \"rs\", \"rt\", and \"rd\" indicate register operands; \"shamt\" gives a shift amount; and the \"address\" or \"immediate\" fields contain an operand directly. For example, adding the registers 1 and 2 and placing the result in register 6 is encoded: Load a value into register 8, taken from the memory cell 68 cells after the location listed in register 3: Jumping to the address 1024: In some computer architectures, the machine code is implemented by an even more fundamental underlying layer called microcode,", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "1340239", "text": "One instruction set computer A one instruction set computer (OISC), sometimes called an ultimate reduced instruction set computer (URISC), is an abstract machine that uses only one instructionobviating the need for a machine language opcode. With a judicious choice for the single instruction and given infinite resources, an OISC is capable of being a universal computer in the same manner as traditional computers that have multiple instructions. OISCs have been recommended as aids in teaching computer architecture and have been used as computational models in structural computing research. In a Turing-complete model, each memory location can store an arbitrary integer,", "title": "One instruction set computer" }, { "docid": "904194", "text": "dependence by allowing the same code to run cross-platform, on different devices. Bytecode may often be either directly executed on a virtual machine (a p-code machine i.e., interpreter), or it may be further compiled into machine code for better performance. Since bytecode instructions are processed by software, they may be arbitrarily complex, but are nonetheless often akin to traditional hardware instructions: virtual stack machines are the most common, but virtual register machines have been built also. Different parts may often be stored in separate files, similar to object modules, but dynamically loaded during execution. A bytecode program may be executed", "title": "Bytecode" }, { "docid": "5543682", "text": "perform a given task (or tasks) is called a \"program\". In the nominal case, the program, as executed by the computer, will consist of binary machine code. The elements of storage manipulated by the program, but not actually executed by the CPU, are also data. Program instructions, and the data that the program manipulates, are both stored in exactly the same way. Therefore, it is possible for computer programs to operate on other computer programs, by manipulating their programmatic data. The line between program and data can become blurry. An interpreter, for example, is a program. The input data to", "title": "Data (computing)" }, { "docid": "333723", "text": "P-code machine In computer programming, a p-code machine, or portable code machine is a virtual machine designed to execute p-code (the assembly language of a hypothetical CPU). This term is applied both generically to all such machines (such as the Java Virtual Machine and MATLAB precompiled code), and to specific implementations, the most famous being the p-Machine of the Pascal-P system, particularly the UCSD Pascal implementation (among whose developers the \"p\" in \"p-code\" was construed to mean \"pseudo\" more often than \"portable\", \"pseudo-code\" thus meaning instructions for a pseudo-machine) . Although the concept was first implemented circa 1966 (as O-code", "title": "P-code machine" }, { "docid": "333732", "text": "\"p\", a base register \"b\", and a top-of-stack register \"t\". There were 8 instructions: This is the code for the machine, written in Pascal: This machine was used to run Wirth's PL/0, which was a Pascal subset compiler used to teach compiler development. P-code machine In computer programming, a p-code machine, or portable code machine is a virtual machine designed to execute p-code (the assembly language of a hypothetical CPU). This term is applied both generically to all such machines (such as the Java Virtual Machine and MATLAB precompiled code), and to specific implementations, the most famous being the p-Machine", "title": "P-code machine" }, { "docid": "11468139", "text": "Wireless DNC Wireless DNC is a form of wireless data transfer, known as Direct Numerical Control, performed between a computer numerical control (CNC) machine and the computer controlling it. These are very widely used in the automobile, engineering, sheet metal and aeronautic industries. These machines are capable of producing different parts. For each type of part, a sequence of instructions is needed. This list of instructions is stored in a computer script, a computer file written in a programming language, such as G-code. This script is commonly referred to as a part program. When a part is to be produced", "title": "Wireless DNC" }, { "docid": "9118917", "text": "that cannot easily be modified, such as with BIOS ROM in an IBM PC compatible computer, it is sometimes called \"firmware\". There are thousands of different programming languages—some intended to be general purpose, others useful only for highly specialized applications. The defining feature of modern computers which distinguishes them from all other machines is that they can be programmed. That is to say that some type of instructions (the program) can be given to the computer, and it will process them. Modern computers based on the von Neumann architecture often have machine code in the form of an imperative programming", "title": "Computer" }, { "docid": "63357", "text": "Software Computer software, or simply software, is a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work. This is in contrast to physical hardware, from which the system is built and actually performs the work. In computer science and software engineering, computer software is all information processed by computer systems, programs and data. Computer software includes computer programs, libraries and related non-executable data, such as online documentation or digital media. Computer hardware and software require each other and neither can be realistically used on its own. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists of machine", "title": "Software" }, { "docid": "5423950", "text": "in Quipper are written in Haskell using provided libraries. For example, the following code implements preparation of a superposition Quantum programming Quantum programming is the process of assembling sequences of instructions, called quantum programs, that are capable of running on a quantum computer. Quantum programming languages help express quantum algorithms using high-level constructs. Quantum instruction sets are used to turn higher level algorithms into physical instructions that can be executed on quantum processors. Sometimes these instructions are specific to a given hardware platform, e.g. ion traps or superconducting qubits. Quil is an instruction set architecture for quantum computing that first", "title": "Quantum programming" }, { "docid": "8587797", "text": "Wang B-machine As presented by Hao Wang (1954, 1957), his basic machine B is an extremely simple computational model equivalent to the Turing machine. It is \"the first formulation of a Turing-machine theory in terms of computer-like models\" (Minsky, 1967: 200). With only 4 sequential instructions it is very similar to, but even simpler than, the 7 sequential instructions of the Post–Turing machine. In the same paper, Wang introduced a variety of equivalent machines, including what he called the W-machine, which is the B-machine with an \"erase\" instruction added to the instruction set. As defined by Wang (1954) the B-machine", "title": "Wang B-machine" }, { "docid": "93840", "text": "many computer architects tried to bridge the so-called semantic gap, i.e., to design instruction sets that directly support high-level programming constructs such as procedure calls, loop control, and complex addressing modes, allowing data structure and array accesses to be combined into single instructions. Instructions are also typically highly encoded in order to further enhance the code density. The compact nature of such instruction sets results in smaller program sizes and fewer (slow) main memory accesses, which at the time (early 1960s and onwards) resulted in a tremendous saving on the cost of computer memory and disc storage, as well as", "title": "Complex instruction set computer" }, { "docid": "9118922", "text": "instructions. The following example is written in the MIPS assembly language: Once told to run this program, the computer will perform the repetitive addition task without further human intervention. It will almost never make a mistake and a modern PC can complete the task in a fraction of a second. In most computers, individual instructions are stored as machine code with each instruction being given a unique number (its operation code or opcode for short). The command to add two numbers together would have one opcode; the command to multiply them would have a different opcode, and so on. The", "title": "Computer" }, { "docid": "2777253", "text": "permissions allow the access. The protection key permissions can be set from user space, allowing applications to directly restrict access to the application data without OS intervention. Since the protection keys are associated with a virtual address, the protection domains are per address space, so processes running in different address spaces can each use all 16 domains. Simulation is the use of a monitoring program to interpret the machine code instructions of some computer architectures. Such an instruction set simulator can provide memory protection by using a segmentation-like scheme and validating the target address and length of each instruction in", "title": "Memory protection" }, { "docid": "1622582", "text": "code that normally relies on branching has a more elegant solution. Consider the following pseudocode: On a system that uses conditional branching, this might translate to machine instructions looking similar to: With predication, all possible branch paths are coded inline, but some instructions execute while others do not. The basic idea is that each instruction is associated with a predicate (the word here used similarly to its usage in predicate logic) and that the instruction will only be executed if the predicate is true. The machine code for the above example using predication might look something like this: Note that", "title": "Predication (computer architecture)" }, { "docid": "1707465", "text": "status to kernel at end. Executable In computing, executable code or an executable file or executable program, sometimes simply referred to as an executable or binary, causes a computer \"to perform indicated tasks according to encoded instructions,\" as opposed to a data file that must be parsed by a program to be meaningful. The exact interpretation depends upon the use - while \"instructions\" is traditionally taken to mean machine code instructions for a physical CPU, in some contexts a file containing bytecode or scripting language instructions may also be considered executable. Executable files can be hand-coded in machine language, although", "title": "Executable" }, { "docid": "1707460", "text": "Executable In computing, executable code or an executable file or executable program, sometimes simply referred to as an executable or binary, causes a computer \"to perform indicated tasks according to encoded instructions,\" as opposed to a data file that must be parsed by a program to be meaningful. The exact interpretation depends upon the use - while \"instructions\" is traditionally taken to mean machine code instructions for a physical CPU, in some contexts a file containing bytecode or scripting language instructions may also be considered executable. Executable files can be hand-coded in machine language, although it is far more convenient", "title": "Executable" }, { "docid": "3506344", "text": "like inserting NOP instructions (brute force), changing what registers to use, changing flow control with jumps, changing machine instructions to equivalent ones or reordering independent instructions. Metamorphism does not protect a virus against heuristic analysis. Metamorphic code can also mean that a virus is capable of infecting executables from two or more different operating systems (such as Windows and GNU/Linux) or even different computer architectures. Often, the virus does this by carrying several viruses within itself. The beginning of the virus is then coded so that it translates to correct machine-code for all of the platforms that it is supposed", "title": "Metamorphic code" }, { "docid": "8441996", "text": "the word \"program\" or \"machine\", it is effectively a formulation of a very primitive programmable computer and associated programming language, with the boxes acting as an unbounded bitstring memory, and the set of instructions constituting a program. In an influential paper, Hao Wang reduced Post's \"\" to machines that still use a two-way infinite binary tape, but whose instructions are simpler — being the \"atomic\" components of Post's instructions — and are by default executed sequentially (like a \"computer program\"). His stated principal purpose was to offer, as an alternative to Turing's theory, one that \"is more economical in the", "title": "Turing machine equivalents" }, { "docid": "354814", "text": "for a reasonably sized constant in a 32-bit instruction word. Since many real-world programs spend most of their time executing simple operations, some researchers decided to focus on making those operations as fast as possible. The clock rate of a CPU is limited by the time it takes to execute the slowest \"sub-operation\" of any instruction; decreasing that cycle-time often accelerates the execution of other instructions. The focus on \"reduced instructions\" led to the resulting machine being called a \"reduced instruction set computer\" (RISC). The goal was to make instructions so simple that they could \"easily\" be pipelined, in order", "title": "Reduced instruction set computer" }, { "docid": "3837545", "text": "and, except for a few key terms, mostly avoids duplicating the many abbreviations listed at engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols (\"which see\"). G-code G-code (also \"RS-274\"), which has many variants, is the common name for the most widely used numerical control (NC) programming language. It is used mainly in computer-aided manufacturing to control automated machine tools. G-code is a language in which people tell computerized machine tools how to make something. The \"how\" is defined by g-code instructions provided to a machine controller (industrial computer) that tells the motors where to move, how fast to move, and what path to", "title": "G-code" }, { "docid": "701643", "text": "to run a stack of self-interpreters as \"N\" goes to infinity. This value does not depend on the program being run. The book \"Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs\" presents examples of meta-circular interpretation for Scheme and its dialects. Other examples of languages with a self-interpreter are Forth and Pascal. Microcode is a very commonly used technique \"that imposes an interpreter between the hardware and the architectural level of a computer\". As such, the microcode is a layer of hardware-level instructions that implement higher-level machine code instructions or internal state machine sequencing in many digital processing elements. Microcode is used", "title": "Interpreter (computing)" }, { "docid": "3579002", "text": "deal of intellectual effort. The first programming languages designed to communicate instructions to a computer were written in the 1950s. An early high-level programming language to be designed for a computer was Plankalkül, developed by the Germans for Z1 by Konrad Zuse between 1943 and 1945. However, it was not implemented until 1998 and 2000. John Mauchly's Short Code, proposed in 1949, was one of the first high-level languages ever developed for an electronic computer. Unlike machine code, Short Code statements represented mathematical expressions in understandable form. However, the program had to be translated into machine code every time it", "title": "History of programming languages" }, { "docid": "276188", "text": "operating systems, or peripheral devices. Because a program normally relies on such factors, different systems will typically not run the same machine code, even when the same type of processor is used. A processor's instruction set may have all instructions of the same length, or it may have variable-length instructions. How the patterns are organized varies strongly with the particular architecture and often also with the type of instruction. Most instructions have one or more opcode fields which specifies the basic instruction type (such as arithmetic, logical, jump, etc.) and the actual operation (such as add or compare) and other", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "5319562", "text": "punched cards and output was to 80-column cards and a printer. Before the merger, under BTM, this had been known as the HEC4 (Hollerith Electronic Computer, fourth version). The drum memory held 1K of 40-bit words. The computer was programmed using binary machine code instructions. When programming the 1201, the machine code instructions were not sequential but were spaced to allow for the drum's rotation. This ensured the next instruction was passing under the drum's read heads just as the current instruction had been executed. The ICT 1301, and its smaller cousin the ICT 1300, used germanium transistors and core", "title": "International Computers and Tabulators" }, { "docid": "9716650", "text": "applied to a complex instruction set computing (CISC) design, given enough time and money. The instruction scheduling logic that makes a superscalar processor is boolean logic. In the early 1990s, a significant innovation was to realize that the coordination of a multi-ALU computer could be moved into the compiler, the software that translates a programmer's instructions into machine-level instructions. This type of computer is called a \"very long instruction word\" (VLIW) computer. Scheduling instructions statically in the compiler (versus scheduling dynamically in the processor) can reduce CPU complexity. This can improve performance, and reduce heat and cost. Unfortunately, the compiler", "title": "History of general-purpose CPUs" }, { "docid": "7272442", "text": "only a prescribed set of abilities. For example, the virtual machine might only allow the code access to a certain set of functions or data. The same controls over pointers which make automatic memory management possible and allow the virtual machine to ensure typesafe data access are used to assure that a code fragment is only allowed to certain elements of memory and cannot bypass the virtual machine itself. Other security mechanisms are then layered on top as code verifiers, stack verifiers, and other methods. An \"interpreter\" allows programs made of virtual instructions to be loaded and run immediately without", "title": "Comparison of application virtualization software" }, { "docid": "306261", "text": "can fill them in. An assembler is used to convert assembly code into machine code (object code). A linker links several object (and library) files to generate an executable. Assemblers can also assemble directly to machine code executable files without the object intermediary step. Object code In computing, object code or object module is the product of a compiler. In a general sense object code is a sequence of statements or instructions in a computer language, usually a machine code language (i.e., binary) or an intermediate language such as register transfer language (RTL). The term indicates that the code is", "title": "Object code" }, { "docid": "1400967", "text": "outcomes produces code that is logically equivalent to the original code, i.e. will have identical results for any input (note that depending on the compiler used, the actual instructions performed by the computer may differ). This convention occasionally surfaces in written speech, as computer-related slang for \"not\". The phrase codice_12, for example, means \"not voting\". In Kripke semantics where the semantic values of formulae are sets of possible worlds, negation can be taken to mean set-theoretic complementation. (See also possible world semantics.) Negation In logic, negation, also called the logical complement, is an operation that takes a proposition formula_1 to", "title": "Negation" }, { "docid": "276196", "text": "architecture is a computer architecture with physically separate storage and signal pathways for the code (instructions) and data. Today, most processors implement such separate signal pathways for performance reasons but actually implement a Modified Harvard architecture, so they can support tasks like loading an executable program from disk storage as data and then executing it. Harvard architecture is contrasted to the Von Neumann architecture, where data and code are stored in the same memory which is read by the processor allowing the computer to execute commands. From the point of view of a process, the \"code space\" is the part", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "1469028", "text": "Warren Abstract Machine In 1983, David H. D. Warren designed an abstract machine for the execution of Prolog consisting of a memory architecture and an instruction set. This design became known as the Warren Abstract Machine (WAM) and has become the \"de facto\" standard target for Prolog compilers. The purpose of compiling Prolog code to the more low-level WAM code is to make subsequent interpretation of the Prolog program more efficient. Prolog code is reasonably easy to translate to WAM instructions which can be more efficiently interpreted. Also, subsequent code improvements and compilation to native code are often easier to", "title": "Warren Abstract Machine" }, { "docid": "6836297", "text": "Minimal instruction set computer Minimal instruction set computer (MISC) is a processor architecture with a very small number of basic operations and corresponding opcodes. Such instruction sets are commonly stack-based rather than register-based to reduce the size of operand specifiers. Such a stack machine architecture is inherently simpler since all instructions operate on the top-most stack entries. As a result of the stack architecture is an overall smaller instruction set, a smaller and faster instruction decode unit with overall faster operation of individual instructions. Separate from the stack definition of a MISC architecture, is the MISC architecture being defined with", "title": "Minimal instruction set computer" }, { "docid": "858232", "text": "tools such as native-code compilers are used to produce machine level from a higher-level language. 1. Nwankwogu S.E (2016). Programming Languages and their history. First-generation programming language A first generation (programming) language (1GL) is a grouping of programming languages that are machine level languages used to program first-generation computers. Originally, no translator was used to compile or assemble the first-generation language. The first-generation programming instructions were entered through the front panel switches of the computer system. The instructions in 1GL are made of binary numbers, represented by 1s and 0s. This makes the language suitable for the understanding of the", "title": "First-generation programming language" }, { "docid": "4034426", "text": "Many of the team members from former compiler projects provided input. These included Bruce Hay, Ian McPhee, Sandra Ward, Jim Welch and Terry Wilkinson. Unlike previous compilers, a significant portion of WATFOR-77 was written in a portable systems language to ease the implementation of the compiler on other computer systems. Earlier WATFOR compilers were written entirely in machine-dependent assembly language. Two components of the compiler are not portable. The code generator translates FORTRAN statements into native computer instructions and stores them in memory. The first version of WATFOR-77 generates instructions for the IBM 370 computer architecture. Most of the execution-time", "title": "WATFIV" }, { "docid": "1828267", "text": "CPUs, with thermal design power ranging from 5 W to 25 W. Being a completely new design, the Isaiah architecture was built with support for features like the x86-64 instruction set and x86 virtualization which were unavailable on its predecessors, the VIA C7 line, while retaining their encryption extensions. Although nearly identical, there are some differences between the two instruction sets in the semantics of a few seldom used machine instructions (or situations), which are mainly used for system programming. Compilers generally produce executables (i.e. machine code) that avoid any differences, at least for ordinary application programs. This is therefore", "title": "X86-64" }, { "docid": "1707461", "text": "to develop software as source code in a high-level language that can be easily understood by humans. In some cases, source code might be specified in assembly language instead, which remains human-readable while being closely associated with machine code instructions. The high-level language is compiled into either an executable machine code file or a non-executable machine-code object file of some sort; the equivalent process on assembly language source code is called \"assembly\". Several object files are linked to create the executable. Object files, executable or not, are typically in a container format, such as Executable and Linkable Format (ELF). This", "title": "Executable" }, { "docid": "272616", "text": "is to do the reverse: to map a sequence of instructions to a macro string. This was the approach taken by the STAGE2 Mobile Programming System, which used a rudimentary macro compiler (called SIMCMP) to map the specific instruction set of a given computer to counterpart \"machine-independent\" macros. Applications (notably compilers) written in these machine-independent macros can then be run without change on any computer equipped with the rudimentary macro compiler. The first application run in such a context is a more sophisticated and powerful macro compiler, written in the machine-independent macro language. This macro compiler is applied to itself,", "title": "Macro (computer science)" }, { "docid": "1469030", "text": "might be a variable, a ground term, or a partly instantiated term. The \"switch\" instructions handle the different cases. Warren Abstract Machine In 1983, David H. D. Warren designed an abstract machine for the execution of Prolog consisting of a memory architecture and an instruction set. This design became known as the Warren Abstract Machine (WAM) and has become the \"de facto\" standard target for Prolog compilers. The purpose of compiling Prolog code to the more low-level WAM code is to make subsequent interpretation of the Prolog program more efficient. Prolog code is reasonably easy to translate to WAM instructions", "title": "Warren Abstract Machine" }, { "docid": "858230", "text": "First-generation programming language A first generation (programming) language (1GL) is a grouping of programming languages that are machine level languages used to program first-generation computers. Originally, no translator was used to compile or assemble the first-generation language. The first-generation programming instructions were entered through the front panel switches of the computer system. The instructions in 1GL are made of binary numbers, represented by 1s and 0s. This makes the language suitable for the understanding of the machine but far more difficult to interpret and learn by the human programmer. The main advantage of programming in 1GL is that the code", "title": "First-generation programming language" }, { "docid": "276187", "text": "design correspond to different commands to the machine. Thus, the instruction set is specific to a class of processors using (mostly) the same architecture. Successor or derivative processor designs often include all the instructions of a predecessor and may add additional instructions. Occasionally, a successor design will discontinue or alter the meaning of some instruction code (typically because it is needed for new purposes), affecting code compatibility to some extent; even nearly completely compatible processors may show slightly different behavior for some instructions, but this is rarely a problem. Systems may also differ in other details, such as memory arrangement,", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "583533", "text": "Threaded code In computer science, the term threaded code refers to a programming technique where the code has a form that essentially consists entirely of calls to subroutines. It is often, but not only, found in compiler implementations that generate code in that form and/or are implemented in that form themselves. The code may be processed by an interpreter, or may simply be a sequence of machine code call instructions. Threaded code has better code density than code generated by alternative code generation techniques and alternative calling conventions, sometimes at the expense of slightly slower execution speed. However, a program", "title": "Threaded code" }, { "docid": "276189", "text": "fields that may give the type of the operand(s), the addressing mode(s), the addressing offset(s) or index, or the actual value itself (such constant operands contained in an instruction are called \"immediates\"). Not all machines or individual instructions have explicit operands. An accumulator machine has a combined left operand and result in an implicit accumulator for most arithmetic instructions. Other architectures (such as 8086 and the x86-family) have accumulator versions of common instructions, with the accumulator regarded as one of the general registers by longer instructions. A stack machine has most or all of its operands on an implicit stack.", "title": "Machine code" }, { "docid": "14153587", "text": "is to understand), size of the code (how much code is required to do a specific action), cost of the computer to interpret the instructions (more complexity means more hardware needed to decode and execute the instructions), and speed of the computer (with more complex decoding hardware comes longer decode time). Memory organization defines how instructions interact with the memory, and how memory interacts with itself. During design emulation software (emulators) can run programs written in a proposed instruction set. Modern emulators can measure size, cost, and speed to determine if a particular ISA is meeting its goals. Computer organization", "title": "Computer architecture" }, { "docid": "5769741", "text": "copied to another physical computer, and started. Conventional emulators like Bochs emulate the microprocessor, executing each guest CPU instruction by calling a software subroutine on the host machine that simulates the function of that CPU instruction. This level of abstraction allows the guest machine to run on host machines with a different type of microprocessor, but is also very slow. A more efficient approach consists in software debugger technique. Some parts of the code are executed natively on the real processor; on 'bad' instructions, there are software interrupts that break execution of the guest operating system code and that particular", "title": "TwoOStwo" }, { "docid": "1575911", "text": "\"first generation\" and \"second generation\". Machine code is the only language a computer can process directly without a previous transformation. Currently, programmers almost never write programs directly in machine code, because it requires attention to numerous details that a high-level language handles automatically. Furthermore it requires memorizing or looking up numerical codes for every instruction, and is extremely difficult to modify. True \"machine code\" is a stream of raw, usually binary, data. A programmer coding in \"machine code\" normally codes instructions and data in a more readable form such as decimal, octal, or hexadecimal which is translated to internal format", "title": "Low-level programming language" }, { "docid": "1696658", "text": "X86 assembly language x86 assembly language is a family of backward-compatible assembly languages, which provide some level of compatibility all the way back to the Intel 8008 introduced in April 1972. x86 assembly languages are used to produce object code for the x86 class of processors. Like all assembly languages, it uses short mnemonics to represent the fundamental instructions that the CPU in a computer can understand and follow. Compilers sometimes produce assembly code as an intermediate step when translating a high level program into machine code. Regarded as a programming language, assembly coding is \"machine-specific\" and \"low level\". Assembly", "title": "X86 assembly language" }, { "docid": "4205860", "text": "for digital preservation. The Universal Virtual Computer is part of a broader concept, called the UVC-based preservation method. This method allows digital objects (like text documents, spreadsheets, images, sound waves, etc.) to be reconstructed in its original appearance anytime in the future. The methods are programs written in the machine language of a Universal Virtual Computer (UVC). The UVC is completely independent of the architecture of the computer on which it runs. The UVC itself is a program which contains a set of instructions rather than a physical computer. It will run as a software application on a future platform.", "title": "UVC-based preservation" }, { "docid": "2012377", "text": "is moved from a processor with one native instruction set to a processor with another native instruction set, the MI/TIMI instructions will be re-translated into the native instruction set of the new machine before the program is executed for the first time on the new machine. As a result, it is possible for a program originally developed on a System/38 to run on current IBM i hardware without ever being recompiled. This capability allowed the AS/400 to migrate from CISC (Complicated Instruction Set Computer) to RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) in the 1990s. If the MI/TIMI instructions existed in a", "title": "IBM System/38" }, { "docid": "2908099", "text": "complicated machine built on top of SIC called the Simplified Instruction Computer with Extra Equipment (SIC/XE). The XE expansion of SIC adds a 48-bit floating point data type, an additional memory addressing mode, and extra memory (1 megabyte instead of 32,768 bytes) to the original machine. All SIC assembly code is upwards compatible with SIC/XE. SIC machines have several registers, each 24 bits long and having both a numeric and character representation: In addition to the standard SIC registers, there are also four additional general-purpose registers specific to the SIC/XE machine: These five/nine registers allow the SIC or SIC/XE machine", "title": "Simplified Instructional Computer" }, { "docid": "6475", "text": "are translated by an assembler into machine language instructions that can be loaded into memory and executed. For example, the instruction below tells an x86/IA-32 processor to move an immediate 8-bit value into a register. The binary code for this instruction is 10110 followed by a 3-bit identifier for which register to use. The identifier for the \"AL\" register is 000, so the following machine code loads the \"AL\" register with the data 01100001. This binary computer code can be made more human-readable by expressing it in hexadecimal as follows. Here, codice_3 means 'Move a copy of the following value", "title": "Assembly language" }, { "docid": "7726560", "text": "data-strings. Not all instructions required all ten characters. Given the minimal core memory available, programmers frequently used \"spare\" characters in instructions for storage of constants and similar storage-saving tricks. KDF8 was strictly a batch processing computer, running one program at a time. Only one compute instruction could be processed at one time, but it was also possible to have one read and/or one write instruction (typically from and to magnetic tape) executing in parallel. A system of hardware \"gates\" set and checked at machine code level were used to control the degree of synchronous operation. However, since there was no", "title": "English Electric KDF8" }, { "docid": "8441994", "text": "right-end-infinite. He provided symbols əə to mark the left end. Any of finite number of tape symbols were permitted. The instructions (if a universal machine), and the \"input\" and \"out\" were written only on \"F-squares\", and markers were to appear on \"E-squares\". In essence he divided his machine into two tapes that always moved together. The instructions appeared in a tabular form called \"5-tuples\" and were not executed sequentially. The following models are single tape Turing machines but restricted with (i) restricted tape symbols { mark, blank }, and/or (ii) sequential, computer-like instructions, and/or (iii) machine-actions fully atomized. Emil Post", "title": "Turing machine equivalents" }, { "docid": "3128528", "text": "Core Next (GCN), SPARC, z/Architecture (called \"SystemZ\" in LLVM documentation), x86, x86-64, and XCore. Some features are not available on some platforms. Most features are present for x86, x86-64, z/Architecture, ARM, and PowerPC. RISC-V is supported as of version 7. The LLVM machine code (MC) subproject is LLVM's framework for translating machine instructions between textual forms and machine code. Formerly, LLVM relied on the system assembler, or one provided by a toolchain, to translate assembly into machine code. LLVM MC's integrated assembler supports most LLVM targets, including x86, x86-64, ARM, and ARM64. For some targets, including the various MIPS instruction", "title": "LLVM" }, { "docid": "197621", "text": "or Zork Interactive Language, it was referred to as both) that compiled into a byte code able to run on a standardized virtual machine called the Z-machine. As the games were text based and used variants of the same Z-machine interpreter, the interpreter only had to be ported to a computer once, rather than once each game. Each game file included a sophisticated parser which allowed the user to type complex instructions to the game. Unlike earlier works of interactive fiction which only understood commands of the form 'verb noun', Infocom's parser could understand a wider variety of sentences. For", "title": "Interactive fiction" }, { "docid": "1475685", "text": "Transmeta Crusoe The Crusoe is a family of x86-compatible microprocessors developed by Transmeta and introduced in 2000. Crusoe was notable for its method of achieving x86 compatibility. Instead of the instruction set architecture being implemented in hardware, or translated by specialized hardware, the Crusoe runs a software abstraction layer, or a virtual machine, known as the Code Morphing Software (CMS). The CMS translates machine code instructions received from programs into native instructions for the microprocessor. In this way, the Crusoe can emulate other instruction set architectures (ISAs). This is used to allow the microprocessors to emulate the Intel x86 instruction", "title": "Transmeta Crusoe" }, { "docid": "1569457", "text": "or could kick off a longer operation by starting a 'job' with the Exec. The AGC also had a sophisticated software interpreter, developed by the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, that implemented a virtual machine with more complex and capable pseudo-instructions than the native AGC. These instructions simplified the navigational programs. Interpreted code, which featured double precision trigonometric, scalar and vector arithmetic (16 and 24-bit), even an codice_60 (matrix × vector) instruction, could be mixed with native AGC code. While the execution time of the pseudo-instructions was increased (due to the need to interpret these instructions at runtime) the interpreter provided many", "title": "Apollo Guidance Computer" }, { "docid": "2763541", "text": "instructions than the other styles of machines. Loads and stores to memory are separate and so stack code requires roughly twice as many instructions as the equivalent code for register machines. The total code size (in bytes) is still less for stack machines. In stack machine code, the most frequent instructions consist of just an opcode selecting the operation. This can easily fit in 6 bits or less. Branches, load immediates, and load/store instructions require an argument field, but stack machines often arrange that the frequent cases of these still fit together with the opcode into a compact group of", "title": "Stack machine" }, { "docid": "9613890", "text": "registers, referred to by number as R0 through R7. All of the registers are general-purpose in that they may be freely used by any of the instructions that can write to the register file, but in some contexts (such as translating from C code to LC-3 assembly) some of the registers are used for special purposes. Instructions are 16 bits wide and have 4-bit opcodes. The instruction set defines instructions for fifteen of the sixteen possible opcodes, though some instructions have more than one mode of operation. Individual instructions' execution is regulated by a state machine implemented with a control", "title": "LC-3" } ]
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where does the ferry across the mersey go to
[ "Birkenhead / Wallasey", "Liverpool" ]
[ { "docid": "1440345", "text": "the fare for a journey to the Wirral (two pence) was too expensive for a destitute Liverpool family to afford during the Great Depression. Mersey Ferry The Mersey Ferry is a ferry service operating on the River Mersey in north west England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead/Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula. Ferries have been used on this route since at least the 12th century, and continue to be popular for both local people and visitors. The current fleet consists of two active vessels, with a third currently laid up for cost-saving reasons. They originally came into service in the 1960s and", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "6386208", "text": "related Gerry Marsden's Merseybeat days; it premiered in Liverpool and played in the UK, Australia, and Canada. \"Mersey\" refers to the River Mersey in northwest England, a river that flows into the Irish Sea at Liverpool. The Mersey Ferry runs between Liverpool and Birkenhead and Seacombe on the Wirral.<br>The song is often misspelled as \"Ferry 'Cross the Mersey\", but according to the song's lyrics, the track is correctly titled \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\". \"Cross\" is not a contraction of the preposition \"across\" but rather an imperative verb – \"Ferry, cross the Mersey.\" In the US, the title was rendered on", "title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey" }, { "docid": "1432902", "text": "channel entrance to the river on which many ships have come to grief over the years. Historically the lowest bridging point on the Mersey was at Warrington where there has been a bridge since medieval times. The first ferry across the estuary was introduced in medieval times by monks from Birkenhead Priory. They transported travellers or accommodated them at the priory in bad weather. In the early 19th century steam operated ferries were introduced. The Mersey Ferry, managed and operated by Merseytravel, operates between Pier Head in Liverpool and Woodside in Birkenhead and Seacombe. It has become a tourist attraction", "title": "River Mersey" }, { "docid": "3888819", "text": "ferry service across the River Mersey between Birkenhead on the west bank and Liverpool on the east since the middle ages. In 1332 the monks of Birkenhead Priory were granted exclusive rights to operate a ferry; following the dissolution of the monasteries these rights passed through a number of operators eventually to the township of Birkenhead. It is recorded that Marc Isambard Brunel suggested a road tunnel when designing the Birkenhead docks and from the 1850s a railway tunnel under the Mersey was proposed several times. The Mersey Pneumatic Railway received Royal Assent for a single line pneumatic railway in", "title": "Mersey Railway" }, { "docid": "6386209", "text": "all 45s – even reissues from decades after the original release – as \"Ferry Across The Mersey\". In May 1989, a charity version of \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" was released in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 95 Liverpool fans the previous month (a 96th, Tony Bland, died in 1993 as a consequence of that disaster). The song was recorded by Liverpool artists The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Stock Aitken Waterman. The single held the #1 spot in the UK chart for three weeks and the Irish chart for", "title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey" }, { "docid": "6043924", "text": "load of passengers to witness the aviation display to celebrate the visit of to the Mersey. The ferry appeared to be on a direct course across the bows of the approaching oil tanker \"Ramira\". Evasive action was taken by both vessels after the \"Ramira\" sounded her whistle. Some passengers were shocked and upset but nobody sustained any injuries. An investigation by the Liverpool Harbour Master and the MCA concluded the Captain of the ferry to be at fault, and both Captain and Mate were disciplined. MV Royal Daffodil MV Royal Daffodil is a ferry based on the River Mersey, England.", "title": "MV Royal Daffodil" }, { "docid": "1440302", "text": "drifted into the River Mersey stopped ferry crossings. The \"Oxton\" and \"Bebington\" vessels were fitted with cranes to enable them to unload United States aircraft from mid-river and deliver them to the Liverpool landing stage. The \"Upton\" vessel was taken by the army and used as a ferry and supply vessel for the anti-aircraft forts in Liverpool Bay. In 1950, the ferries carried almost 30 million passengers a year, including 11 million on the Woodside ferries and 15 million on Seacombe ferries, but by 1970 the total number fell to 7 million. Night boats across the river were withdrawn and", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1338754", "text": "The territory comprising the county of Merseyside previously formed part of the administrative counties of Lancashire (east of the River Mersey) and Cheshire (west of the River Mersey). The two parts are linked by the two Mersey Tunnels, the Wirral Line of Merseyrail, and the Mersey Ferry. Merseyside contains green belt interspersed throughout the county, surrounding the Liverpool urban area, as well as across the Mersey in the Wirral area, with further pockets extending towards and surrounding Southport, as part of the western edge of the North West Green Belt. It was first drawn up from the 1950s. All the", "title": "Merseyside" }, { "docid": "4621978", "text": "the growth of Liverpool. The first wet dock in Britain was opened in Liverpool in 1715, and the town's population grew from some 6,000 to 80,000 during the 18th century. The need to develop and protect the port led to a chain of lighthouses being built along the north Wirral coast. The commercial expansion of Liverpool, and the increase in stage coach traffic from Chester, also spurred the growth of ferries across the River Mersey. By the end of the 18th century the Wirral side of the Mersey had five ferry houses, at Seacombe, Woodside, the Rock, New Ferry and", "title": "Wirral Peninsula" }, { "docid": "7045213", "text": "Woodside, Merseyside Woodside is a small riverside locality in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England, situated almost opposite Liverpool Pier Head across the River Mersey. The monks of Birkenhead Priory had been granted a charter establishing ferry rights to Liverpool, which was confirmed by Edward III in about 1330. These rights reverted to the Crown in 1536, upon the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. There followed a period of private ownership by local landowners of the numerous ferry services on the Wirral bank of the River Mersey, including at Woodside. By the 18th century, an increase in stage", "title": "Woodside, Merseyside" }, { "docid": "1440282", "text": "Mersey Ferry The Mersey Ferry is a ferry service operating on the River Mersey in north west England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead/Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula. Ferries have been used on this route since at least the 12th century, and continue to be popular for both local people and visitors. The current fleet consists of two active vessels, with a third currently laid up for cost-saving reasons. They originally came into service in the 1960s and were named \"Mountwood\", \"Woodchurch\" and \"Overchurch\". All three ferries have been extensively refurbished and renamed \"Royal Iris of the Mersey\", \"Snowdrop\" and \"Royal Daffodil\"", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1440288", "text": "rigged sailing ships. The use of sailing ships meant that bigger vessels could be employed, but in reality these boats were even more at the bidding of the weather. The Mersey is famed for its thick fogs, and during these times during winter there was little wind and ferries could not operate. The frequency depended on demand and the weather. By the 18th century, the commercial expansion of Liverpool and the increase in stage coach traffic from Chester spurred the growth of the transportation of passengers and goods across the river. Ferry services from Rock House on the Wirral –", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1440289", "text": "that is, Rock Ferry – were first recorded in 1709. By 1753 the Wirral side of the Mersey had at least five ferry houses at Ince, Eastham, the Rock, Woodside and Seacombe. The service from New Ferry to Liverpool was first mentioned in 1774. The first steamship to operate on the Mersey was the \"Elizabeth\", a wooden paddle steamer, which was introduced in 1815 to operate between Liverpool and Runcorn. There was considerable debate as to the best way of boarding a ferry vessel. For the steam ferry \"Etna\", which entered service at Tranmere on 17 April 1817, the idea", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1440345", "text": "the fare for a journey to the Wirral (two pence) was too expensive for a destitute Liverpool family to afford during the Great Depression. Mersey Ferry The Mersey Ferry is a ferry service operating on the River Mersey in north west England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead/Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula. Ferries have been used on this route since at least the 12th century, and continue to be popular for both local people and visitors. The current fleet consists of two active vessels, with a third currently laid up for cost-saving reasons. They originally came into service in the 1960s and", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "10980556", "text": "Ferry Cross the Mersey (film) Ferry Cross the Mersey is a 1965 musical film featuring Gerry and the Pacemakers. The film, directed by Jeremy Summers, was the first to be shot on location in Liverpool after the city's emergence into the music mainstream (which had previously seen only Frankie Vaughan, Russ Hamilton, Billy Fury and Lita Roza as stars). For authenticity, many scenes were shot in clubs near the home of Gerry and the Pacemakers' frontman Gerry Marsden. A scene on a ferry (the \"Mountwood\") on the River Mersey showed the docks as a backdrop. Marsden wrote nine new songs", "title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey (film)" }, { "docid": "1440300", "text": "ferry service from Seacombe lost two million passengers because people started to use the tunnel rather than the ferry. The opening of the road tunnel also had an effect on the luggage boats which were introduced in 1879. Both ferry companies earned a substantial amount from luggage boats, which carried vehicles and goods across the river. When the road tunnel opened, traffic dropped by 80%. By the 1940s, luggage boat services from both Woodside and Seacombe to Liverpool had ceased. Due to financial losses incurred from a gradual reduction in patronage, Birkenhead Corporation gradually closed its southern terminals; New Ferry", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "8033810", "text": "remains. The Royal Mersey Yacht Club was founded at a meeting held in the Mersey Hotel, Old Church Yard, Liverpool on 26 July 1844. The club opened the doors of its present premises in Bedford Road, Rock Ferry, on 31 May 1901. Rock Ferry was home to a number of boat builders including the famous yard of Samuel Bond and the lesser known Enterprise Small Craft Company. Between 1906 and 1935 both yards built Royal Mersey Restricted Class boats, including Mefanwy and Phyllis. Bonds built many fine boats including Mersey Canoes. Enterprise built a number of notable boats. Among these", "title": "Rock Ferry" }, { "docid": "13586811", "text": "There are three tunnels under the River Mersey: the Mersey Railway Tunnel; and two road tunnels, Queensway Tunnel and Kingsway Tunnel. The Mersey Ferry continues to provide an important link between Liverpool and the Wirral, as well as a tourist attraction. Made famous by the song \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" by Gerry & The Pacemakers, the song is now played on the ferryboats themselves every time they prepare to dock at Liverpool after a tourist cruise. The Mersey is crossed upstream from Liverpool at Runcorn and Widnes, by the Mersey Gateway and the Silver Jubilee Bridge (usually known simply as", "title": "Transport in Liverpool" }, { "docid": "8131875", "text": "the centre of Birkenhead. During February and March 2016, tree clearance work was undertaken for safety reasons from Rock Ferry towards Birkenhead. As part of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, the railway from Rock Ferry to Birkenhead Town is one of the oldest stretches of track in the world. The line was completed and opened on 23 September 1838, less than nine years after the Rainhill Trials, across the River Mersey, on the outskirts of Liverpool. Before Monks Ferry was opened in 1844, the line was originally to a temporary terminus known as Birkenhead Grange Lane station. Grange Lane engine", "title": "Birkenhead Dock Branch" }, { "docid": "1705966", "text": "onto a dual-carriageway section bypassing New Ferry and Rock Ferry before rejoining New Chester Road at Tranmere Oil Terminal. After passing Green Lane railway station, a spur of the A41 separates at the southern approach to the Queensway Tunnel, which passes under the River Mersey and enters Liverpool to meet the start of the A59. The road then passes a junction with the A554 near Hamilton Square railway station, terminating at the bus station at Woodside. The end of the road has views over the Mersey to Liverpool and transport links to Mersey Ferry services. The original (1923) route was", "title": "A41 road" }, { "docid": "248727", "text": "intervals ranging from 20 minutes at peak times, to every hour during the middle of the day and during weekends. Despite remaining an important transport link between the city and the Wirral Peninsula, the Mersey Ferry has become an increasingly popular tourist attraction within the city, with daytime River Explorer Cruises providing passengers with an historical overview of the River Mersey and surrounding areas. In May 2014, the CityBike hire scheme was launched in the city. The scheme provides access to over 1,000 bikes stationed at over 140 docking stations across the city. As with other large cities, Liverpool is", "title": "Liverpool" }, { "docid": "9887425", "text": "service as one of the Mersey ferries operating between Liverpool and Wallasey. In 1918 \"Iris\" was requisitioned by the Royal Navy to take part in the Zeebrugge Raid, being renamed HMS Iris II. On St George's Day 23 April 1918, \"Iris\" along with another Mersey ferry, \"Daffodil\", was towed across the English Channel to Zeebrugge by . Embarked were four platoons - known as \"A\" Company (or \"The Chatham Company\") of the Fourth Battalion of Royal Marines, and a storming party of sailors - known as \"D\" Company - commanded by Major Eagles and Lieutenant Commander George Nicholson Bradford respectively.", "title": "SS Royal Iris" }, { "docid": "7505292", "text": "first opened on 31 October 1862 replacing Rock Lane on the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. In 1891 it became an interchange as the terminus of the largely underground urban Mersey Railway line from Liverpool via the Mersey Railway Tunnel, when the line extended south from its previous terminus at Green Lane station. The Mersey Railway was converted to electric train services from steam in 1903. The station was also a through stop and interchange on the Chester to Birkenhead Woodside terminal station non-electric line giving connections to the Mersey Railway. Until 1967 Rock Ferry was the first stop out of", "title": "Rock Ferry railway station" }, { "docid": "1682751", "text": "landmarks, including Halton Grange, St Paul's Methodist Chapel and All Saints' Church. For hundreds of years, the only means of crossing the River Mersey had been by the Runcorn ferry. Thomas Telford proposed a single span suspension bridge as early as 1817, but it was not until 1868 that the first bridge, Runcorn Railway Bridge, was opened across the Mersey at Runcorn. This gave the town direct rail links with Liverpool and the rest of the country. Runcorn was becoming an industrialised and highly polluted town. During the later 19th century the town became increasingly dominated by the chemical and", "title": "Runcorn" }, { "docid": "248726", "text": "of the city, and Liverpool One Bus Station formerly known as Paradise Street Bus Interchange (located near the Albert Dock) for services to the south and east. Cross-river services to the Wirral use roadside terminus points in Castle Street and Sir Thomas Street. A night bus service also operates on Saturdays providing services from the city centre across Liverpool and Merseyside. The cross river ferry service in Liverpool, known as the Mersey Ferry, is managed and operated by Merseytravel, with services operating between the Pier Head in Liverpool and both Woodside in Birkenhead and Seacombe in Wallasey. Services operate at", "title": "Liverpool" }, { "docid": "1440307", "text": "since the canal opened, but declined somewhat in the 1960s and 1970s. Sailing ships from the Tall Ships' Race visited the river in August 1984, which helped bring patronage to 250,000 over four days, a level unseen for forty years. The Mersey Ferries came under a new body called Merseytravel in 1986. On 26 October that year, as a result of the Transport Act 1985, bus services were deregulated and restrictions which prevented regular bus services through the Mersey Tunnels were abolished. As a result, many buses which formerly stopped at the Birkenhead Woodside Bus/Ferry terminal were extended into Liverpool.", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "16644628", "text": "towards each end, allowing for standing passengers in the centre. As the longest journey on the Mersey was 11 minutes. Liverpool Central to Rock Ferry, comfort was not a significant issue, but nevertheless there was considerable provision of first class, two cars of five (after the 1936 lengthening, two of six). The inaugural service ran on 3 May 1903. The trains originally operated from Liverpool Central to Rock Ferry and Birkenhead Park. Following the electrification of the former Wirral Railway in 1938, electric services were extended to West Kirby and New Brighton. The older Mersey units then commonly operated the", "title": "Mersey Railway electric units" }, { "docid": "18436192", "text": "to that time, a Benedictine priory was established in the 1170s, and the monks ran a ferry across the River Mersey. By 1811, the priory was in ruins, but a ferry was still in existence, carrying passengers to the growing port of Liverpool. The lord of the manor, with the intention of creating a bathing resort, built a few streets and commissioned the building of St Mary's Church adjacent to the site of the priory. However, Birkenhead developed as an industrial town rather than a resort starting from 1823 when William Laird built a boiler factory. This grew into a", "title": "Listed buildings in Birkenhead" }, { "docid": "7505297", "text": "Chester and Liverpool on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port all day, every day. Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs. Rock Ferry railway station Rock Ferry railway station is situated in the Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead,", "title": "Rock Ferry railway station" }, { "docid": "3927453", "text": "The area is at an elevation of between above sea level. Seacombe is dominated by three landmarks. The first of these is one of the terminals for the Mersey Ferry, the legendary \"Ferry 'cross the Mersey\" described by Gerry & The Pacemakers. The ferry travels in a triangular route between the Seacombe, Birkenhead Woodside and Liverpool Pier Head terminals. The second landmark is the parish church of St Paul. The third is a building housing some of the ventilation systems for the Kingsway Tunnel, a colossal structure which faces the river. It consists of two huge grilles which resemble stereo", "title": "Seacombe" }, { "docid": "1440285", "text": "charge reasonable tolls\"\". At the time, there was only a small hamlet at Birkenhead, and a slightly larger village at Liverpool. The Chester Indictments record criminal activities on the Mersey ferries in the 14th and early 15th centuries. In 1355, Richard, son of Simon de Becheton, was murdered on the ferry; the murderers escaped and took refuge at Shotwick. In 1365, it was recorded that there were four ferryboats operating without a licence, from Bromborough and Eastham. In 1414, William de Stanley, the servant of John Talbot, later Earl of Shrewsbury, was on the ferry between Birkenhead and Liverpool when", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "3936546", "text": "Mersey Ferry service between Liverpool Pier Head, Seacombe in Wallasey and Woodside in Birkenhead. The fleet consists of three vessels: \"Royal Iris of the Mersey\", \"Snowdrop\" and \"Royal Daffodil\". There are three transport tunnels under the River Mersey. The passenger transport executive is responsible for the two road vehicular tunnels under the River Mersey, one connecting Birkenhead to Liverpool city centre, the other, Wallasey, to the centre of Liverpool, and consequently it controls the Mersey Tunnels Police. The tunnel to, and from, Birkenhead is the Queensway Tunnel, and the Wallasey, the Kingsway Tunnel. Merseyrail also runs through a railway tunnel", "title": "Merseytravel" }, { "docid": "1440308", "text": "This was another blow to the Mersey Ferries and the ferry service had to be re-focussed away from commuter traffic, which had declined, to tourist needs. From 1990 a commuter shuttle has operated Monday-Friday peak period with an hourly River Explorer Cruise. At weekends River Explorer cruises operate from 10:00 to 18:00. The morning peak service until 2010 ran every 30 minutes on a Liverpool-Birkehead-Seacombe-Liverpool circuit, but since then only runs every 20 minutes from Liverpool-Seacombe Ferry and back. The evening peak service runs Liverpool-Seacombe every 20 minutes. The Explorer cruises follow a Liverpool-Seacombe-Birkenhead-Liverpool pattern and sail slightly further upstream", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1432893", "text": "developed by bands from Liverpool, notably the Beatles. In 1965 it was the subject of the top-ten hit single \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" by Gerry and the Pacemakers. Its name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon \"mǣres\", \"of a boundary\" and \"ēa\", \"a river.\" The Mersey was possibly the \"border river\" between Mercia and Northumbria. Its Welsh name is , and it has been given the alternative etymology of Celtic \"môr-afon\" meaning \"sea river\". The Mersey is formed from three tributaries: the River Etherow, the River Goyt and the River Tame. The modern accepted start of the Mersey is at the", "title": "River Mersey" }, { "docid": "1440344", "text": "charity version of the song was recorded by Liverpool artists The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, and Stock Aitken Waterman, and was released in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster. It held the #1 spot in the UK chart for three weeks. The ferries also featured in the opening credit sequences of the popular BBC TV comedy series, \"The Liver Birds\", written by Carla Lane, which ran from 1969 to 1979. The ferry depicted was the \"Royal Daffodil II\". The ferries were referred to repeatedly in Helen Forrester's 1974 book \"Twopence to Cross the Mersey\", because", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1440343", "text": "\"Snowdrop\" used as a secondary vessel. In January 2018, the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotheram announced that plans had been drawn up for a new vessel. The announcement stated that naval architects had prepared initial designs and there would be a period of public consultation on the designs. The tendering process is expected to begin within a few months. \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" was a 1964 song, film, and soundtrack album. The song was written by Gerry Marsden, recorded by Gerry & The Pacemakers and was a hit in both the UK and US. In 1989, a", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "6735877", "text": "and Rock Ferry lines on Sundays. including inter-running onto the Mersey Railway through to Liverpool, while the older Mersey Railway electric units were now used on the New Brighton route, during the week. After the 1956 stock was built, it was normal for the West Kirby route to be operated by the newer stock, and the New Brighton/Rock Ferry routes to be operated mostly by 1938 stock. When the Liverpool loop lines were opened, the stock became fully mixed on all routes. The units spent most of their working lives on the commuter routes between Liverpool and the Wirral; routes", "title": "British Rail Class 503" }, { "docid": "14909558", "text": "West and Stagecoach Merseyside. There are services to all corners of the city and as far afield as Chester and Preston. Such companies as the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, P&O and Norfolkline operate out of the Port of Liverpool which is within the city centre adjacent to the River Mersey. These companies run daily ferry services to Dublin, Belfast and the Isle of Man. The Mersey Ferry operates between the Pier Head and the Wirral. The only major forms of transport not readily available in Liverpool city centre are via trams and air, although trains and buses link", "title": "Liverpool City Centre" }, { "docid": "4038048", "text": "South Ferry Basin The South Ferry Basin is a tidal basin on the River Mersey, in England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated near the southern dock system, it is only connected directly to the river. The basin was built c.1817-23 for use by fishermen and ferries. Around 1817, the \"Etna\" was built for ferrying passengers and vehicles from South Ferry Basin to Tranmere. From 4 April 1865 a ferry service was established between the South Ferry Basin and New Ferry on the Wirral Peninsula, with additional sailings to Liverpool Pier Head. Facilities at the basin consisted of", "title": "South Ferry Basin" }, { "docid": "7045223", "text": "services still use the terminus and seasonal tram services are occasionally run between the site and nearby Wirral Transport Museum. The nearest railway station to Woodside is Hamilton Square station on Merseyrail's Wirral Line. Services run to Liverpool, Chester, Ellesmere Port, New Brighton and West Kirby. Woodside, Merseyside Woodside is a small riverside locality in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England, situated almost opposite Liverpool Pier Head across the River Mersey. The monks of Birkenhead Priory had been granted a charter establishing ferry rights to Liverpool, which was confirmed by Edward III in about 1330. These rights reverted to the", "title": "Woodside, Merseyside" }, { "docid": "612765", "text": "depending on whether length, gross tonnage or car vehicle capacity is the metric. On 11 October 1811, inventor John Stevens' ship the \"Juliana\", began operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service was between New York City, and Hoboken, New Jersey). The Elwell Ferry, a cable ferry in North Carolina, travels a distance of , shore to shore, with a travel time of five minutes. A contender as oldest ferry in continuous operation is the Mersey Ferry from Liverpool to Birkenhead, England. In 1150, the Benedictine Priory at Birkenhead was established. The monks used to charge a small fare to row", "title": "Ferry" }, { "docid": "1440325", "text": "and subsequent Gerry & The Pacemakers song, with the video being filmed on two separate journeys across to Liverpool from Birkenhead. In her early years \"Mountwood\" was an unreliable ship. She broke down three times whilst crossing the river and had to anchor. Her passengers were rescued by \"Woodchurch\". She also collided with \"Bidston\" whilst berthing, due to a communications error. The last of the old Birkenhead steamers had gone by the time the \"Overchurch\" arrived, built at the Birkenhead shipyard of Cammell Laird and Co., \"Overchurch\" was of all welded construction and also had a bridge that was completely", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "2160247", "text": "rail systems: The nucleus of the system was the Mersey Railway, which opened from Liverpool James Street to , Birkenhead running through the Mersey Railway Tunnel, one of the world's first underwater railway tunnels in 1886. The tunnelled route was extended to in 1890. A tunnelled branch to Birkenhead Park was added in 1888 to connect with the Wirral Railway and the original line extended to Rock Ferry to connect with the to Chester line in 1891. The Mersey Railway was electrified in 1903 being the world's first full electrification of a steam railway. This was followed by the separate", "title": "Merseyrail" }, { "docid": "17946051", "text": "Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry Service The Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry is the oldest saltwater ferry in North America, and the second oldest in the world (after the Mersey Ferry linking Liverpool and Birkenhead). Today the service is operated by Halifax Transit and links Downtown Halifax with two locations, Alderney Landing and Woodside, in Dartmouth, NS. The first ferry service in the region was put in place by the founder of Halifax Edward Cornwallis, who used the ferry service to move raw materials and people from a sawmill located on the Dartmouth side of the harbour. During this time there was no official service and", "title": "Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry Service" }, { "docid": "3862646", "text": "January 2012, with services resuming on 9 January. The Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry service also operates from Princes Landing Stage, at a berth adjacent to those used by the Mersey Ferries. In addition to the Mersey Ferries, the Pier Head previously served as a major tram and later bus interchange. Merseyrail's James Street station is a short walk away. The station was formerly part of the Mersey Railway. The Pier Head was also originally served by Liverpool Riverside station, connecting to main line services via the Victoria tunnel, and Pier Head station, on the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Both", "title": "Pier Head" }, { "docid": "1432891", "text": "opened in 1886. Two road tunnels pass under the estuary from Liverpool: the Queensway Tunnel opened in 1934 connecting the city to Birkenhead, and the Kingsway Tunnel, opened in 1971, to Wallasey. A road bridge, completed in 1961 and later named the Silver Jubilee Bridge, crosses between Runcorn and Widnes, adjacent to the Runcorn Railway Bridge which opened in 1868. A second road bridge, the Mersey Gateway, opened in October 2017, carrying a six-lane road connecting Runcorn's Central Expressway with Speke Road and Queensway in Widnes. The Mersey Ferry operates between Pier Head in Liverpool and Woodside in Birkenhead and", "title": "River Mersey" }, { "docid": "3927471", "text": "which 6,730 were males and 7,152 females. Eastham is cited as one of the oldest villages on the Wirral Peninsula and has been inhabited since Anglo Saxon times. The name derives from its location: \"ham\" (\"home\") situated to the east of Willaston, which was then the principal settlement. The original village is clustered around St. Mary's Church, whose churchyard contains an ancient yew tree. Much of the surrounding land was once owned by the powerful Stanley family. Since the Middle Ages, a ferry service operated across the River Mersey between Eastham and Liverpool, the early ferries being run by monks", "title": "Eastham, Merseyside" }, { "docid": "1432913", "text": "stretch near Rixton. The river has also faced problems regarding the poaching of fish despite a strict 'catch and release' policy imposed on anglers for ecological reasons which applies to most UK waterways. The river gave its name to Merseybeat, developed by bands from Liverpool, notably the Beatles. In 1965 it was the subject of the top-ten hit single \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" by Gerry and the Pacemakers, and a musical film of the same name. The Liverpool poets published an anthology of their work, \"The Mersey Sound\", in 1967. The river's stretch through Manchester is the main theme in", "title": "River Mersey" }, { "docid": "17946060", "text": "radiating outward. Studies and trials have been undertaken for a Bedford-Halifax route, which will likely be the first high speed service.<ref name=\"Bedford / Halifax Fast Ferry Cultivation Study\">TDV Consulting, \"Bedford-Halifax Fast Ferry Cultivation Study\", Halifax Regional Municipality, Final 2005</ref> Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry Service The Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry is the oldest saltwater ferry in North America, and the second oldest in the world (after the Mersey Ferry linking Liverpool and Birkenhead). Today the service is operated by Halifax Transit and links Downtown Halifax with two locations, Alderney Landing and Woodside, in Dartmouth, NS. The first ferry service in the region was put in", "title": "Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry Service" } ]
[ { "docid": "19066583", "text": "Ferry Power Station, though a few other booked freights and occasional diversions used the line through to Ditton Junction. Fidlers Ferry & Penketh railway station Fidler's Ferry & Penketh railway station was on what is now the southwestern edge of Warrington, England. It was located at a point where the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway, the Sankey Canal and the River Mersey come side by side and where a ferry at one time plied across the river. In modern times the station site is at the southern, canal end of Station Road, Penketh. The station was built and operated", "title": "Fidlers Ferry & Penketh railway station" }, { "docid": "433091", "text": "Kingdom. \"(2005 CIA estimate)\" Ferries, both passenger only and passengers and vehicles, operate within the United Kingdom across rivers and stretches of water. In London the Woolwich Ferry links the North and South circular roads. Gosport and Portsmouth are linked by the Gosport Ferry; Southampton and Isle of Wight are linked by ferry and fast Catamaran ferries; North Shields and South Shields on Tyneside are linked by the Shields Ferry; and the Mersey has the Mersey Ferry. In Scotland, Caledonian MacBrayne provides passenger and RO-RO ferry services in the Firth of Clyde, to various islands from Oban and within the", "title": "Transport in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "19066579", "text": "Fidlers Ferry & Penketh railway station Fidler's Ferry & Penketh railway station was on what is now the southwestern edge of Warrington, England. It was located at a point where the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway, the Sankey Canal and the River Mersey come side by side and where a ferry at one time plied across the river. In modern times the station site is at the southern, canal end of Station Road, Penketh. The station was built and operated by the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway, which was absorbed into the London and North Western Railway from", "title": "Fidlers Ferry & Penketh railway station" }, { "docid": "10980483", "text": "is the fact that there are no backing vocals - just the lone reverberated voice of Gerry Marsden. All tracks composed by Gerry Marsden; except where indicated Ferry Cross the Mersey (album) Ferry Cross the Mersey is the soundtrack for the film of the same title. It features music by Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Fourmost, Cilla Black and the George Martin Orchestra. It was released in 1965 on the Columbia label (Great Britain). It contained the singles \"It's Gonna Be Alright\" (previously released August 1964) and \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" (released December 1964 as a teaser for the film).", "title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey (album)" }, { "docid": "1440286", "text": "about 200 men assaulted him, and stole his bay horse valued at £5 (current value - over £2,800), a bow and 14 arrows valued at 3s 4d (current value - over £95) and a barge valued at £10 (current value - over £5,700). The thieves were fined. A licence was issued in 1357 to the Poole family by Edward, the Black Prince, for a ferry from Eastham. The licence then passed to the Abbey of St Werburgh, in Chester, and became known as Job's Ferry. Early ferries also existed across the Mersey further upstream, at Ince and at Runcorn. The", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1440283", "text": "respectively, the last of which is not currently in service. The ferries share the workload of cross-river ferrying, charter cruises and the Manchester Ship Canal cruise. The service is operated by Merseytravel. In about 1150, the Benedictine Priory at Birkenhead was established. The monks used to charge a small fare to row passengers across the river. At this time, the Mersey was considerably wider with sand dunes and marshes to the north leading up to Ainsdale beach and sandstone cliffs and shorelines to the south near Otterspool. The only suitable landing point for the ferry was in the Pool, near", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "6386207", "text": "Ferry Cross the Mersey \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" (sometimes written Ferry 'Cross the Mersey) is a song written by Gerry Marsden. It was first recorded by his band Gerry and the Pacemakers and released in late 1964 in the UK and in 1965 in the United States. It was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number six in the United States and number eight in the UK. The song is from the film of the same name and was released on its soundtrack album. In the mid-1990s a musical theatre production also titled \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\"", "title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey" }, { "docid": "1440336", "text": "\"Royal Iris of the Mersey\" and \"Snowdrop\" have an E-flat tone, and \"Royal Daffodil's\" is in F Sharp. The front-angled bridge windows on the \"Royal Iris\" and the \"Snowdrop\" have been subject to much criticism, as they are contradictory to the classic ferry design, especially that on \"Snowdrop\", which is extremely square and box like. Although the \"Royal Iris\" also has a large front-angled wheelhouse, it greatly matches the contours of the ship as does much of the steelwork replacement by Cammell Laird. Generally, \"Snowdrop's\" refit has been well received, but criticisms lie with the stark contrasts between the fine", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "6386210", "text": "two weeks. Ferry Cross the Mersey \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" (sometimes written Ferry 'Cross the Mersey) is a song written by Gerry Marsden. It was first recorded by his band Gerry and the Pacemakers and released in late 1964 in the UK and in 1965 in the United States. It was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number six in the United States and number eight in the UK. The song is from the film of the same name and was released on its soundtrack album. In the mid-1990s a musical theatre production also titled \"Ferry Cross", "title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey" }, { "docid": "4621980", "text": "in 1857 to cut a ship canal from a point between Thurstaston and Heswall to run along the length of Wirral to Chester, this and other schemes came to nothing, and the focus of general trade moved irrevocably to the much deeper Mersey. However, from the late 18th century there was coal mining near Neston, in tunnels stretching up to two miles under the Dee, and a quay at Denhall was used for coal exports. The first steam ferry service across the Mersey started in 1817, and steam-powered ships soon opened up the Wirral's Mersey coast for industrialisation. The 1820s", "title": "Wirral Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1440310", "text": "the \"Royal Iris\" in 1951. The current flagship of the Mersey Ferry service is the \"MV Royal Daffodil\". The \"Royal\" prefix was granted to the ferries \"Iris\" and \"Daffodil\" for their service during the First World War where they were instrumental at the Mole in Zeebrugge. Both ferries were badly damaged but returned home to a triumphant greeting. Since the original duo's withdrawal, there have been other Royals. The \"Royal Daffodil II\" was arguably the most luxurious ferry ever built. She was hit by a bomb and sunk at her berth in the Second World War, but later raised and", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "10980557", "text": "for the film which also starred Julie Samuel, Cilla Black singing \"Is it Love?\", Jimmy Savile, and The Fourmost. Future \"Doctor Who\" actress Elisabeth Sladen appeared in the film as an uncredited extra. Disc Jockey Steve Wright appeared in the crowd as a boy. Writer David Franden was hired when \"Coronation Street\" creator Tony Warren proved unable to complete a script despite \"downing bottles of whiskey\". The song \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" was written by Gerry Marsden as the theme song for the film. Ferry Cross the Mersey (film) Ferry Cross the Mersey is a 1965 musical film featuring Gerry", "title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey (film)" }, { "docid": "10980482", "text": "Ferry Cross the Mersey (album) Ferry Cross the Mersey is the soundtrack for the film of the same title. It features music by Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Fourmost, Cilla Black and the George Martin Orchestra. It was released in 1965 on the Columbia label (Great Britain). It contained the singles \"It's Gonna Be Alright\" (previously released August 1964) and \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" (released December 1964 as a teaser for the film). A CD reissue in a digipak consists of both the mono and stereo versions of the album. One of the most interesting things about the original recording", "title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey (album)" }, { "docid": "1440295", "text": "a result. In 1886 the Mersey Railway Tunnel was opened, providing competition for the ferry services. The Woodside ferry service began using twin-screw passenger steamers in 1890, which replaced paddle steamers. In 1894 trains were carrying 25,000 passengers per day and the ferries 44,000 per day. The ferry service at Tranmere, which had operated since mediaeval times, closed in 1897. The pier and landing stage at Rock Ferry was built in 1899, and Birkenhead Corporation also operated the ferry service at New Ferry. In 1914 King George V and Queen Mary travelled on the ferry \"S.S. Daffodil\" from Wallasey to", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "11765214", "text": "Royal Daffodil II (1939) - the vessel of this article. In the meantime on the Mersey, Wallasey Corporation had already replaced their original vessel with their own Royal Daffodil II in 1934. The Mersey ferry did not go to Dunkirk, whereas the Royal Daffodil II (1939) did.]] From 15 September 1939, \"Royal Daffodil II\" was used to carry troops of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to France, continuing on this duty until October that year. On 21 May 1940 \"Royal Daffodil\" was placed on standby to take part in evacuating the BEF if it became necessary. On 23 May, \"Royal", "title": "MV Royal Daffodil (1939)" }, { "docid": "3237305", "text": "course of 10 miles [16 km], returned the same evening to St Helens whence it had set out\". The boat was powered by a Newcomen engine working a paddle crankshaft through a beam and connecting rod. To counter competition from the new railways, another extension was planned from Fiddler's Ferry across Cuerdley and Widnes Salt Marshes to Widnes Wharf, on the west bank of the River Mersey near Runcorn Gap, creating a second connection to the Mersey and another basin. This was authorised by a third Act of Parliament, granted on 29 May 1830, entitled \"An Act to consolidate and", "title": "Sankey Canal" }, { "docid": "3237299", "text": "Sankey Canal The Sankey Canal in North West England connects St Helens to the River Mersey at Spike Island. When opened in 1757, it followed the valley of the Sankey Brook from where the brook joined the River Mersey past Warrington to Parr at the north east of what became St Helens town centre. Extensions were constructed at the Mersey end to Fiddlers Ferry and then to Widnes, while at the northern end it was extended to Sutton. The canal was abandoned between 1931 and 1963 but has been the object of a restoration attempt since 1985 when the Sankey", "title": "Sankey Canal" }, { "docid": "1440309", "text": "with a commentary of what can be seen. These operations run with a bias towards Seacombe Ferry as the vicinity of Seacombe lacks the rail and bus connections of Birkenhead. In the summer there are also cruises up the Manchester Ship Canal. There have been hundreds of ferry boats used on the Mersey. The Birkenhead boats \"Claughton\", \"Bidston\", \"Thurstaston\" and \"Upton\" were viewed as the fastest ferries on the river. The Wallasey ferries included a number of three deckers such as the \"Marlowe\", which were used for both ferry duties and cruising. The first diesel ferry to enter service was", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1779510", "text": "former two both charting in the UK's top 5. Johnson took part in a charity project for the Hillsborough disaster fund and recorded a popular single \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" with Paul McCartney, the Christians and others. The single reached number 1 in the UK and Ireland. After the 1990 remix album \"Hollelujah\", Johnson released his second solo album in 1991. \"Dreams That Money Can't Buy\" was a commercial failure and did not chart in the UK, while the singles \"Where Has Love Gone?\" and \"Across the Universe\" performed very poorly on UK singles chart. In November 1991, Johnson learned", "title": "Holly Johnson" }, { "docid": "3851809", "text": "and the windows of houses were filled with gay and animated parties. There was a most brilliant display of flags, banners & c. [sic]. All business is suspended. There are 200,000 strangers in town, and all the inhabitants are in the streets. All is gaiety and splendour.\" (\"The Pictorial Times\", 1846). The Prince was taken on a processional tour through the city, including a visit to the town hall where the royal address was made, before departing aboard the ferry across to the Cheshire side of the Mersey and then northwards towards the Albert Dock. Again this stage of the", "title": "The Royal Albert Dock Liverpool" }, { "docid": "1440330", "text": "was removed from the new bridge. They entered service by July 1990 in time for the \"QE2's\" first visit to the Mersey and also operated the new \"heritage cruises\". They also were given a new black and red livery replacing the red white and blue given for the Garden Festival season of 1984. The \"Overchurch\" was withdrawn and retired from regular service and subsequently moved to Bootle, where she was internally refurbished and rewired. She was then moved to the ferries' regular berth on the East Float, where she saw very little use for nearly a decade. The reason for", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1432910", "text": "the early 20th century, commercial traffic bound for further upstream carried cargo in large flat-bottomed sailing barges known as Mersey Flats to Howley Wharf in Warrington and (via the Sankey Canal) to St Helens. Motor barges delivered to riverside factories at Warrington until at least the 1970s, but nowadays only pleasure craft and yachts use the upper estuary and the tidal river where a number of sailing clubs are based. On most high tides, seagoing yachts with masts raised can navigate as far upstream as Fiddlers Ferry – about downstream of Warrington – where there is a small marina accessed", "title": "River Mersey" }, { "docid": "1440293", "text": "was 500 feet long. It was rebuilt and extended in 1874. Until the establishment of the Mersey Railway in 1886, the ferries were the only means of crossing the river, and so all of the routes were heavily used. All of the ferry routes were owned by private interests before coming under municipal ownership in the mid 19th century. The Woodside ferry was taken over by the Birkenhead Commissioners in 1858 and, in 1861, the Wallasey Local Board took over the ferry services at Seacombe, Egremont and New Brighton. At Woodside, land between the Woodside Hotel and the end of", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "10415613", "text": "and much brassware. The helm and binnacles were reinstated onto the new bridge, some of the items are now in Mersey Ferries’ archives and the others belong to a private collector. In May 2011 the ferry's nameplate was replaced and it now carried the words 'Royal Iris' in Birkenhead Corporation style script font. Today the \"Royal Iris of the Mersey\" is a regular vessel used on both cross river ferry services and also Manchester ship canal cruises. The ferry has a top speed of 12 knots against the incoming tide, however speeds of 16+ knots can be recorded when the", "title": "MV Royal Iris of the Mersey" }, { "docid": "14400668", "text": "Bristol Harbour, in an RNLI lifeboat along the Menai Strait, by ferry on the Mersey Ferry, and by the steamboat MV \"Tern\" across Windermere. In unpowered watercraft, it was punted along the River Cam in Cambridge, and rowed along the River Medway in Maidstone. Its final journey to the Olympic Stadium on 27 July was by speedboat, piloted by footballer David Beckham along the River Thames. Over rail the torch was hauled by steam locomotives of various gauges. The LMS Royal Scot Class locomotive No. 6115 \"Scots Guardsman\" conveyed it on the East Coast Main Line between York and Thirsk.", "title": "2012 Summer Olympics torch relay" }, { "docid": "1440294", "text": "the old pier was reclaimed, and in 1861 the floating landing stage was opened. The pontoons were towed into position, moored by chains originally made for the SS \"Great Eastern\", and linked to the mainland by two double bridges. The \"Cheshire\", the first passenger ferry steamer to have a saloon, operated from Woodside in 1864. The iron pier at Eastham was built in 1874. On 26 November 1878, the ferry \"Gem\", a paddle steamer operated from Seacombe by the Wallasey Local Board, collided with the \"Bowfell\", a wooden sailing ship at anchor on the River Mersey; five people died as", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "8033811", "text": "were 11 Seabird Half Rater one design sailing yachts in 1924, Robinetta and Fairwind in 1937 and 18 Hilbre One Design craft between 1959 and 1962. The Naval training school vessels HMS \"Conway\" and TS \"Indefatigable\" were moored at the Sloyne, in the River Mersey, between Rock Ferry and New Ferry. These were ships converted for the purpose of training boys for a life at sea. During the nineteenth century, the reformatory ships \"Akbar\" and \"Clarence\" were also moored there. In the early years of the Second World War, both the \"Conway\" and \"Indefatigable\" were moved from the Mersey to", "title": "Rock Ferry" }, { "docid": "10775518", "text": "\"Stena Mersey\" operates on the Birkenhead–Belfast route with her marginally older sister ship \"Stena Lagan\". The total journey time on board the ship is 8 hours. \"Stena Mersey\" carries a maximum of 720 passengers. MS Stena Mersey MS Stena Mersey is a RoPax ferry operated by Stena Line between Birkenhead and Belfast. The Stena Mersey was built in Italy by Cantiere Navale Visentini. The vessel weighs in at 26,500 gt fully laden and can carry up to 980 passengers. The on-board cabins have space to sleep 480 passengers. There are four vehicle decks with a capicity for approximately 200 trailers.", "title": "MS Stena Mersey" }, { "docid": "10775516", "text": "MS Stena Mersey MS Stena Mersey is a RoPax ferry operated by Stena Line between Birkenhead and Belfast. The Stena Mersey was built in Italy by Cantiere Navale Visentini. The vessel weighs in at 26,500 gt fully laden and can carry up to 980 passengers. The on-board cabins have space to sleep 480 passengers. There are four vehicle decks with a capicity for approximately 200 trailers. The vessels maximum speed is 27 knots, but usually sails at 23 knots in normal service. \"Stena Mersey\" was launched in December 2005 as \"Mersey Viking\", entering service with Norse Merchant Ferries later the", "title": "MS Stena Mersey" }, { "docid": "13734504", "text": "Foreign Economy and Trade ()). Plans for a tunnel across the Bohai strait have been developed. The railway terminal on the Dalian side of Bohai Train Ferry is newly named as Lüshun West Station. There are no platforms because no passenger trains pass through. There is a four-storey station building where the passengers can buy tickets on the first floor and go up to the second floor to enter the vessel through a concourse. Compared to the Dalian Port Ferries near downtown Dalian, this ferry is located about west of the downtown area, so that the ferry tariffs are set", "title": "Bohai Train Ferry" }, { "docid": "12723131", "text": "ferry across the river. The ferry operates under contract to the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, is free of tolls, and runs on demand between 0700 and 1820. It carries a maximum of 2 cars and 12 passengers at a time. The crossing is about in length, and takes 5 minutes. The ferry does not operate at times of high water or winter freeze up. <BR> McLure Ferry The McLure Ferry is a cable ferry across the North Thompson River in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated about north of Kamloops. Specifically, the ferry is a reaction ferry, which is", "title": "McLure Ferry" }, { "docid": "10415603", "text": "MV Royal Iris of the Mersey The MV \"Royal Iris of the Mersey is a Mersey Ferry in operation on the River Mersey, England. From launch in Devon in 1959 until a major refurbishment in 2001, she was named MV \"Mountwood. The \"Mountwood\" was the slightly older sister ship of the MV \"Woodchurch\". Both of the ferries were built for the Corporation of Birkenhead to replace the existing fleet of 1930s steamers. The designs of the two new vessels were loosely based on the ferries \"Leasowe\" and \"Egremont\" of the Wallasey Corporation, they were designed by the same company, Graham", "title": "MV Royal Iris of the Mersey" }, { "docid": "10802904", "text": "across the river. The ferry operates under contract to the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, is free of tolls, and runs on demand between 0630 and 2215. It carries a maximum of 2 cars, or one small school bus, and 18 passengers at a time. The crossing is about in length, and takes 5 minutes. The ferry does not operate at times of high water. <BR> Lytton Ferry The Lytton Ferry is a cable ferry across the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated about north of Lytton. Technically, the ferry is a reaction ferry, which is propelled", "title": "Lytton Ferry" }, { "docid": "9179691", "text": "Sankey Canal, also known as the Sankey Brook Navigation and St Helens Canal, flows through Parr. When opened in 1757, it ran from close to the mouth of Sankey Brook at the River Mersey along the valley of the Sankey Brook, ending north east of St Helens. Later extensions were made at the Mersey end, firstly to Fiddlers Ferry, then to Widnes, and at the northern end, where it was extended into what became the centre of St Helens. St Peter's Church was built in 1864-65 to the designs of J. Medland Taylor: the stonework is in three different colours", "title": "Parr, St Helens" }, { "docid": "3237307", "text": "and involved in many canal projects of the period, had proposed a link from the Sankey, via an aqueduct across the Mersey, to the Bridgewater Canal and the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, but this was never implemented. The Sankey Canal was built for Mersey Flats, the common sailing craft of the local rivers; they were used on the Mersey, Irwell and Weaver and along the Lancashire and North Wales coasts. To allow for the masts of the flats, swing bridges were constructed where roads crossed the canal. When the railways were built, they too had to cross in similar fashion.", "title": "Sankey Canal" }, { "docid": "6043908", "text": "MV Royal Daffodil MV Royal Daffodil is a ferry based on the River Mersey, England. She is currently laid up due to cost cutting measures. From launch until a major refit in 1998, she was named MV \"Overchurch\", she began service for Birkenhead Corporation Ferries in 1962, and was withdrawn from regular service by Mersey Ferries in 1990 where she saw minimal active work until 1999, when she was extensively refurbished. Despite her extensive re-build, the ship still retains a similar profile. \"Royal Daffodil\" was withdrawn from regular service in December 2012 and returned to the ferries berth at Duke", "title": "MV Royal Daffodil" }, { "docid": "1432914", "text": "the Stone Roses song \"Mersey Paradise\", included on the B-side of the 12\" version of their 1989 hit \"She Bangs the Drums\", and on their 1992 compilation album \"Turns into Stone\". The Tall ships' fleet has twice visited the Mersey, in 2008 and 2012. The Mersey is considered sacred by British Hindus, and worshipped in a similar way to the River Ganges. Festival of Immersion ceremonies are held annually on the river, in which clay figures representing the Hindu Lord Ganesha, the elephant deity riding a mouse, are submerged in the river from a ferry boat. Followers throw flowers, pictures", "title": "River Mersey" }, { "docid": "1440324", "text": "modern and boasted the latest in marine navigation equipment. They were given an orange and black funnel livery, with a red band just above the rubbing strake. In their early years of service both the ferries carried rope fenders to protect the strakes. On the bridge was also a brass talk tube that linked down to the engine room. A popular prank amongst bridge crews was to call an engineer on the talk tube then pour water down it, thus soaking the engineer at the other end. The \"Mountwood\" was used in the film \"\"Ferry Cross The Mersey\"\", a musical", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "1440341", "text": "farewell for the liner which had launched the ferries as a new brand more than 18 years ago. In August 2012, it was announced that Merseytravel were initiating a review into cost saving on Mersey Ferries operations after the service is running at a £1 million annual loss. As a result of this review, the ferry \"Royal Daffodil\" was withdrawn from service in January 2013. Another threat to the ferries' future is the cost of replacing the current ferries, the oldest ever to ply the river, when required. In December 2015 Merseytravel announced a 20-year plan for the ferries which", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "19089234", "text": "PS Cheshire (1889) PS \"Cheshire\" was a passenger vessel built for the Town Council of Birkenhead in 1889 for use as a Mersey ferry. She was built in Canada Works, Birkenhead in 1889 for the Town Council of Birkenhead for use as a Mersey Ferry. There was some dispute with the builder as she was refused by the commissioners, and was put up for sale, but the highest bid of £4,500 (equivalent to £ in ) did not meet the reserve price, so she was withdrawn. In 1903 she was put up for sale by the Birkenhead Corporation and eventually", "title": "PS Cheshire (1889)" }, { "docid": "142969", "text": "Yorker\" magazine, headlined \"Frankie Goes to Hollywood\" and featuring Frank Sinatra \"getting mobbed by teenyboppers\". On all of the original 12-inch releases, the B-side featured a cover of \"Ferry 'Cross the Mersey\", followed by a brief dialogue involving Rutherford attempting to sign on, and an a cappella version of the title track's chorus, segueing into an instrumental version of \"Relax\", known as \"From Soft to Hard\". \"From Soft to Hard\" has the same structure as the 7-inch \"Move\" mix, but is not simply an instrumental of this mix. The UK cassette single included \"Ferry 'Cross the Mersey\" and interview sections", "title": "Relax (song)" }, { "docid": "1447296", "text": "another number one single in the UK. Marsden began writing most of their songs, including \"I'm the One\",\"It's Gonna Be All Right\" and \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\", as well as their first and biggest US hit, \"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying\", which peaked at No.4. The band also starred in an early 1965 film, \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" (sometimes referred to as \"Gerry and the Pacemakers' version of \"A Hard Day's Night\"\"), for which Marsden wrote much of the soundtrack. The title song was revived in 1989 as a charity single for an appeal in response to the", "title": "Gerry and the Pacemakers" }, { "docid": "4659124", "text": "front page announcing, \"Beatles Top Poll!\" An iconic symbol of the Mersey Beat era was the poster artwork created by local artist Tony Booth. He was a popular figure amongst the promoters in the area where he was commissioned to create hundreds of the posters used to advertise all the concerts that were occurring during that period. His posters were seen on walls all across Merseyside including some of his famous work outside The Cavern Club. In 1962, \"Mersey Beat\" held a poll to find out who was the most popular Merseyside group. The results were announced on 4 January", "title": "Mersey Beat" }, { "docid": "12351211", "text": "Runcorn to Latchford Canal The Runcorn to Latchford Canal (also known as the Old Quay Canal or locally as \"Old Quay Cut\" or \"Black Bear Canal\") ran from Runcorn, Cheshire to the Latchford area of Warrington, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It connected the Mersey and Irwell Navigation to the River Mersey at Runcorn. The canal was built to bypass the shallow stretches of the Mersey at Fiddlers Ferry. It extended for , ending to the east of Runcorn Gap close to the centre of the township of Runcorn, and cost £48,000. At Latchford, it joined the", "title": "Runcorn to Latchford Canal" }, { "docid": "1440337", "text": "lines of the original Dartmouth builders and the somewhat crude welding of Mersey Heritage Ship Repair contractors; this is coupled with extensions to the forward promenade deck, which appears to be somewhat 'stuck on'. \"Snowdrop's\" refit results are in stark contrast to the excellent work carried out on \"Royal Daffodil\". The ferries are known for their ability to operate in very heavy seas. The reason services are usually suspended is not because the ferries cannot cope with the heavy winds and waves of the Mersey, it is because berthing the vessel can be extremely hazardous. When berthing the vessel, the", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "7710977", "text": "states that until the founding of Baith Israel \"[h]itherto the Hebrew residents in Brooklyn had been under the necessity of finding their way across the East River in all kinds of weather, when they wished to go to their place of worship\". According to synagogue legend, the founders had grown tired of rowing across the East River each Friday to celebrate Shabbat in Manhattan. Carol Levin, however, writes that a ferry service from Whitehall Street in Manhattan to South Ferry, Brooklyn (at the foot of Atlantic Street) had existed since 1836 (see South Ferry (ferry)), that the Atlantic Street synagogue's", "title": "Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes" }, { "docid": "7255668", "text": "in August 1964, Whitaker set to work photographing the members of the NEMS stable including Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Gerry & The Pacemakers (including cover shots for their \"How Do You Like It\" and \"Ferry Across The Mersey\" LPs) and Cilla Black (including cover shots for the \"Cilla\" and \"Cilla Sings A Rainbow\" LPs). He also did several photographs of the hugely successful Australian folk-pop group The Seekers, including the cover shots for the LP \"Seekers Seen in Green\" (1967); his Seekers photos were also used for the archival CD \"Live at the Talk of the Town\" and", "title": "Robert Whitaker (photographer)" }, { "docid": "7045214", "text": "coach traffic from Chester spurred the growth of the transportation of passengers and goods across the river. With the rapid development of Birkenhead from the 1820s, facilities at Woodside would eventually need expanding. By 1842, the ferry service had been taken over by the Birkenhead Commissioners. A stone pier with two slipways and a small lighthouse at the pier head were constructed. There followed another period of major rebuilding, which included land reclamation up to the end of the pier. Construction of a floating landing stage in 1861 allowed for combined usage by the ferries and the Mersey Docks and", "title": "Woodside, Merseyside" }, { "docid": "612767", "text": "ferry service is the Halifax/Dartmouth ferry, running between the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, which has run year-round since 1752, and is currently run by the region's transit authority, Metro Transit. However the Mersey Ferry predates it as the oldest salt water ferry. By far the largest commuter ferry system in the world is the Ferries in Istanbul, Turkey, operated by İDO with 87 vessels serving 86 ports of call. Another two of the world's large ferry systems are located in the Strait of Georgia, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and Puget Sound, in the U.S.", "title": "Ferry" }, { "docid": "1440333", "text": "were placed back on the refurbished bridges. Other equipment, such as the telegraphs, were put in storage in the Mersey Ferries' archives. The fleet of three have served the river for nearly five decades and 2009 saw the 50th birthdays of the \"Royal Iris of the Mersey\" and the \"Snowdrop\". This is remarkable for a ship to be in service for nearly 50 years and shows the dedication and care taken by the ferries' staff over the years to keep the boats in the conditions they can be found today. The refitting of the ferries has extended their working lives", "title": "Mersey Ferry" }, { "docid": "14410639", "text": "\"something very Ferry on the Mersey\", or Beatlesque. Mention of Paul Weller (does) not quite nail the sound but there is an undertone of that British invasion rock and roll that was big in the sixties\" and \"entertaining, danceable, listenable as well as easy on the eye\". The SixtyOne.com commented, \"have been waiting for this sound for a while now and the feldons deliver.\" BMA Magazine wrote of the band, \"it would appear that these guys have been brought up on a diet of late 60s British pop, mid 70s American blues, yet at times, with a peculiar mid-90s Britpop", "title": "The Feldons" }, { "docid": "13254050", "text": "Virgil reach the ferry that will take them across the river Acheron and to Hell proper. The ferry is piloted by Charon, who does not want to let Dante enter, for he is a living being. Virgil forces Charon to take him by declaring, \"Vuolsi così colà dove si puote / ciò che si vuole\" (\"It is so willed there where is power to do / That which is willed\"), referring to the fact that Dante is on his journey on divine grounds. The wailing and blasphemy of the damned souls entering Charon's boat contrast with the joyful singing of", "title": "Inferno (Dante)" } ]
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who is the actor that plays stefan salvatore
[ "Paul Wesley" ]
[ { "docid": "8268291", "text": "Paul Wesley Paweł Tomasz Wasilewski (; born July 23, 1982), known professionally as Paul Wesley and formerly as Paul Wasilewski, is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his roles as Aaron Corbett in the miniseries \"Fallen\", Stefan Salvatore on the supernatural drama series \"The Vampire Diaries\", and as Eddie Longo on the anthology series \"Tell Me a Story\". Wesley was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Polish parents Tomasz and Agnieszka Wasilewski, and grew up in Marlboro Township, New Jersey. He has one older sister, Monika Emara (née Wasilewski), and two younger sisters, Leah", "title": "Paul Wesley" }, { "docid": "13814005", "text": "Stefan Salvatore Stefan Salvatore is a fictional character from L. J. Smith's novel series \"The Vampire Diaries\". He is portrayed by Paul Wesley in the television series of the same name. Born on November 1, 1846, Stefan was turned into a vampire in 1864, at the age of 17, by Katherine Pierce, with his brother Damon Salvatore. On March 27, 2009, \"The Hollywood Reporter\" announced that Paul Wesley had joined the cast of \"The Vampire Diaries\" as Stefan. He was the last main cast member whose casting was announced. Wesley has become popular with viewers. Carina MacKenzie of the \"Los", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814040", "text": "done. Stefan then also tries to talk Damon out of being a human again only to be with Elena but Damon decides to take the cure. Stefan Salvatore Stefan Salvatore is a fictional character from L. J. Smith's novel series \"The Vampire Diaries\". He is portrayed by Paul Wesley in the television series of the same name. Born on November 1, 1846, Stefan was turned into a vampire in 1864, at the age of 17, by Katherine Pierce, with his brother Damon Salvatore. On March 27, 2009, \"The Hollywood Reporter\" announced that Paul Wesley had joined the cast of \"The", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13807977", "text": "a \"conniving, narcissistic, bitch\". Describing Elena years later, Dobrev said she evolved from a \"younger, naive, sad, young girl\" to a \"strong woman\". Before \"The Vampire Diaries\", Elena dated Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig), who was unable to move past his feelings for her initially after their break-up. Elena began dating Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), and later discovered he was a vampire. As the episodes progressed, she developed a connection with Stefan's adventurous brother Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder), who consumes human blood, unlike Stefan, who has an animal blood diet. Speaking about the different qualities Stefan and Damon bring to Elena,", "title": "Elena Gilbert" }, { "docid": "13372654", "text": "parents in a car accident, as she falls in love with a 162-year-old vampire named Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley). Their relationship becomes increasingly complicated as Stefan's mysterious older brother Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) returns, with a plan to bring back their past love Katherine Pierce, a vampire who looks exactly like Elena. Although Damon is initially the villain and harbors a grudge against his brother for forcing him to become a vampire, he later reconciles with Stefan and falls in love with Elena, creating a love triangle among the three. Both brothers protect Elena as they face various villains and", "title": "The Vampire Diaries" }, { "docid": "16491016", "text": "CW announced that \"The Originals\", \"The Vampire Diaries\" spin-off series, was picked up for a full season slated to premiere next fall. On February 11, 2013, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On May 3, 2012 The CW renewed \"The Vampire Diaries\" for a fourth season. Unlike previous seasons, it started on October 11. Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Leslie Morgenstein and Bob Levy are executive producers for the series. The season was concluded on May 16, 2013. The series stars Nina Dobrev who plays Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce, Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore, Ian Somerhalder", "title": "The Vampire Diaries (season 4)" }, { "docid": "8268299", "text": "2013, it was reported that they had filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized in December 2013. Wesley lived in Atlanta, Georgia, while filming \"The Vampire Diaries\" and the rest of the time with his then-wife Torrey DeVitto in Los Angeles, California. He sold his Los Angeles residence after his divorce at the end of 2013. Paul Wesley Paweł Tomasz Wasilewski (; born July 23, 1982), known professionally as Paul Wesley and formerly as Paul Wasilewski, is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his roles as Aaron Corbett in the miniseries \"Fallen\", Stefan Salvatore on", "title": "Paul Wesley" }, { "docid": "8268291", "text": "Paul Wesley Paweł Tomasz Wasilewski (; born July 23, 1982), known professionally as Paul Wesley and formerly as Paul Wasilewski, is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his roles as Aaron Corbett in the miniseries \"Fallen\", Stefan Salvatore on the supernatural drama series \"The Vampire Diaries\", and as Eddie Longo on the anthology series \"Tell Me a Story\". Wesley was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Polish parents Tomasz and Agnieszka Wasilewski, and grew up in Marlboro Township, New Jersey. He has one older sister, Monika Emara (née Wasilewski), and two younger sisters, Leah", "title": "Paul Wesley" }, { "docid": "15619966", "text": "needs her time. Damon returns to the Salvatore house and tries to kill himself but Stefan (Paul Wesley) stops him and locks him at the basement telling him that they will find a cure for the werewolf bite. Elijah (Daniel Gillies) demands from Klaus (Joseph Morgan) to keep his word and tell him where the bodies of their family are but Klaus is not willing to reveal him that info right away. In the meantime, Stefan calls Alaric (Matt Davis) to inform him that Damon is dying and he asks for his help. Then Stefan goes to Bonnie (Kat Graham)", "title": "As I Lay Dying (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "16836448", "text": "Growing Pains (The Vampire Diaries) \"Growing Pains\" is the first episode of the fourth season of \"The Vampire Diaries's\", premiering October 11, 2012 on The CW. Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) wakes up, with all of the sounds of the neighborhood. Elena is confused and disoriented. Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) begins to explain to Elena that she was in an accident. Damon proceeds to interject, indifferently, that Matt is alive, she is in transition and she must feed or die. Stefan tries to give her hope that Bonnie might find a way out by the end of the day. In the", "title": "Growing Pains (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "16836461", "text": "NBC's 8-9pm comedies, \"30 Rock\" and \"Up All Night\". Growing Pains (The Vampire Diaries) \"Growing Pains\" is the first episode of the fourth season of \"The Vampire Diaries's\", premiering October 11, 2012 on The CW. Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) wakes up, with all of the sounds of the neighborhood. Elena is confused and disoriented. Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) begins to explain to Elena that she was in an accident. Damon proceeds to interject, indifferently, that Matt is alive, she is in transition and she must feed or die. Stefan tries to give her hope that Bonnie might find a way", "title": "Growing Pains (The Vampire Diaries)" } ]
[ { "docid": "13813467", "text": "books until filming began. Damon Salvatore is a vampire, turned by Katherine Pierce 145 years prior to the series' debut. He is the son of late Giuseppe Salvatore, ripper Lily Salvatore and older brother of Stefan Salvatore. He is portrayed as a charming, handsome and snarky person who loves tricking humans, and takes pleasure in feeding on them and killing them during the early episodes of the first season, unlike his brother, Stefan. Damon and Stefan bite humans to feed on them since they are vampires. In the first season, Damon appears as the frightening older brother to Stefan Salvatore,", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814006", "text": "Angeles Times\" noted that he spent \"10 years as a successful but under-the-radar TV actor\" but shortly after the show premiered, he was \"everywhere\". MacKenzie wrote: \"Last summer his face was on more than 30 \"Vampire Diaries\" posters at the Century City/Westfield mall alone, not to mention billboards over seemingly every major boulevard in Hollywood\". In November 2011, Wesley's ex-wife Torrey DeVitto joined the cast of \"The Vampire Diaries\" in the recurring role of Dr. Meredith Fell, who is \"intrigued by\" Alaric Saltzman (Matt Davis). Stefan was described as a \"beautiful young man\" who turns out to be a Vampire", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814007", "text": "171 years old, who develops a \"strong connection\" with \"tragic heroine\" Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev). Wesley described the young Stefan as \"naive and willing to ride whatever wave life threw\" him, because he was \"easily manipulated\" and \"innocent\" with a \"beautiful young soul\". However, Stefan at the age of 160 years has more wisdom in him. Stefan consumes animal blood, refusing to kill humans due to the guilt that he killed his own father. Damon on the other hand, does feed on humans. Stefan has a love-hate relationship with his brother, Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder). Wesley \"adores\" Somerhalder, who he", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814015", "text": "\"bums me out\" when Stefan quit human blood again. He said \"Good Stefan doesn't feel as natural in terms of what I want to be doing on screen, and what I want to be saying. I feel a little stifled, myself, whenever he's resisting the urge to do vampiresque things.\" Stefan Salvatore was born on November 1, 1846 and raised in Mystic Falls, Virginia to Giuseppe Salvatore and Lily Salvatore. Stefan is the younger brother of Damon. When Stefan and Damon were human, they were very close and were best friends in life. Damon always confided and trusted in Stefan", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813465", "text": "Damon Salvatore Damon Salvatore is a fictional character in \"The Vampire Diaries\" novel series. He is portrayed by Ian Somerhalder in the television series. Initially, Damon is the main antagonist in the beginning of the show and later became a protagonist. After the first few episodes, Damon begins working alongside his younger brother, Stefan Salvatore, to resist greater threats and gradually Elena begins to consider him a friend. His transition was completed after his younger brother Stefan, who is also a vampire, convinces him to drink blood. Damon thus vows to make his brother's life sorrowful – thus further causing", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13807985", "text": "up in a car accident, with their car driving off a bridge. Stefan Salvatore finds them, and saves Elena, but it was too late to save Grayson and Miranda, who died. It remained unknown for months who saved Elena, and it was considered a miracle that she lived. Her relationship with Matt ended when they broke up. Elena, still empty after losing her parents, begins to fit back into school. She meets a mysterious new student named Stefan Salvatore. They connect instantly, and begin dating. She meets his older and malevolent brother, Damon. After researching, Elena realizes Stefan was alive", "title": "Elena Gilbert" }, { "docid": "13814029", "text": "apologize for making him crazy. Elena tries to tell him that she doesn't need the cure if it means it hurts Jeremy. That night Elena comes to stay at the Salvatore house, and Stefan leaves to crash at Caroline's. While there, he and Caroline realize that Elena is sired to Damon. When Stefan informs Damon of this, they go to New Orleans to find the witch that broke a sire bond years ago that Damon had. Stefan and Damon find that in order to break the bond, Damon has to convince Elena not to care about him, and leave her,", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814030", "text": "which Damon agrees to do for Stefan. Post Jeremy's death, Damon convinces Elena to switch off her humanity leading to her becoming brutal and ruthless. Stefan and Damon try constantly to make her feel something again. Later after Elena's humanity comes back, she chooses Damon, leaving Stefan heartbroken. Then Stefan tries to dump Silas body in the river only to find that Silas is still alive. Silas then reveals that Stefan is his doppelganger. Silas was the one who created the immortality spell 2000 years ago however, as nature creates a balance for everything, it created a version of Silas", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "6296602", "text": "an excuse for comic gags than as an actually coherent plot. The show is designed to be performed by only five actors, one of whom plays seven characters: Professor Fenton; Crummond's friend Algy; a Chinese assassin; a local police officer; a waiter in a hotel restaurant; a one-armed Scotland Yard inspector (who is really one of Otto's henchmen in disguise); and a Cockney crook. In addition, the actor playing Otto plays Salvatore Scalicio, a Chicago gangster, in a quick-change scene where he repeatedly switches between Otto and Salvatore. Bullshot Crummond Bullshot Crummond is a parody stage play of the British", "title": "Bullshot Crummond" }, { "docid": "13814027", "text": "to keep from killing herself, and kidnaps her before they can say no. Later, Stefan works with one of Klaus's hybrids, Chris, to free Elena who stabs him in the neck and runs away. Stefan sends Damon to find her and goes with Bonnie to see if the Professor Shane knows how to end the hallucinations. He informs them that a potential hunter must kill a vampire so he may take the place of that dead hunter, which is virtually impossible. Luckily, Stefan realizes that Jeremy is a potential hunter, and tells him that to save his sister, he must", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "6815408", "text": "The Vampire Diaries (novel series) The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels created by Alloy Entertainment (book packager). The story centers on Elena Gilbert, a young high school girl who finds her heart eventually torn between two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore. The series was originally published in 1991-1992 and it revolves around Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbert as the two main protagonists. The first three novels in the original series (\"The Awakening, The Struggle\", and \"The Fury\") all feature Stefan and Elena as the narrators of the series, while the last book in", "title": "The Vampire Diaries (novel series)" }, { "docid": "13814017", "text": "wanting and desiring the immortal life in order to spend an eternity with Katherine. In 1864, Stefan was turned into a vampire after being shot by his father, Giuseppe, along with his brother, Damon with Katherine's blood in his system, before accidentally killing his father during a visit to tell him that he was going to let himself die. Damon, who turned into a vampire as well, promised Stefan an eternity of misery as he was angry that Stefan had forced him to turn and jealous that Katherine had also turned Stefan. A newborn vampire with uncontrollable blood lust, Stefan", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813519", "text": "his. Damon's most prominent love, aside from Elena, was Rose. He met her while searching for Klaus and hooked up with her shortly after. Unfortunately Damon ticked off Jules, a werewolf, and she showed up on a full moon for revenge. Damon has had a challenging relationship with his younger brother Stefan Salvatore for over a century. Before they became vampires, they both loved the vampire Katherine Pierce. Damon shows that he has nurtured a long-standing desire to reunite with Katherine throughout the first season. In the first season, we learn that it was Stefan who convinced Damon to feed", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "17910768", "text": "offer a truce, but Mason declines. Stefan insists and \"threatens\" Mason, who finally shakes hands with Stefan. Damon rejoins Stefan to ask what he was doing with Mason and says that despite the truce, Damon still wants to kill him. Stefan also admits that he does not trust Mason and that he will try to kill them in the first chance he gets. Meanwhile, Mason wants to expose the Salvatore brothers and he tells Liz about them. Liz does not believe him and Mason offers to prove it to her. In the meantime, Jeremy is at the Grill and sees", "title": "Kill or Be Killed (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "5452048", "text": "a professor at the Theatre Academy in Sofia. Stefan Danailov Stefan Lambov Danailov () (born 9 December 1942) is a Bulgarian actor and former Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009). The first film Danailov took part in was \"The Traces Remain\" (') when he was a child. At that time he did not want to be an actor but in 1966, he graduated from VITIZ (Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known work is as Major Deyanov in the series ' (\"At Each Kilometer\"). He has participated in numerous films and plays for which he won a lot", "title": "Stefan Danailov" }, { "docid": "5452047", "text": "Stefan Danailov Stefan Lambov Danailov () (born 9 December 1942) is a Bulgarian actor and former Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009). The first film Danailov took part in was \"The Traces Remain\" (') when he was a child. At that time he did not want to be an actor but in 1966, he graduated from VITIZ (Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known work is as Major Deyanov in the series ' (\"At Each Kilometer\"). He has participated in numerous films and plays for which he won a lot of prizes. For several years he has been", "title": "Stefan Danailov" }, { "docid": "16203863", "text": "calling her Katherine. Elena says that he is mistaken and goes to Stefan. She writes Stefan a text message to let him know but when Stefan tries to spot the man, is already gone. The four of them leave and go to the Salvatore house to continue their double date. Matt sees Stefan's miniature car collection and gets excited, so Stefan shows him his sport car and let him take it for a ride with Caroline. Meanwhile, a drunk Jenna exits Grill to go home as Damon and Kelly flirt. She runs into Frederick who tries to compel her but", "title": "There Goes the Neighborhood (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "17058712", "text": "Damon in the head and escapes; Kol returns to town and meets Rebekah, who tries to stab him but is stopped by Klaus.In the forest Elena unsuccessfully tries to use her feelings to persuade Damon to ignore the compulsion, but he stops when Stefan subdues him. Stefan returns Damon to the Salvatore house, imprisoning him and telling him that they can do what they want. Elena appears, but Stefan forbids her from seeing Damon. When he tells her he does not love her, she says he is lashing out. Over dinner with Bonnie her father says that he is going", "title": "Catch Me If You Can (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13814011", "text": "waiting for\", Elena had to pick to say goodbye to Stefan or Damon. She ended up choosing Stefan. When Elena became a vampire, her feelings for Damon heightened, and it was later revealed that she had a sired bond to him. Elena and Stefan broke up, and she began a romance with Damon. Stefan became heartbroken, feeling angry and betrayed, and lashed out at Damon and Elena. Wesley urged fans of Stefan and Elena not to lose hope, stating: \"The fans should definitely maintain some hope. The thing to remember is that Stefan and Elena have this love that is", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814016", "text": "and they always defended each other, especially to their father, and was fiercely loyal to him. However, this all seemed to change when Stefan and Damon fell in love with the same girl, Katherine Pierce, who turned out to be a vampire. Stefan fell deeply in love with Katherine before finding out she was a vampire. Katherine, however, compelled Stefan to not be afraid, also to keep her secret and go on as they were. It was also revealed that Katherine compelled Stefan to drink her vampire blood against his will. Damon, on the other hand, drank Katherine's blood willingly,", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814014", "text": "vampire, and it'd be unrealistic not to explore that\". Stefan became addicted to human blood again, but got it under control with the help of Elena, who began letting him feed off her in small amounts to build up discipline. However, in the show's third season, Stefan's addiction returned. His humanity was taken away by Klaus, and the audience met \"The Ripper\", his \"bloodthirsty, ruthless alter-ego who had previously only been legend\" according to Zap2it, who found \"this sociopath version of our hero far more compelling than his usual compassionate martyr self\". Wesley, who enjoyed \"Ripper Stefan\" more, said it", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "8268295", "text": "Lucas \"Luke\" Cates. He appeared opposite Amber Tamblyn in the 2008 CBS television film \"The Russell Girl\", and had the lead role in the 2007 ABC Family miniseries \"Fallen\" opposite Bryan Cranston and Tom Skerritt. Wesley has had a number of roles in television shows such as \"24\", \"8 Simple Rules\", \"American Dreams\", \"Army Wives\", \"Cane\", \"Everwood\", \"Guiding Light\", \"Smallville\", and \"The O.C.\". Wesley has starred as Stefan Salvatore in the hit television series \"The Vampire Diaries\" since its premiere in September 2009 on The CW. In the series, he plays a younger brother to Damon Salvatore (played by Ian", "title": "Paul Wesley" }, { "docid": "13814028", "text": "kill a vampire. Jeremy kills the hybrid Chris who originally helped them free Elena, and in turn her hallucinations end, and she is safe, but only barely. Later then, Stefan breaks up with Elena because of her feelings for Damon. Stefan goes to Caroline for support since she loathes Damon, and they become closer. During the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant, Stefan Turns a criminal in the hospital and convinces Jeremy to kill him to make the hunter's mark on his arm grow. Afterward, Jeremy becomes anti-vampire and attempts to kill Elena. Stefan is there and saves her, but has to", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814031", "text": "that could be killed, a shadow-self which ends up being Stefan. Silas then locks Stefan into a vault and drowns him in the river. This incident tempts Stefan to turn his humanity off in order to escape. Stefan happens to be in the safe for 3 months where he keeps on hallucinating. In season 5, Damon and Elena manage to figure out that Silas has taken Stefan's place and that Stefan is in that safe. When they go to rescue him, Stefan isn't there. Instead, a very powerful witch (Qyetsiyah) had opened the safe for him and fried his brain", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813493", "text": "asks him to become human with her, however Damon tells her he has no desire to be human and that human/vampire relationships are doomed and stalks off. Afterward he is captured by Vaughn, another member of the Five, who tortures Damon and leads him around with a noose around his neck. Damon goes with Vaughn to the cavern close to where Silas is buried and eventually overpowers him, but not before Vaughn injures Rebekah. Elena and Stefan come across the injured Damon and Rebekah, Stefan stays while Elena rushes to find Jeremy. Damon urges Stefan to go get the cure", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "16514418", "text": "and Tyler Lockwood (Michael Trevino) take care of her. In the harsh reality of the present situation, Elena longs for simpler times when her parents, Grayson (Jason MacDonald) and Miranda Gilbert (Erin Beute), and aunt Jenna Sommers (Sara Canning) were still alive, and her biggest concern was her relationship with Matt. In a conversation with Matt, Elena tells him that Stefan was there at a time in her life when she had nothing, but that when she is with Damon, she feels a passion for him that consumes her. As this is happening, Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan Salvatore", "title": "The Departed (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13814038", "text": "fallen in love with Caroline but before he can confess, Caroline switches off her humanity switch after the funeral. Stefan and Elena try to bring Caroline back but it fails and Caroline vows revenge for them not giving her the year she wanted without any feelings. She kidnaps Stefan and Damon's niece, Sarah Salvatore, and blackmails Stefan to turn off his humanity to save her. At the end of the episode 'The Downward Spiral', he does and joins Caroline. Stefan decides to ruin Caroline's life because she has done the same to him. He wants her to lose control and", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814019", "text": "Mystic Falls to visit his home and Zach. On May 23, 2009, Stefan heard the Gilbert's car accident at Wickery Bridge. It was then and there that Stefan fatefully encountered Elena Gilbert for the first time. After only being able to save Elena, Stefan noticed that she looked exactly like Katherine. Stefan and Elena begin a relationship and he revealed to her that he is a vampire. However, Damon returns to Mystic Falls, too, and also falls in love with Elena. Further on in the series, Damon and Stefan start to bond as brothers again and it becomes apparent that", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813479", "text": "to go to Stefan and her friends and see them one last time. She chooses the latter when she calls Damon to tell him her decision. Damon, who is trying to stop Alaric, accepts what she says and she tells him that maybe if she had met Damon before she had met Stefan, her choice may have been different. This statement causes Damon to remember the first night he did meet Elena which was, in fact, the night her parents died - before she had met Stefan. Not wanting anyone to know he was in town and after giving her", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814037", "text": "would kill anyone else. Enzo, figures out that Stefan's niece, Sarah is alive and that Damon had thought that he had killed Sarah before she was born but Sarah was born before her mother died however, Stefan kept this from Damon and Enzo uses this against Stefan. Meanwhile, the vampires have another threat, a psycho killer, Kai. Added on top of that, Sheriff Liz Forbes (Caroline's mother) is diagnosed with cancer. Stefan supports Caroline through this in which they bond even more and share a passionate kiss however just then Liz dies. At the funeral, Stefan realises that he has", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "17491222", "text": "Bonnie telling her that no one could get to the cure if she is too dead to find it. Bonnie starts to break all the bones in Kol's body until she realizes that she is not in control anymore. Klaus increases the tension between Damon and Stefan by revealing that Stefan slept with Rebekah and that Stefan is over Elena. Klaus us left babysitting Damon in the basement of the Salvatore house well Stefan goes to retrieve the dagger for Rebekah. Elena calls Stefan and informs him that Kol tried to kill Bonnie and that she doesn't just want to", "title": "A View to a Kill (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13813520", "text": "and complete his transformation after Katherine turned both brothers into vampires. Despite the feud between the Salvatore brothers, both Damon and Stefan always have each other's backs. Damon is always there for Stefan when it really matters, e.g., saving him from being tortured, helping him through withdrawal, and working with him to kill common enemies. And Stefan will still give up his own life for Damon's survival. They both actually love each other but won't admit it, however: After learning of Katherine's deceit, Damon starts to fall for, Elena. In general, Damon is fiercely protective of Elena and always puts", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814033", "text": "to believe that Stefan still loves her, however he rejects her. Later on, Katherine takes over Elena's body and breaks up with Damon so that she can get Stefan. After trying to woo him and failing, Stefan realises that Katherine is pretending to be Elena and Elena is with Nadia, Katherine's daughter. They rescue her somehow by killing Katherine and sending her to some sort of hell. Then Stefan volunteers himself to the travellers to give his blood as they needed doppelganger blood. Caroline and Enzo try to find and kill Tom Avery, Stefan's last doppelganger in order to save", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814020", "text": "they do love each other. Because of his addiction to human blood, Stefan only drank animal blood in the beginning of the series, which made him weaker than other vampires. In season two, Stefan starts to take small amounts of Elena's blood each day to mitigate its effect on him and to increase his strength. When Katherine returns it is discovered that she had always loved Stefan and not Damon; however, Stefan is in love with Elena and not interested in Katherine. Stefan starts to build a friendship with Caroline Forbes after she is turned into a vampire. After Klaus", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "18248888", "text": "a human, otherwise, if a vampire tries to kill another vampire with it, then both will die. Stefan realizes that John gave the dagger to Damon to use it because he wants to kill Damon as well and immediately tries to call Damon and warn him about it. At the same time in the Salvatore house, Damon is getting ready to kill Elijah when Alaric interrupts him since he got a phone call from Stefan who told him about the dagger. Alaric stops Damon's plan who wants to know why and Alaric tells him about the dagger, who is mad", "title": "The Dinner Party (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "17836422", "text": "her break up with Stefan. Bonnie tries to cheer her up by showing her a trick her grandmother taught her and she tells her that she is truly a witch. Bonnie is afraid that Elena will not believe her but Elena does. Damon runs into Caroline (Candice Accola) who is still mad at him after the way he treated her. He compels her to throw a party and he also asks her to get his crystal back from Bonnie. Caroline says that she will do it. At the Salvatore house, Stefan and Lexi talk about Elena when Damon shows up", "title": "162 Candles" }, { "docid": "17897592", "text": "and cuts himself to distract Damon. Damon leaves Katherine and Stefan snaps his neck. Katherine and Stefan bring Damon back to Mystic Falls and Katherine arranges immediately to meet Nadia. Katherine is happy because, despite her plan to kill Damon not working, she had a moment with Stefan. She stops smiling when Nadia tells her that she was bitten by Tyler Lockwood. Damon wakes up chained on the Salvatore house's basement. Stefan is there and Damon tries to warn him that because of his cravings, one day he will kill him but Stefan tells him that they will find a", "title": "No Exit (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "8951922", "text": "Stefan Gryff Stefan Gryff (5 May 1938 - 3 June 2017) was a Polish - Australian actor (naturalised after moving there for university) of Polish origin. He specialised in playing Russians, Poles, Greeks and other Mediterranean types. Gryff studied Law at the University of Sydney and during his studies appeared in several plays and revues with the University dramatic societies. He practised as a criminal lawyer in Australia before leaving for London where he appeared in a number of stage plays before moving into television and films. He is best known for his role as Captain Krasakis in the TV", "title": "Stefan Gryff" }, { "docid": "17684617", "text": "tell Elena but stops when she tells him that she has lost Stefan and he decides to help her find him. Stefan is at the Remembrance Day celebration at the cemetery where Caroline (Candice Accola) finds him. Stefan can feel that he can trust her but he attacks Jesse (Kendrick Sampson). Caroline stops him, gives Jesse her blood to heal him and then compels him to forget. Stefan returns home, burns his journals and packs his things to leave. He is uninterested in continuing to live in the Salvatore home and continue his life as the \"old\" Stefan. Before he", "title": "For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13814025", "text": "source. When blood bags and Damon's own blood fails too, she ends up feeding on Matt under extreme circumstances. Stefan then discovers from Klaus and Rebekah that there is a possible cure for vampirism. Stefan \"teams\" up with Klaus in order to find the possible cure, so that Stefan can give Elena the choice of becoming human again. Unfortunately, Klaus needs the vampire hunter Connor to stay alive because he holds the map to the cure in his tattoo, and Stefan must keep him alive at all costs when everyone else wants him dead. When Connor kidnaps Jeremy, April, and", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "16956048", "text": "told her to. Damon then asks Elena and sees that she can now keep the blood down. Damon decides to help Stefan investigate the sire bond in New Orleans, hoping to find a former flame of Damon's who was also sired to him. Damon and Stefan visit a witch who refuses to tell them anything and claims she is not a practitioner. While the Salvatore brothers are out of town, Elena, Caroline and Bonnie share a girls’ night, but an argument quickly ensues when Caroline starts criticizing Damon. When Caroline gets angry at Elena's stubbornness and how she is so", "title": "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" }, { "docid": "14445226", "text": "to escort him. Tyler asks her but Jeremy who sees the whole conversation tells her that he only asked her because she brought it up. Bonnie (Kat Graham) talks with Caroline and she encourages to reveal her the secret that Damon told her about Stefan because she is worried about Elena. Caroline reveals the secret and Bonnie tells Elena later about it, planting the suspicion that Stefan may be concealing the truth about his relationship with Katherine. Elena tells her that this is Damon's side of the story. At the Salvatore house, Zach (Chris William Martin) asks Damon why he", "title": "Family Ties (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "11125358", "text": "years of his career with GMA Network, he transferred to ABS-CBN in 2015. Stefan is openly gay. He is reportedly dating a non-showbiz guy. Prince Stefan (actor) Stephan Andrei Anlocotan, who is better known by his screen name Prince Stefan (born February 13, 1989 in Iloilo City, Philippines), is a Filipino actor of Saudi Arabian-Filipino descent. Stefan appeared on \"\", and on several GMA Network shows including the telefantasya \"Mga Mata ni Anghelita\" and \"SOP Rules\". As of September 1, 2007, Stefan also became a Regal Films contract star. In 2008, Stefan played a supporting role in \"Magdusa Ka\" and", "title": "Prince Stefan (actor)" }, { "docid": "11125357", "text": "Prince Stefan (actor) Stephan Andrei Anlocotan, who is better known by his screen name Prince Stefan (born February 13, 1989 in Iloilo City, Philippines), is a Filipino actor of Saudi Arabian-Filipino descent. Stefan appeared on \"\", and on several GMA Network shows including the telefantasya \"Mga Mata ni Anghelita\" and \"SOP Rules\". As of September 1, 2007, Stefan also became a Regal Films contract star. In 2008, Stefan played a supporting role in \"Magdusa Ka\" and a small anatologist role in \"Luna Mystika\". The following year, Stefan appeared in \"Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang\". After spending the first nine", "title": "Prince Stefan (actor)" }, { "docid": "18092014", "text": "her that she was the one who made the deal and not him and leaves to find Alaric (Matt Davis) at the Grill where Stefan asks his help to find Isobel. Alaric gives him a former phone number of Isobel's and Stefan starts searching for her. Rose is at the Salvatore house and she is getting worse after the werewolf bite. Damon tries to convince her that everything will be fine and he will find a way to cure her but he knows that this will be difficult. He leaves Elena to take care of her while he goes to", "title": "The Descent (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13814009", "text": "was a vampire, and briefly ended their relationship before getting back together. As the show progressed, Elena began developing feelings for Damon as well. Wesley described Damon and Stefan as having a \"silent understanding of the fact that they both are in love with the same girl\", and \"that was Stefan's girl, and now Damon is suddenly a real factor, he's really in the picture\". Wesley's favorite episode of \"The Vampire Diaries\" is \"The Turning Point\" because it was \"really beautiful\" for Stefan and Elena as a couple. In the episode, Stefan turns around \"because he's ashamed of his face\"", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "17963669", "text": "male doppelganger, the travelers will come for Elena to use her. Jeremy arrives and demands from Damon to free Liv because she knows more than she admits about the travelers and that he will not let her hurt Elena. Damon unwillingly does it because Elena says that she can trust her brother. Caroline goes back to the traveler's camp and tells Stefan what happened and realizes that Stefan let her go purposely knowing that she would never hurt Tom or anyone because that's just who she is. At the Salvatore house, Elena tells Damon that she will go back to", "title": "Rescue Me (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "16315133", "text": "him. Elena takes his cell phone from the ground and she and Stefan go back inside. There she runs into Damon who can't understand why Elena is so mad at him, until she tells him who Isobel was. Alaric, leaves the fundraiser and goes to the Salvatore house to find Damon holding a stake and ask him about Isobel. Damon tells him that he did not kill her but turned her since Isobel came to him begging him to do it. Alaric attacks him trying to stake him but Damon gets the stake and kills Alaric. Stefan arrives and sees", "title": "A Few Good Men (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13813504", "text": "that Silas can do a spell to swap his life with Bonnie as Silas wants to die. Silas had seen Qetsiyah going to the party therefore both Damon and Silas goes to the ball party at Whitmore College. Silas needs Damon to kill Stefan, so that he can get back his power. Stefan, after waking up, tricked Damon and snapped his neck. At Salvatore's mansion they bring a desiccated Silas, to trade Silas's life with Bonnie he must become mortal(witch). The only way is by the cure so Elena and Damon calls Katherine who has the cure in her blood", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "17983191", "text": "Stefan busy so he won't go out searching for Elena by telling him that she told Tyler (Michael Trevino) about her being a vampire. Stefan is mad at her because she put herself in danger and also because Damon will kill her if he finds out. Caroline does everything to keep Stefan with her but he can figure out that she is doing it to cover Elena. He asks her where Elena is but Caroline keeps her promise to Elena and does not tell him. Stefan leaves upset to find Elena. At the Salvatore house, Damon asks Rose how they", "title": "Katerina (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13814026", "text": "Matt, and keeps them hostage at the Grill, Stefan must stop Damon from rashly walking in and killing his chance at curing Elena. After tranquilizing Damon with vervain and taking his daylight ring, Stefan tries to take matters into his own hands and infiltrates the Grille by himself. With Jeremy at gunpoint, Elena comes in and takes Connor by surprise. Stefan manages to get Connor out, but Elena later kills him and is consumed with grief at being a murderer. When Elena begins to hallucinate because of Connor's death, Klaus informs Stefan and Damon that she must be locked away", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814034", "text": "Stefan and they succeed due to which Stefan and Caroline grow even closer. Near the end of the season, Stefan and Elena keep seeing dreams of the two being together and of them as humans. They work out that the travellers planted those dreams there as it was always meant to be Stefan and Elena not Damon and Elena. Through the fight, Stefan and Elena are kidnapped by the travellers as they need their blood to finish their spell. However, Enzo and Caroline save them by killing Tom Avery, Stefan's doppelgänger. In 5x21, Stefan tries to save Caroline's life from", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814036", "text": "kills Ivy. Stefan vows revenge. He comes back to Whitmore, and uses Elena's help to find Enzo leaving him to be killed by a vampire hunter. However, Enzo survives. Ivy returns as a vampire and it is revealed that Enzo had fed her vampire blood against her will before killing her. Damon, then returns to Mystic Falls and meets Stefan first which brings Stefan back to his friends. To make things worse, Enzo tells the other vampire hunter about Ivy and all the other vampires and the vampire hunter kills Ivy but is killed by Damon before the vampire hunter", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814018", "text": "was unable to resist the temptations of human blood and became severely out of control and addicted (later on known as the Ripper) to the blood, killing many people because of his lack of control and extreme bloodlust. However, Stefan learned to change his ways when he was taught to control it by a vampire named Alexia \"Lexi\" Branson, who later on became Stefan's best friend and companion. In 1942, Stefan enlisted in the Army to fight in World War II (4x08 \"We'll Always Have Bourbon Street\"). After decades of absence from the town he called home, Stefan returned to", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813503", "text": "inside a hut where he is tied up in the chair and Qetsiyah makes a link of Stefan with Silas which fries Stefan's brain. Qetsiyah reveals to Damon that his relationship with Elena is doomed. Damon and Elena take Stefan where both of them finds out that he has memory loss and can't remember anything. Damon, to make Stefan remember about his past life, gives him his journals and spends quality time with him. Jeremy tells Damon that Bonnie is dead and Damon finally tells Elena about Bonnie. At Bonnie's funeral, Damon consoles Elena. Damon wants to help Silas so", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813494", "text": "for Elena, uncaring that there is only enough for one, because he wants it for the girl he loves. After Stefan leave Rebekah comments that Damon did something selfless and remarks that he will always love Elena. An exhausted Damon admits that he can't control everything and is tired. After Katherine kills Jeremy in 'Down the Rabbit Hole' Damon stays behind determined to find the missing Bonnie, telling Stefan he can't come home without her. Eventually he finds Bonnie, hugging her in relief, but when the two arrive back in Mystic Falls in informs Stefan Bonnie has lost her mind.", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814024", "text": "alive, Stefan kills a guard and uses his blood to allow Elena to feed and to complete her transition into a vampire. Stefan gives Elena a daylight ring, which was made by Bonnie, in order to protect Elena from the sun. Stefan tries to assure Elena that everything will be okay and that they'll take Elena's newborn vampirism one day at a time. During the second episode of season 4, Stefan tries to help Elena cope with her hunger for human blood. After his \"bunny diet\" disagrees with Elena stomach she seeks help from Damon to find an alternative blood", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813475", "text": "through grief-stricken tears. In the third season, Damon helps Elena in bringing his brother, Stefan, back to Mystic Falls after Stefan becomes Klaus' henchman. The arrangement transpired after a bargain for his blood that would cure Damon of the werewolf bite he had received from Tyler. At first, he is reluctant to involve Elena in the rescue attempts, employing Alaric Saltzman, Elena's guardian, instead as Klaus does not know that Elena is alive after the sacrifice which frees Klaus' hybrid side. However, Elena involves herself, desperate to find Stefan. Damon, though hesitant at first, is unable to refuse her because", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "15137918", "text": "Salvatore house. Bonnie (Kat Graham) arrives at the Salvatore house as well, where she finds Damon, Stefan, Jeremy, Caroline and Alaric (Matt Davis) getting ready for their plan against Katherine. Alaric shows them everything about his weapons and how to kill a vampire but they need Bonnie's help so they can trap Katherine with a spell in a room at the Lockwood house so Damon and Stefan can kill her. Bonnie hesitates at first but agrees to help under the condition that no one will get hurt. In the meantime, Katherine gets ready for the Ball when a Lucy (Natashia", "title": "Masquerade (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13813476", "text": "of his love for her. He also points out to her that she once turned back from finding Stefan since she knew Damon would be in danger, clearly showing that she also has feelings for him. He tells her that \"when (he) drag(s) (his) brother from the edge to deliver him back to (her), (he) wants her to remember the things (she) felt while he was gone.\" When Stefan finally returns to Mystic Falls, his attitude is different from that of the first and second seasons. This causes a rift between Elena and Stefan whereas the relationship between Damon and", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "18332426", "text": "know about that; that is why she ran away from Klaus when she found out what he wanted her for. Elena and Elijah go to the Salvatore house to find Damon and Stefan fighting. Elijah asks for their apology since they tried to kill him; Stefan apologizes but Damon does not trust Elijah. Stefan explains to Elijah that Damon is angry with him at the moment but he will come around at the end and work with them. The episode ends with Klaus (Joseph Morgan) taking his real body back. In \"Klaus\" we can hear the songs: In its original", "title": "Klaus (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "13814021", "text": "gives Stefan his blood to save Damon from a werewolf bite, he turns Stefan into a Ripper again. Stefan starts working for him as he agreed to do to save Damon, and hopes it might also protect Elena by making sure Klaus never returns to Mystic Falls, since he believes her to be dead. Klaus later finds out and compels Stefan to kill her, but when he is able to resist the compulsion, Klaus makes him turn his humanity and emotions off. However, he is later able to get his humanity back, which is seen when he saves Klaus's life", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814032", "text": "due to which he suffers from amnesia. Qyetsiyah (or Tessa) loved Silas but on the day of their marriage, he cheated on her and took the immortality spell for the women he actually loved, Amara, the original doppelgänger of Elena. Stefan returns to his old ways but when he saves Elena from Tessa, she wants revenge so he gives Stefan his memories back which gives Stefan Hallucinations of the safe. Caroline tries to help him but when that doesn't work, Katherine comes back in the picture and manages to cure Stefan but they have a one-night stand, which leads Katherine", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13814039", "text": "become a Ripper. He eventually is able to and they sleep together for the first time. When Lily, Stefan and Damon's mother, is rescued from the 1903 prison world and turns out to be a vampire, she manages to turn on Stefan's humanity again. However, it later is revealed that Lily lied to get him back and doesn't love her sons any more and only wants her travelling companions back. Stefan then pretends to still have his emotions off to get Caroline back and somehow succeeds, but Caroline tries to avoid him as she feels guilty for everything she had", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "20045357", "text": "school in the state between life and death, tells her what happened, and then joins Lexi and quotes \"I was feeling epic\" and hug in the afterlife. Some time later, Bonnie breaks Elena's sleeping curse and Elena reunites with her, Damon, Caroline, Matt and Alaric. After an emotional goodbye to Stefan Salvatore in the cemetery Elena conveys a message to Caroline which Stefan had told her; \"I heard her. And I will love her forever too\". The Salvatore boarding house is turned into a school for supernatural children with Jeremy and Dorian among the people running it and a hefty", "title": "I Was Feeling Epic" }, { "docid": "13814035", "text": "Tyler (while a passenger, Julian, is in his body), during which Tyler kills him, sending him to the disintegrating Other Side. In the episode 'Home' he is Resseructed because Liv did a spell due to which he and his other friends can get back but Damon and Bonnie are left there leaving everyone broken. In season 6, Stefan moves away from Mystic Falls because of Damon's death and finds a new girlfriend called Ivy. However, Enzo and Caroline, find him and Caroline tells Stefan that he's a coward and the worst friend ever. She starts crying so Enzo goes and", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "5354501", "text": "the story of the school girl Elena Gilbert, who falls in love with vampire Stefan Salvatore, but finds herself also drawn to Stefan's brother Damon Salvatore. \"The Strain\" (2014) is based on the novel of the same name by Guillermo del Toro. One of the first animated vampire series was the 1989 series \"Count Duckula\", a parody of Dracula. In 1985, the anime film adaptation of the inaugural \"Vampire Hunter D\" novel was released direct-to-video and became popular in both Japan and the United States, prompting an adaptation of the third novel into the also direct to video film \"\"", "title": "Vampire films" }, { "docid": "16408384", "text": "plot line of the show is Klaus' quest to create a hybrid army. Klaus can only sire other hybrids by using the blood of the supernatural Petrova doppelgänger, Elena Gilbert. Thus, he is often a threat to Elena and is a major kill target for the Salvatore brothers. At one point, Klaus blackmails Stefan into helping him create more hybrids, by threatening to kill his brother Damon. Klaus forces Stefan to return to his old, deadly ways, and returns Stefan to the Salvatores' former sociopathic persona, known as \"The Ripper\". When Klaus discovers that he needs Elena's blood to create", "title": "Original Vampires (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "16264654", "text": "returns home after to find both, Pearl and Harper, dead. Outside, John throws his stake gun into his car and calls Sheriff Forbes (Marguerite MacIntyre) to update her about the vampires. Elena and Stefan return to the Salvatore house. Elena goes upstairs leaving the two brothers alone. Stefan thanks Damon for helping him through his withdrawal and Damon tells him that there is no need for him to carry his own guilt as well. Before Damon leaves, he admits that the reason he was always being mad at Stefan was not because he betrayed Katherine and the others took her", "title": "Blood Brothers (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "9022677", "text": "had a role in Robert De Niro's \"The Good Shepherd\" opposite Matt Damon. After 2003, Oleg Stefan came back to the Russian entertainment industry appearing in leading and supporting roles in several movies made in Moscow. In 2005 he received a nomination for Gold Nymph Award as Best Actor at the 45th International Festival of Television Films in Monte Carlo. Oleg Stefan Oleg Stefan \"né\" Oleg Stepanovich Stefanko (; born September 7, 1959) is a Soviet and Russian actor who became popular in Russia after moving there to study acting. He later became an American film actor after immigrating to", "title": "Oleg Stefan" }, { "docid": "13813502", "text": "a crash course on why he looks like Stefan and tells where was he the whole summer, shocked to know about this he starts to search Stefan with the help of Stefan. Silas mind-controlled Elena to kill Damon but Elena resists it by thinking about her worries for Stefan. Both Elena and Damon, with the help of Sheriff Forbes, finds the safe where Stefan was drowning the whole summer, but only to find a dead body. Due to both Elena and Katherine having same nightmare of Stefan all three, Damon, Elena and Katherine search for Stefan. Damon finally finds Stefan", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "16950414", "text": "place and reveals his vampirism to him. Jeremy arrives at the pageant and attacks Elena, nearly killing her, but she is rescued by Stefan and Matt. Stefan reveals to Elena he provided vampires for Jeremy to kill and she replies she doesn't want her humanity back if it costs her brother his. Matt moves into her house and Elena decides to stay in the Salvatore House for safety. Stefan then decides to leave, unable to stay in the same house as Elena. It is eventually revealed that Shane and Hayley are working together to break the sire bond with Klaus's", "title": "My Brother's Keeper (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "7736704", "text": "and Keith Cole. Salvatore Antonio Salvatore Antonio (born 1976) is a Canadian actor and playwright. He was born Salvatore Antonio Alessandro Migliore in Toronto, Ontario, to Italian-Canadian parents. He has a brother and sister, and he is named after a brother who died before he was born. He attended Unionville High School, and was later accepted into the National Theatre School of Canada, graduating in 1998. He is openly gay. Antonio is best known for playing the lead character, Sacha Martinelli, in the television series \"Paradise Falls\" for Showcase and here!. He had been slated to perform in the film", "title": "Salvatore Antonio" }, { "docid": "7736700", "text": "Salvatore Antonio Salvatore Antonio (born 1976) is a Canadian actor and playwright. He was born Salvatore Antonio Alessandro Migliore in Toronto, Ontario, to Italian-Canadian parents. He has a brother and sister, and he is named after a brother who died before he was born. He attended Unionville High School, and was later accepted into the National Theatre School of Canada, graduating in 1998. He is openly gay. Antonio is best known for playing the lead character, Sacha Martinelli, in the television series \"Paradise Falls\" for Showcase and here!. He had been slated to perform in the film \"Blindness\", directed by", "title": "Salvatore Antonio" }, { "docid": "17849746", "text": "of not drinking human blood it will not be easy to control it. Stefan, still in denial, tells him that he is fine. John uses his excuse of \"working with Damon\" and shows up at the Salvatore house. He asks Damon to help him find one of Jonathan Gilbert's inventions that was lost in the church fire on 1864. John suspects that Pearl has it since she was the one who Jonathan was flirting with. Damon, who realizes that John has no idea where Katherine is so he will not be able to help him, pulls out of the deal", "title": "Miss Mystic Falls" }, { "docid": "13807992", "text": "chosen Damon as the Salvatore that she loved. In season five, Elena starts at Whitmore College and is happy after spending the summer with Damon. There she realises that Silas has taken Stefan's place and that Stefan is in that safe in a river constantly drowning. She and Damon then find the safe, only to find a dead body there meaning that someone opened the safe and Stefan is a Ripper again. However, Qetsiyah had fried Stefan's brain causing him to suffer amnesia. While trying to bring him back, they almost kiss meaning that she still feels something for him.", "title": "Elena Gilbert" }, { "docid": "7679633", "text": "Salvatore Gambino Salvatore Gambino (born 27 November 1983) is an Italian-German footballer who plays for Westfalia Rhynern. Gambino plays in the midfield, but can play as a striker as well. Having joined Borussia Dortmund in 1996, Gambino played in the club's youth teams before being promoted to the reserve team. In the 2003–04 season he had 20 Bundesliga appearances with the first team. Struggling with injuries, Gambino managed ten league games in the 2004–05 season. In summer 2006, Gambino transferred to 1. FC Köln. Two years later, in June 2008, he joined TuS Koblenz where he was released on 24", "title": "Salvatore Gambino" }, { "docid": "7679634", "text": "June 2009. He signed for then-fourth tier Italian club Trapani in January 2011 playing only ten games with no goals. He was featured more regularly throughout the 2011–12 season, now in Lega Pro Prima Divisione appearing in 32 games and scoring nine goals. In October 2015, Gambino signed with German fifth-tier club Westfalia Rhynern. Salvatore Gambino Salvatore Gambino (born 27 November 1983) is an Italian-German footballer who plays for Westfalia Rhynern. Gambino plays in the midfield, but can play as a striker as well. Having joined Borussia Dortmund in 1996, Gambino played in the club's youth teams before being promoted", "title": "Salvatore Gambino" }, { "docid": "13813510", "text": "leaving a second Prison World she'd been moved to set in October 31, 1903. She shows the video to Damon and he recognizes his own mother, Lillian Salvatore, standing in the background. Troubled with the news that his mother is still alive after believing she'd been dead since 1858, Damon's informed by Kai that his mother was placed in a Prison World due to being a Ripper and the heinous number of deaths she'd caused. Unfortunately, Stefan is forced by Caroline to turn off his humanity and Kai, Bonnie, Damon, and Elena have to travel to Lily's 1903 Prison World", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813498", "text": "with Stefan, decide they're going to try making Elena turn her emotions back on. The Salvatore brothers decide to take Elena to the prom, where Damon asks Elena why she told him she was in love with him and it's the most real thing she ever felt. Elena tells Damon that she only said it because of the sire bond and she feels nothing for him. However, later when Bonnie nearly kills Elena, she cries out for Damon to help her and he locks her up in the Salvatore basement. Damon then manipulates Elena's dreams in an attempt to remind", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813522", "text": "struggle, Elena still chooses Stefan much to Damon's dismay. In the following season, however, Elena realizes that her feelings for Damon cannot be denied any longer. She and Stefan break up, and in the following episode Damon and Elena finally get together and have sex. Damon and Elena then both individually discover that Elena is sired to Damon, making Elena's feelings unfortunately known; however, Elena insists that her love for Damon is the most real thing that she's ever felt in her entire life. Damon remains doubtful, so in \"O Come, All Ye Faithful\" he sets her \"free\". In an", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813483", "text": "his blood he's very angry and hits Damon who just got in a fight with the vampire hunter. Damon has decided to leave town, but through the early episodes of Season 4 seems to be looking for reasons to stay. Meredith Fell seems to be one who convinces him in 'The Rager' to stay to help Elena with her transition to Vampire. Indeed, a renewed conflict over ideology and what sort of Vampire Elena will become drives Damon and Stefan apart. The Five, shows Damon tasking Stefan with learning more about the Vampire Hunter, Connor while Damon decides to accompany", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813524", "text": "in Mystic Falls and they have a functional long distance relationship. However, in the episode \"Original Sin\", Tessa, who is revealed to be Qetsiyah, tells Damon that the doppelgangers are fated to fall in love and that he is only a bump in the road that makes their story interesting. Damon refuses to believe in this and assures Elena that he will fight for her and their future together as she is his life. It is later revealed that there is nothing fated about Stefan and Elena, but that they were merely drawn together by a spell. After a tumultuous,", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "15802320", "text": "from 69 teams to 60 teams. On 29 January 2015 he was signed by Lupa Roma. On 5 September 2015 he was signed by Monticelli. On 9 July 2016 he was signed by Fermana F.C.. Salvatore Margarita Salvatore Margarita (born 29 April 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for ASD Monticelli as a midfielder. Born in Maddaloni, Campania region, Margarita started his professional career at Marche club Ascoli. He made his Serie B debut on 23 January 2010 against Modena. That season he played a total of 5 Serie B games. In June 2010 50% registration rights of Margarita", "title": "Salvatore Margarita" }, { "docid": "15802316", "text": "Salvatore Margarita Salvatore Margarita (born 29 April 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for ASD Monticelli as a midfielder. Born in Maddaloni, Campania region, Margarita started his professional career at Marche club Ascoli. He made his Serie B debut on 23 January 2010 against Modena. That season he played a total of 5 Serie B games. In June 2010 50% registration rights of Margarita and Giorgio Capece were sold to Calcio Catania for a total of €2 million (€1.3 million for Margarita, €700,00 for Capece), however Ascoli only received 50% registration rights of Federico Moretti also \"worth\" €2 million.", "title": "Salvatore Margarita" }, { "docid": "13814010", "text": "with blood rushing through his eyes and his veins popping out. Wesley said \"he's terrified, and he hates himself for it. He runs from that part of himself, but she turns him around and tells him not to be afraid. She touches his face, and she thinks he's beautiful. It's so intimate, that moment, because she accepts the darkest part of him.\" When the original vampire Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan) is feared dead, it is revealed that everyone in his bloodline will die, including Stefan and Damon. In what \"International Business Times\" called \"the moment Vampire Diaries fans have been", "title": "Stefan Salvatore" }, { "docid": "13813486", "text": "However, Elena breaks up with Stefan at the end of the episode after confessing her gradually growing feelings for Damon. In the following episode \"My Brother's Keeper\", Elena tells Damon he is the reason she and Stefan broke up and at the end of the episode Damon and Elena finally have sex. After that it turns out Elena is sired with Damon, first they think it is the reason why Elena loves Damon, but in episode \"We'll Always Have Bourbon Street\" they found out that it only affects how you act, not how you feel. The sire-bond can only be", "title": "Damon Salvatore" }, { "docid": "17908030", "text": "him. Meanwhile, Katherine takes Nadia to a church to keep her safe while waiting for Wes, but because Wes is taking a long time with the cure, Katherine leaves to find him. When she gets to his laboratory, she finds him dead. Stefan calls Katherine revealing her that they know and tells her that they have Nadia at the Salvatore house and if she wants she can run away to survive or come and see her daughter for a last time. Katherine chooses the latter and shows up at the Salvatore house. Everyone is there and they let her in", "title": "Gone Girl (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "6815413", "text": "The \"Stefan's Diaries\" are six novels based on the TV series, attributed to Lisa Jane Smith but actually ghostwritten. They tell Stefan and Damon's past since Katherine's arrival. As they were written during the series broadcast, some things differ, such as the story of the original Vampires. The Vampire Diaries (novel series) The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels created by Alloy Entertainment (book packager). The story centers on Elena Gilbert, a young high school girl who finds her heart eventually torn between two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore. The series was originally published", "title": "The Vampire Diaries (novel series)" }, { "docid": "15563347", "text": "what is happening to her. In the meantime, Elena sees the stranger again while she is tending the cash table and she asks him about Stefan. The man tells her that he stayed at the Salvatore boarding house and met Stefan in 1953 and that Stefan's uncle was attacked by an animal back then. Elena approaches Logan (Chris Johnson) and asks him if she can use the station's news archives. Logan tells her that of course she can and he also arranges a dinner with Jenna at her place, where his goal is to get the Gilbert watch. Elena goes", "title": "You're Undead to Me" } ]
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where did they film the movie cabin fever
[ "Portland , Oregon" ]
[ { "docid": "19301442", "text": "Principal photography took place in Portland, Oregon in February 2015. In September 2015, IFC Midnight acquired North American distribution rights to the film, The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on February 12, 2016. \"Cabin Fever\" received a 0% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews and has an average rating of 2.5/10. On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 14 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating \"overwhelming dislike\". Geoff Berkshire of \"Variety\" gave the film a negative review writing: Glenn Kenny of \"The New York", "title": "Cabin Fever (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "19301442", "text": "Principal photography took place in Portland, Oregon in February 2015. In September 2015, IFC Midnight acquired North American distribution rights to the film, The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on February 12, 2016. \"Cabin Fever\" received a 0% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews and has an average rating of 2.5/10. On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 14 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating \"overwhelming dislike\". Geoff Berkshire of \"Variety\" gave the film a negative review writing: Glenn Kenny of \"The New York", "title": "Cabin Fever (2016 film)" } ]
[ { "docid": "2851719", "text": "and crew members; he complimented the film as \"unrelenting, gruesomely funny bloodbath\". Quentin Tarantino also expressed his admiration for \"Cabin Fever\", calling Roth \"the future of horror\". Eli Roth revealed in a 2010 interview that he had written a film treatment for a sequel to \"Cabin Fever\" as part of Lionsgate's distribution deal, pitching it as \"a \"Song of the South\" horror movie filled with corpses and sex.\" Since Lionsgate was unwilling to produce his idea, Roth entrusted Ti West to direct the sequel entirely from West's own version. Filming on the sequel to \"Cabin Fever\", titled \"Spring Fever\", began", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "4661248", "text": "character K, at the beginning of the movie is stating that she is suffering from \"cabin fever\". \"Cabin Fever\" is a 2002 American horror film directed by Eli Roth and starring Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, and Giuseppe Andrews. The story follows a group of college graduates who rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a flesh-eating virus. The inspiration for the film's story came from a real life experience during a trip to Iceland when Roth developed a skin infection. The film spawned a sequel \"\" (2009), a prequel \"\" (2014), and a", "title": "Cabin fever" }, { "docid": "9825508", "text": "on February 16, 2010. The production companies are Tonic Films, Morningstar Films, Carr Miller Entertainment and Tunnel Post. The special effects are from Quantum Creation FX who created the make-up effects. Rider Strong and Giuseppe Andrews are the only two \"Cabin Fever\" cast members to come back for the sequel. The film score was composed by Ryan Shore. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (also known as Cabin Fever 2 or Cabin Fever: Spring Fever) is a 2009 American horror film sequel to the 2002 film \"Cabin Fever\". The film is about a high school prom", "title": "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever" }, { "docid": "9825500", "text": "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (also known as Cabin Fever 2 or Cabin Fever: Spring Fever) is a 2009 American horror film sequel to the 2002 film \"Cabin Fever\". The film is about a high school prom that descends into sheer panic when a deadly flesh-eating virus spreads via a popular brand of bottled water. The film was directed by Ti West. Sometime after the events of the previous film, a very disfigured Paul (Rider Strong) escapes from the creek and wanders through the woods, leaving pieces of his own flesh along the way. When", "title": "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever" }, { "docid": "14874771", "text": "Cabin Fever (2000 film) Cabin Fever () is a 2000 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Mona J. Hoel, starring Svein Scharffenberg and Gørild Mauseth. It was the first attempt in Norway at a Dogme film. The film portrays an extended family vacationing together in a cabin in the mountains, and the internal conflicts that emerge. The film begins during Christmas in Norway. A family and all of their relatives decide to stay at a remote cabin to celebrate the holidays. Their Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth relatives join them. When they arrive the polish relatives are annoyed that there is a", "title": "Cabin Fever (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "2851716", "text": "former\". Stephen Hunter in the \"Washington Post\" said \"Cabin Fever\" compared poorly to \"The Evil Dead\" and \"The Blair Witch Project\", describing it as \"a loud, derivative grade-Z horror film of no particular distinction\". McDonagh said \"Cabin Fever\" was \"more \"Straw Dogs\" than \"Night of the Living Dead\"\", citing its theme of \"degeneration of relationships under pressure\". Some critics said \"Cabin Fever\" suffered from genre and tone inconsistencies, with Roger Ebert in the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" comparing the flaw to \"kids on those arcade games where the target lights up and you have to stomp on it\". Ebert was critical that", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "2851721", "text": "to the previous two films, \"Patient Zero\", was directed by Kaare Andrews and released in 2014. A remake of \"Cabin Fever\" was subsequently announced that same year, with Roth staying on as executive producer. Travis Zariwny directed the remake using \"Cabin Fever\" original screenplay co-written by Roth. Despite a mediocre reception upon its 2016 release, with critics calling it \"pointless\" and derivative, Roth said he was genuinely happy with the remake. Cabin Fever (2002 film) Cabin Fever is a 2002 American horror comedy film co-written and directed by Eli Roth (in his directorial debut) and starring Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd,", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "4661246", "text": "evidence of those suffering from cabin fever seeing therapists or counselors for treatment, most sufferers simply discuss their symptoms with family or friends as a way of changing the feelings of loneliness and boredom. However, there are cases of “cabin fever” that are diagnosed as mid-winter depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The concept of Cabin fever was used as a theme in Charlie Chaplin's 1925 film \"The Gold Rush\", the 1980 horror film \"The Shining\", \"The Simpsons\" episode \"Mountain of Madness\", and the 2010 video game \"Alan Wake\". A song called \"Cabin Fever\" features in the 1996 musical comedy", "title": "Cabin fever" }, { "docid": "16969694", "text": "with \"Patient Zero\", but was scrapped. The remake of \"Cabin Fever\" was released in February 2016. Eli Roth, the writer and director of the original film, produced the remake. Cabin Fever: Patient Zero Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on July 22, 2014 under the record label Sumthing Else Music Works. The music was composed by Kevin Riepl, who has previously worked with Kaare Andrews on \"The ABCs of Death\". Cabin Fever: Patient Zero Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is a 2014 American horror film directed by Kaare Andrews and written by Jake Wade Wall. Starring Ryan Donowho, Brando Eaton, Jillian", "title": "Cabin Fever: Patient Zero" }, { "docid": "14874774", "text": "truths of dysfunctional family relations… a stunning experience…\"\" According to Per Ivar Henriksbo, from Gulbrandsdolen he states that \"\"…this film is like a mental preparation for the ritual celebration we all have to go through in about a months time…use it as a rehearsal\"\" Cabin Fever (2000 film) Cabin Fever () is a 2000 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Mona J. Hoel, starring Svein Scharffenberg and Gørild Mauseth. It was the first attempt in Norway at a Dogme film. The film portrays an extended family vacationing together in a cabin in the mountains, and the internal conflicts that", "title": "Cabin Fever (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "19301443", "text": "Times\" also gave the film a negative review, writing: The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 5, 2016. In Australia, it was released on April 28, 2016. The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc on June 27, 2016 in UK and Ireland with the behind of the scenes feature. Cabin Fever (2016 film) Cabin Fever is a 2016 American horror film directed by Travis Zariwny (under the pseudonym Travis Z) and written by Eli Roth. A remake of Roth's 2002 film of the same name, the film stars Samuel Davis, Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario,", "title": "Cabin Fever (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "16969688", "text": "Cabin Fever: Patient Zero Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is a 2014 American horror film directed by Kaare Andrews and written by Jake Wade Wall. Starring Ryan Donowho, Brando Eaton, Jillian Murray, Mitch Ryan, Lydia Hearst and Sean Astin, the film is the third installment in the \"Cabin Fever\" franchise and acts as a prequel to the previous two films. Dr. Edwards arrives at a secluded island laboratory to examine Mr. Porter. Although Porter carries a deadly flesh-eating virus, he is asymptomatic and shows no signs of necrosis. Along with fellow researchers Camila and Bridget, Dr. Edwards spends two months examining", "title": "Cabin Fever: Patient Zero" }, { "docid": "19301435", "text": "Cabin Fever (2016 film) Cabin Fever is a 2016 American horror film directed by Travis Zariwny (under the pseudonym Travis Z) and written by Eli Roth. A remake of Roth's 2002 film of the same name, the film stars Samuel Davis, Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, and Dustin Ingram. The film was released on February 12, 2016 by IFC Midnight. Eli Roth, writer and director of the original film, acts as co-writer and executive producer. A Forest-dwelling hermit returns to his campsite after hunting rabbits and discovers his dog Pancakes dead from a mysterious illness resulting in blood spraying", "title": "Cabin Fever (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "2851699", "text": "Cabin Fever (2002 film) Cabin Fever is a 2002 American horror comedy film co-written and directed by Eli Roth (in his directorial debut) and starring Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, and Giuseppe Andrews. The story follows a group of college graduates who rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a flesh-eating virus. The inspiration for the film's story came from a real life experience during a trip to Iceland when Roth developed a skin infection. A hermit walking in the woods encounters his dog, who has died of a bloody", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "2851712", "text": "International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2002 and was the festival's closing feature film. After a successful run at TIFF, the distribution rights to the film was sold to Lionsgate for $3.5 million. \"Cabin Fever\" was released in the United States on September 12, 2003; it landed at No. 3 during its opening weekend, grossing $8.3 million on 2,087 theaters (an average of $4,137 per screen). The film ended its theatrical run with a gross of $21.2 million in the U.S. and Canada and $30.5 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film released by Lionsgate of that year. \"Cabin Fever\"", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "14874773", "text": "father Gunnar is gone. In 2001 Cabin Fever (Nar nettene blir lange) was nominated for 3 awards. Two of those were for the Amanda Award. They were able to win 1 award for best actor Svein Scharffenberg. Best actress Kari Simonsen came up short to Hildegun Riise ( from Detector). Cabin Fever also had a nominee in the Crystal Globe. Director Mona J. Hoel. According to Per haddal, from Aftenposten he states that \"\"…the camera dive so skin close to the action, everything seems extremely alive, spontaneous and has loads of nerve and nerves-almost barock situations mixed with the painful", "title": "Cabin Fever (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13988918", "text": "the 2006 American Screenwriter's Association Contest. Editor of \"Fangoria\" magazine, Tony Timpone, has called Solet, \"A horror talent to watch\", \"Rue Morgue\" magazine has said, \"Solet is undoubtedly destined to become a household name in the genre\", and Eli Roth has said Solet's work, \"Makes Cabin Fever look like a Disney movie….\" In May 2008 Paul wrapped production on the feature-length version of \"Grace\", from which his much-lauded short film was distilled. Since its premiere at Sundance 2009, where two men in the audience passed out from the intensity of the film, \"Grace\" has played at festivals all over the", "title": "Paul Solet" }, { "docid": "2851718", "text": "from 140 critics—a weighted average of 6 out of 10 with the consensus, \"More gory than scary, \"Cabin Fever\" is satisfied with paying homage to genre conventions rather than reinventing them.\" The film also has a score of 56 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 31 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Peter Jackson, the director of \"The Lord of the Rings\" film series, was a notable fan of \"Cabin Fever\". Having seen the film from a print sent to him, Jackson suspended production on \"\" twice in his native New Zealand to have it screened to his cast", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "15715509", "text": "the sixth novel \"Cabin Fever\", he would like to see it adapted into an animated film, stating in an interview, \"I hope that it gets made into an animated movie. I'd really like to see it turn into an animated television special.\" On July 29, 2016, it was announced that a new movie with a different cast based on the 9th book, \"The Long Haul\", had begun production. The film was released on May 19, 2017. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3:", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)" }, { "docid": "18414399", "text": "Petticoat Fever Petticoat Fever is a 1936 American comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by Harold Goldman. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Reginald Owen, Winifred Shotter and Otto Yamaoka. The film was released on March 20, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Telegraph operator Dascom Dinsmore, who has been living in an isolated cabin in Labrador for two years, has a bad case of \"cabin fever,\" caused by his many months without seeing any women. His Eskimo servant Kimo tries to interest him in two native women, but Dascom wants nothing to do with them. His near desperate fever", "title": "Petticoat Fever" }, { "docid": "18380140", "text": "We spent an unhealthy amount of time together to get this done and illness and disease spread to epidemic proportions while we recorded. There were buboes upon buboes and cabin fever really did set in. We like to think that the insanity and deprivation is apparent when listening to the album.\" Three songs on \"Cabin Fever\" – \"The Coward\", \"Horrible Face\" and \"Poison Fang\" - were re-recordings of songs from the band’s 1999 debut album \"The Liar the Bitch and Her Wardrobe\" (which at the time was no longer available). During the first recording session for \"Cabin Fever\", The Scaramanga", "title": "Cabin Fever (Scaramanga Six album)" }, { "docid": "18414404", "text": "and foreign) of $1,080,000: $693,000 from the US and Canada and $387,000 elsewhere. It made a profit of $468,000. Petticoat Fever Petticoat Fever is a 1936 American comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by Harold Goldman. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Reginald Owen, Winifred Shotter and Otto Yamaoka. The film was released on March 20, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Telegraph operator Dascom Dinsmore, who has been living in an isolated cabin in Labrador for two years, has a bad case of \"cabin fever,\" caused by his many months without seeing any women. His Eskimo servant Kimo tries", "title": "Petticoat Fever" }, { "docid": "16969693", "text": "the dinghy. Camila and Marcus begin showing signs of infection. Flashbacks reveal that Porter stole a radio from the HAZMAT suit when he assaulted the researcher and used it to impersonate Edwards, leading Josh and the others to the laboratory. \"Cabin Fever: Patient Zero\" received mostly negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 25% rating based on 20 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a 28 out of 100 rating based on 11 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\". A fourth entry in the series, titled \"Cabin Fever: Outbreak\", was planned to be filmed back-to-back", "title": "Cabin Fever: Patient Zero" }, { "docid": "2851717", "text": "the film alternates between horror and \"weird humor\", getting nowhere; he said it \"could develop its plague story in a serious way, like a George Romero picture or \"28 Days Later\"\". Owen Gleiberman in \"Entertainment Weekly\" said, \"\"Cabin Fever\" is what \"28 Days Later\" would have looked like had it been made without style, subtlety, grunge-of-night video photography, or fashionable apocalyptic pretensions.\" Ebert gave \"Cabin Fever\" one and a half stars out of four, and Gleiberman said it was \"a big, dumb, crude, noisy, goose-the-audience bash and proud of it\". The review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes offers a 63% approval rating", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "2851706", "text": "others. At the convenience store, several children sell lemonade, which they have made with the water from the creek Paul was dumped in, to the same police officers. A large truck filled with bottles of water taken from the creek can be seen leaving the store. Eli Roth co-wrote \"Cabin Fever\" with friend and former NYU roommate Randy Pearlstein in 1995 while Roth was working as a production assistant for Howard Stern's \"Private Parts\". Early attempts to sell the script were unsuccessful because studios felt that the horror genre had become unprofitable. In 1996, the film \"Scream\" was released to", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "2851710", "text": "Another Teen Movie\" (2001), was afraid that exposing too much of herself would lead to being typecast as a nudity actress and vehemently refused to bare her buttocks. At the peak of this conflict between the two, Vincent told Roth that if he wanted the shot so badly, he would need to re-cast the role with another actress. But they managed to reach a compromise, in which Vincent showed one inch of her buttocks on camera before Roth measured it for it to be precise. Bedsheets were then taped to her backside at the designated level and the scene was", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "12551877", "text": "film \"Amazing Grace\" - a drama about William Wilberforce's campaign to end the slave trade. She also starred in the Irish reality TV show \"Cabin Fever\" where she replaced the original \"Cabin Fever\" ship after it ran aground off Tory Island. The \"Johanna Lucretia\" was seized by British Waterways for non-payment of dues at Gloucester Docks and, although there was interest from a Johanna Lucretia Sailing Trust, she was purchased for private use and was to remain in Gloucester Docks during the winter months of 2008-09 while undergoing a re-fit. In September 2018 she was purchased by The Island Trust", "title": "Johanna Lucretia" }, { "docid": "11825377", "text": "most lovable characters sitting on a log sharing a chocolate bar.\" However, she thought that the scene did not use its full potential in emphasizing Hurley's empathy and Ben's reaction. However, Kristin Dos Santos of \"E!\", who gave the episode a mostly positive review, was critical of the scene; she thought that the scene wasted time and was \"cruel and unusual punishment\" to air before the cliffhanger ending. Erin Martell from TV Squad stated \"This episode put everyone, including the freighter folk, in place to carry out their plans. I'm already stoked for the finale\". Cabin Fever (Lost) \"Cabin Fever\"", "title": "Cabin Fever (Lost)" }, { "docid": "2851700", "text": "infection, and the hermit becomes infected. Meanwhile, college students Jeff, Marcy, Paul, Karen and Bert take a vacation to a remote cabin to celebrate spring break. Bert leaves to shoot squirrels but shoots the now disfigured and bloody hermit. Despite the hermit's pleas, Bert flees and remains silent about the incident. The group gather around a campfire that night, where they are joined by a friendly drifter named Grimm and his pet dog, Dr. Mambo. When it rains, Grimm leaves with his dog to pack up his belongings. While the friends wait for Grimm indoors, the hermit returns, begging for", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "10313508", "text": "Cabin by the Lake Cabin by the Lake is a horror TV movie released in 2000. It tells the story of Stanley, played by Judd Nelson, a script writer who begins killing girls for research for a movie he is writing, where the villain does the same thing. A 2001 sequel entitled \"Return to Cabin by the Lake\" was filmed and follows Stanley's attempts to direct a film based on his previous murders by posing as the film's director. The film opens with Stanley on his boat in the middle of Summit Lake. After speaking with his agent, Regan over", "title": "Cabin by the Lake" }, { "docid": "15478317", "text": "stated they \"make the mixtape worth getting.\" The mixtape was widely successful and is the 13th most downloaded mixtape of all time on DatPiff as of February 2013. It is certified Diamond on Datpiff Cabin Fever (mixtape) Cabin Fever is the ninth mixtape by American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released on February 17, 2011. The mixtape features guest appearances from Trae Tha Truth, Nikkiya, MDMA, Big Sean, Juicy J and Chevy Woods. Sputnik Music gave \"Cabin Fever\" a very positive review, awarding it 4 out of 5 stars. Reviewer Jeremy Lin commented that the mixtape \"mixes both his old", "title": "Cabin Fever (mixtape)" }, { "docid": "1833786", "text": "Cabin Fever (TV series) Cabin Fever is an RTÉ reality TV show which was meant to have been broadcast over eight weeks starting on 3 June 2003. Disaster struck however two weeks into the broadcast when, on Friday 13 June 2003, the ship ran aground off Tory Island off the north-west coast near County Donegal. \"Cabin Fever\" consisted of a group of eleven contestants chosen specially for the show, most of whom had no sailing experience (though they had received a quick course in sailing technique prior to setting sail), who were to be put on the 27.4 metre (90", "title": "Cabin Fever (TV series)" }, { "docid": "2851715", "text": "and Maitland McDonagh in \"TV Guide\" awarded \"Cabin Fever\" three stars out of five. Reviewers observed the film's homage to low-budget horror/thriller films, including \"Night of the Living Dead\", \"Deliverance\", \"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\", \"The Evil Dead\" (and its sequel), and \"The Blair Witch Project\". IGN said \"Cabin Fever\" \"struggles valiantly to be both a worthy addition and simultaneous homage to these genres ... becoming instead a passably enjoyable slab of schlock\", criticizing its failure to reinvent its source material. Conversely, Newman said: \"There's a fine line between homage and simply stealing, but writer-director Eli Roth mostly manages the", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "4630901", "text": "Rotten Fruit\" was done at the Snake Pit studios in Burbank with miniature sets, poseable clay, and foam figures, two high-end digital still cameras, and a pair of Macintosh computers. Noah Belson co-wrote and performed character voices. Roth had co-written \"Cabin Fever\" with his college roommate Randy Pearlstein. They based the premise on Roth's experience of contracting a skin infection while riding ponies at a family friend's farm in Iceland in 1991. Much of it was written in 1996, while Roth worked as a production assistant for Howard Stern's film \"Private Parts\". \"Cabin Fever\" was produced in 2001 on a", "title": "Eli Roth" }, { "docid": "4661249", "text": "2016 remake of the original, also called \"Cabin Fever\". Cabin fever Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group ends up in an isolated or solitary location, or stuck indoors in confined quarters for an extended period of time. Cabin fever describes the extreme irritability and restlessness a person may feel in these limiting situations. Cabin fever is also associated with boredom from being indoors for a lengthy amount of time. A person may experience cabin fever in a situation such as being isolated within a vacation cottage out in", "title": "Cabin fever" }, { "docid": "9473908", "text": "Cabin Fever Media Cabin Fever Media is a design studio founded in 1999 by the Dark Tranquillity guitarist, Niklas Sundin. Cabin Fever Media specializes in graphic design of album artwork, however, Cabin Fever Media also does various other commissioned work that involves illustration and design such as T-shirt design, logo creation, image editing and retouching, typesetting, photography, web design (HTML and DHTML, Flash), and multimedia presentations. Cabin Fever Media has designed artwork for many notable bands, including Arch Enemy, In Flames, Nightrage, Sentenced, At the gates, Dark tranquillity, Sentenced, Moonspell and Soilwork. Also, ever since its creation, Cabin Fever Media", "title": "Cabin Fever Media" }, { "docid": "17078159", "text": "her screen children, who sometimes had the attention span of all young kids, \"Remember I’m your mother, pay attention to what I am saying…\" The Irish crew were fantastic. That’s how we got a lot done on a low budget in 20 ten hour days, with all the attendant restrictions on the working hours of the under 16′s. Trenchard-Smith did not like the title The Cabin, which he thought made the movie sound like a horror film. He thought it should have been called Worst Vacation Ever. The Cabin The Cabin is a 2011 romantic comedy film directed by Brian", "title": "The Cabin" }, { "docid": "4661244", "text": "cabin fever, a person may tend to sleep, to have a distrust of anyone they are with, or to have an urge to go outside even in bad weather. The phrase is also used humorously to indicate simple boredom from being home alone for an extended period of time. Cabin fever is not directly fatal to an individual suffering from the peculiar disorder. However, related symptoms can lead the sufferer to make irrational decisions that could potentially cause them to lose their life. Some examples would be suicide or paranoia, or leaving the safety of a cabin during a terrible", "title": "Cabin fever" }, { "docid": "4661243", "text": "Cabin fever Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group ends up in an isolated or solitary location, or stuck indoors in confined quarters for an extended period of time. Cabin fever describes the extreme irritability and restlessness a person may feel in these limiting situations. Cabin fever is also associated with boredom from being indoors for a lengthy amount of time. A person may experience cabin fever in a situation such as being isolated within a vacation cottage out in the country, or away from a civilization. When experiencing", "title": "Cabin fever" }, { "docid": "9473909", "text": "has designed all the artwork for Niklas Sundin's own band Dark Tranquillity. Cabin Fever Media Cabin Fever Media is a design studio founded in 1999 by the Dark Tranquillity guitarist, Niklas Sundin. Cabin Fever Media specializes in graphic design of album artwork, however, Cabin Fever Media also does various other commissioned work that involves illustration and design such as T-shirt design, logo creation, image editing and retouching, typesetting, photography, web design (HTML and DHTML, Flash), and multimedia presentations. Cabin Fever Media has designed artwork for many notable bands, including Arch Enemy, In Flames, Nightrage, Sentenced, At the gates, Dark tranquillity,", "title": "Cabin Fever Media" }, { "docid": "2851713", "text": "was released on DVD in March 2004, which includes audio commentary tracks with director Eli Roth and the main cast as well as a featurette entitled \"Beneath the Skin\", which provides a behind the scenes look on the film. The Blu-ray was released in February 2010, featuring Roth's edited version of the film that was screened at TIFF. The Blu-ray was created from the film's original camera negative overseen by Roth, and includes a brand-new audio commentary with Roth and the main cast as well as a gallery of rare behind the scenes photos. Uproxx reported that \"Cabin Fever\" drew", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "12272515", "text": "a fourth live action film was slim. Kinney has announced the possibility for an animated film to be based on \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever\" as the next installment. In an interview for the latest book \"Hard Luck\", Jeff Kinney stated he was working with Fox on a half-hour special of \"Cabin Fever\", which was to be aired in late 2014, but as of 2016 no updates on the special have been announced. In September 2016, Jeff Kinney announced officially the production of a fourth film, \"\", on his Twitter account. A musical titled \"Diary of a Wimpy", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series)" }, { "docid": "10313517", "text": "by the Lake\". Judd Nelson reprised his role of Stanley Cauldwell and Daniella Evangelista reprised her role as Kimberly Parsons. Cabin by the Lake Cabin by the Lake is a horror TV movie released in 2000. It tells the story of Stanley, played by Judd Nelson, a script writer who begins killing girls for research for a movie he is writing, where the villain does the same thing. A 2001 sequel entitled \"Return to Cabin by the Lake\" was filmed and follows Stanley's attempts to direct a film based on his previous murders by posing as the film's director. The", "title": "Cabin by the Lake" }, { "docid": "2851703", "text": "affair, Paul leaves while Marcy takes a bath, crying; as she shaves her legs the flesh begins to peel off and she runs outside in a panic, where she is mauled by Dr. Mambo. Paul discovers the hermit's corpse floating in a reservoir and realizes the infection is spreading through the water supply. Racing back to the cabin, Paul finds Marcy's remains and Dr. Mambo feeding on Karen. After killing Dr. Mambo with Bert's gun, he bludgeons Karen with a shovel out of mercy. A dying Bert returns to the cabin pursued by Dennis's father and his two companions. The", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "9825506", "text": "Winston and Herman take Cassie with them. The camera shows her back where she is starting to show signs of infection. Meanwhile, Alex's date Liz is at her workplace. She is a stripper at Teazers and she spreads the infection to the customers, who in turn spread it further around the country and even to Mexico. The film premiered on 24 October 2009 at the Mann Chinese 6 theaters in Hollywood, California as part of the 2009 Screamfest Horror Film Festival Los Angeles. The DVD was released in the USA on February 16, 2010 and in the UK on February", "title": "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever" }, { "docid": "4263145", "text": "in the Fendi's TV commercial for the \"Fan di Fendi\" perfume (2010). \"U.R.A. Fever\" was played during a love scene in the 2010 movie \"The Losers\". Only the chorus of the song is played. \"U.R.A. Fever\" was heard in the 2010 film \"Welcome to the Rileys\", as well as appearing on its soundtrack. It is also heard on the 2011 movie \"Catch .44\" (partially) and the 2012 movie Detention. The bonus song \"Night Train\" appeared in the 2009 remake of the film Friday The 13th. On September 11, 2009, it was announced on the band's MySpace page that they had", "title": "The Kills" }, { "docid": "5524892", "text": "in the \"Cabin Fever\" sequel \"\" (2009). He also appeared in the ninth season of \"\", in the episode titled \"Let It Bleed\". Dates of some release are unknown, albums are available to buy on his website and iTunes. Giuseppe Andrews Giuseppe Andrews (born Joey Murcia; April 25, 1979) is an American film actor, writer, and director known for his roles as Lex in the 1999 film \"Detroit Rock City\", a bizarre sheriff's deputy in \"Cabin Fever\" (2002), a small role in \"Never Been Kissed\" (1999), as well as appearances in The Smashing Pumpkins videos \"1979\" and \"Perfect\". Andrews has", "title": "Giuseppe Andrews" }, { "docid": "11637166", "text": "desperate, cannibalistic slaughter. The story begins in 2008 as six friends arrive at an isolated cabin to enjoy a long weekend in the snow. An epic snowstorm interrupts their vacation, trapping them on the mountain and resurrecting the haunting ghosts of the Donner Party. They struggle to find out whether these are the true demonic 'entities' or if it is simply 'cabin fever' that is bringing out their fears and paranoia, causing friends to turn against each other as their reality deteriorates around them. The film began principal photography on January 19, 2008 in South Lake Tahoe California. Additional scenes", "title": "Necrosis (film)" }, { "docid": "2851705", "text": "a hospital, where he weakly discusses where he caught the disease. The doctors inform the sheriff that Paul must be transferred. Lying in the back of Winston's squad car, Paul unsuccessfully warns him about the contaminated water supply; Winston dumps him at the edge of a creek. Jeff, who has been hiding out and drinking in the woods, returns to the cabin the next day. Initially crying after seeing the remains of his friends, he becomes ecstatic upon realizing he is the only survivor. As he raises his arms in victory, Winston shoots him and burns his body with the", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "11312246", "text": "so much a movie but a collection of movie cliches surrounding a troubled plane, in this case a completely computer operated plane. As such we have a former pilot with a drinking problem, a disgruntled former employee looking for revenge, of course a troubled plane but on top of that so much cheese that \"Cabin Pressure\" is one of those movies which becomes entertaining for what is bad.\" Cabin Pressure (film) Cabin Pressure (also known as Hijack'd and Autopilot) is a 2002 Canadian action film. The made-for-television film was broadcast in 2003 and released to home media shortly after. \"Cabin", "title": "Cabin Pressure (film)" }, { "docid": "9825507", "text": "22. The US Blu-ray release comes with the Unrated Directors Cut version of Eli Roth's \"Cabin Fever\". After extensive re-editing and re-shooting by the producers, director Ti West requested to have his name removed from the film and replaced with the popular pseudonym Alan Smithee. Because he was not a member of the Directors Guild of America, his request was denied by the producers and he remains credited as the film's director. West has since disowned the final product claiming that it is more a product of the producers and executives than that of his own. The DVD was released", "title": "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever" }, { "docid": "21006071", "text": "threw a typewriter across a desk at her for incorrectly taking down a phone message. Zarem denies the charge by pointing out how difficult it would have been to miss her with such a large instrument at such close range. Zarem is credited with helping to remove \"Saturday Night Fever\" from obscurity. Though Paramount and Robert Stigwood had hired Zarem to publicize the movie, they expected the movie to flop and did not let Zarem send promotional pictures to media outlets. But several magazines were already eager for material on the film and when Martha Duffy, \"Time\"’s art editor, asked", "title": "Bobby Zarem" }, { "docid": "5224053", "text": "have written a regular column for \"The Huffington Post\" since 2007. The pair have also authored three books: 7. Exclusive Q&A with Cerina Vincent from ‘Stuck in the Middle’ on the New Season, Her Favorite Beauty Products & More! Feeling the Vibe Magazine. December 6, 2017. Cerina Vincent Cerina Vincent (born February 7, 1979) is an American actress and writer best known for playing Maya the Yellow Galaxy Ranger in the television series \"Power Rangers Lost Galaxy\" and Suzy Diaz in \"Stuck in the Middle\", as well as her film appearances in \"Not Another Teen Movie\", \"Cabin Fever\", \"It Waits\",", "title": "Cerina Vincent" }, { "docid": "11485506", "text": "of Extraordinary Gentlemen\"), \"Beyond Re-Animator\" Saturday: \"Tattoo\" with short \"Virus\", \"Malefique\" introduced by Dir. Eric Valette, \"Cypher\" with short \"Suspended\", \"Jeepers Creepers 2\", \"Charlie's Family\" Sunday \"\", \"Phone\", \"The Last Horror Movie\" with Dir. Julian Richards, \"Gozu\" + Trailer Trash (a compilation of rare and odd trailers), \"Cabin Fever\" with pre-recorded intro' by Dir. Eli Roth. Monday \"House of the Dead\" + short \"The Last Dream\", \"Between Your Legs\", \"Fear X\" with Nicolas Winding Refn, \"House of 1000 Corpses\" with Dir. Rob Zombie. This year the short movies were shown in one block. The event also added an earlier start", "title": "London FrightFest Film Festival" }, { "docid": "5224044", "text": "Cerina Vincent Cerina Vincent (born February 7, 1979) is an American actress and writer best known for playing Maya the Yellow Galaxy Ranger in the television series \"Power Rangers Lost Galaxy\" and Suzy Diaz in \"Stuck in the Middle\", as well as her film appearances in \"Not Another Teen Movie\", \"Cabin Fever\", \"It Waits\", and \"Everybody Wants to Be Italian\". She has written three books with Jodi Lipper, and writes a regular column for \"The Huffington Post\". Vincent was born on February 7, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada, to parents of Italian descent. Vincent loved to perform from an early", "title": "Cerina Vincent" }, { "docid": "5309814", "text": "\"Night Fever\" was a live version of \"Down the Road\" taken from the Bee Gees 1977 album, \"Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live\". When Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood was producing a movie about a New York disco scene, the working title for the film at that time was \"Saturday Night\". Stigwood asked the group to write a song using that name as a title, but the Bee Gees disliked it. They had already written a song called \"Night Fever\", so the group convinced Stigwood to use that and change the film to \"Saturday Night Fever\". The string intro of", "title": "Night Fever" }, { "docid": "18389506", "text": "the band in 2002 following the completion of \"Strike! Up the Band\", as did drummer James Agnew. Keyboard player John Gulliver departed midway through the sessions for the subsequent album \"Cabin Fever\". In \"Kerrang!\", Essi Berelian wrote \" a cracking fourteen tracks of wilful weirdness peppered with retro-riffing, parping saxophones and mad-genius keyboard special effects; B-movie chic combined with real musical muscle. Best of all this is an album that surprises from start to finish; a track such as \"Pressure Cage\" may rip it up big style, but just around the corner you’ll find the band’s slightly poppier side with", "title": "Strike! Up the Band" }, { "docid": "5191427", "text": "regretful, heads up to her mother's cabin where Olivia is finding refuge. As they spend time at the cabin and truly communicate the two women begin to understand each other. Eventually, Kayla's feelings about her mother change and she begins to accept the truth about her mother and the events that took place when she was younger. The movie culminates with Olivia and Kayla going back to St. Louis for a concert Kayla is giving. Kayla sings her songs but as the show draws to an end she calls on her mother to come up on stage with her and", "title": "Double Platinum (film)" }, { "docid": "2851702", "text": "infection that has spread in her groin. The group isolates her in a shed. After fixing the truck, Bert coughs up blood but does not tell the others. Bert drives off after Paul and Jeff discover he has caught the disease. Jeff takes the remaining beer and leaves, terrified of becoming infected. Bert seeks help at a convenience store but angers the owner after his son, Dennis, bites him. Bert flees, chased by Dennis's father and two friends. At the cabin, Marcy worries that they will all contract the disease. When Paul comforts her, they impulsively have sex. Regretting the", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "9337869", "text": "Paul L. Smith. The two-disc deluxe edition by Grindhouse includes, for the first time, an (optional) restored original soundtrack by Spanish composer Librado Pastor, as well as many other extras and bonus materials. Liner notes have been contributed by the renowned horror writer Chas Balun (\"Deep Red\"), and the release also includes a bonus video of American horror director Eli Roth (\"Hostel\", \"Cabin Fever\") presenting a theatrical screening of \"Pieces\" to a Los Angeles cult audience. Grindhouse Releasing / Box Office Spectaculars released the first North American deluxe uncut, uncensored director's cut edition of the previously out-of-print movie on DVD", "title": "Pieces (film)" }, { "docid": "20363662", "text": "The 1UP Fever The 1up Fever is a 2013 mockumentary about the first usage of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency and the release of an Augmented Reality smartphone based videogame inspired to the Super Mario Bros. platform game. The movie was shot in the city of Berlin and after its web release on August 2, 2013, it became a small case among the Bitcoin community and between augmented reality video game developers. The documentary had its European Premiere at Cineglobe Film Festival du CERN, now Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans, where it won the Audience Favourite Documentary prize and its North", "title": "The 1UP Fever" }, { "docid": "4092189", "text": "sequence was finally included in the 2005 Ultimate Director's Cut, with Hill providing the narration himself. \"I wanted to take it into a fantasy element, but at the same time add some contemporary flash,\" said Hill. \"Those were some of the hard ideas we had to get the studio to understand. But we did not get along very well with our parent company. After the movie came out and it did well, everybody was sort of friends. But up until then there was a lot of misunderstanding. They thought it was going to be \"Saturday Night Fever\" or something.\" \"The", "title": "The Warriors (film)" }, { "docid": "19301440", "text": "on sight. However, Paul convinces Winston to let him go instead. Jeff emerges from hiding and returns to the cabin. He finds his friends rotten corpses but celebrates thinking he has survived when he is suddenly gunned down by Deputy Winston. Paul succumbs to infection and drops dead in the woods as the boy, Dennis peers at him from around a tree. Back at the cabin, authorities and a hazmat crew clean up the scene. Initially a fourth film, entitled \"Outbreak\", was planned with the story taking place on a cruise ship. The film was supposed to be filmed back-to-back", "title": "Cabin Fever (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "10313515", "text": "a killer buries his victims alive. When the agent asks how the person feels as they are buried alive, the camera reveals the person to be Stanley with a new look, as he says \"I'm still doing the research.\" Critical reception for \"Cabin by the Lake\" and its sequel \"Return to Cabin by the Lake\" was largely negative. Of the first film, Film Threat wrote that while the first act was entertaining, the remainder of the film \"turns out to be just another movie that hasn’t found anywhere new to go.\" The Palm Beach Post and Sun Sentinel both panned", "title": "Cabin by the Lake" }, { "docid": "19301439", "text": "returns to the boat shed where Karen begs him to kill her. Unable to finish the job of splitting her face with a shovel, Paul sets the shed on fire and burns Karen alive. Bert makes it back to the cabin, but he is followed and shot in the head by Tommy. Paul recovers Bert's rifle and guns down all three local men. Paul escapes in Tommy's truck, but crashes it into a tree. Covered in blood, Paul stumbles upon a small campfire party attended by Deputy Winston. Winston receives a radio call from the sheriff announcing to shoot Paul", "title": "Cabin Fever (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "17306130", "text": "Fever (2016 film) Fever is a 2016 Indian suspense thriller written and directed by Rajeev Jhaveri and produced by Ravi Agrawal, Mahesh Balekundri, Ajay Chabbria and Rajath Manjunath. The film features Gauhar Khan and Rajeev Khandelwal in the lead roles along with Gemma Atkinson, Caterina Murino and Ankita Makwana. The film was shot in Switzerland. Trailer of the film was released on 14 June 2016.<ref name=\"hindustantimes.com/ 2016\"></ref> The movie was released on August 5, 2016. The movie starts with the protagonist, a man named Armin Salem (Rajeev Khandelwal), recovering in the hospital after a car accident and is diagnosed as", "title": "Fever (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "13563640", "text": "passionate kiss. McKaskel never learns of the kiss, but several times he tells Vallian, who is critical of his apparent pacifism, to back off. In an encounter with Indians, Susanna learns that her brother, an army officer, has likely been killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Out hunting, Vallian is ambushed and shot by the Indian. McKaskel removes the bullet, but Vallian runs a high fever and falls on the trail. He is rescued and nursed back to health by Susanna. Eventually, they arrive at the small cabin Susanna's brother had built for them, on the spread where", "title": "The Quick and the Dead (1987 film)" }, { "docid": "4661245", "text": "snow storm that one may be stuck in. One therapy for cabin fever is as simple as getting out and interacting with nature directly. Research has demonstrated that even brief interactions with nature can promote improved cognitive functioning, support a positive mood, and overall well-being. Escaping the confinement of the indoors and changing one’s scenery and surroundings can easily help an individual experiencing cabin fever overcome their mania. Going outside to experience the openness of the world will stimulate the brain and body enough to eliminate feelings of intense claustrophobia, paranoia, and restlessness associated with cabin fever. There is little", "title": "Cabin fever" }, { "docid": "15478316", "text": "Cabin Fever (mixtape) Cabin Fever is the ninth mixtape by American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released on February 17, 2011. The mixtape features guest appearances from Trae Tha Truth, Nikkiya, MDMA, Big Sean, Juicy J and Chevy Woods. Sputnik Music gave \"Cabin Fever\" a very positive review, awarding it 4 out of 5 stars. Reviewer Jeremy Lin commented that the mixtape \"mixes both his old and new style for a perfect balance\" and called it better than Wiz's studio album \"Rolling Papers\". Gabriel Kramer of Live Music Guide praised the tracks \"Phone Numbers,\" \"Gangbang\" and \"Middle of You\" and", "title": "Cabin Fever (mixtape)" }, { "docid": "17915678", "text": "group decides to leave. Upon reaching the car, they find it completely destroyed and quickly return to the cabin. Matt and Brian reveal that they did not tell Bob that they were using his cabin and that they stole the keys from him: nobody knows where the group is, and nobody will be coming to rescue them. Matt bikes out alone to an area of the woods that has cell reception so that he can call for help. Just as he gets through to Bob, he is attacked by the creature and the camera cuts to black. Back at the", "title": "Exists (film)" }, { "docid": "12486440", "text": "this short. Gilbert has called two of his crew over for mock abuse to scare the kids. He bellows at Harry Bernard, \"What are you two doing over there?\" Bernard answers, \"We don't know!\" In 1971, the first several minutes, where Billy Gilbert is telling the gang wild pirate stories were edited out due to perceived violence and reinstated in 2001 on prints shown on American Movie Classics until 2003. It was not available on home video VHS tapes until 1994 when it was released on the first round of volumes issued by Cabin Fever. Shiver My Timbers Shiver My", "title": "Shiver My Timbers" }, { "docid": "18380148", "text": "playing and their sense of drama'” and compared the band to “a British Queens Of The Stone Age” Cabin Fever (Scaramanga Six album) Cabin Fever is the third album by English rock band The Scaramanga Six. Following the promotional dates for the second Scaramanga Six album (2002's \"Strike! Up the Band\"), multi-instrumentalist Jenny Harris and drummer James Agnew both left the band. A new drummer, Steve Gilchrist, joined the remaining lineup of Paul and Steven Morricone, Julia Arnez and keyboard player John Gulliver. To produce the next album, \"Cabin Fever\", the Morricones approached one of their longtime musical heroes -", "title": "Cabin Fever (Scaramanga Six album)" }, { "docid": "18380137", "text": "Cabin Fever (Scaramanga Six album) Cabin Fever is the third album by English rock band The Scaramanga Six. Following the promotional dates for the second Scaramanga Six album (2002's \"Strike! Up the Band\"), multi-instrumentalist Jenny Harris and drummer James Agnew both left the band. A new drummer, Steve Gilchrist, joined the remaining lineup of Paul and Steven Morricone, Julia Arnez and keyboard player John Gulliver. To produce the next album, \"Cabin Fever\", the Morricones approached one of their longtime musical heroes - Cardiacs leader Tim Smith. In an interview with \"ireallylovemusic.co.uk\" around the time of the album's release, Paul Morricone", "title": "Cabin Fever (Scaramanga Six album)" }, { "docid": "8788079", "text": "Cabin Fever (Flying Burrito Brothers album) Cabin Fever is a live album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1985. After John Beland and Gib Guilbeau brought the Burritos to a close in 1984, original member \"Sneaky\" Pete Kleinow took the opportunity to use the band's name in an effort to secure overseas club work. He re-formed the band with Skip Battin, Greg Harris and Jim Goodall, all of whom had toured with Kleinow as The Peace Seekers. The new band toured as the Flying Burrito Brothers beginning in February 1985. \"Cabin Fever\" was recorded by", "title": "Cabin Fever (Flying Burrito Brothers album)" }, { "docid": "16846128", "text": "Cabin Fever 2 (mixtape) Cabin Fever 2 is the eleventh mixtape by American rapper Wiz Khalifa, it was released on October 16, 2012. The mixtape features guest appearances from Problem, Iamsu!, Menace, Juicy J, J.R. Donato, Chevy Woods, Lavish and French Montana. On October 19, 2012, the music video for \"STU\" was released. On November 1, 2012, the music video for \"Tweak Is Heavy\" was released. On January 18, 2013, the music video for \"100 Bottles\" was released. Jesse Fairfax of HipHopDX said, \"While not exactly pioneering anything new, Cabin Fever 2 further establishes Wiz Khalifa as a serviceable rapper", "title": "Cabin Fever 2 (mixtape)" }, { "docid": "15692650", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever is a 2011 bestselling and award-winning children's book and the sixth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series, written by American author Jeff Kinney. The book was released on November 15, 2011 and was the fastest-selling book of 2011, giving him the third-strongest opening-week sales for a children's author. \"Cabin Fever\" had a first printing run of six million copies, which Amulet Books stated was one of their most significant titles for that year. In 2012 Kinney won a \"Best Author\" \"Children's Choice Award\"", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever" }, { "docid": "9825503", "text": "NBC suits. Winston leaves before they can get to him. At the high school the infection begins to spread slowly. Frederica (Amanda Jelks) dies in the swimming pool from the infection and Rick (Thomas Blake, Jr.) is killed when he drowns after hitting his head on the side of the pool and falling in. Alex is disappointed that Liz did not come, while John gets into a fight with Cassie's boyfriend Marc (Marc Senter). Principal Sinclair (Michael Bowen) then kicks John out. Cassie follows him and John angrily confesses his love to her. As popular girl Sandy (Lindsey Axelsson) is", "title": "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever" }, { "docid": "4710981", "text": "Fever began pressing DVD versions of their first 12 \"Little Rascals\" VHS volumes (with the contents of two VHS volumes included on each DVD), but went out of business before the release was announced in late 1998. Early in 1999, they sold their catalog to Hallmark Entertainment. In April 2000, Hallmark cleared out their warehouse, making all of the \"Little Rascals\" DVDs and VHS tapes available for retail, but never did an official launch of the Cabin Fever \"Little Rascals\" DVDs. In August, the first 10 volumes were re-released on VHS with new packaging, and the first two volumes were", "title": "Our Gang filmography" }, { "docid": "5907825", "text": "one scene in the Marble Hill projects). Among the locations where the movie was shot was the famous Disco Fever, a popular club during the embryonic stages of hip hop that, by the time of the film, had fallen on some hard times. Disco Fever owner Sal Abbatiello expected the movie not only to turn the spotlight on the burgeoning hip-hop movement but also to \"bring attention [back] to the club\" and so agreed to have scenes shot there. Unfortunately, the attention surrounding the filming brought the scrutiny of the local authorities, who shut the club down for good on", "title": "Krush Groove" }, { "docid": "2851709", "text": "to you and fuck them, because you know you're going to be dead soon, anyway.\" Eli Roth and the producers tried to cancel the Marcy auditions, but the general chaos caused by the attacks made it impossible for them to reach many of the actresses who were scheduled to try out for the role. Filming on \"Cabin Fever\" began in late 2001 and lasted 24 days, on location in North Carolina. Roth originally wanted Cerina Vincent to show her naked buttocks during her sex scene with Rider Strong. Vincent, who had previously played a nude foreign exchange student in \"Not", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "2851714", "text": "\"better-than-average\" reviews. The main actors' performances were complimented by critics as \"solid\" and \"adequate\". Their roles, however, were met with negative reactions: IGN and Manohla Dargis in \"Los Angeles Times\" described them, respectively, as stereotypical and \"monumentally irritating\". Furthermore, IGN and Dargis criticized the film's lack of scares, delivering more jokes and gore. Stephen Holden of \"The New York Times\" and Peter Travers of \"Rolling Stone\" disagreed; Holden said \"Cabin Fever\" \"finds an unusually potent blend of dread, gore and gallows humor\", and Travers called it \"a blast of good gory fun that just won't quit\". Kim Newman in \"Empire\"", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "8907340", "text": "Abbatiello said the club's role as community center had made it much like \"the YMCA of the Bronx\". The 1985 movie \"Krush Groove\" was filmed at Disco Fever, and unwittingly served as the final chapter of the nightclub. Featuring the likes of Sheila E., Beastie Boys, Run–D.M.C., New Edition, The Fat Boys, and LL Cool J, the film was a celebration of hip hop club life. Sal Abbatiello had his acting debut by playing himself in the movie. However, in the process of getting the proper film permits, the film producers discovered that Disco Fever had been operating from the", "title": "Disco Fever" }, { "docid": "12326533", "text": "cited the film while promoting his own 2002 horror film \"Cabin Fever\" through the Internet. \"The Blair Witch Project\" was among the films included in the book \"1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die\". After the film was released, in late November 1999, the historic house where it was filmed was reportedly being overwhelmed by film fans who broke off chunks as souvenirs. The township ordered the house demolished the next month. In September 1999, D.A. Stern compiled \"The Blair Witch Project: A Dossier\". Building on the film's \"true story\" angle, the dossier consisted of fabricated police reports, pictures,", "title": "The Blair Witch Project" }, { "docid": "17699995", "text": "school training to be a chef in Chicago, and Elise and Eli are together, with Elise finally achieving success with her new book, \"Cabin Fever\", all about Camp Takota, featuring a character resembling Penny. The announcement of the film was made during a stage performance at YouTube's Vidcon event, with YouTube stars, Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, and Hannah Hart also announcing their involvement by starring in the film. Later casting revealed that notable YouTube personalities Chester See and Sawyer Hartman would also make cameo appearances in the film. At the same Vidcon event, a \"Camp Takota\" booth was opened where", "title": "Camp Takota" }, { "docid": "16874875", "text": "Return to Cabin by the Lake Return to Cabin by the Lake is a 2001 American crime comedy telefilm, starring Judd Nelson. It was directed by Po-Chih Leong. The movie is a sequel to \"Cabin by the Lake\". Two years after being presumed dead, Stanley Caldwell (under the alias of \"Alan\") meets with an agent named Lauren on a boat to discuss a new screenplay. They soon learn that despite public protest, director Mike Helton has begun principal photography on \"Cabin by the Lake\", a film based on Stanley's old screenplay detailing his exploits as a serial killer. Amongst the", "title": "Return to Cabin by the Lake" }, { "docid": "7253189", "text": "for film production by David Foster Productions, but the studio lost the option and the story was recently optioned by another producer. Scott is also pursuing a passion outside of comics: film making. He completed his first short independent film \"The Tontine\" in April 2006. It's his loose adaptation of a 21-page comic piece that he worked on and appeared by the same name in the \"Hellraiser\" comic series. The 29 minute film was shot at the same cabin used in Eli Roth's \"Cabin Fever\". The complete short can be found on IMDB as well as versions of it available", "title": "Scott Hampton" }, { "docid": "17172577", "text": "value. Camp Lasater served the Old Hickory Council from 1923 until 1953. Camp Raven Knob has served the council since 1954. Many artifacts and stories from Scouting’s history in North Carolina can be found in the Old Hickory Council's Boy Scout Museum, which opened in 1998. The movie Cabin Fever was filmed at Catawba, an old primitive area where the Mountain Man program used to be held. Raven Knob Scout Reservation Raven Knob Scout Reservation is a 3200 acre Boy Scout camp operated by the Old Hickory Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The reservation is located in Surry", "title": "Raven Knob Scout Reservation" }, { "docid": "8773496", "text": "an eye. As the two students drive away on their motorcycle, they are decapitated by barbed wire. The heads are picked up by Hucklebilly who walks down the road and fades away. Eli Roth, who produced the film, reprised his role of Justin from his own film, \"Cabin Fever\". On the official Facebook page for the film, the sequel \"2001 Maniacs: The Beverly Hellbillys\" was announced (later renamed to \"\"). Mayor Buckman and Harper Alexander are now portrayed by Bill Moseley and Nivek Ogre respectively. 2001 Maniacs 2001 Maniacs is a 2005 American Comedy horror film directed by Tim Sullivan", "title": "2001 Maniacs" }, { "docid": "10139996", "text": "Film adaptations of Uncle Tom's Cabin A number of film adaptations of \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\" have been made over the years. Most of these movies were created during the silent film era (with \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\" being the most-filmed story of that time period). Since the 1930s, Hollywood studios have considered the story too controversial for another adaptation (although one foreign film and a made-for-TV movie have been created). Characters, themes and plot elements from \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\" have also influenced a large number of other movies, including \"The Birth of a Nation\" (1915), while also inspiring numerous animated cartoons.", "title": "Film adaptations of Uncle Tom's Cabin" }, { "docid": "14874772", "text": "lack of water and no electricity. As family arguments begin to break out, the film reveals the characters reasoning's and grudges against one another. Secrets are revealed. One of the children has severe asthma problem which is made worse by the presence of a dog. The father, additionally, cannot control his alcohol problem. He then becomes aggressive making the situations worse than it is. Towards the end of the film the father drinks so much alcohol that he collapses. The family throws him out into the freezing cold where he is never found again. The family members are heartbroken that", "title": "Cabin Fever (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "11825368", "text": "Cabin Fever (Lost) \"Cabin Fever\" is the 11th episode of the American Broadcasting Company's fourth season of the serial drama television series \"Lost\" and 83rd episode overall. It was aired on May 8, 2008, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. The episode was written by supervising producer Elizabeth Sarnoff and Kyle Pennington and directed by Paul Edwards. According to a press release, \"John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) is enlightened as to the whereabouts of Jacob's cabin, and life aboard the freighter becomes perilous.\" The episode was written alongside \"The Shape of Things to Come\" and \"Something", "title": "Cabin Fever (Lost)" }, { "docid": "17952307", "text": "2016, where it won the festival's inaugural jury award. Its international premiere took place at FrightFest on August 29, 2016. It screened at 20 different festivals between August and November 2016, winning 15 awards. A group of filmmakers travel to a cabin in a remote part of Central Texas to film the first ever 3D found footage movie. However, they find themselves becoming part of their film and battling for their lives as the evil entity from their film begins to show up in their behind-the-scenes footage. In January 2014, Kim Henkel announced that production on \"Found Footage 3D\" was", "title": "Found Footage 3D" }, { "docid": "2851711", "text": "filmed. Composer Angelo Badalamenti agreed to compose some musical themes for the film out of enthusiasm for the material. However, the bulk of the film's score was composed by Nathan Barr. Some of the music selected for the film was deliberately chosen by Roth for their connection to other horror films; in the opening scene for example, while the main characters are driving to the cabin, \"The Road Leads to Nowhere\", a song written and recorded for \"The Last House on the Left\" (1972), is playing on the radio. The film premiered at the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto", "title": "Cabin Fever (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "13864444", "text": "Rabbit Fever (film) Rabbit Fever is a 2009 feature-length documentary film directed by Amy Do, about the competition at the 2005 National Convention of the American Rabbit Breeders' Association (ARBA), the largest assemblage of rabbits in the world. The film has found support from, among others, the Ignatz Award-winning artist Jeffrey Brown, who illustrated the movie poster. It was shown at the 8th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival in October 2009 as a work-in-progress. The final work officially premiered in 2010. \"Rabbit Fever\" was originally developed as a 20-minute project for Do's film class at the University of Southern California.", "title": "Rabbit Fever (film)" }, { "docid": "6135619", "text": "reach the cabin, the people tell him that Homer and Burns have not arrived yet. They begin to realize that something bad has happened to their colleagues. Back in the cabin, Homer and Burns start blaming each other for causing the extra avalanches. They eventually decide that it may take days for people to find them and they come up with activities to pass the time. The two men build snowmen and use their clothes to dress up the snowmen. However, after being stuck in the cabin for a few hours the two are beset by cabin fever and attempt", "title": "Mountain of Madness" }, { "docid": "13717757", "text": "Cabin Fever (Lenny Breau album) Cabin Fever is an album by Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1997. Breau had continual drug problems from the mid-1960s, which he only managed to get under control during the last years of his life. At one point, his friend Glen McDonald claims he isolated Breau in a remote cabin to help him straighten out and it was during this time he recorded Breau, resulting in these informal tracks done on solo acoustic guitar. This issue, on Randy Bachman's Guitarchives label includes an interview with McDonald discussing the background of the recordings. Others close", "title": "Cabin Fever (Lenny Breau album)" }, { "docid": "4710980", "text": "June 1994, Cabin Fever released a 12-volume set of \"Little Rascals\" VHS tapes, hosted by Leonard Maltin. With four shorts per tape, Cabin Fever made 48 Roach sound shorts available for purchase, uncut and with digitally restored and remastered picture and sound. Due to the success of these volumes, Cabin Fever released nine more volumes in June 1995, which made the other 32 Roach talkies available for purchase (some of which had never been available on home video before). Five of these volumes contained four sound shorts, while the other four featured three sound shorts and a silent short. Cabin", "title": "Our Gang filmography" }, { "docid": "13717759", "text": "is an excellent place to start an exploration of his brilliant musicianship.\" Production notes: Cabin Fever (Lenny Breau album) Cabin Fever is an album by Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1997. Breau had continual drug problems from the mid-1960s, which he only managed to get under control during the last years of his life. At one point, his friend Glen McDonald claims he isolated Breau in a remote cabin to help him straighten out and it was during this time he recorded Breau, resulting in these informal tracks done on solo acoustic guitar. This issue, on Randy Bachman's Guitarchives", "title": "Cabin Fever (Lenny Breau album)" }, { "docid": "11312245", "text": "airline executives that the aircraft has been hijacked. Wingfield demands a ransom or the aircraft will crash. Reece knows that if she stays in the circular pattern, Genesys 1 will run out of fuel. Former discredited Navy pilot Peter \"Bird Dog\" Dewmont (Craig Sheffer), Reece's ex-husband and an oddball technician must race against the clock to find where the disgruntled former employee is, and regain control of the aircraft before it crashes into Seattle. Principal photography took place in Vancouver, British Columbia. \"Cabin Pressure\" (released in home video as \"Hijack'd\") was reviewed in \"The Movie Scene\", \"... 'Cabin Pressure' isn't", "title": "Cabin Pressure (film)" } ]
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when did australia sign the declaration of human rights
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[ { "docid": "434765", "text": "were made by UN Member States. British representatives were extremely frustrated that the proposal had moral but no legal obligation. (It was not until 1976 that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights came into force, giving a legal status to most of the Declaration.) The Universal Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly as Resolution 217 on 10 December 1948. Of the then 58 members of the United Nations, 48 voted in favour, none against, eight abstained and Honduras and Yemen failed to vote or abstain. The meeting record provides firsthand insight into the debate. South Africa's position", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "434758", "text": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. Of the then 58 members of the United Nations, 48 voted in favor, none against, eight abstained, and two did not vote. The Declaration consists of 30 articles affirming an individual's rights which, although not legally binding in themselves, have been elaborated in subsequent international treaties, economic transfers, regional human rights instruments, national constitutions, and other", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "434787", "text": "now grown into a global movement, including hundreds of groups, clubs and chapters around the world. Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. Of the then 58 members of the United Nations, 48 voted in favor, none against, eight abstained, and two did not vote. The Declaration consists of 30 articles affirming an individual's rights which, although not legally binding in themselves, have", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "6467716", "text": "Eastern Asian countries focusing more on a person’s basic duties than basic rights. The basic duties of an individual tend to rise from that persons socio-economic status. 1948 – present The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was implemented on 10 December 1948 by the United Nations. Therefore, we have officially witnessed 68 years of the United Nations approaching human rights issues on a global scale. The declaration was created after the end of World War II and was the first worldwide acknowledgement of the rights each individual human being is entitled to. When the UDHR was first created the", "title": "Human rights in East Asia" } ]
[ { "docid": "8589225", "text": "it as they were of the view that sharia law had already set out the rights of men and women. To sign the UDHR was deemed unnecessary. What the UDHR did do was to start a debate on human rights in the Islamic world. Following years of deliberation, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) adopted the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam. The International Human Rights Rank Indicator (IHRRI), which combines scores for a wide range of human rights, is produced by the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD); ratings in the table below are as of", "title": "Human rights in Muslim-majority countries" }, { "docid": "8589224", "text": "Human rights in Muslim-majority countries Human rights in Muslim-majority countries have been a hot-button issue for many decades. International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) such as Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) consistently find human rights violations in Muslim-majority countries. Amongst the human rights issues that are frequently under the spotlight are gay rights, the right to consensual sex outside of marriage, individual freedom of speech and political opinion. The issue of women’s rights is also the subject of fierce debate. When the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, Saudi Arabia refused to sign", "title": "Human rights in Muslim-majority countries" }, { "docid": "888240", "text": "profile of individual human rights campaigners such as Andrei Sakharov helped prevent a complete shutdown of the movement's activities. The USSR and other countries of the Soviet bloc had abstained from voting on the 1948 U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, citing its \"overly juridical\" character as well as the infringements on national sovereignty that it might enable. Although the USSR and some of its allies did sign the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, these documents were neither well-known to people living under Communist rule nor taken", "title": "Human rights in the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "8421634", "text": "American countries. The first sign of human rights recognition came in the form of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) put forward by the United Nations. This declaration, however, was not binding and therefore not enforced. The UDHR had only 51 states worldwide ratify its existence (those who were members of the United Nations); many of the Southeast Asian countries had not yet acquired membership. This primarily Western-based notion of human rights had by no means permeated Southeast Asia; instead, the ideological opposite of human rights was true: there were no expectations of equal treatment based upon socioeconomic, cultural,", "title": "Human rights in Asia" }, { "docid": "18281892", "text": "Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation (commonly known as \"Kaleidoscope Australia\" or KAHRF) is a non-governmental organisation in Australia focused on human rights of sexual and gender minorities in the Asia Pacific region. The stated objective of the organisation is \"to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) and particularly the rights and freedoms of those who face discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity\". Kaleidoscope Australia was founded in September 2013 and was inspired by The Kaleidoscope Trust in", "title": "Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation" }, { "docid": "18281896", "text": "Kaleidoscope Australia was also one of almost 20 groups across the Commonwealth that participated in and helped publish the \"Speaking Out\" report on Homophobia in the Commonwealth that had been coordinated and compiled by the Kaleidoscope Trust. Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation (commonly known as \"Kaleidoscope Australia\" or KAHRF) is a non-governmental organisation in Australia focused on human rights of sexual and gender minorities in the Asia Pacific region. The stated objective of the organisation is \"to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions", "title": "Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation" }, { "docid": "434767", "text": "The 48 countries that voted in favour of the Declaration are: Eight countries abstained: Two countries did not vote: Other countries only gained sovereignty and joined the United Nations later, which explains the relatively small number of states entitled to the historical vote, and in no way reflects opposition to the universal principles. The Declaration of Human Rights Day is commemorated every year on December 10, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration, and is known as Human Rights Day or International Human Rights Day. The commemoration is observed by individuals, community and religious groups, human rights organizations,", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "6901630", "text": "from South Africa, participated in the tour. At each location, the artists and Amnesty leaders held a press conference to discuss human rights, and concert-goers were provided with copies of the Universal Declaration in their language and opportunities to sign the Declaration themselves and join the worldwide human rights movement. The tour was made possible in part by a grant from the Reebok Foundation. The twenty concerts were the second stage of what subsequently became known collectively as the Human Rights Concerts - a series of music events and tours staged by the US Section of Amnesty International between 1986-1998.", "title": "Human Rights Now!" }, { "docid": "1299878", "text": "when he is said to have visited every ship that called at the port. He was a leading figure in many civic organisations and his stepson, Dr Roger Dunkley, was medical officer with the 2nd/2nd Independent Company during the Timor campaign in the Second World War. Carmen Lawrence, the first female premier of an Australian state, later represented Fremantle in the federal House of Representatives. On 10 November 2006, Australian state and territory attorneys general met in Fremantle to sign the Fremantle Declaration, a restatement and affirmation of legal and human rights principles in Australia. In 2011, Prime Minister Julia", "title": "Fremantle" }, { "docid": "14117740", "text": "French Revolution. After the Constitution of the United States was adopted in 1789, the United States Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791. The 20th century saw different groups draw on these earlier documents for influence when drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The constitution of the United Kingdom remains uncodified, however the Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. Australia is the only common law country with neither a constitutional", "title": "Bill of rights" }, { "docid": "6642456", "text": "of private property. France signed and ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 as well as all Geneva Conventions. In 2010, the French government launched a programme of forced deportation of the Roma. These deportations have been heavily criticised by many human rights and international political organisations. The Council of Europe has condemned the expulsions, calling them \"contrary to human dignity\". Those who accepted to leave France received 300 euros per adult and 100 euros per child under the condition that they sign a declaration stating they will not try to come back to France. The French Government", "title": "Human rights in France" }, { "docid": "8394194", "text": "democracy in the region and human rights are at the very centre of the challenges facing Middle Eastern society today. In 1948 Egypt, Iran and Pakistan signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Saudi Arabia did not, arguing that it \"failed to take into consideration the cultural and religious context of non-Western countries.\" The Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam was adopted by 45 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in August 1990. This declaration undermines many of the rights the UDHR guarantees allowing all the member states to abide by a set of human", "title": "Human rights in the Middle East" }, { "docid": "7873781", "text": "as fundamentally different from the \"Universal Declaration of Human Rights\". According to him when you have a right you have a right. Therefore, human rights are, e.g., the right of self-determination for one's own life, liberty and the products of one's liberty (property) and call these rights fundamental rights. This is not the case in the \"Universal Declaration of Human Rights\". He sees the \"Universal Declaration of Human Rights\" equivalent to \"Animal Rights\", since the rights enumerated in the \"Universal Declaration of Human Rights\" are sometimes conflicting with each other and many of these rights are only valid insofar as", "title": "Frank Van Dun" }, { "docid": "15770521", "text": "freedom and the activities of the Saudi Mutaween. Between 1996 and 2000, Saudi Arabia acceded to four UN human rights conventions and, in 2004, the government approved the establishment of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR), staffed by government employees, to monitor their implementation. To date, the activities of the NSHR have been limited and doubts remain over its neutrality and independence. Saudi Arabia was one of only eight countries that did not accept the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights when it was launched in 1948. Now, only Saudi Arabia remains openly opposed to the declaration. In response", "title": "Legal system of Saudi Arabia" }, { "docid": "1273937", "text": "it is right (or wrong) for us. Those who do not rise to the minimal moral level of applying to themselves the standards they apply to others—more stringent ones, in fact—plainly cannot be taken seriously when they speak of appropriateness of response; or of right and wrong, good and evil.\" The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights can be read as assuming a kind of moral universalism. The drafting committee of the Universal Declaration did assume, or at least aspired to, a \"universal\" approach to articulating international human rights. Although the Declaration has undeniably come to be accepted throughout", "title": "Moral universalism" }, { "docid": "7315352", "text": "Human rights in Thailand Thailand was among the first nations to sign the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and seemed committed to safeguarding Human Rights in Thailand. In practice, the reality has been that the powerful can abuse the human rights of their subjects with impunity. From 1977 to 1988, Amnesty International reported that there \"...were 1,436 alleged cases of arbitrary detention, 58 forced disappearances, 148 torture [sic] and 345 extrajudicial killings in Thailand...The authorities investigated and whitewashed each case.\" Amnesty International's \"Amnesty International Report 2017/18; The State of the World's Human Rights\" demonstrates that not much", "title": "Human rights in Thailand" }, { "docid": "379079", "text": "movement. The Royal Navy throughout the 1870s attempted to suppress \"this abominable Eastern trade\", at Zanzibar in particular. In 1905, the French abolished indigenous slavery in most of French West Africa. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which declared freedom from slavery is an internationally recognized human right. Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: In 2014, for the first time in history, major leaders of many religions, Buddhist, Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim met to sign a shared commitment against modern-day slavery; the", "title": "Slavery" }, { "docid": "4462759", "text": "ratified by 47 states (including Belarus, a non Council of Europe state), with Russia being the only state not to have ratified (nor signed). Amnesty International has called on European states to sign and ratify the convention as part of the fight against human trafficking. The Council of Europe is responsible for both the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. These institutions bind the Council's members to a code of human rights which, though strict, are more lenient than those of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Council also promotes the European Charter", "title": "Human rights in Europe" }, { "docid": "17968335", "text": "the rights and freedoms set forth in this declaration can be fully realized. The right calls for enforcement mechanisms and echoes Chapter VII of the UN Charter permitting security council intervention for human rights violations on a scale that threatens world peace. The UN Charter allows for a limit to state sovereignty were Human Rights are threatened. Two critiques of the declaration are that it did not make political rights dependent on multi-party democracy and there is a lack of protection for ethnic minorities, protecting individual rights do not necessarily protect group rights. The nexus between grave human rights violations", "title": "Human rights and development" }, { "docid": "6467718", "text": "refer specifically to rights of individual people, and especially support the idea of human rights being an expectation to \"women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, and vulnerable and marginalised groups\". It is also noteworthy that Article 10 the declaration directly affirms the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, although this initially appeared to be a positive move by the ASEAN, the commission has recently come under criticism from international human rights groups due to a lack of action from the ASEAN governments when it comes to enacting the declaration. It has even been suggested the declaration", "title": "Human rights in East Asia" }, { "docid": "7315372", "text": "camp residents with hidden connections to ethnic armed groups inside Burma all wield power in the camps. Human rights in Thailand Thailand was among the first nations to sign the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and seemed committed to safeguarding Human Rights in Thailand. In practice, the reality has been that the powerful can abuse the human rights of their subjects with impunity. From 1977 to 1988, Amnesty International reported that there \"...were 1,436 alleged cases of arbitrary detention, 58 forced disappearances, 148 torture [sic] and 345 extrajudicial killings in Thailand...The authorities investigated and whitewashed each case.\"", "title": "Human rights in Thailand" }, { "docid": "4532634", "text": "of association, freedom of religion and freedom from discrimination are protected in Australia. The Australian colonies were among the first political entities in the world to grant male (1850s) and female suffrage (1890s). Contemporary Australia is a liberal democracy and heir to a large post-World War II multicultural program of immigration in which forms of racial discrimination have been prohibited. As a founding member of the United Nations, Australia assisted in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and it is signatory to various other international treaties on the subject of human rights. Australia is the only democratic", "title": "Human rights in Australia" }, { "docid": "12461054", "text": "not to sign the Declaration. Another issue is the legal status of the declaration. The majority considered the document to be mainly of moral character. At the same time some participants argued in favor of adding certain legal aspects in terms of international law. British representatives in particular were extremely frustrated that the proposal had moral but no legal obligation. (It was not until 1976 that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights came into force, giving a legal status to most of the Declaration) Source: United Nations Year Book 1948-1949, pp. 524 et seq Drafting of the Universal", "title": "Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "7267178", "text": "when it passed the \"Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide\". Many believe that the extermination of Jews during the Holocaust inspired the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. This view has been challenged by recent historical scholarship. One study has shown that the Nazi slaughter of Jews went entirely unmentioned during the drafting of the Universal Declaration at the United Nations, though those involved in the negotiations did not hesitate to name many other examples of Nazi human rights violations. Other historians have countered that the", "title": "International response to the Holocaust" }, { "docid": "16981048", "text": "ASEAN Human Rights Declaration In 2009, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) established the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights to promote human rights in the ten ASEAN countries. By mid-2012, the Commission had drafted the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration. The Declaration was adopted unanimously by ASEAN members at its 18 November 2012 meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Declaration details ASEAN nations' commitment to human rights for its 600 million people. The Declaration includes 40 paragraphs under 6 headings. The first five Articles affirm that human rights belong to \"Every person,\" specifically emphasizing that they belong to \"women,", "title": "ASEAN Human Rights Declaration" }, { "docid": "434762", "text": "by Nazi Germany became fully apparent after World War II, the consensus within the world community was that the United Nations Charter did not sufficiently define the rights to which it referred. A universal declaration that specified the rights of individuals was necessary to give effect to the Charter's provisions on human rights. In June 1946, the UN Economic and Social Council established the Commission on Human Rights, comprising 18 members from various nationalities and political backgrounds. The Commission, a standing body of the United Nations, was constituted to undertake the work of preparing what was initially conceived as an", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "9677395", "text": "Fremantle Declaration The Fremantle Declaration was a restatement and affirmation of legal and human rights principles in Australia. It was signed in Fremantle, Western Australia by all of the Attorneys-General of all the Australian States and territories on 10 November 2006. It was not signed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General Philip Ruddock. At the time, all state and territory governments were held by the Australian Labor Party, whereas the Federal (Commonwealth) government was held by the conservative Liberal Party of Australia. The declaration is no more than a commitment to uphold existing national laws and international agreements of which Australia is", "title": "Fremantle Declaration" }, { "docid": "9677391", "text": "Fremantle Declaration The Fremantle Declaration was a restatement and affirmation of legal and human rights principles in Australia. It was signed in Fremantle, Western Australia by all of the Attorneys-General of all the Australian States and territories on 10 November 2006. It was not signed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General Philip Ruddock. At the time, all state and territory governments were held by the Australian Labor Party, whereas the Federal (Commonwealth) government was held by the conservative Liberal Party of Australia. The declaration is no more than a commitment to uphold existing national laws and international agreements of which Australia is", "title": "Fremantle Declaration" }, { "docid": "18026616", "text": "Chile. During Pinochet's dictatorship, Vial publicly criticized the human rights situation in the country. After Chile made the transition to democracy, Vial joined the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which would produce the Rettig Report, in order to counterbalance the leftist-leaning members of the Commission. He also took part in the Round-Table Discussion of 1999 to 2000, but did not sign the final declaration because he felt that it did nothing to further the objective of the undertaking, which was to find the bodies of people who had been \"disappeared\" by the regime. Coauthor of: Gonzalo Vial Correa Gonzalo Vial Correa", "title": "Gonzalo Vial Correa" }, { "docid": "6963925", "text": "Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, also known as VDPA, is a human rights declaration adopted by consensus at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993 in Vienna, Austria. The position of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was recommended by this Declaration and subsequently created by General Assembly Resolution 48/121. The VDPA reaffirmed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Charter. Its Preamble states \"The World Conference on Human Rights, Considering that the promotion and protection of human rights is a matter of priority for", "title": "Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action" }, { "docid": "14903510", "text": "Arab Union of Lawyers in 1987, and the \"Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam\", adopted by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in 1990. The latter declaration was specifically written with more secular language than Universal Islamic Declaration, and was less biased against Shi'ite Islam. See also Arab Charter on Human Rights Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights is a document created by Islamic Councils in Paris and London. It restates basic human rights using the language of Islamic jurisprudence. The difference between the original Arabic version and the official English translation", "title": "Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "18020426", "text": "New Zealand contributions to human rights instruments New Zealand has taken an active role in the negotiation and drafting of several international human rights instruments including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. New Zealand made a number of contributions in the lead up to and in the drafting of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. Its first involvement came in 1945 when a New", "title": "New Zealand contributions to human rights instruments" }, { "docid": "16981051", "text": "Human Rights Watch described it as a \"declaration of government powers disguised as a declaration of human rights\". ASEAN civil societies have noted that \"The Declaration fails to include several key basic rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to freedom of association and the right to be free from enforced disappearance.\" Further, the Declaration contains clauses that many fear could be used to undermine human rights, such as “the realization of human rights must be considered in the regional and national context” (Art. 7), or that human rights might be limited to preserve \"national security\" or a narrowly defined", "title": "ASEAN Human Rights Declaration" }, { "docid": "3665688", "text": "her older sister. From a young age, Schaft often discussed politics and social justice with her family, which encouraged her to pursue law and become a human rights lawyer. During her law studies at the Universiteit van Amsterdam she became friends with the Jewish students Philine Polak and Sonja Frenk. This made her feel strongly about actions against Jews. With the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, in 1943, university students were required to sign a declaration of allegiance to the occupation authorities. When Schaft refused to sign the petition in support of the occupation forces, like", "title": "Hannie Schaft" }, { "docid": "14749169", "text": "MCLE Seminars and Congressional Briefings for members of Congress • October 21, 2009—Colloquium Speaker on Human Rights and the VFA, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, United States. • October 19, 2009—Lecture on the “Writ of Amparo as a Legal Remedy”, US National Lawyers Guild, Seattle, USA. • April 23, 2009—Speaker on Impunity and Human Rights, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. • April 20, 2009—lecture on the Writ of Amparo and Impunity, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia. • December 13, 2008—Speaker, International Conference on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Paris, France •", "title": "Neri Colmenares" }, { "docid": "2143843", "text": "current practice of the inter-American human rights system by the more elaborate provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights (in force since 18 July 1978), the terms of the Declaration are still enforced with respect to those states that have not ratified the Convention, such as Cuba, United States, and Canada. American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, also known as the Bogota Declaration, was the world's first international human rights instrument of a general nature, predating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by less than a", "title": "American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man" }, { "docid": "7756257", "text": "may be achieved through compulsory education, or more specifically free compulsory primary education, as stated in both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The rights of all children from early childhood stem from the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration proclaimed in article 1: ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights’. The declaration states that human rights begin at birth and that childhood is a period demanding special care and assistance [art. 25 (2)]. The 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child", "title": "Right to education" }, { "docid": "1516683", "text": "The Cairo declaration followed years of limited acceptance of the Universal declaration by predominantly Muslim states. As an example, in 1984, Iran's UN representative, Said Raja'i Khorasani, said the following amid allegations of human rights violations, \"[Iran] recognized no authority ... apart from Islamic law... Conventions, declarations and resolutions or decisions of international organizations, which were contrary to Islam, had no validity in the Islamic Republic of Iran... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which represented secular understanding of the Judaeo-Christian tradition, could not be implemented by Muslims and did not accord with the system of values recognized by the", "title": "Islamic fundamentalism" }, { "docid": "13954241", "text": "Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities The Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities (DHDR) was written for reinforcing the implementation of human rights under the auspices of the UNESCO and the interest of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights and was proclaimed in 1998 \"to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\"(UDHR) in the city of Valencia. Therefore, it is also known as the Valencia Declaration. Considering that the major challenge for this new century is the effective and efficient realisation of human rights for all people, and that at the same time is needed", "title": "Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities" }, { "docid": "3236680", "text": "human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without discrimination as to race, sex, language, or religion\". However, the Charter did not define these rights. Three years later, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first international legal document to delineate human rights; the UDHR does not mention reproductive rights. Reproductive rights began to appear as a subset of human rights in the 1968 Proclamation of Tehran, which states: \"Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children\". This right was affirmed by the UN General Assembly", "title": "Reproductive rights" }, { "docid": "6963969", "text": "of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). In September 2012, the Human Rights Council decided to hold a panel debate, in March 2013, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the VDPA. Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, also known as VDPA, is a human rights declaration adopted by consensus at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993 in Vienna, Austria. The position of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was recommended by this Declaration and subsequently created by General Assembly Resolution 48/121. The VDPA", "title": "Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action" }, { "docid": "7226611", "text": "Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation adopted in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 August 1990, (Conference of Foreign Ministers, 9–14 Muharram 1411H in the Islamic calendar) which provides an overview on the Islamic perspective on human rights, and affirms Islamic sharia as its sole source. CDHRI declares its purpose to be \"general guidance for Member States [of the OIC] in the field of human rights\". This declaration is widely acknowledged as an Islamic response to the United Nations's", "title": "Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam" }, { "docid": "13954246", "text": "has established an interesting comparison between the transition from “moral rights” to “legal rights” and the need to transform “moral duties” into “legal duties” (See: Norberto Bobbio, Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities, page 98). This Declaration proposes comprehensively the implicit system of duties and responsibilities contained in our human rights systems, in particular that enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and in subsequent international human rights instruments and establishes consequently their bearers. In the DHDR Article 1 “duty” and “responsibility” are defined for the purpose of the declaration: \"duty\" means an ethical or moral obligation; and", "title": "Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities" }, { "docid": "434782", "text": "that extent detract from the applicability of any Declaration of Human Rights to mankind as a whole.\" During the lead up to the World Conference on Human Rights held in 1993, ministers from Asian states adopted the Bangkok Declaration, reaffirming their governments' commitment to the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They stated their view of the interdependence and indivisibility of human rights and stressed the need for universality, objectivity, and non-selectivity of human rights. However, at the same time, they emphasized the principles of sovereignty and non-interference, calling for greater emphasis on", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "14874745", "text": "Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights The Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights is a document that was issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at its 29th session in 1997. It was unanimously passed by the seventy-seven national delegations in attendance. The declaration is perhaps best known for its statement against human cloning and abuse of human genome against human dignity. The first article of the Declaration states that \"The human genome underlies the fundamental unity of all members of the human family, as well as the recognition of", "title": "Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights" }, { "docid": "14874747", "text": "beings, shall not be permitted.\" Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights The Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights is a document that was issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at its 29th session in 1997. It was unanimously passed by the seventy-seven national delegations in attendance. The declaration is perhaps best known for its statement against human cloning and abuse of human genome against human dignity. The first article of the Declaration states that \"The human genome underlies the fundamental unity of all members of the human family, as", "title": "Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights" }, { "docid": "8398779", "text": "would be to provide education about the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS among LGBT people and governments are generally encouraged to include LGBT people in their fight against HIV and AIDS. The failure of the United Nations to recognise LGBT rights as human rights is condemned, despite the case law \"\"Toonen v. Australia\"\" by United Nations Human Rights Committee. It is requested that the new UN Human Rights Council adopt LGBT rights as part of its agenda and that the International Gay and Lesbian Association and other LGBT rights organisations be amongst the NGOs that are able to", "title": "Declaration of Montreal" }, { "docid": "18836680", "text": "York, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, now commonly known as the Declaration on human rights defenders. That same year, human rights defenders were to receive the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights. Michel Forst continued his career in nonprofit organizations. In 1999, he became the executive director of La Ligue contre le cancer. He remained in this position until 2001, when he joined the UNESCO in the Office of Social and", "title": "Michel Forst" }, { "docid": "6324957", "text": "of Human Rights\" to the series of documents in preparation and established three working groups: one on the declaration, one on the convention (which it renamed \"covenant\") and one on implementation. The Commission revised the draft declaration at its third session, in May/June 1948, taking into consideration comments received from Governments. It did not have time, however, to consider the covenant or the question of implementation. The declaration was therefore submitted through the United Nations Economic and Social Council to the General Assembly, meeting in Paris. Later the draft covenant was divided in two (decided by the General Assembly in", "title": "International Bill of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "434785", "text": "and social justice around the world. The Quaker United Nations Office and the American Friends Service Committee work on many human rights issues, including improving education on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They have developed a curriculum to help introduce High School students to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1997, the council of the American Library Association (ALA) endorsed Article 19 from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Along with Article 19, Article 18 and 20 are also fundamentally tied to the ALA Universal Right to Free Expression and the Library Bill of Rights. Censorship, the invasion", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "6392318", "text": "physical debilitation or disability, and makes special mention of care given to those in motherhood or childhood. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is noted as the first international declaration of fundamental human rights, both freedoms and entitlements alike. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay writes that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights \"enshrines a vision that requires taking all human rights—civil, political, economic, social, or cultural—as an indivisible and organic whole, inseparable and interdependent.\" Likewise, Gruskin et al. contend that the interrelated nature of the rights expressed in the Universal Declaration establishes a \"responsibility [that] extends", "title": "Right to health" }, { "docid": "17439088", "text": "end of World War II almost 200,000 European refugees settled in Australia. Australia was reluctant to recognise a general \"right of asylum\" for refugees when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was being drafted. The White Australia policy was responsible for the exclusion of Asians from migration to Australia until 1973. The first recorded instance of asylum seekers arriving in Australia via unauthorised boat occurred in April 1976. Fleeing South Vietnam after the Communist Party victory of 1974, an estimated 2,000 \"Vietnamese boat people\" followed from 1976–1982. The sporadic arrival of unauthorised boats was a cause of concern for the", "title": "Asylum in Australia" }, { "docid": "6963966", "text": "the necessity for a continuing adaptation of the United Nations human rights machinery to the current and future needs in the promotion and protection of human rights, as reflected in the present Declaration... In particular, the United Nations human rights organs should improve their coordination, efficiency and effectiveness.\" Following this the VDPA states, Part II, para 18, that \"The World Conference on Human Rights recommends to the General Assembly that when examining the report of the Conference at its forty-eighth session, it begin, as a matter of priority, consideration of the question of the establishment of a High Commissioner for", "title": "Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action" }, { "docid": "4650497", "text": "as Voltaire, Quesnay and Diderot in their humanistic revolt against feudalism,\" he told the UN General Assembly in 1948. On the Universal Declaration of Human Rights drafting committee, he served both as an effective Asian delegate and also as a mediator when the negotiations reached a stalemate. He served as Vice-Chairman of the original UN Commission on Human Rights and Republic of China delegate to committee and played a pivotal role in its drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948. He and fellow delegate Charles Malik, the Lebanese philosopher-diplomat, shared ideals of universal human rights, but", "title": "P. C. Chang" }, { "docid": "13188265", "text": "and Australia. CESR was founded in 1993, by Roger Normand, Sarah Zaidi and Chris Jochnik. It was the first organization created to focus exclusively on economic, social and cultural rights. CESR was established with the aim of bringing the human rights community back to its roots in the belief of the interdependence of all human rights established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights founded in 1948. This was significant in the midst of great violations and denials of economic and social rights in the world that were given far less attention and urgency than those of civil and political", "title": "Center for Economic and Social Rights" }, { "docid": "20327091", "text": "trade capital city in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2017, Whangarei was recognised by the Fair Trade Association of Australia New Zealand as being one of four fair trade councils in New Zealand, and the first fair trade district in New Zealand. International human rights law is founded on the idea that all human beings have the same set of fundamental rights. The right to equality and non-discrimination provides that human beings, regardless of their status or membership of a particular group, are entitled to the same set of rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted in 1948, includes", "title": "Fair trade in New Zealand" }, { "docid": "15885609", "text": "of death on conviction of murder long predated any international arrangements for the protection of human rights.\" K.S. Rajah has noted that Singapore, having been a United Nations member state since 21 September 1965, is deemed to have accepted the obligations in the United Nations Charter, which entails acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration states: \"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.\" Furthermore, the European Convention on Human Rights applied to Singapore from October 1953 when it entered into force until 1963 when", "title": "Ong Ah Chuan v Public Prosecutor" }, { "docid": "7173569", "text": "Heunis, future Acting President and Pik Botha, future Minister of Foreign Affairs for 17 years, who made his maiden speech demanding that the government sign the UN Declaration of Human Rights. However, the NP lost some support in parliament for the first time since the 1948 election, its number of seats being reduced by eight. This could be attributed to losing votes to the right-wing splinter Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party). While it did not win any seats, the split in the nationalist voter base benefitted the main opposition United Party (UP) in some constituencies. Helen Suzman, member of", "title": "1970 South African general election" }, { "docid": "12461047", "text": "Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted from early 1947 to late 1948 by Drafting Committee the first United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Further discussion and amendments were made by the Commission on Human Rights, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations. Members of the Commission who contributed significantly to the creation of the Declaration included Canadian John Peters Humphrey of the United Nations Secretariat, Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States (who chaired the Drafting Committee), René Cassin of France, Charles Malik of Lebanon,", "title": "Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "13954283", "text": "the UDHR Article 8. This Chapter proposes, finally, in article 40 the duty to monitor and implement the Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities, by establishing tripartite councils composed of State, civil society and private sector representatives in cooperation with States, relevant civil society organisations, national, regional and international inter-governmental organisations. The DHDR Article 41 with a non-derogation clause where it states: “Nothing in this Declaration shall be interpreted as impairing or restricting the rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international and regional human rights instruments.” UNESCO Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities The Declaration", "title": "Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities" }, { "docid": "7226628", "text": "of ethnic minorities and religious dissenters—in short, protecting their citizens from egregious human rights violations. Instead, they are worrying about protecting Islam.\" Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation adopted in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 August 1990, (Conference of Foreign Ministers, 9–14 Muharram 1411H in the Islamic calendar) which provides an overview on the Islamic perspective on human rights, and affirms Islamic sharia as its sole source. CDHRI declares its purpose to be \"general guidance for Member States", "title": "Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam" }, { "docid": "16514356", "text": "their rights, particularly regarding the government taking over their land and ignoring the articles which protect them. While indigenous people have struggle for legal recognition of their rights, Costa Rica did sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007. Indigenous Costa Ricans belong to eight major ethnic groups. Christopher Columbus arrived in Costa Rica in 1502 on his last trip to the Americas. Costa Rica received its name from Gil Gonzalez Davila when he arrived and thought he found the most gold he had ever seen; therefore naming it the \"Rich Coast\". To the Spanish, it", "title": "Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica" }, { "docid": "13177202", "text": "from the People's Republic of China, the 14th Dalai Lama was able to give a talk at the conference on human responsibilities. The key result of the World Conference on Human Rights was the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which was formulated late in the meeting and was adopted by consensus of 171 states on 25 June 1993. While one possible interpretation sees this document as a \"well crafted but empty exhortation\", it did come to represent as much of a consensus as could be found on human rights in the early 1990s. And it did in fact set", "title": "World Conference on Human Rights" }, { "docid": "1288662", "text": "measures of support are in place to enable her to discharge her parental functions on the basis of equality with a man in a similar position.\" The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, also known as VDPA, is a human rights declaration adopted by consensus at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993 in Vienna, Austria. This declaration recognizes women's rights as being protected human rights. Paragraph 18 reads: \"The human rights of women and of the girl-child are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights. The full and equal participation of women in", "title": "Women's rights" }, { "docid": "483215", "text": "have an enshrined Bill of Rights or similar binding legal document, civil liberties are assumed as protected through a series of rules and conventions. Australia was a key player and signatory to the UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights (1948) The Constitution of Australia (1900) does offer very limited protection of rights: Certain High Court interpretations of the Constitution have allowed for implied rights such as freedom of speech and the right to vote to be established, however others such as freedom of assembly and freedom of association are yet to be identified. Refugee issues Within the past decade Australia", "title": "Civil liberties" }, { "docid": "4399100", "text": "Psychotropic Substances. Both voted against the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations General Assembly and both have declined to sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New Zealand, has signed and ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Australia has signed the optional protocol but has not ratified it. Australia, but not New Zealand, is a member of the Nuclear Energy Agency and UNIDROIT and a party to the Patent Law Treaty, the Budapest", "title": "Australia–New Zealand relations" }, { "docid": "6467717", "text": "United Nations was only made up of 51 member states, but after the surge of decolonisation’s, beginning in the late 1940s, the UN is now made up of 193 nations. Since 1948, many Eastern Asian countries who were formally colonised have since achieved independence and have joined the UN, therefore acknowledging the UDHR and other major human rights treaties. There is currently no human rights body governing the Eastern Asian region, however the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) issued the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration in 2012. ASEAN Human Rights Declaration The first five articles of ASEAN Human Rights Declaration", "title": "Human rights in East Asia" }, { "docid": "3614622", "text": "is necessary to prevent the use of information resources and technologies for criminal and terrorist purposes, while respecting human rights\". Wolfgang Benedek comments that the WSIS Declaration only contains a number of references to human rights and does not spell out any procedures or mechanism to assure that human rights are considered in practice. The digital rights group Hacktivismo, founded in 1999, argues that access to information is a basic human right. The group's beliefs are described fully in the \"Hacktivismo Declaration\" which calls for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights", "title": "Freedom of information" }, { "docid": "16981049", "text": "children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, and vulnerable and marginalised groups (Art 5). Article 10 directly affirms \"all the civil and political rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,\" and these are detailed in Articles 11- 25. Article 26 next affirms \"all the economic, social and cultural rights in the Universal Declaration...,\" with these described in Articles 27 to 34. The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration goes beyond the Universal Declaration by making explicit \"the right to safe drinking water and sanitation\" (Art. 28. e.), \"the right to a safe, clean and sustainable environment\" (Art 28.f.), protection from", "title": "ASEAN Human Rights Declaration" }, { "docid": "434783", "text": "economic, social, and cultural rights—in particular, the right to economic development over civil and political rights. The Bangkok Declaration is considered to be a landmark expression of the Asian values perspective, which offers an extended critique of human rights universalism. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is nonpartisan, nonsectarian, and independent of any government, and its core mandate is to promote respect for all the rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In 1988, director Stephen R. Johnson", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "7195666", "text": "Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Government owned social enterprise. Saudi Arabia is widely accused of having one of the worst human rights records in the world and remains one of the very few countries in the world not to accept the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights issues that have attracted strong criticism include the extremely disadvantaged position of women, capital punishment for homosexuality, religious discrimination, the lack of religious freedom and the activities of the religious police. In 2004, the government approved the establishment of the National Society for Human", "title": "Kerry and Kay Danes" }, { "docid": "8398770", "text": "Declaration of Montreal The Declaration of Montreal on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Human Rights is a document adopted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 29, 2006, by the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights which formed part of the first World Outgames. The Declaration outlines a number of rights and freedoms pertaining to LGBT and intersex people that it is proposed be universally guaranteed. It encompasses all aspects of human rights, from the guarantee of fundamental freedoms to the prevention of discrimination against LGBT people in healthcare, education and immigration. The Declaration also addresses various issues that impinge on", "title": "Declaration of Montreal" }, { "docid": "659629", "text": "of signatures, one for women followed by one for men. One hundred of the 300 present signed the Declaration of Sentiments, including 68 women and 32 men. Amelia Bloomer was one of the participants who did \"not\" endorse the Declaration; she was focused at that time on the temperance movement. Ansel Bascom was the most conspicuous attendee who chose not to sign the Declaration. The \"National Reformer\" reported that those in the audience who evidently regarded the Declaration as \"too bold and ultra\", including the lawyers known to be opposed to the equal rights of women, \"failed to call out", "title": "Seneca Falls Convention" }, { "docid": "13134217", "text": "LGBT rights in the Maldives LGBT rights in the Maldives are still in development as the country continues to strongly oppose law reform and LGBT rights developments through the Universal Periodic Review and other recommendations. The Maldives was one of the initial 57 (now 54) members to sign a document opposing LGBT rights in the UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity in 2008. In 2011, the Maldives further rejected a landmark proposal for an LGBT rights resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council put forth by the Republic of South Africa. Since then, many other attempts to", "title": "LGBT rights in the Maldives" }, { "docid": "182243", "text": "of the Second World War and the events of the Holocaust, culminating in the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Ancient peoples did not have the same modern-day conception of universal human rights. The true forerunner of human rights discourse was the concept of natural rights which appeared as part of the medieval natural law tradition that became prominent during the European Enlightenment with such philosophers as John Locke, Francis Hutcheson and Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui and which featured prominently in the political discourse of the American Revolution and the", "title": "Human rights" }, { "docid": "7343617", "text": "intergovernmental organisations; the right to access resources for the purpose of protecting human rights, including the receipt of funds from abroad. States have a responsibility to implement and respect all the provisions of the Declaration. In particular, states have the duty to protect human rights defenders against any violence, retaliation and intimidation as a consequence of their human rights work. Following the adoption of the Declaration on human rights defenders in 1998, a number of initiatives were taken, both at the international and regional level, to increase the protection of defenders and contribute to the implementation of the Declaration. In", "title": "Human rights activists" }, { "docid": "12878718", "text": "the \"Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms\". The band also did an interview about human rights with the American band Anti-Flag during the Vans Warped Tour (2007). In April 2005, Alex Henry Foster and Jeff Beaulieu founded Rock And Rights, a non-profit organization actively dedicated to human rights awareness, education, promotion and mobilization towards equality, dignity and justice for all, despite beliefs, sex, religion, sexual orientation, language and nationality. In 2010, for The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day, the band produced a video with a strong and engaging message, supporting at the same time Amnesty International's efforts for the", "title": "Your Favorite Enemies" }, { "docid": "8398781", "text": "of Commons of Canada calling on the Canadian government to abide by the Declaration on September 20, 2006. The Declaration has also been adopted by the City Councils of: Declaration of Montreal The Declaration of Montreal on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Human Rights is a document adopted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 29, 2006, by the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights which formed part of the first World Outgames. The Declaration outlines a number of rights and freedoms pertaining to LGBT and intersex people that it is proposed be universally guaranteed. It encompasses all aspects of human", "title": "Declaration of Montreal" }, { "docid": "434771", "text": "and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law.\" While not a treaty itself, the Declaration was explicitly adopted for the purpose of defining the meaning of the words \"fundamental freedoms\" and \"human rights\" appearing in the United Nations Charter, which is binding on all member states. For this reason, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a fundamental constitutive document of the United Nations. In addition, many international lawyers believe that the Declaration forms part of customary international law and is a powerful tool in applying diplomatic and moral pressure to governments that violate any", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "434784", "text": "and 41 international animators, musicians, and producers created a 20-minute video for Amnesty International to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration. The video was to bring to life the Declaration's 30 articles. Amnesty International celebrated Human Rights Day and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration\" all over the world by organizing the \"Fire Up!\" event. The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) is a non-profit, nonsectarian organization whose work around the world is guided by the values of Unitarian Universalism (UU) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It works to provide disaster relief and promote human rights", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "16981052", "text": "“public morality” (Art. 8). The U.S. Department of State and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomed the Declaration, but with substantive reservations. The U.S. State Department issued a statement of support, \"in principle,\" for \"ASEAN's efforts to develop a regional human rights declaration,\" but expressing concern for \"the use of the concept of 'cultural relativism' ..., stipulating that domestic laws can trump universal human rights, incomplete descriptions that are mentioned elsewhere, introducing novel limits to rights, and language that could be read to suggest that individual rights are subject to group veto.\" The U.N. High Commissioner for", "title": "ASEAN Human Rights Declaration" }, { "docid": "18281895", "text": "the first Shadow Reports on Sri Lanka may have spurred the government there to move its position. Kaleidoscope Australia also keeps up lines of communication with the Australian government over issues relating to Australia's foreign relations with regional nations over their record on the human rights of sexual or gender minorities. During the election campaign in 2013, KAHRF ran a pledge campaign to get the political parties in Australia committed to LGBTI rights in foreign policy. They were successful in getting the Greens, Labor and the Liberal candidate in Melbourne Ports, Kevin Ekendahl, to sign the pledge. In November 2013,", "title": "Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation" }, { "docid": "16981053", "text": "Human Rights \"welcomed the renewed commitment by leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to universal human rights norms\" noting that \"Other regions have shown how regional human rights systems can evolve and improve over time\" and that \"it is essential that ASEAN ensures that any language inconsistent with international human rights standards does not become a part of any binding regional human rights convention.” ASEAN Human Rights Declaration In 2009, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) established the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights to promote human rights in the ten ASEAN countries. By mid-2012, the Commission", "title": "ASEAN Human Rights Declaration" }, { "docid": "17968339", "text": "human rights as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments; 2) human rights standards contained in, and principles derived from, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments guide all development cooperation and programming in all sectors and in all phases of the programming process and 3) development cooperation contributes to the development of the capacities of 'duty-bearers' to meet their obligations and/or of 'rights-holders' to claim their rights. The major human rights principles guiding the programme are regarded as universality and inalienability; indivisibility; interdependence and interrelatedness; non-discrimination", "title": "Human rights and development" }, { "docid": "14903509", "text": "Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights is a document created by Islamic Councils in Paris and London. It restates basic human rights using the language of Islamic jurisprudence. The difference between the original Arabic version and the official English translation has been described as \"very problematic.\" Among other problems, Mayer notes that throughout the document, references specifically to \"shari'a\" law are mentioned only as \"the Law,\" which could mislead readers of only the English version. Similar documents include the \"Draft Charter on Human and People’s Rights in the Arab World\", endorsed by the", "title": "Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "17196304", "text": "Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published the \"Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women\". This establishes marital rape as a human rights violation. The idea that marriage grants either spouse's consent to sex formed the basis for the reason why marital rape is not a universally accepted crime. Traditional perceptions of marriage and of women contribute to the reasons why marital rape is not universally identified as crime. Wives were regarded as the property of the husband, and therefore the husband was not responsible for a crime when he raped his wife since he did not infringe on", "title": "Prosecution of gender-targeted crimes" }, { "docid": "2143841", "text": "American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, also known as the Bogota Declaration, was the world's first international human rights instrument of a general nature, predating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by less than a year. The Declaration was adopted by the nations of the Americas at the Ninth International Conference of American States in Bogotá, Colombia, in April 1948, where we can find most of its travaux préparatoires. The same meeting that adopted the Charter of the Organization of American States and thereby created the OAS.", "title": "American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man" }, { "docid": "7040063", "text": "The ACT or \"Assisting Communities Together Project\" is the collaboration between the OHCHR and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to make grants available for civil society organizations in implementing human rights activities in local communities. The OHCHR also develops preferred Human Rights Education training materials and resource tools such as the Database on Human Rights Education and Training, Resource Collection on Human Rights Education and Training, and web section on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Finally, it takes care of coordinating the World Program for Human Rights Education. The \"Universal Declaration of Human Rights\" is acknowledged as a", "title": "Human rights education" }, { "docid": "434772", "text": "of its articles. The 1968 United Nations International Conference on Human Rights advised that the Declaration \"constitutes an obligation for the members of the international community\" to all persons. The Declaration has served as the foundation for two binding UN human rights covenants: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The principles of the Declaration are elaborated in international treaties such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the United Nations Convention on", "title": "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" }, { "docid": "1720263", "text": "Rights was replaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council for the enforcement of international human rights law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a UN General Assembly declaration that does not in form create binding international human rights law. Many legal scholars cite the UDHR as evidence of customary international law. More broadly, the UDHR has become an authoritative human rights reference. It has provided the basis for subsequent international human rights instruments that form non-binding, but ultimately authoritative international human rights law. Besides the adoption in 1966 of the two wide-ranging Covenants that form part of", "title": "International human rights law" }, { "docid": "3091073", "text": "Human Rights (section 3(1)). Where this is not possible, the court may issue a \"declaration of incompatibility\". The declaration does not invalidate the legislation, but permits the amendment of the legislation by a special fast-track procedure under section 10 of the Act. As of August 2006, 20 declarations had been made, of which six were overturned on appeal. The Human Rights Act applies to all public bodies within the United Kingdom, including central government, local authorities, and bodies exercising public functions. However, it does not include Parliament when it is acting in its legislative capacities. Section 3 is a particularly", "title": "Human Rights Act 1998" }, { "docid": "12062583", "text": "of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and the Declaration on the Right to Development; 9. Ensure the full implementation of the human rights of women and of the girl child as an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms; 10. Build on consensus and progress made at previous United Nations conferences and summits - on women in", "title": "Beijing Declaration" }, { "docid": "8558371", "text": "Peabody Coal), Texaco and Unocal. WAAKE-UP! faxed and emailed documentation violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights committed by corporations invested in by the University of Colorado to the regents, Byyny and Buechner, demanding they support Council Resolution 106 by April 12. None of the University officials responded. April 26, 1999, WAAKE-UP! held a rally at the Dalton Trumbo Fountain outside the University Memorial Center on the CU-Boulder campus encouraging the University of Colorado, to dissolve the University's neutrality policy on investments and sign a basic commitment to human rights. Byyny refused to meet with the protesters. In response,", "title": "WAAKE-UP!" }, { "docid": "12032655", "text": "resulting therefrom.\" The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action states in Article 10 \"The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirms the \"right to development\", as established in the Declaration on the Right to Development, as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of fundamental human rights. As stated in the Declaration on the Right to Development, the human person is the central subject of development. While development facilitates the enjoyment of all human rights, the lack of development may not be invoked to justify the abridgement of internationally recognized human rights. States should cooperate with each other in", "title": "Right to development" }, { "docid": "497021", "text": "influenced the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights, which in turn influenced the Declaration of Independence. Although not a comprehensive statement of civil and political liberties, the Bill of Rights stands as one of the landmark documents in the development of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and a model for later, more general, statements of rights; these include the United States Bill of Rights, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights. For example, as with the Bill of Rights 1689,", "title": "Bill of Rights 1689" }, { "docid": "20875997", "text": "video and the internet. The Act also lists freedom of expression offences such as defaming someone or threatening domestic security through publication. International law and conventions provide a key framework for protecting human rights in Sweden. Sweden abides and is signatory to multiple international agreements concerning human rights. International standards for human rights found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights all influence Sweden's domestic and foreign human rights policy. The United Nations Universal Declaration of", "title": "Human rights in Sweden" }, { "docid": "614142", "text": "Human Rights was the main subsidiary body of the Commission on Human Rights. It was composed of twenty-six experts whose responsibility was to undertake studies, particularly in light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and make recommendations to the Commission concerning the prevention of discrimination of any kind relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms and the protection of racial, national, religious and linguistic minorities. Membership was selected with regard to equitable geographical distribution. The Sub-Commission established seven Working Groups that investigate specific human rights concerns, including: The United Nations Human Rights Council assumed responsibility for the Sub-Commission when", "title": "United Nations Commission on Human Rights" } ]
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name the group of seven stars seen in the sky
[ "Pleiades" ]
[ { "docid": "670116", "text": "Pleiades The Pleiades (), also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. The cluster is dominated by hot blue and luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Reflection nebulae around the brightest stars were once thought to be left over material from the formation of the cluster, but are now considered likely to be an unrelated", "title": "Pleiades" }, { "docid": "11975092", "text": "for indicating the direction North. \"The Plough\" is also a common pub name. The reference to \"seven stars in the sky\" in the famous Green Grow the Rushes O! Teaching Song or Dilly Song gives further, if mystical, insights. The Seven Stars could be the Seven Stars referred to in Revelations as representing the seven angels of the Seven churches of Asia; or the Pleiades, or Ursa Major. The song is replete with Christian and Pre-Christian symbolism, and dates to medieval times, if not earlier. Shakespeare refers to the \"seven stars\" in King Lear Act 1, v The Seven Stars", "title": "The Seven Stars Inn" }, { "docid": "15341266", "text": "name Skanda. Additionally N. Gopala Pillai postulated that Skanda derives from Alexander the Great. Kartikeya means \"of the Krittikas\". This epithet is also linked to his birth. After he appears on the banks of the River Ganges, he is seen by the six of the seven brightest stars cluster in the night sky called \"Krittikas\" in Hindu texts (called Pleiades in Greek texts). These six mothers all want to take care of him and nurse baby Kartikeya. Kartikeya ends the argument by growing five more heads to have a total of six heads so he can look at all six", "title": "Kartikeya" }, { "docid": "12900044", "text": "around the ceremonial ball court in a circle, and rose up into the sky. Only six of the boys made it to the sky; the seventh was caught by his mother and fell to the ground with such force that he sank into the ground. A pine tree grew over his resting place. A Cheyenne myth \"The Girl Who Married a Dog\", states that the group of seven stars known as the Pleiades originated from seven puppies which a Cheyenne chief's daughter gave birth to after mysteriously being visited by a dog in human form to whom she vowed \"Wherever", "title": "Pleiades in folklore and literature" }, { "docid": "12900059", "text": "to Kurlunyalimpa and with the spirits of Uluru, transformed into stars. Jilbi transforms himself into what is commonly known as the Morning Star in Orion's belt , thus continuing to chase the seven sisters across the sky. There is an analogous holiday in Hawaiʻi known as Makahiki. Occurring June 20 – June 22, the winter solstice (\"Te Maruaroa o Takurua\") is seen by the New Zealand Māori as the middle of the winter season. It follows directly after the first sighting of \"Matariki\" (The Pleiades) and \"Puanga/Puaka\" (Rigel) in the dawn sky, an event which marked the beginning of the", "title": "Pleiades in folklore and literature" }, { "docid": "2056271", "text": "La Pléiade La Pléiade () is the name given to a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. The name was a reference to another literary group, the original Alexandrian Pleiad of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians (3rd century B.C.), corresponding to the seven stars of the Pleiades star cluster. The name \"Pléiade\" was also adopted in 1323 by a group of fourteen poets (seven men and seven women) in Toulouse. Notable members of \"La Pléiade\" consisted of the following people: The core group of the French", "title": "La Pléiade" }, { "docid": "379386", "text": "Al-Jawza' (Sirius), which a group of Arabs used to worship.\" The alternate name \"Aschere\", used by Johann Bayer, is derived from this. In theosophy, it is believed the \"Seven Stars of the Pleiades\" transmit the spiritual energy of the Seven Rays from the \"Galactic Logos\" to the \"Seven Stars of the Great Bear\", then to Sirius. From there is it sent via the Sun to the god of Earth (Sanat Kumara), and finally through the seven Masters of the Seven Rays to the human race. The Dogon people are an ethnic group in Mali, West Africa, reported by some researchers", "title": "Sirius" }, { "docid": "17575644", "text": "Tjhit Liap Seng Tjhit Liap Seng (Perfected Spelling: Chit Liap Seng, Hokkien Chinese for \"Seven Stars\" or \"Pleiades\"; ), also known as Bintang Toedjoeh in Malay, is an 1886 novel by Lie Kim Hok. It is considered the first Chinese Malay novel. In Canton, a baby girl is delivered to a group of seven male students who call themselves the \"Seven Stars\", during their meeting. They name the child Tjhit Seng Nio and agree to raise her together. Eight years later, after the group graduates, Seng Nio is enrolled in a school for girls. Her adoptive fathers find their own", "title": "Tjhit Liap Seng" }, { "docid": "3483448", "text": "Pleiades (Greek mythology) The Pleiades (; ), companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene. They were the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides. The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Dionysus. They were thought to have been translated to the night sky as a cluster of stars, the Pleiades, and were associated with rain. Classicists debate the origin of the name \"Pleiades\". It ostensibly", "title": "Pleiades (Greek mythology)" }, { "docid": "3441726", "text": "cluster (see map). In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included \"Maia\" for this star. It is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. Maia was the oldest of seven beautiful sisters known as the Pleiades. She was impregnated by Zeus, thereby conceiving Hermes, the messenger god. As Maia and the Pleiades are visible in the winter night sky along", "title": "Maia (star)" } ]
[ { "docid": "14710063", "text": "Carina in Chinese astronomy The modern constellation Carina lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, \"Nán Fāng Zhū Què\") and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, \"Jìnnánjíxīngōu\"), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography. According to the quadrant, possibly constellation Carina in Chinese sky is almost not seen, except Canopus (Alpha Carinae), and Canopus is \"south pole\" in Chinese sky, and Miaplacidus (Beta Carinae), Aspidiske (Iota Carinae) and Avior (Epsilon Carinae) are bright stars in this constellation that are possibly never seen in the Chinese sky. The name of the western constellation in", "title": "Carina in Chinese astronomy" }, { "docid": "435967", "text": "star is explained as the boon given to the boy sage Dhruva by Lord Vishnu. In Javanese, as known as \"Bintang Kartika\". This name comes from Sanskrit which refers \"krttikã\" the same star cluster. In ancient Javanese this brightest seven stars are known as \"Lintang Wuluh\", literally means \"seven stars\". This star cluster is so popular because its emergence into the sky signals the time marker for planting. In South Korea, the constellation is referred to as \"the seven stars of the north\". In the related myth, a widow with seven sons found comfort with a widower, but to get", "title": "Ursa Major" }, { "docid": "435973", "text": "Ursa Minor Ursa Minor (Latin: \"Lesser Bear\", contrasting with Ursa Major), also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation in the Northern Sky. Like the Great Bear, the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle, hence the North American name, Little Dipper: seven stars with four in its bowl like its partner the Big Dipper. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation, particularly by mariners, because of Polaris being", "title": "Ursa Minor" }, { "docid": "435980", "text": "\"septentrio\", from \"septem\" (seven) and \"triones\" (oxen), from seven oxen driving a plough, which the seven stars also resemble. This name has also been attached to the main stars of Ursa Major. In Inuit astronomy, the three brightest stars—Polaris, Kochab and Pherkad—were known as \"Nuutuittut\" \"never moving\", though the term is more frequently used in the singular to refer to Polaris alone. The Pole Star is too high in the sky at far northern latitudes to be of use in navigation. In Chinese astronomy, the main stars of Ursa Minor are divided between two asterisms: 勾陳 \"Gòuchén\" (Curved Array) (including", "title": "Ursa Minor" }, { "docid": "20818646", "text": "the Earth. Corresponding to those seven days of the week of the Kanglei peoples, there is a constellation of seven stars in the sky, as described by the Puya, Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Ama-ilon Pukok which was written about 3500 years BP by the Kanglei Ancestors in Kangleipak: \"8 ti Eenunglonna Thouwaimichak Apakpa Oipana Pu Ama Koukhale | Khununglonna Thouwaimichak pee malik sitapa Cheion Talet Haina Haikhale ||\" Rough English translation of the above quotation: \"The 8th , the group of stars forming a constellation (in the space), is known as Thouwaimichak Cheion Talet (Seven Stars which can became Human", "title": "Sanamahi creation myth" }, { "docid": "1603148", "text": "the sky refers to only the lower, more dense portions of the atmosphere. During daylight, the sky appears to be blue because air scatters more blue sunlight than red. At night, the sky appears to be a mostly dark surface or region spangled with stars. During the day, the Sun can be seen in the sky unless obscured by clouds. In the night sky (and to some extent during the day) the Moon, planets and stars are visible in the sky. Some of the natural phenomena seen in the sky are clouds, rainbows, and aurorae. Lightning and precipitation can also", "title": "Sky" }, { "docid": "955998", "text": "other sky and earth deities, such as the star deities and the decans deities. The cycles of the stars and the planets, and the time keeping are covered in the book. Nut (goddess) Nut (), also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky in the Ennead of ancient Egyptian religion. She was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over the earth, or as a cow. The pronunciation of ancient Egyptian is uncertain because vowels were long omitted from its writing, although her name often includes the unpronounced determinative hieroglyph for \"sky\". Her name ', itself", "title": "Nut (goddess)" }, { "docid": "15772827", "text": "Phoenix in Chinese astronomy The modern constellation Phoenix lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, \"Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ\"), and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, \"Jìnnánjíxīngōu\"), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography. According to the quadrant, constellation Phoenix in Chinese sky is not fully seen. Ankaa (Alpha Phoenicis) are bright stars in this constellation that possibly never seen in Chinese sky. The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 鳳凰座 (\"fèng huáng zuò\"), which means \"the phoenix constellation\". The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Phoenix area consists of", "title": "Phoenix in Chinese astronomy" }, { "docid": "14727760", "text": "Grus in Chinese astronomy The modern constellation Grus lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, \"Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ\"), and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, \"Jìnnánjíxīngōu\"), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography. Constellation Grus in Chinese sky is not fully seen. Alnair (Alpha Gruis) and Tiaki (Beta Gruis) are bright stars in this constellation that possibly never seen in Chinese sky. The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天鶴座 (\"tiān hè zuò\"), meaning \"the heaven crane constellation\". The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Grus area consists of", "title": "Grus in Chinese astronomy" }, { "docid": "15772828", "text": ": Phoenix in Chinese astronomy The modern constellation Phoenix lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, \"Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ\"), and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, \"Jìnnánjíxīngōu\"), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography. According to the quadrant, constellation Phoenix in Chinese sky is not fully seen. Ankaa (Alpha Phoenicis) are bright stars in this constellation that possibly never seen in Chinese sky. The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 鳳凰座 (\"fèng huáng zuò\"), which means \"the phoenix constellation\". The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Phoenix area consists", "title": "Phoenix in Chinese astronomy" }, { "docid": "14727761", "text": ": Grus in Chinese astronomy The modern constellation Grus lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, \"Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ\"), and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, \"Jìnnánjíxīngōu\"), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography. Constellation Grus in Chinese sky is not fully seen. Alnair (Alpha Gruis) and Tiaki (Beta Gruis) are bright stars in this constellation that possibly never seen in Chinese sky. The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天鶴座 (\"tiān hè zuò\"), meaning \"the heaven crane constellation\". The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Grus area consists", "title": "Grus in Chinese astronomy" }, { "docid": "3779023", "text": "horizon, the Milky Way, a band of what looks like white dust, can be seen. The Magellanic Clouds of the southern sky are easily mistaken to be Earth-based clouds (hence the name) but are in fact collections of stars found outside the Milky Way known as dwarf galaxies. Zodiacal light is a glow that appears near the points where the sun rises and sets, and is caused by sunlight interacting with interplanetary dust. Shortly after sunset and before sunrise, artificial satellites often look like stars—similar in brightness and size—but move relatively quickly. Those that fly in low Earth orbit cross", "title": "Night sky" }, { "docid": "5389056", "text": "as luminous and faint stars that are closer. There will appear to be more luminous objects within a certain distance from Earth than faint objects. However, there are many more faint stars, they simply cannot be seen because they are so dim. The bias towards luminous stars when observing a patch of sky affects calculations of the average absolute magnitude and average distance to a group of stars. Because of the luminous stars that are at a further distance, it will appear as if our sample of stars is farther away than it actually is, and that each star is", "title": "Malmquist bias" }, { "docid": "13283351", "text": "stated: \"The band's current six-member lineup, together five years and responsible for 2007's stunning \"Sky Blue Sky,\" is its strongest to date—and Wilco (The Album) is as well-rounded an effort as the group has released.\" \"The Austin Chronicle\" gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five and stated: \"What it lacks in identity, perhaps a statement of purpose locked down by a title, the tightly produced, musically pointed Wilco compensates for in near-total coalescence. Its hope, vulnerability, and fears converse as one Tweedy.\" \"Under the Radar\" gave the album seven stars out of ten and said it \"rumbles out of", "title": "Wilco (The Album)" }, { "docid": "1763079", "text": "SL(2,C) to the Lorentz group SO(1,3), and the map is evidently a homomorphism. This is the spinor map. The kernel of the spinor map is the two element subgroup ±\"I\", and it happens that the map is surjective. By the first isomorphism theorem, the quotient group PSL(2,C) = SL(2,C) / {±\"I\"} is isomorphic to SO(1,3). This isomorphism has the consequence that Möbius transformations of the Riemann sphere represent the way that Lorentz transformations change the appearance of the night sky, as seen by an observer who is maneuvering at relativistic velocities relative to the \"fixed stars\". Suppose the \"fixed stars\"", "title": "Lorentz group" }, { "docid": "3832407", "text": "terms remains somewhat inconsistent, varying among published sources. An asterism may be understood as an informal group of stars within the area of an official or defunct former constellation. Some include stars from more than one constellation. Asterisms are frequently simple shapes containing a few or many bright stars, making them easy to identify. This can be particularly useful for people who are familiarizing themselves with the night sky. For example, the asterisms known as The Plough (Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper, etc.) comprises the seven brightest stars in the International Astronomical Union (IAU) recognised constellation Ursa Major. Another is", "title": "Asterism (astronomy)" }, { "docid": "14427429", "text": "School of Hard Knocks (TV series) School of Hard Knocks (SOHK) is a Sky Sports TV documentary that highlights the work of the School of Hard Knocks Charity. The concept was created by Ken Cowen who founded the charity in the same name in 2012. Originally broadcast by Sky Sports, the show has recently been aired as well on Sky 1. Series 8 aired in September 2015. The programme has seen contributions from Tony Blair, David Haye, South African stars Bryan Habana, Victor Matfield, John Smit and Schalk Burger, Phil Larder, Jason Robinson, Shaun Edwards and many more. The current", "title": "School of Hard Knocks (TV series)" }, { "docid": "435979", "text": "train, of light\" (i.e. λύκος \"wolf\" vs. λύκ- \"light\"). Allen points to the Old Irish name of the constellation, \"drag-blod\" \"fire trail\", for comparison. Brown (1899) suggested a non-Greek origin of the name (a loan from an Assyrian \"An‑nas-sur‑ra\" \"high-rising\"). An alternative myth tells of two bears that saved Zeus from his murderous father Cronus by hiding him on Mount Ida. Later Zeus set them in the sky, but their tails grew long from being swung up into the sky by the god. Because Ursa Minor consists of seven stars, the Latin word for \"north\" (\"i.e.\", where Polaris points) is", "title": "Ursa Minor" }, { "docid": "10525911", "text": "because bright early-type spectra are easier to detect than fainter and later ones. In fact, almost no stars with spectral type later than F appear among his objects. On the other hand, his results were not fully conclusive because there are known regions in the sky with many stars of the same spectral type but in which it is difficult to find two stars with the same proper motions or radial velocity. A striking example of this fact is Upgren 1; initially, it was suggested that this small group of seven F stars was the remnant of an old cluster", "title": "Open cluster remnant" }, { "docid": "17778296", "text": "but can be seen from suburban areas when overhead. In the night sky, 68 Cygni is located west of the main asterism of Cygnus, approximately seven degrees east-southeast of the first-magnitude star Deneb. This is near the midpoint of the imaginary line between the 3rd-magnitude stars Xi Cygni and Rho Cygni. The star can also be found by continuing north along the line between the stars Zeta Cygni, Upsilon Cygni, Tau Cygni, and Sigma Cygni, as 68 Cygni is the first easily visible naked-eye star one will come to. According to the star's measured parallax of 0.70 milliarcseconds, it is", "title": "68 Cygni" }, { "docid": "17490958", "text": "Group changed its name to the Adara Group. The name Adara comes from the Epsilon Canis Majori, the second brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has the traditional name Adhara (sometimes spelled Adara). The Adara Group was co-founded in 1998 in Bermuda by Audette Exel and a small group of friends. Exel had just finished a three-year position as the Managing Director of BCB (during which time she was also the chairperson of the BSX). Soon after formation, Adara Development began to conduct development research in Humla, Nepal,", "title": "Adara Group" }, { "docid": "7829819", "text": "seven corresponds to the seven classical planets known to antiquity. Ancient observers noticed that these objects moved at different paces in the sky both from each other and from the fixed stars beyond them: Mercury, Venus, the Moon, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Unlike comets, which appeared in the sky with no warning, they did move in regular patterns that could be predicted. They also observed that objects in the sky influenced objects on earth, as when movements of the sun affect the behavior of plants or movements of the moon affect ocean tides. While others believe the seven", "title": "Seven Heavens" }, { "docid": "15086031", "text": "Sky-Hi Nunataks Sky-Hi Nunataks is a nunatak group 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, located 11 nautical miles (20 km) east of Grossman Nunataks and northeast of Merrick Mountains in Palmer Land, extending from Doppler Nunatak in the west to Arnoldy Nunatak in the east and including Mount Mende, Mount Lanzerotti, Mount Carrara, and Mount Cahill. The nunataks were first seen and photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. The name derives from the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) project Sky-Hi, in which Camp Sky-Hi (later designated Eights Station) was set up in Ellsworth Land", "title": "Sky-Hi Nunataks" }, { "docid": "6693977", "text": "same star cluster. In ancient Javanese this brightest seven stars are known as \"Lintang Wuluh\", literally means \"seven stars\". This star cluster is so popular because its emergence into the sky signals the time marker for planting. In Hindu astronomy, it is referred to as the \"Collection of Seven Great Sages\" (\"Saptarshi Mandala\"), as each star is named after a mythical Hindu sage. An Arabian story has the four stars of the Plough's bowl as a coffin, with the three stars in the handle as mourners, following it. In Mongolian, it is known as the \"Seven Gods\" (). In Kazakh,", "title": "Big Dipper" }, { "docid": "945216", "text": "Atutahi In Māori mythology, Atutahi is the name of Canopus, (Alpha Carinae). Atutahi is the second brightest star in the night-time sky, second only to Sirius (Takurua). \"Aotahi\", \"Autahi\", and \"Atutahi\", \"First-light\" or \"Single-light\", were equivalent names that also intimated the star's solitary or self-centered nature. Atutahi is considered to be very tapu star, and always dwells alone. This is seen in its position outside the Milky Way. Of all the stars known to the Māori, Atutahi had a special place, along with Rigel (Puanga), because of their intimate association with kūmara cultivation. Their appearance in the eastern sky was", "title": "Atutahi" }, { "docid": "80959", "text": "Canis Minor is most prominent at 10 PM during mid-February. It is then seen earlier in the evening until July, when it is only visible after sunset before setting itself, and rising in the morning sky before dawn. The constellation's three-letter abbreviation, as adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922, is \"CMi\". Canis Minor contains only two stars brighter than fourth magnitude. At magnitude 0.34, Procyon, or Alpha Canis Minoris, is the seventh-brightest star in the night sky, as well as one of the closest. Its name means \"before the dog\" or \"preceding the dog\" in Greek, as it", "title": "Canis Minor" }, { "docid": "15716259", "text": "The Stars in the Bright Sky The Stars in the Bright Sky is the sixth novel by Scottish writer Alan Warner. First published in 2010, it is a follow-up to his 1998 book \"The Sopranos\". The earlier novel followed a group of Catholic schoolgirls from a bleak town in the west coast of Scotland on a disastrous day trip to Edinburgh to participate in a national choir competition. \"The Stars in the Bright Sky\" returns to most of these characters three years later, and presents an account of their attempt to arrange a holiday abroad. The story, set in 2001,", "title": "The Stars in the Bright Sky" }, { "docid": "5929299", "text": "of the Milky Way. The ESA spacecraft \"Gaia\" provides distance estimates by determining the parallax of a billion stars and is mapping the Milky Way with four planned releases of maps in 2022. Milky Way The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. The name describes the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. The term \"Milky Way\" is a translation of the Latin ', from the Greek (', \"milky circle\"). From Earth, the Milky Way appears as", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "5929225", "text": "Milky Way The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. The name describes the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. The term \"Milky Way\" is a translation of the Latin ', from the Greek (', \"milky circle\"). From Earth, the Milky Way appears as a band because its disk-shaped structure is viewed from within. Galileo Galilei first resolved the band of light into individual stars with his telescope in 1610. Until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "20171777", "text": "with sunrise by the Vilna Gaon and Rabbi Hai Gaon. 12:o'clock am (midnight) was also the \"sixth hour\" of the night, whereas the \"first hour\" of the night began when the first three stars appeared in the night sky. In old times, the hour was detected by observation of the position of the sun, or when the first three stars appeared in the night sky. During the first six hours of the day, the sun is seen in the eastern sky. At the \"sixth hour\", the sun is always at its zenith in the sky, meaning, it is either directly", "title": "Relative hour (Jewish law)" }, { "docid": "12372680", "text": "The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars) The Magnificent Seven is the informal name of a group of isolated young cooling neutron stars at a distance of 120 to 500 parsecs from Earth. These objects are also known under the names XDINS (X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars) or simply XINS. The first to fit this classification was RX J1856.5-3754, which was discovered by Walter et al. in 1992, and confirmed as a neutron star in 1996. The term \"Magnificent Seven\" was initially applied to the sources RX J1856.5-3754, RBS1556, RBS1223, RX J0806.4-4132, RX J0720.4-3125, RX J0420.0-5022 and MS 0317.7-6647. However, it was", "title": "The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars)" }, { "docid": "161626", "text": "5148, also known as the Spare Tyre Nebula, and a group of four interacting galaxies known as the Grus Quartet. The stars that form Grus were originally considered part of the neighbouring constellation Piscis Austrinus (the southern fish), with Gamma Gruis seen as part of the fish's tail. The stars were first defined as a separate constellation by the Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius, who created twelve new constellations based on the observations of the southern sky by the Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, who had sailed on the first Dutch trading expedition, known as the \"Eerste", "title": "Grus (constellation)" }, { "docid": "12170432", "text": "which has the appearance of blackness, albeit with a scattering of stars on a clear night. During the day, the sky is seen as a deep blue due to the sunlight reflected on the air. Astronomically speaking, the sky is a celestial sphere–an imaginary dome divided into constellations–where the moon, planets, stars and sun seem to visually move across the sky. Although artists have long painted the sky it was Edward Hopper who first showed us the beauty of the skyscape, sans clouds. In the 1950s, Eric Sloane painted many cloudless skyscapes during his stay in Taos, New Mexico. Another", "title": "Skyscape art" }, { "docid": "4281716", "text": "as \"Wumba\" \"deaf\", alongside Mars as \"Gumba\" \"fat\" and Venus as \"Ngindigindoer\" \"you are laughing\". Tasmanian aboriginal lore held that Canopus was \"Dromerdene\", the brother of \"Moinee\"; the two fought and fell out of the sky, with \"Dromerdene\" falling into Louisa Bay in southwest Tasmania. Canopus was known to the ancient Mesopotamians and given the name \"NUN-ki\" and represented the city of Eridu in the \"Three Stars Each\" Babylonian star catalogues and later MUL.APIN around 1100 BC. Today, the star Sigma Sagittarii is known by the common name Nunki. An occasional name seen in English is \"Soheil\", or the feminine", "title": "Canopus" }, { "docid": "7359005", "text": "find remarkable information such as that the Earth is round, it has an axis and it moves around it in one day, it has three climate zones and that the Sun magnetizes the Stars and planets. The name \"planet\" comes from the Greek term πλανήτης (\"planētēs\"), meaning \"wanderer\", as ancient astronomers noted how certain lights moved across the sky in relation to the other stars. Five planets can be seen with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, the Greek names being Hermes, Aphrodite, Ares, Zeus and Cronus. Sometimes the luminaries, the Sun and Moon, are added to", "title": "Ancient Greek astronomy" }, { "docid": "637810", "text": "not been observed yet, they are observed to have travelled along a curved path or a partial arc. The more general term \"double star\" is used for pairs of stars which are seen to be close together in the sky. This distinction is rarely made in languages other than English. Double stars may be binary systems or may be merely two stars that appear to be close together in the sky but have vastly different true distances from the Sun. The latter are termed \"optical doubles\" or \"optical pairs\". Since the invention of the telescope, many pairs of double stars", "title": "Binary star" }, { "docid": "233193", "text": "Gliese 436, a faint star in Leo about 33 light-years away from the Sun, is orbited by a transiting Neptune-mass extrasolar planet. The carbon star CW Leo (IRC +10216) is the brightest star in the night sky at the infrared N-band (10 μm wavelength). The star SDSS J102915+172927 (Caffau's star) is a population II star in the galactic halo seen in Leo. It is about 13 billion years old, making it one of the oldest stars in the Galaxy. It has the lowest metallicity of any known star. Modern astronomers, including Tycho Brahe in 1602, excised a group of stars", "title": "Leo (constellation)" }, { "docid": "13401182", "text": "character will wave goodbye to the stars as they depart for the night sky. Bowser and Bowser Jr. are seen flying in their Clown Cars, their plan to decorate the castle with Mini Stars foiled. All the characters then reunite to witness the Mini Stars once again, and the story concludes with the ending sentences: \"And so the adventure came to an end. Rescued by (the character that the player chose), the Mini Stars were free to glitter in the night sky forever.\" \"Mario Party 9\" received mixed or average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan,", "title": "Mario Party 9" }, { "docid": "14718928", "text": "bright stars in this constellation that never seen in Chinese sky. The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 南十字座 (\"nán shí zì zuò\"), meaning \"the southern cross-shaped constellation\". The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Crux area consists of : Crux in Chinese astronomy The modern constellation Crux is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit", "title": "Crux in Chinese astronomy" }, { "docid": "12372691", "text": "with the GBT telescope are presented by Kondratiev et al. There are claims that some signal was detected at very low frequencies, but these results are not very certain and require confirmation. The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars) The Magnificent Seven is the informal name of a group of isolated young cooling neutron stars at a distance of 120 to 500 parsecs from Earth. These objects are also known under the names XDINS (X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars) or simply XINS. The first to fit this classification was RX J1856.5-3754, which was discovered by Walter et al. in 1992, and confirmed", "title": "The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars)" }, { "docid": "9974759", "text": "the story of Orion the Hunter and the Scorpius the Scorpion by the ancient Greeks. This ancient culture saw a very startling pattern of bright stars in the winter sky that, from their point of view, resembled a mighty hunter, which they named Orion. During the summer, they saw another startling pattern of bright stars that resembled a scorpion. They noticed that the constellations of Orion and the scorpion were positioned at opposite ends of the sky and were never seen in the sky simultaneously. As one constellation rose above the eastern horizon, the other was setting below the western", "title": "Star lore" }, { "docid": "9664386", "text": "Possum Tjapaltjarri, who have the seven sisters as one of their Dreamings. Gabriella Possum and Michelle Possum paint the Seven Sisters Dreaming in their paintings. They inherited this Dreaming through their maternal line. Australian Aboriginal astronomy Australian Aboriginal astronomy is a name given to indigenous Australian culture relating to astronomical subjects – such as the Sun and Moon, the stars, planets, and the Milky Way, and their motions on the sky. One of the earliest records of indigenous astronomy was made by William Edward Stanbridge, an Englishman who emigrated to Australia in 1841 and befriended the local Boorong people. A", "title": "Australian Aboriginal astronomy" }, { "docid": "6023821", "text": "'The Inseparable Ones'), two children, a boy (named Pipirima) and a girl (named Réhua), who were fleeing their wicked parents and then became stars in the sky. According to other sources the boy's name is Pipiri and Pipiri-ma refers to 'Pipiri and his sister'. In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name \"Pipirima\" for this star on 5 September 2017 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names. In Chinese astronomy, Mu² Scorpii is called 尾宿增二. This is", "title": "Mu2 Scorpii" }, { "docid": "5359253", "text": "the sky to pick up and carry off its victims. The earliest stories claim that this monster sucked the blood of its victims. Seven-pointed stars, which reputedly kept the snallygaster at bay, can still be seen painted on local barns. It has been suggested the legend was resurrected in the 19th century to frighten freed slaves. Newspaper accounts throughout February and March 1909 describe encounters between local residents and a beast with \"enormous wings, a long pointed bill, claws like steel hooks, and an eye in the center of its forehead.\" It was described as making screeches \"like a locomotive", "title": "Snallygaster" }, { "docid": "12944709", "text": "significant growth opportunity for ukbetting and sought to leverage the European market, a market that he was familiar with as former Racing and Trading Director of Coral and Managing Director of Eurobet. BSkyB then owned GoldBet in December 2006 after the purchase of 365 Media Group. Sky Betting & Gaming Sky Betting & Gaming is a British-based gambling company, owned by The Stars Group, with headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire and offices in Sheffield, London, Guernsey, Rome and Germany. Sky Betting & Gaming consists of five core brands: Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Poker and Sky Bingo. It", "title": "Sky Betting & Gaming" }, { "docid": "1483140", "text": "provide essential information about the evolution of galaxies. The ultraviolet universe looks quite different from the familiar stars and galaxies seen in visible light. Most stars are actually relatively cool objects emitting much of their electromagnetic radiation in the visible or near-infrared part of the spectrum. Ultraviolet radiation is the signature of hotter objects, typically in the early and late stages of their evolution. In the Earth's sky seen in ultraviolet light, most stars would fade in prominence. Some very young massive stars and some very old stars and galaxies, growing hotter and producing higher-energy radiation near their birth or", "title": "Ultraviolet astronomy" }, { "docid": "2003812", "text": "the first planet discovered using technology (a telescope) rather than being spotted by the naked eye. Theoretically, in a typical dark sky, the dark adapted human eye would see the about 5,600 stars brighter than +6 while in perfect dark sky conditions about 45,000 stars brighter than +8 might be visible. In practice, the atmospheric extinction and dust reduces this number somewhat. In the center of a city, where the naked-eye limiting magnitude due to extreme amounts of light pollution can be as low as 2, with as few as 50 stars visible. Colors can be seen but this is", "title": "Naked eye" }, { "docid": "15219517", "text": "appear in the skies. According to legend the west wind blows hard, to arrange the stars in the sky. During this month the Melanau go into the forest and begin the planting season, cutting large trees and vines and planting their crops. The farmers will continue their jungle-clearing work until the beginning of the next month, \"Paka Ayeng\". The fifth month coincides with July. The Seven Sisters are high in the sky, and the Three Stars appear lower in the sky. The wind blows with gale force; all farming and fishing activities cease for the month (due to the strong", "title": "Melanau calendar" }, { "docid": "7187553", "text": "Four Point is the only member of the Seven Stars who wants to be called by his given Star name and takes much pride in it. Four Point is the only Star who is commonly seen as he meets many opponents wanting to test his skill. As well as inspiring fear in himself,Four Point's gaze paralyzes his opponents in absolute fear. Four Point is counted among as the 4th member of the Seven Stars, along with being the \"Heart\" of the Great Dragon Constellation. Willow has the ability to infiltrate the minds of others and can heal the sick and", "title": "Wulin Warriors" }, { "docid": "10239614", "text": "Sky-Map.org Sky-Map.org (or WikiSky.org) is a wiki and interactive sky map that covers more than half a billion celestial objects. Users can view the whole star sky at once and zoom in to view areas in greater detail. WikiSky includes many stars, galaxies, constellations, and planets, but it is still in development. Users can also edit information about different stars by writing articles, adding Internet links, uploading images, or create a special interest group for a specific task. The website, although still available for users to visit, has not shown much activity since 2010. Users may browse the sky in", "title": "Sky-Map.org" }, { "docid": "5389055", "text": "same luminosity, the distance from Earth to a particular star could be easily determined. However, stars have a wide range in luminosities. Therefore, it can be difficult to distinguish a very luminous star that is very far away from a less luminous star that is closer. This is why it is so hard to calculate the distance to astronomical objects. Typically, when looking at an area of sky filled with stars, only stars that are brighter than a limiting apparent magnitude can be seen. As discussed above, the very luminous stars that are farther away will be seen, as well", "title": "Malmquist bias" }, { "docid": "2003815", "text": "eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Under typical dark sky conditions Uranus (magnitude +5.8) can be seen as well with averted vision, as can the asteroid Vesta at its brighter oppositions. The Sun and the Moon—the remaining noticeable naked-eye objects of the solar system—are sometimes added to make seven \"planets.\" During daylight only the Moon and Sun are obvious naked eye objects, but in many cases Venus can be spotted in daylight and in rarer cases Jupiter. Close to sunset and sunrise bright stars like Sirius or even Canopus can be spotted with the naked eye as long as", "title": "Naked eye" }, { "docid": "1603158", "text": "brightness. Several sources can be identified as the source of the intrinsic brightness of the sky, namely airglow, indirect scattering of sunlight, scattering of starlight, and artificial light pollution. The term night sky refers to the sky as seen at night. The term is usually associated with skygazing and astronomy, with reference to views of celestial bodies such as stars, the Moon, and planets that become visible on a clear night after the Sun has set. Natural light sources in a night sky include moonlight, starlight, and airglow, depending on location and timing. The fact that the sky is not", "title": "Sky" }, { "docid": "907289", "text": "Viracocha Viracocha is the great creator deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. Full name and some spelling alternatives are Wiracocha, Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra, and Con-Tici (also spelled Kon-Tiki, the source of the name of Thor Heyerdahl's raft). Viracocha was one of the most important deities in the Inca pantheon and seen as the creator of all things, or the substance from which all things are created, and intimately associated with the sea. Viracocha created the universe, sun, moon, and stars, time (by commanding the sun to move over the sky) and", "title": "Viracocha" }, { "docid": "18755448", "text": "HitRadio. The deadline for this was extended to November 2009. On September 18, Sky Radio Group announced to change the name of TMF HitRadio per October 1, 2009 to HitRadio TMS, where TMS stood for \"The Music Station\". At the end of September, Sky Radio Group announced that the scheduled name change was canceled. Ultimately, Sky Radio Group decided to change the name HitRadio. This name change is per 1 November 2009 implemented. Between July and December 1992, Sky Radio Group has been active with a short cable station called HitRadio. This radio station was on December 11, 1992 Radio", "title": "HitRadio Veronica (Sky Radio)" }, { "docid": "80995", "text": "Asterisms (近南極星區, \"Jìnnánjíxīngōu\"). Not all of the stars of Centaurus can be seen from China, and the unseen stars were classified among the Southern Asterisms by Xu Guangqi, based on his study of western star charts. However, most of the brightest stars of Centaurus, including α Centauri, θ Centauri (or Menkent), ε Centauri and η Centauri, can be seen in the Chinese sky. Some Polynesian peoples considered the stars of Centaurus to be a constellation as well. On Pukapuka, Centaurus had two names: \"Na Mata-o-te-tokolua\" and \"Na Lua-mata-o-Wua-ma-Velo\". In Tonga, the constellation was called by four names: \"O-nga-tangata\", \"Tautanga-ufi\", \"Mamangi-Halahu\",", "title": "Centaurus" }, { "docid": "18102082", "text": "The Stars Group Inc. Retired US Army General and former Democratic Party presidential nominee Wesley Clark is a former member of the board of directors. In April 2018, the company acquired UK-focused Sky Betting & Gaming for cash and stock worth $4.7 billion. The Stars Group The Stars Group Inc. (formerly known as Amaya Inc., Amaya Gaming Group Inc. and Rational Group) is a Canadian gaming and online gambling company traded on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol )/() and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company produces and offers online gaming products and services including poker, casino and", "title": "The Stars Group" }, { "docid": "1694442", "text": "it in his southern star catalogue the same year under the Dutch name \"De Pauww\", \"The Peacock\". Pavo and the nearby constellations Phoenix, Grus and Tucana are collectively called the \"Southern Birds\". According to Mark Chartrand, former executive director of the National Space Institute, Plancius may not have been the first to designate this group of stars as a peacock: \"In Greek myth the stars that are now the Peacock were Argos [or Argus], builder of the ship Argo. He was changed by the goddess Juno into a peacock and placed in the sky along with his ship.\" Indeed, the", "title": "Pavo (constellation)" }, { "docid": "9967878", "text": "Men of the Sky (1931 film) Men of the Sky (aka Call of the East' and Stolen Dreams ) is a 1931 all-talking American pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Albert E. Green which was produced by Warner Bros. in 1930 and released in 1931. \"Men of the Sky\" stars Irene Delroy and Jack Whiting. Although aircraft were seen in the film, \"Men of the Sky\" was more of a spy drama. In the years before World War I, a love affair takes place between an American pilot named Jack Ames (Jack Whiting) and a French spy named Madeleine Aubert", "title": "Men of the Sky (1931 film)" }, { "docid": "18267133", "text": "established on the occasion of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010 as the first dark sky area in Slovakia. Poloniny Dark-Sky Park was declared by agreement of six partner organizations. Poloniny Dark-Sky Park was created to inform the public about the exceptionally preserved night environment in this area, to educate on the issue of protection of the environment against light pollution, to promote and protect the dark night sky, which is the basis of protecting the natural environment from light pollution. There is perfectly visible Milky Way, without a telescope nearly 2,000 stars can be seen. Mountains preclude direct visibility", "title": "Poloniny Dark-Sky Park" }, { "docid": "6693970", "text": "(β) and Dubhe (α). This makes it useful in celestial navigation. The constellation of Ursa Major (Latin: Greater Bear) has been seen as a bear, a wagon, or a ladle. The \"bear\" tradition is Greek, but apparently the name \"bear\" has parallels in Siberian or North American traditions. The name \"Bear\" is Homeric, and apparently native to Greece, while the \"Wain\" tradition is Mesopotamian. Book XVIII of Homer's \"Iliad\" mentions it as \"the Bear, which men also call the Wain\". In Latin, these seven stars were known as the \"Seven Oxen\" (', from '). The classical mythographer identified the \"Bear\"", "title": "Big Dipper" }, { "docid": "3660958", "text": "of sparsely populated open clusters. Such clusters can be important for demonstrating how open clusters are ripped apart by the gravitational forces in the Milky Way. The asterism's location in the sky is shown in the following map of the constellation Aquarius: Messier 73 Messier 73 (M73, also known as NGC 6994) is an asterism of four stars in the constellation of Aquarius. An asterism is composed of physically unconnected stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth. M73 was discovered by Charles Messier on October 4, 1780, who originally described the object as", "title": "Messier 73" }, { "docid": "1813697", "text": "Winter Triangle The Winter Triangle is an astronomical asterism formed from three of the brightest stars in the winter sky. It is an imaginary equilateral triangle drawn on the celestial sphere, with its defining vertices at Sirius, Betelgeuse, and Procyon, the primary stars in the three constellations of Canis Major, Orion, and Canis Minor, respectively. For much of the night in the northern winter, the Winter Triangle lies high in the sky at mid-northern latitudes, but can also be seen during autumn in the early morning to the East. In the spring the winter triangle is visible early in the", "title": "Winter Triangle" }, { "docid": "12944694", "text": "Sky Betting & Gaming Sky Betting & Gaming is a British-based gambling company, owned by The Stars Group, with headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire and offices in Sheffield, London, Guernsey, Rome and Germany. Sky Betting & Gaming consists of five core brands: Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Poker and Sky Bingo. It also owns online betting odds comparison site Oddschecker. Sky Betting & Gaming also operates popular, free-to-enter football prediction game Soccer Saturday Super 6 and Sky Sports Fantasy Football. In 2015, Sky plc sold an 80 percent stake in the company to CVC Capital Partners for £600", "title": "Sky Betting & Gaming" }, { "docid": "2991271", "text": "Caput. At this distance most of the stars nearest to us would be in different locations to those in our sky, including Alpha Centauri, Sirius, and Procyon. From a planet orbiting Aldebaran, 65 light years away, our Sun would be seen as an insignificant 6.4 magnitude star between Ophiuchus and Scorpius (more specifically, it would in the vicinity of Phi Ophiuchi and 24 Scorpii). Constellations made of bright, distant stars would look somewhat similar (such as Orion and Scorpius) but much of the night sky would seem unfamiliar to someone from Earth. Even Orion would appear somewhat different; viewed from", "title": "Extraterrestrial skies" }, { "docid": "5087711", "text": "similar in some ways to medicine wheels which are also aligned with sunrises and sunsets, equinoxes, solstices, lunar events, and star patterns. Petroforms also mirrored the night sky, and the patterns of the stars, similar to astrological signs and symbols. The Sioux have oral stories of the serpent in the sky, a turtle, a bear, and other patterns seen in the stars. What is often known today as Orion's belt was one prominent, bright star formation, along with the central and stationary north star, now named as Polaris. What is now known as the planet Venus is the very bright", "title": "Petroform" }, { "docid": "4312959", "text": "Lambda Scorpii Lambda Scorpii (λ Scorpii, abbreviated Lambda Sco, λ Sco), also named Shaula, is (despite being designated 'Lambda') the second-brightest star system in the constellation of Scorpius, and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. \"λ Scorpii\" (Latinised to \"Lambda Scorpii\") is the star's Bayer designation. It bore the traditional name \"Shaula\", which comes from the Arabic الشولاء \"al-šawlā´\" meaning 'the raised [tail]', as it is found in the tail of the scorpion (Scorpius). In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The", "title": "Lambda Scorpii" }, { "docid": "2954173", "text": "Classical planet In classical antiquity, the seven classical planets were the seven non-fixed astronomical objects in the sky visible to the naked eye: Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mercury, the Sun, and the Moon. The word \"planet\" comes from two related Greek words, πλάνης \"planēs\" (whence πλάνητες ἀστέρες \"planētes asteres\" \"wandering stars, planets\") and πλανήτης \"planētēs\", both with the original meaning of \"wanderer\", expressing the fact that these objects move across the celestial sphere relative to the fixed stars. The term \"planet\" in modern terminology is only applied to natural satellites directly orbiting the Sun, so that of the seven classical", "title": "Classical planet" }, { "docid": "4190373", "text": "\"Financial Times\" called \"What India Means To Me\" writing: As has been said, the world is divided into two parts —those who have seen the Taj Mahal, and those who have not. I am proud to be in the first, still too exclusive group. The Shatabdi Express transported me there and back in great comfort. A wonderful train. All of Rajasthan entrances me. The noble Rajput legacy. Jaipur. Udaipur. Jodhpur. And perhaps my favourite, the medieval walled city of Jaisalmer, land of the Bhatti princes, born of the moon. Parapets into the sky. On some nights, there must be stars", "title": "Robert Blackwill" }, { "docid": "8636180", "text": "for habitability is its youth—as little as 200 million years old—and consequent high levels of ultraviolet emission (see \"Implied Spaces\" by Walter Jon Williams, below). Many stars may be referred to in fictional works for their metaphorical or mythological associations, or else as bright points of light in the sky of the Earth, but not as locations in space or the centers of planetary systems. The constellation Eridanus flows north and south in the night sky, and Epsilon Eridani is one of its more northerly stars (see map), which allows it to be seen from most of the Earth's surface.", "title": "Epsilon Eridani in fiction" }, { "docid": "9018700", "text": "of the play of light within the tunnels can be seen. The top of each tunnel has small holes, forming on each, the constellations of Draco, Perseus, Columba, and Capricorn, respectively. The diameters of the holes differ in relation to the magnitude of the stars represented. These holes cast spots of daylight in the dark interiors of the tunnels, which appear almost like stars. Holt said of the tunnels, \"It’s an inversion of the sky/ground relationship-bringing the sky down to the earth.\" This is a common theme in Holt’s work. She sometimes created this relationship with reflecting pools and shadow", "title": "Nancy Holt" }, { "docid": "17634406", "text": "M.Pire M.Pire () was a seven-member South Korean idol group signed under CMG Chorok Stars. Members were Taehee, Yooseung, Lumin, Haru, Red, T.O, and Jerry. The group debuted on August 1, 2013 with six members. Member Lumin, formerly known as LeeU of F.Cuz, joined the group in October 2013. The name 'M.Pire' combines the words 'music' and 'vampire', signifying the need for the group to live off of music. M.Pire’s fandom name is Muse (뮤즈), an acronym standing for: Mind, Understand, Special, and Encourage. Taehee and Seo Yooseung (former stage name of Jino) debuted as a part of BB.BBOYS, a", "title": "M.Pire" }, { "docid": "12944695", "text": "million, with Sky retaining a 20% stake in the company and agreeing to a long-term licence of the Sky brand. In 2018, CVC and Sky agreed to sell Sky Betting & Gaming to The Stars Group for £3.4 billion. Sky Bet is the sports betting division of Sky Betting & Gaming, with the majority of its operations run from Leeds. The company allows betting via its website, telephone, mobile apps and interactive television through Sky. In August 2011 Sky Bet launched its Apple iPhone and iPad app and all markets are also available via Android devices. It remains one of", "title": "Sky Betting & Gaming" }, { "docid": "13470806", "text": "before the loss of one of the Victory-class ships, and the infection of Earth with the Drakh plague. Ending the Drakh plague on Earth was the main goal of the protagonists of the short-lived spinoff, \"Crusade\". The triluminary is a triangular Minbari device (one of three such devices) with a small chip in the center. It appears in the episodes \"And the Sky Full of Stars\" (S1E8), \"Babylon Squared\" (S1E20), \"Chrysalis\" (S1E22), and \"War Without End, Part Two\" (S3E17).. It is a multipurpose object, seen to be used during \"And the Sky Full of Stars\" to meddle with Jeffrey Sinclair's", "title": "Outstanding elements of Babylon 5" }, { "docid": "5566547", "text": "standard). The Royal Stars were used primarily for navigation.They were also believed to govern events in the world. Major disasters, breakthroughs, and historical phenomenons were seen as caused by the stars and their alignment in the sky during the time in which the event occurred. When the stars were aligned accordingly, favourable conditions followed, and when they were negatively aligned, disaster was predicted. Because Regulus was the most influential of the Royal Stars, events that took place while Regulus was in dominance were amplified and grave, foreshadowing destruction. Such alignment only makes sense in configuratons including planets and stars and", "title": "Royal stars" }, { "docid": "17284556", "text": "on their \"Drain the Sky\" album released in 2008. In 1964, Hilder was involved with Barry Goldwater and the presidential campaign. At the time, he considered Goldwater to be the most honorable and courageous candidate he'd ever seen. Also that year, Hilder put together a record album for the Goldwater camp. It was called \"Stars for Barry\". In 1971, Hilder was affiliated with a group called Committees Opposed to Bigotry and Racism in America (COBRA). At that time, he appeared on WKBD Television and was interviewed by Lou Gordon a controversial journalist. Hilder criticized President Richard Nixon's proposed trip to", "title": "Anthony J. Hilder" }, { "docid": "11245214", "text": "pathway consisting of stars appeared in the night sky and Csaba rode down at the head of an army from the heavens. Csaba and his army routed the Frankish invaders and saved the Huns once again, and three more times he returned down the \"Skyway of the Warriors\" to defend his people, and according to some versions of the legend, he was seen once more several centuries later leading Árpád and the Hungarians, brother tribe of the Huns, over the Carpathians and into the land that is today known as Hungary. Consequently, the meaning of the Hungarian name Csaba (Csaba", "title": "Prince Csaba" }, { "docid": "8628878", "text": "for the nation on subjects ranging from agriculture to politics; predictions on individual lagnas; and annual predictions on the basis of birth-stars. There are other regular sections like vedic months and dates from the Indian national calendar. Daily declination of the Sun, equation of time, sidereal time, planetary aspects, correct times of the eclipses, rising and setting times of the moon in different places, rising and setting times of the sun in Kolkata and seven other cities, monthly description of the night sky and locations of the stars and planets with explanatory sky maps are given. The dates of the", "title": "Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika" }, { "docid": "435972", "text": "said of the seven stars pictured in the bordure azure of the coat of arms of Madrid, capital of that country. Ursa Major Ursa Major (; also known as the Great Bear) is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means \"greater (or larger) she-bear\", standing as a reference to and in direct contrast with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy (2nd century AD), and is now the third largest constellation of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa", "title": "Ursa Major" }, { "docid": "7147767", "text": "Angle (astrology) The angles are the four Cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli. The astrological chart is a schematic representation of the sky at any given moment of time, projected upon the ecliptic--or the apparent path of the Sun as seen from the Earth—which forms the circle in which the chart is enclosed. The longitudinal positions of the planets are plotted onto this circle, because the planets (except Pluto) and many stars, lie very close to the Sun's path in celestial latitude. How this map of the sky is seen", "title": "Angle (astrology)" }, { "docid": "435946", "text": "Ursa Major Ursa Major (; also known as the Great Bear) is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means \"greater (or larger) she-bear\", standing as a reference to and in direct contrast with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy (2nd century AD), and is now the third largest constellation of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa Major is primarily known from the asterism of its main seven relatively bright stars comprising the \"Big Dipper\", \"the Wagon\", \"Charles's", "title": "Ursa Major" }, { "docid": "734650", "text": "Stone of Osgiliath was the largest and most powerful of the seven. It alone could \"eavesdrop\" on the others (only two \"palantíri\" could communicate with each other at one time, but only the Osgiliath stone could intercept that communication). It was placed in a tower on the great bridge in Osgiliath that crossed the Anduin. The domed ceiling was painted to resemble a starry sky, and gave its name (\"os-giliath\", the Dome of Stars) to the city itself. This Stone was the first to be lost: during the civil war of the Kin-strife around the middle of the Third Age,", "title": "Palantír" }, { "docid": "7684990", "text": "each star (approximately ), they revolve as the wind changes its direction. Because of its form, each star always positions itself with its frontal side against the wind. The Kremlin stars are illuminated from the inside by filament lamps so that they could be seen against the sky. Even distribution of light inside the stars is ensured by the refractors, which consist of prismatic glass plates. The power of these lamps (3.7 kW in the stars of the Vodovzvodnaya and Borovitskaya towers and 5 kW in the remaining three) ensures good visibility of the stars day and night. The lamps", "title": "Kremlin stars" }, { "docid": "15164096", "text": "coupled with the re-release of Live Under The Sky when it was released in the USA, so it was brought back to Japan. V.S.O.P. (group) V.S.O.P. was an American jazz quintet consisting of Herbie Hancock (piano, keyboards, synthesizers and vocals), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone), Ron Carter (bass), Tony Williams (drums) and Freddie Hubbard (trumpet and flugelhorn). Hancock, Shorter, Carter, and Williams had all been members of the Miles Davis Quintet during the 1960s. V.S.O.P. was essentially a live band: it produced only one studio album (\"Five Stars\" in 1979) and four live albums. The name V.S.O.P. is", "title": "V.S.O.P. (group)" }, { "docid": "3832406", "text": "Asterism (astronomy) In observational astronomy, an asterism is a popularly-known stationary pattern or group of stars that are recognised in the night sky as viewed from Earth. This colloquial definition makes it appear quite similar to a constellation, but they differ mostly in that a constellation is an officially recognized area of the sky, while an asterism is a visually obvious collection of stars and the lines used to mentally connect them; as such, asterisms do not have officially determined boundaries and are therefore a more general concept which may refer to any identified pattern of stars. This distinction between", "title": "Asterism (astronomy)" }, { "docid": "4960633", "text": "just a chance alignment of stars. These recent studies have generally based their findings on improved measurements of parallax and proper motion provided by the Hipparcos satellite which were first published in 1997. The asterism is made up of 10 stars ranging from 5th to 7th magnitude which form the conspicuous \"coathanger\", a straight line of 6 stars with a \"hook\" of 4 stars on the south side. An additional 30 or so fainter stars are sometimes considered to be associated as well. Under a dark sky, the Coathanger can be seen with the naked eye as an unresolved patch", "title": "Brocchi's Cluster" }, { "docid": "5704667", "text": "designation. It bore the traditional name \"Yed Posterior\". \"Yed\" derives from the Arabic \"Yad\" meaning \"the hand\". \"Epsilon \" and \"Delta Ophiuchi\" comprise the left hand of Ophiuchus (the Serpent Bearer) that holds the head of the serpent (Serpens Caput). \"Epsilon\" is \"Yed Posterior\" as it follows \"Delta \" across the sky. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name \"Yed Posterior\" for this star on 5 October 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star", "title": "Epsilon Ophiuchi" }, { "docid": "15766981", "text": "never seen in Chinese sky. The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 孔雀座 (\"kǒng què zuò\"), which means \"the peacock constellation\". The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Pavo area consists of : Pavo in Chinese astronomy The modern constellation Pavo is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in", "title": "Pavo in Chinese astronomy" }, { "docid": "5006130", "text": "they can open it when the soldiers leave. After they leave, the wake continues. Peter, who is present, reads the beginning of Psalm 147 from the Bible to the group, recounting the Lord God numbering the stars. As the psalm is not familiar to Annemarie, her thoughts begin to wander. She wonders how it is possible to number the stars in the sky and remembers Ellen saying that her mother is afraid of the ocean because her mother thinks it is cold and cruel. Annemarie thinks that the night sky and the world are also cold and cruel. Peter opens", "title": "Number the Stars" }, { "docid": "18136756", "text": "percentage of hot stars were intrinsically variable. They referred to them as 53 Persei stars after the prototype 53 Persei. Ten had been discovered by 1993, though Waelkens was unsure if the prototype was actually a member and recommended referring to the group as slowly pulsating B (SPB) stars. The General Catalogue of Variable Stars uses the acronym LPB for \"comparatively long-period pulsating B stars (periods exceeding one day)\", although this terminology is rarely seen elsewhere.<ref name=vsx> Slowly pulsating B-type star A slowly pulsating B-type star (SPB), formerly known as a 53 Persei variable, is a type of pulsating variable", "title": "Slowly pulsating B-type star" }, { "docid": "80948", "text": "in 2012. There are two faint deep-sky objects within the constellation's borders. The 11 Canis-Minorids are a meteor shower that can be seen in early December. Though strongly associated with the Classical Greek uranographic tradition, Canis Minor originates from ancient Mesopotamia. Procyon and Gomeisa were called \"MASH.TAB.BA\" or \"twins\" in the \"Three Stars Each\" tablets, dating to around 1100 BC. In the later \"MUL.APIN\", this name was also applied to the pairs of Pi and Pi Orionis and Zeta and Xi Orionis. The meaning of \"MASH.TAB.BA\" evolved as well, becoming the twin deities Lulal and Latarak, who are on the", "title": "Canis Minor" } ]
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the ruler of the holy roman empire that split his empire in half between his two sons was who
[ "Theodosius I" ]
[ { "docid": "2747373", "text": "Empire. On the death of Theodosius I in 395, he divided the empire between his two sons, with Honorius as his successor in the West, governing from Mediolanum, and Arcadius as his successor in the East, governing from Constantinople. In 476, after the Battle of Ravenna, the Roman Army in the West suffered defeat at the hands of Odoacer and his Germanic \"foederati\". Odoacer forced the deposition of emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the first King of Italy. In 480, following the assassination of the previous Western emperor Julius Nepos, the Eastern emperor Zeno dissolved the Western court and proclaimed", "title": "Western Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "9663525", "text": "the empire on the north-south line along the Balkan Peninsula. The territory was officially split in 395 when Theodosius I (ruled, 379-395) died leaving his son Arcadius emperor of the eastern half of the empire and his other son Honorius emperor of the western half. Throughout the fifth century, the western half of the Roman Empire lost most of its power through decline in political, economic and social situations, the last western emperor being deposed by Germanic mercenaries in AD 476; the eastern half, however, was flourishing. According to historians this flourishing Eastern Roman Empire was then classified as the", "title": "History of Istanbul" }, { "docid": "9663524", "text": "the center of the Greek world and for most of the Byzantine period, the largest city in Europe. Constantine’s conversion to Christianity a few years earlier, in 312, had set the Roman Empire onto Christianization, and in 381, during the reign of Theodosius I, the official state religion of the Roman Empire became Christianity, which turned Constantinople into a thriving religious center. After the end of his reign in 337, Constantine declared his three sons as joint heirs of the Roman Empire in a system of co-emperorship. Unfortunately, the sons couldn’t govern together peacefully and their war raged rivalry split", "title": "History of Istanbul" }, { "docid": "9663523", "text": "capital city. Byzantium (now renamed as \"Nova Roma\" which eventually became \"Constantinopolis\", i.e. \"The City of Constantine\") was officially proclaimed the new capital of the Roman Empire in 330. Following the death of Theodosius I in 395 and the permanent partition of the Roman Empire between his two sons, Constantinople became the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. The combination of imperialism and location would play an important role as the crossing point between two continents (Europe and Asia), and later a magnet for Africa and others as well, in terms of commerce, culture, diplomacy, and strategy. It was", "title": "History of Istanbul" } ]
[ { "docid": "6938085", "text": "Princes of the Holy Roman Empire Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (, , see also: \"Fürst\") was a title attributed to a hereditary ruler, nobleman or prelate recognised as such by the Holy Roman Emperor. Originally, possessors of the princely title bore it as immediate vassals of the Empire, secular or ecclesiastical, who held a fief that had no suzerain except the Emperor. However, by the time the Holy Roman Empire was abolished in 1806, there were a number of holders of Imperial princely titles who did not meet these criteria. Thus, there were two principal types of princes;", "title": "Princes of the Holy Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "6938092", "text": "the Holy Roman Empire might be granted to certain individuals. These individuals included: Princes of the Holy Roman Empire Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (, , see also: \"Fürst\") was a title attributed to a hereditary ruler, nobleman or prelate recognised as such by the Holy Roman Emperor. Originally, possessors of the princely title bore it as immediate vassals of the Empire, secular or ecclesiastical, who held a fief that had no suzerain except the Emperor. However, by the time the Holy Roman Empire was abolished in 1806, there were a number of holders of Imperial princely titles who", "title": "Princes of the Holy Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "1927043", "text": "Recess was the end of the empire. Taking this significant change into consideration, the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II created the title Emperor of Austria, for himself and his successors. In 1804, the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was also ruler of the lands of the Habsburg Monarchy, founded the Empire of Austria, in which all his lands were included. In doing so he created a formal overarching structure for the Habsburg Monarchy, which had functioned as a composite monarchy for about three hundred years. He did so because he foresaw either the end of the Holy Roman Empire,", "title": "Austrian Empire" }, { "docid": "2934860", "text": "Estates of the realm. Originally, half of the judges were Knights of the Empire, and the other half were law graduates, but after 1548 all judges had to be law graduates. Reichskammergericht The Reichskammergericht (, \"Imperial Chamber Court\"; ) was one of two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council in Vienna. It was founded in 1495 by the Imperial Diet in Worms. All legal proceedings in the Holy Roman Empire could be brought to the Imperial Chamber Court, except if the ruler of the territory had a so-called \"privilegium de non", "title": "Reichskammergericht" }, { "docid": "794980", "text": "of the Empire. He also spent much time there, mainly in Brussels. This stands in contrast with the attitude of his son Philip who only visited the Low Countries once. Until the 1540s, Charles did not spend much time in Germany. He frequently was in Northern Italy (then part of the Holy Roman Empire). He never actually governed his Austrian dominions and made his brother Ferdinand the ruler of these lands in 1521, as well as his representative in the Holy Roman Empire during his absence. In spite of this, the Emperor had a close relationship with some German families,", "title": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "1802917", "text": "Nonetheless, as a result of this war, France obtained three French-speaking cities: Metz, Toul and Verdun. In 1556, during the course of the war, Charles V abdicated the Imperial throne as well as the throne of Spain. He abdicated the Imperial throne of the Holy Roman Empire to his brother, who became Ferdinand I of the Holy Roman Empire. The throne of Spain went to Charles' son, who became Philip II of Spain. Thus, the abdication of Charles V split the Habsburg empire that had surrounded France. From this point on, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire would no longer", "title": "Italian Wars" }, { "docid": "4847740", "text": "Vologases IV Vologases IV of Parthia (Parthian: Walagash, , Balāsh) was the ruler of the Parthian Empire from 147 to 191. He was the son of Mithridates IV of Parthia (129–140). Vologases, during his early reign, united the two halves of the empire which had been split between his father and Vologases III of Parthia (105–147). He also reconquered the kingdom of Characene which seems to have been independent since the Roman invasion of the Parthian empire under Trajan (98–117). Vologases IV may be the king Volgash of the Zoroastrian tradition, who began the gathering of the writings of Zoroaster.", "title": "Vologases IV" }, { "docid": "9180040", "text": "a learned man; his sole aim must be the welfare of his subjects; an unjust ruler may be justly deposed; emperor and pope are, each in his sphere, independent rulers; the Holy Roman Empire is a Christian continuation of the pagan empire of ancient Rome; there should be only one supreme temporal ruler, the emperor, to whom all other temporal rulers should be subject. He bewails the gradual decline of both imperial and papal authority, prophesies the early coming of Antichrist and with it the ruin of the Holy Roman Empire and a wholesale desertion of the Holy See. The", "title": "Engelbert of Admont" }, { "docid": "794969", "text": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and the Spanish Empire (as Charles I of Spain) from 1516, as well as of the lands of the former Duchy of Burgundy from 1506. He stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556. Through inheritance, he brought together under his rule extensive territories in western, central, and southern Europe, and the Spanish viceroyalties in the Americas and Asia. As a result, his domains spanned nearly , and", "title": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "19822181", "text": "1460, upon his election as Duke of Holstein, King Christian I promulgated the Treaty of Ribe, affirming that Schleswig (a Danish fief) and Holstein (part of the Holy Roman Empire) were to remain \"forever undivided\" in return for his recognition by the region's noble estates as the rightful ruler of Schleswig-Holstein. From that time forward, Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein were ruled in personal union by the Danish kings for nearly a century. Then, in 1544 King Christian III of Denmark partitioned the two duchies between himself and his two half-brothers, John and Adolf, in an unusual way that would shape Danish", "title": "Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo" }, { "docid": "2747477", "text": "form of the Holy Roman Empire in 962. The Holy Roman Emperors would uphold the notion that they had inherited the supreme power and prestige of the Roman Emperors of old until the downfall of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Charlemagne, and the subsequent Holy Roman Emperors, were not, and did not claim to be, rulers of a restored Western Roman Empire. Pope Leo III and contemporary historians were fully aware of that the notion of a separate Western court had been abolished over three centuries prior and considered the Roman Empire to be \"one and indivisible\". The ruler", "title": "Western Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "3859177", "text": "and from 1867 to 1918 as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The head of the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg was often elected Holy Roman Emperor: from 1415 until the Empire's dissolution in 1806, Charles VII of Bavaria (1742–1745) was the only Holy Roman Emperor who was not Habsburg ruler of Austria. The two entities were never coterminous, as the Habsburg Monarchy covered many lands beyond the Holy Roman Empire, and most of the Empire was ruled by other dynasties. This Austrian Habsburg Monarchy must not be confused with the House of Habsburg, existing since the 11th century, whose vast", "title": "Habsburg Monarchy" }, { "docid": "5297232", "text": "about the relations between Silesia and the Holy Roman Empire in the early Medieval period. According to some German historians the date of 1163, when Bolesław and his brothers were allowed to return to Silesia, is considered to be the moment when Silesia separated from Poland and became part of the Holy Roman Empire. On the other hand, Polish historians claim that Exile's sons who were allowed to return by the High Duke of Poland Bolesław IV the Curly were simply typical Piast dukes who ruled in the divided Kingdom of Poland. (see more in Differing views of the Silesian", "title": "Bolesław I the Tall" }, { "docid": "20587137", "text": "of antique Hellenistic temples, such as the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. With the death of Theodosius in 395, the Roman Empire was divided once more between his two sons. Arcadius, the older son, inherited the East and the imperial capital of Constantinople and Honorius inherited the West. The Empire would never be reunited again, though Eastern Roman emperors, beginning with Zeno, would claim the united title after Julius Nepos' death in 480 AD. Arcadius was a weak ruler, dominated by a series of advisors as he was more concerned with appearing to be a pious Christian than he was", "title": "Byzantine Empire under the Theodosian dynasty" }, { "docid": "716358", "text": "further deteriorate his relations with the Holy Roman Empire. In 1111 a truce between Poland and the Holy Roman Empire was signed which stipulated that Soběslav I would be able to return to Bohemia while Zbigniew would be able to return Poland. Bolesław probably also agreed with the return of his half-brother as a result of pressure from the many supporters of the exiled prince in 1108, who according to the reports of Gallus Anonymus was surrounded to bad advisers (in this group unfavorable to Bolesław was probably Martin I, Archbishop of Gniezno). Once in Poland, Zbigniew could claim the", "title": "Bolesław III Wrymouth" }, { "docid": "165981", "text": "I and henceforth there were two Roman Emperors. After Charlemagne died in 814, the imperial crown passed to his son, Louis the Pious. Upon Louis' death in 840, it passed to his son Lothair, who had been his co-ruler. By this point the territory of Charlemagne had been divided into several territories, and over the course of the later ninth century the title of Emperor was disputed by the Carolingian rulers of Western Francia and Eastern Francia, with first the western king (Charles the Bald) and then the eastern (Charles the Fat), who briefly reunited the Empire, attaining the prize.", "title": "Holy Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "20451707", "text": "1273 Imperial election The imperial election of 1273 was an imperial election held to select the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. It took place in Frankfurt on October 1. The Holy Roman Empire was in the midst of a period known as the Great Interregnum. In July 1245, the pope Pope Innocent IV had declared the then emperor, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, deposed, opening a split between two factions, the Guelphs and Ghibellines. The previous Holy Roman Emperor, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, died on April 2, 1272 in Berkhamsted following a stroke he had suffered in December", "title": "1273 Imperial election" }, { "docid": "613842", "text": "Without that coronation, no king, despite exercising all powers, could call himself Emperor. In 1508, Pope Julius II allowed Maximilian I to use the title of Emperor without coronation in Rome, though the title was qualified as \"Electus Romanorum Imperator\" (\"elected Emperor of the Romans\"). Maximilian's successors adopted the same titulature, usually when they became the sole ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Maximilian's first successor Charles V was the last to be crowned Emperor. Holy Roman Emperor The Holy Roman Emperor (historically \"\", \"Emperor of the Romans\") was the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (800/962-1806 AD, from Charlemagne/Otto", "title": "Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "2534895", "text": "Italian Renaissance from the 14th to 17th centuries), which transferred Roman culture to modern era Europe. The most successful effort of any Holy Roman Emperor to ever fully revive the West Roman Empire was arguably made by Emperor Charles V of Hapsburg, who at the height of his power ruled all of Spain, half of Italy, the Netherlands, Alsace and Lorraine, Austria and was Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on top of that. He had the ambition to unite all the Lands of Christendom, but had to abdicate due to religious tension within the Empire, debt in Spain and", "title": "Third Rome" }, { "docid": "548730", "text": "1034, Conrad officially incorporated Burgundy into the Holy Roman Empire at a ceremony held in the Cathedral of Geneva. Though Burgundy was definitively under imperial control, the kingdom was allowed significant autonomy. Conrad rarely intervened in its affairs following his coronation, returning only in 1038 to name his son Henry as the kingdom's new ruler. The chief importance of the annexation of Burgundy was to augment the influence and dignity of the Emperor himself. Control of Burgundy did benefit the Empire. With Burgundy secured, the Empire controlled the western Alpine passes in Italy, allowing the Empire to secure its hold", "title": "Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "505849", "text": "Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his early death in 1002. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto III was the only son of the Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu. Otto III was crowned as King of Germany in 983 at the age of three, shortly after his father's death in Southern Italy while campaigning against the Byzantine Empire and the Emirate of Sicily. Though the nominal ruler of Germany, Otto III's minor status ensured his various regents held power over the Empire. His", "title": "Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "795025", "text": "ruler of the Spanish Empire in January 1556, with no fanfare, and gave these possessions to Philip. On 27 August 1556, he abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor in favor of his brother Ferdinand, although the abdication was not formally accepted by the Electors of the Empire until 1558. The delay had been at the request of Ferdinand, who had been concerned about holding a risky election in 1556. Charles retired to the Monastery of Yuste in Extremadura but continued to correspond widely and kept an interest in the situation of the empire. He suffered from severe gout. Some scholars think", "title": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "12095835", "text": "two sons Arcadius and Honorius; Arcadius became ruler in the East, with his capital in Constantinople, and Honorius became ruler in the West, with his capital in Milan and later Ravenna. The Roman state would continue to have two different emperors with different seats of power throughout the 5th century, though the Eastern Romans considered themselves to be the only ones who were fully Roman. Latin was used in official writings as much as, if not more than, Greek and the two halves were nominally, culturally and historically, if not politically, the same state. After 395, the emperors in the", "title": "History of the Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "18607390", "text": "Waldeck-Eisenberg The principality, or county of Waldeck-Eisenberg was a principality in the Holy Roman Empire that belonged to the Upper Rhenish Circle. The principality of Waldeck-Eisenberg was created In 1507 when the principality of Waldeck was divided between Count Henry VIII and his uncle Philip II. Philip acquired Eisenberg, Mengeringhausen, Landau and the half of Rhoden, Wettenberg and Waldeck. He also received a share of the herrschaft Itter. Korback was jointly ruled. In 1538 Count Philip III divided the country among his two sons Wolrad II and John I. Wolrad was bestowed Eisenberg and John I got Landau. Following the", "title": "Waldeck-Eisenberg" }, { "docid": "5923158", "text": "protectorate and was subsequently divided into four regions (\"merides\"). Astraion fell into the second \"merida\". In 148 BC Macedonia became a Roman province. In the Roman period the city changed its name to \"Tiberiopolis\", which is evidenced by a marble statue base dedicated to the patron Tiberius Claudius Menon, who lived between the late 2nd and early 3rd century AD. During the reign of the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate (361–363 AD), the fifteen holy hieromartyrs of Tiberiopolis were killed. In 395, the Roman Empire split, and Macedonia fell under the Eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire). After that, Tiberiopolis", "title": "Strumica" }, { "docid": "512609", "text": "his father died after a 37-year reign, the eighteen-year-old Otto II became absolute ruler of the Holy Roman Empire in a peaceful succession. Otto II spent his reign continuing his father's policy of strengthening Imperial rule in Germany and extending the borders of the Empire deeper into southern Italy. Otto II also continued the work of Otto I in subordinating the Catholic Church to Imperial control. Early in his reign, Otto II defeated a major revolt against his rule from other members of the Ottonian dynasty who claimed the throne for themselves. His victory allowed him to exclude the Bavarian", "title": "Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "2934853", "text": "Reichskammergericht The Reichskammergericht (, \"Imperial Chamber Court\"; ) was one of two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council in Vienna. It was founded in 1495 by the Imperial Diet in Worms. All legal proceedings in the Holy Roman Empire could be brought to the Imperial Chamber Court, except if the ruler of the territory had a so-called \"privilegium de non appellando\", in which case the highest judicial institution was found by the ruler of that territory. Another exception was criminal law. The Imperial Chamber Court could only intervene in criminal cases", "title": "Reichskammergericht" }, { "docid": "1907476", "text": "legend of Francus would also serve as the basis for Ronsard's epic poem, \"La Franciade\"). The cardinal point in the idea of the \"Translatio imperii\" is the link between the Byzantine to the Holy Roman Empire. Translatio imperii Translatio imperii (Latin for \"transfer of rule\") is a historiographical concept, originating in the Middle Ages, in which history is viewed as a linear succession of transfers of an \"imperium\" that invests supreme power in a singular ruler, an \"emperor\" (or sometimes even several emperors, e.g., the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Holy Roman Empire). The concept is closely linked to", "title": "Translatio imperii" }, { "docid": "6085623", "text": "forced to withdraw. This victory eventually resulted in the signing of the treaties of Passau (2 August 1552) and Augsburg (1555). These two treaties resulted in the principle \"Cuius regio, eius religio\" – He who rules, his the religion –- allowing the ruler of a territory to set the religion therein. Augsburg Interim The Augsburg Interim (\"\"Declaration of His Roman Imperial Majesty on the Observance of Religion Within the Holy Empire Until the Decision of the General Council\"\") was an imperial decree ordered on 15 May 1548 at the 1548 Diet of Augsburg by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who", "title": "Augsburg Interim" }, { "docid": "795034", "text": "which the arms of Jerusalem, Naples and Navarre are incorporated. References to Charles V include a large number of legends and folk tales; literary renderings of historical events connected to Charles's life and romantic adventures, his relationship to Flanders, and his abdication; and products marketed in his name. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and the Spanish Empire (as Charles I of Spain) from 1516, as well as of the lands of the former Duchy of Burgundy from 1506. He stepped down", "title": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "829934", "text": "from the division of the holdings of its ruler, Charles V, and from the weakening of the Holy Roman Empire, which Charles also ruled. Henry suffered an untimely death in a jousting tournament held to celebrate the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis at the conclusion of the Eighth Italian War. The king's surgeon, Ambroise Paré, was unable to cure the infected wound inflicted by Gabriel de Montgomery, the captain of his Scottish Guard. He was succeeded in turn by three of his sons, whose ineffective reigns helped to spark the French Wars of Religion between Protestants and Catholics. Henry was born in", "title": "Henry II of France" }, { "docid": "5281911", "text": "He had however survived his only son, Valentinianus Galates. His nephew Gratian, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was his heir and assumed control of the Eastern Empire with his younger half-brother Valentinian II as his nominal co-ruler. On 19 January, Gratian declared Theodosius, \"magister militum per Illyricum\", to be his new colleague in the Eastern Roman Empire. Theodosius seems to have been the senior officer of Roman origins available for promotion at the time. Merobaudes and Frigeridus, the two \"magistri militum in praesenti\" were probably not considered due to their Germanic origins. Several other equivalent positions remained vacant since", "title": "Aelia Flaccilla" }, { "docid": "2736526", "text": "and other major towns of Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire. Mircea I died in 1418, and his only legitimate son (and co-ruler), Michael, succeeded him. Two years later, Michael died fighting against his cousin, Dan II (the son of Mircea I's elder brother, Dan I). During the following decade, Dan II and Vlad's half-brother, Radu II Praznaglava, were fighting against each other for Wallachia. Vlad left Buda for Poland without Sigismund's authorization in early 1423, but was captured before reaching the border. Before long, Sigismund acknowledged Dan II as the lawful ruler of Wallachia. The Byzantine historian, Doukas, recorded", "title": "Vlad II Dracul" }, { "docid": "4856536", "text": "unknown. The Polish state as a result of Bezprym's rule had been substantially weakened. After his death the country was split into three parts: between Mieszko II, Otto, and their cousin Dytryk. This significantly increased the impact of the Holy Roman Empire on Polish affairs. Poland also lost its status as \"kingdom\" for nearly a half century . Bezprym Bezprym (c. 986 – 1032) was a Duke of Poland during 1031–1032. He was the eldest son of Bolesław I the Brave, King of Poland, but was deprived of the succession by his father, who around 1001 sent him to Italy,", "title": "Bezprym" }, { "docid": "1838752", "text": "beginning of a new one. Five months later Theodosius died, dividing his empire between his two sons. This had happened many times before in the previous two centuries, but this time it was to be final – the Roman Empire never reunited, even under Leo I the Thracian (when there was no Western Emperor for some periods), and soon after his reign, the western half fell. Eugenius also represented the last opportunity for the pagans, with the senatorial class, to oppose the Christianization of the Empire. The Battle of the Frigidus was part of a trend towards using increasing percentages", "title": "Eugenius" }, { "docid": "17001171", "text": "service until the late 17th century under Karl XI and his successor. The Swedish Empire and its modern military force was founded by Gustavus Adolphus, who inherited the throne in 1611 at age 17. He immediately reformed the common European military based on mercenaries to a professional national army. However, before completing his vision of conquering the Holy Roman Empire, the warrior king was killed in action in 1632. His daughter and successor did little to improve Sweden's military position and abdicated early, providing the Swedish Empire with a more warlike ruler. Karl X Gustav was only king for 5", "title": "Military of the Swedish Empire" }, { "docid": "18436533", "text": "author of \"Religious Toleration and Social Change in Hamburg, 1529-1819 \"(Cambridge, 1985) and \"Germany and the Holy Roman Empire 1493-1806\" (Oxford, 2012), a study of the Holy Roman Empire published in two volumes. He currently has 27 works in 102 publications in two languages (English and German); both his books on religious toleration and on the Holy Roman Empire have been translated into German, while his edited volume \"Mirrors of Mortality: studies in the social history of death\" has gone through 24 English editions between 1981 and 2012. In 2010 he was awarded a Pilkington Teaching Prize by the University", "title": "Joachim Whaley" }, { "docid": "19482758", "text": "in 1532 and was succeeded by his sons Wolfgang and Bartholomew (primarily Bartholomew, who was also a printer albeit on a smaller scale than his father). As was common, his sons promptly sold the business to Peter Schöffer (the younger) in 1533 after being unable to maintain past production rates. Religious Texts Grüninger was responsible for printing many Breviaries for dioceses across the Holy Roman Empire, especially in the first decade of his career. In fact, he was one of the chief printers of breviaries within the Empire. He also printed many missals that were transported across Europe. His largest", "title": "Johann Grüninger" }, { "docid": "1521526", "text": "Rothschild family The Rothschild family is a wealthy Jewish family descending from Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the 1760s. Unlike most previous court factors, Rothschild managed to bequeath his wealth and established an international banking family through his five sons, who established themselves in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, and Naples. The family was elevated to noble rank in the Holy Roman Empire and the United Kingdom. During the 19th century, the Rothschild family possessed the largest private", "title": "Rothschild family" }, { "docid": "8209800", "text": "Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III and thus establishing in earnest the French Government's longtime historical association with the Catholic Church, Charlemagne tried to revive the Western Roman Empire and its cultural grandeur. Charlemagne's son, Louis I (Emperor 814–840), kept the empire united; however, this Carolingian Empire would not survive his death. In 843, under the Treaty of Verdun, the empire was divided between Louis' three sons, with East Francia going to Louis the German, Middle Francia to Lothair I, and West Francia to Charles the Bald. West Francia approximated the area occupied by, and was the precursor to,", "title": "France" }, { "docid": "418028", "text": "from the Holy Roman Empire to Chernigov in 1353 together with his two sons Litvinos (or Litvonis) and Zimonten (or Zigmont) and a druzhina of 3000 men. Indris was then supposedly converted to Eastern Orthodoxy as Leonty and his sons — as Konstantin and Feodor, respectively. Konstantin's grandson, Andrei Kharitonovich, was nicknamed Tolstiy (translated as \"fat\") by Vasily II of Moscow after he moved from Chernigov to Moscow. Because of the pagan Roman Catholic names and the fact that Chernigov at the time was ruled by Demetrius I Starshy some researches concluded that they were Lithuanians who arrived from the", "title": "Tolstoy family" }, { "docid": "15630645", "text": "his specific capacity as ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (rather than, e.g. as ruler of Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, the Spanish Netherlands, etc.) became, \"ipso facto\", an \"Imperial Count\" (\"Reichsgraf\"), whether he reigned over an immediate county or not. In the Merovingian and Franconian Empire, a \"Graf\" (\"Count\") was an official who exercised the royal prerogatives in an administrative district ( or \"county\"). A lord designated to represent the king or emperor in a county requiring higher authority than delegated to the typical count acquired a title which indicated that distinction: a border land was held by a margrave, a", "title": "Imperial Count" }, { "docid": "18300615", "text": "his sons who each rule a half: Honorius in the West, and Arcadius in the East. Since the days of Diocletian it has become a custom to divide Rome as the pressures to govern the empire have become too much for a single emperor to handle. With the split of the empire both sides face multiple threats on all sides, including internal instability undermining each of the young emperors' control as part of the long-term repercussions of the Third-Century Crisis. When the game begins, playing as the Western Roman Empire, players will face waves of hordes entering their borders as", "title": "Total War: Attila" }, { "docid": "506498", "text": "Polish church. Following the Congress of Gniezno, bishoprics were also established in Kraków, Wrocław and Kołobrzeg, and Bolesław formally repudiated paying tribute to the Holy Roman Empire. Following the death of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III in 1002, Bolesław fought a series of wars against the Holy Roman Empire and Otto's cousin and heir, Henry II, ending in the Peace of Bautzen (1018). In the summer of 1018, in one of his expeditions, Bolesław I captured Kiev, where he installed his son-in-law Sviatopolk I as ruler. According to legend, Bolesław chipped his sword when striking Kiev's Golden Gate. Later, in", "title": "Bolesław I the Brave" }, { "docid": "5843741", "text": "Thus it has been argued that Charlemagne was an indirect product of Muhammad: The Holy Roman Empire of Charlemagne's successors would later come to the aid of the Byzantines under Louis II and during the Crusades, but relations between the two empires would be strained; based on the \"Salerno Chronicle\", we know the Emperor Basil had sent an angry letter to his western counterpart, reprimanding him for usurping the title of emperor. He argued that the Frankish rulers were simple \"reges\", and that each nation has its own title for the ruler, whereas the imperial title suited only the ruler", "title": "Arab–Byzantine wars" }, { "docid": "164760", "text": "flowering of literature and philosophy in Latin. In Iberia, King Chindasuinth created the Visigothic Code. In the Eastern part the dominant state wes the remaining Eastern Roman Empire. In the feudal system, new princes and kings arose, the most powerful of which was arguably the Frankish ruler Charlemagne. In 800, Charlemagne, reinforced by his massive territorial conquests, was crowned Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum) by Pope Leo III, effectively solidifying his power in western Europe. Charlemagne's reign marked the beginning of a new Germanic Roman Empire in the west, the Holy Roman Empire. Outside his borders, new forces were", "title": "History of Europe" }, { "docid": "12095806", "text": "military growth, constant campaigning, and construction projects increased the state's expenditures and necessitated a comprehensive tax reform. From at least 297 on, imperial taxation was standardized, made more equitable, and levied at generally higher rates. Diocletian saw that the vast Roman Empire was ungovernable by a single emperor in the face of internal pressures and military threats on two fronts. He therefore split the Empire in half along a northwest axis just east of Italy, and created two equal Emperors to rule under the title of \"Augustus\". Diocletian himself was the \"Augustus\" of the eastern half, and he made his", "title": "History of the Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "16936260", "text": "Feudalism in the Holy Roman Empire Feudalism in the Holy Roman Empire was a politico-economic system of relationships between liege lords and enfeoffed vassals (or feudatories) that formed the basis of the social structure within the Holy Roman Empire during the High Middle Ages. In German the system is variously referred to \"Lehnswesen\", \"Feudalwesen\" or \"Benefizialwesen\". Feudalism in Europe emerged in the Early Middle Ages, based on Roman clientship and the Germanic social hierarchy of lords and retainers. It obliged the feudatory to render personal services to the lord. These included e. g. holding his stirrup, joining him on festive", "title": "Feudalism in the Holy Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "16268264", "text": "Pepin officially gave Ravenna to the pope. Known as the \"Donation of Pepin,\" the gift made the pope a temporal ruler over the Papal States, a strip of territory that extended diagonally across northern Italy. The greatest Carolingian monarch was Charlemagne, who was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III at Rome in 800. His empire, ostensibly a continuation of the Roman Empire, is referred to historiographically as the Carolingian Empire. The Carolingians followed the Frankish custom of dividing inheritances among the surviving sons, though the concept of the indivisibility of the Empire was also accepted. The Carolingians had the practice", "title": "Succession to the French throne" }, { "docid": "2144963", "text": "Cuius regio, eius religio Cuius regio, eius religio is a Latin phrase which literally means \"Whose realm, his religion\", meaning that the religion of the ruler was to dictate the religion of those ruled. At the Peace of Augsburg of 1555, which ended a period of armed conflict between Roman Catholic and Protestant forces within the Holy Roman Empire, the rulers of the German-speaking states and Charles V, the Emperor, agreed to accept this principle. It was to apply to all the territories of the Empire except for the Ecclesiastical principalities, and some of the cities in those ecclesiastical states,", "title": "Cuius regio, eius religio" }, { "docid": "10237079", "text": "Landshut War of Succession. At the war's end in 1505, the land was divided between the newly created duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and Bavaria-Munich. Kufstein and Kitzbühel were ceded to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor as compensation for his support to Bavaria-Munich and then united with Tyrol. 1500AD Map of Bavaria-Landshut at http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/1500/entity_5685.html Bavaria-Landshut Bavaria-Landshut () was a duchy in the Holy Roman Empire from 1353 to 1503. The creation of the duchy was the result of the death of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian. In the Treaty of Landsberg 1349, which divided up Louis's empire, his sons Stephen, William, and", "title": "Bavaria-Landshut" }, { "docid": "10213649", "text": "his successor, Maximinus. Constantine and Licinius, Severus's successor, signed the \"Edict of Milan\" in 313, which offered a more comprehensive acceptance of Christianity than Galerius's edict had provided. Licinius ousted Maximinus in 313, bringing an end to persecution in the East. The persecution failed to check the rise of the church. By 324, Constantine was sole ruler of the empire, and Christianity had become his favored religion. Although the persecution resulted in death, torture, imprisonment, or dislocation for many Christians, the majority of the empire's Christians avoided punishment. The persecution did, however, cause many churches to split between those who", "title": "Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "716393", "text": "horses) attacked the rich Norwegian port city of Kungahälla (now Kungälv in Sweden). The Congress took place on 15 August 1135. During the ceremony, Emperor Lothair III recognized the rights of the Polish ruler over Pomerania. In retribution, Bolesław agreed to paid homage for the Pomeranian lands and the Principality of Rügen, with the payment of 6000 pieces of fine silver from these lands to the Holy Roman Empire; however he remained fully independent ruler of his main realm, Poland. With Bolesław's death in 1138, Polish authority over Pomerania ended, triggering competition of the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark for", "title": "Bolesław III Wrymouth" }, { "docid": "6220015", "text": "King\" of France, the two Margraviates were ravaged by the French troops. The forces of the Holy Roman Empire, led by the Margrave of Baden-Baden, \"Turkish Louis\" William (reigned 1677-1707) fought against France. In 1771, Augustus George became the last Margrave of Baden-Baden when he died without sons. All his territories passed to his 6th cousin twice removed and nearest heir – the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Charles Frederick (reigned 1738-1811). For the third and last time, all the Badener lands became united under a single ruler. Although Baden was finally united, its domains were fragmented and widespread on both sides", "title": "Margraviate of Baden" }, { "docid": "794982", "text": "note, though, that other states of the Empire chose to support him in his war, and that he had the constant support of his brother, in spite of their strained personal relationship. Whereas Charles spent much of his final years as a ruler trying to address the issue of religion in the Empire, it would ultimately be Ferdinand, by then much more popular in Germany, who would bring peace to the German lands. Though Spain was the core of his personal possessions and though he had many Iberian ancestors, in his earlier years Charles felt as if he were viewed", "title": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "165973", "text": "prefer the coronation of Otto I as its beginning. Scholars generally concur, however, in relating an evolution of the institutions and principles constituting the empire, describing a gradual assumption of the imperial title and role. The exact term \"Holy Roman Empire\" was not used until the 13th century, but the concept of \"translatio imperii\", the notion that he—the sovereign ruler—held supreme power inherited from the ancient emperors of Rome, was fundamental to the prestige of the emperor. The office of Holy Roman Emperor was traditionally elective, although frequently controlled by dynasties. The mostly German prince-electors, the highest-ranking noblemen of the", "title": "Holy Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "9960423", "text": "Imperial election (Holy Roman Empire) The election of a Holy Roman Emperor was generally a two-stage process whereby, from at least the 13th century, the King of the Romans was elected by a small body of the greatest princes of the Empire, the prince-electors. This was then followed shortly thereafter by his coronation as Emperor, an appointment that was normally for life. Until 1530, emperors were crowned by the Pope. In 1356, the Emperor Charles IV promulgated the Golden Bull, which became the fundamental law by which all future kings and emperors were elected. Although the Holy Roman Empire is", "title": "Imperial election (Holy Roman Empire)" }, { "docid": "15877736", "text": "of Liberation conscription modeled after the levée en masse of General Gerhard von Scharnhorst was introduced and the Prussian army reforms introduced. The Prussian reforms (1807-1812) during the French period include not only the formal abolition of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 but also the largest political and social upheavals between the Early Modern Period and the Modern Period in Germany. With the abandonment of Francis II from the Holy Roman Empire to the Austrian Empire, there was also created a political split between Prussia and Austria, which laid the ground for Austrian exclusion from the German question. French", "title": "French period" }, { "docid": "4691480", "text": "Zbigniew was still in Masovia; then he paid complete homage to his brother for his land. Initially, Zbigniew took refuge in Prague, where he found support in the local ruler, Svatopluk. The pretext for the Polish-German War in 1109 were the claims of the exiled Zbigniew, who seek justice, reparation and assistance in the recovery of his lost lands. Emperor Henry V gave an ultimatum to Bolesław III. He would abandon the expedition against him only if Zbigniew was restored with half of Poland under his rule, the formal recognition of the Holy Roman Empire as overlord and the payment", "title": "Zbigniew of Poland" }, { "docid": "716355", "text": "in 1109. In this fight, Henry V was assisted by Czech warriors provided by Svatopluk of Bohemia. The alleged reason for the war was the exile of Zbigniew and his restoration. Bolesław received an ultimatum from the German King: he abandoned the expedition against him only if Zbigniew was restored with half of Poland as a rule, the formal recognition of the Holy Roman Empire as overlord and the payment of 300 pieces of fine silver as a regular tribute. Bolesław rejected. During the negotiations between Germany and Poland, the Polish ruler was in the middle of a war against", "title": "Bolesław III Wrymouth" }, { "docid": "3824", "text": "story\", and that Emperor Marcian (who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire from 450 to 457) was the political force behind Attila's death. Jordanes recounts: Attila's sons Ellac, Dengizich and Ernak, \"\"in their rash eagerness to rule they all alike destroyed his empire\"\". They \"were clamoring that the nations should be divided among them equally and that warlike kings with their peoples should be apportioned to them by lot like a family estate\". Against the treatment as \"slaves of the basest condition\" a Germanic alliance led by the Gepid ruler Ardaric (who was noted for great loyalty to Attila) revolted and", "title": "Attila" }, { "docid": "252691", "text": "ethnarch (or \"milletbashi\") status and rights of property that made him the second largest landlord in the said empire by the Sultan himself in 1454, and in turn Gennadius II recognized Mehmed the Conqueror as successor to the throne. Mehmed also had a blood lineage to the Byzantine Imperial family: his predecessor, Sultan Orhan I, had married a Byzantine princess, and Mehmed claimed descent from John Tzelepes Komnenos. He was not the only ruler to claim such a title; Frederick III, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in Western Europe, traced his lineage from Charlemagne, who had taken the title", "title": "Mehmed the Conqueror" }, { "docid": "166023", "text": "the Empire. The Swiss Confederation, which had already established quasi-independence in 1499, as well as the Northern Netherlands, left the Empire. The Habsburg Emperors focused on consolidating their own estates in Austria and elsewhere. At the Battle of Vienna (1683), the Army of the Holy Roman Empire, led by the Polish King John III Sobieski, decisively defeated a large Turkish army, stopping the western Ottoman advance and leading to the eventual dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. The army was half forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, mostly cavalry, and half forces of the Holy Roman Empire (German/Austrian), mostly infantry.", "title": "Holy Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "1891064", "text": "Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, was a state in the Holy Roman Empire that was directly subject to the Emperor. The state was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half of the Landgraviate and the capital of Kassel. The other sons received the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg, the Landgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. During the Napoleonic reorganisation of the Empire in 1803, the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel was elevated", "title": "Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel" }, { "docid": "386225", "text": "deified by the Senate and succeeded by his sons, Caracalla and Geta, who were advised by his wife Julia Domna. Severus was buried in the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome. His remains are now lost. Though his military expenditure was costly to the empire, Severus was a strong and able ruler. The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent under his reignover million square kilometres. According to Gibbon, \"his daring ambition was never diverted from its steady course by the allurements of pleasure, the apprehension of danger, or the feelings of humanity.\" His enlargement of the Limes Tripolitanus secured Africa, the", "title": "Septimius Severus" }, { "docid": "14894918", "text": "Empire. Both rulers also attempted to carry out the Christianization of the pagan Prussians. The friendship led to the Congress of Gniezno in the year 1000, during which an autonomous Polish Archbishopric at Gniezno was established, and possibly, Otto acquiesced to Bolesław becoming a king. However, Otto III died soon after in 1002. In the ensuing power struggle of the royal election for the leadership of the Holy Roman Empire, Bolesław supported his relative (possibly half-brother) Margrave Eckard of Meissen against Henry II. At the same time, the Polish ruler took advantage of the German \"interregnum\" to invade and tried", "title": "Siege of Niemcza" }, { "docid": "17907906", "text": "Asfar ibn Kurduya Asfar ibn Kurduya (also spelled Kurdawayh, Kardawayh and Kurdawaih), was a Daylamite officer who served the Buyid dynasty. Asfar is first mentioned during the reign of the Buyid ruler Adud al-Dawla, as one of the most prominent officers of the Empire. After the death of Adud al-Dawla in 983, the Buyid Empire was thrown into civil war; the Empire was disputed between his two sons Samsam al-Dawla and Sharaf al-Dawla. Samsam al-Dawla ruled Iraq, while Sharaf al-Dawla ruled Fars and Kerman. In 986, Asfar rebelled against Samsam al-Dawla, and changed his allegiance to Sharaf al-Dawla. However, Asfar", "title": "Asfar ibn Kurduya" }, { "docid": "1864283", "text": "the socioeconomic structure in European history that led to the changeover between Classical Antiquity and Medieval society and no specific date can truly exemplify that. In politics, the late Roman conception of the Empire as a universal state, headed by one supreme divinely-appointed ruler, united with Christianity as a universal religion likewise headed by a supreme patriarch, proved very influential, even after the disappearance of imperial authority in the west. This tendency reached its peak when Charlemagne was crowned \"Roman Emperor\" in the year 800, an act which led to the formation of the Holy Roman Empire. The notion that", "title": "Classical antiquity" }, { "docid": "3404106", "text": "a high value commemorative coin, the €100 Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire commemorative coin, minted in 2008. The obverse shows the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire. The reverse shows the Emperor Otto I with the Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in the background, where his coronation took place. Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire () was the hoop crown () of the Holy Roman Emperor from the 11th century to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. The crown was used in the coronation", "title": "Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "170506", "text": "Hungary in 972. Géza decided to make peace with the Holy Roman Empire. First, a monk named Bruno sent by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor arrived in Hungary around 972. Hungarian \"legates\" were present at a conference held by the emperor in Quedlinburg in 973. A record on one Bishop Prunwart in the Abbey of Saint Gall mentions his success in baptising many Hungarians, including their \"king\". The nearly contemporaneous Thietmar of Merseburg confirms that the conversion to Christianity of the pagan Hungarians started under Géza, who became the first Christian ruler of Hungary. His baptismal name was Stephen. However,", "title": "Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians" }, { "docid": "11191009", "text": "of Further Austria (son of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I) and went into his service to Tyrol, being able to established good connections with the Holy Roman Empire, which was seen in 1570 when he was appointed Supreme Captain and Governor in Alsace. Two years later, Charles II took over the guardianship of Count Jakob of Geroldseck. Under the rule of his father Charles I the possessions of the county of Zollern (who in the narrow sense where the districts of Sigmaringen, Böhringen, Haigerloch and Wehrstein) was still united. The three oldest sons were entitled to jointly inherit, but in", "title": "Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen" }, { "docid": "12095834", "text": "recognise Eugenius as emperor and invaded the West, defeating and killing Arbogast and Eugenius at the Battle of the Frigidus. He thus reunited the entire Roman Empire under his rule. Theodosius had two sons and a daughter, Pulcheria, from his first wife, Aelia Flacilla. His daughter and wife died in 385. By his second wife, Galla, he had a daughter, Galla Placidia, the mother of Valentinian III, who would be Emperor of the West. Theodosius was the last Emperor who ruled over the whole Empire. After his death in 395, he gave the two halves of the Empire to his", "title": "History of the Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "11608801", "text": "and Garsenda's in 1209 united the two counties permanently. County of Forcalquier The County of Forcalquier was a large medieval county in the region of Provence in the Kingdom of Arles, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was named after the fortress around which it grew, Forcalquier. The earliest mention of a castle at Forcalquier dates to 1044, when it was in the possession of Fulk Bertrand, joint count of Provence. When Fulk died in 1051 his lands were shared between his sons William Bertrand and Geoffrey II, who inherited Forcalquier. Sometime in the 1060s Forcalquier was inherited", "title": "County of Forcalquier" }, { "docid": "19940235", "text": "crown, unilaterally continuing his maritime campaign. He was eventually arrested by Spanish authorities in 1620, and convicted of conspiring to become an independent ruler of Naples. Uskoks were either expelled from the empire or resettled deeper into Croatia. The few families that were allowed to stay were closely monitored, ending the Uskok piratical reign. Treaty of Madrid (1617) The Treaty of Madrid was a peace treaty between the Republic of Venice and the Holy Roman Empire, ending the Uskok War. Its indirect consequence was the elimination of Uskok piracy in the Adriatic Sea. In the aftermath of the Long Turkish", "title": "Treaty of Madrid (1617)" }, { "docid": "4462215", "text": "weakening the Austrian Empire and reorganizing Germany under a Napoleonic imprint that would be called the Confederation of the Rhine. Believing his position as Holy Roman Emperor to be untenable, Francis abdicated the throne of the Holy Roman Empire on 6 August 1806, and declared the Holy Roman Empire to be dissolved in the same declaration. This was a political move to impair the legitimacy of the Confederation of the Rhine. Two years earlier, as a reaction to Napoleon making himself an Emperor of the French, Francis had raised Austria to the status of an empire. Hence, after 1806, he", "title": "Austro-Hungarian Navy" }, { "docid": "3263478", "text": "as the most aggressive of the three rulers – a characteristic chalked up to his youth relative to the other two rulers. He was penultimate indigenous paramount ruler (Lakan or Rajah) in the Pasig River Delta era: his adoptive son, baptized Agustin de Legaspi upon conversion to Roman Catholicism, was proclaimed Paramount ruler of Tondo upon the death of Lakan Dula, but he, along with most of Lakan Dula's sons and most of Sulayman's adoptive sons were executed by the Spanish after being implicated in the 1587–1588 Tondo Conspiracy, helping the Spanish Empire to further solidify its grip on Luzon", "title": "Rajah Sulayman" }, { "docid": "14592711", "text": "a capable ruler he had to cope with the centrifugal forces of the disintegrating empire while at the same time he overstretched the Hohenstaufen realm to an extent that finally could not be kept together. Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI (Heinrich VI) (November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany (King of the Romans) from 1190 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of Sicily. He was the second son of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his consort Beatrix of Burgundy. In 1186", "title": "Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "166003", "text": "be exempt from all future obligations to the Holy Roman Empire except for participation in the imperial councils. Charles IV set Prague to be the seat of the Holy Roman Emperor. After the death of Frederick II in 1250, the German kingdom was divided between his son Conrad IV (died 1254) and the anti-king, William of Holland (died 1256). Conrad's death was followed by the Interregnum, during which no king could achieve universal recognition, allowing the princes to consolidate their holdings and become even more independent rulers. After 1257, the crown was contested between Richard of Cornwall, who was supported", "title": "Holy Roman Empire" }, { "docid": "4991968", "text": "Duchy of Mantua The Duchy of Mantua was a duchy in Lombardy, Northern Italy, subject to the Holy Roman Empire. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Mantua was invaded by Byzantines, Lombards and Franks. In the 11th century it became a possession of Boniface of Canossa, marquis of Toscana. The last ruler of the family was the countess Matilde of Canossa (died 1115), who, according to legend, ordered the construction of the precious Rotonda di San Lorenzo (1082). After the death of Matilde of Canossa, Mantua became a free commune and strenuously defended itself from the Holy Roman", "title": "Duchy of Mantua" }, { "docid": "516649", "text": "Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II (31 July 1527 – 12 October 1576), a member of the Austrian House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death. He was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague on 14 May 1562 and elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) on 24 November 1562. On 8 September 1563 he was crowned King of Hungary and Croatia in the Hungarian capital Pressburg (Pozsony in Hungarian; now Bratislava, Slovakia). On 25 July 1564 he succeeded his father Ferdinand I as ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Maximilian's rule was shaped", "title": "Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "14790763", "text": "to Nuremberg, where they were kept between 1424 and 1796. Nuremberg, in addition to being the former unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire, was also the place of the Nuremberg rallies. The transfer of the regalia was thus done to both legitimize Hitler's Germany as the successor of the \"Old Reich\", but also weaken Vienna, the former imperial residence. After the 1939 German occupation of Bohemia, Hitler declared that the Holy Roman Empire had been \"resurrected\", although he secretly maintained his own empire to be better than the old \"Roman\" one. Unlike the \"uncomfortably internationalist Catholic empire of Barbarossa\",", "title": "Greater Germanic Reich" }, { "docid": "273122", "text": "expanding and improving the so-called war monarchy system. According to existing sources, Mieszko I was a wise politician, a talented military leader, and a charismatic ruler. He successfully used diplomacy, concluding alliances, first with Bohemia, then Sweden, and the Holy Roman Empire. In foreign policy, he placed the interests of his country foremost, even entering into agreements with his former enemies. On his death, he left to his sons a country with greatly expanded territories, and a well-established position in Europe. Mieszko I also enigmatically appeared as \"Dagome\" in a papal document dating to about 1085, called \"Dagome iudex\", which", "title": "Mieszko I of Poland" }, { "docid": "4766857", "text": "During the second half of the 7th century his sons split up the Bulgar royal family and spread over Europe, from the Volga river to the shadow of Matese mountains: Bezmer (Ukraine), Kotrag (Volga Bulgaria), Kuber (Balkan Macedonia), Asparukh (Danube Bulgaria) and Alcek (Sepino, Bojano, Isernia). In the \"Nominalia\" the Bezmer (c. 665–668) was the last Dulo ruler on the Northern side of Danube river (of the Old Great Bulgaria), while the Asparukh (c. 681–701) was the first from the Southern side of the river (First Bulgarian Empire). He was followed by Tervel (c. 700–721), and the last ruler of", "title": "Dulo" }, { "docid": "6865887", "text": "duke Mieszko I. For many centuries Poland has had close ties with its western neighbors, with the Polish ruler Bolesław I the Brave declared by Holy Roman Emperor Otto III as \"Frater et Cooperator Imperii\" (\"Brother and Partner in the Empire\"). The precursors of the Czechs (i.e. Bohemians) migrated into Bohemia in the late 6th century and had established various fiefdoms by the 10th century when their rulers eventually became vassals (1002) of the Holy Roman Emperors. Kingdom of Bohemia stayed part of that Empire between 1002–1419 and 1526–1918. Predecessors of Slovaks came under Hungarian domination after 907 (doom of", "title": "West Slavs" }, { "docid": "20247120", "text": "that he will attack Ottoman Empire from the west. Mehdi Qoli Beg Mehdi Qoli Beg (; ? - ) was a Chagatai ruler in Khorasan and a courtier at the court of Shah Abbas I of Safavid dynasty. He was named Amir-e Akhour (person in charge of the royal stable,) and was sent on a diplomatic mission to Tsardom of Russia and Holy Roman Empire. In 1599 and on the advice of Anthony Sherley, Shah Abbas, hoping to secure a European alliance against Ottoman Empire dispatched an embassy to Europe. The mission met with the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II,", "title": "Mehdi Qoli Beg" }, { "docid": "3053286", "text": "Alexander Danilovich Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimus, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora (Duke of Ingria), Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Cosel. A highly appreciated associate and friend of Tsar Peter the Great, he was the \"de facto\" ruler of Russia for two years. Menshikov was born on in Moscow. It has been disputed by his enemies whether his father was a stablehand or worked on a barge; . As the story goes, he was making a living on the streets of", "title": "Alexander Danilovich Menshikov" }, { "docid": "3053295", "text": "returned to the court. Alexander Danilovich Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimus, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora (Duke of Ingria), Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Cosel. A highly appreciated associate and friend of Tsar Peter the Great, he was the \"de facto\" ruler of Russia for two years. Menshikov was born on in Moscow. It has been disputed by his enemies whether his father was a stablehand or worked on a barge; . As the story goes, he was making a living", "title": "Alexander Danilovich Menshikov" }, { "docid": "8997751", "text": "Basil II to decrease tariffs on Venetian-produced goods helped foster a new age of prosperity in the Republic as Venetian merchants could undercut the competition in the international markets of the Byzantine Empire. Similarly, Pietro II had success developing a new relationship with Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, who displayed his friendship to him by restoring previously seized lands to Venice, opening up routes of free trade between the two states, and exempting all Venetians from taxes in the Holy Roman Empire. As the power and reputation of Pietro II grew, the Venetian people began to wonder if he was", "title": "Domenico Selvo" }, { "docid": "6401370", "text": "Austria. Tyrol fell to the youngest brother, Frederick IV, called 'of the Empty Pockets'. Only the two youngest sons of Leopold III, Ernest the Iron and Frederick IV, had issue. The children of Ernest and his wife, the Piast princess Cymburgis of Masovia, started the most famous line of the Habsburg dynasty to which most subsequent Holy Roman Emperors belonged, including their son Frederick III (V), who officially acknowledged the Austrian archducal title and by 1490 had re-unified all the dynasty's dominions. His descendants, among them Maximilian I and Charles V, ruled the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Habsburg", "title": "Leopoldian line" }, { "docid": "7026456", "text": "a ruler within the Holy Roman Empire (\"rex Romanorum (Römischer König)\"), the correct historical term is \"Königspfalz\" or \"royal palace\". The term \"Kaiserpfalz\" is a 19th-century appellation that overlooks the fact that the king did not bear the title of the Roman Emperor (granted by the Pope) until after his imperial coronation. Unlike a \"pfalz\", where the itinerant ruler enacted his sovereign duties, a royal estate or \"Königshof\" is only an economic estate owned by the king, which was only occasionally used by the king on his itinerary. Unlike the common notion of \"palace\", a \"pfalz\" was not a permanent", "title": "Kaiserpfalz" }, { "docid": "328833", "text": "evidence that he managed to get the decision overturned. In 817, by a solemn deed, confirmed by Paschal I, Louis had made a division of the empire in favour of his three sons by his first wife: the future emperor Lothair I, Pepin I of Aquitaine, and Louis the German. Over time, Papal dependence on the Holy Roman Emperor was loosened through the quarrels of Louis the Pious and his sons. Louis’ decision to jettison the agreement of 817 regarding the division of the empire by assigning a kingdom to his youngest son, Charles the Bald, in 829 was criticized", "title": "Pope Gregory IV" }, { "docid": "505604", "text": "crowned King of the Romans. In 1355, he was crowned King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor. With his coronation as King of Burgundy in 1365, he became the personal ruler of all the kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire. Charles IV was born to King John of the Luxembourg dynasty and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia of the Czech Premyslid Dynasty in Prague. He was originally named Wenceslaus (\"Václav\"), the name of his maternal grandfather, King Wenceslaus II. He chose the name Charles at his confirmation in honor of his uncle, King Charles IV of France, at whose court he", "title": "Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor" }, { "docid": "5623372", "text": "charters from Béla's reign emphasize Queen Helena's pre-eminent role in the decision-making process, proving that the king regarded his wife as his co-ruler. According to the \"Illuminated Chronicle\", at \"an assembly of the realm near Arad\" in early to mid-1131, Queen Helena ordered the slaughter of all noblemen who were accused of having suggested the blinding of her husband to King Coloman. Béla distributed the goods of the executed magnates between the newly established Arad Chapter and the early 11th-century Óbuda Chapter. Béla's was on good terms with the Holy Roman Empire, jeopardizing the interests of Boleslaw III of Poland", "title": "Béla II of Hungary" }, { "docid": "17669478", "text": "Field of Lies Lügenfeld, Lugenfeild, or Field of Lies(833 CE) was the name for a battle/encounter that took place between Louis the Pious, the Carolingian Emperor and his rebellious sons. When his sons and their forces met up near Colmar in Alsace, Louis the Pious' sworn supporters infamously deserted him to join his sons. Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor, inherited a vast empire from his father Charlemagne in 814 CE. This vast territory included all of western Europe excluding the British Isles, the small Christian northern Spanish states, Muslim Spain and Byzantine southern Italy and Sicily. It is often", "title": "Field of Lies" }, { "docid": "3319851", "text": "of Murom and Chernigov. After Sviatoslav's death, Oda and her son moved to the Holy Roman Empire. Sviatoslav II of Kiev Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich (1027 – 27 December 1077 in Kiev) was Grand Prince of Kiev between 1073 and 1077. He was born as a younger son of Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise. His baptismal name was Nicholas. He ruled the Principality of Vladimir in Volhynia in his father's lifetime (from around 1040 to 1054). Yaroslav the Wise, who divided the Kievan Rus' between his five sons in his testament, willed the Principality of Chernigov to", "title": "Sviatoslav II of Kiev" }, { "docid": "14586279", "text": "gaining direct access to the Mediterranean Sea via towns like Finale Ligure, allowing it to bypass the Republic of Genoa. Preliminary terms were agreed between Philip and Ferdinand in January 1617, calling for the cession of several Holy Roman fiefdoms in Italy, but did not initially include Alsace. The treaty was concluded on 29 July 1617. Philip III agreed to renounce his claims to the thrones of Bohemia and Hungary, so long as the princes of the Kingdom of Germany did elect Ferdinand II as ruler of the Holy Roman Empire upon the death of Emperor Matthias. In return, Ferdinand", "title": "Oñate treaty" }, { "docid": "507472", "text": "VIII of France exchanged these two territories for Burgundy and Picardy in the Treaty of Senlis (1493). Thus a large part of the Netherlands (known as the Seventeen Provinces) stayed in the Habsburg patrimony. Maximilian was elected King of the Romans on 16 February 1486 in Frankfurt-am-Main at his father's initiative and crowned on 9 April 1486 in Aachen. He became ruler of the Holy Roman Empire upon the death of his father in 1493. Much of Austria was under Hungarian rule when he took power, as they had occupied the territory under the reign of Frederick. In 1490, Maximilian", "title": "Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor" } ]
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who played in the super bowl this year
[ "New England Patriots", "Atlanta Falcons" ]
[ { "docid": "16858042", "text": "Super Bowl LI Super Bowl LI was an American football game played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on February 5, 2017, to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2016 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots, after trailing by as many as 25 points (28–3) during the third quarter, defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Atlanta Falcons, 34–28 in overtime. The Patriots' 25-point comeback is the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, and Super Bowl LI was the first final to be decided in overtime. The Patriots' victory was their", "title": "Super Bowl LI" }, { "docid": "6215884", "text": "Chris Snee Christopher Snee (born January 18, 1982) is a former American football guard who played his entire ten-year career for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football for Boston College and was chosen by the Giants in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Snee earned two Super Bowl rings with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both against the New England Patriots. At Montrose High School, Snee was a two-time all-state selection, and a three-time All-Conference selection. He is believed to be the first NFL player ever", "title": "Chris Snee" }, { "docid": "394104", "text": "the team's success on the road that season. The only other teams to wear white jerseys as the designated home team in a Super Bowl were the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. This was the first Super Bowl played on grass to match two teams which played their home games on artificial turf. The Cowboys were playing their third Super Bowl at the Orange Bowl, the first team to play three different Super Bowls in the same stadium. The New England Patriots have since done the same playing three Super", "title": "Super Bowl XIII" }, { "docid": "394220", "text": "man to play in a Super Bowl and then be a head coach in a Super Bowl. Gregg played in Super Bowls I and II as a member of the Green Bay Packers. Tom Flores was on the Kansas City Chiefs' roster in Super Bowl IV and coached in Super Bowl XV. However, Flores did not play in Super Bowl IV. This was the first Super Bowl to feature two first-time participants since Super Bowl III (there has been only one since, Super Bowl XX between the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots). This was also the only Super Bowl", "title": "Super Bowl XVI" }, { "docid": "7141011", "text": "the Seahawks and the fifth Super Bowl loss for the Broncos, tied with the New England Patriots for the most of any team. The game was played on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the first Super Bowl played outdoors in a cold-weather city and the first Super Bowl to be played on February 2. This marked the third time the number one seed from each conference met in the league championship, joining Super Bowl XXVIII (1994) and Super Bowl XLIV (2010). The Seahawks posted a 13–3 record and were", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII" }, { "docid": "17473814", "text": "Super Bowl LII Super Bowl LII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2017 season. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) and defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots, 41–33, to win their first Super Bowl and their first NFL title since 1960. The game was played on February 4, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the second time that a Super Bowl was played in Minneapolis, the northernmost city to ever host the event, after", "title": "Super Bowl LII" }, { "docid": "3200034", "text": "Super Bowl XXXIX Super Bowl XXXIX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2004 season. The Patriots defeated the Eagles by the score of 24–21. The game was played on February 6, 2005, at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, the first time the Super Bowl was played in that city. The Patriots, who entered the Super Bowl after compiling a 14–2 regular season record, became the first, and most recent (as of", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIX" }, { "docid": "3000579", "text": "Bowl VI. Wide receiver and return specialist Phil McConkey (Navy, 1979) was a popular player on the New York Giants squad that won Super Bowl XXI. Running back Napoleon McCallum (Navy, 1985) was able to complete his commitment to the Navy and play for the then-Los Angeles Raiders in 1986. After satisfying his Navy commitment, he joined the Raiders full-time. Running back Kyle Eckel (Navy, 2005) was a two-time Army-Navy Game MVP and played in the Super Bowl twice during a five year career, once with the team who originally signed him, the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII,", "title": "Army–Navy Game" }, { "docid": "16396187", "text": "a one-year, $1.51 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. On September 2, 2017, he signed a one-year contract extension with the Eagles through the 2018 season. In 2017, he played in 11 games, starting three at left guard. Warmack won Super Bowl LII when the Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33. In the Super Bowl, he played four snaps at guard and another two for special teams plays. Warmack has a younger brother, Dallas, who is now an offensive guard for the University of Oregon. Chance Warmack Chance Warmack (born September 14, 1991) is an American football guard for", "title": "Chance Warmack" }, { "docid": "2515130", "text": "in Super Bowl XLV as the No. 6 seed, and again the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI as the No. 4 seed. The Colts, Cardinals, and the Giants in 2011, like the Panthers, were division winners in those years (Although in the Colts case, they played the No. 4 seeded New England Patriots in the AFC Championship that year, ensuring at least the second division winner to play three rounds to make it to the Super Bowl.), and all but the Cardinals went on to win it all. The Super Bowl would mark the third game (out of", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII" } ]
[ { "docid": "393828", "text": "had turf, as did the Dolphins' Orange Bowl (specifically Poly-Turf). The previous year, the Cowboys became the first team to play its home games on turf to make it to a Super Bowl. Through Super Bowl LII, this is the only Super Bowl in which both teams played their home games in states which were members of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. The Washington Redskins, who faced the Dolphins in Super Bowl VII and Super Bowl XVII, have their training facilities in Virginia, which was a Confederate state during the Civil War, but have never played", "title": "Super Bowl VI" }, { "docid": "394005", "text": "Dorsett helped lead Dallas to a Super Bowl XII victory over the Denver Broncos, who defeated the Steelers in the first round of the playoffs that year. Pittsburgh and Dallas would battle in another thriller in Super Bowl XIII (also played in Miami). The result was the same, as the Steelers prevailed 35–31. But Super Bowl X was the game that began the rivalry between the two storied franchises. The Cowboys gained a measure of revenge by defeating the Steelers 27–17 in Super Bowl XXX following the 1995 season. This was the final football game to be played on artificial", "title": "Super Bowl X" }, { "docid": "375990", "text": "Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is the culmination of a regular season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. Normally, Roman numerals are used to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The sole exception to this naming convention tradition occurred with Super Bowl 50, which was played on February 7, 2016, following the 2015 regular season, and the following year, the", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "394221", "text": "to date between two teams who had losing records the previous season, although Super Bowl XXXIV matched a team that had a losing record in 1998 (St. Louis Rams) against a team that finished a mediocre 8–8 that year (Tennessee Titans). This is the only Super Bowl to have ever been played at the Pontiac Silverdome. This was also only the second of 16 Super Bowls to not take place in one of the three so-called \"Big Super Bowl Cities\" (the other was Houston in January 1974). Fourteen of the previous 16 Super Bowls took place in either Miami, Florida,", "title": "Super Bowl XVI" }, { "docid": "4450418", "text": "Hudson a year later. Translation of both songs into American Sign Language was provided by Kinesha Battles, a student at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the San Francisco 49ers' fifth Super Bowl victory, which took place at this stadium, Jerry Rice, who had also been MVP of Super Bowl XXIII, another Super Bowl played at this stadium, joined the coin toss ceremonies. Rice had just been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010. The rest of the class – Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little, Russ Grimm,", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "docid": "2515109", "text": "that was not in New Orleans. This game marked a six-month stretch for Texas hosting the Super Bowl, NCAA men's Division I basketball Final Four and Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game. The Final Four was played at the Alamodome in San Antonio and the MLB All-Star Game was also played in Houston at nearby Minute Maid Park. Beginning with this game, all Super Bowl games have been played on the first Sunday in February every year. This is based on the 22 weeks necessary from opening week through Super Bowl Sunday, which includes scheduling no games until after Labor", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII" }, { "docid": "394009", "text": "Super Bowl XI Super Bowl XI was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for its 1976 season. The Raiders defeated the Vikings by the score of 32–14 to win their first Super Bowl. The game was played on January 9, 1977, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. This remains the Super Bowl scheduled earliest during the calendar year. This was the Raiders’ second Super Bowl appearance after losing Super Bowl II. They posted a 13–1", "title": "Super Bowl XI" }, { "docid": "376041", "text": "franchise outside of the Super Bowl. No team has ever played the Super Bowl in its home stadium. The closest any team has come was the 2017 Minnesota Vikings, who were within one win of playing Super Bowl LII in U.S. Bank Stadium, but lost the NFC Championship game to the Philadelphia Eagles. Two teams have played the Super Bowl in their home market: the San Francisco 49ers, who played Super Bowl XIX in Stanford Stadium instead of Candlestick Park; and the Los Angeles Rams, who played Super Bowl XIV in the Rose Bowl instead of the Los Angeles Memorial", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "4535129", "text": "Cliff Branch Clifford Branch (born August 1, 1948) is a retired American football wide receiver who spent his entire 14-year National Football League career with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, winning three Super Bowl rings in Super Bowl XI, Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII. He is the only wide receiver to have played on all three Raiders Super Bowl teams. Branch graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1972 where he was a five-year letterman in football. During his time at Colorado, Cliff set the NCAA Division 1-A record for kickoffs returned for touchdowns with 8. Branch", "title": "Cliff Branch" }, { "docid": "393854", "text": "ankle. In his place, 38-year-old Earl Morrall, a 17-year veteran, led Miami to victory in their nine remaining regular season games, and was the 1972 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Morrall had previously played for Dolphins head coach Don Shula when they were both with the Baltimore Colts, where Morrall backed up quarterback Johnny Unitas and started in Super Bowl III. But Miami also had the same core group of young players who helped the team advance to the previous year's Super Bowl VI. (The only Dolphins starter in Super Bowl VII over the age of 30 was 32-year-old", "title": "Super Bowl VII" }, { "docid": "11158282", "text": "room to the Super Bowl in ’74.\" Only a handful of players were carried over from the 1968 squad to the 1974 Super Bowl Squad, most notably veterans Andy Russell, Rocky Bleier, Ray Mansfield, and Bobby Walden. Additionally, Dick Hoak, who retired before the 1974 season, became the team's running backs coach and remained with the team in that capacity through the 2006 season. Bleier, who played his rookie season the year before and later became a major contributor to the Super Bowl championship teams, was fighting in Vietnam during this time and was wounded in combat just before the", "title": "1969 Pittsburgh Steelers season" }, { "docid": "4185059", "text": "Super Bowl XLI Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2006 season. The Colts defeated the Bears by the score of 29–17. The game was played on February 4, 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. This game featured two teams ending long Super Bowl appearance droughts. The Colts, who finished with a 12–4 regular season record, were making their first Super Bowl appearance since winning Super Bowl V", "title": "Super Bowl XLI" }, { "docid": "9676196", "text": "Roynell Young Roynell Young (born December 1, 1957) is a former professional American football safety and cornerback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles his entire National Football League (NFL) career, from 1980 to 1988. Young was selected by the Eagles from Alcorn State University in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft. In his rookie year, he played in Super Bowl XV and was selected to the Pro Bowl in his second season. He was one of two players who played in both Super Bowl XV and The Fog Bowl for the Eagles. The other was offensive", "title": "Roynell Young" }, { "docid": "11856836", "text": "years before the game is played, without regard to the teams that qualify. Only two NFL teams have reached the Super Bowl hosted in their home region: the San Francisco 49ers, who played Super Bowl XIX in Stanford Stadium, rather than Candlestick Park, and the Los Angeles Rams, who played Super Bowl XIV in the Rose Bowl, rather than the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Besides Stanford Stadium and the Rose Bowl, the only other Super Bowl venue that was not the home stadium to an NFL team at the time was Rice Stadium in Houston: the Houston Oilers had played", "title": "Super Bowl curse" }, { "docid": "6829708", "text": "(equivalent to soccer's English Premier League scheduling their last week's matches in the same manner), and no \"Sunday Night Football\" game would be played. This season also marked the year that NBC broadcast Super Bowl LII. In addition, this season featured four Super Bowl rematches on \"Sunday Night Football\", as well as a fifth in the Super Bowl broadcast itself. First, in Week 3, the Raiders traveled to the Nation’s Capital to face the Redskins, in a rematch of Super Bowl XVIII. Three weeks later, the Giants faced the Broncos, in a rematch of Super Bowl XXI. Then, as previously", "title": "NBC Sunday Night Football" }, { "docid": "3200133", "text": "play-by-play announcer Al Michaels, color commentator John Madden, who was named the day before to the Class of 2006 by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and sideline reporters Michele Tafoya (Steelers sideline) and Suzy Kolber (Seahawks sideline). This was the sixth Super Bowl telecast for Michaels, and the tenth for Madden (whose first was Super Bowl XVI, also played in Michigan). The opening theme was sung by Hank Williams Jr., who was later spotted in the stands wearing Steelers regalia. This game was the second Super Bowl broadcast for the Michaels-Madden pairing after they had called Super Bowl XXXVII", "title": "Super Bowl XL" }, { "docid": "394580", "text": "in the year). The attendance mark of 63,130 was second lowest (and the lowest post-merger attendance) only to the first Super Bowl's attendance of 61,946, and the Metrodome was the smallest stadium to ever host the Super Bowl. To date, this and Super Bowl LII are the northernmost Super Bowls ever played. Washington entered Super Bowl XXVI leading the league during the regular season in scoring with 485 points, while allowing the second-fewest points (224). The team was led by Mark Rypien, head coach Joe Gibbs' third different starting Super Bowl quarterback. Rypien led the NFC during the regular season", "title": "Super Bowl XXVI" }, { "docid": "4535134", "text": "Researchers Association named Branch to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2011. As of 2017, Branch has not yet been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Cliff Branch Clifford Branch (born August 1, 1948) is a retired American football wide receiver who spent his entire 14-year National Football League career with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, winning three Super Bowl rings in Super Bowl XI, Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII. He is the only wide receiver to have played on all three Raiders Super Bowl teams. Branch graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder", "title": "Cliff Branch" }, { "docid": "4185088", "text": "Esiason and Dan Marino, whose name graces the address of the game site (2269 Dan Marino Boulevard), began at noon (US EST) with NFL Films' \"Road to the Super Bowl\" year in review (narrated by Tom Selleck). This was followed by \"The Phil Simms All-Iron Team\", and a four-and-a-half-hour \"Super Bowl Today\" pre-game show followed by game coverage at 6:25 PM. Other contributors to the pre-game show included Katie Couric, anchor of the \"CBS Evening News\", Armen Keteyian, CBS News Chief Investigative Corrrespondent, Randy Cross, who reported from Iraq where U.S. military forces played a touch football game known as", "title": "Super Bowl XLI" }, { "docid": "2515106", "text": "made it the second straight year that a team from the NFC South division made the Super Bowl, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning Super Bowl XXXVII. The Patriots were seeking their second Super Bowl title in three years after posting a 14–2 record. NFL fans and sports writers widely consider this game one of the most well-played and thrilling Super Bowls; \"Sports Illustrated\" writer Peter King hailed it as the \"Greatest Super Bowl of all time.\" Although neither team could score in the first and third quarters, they ended up with a combined total of 868 yards and 61", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII" }, { "docid": "7141019", "text": "but not at the same time. This was also the first Super Bowl played outdoors on artificial turf (FieldTurf) since Super Bowl X (1976) at the Miami Orange Bowl. It was also the first in which two U.S. states, New York and New Jersey, shared hosting duties. This was also the first Super Bowl to be played outdoors since Super Bowl XLIV was played in Miami Gardens. The choice of holding the Super Bowl outdoors in a cold weather environment generated some controversy. When it was released in August 2013, the \"Winter Outlook\" section in the 2014 \"Farmers' Almanac\" predicted", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII" }, { "docid": "394439", "text": "ever, declaring it was, \"The most significant Super Bowl ever played. The most unlikely comeback from the most unlikely quarterback, Doug Williams, who led his team to score 35 points in the second quarter: a single-quarter Super Bowl scoring record that still stands!\" Sources: NFL.com Super Bowl XXII, Super Bowl XXII Play Finder Was, Super Bowl XXII Play Finder Den Completions/attempts Carries Long gain Receptions Times targeted The following records were set in Super Bowl XXII, according to the official NFL.com boxscore and the ProFootball reference.com game summary. Source: Following this game, Johnny Grier was promoted to referee, becoming the", "title": "Super Bowl XXII" }, { "docid": "394889", "text": "Series in the same year. This was Denver's first league championship after suffering four previous Super Bowl losses, and snapped a 13-game losing streak for AFC teams in the Super Bowl (the previous being the Los Angeles Raiders' win in Super Bowl XVIII after the 1983 season). The Broncos, who entered the game after posting a 12–4 regular season record in 1997, became just the second wild card team to win a Super Bowl and the first since the Raiders in Super Bowl XV. The Packers, who entered the game as the defending Super Bowl XXXI champions after posting a", "title": "Super Bowl XXXII" }, { "docid": "3200125", "text": "while also recording 18 catches for 218 yards and scoring five touchdowns. In short-yardage situations, the team relied on 255-pound running back Jerome Bettis, who rushed for 368 yards and scored nine touchdowns. The 33-year-old Bettis finished his 13th NFL season as the league's fifth all-time leading rusher (13,662 yards and 91 touchdowns), but until this point he had never played in a Super Bowl. The Steelers rushing attack was powered by an offensive line led by Pro Bowl guard Alan Faneca and Pro Bowl reserve center Jeff Hartings. The Steelers defense ranked fourth in the NFL, giving up 284.0", "title": "Super Bowl XL" }, { "docid": "3667063", "text": "fifth dirtiest player in professional team sports history. Romanowski played 243 consecutive games during the 1988-2003 seasons, an NFL record that stood until Chris Gardocki broke it during the 2006 season, finishing his career with 265, (256 reg. season and 9 playoff games). He won 4 Super Bowl Championships, and played 5 Super Bowls (Super Bowl XXIII, Super Bowl XXIV, Super Bowl XXXII, Super Bowl XXXIII and Super Bowl XXXVII). During his 16-year career, Romanowski compiled 1,105 tackles, 39.5 sacks, 18 forced fumbles, and 18 interceptions, which he returned for a net total of 98 yards and 1 career touchdown.", "title": "Bill Romanowski" }, { "docid": "4599106", "text": "The concept for the Soccer Bowl began in 1975 by then NASL Commissioner Phil Woosnam, who was trying to build a neutral-site championship event in the mold of the NFL's Super Bowl. Unlike the Super Bowl, the annual numbering scheme of the match did not use Roman numerals (e.g., Super Bowl XXI) but instead used the last two digits of the year played (e.g., Soccer Bowl '78). The original NASL's last Soccer Bowl took place in early October 1984 in a best-of-three series, as the league ceased operation in 1985. With the formation of the new North American Soccer League", "title": "Soccer Bowl" }, { "docid": "4243403", "text": "Gibril Wilson led the team with four interceptions each. Cornerback R. W. McQuarters had no interceptions during the season, but played effectively in the playoffs, with interceptions in each of the Giants first three postseason games. Punter Jeff Feagles played in his first Super Bowl after 20 years in the NFL. This was also the last game for Giants athletic trainer John Johnson who had been with the team for 60 years. Strahan and Toomer were the only Giants remaining from the franchise's last Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXV. The Giants became only the fourth team to win", "title": "Super Bowl XLII" }, { "docid": "393814", "text": "completed 12 out of 18 passes for 119 yards, threw 2 touchdown passes, and rushed 5 times for 18 yards, was named the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player. This was the last Super Bowl to be blacked out in the TV market in which the game was played. Under the NFL's unconditional blackout rules at the time, the Super Bowl could not be broadcast locally even if the local team did not advance to the Super Bowl, and it was a sellout. The following year, the league changed their rules to allow games to be broadcast in the local market", "title": "Super Bowl VI" }, { "docid": "9927257", "text": "Sam Ball Sam Ball (born June 1, 1944) is a retired National Football League offensive lineman who played from 1966 through 1970. During that span he appeared in Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V for the Baltimore Colts. He played college football at the University of Kentucky. He was also drafted in 1966 by the Jets in the 2nd round, 15th overall. 1966 was the last year of separate drafts by the NFL and AFL. On January 12, 1969, Ball was the starting offensive right tackle for the Colts against the Jets in Super Bowl III. He missed out", "title": "Sam Ball" }, { "docid": "394023", "text": "Oakland, 24–7. This was the first Super Bowl game to match both conferences’ No. 1 seeds, the first one held in the Rose Bowl, the last Super Bowl to finish under daylight and the last where both teams’ placekickers (Minnesota’s Fred Cox and Oakland’s Errol Mann) used the straight-on style. Scheduled on the 9th day of January, the game marks the earliest Super Bowl played during the calendar year. The regular season started one week earlier than usual in order to avoid having playoff games on Christmas Day, which fell on a Saturday in 1976. By moving the season up,", "title": "Super Bowl XI" }, { "docid": "393703", "text": "Super Bowl II The second AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional football, known retrospectively as Super Bowl II, was played on January 14, 1968, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The National Football League (NFL)'s defending champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Oakland Raiders by the score of 33–14. This game and Super Bowl III are the only two Super Bowl games to be played in back-to-back years in the same stadium. Coming into this game, like during the first Super Bowl, many sports writers and fans believed that any team in the NFL", "title": "Super Bowl II" }, { "docid": "393731", "text": "system was not used until 1978\" Super Bowl II The second AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional football, known retrospectively as Super Bowl II, was played on January 14, 1968, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The National Football League (NFL)'s defending champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Oakland Raiders by the score of 33–14. This game and Super Bowl III are the only two Super Bowl games to be played in back-to-back years in the same stadium. Coming into this game, like during the first Super Bowl, many sports writers and fans believed", "title": "Super Bowl II" }, { "docid": "9465865", "text": "four of the Steelers Super Bowl victories (Super Bowl IX, Super Bowl X, Super Bowl XIII, and Super Bowl XIV). Larry Brown (tight end) Larry Brown (born June 16, 1949) is a former American football player who played tight end and offensive tackle with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Kansas, where he played on the 1968 Orange Bowl squad and was a teammate of future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back John Riggins and pro quarterback Bobby Douglass. Brown played as a tight end from 1971–1976, and as", "title": "Larry Brown (tight end)" }, { "docid": "4450378", "text": "fourth Super Bowl, all of which were played in Miami (two at the Orange Bowl and two at then-named Sun Life Stadium). They are the only franchise to play all of its Super Bowls in the same city and the second to play two or more Super Bowls in two different stadiums (joining the Broncos who played two at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego and two at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans). With Tampa as the host of Super Bowl XLIII, Super Bowl XLIV also marked the third time that consecutive Super Bowls have been played in the same", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "docid": "394658", "text": "and dominate Dallas' young defense. Finally, Jimmy Johnson was looking to become the first head coach to win a college football national championship (University of Miami in 1987) and a Super Bowl. As of today, Johnson, Cowboys' successor Barry Switzer, and current Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll remain the only coaches ever to achieve this goal. This became last of five Super Bowl games played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Two other Super Bowl games were played nearby at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. As previously mentioned, this would be the seventh and final (to date) Super Bowl", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII" }, { "docid": "376001", "text": "other in the Super Bowl. The winning team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy, named after the coach of the Green Bay Packers, who won the first two Super Bowl games and three of the five preceding NFL championships in 1961, 1962, and 1965. Following Lombardi's death in September 1970, the trophy was named the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The first trophy awarded under the new name was presented to the Baltimore Colts following their win in Super Bowl V in Miami. The Super Bowl is currently played on the first Sunday in February. This is due to the current NFL schedule", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "393771", "text": "Super Bowl V Super Bowl V, the fifth edition of the Super Bowl and first modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game, was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to decide the NFL champion for the 1970 season. The Colts defeated the Cowboys by the score of 16–13. The game was played on January 17, 1971, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, the first Super Bowl game played on artificial turf, on first-generation Poly-Turf. This was the first Super Bowl played after the", "title": "Super Bowl V" }, { "docid": "3200044", "text": "along with Ted Johnson. Vrabel also frequently played at the tight end position during offensive plays near the opponent's goal line, recording 2 touchdown receptions. The Eagles gained the 2004 NFC Super Bowl berth after 3 consecutive defeats in the NFC Championship Game to the St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (who won Super Bowl XXXVII that year), and Carolina Panthers, respectively. The Eagles hired Andy Reid as their head coach in 1999 following two straight losing seasons. That same year, they used their first-round pick in the NFL draft (the second overall) to select quarterback Donovan McNabb. Although they", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIX" }, { "docid": "3200112", "text": "meetings held in Atlanta, two years before the stadium opened in 2002; the only previous Super Bowl held in the Detroit area, Super Bowl XVI, had been played at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1982 (also between teams from the AFC North and NFC West divisions [the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers, respectively], though the AFC North was called the Central at that time). The NFL promoted this Super Bowl under the slogan \"The Road to Forty.\" The slogan not only honored the 40-year history of the game, but was a nod to Detroit's traditional role as the center of", "title": "Super Bowl XL" }, { "docid": "393827", "text": "first player to score touchdowns in back-to-back Super Bowls, having a receiving touchdown in Super Bowl V. Dolphins safety Jake Scott entered Super Bowl VI with a broken left hand. He broke his right wrist during the game but never came out. With both hands in casts for three months, he said \"When I go to the bathroom, that's when I find out who my real friends are.\" This was the first Super Bowl to match two teams which played its home games on artificial turf. Both of the Cowboys' home stadiums of 1971, the Cotton Bowl and Texas Stadium,", "title": "Super Bowl VI" }, { "docid": "394444", "text": "ended with San Francisco wide receiver Jerry Rice's 14-yard touchdown reception. Rice, who was named the Super Bowl MVP, caught 11 passes for a Super Bowl record 215 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing once for 5 yards. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIII to Miami, Florida on March 14, 1985 during their March 10–15, 1985 meetings held in Phoenix. This was the sixth time that Miami hosted the game, and the first at Joe Robbie Stadium; the 5 previous Super Bowls in the area were played at the Miami Orange Bowl. Originally, the selection was to", "title": "Super Bowl XXIII" }, { "docid": "9361148", "text": "Mike Lodish Michael Timothy \"Mike\" Lodish (born August 11, 1967) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the tenth round of the 1990 NFL Draft. A 6'3\", 270-lb. defensive tackle and nose tackle from UCLA, Lodish played in 11 NFL seasons from 1990-2000 for the Bills and Denver Broncos. Lodish is tied with Don Beebe for second in all-time Super Bowl appearances with six. This is only behind Tom Brady, who played in his eighth Super Bowl on February 4, 2018 at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (It is worth noting", "title": "Mike Lodish" }, { "docid": "9955908", "text": "who played wide receiver for the Oregon Ducks until he was dismissed following a DUI arrest. He played his senior year for the Utah Utes. Carrington currently lives in San Diego with his wife and 3 kids. He works as the marriage and parenting pastor for the Rock Church. Darren Carrington Darren Carrington (born October 10, 1966 in Bronx, New York) is a former safety who played 8 seasons in the National Football League for five different teams. He started in Super Bowl XXIX for the San Diego Chargers and was the Denver Broncos kick returner in Super Bowl XXIV,", "title": "Darren Carrington" }, { "docid": "394948", "text": "focused on whether or not Elway would retire after the season (which he eventually did). Elway became the first quarterback to start five Super Bowls; he previously started Super Bowls XXI, XXII, XXIV, and XXXII. Broncos defensive lineman Mike Lodish was making his record 6th appearance in a Super Bowl. He played with Buffalo in all four of their Super Bowl losses (Super Bowl XXV through XXVIII) and with Denver's first Super Bowl win the year before. On the night before the Super Bowl, Falcons safety Eugene Robinson was arrested for solicitation of prostitution. While driving alone in a rented", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIII" }, { "docid": "394318", "text": "Super Bowl XIX Super Bowl XIX was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1984 season. The 49ers defeated the Dolphins by the score of 38–16, to win their second Super Bowl. The game was played on January 20, 1985, at Stanford Stadium, on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, the first Super Bowl played in the San Francisco Bay Area. This also became the second Super Bowl after Super Bowl XIV", "title": "Super Bowl XIX" }, { "docid": "13254450", "text": "consecutive year—and the third time in NFL history—the top two selections of the draft won Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year awards, respectively. The top two picks in the draft, Cam Newton and Denver linebacker Von Miller, played against each other in Super Bowl 50 on the teams that drafted them. This marked the first time that the top two picks in a single draft faced each other in the Super Bowl. The Broncos won, 24-10, with Miller winning Super Bowl MVP. Teams were allowed ten minutes to make each selection in the first round, seven minutes per selection", "title": "2011 NFL Draft" }, { "docid": "9862135", "text": "Bowl in franchise history, Super Bowl VIII, against the Miami Dolphins at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The Dolphins prevailed 24–7. The Vikings won the Central Division again in 1974 with a 10–4 record. In the playoffs, they built on their cold weather reputation, defeating both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams in frozen Metropolitan Stadium. On January 12, 1975, The Vikings played in their second straight Super Bowl, Super Bowl IX (3rd overall), losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 16–6, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. In 1975, Mike Lynn, who had been hired the previous year", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "1946007", "text": "for the NFC or solid red for the AFC, with white jerseys with blue or red accents, respectively, for the away team. While it had been speculated that the color of Pro Bowl jerseys was determined by the winner of the Super Bowl—as it had been played post-Super Bowl for many years—this is untrue. The design of Pro Bowl uniforms is changed every two years, and the color and white jerseys are rotated along with the design change. This has been Pro Bowl tradition since the switch to team specific helmets, which started with the January 1979 game. The two-year", "title": "Pro Bowl" }, { "docid": "397170", "text": "kick-off. Lesslee Fitzmorris created and directed the show. To celebrate the 20th Super Bowl game, the Most Valuable Players of the previous Super Bowls were featured during the pregame festivities. The number one song of the year coupled with video plays from each Super Bowl accompanied the presentation of each player. Performers formed the score of each championship game. The show concluded with the question of who would be the next Super Bowl Champions. This would start a tradition occurring every ten years (in Super Bowls XXX, XL and 50) in which past Super Bowl MVPs would be honored before", "title": "Super Bowl XX" }, { "docid": "9843798", "text": "Steve Foley (defensive back) Stephen James Foley (born November 11, 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He played his entire 11-year NFL career (1976–1986) with the Denver Broncos after one year (1975) with the Jacksonville Express of the World Football League. As a member of the Orange Crush Defense, Foley played in the Super Bowl twice. He was a starter in Super Bowl XII against the Dallas Cowboys and played in Super Bowl XXI (his final game) against the New York Giants. The Broncos lost both of these games. Foley", "title": "Steve Foley (defensive back)" }, { "docid": "13212141", "text": "that era was Ike Lassiter, Ben Davidson, Tom Keating, and Dan Birdwell, a group who set the NFL sack record (broken in 1984 by the Chicago Bears), so Dotson did not get a lot of playing time, although he played in most of the games while with the Raiders. His son is Santana Dotson, himself a former All-American and also the 1993 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played in two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers. He was a Super Bowl champion winning Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers. When his son,", "title": "Alphonse Dotson" }, { "docid": "393907", "text": "This was the first Super Bowl in which a former AFL franchise was the favorite. The 1970 AFC champion Baltimore Colts had been the favorite in Super Bowl V, but they were an original NFL franchise prior the 1970 merger. This was also the first Super Bowl played in a stadium that was not the current home to an NFL or AFL team, as no team had called Rice Stadium home since the Houston Oilers moved into the Astrodome in 1968. It was also the first Super Bowl game played on the then-popular AstroTurf artificial playing surface. The Vikings complained", "title": "Super Bowl VIII" }, { "docid": "394046", "text": "Super Bowl XII Super Bowl XII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1977 season. The Cowboys defeated the Broncos 27–10 to win their second Super Bowl. The game was played on January 15, 1978, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. This was the first time that the Super Bowl was played in a domed stadium, and the first time that the game was played in prime time in the Eastern United States.", "title": "Super Bowl XII" }, { "docid": "4243394", "text": "The kickoff for the game took place at 4:32 p.m. MST (23:32 UTC). This was the first Super Bowl played on a retractable natural-grass field surface; the University of Phoenix Stadium's removable surface is unique among American sports venues. Super Bowl XLII was also the second Super Bowl played in a retractable-roof stadium (the first was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston for Super Bowl XXXVIII). During the regular season, the home team decides 90 minutes before kickoff whether the roof will be open or closed, and an open roof must remain open unless weather conditions get worse. However, as", "title": "Super Bowl XLII" }, { "docid": "394137", "text": "work four Super Bowls. Super Bowl XIII Super Bowl XIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1978 season. The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by the score of 35–31. The game was played on January 21, 1979, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, the fifth and last time that the Super Bowl was played in that stadium. This was the first Super Bowl that featured a rematch of a previous one (the Steelers had", "title": "Super Bowl XIII" }, { "docid": "394138", "text": "Super Bowl XIV Super Bowl XIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Los Angeles Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1979 season. The Steelers defeated the Rams by the score of 31–19, becoming the first team to win four Super Bowls. The game was played on January 20, 1980, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, and was attended by a Super Bowl record 103,985 spectators. This also became the first Super Bowl where the game was coincidentally played in", "title": "Super Bowl XIV" }, { "docid": "394404", "text": "Super Bowl XXII Super Bowl XXII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Washington Redskins and American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1987 season. The Redskins defeated the Broncos by the score of 42–10, winning their second Super Bowl. The game was played on January 31, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, the first time that the Super Bowl was played in that city. This Super Bowl came at the end of a season that was shortened by a players' strike. Each", "title": "Super Bowl XXII" }, { "docid": "17736394", "text": "For his career, Luck fell to 0–4 against the Patriots, including two playoff losses. They would lose 34-27 in 2015. In those four games, the Patriots have outscored the Colts 189–73. Luck has thrown 9 career interceptions in three games played at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots faced the defending-Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 49. For the second year in a row the Seahawks boasted the #1 ranked defense (1st against the pass, 3rd against the run). This was the Patriots' first Super Bowl appearance since 2011, when they lost to the Giants. This was the stadium where", "title": "2014 New England Patriots season" }, { "docid": "19118159", "text": "points. This would also be a record fifth Super Bowl victory for the Brady–Belichick quarterback-head coach combo. For Tom Brady, this would be his fifth. With the Super Bowl win, he broke his tie with hall of fame quarterbacks Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw who both have four wins each. Moreover, head coach Bill Belichick's fifth Super Bowl meant he surpassed Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll (4) for most wins in the Super Bowl by a head coach. Two-time Pro Bowl linebacker and 2008 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jerod Mayo announced his retirement in February 2016.", "title": "2016 New England Patriots season" }, { "docid": "10564507", "text": "Tony Robinson (American football) Kevin Altona \"Tony\" Robinson (born January 22, 1964) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for the Super Bowl-winning Washington Redskins as a replacement member of their team during the 1987 players' strike. Along with other Redskins replacement players from that year, he was eventually awarded a Super Bowl ring. Robinson played college football at the University of Tennessee from 1982 to 1985. After spending his first two seasons as a backup, he guided the 1984 squad to a 7–4–1 record and an appearance in the Sun Bowl. He led", "title": "Tony Robinson (American football)" }, { "docid": "394409", "text": "XXIII and XXIV was postponed. San Diego was awarded the game, marking the second time consecutive Super Bowls were played in the same state, with Pasadena hosting Super Bowl XXI. This has now happened three times in NFL history; Super Bowls II and III were both played at the Miami Orange Bowl and Super Bowls XLIII and XLIV were played in Florida (at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa and Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens). The primary storyline surrounding Super Bowl XXII was that Washington's Doug Williams was the first African-American quarterback ever to start in a NFL league championship", "title": "Super Bowl XXII" }, { "docid": "9671850", "text": "was a member of the San Francisco 49ers' Super Bowl winning teams; Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XIX and Super Bowl XXIII as a player, and Super Bowl XXIX as a coach. On March 25, 2015, he was hired as the defensive line coach for Seattle Seahawks. Dwaine Board Dwaine P. Board (born November 29, 1956) is a defensive line coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is also a former American football defensive end who played for the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints from 1979 to 1988. Board played college football at", "title": "Dwaine Board" }, { "docid": "394977", "text": "season record and outscored their opponents 526–242, the highest scoring margin (284) of any Super Bowl champion. This was the Rams' first playoff appearance since 1989 and only the second Super Bowl appearance in team history. St. Louis was led by undrafted quarterback Kurt Warner, who started the season as a backup to Trent Green. Green suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason, making Warner the team's new starter. Warner previously played for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League and the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe. In his first NFL season in 1998, Warner played only one", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIV" }, { "docid": "4503891", "text": "Matt Millen Matthew George Millen (born March 12, 1958) is an American former National Football League linebacker and former executive. Millen played for the Oakland Raiders, the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. In Millen's 12-year NFL playing career, he played on four teams that won the Super Bowl. Millen won a Super Bowl ring with each of the three teams for which he played; moreover, he won a Super Bowl ring in each of the four cities in which he played (the Raiders won championships in both Oakland and Los Angeles during his tenure). After his playing career,", "title": "Matt Millen" }, { "docid": "6777553", "text": "Charles Tillman Charles Anthony Tillman (born February 23, 1981), nicknamed Peanut, is a former American football cornerback, who is currently a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. He played college football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. Tillman played 12 years for the Bears, helping them reach Super Bowl XLI, and also played one year with the Carolina Panthers, making Super Bowl 50 with the team, although he had been placed on injured reserve earlier in the season. He was selected", "title": "Charles Tillman" }, { "docid": "394087", "text": "Super Bowl XIII Super Bowl XIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1978 season. The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by the score of 35–31. The game was played on January 21, 1979, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, the fifth and last time that the Super Bowl was played in that stadium. This was the first Super Bowl that featured a rematch of a previous one (the Steelers had previously beaten the Cowboys,", "title": "Super Bowl XIII" }, { "docid": "3200113", "text": "the U.S. automotive industry. In a related note, Roger Penske, owner of a car dealership, racing team, and other related companies, headed the Super Bowl XL host committee. This was the first Super Bowl to be played on the newer FieldTurf surface; each of the previous Super Bowls had been played either on natural grass or on the first-generation AstroTurf. The Seahawks became the first team to have their full team name painted in their end zone for a Super Bowl, as their geographic location name (Seattle) was painted above the team nickname (Seahawks). In Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona", "title": "Super Bowl XL" }, { "docid": "3200083", "text": "Patriots goal line stand. The next year, the Patriots, having faltered down the stretch, entered those playoffs as the second seed behind the Broncos, who then defeated New England in the AFC Title Game that year en route to a title of their own in Super Bowl 50. Two years later, the Patriots, defending champions themselves from Super Bowl LI, returned to repeat their title only to lose the aforementioned Super Bowl LII. Sources: NFL.com Super Bowl XXXIX, Super Bowl XXXIX Play Finder NE, Super Bowl XXXIX Play Finder Phi Completions/attempts Carries Long gain Receptions Times targeted Source: As usual,", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIX" }, { "docid": "18084487", "text": "of the Broncos' defeats in Super Bowls XXI and XXIV, this was the first Super Bowl in which both head coaches played in the game themselves; coincidentally, the coaches they had played under, Mike Ditka (Rivera) and Dan Reeves (Kubiak), not only had Super Bowl playing experience themselves, but had done so as teammates with the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowls V and VI (and worked together as Cowboys assistant coaches for Super Bowls X, XII and XIII). Concerns were raised over whether Levi's Stadium's field was of a high enough quality to host a Super Bowl; during the inaugural", "title": "Super Bowl 50" }, { "docid": "5727287", "text": "Bob Long Robert Andrew \"Bob\" Long (born June 16, 1942) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played in the 1960s and 1970s and earned two Super Bowl rings. He attended suburban Pittsburgh's Washington Township High School (near Apollo), and Wichita State University. His seven-year pro-career was spent with both the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins. He was an instrumental part of Vince Lombardi's wins at Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. Long was inducted into the State of Kansas Hall of Fame in 1965 and the Wichita State Hall of", "title": "Bob Long" }, { "docid": "393893", "text": "in 1978. Pardee was fired following a 6–10 campaign in 1980 and was replaced by Joe Gibbs, who led the Redskins to three Super Bowl championships (XVII, XXII, XXVI) and 171 victories to earn induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Pardee later coached the Houston Oilers for four and a half seasons (1990–94). The Miami Dolphins became the second team to win the Super Bowl after losing it the previous year. To date, they are the last team to do so. The game was played on the same day as the live Elvis Presley broadcast of \"Aloha from", "title": "Super Bowl VII" }, { "docid": "5727290", "text": "also brought the first Pizza Hut to northern Wisconsin from 1968–1979. Bob Long Robert Andrew \"Bob\" Long (born June 16, 1942) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played in the 1960s and 1970s and earned two Super Bowl rings. He attended suburban Pittsburgh's Washington Township High School (near Apollo), and Wichita State University. His seven-year pro-career was spent with both the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins. He was an instrumental part of Vince Lombardi's wins at Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. Long was inducted into the State of Kansas", "title": "Bob Long" }, { "docid": "467323", "text": "of the CFL. His Panther teammate Jake Delhomme named his newborn horse \"She Hate Me\" as a reference to him. Smart played in Super Bowl XXXVIII becoming one of seven XFL players to play in a Super Bowl. Receiver Yo Murphy also achieved this as a member of the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI along with winning the 95th Grey Cup with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2007. Tommy Maddox played for a Super Bowl team (with the Pittsburgh Steelers) in Super Bowl XL in Detroit, (although Maddox, by then a third-string quarterback, did not play in the game,", "title": "XFL" }, { "docid": "9917557", "text": "began when he was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1987 NFL Draft. He played for the Oilers from 1987 to 1989, and then went on to play for the Buffalo Bills from 1989 to 1994. Davis was a member of four Super Bowl teams with Buffalo before retiring in 1994. He started at right guard in Super Bowl XXV, missed Super Bowl XXVI due to a knee injury, played in Super Bowl XXVII, and started at left guard in Super Bowl XXVIII. He was awarded the NFL's Ed Block Courage Award in 1993 – this award is given", "title": "John Davis (offensive lineman)" }, { "docid": "9601079", "text": "concussion on a 4th quarter onside kick attempt by the Colts. He was put in the intensive care ward for two days and moved to a regular room on the Tuesday after the game. In 1970, Volk helped lead the Colts to another Super Bowl appearance, but were now representing the AFC following the merger of the two leagues (NFL and AFL) that year. This time, the Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V. Volk was responsible for covering Pro Football Hall of Famers Bob Hayes and Mike Ditka in the Super Bowl, and he played a key", "title": "Rick Volk" }, { "docid": "11097486", "text": "Super Bowl (he played in Super Bowl VI). Frank Cornish Jr. Frank Edgar Cornish III (born June 20, 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana), generally referred to as Frank Cornish Jr., is a former professional American football player who played defensive tackle for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Miami Dolphins, and the Buffalo Bills. He played in Super Bowl VI with the Dolphins. Cornish, who played both offensive and defensive tackle in college at Grambling State, was a starter at left offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Sharks of the World Football League (WFL) during the league's", "title": "Frank Cornish Jr." }, { "docid": "394599", "text": "before they had played Denver, we kind of thought you had to put pressure on this guy (Jim Kelly). We attacked the line of scrimmage more than usual. We wanted to blitz to stop the run early in the game. It's sometimes tough to pick up blitzes against the running game.\" Redskins linebacker Matt Millen was bidding to become the first player to play in a Super Bowl victory for three different franchises (he played in Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII with the Raiders, and Super Bowl XXIV with the 49ers). However, Millen was deactivated for the game", "title": "Super Bowl XXVI" }, { "docid": "394907", "text": "aired on its own in Mexico, also until 2007, being broadcast on Canal 5; Televisa had aired NFL football since 1970 and the Super Bowl since 1988 (at the time, the only other Super Bowl in San Diego). Azteca 13 likewise would exclusively air the Super Bowl from 1999 until 2006, including Super Bowl XXXVII which would be the next Super Bowl to be played at Qualcomm Stadium. This game was later featured on \"NFL's Greatest Games\" as This One's for John. The pregame show, narrated by actor and comedian Phil Hartman, celebrated the music and history of California. It", "title": "Super Bowl XXXII" }, { "docid": "18798741", "text": "Super Bowl LIII Super Bowl LIII, the 53rd Super Bowl and the 49th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game, will decide the league champion for the 2018 NFL season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 3, 2019, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. This will be the third Super Bowl in Atlanta, having previously hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 at the Georgia Dome. On May 19, 2015, the league announced the four finalists that will compete to host Super Bowl LIII in 2019, LIV in 2020, and LV in", "title": "Super Bowl LIII" }, { "docid": "7204200", "text": "Bill Bates William Frederick \"Bill\" Bates (born June 6, 1961) is a former American football safety who played for fifteen seasons in the National Football League, all of which were spent with the Dallas Cowboys. A fan favorite, he was a Pro Bowl selection in 1984, played in Super Bowl XXVIII and Super Bowl XXX, and was on the Cowboys' roster for Super Bowl XXVII. He played college football at the University of Tennessee. Bates attended Farragut High School in Farragut, Tennessee, where he played under rising head coach Ken Sparks. He recorded over 1,000 return yards, 14 interceptions, and", "title": "Bill Bates" }, { "docid": "4450379", "text": "state. Super Bowls II and III were both played at the Orange Bowl. Super Bowls XXI and XXII were both played in California: XXI at Pasadena's Rose Bowl Stadium and XXII at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium. Miami became the first city to host two Super Bowls designated as a National Special Security Event (NSSE). In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, every Super Bowl since Super Bowl XXXVI has been designated as an NSSE. Super Bowl XLI was Miami's first Super Bowl designated as an NSSE. The 2010 Pro Bowl was played on January 31, during", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "docid": "376009", "text": "a game which is notable as being the only Super Bowl to date in which a player from the losing team won the Super Bowl MVP (Cowboys' linebacker Chuck Howley). Beginning with this Super Bowl, all Super Bowls have served as the NFL's league championship game. The Cowboys, coming back from a loss the previous season, won Super Bowl VI over the Dolphins. However, this would be the Dolphins' final loss in over a year, as the next year, the Dolphins would go 14–0 in the regular season and eventually win all of their playoff games, capped off with a", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "10060958", "text": "Super Bowl Champions. In 1978, the year of their first Super Bowl title, the Patriots' head coach was Al Robichaud, who was inducted into the Massachusetts High School Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Robichaud was CCHS's head coach from 1972 to 1990 and coached CCHS to three Dual County League titles and one Super Bowl title. In 2011, the year of their second Super Bowl title, the Patriots' head coach was one of Robichaud's sons, Mike, who in his six years as the head coach at CCHS has won four Dual County League titles, advanced to two Super Bowl", "title": "Concord-Carlisle High School" }, { "docid": "7167355", "text": "Super Bowl XLVII Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2012 season. The Ravens defeated the 49ers by the score of 34–31, handing the 49ers their first Super Bowl loss in franchise history. The game was played on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. This was the tenth Super Bowl to be played in New Orleans, equaling Miami's record of ten in an individual city.", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII" }, { "docid": "376017", "text": "quarterback Steve Young, Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice, and Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders; however, the Cowboys' victory in Super Bowl XXX the next year also gave them five titles overall and they did so with Sanders after he won the Super Bowl the previous year with the 49ers. The NFC's winning streak was continued by the Green Bay Packers who, under Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, won Super Bowl XXXI, their first championship since Super Bowl II in the late 1960s. Super Bowl XXXII saw quarterback John Elway and running back Terrell Davis lead the", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "394727", "text": "Super Bowl XXIX Super Bowl XXIX was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion San Diego Chargers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1994 season. This is the only Super Bowl in history to be played between two teams from the same state. The 49ers defeated the Chargers by the score of 49–26, becoming the first team to win five Super Bowl championships. The game was played on January 29, 1995 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida (now part of the", "title": "Super Bowl XXIX" }, { "docid": "8948707", "text": "he was a four-year letterman and was an All-State selection. Chuck Darby Chartric \"Chuck\" Terrell Darby (; born October 22, 1975) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2001. He played college football for Willie Jeffries at South Carolina State. Darby has also played for the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII. With the Seahawks he played in Super Bowl XL as a starter. Darby attended North High School in North, South Carolina and", "title": "Chuck Darby" }, { "docid": "4450419", "text": "John Randle, and Emmitt Smith – were named the day before. The Saints won the coin toss, marking the 13th straight Super Bowl the NFC won the toss (the Cardinals won the toss in Super Bowl XLIII but elected to defer to the second half, giving the Steelers the ball to open the game). The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show. The band played a medley of their hits, consisting of \"Pinball Wizard\", \"Baba O'Riley\", \"Who Are You\", \"See Me, Feel Me\", and \"Won't Get Fooled Again\". For the first time since the Super Bowl XXXIV halftime", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "docid": "394446", "text": "the first Sunday in February (with the exception of Super Bowl XXXVII, which was played on January 26, 2003). This was also the last east coast Super Bowl that began under daylight. For the 49ers, it was their first Super Bowl appearance since they defeated the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX. They had made the playoffs in the three seasons between Super Bowl XIX and Super Bowl XXIII, but were eliminated each time in the first round, primarily because of the poor performances by their offensive stars in those games; quarterback Joe Montana, receiver Jerry Rice, and running back", "title": "Super Bowl XXIII" }, { "docid": "393967", "text": "fumbles. Source: Bruce Alford was the first official to be honored with three Super Bowl assignments. Bernie Ulman was the first official to be the referee for a Super Bowl after working a previous Super Bowl at another position. This would not happen again until Dick Hantak was the referee for Super Bowl XXVII after serving as back judge for Super Bowl XVII. \"Note: A seven-official system was not used until the season\" Super Bowl IX Super Bowl IX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC)", "title": "Super Bowl IX" }, { "docid": "1064868", "text": "season sack total was 16 in 1978. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994. On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the naming of the only co-MVPs in Super Bowl history, Super Bowl XLVII, which like Super Bowl XII was played in New Orleans, Louisiana, was dedicated to White. Harvey Martin had died in 2001. Gradually, the accumulation of injuries began to limit White's effectiveness. He was credited with only 64 tackles in the 1987 season; this followed shoulder surgery the previous year and a bulging disc in his neck that worsened. In 1988,", "title": "Randy White (American football)" } ]
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when did california become part of the us
[ "on September 9 , 1850" ]
[ { "docid": "66767", "text": "17th centuries. The Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its successful war for independence but was ceded to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican–American War. The western portion of Alta California then was organized and admitted as the 31st state on September 9, 1850. The California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. The word \"California\" originally referred to the Baja", "title": "California" }, { "docid": "1023393", "text": "1848, when Mexico and the United States ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Alta California was officially militarily-occupied enemy territory. Until a civilian authority was established the military decided to retain the Mexican administrative and judicial system of \"prefects\" for districts and \"alcaldes\" for municipalities. This continued even after California became part of the United States because Congress never did organize California as a U. S. territory. California remained a military district so the old Mexican laws, supplemented by pronouncements of the military governors, largely remained in place. California finally did achieve statehood on September 9, 1850, as part of", "title": "Sonoma, California" }, { "docid": "66784", "text": "well. The capital has been located in Sacramento since 1854 with only a short break in 1862 when legislative sessions were held in San Francisco due to flooding in Sacramento. Once the state's Constitutional Convention had finalized its state constitution, it applied to the US Congress for admission to statehood. On September 9, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850, California was officially admitted into the United States as an undivided free state. Its status as a 'free state' prevented the expansion of slavery to the Pacific Coast, which was a foremost concern for the pre-Civil War US Congress.", "title": "California" } ]
[ { "docid": "7583903", "text": "The state of Alabama, Montgomery in particular, got heavily involved in promoting the highway for boosts in local tourism. Smaller US 80 statewide associations were founded to promote the highway in Alabama. In the coming decade, US 80 grew to become a very popular and heavily traveled highway, the popularity of which did provide US 66 with serious competition. There even came a time where more people traveled into California on US 80 than on US 66. In 1955, US 80 and SR 8 underwent a major re-route, bypassing Coatopa, Livingston and York. Previously, only part of the new route", "title": "U.S. Route 80 in Alabama" }, { "docid": "440014", "text": "Every year Transfer Day is recognized as a holiday, to commemorate the acquisition of the islands by the United States. US citizenship was granted to the inhabitants of the islands in 1927. The US dollar was adopted in the territory in 1934 and from 1935 to 1939 the islands were a part of the United States customs area. Water Island, a small island to the south of St. Thomas, was initially administered by the US federal government and did not become a part of the United States Virgin Islands territory until 1996, when of land was transferred to the territorial", "title": "United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "10743679", "text": "U.S. Route 80, and became a business loop for Interstate 8 when U.S. Route 80 was decommissioned and replaced by the interstate. It is designated as a historic highway by the state of California. Only portions of what would become El Cajon Boulevard in both La Mesa and El Cajon were originally part of US 80. During a re-routing through San Diego onto Park Boulevard in 1929, the western portion of El Cajon Boulevard was added to US 80. The next section of El Cajon Boulevard added to US 80 was between La Mesa and El Cajon around 1940. Today,", "title": "El Cajon Boulevard" }, { "docid": "2611418", "text": "relation to the Spanish dollar. Following the introduction of the US dollar gold standard to British Honduras, the 25 cent coins were referred to as shillings due to their closeness in value to shilling sterling. When the United Kingdom abandoned the gold standard in 1931 the British Honduras dollar continued with its attachment to the US dollar and as such it did not become part of the sterling bloc. At the outbreak of the second world war, unlike in the case of Canada, Newfoundland, and Hong Kong, British Honduras did join the sterling area even though it maintained its fixed", "title": "Belize dollar" }, { "docid": "13085417", "text": "freeway. In February 1954, the California Highway Commission declared that both the Alvarado Canyon and Mission Valley roads, as well as the new Holtville alignment, were to be part of US 80; an alignment was also chosen for the part of the highway that passed through El Cajon. A $934,211 contract was given out to construct the Holtville portion in April. Contrary to the recommendation of the California Senate Interim Committee on Highways to study constructing the freeway to replace US 80 on a new alignment, San Diego County officials decided to pursue upgrading the existing road to become a", "title": "U.S. Route 80 in California" }, { "docid": "7822888", "text": "Tree that did not become part of NY 5 is now County Route 576 (CR 576) from NY 5 to Bayview Road and NY 951E, an unsigned reference route, from US 62 to US 20A. In Geneva, US 20 was initially routed on East North Street and Border City Road, overlapping with NY 14 through the city and rejoining its modern routing in East Geneva. The overlap was eliminated when US 20 was moved onto a new roadway located along the edge of Seneca Lake. US 20 was realigned again in the 1960s to use a new divided highway built", "title": "U.S. Route 20 in New York" }, { "docid": "9083460", "text": "become a top ten success in Australia and New Zealand. \"Now That You Got It\", a hybrid song featuring reggae artist Damian Marley, also had a less than stellar chart performance; it did not make the top 20 anywhere except Norway and failed to chart in the US. The album's fifth and final single, \"Early Winter\", was released across only mainland Europe and charted moderately well. On the same day as Stefani released \"The Sweet Escape\", she also released \"Harajuku Lovers Live\" on DVD, a recording of a concert performed in November 2005 in Anaheim, California as part of her", "title": "Gwen Stefani discography" }, { "docid": "4011992", "text": "through Sunnyvale, and Route 113 (SR 237) east to Route 5 (Main Street, then U.S. Route 101E and Sign Route 13) in Milpitas. When the San Jose-Oakland US 101E designation was dropped in the mid-1930s, Route 5 between Mission San Jose (where the new SR 21 turned northeast) and Hayward did not retain a signed designation. Later SR 9 was extended north along SR 17 (which had replaced SR 13) from Milpitas to Warm Springs, SR 21 to Mission San Jose, and the independent section of former US 101E - all part of Route 5 - to US 50 (also", "title": "California State Route 9" }, { "docid": "11976572", "text": "been a part of the primary highway system since the system was created in 1920. It was originally part of Primary Road No. 20 (No. 20), which was a north–south route that passed through Decorah, Dubuque, Davenport, Fort Madison, and Keokuk. In 1926, when most of No 20 became U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) and US 55, only the length of the road north of Decorah did not become a U.S. Highway. A short overlap of Iowa 9 was eliminated, which left the segment now known as Iowa 139. However, it would be another four years before it was called", "title": "Iowa Highway 139" }, { "docid": "2062663", "text": "would compensate artists when their work is resold. The artist later supported a state bill in California that did become law, the California Resale Royalty Act of 1976. Rauschenberg took up his fight for artist resale royalties after the taxi baron Robert Scull sold part of his art collection in a 1973 auction, including Rauschenberg's 1958 painting \"Thaw\" that he had originally sold to Scull for $900 but brought $85,000 at an auction at Sotheby Parke Bernet in New York. Robert Rauschenberg Milton Ernest \"Robert\" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist", "title": "Robert Rauschenberg" }, { "docid": "13085408", "text": "was underway in 1932, and much of the work was to be located at the Viejas Grade, and at the segment just west of Alpine. Paving continued on US 80 into 1934, just west of the sand dunes. Meanwhile, Imperial County businessmen hoped to promote the use of this road over the route from Phoenix to Los Angeles, to increase tourism. Eventually, US 80 did become the most used road into Southern California from the east, but by 1947, the Highway 80 Associated was formed to increase the traffic on the road, since the war and advertising by other cities", "title": "U.S. Route 80 in California" }, { "docid": "11325492", "text": "December 11, 1928 in Los Angeles, California whereupon Mosse moved in with his daughter, Justine also living in Van Nuys, California at the time. Despite having lived in the United States for nearly 50 years, Mosse did not officially become a naturalized US citizen until January 8, 1937 in Van Nuys, California. Later in 1944 he and his daughter moved to San Diego, California, where Mosse died on January 8, 1956 at the home of his daughter. He was survived by his daughters Justine St. Leger Mosse (November 9, 1899 – May 11, 1986), Mrs. Marion Wellesley Russell (November 5,", "title": "Arthur Mosse" }, { "docid": "6669722", "text": "rating dropped from 82% in the polls in January 1946 to 52% by June. This dissatisfaction with the Truman administration's policies led to large Democratic losses in the 1946 midterm elections, and Republicans took control of Congress for the first time since 1930. The 80th Congress included Republican freshmen who would become prominent in US politics in the years to come including Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy and California Congressman Richard Nixon. When Truman dropped to 32% in the polls, Democratic Arkansas Senator William Fulbright suggested that Truman resign; the President said he did not care what Senator \"Halfbright\" said. Truman", "title": "Harry S. Truman" }, { "docid": "2710470", "text": "and Hayward did not retain a signed designation. Later SR 9 was extended north along SR 17 (which had replaced SR 13) from Milpitas to Warm Springs, SR 21 to Mission San Jose, and the independent section of former US 101E - all part of Route 5 - to US 50 (also Route 5, which included a branch to Oakland) near Hayward. Except for a short realignment in the mid-1950s onto Route 69 (now I-880 and SR 262) between Milpitas and Warm Springs, this alignment remained until the 1964 renumbering when SR 9 would eventually be truncated to its existing", "title": "California State Route 85" }, { "docid": "13903473", "text": "John Cardiel John Joseph Cardiel (born December 14, 1973) is a professional skateboarder and snowboarder who has been a core member of the AntiHero Skateboards company since it was founded in 1995. Cardiel was born in San Jose, California, United States (US), and grew up in Half Moon Bay, US and Grass Valley, California, US. When asked by prominent skateboard photographer Tobin Yelland in a 1998 \"Transworld Skateboarding\" interview, \"When you were younger and skating with all your friends, did you ever think you'd get sponsored?\", Cardiel replied: No, not at all. It wasn't about getting sponsored, it was about", "title": "John Cardiel" }, { "docid": "8375919", "text": "and the former route became part of WIS 67. When the federal government was planning the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s, Wisconsin proposed that the WIS 57 corridor become the route of an interstate highway. The state wanted an interstate to connect Milwaukee and Green Bay, two of Wisconsin's largest cities. Their plan chose the WIS 57 route over the nearby US 41 and US 141 corridors; the state did not want the interstate's route to favor either the port cities of Manitowoc and Sheboygan or the inland cities of Appleton, Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. Wisconsin wanted to", "title": "Wisconsin Highway 57" }, { "docid": "1600540", "text": "in 1922 between Arkansas and Iowa. The only part that did not become part of US 61 was north of Wayland, where US 61 turned east on Route 4, and Route 9 became Route 4B (now Route 81) to the state line. Since then, US 61 has been moved to a shorter route between Jackson and Festus, replacing much of Route 25; the old alignment is now Route 72 and US 67. Prior to 1958, US 61 followed the route now known as Iowa 22 between Davenport and Muscatine. US 61 was then rerouted onto the old Iowa 22 which", "title": "U.S. Route 61" }, { "docid": "9070029", "text": "flashes forward to 1883 when the sons of Charles Main (who by now had become a successful rancher in Texas) and Billy Hazard (who was now a successful land baron in California) enter West Point, just as their fathers did and just as George and Orry did in 1842. \"Heaven and Hell\" debuted at #8 on \"The New York Times\" Best Seller list, and rose as high as #2. It was later ranked the #9 hardcover fiction bestseller of 1987 by \"Publishers Weekly\". \"North and South\" was adapted into a six-part television miniseries for ABC, which premiered on November 3,", "title": "North and South (trilogy)" }, { "docid": "16041663", "text": "\"Smith v. California\" when presenting the reasoning for its decision. As more and more case decisions have followed the same precedents of protecting freedom of expression that \"Smith v. California\" did, the issue of obscenity has become less significant in the United States today. Smith v. California Smith v. California, 361 U.S. 147 (1959), was a U.S. Supreme Court case upholding the freedom of the press. The decision deemed unconstitutional a city ordinance that made one in possession of obscene books criminally liable because it did not require proof that one had knowledge of the book’s content, and thus violated", "title": "Smith v. California" }, { "docid": "441457", "text": "the consequences. The sinking of the \"Reuben James\" did not lead the US to declare war on Germany; it did, however, provide a pretext to officially transfer the US Coast Guard from its peacetime role as an arm of the US Treasury Department to a wartime function as part of the US Navy. Congress also amended the Neutrality Act to permit the arming of US-registered merchant ships and authorized them to enter European waters for the first time since 1939. In 1942, again commanded by Erich Topp (who would later become an admiral in the post-war Bundesmarine), \"U-552\" participated in", "title": "German submarine U-552" }, { "docid": "2804926", "text": "annual capacity 180,000 tonnes of cathode started up, as did a desalination plant in Coloso. Ownership changed when BHP acquired Utah Mining and then Texaco acquired Getty Oil and sold off its mineral interests. BHP bought these and then sold a 30% interest to Rio Tinto and 10% to JECO. It subsequently sold 2.5% to the IFC. Escondida has become an important part of the Chilean economy. According to the CIA World Factbook, the mine's 2007 sales of US$10.21 billion were 4.3% of estimated 2007 GDP of US$234.4 billion and about 15% of exports. At the end of 2006, the", "title": "Minera Escondida" }, { "docid": "11916007", "text": "the route of modern I-10. In Beaumont, US 60 split off on its own westward trek to Los Angeles. The highway through Banning and Beaumont (known as Ramsey Street in Banning and Sixth Street in Beaumont) was bypassed by the new superhighway version of US 60/US 70/US 99 that would later become part of I-10. The edges of the old US 60 shield at the replacement interchange's overhead sign are clearly visible today underneath the SR 60 shield that covers it up. US 70 ended in downtown LA while US 99 turned north once again more or less following the", "title": "U.S. Route 99 in California" }, { "docid": "2558269", "text": "was bypassed by Interstate 64. From Phoenix west to Los Angeles, Interstate 10 paralleled and, for the most part, replaced US 60. I-10 and I-64 were mostly completed by the late 1970s, though part of Interstate 64 in West Virginia, built on a new alignment east from Beckley, did not bypass the old winding US 60 until July 15, 1988. California decommissioned its portion of US 60 in 1972; most was replaced by I-10, while the independent piece in the Los Angeles area became State Route 60. In 1982, the portion overlapping I-10 in western Arizona was removed. US 60", "title": "U.S. Route 60" }, { "docid": "5690347", "text": "and the old route became part of SH 39 and SH 11. On August 8, 1935, all of SH 1A west of Albany was transferred to SH 15, but that was not effective until September 1 of that year. On October 23, 1935, US 80 and SH 1 were rerouted onto the direct route between Ranger and Weatherford, replacing part of State Highway 89, and US 80 Alternate was extended east to Weatherford; this did not become effective until paving on SH 89 from Strawn to Weatherford was completed. It was unknown what the old route would become, but on", "title": "Texas State Highway 1" }, { "docid": "2576790", "text": "did not become part of US 2 was designated as Vermont Route 15. Other sections of US 2 in Vermont that were not part of New England Route 15 were parts of other former New England Interstate routes: Route 18 between Montpelier and Danville; Route 14 between Burlington and Montpelier; and Route 30 between Alburgh and Burlington. There have been at least three different three-digit child routes for US 2: U.S. Route 2 U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west U.S. Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments", "title": "U.S. Route 2" }, { "docid": "878487", "text": "1964 by the California State Legislature; the US 80 designation was removed at that time. The freeway that would become I-8 was constructed in the mid-20th century through the San Diego area. The section west of I-5 was originally part of SR 109, and was added to I-8 in 1972. In later years, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) made efforts to widen the freeway as congestion increased. Much of Alvarado Canyon Road from San Diego to La Mesa was originally built between 1947 and 1950, a bypass of the old US 80 routing along El Cajon Boulevard and La", "title": "Interstate 8" }, { "docid": "3637771", "text": "the Route 94 freeway extended to the junction with U.S. Route 80 (US 80) by October, with the Grossmont part of the route signed as Route 67. The Route 67 freeway was completed in March 1957, from Campo Road and Route 94 to US 80; the project was completed for $1,625,000 (about $ in dollars). Planning for what would become SR 125 north of I-8 began in 1954. Route 282 was defined as a route from Brown Field through La Mesa extending to Route 277 in 1959, and in 1961 the latter terminus was changed to Route 278. The California", "title": "California State Route 125" }, { "docid": "1016913", "text": "its landmark, Mount Rubidoux. Flabob Airport in Rubidoux has a runway. Rubidoux was located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , of which was land and (2.87%) was water. The community's name refers to Louis Robidoux who settled in the area in 1843. Of French Canadian origin, Robidoux's grandfather migrated from Quebec to St. Louis, Missouri, where his interest in the fur trade expanded to become the family business. Robidoux and his brothers became US citizens after 1803 when St. Louis officially became part of the United States. Robidoux was", "title": "Rubidoux, California" }, { "docid": "2545167", "text": "The route was built on top of several older highways, most notably the National Road and the Victory Highway. The National Road was created in 1806 by an act of Congress to serve as the first federally funded highway construction project. When completed it connected Cumberland, Maryland, with Vandalia, Illinois. The Victory Highway was designated as a memorial to World War I veterans and ran from Kansas City, Missouri to San Francisco, California. Other important roads that have become part of US 40 include Zane's Trace in Ohio, Braddock Road in Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Black Horse Pike in New", "title": "U.S. Route 40" }, { "docid": "795542", "text": "early 1950s, old US 101 along the El Camino Real was posted as US 101 Alternate or US 101A, and the freeway was marked US 101 Bypass or US 101B. In 1964, when California renumbered numerous state highways, El Camino was renumbered SR 82 and the Bayshore Freeway lost the bypass designation. US 101 has become internationally renowned over the years in film, popular culture, and song. It is often quoted alongside other legendary roadtrip routes, such as US 66, as a recognized symbol of American culture and lifestyle. US 101 is one of the courses in the racing game", "title": "U.S. Route 101" }, { "docid": "6134422", "text": "portion was dropped from LRN 140 and became its own state route, defined as LRN 264, and later as the signed route SR 223. After the California renumbering of state routes in 1964, LRN 140 would become SR 119. US 399 was decommissioned that year, so the route was also signed SR 119. California State Route 119 State Route 119 (SR 119) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs in an east–west direction from State Route 33 in Taft to State Route 99 just south of Bakersfield. SR 119 is part of the former U.S.", "title": "California State Route 119" }, { "docid": "3536504", "text": "\"South Carolina\"s. With these ships, the US Navy re-adopted a full-fledged medium-caliber weapon for anti-torpedo boat defense. While the gun was smaller than that used by other major navies, this would, with few exceptions, become the standard medium-gun caliber for the US Navy for the better part of the 20th century. As for speed, the \"Delaware\"s were capable of , a significant improvement over the earlier class's . This would become the speed for all American standard-type battleships. Propulsion systems were mixed; while was fitted with steam turbines, retained triple-expansion engines. US turbines at this point did not give great", "title": "Delaware-class battleship" }, { "docid": "66777", "text": "to be an independent state, and had been aided by American and British residents of California, including Isaac Graham. In 1840, one hundred of those residents who did not have passports were arrested, leading to the Graham affair. One of the largest ranchers in California was John Marsh. After failing to obtain justice against squatters on his land from the Mexican courts, he determined that California should become part of the United States. Marsh conducted a letter-writing campaign espousing the California climate, soil and other reasons to settle there, as well as the best route to follow, which became known", "title": "California" }, { "docid": "20007558", "text": "the \"Top 40 under 40\" by \"Direct Marketing News\" Moradian was also showcased in a US Embassy publication entitled \"Why Did You Become an Entrepreneur?\" and was recognized at the White House as an Empact award recipient recognizing young entrepreneurship. Mike Moradian Mike Moradian is an American internet entrepreneur. He is the executive director of HonorSociety.org. He is also the founder and CEO of CampusBuddy and CollegeBudget. Moradian was raised in Westlake Village, California where he attended Westlake High School and later studied at the University of California Los Angeles. While at UCLA, Moradian experienced grading discrepancy and wished to", "title": "Mike Moradian" }, { "docid": "12391479", "text": "percentage points, aided by a campaign based upon vilification. La Follette did nonetheless match Coolidge outside conservative, heavily populated Southern California, and he carried most urban working class districts in Northern California, as well as most of the Sierra logging counties that were to become Democratic strongholds between FDR and Jimmy Carter. La Follette's vote was later to revive the moribund Democratic Party when it turned largely to Al Smith (whom his family was to endorse when he died) in the following election. 1924 United States presidential election in California The 1924 United States presidential election in California refers to", "title": "1924 United States presidential election in California" }, { "docid": "9798178", "text": "in Major League Soccer. He was Galaxy's first president, during his presidency, Galaxy reached the MLS Cup final in 1996. He served as president and general manager until 1998 when Anschutz Entertainment Group purchased the team and Tim Leiweke took over as club president. Villanueva went on to become a self-made multimillionaire. He started as a sports broadcaster on KNBC in Los Angeles, California. In the 1970s he became part-owner of the Spanish International Network (SIN), a Spanish-language network based in the United States with stations located in cities across the US with significant Spanish language populations. In 1986, the", "title": "Danny Villanueva" }, { "docid": "19489068", "text": "noted that the period of 1945–55 was especially marked by suspicion and attacks on colleges for the political views of their faculty. These authors label this period \"the difficult years.\" In 1950, the University of California Board of Regents and its administration began to require faculty to sign a two-part political loyalty oath: one part required faculty to declare they were not Communists, and did not believe in the tenets of Communism; the other part was an oath of loyalty to the state of California and the US Constitution in accordance with the Levering Act. In early March, 1950, the", "title": "Political views of American academics" }, { "docid": "7922008", "text": "they soon lost their luster. The group was doomed to an early demise as popular music soon shifted to sampled drum sounds and real bass lines for hit songs, as sample capabilities were the newest development of the late 1980s. At one time, the TR-606 could be found in pawn shops for as little as US$50; since the resurgence in popularity of analog drum sounds for electronic music, however, the TR-606 will commonly sell for US$400 to US$500. While it did not sell well at first, it did eventually become an integral part of the early acid house electronic music", "title": "Roland TR-606" }, { "docid": "7017875", "text": "once continued all the way south through San Diego to the United States–Mexico border in San Ysidro. However, this part was decommissioned on July 1, 1964, in favor of I-5. The only remnant of the old route on US 101's current alignment is a mileage sign at the Santa Barbara–Ventura county line, which lists the distance to San Diego, even though US 101 ends in Los Angeles. By the early 1950s, traffic had become very heavy on US 101 through Oceanside and Carlsbad. The US 101 freeway bypass (Oceanside-Carlsbad freeway bypass) was built in 1953 and completed in 1955 by", "title": "U.S. Route 101 in California" }, { "docid": "8237823", "text": "Cajon Pass was overseen by Jacob Nash Victor, who by this time had become General Manager of the California Southern. He operated the first train through the pass in 1885, proclaiming \"No other railroad will ever have the nerve to build through these mountains. All who follow will prefer to rent trackage from us.\" Victor's assertion remained true for a while as the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (which later became part of Union Pacific Railroad) signed an agreement to operate over the California Southern track via trackage rights on April 26, 1905, but Victor was proven", "title": "California Southern Railroad" }, { "docid": "7893699", "text": "talk about the letter, but did influence him to pursue the public good. When Schatz and his brother were two years old the family moved to Hawaii where Schatz later graduated from Punahou School. Schatz enrolled at Pomona College in Claremont, California; he spent a term studying in Kenya as part of the International Training Program. As a US Senator, Schatz is one of Pomona’s most high-profile alumni and was invited by Pomona to be the commencement speaker for the college’s Class of 2017. After graduating with a B.A. in philosophy, he returned to Hawaii, where he taught at Punahou", "title": "Brian Schatz" }, { "docid": "11395936", "text": "16, 1923. Her family moved to Southern California in 1938 when she was a teenager. Carlson graduated from Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California. She initially did not want to become a designer. After high school she took a job delivering pens, pencils, paints and brushes to animators at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. She soon became an inker after that. When the inkers were replaced by Xerox, she moved into the imagineering group at Walt Disney. Carlson first became involved with Walt Disney Productions in Burbank, California in 1944, when she took a job delivering mail, coffee", "title": "Joyce Carlson" }, { "docid": "4828427", "text": "to the votes of the experts of \"Track and Field News\". Parks was a very successful competitor in the US National Championships between 1973 and 1978: Notes for tables: Parks has a nephew, Adolphus Parks, who is a promising young college athlete. Maxie Parks Maxwell Lander (\"Maxie\") Parks (born July 9, 1951) is an American former athlete from Fresno, California. Winner of the USA Olympic Trials in 1976, he did not gain a medal in the individual event (he came fifth), but did become a winner of a gold medal in 4 × 400 m Men's relay race with Herman", "title": "Maxie Parks" }, { "docid": "916547", "text": "It was named after the territory's first governor, Joseph Lane. Originally it covered all of southern Oregon east to the Rocky Mountains and south to the California border. When the Territorial Legislature created Lane County, it did not designate a county seat. In the 1853 election, four sites competed for the designation, of which the \"Mulligan donation\" received a majority vote; however, since it was contiguous to the \"Skinner claim\" both became part of the new county seat known as Eugene. In 1846 Elijah Bristow and his wife, the former Susannah Gabbart, had become the first white settlers to build", "title": "Lane County, Oregon" }, { "docid": "11916022", "text": "99W to French Camp. Around 1933, US 99W was dropped, and US 99E became part of US 99. Most of former US 99E is now part of SR 99 but former US 99W has been bypassed by I-5. U.S. Route 99 in California U.S. Route 99 (US 99) was the main north–south United States Numbered Highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964, running from Calexico, California, on the Mexican border to Blaine, Washington, on the Canadian border. Known also as the \"Golden State Highway\" and \"The Main Street of California\", US 99 was an important route", "title": "U.S. Route 99 in California" }, { "docid": "10997852", "text": "the Weimar Bauhaus. Herr urged them to emigrate to the U.S., in order to become a part of Pond Farm Workshops. The Wildenhains hesitated initially, but only six months later, when the Nazis invaded Poland, they wrote to Herr, asking if his offer stood. It did, and on March 3, 1940, Marguerite departed for the U.S. Her husband, however, was left behind, because the quota for German citizens had been filled. She was Jewish, he was not. Eventually, Marguerite Wildenhain ended up in California and (having explored other options) decided to join the Herrs’ Pond Farm Workshops. She moved to", "title": "Pond Farm" }, { "docid": "11656142", "text": "of Fame (in 1994). Straight out of high school, Vollertsen travelled to California to take part in a six-week tryout for the women's junior national volleyball team, she ended up being the only one to be kept on the team. She progressed up to the senior United States national team, being chosen as an alternate for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, but the US did not go due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Vollertsen was a part of a volleyball program that, since 1975, regrouped the national team players (of which she was the only one not from California or", "title": "Julie Vollertsen" }, { "docid": "11626049", "text": "California, accepted Milošević's invitation to be Prime Minister. Panić was subsequently elected as Prime Minister in the 1992 Yugoslav parliamentary elections. The United States did not revoke Panić's citizenship even though his occupation of an executive position in the Yugoslav government clearly contradicted the United States Constitution. Nevertheless, Panić would become a person of interest in US diplomatic circles, given his business and residence backgrounds. At a CSCE meeting in Helsinki in July 1992, US Secretary of State James Baker abruptly dismissed Panić's appeal to reduce the sanctions to Yugoslavia, even after an agreement (between Panić, Milošević, and Dušan Mitević)", "title": "Serbia–United States relations" }, { "docid": "13835847", "text": "that usage was: \"so widespread that pot must be considered an integral part of the generation's life experience.\" In the 1960s–1970s, people in California had developed the \"sinsemilla\" (\"without seeds\") method of producing cannabis, uprooting the male plants before they could pollinate the females, resulting a seedless and more potent cannabis. Around 1975, this technique arrived in Humboldt County, which was to become one of the nation's most famous centers of cannabis production. California growers received an unintentional advantage from the US government, which in the 1970s began spraying cannabis fields in Mexico with the herbicide paraquat. Fears of contamination", "title": "Cannabis in California" }, { "docid": "507124", "text": "someone who had discovered an element—for US$300 a month for six months. However, when Lawrence learned that Segrè was legally trapped in California, he reduced Segrè's salary to US$116 a month. When the regents of the University of California wanted to terminate Segré's employment owing to his foreign nationality, Lawrence managed to retain Segré by hiring him as a part-time lecturer paid by the Rockefeller Foundation. Similar arrangements were made to retain his doctoral students Chien-Shiung Wu (a Chinese national) and Kenneth Ross MacKenzie (a Canadian national) when they graduated. In September 1941, Oliphant met with Lawrence and Oppenheimer at", "title": "Ernest Lawrence" }, { "docid": "13736809", "text": "life imprisonment; Nancy received 36 years to life imprisonment. Phillip is serving his sentence at California State Prison, Corcoran, while Nancy is incarcerated at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla. Dugard did not attend the sentencing, instead sending a written message with her mother to read aloud in court. In July 2010, the State of California approved a US $20million settlement with Jaycee Dugard to compensate her for: \"various lapses by the Corrections Department [that contributed to] Dugard's continued captivity, ongoing sexual assault and mental and/or physical abuse.\" The settlement, part of AB1714, was approved by the California State Assembly", "title": "Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard" }, { "docid": "11205152", "text": "Challenge in 2005. O'Donnell helped the USA Junior team to a best-ever 7th-place finish at the 2005 Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile. She also competed with the U-21 team in China in March 2007. O'Donnell will be training in California in 2008 preparing to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Unfortunately O'Donnell did not make the 2008 team. She did, however, qualify for the US team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she played in all 6 of the US's games, and scored one goal. She was part of the US teams that won gold at the", "title": "Katie O'Donnell Bam" }, { "docid": "12368858", "text": "the war in California. After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed a year later, Santa Barbara formally became part of the United States. Change came quickly after the end of the war. Gold was found at Sutter's Mill in the Sierra foothills, and hordes of gold-seekers flooded into California from the eastern United States, and other places in the world, to become rich. Few did, but Santa Barbara began to attract settlers, as newcomers discovered the charms of the place, including that almost anything planted would grow there. In 1850 California became the 31st state, and immediately after its establishment", "title": "History of Santa Barbara, California" }, { "docid": "2549787", "text": "was moved to it within a few years. Another straightening was made in 1976, when US 50 in central Utah was moved south onto the new extension of Interstate 70 at the request of the National Highway 50 Federation, a group dedicated to promoting US 50. Among other things, the group has unsuccessfully pushed for an extension of Interstate 70 west along US 50 to California. The north–south split in Kansas was eliminated in the late 1950s, with the south route—which was to be US 250—becoming part of US 50, and most of US 50N becoming part of a new", "title": "U.S. Route 50" }, { "docid": "5024056", "text": "1930, although it was not paved east of Pala. The road that extended from US 101 in Oceanside all the way to SR 79 near Lake Henshaw was originally added to the state highway system in 1933, but was not designated as legislative Route 195 until 1935. By 1936, US 395 was signed along what would become SR 76 through Bonsall, as part of the route in between Elsinore and San Diego. In 1943, work began on widening the approaches to the Bonsall bridge. US 395 had been shifted east away from Bonsall by 1949. SR 76 was signed by", "title": "California State Route 76" }, { "docid": "2164841", "text": "Ord, California, under the command of Major General Joseph W. Stilwell. Most of the early troops in the division were conscripted as a part of the US Army's first peacetime military draft. The 12th and 13th Brigades did not reactivate as part of an army-wide elimination of brigade commands within its divisions. The division was instead centered around three infantry regiments. The 7th Division was assigned to III Corps of the Fourth United States Army, and transferred to Longview, Washington, in August 1941 to participate in tactical maneuvers. Following this training, the division moved back to Fort Ord, California, where", "title": "7th Infantry Division (United States)" }, { "docid": "2341002", "text": "limited capacity of its standard 20-round magazine tended to hamper its utility in that role. Although the weapon did see some action in World War I, the BAR did not become standard issue in the US Army until 1938, when it was issued to squads as a portable light machine gun. The BAR saw extensive service in both World War II and the Korean War and saw limited service in the Vietnam War. The US Army began phasing out the BAR in the late 1950s, when it was intended to be replaced by a squad automatic weapon (SAW) variant of", "title": "M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle" }, { "docid": "11658463", "text": "city in California and the 35th largest in the United States. It has been the state capital of California since 1851 and has played an important role in the history of California. When gold was discovered in nearby Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Sacramento became a boom town luring in migrants making their way from San Francisco to the gold fields of the Sierras. Although it did not become the financial and cultural center of Northern California, titles that were given to San Francisco, Sacramento became the largest transportation hub of not only Northern California, but also the West Coast following", "title": "Sacramento metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "3600857", "text": "interchange with I-5 (exit 55). US 199 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, and is part of the National Highway System, a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. US 199 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System, but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation. By 1854, when it was incorporated, Crescent City had a population of 800 but no road leading inland. The Crescent City and Yreka Plank and Turnpike Company", "title": "U.S. Route 199" }, { "docid": "4689521", "text": "In accordance with these laws, persons ineligible to become citizens of the United States were prohibited from owning land. Under the rele land control laws have been used in 19th century United States, and can in fact be traced back to English common law. The California Alien Land Law of 1913 did not employ any specific language targeting Japanese residents in America; nonetheless, they were the primary target. This was in part to appease the nervous California farmers who feared that the Japanese immigrants’ agricultural techniques (which developed out of the necessity to make as much use of small plots", "title": "Oyama v. California" }, { "docid": "5424710", "text": "Both sides agreed to automatically nominate Gatwick as the gateway airport for London for any London–US route that did not already exist under the original 1946 Bermuda agreement. When all available routes between London Heathrow/Gatwick and the US were taken, any carrier wishing to start a new route to a US gateway city not served from either of London's two main airports at the time of application for route authority needed to drop another route. In addition, any such change could only become effective when there was unanimous agreement between both the UK and US governments. Failure of both nations'", "title": "Bermuda II Agreement" }, { "docid": "7281880", "text": "eleven, when his family went on a year-long trip to Europe in 1969. While taking Spanish language courses in Spain, his teacher had posed him the question of where he was from. Dissatisfied with Melkonian's answer of \"California\", the teacher rephrased the question by asking \"where did your \"ancestors\" come from?\" His brother Markar Melkonian remarked that \"her image of us was not at all like our image of ourselves. She did not view us as the Americans we had always assumed we were.\" From this moment on, for days and months to come, Markar continues, \"Monte pondered [their teacher", "title": "Monte Melkonian" }, { "docid": "4942154", "text": "Americans and new immigrants as strikebreakers. The company did not become fully unionized until the late 1930s when the Meatpacking Union succeeded in creating an interracial industrial union as part of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. During the Spanish–American War (1898), Armour sold 500,000 pounds of beef to the US Army. An army inspector tested the meat two months later and found that 751 cases contained rotten meat. This resulted in the food poisoning of thousands of soldiers. In the first decade of the 20th century, the young Dale Carnegie, representing the South Omaha sales region, became the company's highest-selling", "title": "Armour and Company" }, { "docid": "7772599", "text": "part of a wider force including other UK forces and the US Marines. Some weeks after the attack, controversy raged when images of 51 squadron personnel were released showing them kneeling next to dead Taliban fighters with their thumbs up. Most recently, 20 personnel from the Regiment deployed in support of Operation Shader. In 2016, the squadron celebrated its 75th anniversary with a parade at their home base of RAF Lossiemouth. Whilst the squadron was formed in 1940, it did not become an official RAF Defence Squadron until 1941. No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment is", "title": "No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment" }, { "docid": "5140180", "text": "coast of California. Other than the aforementioned regions, Hernan had no significant impact on land. Of the four tropical depressions this season that did not become named storms, only Eleven-E threatened land. An area of disturbed weather associated with a tropical wave formed into a tropical cyclone on September 5. It tracked northwestward, before turning southwest. It weakened into a remnant low on September 8. The remnant turned north and dissipated on September 10 offshore of the Baja California peninsula. The cyclone was nearly a tropical storm when it peaked on September 6. It was forecast to become a tropical", "title": "2002 Pacific hurricane season" }, { "docid": "3516340", "text": "sworn. I've read your complaint...\" Occasionally, if an episode wrapped up a few minutes early, Judge Wapner fielded questions from the courtroom observers, or the legal consultant explained the legal reasons behind Wapner's decisions. \"The People's Court\" deals in small-claims matters. When the show premiered in 1981, litigants could not sue for more than US$1,500, which was the limit for small-claims court at the time in California. As the laws in California changed, so did this amount. Starting in 1990, litigants could sue for up to US$5,000, which is now the law in most states. Researchers for the show examined", "title": "The People's Court" }, { "docid": "10887994", "text": "Road south of Springville. The portion of the highway north of Waverly Street was completed by 1954. The remainder of the bypass was finished by 1956, at which time US 219 was realigned to follow the bypass around the village. At the south end of the bypass, US 219 continued south to Ellicottville by way of pre-existing, previously unnumbered highways. However, the segment of modern NY 240 vacated by US 219 did not become part of an extended NY 240 until the mid-1960s. In the 1990s, US 219 was rerouted to follow the Southern Tier Expressway between exit 21 in", "title": "U.S. Route 219 in New York" }, { "docid": "11736194", "text": "going west from Kamas to existing US-40 near the north end of the lake, where it would head northwest along existing US-40 to that route's new alignment, and then turn south for a longer overlap. What would remain of the old US-189 between Hailstone and Francis would become a county road, along with a new connection to US-40 south of the reservoir; the short piece from Francis to Kamas would be part of a new SR-32 that would also replace SR-35. This was all carried out in 1989, but Summit and Wasatch Counties did not wish to maintain the roadway", "title": "Utah State Route 248" }, { "docid": "13681927", "text": "the entire road. Actual tolling of the new section of road began January 3, 2012. Granite Construction of Watsonville, California, and Archer Western Contractors of Atlanta worked together as Raleigh Durham Roadbuilders to complete the Western Wake Freeway at a cost of $446.5 million. This section of the Triangle Expressway, which extends from NC 55 at RTP to NC 55 at Holly Springs, will become part of NC 540. In summer 2009, work began on the freeway. On August 1, 2012, the second section from NC 55 to US 64 opened, with the remaining six miles south of US 64", "title": "Triangle Expressway" }, { "docid": "8815716", "text": "2002. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion provided security at Camp Doha and at several Patriot missile battery sites along the border with Iraq. Although the deployment was scheduled as a routine mission, the 11 September 2001 attacks occurred while Company A was in Kuwait, thus the mission changed to become part of the Global War on Terrorism. Company A returned to California as scheduled in January 2002. Company B returned to California as scheduled in July 2002. Both units returned from theater to Camp Roberts near Paso Robles, California for demobilization activities. While the 1st Battalion did not receive campaign", "title": "184th Infantry Regiment (United States)" }, { "docid": "14502165", "text": "hear the tears and sobs of us, the unprotected, you would realise that the conversion is not voluntary, but achieved through great violence. It is a fact, known by the entire world, that if we did want, we would have become Christians 35 years ago when Russia came, not now when we should enjoy our freedom in Great Bulgaria. We trust you and your strong support for us and our suffering, and need to feel that we--we and the entire people--have not been betrayed by those whom we have elected … to govern us.” Bogutevo is situated in the vicinity", "title": "Bogutevo" }, { "docid": "2554253", "text": "highway connecting Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, and the state legislature did that in 1925, with it becoming an extension of Route 31. (Across the state line, State Route 6 continued through Las Vegas to Arizona.) The initial plan for the U.S. Highway system simply stated that Route No. 91 would run from Las Vegas \"to an intersection with Route No. 60\" (which became US 66 in 1926), but in 1926 the cutoff was chosen, ending at US 66 at Daggett, just east of Barstow. (The roadway south from Las Vegas later became part of US 95.) The route", "title": "California State Route 91" }, { "docid": "13436599", "text": "\"lackluster\", but added that it \"begins to offer us a peek into how complex this series could become.\" Collie questions the Marshalls about whether they are \"Union\" or \"Confederate\". When they state they are from California he tells them California is not state. In fact California was admitted to the union in 1850, eleven years before the civil war. Downstream (Land of the Lost) \"Downstream\" is the fourth episode of the first season of the 1974 American television series \"Land of the Lost\". Written by Larry Niven and directed by Dennis Steinmetz, it first aired in the United States on", "title": "Downstream (Land of the Lost)" }, { "docid": "10538758", "text": "Road 750 designation intended to exist until North Vernon East was completed and US 50 could be routed over the entire bypass; in actuality, although Mount Vernon East opened December 20, 2017, the SR 750 designation was retained until 2018 when the project contract expired. U.S. Route 50 in Indiana U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from West Sacramento, California, to Ocean City, Maryland. In the U.S. state of Indiana, it is part of the state road system. US 50 enters the state in Vincennes. The of US 50", "title": "U.S. Route 50 in Indiana" }, { "docid": "13129006", "text": "1985. After living in the US for ten years and having published a number of short stories in Spanish, in 1993, she entered a creative writing workshop at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) Extension, to learn how to write in English. Just a year later, in 1994, she was invited to become part of the teaching staff. To date, she continues to offer Creative Writing and Magical Realism workshops at UCLA Extension. Escandón has two children (Zooey and Iñaki) by her ex-husband, Benito Martínez-Creel (divorced in 2006). She currently lives in Los Angeles, California and Mexico City with Pedro", "title": "María Amparo Escandón" }, { "docid": "3101217", "text": "Pennsylvania Turnpike). The modern US 6 in California is a short, two-lane, north–south surface highway from Bishop to the Nevada state line. Prior to a 1964 highway renumbering project, US 6 extended to Long Beach along what is now US 395, California 14, Interstate 5, Interstate 110/California 110, and California 1. Despite the renumbering having removed all freeway portions, it is still part of the California Freeway and Expressway System. US 6's former routing included a short segment of the famous Arroyo Seco Parkway. Currently, US 6 begins at US 395 in Bishop and heads north between farms and ranches", "title": "U.S. Route 6" }, { "docid": "660375", "text": "by the 1943 Magnuson Act, during a time when China had become an ally of the U.S. against Japan in World War II as that the US needed to embody an image of fairness and justice. The Magnuson Act permitted Chinese nationals already residing in the country to become naturalized citizens and stop hiding from the threat of deportation. While the Magnuson Act overturned the discriminatory Chinese Exclusion Act, it only allowed a national quota of 105 Chinese immigrants per year, and did not repeal the restrictions on immigration from the other Asian countries. Large scale Chinese immigration did not", "title": "Chinese Exclusion Act" }, { "docid": "641323", "text": "1800, due to the growing population in the northern part of the Californias, Diego de Borica, Governor of the Californias, officially split the province into two parts: Alta California (\"Upper California\"), which would eventually become a U.S. state, and Baja California (\"Lower California\"), which would eventually become two Mexican states. San Jose became part of the First Mexican Empire in 1821, after Mexico's War of Independence was won against the Spanish Crown, and in 1824, part of the First Mexican Republic. With its newfound independence, and the triumph of the republican movement, Mexico set out to diminish the Catholic Church's", "title": "San Jose, California" }, { "docid": "3795331", "text": "the then-Australian territories of Papua and New Guinea. In 1949, when the United Kingdom devalued the pound sterling against the US dollar, Australian Prime Minister and Treasurer Ben Chifley followed suit so the Australian pound would not become over-valued in sterling zone countries with which Australia did most of its external trade at the time. As the pound sterling went from US$4.03 to US$2.80, the Australian pound went from US$3.224 to US$2.24. In May 2015, the National Library of Australia announced that it had discovered the first £1 banknote printed by the Commonwealth of Australia, among a collection of specimen", "title": "Australian pound" }, { "docid": "1016206", "text": "would remain low and not impinge on their profits. At one point the city was able to raise as much as $19,000 per year by turning then-U.S. Route 60 down Main Street into a speed trap. That revenue stream vanished when Interstate 10 was finished in California circa 1964 and US Route 60 was decommissioned. The final blow was when a cardroom initiated an unsuccessful legal challenge to the City Council's attempt to raise the license fee charged to cardrooms. This infuriated landowners and residents who did not work at or otherwise benefit from the city's cardrooms. They then sought", "title": "Cabazon, California" }, { "docid": "7750635", "text": "shipped to Dubai to compete in the $5,000,000 Dubai Duty Free Stakes over approximately 1 miles on the turf. As was his characteristic when traveling away from California, Lava Man did not fare well. He finished last of 16 horses after he had the lead 3 furlongs from the finish line. On returning home, O'Neill said, \"I think it's reasonable to say we won't be leaving California again... We'll let him tell us how he is through the feed tub and play it by ear.\" On June 11, Lava Man returned to the California race circuit with a second-place finish", "title": "Lava Man" }, { "docid": "1733773", "text": "the children, was told to line up. As we passed through the line, we were given a small glass of red liquid to drink. We were told that the liquid contained poison and that we would die within 45 minutes. We all did as we were told. When the time came when we should have dropped dead, Rev. Jones explained that the poison was not real and that we had just been through a loyalty test. He warned us that the time was not far off when it would become necessary for us to die by our own hands. The", "title": "Jonestown" }, { "docid": "6039954", "text": "Federal Highway Administration. At the 1932 Summer Olympics near Los Angeles, it hosted part of the road cycling event when it was Vineyard Avenue. Route 154 was defined in 1933 from El Rio to Saticoy; the route was renumbered as SR 232 in the 1964 state highway renumbering. By 2014, the route was redefined to start at US 101, eliminating the part in Oxnard that had been relinquished. According to the 2003 Caltrans District 7 Master System Plan Status Map, California Route 232 will be realigned from \"Vineyard Avenue\" to \"Santa Clara Avenue\". California State Route 232 State Route 232", "title": "California State Route 232" }, { "docid": "797652", "text": "Southern California in 1889, where Matthias found work with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Earl Warren was the second of two children, after his older sister, Ethel. Earl did not receive a middle name; his father later commented that \"when you were born I was too poor to give you a middle name.\" In 1896, the family resettled in Bakersfield, California, where Warren would grow up. Though not an exceptional student, Warren graduated from Kern County High School in 1908. Hoping to become a trial lawyer, Warren enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley after graduating from high school. He majored", "title": "Earl Warren" }, { "docid": "18630473", "text": "to have seizures and fall into comas; it was eventually treated by a neurosurgeon with four brain surgeries over several years; the experience inspired him to become a doctor so that he could help other people. Kerzin received BA in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley and in 1976 he received an MD degree from the University of Southern California. Kerzin did his residency at Ventura County Medical Center and practiced family medicine in Ojai, California for seven years. His mother had died when he was 27, and just after he started working in Ojai, his wife was", "title": "Barry Kerzin" }, { "docid": "7729149", "text": "become part of I-49 once that highway is extended along the present US 90 corridor from Lafayette to New Orleans. In the meantime, the route carries the designation of Future I-49, as approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials in 1999. While the Federal Highway Administration approved the existing freeway portion of US 90 Bus. to be signed as Interstate 910 in the interim, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development did not follow through with an application to the AASHTO's U.S. Route Numbering Committee, and the designation remains unused. From the west, US 90 Bus. begins at", "title": "U.S. Route 90 Business (New Orleans, Louisiana)" }, { "docid": "19217411", "text": "command of Gaspar de Portola, did not reach this area until 1769. The mission was intended to spread the Christian faith among the region's indigenous peoples and establish places to develop area resources and products for the empire. The Spanish built San Diego de Alcalá, the first of 21 missions, at what developed as present-day San Diego in the southern part of the state along the Pacific. Military outposts were constructed alongside the missions to house the soldiers sent to protect the missionaries. Mexican sovereignty over Alta California was short lived after it gained independence. In 1848 the US launched", "title": "California Genocide" }, { "docid": "660980", "text": "United States and Japan, whereby Japan made sure there was very little or no movement to the US. The agreements were made by Secretary of State, Elihu Root, and Japan's Foreign Minister, Tadasu Hayashi. The agreement banned emigration of Japanese laborers to the US and rescinded the segregation order of the San Francisco School Board in California, which had humiliated and angered the Japanese. The agreement did not apply to the Territory of Hawaii, which was treated at the time as separate and distinct from the US. The agreements remained effective until 1924, when Congress forbade all immigration from Japan.", "title": "Gentlemen's agreement" }, { "docid": "15903683", "text": "specimens gathered as a part of this study. For example, people with one type of immune response to the vaccines that was particularly strong seemed to be less likely to become HIV infected than those who did not have this kind of immune response. This makes us think that the vaccines did make a difference, even though they did not prevent HIV infection overall. The raw datasets used in published analysis from HVTN 505 are now publicly available. These include data used in the original efficacy analysis, as well as recent studies describing the effects of the vaccines used on", "title": "HVTN 505" }, { "docid": "5481532", "text": "given a new birth date and name when they first arrive in the US. The same date is given in a 1911 California marriage certificate. In other records his place of birth is given as England with him emigrating to the US later. Spalding did briefly visit India in 1935 as there is a US passport application dated 1935, and a Seattle immigration record on his return from India, dated 1936. A biography of Spalding, \"Baird T Spalding As I Knew Him\" was published by fellow mystic and DeVorss author David Bruton in 1954. About Spalding's claims regarding his birthplace,", "title": "Baird T. Spalding" }, { "docid": "6950117", "text": "standards. In many Latin American cities, for example, women were not seen with good eyes if they spoke to men they did not know. Meanwhile, prostitution, for example, was legal in many Latin American areas, and men were not criticized, but rather seen as heroic, if they had several girlfriends, even if the man was married. In 1848, with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the US: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and part of Colorado and Wyoming. Former citizens of Mexico living in those territories became US citizens. During the twentieth century, Hispanic immigration", "title": "Chicana feminism" }, { "docid": "855760", "text": "wanted to tour the United States in 1969, for the first time in three years, but Jones was not in a fit condition to tour, and his second arrest exacerbated problems with acquiring a US work visa. In addition, Jones' attendance at rehearsals and recording sessions had become erratic; and when he did appear he either rarely contributed anything musically or, when he did, his bandmates would switch off his amplifier, leaving Richards to play nearly all the guitars. According to author Gary Herman, Jones was \"literally incapable of making music; when he tried to play harmonica his mouth started", "title": "Brian Jones" }, { "docid": "9190972", "text": "century, when growers of the subtropical fruit successfully convinced many Americans to try it. In California, avocado is commonly used in sandwiches, hamburgers, salads and even on pizza, in addition to tacos, and other Mexican foods. California is also an important producer of tomatoes. California tomatoes have become a staple ingredient in ketchup, though ketchup was originally made with everything from plums to mushrooms. With Napa Valley in the north, Santa Barbara, and the Temecula Valley in the southern part of the state, California is the world's fourth largest producer of wines, and accounts for 90 percent of the wine", "title": "Culture of California" }, { "docid": "15424516", "text": "it to enforce its own greenhouse gas emission standards for new motor vehicles. A request was made in December 2005, but denied in March 2008 under the Bush administration, when interpretations of the Clean Air Act found California did not have the need for special emission standards. However, shortly after taking office, president Obama asked the EPA to assess if it was appropriate to deny the waiver and subsequently allowed the waiver. US EPA’s interpretation of the Clean Air Act allows California to have its own vehicle emissions program and set greenhouse gas standards due to the state’s unique need.", "title": "California Smog Check Program" }, { "docid": "7343170", "text": "40 and US 50 ran concurrently along the Bay Bridge and the routes split on what is the present day MacArthur Maze in Oakland, California. US 50 continued southwest on present-day I-580 to Stockton and US 40 closely followed the route of present-day I-80. When reaching Sacramento, California, US 40 and US 50 rejoined once again, US 50 running concurrently with former US 99 from Stockton to Sacramento. US 40 then again split with US 50 in Downtown Sacramento and closely followed the route of present-day Business I-80, which was I-80 from 1957 to 1981, when I-80 was realigned along", "title": "Interstate 80 in California" }, { "docid": "16963228", "text": "Schwarzenegger was first considering a 2002 run, with South saying: \"We'll be ready for him if he comes at us. We don't roll over and play dead for anybody, regardless of the size of his bankroll or biceps.\" During Schwarzenegger’s governorship, South wrote several op-eds critical of his stewardship of the state and political moves. Among South’s critiques were that Schwarzenegger had “personified the old saw “When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail,” and that instead of lighting “the fires of imagination among California voters… [Schwarzenegger] has become just another cog in the California", "title": "Garry South" }, { "docid": "4351661", "text": "the violence happening at that moment.\" Regardless, it was Verhoeven's first film he did not have to recut and resubmit to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in order to achieve an R rating. Professor of film and literature at California Polytechnic State University Douglas Keesey wrote in his illustrated book on the life and films of Verhoeven that the camera often adopts Sebastian's point of view, \"tempting us to become voyeurs along with him, to get off on our ability to see without being seen\". Elisabeth Shue categorized the film as a \"story of the dark, seductive nature", "title": "Hollow Man" }, { "docid": "2427884", "text": "Speedway, it turns southeastward and terminates by merging with I-5 south of Tracy just shy of the Stanislaus County line. I-580 provides Interstate Highway access between San Francisco and Los Angeles since I-5 runs east of the Bay Area. However, the primary control city listed on freeway signs along eastbound I-580 between I-80 and I-205 is instead Stockton, a vestige of when this segment used to be part of US 50. I-580 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, and is part of the National Highway System, a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's", "title": "Interstate 580 (California)" } ]
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who were the main proponents of amending the constitution to include a bill of rights
[ "James Madison", "Alexander Hamilton" ]
[ { "docid": "9592005", "text": "May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although the Convention was purportedly intended only to revise the Articles, the intention of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. The convention convened in the Pennsylvania State House, and George Washington of Virginia was unanimously elected as president of the convention. The 55 delegates who drafted the Constitution are among the men known as the Founding Fathers of the new nation. Thomas Jefferson, who was Minister to France", "title": "United States Bill of Rights" }, { "docid": "11812961", "text": "in the following years. John Jay served as the first Chief Justice of the United States and he would be succeeded in turn by John Rutledge, Oliver Ellsworth, and John Marshall. Proponents of the Constitution had won the ratification debate in several states in part by promising that they would introduce a bill of rights to the Constitution via the amendment process. Congressman James Madison, who had been a prominent advocate of the Constitution's ratification, introduced a series of amendments that would become known as the United States Bill of Rights. Congress passed twelve articles of amendment, and ten were", "title": "Federalist Era" }, { "docid": "9592020", "text": "acquire by degrees the character of fundamental maxims of free government, and as they become incorporated with the national sentiment, counteract the impulses of interest and passion\". Historians continue to debate the degree to which Madison considered the amendments of the Bill of Rights necessary, and to what degree he considered them politically expedient; in the outline of his address, he wrote, \"Bill of Rights—useful—not essential—\". On the occasion of his April 30, 1789 inauguration as the nation's first president, George Washington addressed the subject of amending the Constitution. He urged the legislators, James Madison introduced a series of Constitutional", "title": "United States Bill of Rights" }, { "docid": "428336", "text": "the Congress to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States by doing the following: Some representatives mistrusted proposals to enlarge federal powers, because they were concerned about the inherent risks of centralizing power. Federalists, including James Madison, initially argued that a bill of rights was unnecessary, sufficiently confident that the federal government could never raise a standing army powerful enough to overcome a militia. Federalist Noah Webster argued that an armed populace would have no trouble resisting the potential threat to liberty of a standing army. Anti-federalists, on the other hand, advocated amending the Constitution", "title": "Second Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "15336138", "text": "question of the constitutionality of the position of the Senate Chaplain (as well as that of the House Chaplain, and at times, that of military chaplains as well), has been a subject of study and debate over the centuries. Opponents have argued that it violates the separation of church-and-state and proponents have argued, among other factors, that the same early legislators who wrote the United States Constitution and its Bill of Rights, from which the position of \"non-establishment\" and church and state separation is derived, were the same ones who approved and appointed the chaplains. President James Madison was an", "title": "Chaplain of the United States Senate" }, { "docid": "428200", "text": "restrained but by despotic Governments.\" Eight of the other twelve states made similar pledges. However, these declarations were generally considered \"mere admonitions to state legislatures\", rather than enforceable provisions. After several years of comparatively weak government under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia proposed a new constitution on September 17, 1787, featuring among other changes a stronger chief executive. George Mason, a Constitutional Convention delegate and the drafter of Virginia's Declaration of Rights, proposed that the Constitution include a bill of rights listing and guaranteeing civil liberties. Other delegates—including future Bill of Rights drafter James Madison—disagreed, arguing", "title": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "9592005", "text": "May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although the Convention was purportedly intended only to revise the Articles, the intention of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. The convention convened in the Pennsylvania State House, and George Washington of Virginia was unanimously elected as president of the convention. The 55 delegates who drafted the Constitution are among the men known as the Founding Fathers of the new nation. Thomas Jefferson, who was Minister to France", "title": "United States Bill of Rights" } ]
[ { "docid": "428337", "text": "with clearly defined and enumerated rights providing more explicit constraints on the new government. Many Anti-federalists feared the new federal government would choose to disarm state militias. Federalists countered that in listing only certain rights, unlisted rights might lose protection. The Federalists realized there was insufficient support to ratify the Constitution without a bill of rights and so they promised to support amending the Constitution to add a bill of rights following the Constitution's adoption. This compromise persuaded enough Anti-federalists to vote for the Constitution, allowing for ratification. The Constitution was declared ratified on June 21, 1788, when nine of", "title": "Second Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "16788030", "text": "Goa Special Status Special Status for Goa is a concept to make Goa as a separate entity from India. It says that the Government of Goa be given certain powers by the Indian Government by amending Article 371I of the Constitution of India. These powers would allow the Government of Goa to enact special legislation to control the private property rights of the Goans and put restrictions on the sale of land by Goans. Proponents of special status demands have been using \"Culture\" as a main theme without outlining what that culture is. Also, random claims about environment etc. have", "title": "Goa Special Status" }, { "docid": "17720377", "text": "to amend article 368 to provide expressly that Parliament has power to amend any provision of the Constitution, thereby bringing Fundamental Rights within the scope of its amending procedure. The \"Constitution (Twenty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1971\" (Bill No. 105 of 1971) was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 28 July 1971 by H.R. Gokhale, then Minister of Law and Justice. The Bill sought to amend articles 13 and 368 of the Constitution. The full text of the Statement of Objects and Reasons appended to the bill is given below: The Bill was considered by the Lok Sabha on 3 and 4", "title": "Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "14033961", "text": "flexible and partly rigid. The Constitution provides for a variety in the amending process. This feature has been commended by Australian academic Sir Kenneth Wheare who felt that uniformity in the amending process imposed \"quite unnecessary restrictions\" upon the amendment of parts of a Constitution. An amendment of the Constitution can be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill in either House of Parliament. The Bill must then be passed in each House by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present", "title": "Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "497022", "text": "the US Constitution prohibits excessive bail and \"cruel and unusual punishment\". Similarly, \"cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment\" is banned under Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Bill of Rights remains in statute and continues to be cited in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, particularly Article 9 on parliamentary freedom of speech. Following the Perth Agreement in 2011, legislation amending the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement 1701 came into effect across the Commonwealth realms on 26 March", "title": "Bill of Rights 1689" }, { "docid": "14629558", "text": "This \"material constitution\" could include, according to Pelletier: On October 18, 2007, constitutional law professor and Parti Québécois opposition MNA Daniel Turp introduced Bill 196, a proposed Quebec Constitution, into the National Assembly. The bill did not pass the first reading. Constitution of Quebec The constitution of Quebec comprises a set of legal rules which fall in either one of the follow categories: The Parliament of Quebec has the power to modify certain parts of Quebec's provincial constitution, while certain other parts can only be modified by going through the process of amending the Constitution of Canada. Quebec has on", "title": "Constitution of Quebec" }, { "docid": "1419853", "text": "amending about one-third of the constitution, establishing a constitutional court and the Independent Election Commission and improvements to laws governing human rights and freedom of speech and assembly. In 2014 and 2016, several constitutional amendments sparked controversy despite their overwhelming approval by senators and representatives. The amendments gave the king sole authority to appoint his crown prince, deputy, the chief and members of the constitutional court, the heads of the military and paramilitary forces and the country's General Intelligence Director. Proponents said that the amendments solidified the separation of powers, while critics claimed they were unconstitutional. Reforms introduced in the", "title": "Abdullah II of Jordan" }, { "docid": "14021082", "text": "as proponents claim, that goal can be met without granting families a new and inappropriate role in prosecutions.\" Other editorial boards opposed: Marsy's Law Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, enacted by voters as Proposition 33 through the initiative process in the November 2008 general election, is an Amendment to the state's constitution and certain penal code sections. The act protects and expands the legal rights of victims of crime to include 17 rights in the judicial process, including the right to legal standing, protection from the defendant, notification of all court proceedings, and restitution,", "title": "Marsy's Law" }, { "docid": "2462398", "text": "Victoria Charter The Victoria Charter was a set of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada in 1971. This document represented a failed attempt on the part of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to patriate the Constitution, add rights and freedoms to it and entrench English and French as Canada's official languages; he later succeeded in all these objectives in 1982 with the enactment of the \"Canada Act 1982\". The Charter would have also terminated the powers of disallowance and reservation, which remain in the Constitution. There was also a bill of rights and a new amending formula. The Victoria Charter", "title": "Victoria Charter" }, { "docid": "12248676", "text": "Constitution. The Australian Constitution does not include a Bill of Rights. Some delegates to the 1898 Constitutional Convention favoured a section similar to the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, but the majority felt that the traditional rights and freedoms of British subjects were sufficiently guaranteed by the Parliamentary system and independent judiciary which the Constitution would create. As a result, the Australian Constitution has often been criticised for its scant protection of rights and freedoms. Some express rights were, however, included: There are also some guaranteed freedoms, reasons why legislation that might otherwise be within power may", "title": "Constitution of Australia" }, { "docid": "13069012", "text": "launched its re-run of the Lisbon Treaty, despite its defeat the previous year. The Libertas party, along with the other minority political groupings, such as the Socialist Party and Sinn Féin, which opposed the European Constitutional Amending Bill, were outspent and outperformed by the political proponents of the bill who won by a substantial majority. Declan Ganley went on to praise the Irish Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, on 'what was, politically, a masterful campaign…from a masterful politician who has made glove puppets out of the opposition' although Ganley also cited recent economic turmoil in the country as a major deciding", "title": "Libertas.eu" }, { "docid": "11577027", "text": "guaranteed in the Canadian Constitution. After Prime Minister Trudeau announced plans to patriate the constitution in 1980 and attach to it a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, aboriginal groups across Canada fought to include the rights in the Charter. The IAA organized a demonstration on the Alberta Legislature grounds of over 6000 Indians from throughout Alberta. The new Charter recognized only \"existing\" aboriginal and treaty rights but provided for the negotiation of these rights by means of an amending formula. Successive constitutional conferences failed to clarify these rights, including the Meech Lake Accord, signed in 1987. The IAA and other", "title": "Indian Association of Alberta" }, { "docid": "628590", "text": "though under the terms of the Statute of Westminster, it could not be altered without Canadian consent. Canada had established complete sovereignty as an independent country, with the Queen's role as monarch of Canada separate from her role as the British monarch or the monarch of any of the other Commonwealth realms. In addition to the enactment of a Canadian amending formulas, the Constitution Act, 1982 enacted the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter is a constitutionally entrenched bill of rights which applies to both the federal government and the provincial governments, unlike the earlier Canadian Bill of", "title": "History of Canada" }, { "docid": "19365136", "text": "level. Article 42 of the Cantonal Constitution was amended to allow foreign residents the right to vote at municipal elections provided that they have been legally resident in Switzerland for at least eight years. However, foreign residents do not have the right to stand for election. The constitutional provision relating to foreigners’ voting rights is directly enforceable and applicable. However, a bill amending the Law on the exercising of political rights was approved on 14 September 2005 to bring legislation in line with the constitution. At a Landsgemeinde on 2 May 2010, the voters of the Canton of Glarus rejected", "title": "Right of foreigners to vote in Switzerland" }, { "docid": "2414779", "text": "could include reimposition of targeted tariffs against the non-compliant country. Proponents of an integrated approach have called for a \"social clause\" to be inserted into the GATT agreements, for example by amending article XX, which gives an exception to the general trade barrier reduction rules allowing imposition of sanctions for breaches of human rights. An explicit reference to core labour standards could allow action where a WTO member state is found to be in breach of ILO standards. Opponents argue that such an approach could backfire and undermine labour rights, as a country's industries, and therefore its workforce, are necessarily", "title": "United Kingdom labour law" }, { "docid": "16832948", "text": "(effective a judicial process) may retaliate through trade sanctions. This could include reimposition of targeted tariffs against the non-compliant country. Proponents of an integrated approach have called for a \"social clause\" to be inserted into the GATT agreements, for example by amending article XX, which gives an exception to the general trade barrier reduction rules allowing imposition of sanctions for breaches of human rights. An explicit reference to core labour standards could allow action where a WTO member state is found to be in breach of ILO standards. Opponents argue that such an approach could backfire and undermine labour rights,", "title": "International labour law" }, { "docid": "5745185", "text": "the new Constitution became known as the Anti-Federalists. They generally were local rather than cosmopolitan in perspective, oriented to plantations and farms rather than commerce or finance, and wanted strong state governments and a weak national government. The Anti-Federalist critique soon centered on the absence of a bill of rights, which Federalists promised to provide. Because George Washington lent his prestige to the Constitution and because of the ingenuity and organizational skills of its proponents, the Constitution was ratified by all the states. The outgoing Congress of the Confederation scheduled elections for the new government, and set March 4, 1789", "title": "Federalism in the United States" }, { "docid": "13436593", "text": "lists her political interests as architecture and design, international development and race relations. Whitaker supports humanism in the House of Lords. Contributions include amending Bills to widen their scope beyond classic religion to include belief and values; Bills so amended include the Communications Bill, Asylum Bill, Charities Bill 2005, Equality Bill, Education and Inspections Bill. She is Vice-President of Humanists UK, and a member of the Advisory Board for the British Institute of Human Rights. Whitaker was co-opted to the Virtual advisory panel of the United Nations Association – UK, the independent policy authority on the UN in the UK.", "title": "Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker" }, { "docid": "17076505", "text": "contest the political decision to amend the rules regarding the designation of the head of state, but instead argued the act endeavours to amend the constitution—specifically the parts designating \"the head of state of both federal and provincial orders of government\"—but its enactment did not follow the constitutional amending formula set out in section 41 of the \"Constitution Act, 1982\"; if the act does not amend the constitution, it is in violation of the \"Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms\" because it assents to a bill that does not repeal those provisions of the \"Act of Settlement\" disallowing Roman Catholics", "title": "Succession to the Throne Act, 2013" }, { "docid": "18757053", "text": "Mercedes Sandoval de Hempel Mercedes Sandoval de Hempel (February 8, 1919 – February 7, 2005) was a Paraguayan lawyer and feminist. She was one of the leading proponents of women's suffrage in the country, drafting the \"\" (Bill partially amending the Civil Code). In 1992, the amendment of the Paraguayan Civil Code finally recognized equality between men and women. The wording of Article 1 of Law 704/61 was simple: “” (It is hereby recognized that women have the same political rights and obligations as men.) A graduate from the Faculty of Law at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, she specialized", "title": "Mercedes Sandoval de Hempel" }, { "docid": "209843", "text": "ratified as additions to the Constitution on December 15, 1791, were renumbered one through ten, and became the Bill of Rights. Proposed Article Two became part of the Constitution in 1992 as the Twenty-seventh Amendment, while proposed Article One is technically still pending before the states. Madison was disappointed that the Bill of Rights did not include protections against actions by state governments, but passage of the document mollified some critics of the original constitution and shored up Madison's support in Virginia. In proposing the Bill of Rights, Madison considered over two hundred amendments that had been proposed at the", "title": "James Madison" }, { "docid": "10764088", "text": "in the numbering since there is no Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution. In 2010, the Government announced the Judicial Council Bill 2010, which aims to address the same issues without amending the Constitution. Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001 The Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 was an unenacted bill introduced by the government of the 28th Dáil to amend the Constitution of Ireland, to establish a body for the investigation of judges, and to alter the procedure for the removal of judges. The impetus for the bill was the \"Philip Sheedy Affair\". Sheedy's 1997 prison sentence was", "title": "Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001" }, { "docid": "19777489", "text": "juvenile or adult. Proposition 57’s proponents sought to restore juvenile court judges’ authority over juvenile offenders. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been under federal court supervision since the Supreme Court of the United States found that California’s prison overcrowding constitutes cruel and unusual punishment (\"Brown v. Plata, 2011).\" Governor Brown added to Proposition 57, amending the Constitution of California to reduce this overcrowding. Proponents of the measure spent $11.75 million. The top contribution was $4.14 million raised by Governor Brown. Other proponents responsible for significant contributions included the California Democratic Party, Tom Steyer, Reed Hastings, and the", "title": "2016 California Proposition 57" }, { "docid": "2900480", "text": "opposition was not necessarily based on a rejection of the content of these changes, as opposed to the manner of their adoption, and the failure to include amendments specific to Quebec in the package. Also at that time, Quebec had a more complete \"Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms\", which was adopted in 1975. Two further attempts were made at amending the Canadian constitution in 1987–1990 (the Meech Lake Accord) and 1992 (the Charlottetown Accord) in a manner that, it was hoped, would have caused the Quebec legislature to adopt a motion supporting the revised constitution. Following the failure", "title": "Reference Re Secession of Quebec" }, { "docid": "17486618", "text": "Bill of Rights of Puerto Rico Article Two of the Constitution of Puerto Rico —titled as the Bill of Rights ()— lists the most important rights held by the citizens of Puerto Rico. The Bill of Rights was mandated by which provided for the people of Puerto Rico to adopt a constitution of their own which had to include a bill of rights. The bill enumerates several freedoms, namely freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, security in personal effects, and freedom from warrants issued without probable cause.", "title": "Bill of Rights of Puerto Rico" }, { "docid": "174236", "text": "designated duties of the unicameral National Congress. A judiciary is appointed by the National Congress. That constitution delineates mechanisms for amending it, but it also declares eight articles immutable and unalterable and not subject to change, which include a guarantee of a republican form of government, and an explicit prohibition against presidential candidacy of anyone who has been president previously at any time or for any reason. The constitution also provides for an independent organ to supervise and implement elections, the Superior Electoral Tribunal. Another organ similarly independent of the three main branches of government a Special Court for Resolution", "title": "Politics of Honduras" }, { "docid": "8762102", "text": "by stating that though the Government was attempting to use the issue of same-sex marriage to distract from a government scandal, he could foresee no difficulty in amending Malta's civil union legislation of 2014 to legalise same-sex marriage. The country's leading gay rights organisation subsequently called for a bill to be put forward opening up marriage to all couples irrespective of gender without delay. Following the June 2017 snap elections, the Labour Government presented a bill, amending Maltese marriage law, in Parliament. It would give equal rights to same-sex couple and opposite-sex couples. The bill was introduced on 24 June", "title": "LGBT rights in Malta" }, { "docid": "4021420", "text": "another bill to the Chamber of Deputies. Amending the Romanian Constitution requires approval by the people through a referendum. Until 2014, referendums required a 50% turnout to be valid, but changes to electoral law subsequently reduced this to 30%. On 5 June 2013, a parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the Constitution voted to include sexual orientation as a protected ground against discrimination in the new Constitution. The same committee voted, the following day, to change the current marriage law form, which describes marriage as \"a consensual union between spouses\", to the more restrictive form, describing it \"as a union between", "title": "Recognition of same-sex unions in Romania" }, { "docid": "5668938", "text": "constitutions include a bill of rights include Germany, India and Japan. The United Kingdom, as it has an uncodified constitution, does not have a constitutional bill of rights, although the Human Rights Act 1998 fulfills a similar role. The European Convention of Human Rights applies in those nations which are members of the Council of Europe. Persons who have experienced Convention-infringing human rights violations on the territory of ECHR-signatory nations can appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. In authoritarian regimes there are generally few or no guaranteed inalienable rights; alternatively, such rights may exist but be unobserved in", "title": "Constitutional right" }, { "docid": "14033976", "text": "representation of States in Parliament; and the provision for amendment of the Constitution laid down in article 368. Ratification is done by a resolution passed by the State Legislatures. There is no specific time limit for the ratification of an amending Bill by the State Legislatures. However, the resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment must be passed before the amending Bill is presented to the President for his assent. Article 368 does not specify the legislative procedure to be followed at various stages of enacting an amendment. There are gaps in the procedure as to how and after what notice a", "title": "Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "4893058", "text": "the Hawaiian government compared to the previous 1840 constitution, introducing new elements of democracy into the government and reducing the influence of the monarch in kingdom affairs. The 1852 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii was divided into seven parts. The seven parts were: 1. Declaration of Rights 2. Form of Government 3. Of the Executive Power 4. Of the Legislative Power 5. Of the Judiciary 6. General Provisions 7. More Amending of the Constitution The Declaration of Rights stated that the Hawaiians were a free people. The Form of Government stated that Hawaii was a Constitutional Monarchy. The section", "title": "1852 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii" }, { "docid": "1287379", "text": "succession, ending the male-preference primogeniture that was mandated by the Act of Settlement 1701. The amendment, once enacted, also ended the ban on the monarch marrying a Catholic. Following the Perth Agreement in 2011, legislation amending the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 came into effect across the Commonwealth realms on 26 March 2015 which changed the laws of succession to the British throne. In the United Kingdom, it was passed as the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. Further powers were devolved under the Government of Wales Act 2006, Northern Ireland Act 2006, Northern Ireland", "title": "History of the Constitution of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "14033978", "text": "far as it may be applicable consistently with the express provisions of article 368, when they entrusted to it power of amending the Constitution.\" Hence, barring the requirements of special majority, ratification by the State Legislatures in certain cases, and the mandatory assent by the President, a Bill for amending the Constitution is dealt with the Parliament following the same legislative process as applicable to an ordinary piece of legislation. The Rules of the House in the Rajya Sabha do not contain special provisions with regard to Bills for the amendment of the Constitution and the Rules relating to ordinary", "title": "Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "5159163", "text": "political system. After the amending of Article 6 of the Constitution, the CPSU effectively lost its right to rule the Soviet Union's government apparatus; paving the way towards a Multi-party democracy. Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution Article 6 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution placed limitations on the political rights of Soviet citizens. While the rest of the constitution theoretically assured the public freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of press these rights were rendered less meaningful by the reservation of article 6 that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the \"leading and guiding force of", "title": "Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution" }, { "docid": "428470", "text": "particularly since its 1961 application to state proceedings. Critics charge that the rule hampers police investigation and can result in freeing guilty parties convicted on reliable evidence; other critics state that the rule has not been successful in deterring illegal police searches. Proponents argue that the number of criminal convictions overturned under the rule has been minimal and that no other effective mechanism exists to enforce the Fourth Amendment. In 1982, California passed a \"Victim's Bill of Rights\" containing a provision to repeal the exclusionary rule; though the bill could not affect federally mandated rights under the Fourth Amendment, it", "title": "Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "20135220", "text": "Constitution (Amendment No. 21) Act 1933 The Constitution (Amendment No. 21) Act, 1933 was an Act amending the Constitution of the Irish Free State, abolishing the right of the Governor General to refuse to sign a Bill passed by the Oireachtas. It formed part of the constitutional programme of Fianna Fáil following its victory in the 1932 general election. Article 41 had previously provided that the Governor General could refuse to sign a Bill or refer a Bill to London, giving the crown (in practice the UK executive) up to one year to approve the Bill or otherwise. However this", "title": "Constitution (Amendment No. 21) Act 1933" }, { "docid": "428688", "text": "laws did not target Blacks specifically, but instead affected farm workers, most of whom were Black. At the same time, many states passed laws to actively prevent Blacks from acquiring property. As its first enforcement legislation, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, guaranteeing black Americans citizenship and equal protection of the law, though not the right to vote. The amendment was also used as authorizing several Freedmen's Bureau bills. President Andrew Johnson vetoed these bills, but Congress overrode his vetoes to pass the Civil Rights Act and the Second Freedmen's Bureau Bill. Proponents of the Act, including Trumbull", "title": "Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "20135289", "text": "Constitution (Amendment No. 12) Act 1930 The Constitution (Amendment No. 12) Act, 1930 was an Act amending the Constitution of the Irish Free State. It amended Article 35 of the constitution. As enacted, Article 35 provided that a question as to whether a Bill was a money bill could be referred, at the request of 2/5ths of either house, within 3 days of the Bill being passed by Dail Eireann, to a Committee of Privileges comprising 3 members from each House and chaired by a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland. Under the 12th amendment, the provision was changed", "title": "Constitution (Amendment No. 12) Act 1930" }, { "docid": "8185091", "text": "was a similar attempt to change the 1987 constitution. The process is termed as CONCORD or Constitutional Correction for Development. Unlike Charter change under Ramos and Arroyo the CONCORD proposal, according to its proponents, would only amend the 'restrictive' economic provisions of the constitution that is considered as impeding the entry of more foreign investments in the Philippines. However it was not successful in amending the constitution. On March 21, 2000 President Estrada declared an \"all-out-war\" against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) after the worsening secessionist movement in Midanao The government later captured 46 MILF camps including the MILF's", "title": "History of the Philippines (1986–present)" }, { "docid": "923437", "text": "rights to the same-sex partners of European Union citizens. Slovenia recognises registered partnerships for same-sex couples. In December 2014, the eco-socialist United Left party introduced a bill amending the definition of marriage in the 1976 \"Marriage and Family Relations Act\" to include same-sex couples. In January 2015, the Government expressed no opposition to the bill. In February 2015, the bill was passed with 11 votes to 2. In March, the Assembly passed the final bill in a 51–28 vote. On 10 March 2015, the National Council rejected a motion to require the Assembly to vote on the bill again, in", "title": "Same-sex marriage" }, { "docid": "18432661", "text": "(Art. 94), and guarantees judicial independence (Art. 87). It also prescribes equality regardless of class, gender, or confession for Austrian nationals (Art. 7). It does not include a comprehensive bill of rights, however, nor does it demand any kind of equality before the law extending to visitors and residents who are not citizens. The Republic of Austria originally continued to rely on the 1867 Imperial Basic Law on the General Rights of Nationals as its main charter of civil liberties and procedural guarantees, the framers of the new constitution being unable to agree on anything to replace it.<ref name=\"rgbl142/1867\">Staatsgrundgesetz vom", "title": "Federal Constitutional Law (Austrian act)" }, { "docid": "2351445", "text": "Constitution of Oregon The Oregon Constitution is the governing document of the U.S. state of Oregon, originally enacted in 1857. As amended the current state constitution contains eighteen sections, beginning with a bill of rights. This contains most of the rights and privileges granted in the United States Bill of Rights and the main text of the United States Constitution. The remainder of the Oregon Constitution outlines the divisions of power within the state government, lists the times of elections, and defines the state boundaries and the capital as Salem. The first constitutional documents enacted in Oregon pre-dated statehood. These", "title": "Constitution of Oregon" }, { "docid": "6442708", "text": "federal constitution. Any one who touches upon Malay affairs or criticizes Malays is [offending] our sensitivities.\" Although its proponents claimed that \"ketuanan Melayu\" was directly derived from Article 153 of the Constitution, the Reid Commission which drafted the framework for the Constitution had stated that the provisions for Malay privileges were to be temporary in nature, and eventually abolished, citing the only reason for their existence as tradition and economic necessity as a form of affirmative action for the Malays. Despite this, those who challenge \"ketuanan Melayu\" or \"Malay rights\" were still often berated, especially by politicians from UMNO. Many", "title": "Ketuanan Melayu" }, { "docid": "21798", "text": "in Hanover, Germany. Following the Perth Agreement in 2011, legislation amending the act came into effect across the Commonwealth realms on 26 March 2015, and removed the disqualification arising from marriage to a Roman Catholic. Following the Glorious Revolution, the line of succession to the English throne was governed by the Bill of Rights 1689, which declared that the flight of James II from England to France during the revolution amounted to an abdication of the throne and that James' daughter Mary II and her husband, William III (who was also James' nephew), were James' successors. The Bill of Rights", "title": "Act of Settlement 1701" }, { "docid": "2524404", "text": "Among these checks and balances is the governor's authority to veto any bill passed by the General Assembly. The General Assembly may in turn override his veto by simple majority vote in both houses. Bills passed by a super majority automatically become law without requiring the signature of the governor. Once the bill is made law, it can be challenged in the state courts which may rule the law to be unconstitutional, effectively repealing the law. The General Assembly could then override the court's decision by amending the state constitution to include the law. The General Assembly has historically been", "title": "Indiana General Assembly" }, { "docid": "6055889", "text": "in which the governor has the power to accept or reject any particular item of an appropriation bill without vetoing the entire bill. In this event, only the vetoed item of the appropriation bill is returned to the house of origin for reconsideration by the Legislature. The remainder of the bill becomes law. Sometimes what the legislature wishes to accomplish cannot be done simply by the passage of a bill, but rather requires amending the Constitution. A bill or joint resolution is accordingly drafted to propose an appropriate amendment to the Constitution. This bill or joint resolution is introduced in", "title": "Government of Alabama" }, { "docid": "17840562", "text": "was dissolved and the bill lapsed. Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan The Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں نویں ترمیم) would have imposed sharia law as the supreme law of the land by amending Article 2, 203B and 203D of the Constitution of Pakistan. The Senate passed the bill and sent it to the National Assembly on 7 August 1986. Wasim Sajjad, the Minister for Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, referred the bill to committee. The committee was supposed to submit a report regarding the proposed amendment within 30 days but before the report", "title": "Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan" }, { "docid": "19470765", "text": "resented the lack of an 8-hour work day. The legislature had passed a bill for a mandatory 8-hour workday, only to have the courts declare that it violated the US constitution. A second bill was passed, modeled after a Utah 8-hour bill that survived a US Supreme Court challenge, but the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the second bill violated the state constitution. A ballot measure to establish the 8-hour day by amending the state constitution passed overwhelmingly in November 1902, but the Republican-controlled legislature meeting in 1903 refused to pass enabling legislation. Blocked politically, the WFM made it a", "title": "Idaho Springs miners' strike of 1903" }, { "docid": "2034319", "text": "Constitution Act, 1982 The Constitution Act, 1982 () is a part of the Constitution of Canada. The Act was introduced as part of Canada's process of patriating the constitution, introducing several amendments to the \"British North America Act, 1867\", including re-naming it the \"Constitution Act, 1867\".. In addition to patriating the Constitution, the \"Constitution Act, 1982\" enacted the \"Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms\"; guaranteed rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada; provided for future constitutional conferences; and set out the procedures for amending the Constitution in the future. This process was necessary because, after the Statute of Westminster, 1931,", "title": "Constitution Act, 1982" }, { "docid": "7443160", "text": "by a thousand constituents who had signed a petition, but the proposal was controversial and the party responded by undermining Robinson's responsibilities and his position in the caucus. The proposal went no further. Unsuccessful attempts to amend the Canadian Constitution Since the Constitution of Canada was patriated, in 1982, only ten minor Amendments to the Constitution of Canada have been passed. There have, however, been a number of unsuccessful attempts to amend the Constitution in accordance with its amending formula. On April 18, 1983, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau expressed support for entrenching property rights in the Constitution, but only if", "title": "Unsuccessful attempts to amend the Canadian Constitution" }, { "docid": "17701985", "text": "and clause 4 (amending article 286) were adopted in their original form. The Bill, as passed by the Lok Sabha, was considered and passed by the Rajya Sabha on 31 May 1956. The bill, after ratification by the States, received assent from then President Rajendra Prasad on 11 September 1956. It was notified in \"The Gazette of India\", and came into force on the same date. The Bill was passed in accordance with the provisions of Article 368 of the Constitution, and was ratified by the Legislatures of more than one-half of the States specified in Parts A and B", "title": "Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "2317905", "text": "initially proposing abolition, Mulroney agreed to allow appointment from lists created by the provinces while awaiting further reform, which was accepted by the provinces. Changes to the amending formula and recognition of a distinct society were the most contentious issues. Changes to the wording of the \"distinct society clause\" that also preserved rights for English and French minorities in other provinces gained acceptance by all representatives at the table. After nine hours, the Premiers and Mulroney announced a consensus for constitutional reform had been reached amongst the First Ministers. The consensus would encompass five main modifications to the Canadian constitution:", "title": "Meech Lake Accord" }, { "docid": "785460", "text": "23 to 21. In 1972 there was a minor revision; the main change was a lowering of the voting age to 18. In 1983 the constitution was almost entirely rewritten. Many articles were abolished. Social rights were included, most articles were reformulated (the main exception being article 23 about the still sensitive freedom of education) using a new uniform legal terminology and their sequence was changed. The bill of rights was expanded with a prohibition of discrimination, a prohibition of the death penalty, a general freedom of expression, the freedom of demonstration and a general right to privacy. In 1987", "title": "Constitution of the Netherlands" }, { "docid": "9527987", "text": "to pronounce upon the constitutional validity of laws. It laid down the Fundamental Duties of Indian citizens to the nation. This amendment brought about the most widespread changes to the Constitution in its history, and is sometimes called a \"mini-Constitution\" or the \"Constitution of Indira\". Almost all parts of the Constitution, including the Preamble and amending clause, were changed by the 42nd Amendment, and some new articles and sections were inserted. The amendment's fifty-nine clauses stripped the Supreme Court of many of its powers and moved the political system toward parliamentary sovereignty. It curtailed democratic rights in the country, and", "title": "Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "4934014", "text": "to guarantee the right to a jury trial in civil matters, and Mason saw in this a larger opportunity. Mason told the Convention that the constitution should include a bill of rights, which he thought could be prepared in a few hours. Gerry agreed, though the rest of the committee overruled them. They wanted to go home, and thought this was nothing more than another delaying tactic. Few at the time realized how important the issue would become, with the absence of a bill of rights becoming the main argument of the anti-Federalists against ratification. Most of the Convention's delegates", "title": "Constitutional Convention (United States)" }, { "docid": "11795257", "text": "or take away the fundamental rights guaranteed in Part III of the Constitution; (iii) a law amending the Constitution is \"Law\" within the meaning of Art. 13(2) and (iv). the First, Fourth and Seventeenth Amendments though they abridged fundamental rights were valid in the past on the basis of earlier decisions of this Court and continue to be valid for the future. On the application of the doctrine of \"prospective overruling\", as enunciated in the judgment, the decision will have only prospective operation and Parliament will have no power to abridge or take away Fundamental Rights from the date of", "title": "Koka Subba Rao" }, { "docid": "1134058", "text": "of a conference on the constitution that was poised to end in deadlock, Jean Chrétien, the federal justice minister, as well as Roy McMurtry and Roy Romanow, both provincial ministers, met in a kitchen in the Government Conference Centre in Ottawa and sowed the seeds for a deal. This compromise ultimately caused two major changes to the constitution package: the first was that the \"Charter\" would include the \"notwithstanding clause\", and the second was an agreed-upon amending formula. They then worked through the night with consultations from different premiers, and agreement from almost everybody. However, they notably excluded René Lévesque,", "title": "Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" }, { "docid": "7443152", "text": "Unsuccessful attempts to amend the Canadian Constitution Since the Constitution of Canada was patriated, in 1982, only ten minor Amendments to the Constitution of Canada have been passed. There have, however, been a number of unsuccessful attempts to amend the Constitution in accordance with its amending formula. On April 18, 1983, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau expressed support for entrenching property rights in the Constitution, but only if debate were limited to a single day. The debate became engulfed in partisan tactics and eleven days later the Progressive Conservative Opposition introduced a motion of non-confidence in the House of Commons of", "title": "Unsuccessful attempts to amend the Canadian Constitution" }, { "docid": "3189354", "text": "the Bush administration's Department of Justice, as well as the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. The political context surrounding the Akaka Bill is both controversial and complex. Proponents, who consider the legislation an acknowledgement and partial correction of past injustices, include Hawaiʻi's Congressional delegation, as well as the former Republican Governor, Linda Lingle. Opponents include the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, (who question the constitutionality of creating race-based governments), libertarian activists, (who challenge the historical accuracy of any claims of injustice), and other Native Hawaiian sovereignty activists, (who feel the legislation would thwart their hopes for complete independence from the", "title": "Native Hawaiians" }, { "docid": "2252032", "text": "proposed legislation found particularly compelling was that the bill would require forced busing to achieve certain racial quotas in schools. Proponents of the bill, such as Emanuel Celler and Jacob Javits, said that the bill would not authorize such measures. Leading sponsor Sen. Hubert Humphrey wrote two amendments specifically designed to outlaw busing. Humphrey said \"if the bill were to compel it, it would be a violation [of the Constitution], because it would be handling the matter on the basis of race and we would be transporting children because of race\". While Javits said any government official who sought to", "title": "Desegregation busing" }, { "docid": "5338410", "text": "also said that the administration was attempting to govern and run centrally planned economies through an organization called the Minnesota Economic Leadership Team (MELT), an advisory board on economic and workforce policy chaired by Pawlenty. Prior to her election to the state senate, and again in 2005, Bachmann signed a \"no new taxes\" pledge sponsored by the Taxpayers League of Minnesota. As a state senator, Bachmann introduced two bills that would have severely limited state taxation. In 2003, she proposed amending the Minnesota state constitution to adopt the \"Taxpayers' Bill of Rights\" (TABOR). In 2005, Bachmann opposed Minnesota Governor Tim", "title": "Michele Bachmann" }, { "docid": "12248669", "text": "amending the Constitution. Section 128 provides that constitutional amendments must be approved by a referendum. Amendment requires: The Governor-General must put the bill to a referendum between two and six months after it has been passed by the parliament. If the bill is approved in the referendum, it receives the Royal Assent and becomes law, so that the wording of the Constitution is changed. An exception to this process is if the bill is approved by only one house of the parliamentthe other house rejecting it, failing to pass it or passing it with amendments to which the first house", "title": "Constitution of Australia" }, { "docid": "17723283", "text": "Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India The Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-first Amendment) Act, 1976, raised the age of retirement of the Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commissions from 60 to 62 years, by amending article 316(2) of the Constitution. The relevant amended text of clause (2) of article 316, after the 41st Amendment, is given below: \"The Constitution (Forty-first Amendment) Act, 1976\" was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 26 August 1976, as the \"Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Bill, 1976\" (Bill No. 85 of 1976). It was introduced", "title": "Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "428601", "text": "to join the federal program by conditioning the continued provision of Medicaid funds on states agreeing to materially alter Medicaid eligibility to include all individuals who fell below 133% of the poverty line. Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Tenth Amendment (Amendment X) to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. It expresses the principle of federalism and states' rights, which strictly supports the entire plan of the original Constitution for the United States of America, by stating that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated", "title": "Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "15331929", "text": "of House Chaplains has \"generally not been subject to party considerations\". The question of the constitutionality of the position of the House Chaplain (as well as that of the Senate Chaplain, and at times, that of military chaplains as well), has been a subject of study and debate over the centuries. Opponents have argued that it violates the separation of church-and-state and proponents have argued, among other factors, that the fact that the same early legislators who wrote the United States Constitution and its Bill of Rights, from which the position of \"non-establishment\" and church and state separation is derived,", "title": "Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives" }, { "docid": "2522197", "text": "the States (Chapter I of Part XI and Seventh Schedule); the representation of States in Parliament; and the provision for amendment of the Constitution laid down in Article 368. Ratification is done by a resolution passed by the State Legislatures. There is no specific time limit for the ratification of an amending Bill by the State Legislatures. However, the resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment must be passed before the amending Bill is presented to the President for his assent. However, when the treaty terms are interfering with the powers exclusively applicable to states (State List), prior ratification of all applicable", "title": "Ratification" }, { "docid": "13693147", "text": "has no limit on its power other than the possibility of extra-parliamentary action (by the people) and of other sovereign states (pursuant to treaties made by Parliament and otherwise). Proponents of a codified constitution argue it would strengthen the legal protection of democracy and freedom. As a strong advocate of the \"unwritten constitution\", Dicey highlighted that English rights were embedded in the general English common law of personal liberty, and \"the institutions and manners of the nation\". Opponents of a codified constitution argue that the country is not based on a founding document that tells its citizens who they are", "title": "Constitution of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "11378570", "text": "quickly pass the legislation required to implement the power-sharing agreement; he said that the people were watching and that they wanted to see \"pragmatic solutions, not ideological posturing\". He named four bills that the National Assembly needed to pass: the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill, a bill amending the constitution, a bill establishing the truth, justice and reconciliation commission, and a bill dealing with ethnic issues. On March 9–10, the army attacked the Sabaot Land Defence Force near Mount Elgon; this attack included aerial bombardment. 30,000 people were reported to have fled from the army's attack, although this number was", "title": "2007–08 Kenyan crisis" }, { "docid": "17840561", "text": "Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan The Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں نویں ترمیم) would have imposed sharia law as the supreme law of the land by amending Article 2, 203B and 203D of the Constitution of Pakistan. The Senate passed the bill and sent it to the National Assembly on 7 August 1986. Wasim Sajjad, the Minister for Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, referred the bill to committee. The committee was supposed to submit a report regarding the proposed amendment within 30 days but before the report could be presented, the National Assembly", "title": "Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan" }, { "docid": "2309861", "text": "were finally successful in 1981, allowing Canada to patriate its constitution by passing the Canada Act 1982, which included the Constitution Act 1982 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and finally established an amending formula for the Canadian Constitution, without the assent of the National Assembly of Quebec. Attempts to bring Quebec back into the constitutional framework resulted in the Meech Lake Accord, which failed when the provinces of Manitoba and Newfoundland were not able to ratify the document by the deadline established by it. This was followed by a resurgence in the Quebec sovereignty movement. Premier Robert Bourassa", "title": "Charlottetown Accord" }, { "docid": "5774233", "text": "in power. As regards a bill that has been enacted on a certificate of urgency and assented to by the President, the Speaker is required to send the Act of Parliament to the Council as soon as possible for its report, which is then presented to Parliament. However, the Constitution contains no provisions as to any steps that Parliament is required to take to amending the Act if an adverse report is made. All new subsidiary legislation must be sent to the Council for scrutiny within 14 days of their publication in the \"Government Gazette\". The Council is then required", "title": "Presidential Council for Minority Rights" }, { "docid": "1294596", "text": "favored amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, while 49% felt each state should make its own laws on marriage, and 18% were unsure. In May 2006, a Gallup poll found that 50% of Americans would favor amending the federal Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, while 47% were opposed, and 3% were undecided or did not respond. An ABC News poll that year found that 42% of Americans supported amending the U.S. Constitution, banning same-sex marriage. A 2003 Wirthlin poll found that 57% of Americans supported a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of a man and", "title": "Federal Marriage Amendment" }, { "docid": "11687567", "text": "which he argues that it was the intense commitment of politically active Virginians that led them not only to break away from Britain, but to then produce the first state constitution based on a bill of rights. He further argued that the Virginians who ratified the United States Constitution in 1788 understood it as a revocable agreement entered into by 13 sovereign states. Gutzman's works for a popular audience include \"The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution,\" which was named one of the \"Top Ten Conservative Books of 2007\" by Human Events, and \"Who Killed the Constitution?\" It was revealed", "title": "Kevin Gutzman" }, { "docid": "8934038", "text": "Environment and Parks. At the time of his appointment to Cabinet he had been serving on several volunteer boards including The Montreal Oral School for the Deaf, Operation Enfant Soleil and the Saint-Patrick's Society. During his tenure he was a supporter of the Kyoto Protocol, and drafted a bill amending the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms to include the right to live in a healthy environment. The bill passed in 2006. Mulcair accused former PQ minister Yves Duhaime of influence peddling. Duhaime filed a defamation suit in 2005 and Mulcair was ordered to pay $95,000, plus legal costs.", "title": "Tom Mulcair" }, { "docid": "8194278", "text": "cases that benefit him\". The Constitution of Madagascar grants the unborn the right to the health protection through free public health care. The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland gives \"the unborn\" a right to life equal to that of \"the mother\". In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that the fetus' only inherent constitutionally protected right is the right to be born, overturning a High Court ruling that a fetus additionally possessed the children's rights guaranteed by Article 42A of the Constitution. On 25 May 2018, a referendum was passed which provided for amending the Constitution by the substitution", "title": "Fetal rights" }, { "docid": "19883", "text": "Hugo Black wrote \"[t]he First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state... That wall must be kept high and impregnable.\" It was not clear that the Bill of Rights forbid state governments from supporting religious education, and strong legal arguments were made by religious proponents, arguing that the Supreme Court should not act as a \"national school board\", and that the Constitution did not govern social issues. However, the ACLU and other advocates of church/state separation persuaded the Court to declare such activities unconstitutional. Historian Samuel Walker writes that the ACLU's \"greatest impact on American life\" was its", "title": "American Civil Liberties Union" }, { "docid": "17717885", "text": "to the Legislatures of States\". Provisions for the trial of election petitions by High Courts instead of the election tribunals, was provided for by amending the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The full text of clause (1) of article 324, after the 19th Amendment, is given below: \"The Constitution (Nineteenth Amendment) Act, 1966\" was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 29 August 1966, as the \"Constitution (Twenty-first Amendment) Bill, 1966\" (Bill No. 57 of 1966). It was introduced by Gopal Swarup Pathak, then Minister of Law, and sought to amend article 324 of the Constitution. Article 324 provides for", "title": "Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "2297146", "text": "rejecting a law that, according to the Council, violated one of these principles. Since then, it is assumed that the \"constitutional block\" includes not only the Constitution, but also the other texts referred to in its preamble: Since then, the possibility of sending laws before the Council has been extended. In practice, the political opposition sends all controversial laws before it. The Constitution defines in Article 89 the rules for amending itself. First, a constitutional bill must be approved by both houses of Parliament. Then, the bill must be approved by the Congress, a special joint session of both houses;", "title": "Constitution of France" }, { "docid": "20800833", "text": "Bill of Rights socialism Bill of Rights socialism is the belief that the United States Bill of Rights advocated for a socialist society, and that if need be, a new American Bill of Rights that explicitly advocated for that should be made. The concept was first drawn up by Socialist Workers Party, and the first known mention of the phrase in its modern context was in 1976. Communist Party USA has advocated for expanding the United States Constitution to include the right to join a union, the right to a fair-paying job, etc. In 2011, the concept was revived by", "title": "Bill of Rights socialism" }, { "docid": "428296", "text": "were submitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789. By the time the Bill of Rights was submitted to the states for ratification, opinions had shifted in both parties. Many Federalists, who had previously opposed a Bill of Rights, now supported the Bill as a means of silencing the Anti-Federalists' most effective criticism. Many Anti-Federalists, in contrast, now opposed it, realizing that the Bill's adoption would greatly lessen the chances of a second constitutional convention, which they desired. Anti-Federalists such as Richard Henry Lee also argued that the Bill left the most objectionable portions of the Constitution, such", "title": "Third Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "2626431", "text": "draft legislation passed by the Sejm, 14 days if a bill is considered to be urgent. Any bill submitted by the Sejm to the Senate may be adopted by the latter without any amendments or amended or rejected. Any resolution of the Senate, as a result of which a bill is repealed or amended, is considered to be passed provided it has not been rejected by the Sejm. However, for the state budget, the Senate has 20 days to examine it. For amending the constitution, the Senate has 60 days for analysis. If the constitution is amended, identical wording of", "title": "Senate of Poland" }, { "docid": "19885286", "text": "31 of 1971) that some principles contained in the Constitution are \"supreme principles\" (\"principi supremi\"), which cannot be repealed, even by amending the Constitution. Rights that the Constitution declares to be \"inviolable\" are examples of those supreme principles. The following table lists all constitutional laws adopted by Parliament since the coming into effect of the 1948 Constitution of 1948, including those that were later rejected in constitutional referendums (marked in red). A particular category of constitutional laws is the special statutes of the autonomous regions of Italy. Since they are granted special conditions of autonomy, they are exceptions to the", "title": "Constitutional laws of Italy" }, { "docid": "130292", "text": "Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He was one of three men who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 who refused to sign the United States Constitution because it did not then include a Bill of Rights. After its ratification he was elected to the inaugural United States Congress, where he was actively involved in drafting and passage of the Bill of Rights as an advocate of individual and state liberties. Gerry was at first opposed to the idea of political parties, and cultivated enduring friendships on both sides of the political divide between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. He", "title": "Elbridge Gerry" }, { "docid": "5371255", "text": "that the Constitution should be seen as a living document. Under this view, for example, constitutional requirements of \"equal rights\" should be read with regard to current standards of equality, and not those of decades or centuries ago, because the alternative would be unacceptable. In addition to pragmatist arguments, most proponents of the living Constitution argue that the Constitution was deliberately written to be broad and flexible to accommodate social or technological change over time. Edmund Randolph, in his Draft Sketch of Constitution, wrote this: The living constitution's proponents assert that Randolph's injunction to use \"simple and precise language, and", "title": "Living Constitution" }, { "docid": "4988531", "text": "As a result of a 2013 referendum, Croatia's Constitution defines marriage solely as a union between a woman and man, effectively prohibiting same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, since the introduction of the Life Partnership Act in 2014, same-sex couples have effectively enjoyed rights equal to heterosexual married couples in everything except adoption rights. However, the separate legislation does provide same-sex couples with a mechanism similar to step-child adoption called \"partner-guardianship\". Croatia bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Centre-left, centre, and green political parties have generally been the main proponents of LGBT rights, while right-wing,", "title": "LGBT rights in Croatia" }, { "docid": "14033962", "text": "and voting. There is no provision for a joint sitting in case of disagreement between the two Houses. The Bill, passed by the required majority, is then presented to the President who shall give his assent to the Bill. If the amendment seeks to make any change in any of the provisions mentioned in the proviso to article 368, it must be ratified by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States. Although there is no prescribed time limit for ratification, it must be completed before the amending Bill is presented to the President for his assent. Every", "title": "Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "17720373", "text": "Punjab\". The judgement reversed the Supreme Court's earlier decision which had upheld Parliament's power to amend all parts of the Constitution, including Part III related to Fundamental Rights. The judgement left Parliament with no power to curtail Fundamental Rights. To abrogate the ruling, the government intended to amend article 368 to provide expressly that Parliament has power to amend any provision of the Constitution, thereby bringing Fundamental Rights within the scope of its amending procedure, and preventing review of those changes by the courts. The 24th Amendment came into force on 5 November 1971. The Indian press characterised the 24th", "title": "Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "16657135", "text": "article. The above clauses were unanimously ruled as unconstitutional. Chief Justice Y.V. Chandrachud explained in his opinion that since, as had been previously held in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, the power of Parliament to amend the constitution was limited, it could not by amending the constitution convert this limited power into an unlimited power (as it had purported to do by the 42nd amendment). Section 4 of the 42nd Amendment, had amended Article 31C of the Constitution to accord precedence to the Directive Principles of State Policy articulated in Part IV of the Constitution over the Fundamental Rights", "title": "Minerva Mills v. Union of India" }, { "docid": "504635", "text": "debated at the First National Congress of the Socialist Party in 1910, and they were debated again at the national convention in Indianapolis in 1912. At the latter, the radicals won an early test by seating Bill Haywood on the Executive Committee, sending encouragement to western \"Wobblies\", and passed a resolution seeming to favor industrial unionism. The conservatives counterattacked by amending the party constitution to expel any socialists who favored industrial sabotage or syndicalism (that is, the IWW), and who refused to participate in American elections. They adopted a conservative platform calling for cooperative organization of prisons, a national bureau", "title": "1912 United States presidential election" }, { "docid": "19899037", "text": "fundamental rights guaranteed under Part II of the Constitution were part of the basic structure of the Constitution and that Parliament could not enact laws, which included Acts amending the Constitution, which violated that basic structure. The appellant further argued that the inevitable effect or consequence of section 46A of the Act was to render his constitutional right to serve on the Bar Council ineffective or illusory and that he had therefore been deprived of his constitutionally guaranteed right to personal liberty under Article 5(1) of the Constitution. One of the issues raised by the appellant was that the section", "title": "Doctrine of Basic Structure" }, { "docid": "3540420", "text": "without the need to seek the permission of the existing provinces. Section 147 establishes that Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland would have 4 senators each if they were to join Confederation. Aside from the theory of the Implied Bill of Rights, there is no actual written bill of rights in the Constitution Act, 1867. Still, there are narrow constitutional rights scattered throughout the document. Hogg has referred to them as the \"small bill of rights\", though the Supreme Court in \"Greater Montreal Protestant School Board v. Quebec\" (1989) disliked that characterization in that rights in the Constitution Act, 1867 should", "title": "Constitution Act, 1867" }, { "docid": "5050700", "text": "the NMP system had to be tailored to the country in which it was implemented. The bill for amending the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to implement the NMP scheme was introduced in Parliament and underwent its First Reading on 6 October 1989. On 30 November 1989, the bill was read a second time, and referred to a select committee. The report of the select committee was presented to Parliament on 15 March 1990, and the bill read a third time and enacted as the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1990 on 29 March 1990. It", "title": "Nominated Member of Parliament" }, { "docid": "13954427", "text": "adoptive parents of a child. Around the same time, a report issued by the South Australian Law Reform Institute recommended amendments to the \"Adoption Act\" allowing for same-sex adoption and equal access to assisted reproductive treatment for same-sex couples. In August 2016, the Minister for Education and Child Development, Susan Close, said in a statement she would \"soon\" present a bill to Parliament amending the \"Adoption Act 1988\", which would include a clause removing the ban on same-sex adoption. The clause would be a conscience vote matter for government members. On 21 September 2016, the \"Adoption (Review) Amendment Bill 2016\"", "title": "LGBT rights in South Australia" }, { "docid": "12054801", "text": "Election since 1964, with the exception of 1992 when a plurality voted for Bill Clinton, (possibly due to the effect of Ross Perot's candidacy.) Conversely, Colorado has held a Democratic governor for 22 of the past 30 years. Colorado has a history of voter initiatives which severely restrict the power of state government. Some of these initiatives include Term Limits on legislators (1990), Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) (1992), and Amendment 23, passed in 2000, which set a fixed percentage of the budget for K-12 education. Voters passed Referendum C in 2005, amending some restrictions of TABOR and Amendment 23.", "title": "Politics of Colorado" } ]
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what is the meaning of ragi in punjabi
[ "( finger millet ) flour" ]
[ { "docid": "10084274", "text": "Ragi rotti Ragi rotti () is a breakfast food of the state of Karnataka, India. It is most popular in the rural areas of southern Karnataka. It is made of \"ragi\" (finger millet) flour. \"Ragi-Rotti\" means \"ragi-pancake\" in the native language, Kannada. It is prepared in the same way as akki rotti. The ragi flour is mixed with salt and water and kneaded well to come up with a soft dough. While making the dough; sliced onions and carrots, chopped coriander and cumin seeds can also be added for taste. Oil is spread over a griddle (tava) and a small", "title": "Ragi rotti" }, { "docid": "10084915", "text": "Ragi mudde Ragi Mudde, Ragi Sangati or kali and colloquially simply referred to as either 'Mudde' (which means 'lump') or 'Hittu' - i.e. flour); is a wholesome meal in the state of Karnataka and the Rayalaseema region in Andhra Pradesh. It is mainly popular with the rural folk of Karnataka. In Tamil Nadu, especially in Western Tamil Nadu it is called Ragi Kali. Ragi is grown in Odisha as well where it is called Mandya, but these days people prefer rice. Ragi mudde, a store house of multi nutrients, has only two ingredients, the Ragi (finger millet) flour and water.", "title": "Ragi mudde" }, { "docid": "10084275", "text": "amount of the dough is neatly spread over it to resemble a thin pancake (\"rotti\"). A small amount of oil is spread over it and the griddle is cooked over heat till the \"rotti\" turns crisp. Ragi rotti is served hot and is eaten along with chutney. Ragi rotti Ragi rotti () is a breakfast food of the state of Karnataka, India. It is most popular in the rural areas of southern Karnataka. It is made of \"ragi\" (finger millet) flour. \"Ragi-Rotti\" means \"ragi-pancake\" in the native language, Kannada. It is prepared in the same way as akki rotti. The", "title": "Ragi rotti" }, { "docid": "10084274", "text": "Ragi rotti Ragi rotti () is a breakfast food of the state of Karnataka, India. It is most popular in the rural areas of southern Karnataka. It is made of \"ragi\" (finger millet) flour. \"Ragi-Rotti\" means \"ragi-pancake\" in the native language, Kannada. It is prepared in the same way as akki rotti. The ragi flour is mixed with salt and water and kneaded well to come up with a soft dough. While making the dough; sliced onions and carrots, chopped coriander and cumin seeds can also be added for taste. Oil is spread over a griddle (tava) and a small", "title": "Ragi rotti" } ]
[ { "docid": "20481319", "text": "Ragi flour Ragi Flour is a primarily a powder food, made out of Ragi grain. It is finger millet powder.It has high protein and mineral content. It is an ideal source of protein for vegetarians. First Ragi is graded and washed. It is allowed to dry naturally in sunlight for 5 to 8 hours. It is then powdered. It is great for people with low hemoglobin levels. Ragi porridge, ragi halwa ,ragi ela ada , ragi kozhukatta can be made with Ragi flour which is rich in taste and nutrients. All purpose flour can be replaced with Ragi flour during", "title": "Ragi flour" }, { "docid": "20481320", "text": "baking which carries whole lot of nutritional benefits. Ragi cake and Ragi biscuits can be prepared. Ragi flour based bakery products and instant mixes are in demand now. Ragi flour Ragi Flour is a primarily a powder food, made out of Ragi grain. It is finger millet powder.It has high protein and mineral content. It is an ideal source of protein for vegetarians. First Ragi is graded and washed. It is allowed to dry naturally in sunlight for 5 to 8 hours. It is then powdered. It is great for people with low hemoglobin levels. Ragi porridge, ragi halwa ,ragi", "title": "Ragi flour" }, { "docid": "14366673", "text": "certain ragi jathas of making mockery of them and raised strong objections to his album. An apology was issued by the artists and producer of the album. His latest album Mithe Pochey also faced ire of Nambardaars of various villages in Punjab for his satire on them. He was allegedly assaulted by Punjab government official due to his satire on government. He is married to Parmdeep Bhalla who is a Fine Arts teacher. He has a son named Pukhraj Bhalla, who is studying B.tech in Audio Visuals from Punjabi University, Patiala. Pukhraj has also appeared in some of the Chhankata", "title": "Jaswinder Bhalla" }, { "docid": "509615", "text": "of flat bread is prepared using finger millet (ragi) flour. In Mumbai and Navi Mumbai areas, the biscuits prepared with ragi flour are also available in some bakeries. They are getting popular because of their relatively lower calorific value and more fibre as compared to wheat. In Karnataka, finger millet (ragi) is generally consumed in the form of ragi mudde (porridge) (ರಾಗಿ ಮುದ್ದೆ \"ragi mudde\" in Kannada). It is the staple diet of many residents of South Karnataka, especially in the rural areas. Mudde is prepared by cooking the ragi flour with water to achieve a dough-like consistency. This is", "title": "Eleusine coracana" }, { "docid": "509619", "text": "millet malt called \"ambali\" - is consumed in morning as breakfast. In Andhra Pradesh, \"ragi sankati\" or \"ragi muddha\" (రాగి సంకటి in Telugu) - ragi balls - are eaten in the morning with a chilli, onions, sambar (dish). In Kerala, putu a traditional breakfast dish, is usually made with rice powder with grated coconut and steamed in a cylindrical steamer. The preparation is also made with ragi powder, which is more nutritive. In the tribal and western hilly regions of Odisha, ragi or (ମାଣ୍ଡିଆ) \"mandiaa\" is a staple food. The porridge and pitha made of ragi are more popular among", "title": "Eleusine coracana" }, { "docid": "10084920", "text": "the same nutrients that are found in Finger millet - namely fibre, Calcium, and Iron. Ragi mudde is consumed with the famous Karnataka style Bassaaru or Chicken curry or Menthyada Gojju (sweet sour dish made of Fenugreek and Tamarind). It is the most famous and almost a daily food for most of the south Karnataka/old Mysore populace. Many luxury hotels serve Ragi Mudde on special occasions. Ragi mudde Ragi Mudde, Ragi Sangati or kali and colloquially simply referred to as either 'Mudde' (which means 'lump') or 'Hittu' - i.e. flour); is a wholesome meal in the state of Karnataka and", "title": "Ragi mudde" }, { "docid": "19937673", "text": "Choorian (film franchise) Choorian ( meaning \"Bangles\") is a Pakistani franchise films. The no. of films is 2 which is released in 1963 and 1998. Both films in a Punjabi language. Choorian is a 1963 black and white Pakistani Punjabi language super-hit musical film. It was the first Pakistani film to be given the \"only for adults\" rating by the censors. The film, when seen from today's standards, would seem quite \"clean\" to most audiences. But at the time, wearing body-baring dresses was taboo in Pakistan. Actress Nasira, the famous Pakistani \"vamp\", wore dresses that exposed more than what was", "title": "Choorian (film franchise)" }, { "docid": "2816513", "text": "spirit once a year. The preface by Pullman begins: Lyra is looking at a flock of birds from the tower of Jordan College in her Oxford, when she notices that the birds are attacking what turns out to be a dæmon in a bird shape. This dæmon must be a witch's because there is no human near. Lyra saves the dæmon, called Ragi, from the flock, and he urges Lyra to help him find a man called Sebastian Makepeace. Lyra cleverly finds out where to find him and that he is the last remaining alchemist, and promises Ragi to bring", "title": "Lyra's Oxford" }, { "docid": "509616", "text": "then rolled into 'balls' of desired size and consumed with huli (sambar), Saaru(ಸಾರು), or curries. Mudde (ಮುದ್ದೆ)is cut into biteable sizes using fingers, dipped in the curry preparation and swallowed wholly without biting into the pieces. Ragi is also used to make roti, idli, dosa and conjee. In the malnad region of Karnataka, the whole ragi grain is soaked and the milk is extracted to make a dessert known as \"Keelsa\". A type of flat bread is prepared using finger millet (ragi) flour, called ರಾಗಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ (\"ragi rotti\" in Kannada) in Northern districts of Karnataka. In Tamil Nadu, ragi is", "title": "Eleusine coracana" }, { "docid": "2816515", "text": "the end of Juxon Street, near the Oxford Canal, Lyra's dæmon Pantalaimon manages to look through Makepeace's window without being noticed by Ragi. Pan sees the alchemist lying on the floor and witch's instruments nearby. Sensing something is wrong, Lyra continues walking, past Makepeace's house, at which Ragi cries for his witch. Lyra realises it was a trap and now finds herself being attacked by the witch. She moves towards the canal and decides to fight the witch, because this is what Will would do. When Yelena charges, a swan rushes past Lyra and attacks the witch. The witch dies", "title": "Lyra's Oxford" }, { "docid": "492864", "text": "\"jowari\" in western India) for hundreds of years to make the local staple, hand-rolled (that is, made without a rolling pin) flat bread (\"rotla\" in Gujarati, \"bhakri\" in Marathi, or \"roti\" in other languages). Another cereal grain popularly used in rural areas and by poor people to consume as a staple in the form of \"roti\". Other millets such as \"ragi\" (finger millet) in Karnataka, \"naachanie\" in Maharashtra, or \"kezhvaragu\" in Tamil, \"ragulu\" in Telugu, with the popular \"ragi rotti\" and \"Ragi mudde\" is a popular meal in Karnataka. Ragi, as it is popularly known, is dark in color like", "title": "Millet" }, { "docid": "2816514", "text": "him to the alchemist after school. In the evening, Lyra escapes from St Sophia's School and leads Ragi from Norham Gardens to Juxon Street where Sebastian Makepeace lives. Ragi flies above Lyra and hides on roofs to avoid suspicion. On the way, Ragi is attacked by some pigeons, but manages to save himself. Ragi also tells Lyra why he needs Sebastian Makepeace's help: his witch, Yelena Pazhets, is seriously ill. This new illness causes witches to die while not affecting their dæmons, leaving them alive and lonely after their witch's death. Lyra is shocked by this. Reaching Makepeace's house at", "title": "Lyra's Oxford" }, { "docid": "15598515", "text": "to upon returning home or the idea that some women may not feel they can find another husband, since they \"have already been with one\". Literature that tackles selling of women as brides include titles such as \"Niami\" by Arab writer Mir Dad, \"Mul di Tiveen\" (meaning “A Purchased Woman” in the Punjabi language), \"Kudesan\" (meaning “a woman from other land” in Punjabi), \"Eh Hamara Jeewna\" by Punjabi novelist Dalip Kaur Tiwana, and the play \"Ik Hor Ramayan\" by playwright Ajmer Aulakh. \"Bazaar\" (Market), a 1982 Indian film directed by Sagar Sarhadi is based around the theme of bride buying", "title": "Bride buying" }, { "docid": "14121111", "text": "but the original meaning of the festivals has not been lost. Punjabi folk religion Punjabi folk religion incorporates local mysticism and refers to the beliefs and practices strictly indigenous to the Punjabi people, of the Punjab region including ancestral worship, worship of indigenous gods, and local festivals. There are many shrines in Punjabi folk religion which represents the folk religion of the Punjab region which is a discourse between different organised religions. These shrines represent inter-communal dialogue and a distinct form of cultural practice of saint veneration. Punjabis, irrespective of their organised religion, continue to practice Punjabi folk religion which", "title": "Punjabi folk religion" }, { "docid": "8123040", "text": "Punjabi Qisse A Punjabi Qissa ( , ; Plural: Qisse) is a tradition of Punjabi language oral story-telling that came to South Asia with migrants from the Arabian peninsula and contemporary Iran and Afghanistan. Where \"Qisse\" reflect an Islamic and/or Persian heritage of transmitting popular tales of love, valour, honour and moral integrity amongst Muslims, they matured out of the bounds of religion into a more secular form when it reached India and added the existing pre-Islamic Punjabi culture and folklore to its entity. The word \"Qissa\" (pronounced ) is an Arabic word meaning ‘\"epic legend\"’ or a ‘\"folk tale\"’.", "title": "Punjabi Qisse" }, { "docid": "6842722", "text": "Punjabi Shaikh Punjabi Shaikh () are prominent branch of Shaikh in South Asia. The aforementioned family name is popularly known for it's merchant focused businessmen and noblemen in South Asia. This name is originally traced back to the Arab royals which had come to South Asia to establish Islam and also high caste Hindu converts to Islam, for example, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani, a prominent Muslim preacher and Islamic saint. Sheikh (Arabic and Punjabi: شيخ ), is an Arabic word meaning elder of a tribe, lord, nobleman, honorable revered old man, or Islamic scholar. In South Asia it is used", "title": "Punjabi Shaikh" }, { "docid": "5365719", "text": "comprising Punjab, Sindh, Kashmir and some parts of Baluchistan and NWFP. It was used to write Punjabi, Hindi, Sindhi, Saraiki, Balochi, Kashmiri, Pashto, and various Punjabi dialects like Pothohari. In later centuries, the Gurmukhi alphabet evolved from Landa. Khojki, an ecclesiastical script of the Ismaili Khoja community, is within the Sindhi branch of the Landa family of scripts. Mahajani, a script previously used for the Punjabi and Marwari languages, is related to Laṇḍā. The Khudabadi script, formerly used for Sindhi, is a Laṇḍā-based script. Laṇḍā scripts The Laṇḍā scripts (also Lahnda, Landa), meaning \"without a tail\", is a Punjabi word", "title": "Laṇḍā scripts" }, { "docid": "2943589", "text": "its population, and those who consider the Punjabi language their mother tongue. Integration and assimilation are important parts of Punjabi culture, since Punjabi identity is not based solely on tribal connections. More or less all Punjabis share the same cultural background. Historically, the Punjabi people were a heterogeneous group and were subdivided into a number of clans called \"biradari\" (literally meaning \"brotherhood\") or \"tribes\", with each person bound to a clan. However, Punjabi identity also included those who did not belong to any of the historical tribes. With the passage of time, tribal structures are coming to an end and", "title": "Punjabis" }, { "docid": "337772", "text": "Indian Subcontinent. In Canada, it is the fifth most-spoken native language, after English, French, Mandarin and Cantonese. It has a significant presence in the United Arab Emirates, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, and the Netherlands. Punjabi is unusual among Indo-European languages in its use of lexical tone (that is, the way in which the pitch of the voice conveys meaning). The Punjabi language is written in one of two alphabets: Shahmukhi or Gurmukhi. In the Punjab, both writing systems are used (a rare occurrence called synchronic digraphia): Shahmukhi is used mainly by Punjabi Muslims, and", "title": "Punjabi language" }, { "docid": "2943621", "text": "well as Majhi (Standard Punjabi) and others like Doabi and Malwi. Some still have managed to retain the Punjabi dialects spoken in Western Punjab, but many have also adopted Hindi. Punjabi Hindus in India use the Gurmukhi or Nāgarī script to write the Punjabi language. Sikhi from \"Sikh\", meaning a \"disciple\", or a \"learner\", is a monotheistic religion and nation originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent during the 15th century. The fundamental beliefs of Sikhi, articulated in the sacred scripture Guru Granth Sahib, include faith and meditation on the name of the one creator, unity and equality", "title": "Punjabis" }, { "docid": "10084916", "text": "A tablespoon of Ragi flour is first mixed with water to make a very thin paste and later added to a thick bottomed vessel containing water on a stove top. As this mixture boils and reaches the brim of the vessel, ragi flour is added which forms a mound on top of boiling water. The flour is allowed to cook in this fashion on medium high flame. Later with the help of a wooden stick (: \"mudde kolu\" / : \" hiTTin doNNe\"), the flour is beaten to a smooth dough like consistency with no lumps. This hot dough is", "title": "Ragi mudde" }, { "docid": "19019630", "text": "health requirements. Rice \"kanji\" is prepared by boiling rice in large amounts of water. To this preparation, either milk and sugar (usually \"jaggery\") or curd (yoghurt) and salt are added. \"Ragi kanji\" is prepared by drying \"ragi\" sprouts in shade, and then grinding them into a smooth powder. This powder is added to water and cooked. Milk and brown sugar are added to this cooked preparation for taste. \"Ragi kanji\" can be given to infants after six months. Another kanji preparation uses \"jevvarisi\" (sago in English, \"sabudana\" in Hindi) in \"kanji\". Sago is dry roasted and powdered with/ without sugar.", "title": "Congee" }, { "docid": "14920073", "text": "Pakistan khappay Pakistan khappay ( ) is a Sindhi language phrase which means \"Long live Pakistan\" or \"We want Pakistan\". The phrase is controversial and notably has an irony attached to it as it means the exact opposite in Urdu and Punjabi, in which the word \"khappay\" is used to describe the state of being messed or disorderly. The term was first used and coined by the then President Asif Ali Zardari. Since then phrase has become important part of Zardari's speech. Critics of Asif Ali Zardari and PPP question if he meant a Punjabi meaning or a Sindhi meaning", "title": "Pakistan khappay" }, { "docid": "6737169", "text": "well known for its spicy and culinary food which is very similar to the South Indian food.Karam dosa is one of the most favourite item of kadapa citizens. People have Dosa, idly, sambar and chutney in their breakfast. Rice, daal and curry is usually served as lunch. Most of the restaurants serve South Indian thali including these dishes in their lunch and dinner menu. Although it has a South Indian touch in its dishes it also has a diverse variety of its own which include Ragi Sangati or Ragi Mudda, Boti Curry, Natukodi Chicken, Paya Curry etc. Ragi sangati with", "title": "Kadapa" }, { "docid": "509618", "text": "and tapping it flat on a hot skillet). Apart from that, ragi has its medicinal uses for sinus and severe cold by applying boiled \"kezhvaragu\" flour cooled to skin bearable warmth on the forehead. Ragi is considered to be the holy deity food of \"Amman\", otherwise known as \"\"Goddess Kali\"\". Every small or large festival of this goddess is celebrated with women making ragi porridge in the temples and distributing it to the poor and needy. This porridge is called \"Koozh\" - a staple diet in farming communities, eaten along with raw onions & green chillies. In Telangana state, finger", "title": "Eleusine coracana" }, { "docid": "15310003", "text": "Joseph Ragi El Khazen Joseph IX Ragi El Khazen (born in 1791, Ajaltoun, Lebanon – died on 3 November 1854, Dimane, Lebanon), (or Youssef El-Khazen, \"Gazen\", , ), was a former bishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and the 69th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1845 until his death in 1854. Joseph Ragi El Khazen was born in the village of Ajaltoun, in the Keserwan District, Lebanon in 1791, and he was a member of the Khazen family, which ruled the Keserwan District. The Khazen family had the privilege of nominating three Archbishops, including the one of Damascus.", "title": "Joseph Ragi El Khazen" }, { "docid": "10084917", "text": "then rested on low heat before rounding them on a wooden board into tennis sized balls with wet hands. Thus prepared Ragi balls are broke down into smaller balls using fingers and swallowed hot dipping them in 'saaru' / 'hesru' , chutney or gojju. It is not supposed to be chewed. Mudde, by itself, does not have a strong taste. Ragi Mudde is traditionally eaten with saaru (made of greens with sprouted grams, meat or vegetables), but can also be eaten with yogurt or butter milk. The saaru is often flavoured by mixing a dash of spicy, freshly ground green-chilli", "title": "Ragi mudde" }, { "docid": "19285255", "text": "art and calligraphy, no stamps make any reference to the “Imperial Aunt”. It appears that in her later years, though her position was elevated and she became increasingly lavish in her spending, Sengge Ragi did not advance much as an art collector. Nevertheless, her unique role in hosting the elegant gathering and collecting many fine pieces of art during her lifetime grant her a unique position in the cultural legacy of the Yuan Dynasty. Sengge Ragi of Lu Sengge Ragi of Lu (also \"Xiangge-Laji\") (b. ca. 1283 – d. 1331) held the title Grand Princess of the State of Lu", "title": "Sengge Ragi of Lu" }, { "docid": "8726928", "text": "dumplings and rice rotis. The south Karnataka or the old Mysore cuisine is dominated by ragi, or finger millet, and rice. Ragi in the form of ragi mudde of dumplings or steamed rice is the centerpiece of a meal. Often served with these two dishes are vegetable sides or palya, and a selection of soups known as saaru. Items commonly made are gojju (a type of thick sweet and sour gravy with vegetables), uppinakai (pickled vegetables), tovve (a very mild soup of lentils, sometimes with vegetables), huli (a spiced sour soup of lentils, tamarind, and vegetables), and tili saaru (a", "title": "South Indian cuisine" }, { "docid": "3986157", "text": "to a suitable person and be happy! Lord Krishna appears only once casually to rescue the caravan in which the hapless Damayanti was traveling and was attacked by wild elephants. Nrisimhastava is a work dealing with glory of god Narasimha (half human and half lion). Kanakadasa's Ramadhanyacharite has quite an unconventional theme. It is about a battle of words between ragi (millet) and rice, each claiming superiority. They go to lord Rama for justice. With the help of the sages, Rama proves the superiority of ragi over rice. Ragi becomes blessed by absorbing the qualities of Raghava, another epithet of", "title": "Kanaka Dasa" }, { "docid": "19285248", "text": "Sengge Ragi of Lu Sengge Ragi of Lu (also \"Xiangge-Laji\") (b. ca. 1283 – d. 1331) held the title Grand Princess of the State of Lu and was most notable for her collection of priceless Chinese works of art and calligraphy during the Yuan period of China. She was a patroness of the arts, having commissioned works of art and calligraphy during her lifetime, and was a collector of artwork, most of which dated to the period of the Song Dynasty. Sengge Ragi was the daughter of Darmabala (posthumously known as Shun-tsung) (b. ca. 1265 – d. 1310), who, according", "title": "Sengge Ragi of Lu" }, { "docid": "169969", "text": "Gurmukhi Gurmukhi (; Gurmukhi (the literal meaning being \"from the Guru's mouth\"): ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ) is a Sikh script modified, standardized and used by the second Sikh Guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). Gurmukhi is used by Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus to write the Punjabi language, a language that is also written in Perso-Arabic Shahmukhi script by Punjabi Muslims. The primary scripture of Sikhism, Guru Granth Sahib is written in Gurmukhī, in various dialects often subsumed under the generic title Sant Bhasha. Modern Gurmukhī has thirty-eight consonants (\"akhar\"), 10 vowel symbols (\"lāga mātrā\"), two symbols for nasal sounds (\"bindi\" and \"ṭippī\"), and one symbol", "title": "Gurmukhi" }, { "docid": "6507652", "text": "Mysuru region (also known as Bayaluseeme or the plains) includes the present-day Kolara, Bengaluru, Mysuru, Tumakuru, Mandya, Haasana, Chamarajanagara. Ragi and rice are the most important staple grains, Jowar and bajra are also cultivated and consumed in the drier parts of the region. The first meal of the day is breakfast, which is quite substantial. Regular meals consists of Ragi mudde or steamed dumpling made from ragi flour, a curry to roll bits of the dumpling often called Saaru, rice and yogurt. Optional accompaniments include a salad called Kosambari, various Palyas (fried, boiled or sauteed spicy vegetables) and assorted pickles.", "title": "Cuisine of Karnataka" }, { "docid": "2214307", "text": "visiting Rohtas Fort, Azad Kashmir, Taxila and Gilgit-Baltistan. The word \"Rawalpindi\" consists of two Punjabi words; Rawal, and Pindi. The origin of the name may derive from the combination of two words: \"Rawal\", meaning \"lake\" in Punjabi, and \"Pind\", meaning \"village.\" The combination of the two words thus means \"The village of lake\". Other sources have posited a Sanskrit origin of the city's name. The region around Rawalpindi has been inhabited for thousands of years. Rawalpindi falls within the ancient boundaries of Gandhara, and is in a region littered with Buddhist ruins. In the region north-west of Rawalpindi, traces have", "title": "Rawalpindi" }, { "docid": "3986154", "text": "the socially strong and weak castes and classes, presented as an argument between two foodgrains, rice and ragi, is a most creative literary piece with a powerful social message, In the work, rice represents the socially powerful and ragi (millet) represents the working people. The two grains come before Rama to argue their case and establish their superiority. In the end Rama sends both of them to prison for six months. At the end of the period, rice has turned rotten while the hardy ragi survives, earning Rama's blessings. This shows the intelligence of Kanakadasa in trying to reform the", "title": "Kanaka Dasa" }, { "docid": "6507648", "text": "surviving cuisines and traces its origin to the Iron Age. Ragi is mentioned in the historical works of the great poet Adikavi Pampa and in the ancient Sanskrit medical text Sushruta Samhita. The varieties of the Karnataka cuisine have drawn influence from and influenced the cuisines of neighbouring states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Some typical dishes include Bisi bele bath, Jolada rotti, Chapati, Ragi rotti, Akki rotti, Saaru, Idli - Vada Sambar, Vangi Bath, \"Khara Bath\", \"Kesari Bath\", Benne dose, Neer Dose, Ragi unda, Paddu (Gundponglu), Koli Saaru (chicken curry - Kannada style), Maamsa Saaru (Mutton Curry", "title": "Cuisine of Karnataka" }, { "docid": "14987168", "text": "used for this are Ragidup, Sibolang, Runjat, Djobit, Simarindjamisi, and Ragi Pangko. Second, sihadanghononton (used as head cover). The Ulos used for this are Sirara, Sumbat, Bolean, Mangiring, Surisuri and Sadum. Third, sitalitalihononton (tied at hip). Ulos used for this are Tumtuman, Mangiring and Padangrusa. Using Ulos in the right way is extremely important to make good looking and also to fulfill the philosophy meaning in Ulos. Ulos as love symbol it called mangulosi. In Batak culture, mangulosi (giving Ulos) is symbol of love to the receiver. In Mangulosi, there are common rules, mangulosi only can be done by people", "title": "Ulos" }, { "docid": "13957183", "text": "previously heavy instrument (the Taus). This attempt was intended to 'scale down' the taus into what is now known to be the Dilruba. This made it more convenient for the Sikh army to carry the instrument on horseback. Taus (instrument) The Taus ( ; Persian word meaning \"peacock\") is a Punjabi bowed string instrument, invented by Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru of the Sikhs. From this instrument originates the lighter Dilruba. It has a peacock body and a neck with 20 heavy metal frets. This neck holds on a long wooden rack 28-30 strings and the instrument is played with", "title": "Taus (instrument)" }, { "docid": "17366970", "text": "placed sixty-eighth overall in the prelims. Ragi Edde Ragi Edde (; born May 18, 1985) is a Lebanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Edde competed for Lebanon in the men's 100 m freestyle, as a 15-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 55.00. He challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including fellow 15-year-old Dawood Youssef of Bahrain. He edged out Congo's Marien Michel Ngouabi to overhaul a minute barrier and pick up a fifth seed by 1.13 seconds in 59.26. Edde failed to", "title": "Ragi Edde" }, { "docid": "17366969", "text": "Ragi Edde Ragi Edde (; born May 18, 1985) is a Lebanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Edde competed for Lebanon in the men's 100 m freestyle, as a 15-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 55.00. He challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including fellow 15-year-old Dawood Youssef of Bahrain. He edged out Congo's Marien Michel Ngouabi to overhaul a minute barrier and pick up a fifth seed by 1.13 seconds in 59.26. Edde failed to advance into the semifinals, as he", "title": "Ragi Edde" }, { "docid": "14153579", "text": "name \"Ragi\". The current consensus is that Matheson could not have been correct in his proposed relationship between Leod and Páll's father; meaning that Macrae of Inverinate's \"heir of the seed of Bálki\" must have referred to a non-male-line descent. Páll Bálkason Páll, son of Bálki, or Paal Baalkeson, was a 13th-century Hebridean lord who was an ally of Olaf the Black, king of Mann and the Isles. He was long remembered in Gaelic tradition and is traditionally the progenitor of certain families with roots in the Hebrides. Páll is recorded as being a \"sheriff\" of Skye, a post which", "title": "Páll Bálkason" }, { "docid": "2943606", "text": "what used to be a homeland nation for the Punjabi people in the Indian subcontinent and its diaspora. Since the mid 1980s, there has been a drive for Punjabi cultural revival, consolidation of Punjabi ethnicity and a virtual Punjabi nation. According to Giorgio Shani, this is predominantly a Sikh ethno-nationalism movement led by some Sikh organizations, and a view that is not shared by Punjabi people organizations belonging to other religions. Indigenous population flourished in this region, leading to a developed civilisation in 5th to 4th millennium BC, the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Also Buddhism remnants have been found like", "title": "Punjabis" }, { "docid": "20811586", "text": "on and cultivate land, which their ancestors have held for centuries. They often carry titles typical to Punjabis who own tracts of ancestral land. The Khandoya, sometimes spelled Khandoa and occasionally pronounced Khandowa, are extremely localized tribe. Their name comes from the Punjabi word \"khand\", meaning something sweet. According to their traditions, they are a clan of Chauhan Rajputs, who after wondering in from what is now Haryana settled in area near Chakwal in an area that had sweet water, which they called Khandoya or sweet water place. Other then Khandoya village, Khandoya are also found in the villages of", "title": "Khandowa (tribe)" }, { "docid": "16082022", "text": "concerts back in Europe to stay in India and learn about Punjabi music and culture. Over the following three months in Hoshiarpur, Anurag and his family helped Lerche learn to sing in Punjabi. “It was very challenging getting the right pronunciation, and we spend lots of time refining it,\" she said. \"It is very important to me to understand the literal meaning of each word and the full story of the songs I am singing.” Lerche also received instruction from the late Rattan Singh Rajput, who was one of the driving forces behind her first Punjabi album. Rattan Singh also", "title": "Anita Lerche" }, { "docid": "16424634", "text": "Marhi Da Deeva Marhi Da Deeva (Originally in , Literally meaning: The Lamp of the Tomb), sometimes spelled as Marhi Da Diva, is a 1964 Punjabi novel by Gurdial Singh. This first novel established Gurdial Singh as a novelist. The author himself described it as the first Punjabi novel in \"critical realism\"\".\" It came in for high praise, with some critics calling it a landmark equivalent to Premchand's \"Godan.\" It was translated as \"The Last Flicker\" by the Sahitya Akademi. The novel was adapted into a 1989 Punjabi film of the same name. Surinder Singh directed the film, which starred", "title": "Marhi Da Deeva" }, { "docid": "3986150", "text": "Purandaradasa and Vijayadasa visited Udupi and were devotees of Lord Krishna, it is Kanakadasa's association to Lord Krishna, which has a deeper meaning. click : http://www.sumadhwaseva.com/dasaru/kanaka-dasaru/ His writing started showing his innovativeness in using day-to-day activities of common man. For e.g. \"Ramadhanya Charite\" is a poetic expression of conflicts between rich and poor classes where he uses Ramadhanya ragi (staple food of poor and high in nutrients) and rice (main food of rich but not as rich in nutrients) to synonymously represent poor and rich. He joined Haridasa movement and became a follower of Vyasaraja who named him as Kanakadasa.", "title": "Kanaka Dasa" }, { "docid": "4125974", "text": "This is seen as the decade that produced the birth of what is commonly referred to today as “fusion” Punjabi music. One prime example of a breakthrough artist that exemplified this new fusion style was Apache Indian. His song “Arranged Marriage,” produced by British Indian Punjabi brothers Simon and Diamond and released on the album titled No Reservations (1993), combined a reggae lyrical style, traditional dhol elements, and a Punjabi background chorus. Many more prominent Punjabi artists and producers broke through into mainstream Punjabi music during this time. They included Bally Sagoo, Sukshinder Shinda, and Jazzy B. Bally Sagoo became", "title": "Music of Punjab" }, { "docid": "3186060", "text": "dialects up to then called \"Western Punjabi\", spoken in North, West, and South of Lahore in what is now Pakistani Punjab, as constituting instead a distinct language from Punjabi. (The local dialect of Lahore is the Majhi dialect of Punjabi, which has long been the basis of standard literary Punjabi.) Grierson proposed to name this putative language \"Lahnda\", and he dubbed as \"Southern Lahnda\" the coherent dialect cluster now known as Saraiki spoken in Multan Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur division and \"North Lahnda\" now known as Potwari spoken in Rawalpindi division and \"Western Lahnda\" now known as Hindko spoken", "title": "West Punjab" }, { "docid": "10940121", "text": "{Thirst}\" in 1998. Fluently written, clear in thoughts, rushing story lines and the purity of the language made this book a surprise for the Punjabi readers. Seeing the response on \"Treh\", Mir Tanha Yousufi was asked for more. Thus his second novel \"Ik Samandar Paar [Across One Sea]\", published in 2000, won the prestigious Punjabi literary award from \"Masood Khaddar Posh Trust\". “Masood Khaddar Posh Trust's Award\" is regarded as the most respectable of all awards in Punjabi. It is well known in Pakistani Punjabi writers' community what \"Masood Khaddar Posh Trust's Award\" actually means. Some writers spent their life", "title": "Mir Tanha Yousafi" }, { "docid": "13162180", "text": "to be the costliest Punjabi movie ever made and was the first Punjabi movie to be shot in Switzerland. Tera Mera Ki Rishta was also the first Punjabi Movie to be promoted online by www.punjabiportal.com and an official movie launch center website was also introduced. This movie is the remake of super hit Telugu movie Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Meet (Jimmy Sheirgill), a Punjabi boy who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a total fun loving chap. Adventure is his second name. High speed bikes, racing cars, ice hockey and what not, you name any adventure and Meet is there to", "title": "Tera Mera Ki Rishta" }, { "docid": "13136553", "text": "include jolada rotti, rice, ragi mudde,Chapathi, saambar and rasam, milk and curd. Breakfast items Dosa,Palav,Rice Bath, huppittu, avalakki, poori, idli, paddu, thalipattu and mandakki are rarely eaten. Many people buy local Kannada news papers Janathavaani, Prajavaani, Vijayakarnataka.Vijayavani, Deccan Herald.Times of India. The village's main festival, Rathothsava, honours Sri Veerabhadreshwara is celebrated 9 days after the Ugadi festival. The other festivals celebrated here are Deepavali (Diwali), Ugadi, Sri Ganesha Chathurthi, Basava Jayanthi, Shravana Masa pooja & Maheshwarana Jathre,Maha Shivarathri. Each festival has significant meaning. Sports, such as Chess, volleyball, Cricket & Ball badminton,Kabadi, Kho kho,cearm. are the most common games. Kandagallu", "title": "Kandagallu" }, { "docid": "15310006", "text": "tried to ease relations with Great Britain (which supported the Druzes) and the Ottomans, so obtaining some relief for his people. In 1850 he rescued some Christians during the massacre of Aleppo. From a religious point of view, during his reign the issue of confessions ministered outside the church-buildings arose again, a use previously condemned by Rome, and again condemned by Rome on February 18, 1851. Joseph El Khazen died on November 3, 1854 in the winter Maronite Catholic Patriarchate in Dimane, Kadisha Valley, Lebanon. Joseph Ragi El Khazen Joseph IX Ragi El Khazen (born in 1791, Ajaltoun, Lebanon –", "title": "Joseph Ragi El Khazen" }, { "docid": "12295944", "text": "Mahaul Theek Hai Mahaul Theek Hai (1999) is a Punjabi comedy film directed by Indian filmmaker Jaspal Bhatti. The English subtitled version is called \"The Atmosphere Is Right\". \"Mahaul Theek Hai\" (meaning 'the situation is okay') is a record setting Punjabi film. It is a comedy satire about the police force in India. The plot is a story where boy (Smeep Kang) meets girl (Chandni Toor). The hero's brother Raj Babbar, is involved with an illegal businessman. The heroine's father Kulbhushan Kharbanda is cheated of land by his own brother. Played by director and satirist Jaspal Bhatti, the villain of", "title": "Mahaul Theek Hai" }, { "docid": "19937675", "text": "(Saima). Billo is a servant in her own house, and does all the chores which are overseen by Bahar, her stepmother. Bahar treats her like a slave throughout the movie while her two daughters live like queens. Choorian (film franchise) Choorian ( meaning \"Bangles\") is a Pakistani franchise films. The no. of films is 2 which is released in 1963 and 1998. Both films in a Punjabi language. Choorian is a 1963 black and white Pakistani Punjabi language super-hit musical film. It was the first Pakistani film to be given the \"only for adults\" rating by the censors. The film,", "title": "Choorian (film franchise)" }, { "docid": "169983", "text": "Digital Library has taken up digitisation of all available manuscripts of Gurmukhī Script. The script is just 500 years old, hence a lot of literature written in all these years is still traceable. Panjab Digital Library has digitised over 5 million pages from different manuscripts and most of them are available online. Gurmukhi Gurmukhi (; Gurmukhi (the literal meaning being \"from the Guru's mouth\"): ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ) is a Sikh script modified, standardized and used by the second Sikh Guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). Gurmukhi is used by Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus to write the Punjabi language, a language that is also written", "title": "Gurmukhi" }, { "docid": "2853394", "text": "sounds were more easily transliterated without the need for characters modified with subscript dots. Shahmukhi alphabet Shahmukhi (, Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ, meaning literally \"from the King's mouth\") is a Perso-Arabic alphabet used by Muslims in Punjab to write the Punjabi language. It is generally written in the Nastaʿlīq calligraphic hand, which is also used for Urdu. Perso-Arabic is one of two scripts used for Punjabi, the other being Gurmukhi. The Shahmukhi alphabet was first used by the Sufi poets of the Punjab; it became the conventional writing style for the Muslim populace of the Pakistani province of Punjab following the independence", "title": "Shahmukhi alphabet" }, { "docid": "6634335", "text": "total of 640) in India in terms of population. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.23%. Ambala had a sex ratio of 885 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 81.75%. Hindi (In Devanagri Script) is the official languages and thus used for official communication. The Punjabi dialect of rural areas of the district is known as Puadhi or Powadhi, meaning half of the east. It is the eastern most dialect of Punjabi which merges into Bangru dialect of Hindi further east in Uttar Pradesh, hence", "title": "Ambala district" }, { "docid": "13613955", "text": "the Guru a piece of land to live on for few days. The ruler asked the Guru to leave the place. Guru Teg Bahadur got angry and cursed the 'Bahia' by saying \"Bahia Hoju Thehia\"(Punjabi: ਬਾਹੀਆ ਹੋਜੂ ਥੇਹਿਆ) meaning- \"Bahia will collapse into a heap\" Due to his curse the whole of Bahia turned into a heap of debris. This The (Punjabi: ਥੇਹ) still exists to the west of the main village and the place where Guru Teg Bahadur ji meditated has been turned into a beautiful Gurudwara named 'Gurudwara Patshahi Naumi, Sekha'. Every year on 22 Poh(Punjabi Calendar) i.e.", "title": "Sekha" }, { "docid": "5365718", "text": "Laṇḍā scripts The Laṇḍā scripts (also Lahnda, Landa), meaning \"without a tail\", is a Punjabi word used to refer to a writing system used in Punjab and nearby parts of North India. It is distinct from the Lahnda language, which used to be called Western Punjabi. There are at least ten ancient scripts that classify as Laṇḍā scripts. They tended to be used as the mercantile scripts of the Punjab region. Laṇḍā is a script that evolved from the Śāradā script during the 10th century. It was widely used in the northern and north-western part of India in the area", "title": "Laṇḍā scripts" }, { "docid": "2212181", "text": "the name \"Hindko\" (Shackle for example sees it as meaning \"the Indian language\"), it is generally accepted that the term has developed to refer to the northwestern Indo-Aryan speech forms in contrast to the neighbouring Pashto, an Iranian language. Hindko is mutually intelligible with Punjabi and Saraiki, and has more affinities with the latter than with the former. Differences with other Punjabi varieties are more pronounced in the morphology and phonology than in the syntax. An alternative local name for this language group is \"Hindki\". The central dialect group of \"Hindko proper\" comprises Kohati (spoken in the city of Kohat", "title": "Hindko" }, { "docid": "2439343", "text": "family leader to solve the problem at the time of conflict with another family. In the Punjab, \"Malik\", literally meaning \"King\" is a title used by some well-reputed specific Punjabi aristocrat families with special lineage, more formally known as Zamindars. The Malik clan is also associated with different aspects throughout different generations and periods of history, It is believed that they originated as a clan of warriors who later on settled as wealthy landlords. The Malik clan holds significant historical importance & are considered as royalty among the Punjabi caste system. They are well known for their way of life", "title": "Malik" }, { "docid": "2853392", "text": "Shahmukhi alphabet Shahmukhi (, Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ, meaning literally \"from the King's mouth\") is a Perso-Arabic alphabet used by Muslims in Punjab to write the Punjabi language. It is generally written in the Nastaʿlīq calligraphic hand, which is also used for Urdu. Perso-Arabic is one of two scripts used for Punjabi, the other being Gurmukhi. The Shahmukhi alphabet was first used by the Sufi poets of the Punjab; it became the conventional writing style for the Muslim populace of the Pakistani province of Punjab following the independence of Pakistan in 1947, while the largely Hindu and Sikh modern-day state of Punjab,", "title": "Shahmukhi alphabet" }, { "docid": "6814495", "text": "would be remaining pure amongst all the evils that exist in this world. Punjabi meaning of the name Kanwaldeep means \"Feet of the Lord\" (Guru de Charan) Kanwaldeep Kanwaldeep is a name common among the Sikhs in the Punjab region of India. It is derived from a combination of two Hindi words, \"kanwal\" and \"deep\". \"Kanwal\" is a modification of \"Kamal\", which means the lotus flower. \"Deep\", means \"light\" or \"lamp\". The literal meaning of Kanwaldeep is, \"the light emitted by the lotus,\" symbolically, it assumes a deeper meaning. The lotus is a flower known to grow from the sludge", "title": "Kanwaldeep" }, { "docid": "16055633", "text": "by steel utensils in recent decades. The earlier recipes in each village were also largely dictated by what was grown and available locally. In the drier districts, \"jowar\" (sorghum), \"bajra\" (millet) and \"ragi\" are still in use, while eating rice is seen as a symbol of prosperity. In Delta and coastal districts, rice takes a major role in cooking. Telugu cuisine Telugu cuisine is a cuisine of South India native to the Telugu people from the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is also the cuisine of the Telugu-speaking population of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with slight variations due", "title": "Telugu cuisine" }, { "docid": "509617", "text": "called \"kezhvaragu\" (கேழ்வரகு) or just \"keppai\" (கேப்பை). Ragi is dried, powdered and boiled to form a thick mass that is allowed to cool. This is the famed \"kali\" or \"keppai kali\". This is made into large balls to quantify the intake. It is taken with sambar or thick spicy lentil soups flavored with tamarind extracts. For children, ragi is also fed with milk and sugar (malt). It is also made in the form of pancakes with chopped onions and tomatoes. \"Kezhvaragu\" is used to make puttu with jaggery/sugar and adai (by making a thick paste (sweet or salt is used)", "title": "Eleusine coracana" }, { "docid": "9246211", "text": "are three examples, which draw on the famous love story of Heer Ranjha: Another Kafi: Two Kafis that are addressed to his converted Hindu disciple Madho Lal Hussain need a special mention: Madho Lal Hussain Shah Hussain () was a 16th century Punjabi Sufi poet who is regarded as a pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi poetry. Hussain's love for a Hindu boy named \"Madho\" has resulted in them being referred to as a single person with the composite name of \"Madho Lal Hussain\" (). Shah Hussain is also often known as Shah Hussain Faqir - \"Faqir\" meaning \"Dervish\"", "title": "Madho Lal Hussain" }, { "docid": "9246208", "text": "Madho Lal Hussain Shah Hussain () was a 16th century Punjabi Sufi poet who is regarded as a pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi poetry. Hussain's love for a Hindu boy named \"Madho\" has resulted in them being referred to as a single person with the composite name of \"Madho Lal Hussain\" (). Shah Hussain is also often known as Shah Hussain Faqir - \"Faqir\" meaning \"Dervish\" ( mendicant ) and \"Shah\" means \"King\". So due to his extremely humble Sufi personality, people called him \"The Dervish King\", a person who was a King and a Dervish at the", "title": "Madho Lal Hussain" }, { "docid": "14136016", "text": "is around 33 people are B.com graduates and in one shot we can call this village as commerce city. In Kanchala village, agriculture is the main occupation. Finger millet (ragi) and vegetables are extensively grown here. Ragi mudde, also colloquially simply referred to as either 'Mudde' or 'HiTTu'; is a wholesome meal in Kanchala. It is mainly popular with the rural folk of Karnataka. Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, a well-known writer in Kannada language and the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India, was born at Hosahalli. Kanchala Kanchala is", "title": "Kanchala" }, { "docid": "509620", "text": "village folk. In the Garhwal and Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, \"koda\" (कोदा ) or \"maddua\" (मंडुआ) is made into thick rotis (served with ghee), and also made as a dish - \"badi\" (बाड़ी) - similar to halwa but without sugar. In the Kumaon region of northern India, ragi is traditionally fed to women after child birth. In some parts of Kumaon region the ragi flour is used to make various snacks like Namkeen Sev and Mathri. In Nepal, a thick dough (\"ḍhĩḍo\" ढिंडो) made of millet flour (\"kōdō\" कोदो) is cooked and eaten by hand. The dough, on other hand,", "title": "Eleusine coracana" }, { "docid": "10058515", "text": "part of the daily family diet. Liquid brem is made from fermented mash of black/ white glutinous rice (known as \"Ketan\") using a dry-starter called \"Ragi tape\". Glutinous rice is soaked and drained, steamed for 1 hour, and then cooled down. The cooled rice is then inoculated with \"Ragi tape\" and amylolysis begins. A honey-like rice syrup settles in the bottom of the malting vessel. Following 3 days of conversion from rice starch to sugar, a yeast culture is added and alcoholic fermentation begins. Alcoholic fermentation typically goes on for two weeks. Brem Brem is the traditional fermented food or", "title": "Brem" }, { "docid": "10084918", "text": "paste ( \"Khaara\"), in one's plate - according to taste. \"Ragi Mudde-Bassaru\" is a popular combination among the farming communities in Karnataka. Bassaru is made from the decanted water, which remains after (an assortment of) pulses are steamed (usually along with a couple of pods of garlic). This water takes up the earthy flavour of the pulses to nicely complement the earthy flavour of the 'Mudde' itself. Browned onions, red chillies, and some garlic are browned, and then ground into a paste along with grated coconut. This is added to the water, and the mixture is finally seasoned with Chaunk.", "title": "Ragi mudde" }, { "docid": "10084919", "text": "The steamed pulses themselves are often used to prepare a dry side salad known as 'palya' (). There are numerous variations of 'Bassaru', which each yield a differently named (usually, eponymous with the major ingredient) saaru. Bassaru is itself the portmanteau of 'Bas(tira)' () (steamed) and 'saaru'. 'Uppesru' ()/ 'Uppsaaru' () is another common accompaniment to 'mudde'. This is often simply a stew comprising steamed horsegram, as well as the water used to steam it; with added salt. Sometimes, hyacinth-beans ( 'AvarekaaLu') replace the horsegram. The horsegram version is also known as 'HurLi saaru' (). Ragi mudde is rich in", "title": "Ragi mudde" }, { "docid": "5715794", "text": "famous combination with \"pulichakeerai\" is \"Ragi Kali\"/\"Ragi Mudde\", which once used to be a regular food for the people in villages (since these items are easily available in agricultural forms). In Marathi, it is called \"Ambaadi\" (अंबाडी). And is specially prepared to a stew and served to goddess Mahalakshmi/Gauri during the annual festival of Mahalakshmi which falls on three days in between the ten days Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Maharashtra. It is known as \" Pitwaa\" in Hindi, \"Taka bhendi\" or \"Khata Palanga\" in Oriya, \"Kotrum\" in Jharkhand Mestapat in Bengali, \"Amaari\" in Chhattisgarhi, \"Pandi\"/\"Pundi\" in Kannada, \"Anthur\" in Mizo,", "title": "Gongura" }, { "docid": "3986158", "text": "Rama. It is interpreted as poverty and humility being upheld by the poet above material wealth. Even today ragi is food of the poor which has high nutrition value compared to rice. Ragi is a good source of nutrition for people with diabetes for its low sugar content and nutrition value. Mohanatarangini, although a kavya (poem in classical style) written with all conventional eighteen descriptions, deals with eroticism. Pleasure-based eroticism of Shri Krishna with the consorts. The eroticism between Aniruddha and Usha form the main theme. It excels in depicting contemporary life. The description of Shri Krishna's Dwaravati (Dwaraka) is", "title": "Kanaka Dasa" }, { "docid": "16397774", "text": "death by a special CBI court and his execution was scheduled for 31 March 2012. In his will, Balwant Singh said that his wish was to donate his eyes to Lakhwinder Singh (Ragi at Golden Temple Amritsar) and his kidneys, heart or any other body part to needy patients. On 28 March 2012 India's Home Ministry stayed the execution following clemency appeals filed by the SGPC, a Sikh organization. On stay of his execution, Balwant singh said, \"I have dedicated my life to the Panth(referred to Khalsa and meaning the Sikh Nation) and have no regrets. So the stay doesn't", "title": "Balwant Singh Rajoana" }, { "docid": "18456022", "text": "Chapaki Jumeraat aayi aye\"<br> \"jera agge pichey wekhey\"<br> \"ohdi shamat aayi aye\"<br> Meaning:. \"Kokla Chapaki, it is Thursday. \"<br> \"Whoever looks here and there\"<br> \"shall be punished.\"<br> Punjabi: \"ਕੋਕਲਾ ਚਪਾਕੀ ਜੁਮੇ ਰਾਤ ਆੲੀ ੲੇ\"<br> \"ਜੈਹੜਾ ਅਗੇ ਪਿਛੇ ਦੇਖੇ\"<br> \"ਉਹਦੀ ਸ਼ਾਮਤ ਆੲੀ ਏ\"<br> The game is played by two groups of children. One group pretend to be jackals (Gidharh, ()) and the other, pickers (chogian, ()). There is a line drawn between the two groups. The pickers sing the following song which calls for their members to pick the fields but then warns the group that there are jackals ahead. Punjabi:", "title": "Sports in Punjab, India" }, { "docid": "16524768", "text": "(Food item prepared with rice, Mung beans and sugar ) in the temple and offer to the goddess. Similarly, there is another practice for women to come on their knees from their home to the temple. First, they roll a coconut on the road and then walk on their knees up to the point, pick up the coconut and roll it again. These practices bear testimony to the strong faith the native residents of Tirupati have in the goddess. ‘Ragi Ambali', a drink made of Ragi and Rice, is offered to the goddess and is then distributed to the devotees.", "title": "Tirupati Ganga Jatara" }, { "docid": "5371112", "text": "small tippu sultan army stationed in this town, the area is named as Bahadurpura, now the area is converted to slum. Once it also took name as \"ragi kanaja\" of bangalore. Because more no of ragi growing farmers are present Anekal is located at . It has an average elevation of 915 metres (3001 feet). India census, Anekal had a population of 44,260. Males constitute 52 percent of the population and females 48 percent. Anekal has an average literacy rate of 67 percent, higher than the national average of 59.5 percent, with 56 percent of the males and 44 percent", "title": "Anekal" }, { "docid": "10367207", "text": "but does this in a humoristic way. When her husband once considered taking a concubine, and wrote a short poem assuring her that he was just contemplating what his friends were doing and she would still be the official wife, she wrote a short poem in response (\"Song of You and Me\") and left it where he could find it. The subject was reportedly never raised again and after her death, he did not remarry. It is likely that many of Guan’s works were dedicated to high-ranking female patrons. Beyond her association with Sengge Ragi, it is known that Guan", "title": "Guan Daosheng" }, { "docid": "9005800", "text": "George Abraham Grierson — for a dialect group that had no general local name. This term has currency only among linguists. The southern varieties are locally called \"Saraiki\", and northwestern varieties \"Hindko\". The main identifier of Lahnda is use of 'saan, soon, si etc.' in the future tense instead of the Standard Punjabi \"ga, gi, ge etc.\" Below is a list of the varieties of Lahnda: Within Lahnda, Ethnologue also includes what it labels as \"Western Punjabi\" (ISO 639-3 code: \"pnb\") – the Majhi dialects transitional between Lahnda and Eastern Punjabi; these are spoken by about 62 million people. Recently,", "title": "Lahnda" }, { "docid": "16424635", "text": "Raj Babbar, Deepti Naval and Parikshit Sahni in lead roles. The film received a National Film Award and was critically acclaimed. Marhi Da Deeva Marhi Da Deeva (Originally in , Literally meaning: The Lamp of the Tomb), sometimes spelled as Marhi Da Diva, is a 1964 Punjabi novel by Gurdial Singh. This first novel established Gurdial Singh as a novelist. The author himself described it as the first Punjabi novel in \"critical realism\"\".\" It came in for high praise, with some critics calling it a landmark equivalent to Premchand's \"Godan.\" It was translated as \"The Last Flicker\" by the Sahitya", "title": "Marhi Da Deeva" }, { "docid": "2196099", "text": "1508 A.D on the subject of Kannada cuisine. Some typical everyday dishes in Kannadiga homes include Bisi Bele Bath, Jolada Rotti, Ragi Rotti, Akki Rotti, Saaru, Huli, Davanagere Benne Dosa, Ragi mudde, Chitranna (lemon rice) and Uppittu. The famous masala dosa traces its origin to Udupi cuisine. Plain and rave Idli, Mysore Masala Dosa and Maddur Vade are very popular in South Karnataka. Kadabu, a kind of rice dumplings, is a popular and ethnic food in South Malnad regions such as Sakaleshpura, Mudigere, Somwarapete, etc. and is consumed with \"huchellu\" (black sesame) chutney. Among sweets, Mysore Pak, Dharwad Pedha, Chiroti,", "title": "Kannada people" }, { "docid": "11614922", "text": "arises between ragi, the food grain of the poor, and rice, that of the rich, as to which is superior. Rama decides that ragi is superior because it does not rot when preserved. This is one of the earliest poetic expressions of class struggle in the Kannada language. In addition to these classics, about 240 songs written by Kanaka Dasa are available. For a brief period following the decline of the Vijayanagara Empire, the devotional movement seemed to lose momentum, only to become active again in the 17th century, producing an estimated 300 poets in this genre; famous among them", "title": "Vijayanagara literature in Kannada" }, { "docid": "7437143", "text": "post-9/11 American media landscape. They came to renown in South Asia from songs they released in Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi. Their filmed BBC session where the band covered Bollywood classic \"Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai\" especially got the band much positive attention from the Southern Asian and Punjabi peoples, both native and abroad. One of their biggest hits is the song \"Tunnnnnn\", which is a re-interpretation of a classic reggae song; Willie Williams' \"Armagideon Time\". The lyrics of \"Tunnnnnn\" are a mashup of English, Urdu, and Punjabi. It's lyrics proclaim (in Urdu): \"We will only drink what they drink in", "title": "The Kominas" }, { "docid": "8123044", "text": "quoted famous \"Qissas\" in their messages. It will not be wrong to say that popularity and nearly divine status of \"Qisse\" in Punjabi actually inspired many generations of spiritual leaders and social activists to combine the message of God with teenage love tales. This gave rise to what is known as the Sufi movement in Punjab region. The most popular writer/poet to have written Punjabi Sufi \"Qisse\" was Bulleh Shah (c.1680-1758). So popular are his \"Kalams\" (poems) that he is frequently quoted by young and old alike with same respect and on matters of both love and God. In recent", "title": "Punjabi Qisse" }, { "docid": "1754284", "text": "covers a wide spectrum of food from pure vegetarian and vegan to meats like pork, and from savouries to sweets. Typical dishes include \"bisi bele bath\", \"jolada rotti\", \"badanekai yennegai\", \"Holige\", \"Kadubu\", \"chapati\", \"idli vada\", \"ragi rotti\", \"akki rotti\", \"saaru\", \"huli\", \"kootu\", \"vangibath\", \"khara bath\", \"kesari bhath\", \"sajjige\", \"neer dosa, mysoore, haal bai, chiroti\", \"benne dose\", \"ragi mudde\", and \"uppittu\". The Kodagu district is known for spicy pork curries, while coastal Karnataka specialises in seafood. Although the ingredients differ regionally, a typical \"Kannadiga oota\" (Kannadiga meal) is served on a banana leaf. The coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi", "title": "Indian cuisine" }, { "docid": "19076313", "text": "Peeta Lahy Da, Baqi Ahmad Shahy Da\" (\"We Have Nothing With Us Except What We Eat And Wear, All Other Things Are For Ahmad Shah\"). In the result of spiritual grooming and moral character building of Punjabi people by the Punjabi Saints and Punjabi poets like; Baba Farid - 12th-13th century, Damodar - 15th century, Guru Nanak Dev -15th - 16th century, Guru Angad - 16th century, Guru Amar Das - 15th - 16th century, Guru Ram Das - 16th century, Shah Hussain - 16th century, Guru Arjun Dev - 16th - 17th century, Bhai Gurdas - 16th - 17th", "title": "Punjabi nationalism" }, { "docid": "8696851", "text": "lives in the accident. She sank directly in the path of the US battleship , which had to sail between the halves of the sinking destroyer. \"Washington\" suffered slight damage from the detonation of the depth charges. \"King George V\" sustained serious damage to her bow, and was forced to return to port for repairs. Further investigation revealed no mines in the area, or indeed in any part of the convoy's eventual path. It is unknown what the lookout actually spotted, if anything. HMS Punjabi HMS \"Punjabi\" was a destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second", "title": "HMS Punjabi" }, { "docid": "16125960", "text": "Baiqu (white or herb-less Xiaoqu). They are commonly referred to as Chinese or Shanghai yeast balls when available through western Chinese suppliers. Used mostly for the production of cereal wines and jiuniang and most popular in the southern provinces of China, Xiaoqu is added only to inoculate a fermentation and constitutes very little of the substrate in producing cereal wines (typically 3-8%). As such, Xiaoqu contributes very minor flavour, aroma or enzymatic function when compared to Daqu. Xiaoqu are the Chinese equivalent of what most Asian countries utilize as a fermentation starter, e.g. Banh Men, Bubod, Murcha, Ragi, Nuruk. Incubation", "title": "Jiuqu" }, { "docid": "12665612", "text": "such as Slim Thug, David Banner, Big Moe, Big Pokey as well as Too Short. Since then he has personally signed new artists Lenny Lenn and Kamla Punjabi to the label and has played a major role in the financing of their album. His comment about his style of music. \"I don't have a specific style of music that can be categorized. I make music that transcends hate, barriers and race. That's what music is intended to He co-hosted a MTV Desi Show with Kamala Punjabi. In 2009 Deep Cold and Kamla Punjabi released a collaboration album 'Nach Nach' which", "title": "Deep (rapper)" }, { "docid": "7813353", "text": "early advocate of what we today refer to as the 'Green Revolution', Bhagat Puran Singh was spreading awareness about environmental pollution, and increasing soil erosion long before such ideas became popular. The months leading up to the partition of India in 1947, saw heavy conflict in the Punjab between Sikh and Muslims, which saw the effective religious migration of Punjabi Sikhs and Hindus from West Punjab which mirrored a similar religious migration of Punjabi Muslims in East Punjab. The 1960s saw growing animosity and rioting between Punjabi Sikhs and Hindus in India, as the Punjabi Sikhs agitated for the creation", "title": "History of Sikhism" }, { "docid": "16052399", "text": "kharif (June–July to September–November) and also as an irrigated hot weather (February–June) crop in central and south India. Pearl millet is often grown in rotation with sorghum, groundnut, cotton, foxtail millet, finger millet (ragi), castor, and sometimes, in the south India, with rice. On the red and iron rich soils of Karnataka, pearl millet and ragi rotation is practised although pearl millet isn't always grown annually. Cluster bean – Pearl millet crop sequence with crop residue incorporation has significantly increased the productivity in the arid zone of Western Rajasthan where Fallow – Pearl millet/Pearl millet after Pearl millet crop sequence", "title": "Farming systems in India" }, { "docid": "5052688", "text": "Ahuja and singer-actress Nirmala Devi into a family with Punjabi and Sindhi roots. Govinda's mother hailed from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Arun is best known for Mehboob Khan's \"Aurat\" (1940). He produced one unsuccessful film and became ill shortly afterwards. The family, living in a bungalow on Mumbai's Carter Road, moved to Virar—a northern Mumbai suburb—where Govinda was born. The youngest of six children, he was given the pet name \"Chi Chi\", meaning \"little finger\" in Punjabi, the language spoken at home. After Govinda received a Bachelor of Commerce degree, his father suggested a career in film. Around this time, Govinda", "title": "Govinda (actor)" }, { "docid": "14976755", "text": "by the mother a new hiou, a ragi idup or ragi panei, but if the date was a bad one, the baby would be carefully brought by all the women of the village, who would set out to deceive the evil spirits in order to protect the baby. When the child was named, it would be given black, white and red bracelets for protective purposes. A well-preserved traditional Simalungun village can be seen at Pematang Purba. The concept of a cohesive Simalungun people is derived in part from Dutch colonialism. In 1870 the Dutch established the Residency of East Sumatra,", "title": "Simalungun people" }, { "docid": "18456024", "text": "the rest form a circle around him and place their fists on top of each other's fists. Then the children ask the key player: Punjabi: \"ਭੰਡਾ ਭੰਡਾਰੀਆ\"<br> \"ਕਿੰਨਾ ਕੁ ਭਾਰ \"<br> \"bhanda bhandarya\"<br> \"kinna ku bhar\"<br> Translation: \"bhanda bhandarya\"<br> \"what is the weight\"<br> The key player's response will be: Punjabi: \"ੲਿਕ ਮੱਠੀ ਚੁੱਕ ਲੈ\"<br> \"ਦੂੲੀ ਤਿਆਰ\"<br> \"ik muthi chuk lai\"<br> \"dui tyar\"<br> Translation: \"lift one fist\"<br> \"the other is ready\"<br> As soon as the last player lifts his fists, all the children will run away singing: Punjabi: \"ਹਾੲੇ ਕੁੜੇ ਦੰਦੲੀਆ ਲੜ ਗਿਆ\"<br> \"ਬੂੲੀ ਕੁੜੇ ਦੰਦੲੀਆ ਲੜ ਗਿਆ\"<br> \"hay kurhe dandayaa", "title": "Sports in Punjab, India" }, { "docid": "20994337", "text": "story \"enchants\". Aparita Bhandari, a columnist for the CBC, stated that it was a \"lively, sexy and thought-provoking east-meets-west story\". Saadia Faruqi, author of \"Brick Walls: Tales of Hope and Courage from Pakistan\", described the book as \"a masterpiece\" and that \" It entertains, it teaches, it shatters all preconceived ideas of what intra-community tensions look like.\" In 2018 Reese Witherspoon added the book to her reading list. Witherspoon stated it was \"a mystery, a romance, a family drama...and yes it's 🔥 🔥 🔥!\" Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows is a 2017 novel by Singaporean", "title": "Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows" }, { "docid": "7430573", "text": "a combination of the words \"Hau\" (ਹਉ) meaning \"I\" and \"Mai\" (ਮੈ) meaning \"me\". The opposite of \"Haumai\" is humility (or \"Nimrata\"), which is considered a virtue in Sikhism. Selfless service called \"Seva\", and complete submission to Waheguru, or God is the Sikh path to liberation. The concept of destructive self-centeredness and covetous attachment, similar to \"Haumai\" in Sikhism, is important in other Indian religions. In Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, it is referred to as \"Ahankar\" (अहङ्कार), \"Ahammana\" (अहम्मान), \"Ahammati\" (अहम्मति), \"Mamatta\" (ममता) and \"Maminkāra\". Haumai Haumai (Punjabi: ਹਉਮੈ) is the concept of self-centeredness (egoism or \"Ahankar\") in Sikhism. This", "title": "Haumai" } ]
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where did early textile mills have to be built
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[ { "docid": "3563077", "text": "builders and iron founders. By the end of the 18th century there were about 900 cotton mills in Britain, of which approximately 300 were large Arkwright-type factories employing 300 to 400 workers, the rest, smaller mills using jennies or mules, were hand- or horse-driven and employed as few as 10 workers. Before 1780, only water power was available to drive large mills, but they were dependent on a constant flow of water and built in rural locations, causing problems of labour supply, transportation of materials and access to urban merchants for large mill-owners. Steam engines had been used to pump", "title": "Cotton mill" } ]
[ { "docid": "9625746", "text": "build mills, including in northeast Scotland, where early mills included those at Douglastown in Kinnettles, Bervie, Dundee. Others were built at Leeds. Matthew Murray moved from Darlington to set up a mill at Adel near Leeds, where Murray built an improved spinning machine for John Marshall. In 1791, Marshall built another mill at Holbeck in Leeds. Murray went on to become a noted textile engineer, as a partner in Fenton, Murray, and Wood. Ditherington Flax Mill at Shrewsbury was built by Marshall and Benyons of Leeds in 1797 and was the first iron-framed textile mill anywhere. Flax mills in New", "title": "Flax mill" }, { "docid": "17995472", "text": "land, which was used to house and entertain employees and their families. When textile mills opened in the South in the late 1800s and early 1900s, mill towns sprouted up around the growing textile mills. They were tight-knit communities made up of textile workers, their families and sometimes management. Mill village residents usually did not leave the area around the factory, because textile companies provided food, goods and other necessities. The village at Erwin Mill was no different. The company built houses alongside the mill in the early 1890s and by the end of the 19th century hundreds of workers", "title": "Erwin Mill" }, { "docid": "16395688", "text": "a large scale in the 1980s and 1990s. Another significant phenomenon occurred during late 1980s and early 1990s; the cotton textile mills went into decline and closed down. But, their chawls remained and continued to house the former cotton textile mill workers. The parent unit, the textile mill having closed down and the residents of these chawls no longer being the employees of the mills, the mill owners were not interested in maintaining such dwellings. Since these chawls were under rent control legislation, the owners could not increase the rents. The owners therefore did not renovate the chawls where conditions", "title": "Amraiwadi" }, { "docid": "11078676", "text": "Helmshore Mills Textile Museum Helmshore Mills are two mills built on the River Ogden in Helmshore, Lancashire. Higher Mill was built in 1796 for William Turner, and Whitaker's Mill was built in the 1820s by the Turner family. In their early life they alternated between working wool and cotton. By 1920 they were working shoddy as condensor mule mills; and equipment has been preserved and is still used. The mills closed in 1967 and they were taken over by the Higher Mills Trust, whose trustees included historian and author Chris Aspin and politician Dr Rhodes Boyson, who maintained it as", "title": "Helmshore Mills Textile Museum" }, { "docid": "11078691", "text": "when required. The water wheel, and later the engine condenser, could use the then highly polluted water from the River Ogden: a weir was placed 800m upstream and the water diverted into a long canal-like lodge that finished at the mill. Having passed over the pitch-back wheel, the water passed through a culverted tail goyt back into the Ogden. Helmshore Mills Textile Museum Helmshore Mills are two mills built on the River Ogden in Helmshore, Lancashire. Higher Mill was built in 1796 for William Turner, and Whitaker's Mill was built in the 1820s by the Turner family. In their early", "title": "Helmshore Mills Textile Museum" }, { "docid": "11151709", "text": "Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. By 2004, all of Cone's assets had been acquired by W. L. Ross and Company and were then combined with what remained of Burlington Industries to form International Textile Group. Mill villages were company-owned towns, built from scratch by textile mills to house their factory workers and their families. In the early 1900s, Cone Mills Inc. built five self-sufficient villages to serve its Greensboro factories. These villages included churches, schools, baseball fields, community centers, and company stores in addition to houses that were leased to mill workers. At their peak, the Cone mill villages covered and", "title": "Cone Mills Corporation" }, { "docid": "17919621", "text": "river were an early feature, with a sawmill and gristmill being followed by a fulling mill in the 1700s. The area did not begin to grow substantially until the 1830s, when the first textile mills began to be built there in 1814, although it did benefit from the presence first of ferry services and then bridges, placing the nascent village on major travel routes. Declining agricultural income and rising factory income led to the growth of the commercial center adjacent to the mill complexes that lined the river. In the 1850s the arrival of railroads spurred further growth. By the", "title": "Suncook Village Commercial–Civic Historic District" }, { "docid": "2149149", "text": "through one principal station belonging to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Ry. Co. B. returns 2 members to Parliament. From around 1750, cotton textile manufacturing expanded rapidly. Supplied with cotton by merchants, and paid by the piece, cottagers spun cotton into thread and wove it into cloth. The merchants arranged for cloth to be bleached and dyed. After 1775, spinning mills were built in the town. Early mills were warehouse conversions; the first purpose-built spinning mill was constructed in 1797 and by 1824 there were 24. The number of spindles reached 2.5 million by 1870 and spinning mills were constructed up", "title": "Blackburn" }, { "docid": "2320455", "text": "it was no extra-ordinary thing to have clothiers in that country worth, from ten thousand, to forty thousand pounds a man \"[equivalent to £1.3M to £5.3M in 2007]\", and many of the great families, who now pass for gentry in those counties, have been originally raised from, and built up by this truly noble manufacture.\" With improving mechanisation in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, the wool weaving industry moved from cottages to purpose-built woollen mills adjacent to the river, where they used water and steam to power the looms. Around thirty such mills were built in Bradford-on-Avon alone, and", "title": "Bradford-on-Avon" }, { "docid": "7579395", "text": "gear system then in use. The first mill was completed in late 1814, after almost a year of construction. Jacob Perkins was in charge of installing the first waterwheel, dam, flumes and raceway. By early 1815, the cloth was sold. Production expanded quickly, as did profits. In 1816 a second larger mill was built next to the first mill. In addition to producing cloth, it also produced textile machinery for other companies. The two mills were later connected in 1843, as part of a planned expansion. The power loom was soon copied by many other New England area mills, and", "title": "Boston Manufacturing Company" }, { "docid": "11094786", "text": "subsequently married to Nancy (Wood) Taft. He had a total of five children, including a son, Moses, who was his second born in Uxbridge in January 1812. He also had four other children, James, Joseph, Robert, and a daughter Irene who may have been born from a later marriage. Luke became an early American industrial pioneer and the builder of two early textile mills. Luke Taft built a dam, and his first textile mill on the West River (Massachusetts), in 1824. This was the third woolen mill in Uxbridge, a very early US industrial center. Luke Taft was the son-in-law", "title": "Luke Taft" }, { "docid": "12122963", "text": "Paul Whitin's third son John Crane Whitin designed and had patented a new cotton picker machine that outperformed others in the previous mills. This was to be first of other successive inventions that would establish the Whitin Machine Works as a great textile machinery company. In 1847, the Whitins built \"The Shop,\" which consisted of a new textile production area that was four times larger than the brick mill. It contained machine shops, foundries, and other specialized structures. As the family textile businesses expanded, so did the village of Whitinsville. More housing was provided by the company for new workers", "title": "Whitin Machine Works" }, { "docid": "6057355", "text": "and a large gasworks was built here in 1857. Ravensthorpe did not exist as a community until the middle of the 19th century when large numbers of houses were constructed alongside the new textile mills. The Church of St Saviour was built in 1864 but was replaced in 1901 by a large Gothic revival church (Grade II listed). Before the building of textile mills in the 1870s the main economic activity in the area was the production of malt for the brewing industry and coke production based around the mine in the Shill Bank area. Following the Second World War,", "title": "Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire" }, { "docid": "20571931", "text": "be in operation in 1795. In 1826, investors from Rhode Island began purchasing water privileges and land along the river for the development of textile mills. The stone mill standing at 9 Main Street was built in that, and was soon followed by housing for mill workers. The mills where significantly expanded in the 1850s and 1860s, when the dam impounding Stevens Pond was built, followed by new mills and a major tract of mill housing. The mills flourished until after World War I, and closed in 1921; the company-owned housing was sold off after bankruptcy in 1927. The historic", "title": "Manchaug Village Historic District" }, { "docid": "12299562", "text": "Ipswich Mills Historic District The Ipswich Mills Historic District encompasses a major textile mill complex and associated worker housing along the Ipswich River near the center of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The district includes the factories of the Ipswich Mill Company (off Union and Estes Streets), and several blocks of modest worker cottages mostly on side streets off Estes and Kimball Streets. The site had been used as for mills since the 17th century, and was purchased by the Ipswich Mill Company (owned by textile magnate Amos Adams Lawrence) in 1868. Mill worker housing was built surrounding the complex through the early", "title": "Ipswich Mills Historic District" }, { "docid": "1174732", "text": "Native American site in the state to be designated as a national landmark. In the 21st century, the Pee Dee are based in South Carolina, where the state has recognized several bands as tribes. Mount Gilead was incorporated in 1899 as the textile industry built mills in the Piedmont section of the state above the fall line of rivers. They processed the commodity crop of cotton, which had been important to the South since before the Civil War. The textile mills provided jobs to white residents of the region, later also employing blacks and supporting relative prosperity in the region.", "title": "Mount Gilead, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "68165", "text": "a major contributor of the American Industrial Revolution where Samuel Slater built his first textile mill. A power canal refers to a canal used for hydraulic power generation, rather than for transport. Nowadays power canals are built almost exclusively as parts of hydroelectric power stations. Parts of the United States, particularly in the Northeast, had enough fast-flowing rivers that water power was the primary means of powering factories (usually textile mills) until after the American Civil War. For example, Lowell, Massachusetts, considered to be \"The Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution,\" has of canals, built from around 1790 to 1850,", "title": "Canal" }, { "docid": "2825130", "text": "mills necessary for early industrialization. The technology and information on how to build a textile industry was largely provided by Samuel Slater (1768–1835) who emigrated to New England in 1789. He had studied and worked in British textile mills for a number of years and immigrated to the United States, despite restrictions against it, to try his luck with U.S. manufacturers who were trying to set up a textile industry. He was offered a full partnership if he could succeed—he did. A vast supply of natural resources, the technological knowledge on how to build and power the necessary machines along", "title": "Technological and industrial history of the United States" }, { "docid": "18059693", "text": "Hillsborough Mills The Hillsborough Mills are a historic textile manufacturing complex at 37 Wilton Road in western Milford, New Hampshire, near its town line with Wilton. The oldest buildings of the brick mill complex were built in 1866 as a carpet-making operation. This business failed in 1874, but the complex was acquired by other textile interests, and eventual saw success producing carpet yarns, and blankets for horses and bedding. The mills were closed in 1970, and have since been adapted for other uses. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The Hillsborough Mills are", "title": "Hillsborough Mills" }, { "docid": "4791823", "text": "including Lodge Mill. Dan Lane Spinning and Doubling Mills were built in the 1840s and lasted until the 1950s. Howe Bridge Spinning Mills, the largest complex in Atherton was started in 1868 and the last mill built in 1919. It closed as a textile factory in early 1999. Mills built in the 20th century were Laburnum Mills in 1905 (closed 1980), and Ena Mill in 1908 which closed in 1999. The Ena Mill, now converted for other uses, is a Grade II listed building. Atherton is an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. The ward elects three councillors", "title": "Atherton, Greater Manchester" }, { "docid": "7630169", "text": "Merton Abbey Mills Merton Abbey Mills is a former textile factory in the parish of Merton in London, England near the site of the medieval Merton Priory, now the home of a variety of businesses, mostly retailers. The River Wandle flowing north towards Wandsworth drove watermills and provided water for a number of industrial processes in Merton. Merton Abbey Mills were established by Huguenot silk throwers in the early eighteenth century; there were already textile works nearby from 1667. The Abbey was restructured for textile printing in the early nineteenth century and was acquired by the artist and textile designer", "title": "Merton Abbey Mills" }, { "docid": "13143902", "text": "textile industry flourished until the early 1200s after which most of the mills were shut down, as the owners deemed them unprofitable and declared they were incapable of paying their workers' wages. The Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company was the first cotton mill to be set up in Tardeo, Mumbai, in 1856. A boom in the textile industry followed, with 10 cotton mills set up in Mumbai by 1865, employing over 6,500 workers. A gradual increase led to a total of 136 mills being set up by 1900. The textile industry was offered added government incentives in the form of", "title": "Girangaon" }, { "docid": "6441124", "text": "The old mill taken over by the Bishops had been built in 1893 and had been a wool scouring plant where raw wool is scrubbed and packed before shipping out to the textile mills. In 1895 the mill was enlarged and converted into a textile mill and in 1896 began making Native-American blankets—geometric patterned robes (unfringed blankets) for Native-American men and shawls (fringed blankets) for Native-American women in the area—the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla tribes. That business eventually failed and the plant stood idle until the Bishop family purchased it. When the Bishop assumed ownership, they built a new", "title": "Pendleton Woolen Mills" }, { "docid": "2952930", "text": "and is the source river of the Randleman lake project that covers 3000 acres (12 km²) of property on the river near U.S. Route 220. The river crosses the Fall Line of North Carolina, an area where rivers are quite rocky and have a moderately high gradient. This gradient was used to power mills along the river to support the early textile industry in North Carolina. The river, popular with canoeists, was a center of a great deal of activity during the American Revolution at places such as Franklinville and the House In The Horseshoe. The Lockville Dam, built of", "title": "Deep River (North Carolina)" }, { "docid": "9641612", "text": "century a number of textile mills were built around the village. Most industry has now left the area and since the 1970s a number of suburban housing developments have expanded the core of the village. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Barlow family showed great generosity to the village. The industrialist James Barlow (1821–87) funded the new Methodist Church, opened in 1863, and the children's home at Crowthorn. The Edgworth Home, opened in 1872, was the first National Children's Home and closed in 2002. James Barlow was proprietor of textile manufacturers Barlow & Jones Ltd and was also", "title": "Edgworth" }, { "docid": "17769807", "text": "recorded as part of the 1968 New England Textile Mills II, and photographed by Jack E. Boucher of the Historic American Buildings Survey. Davol Mills Davol Mills is a historic textile mill complex located at the corner of Plymouth Avenue and Rodman Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. It was built in 1867 and expanded in 1871. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Corky Row Historic District The red brick mills are unique in the city, built in the Second Empire style. The Davol Mills Company was organized in 1866, with", "title": "Davol Mills" }, { "docid": "4916245", "text": "Spider Mill, built by Robert and William Fletcher, and John Pickstone. This mill closed around 1930. Radcliffe was at one time home to around 60 textile mills and 15 spinning mills, along with 18 bleachworks of which the Bealey family were prominent owners. However, the textile industry was not the town's major employer; other industries such as mining and paper making were also important sources of employment. Mount Sion Mill along Sion Street was founded in the early 19th century and during the First World War manufactured guncotton. A weir was constructed along with a goit, used to turn a", "title": "Radcliffe, Greater Manchester" }, { "docid": "12265389", "text": "Granite Mills Granite Mills are two historic cotton textile mills located on Bedford Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, consisting of Granite Mill No. 2 and Granite Mill No. 3. The site was determined elible for the National Historic Register in 1983, but omitted due to owner's objection. The mills were organized in 1863 with William Mason as president and Charles O. Shove as treasurer. The original Mill No. 1 was built 1864. It was 328 feet long by 70 feet wide and five stories high with a barn roof. The mill did not begin operation until January 1865, however. Mill", "title": "Granite Mills" }, { "docid": "19710978", "text": "of the 20th century. However, in the 1920s, Japan became the main supplier of machines, and some began to be built in China as well, establishing the textile-machine-tools industry which would eventually grow enough in volume to supply neighboring countries as well. While the total capacity of the Chinese mills into the 1930s was greater than that of the Japanese, a third of the cotton yarn and half of the cotton goods produced in China were made by Japanese owned mills. Japanese mills had the advantage of better technology and more capital, while Chinese mills were limited due to management", "title": "Textile industry in China" }, { "docid": "12204083", "text": "Narragansett Mills Narragansett Mills is an historic textile mill site located at 1567 North Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1872, it is a well-preserved example of a brick mill complex, somewhat unusual in a city where most of the mills are stone. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Narragansett Mills complex is located north of downtown Fall River, on the east side of North Main Street at its junction with Narragansett Street. The complex consists of a series of attached buildings, most built out of brick. The main", "title": "Narragansett Mills" }, { "docid": "12204080", "text": "Narragansett Mills Narragansett Mills is an historic textile mill site located at 1567 North Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1872, it is a well-preserved example of a brick mill complex, somewhat unusual in a city where most of the mills are stone. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Narragansett Mills complex is located north of downtown Fall River, on the east side of North Main Street at its junction with Narragansett Street. The complex consists of a series of attached buildings, most built out of brick. The main", "title": "Narragansett Mills" }, { "docid": "18166537", "text": "building until the late 1980s. (The two taller buildings were apartment buildings.) One of the building's first significant tenants was Lockwood Greene, the engineering company that built many of the area's textile mills. They were so involved with the Piedmont's textile growth that they finally moved their offices to Spartanburg. Perhaps it is no coincidence that Lockwood Greene had designed the Montgomery Building. A number of local textile companies moved their offices into the new building, including the Pacolet Manufacturing Company, which was one of the Montgomery family's companies. Local textile powerhouses Inman Mills, Arcadia Mills, and the Deering-Milliken Mills", "title": "Montgomery Building (Spartanburg, South Carolina)" }, { "docid": "12223742", "text": "Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District is a historic district located on Quequechan, Jefferson, and Stevens Streets between Interstate-195 and Denver Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District represents the last major area of textile mills developed in Fall River from the late 1890s into the early 1900s. The mills here are typically much wider than those built in other parts of the city during the 1870s. In 2009 and 2010, three of the mills in the district were", "title": "Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District" }, { "docid": "3768581", "text": "innovations, which allowed the economic take off by which the Industrial Revolution is usually defined. This is not to belittle many other inventions, particularly in the textile industry. Without earlier ones, such as the spinning jenny and flying shuttle in the textile industry and the smelting of pig iron with coke, these achievements might have been impossible. Later inventions such as the power loom and Richard Trevithick's high pressure steam engine were also important in the growing industrialisation of Britain. The application of steam engines to powering cotton mills and ironworks enabled these to be built in places that were", "title": "Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution" }, { "docid": "15126552", "text": "Wannalancit Mills The Wannalancit Mills (formerly the Suffolk Mills) in Lowell, Massachusetts is an early American cotton mill, parts of which date to the 1830s at the earliest. Its namesake is a corruption of Wonalancet, a sachem or sagamore of the Penacook Native American tribe. Today the complex is home to office space, conference center, and university research facilities. In 1830, the Suffolk Textile Company was established. Running off of hydropower and later steam power, the mill's buildings were soon built during the mass building mills in the city. During the Civil War, the mill was closed and rebuilt. In", "title": "Wannalancit Mills" }, { "docid": "11329658", "text": "advantage of the water power provided by the Woonasquatucket River, early industrialists established mills, the first two being constructed in 1827 and 1830. Railroad lines running east through Olneyville to Downtown facilitated the rapid development of the area, which was heavily industrial by the end of the 19th century. The closure of the textile mills and collapse of heavy industry encouraged the exodus of working class residents to the suburbs. A public housing project, Manton Heights, was built in 1953, and may have contributed to the white flight. During the 1970s Manton lost 15 percent of its population. By the", "title": "Manton, Providence, Rhode Island" }, { "docid": "12958220", "text": "Botany Mills Botany Mills was a Passaic, New Jersey based manufacturer of textiles, which was organized in 1887. It merged with Continental Textile Co., Ltd., in January 1927. Botany Mills continued to have a controlling interest in both Botany Worsted Mills and Garfield Worsted Mills. The company was a key target of the 1926 Passaic Textile Strike, which lasted almost a year. The business is significant for having survived the Great Depression while continuing to be a leader in its field in the decades afterward. Botany Mills' stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange reached a low for 1929", "title": "Botany Mills" }, { "docid": "11078689", "text": "were on a beam rather than on individual bobbins. As the fine spinning of cotton contracted, so did the need for condensing. When the steam engine was installed in Whitaker Mill, Lancashire boilers were ubiquitous. For maximum efficiency they required air to be drawn over the coals, and this was the function of the mill chimney. As these mills are set in a valley the airflow was irregular, so the chimney was built on the hill opposite and the flue passed over the river and underground to reach the chimney, providing the required updraught. The first boilers in Whitaker Mill", "title": "Helmshore Mills Textile Museum" }, { "docid": "8222829", "text": "the Holbeck Urban Village regeneration area. Midland Mills Midland Mills is a former flax mill on Silver Street in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the Holbeck Urban Village regeneration area. Since the 1980s it has been used for light industrial work. John Jubb built the first mill on the site in 1793 but sold his business and mill in the early 19th century. The new owner took advantage of the expansion of the flax spinning industry in the Holbeck area by diversifying into the manufacture of textile machinery. This machinery was sold to local and national mills, including the mills", "title": "Midland Mills" }, { "docid": "8222826", "text": "Midland Mills Midland Mills is a former flax mill on Silver Street in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the Holbeck Urban Village regeneration area. Since the 1980s it has been used for light industrial work. John Jubb built the first mill on the site in 1793 but sold his business and mill in the early 19th century. The new owner took advantage of the expansion of the flax spinning industry in the Holbeck area by diversifying into the manufacture of textile machinery. This machinery was sold to local and national mills, including the mills of Leeds entrepreneur Benjamin Gott. The", "title": "Midland Mills" }, { "docid": "20761094", "text": "Jacquard loom was introduced in Norwich in 1833, to allow manufacturers to invent their own cloths, but these looms were expensive and were being phased out by the 1840s. Textiles mills around the city were built, such as St James Mill near Whitefriars, but they ultimately failed to compete with mills outside the county, where coal was more cheaply available. In the 1841 census Short is described as an artist, but in later censuses his profession in the textile industry is reflected by his occupation being described variously as a designer, a designer of textile fabrics, and a 'designer artisan’.", "title": "Obadiah Short" }, { "docid": "15704919", "text": "low wages, child labour, and 18-hour work days. Richard Arkwright created a textile empire by building a factory system powered by water, which was occasionally raided by the Luddites, weavers put out of business by the mechanization of textile production. In the 1790s, James Watt's steam power was applied to textile production, and by 1839 200,000 children worked in Manchester's cotton mills. Karl Marx, who frequently visited Lancashire, may have been influenced by the conditions of workers in these mills in writing \"Das Kapital\". Anglo-French warfare in the early 1790s restricted access to continental Europe, causing the United States to", "title": "History of cotton" }, { "docid": "1221793", "text": "from 1899 to 1939. Textile mills came into the area with the construction of a plant-and-mill village by the Courtenay Manufacturing Company in Newry on the Little River in 1893. W.L. Jordon built another textile plant and mill village east of Seneca. This village has been called Jordania, Londsdale, and Utica as the ownership of the plant changed. The J. P. Stevens Plant, which was later called the Westpoint Stevens Plant, was a large integrated textile mill built on Lake Hartwell. Many other textile mills came to the area. These plants were the main industry for Seneca for the first", "title": "Seneca, South Carolina" }, { "docid": "5498379", "text": "amenities all centred on the crossroads. The village centre used to be sited slightly further east near the church on Sude Hill. Unsurprisingly, there were textile mills in the village such as Moorhouse & Brookes, on Greenhill Bank Road, and Bower and Roebuck, nestling in the valley just off the A616 Sheffield Road. With the decline in traditional heavy woollen industries both these mills have now closed. Bower & Roebuck's Wildspur Mills provided an opportunity for property developers to convert it into flats, Moorhouse & Brookes' mill has been demolished and a new housing development built on the site. The", "title": "New Mill, West Yorkshire" }, { "docid": "12208797", "text": "Union Mills have been occupied by numerous small businesses, including Nate Lions Appliance Warehouse for many years before its move to the nearby Durfee Mills. Both mills have been completely restored and are now the location of Prima CARE Medical Center. Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts) Union Mills is a historic textile mill complex located on Pleasant Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The Union Mills company was incorporated in 1859, and was the first large steam-powered mill built in the city, having installed Corliss steam engines. The buildings are constructed from local Fall River granite. The company's first president was", "title": "Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)" }, { "docid": "17912103", "text": "was harnessed for use by textile mills, resulting in the construction of both mills and mill worker housing. One boarding house, built in 1827 for single women who worked in an early textile mill, is among the oldest buildings of its type in the state. The arrival of the railroad in 1869 spurred another development boom, in which the shoe industry took hold. Pittsfield Center Historic District The Pittsfield Center Historic District encompasses the civic and commercial heart of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. This area is defined by a roughly square bend in the Suncook River, whose power provided an impetus", "title": "Pittsfield Center Historic District" }, { "docid": "15697922", "text": "the Whitin Machine Works and the Draper Corporation. While cotton machinery was the company's mainstay, Saco-Lowell also made machinery for the woolen and silk industries. The Lowell Machine Shop had its origins in the early days of the textile industry in the United States when it was set up as part of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company in 1824, the first cotton textile mill established in Lowell. Under the direction of Paul Moody, the shop also built machinery for the other mills in Lowell as they were set up. Including the Boott Mills in 1835 and others. The company soon gained", "title": "Saco-Lowell Shops" }, { "docid": "12702541", "text": "strikes in Bombay, and textile mill strikes have become an important theme of modern-day Indian films. Producer Sangeeta Ahir, who is also a co-founder of the NGO Shree Sankalp Pratisthan is making a film on the Great Bombay Textile Strike worker movement of the city. Great Bombay textile strike The Great Bombay textile strike was a textile strike called on 18 January 1982 by the mill workers of Bombay under trade union leader Dutta Samant. The purpose of the strike was to obtain bonus and increase in wages.Nearly 250,000 workers of 65 textile mills went on strike in Bombay. Built", "title": "Great Bombay textile strike" }, { "docid": "3563080", "text": "Manchester had 42 mills, having eclipsed all rival textile centres to become the heart of the cotton manufacturing trade. Water continued to be used to drive rural mills but mills, driven by steam, were built in towns alongside streams or canals to provide water for the engine. Murrays' Mills alongside the Rochdale Canal, in Ancoats were powered by 40 hp Boulton and Watt beam engines.b Some were built as room and power mills, which let space to entrepreneurs. The mills, often 'L' or U-shaped, were narrow and multi-storeyed. The engine house, warehousing and the office were inside the mill, although", "title": "Cotton mill" }, { "docid": "8393774", "text": "believed to be one of the few mills to have been specifically built for bobbin production as many other mills were converted from earlier structures. At that time there was a great demand for wooden bobbins from the ever-growing cotton and textile industry and the Lake District provided a perfect place for bobbin-making owing to its abundant natural resources: water for power and coppiced woodlands for the bobbins. Having built the mill as a speculative venture, Harrison and his successors let it out to a string of trustees. In the 1850s the mill was leased to members of the Coward", "title": "Stott Park Bobbin Mill" }, { "docid": "12215317", "text": "built in 1887 on nearby Globe Mills Avenue was added under a separate listing with the Sanford Spinning Co.. For many years the mills were the site of Globe Mill Discount Center and also a flea market. Globe Yarn Mills Globe Yarn Mills are two historic textile mills located at 460 Globe Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The company was incorporated in 1881 for the manufacture of cotton yarns. Mill No. 1 was completed in 1881. William J. Jennings was the first president. Mill No. 2 was built in 1885 also from red brick. The company would later be acquired", "title": "Globe Yarn Mills" }, { "docid": "11954201", "text": "Pontiac Mills Pontiac Mills is a historic textile mill complex on Knight Street in the village of Pontiac, Rhode Island within the city of Warwick. The mills produced the original Fruit of the Loom brand of cloth. The mills were built beginning in 1863 by Robert Knight and Benjamin Knight (B.B. & R. Knight Company). The mills produced uniforms for Union soldiers during the American Civil War. In 1920 Webster Knight sold Fruit of the Loom and the Pontiac Mills. The textile industry in New England began declining shortly after this period. The mills were added to the National Register", "title": "Pontiac Mills" }, { "docid": "10068085", "text": "1801, the South Carolina General Assembly established the town. The town was named for Robert Anderson, who was one of the commissioners that laid out the community. The town grew as a trading and textile center. The Southern Clock Company and textile mills were built in the town. In 1840, a flood struck the community and destroyed the textile mills. The textile mills were rebuilt, but they were destroyed by another flood in 1852. The railroads bypassed Andersonville. As rail traffic overtook the river traffic, the town lost its industry and many residents. The Andersonville post office was closed in", "title": "Andersonville, South Carolina" }, { "docid": "8678871", "text": "Cottonopolis Cottonopolis was a 19th century nickname for Manchester, as it was a metropolis and the centre of the cotton industry. Early cotton mills powered by water were built in Lancashire and its neighbouring counties. In 1781 Richard Arkwright opened the world's first steam-driven textile mill on Miller Street in Manchester. Although initially inefficient, the arrival of steam power signified the beginning of the mechanisation that was to enhance the burgeoning textile industries in Manchester into the world's first centre of mass production. As textile manufacture switched from the home to factories, Manchester and towns in south and east Lancashire", "title": "Cottonopolis" }, { "docid": "11954202", "text": "of Historic Places in 1972. Pontiac Mills Pontiac Mills is a historic textile mill complex on Knight Street in the village of Pontiac, Rhode Island within the city of Warwick. The mills produced the original Fruit of the Loom brand of cloth. The mills were built beginning in 1863 by Robert Knight and Benjamin Knight (B.B. & R. Knight Company). The mills produced uniforms for Union soldiers during the American Civil War. In 1920 Webster Knight sold Fruit of the Loom and the Pontiac Mills. The textile industry in New England began declining shortly after this period. The mills were", "title": "Pontiac Mills" }, { "docid": "12702535", "text": "Great Bombay textile strike The Great Bombay textile strike was a textile strike called on 18 January 1982 by the mill workers of Bombay under trade union leader Dutta Samant. The purpose of the strike was to obtain bonus and increase in wages.Nearly 250,000 workers of 65 textile mills went on strike in Bombay. Built in 1887, \"Swadeshi\" was Bombay's first textile mill, the first of the factories that spread over many parts of the island city in the next decades. Rastriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh was the officially recognized union of the Mills. By 1982, a new militant union leader", "title": "Great Bombay textile strike" }, { "docid": "11953880", "text": "mills. The present dam was built in 1908, replacing an 1882 structure. The raceways were built in 1807, around the time of the first mill buildings. The stone Mill No. 1, built 1807, is believed to be the oldest stone mill building in the state. Most of the complex's buildings were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the Providence Manufacturing Company and its successors. The mill was used for textile (mainly cotton) processing until 1946, when the Crompton Corporation ended production. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Crompton Mill", "title": "Crompton Mill Historic District" }, { "docid": "9476818", "text": "from communities such as Bath, Brewer, and Belfast could be found all over the world. The building of very large wooden sailing ships continued in some places into the early 20th century. Cotton textile mills migrated to Maine from Massachusetts beginning in the 1820s. The major site for cotton textile manufacturing was Lewiston on the Androscoggin River, the most northerly of the Waltham-Lowell system towns (factory towns modeled on Lowell, Massachusetts). The twin cities of Biddeford and Saco, as well as Augusta, Waterville, and Brunswick also became important textile manufacturing communities. These mills were established on waterfalls and amidst farming", "title": "History of Maine" }, { "docid": "6023806", "text": "Wamsutta Mills Wamsutta Mills was a textile manufacturing company located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a port which was known as a center of the whaling industry. The company was named after Wamsutta, the son of a Native American chief who negotiated an early alliance with the English settlers of the Plymouth Colony in the 17th century. Wamsutta Company's textile mill was founded by Thomas Bennett, Jr. on the banks of the Acushnet River in 1846 and opened in 1848. It was the first of many textile mills that gradually came to overtake whaling as the principal employer in New Bedford.", "title": "Wamsutta Mills" }, { "docid": "18832184", "text": "Caraleigh Mills Caraleigh Mills, also known as the Fred Whitaker Company, is a historic textile mill located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. The original section was built in 1892, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick structure with an intact monitor roof and a raised stone foundation. The building had an expansion added about 1900, an addition built about 1910, a wing and warehouse added about 1919, and a modernization in the late 1950s. The mill operated until 1999, and is one of three remaining late-19th century textile mills in Raleigh. It was listed on the National Register of", "title": "Caraleigh Mills" }, { "docid": "17995488", "text": "Burlington Industries had done little to spur production at the mill, and there was little reason to, as modern factories in Asia and Central America were cheaper to operate and therefore stole business than traditional textile mills. Burlington did, however, spend millions of dollars to make improvements to both of the mills. The final year of textile production at the original Erwin Mill was in 1986, after 103 years of operation. Erwin Mill Erwin Mill was a textile mill in Durham, North Carolina that operated between the years of 1893 and 1986. After seeing the success of other cotton mills", "title": "Erwin Mill" }, { "docid": "4036218", "text": "near the east lodge to Harviestoun, marks this event. The burn which runs off the Ochils and down through the glen into west of the village provided an attractive source of water for the early textile industry in Tillicoultry, being used for the washing and dying of wool. During the early 18th century a cloth known as Tillicoultry Serge was manufactured by weaving worsted with linen. By the time of the industrial revolution the burn was a recognised source of power, with the first mill being established in the 1790s. Many more textile mills were built along the burnside, by", "title": "Tillicoultry" }, { "docid": "3835182", "text": "to work in surrounding textile mills of Mooresville, Lincolnton, Cornelius, Maiden, and Mount Holly just before World War II and continued up until the early 1970s. Having failed to elect a local government for many years, Denver lost its official incorporated status in 1971 by vote of the state legislature. It was the filling of a much larger pond, Lake Norman, that led Denver to grow in ways that its early boosters probably could have never fathomed. In 1962, Duke Power built the Cowans Ford Dam, flooding the fertile farmland along the Catawba River \"bottoms,\" the land which had attracted", "title": "Denver, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "12223511", "text": "Whittenton Mills Complex The Whittenton Mills Complex is a historic textile mill site located on Whittenton Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, on the banks of the Mill River. The site has been used for industrial purposes since 1670, when James Leonard built an iron forge on the west bank of the river. The first textile mill was built in 1805 and expanded throughout the 19th century. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and now contains various small businesses. In October 2005, the site gained national attention when the mill's 1832 wooden dam threatened to", "title": "Whittenton Mills Complex" }, { "docid": "12215382", "text": "had a capacity of 45,000 spindles at its peak in the 1910s, and produced printed cloth and other textiles. John D. Flint was the company's first president. The plant was closed in 1930. The structure was eventually leased out to the Elbe-Cesco bookbinding company in 1939 which continued to occupy parts of the mill until the property was sold to Starr Development Partners in 2016, where it will be converted into 101 middle-class residential rental units similar to what other historic mills have been converted into across the region.i Cornell Mills Cornell Mills is an historic cotton textile mill on", "title": "Cornell Mills" }, { "docid": "911793", "text": "Danville. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tobacco processing was a major source of wealth for business owners in the city, in addition to the textile mills. Wealthy planters and owners built fine houses, some of which have been preserved. Heightened activism in the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia occurred in Danville during the summer of 1963. Since the early 20th century, most blacks had been excluded from voting by the state constitution, which had created barriers to voter registration. White Democrats had imposed legal segregation after regaining control of the state legislature following the Reconstruction Era, and", "title": "Danville, Virginia" }, { "docid": "12208809", "text": "Sagamore Mills No. 1 and No. 3 Sagamore Mills No. 1 and No. 3 are two historic textile mills on Ace Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Built in 1888 and 1908, they form part of one of the city's single largest textile operations of the late 19th century. Mills No. 1 and 3 were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, with a separate listing for Mill No. 2, located nearby on North Main Street. The Sagamore Mills No. 1 and No. 3 are located in northern Fall River, on a property now separated from the Taunton", "title": "Sagamore Mills No. 1 and No. 3" }, { "docid": "8145951", "text": "village of Windsor Mills. Windsor Mills was elevated to town status in 1899, and took its current name in 1914. The name originates from the village of Berkshire, where Windsor Castle, built ca. 1344 at the request of King Edward III, is located. While most of Windsor's economy is built on the pulp and paper industry and textile manufacturing, there are also some worthy attractions. This includes the Poudrière de Windsor, which manufactured black explosive powder in Canada around 1864. During World War II the Royal Canadian Air Force built and operated No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School as part", "title": "Windsor, Quebec" }, { "docid": "1135850", "text": "5.8 km² (2.2 mi²), all land. It is located in central Thompson, on the banks of the French River. The main road passing through the village is Connecticut Route 12, which roughly parallels the river's north-south course. North Grosvenor Dale was the site of early small textile mills, probably erected in the early years of the 19th century. The mill located here remained relatively small until after the American Civil War, when it and the associated water privileges were purchased by William Grosvenor, an investor from Providence, Rhode Island. Grosvenor also purchased a second mill further south, where he built", "title": "North Grosvenor Dale, Connecticut" }, { "docid": "8981980", "text": "of life and learning in the mills, \"but we who work in the factory know the sober reality to be quite another thing altogether.\" The \"sober reality\" was twelve to fourteen hours of dreary, exhausting work, which many workers experienced as hostile to intellectual development. The investors or factory owners built hundreds of boarding houses near the mills, where textile workers lived year-round. A curfew of 10:00 pm was common, and men were generally not allowed inside. About 26 women lived in each boarding house, with up to six sharing a bedroom. One worker described her quarters as \"a small,", "title": "Lowell Mill Girls" }, { "docid": "19381132", "text": "Eagley Mills Eagley Mills is a complex of former cotton mills in Eagley, Bolton, England. The complex is adjacent to a model village originally built for the millworkers. The surviving mill buildings have since been converted to residential use. Textile mills had existed on the site since the late 18th century, taking advantage of the Eagley Brook which flows through the site to power the machinery. The Chadwick brothers, James and Robert, began to redevelop the site in the 1820s. When James died in 1829 his brother amalgamated the business of Chadwick and Brother with that of J.N. Philips of", "title": "Eagley Mills" }, { "docid": "11961691", "text": "in the late 19th century, and did not benefit in the 19th century the way neighboring Lewiston did, which had a more suitable siting for textile mills. A bridge across the river in 1822-23 spurred some development, including along the road which is now Main Street. The Greek Revival Edward Little House, 217 Main Street, is the oldest house in the district, and was built in 1826 by Edward Little, a major proponent of development in Auburn from the 1820s to the 1840s. The arrival of the railroad in 1848, and the choice of Auburn in 1854 to be the", "title": "Main Street Historic District (Auburn, Maine)" }, { "docid": "4644452", "text": "The Ponemah Mill is being converted into luxury apartments and commercial space. The Ponemah Mills, a cotton textile factory, was built on the Shetucket River where a large dam could be built to provide power. The large mill building (Building No. 1) was purported to be the largest weave-shed under one roof at that time. The original workers were predominantly Irish immigrants, and they were hard hit by the depression of the 1870s that began with the Panic of 1873. Unemployment rose and wages dropped appreciably from 1873 to 1875, causing bitter relations between workers and management in many places.", "title": "Taftville, Connecticut" }, { "docid": "1219801", "text": "buildings and three other contributing structures. The earliest European-American settlement of the village site was by Hezekiah Carpenter, who arrived in 1770 and dammed the Wood River and built several small water-powered mills. His settlement was called Carpenter's Mills. Around 1818 a tannery was built at the site. The textile industry arrived in 1824, when Gardner Nichols and Russell Thayer bought the existing mills and began to operate them for carding of wool; fulling, coloring and finishing of cloth; and manufacture of textile machinery. The formerly separate village of Locustville, which grew up along Brushy Brook, is now part of", "title": "Hope Valley, Rhode Island" }, { "docid": "12124858", "text": "rock through the city and down the hill, where no rail lines existed because of the steep grades. In 1911, the city hosted the \"Cotton Centennial\", a large celebration of the city's textile industry, which was attended by President William Howard Taft. The cotton mills of Fall River had built their business largely on only one product: print cloth. About 1910, the city's largest employer, the American Printing Company (APC), employed 6,000 people and was the largest company printer of cloth in the world. Dozens of other city mills solely produced print cloth to be printed at the APC. The", "title": "History of Fall River, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "15725439", "text": "interest in the enterprise, which became known as Mississippi Mills, with Edmund Richardson as president and William Oliver as general manager. The textile complex consisted of four mills that were built over a period of 21 years, from 1873 to 1894. By 1882, electric lights had been installed to illuminate the textile buildings. When all four mills were completed, they covered several city blocks, and one was five stories high. Under the leadership of William Oliver, from 1873 to 1891, business at Mississippi Mills thrived because of his interest in the mill workers and community affairs. By the late 1880s,", "title": "Mississippi Mills (Wesson, Mississippi)" }, { "docid": "1332501", "text": "was the primary economic purpose of Gibsonville. In 1886, a local self-taught entrepreneurial mill builder, Berry Davidson, constructed the steam powered Minneola textile mill on Railroad Avenue. Subsequently, he built the Hiawatha textile mill on Eugene Street in 1893. Together, these mills transformed Gibsonville from an agricultural shipping station into a vibrant small town with an industrial base. In 1894, Dr. Jordan built the first two story brick building downtown on the corner of Main Street and Lewis Street, where Wade’s Jewelry is situated now. The remainder of the brick buildings facing the Greens were built between 1905 and 1920.", "title": "Gibsonville, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "12215198", "text": "storage building next to the mills, formerly occupied by Parker's Candies. Wampanoag Mills Wampanoag Mills is an historic textile mill complex located at 420 Quequechan Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Built beginning in 1871, it is a large and well-preserved example of granite textile mill construction. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Wampanoag Mills are prominently situated at the corner of Quequechan and Alden Streets in central Fall River. Its buildings are located just northwest of the western junction of Interstate 195 and Massachusetts Route 24, with the two five-story main mill", "title": "Wampanoag Mills" }, { "docid": "9797382", "text": "seaport locations made the importation and exportation of goods and materials, and particularly coal, more economical than the considerably inland, and therefore only accessible by train, Lowell. By 1920, it was being seriously suggested that the Merrimack be dredged from Newburyport to Lowell so that barges could access the city. However, the events of the 1920s ensured that would never happen. By the 1920s, the New England textile industry began to shift South and many of Lowell's textile mills began to move or close. Although the South did not have rivers capable of providing the waterpower needed to run the", "title": "History of Lowell, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "1165226", "text": "cotton. It was one of numerous mills near New York City that produced cotton textiles; in 1860 half the exports from New York were cotton products. The mill ceased operations in 1878, after the South developed its own textile mills. In the early 19th century, Abram Dater built an iron forge on the Ramapo River, and a grist mill and a saw mill soon followed. Between 1836 and 1841, the Erie Railroad built a line through Sloatsburg, resulting in a major increase in the population and prosperity of the village. After the Civil War, the village prospered until the great", "title": "Sloatsburg, New York" }, { "docid": "12204107", "text": "Stafford Mills Stafford Mills is an historic textile mill complex located on County Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1872, it is a well-preserved late-19th century textile complex, typical of the mills built in Fall River during its period of most rapid growth. It is noted in particular for its exceptionally fine Romanesque brick office building. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Stafford Mills complex is located east of downtown Fall River, on at the northeast corner of Quarry and County Streets. It consists of a series of interconnected buildings,", "title": "Stafford Mills" }, { "docid": "12300875", "text": "were the children of Charles (Ireland) and Phoebe Talbot (married in 1802) whose children were Charles P. (b. 1807) and Thomas (b. 1818) among six others. From Cambridge, New York, they moved to Vermont and then Northampton, Massachusetts, where the brothers learned the trades of the textile mills. The district, which encompasses the mill complex and worker housing along Wilson Street and Talbot Avenue built by the Talbots, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Billerica Mills Historic District The Billerica Mills Historic District is a historic district between the Concord River, Treble Cove Terrace, Kohlrausch", "title": "Billerica Mills Historic District" }, { "docid": "10280904", "text": "in the town center to those lands. Its village beginnings date roughly to 1797, when a bridge was built over the West River, turning Whalley Avenue into a more important transportation link. Some early settlers had harnessed the power of the local waterways for saw and gristmills, and there were gunpowder mills in the area that were targeted by British raids in the American Revolutionary War. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, larger mills devoted to textile and paper production were established. This led to further industrialization later in the 19th century, and the village gained further significance", "title": "Westville Village Historic District" }, { "docid": "12265974", "text": "was re-organized with John S. Brayton as president. Mill No. 3 was later built 1888, on Weaver Street. The company was still operating in 1940. The site was determined eligible for the National Historic Register in 1983, but omitted due to owner's objection. However, Border City Mill No. 2, nearby was later added in 1990, under a separate NRHP listing. On February 20, 2016, an early morning fire destroyed Mill No. 3. Border City Mills Border City Mills is an historic textile mill site located at the corner of West Street and Weaver Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The company", "title": "Border City Mills" }, { "docid": "13654091", "text": "of Kerala brand of Ayurvedic products and train the manufacturers of Ayurveda products on the importance of safety, quality and efficacy. The cluster have all the state-of the-art facilities for testing and analysis, process product validation, safety study and manufacture. The cluster is approved by the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). The prosperous textile mills have made the textile industry of Thrissur a leading industry in South India. At present there are six such mills in Thrissur. The textile mills in Thrissur are Sitaram Spinning and Weaving Mills; Thrissur, Alagappa Textiles, Alagappa Nagar; Kerala", "title": "Economy of Thrissur" }, { "docid": "717450", "text": "off Lonsdale Street in the city centre. The present station was built in the 1990s to replace a larger station that was partially on the same site and had access from Lowther Street where the Earls Lane shopping area is now. The main operators at the bus station are Arriva North East Borders Buses, National Express and Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire. Carlisle became an industrial city in the 19th and early 20th centuries with many textile mills, engineering works and food manufacturers opening up mostly in the Denton Holme, Caldewgate and Wapping areas which lie in the Caldew Valley", "title": "Carlisle" }, { "docid": "20531573", "text": "when saw and grist mills were erected along the Nashua River. Textile mills followed in the early 19th century, and larger-scale industrial development was spurred by the construction of the railroad through the city in 1844. Moran Square developed as a commercial and industrial hub just east of the city's Union Station, flourishing during the height of the city's prosperity. The major industrial development was spearheaded by Sylvanus Sawyer, who in 1860 built the district's oldest factory building, at 64 Main Street. He also built a fine Second Empire house, which still stands at 21-23 Summer Street. Sawyer's company manufactured", "title": "Moran Square Historic District" }, { "docid": "19785693", "text": "is also owned by the corporation. It used to manage 86 government owned textile mills which has been reduced to the 18 today. Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation or BTMC, is a public corporation that owns and manages all government textile mills in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka. It manages 18 government owned textile factories. The corporation was established on 26 March 1972 through the nationalization of textile mills in Bangladesh. It owns Eagle Textile in Chittagong. The Ministry for Textiles and Jute is responsible for running the corporation. The corporation has the largest liability of", "title": "Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation" }, { "docid": "20031726", "text": "Maharashtra State Textile Corporation Maharashtra State Textile Corporation (MSTC) is a limited company owned by Maharashtra State. It was established on 6 September 1966, having its head office at Mumbai. Their stated purpose was to take over ailing privately owned textile mills, which were being closed down and make those mills more productive and also to start new mills in industrially undeveloped parts of the state. MSCT took over 26 ailing textile mills, 19 of which were later turned over to National Textile Corporation. It presently holds Pratap Mills, Amalner, Vijay Mills, Badnera, Shree Shahu Chhatrapati Mills, Kolhapur, Narsinggirji Mills,", "title": "Maharashtra State Textile Corporation" }, { "docid": "12215316", "text": "Globe Yarn Mills Globe Yarn Mills are two historic textile mills located at 460 Globe Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The company was incorporated in 1881 for the manufacture of cotton yarns. Mill No. 1 was completed in 1881. William J. Jennings was the first president. Mill No. 2 was built in 1885 also from red brick. The company would later be acquired by the New Bedford Cotton Yarn Company, then American Cotton Fabric Company, and later the Connecticut Company in 1920. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Globe Yarn Mills No. 3,", "title": "Globe Yarn Mills" }, { "docid": "11949218", "text": "Oriental Mills The Oriental Mills are a historic textile mill complex at 10 Admiral Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The site consists of seven buildings, constructed between about 1860 and 1917, by a variety of textile manufacturers that operated on the site. The oldest building, from c. 1860, was built by the Oriental Mills Manufacturing Company soon after its founding. It is a large three-story brick structure, presenting eight bays to Admiral Street and thirty to Whipple Street. It has a well-defined Italianate roof line with brackets. Building 3, which lies southeast of Building 1 and fronts on Oriental Street,", "title": "Oriental Mills" }, { "docid": "19465864", "text": "a significant way only with the end of hostilities with Native Americans in 1760. In that year, Lincoln County was established, and in 1761 Doctor Silvester Gardiner acquired a land grant that included the Head Tide area. One of his early land sales was to David Nelson, who built the first dam. Originally part of Newcastle, the village was substantial enough to be set off in 1794 as New Milford (after the large number of mills at Head Tide), later renamed Alna. In the early 19th century the village had six water wheels powering lumber, grist, and textile processing operations,", "title": "Head Tide Historic District" }, { "docid": "12125225", "text": "Higher Secondary School\" is now 50 Years old and going strong and is well known for giving best education at a very low fees amount in whole Bapunagar. In the early 1990s, diamond cutting arose as an industry in the absence of the textile mills. At present, Bapunagar ranks second in India as a diamond cutting centre, after only Surat. Diamond cutting has absorbed many of the workers who used to be employed by textile mills, and attracted additional people from the Saurashtra. This influx of new residents caused a resultant increase in the housing sector and construction is causing", "title": "Bapunagar" }, { "docid": "19656573", "text": "dam that first went into operation in 1866. Four of the five buildings are of brick construction, between three and five stories in height, with later additions of various sizes and materials. These buildings were built using slow-burning construction methods typically used for mill construction of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The mill office building is a single-story brick structure located near Main Street. Textile production began in Winthrop in the early 19th century, with the construction of a woolen and cotton mill in 1814. The Winthrop Mills Company was founded in 1866 by investors from Boston, Massachusetts,", "title": "Winthrop Mills Company" }, { "docid": "20031727", "text": "Solapur, Pulgaon Cotton Mills, Pulgaon, Western India Mills at Mumbai and the Empress Mill, Nagpur. They started two mills namely Devagiri Textile Mills at Aurangabad in 1980 and Kalameshwar Textile Mills at Kalameshwar in 1984. The state government closed down all the mills under MSTC in 2001, due to running in losses over the years and presently there are no functioning textile mills under the corporation, however, company holds the lands of these mills. Maharashtra State Textile Corporation Maharashtra State Textile Corporation (MSTC) is a limited company owned by Maharashtra State. It was established on 6 September 1966, having its", "title": "Maharashtra State Textile Corporation" }, { "docid": "11018878", "text": "poetry. Chaudhry Manzur Elahi, father of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi is the elder brother of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi. He was raised in Gujrat but left his hometown in 1939 to pursue further studies. He received his degree in textile engineering from Amritsar in 1940. Upon his return from Amritsar, Chaudry Manzur Elahi teamed with Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi to develop a family owned textile business in Gujrat. After independence in 1947, the two brothers established two textile units under the names of Gujrat Silk Mills and Pakistan Textile Mills. In 1950, the business was expanded to Lahore where they established Parvez Textile", "title": "Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi" }, { "docid": "12215195", "text": "Wampanoag Mills Wampanoag Mills is an historic textile mill complex located at 420 Quequechan Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Built beginning in 1871, it is a large and well-preserved example of granite textile mill construction. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Wampanoag Mills are prominently situated at the corner of Quequechan and Alden Streets in central Fall River. Its buildings are located just northwest of the western junction of Interstate 195 and Massachusetts Route 24, with the two five-story main mill buildings highly visible from those roads. The complex has a large", "title": "Wampanoag Mills" }, { "docid": "1334840", "text": "Andrew Carnegie. In an area of textile mills developed in the early 20th century, Honea Path was the site of a violent confrontation between textile union workers and company management on September 6, 1934 during a larger textile strike and efforts at labor organizing. Textile factory guards killed six picketers and injured approximately twenty more in the altercation. The men were reported to have been shot fleeing the picket lines, and many were found with bullet wounds in their backs. This event is featured in the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary on the \"POV\" series called \"The Uprising of '34\".", "title": "Honea Path, South Carolina" }, { "docid": "1566925", "text": "the site of some of the earliest textile mills in the United States situated along the banks of the north and south branches of the Pawtuxet River. These small mill villages would play an important role in the early development of the textile industry in North America. Lippitt Mill founded in 1809 by Revolutionary War hero, Christopher Lippitt, was one of the first mills in the area. The 1810 Lippitt Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is one of the earliest textile mills in Rhode Island. It was founded in 1809 and the current dam was", "title": "West Warwick, Rhode Island" }, { "docid": "1435029", "text": "in January 1956. In 1955, after the adoption of the first post-war slum clearance plan, new housing estates were built to replace the slums and, gradually, redundant textile mills were occupied by firms in the various light industries. New applications of engineering principles, the manufacture of rubber goods, plastics, chemicals and packaging materials were all introduced, as well as the addition of synthetic fibres to the textile trade, reducing unemployment. The early 1970s saw the development of private semi-detached and detached housing estates, particularly in the Mottram Rise, Hough Hill, Hollins and Carrbrook areas; the redevelopment of Castle Hall was", "title": "Stalybridge" } ]
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when was the last time a foreign leader addressed congress
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[ { "docid": "6017883", "text": "as a \"moving moment.\" The most recent addresses by foreign dignitaries were given by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 8, 2016, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on April 29, 2015, and Pope Francis on September 24, 2015. The Pope did not address the joint session as a religious dignitary but as a head of state. All foreign heads of state and heads of government are presented officially to Congress in the same manner as the President during the State of the Union Address and are introduced by the Speaker by their diplomatic style of address, followed by their", "title": "Joint session of the United States Congress" } ]
[ { "docid": "6017881", "text": "(1976 and 1994) as did Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1990 and 1994). The first foreign dignitary to address a joint session of Congress was Ambassador André de La Boulaye of France who addressed a joint session on May 20, 1934 to memorialize the centennial anniversary of the death of Marquis de Lafayette. The first non-dignitary to address a joint meeting of Congress was Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa in 1989. Nelson Mandela, then Deputy President of the African National Congress addressed a joint meeting in 1990. Twice have joint meetings been attended by dignitaries from two countries: On September", "title": "Joint session of the United States Congress" }, { "docid": "14681071", "text": "Anniversary of the ANZUS Alliance and was invited to address the United States Congress. Gillard made her first visit to Washington as Prime Minister on 5 March 2011. She held meetings with President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. She also met with Michelle Obama and John McCain. Gillard, addressed a joint session of the United States Congress, the fourth Australian leader to do and first foreign dignitary to address the 112th congress. In April 2011, Gillard embarked on a North Asia trip, promoting closer military, economic and trade", "title": "Gillard Government" }, { "docid": "6599429", "text": "independence movement leader Mahatma Gandhi to visit Jaffna. In 1931 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay addressed the opening session of the All-Ceylon Youth Congress, and was said to have taken Jaffna by storm. Like the Indian National Congress in India, the causes the JYC advocated were secularism, a non-sectarian Ceylonese nationalism and independence from Britain. For this reason, it enjoyed much respect from Sinhalese intellectuals in the south of the country. S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike addressed the Youth Congress sessions, advocating, for the first time, a federal constitution for Ceylon. The JYC led a successful boycott of the first State Council elections in Jaffna in", "title": "Jaffna Youth Congress" }, { "docid": "18798430", "text": "most successful in challenging the ruling African National Congress. The two candidates addressed the provincial party congress in KwaZulu-Natal where James challenged Mamaine to a series of debates. Continuing his criticism of Maimane's commitment to intra-party democracy and transparency, James released his list of donors in the last week of the campaign and called on his rival to do the same. On May 10, following a vote by party delegates, outgoing leader Helen Zille declared Mamaine as the duly elected leader of the Democratic Alliance. 93% of delegates voted in the leadership race. According to his campaign, Maimane won with", "title": "2015 Democratic Alliance Federal Congress" }, { "docid": "2783151", "text": "to the United States to mark the 60th Anniversary of the ANZUS Alliance. She held formal meetings with President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. She also met with First Lady Michelle Obama, and senior US Senator John McCain. Gillard addressed a joint session of the United States Congress, becoming the fourth Australian leader to do so and first foreign dignitary to address the 112th congress. In her speech to Congress, Gillard reiterated Australia's diplomatic and security alliance with the United States, and noted that the United States has \"a", "title": "Julia Gillard" }, { "docid": "6951727", "text": "as leader of Fianna Fáil on 6 May 2008. On 30 April 2008, in Washington D.C., Ahern became the sixth Irish leader to address the United States Congress. He is also the sixth person who has addressed both the United Kingdom's Parliament and the United States Congress. On 6 May 2008, he performed his last official duty as Taoiseach in opening the Battle of the Boyne visitors centre with then First Minister of Northern Ireland Ian Paisley. In a November 2009, interview with VIP magazine, Ahern spoke of how critics who blame the government for the economic crisis should \"dig", "title": "Bertie Ahern" }, { "docid": "428085", "text": "befits the circumstances. The last time this power was exercised was in 1948, when President Harry S Truman called a special session of Congress. That was the twenty-seventh time in American history that a president convened such a session. Following the widespread adoption of transcontinental air travel in the second half of the twentieth century, Congress began meeting year-round. Since that time, it has always been in session on every occasion when the President might otherwise have perceived the need to call Congress into extraordinary session. The President receives all foreign Ambassadors. This clause of the Constitution, known as the", "title": "Article Two of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "18237684", "text": "last public appearance of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Prime Minister, as he assumed the Presidency the day after. The congress took place at a time of significant change to Turkish politics, with the opposition Republican People's Party also holding an extraordinary convention on 5–6 September. The AKP had initially made preparations for their first ever extraordinary congress before the presidential election on August 10, on the correct assumption that their party leader and presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would win. On 21 August, the AKP's Central Executive Board put forward Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu as a candidate for the leadership", "title": "1st Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress" }, { "docid": "20244477", "text": "1996 Civic Democratic Party leadership election A leadership election for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) was held in the Czech Republic on 9 December 1996. Václav Klaus was reelected leader of ODS. Election was part of 7th Congress of the party. Klaus received 249 votes of 295. It was the last time when leader was elected for one-year term. Christian Democratic Party was merged with ODS at the congress. Delegates also voted in favour of change of political style. Klaus' victory wasn't as decisive as in previous elections which was considered a sign of tension within the party. Some members", "title": "1996 Civic Democratic Party leadership election" }, { "docid": "20244478", "text": "of the party delivered critical speeches during the election. This includes Jan Ruml and Josef Zieleniec. 1996 Civic Democratic Party leadership election A leadership election for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) was held in the Czech Republic on 9 December 1996. Václav Klaus was reelected leader of ODS. Election was part of 7th Congress of the party. Klaus received 249 votes of 295. It was the last time when leader was elected for one-year term. Christian Democratic Party was merged with ODS at the congress. Delegates also voted in favour of change of political style. Klaus' victory wasn't as decisive", "title": "1996 Civic Democratic Party leadership election" }, { "docid": "9889492", "text": "congressional sessions other than their army khaki uniforms. President Osmeña ordered two pairs of sharkskin suits to be purchased by the government (from the Manlapat tailoring shop across the temporary Congress building) for each of the legislators around the time of the opening of Congress. A few foreign dignitaries also addressed the joint session in the next six months. This included U.S. High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt and General MacArthur who received a commendation from the Congress and a second resolution making him an honorary citizen of the Philippines. In his memorable address before its joint session on July 9,", "title": "1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13441256", "text": "in the same year. Luo also accompanied dignitaries, notably Presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, on their official visits to foreign countries to do reporting on location. From 2004–08, Luo Jing was awarded Best News Anchor of CCTV for five consecutive years. Luo was active in politics, as a delegate of the 17th Party Congress, held in Beijing in late 2007. He was also a torch bearer for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His last broadcast for \"Xinwen Lianbo\" was on August 31, 2008, when he covered the funeral of former Chinese leader Hua Guofeng. Luo died of lymphoma on June", "title": "Luo Jing" }, { "docid": "10106936", "text": "at the time head of the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, which provoked a letter from 19 Members of the European Parliament demanding that she should not go. Ambassador Sauerbrey addressed the opening session of the Warsaw congress which was said to be the largest-ever gathering of international pro-family forces. The 2009 conference in Amsterdam met with some controversy when the government minister André Rouvoet addressed the congress despite requests from other Dutch Parliamentarians that he should not do so. Their local offices were defaced with paint, obscenities and anti-Christian slogans by unknown vandals,", "title": "World Congress of Families" }, { "docid": "13805322", "text": "\"partnership\"\" in favor of the traditional \"special \"relationship\"\", which some analysts and officials took as an indication that Obama will approach relations with the UK in a more businesslike, less personal way. U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown became the first European leader to meet with Obama on March 3, 2009, and he addressed a joint session of Congress the following day. During his visit to the Obama White House, he presented the president a gift of a pen holder carved from the timbers of HMS \"Gannet\", which served anti-slavery missions off the coast of Africa. Obama's gift to the prime", "title": "European foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration" }, { "docid": "4031077", "text": "Expenditures in the Department of Justice (66th Congress), the House Committee on Woman Suffrage (67th through 69th Congresses), the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (70th and 71st Congresses), and the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (80th Congress). He also served as a presidential appointee on a variety of commissions. White was reelected in 1936 and 1942 and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1949. He was elected minority leader by his colleagues (1944–1947), and became majority leader when his party held a majority in the 80th Congress (1947–1949). According to John Gunther's 1947 book", "title": "Wallace H. White Jr." }, { "docid": "6017879", "text": "instead. Written reports were standard until 1913, when Woodrow Wilson reestablished the practice of personally attending to deliver the speech. Since then, on a number of occasions presidents have presented a written report, usually for medical reasons. In addition to State of the Union addresses, inaugurals and counting of electoral votes, joint sessions or meetings usually fall into one of several topics. Joint meetings have been held more than a hundred times to enable foreign heads of state or heads of government to address Congress. Leaders of 48 countries have addressed Congress at a joint meeting: France leads the list", "title": "Joint session of the United States Congress" }, { "docid": "14219220", "text": "Sebastian Anefal Sebastian L. Anefal (born January 21, 1952 in Guror, Gilman municipality, Yap, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) is a Micronesian politician currently serving as the FSM Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Fiji. He was nominated by President Peter M. Christian to his current post in mid-2015 and took office on January 8, 2016. He became the foreign minister of the Federated States of Micronesia on September 5, 2003, when his nomination was approved by the Micronesian Congress. Through foreign ministry work, he gained experiences in international politics and have addressed the United Nations general assembly on some occasions where", "title": "Sebastian Anefal" }, { "docid": "199978", "text": "the addressee is within the same country, there is no need for an IRC because a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) or return postcard will suffice; but if the addressee is in another country an IRC removes the necessity of acquiring foreign postage or sending appropriate currency. The IRC was introduced in 1906 at a Universal Postal Union congress in Rome. At the time an IRC could be exchanged for a single-rate, ordinary postage stamp for surface delivery to a foreign country, as this was before the introduction of airmail services. An IRC is exchangeable in a UPU member country for", "title": "International reply coupon" }, { "docid": "10216256", "text": "government under a new leader, provided its concerns—such as not being consulted before taking important decisions and being marginalised—were addressed. The United Front elected I. K. Gujral as new leader and he was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 April 1997. Gujral inherited the bitterness between the Congress Party and the United Front from his predecessor, H.D. Deve Gowda. However he maintained good relations with the Congress Party, which supported his government from outside. Within a few weeks in office, Gujral faced trouble, not from the Congress party but within his own Janata Dal. The Central Bureau of Investigation", "title": "1996 Indian general election" }, { "docid": "7163132", "text": "passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress did not believe that it had the power to revoke anyone's citizenship. The Court further noted that a proposed 1818 act of Congress would have provided a way for citizens to voluntarily relinquish their citizenship, but opponents had argued that Congress had no authority to provide for expatriation. Afroyim's counsel had addressed only the foreign voting question and had carefully avoided any direct challenge to the idea that foreign naturalization might legitimately lead to loss of citizenship (a concept which Warren had been willing to accept in his \"Perez\" dissent). Nevertheless, the Court's \"Afroyim\"", "title": "Afroyim v. Rusk" }, { "docid": "18831643", "text": "Calcutta Union about the political attitude and future plan of the Congress in 1895. Syed Shamsul Huda attended and addressed to stop the issue on the title of \"Indian Politics and the Muhammadans\" and in this way he became the top of the political dialogue. In his sensitive speech highlighted the political rule of the Indian Muslim and suggested ways how they could make the Congress more united and effective political body. Syed Shamsul Huda first time opposed as a political leader for the budget in 1905 which spending for the colleges, hospitals and other institutions that have been founded", "title": "Syed Shamsul Huda" }, { "docid": "2215158", "text": "Labour's Spring 2004 conference which was held at the G-Mex for the first time. The conference was Blair's last as leader after he stated this would be the case just before the conference and at the conference itself. The start of the conference was marked with protests against the Iraq War. Tony Blair, in his last speech to conference as Labour Party leader and Prime Minister, praised the work of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. The conference was addressed in a joint session by Labour's Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and the Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa", "title": "Labour Party Conference (UK)" }, { "docid": "18237683", "text": "1st Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress The 2014 Extraordinary Congress of the Justice and Development Party (Turkish: \"Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi Olağanüstü Kongresi\") was held on 27 August 2014 in order to elect a new leader of the Justice and Development Party (often abbreviated AK Parti or AKP), the ruling political party of Turkey. It was the first extraordinary congress in the party's history, necessitated by the election of party leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the 12th President of Turkey. Former Foreign Minister and Konya MP Ahmet Davutoğlu was unanimously elected unopposed as party leader. The congress marked the", "title": "1st Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress" }, { "docid": "19676009", "text": "in summer of 1917 Stumpf sees the labour leader in a different light: \"Now I gradually realize why some people fight the military and its system with such determination. Poor Karl Liebknecht! How sorry I feel for you now!\" Stumpf also addressed once the commandment of the Bible, \"Thou shalt not kill\" and revealed some pacifistic tendencies, but time and again he expressed clearly conservative views when he ranted about the \"perfidious Albion\" (England) or against France's rapacity, when he showed satisfaction that England had finally to sacrifice rivers of blood, and he wanted to combine the last forces for", "title": "Richard Stumpf" }, { "docid": "6017882", "text": "18, 1978, when Congress was addressed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and on July 26, 1994, when Congress was addressed by King Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, had originally been scheduled to address Congress on September 12, 2001, but his address was postponed due to the September 11 terrorist attacks the previous day. Howard's address was rescheduled for June 12, 2002 where he spoke about the attacks he had witnessed 9 months earlier. Howard was acknowledged with a standing ovation and describes the occasion", "title": "Joint session of the United States Congress" }, { "docid": "1779921", "text": "Movement and instead advocated dialogue with the British. He reasoned that passivity and neutrality would be harmful to India's interests at a time when the country was threatened with invasion. He also advocated dialogue with the Muslim League, which was demanding the partition of India. He subsequently resigned from the party and the assembly following differences over resolutions passed by the Madras Congress legislative party and disagreements with the leader of the Madras provincial Congress K. Kamaraj. Following the end of the war in 1945, elections followed in the Madras Presidency in 1946. During the last years of the war,", "title": "C. Rajagopalachari" }, { "docid": "16513093", "text": "charged with sedition by Colonial government of Calcutta. He being a fine orator and representative of Bengali Christian community, he joined the Indian National Congress(Congress) in 1885, and regularly addressed the Congress annual sessions in moulding the policy of national movement. Rev. Kalicharan Banerji along with G.C. Nath from Lahore, and Peter Paul Pillai from Madras(\"present\" Chennai), represented Indian Christians at the four sessions of the Congress between 1888 and 1891, and became a prominent leader in the Congress in the early years of formation. With regular participation in the annual sessions of Congress, he was able to influence and", "title": "Kali Charan Banerjee" }, { "docid": "17985962", "text": "the last imperforate stamp issued by the company, issued in 1856. It was used primarily for foreign destinations, especially France. Beginning in mid 1857, perforated versions of this stamp were produced in at least six color-variants with two types of frames. James Madison, the fourth U.S. president, is honored on the 2-dollar Second Bureau Issue stamp 1902-1908. He was a leader in the colonial Virginia Assembly and participated in framing the Virginia Constitution of 1776. He served in the Continental Congress and in the Constitutional First Congress framed the Bill of Rights. Secretary of State under President Jefferson, his own", "title": "History of Virginia on stamps" }, { "docid": "5016989", "text": "the most articulate spokesman. He was the only foreign leader to attend an emergency joint session of Congress called immediately after the attacks (and remains the only foreign leader ever to attend such a session), where he received two standing ovations from members of Congress. During this session of Congress, President George W. Bush stated matter-of-factly that \"America has no truer friend than Great Britain\". The United States declared a War on Terror following the attacks. British forces participated in NATO's war in Afghanistan. Blair took the lead (against the opposition of France, Canada, Germany, China, and Russia) in advocating", "title": "United Kingdom–United States relations" }, { "docid": "269052", "text": "Leadership Conference (S.C.L.C.) and to a scholarship fund established for the children of slain Mississippi N.A.A.C.P. leader Medgar Evers. In 1964 Brando was arrested at a \"fish-in\" held to protest a broken treaty that had promised Native Americans fishing rights in Puget Sound. By this time, Brando was already involved in films that carried messages about human rights: \"Sayonara\", which addressed interracial romance, and \"The Ugly American\", depicting the conduct of U.S. officials abroad and the deleterious effect on the citizens of foreign countries. For a time, he was also donating money to the Black Panther Party and considered himself", "title": "Marlon Brando" }, { "docid": "5469954", "text": "the title \"Gobernadorcillo\" was changed to \"\"Capitan Municipal\"\". When Capitan Juan Rojas won the election again, it made him the only official who had been addressed by 3 different titles in his capacity as mayor of Subaan. He was the last \"gobernadorcillo\" because after his term, it was changed to \"capitan municipal\". He was the last \"capitan\" because when Mindoro fell to the hands of the revolutionaries, he took oath under the emissary of Gen. Miguel Malvar on July 1, 1898 as \"\"Presidente Municipal\"\". Pres. Rojas was the first and the last leader of Subaan under the Revolutionary Government of", "title": "San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro" }, { "docid": "18175072", "text": "expect my former \"mastermoshai\" Md Sohrab (rebel candidate from Suti) and five-time MLA Habibur Rahman (rebel candidate from Jangipur) to listen to me?\" In 2011, he won from Jangipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and was Congress legislature party leader. Md. Sohrab Md. Sohrab is a Congress politician, five-time MLA and Congress legislature party leader in the West Bengal state assembly. Md. Sohrab, son of Yar Mohammad, is a post-graduate and is a retired head-teacher. He was elected to the West Bengal state assembly from Suti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1969, 1971, 1977 and 1996, as a Congress candidate. When he was", "title": "Md. Sohrab" }, { "docid": "4786824", "text": "those who opposed his great rival, Charilaos Trikoupis. He eventually became the leader of the Nationalist Party after Alexandros Koumoundouros. In the so-called Oecumenical Ministry of 1877 he voted for war with Turkey, and on its fall he entered the cabinet of Koumoundoros as minister for foreign affairs. He was a representative of Greece at the Berlin Congress in 1878. From this time forward, and particularly after 1882, when Trikoupis again came into power at the head of a strong party, the duel between these two statesmen was the leading feature of Greek politics. Diligiannis first formed a cabinet in", "title": "Theodoros Diligiannis" }, { "docid": "6515307", "text": "the evils. Following the 2009 elections in which Livni's Kadima won the most seats, but could not form a government, she took the party into opposition, becoming Israel's first female leader of the opposition. After an internal Foreign Ministry document stated that some European Union countries were considering freezing a planned upgrade in relations with Israel, Livni, as opposition leader, wrote in the message addressed to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, the EU's external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and the EU's current council president, Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg: \"You all know my commitment to peace between Israel and", "title": "Tzipi Livni" }, { "docid": "16927263", "text": "Jacob Zuma, former Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. Before joining the government, Nkosi was a trade union leader, where he served as the Deputy General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). At the same time he was also a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Nkosi was a student and youth activist in Soweto, occupying several leadership positions in the Azanian Students' Congress (AZASO) and in the South African Students' Congress (SANSCO). Trained as a teacher,", "title": "Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi" }, { "docid": "19612265", "text": "winners Shamrock Point (29.46) and Myrtown (29.43). The second round produced a new mark when Sallys Cobbler pipped Foreign Exchange and Shamrock Point in a time of 29.31. Outsider Slippery Slave then went five spots better in a later second round heat when defeating Lively Band. The only market leader to be eliminated was 'That Silver' who had been second in ante-post lists. Myrtown won the first semi-final in yet another best time of 29.23 from Pineapple Grand and Tartan Khan. The second semi-final ended dramatically when around the last bend Lively Band swerved towards Shamrock Point and forced him", "title": "1975 English Greyhound Derby" }, { "docid": "14623559", "text": "Avinash Pandey Avinash Pande is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. He has been a Youth Congress leader and had held post of General Secretary in the Indian Youth Congress, when Shri Maninder Singh Bitta was the President. He has been a Member of the Legislative Council, Maharashtra (Upper House) and was appointed Chairman, Maharashtra State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (MSSIDC). He unsuccessfully fought the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra in 2008, against industrialist Rahul Bajaj. He is Congress party All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and a Congress working Committee (CWC) member. Last", "title": "Avinash Pandey" }, { "docid": "3346148", "text": "addressed to or from that target, unless Congress approved such collection within 30 days of having been notified of the resumption, and provided for additional reporting by the Executive Branch of surveillance activities. Many privacy and civil liberties advocates argued that the reforms enacted by the extension bill were inadequate, but their arguments were rebutted by the government. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (\"FISA\" , ) is a United States federal law which establishes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of \"foreign intelligence information\" between \"foreign powers\" and \"agents of foreign", "title": "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" }, { "docid": "18152603", "text": "1816 State of the Union Address The 1816 State of the Union Address was the last annual address given by President James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. It was given on Tuesday, December 3, 1816. It was read in Washington, D.C, addressed to both houses of Congress. It was the 26th address given, given to the 14th United States Congress. The United States House of Representatives and Senate were addressed. He summarized it with these words: \"seeks by appeals to reason and by its liberal examples to infuse into the law which governs the civilized world a", "title": "1816 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "2452192", "text": "Missouri, in 1977. Simpson practiced dentistry in Blackfoot until his election to Congress in 1998. He was elected to the Blackfoot City Council in 1980 and was elected to the state legislature in 1984, the first of seven terms. He was the Speaker of the Idaho House prior to his election to Congress. While some members of Congress with a medical background prefer to be addressed as \"Doctor\" (most notably former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist), Simpson does not insist that he be referred to as Dr. Simpson, preferring to simply go by Congressman or Mr. Simpson. While the Republican", "title": "Mike Simpson" }, { "docid": "4479737", "text": "of amateur radio, operators will send a SASE when requesting another station's QSL card. In Japan, return postcards are used for similar purposes. SASEs cannot easily be used for international mail, since senders rarely have supplies of mint foreign stamps. Instead, international reply coupons (IRCs) can be purchased at post offices, although they are no longer sold in some countries, including the United States. Users of IRCs will often, as a courtesy, also send a self-addressed envelope to save the receiver the cost and time of buying and labeling an envelope. Self-addressed stamped envelope A self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE), stamped", "title": "Self-addressed stamped envelope" }, { "docid": "8057272", "text": "states refer to an analogous event as a \"joint convention\". Such assemblies are typically held in the chamber of the lower house as the larger body. State constitutions of U.S. states may require joint conventions for other purposes; for example Tennessee's requires such to elect the secretary of state, the state treasurer, and the comptroller of the treasury. The first foreign dignitary to address a joint session of Congress was Ambassador André de La Boulaye of France who addressed a joint session on May 20, 1934. Joint session A joint session or joint convention is, most broadly, when two normally", "title": "Joint session" }, { "docid": "259681", "text": "Gandhi was the leader of the Indian National Congress. He reorganised the Congress. With Congress now behind him, and Muslim support triggered by his backing the Khilafat movement to restore the Caliph in Turkey, Gandhi had the political support and the attention of the British Raj. Gandhi expanded his nonviolent non-co-operation platform to include the \"swadeshi\" policy – the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods. Linked to this was his advocacy that \"khadi\" (homespun cloth) be worn by all Indians instead of British-made textiles. Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning", "title": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, { "docid": "3938058", "text": "party congress in 1975, when Hermansson stepped down as party leader, the \"Flamman\" group launched Rolf Hagel as its candidate for the party leadership. Hagel was defeated by Lars Werner with 162 votes against 74. In the same year the \"Flamman\"-sympathizers were expelled from \"Kommunistisk Ungdom\" (\"Communist Youth\"), the youth league of the party. The group broke away in 1977, and formed Arbetarpartiet Kommunisterna ('Workers Party - the Communists', abbreviated APK). A founding congress took place in the Swedish Riksdag. A large number of foreign delegates attended the congress, indicating that APK had strong moral support from CPSU and the", "title": "Communist Party of Sweden (1995)" }, { "docid": "7166649", "text": "John XXIII and Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev (a notable event in itself, since it was the first time a Soviet politician addressed the Spanish State). The pressure was echoed in Spain itself, with several personalities asking for clemency. The government met on April 19, in a session that lasted ten hours: although Fernando Castiella, the minister of foreign affairs, declared himself in favor of the pardon (bearing in mind the consequences on Spain's image), his opposition was timid. Franco imposed voting on the matter, and the final verdict was unanimity for Grimau's execution. The firing squad he faced was", "title": "Julián Grimau" }, { "docid": "2479617", "text": "while four NPP gubernatorial candidates registered nationally as Democrats (Carlos Romero Barceló, Carlos Pesquera, Pedro Rosselló and Ricardo Rosselló). Fortuño caucused with the Republicans when he was in Congress and serves as Puerto Rico's Republican National Committeeman while Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi is a Democrat. When Fortuño was governor, his top administration officials were also split in national politics. His last chief of staff, Miguel Romero, and his Secretary of State (and first in line of succession), Kenneth McClintock, are Democrats, while his last Attorney General Guillermo Somoza is a Republican. House NPP Leader Jenniffer González and Senate Minority Leader", "title": "New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)" }, { "docid": "476438", "text": "night. Only once before—when Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to order the U.S. into World War I—had a sitting president addressed Congress at night. Warren Harding's 1922 speech was the first to be broadcast on radio, albeit to a limited audience, while Calvin Coolidge's 1923 speech was the first to be broadcast across the nation. Harry S. Truman's 1947 address was the first to be broadcast on television. Lyndon B. Johnson's address in 1965 was the first delivered in the evening. Three years later, in 1968, television networks in the United States, for the first time, imposed no time limit for", "title": "State of the Union" }, { "docid": "15032590", "text": "Sandy Pollack Sandy (Alexandra) Pollack (1948–1985) was an American Communist activist who not only embraced the political turmoil of her time, but played a critical role in shaping it. She is best known for her involvement in the founding of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), which was the focus of two highly controversial FBI investigations. One addressed possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), in which her personal contact with Farid Handal, brother of Salvadoran Communist leader Shafik, was called into question. The other concerned alleged tangible support of terrorist activities perpetrated", "title": "Sandy Pollack" }, { "docid": "2413109", "text": "to Kyrgyzstan. That was the first state visit of an Uzbek President to this neighboring country since 2000. On 19 September, he addressed the UN General Assembly for the first time. In 2018, a large number of foreign leaders visited and or are expected in Uzbekistan, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as well as Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko whose visit took place in September and was his first state visit to the country in 24 years. In March 2018, he made a visit to Tajikistan, which made him the first Uzbek president to conduct", "title": "Shavkat Mirziyoyev" }, { "docid": "19523310", "text": "future Constitutional Assembly. On November 19 delegates sent three congratulatory telegrams - to Ukrainian Central Rada, to Nationalities Congress in Kiev and to Parliament of Finland. More importantly, on November 19 session National Council adopted two resolutions. The first one was addressed to the \"Russian revolutionary democracy\" and proclaimed unification of all Latvian inhabited lands. This meant that Latgale is to be united with the Latvian inhabited lands of Governorate of Livonia and Courland Governorate. The second one was addressed to \"foreign countries and nations\" proclaiming Latvia's autonomy. \"Latvia, which includes Vidzeme, Kurzeme and Latgale is an autonomous state unit,", "title": "Latvian Provisional National Council" }, { "docid": "219105", "text": "main personalities in the organisation. Tito was appointed to the secretariat of the Balkan section, responsible for Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. Kardelj was also in Moscow, as was the Bulgarian communist leader Georgi Dimitrov. Tito lectured on trade unions to foreign communists, and attended a course on military tactics run by the Red Army, and occasionally attended the Bolshoi Theatre. He attended as one of 510 delegates to the Seventh World Congress of the Comintern in July and August 1935, where he briefly saw Joseph Stalin for the first time. After the congress, he toured the Soviet Union, then", "title": "Josip Broz Tito" }, { "docid": "17635575", "text": "again from two seats, Budhni and Vidisha. A large number of rallies took place prior to elections addressed by various local and national level party leaders including BJP's prime ministerial candidate for forthcoming General Elections, Narendra Modi and Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi. BJP leader and Chief Ministerial candidate Shivraj Singh Chouhan used 3D Virtual Live Technology to address various rallies simultaneously from one place. This technology was previously used by the then Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi during Gujarat legislative assembly election, 2012 BJP extensively campaigned on social media including Twitter and Facebook to attract young and first time", "title": "2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election" }, { "docid": "16718977", "text": "educated Indians held congresses, while Indian students staged band concerts, dance exhibitions, dramatic presentations and marched in parades. On June 18, 1904, there was an incident when cowboys in the Colonel Cummins' Wild West Indian Congress and Rough Riders of the World snapped their revolvers in the faces of the Indians as an act of disrespect. \"An 'indignation meeting' was held by 750 Indians presided over by Blue Horse and Geronimo, and they notified the management that if problems were not addressed vengeance would be handed out.\" By September 1904, relations between the Indians and the Cummins Show had much", "title": "Blue Horse (Lakota leader)" }, { "docid": "2969228", "text": "Lady, received two standing ovations from members of Congress. Blair's presence at the presidential speech remains the only time in U.S. political history that a foreign leader was in attendance at an emergency joint session of the U.S. Congress, a testimony to the strength of the U.S.–U.K. alliance under the two leaders. Following that speech, Blair embarked on two months of diplomacy, rallying international support for military action. The BBC calculated that, in total, the prime minister held 54 meetings with world leaders and travelled more than . Blair's leadership role in the Iraq War helped him to sustain a", "title": "Special Relationship" }, { "docid": "796012", "text": "delegates from Ba'athist Regional Branches in other countries, has been compared to the Comintern. It functioned as a session of the Regional Congress focusing on Syria's foreign policy and party ideology. The Regional Congress had limited accountability until the 1985 Eighth Regional Congress, the last under Assad. In 1985, responsibility for leadership accountability was transferred from the Regional Congress to the weaker National Progressive Front. When Assad came to power, he increased Alawite dominance of the security and intelligence sectors to a near-monopoly. The coercive framework was under his control, weakening the state and party. According to Hinnebusch, the Alawite", "title": "Hafez al-Assad" }, { "docid": "11826362", "text": "such, Congress was heavily reliant on the compliance and support of the states. Following the conclusion of the war, which had provided the original impetus for the Articles, Congress's ability to accomplish anything of material consequence declined significantly. Rarely did more than half of the roughly sixty delegates attend a session of Congress at the time, causing difficulties in raising a quorum. Many of the most prominent national leaders, such as Washington, John Adams, John Hancock, and Benjamin Franklin, retired from public life, served as foreign delegates, or held office in state governments. One national leader who did emerge during", "title": "Confederation Period" }, { "docid": "12021733", "text": "Elihu Burritt organized the Congress of 1848. The participants met at Brussels in September of that year. Among the distinguished delegates were Cobden, Thierry, Girardin, and Bastiat. The congress adopted resolutions urging limitation of armaments and the placing of a ban upon foreign loans for war purposes. Through the next decade, more congresses were convened in various cities without the development of anything new in principle or method. On 12 August 1898, in a circular letter addressed to the representatives of different nations, the Emperor of Russia proposed to all governments, which had duly accredited representatives at the imperial court,", "title": "Peace congress" }, { "docid": "1268883", "text": "media that Aminat Dugayeva and Kurbika Zinabdiyeva had been arrested on suspicion of involvement with the Moscow siege). President Maskhadov's unconditional offer for peace talks with Russia was dismissed, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov compared such calls with the suggestion that Europe should conduct such talks with the former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Russia also accused Akhmed Zakayev of involvement in the attack. When he visited Denmark for a peace congress in October 2002 (the World Chechen Congress event in Copenhagen), the Russians demanded his arrest and extradition; Zakayev was held for over a month, but was released", "title": "Moscow theater hostage crisis" }, { "docid": "8532981", "text": "release he was diagnosed with severe malnutrition and was instructed to maintain a minimal body weight by the reputed physician and Congress leader and the second Chief minister of West Bengal of independent India, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (autobiography-Kashtakalpito). He became editor of the weekly Janasevak in 1945. It was converted to a daily in 1949. For some time he worked in the Hooghly bank, founded by the Congress leader Dhirendra Nath Mukherji. In 1947, he organized a Congress Seva Dal camp at Howrah station to assist elderly AICC members. When the Radcliffe Commission, empowered to draw the boundary line", "title": "Atulya Ghosh" }, { "docid": "10741991", "text": "worked day and night in organising a meeting at vijayawada in 1923 which was addressed by Gandhiji and later the place was named Gandhi Nagar municipal grounds. He has worked in support of khadi moment too. Mahatama Gandhiji also visited his native village Akunuru and that particular night he spent at Vuyyuru. Kakanai Venkata Ratnam has accompanied Gandhiji in covering the tour programme of Gandhiji which was stretched up to Mudunuru. Gradually he became a popular congress leader and lead as chairman of Krishna district congress committee for long duration. He died of a heart attack on 25 December 1972", "title": "Kakani Venkata Ratnam" }, { "docid": "2418966", "text": "contract, positive exceptions for female citizens, the ability of civilian courts to convict members of the military, the right of civil servants to go on strike, a privacy law, and the structure of the Constitutional Court. The referendum was agreed by a majority of 58%. In the presidential election of 2014, the AKP's long time leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected President. In the party's first extraordinary congress, former foreign minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was unanimously elected unopposed as party leader and took over as Prime Minister on 28 August 2014. Davutoğlu stepped down as Prime Minister on 4 May 2016", "title": "Justice and Development Party (Turkey)" }, { "docid": "13413958", "text": "the Assembly from Chitapur. Though the Congress party put up a better show when compared to the 2004 elections, the Congress lost the elections with a majority of the senior leaders losing. He was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition for the second time in 2008. In 2009, Kharge contested the general elections from Gulbarga Parliamentary Constituency and won his tenth consecutive election. In the 2014 general elections, Kharge contested and won from the Gulbarga parliamentary seat, beating his closest rival from the BJP by over 73,000 votes. In June, he was appointed as the Leader of the Congress", "title": "Mallikarjun Kharge" }, { "docid": "12310563", "text": "in the United States Army to serve on foreign soil\". He was a leader in Jewish–Christian ecumenism. He was editor of \"American Hebrew Magazine\" from 1918, served as the delegate of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Landman had also been a prominent opponent of Zionism: when, in 1922, the United States Congress was considering the Lodge–Fish resolution in support of the Balfour Declaration, Landman and Rabbi David Philipson had presented the Reform movement's (then) anti-Zionist position to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Landman also printed many opinions against the resolution and Zionism", "title": "Isaac Landman" }, { "docid": "13255850", "text": "with a majority of 1,644 votes. He retained his links with Liberalism, however – the party leader Sir Archie Sinclair, Ramsay Muir and the Liberal Party Organisation all sent messages of congratulation to Harvey when he won the by-election. He held the Combined English Universities seat until the 1945 general election, when he stood down from Parliament for the last time, aged 70. During his time in Parliament as an Independent, and consistent with his representation of a University seat, Harvey championed the plight of foreign academics and scientist forced by various regimes to flee as refugees. Retaining his lifelong", "title": "Edmund Harvey (social reformer)" }, { "docid": "19845308", "text": "March 2014, Merkel became the longest-serving incumbent head of government in the European Union and she is currently the senior G7 leader. In May 2016, Merkel was named the most powerful woman in the world for a record tenth time by \"Forbes\". In 2016 Merkel was described by \"The New York Times\" as \"the Liberal West's Last Defender\" and by Timothy Garton Ash as \"the leader of the free world.\" Following the announcement that Merkel will run for a fourth term as Chancellor, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Norbert Röttgen has said that Merkel desires to hold \"the", "title": "Foreign policy of the Angela Merkel government" }, { "docid": "12548637", "text": "and drug paraphernalia so that they can return with a traditional search warrant. Under the USA PATRIOT Act, signed into law during the 107th United States Congress, on October 26, 2001, for the first time in US history, sneak and peek warrants were used as standard procedure in investigations. Sneak and peek warrants are addressed in Section 213, under Title II, or the Enhanced Surveillance Procedures. Sneak and peek warrants are not exclusive to acts of foreign and domestic terrorism but are applicable to any federal crime, including misdemeanors. Sneak and peek warrant A sneak and peek search warrant (officially", "title": "Sneak and peek warrant" }, { "docid": "14164730", "text": "often conflated. What happened is that President Clinton simply referenced the September 1993 incident. 1994 State of the Union Address The 1994 State of the Union address was given by President Bill Clinton to a joint session of the 103rd United States Congress on Tuesday, January 25, 1994. The speech was Clinton's first official State of the Union address, although he had similarly addressed a joint session of Congress a year prior shortly after taking office. The president discussed the federal budget deficit, taxes, defense spending, crime, foreign affairs, education, the economy, free trade, the role of government, campaign finance", "title": "1994 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "14164726", "text": "1994 State of the Union Address The 1994 State of the Union address was given by President Bill Clinton to a joint session of the 103rd United States Congress on Tuesday, January 25, 1994. The speech was Clinton's first official State of the Union address, although he had similarly addressed a joint session of Congress a year prior shortly after taking office. The president discussed the federal budget deficit, taxes, defense spending, crime, foreign affairs, education, the economy, free trade, the role of government, campaign finance reform, welfare reform, and promoting the Clinton health care plan. President Clinton threatened to", "title": "1994 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "2384377", "text": "was elected as one of their deputies in 1994, and became head of their group in Congress. During this time he also became an editorial adviser to \"Siglo Veintiuno,\" one of the two largest-selling daily newspapers. In April 1995 Portillo, along with another seven of the DCG's 13 deputies, left the party to become independents after the parliamentary group was accused of corruption. On July 20, 1995 he joined the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG). Its leader, Efraín Ríos Montt, was at the time leader of Congress. When Ríos Montt was constitutionally barred from running in the November 12 presidential election", "title": "Alfonso Portillo" }, { "docid": "12740876", "text": "office, a diversionary foreign policy only leaves room for gain Although the theory was not officially addressed in academia until the past half-century, the benefits of a diversionary foreign policy had long been accepted by governments and others as conventional wisdom. In 1956, Simmel and Lewis A. Coser both published work applying the in-group/out-group psychology hypothesis towards International Relations. Essentially, their work postulated that populations of nations increase their cohesion during times of conflict with an out-group (another nation, organization, etc.). This often includes rallying around the country's leader. As an example, President George W. Bush's approval ratings soared to", "title": "Diversionary foreign policy" }, { "docid": "12697629", "text": "1954, he did not bother to wave to well-wishers at Tan Son Nhut Airport. The next day, Diệm addressed a joint sitting of the US Congress, with both the House of Representatives and the Senate in attendance. He thanked the US for its ongoing support, particularly when his government had been in a perilous state in 1954 and 1955, and went on to explain his political platform Diệm also thanked the Americans for \"the efforts being made to safeguard liberal democracy\" as part of Washington's foreign policy. He compared the million-strong exodus of refugees from communist North Vietnam into the", "title": "Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to the United States" }, { "docid": "16939762", "text": "by Bed Prasad Kharel, General Secretary of Janasamparka Samiti. Nirupa Bista, Acting President of Nepal Student Union, Laxman Gyawali has addressed in the program. Krishna Bista, Central Committee member of Janasamparka samiti delivered the welcome speech. Ravi Kiran Koirala read the appreciation letter on the same. Bhim Bahadur Tamang Bhim Bahadur Tamang (Nepali:भीमबहादुर तामाङ) (1933 – December 1, 2012) was a leader of Nepali Congress Party and former Minister of Law of Nepal. He had competed for the election of President of Nepali Congress Party along with Sher Bahadur Deuba and Sushil Koirala. Bhim Bahadur Tamang, a central committee member", "title": "Bhim Bahadur Tamang" }, { "docid": "4934007", "text": "exchange for removing a requirement that two-thirds of Congress agree on \"navigation acts\" (regulations of commerce between states and foreign governments). The two-thirds requirement was favored by southern delegates, who thought Congress might pass navigation acts that would be economically harmful to slaveholders. Once the Convention had finished amending the first draft from the Committee of Detail, a new set of unresolved questions were sent to several different committees for resolution. The Committee of Detail was considering several questions related to \"habeas corpus\", freedom of the press, and an executive council to advise the president. Two committees addressed questions related", "title": "Constitutional Convention (United States)" }, { "docid": "14512255", "text": "to which the congress had been adjourned in the spring of 1821, Alexander first heard of the Revolt of the Greeks. From this time until his death, his mind was torn between his anxiety to realise his dream of a confederation of Europe and his traditional mission as leader of the Orthodox crusade against the Ottoman Empire. At first, under the careful nursing of Metternich, the former motive prevailed. He struck the name of Alexander Ypsilanti (a colonel in the Imperial Cavalry and a leader of the Greek revolt) from the Russian army list, and directed his foreign minister, Ioannis", "title": "Alexander I of Russia" }, { "docid": "19120100", "text": "and agriculture and demonstrate loyalty. A five-day holiday was declared for the duration of the Congress. The Congress was opened on 6 May 2016 at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang, in the presence of 3,467 voting delegates. Unlike the last congress, there were no major foreign delegations, but 128 foreign journalists from 12 countries were allowed to cover the event. Reporters were kept outside of the venue, and a recording of the opening event was only televised later in the evening. The Congress opened with an address by Kim Jong-un. In it, he praised the country's January", "title": "7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea" }, { "docid": "2616306", "text": "M. J. Coldwell lost his seat, and the CCF parliamentary caucus chose Argue as their House Leader. After Coldwell resigned as the national CCF leader in 1960, Argue was elected leader at the party's last convention in the summer of 1960. At the time, the CCF was engaged in a three-year plan to create a new party from the union between itself and organized labour forces as represented by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). Both the CCF and CLC executives approved going down this route starting in April 1958. Argue, like many grassroot CCFers, was not convinced that this merger", "title": "Hazen Argue" }, { "docid": "310224", "text": "Chongqing. Madame Chiang Kaishek, who had been educated in the United States, addressed the US Congress and toured the country to rally support for China. Congress amended the Chinese Exclusion Act and Roosevelt moved to end the unequal treaties. However, the perception that Chiang's government, with his poorly equipped and ill-fed troops was unable to effectively fight the Japanese or that he preferred to focus more on defeating the Communists grew. China Hands such as Joseph Stilwell argued that it was in American interest to establish communication with the Communists to prepare for a land-based counteroffensive invasion of Japan. The", "title": "Foreign relations of China" }, { "docid": "13158110", "text": "the 1954 transfer of Crimea. The resolution was composed by the Committee of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations which he headed at that time and proposed to annul the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The proposal was not addressed at that time to avoid any additional open confrontations (Civil war in Tajikistan, Nagorno-Karabakh War, Georgian Civil War, and others). When the issue of Crimea was raised again in 1994 together with the Black Sea Fleet, Lukin stated that his main intentions were to put the government of Ukraine in front of the dilemma either to surrender", "title": "1994 Crimean presidential election" }, { "docid": "1755054", "text": "and ranger stations. Dispersed camping in other areas may not require a permit. As with camping, campgrounds predated the automobile. When President Theodore Roosevelt addressed Congress in 1901, he called for the creation of free campgrounds on Federal lands. Already four national parks—Yellowstone, Sequoia, Yosemite, and Mount Rainier—were established and by the time Congress formally established the National Park Service in 1916, America had a dozen national parks. While a handful of campgrounds, both public and private, could be found at tourist destinations, as late as 1936 it was still difficult to find places to stop along the route to", "title": "Campsite" }, { "docid": "6017880", "text": "with nine joint meeting addresses by heads of state or dignitaries. Other leading countries are: Israel (8), United Kingdom (8), Mexico (7), Italy (6), Ireland (6), South Korea (6), Germany, including West Germany and unified Germany (5), India (5), Canada (3), Australia (3), Argentina (3), and the Philippines (3). Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill have each made three joint addresses to Congress, more than any other foreign dignitaries (Netanyahu: 1996, 2011, 2015; Churchill: 1941, 1943, 1952). Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin addressed joint meetings of Congress on two occasions", "title": "Joint session of the United States Congress" }, { "docid": "6710360", "text": "the Constitution to become operative as March 4, 1789, when the new Congress of the United States should convene, and that they at a later date set the time and place for the Inauguration of the new first President of the United States. The Congress of the Confederation continued to conduct business for another month after setting the various dates. On October 10, 1788, the Congress formed a quorum for the last time; afterwards, although delegates would occasionally appear, there were never enough to officially conduct business. The last meeting of the Continental Congress was held March 2, 1789, two", "title": "Congress of the Confederation" }, { "docid": "19809938", "text": "following the state dinner, the visiting head of state or chief of government will often be invited to address a joint meeting of the Senate of the United States and the House of Representatives of the United States. As the parliamentary procedure for initiating a joint session is complex, a joint meeting is usually held instead. (No foreign head of state or chief of government has ever addressed a joint session of Congress, although in 1934 French ambassador André Lefebvre de La Boulaye addressed a joint session to memorialize the centennial of the death of the Marquis de Lafayette.) Beginning", "title": "State visits to the United States" }, { "docid": "8624866", "text": "file is then transferred. Millions of peasants, who work on family farms or in small businesses, never acquire a dang'an. Those who do are classified as either cadres (Chinese: \"ganbu\") or workers (Chinese: \"gōngrén\"). It is difficult to cross this boundary. According to Zhou, \"private and foreign-funded enterprises are no longer required to receive the dang'an when they hire employees.\" Instead, foreign firms transfer them to the Ministry of Commerce. The future of dang'an was questioned by Qiao Shi, P.R.China's number three leader in the mid-90s. In 1996, he proposed to the National People's Congress that the dang'an system be", "title": "Public records in China" }, { "docid": "9785449", "text": "Government ministers). On 7 September 2006, Blair announced that the 2006 Labour Party conference would be his last as leader (in other words, he planned to resign by September 2007). He did not announce a specific timetable for either his departure or the election of a new leader, but he did state that he would \"set a precise date\" at some point in the future. On 26 September 2006, he restated this at Labour's annual conference \"this is my last conference as leader\". On 24 November 2006, Tony Blair addressed the Scottish Labour Party conference as Labour Party leader and", "title": "Premiership of Tony Blair" }, { "docid": "8056832", "text": "of legal standards for workers and migrants. It has more specifically addressed states’ lack of protection for migrant domestic workers during its June 2004 Congress and during a High-Level Panel Discussion in 2013. The ILO has also launched the Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families, undertaken studies in and guidelines for foreign domestic workers in specific countries and published a report making note that female migrant workers constituted the main demographics in the sector of domestic work. Other United Nations agencies have addressed migrant domestic work, with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) attempting", "title": "Migrant domestic workers" }, { "docid": "6280486", "text": "celebrate the birth anniversary of Sri Babu. The BJP functionaries who addressed the function included Rajya Sabha member and senior BJP leader Dr. C. P. Thakur, leader of opposition in the state assembly Prem Kumar and former Union minister Sanjay Paswan. The party's senior functionaries on Sunday hailed the state's first CM, Sri Krishna Sinha, a Congress man, as the tallest leader who achieved all-round development of the state under his rule. On the 127th Birth Anniversary of Sri Babu in 2014, the present minister of communication (independent charge) and minister of state for railways in the Prime Minister of", "title": "Shri Krishna Singh (politician)" }, { "docid": "2713850", "text": "ambit of the amendment's jurisdiction. The First Amendment Center concluded that the Supreme Court was likely to interpret this language narrowly, resulting in decisions that would not satisfy either proponents or opponents of the proposed amendment. Other possible interpretive issues were not addressed by the First Amendment Center report. First, no scope is stated in the amendment. The Supreme Court has previously held that Congress may prohibit foreign acts that have an effect in the United States, and certainly the desecration of the flag on foreign soil would likely have the intended effect of offending United States citizens. The general", "title": "Flag Desecration Amendment" }, { "docid": "6548303", "text": "in the vernacular' and that 'entries in police stations should be recorded in the language in which they are originally stated' were passed by the State Council and referred to the Legal Secretary, but nothing was done about these matters and English continued to be the language of rule until 1956. Fraternal relations were established between the LSSP and the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) of India and an LSSP delegation attended the Faizpur Sessions of the Indian National Congress in 1936. In April 1937 Kamaladevi Chattopadyaya, a leader of the CSP addressed a large number of meetings in various parts", "title": "Sri Lankan independence movement" }, { "docid": "1704671", "text": "on February 18, 1861. At home in New Orleans for, it would prove, the last time, Benjamin addressed a rally on Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1861. On February 25, Davis appointed Benjamin, still in New Orleans, as attorney general; the Louisianan was approved immediately and unanimously by the provisional Congress. Davis thus became the first chief executive in North America to appoint a Jew to his Cabinet. Davis, in his memoirs, remarked that he chose Benjamin because he \"had a very high reputation as a lawyer, and my acquaintance with him in the Senate had impressed me with the lucidity", "title": "Judah P. Benjamin" }, { "docid": "18196413", "text": "Malenkov, Mikhail Pervukhin, Maksim Saburov, and Nikita Khrushchev. 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Nineteenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held from 5 to 14 October 1952. It was the first party congress after World War II and the last under Joseph Stalin's leadership. It was attended by many dignitaries from foreign Communist parties, including Liu Shaoqi from China. At this Congress, Stalin gave the last public speech of his life. The 19th Central Committee was elected at the congress. An unofficial \"inner circle\" of Stalin's closest associates included Lavrentiy", "title": "19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "18196412", "text": "19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Nineteenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held from 5 to 14 October 1952. It was the first party congress after World War II and the last under Joseph Stalin's leadership. It was attended by many dignitaries from foreign Communist parties, including Liu Shaoqi from China. At this Congress, Stalin gave the last public speech of his life. The 19th Central Committee was elected at the congress. An unofficial \"inner circle\" of Stalin's closest associates included Lavrentiy Beria, Nikolai Bulganin, Kliment Voroshilov, Lazar Kaganovich, Georgy", "title": "19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "14830934", "text": "both Wayne Gretzky's and Mark Messier's last playoff game. In August 2001, the Flyers traded Eric Lindros' rights to the Rangers in exchange for Pavel Brendl, Jan Hlavac, Kim Johnsson and a 3rd round pick in the 2003 draft. Lindros sat out the season due to concussion symptoms and a highly publicized feud with Flyers GM Bobby Clarke. saw a moment of peace in the rivalry. Just nine days after the terrorist attacks on America, the two teams played a preseason game in Philadelphia. When the third period was about to begin, President Bush addressed congress and America about the", "title": "Flyers–Rangers rivalry" }, { "docid": "4741986", "text": "were correct as to the scope of the President's powers, then there was no need for Congress. When Perlman attempted to close on a rousing note, reminding the Justices that this was wartime, Justices Jackson and Frankfurter immediately contradicted him, noting that Congress had not declared war. Goldberg, speaking for the Steelworkers, addressed whether the Taft–Hartley Act would have allowed for injunctive relief in these circumstances. The attorneys for the railroad brotherhoods, who were parties to a similar action coming up for review, addressed the President's inherent powers. Davis then gave his rebuttal, using only a few minutes of the", "title": "Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer" }, { "docid": "5008738", "text": "the 2006 elections forced the party to review its place in Ugandan politics. Uganda's political landscape is changing from regional based parties to personality driven politics. The party needed to find a leader with a recognised calibre in politics. The party chose Dr. Olara Otunnu, a former UN under secretary general for children and armed conflict. The election however revealed internal conflicts in the party that are likely to affect its performance at the 2011 elections. Otunnu served under Tito Okello as Foreign Minister and is seen by some as part of the putsch that overthrew the last UPC government", "title": "Uganda People's Congress" }, { "docid": "20670390", "text": "return to Europe in 1947 she addressed the newly constituted organisation on the subject of 'Education and Peace'. Her last public engagement was in London in 1951 when she attended the 9th AMI International Montessori Congress. On 6th May 1952 Maria died bequeathing her legacy in AMI to her son Mario. AMI was subsequently registered by Dutch Royal Decree in the Netherlands on 24 January 1954 as Internationale Montessori Vereniging (Association Montessori Internationale). Mario Montessori took the position of General Secretary of AMI after Maria's death in 1952 until he died in 1982. Ada Montessori Pierson succeeded him and remained", "title": "Association Montessori Internationale" }, { "docid": "4304790", "text": "the popular political party among Eastern Nigerians at the time. He was elected member of the Federal House of Representatives for Bende Division from 1954 to 1959 and then became a Senator in the upper house of the National Assembly representing Umuahia Province. In 1961, Chief Ukattah acted as Senate President of Nigeria, holding brief for Barrister, Dennis Osadebay. He was appointed leader of a high-powered Nigerian delegation to the Republic of Mexico via the United States in 1963 by then Prime Minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, when he, as leader of the delegation, was privileged to have addressed", "title": "Augustine Ukattah" }, { "docid": "20869986", "text": "with the church, and Tillich reduced his own reporting as Koch moved centre stage with the foreign pressmen during 1936. Werner Koch was arrested on the morning of Friday 13 November 1936. and taken, in the first instance, to Düsseldorf. His ordination, scheduled for Sunday, had to be deferred. Friedrich Weißler, a leader in the Confessing Church also prominent for his involvement in Christian resistance against National Socialism, as well as Ernst Tillich, had been arrested the previous month. All three were suspected in connection with the release to foreign media of a memorandum addressed to Adolf Hitler, delivered to", "title": "Werner Koch (pastor)" }, { "docid": "8107095", "text": "in 1976 to Congress (defeating two-term Democrat Edward Mezvinsky), where he came to be a leader of a small band of moderate Republicans. He chaired two national organizations dedicated to moderate Republican causes: the Ripon Society and the Republican Mainstream Committee. He also served as president of the largest international association of legislators – Parliamentarians for Global Action. During his 15 terms in Congress, Leach's voting record was generally conservative on fiscal issues, moderate on social matters, and progressive in foreign policy. As chair of the Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus, he pressed for a Comprehensive Test Ban and", "title": "Jim Leach" }, { "docid": "1288207", "text": "to the refusal of the U.S. Congress to ratify the SALT II Treaty signed in 1979 by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and President Jimmy Carter, he took the initiative to meet the Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, educated him about American concerns and interests, and secured several changes to address objections of the Foreign Relations Committee. When the Reagan administration wanted to interpret the 1972 SALT I Treaty loosely in order to allow the Strategic Defense Initiative to proceed, Biden argued for strict adherence to the treaty's terms. He clashed again with the Reagan administration in 1986 over economic sanctions", "title": "Joe Biden" }, { "docid": "1438905", "text": "the last Regional Congress, while at the same time formulating new policies for the next period, which lasts until the next Regional Congress is held. How long this period lasts is decided by the Regional Command. The Regional Command, similar to the Branch Command, operated through bureaus and met for weekly-sessions. Below the Regional Commands there existed branches. The Branch came above the Subbranch; it comprised at least two to five subbranches, and operated at the provincial level. The branch held a congress periodically in which it elected a Command and a Secretary (leader). The Command operated through bureaus, such", "title": "Ba'ath Party" } ]
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where does heat come from in our body
[ "homeostasis" ]
[ { "docid": "2340484", "text": "Thermoregulation Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature as its own body temperature, thus avoiding the need for internal thermoregulation. The internal thermoregulation process is one aspect of homeostasis: a state of dynamic stability in an organism's internal conditions, maintained far from thermal equilibrium with its environment (the study of such processes in zoology has been called physiological ecology). If the body is unable to maintain a normal temperature and it increases significantly above", "title": "Thermoregulation" }, { "docid": "2486099", "text": "pain, infections (common in intravenous drug use), or sleep deprivation, conditions that drug abusers often suffer as a secondary consequence of the drug. When the drug is removed, these conditions may resurface and be confused with withdrawal symptoms. Homeostasis is impacted in many ways by drug usage and withdrawal. Homeostasis is the body’s ability to maintain a certain chemical equilibrium in both the brain and throughout the body. For example, when we get cold and get chills/shiver that is our body trying to make its own heat in order to keep our internal temperature inside right around 98 degrees Fahrenheit.", "title": "Drug withdrawal" } ]
[ { "docid": "8949584", "text": "Thermal comfort Thermal comfort is the condition of mind that expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment and is assessed by subjective evaluation (ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55). The human body can be viewed as a heat engine where food is the input energy. The human body will generate excess heat into the environment, so the body can continue to operate. The heat transfer is proportional to temperature difference. In cold environments, the body loses more heat to the environment and in hot environments the body does not exert enough heat. Both the hot and cold scenarios lead to discomfort. Maintaining this standard", "title": "Thermal comfort" }, { "docid": "7862818", "text": "or plugged-in heating pads, but have not been shown to improve the clinical benefit. All devices primarily provide heat to promote vasodilation. Infrared radiation is a convenient system to heat parts of our body. It has the advantage over direct contact in that radiation can heat directly the area where the blood capillaries and neuron terminals are. When heat comes from a direct contact source it has to heat the external layer of the skin, and heat is transferred to the deeper layer by conduction. Since heat conduction needs a temperature gradient to proceed, and there is a maximum temperature", "title": "Heat therapy" }, { "docid": "1119224", "text": "longer derived from the senses. The perceived world may resemble the world he or she generally inhabits while awake, but this perception does not come from the senses either. The vivid body and world is made by our brain's ability to create fully convincing realms, even in the absence of sensory information. This process is witnessed by each of us every night in our dreams, though OBEs are claimed to be far more vivid than even a lucid dream. Irwin pointed out that OBEs appear to occur under conditions of either very high or very low arousal. For example, Green", "title": "Out-of-body experience" }, { "docid": "12532481", "text": "brought in conducting contact with a cold body, the temperature of the hot body falls and that of the cold body rises, and it is said that a \"quantity of heat\" has passed from the hot body to the cold body.\" Referring to radiation, Maxwell writes: \"In Radiation, the hotter body loses heat, and the colder body receives heat by means of a process occurring in some intervening medium which does not itself thereby become hot.\" Maxwell writes that convection as such \"is not a purely thermal phenomenon\". In thermodynamics, convection in general is regarded as transport of internal energy.", "title": "Heat" }, { "docid": "12532486", "text": "the hot reservoir, the cold reservoir, and the work reservoir. A single cycle starts with the working body colder than the cold reservoir, and then energy is taken in as heat by the working body from the cold reservoir. Then the work reservoir does work on the working body, adding more to its internal energy, making it hotter than the hot reservoir. The hot working body passes heat to the hot reservoir, but still remains hotter than the cold reservoir. Then, by allowing it to expand without doing work on another body and without passing heat to another body, the", "title": "Heat" }, { "docid": "2040401", "text": "point, including the temperature at its surface. Thus, the temperature difference between the body and surroundings does not depend on which part of the body is chosen, since all parts of the body have effectively the same temperature. In these situations, the material of the body does not act to \"insulate\" other parts of the body from heat flow, and all of the significant insulation (or \"thermal resistance\") controlling the rate of heat flow in the situation resides in the area of contact between the body and its surroundings. Across this boundary, the temperature-value jumps in a discontinuous fashion. In", "title": "Lumped element model" }, { "docid": "8704536", "text": "The LCVG used with the Apollo/Skylab A7L suit could remove heat at a rate of approximately 586 watts. The LCVG used with NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit is primarily constructed of spandex, with a nylon tricot liner. The tubes are made of polyvinyl chloride. Liquid cooling and ventilation garment A liquid cooling garment (LCG) is a form-fitting garment that is used to remove body heat from the wearer in environments where evaporative cooling from sweating and open-air convection cooling does not work, or the wearer has a biological problem that hinders self-regulation of body temperature. A liquid cooling and ventilation garment", "title": "Liquid cooling and ventilation garment" }, { "docid": "9767247", "text": "temperatures between the body and its surroundings while under the effects of a breeze\". The constant of proportionality is the heat transfer coefficient. The law applies when the coefficient is independent, or relatively independent, of the temperature difference between object and environment. In classical natural convective heat transfer, the heat transfer coefficient is dependent on the temperature. However, Newton's law does approximate reality when the temperature changes are relatively small. The basic relationship for heat transfer by convection is: where formula_2 is the heat transferred per unit time, \"A\" is the area of the object, \"h\" is the heat transfer", "title": "Convective heat transfer" }, { "docid": "10663202", "text": "Their fur grows longer in the winter than it does in the summer. Adults weigh around , and measure minus their tail, which measures . They can be mistaken for chipmunks. \"A. harrisii\" has a high body temperature of 97-107 degrees Fahrenheit (36.7 - 41.6 °C) In order to protect itself from the heat of the Sonoran Desert, \"A. harrisii\" carries their tails over their bodies in order to provide shade. \"A. harrisii\" also participates in a heat reduction method where individuals move into shaded positions and lie spread eagled against the ground. This is referred to as \"heat dumping\".", "title": "Harris's antelope squirrel" }, { "docid": "12418549", "text": "are able to breed at any time of the year. Successful breeding in these regions depends more on available forage than on day length. Does of any breed or region come into estrus (heat) every 21 days for two to 48 hours. A doe in heat typically flags (vigorously wags) her tail often, stays near the buck if one is present, becomes more vocal, and may also show a decrease in appetite and milk production for the duration of the heat. Bucks (intact males) of Swiss and northern breeds come into rut in the fall as with the does' heat", "title": "Goat" }, { "docid": "11938505", "text": "She who conceived and bore Him, plays our part in the wonder of Christmas, for it concerns us. God has come to us. \"Disguised in our flesh and blood, is the Eternal God.\" The Nicene Creed says: \"Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria virgine et homo factus est\" (\"and he [God the Son] became body from the Virgin Mary and was made man\"). In Barth's theology – in contrast to much of the contemporary liberal theology – this statement is interpreted to mean the dogma of the Virgin Birth. It means that Jesus as a human does not", "title": "Karl Barth's views on Mary" }, { "docid": "14235657", "text": "is the human soul? What conjures within us the experience of love or, alternatively, casts us into the oblivion of darkness? What are the origins of good and evil? How are these extremes of human experience represented in religion? How do we imagine things and how does our imagination differ from our dreams? Do all people think in the same way and, if not, are there greater differences between people from different societies, countries, cultures or races than between members of the same community? Where does belief and faith come from? What is the origin of racial conflict? Why is", "title": "P. J. Snow" }, { "docid": "79750", "text": "even when ambient temperatures reach . Any sweat that does occur evaporates at the skin level rather than at the surface of their coat; the heat of vaporization therefore comes from body heat rather than ambient heat. Camels can withstand losing 25% of their body weight to sweating, whereas most other mammals can withstand only about 12–14% dehydration before cardiac failure results from circulatory disturbance. When the camel exhales, water vapor becomes trapped in their nostrils and is reabsorbed into the body as a means to conserve water. Camels eating green herbage can ingest sufficient moisture in milder conditions to", "title": "Camel" }, { "docid": "8704526", "text": "Liquid cooling and ventilation garment A liquid cooling garment (LCG) is a form-fitting garment that is used to remove body heat from the wearer in environments where evaporative cooling from sweating and open-air convection cooling does not work, or the wearer has a biological problem that hinders self-regulation of body temperature. A liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG) has additional crush-resistant ventilation ducts, which draw moist air from the wearer's extremities, keeping the wearer dry. In a fully enclosing suit where exhaled breathing air can enter the suit, the exhaled air is moist and can lead to an uncomfortable feeling", "title": "Liquid cooling and ventilation garment" }, { "docid": "7475683", "text": "body and blood\" (\"Texte u. Unt.\", II, 3, p. 5). In the West the words \"our God\" are not often applied to Christ in liturgies. In the Gelasian Sacramentary they occur (\"ut \"nobis corpus et sanguis fiat dilectissimi filii tui Domini Dei nostri Iesu Christi\"\", ed. Wilson, 235), just where they come in the same context in St. Mark's Liturgy (Brightman, 126). The modern Mass refers to the oblation as \"thy gifts and favours\" (\"de tuis donis ac datis\"); so does St. Mark (ib., 133). But the most striking parallel between Rome and Alexandria is in the order of the", "title": "History of the Roman Canon" }, { "docid": "404136", "text": "inaccuracies. Many navigators purchase weatherproof cases so that their sextant can be placed outside the cabin to come to equilibrium with outside temperatures. The standard frame designs (see illustration) are supposed to equalise differential angular error from temperature changes. The handle is separated from the arc and frame so that body heat does not warp the frame. Sextants for tropical use are often painted white to reflect sunlight and remain relatively cool. High-precision sextants have an invar (a special low-expansion steel) frame and arc. Some scientific sextants have been constructed of quartz or ceramics with even lower expansions. Many commercial", "title": "Sextant" }, { "docid": "12785317", "text": "by a wall permeable only to heat to the heat reservoir number 1, so that during the first limb of the cycle it expands and does work on the work reservoir. The second limb of the cycle sees the working body expand adiabatically and reversibly, with no energy exchanged as heat, but more energy being transferred as work to the work reservoir. The third limb of the cycle sees the working body connected, through a wall permeable only to heat, to the heat reservoir 2, contracting and accepting energy as work from the work reservoir. The cycle is closed by", "title": "Temperature" }, { "docid": "7862819", "text": "that can be safely used (around 42 °C), this means lower temperature where warming is needed. Infrared (IR for short) is the part of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum comprised between 0.78 μm and 1 mm wavelength. It is usually divided into three segments: IR-A, from 0.78 to 1.4 μm.<br> IR-B, from 1.4 to 3 μm.<br> IR-C, from 3 μm to 1 mm. IR radiation is more useful than the visible radiation for heating our body, because we absorb most of it, compared to a strong reflection of visible light. Penetration depth of infrared radiation in our skin is dependent of", "title": "Heat therapy" }, { "docid": "2499003", "text": "or blame to be awarded?\" Agent causation advocates respond that agent causation is actually more intuitive than event causation. They point to David Hume's argument that when we see two events happen in succession, our belief that one event caused the other cannot be justified rationally (known as the problem of induction). If that is so, where does our belief in causality come from? According to Thomas Reid, \"the conception of an efficient cause may very probably be derived from the experience we have had...of our own power to produce certain effects.\" Our everyday experiences of agent causation provide the", "title": "Libertarianism (metaphysics)" }, { "docid": "9285657", "text": "called \"heat exhaustion\" or \"heat prostration\"; severe hyperthermia is called \"heat stroke\". Heat stroke may come on suddenly, but it usually follows the untreated milder stages. Treatment involves cooling and rehydrating the body; fever-reducing drugs are useless for this condition. This may be done through moving out of direct sunlight to a cooler and shaded environment, drinking water, removing clothing that might keep heat close to the body, or sitting in front of a fan. Bathing in tepid or cool water, or even just washing the face and other exposed areas of the skin, can be helpful. With fever, the", "title": "Human body temperature" }, { "docid": "8577789", "text": "Thermal contact conductance In physics, thermal contact conductance is the study of heat conduction between solid bodies in thermal contact. The thermal contact conductance coefficient, formula_1, is a property indicating the thermal conductivity, or ability to conduct heat, between two bodies in contact. The inverse of this property is termed thermal contact resistance. When two solid bodies come in contact, such as A and B in Figure 1, heat flows from the hotter body to the colder body. From experience, the temperature profile along the two bodies varies, approximately, as shown in the figure. A temperature drop is observed at", "title": "Thermal contact conductance" }, { "docid": "4150466", "text": "especially true in the case of most polymers which are often unrecognizable in the body when viewed using X-rays. In solid rocket propellants and some translucent smokeless powders, the primary method of heat transfer into the propellant grain from the combustion process is by radiation, and opacifiers such as \"lamp black\" may be added to the propellant mixture to ensure the heat does not penetrate far below the surface of the grain, which could cause detonation. The opacifiers also prevent sub-surface overheating and localized premature ignition in the grains where imperfections absorbing the thermal radiation are present. Carbon black is", "title": "Opacifier" }, { "docid": "12366692", "text": "be seen because they are largely active during the day. However, it is at night that desert animals come out to roam. Mostly nocturnal animals include snakes, bighorn sheep, kangaroo rats, coyotes, lynx, and black-tailed jackrabbits. Animals that thrive in Joshua Tree often have special adaptations for dealing with limited water and high summer temperatures. The smaller mammals and all reptiles take refuge from the heat underground. Desert mammals make more efficient use of their bodies’ water supply than does the human body. Reptiles are physiologically adapted to getting along with little water, and birds can fly to water sources", "title": "Joshua Tree National Park" }, { "docid": "2623072", "text": "mark which other people will not have. You would come to me with a white blaze on your foreheads and white marks on your feet because of the traces of ablution.\" Abu Hurayra said, \"I have heard prophet (may peace be upon him) say. In a believer adornment would reach the places where ablution reaches.\" Uthman ibn Affan stated that Muhammad, said, \"He who performed ablution well, his sins would come out from his body, even coming out from under his nails.\" 'Umar ibn al-Khattab reported that Muhammad said, \"No one among you does wuḍūʾ and does wuḍūʾ thoroughly –", "title": "Wudu" }, { "docid": "20051684", "text": "(Norwegian for 'Heat Thief') - a Blue Racer (Coluber constrictor foxii) snake-like Wesen, which if/when away from their hibernacula during winter, can't survive without taking body heat from someone else. Since they lack the ability to create their own body heat, they too would freeze to death otherwise. Other sources of heat (such as fire or somesuch) would be useless for survival since their physiology can only process human body heat. If safely overwintered in their hibernacula, where they usually huddle for heat with their own kind, they're otherwise harmless, especially during summer or warm weather. Nick & co', after", "title": "Hibernaculum (Grimm)" }, { "docid": "20685790", "text": "This spirit does come to us without enthusiasm, and this is another characteristic. We are engulfed in flame, we vibrate; our spirit is vibratory, agile; it covers immense spaces in seconds; we feel in ourselves the conviction that we can achieve extraordinary things. Good things fall to us; we become altruistic, sincere, indulgent, cordial. The world is beautiful, exuberant with life, with heat, with light. Serenity, like a sovereign, reigns over everything. The world enjoys perpetual peace. By 1917 the young Joan Miró, appreciably affected by the Cubist works exhibited at Galeries Dalmau, became involved in the gallery efforts, and", "title": "Galeries Dalmau" }, { "docid": "4762458", "text": "as we can see it from the outside, like other objects we find in the world. The flesh does not correspond at all, in his terminology, to the soft part of our material and objective body as opposed for example to the bones, but to what he called in his earlier books our \"subjective body\". For Henry, an object possesses no interiority, it is not living, it does not feel itself and does not feel that it is touched, it does not subjectively experience being touched. Having put the difficult problem of the incarnation in a historical perspective by going", "title": "Michel Henry" }, { "docid": "12575212", "text": "the heat transfer from the body to the ambient at a given time is proportional to the temperature difference between the body and the ambient: where \"h\" is the heat transfer coefficient, and \"A\" is the surface area, \"T(t)\" = body temperature at time \"t\", and \"T\" is the constant ambient temperature. The positive sign indicates the convention that \"F\" is positive when heat is \"leaving\" the body because its temperature is higher than the ambient temperature (\"F\" is an outward flux). If heat is lost to the ambient, this heat transfer leads to a drop in temperature of the", "title": "Time constant" }, { "docid": "1424024", "text": "lie hidden\"). Black used the term in the context of calorimetry where a heat transfer caused a volume change in a body while its temperature was constant. In contrast to latent heat, sensible heat is a heat transfer that results in a temperature change in a body. The terms ″sensible heat″ and ″latent heat″ refer to types of heat transfer between a body and its surroundings; they depend on the properties of the body. ″Sensible heat″ is ″sensed″ or felt in a process as a change in the body's temperature. ″Latent heat″ is heat transferred in a process without change", "title": "Latent heat" }, { "docid": "1213988", "text": "Heat can never pass from a colder to a warmer body without some other change, connected therewith, occurring at the same time. The statement by Clausius uses the concept of 'passage of heat'. As is usual in thermodynamic discussions, this means 'net transfer of energy as heat', and does not refer to contributory transfers one way and the other. Heat cannot spontaneously flow from cold regions to hot regions without external work being performed on the system, which is evident from ordinary experience of refrigeration, for example. In a refrigerator, heat flows from cold to hot, but only when forced", "title": "Second law of thermodynamics" }, { "docid": "13619964", "text": "are also relevant outside the world of athletics. In \"Canadian Literature\" a reviewer writes: \"\"The Bone Cage\" extends past sport, exploring the tentative relationship between people and their bodies. Are we simply prisoners of our own \"bone cage,\" predestined by our body, or can we overcome the limits of our body? Do we even want to overcome our body, or is it simply inseparable from ourselves? The Bone Cage's questioning of an inherent self-body dichotomy reaches out universally, involving not only sport, but also illness and death. Ultimately, because Abdou does not offer concrete answers for these questions, she shows", "title": "Angie Abdou" }, { "docid": "6427842", "text": "established, how much power Frost can channel at once seems to depend on how much heat she has absorbed and stored in her body. For example, when she absorbed all the heat from Superman (whose body is supercharged by yellow solar energy) during a stand-off between the Justice League and the Suicide Squad, she was able to flash-freeze the entire League in a single blast. It also seems that using up all the heat energy she has stored can put Frost's life in danger. If she does not feed in time, she even risks dying of \"starvation\". The Caitlin Snow", "title": "Killer Frost" }, { "docid": "5993573", "text": "multipoint injection engines route engine coolant through the throttle body to prevent ice buildup during prolonged idling. This prevents ice from forming around the throttle plate but does not draw large amounts of hot air into the engine as carburetor heat does. A fixed-pitch propeller aircraft will show a decrease in engine RPM, and perhaps run rough, when carburetor ice has formed. However, a constant-speed propeller aircraft will show a decrease in manifold pressure as power is reduced. In light aircraft, the carburetor heat is usually manually controlled by the pilot. The diversion of warm air into the intake reduces", "title": "Carburetor heat" }, { "docid": "2394686", "text": "heat energy. Another mechanism is increased skin blood flow during exercise that allows for greater convective heat loss that is aided by our upright posture. This skin based cooling has resulted in humans acquiring an increased number of sweat glands, combined with a lack of body fur that would otherwise stop air circulation and efficient evaporation. Because humans can remove exercise heat, they can avoid the fatigue from heat exhaustion that affects animals chased in a persistent manner, and so eventually catch them. Rodents have been specifically bred for exercise behavior or performance in several different studies. For example, laboratory", "title": "Exercise physiology" }, { "docid": "858528", "text": "Newton himself realized this limitation. A correction to Newton's law concerning larger temperature differentials was made in 1817 by Dulong and Petit. (These men are better-known for their formulation of the Dulong–Petit law concerning the molar specific heat capacity of a crystal.) Another situation with temperature-dependent transfer coefficient is radiative heat transfer, which also does not obey Newton's law. The heat-transfer version of Newton's law, which (as noted) requires a constant heat transfer coefficient, states that \"the rate of heat loss of a body is proportional to the difference in temperatures between the body and its surroundings.\" The rate of", "title": "Newton's law of cooling" }, { "docid": "18432606", "text": "the enclosure and the properties of the surfaces, but does not depend upon the media. Because media neither absorb, emit, nor scatter radiation. Governing equation of heat transfer between two surface \"A\" and \"A\" where If the surface of the enclosure is approximated as gray and diffuse surface, and so the above equation can be written as after the analytical procedure where formula_9is the black body emissive power which is given as the function of temperature of the black body where formula_11is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant. Kernel functions provide a way to manipulate data as though it were projected into a", "title": "Kernel function for solving integral equation of surface radiation exchanges" }, { "docid": "12575213", "text": "body given by: where ρ = density, \"c\" = specific heat and \"V\" is the body volume. The negative sign indicates the temperature drops when the heat transfer is \"outward\" from the body (that is, when \"F\" > 0). Equating these two expressions for the heat transfer, Evidently, this is a first-order LTI system that can be cast in the form: with In other words, the time constant says that larger masses \"ρV\" and larger heat capacities \"c\" lead to slower changes in temperature, while larger surface areas \"A\" and better heat transfer \"h\" lead to faster temperature changes. Comparison", "title": "Time constant" }, { "docid": "6857957", "text": "it long enough to allow us straighten out our legs, or wide enough to permit us to lie in any other way than spoon fashion. Our shoulders and hip bones made holes in the ground into which they accurately fitted, and so closely were we packed together that when one turned we all had to turn. Lying all night in our cramped position with no covering, keeping life in each other by our joint contribution of animal heat only, we would come out of the hole in the morning unable to straighten up until the sun would come out to", "title": "52nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment" }, { "docid": "12532463", "text": "information about a body. If a quantity of heat is added to a body while it does expansion work on its surroundings, one has If this is constrained to happen at constant pressure with , the expansion work done by the body is given by ; recalling the first law of thermodynamics, one has Consequently, by substitution one has In this scenario, the increase in enthalpy is equal to the quantity of heat added to the system. Since many processes do take place at constant pressure, or approximately at atmospheric pressure, the enthalpy is therefore sometimes given the misleading name", "title": "Heat" }, { "docid": "18615237", "text": "Allmusic awarded the album four stars and reviewer Scott Yanow said that \"The potentially exciting combination does not really come off that well...The musicians had little to do. McRae sounds OK in the Latin setting, but does not uplift the diverse material...and the effort overall is somewhat forgettable and disappointing\". Heat Wave (Cal Tjader and Carmen McRae album) Heat Wave is a 1982 studio album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader and jazz singer Carmen McRae. Tjader died four months after the completion of \"Heat Wave\", it was his final recording. The album was arranged by pianists Mark Levine and Marshall Otwell.", "title": "Heat Wave (Cal Tjader and Carmen McRae album)" }, { "docid": "3764745", "text": "was also explained that Reed's body functions because his cells were replaced with \"pliable bacterial stacks,\" single cells which duplicate most of the larger functions of the human body and does not rip or tear when he extends. The next arc \"N-Zone\" has the four traveling on the spaceship \"Awesome\" (a name of Johnny's choice) to the dimension where they got their powers. They encounter an alien named Nihil whose dimension has only a few hundred thousand years left before succumbing to an entropic heat death, and wishes to escape from his world to ours. In \"Think Tank\" the team", "title": "Ultimate Fantastic Four" }, { "docid": "177127", "text": "Heat engine In thermodynamics and engineering, a heat engine is a system that converts heat or thermal energy—and chemical energy—to mechanical energy, which can then be used to do mechanical work. It does this by bringing a working substance from a higher state temperature to a lower state temperature. A heat source generates thermal energy that brings the working substance to the high temperature state. The working substance generates work in the working body of the engine while transferring heat to the colder sink until it reaches a low temperature state. During this process some of the thermal energy is", "title": "Heat engine" }, { "docid": "17801733", "text": "someone else’s way and that’s how we look at it. We all try to do our best in our own patch and if we all work hard together the results will come.\" Manager Eamon O'Shea never lost hope during the game saying \"I've always said that the manager takes the heat at times but the team are the thing that matter because they're the ones that go out and perform on the pitch. They're at an age where they want to express themselves and we just encourage them to express themselves. I felt at half-time that the lads were determined", "title": "2014 Tipperary senior hurling team season" }, { "docid": "6263978", "text": "no light is lost. However, realistically, geometries must accommodate the input energy (fuel injection or input light) used to heat the emitter. Additionally, costs prohibit the placement of converters everywhere. When the emitter reemits light, anything that does not travel to the converters is lost. Mirrors can be used to redirect some of this light back to the emitter; however, the mirrors may have their own losses. For black body emitters where photon recirculation is achieved via filters, Planck's law states that a black body emits light with a spectrum given by: formula_3 where I' is the flux of light", "title": "Thermophotovoltaic" }, { "docid": "16775111", "text": "\"The Ghosts of Feelings\" he attempts to explore the relationship between Egyptian men and women, who come from utterly disparate backgrounds. Again and again, he tells the same story, but from a different perspective. By doing so, Farghali is trying to demonstrate how limited our understanding of people really is. Farghali configures the female body as a site of contradiction that creates chances for proximity and/or estrangement. Even when metamorphosed it does not represent an element of mystery but is taken as a given. He uses the fantastic to uncover moral degeneration in inhibited social relationships based on fantasy-bonds. As", "title": "Ibrahim Farghali" }, { "docid": "13792611", "text": "to think that the courage and independence J.B. has shown is typically California, or at least Western, with a continent between to be free from categories that are called art. Here the links seem to me more to the open sky and spaces, and the far reaches of time from where come the burled stumps of those great trees. “J.B. does them honor in carving them as he does, finding true art in the working, allowing their ponderous bulk, waking them from their long sleep to become part of our own life and times, sharing with us the afterglow of", "title": "J. B. Blunk" }, { "docid": "7953343", "text": "such he accepted Pope Francis invitation to come to the Colloquium on Marriage, held in the Vatican, where he spoke on 18 November 2014. In 2014 Moore commented on reparative therapy, saying, \"The utopian idea if you come to Christ and if you go through our program, you're going to be immediately set free from attraction or anything you're struggling with, I don't think that's a Christian idea. Faithfulness to Christ means obedience to Christ. It does not necessarily mean that someone's attractions are going to change.\" He added, \"The Bible doesn't promise us freedom from temptation. The Bible promises", "title": "Russell D. Moore" }, { "docid": "14356471", "text": "of the heat flow from the semiconductor junction, where the heat is generated, to the outside world. In our example, the heat has to flow from the junction to the case of the transistor, then from the case to the metalwork. We do not need to consider where the heat goes after that, because we are told that the metalwork will conduct heat fast enough to keep the temperature less than formula_3 above ambient: this is all we need to know. Suppose the engineer wishes to know how much power he can put into the transistor before it overheats. The", "title": "Thermal resistance" }, { "docid": "20262192", "text": "Marvel digitally on March 17, 2017, coinciding with the release of the season. Also included is the album-only single \"Come Down\", by Anderson .Paak. All music by Trevor Morris, except where noted: In working around the other Marvel Netflix series, Buck described \"a fair amount of freedom\", but \"because we are leading into \"The Defenders\", we have to leave our show in a very specific place with our character, because we do sort of plant seeds and stories that will then come to fruition in \"The Defenders\". There does have to be a lot of cooperation between all the different", "title": "Iron Fist (season 1)" }, { "docid": "7050683", "text": "in the shade next to a fan; at this temperature our bodies switch from shedding heat to the environment, to gaining heat from it. Thus is the threshold beyond which the body is no longer able to adequately cool itself. A study by NOAA from 2013 concluded that heat stress will reduce labor capacity considerably under current emissions scenarios. A 2010 study concluded that under a worst-case scenario for global warming with temperatures higher than 2007, the wet-bulb temperature limit for humans could be exceeded around much of the world in future centuries. A 2015 study concluded that parts of", "title": "Wet-bulb temperature" }, { "docid": "3377309", "text": "of entropy that when two bodies initially of different temperatures come into thermal connection, then heat always flows from the hotter body to the colder one. The second law tells also about kinds of irreversibility other than heat transfer, for example those of friction and viscosity, and those of chemical reactions. The notion of entropy is needed to provide that wider scope of the law. According to the second law of thermodynamics, in a theoretical and fictive reversible heat transfer, an element of heat transferred, \"δQ\", is the product of the temperature (\"T\"), both of the system and of the", "title": "Laws of thermodynamics" }, { "docid": "10913503", "text": "the essentials with our many Christian sisters and brothers and this is necessary to our faith and belief in Jesus Christ for salvation. Many schisms have come in the Body of Christ because of conflicts and disagreements over \"non-essentials.\" In the non-essentials liberty is offered for where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. In all things charity is offered as well as blessing. The EPC GCEPC/LEPC labors alongside others in the Body of Christ in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ as all believers long for His second coming. The Lord Jesus Himself first announced his", "title": "The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church" }, { "docid": "126420", "text": "the ground, gravity does mechanical work on the object which transforms the potential energy in the gravitational field to the kinetic energy released as heat on impact with the ground. Our Sun transforms nuclear potential energy to other forms of energy; its total mass does not decrease due to that in itself (since it still contains the same total energy even if in different forms), but its mass does decrease when the energy escapes out to its surroundings, largely as radiant energy. There are strict limits to how efficiently heat can be converted into work in a cyclic process, e.g.", "title": "Energy" }, { "docid": "15095978", "text": "0.00001% of the light. For safety, solar filters must be securely fitted over the objective of a refracting telescope or aperture of a reflecting telescope so that the body does not heat up significantly. Small solar filters threaded behind eyepieces do not block the radiation entering the scope body, causing the telescope to heat up greatly and not being unknown that they may shatter from thermal shock. Therefore, most experts do not recommend such solar filters for eyepieces, and some stockists refuse to sell them or remove them from telescope packages. According to NASA: \"Solar filters designed to thread into", "title": "Astronomical filter" }, { "docid": "17928822", "text": "stage. The Ancients, 2000 years ago, those plays were all danced and sung; in Shakespeare’s day- the actors danced; in classical Japanese theater the acting students begin with years of dance training. Our contemporary body-less, dance-less theater– it feels fear based, (but I tend to think everything is fear based so don’t trust me on that!) But is it related to our Victorian fear of the body, fear of corporeality, of sex? Does the divorce stem from our bias of mind over body, rather than mind/body? But yes, the separation must have also to do with the modernists’ hierarchical crowning", "title": "Annie-B Parson" }, { "docid": "12232735", "text": "of the animals, as each may promote different bodyweights, fat percentages, or behaviors. Driven by the worldwide epidemic of obesity, particularly in the Western world, the DIO model has been integral in understanding the relationship between high-fat/high-density diets and obesity, including the discovery of Akt and mTOR, signals in the body linked to obesity and insulin resistance. However, while many insights into the control of obesity have come from experiments since its introduction in 1949, the use of animal models does restrict our ability to extrapolate findings to humans. The DIO model was developed in response to growing concerns over", "title": "Diet-induced obesity model" }, { "docid": "6873158", "text": "loss and respiratory evaporative heat loss. During cutaneous heat loss, \"Phoenicopterus ruber\" relies on evaporation off of the skin to reduce its body temperature. This method is not very efficient as it requires evaporation to pass through the plumage. A more efficient way to reduce its body temperature is through respiratory evaporative heat loss, where the flamingo engages in panting to expel excessive body heat. During the dark period the flamingos tend to tuck their heads beneath their wing to conserve body heat. They may also elicit shivering as a means of muscular energy consumption to produce heat as needed.", "title": "American flamingo" }, { "docid": "6688738", "text": "the cultural pressures that gave rise to them\". Susan Hekman notes that Bordo's \"The Flight to Objectivity\", while not overtly dealing with theorizations of the body, does point to the fact that \"the origin of our culture's text for the body, and particularly the female body, is the work of Descartes\". The Cartesian division of the mind and the body, where the body is the \"prison that the mind must escape to achieve knowledge\", guides Bordo's further analyses of culturally influenced bodies and the shaping of the female body in particular. Bordo's \"Unbearable Weight\" presents a collection of essays that", "title": "Susan Bordo" }, { "docid": "19272895", "text": "Afterdrop Afterdrop is a continued cooling of a patient's core temperature during the initial stages of rewarming from hypothermia. Afterdrop is attributed to the return of cold blood from the extremities to the core due to peripheral vasodilatation, thus causing a further decrease of deep body temperature. However a second theory explains afterdrop as a side effect of conductive heat transfer. \"The hypothermic patient cools from the outside in. Consequently, a heat gradient is established from the relatively warm core to the cool periphery. This heat gradient does not reverse immediately upon initiation of rewarming. Until the gradient is reversed,", "title": "Afterdrop" }, { "docid": "460766", "text": "road densities, human presence and topography. In cold climates, the gray wolf can reduce the flow of blood near its skin to conserve body heat. The warmth of the footpads is regulated independently of the rest of the body, and is maintained at just above tissue-freezing point where the pads come in contact with ice and snow. Gray wolves use different places for their diurnal rest: places with cover are preferred during cold, damp and windy weather, while wolves in dry, calm and warm weather readily rest in the open. During the autumn-spring period, when wolves are more active, they", "title": "Wolf" }, { "docid": "13208436", "text": "lethal core temperatures were achieved. Conversely, we are normally in surroundings that are considerably colder than body core temperature (37 degrees Celsius or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and hence there is a large gradient for thermal energy flow from the core to the surroundings. Therefore, the body must ensure it can also minimize the loss of heat to around 100 watts, if it is to maintain core temperature. In short, the skin must be able to get rid of 100 watts of heat in relatively warm environments, but also ensure that it does not lose too much more than this in", "title": "Thermal neutral zone" }, { "docid": "4411733", "text": "heat, the caching of food in case of prey shortages, foraging below the leaf litter or snow where the temperature is milder, and decreasing activity levels during cold periods. Along with these behavioral adaptations, the northern short-tailed shrew increases its ability to generate body heat during the winter by nonshivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue. Other shrews spend more time above ground than does the northern short-tailed shrew, which prefers to tunnel along below ground, through the leaf litter, or at the snow/ground interface. Bouts of frenzied activity, lasting around five minutes, are followed by longer periods of resting, with", "title": "Northern short-tailed shrew" }, { "docid": "15978895", "text": "dissatisfaction in teenagers. Effects of advertising on teen body image The effects of advertising on body image have been studied by researchers, ranging from psychologists to marketing professionals. \"These days we know that the media and body image are closely related. Particularly, the body image advertising portrays affects our own body image. Of course, there are many other things that influence our body image: parenting, education, intimate relationships, and so on. The popular media does have a big impact, though\" This is because thousands of advertisements contain messages about physical attractiveness and beauty, examples of which include commercials for clothes,", "title": "Effects of advertising on teen body image" }, { "docid": "11148310", "text": "are the 12 live manikins, standing by a list of the rules for their body shape. To end their body shape campaign, Trinny, Susannah and 100 women go to the hillside chalk carving, the Long Man of Wilmington, where Trinny parades a made over woman from each shape category. Meanwhile in the distance, Susannah organizes the others into changing the shape of the Long Man into a more feminine one by lying down in white boiler suits to give the symbol pigtails, hips and breasts. The event does not come without protest, where Pagans gather in an attempt to stop", "title": "Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation" }, { "docid": "5286254", "text": "Jaegwon Kim cites this as the first causal argument for the doctrine of physicalism in philosophy of mind. In another letter from Elisabeth to Descartes dated July 1, 1643, Elisabeth agrees with Descartes that our senses are evidence that the soul does move the body and the body moves the soul, but that this interaction does not teach us anything about how this happens. In Elisabeth's correspondence with Descartes, we can see that Elisabeth assumes that Descartes does have an account of how the soul and body interact and asks for clarification on how the soul does this. In fact,", "title": "Elisabeth of the Palatinate" }, { "docid": "15978871", "text": "Effects of advertising on teen body image The effects of advertising on body image have been studied by researchers, ranging from psychologists to marketing professionals. \"These days we know that the media and body image are closely related. Particularly, the body image advertising portrays affects our own body image. Of course, there are many other things that influence our body image: parenting, education, intimate relationships, and so on. The popular media does have a big impact, though\" This is because thousands of advertisements contain messages about physical attractiveness and beauty, examples of which include commercials for clothes, cosmetics, weight reduction,", "title": "Effects of advertising on teen body image" }, { "docid": "1352187", "text": "baleen whales as large volumes of water flow through their mouths. Wading birds use a similar system to limit heat losses from their body through their legs into the water. The carotid rete is a counter-current heat exchanging organ in some ungulates. The blood ascending the carotid arteries on its way to the brain, flows via a network of vessels where heat is discharged to the veins of cooler blood descending from the nasal passages. The carotid rete allows Thomson's gazelle to maintain its brain almost 3 °C (5.4 °F) cooler than the rest of the body, and therefore aids", "title": "Heat exchanger" }, { "docid": "4520754", "text": "benefits does come the risk of developing various wine faults, such as the development of acetic (or \"volatile\") acidity. Too much extraction can also increase the harshness of some tannins to where the wine is not very approachable to most wine drinkers. One classical method of maceration is grape stomping or \"pigeage\", where grapes are crushed in vats by barefoot workers. The process of cold maceration or cold soak is where temperatures of the fermenting must are kept low to encourage extraction by water and added sulfur dioxide rather than relying principally on heat and alcohol to act as a", "title": "Maceration (wine)" }, { "docid": "4555625", "text": "of metabolism, it will eat up to 75% of its body weight every day, and occasionally its full body weight; this can be dangerous since it can overheat the animal. The heat produced by metabolism and gained from its surrounding environment results in a high risk of overheating. Crawford's gray shrew, unlike most shrews, does not have access to an abundant water supply. To conserve the little water that shrews do absorb, they find shelter to protect them from the harsh external temperatures. Crawford's gray shrew does not construct its own burrows or use the ones made by other animals.", "title": "Crawford's gray shrew" }, { "docid": "2839950", "text": "derived\" from 1940s film noir classics; Maslin wrote \"Mr. Hurt does a wonderful job of bringing Ned to life\" but was not impressed by Miss Turner:Sex is all-important to \"Body Heat\", as its title may indicate. And beyond that there isn't much to move the story along or to draw these characters together. A great deal of the distance between [Ned and Matty] can be attributed to the performance of Miss Turner, who looks like the quintessential forties siren, but sounds like the soap-opera actress she is. Miss Turner keeps her chin high in the air, speaks in a perfect", "title": "Body Heat" }, { "docid": "17916440", "text": "aside, Peter Anthony Freeman was elected President and spoke of the importance of the event: “The celebration of Saint David’s is more than commemorating the life of an ancient monk. This is a celebration and a reminder of where we come from. One of the greatest features of America is that it does not ask us to abandon our culture, rather we are asked to contribute our culture, so that the whole may become greater than the sum of the parts.” On October 10, 2015, the WLSC with involvement by Marco Marenghi held several meetups including their second Gymanfa Ganu", "title": "Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival" }, { "docid": "47138", "text": "lower pH will cause offloading of oxygen from hemoglobin, which is known as the Bohr effect. Some oxyhemoglobin loses oxygen and becomes deoxyhemoglobin. Deoxyhemoglobin binds most of the hydrogen ions as it has a much greater affinity for more hydrogen than does oxyhemoglobin. In mammals, blood is in equilibrium with lymph, which is continuously formed in tissues from blood by capillary ultrafiltration. Lymph is collected by a system of small lymphatic vessels and directed to the thoracic duct, which drains into the left subclavian vein where lymph rejoins the systemic blood circulation. Blood circulation transports heat throughout the body, and", "title": "Blood" }, { "docid": "20683802", "text": "combustion engines or gas turbines. There are also technologies in heat pump and refrigeration, where working fluid does not change phase, such as reverse Brayton or Stirling cycle. This article summarises the main critera of selecting working fluids for a thermodynamic cycle, such as heat engines including low grade heat recovery using Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for geothermal energy, waste heat, thermal solar energy or biomass and heat pumps and refrigeration cycles. The article addresses how working fluids affect technological applications, where the working fluid undergoes a phase transition and does not remain in its original (mainly gaseous) phase during", "title": "Working fluids" }, { "docid": "13677093", "text": "only to feed our growing appetite for them... Where masturbation is involved... the more ashamed we become, the more secretive we become; the more secretive we become and the more we hide in the darkness, the more vulnerable we become to the accusation and condemnation of Satan... You need to be careful that Satan does not distort your perception by making a fool of you and getting you to focus on the wrong thing. Nowhere in the Bible is masturbation explicitly forbidden. There is good reason for this because the problem does not come from masturbation, which is in itself", "title": "Religious views on pornography" }, { "docid": "2340488", "text": "one of various forms of dormancy where the thermoregulation process temporarily allows the body temperature to drop, thereby conserving energy. Examples include hibernating bears and torpor in bats. Thermoregulation in organisms runs along a spectrum from endothermy to ectothermy. Endotherms create most of their heat via metabolic processes, and are colloquially referred to as warm-blooded. When the surrounding temperatures are cold, endotherms increase metabolic heat production to keep their body temperature constant, thus making the internal body temperature of an endotherm more or less independent of the temperature of the environment. One metabolic activity, in terms of generating heat, that", "title": "Thermoregulation" }, { "docid": "11319356", "text": "sensor). In general, the value of Tau does not change much in temperatures of 39 °C and higher, whereas temperatures below 39 °C will exhibit a significant variance in the value of Tau. The vasodilation causing signal originates from an increase in skin temperature, approaching a threshold of around 40 °C. The cooling phase of Tau will depend on body mechanics and an individual’s ability to radiate heat from the body. Axon reflex The axon reflex (or the flare response) is the response stimulated by peripheral nerves of the body that travels away from the nerve cell body and branches", "title": "Axon reflex" }, { "docid": "1362090", "text": "iWeatherNet found the assumption to be erroneous given that the heat index/relative humidity relationship and the corresponding equilibrium temperature (the point at which the air temperature and the heat index are equal) are nonlinear. The heat index and humidex figures are based on temperature measurements taken in the shade and not the sun, so extra care must be taken while in the sun. The heat index also does not factor in the effects of wind, which lowers the apparent temperature, unless the air is above body temperature. Sometimes the heat index and the wind chill are denoted collectively by the", "title": "Heat index" }, { "docid": "9393553", "text": "other one being the bilby (\"Macrotis lagotis\"). Measurements in the laboratory show that the golden bandicoot has a low body temperature that is constantly changing; in this sense it is heterothermic. This allows the internal body temperature to fluctuate in response to extreme environmental temperatures without inhibiting and denaturing necessary proteins. Additionally, it has a low basal metabolic rate, low thermal conductance, and low rate of evaporative water loss. A low metabolic rate correlates to less heat being produced by the body, and a low thermal conductance does not allow the golden bandicoot to capture and store heat well. A", "title": "Golden bandicoot" }, { "docid": "6875028", "text": "they will not flee, but will instead hold their ground and become extremely aggressive. The body temperature of \"V. griseus\" depends mainly on the outside environment (time of day, season, etc.). Their internal temperatures begin warming up before they even leave their burrows through conductive heat gain, and their temperatures rapidly rise once they begin basking in the morning sun and reach their highest point in the noonday heat. The specific body temperature of \"V. griseus\" can vary depending on the average temperatures of the country they live in, but their maximum body temperature does not usually exceed 38.5 °C", "title": "Desert monitor" }, { "docid": "11525235", "text": "the reaping of foes From far Michiscom's wild valley, to where Poosoonsuck steals down from his wood-circled lair, From Shocticook River to Lutterlock town Ho–all to the rescue! Vermonters come down! Come York or come Hampshire, come traitors or knaves, If ye rule o'er our land ye shall rule o'er our graves; Our vow is recorded–our banner unfurled, In the name of Vermont we defy all the world! The Song of the Vermonters, 1779 \"The Song of the Vermonters, 1779\" is a poem by the American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) about the", "title": "The Song of the Vermonters, 1779" }, { "docid": "4398234", "text": "cushions with their legs under the table and the blanket draped over the lower body. The \"kotatsu\" was designed when people most commonly wore traditional Japanese style clothes, where the heat would enter through the bottom of the robes and rise to exit around the neck, thus heating the entire body. Most Japanese housing is not insulated to the same degree as a Western domicile and does not have central heating, thus relying primarily on space heating. Heating is expensive because of the lack of insulation and the draftiness of housing. A \"kotatsu\" is a relatively inexpensive way to stay", "title": "Kotatsu" }, { "docid": "10825113", "text": "August 2004 she was doing a Murdoch University degree course (which she helped establish) in \"Gaia philosophy and environmental ethics\". That year she won the Vice Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence. From her deathbed, Elanta suggested that cancer is a breakdown in the communication between the cancerous tissue and the body of the person carrying the illness. It draws attention to the similarity between cancer and our present condition, and suggests that cancers \"come as messengers, to come home to our bodies and come home to the Earth\". In the adjournment speech of the Western Australian Parliament, Dr Christine Sharpe", "title": "Vivienne Elanta" }, { "docid": "16584600", "text": "going crazy, bringing it to the standard it used to be,\" Slipknot's Shawn \"Clown\" Crahan told \"Rolling Stone\". \"It's time for us to really engulf this idea known as Knotfest where we're in control, we make a day devoted to our mindset, our ideas, the people that we want to play with, the people that we think our fans want to be around... When everyone leaves their senses [will be] overloaded, and I'm talking about smells, sights, hearing, your body, everything is overloaded with stimulation, because that's what Slipknot does.\" On July 11, Slipknot announced that their closing performance at", "title": "Knotfest" }, { "docid": "18461641", "text": "as google map does. The iconic symbol will become a navigating landmark for the flying birds.\" Jaime Derriger wrote, \"The icon that we have all come to know and love which graces our Google maps to let us know where we are, or where we need to go, has become ubiquitous. Designer Shu-Chun Hsiao realized this and created the Google Birdhouse Project, an ongoing project to give birds destinations of their own, just like Google maps does for humans\". Google Maps pin The Google Maps pin is the inverted-drop-shaped icon that marks locations in Google Maps. The pin is protected", "title": "Google Maps pin" }, { "docid": "761905", "text": "Thus the heat capacity can be equivalently calculated as the product of the mass \"m\" of the body and the specific heat capacity \"c\" for the material, or the product of the number of moles of molecules present \"n\" and the molar specific heat capacity formula_2. For discussion of \"why\" the thermal energy storage abilities of pure substances vary, see factors that affect specific heat capacity. For a body of uniform composition, formula_3 can be approximated by where formula_5 is the mass of the body and formula_6 is the isobaric specific heat capacity of the material averaged over temperature range", "title": "Thermal mass" }, { "docid": "14839913", "text": "body against it to try and lose heat. The ideal foraging temperatures of \"A. versicolor\" vary from 12 °C to 42 °C. Temperature also plays a role in how deep a queen will make her nest. Nests have to be made at a depth below where lethal temperatures occur (below 5 cm). Building nests under trees allows colonies to remain below lethal temperatures and also does not require them to be so deep (2–3 cm). Having a nest under a tree also allows colonies to be closer to food sources such as leaves. \"A. versicolor\" use trails to forage in", "title": "Acromyrmex versicolor" }, { "docid": "5837361", "text": "of movement and full of forceful energy, are primary examples of \"ka\" objects. Bodily, \"ka\" represents our metabolism and body heat, and in the mental and emotional realms, it represents drive and passion. \"ka\" can be associated with security, motivation, desire, intention, and an outgoing spirit. 風 \"Fū\" or \"kaze\", meaning \"Wind\", represents things that grow, expand, and enjoy freedom of movement. Aside from air, smoke, and the like, \"fū\" can in some ways be best represented by the human mind. As we grow physically, we learn and expand mentally as well, in terms of our knowledge, our experiences, and", "title": "Five elements (Japanese philosophy)" }, { "docid": "12731259", "text": "kidnappers, but after all her customers decide to go on a strike, she agrees to pay the ransom. As Nitin does not want to go back to Kuljeet, they come up with a plan – they decide to get a dead body from Maamu and throw it onto the railway tracks, along with his driving licence, and then spread the news that the kidnappers have killed Nitin. Harbans' and Oberoi's families come to Pan Pacific Hotel, where the wedding is going to take place. Harbans and Oberoi click a photo to celebrate their families uniting. To give the advance money", "title": "De Dana Dan" }, { "docid": "4028963", "text": "how the dog's teeth meet when its mouth is closed. The body may be described as \"cobby\" (short and square) or sometimes by a ratio of height to length. The ridge between the shoulder blades; often it is the tallest point of the body. One way a dog releases heat from its body is from in between its paws. Some dogs have a seemingly superfluous claw at the base of their foot. This is known as a dewclaw. Like ears, tails come in a tremendous variety of shapes, lengths, amounts of fur, and tailsets (positions). Among them: Canine terminology Canine", "title": "Canine terminology" }, { "docid": "15560347", "text": "Project OBO: Our Bodies, (Our) Opinions Project OBO: Our Bodies, (Our) Opinions is a youth-led, youth focused non-governmental organisation based in Kolkata, India, aimed at creating positive spaces for young people to come together to discuss body-centric issues through conversation, media and art in an uninhibited, safe manner. OBO was founded by Mirna Guha, aged 22 at the time, in 2009. OBO's stated purpose is to provide young people of Kolkata with a platform to explore, develop and showcase their talents, and then encourages them to use those talents to spread awareness on the issues such as the body, sexual", "title": "Project OBO: Our Bodies, (Our) Opinions" }, { "docid": "16590560", "text": "exertion and high-intensity movement would mostly increase the heat in the body and won't decrease the wetness much so they best suit people with cold \"Mizaj\" and don't help much in losing weight. On the other hand, exercises which are of light-to-moderate intensity and can be performed for extended periods of time would decrease the wetness and increase the heat in the body and therefore those with warm \"Mizaj\" who want to lose weight would benefit such exercise. Sleep is a passive, dormant part of our daily lives while wakefulness is daily recurring brain state and state of consciousness. Sleep", "title": "Iranian traditional medicine" }, { "docid": "3151793", "text": "no fault of his own, and when Gaffer pulls his \"body\" out of the waters, he adopts the alias of John Rokesmith. This alias is for his own safety and peace of mind; he wants to know that he can do things on his own, and does not need his father's name or money to make a good life for himself. Dickens uses many images that relate to water. Phrases such as the \"depths and shallows of Podsnappery,\" and the \"time had come for flushing and flourishing this man down for good\", are examples of such imagery. Some critics see", "title": "Our Mutual Friend" }, { "docid": "4797849", "text": "notes that it could also be translated as: \"Our Lord has come\"; the NIV translates: \"Come, O Lord\"; the \"Message\" version puts it differently as: \"Make room for the Master!\" ; the NAB notes: The 1985 New Jerusalem Bible translates 1 Cor 16:22, \"If there is anyone who does not love the Lord, a curse on such a one. Maran atha.\" In the context of 1 Corinthians, understanding the Greek \"maranatha\" as Aramaic \"Maran atha\" in the preterite sense would provide substantiation for the preceding anathema. That is, one who does not love the Lord is accursed because our Lord", "title": "Maranatha" }, { "docid": "4425920", "text": "and captured shrews have been observed \"climbing and walking upside down on the wire top of the cage.\" Due to its high metabolism, the pygmy shrew is active year-round and does not engage in any form of torpor. Shrews have been known to burrow through snow to find food, showing that winter snow does not stop them. Although usually a positive correlation exists between latitude and shrew body size, the American pygmy shrew is an exception. Although it is constantly losing body heat because it is so small, it also benefits from this because to generate that energy takes less", "title": "American pygmy shrew" }, { "docid": "17608135", "text": "design. The units in the heat exchanger (where thermal transfer takes place) are called the heating units or calandria (for single tube heat exchangers). The liquid-vapor separation tank is called a flash separator, flash chamber or flash vessel. The basic module of an evaporator is known as the “body” of the evaporator and refers to the calandria and the flash chamber. The term “effect” is used to describe the body where vapor is extracted from the raw material and is operating at the same boiling point. Evaporation is the elimination of the solvent in form of vapor from a solution.", "title": "Circulation evaporator" }, { "docid": "9904393", "text": "body forces. A body force is simply a type of force, and so it has the same dimensions as force, [M][L][T]. However, it is often convenient to talk about a body force in terms of either the force per unit volume or the force per unit mass. If the force per unit volume is of interest, it is referred to as the force density throughout the system. A body force is distinct from a contact force in that the force does not require contact for transmission. Thus, common forces associated with pressure gradients and conductive and convective heat transmission are", "title": "Body force" }, { "docid": "8387842", "text": "the temperature of the process. Heat is measured by monitoring the heat gained or lost by the heat transfer fluid. where Heat balance calorimetry is, in principle, the ideal method of measuring heat since the heat entering and leaving the system through the heating/cooling jacket is measured from the heat transfer fluid (which has known properties). This eliminates most of the calibration problems encountered by heat flow and power compensation calorimetry. Unfortunately, the method does not work well in traditional batch vessels since the process heat signal is obscured by large heat shifts in the cooling/heating jacket. A variation of", "title": "Reaction calorimeter" }, { "docid": "858524", "text": "Newton's law of cooling Newton's law of cooling states that \"the rate of heat loss of a body is directly proportional to the difference in the temperatures between the body and its surroundings provided the temperature difference is small and the nature of radiating surface remains same.\" As such, it is equivalent to a statement that the heat transfer coefficient, which mediates between heat losses and temperature differences, is a constant. This condition is generally true in thermal conduction (where it is guaranteed by Fourier's law), but it is often only approximately true in conditions of convective heat transfer, where", "title": "Newton's law of cooling" }, { "docid": "13610985", "text": "belief in compassion for all living things. A vegetative state can be considered a varied form of meditation where the sentience of someone acts in a way not ordinary to what is regularly observed. Another form of consciousness where the body does not react is that of \"formless\" rebirths. Due to these meditative states, it is often difficult to determine in a physical manner a state of consciousness. The state of consciousness, at the time, may be experiencing a demonstration of going through the processes of death in ultimate preparation so that once death does come, it can receive the", "title": "Buddhism and euthanasia" } ]
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when did jem and the holograms come out
[ "1985" ]
[ { "docid": "3049075", "text": "Jem (TV series) Jem, also known as Jem and the Holograms, is an American animated television series that ran from 1985 to 1988 on first-run syndication in U.S. and 1986, 1987 to 1994 on CITV, 1992 to 1994 on UK Gold, 1994 to 1995 on The Children's Channel And 1988 to 1990 on Sky One's Fun Factory in U.K.. The series is about music company owner Jerrica Benton, her singer alter-ego Jem, her band the Holograms, and their adventures. The series was a joint collaboration by Hasbro, Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions, the same team responsible for \"\" and \"Transformers\".", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "3049075", "text": "Jem (TV series) Jem, also known as Jem and the Holograms, is an American animated television series that ran from 1985 to 1988 on first-run syndication in U.S. and 1986, 1987 to 1994 on CITV, 1992 to 1994 on UK Gold, 1994 to 1995 on The Children's Channel And 1988 to 1990 on Sky One's Fun Factory in U.K.. The series is about music company owner Jerrica Benton, her singer alter-ego Jem, her band the Holograms, and their adventures. The series was a joint collaboration by Hasbro, Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions, the same team responsible for \"\" and \"Transformers\".", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "12916571", "text": "live action feature film adaptation on \"Jem and the Holograms\" directed by Jon Chu. Samantha Newark was born in Wimbledon, London. Although she was born in England, her family then moved to Africa and later to the US. She attended several different schools and began her music career in Africa after seeing Lena Zavaroni perform. She continued working as an actress and singer and came to prominence when she landed the role of Jem in 1985. Newark is best known for her voice-over work on the animated 1980s cartoon series \"Jem\" as the speaking voice of Jerrica/Jem (Britta Phillips was", "title": "Samantha Newark" }, { "docid": "16732591", "text": "thousands of gallons of pressurized harvested rainwater, at times stretching several city blocks in size. Judith Bauer Stamper's 1987 Find Your Fate book \"Jem and The Holograms #3: The Secret of Rainbow Island \", involves the reader in saving Rainbow Island, a tropical island that frequently has rainbows. American legend retelling \"The Rough Face Girl\" involves the heroines seeing an invisible Chief, who wears a rainbow as a sash. Stephen King's 1985 book 'It\" features a scene where Ben Hanscom sees a spray bow while fighting with Henry Bowers in The Barrens, and comments on finding gold at the end", "title": "Rainbows in culture" } ]
[ { "docid": "18001533", "text": "to give the band the cover of \"Rolling Stone\", and asks Rio what to call the band; he suggests \"Jem and the Holograms\". In a mid-credits scene, Erica, now terminated from Starlight, arrives in a seedy junkyard, where she attempts to recruit a group of punkish young women into a band to rival the Holograms. They decline, saying that Erica dropped them the first time they were signed with Starlight. They change their minds when the leader, Pizzazz, discovers that Rio is dating Jem, and take Erica inside. The graffiti on the side of their trailer reveals their name as", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001549", "text": "series. Jem and the Holograms (film) Jem and the Holograms is a 2015 American musical fantasy film produced and directed by Jon M. Chu, written by Ryan Landels, and starring Aubrey Peeples (as the title character), Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, Aurora Perrineau, Ryan Guzman, Molly Ringwald, and Juliette Lewis. Borrowing elements from the 1980s animated television series \"Jem\" by Christy Marx, the film was produced by Hasbro Studios and Blumhouse Productions. Chu's interest in developing a film adaptation of \"Jem\" is based on having grown up watching the original animated series with his sisters. He had attempted to make the", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001526", "text": "Jem and the Holograms (film) Jem and the Holograms is a 2015 American musical fantasy film produced and directed by Jon M. Chu, written by Ryan Landels, and starring Aubrey Peeples (as the title character), Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, Aurora Perrineau, Ryan Guzman, Molly Ringwald, and Juliette Lewis. Borrowing elements from the 1980s animated television series \"Jem\" by Christy Marx, the film was produced by Hasbro Studios and Blumhouse Productions. Chu's interest in developing a film adaptation of \"Jem\" is based on having grown up watching the original animated series with his sisters. He had attempted to make the film", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001540", "text": "and producer Blum have both addressed the negative reactions by asking fans to reserve judgment until the film is released. Scott stated that \"I think that they have to see the movie to understand that things that they think are missing \"are\" in there.\" Blum has described the film as being \"a hundred percent true to the spirit of Jem\". \"Jem and the Holograms\" was theatrically released on October 23, 2015, by Universal Pictures. \"Jem and the Holograms\" received a DVD and Blu-ray/DVD combo release on January 19, 2016. Special features include twelve deleted scenes, an audio commentary by director", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001547", "text": "makeup head Mary Klimek and hairstylist Vanessa Price, who come the closest to channeling the vibrant spirit of the \"Jem\" cartoons that originally made fans fall in love.\" Matt Zoller Seitz, editor-in-chief of RogerEbert.com, gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, stating that the film \"is one of the weirdest big screen adaptations of a cheap TV cartoon that I've seen\", giving his observation that the film even sometimes evokes the films of Terrence Malick, a filmmaker known for his films' lush cinematography and reflective nature. Seitz's overall conclusion is that \"[the film is] not a good film in", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "3049077", "text": "to command Synergy to project the hologram of Jem over herself by means of the remote micro-projectors in her earrings, thus disguising her features and clothing, enabling her to assume the Jem persona. Jem, through the use of her earrings, is also able to project holograms around her and uses this ability throughout the series to avoid danger and provide special effects for the performances of her group. Jem's group, the Holograms, consists of Kimber Benton, Jerrica's younger sister, keyboardist, and main songwriter for the band; Aja Leith, guitarist; and Shana Elmsford, who plays the synth drums. Aja and Shana", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18001534", "text": "the Misfits. Cameo appearances from the original TV series cast include: Samantha Newark, the voice of the original Jem, as a hairstylist; Britta Phillips as a stage manager; and \"Jem\"s creator Christy Marx as Lindsey Pierce. With the recent successes of the live-action reboots of \"G.I. Joe\" and \"Transformers\", Hasbro was rumored to be considering a live-action film with Universal Studios. Hasbro and Universal had signed a six-film contract in 2010, or a new incarnation of the animated series. On March 20, 2014, a live-action motion picture adaptation of \"Jem and the Holograms\" was announced, to be directed by Jon", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "3049099", "text": "(consisting of several new or relaunched titles, using the IDW \"Transformers\" comics as the backbone for a cohesive universe) has been somewhat erratic; IDW writers have generally indicated that, while characters from \"Jem\" will not show up in crossovers (including the \"Revolution\" mini-series that launched the universe), they do exist and will receive occasional references. The series ended on June 14, 2017, with issue #26, but a six-issue miniseries--\"Jem & the Holograms: Infinite #1 and Jem & the Holograms: Misfits Infinite #1\" was released later in the month. In August 2018, IDW's then President Greg Goldstein announced the possibility for", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "3049081", "text": "plots to become owner of Starlight Music and get revenge on Jem and the Holograms for having cost him control of the company. Jerrica also deals with a complex and emotionally draining faux love triangle involving her alter identity, Jem, and Rio Pacheco, longtime boyfriend of Jerrica. Rio romantically pursues both women, not knowing they are one and the same. Later in the series, Jem is also romantically sought after by Riot, who becomes infatuated with her – adding further complications to her relationships. In the final episode of the series, the Misfits and Jem declare a truce when Ba", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "3049095", "text": "New York Comic Con convention, which ran from October 13 to October 16. The press release stated that Hasbro would be showing new and upcoming products from its toy lines at its booth, including \"Jem and the Holograms\". On June 27, 2012, Integrity Toys, Inc. announced their plans to release a brand-new series of collectible fashion dolls based on the TV series. The special edition Hollywood Jem doll became available at the Hasbro Toy Shop booth during Comic-Con International in San Diego at an approximate retail price of $135. The Jem doll sold out on day two of the convention.", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "3049078", "text": "are also childhood friends and adopted foster sisters of Jerrica and Kimber, having lived with the Benton family since they were young. Shana briefly leaves the group to pursue a career in fashion, at which point a new character, Carmen \"Raya\" Alonso, is introduced as her replacement. The Holograms are aware of Jem's secret identity and the existence of Synergy when the series begins, while Raya is made aware unintentionally shortly before joining the group. Upon her return to the Holograms, Shana becomes the band's bassist. The Holograms have two rival bands: the Misfits and the Stingers. The Misfits are", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19356693", "text": "Josh Groban as the host. The show was canceled after one season. Kesha and her cat, Mr. Peeps, made a cameo appearance in the music video for \"My Song 5\" by HAIM. In 2015, Kesha appeared in the mid-credits scene of the film \"Jem and the Holograms\" as Pizzazz, the leader of the rival band to Jem and the Holograms, The Misfits. In 2017, Kesha released her comeback single, \"Praying\" after not releasing any new solo work in five years. She released the accomoayning music video along with two more for \"Woman\" and \"Learn to Let Go\" from her third", "title": "Kesha videography" }, { "docid": "3049101", "text": "Aurora Perrineau as Shana. On April 30, 2014, actor Ryan Guzman was cast as Rio. On May 20, Juliette Lewis and Molly Ringwald joined the film. The film was theatrically released on October 23, 2015. Hasbro Studios with Legacy Recordings released its first non-soundtrack album, \"Truly Outrageous: A Tribute to Starlight Records\" on August 7, 2015. The record was part of the promotion of the Jem film. The digital only tribute album consisted of remakes of classic Jem TV series songs. This release was digital only. Jem (TV series) Jem, also known as Jem and the Holograms, is an American", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18001527", "text": "11 years earlier, but was rejected by Universal due to the cost. \"Jem and the Holograms\" was theatrically released on October 23, 2015, by Universal Pictures and was a box office bomb, grossing $2 million worldwide on a $5 million budget and receiving negative reviews from critics and audiences alike. Teenaged songwriter Jerrica Benton and her younger sister Kimber live with their Aunt Bailey and two foster sisters, Aja and Shana. The four girls frequently videotape themselves playing music and wearing colorful '80s outfits just for fun, but Jerrica is too shy to sing on camera. Jerrica learns one day", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001537", "text": "Angeles. Shooting ended on May 24, 2014. On October 23, 2015, Chu confirmed his intentions to make a crossover film between \"Jem and the Holograms\" with \"Transformers\" and \"G.I. Joe\", but due to the film's disastrous reception combined with Chu's personal retrospective view on the film, plans to make a crossover film have likely been abandoned. The soundtrack for the film, featuring original compositions and also songs by Hailee Steinfeld and Dawin, was released in North America by Silent Records and Republic Records on October 23, 2015. On February 25, 2015, the first official image from the film was released,", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "3049080", "text": "Episodes of the series frequently revolve around Jerrica's efforts to keep her two identities separate, protect Synergy from those who might exploit the holographic technology, and support the twelve foster children known as the Starlight Girls who live with her and the Holograms. The Misfits frequently attempt to upstage Jem and the Holograms' endeavors, often nearly resulting in physical harm to members of the group. This rivalry is encouraged and manipulated by their manager and central villain in the series, Eric Raymond, former half-owner of Starlight Music who runs Misfits Music (later Stinger Sound). During the series, Eric Raymond constantly", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18001545", "text": "Europe was December; the film opened in the UK on 12 February 2016 and grossed $12,869. The film was released in France in April 2016. The film was released direct-to-DVD in Australia in March 2016. , the film grossed $142,526 internationally, bringing the worldwide gross to $2.3 million. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and fans of the original animated series. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that the film has a rating of 20% based on 76 reviews; the average rating is 3.7/10. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Jem and the Holograms\" ignores its source material's goofy charm in", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "5579519", "text": "shorts that aired as part of the collective \"Super Sunday\" half-hour block alongside other Marvel/Sunbow series, \"Jem and the Holograms,\" \"Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines,\" and \"Robotix.\" Although \"Bigfoot\" had only nine episodes, the other shows ran to 15 episodes, telling a complete story across their numerous installments, which were later edited together to form \"movies\" that were released on video. Out of the four, \"Jem\" proved to be the most popular, and was eventually made into an ongoing series that lasted for 65 episodes. The story begins with the discovery of a monstrous creature encased in an amber monolith", "title": "Inhumanoids" }, { "docid": "18001546", "text": "favor of bland by-the-numbers drama.\" Metacritic gives the film a score of 42 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". CinemaScore audiences gave the film an average grade of \"B+\" on an A+ to F scale. Geoff Berkshire of \"Variety\" praised Peeples' performance as Jem, noting that she \"keeps the film watchable\", as well as Lewis as \"a nonsensical bitch-on-wheels caricature with offbeat line readings and live-wire energy\", and noted that \"a generally unremarkable tech package — cinematography, sound, costuming & makeup, etc. — at least provides a modest showcase for costume designer Soyon An,", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001542", "text": "ever for a film screening in more than 2,000 theaters and the worst ever for a film released by a major studio. On November 10, 2015, just over two weeks after release, Universal removed \"Jem\" from theaters entirely, after grossing $2.2 million. Jason Guerrasio of \"Business Insider\" described the pull from theaters as \"an unheard of move for a movie that was in theaters nationwide.\" The film's international roll-out began on October 22, where it debuted to a fourth-place finish in Slovenia. It debuted in 9 screens and had a weekend gross of $2,064. The total was $3,046. In its", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "3049090", "text": "Riot, the lead singer of the Stingers, along with Diva Gray, Florence Warner and Angela Capelli were the voices of the pop, funk and punk electronica productions, supported by Britta Phillips's father, pianist Peter Phillips, and by guitarist Steve Bill, bassist Tom Barney and set drummer and electronic drum programmer Tom Oldakowski. Anne Bryant, who chose the singers and musicians, created a pure young pop sound for Jem and the Holograms supported by acoustic instruments. The sound for the Misfits was crafted as strictly electronic other than the addition of guitars and an occasional sax solo when the character of", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "17571113", "text": "did not return for the show's fifth season when \"Nashville\" moved to CMT. In 2014, Peeples was cast as lead character in the romantic musical fantasy comedy-drama film \"Jem and the Holograms\", based on the 1980s television show of the same name. The same year Peeples co-starred in the crime thriller \"Rage\" opposite Nicolas Cage. In September 2014, Peeples was named one of the best actors under the age of twenty. Aubrey Peeples Aubrey Shea Peeples (born November 27, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Layla Grant in the ABC drama series", "title": "Aubrey Peeples" }, { "docid": "3049076", "text": "The creator of the series, Christy Marx, had also been a staff writer for the aforementioned programs. The animation for most of the episodes was provided by Japanese animation studio Toei Doga (Toei Animation). The series revolves around Jerrica Benton, the owner and manager of Starlight Music and, as Jem, lead singer of the rock group Jem and the Holograms. Jerrica adopts the persona of Jem with the help of a holographic computer, known as Synergy, which was built by Jerrica's father to be \"the ultimate audio-visual entertainment synthesizer\" and is bequeathed to her after his death. Jerrica is able", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "3049100", "text": "a new \"Jem\" comic book series for 2019. After the success of \"G.I. Joe\" and \"Transformers\" films, Hasbro began considering a live-action film adaptation or a new incarnation of the animated series with Universal Studios, with which Hasbro had signed a six-film contract in 2010. On March 20, 2014, a live-action motion picture adaptation of \"Jem and the Holograms\" was announced, to be directed by Jon M. Chu. Filming on the production began in April 2014. On April 24, it was announced that Aubrey Peeples had been cast as Jem, with Stefanie Scott as Kimber, Hayley Kiyoko as Aja, and", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18001532", "text": "her take them off when she first went to Starlight. The earrings are now stored in Erica's office. Rio and the girls break into Starlight headquarters, almost getting caught by Erica, but succeed. The reward for finishing the hunt is a final hologram message from Jerrica and Kimber's father. They also discover Rio's late father's will, which gives him a majority of shares in Starlight and effectively puts him in control of the company. With the house safe, Jem and her sisters play in their concert together. Rio chats with a woman called Lindsey Pierce at the concert. She offers", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "8368499", "text": "\"The X Effect\" and formerly featured on a Pantene shampoo advertisement in the UK. \"They\" was also used in TV series like \"Crossing Jordan\" and \"Grey's Anatomy\". Jem released two music videos for \"They\". The UK version, inspired by the \"Barbarella\" opening scene, features Jem stripping herself in a spaceship (although she remains covered by strategically placed holograms); actually a boy dreams her as he constructs a model of the same spaceship back on Earth. The US version features Jem walking at a park while being accompanied by a number of children. She then encounters several signs and decides to", "title": "They (song)" }, { "docid": "12916572", "text": "the singing voice). \"Jem\" remains her most well known role and Newark receives invitations to meet the Jem fans at Pop Culture conventions all over the world. Newark made a cameo appearance in the Jem and the Holograms live action film adaptation. Newark was nominated for a \"Young Artist award\" twice for \"Exceptional young actress in animation, series, specials, or film features\" also nominated for her performance in \"Best animated series\". Other voice-over credits include guest-starring on the original \"Transformers\" cartoon as \"Ariel\" in the classic \"Transformers\" episode \"War Dawn\" and in other episodes playing the role of \"Elise Presser\".", "title": "Samantha Newark" }, { "docid": "3049082", "text": "Nee, one of the most troubled foster girls in Starlight House, is claimed by her long-lost father. Her father is found by Jem and the Holograms with the help of Riot's father. Riot's relationship with his father is mended with the help of Jem. Hasbro hired advertising agency Griffin-Bacal Advertising, the founders of Sunbow Productions, to create the 65-episode animation series. Griffin-Bacal (Sunbow), as well as Marvel Productions, had previously created the successful \"G.I. Joe\" series for Hasbro. \"G.I. Joe\" writer Christy Marx was hired to create the series based on the line of dolls and the original concept, which", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18001529", "text": "the four girls but shows particular interest in Jerrica, who she sees as a potential superstar. The girls settle down in LA and discuss their next move. They've brought along a small robot called 51N3RG.Y (pronounced \"synergy\") built by the Benton sisters' deceased father, Emmett. The robot suddenly activates itself and leads them on a scavenger hunt. Each clue represents something Jerrica did or wanted to do with her father. The objective is to find several missing pieces designed to fit into the robot so that it can be fully activated. The girls find the first piece in the Santa", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18591654", "text": "years, Bell created a one-woman show called, \"8 Divas in 44 Minutes\" for her public and corporate events, built around her impersonations of famous \"divas\" including Cher, Marilyn Monroe, Celine Dion, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton, Liza Minnelli, and Madonna to go along with interactive audience participation. Bell has impersonated other celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Shania Twain, Judy Garland's Dorothy Gale in \"The Wizard of Oz\", Julie Andrews' Maria von Trapp from \"The Sound of Music\", and Nicole Kidman's Satine from \"Moulin Rouge\". She has also impersonated characters like Jem from Jem and the Holograms and created her", "title": "Tracey Bell" }, { "docid": "19238467", "text": "show \"American Horror Story\". Integrity Toys has partnered with Paramount Pictures and Fox. They also have a partnership with Jason Wu. He has been a doll designer for Integrity Toys since 1998. He was hired by them before the age of 17. Jason Wu made freelance doll clothing for Integrity Toys' doll line \"Jason Wu Dolls.\" He later designed for their Fashion Royalty line. In 2012, Integrity Toys partnered with Hasbro to create a line of \"Jem\" dolls. The dolls debuted at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International convention. Marketing Director Alain Tremblay commented, \"Jem and the Holograms has been", "title": "Integrity Toys" }, { "docid": "18001548", "text": "terms of plot or tonal consistency, and it offers almost nothing in the way of true conflict, but it's always an observant and sincere movie, and occasionally a beautiful and deep one.\" Footage of celebrities and fans talking about the \"Jem\" animated series was edited into the film in such a manner that the fans appeared to be talking about the film's version of the characters. The fans who submitted the footage were not informed as to how it would be used in the film, resulting in many being upset by the manipulation of their perspectives on the character and", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001528", "text": "that due to Aunt Bailey's financial problems their house will be auctioned. She vents her emotions by recording a song with the video camera Kimber uses to post blogs. She disguises herself by calling herself Jem, her deceased father's nickname for her. She is interrupted just before deleting the video and an Internet-obsessed Kimber posts it onto YouTube. The video attracts millions of views in a single day. Jerrica is offered a record deal by Starlight Productions and travels to LA with her sisters. They meet music producer Erica Raymond and her son Rio. Erica is polite and courteous with", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001541", "text": "Chu, a gag reel, a music video for \"Youngblood\" and a featurette titled \"\"Glam, Glitter, Fashion, and Fame: The Reinvention of Jem\"\". The film was released in North America on October 23, 2015, alongside \"The Last Witch Hunter\", \"\" and \"Rock the Kasbah\", along with the wide release of \"Steve Jobs\". Initially projected to gross $5 million in its opening weekend, projections were lowered to $3 million after only grossing $34,000 during its Thursday night previews ($36 per theater average). It ultimately opened fifteenth at the box office with $1.4 million, the worst opening of 2015, the fourth worst opening", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001538", "text": "featuring Peeples as Jem, Scott as Kimber and Kiyoko as Aja performing on stage. On May 12, 2015, director Chu revealed the first official film poster. The next day, on May 13, a trailer was released online, which was attached to the theatrical run of fellow female-centric Universal film \"Pitch Perfect 2\". On August 11, a second trailer was released, this time featuring the robot 51N3RG.Y (pronounced as \"synergy\") which itself was based on the supercomputer of the original cartoon series, which generates and holographically projects the band's images and creates their special effects during stage performances. Critics responded negatively", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001536", "text": "April 2014, it was announced that Aubrey Peeples had been cast as Jem, with Stefanie Scott as Kimber, Hayley Kiyoko as Aja, and Aurora Perrineau as Shana. Peeples had admitted being initially unfamiliar with the franchise although she subsequently became familiar with it and became a fan quickly. Other parts were announced throughout the next couple of months with actor Ryan Guzman cast as Rio announced on April 30 Juliette Lewis's involvement on May 19. and Molly Ringwald on May 20. Principal photography began on April 22, 2014 in Van Nuys, later on May 19, shooting was underway in Los", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "2406057", "text": "for Best Miniature Product at the 2008 ENnies. Drizzt made a brief cameo in the 2011 one-off comic \"Unit:E\", produced by Hasbro as a potential concept for crossing over many of the franchises they owned; he is seen in a splash page amongst many other Hasbro-owned characters (including characters from \"G.I. Joe\", \"Transformers\", \"M.A.S.K.\", \"Jem and the Holograms\", \"Micronauts\", \"Action Man\", \"Battleship Galaxies\", and even \"Candy Land\"), as summoned for \"Micronauts\" characters Biotron and Acroyear by the alien AI Synergy (a reimagined version of the AI from \"Jem\"). Drizzt features prominently in the D&D Adventure System Cooperative Play board game", "title": "Drizzt Do'Urden" }, { "docid": "18001535", "text": "M. Chu. Chu has said he had spent ten years developing the film with producer Jason Blum. The film's musical producer, Scooter Braun, stated that he drew influence from his work on the career of Justin Bieber. It was later revealed that the original \"Jem\" writer Christy Marx was not involved in any part of the film's production. In response to her having no part or consultation on the film, Marx defended Chu's sense of ambition for the project via Facebook and left it up to the fans to decide whether or not the project was a \"smart decision\". In", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "20643067", "text": "sonic wizard who multiplies her voice in electronic loops that can turn a singer into a one-person chorus and rhythm section. […] The electronics wove in and out of polyrhythmic jazz and swing arrangements conceived mostly by Justin Goldner, her musical director and bassist.” Other notable production and songwriting releases have included folk-pop trio Saint Adeline's eponymous debut album, Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio's \"Bubble Boy\"\",\" and \"Destiny\", included on Hasbro's Jem & The Holograms tribute album. Goldner participated in numerous workshops developing the music for Pasek and Paul’s film \"The Greatest Showman\"\",\" as well as their musical \"Dear Evan", "title": "Justin Goldner" }, { "docid": "19093038", "text": "how all these guys always are stealing other guys’ girls and I was like, ‘There’s no female anthem for a girl stealing another guy's girl,' and that is the coolest thing ever, ['Girls Like Girls' has] become a universal video that brings out different kinds of emotions for different kinds of people.\" A music video, directed by both Kiyoko and Austin S. Winchell was released in August. It stars her \"Jem and the Holograms\" costar Stefanie Scott in the main role of Coley as the love interest of Sonya (played by Kelsey Chow). The music video itself caused a big", "title": "Girls Like Girls" }, { "docid": "18001531", "text": "believing she is doing it for the family. Her sisters discover the truth about the contract, denounce her for leaving them out of the deal, and leave. After a dull solo performance, Jerrica becomes depressed over her mistake and goes to visit the LA house where she used to live with Kimber and her father. Her sisters arrive to visit her at the old house and make amends. They vow to help her finish the scavenger hunt and Rio goes along too. Jerrica realizes that the last piece is the earrings her dad told her to wear, but Erica made", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "19623515", "text": "and that \"[it's] also an opportunity to broaden the franchise\". The film is one of the first being produced through Hasbro Studios' self-financing film label Allspark Pictures, which also produced the live-action adaptation of \"Jem and the Holograms\". During PonyCon AU on February 22, 2015, McCarthy said that the movie would be unrelated to the \"\" spin-off franchise, and that the crew was \"going all out on it, to make sure it doesn't just feel like an extended episode\". Series director Jayson Thiessen and McCarthy were both confirmed as the film's director and screenwriter, respectively; Michael Vogel was also signed", "title": "My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "20555874", "text": "and \"G.I. Joe\" comics, even during the crossover event \"Infestation\", when they both exist in separate universes, with other licensed franchises. While \"The Transformers\" has only participated in \"Infestation\", the miniseries \"\", also set in its own alternate timeline, has participated in \"Infestation 2\". On the other side, \"G.I. Joe\" participated in both events. Other brands exist within the HCBU too, e.g. \"Jem and the Holograms\", \"Clue\" and \"Army Ants\", but they didn't crossover during \"Revolution\" and \"First Strike\" due to reasons of tone. IDW's versions of \"My Little Pony\", \"Dungeons & Dragons\", \"\" and \"Stretch Armstrong\" exist \"outside\" this", "title": "Hasbro Comic Book Universe" }, { "docid": "880653", "text": "of comfort food. It's always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded,\" Ringwald said in a statement. Ringwald played Madame Frechette in the 2014 Lifetime Christmas film \"Wishin' and Hopin'\". Ringwald plays Aunt Bailey in \"Jem and the Holograms\", raising Jerrica, her sister Kimber, and adopted daughters. In September 2014, Ringwald began writing an advice column for \"The Guardian\", answering questions about \"love, family, or life in general\". In 2016, she was cast as Amy in the crime-drama film \"King Cobra\". Ringwald currently has a recurring role as Mary Andrews on The CW television series \"Riverdale\".", "title": "Molly Ringwald" }, { "docid": "18285211", "text": "This is about the long-term health of the business, so there is not this long period of time when a consumer can't watch a movie.\" The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2015. , \"Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension\" has grossed $18.3 million in North America and $60.6 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $78.9 million, against a budget of $10 million. The film opened on October 23, 2015, alongside \"The Last Witch Hunter\", \"Rock the Kasbah\", and \"Jem and the Holograms\", as well as the expanded release of \"Steve Jobs\". In its", "title": "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension" }, { "docid": "18001530", "text": "Monica Pier. They find the second clue in a guitar once owned by Jerrica's father when, by coincidence, the band plays a concert. Rio and Jerrica begin to develop feelings for each other, much to Erica's dismay. Erica signs Rio off to another singer in an attempt to keep him away from Jerrica. Aunt Bailey tells Jerrica via FaceTime that their house is going for auction in a few days. Desperate to save the home, Jerrica asks Erica for an advance. Erica says she will oblige if Jerrica agrees to leave her sisters and start a solo contract. Jerrica relents,", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "17333068", "text": "are being followed by an Automaton. Will and Jem chase that automaton, and Tessa chases after Jem and Will. Tessa eventually loses sight of all of them and finds herself lost. Suddenly the automaton appears and attacks her, she fends it off with a stick until Jem and Will come to save her. The automaton warns Will that if he continues to dig into Mortmain's past or tries to warn his family, his family will all be killed. Will, Jem and Tessa take the train back to London, when they arrive at Kings Cross Station, Will runs straight for the", "title": "Clockwork Prince" }, { "docid": "14578279", "text": "with India gaining the job, however they both later agree to share the job. Jem and Ravi flirt and sleep together leaving Anita annoyed. Jem and Ravi go out for a drink where Jem meets her father Carl for the first time in three years. Carl tells Jem he is the new owner of the pub. Jem reunites with her step-mother Heidi and brothers Riley and Seth but refuses to talk to Carl after his numerous affairs. Jem starts to bond with Carl and they try to rebuild their relationship. When the family learns that Jasmine is seeing Bart McQueen", "title": "Jem Costello" }, { "docid": "14578282", "text": "going to a party hosted by Liam and his brother Nathan, Heidi angrily blames Jem for allowing the boys to go and putting their lives at risk. When Nathan dies Liam returns to the village seeking revenge on Carl. Later Jasmine tells Jem she wants to be a boy. Jem agrees to help Liam by paying Mitzeee (Rachel Shenton) to seduce Carl. Jem's plan backfires as Mitzeee sleeps with Liam and Heidi finds out what Jem's been up to.Jasmine Costello (Victoria Atkin) reveals to Jem that she is Jason and she feels like she is a boy. Although Jem is", "title": "Jem Costello" }, { "docid": "17333073", "text": "him in the face. When the three of them arrive at the institute, Jem runs from the carriage, into the Institute and disappears. Later that night, Jem violently plays his violin, awakening Tessa. Jem confesses that he's not going to live much longer, and he is angry that Will has taken pleasure in the very drug that is sapping his life. Tessa and Jem grow closer and closer and kiss passionately on Jem's bed. When Tessa leaves (after accidentally kicking the box containing Jem's yin fen during their amorous activities), she sees Jessamine sneaking out again dressed as a man.", "title": "Clockwork Prince" }, { "docid": "17858712", "text": "into an adult, helping people and making good deeds, the nice chara design, and finally the tone of the show: it could be funny and light, but also dramatic and tearful at other times. My soul was marked forever.\" After working on French cartoons \"Monster Buster Club\" and \"Rekkit Rabbit\" he wanted to make a magical girl show. He chose \"Sailor Moon\" and \"Pretty Cure\" as references for the magical girl part, and \"Jem and the Holograms\" for the music career part. The producers at Marathon Media asked designers to draw Iris for a magical girl project as a teenage", "title": "LoliRock" }, { "docid": "12880491", "text": "Sophie Campbell Sophie Campbell (formerly Ross Campbell) is a comic writer and artist known for her indie comics such as \"Wet Moon\" and \"Shadoweyes\", and for her art on the \"Jem and the Holograms\" comics. She primarily writes and draws characters who are adolescent or young adult women, including various races, body types, sexual orientations, and abilities. Campbell is the creator of several graphic novels, including \"The Abandoned\", \"Mountain Girl\", \"Shadoweyes\", \"Wet Moon\", and \"Water Baby\". She has also done art for comics publishers. In 2008, she drew the story \"The Hollows\" for the first issue of the DC/Vertigo comic", "title": "Sophie Campbell" }, { "docid": "12880493", "text": "name. She is a transgender woman, and in March 2015 she publicly changed her name to Sophie, explaining via Twitter that she had been transitioning for the previous year. Comics work includes: Sophie Campbell Sophie Campbell (formerly Ross Campbell) is a comic writer and artist known for her indie comics such as \"Wet Moon\" and \"Shadoweyes\", and for her art on the \"Jem and the Holograms\" comics. She primarily writes and draws characters who are adolescent or young adult women, including various races, body types, sexual orientations, and abilities. Campbell is the creator of several graphic novels, including \"The Abandoned\",", "title": "Sophie Campbell" }, { "docid": "19001866", "text": "Love Myself \"Love Myself\" is the debut single by American actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld. It was released on August 7, 2015, through Republic Records and Universal Music Group, as the lead single from her debut extended play (EP), \"Haiz\" (2015). The song was written by Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, Oscar Holter, Julia Michaels, and Justin Tranter, with the production being handled by Holter, with Larsson and Fredriksson under their stage name Mattman & Robin. It is also included on the soundtrack to the 2015 film, \"Jem and the Holograms\". The song's lyrics include \"I'm gonna put my body first/And", "title": "Love Myself" }, { "docid": "17571111", "text": "Aubrey Peeples Aubrey Shea Peeples (born November 27, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Layla Grant in the ABC drama series \"Nashville\" and Claudia Shepard in \"Sharknado\". Peeples also played the leading role in the musical fantasy film, \"Jem and the Holograms\" (2015). Aubrey Shea Peeples was born and raised in Lake Mary, Florida, by parents Wendy and Ashley, and has a younger sister named Ally. Growing up, Aubrey performed with the Orlando Repertory Theatre for 10 years. She graduated from Lake Mary Preparatory School, where she was valedictorian of the class", "title": "Aubrey Peeples" }, { "docid": "13542498", "text": "a MTV Video Music Award for Push Artist of the Year. Hayley Kiyoko Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born April 3, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and director. Beginning dance lessons as a child, Kiyoko's interest in entertaining led to her working as a child model and actress. She appeared in a variety of films including \"Scooby-Doo!\" film series (2009–10), \"Lemonade Mouth\" (2011), \"\" (2012), \"Jem and the Holograms\" (2015), and \"XOXO\" (2016). Alongside her film roles, she also held a recurring role in the TV series \"The Fosters\" (2014) and a lead role on \"\" (2015–16) and \"Five", "title": "Hayley Kiyoko" }, { "docid": "13542476", "text": "Hayley Kiyoko Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born April 3, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and director. Beginning dance lessons as a child, Kiyoko's interest in entertaining led to her working as a child model and actress. She appeared in a variety of films including \"Scooby-Doo!\" film series (2009–10), \"Lemonade Mouth\" (2011), \"\" (2012), \"Jem and the Holograms\" (2015), and \"XOXO\" (2016). Alongside her film roles, she also held a recurring role in the TV series \"The Fosters\" (2014) and a lead role on \"\" (2015–16) and \"Five Points\" (2018). Kiyoko was a founding member of The Stunners in", "title": "Hayley Kiyoko" }, { "docid": "14578280", "text": "(Jonny Clarke), Carl is furious and threatens him. Jem breaks up the confrontation and asks \"What are you going to do, break his legs?\" When she talks to Carl outside, she reveals that he broke the leg of her ex-boyfriend Liam McAllister (Chris Overton). Liam was also training to be a footballer like Carl, but he ruined Liam's career. Jem splits up with Ravi after finding out that he slept with Eva. In September 2010, Jem decides to join Hollyoaks Community College, followed by Darren Osborne's (Ashley Taylor Dawson) decision to join as well. Jem is allocated a flat alongside", "title": "Jem Costello" }, { "docid": "13732292", "text": "and adults alike such as \"Welcome Back, Kotter\", \"Working Stiffs\", \"Sanford Arms\", the American version of the British sitcom \"Love Thy Neighbor\", \"Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars\", \"Street Sharks\", most of the \"Tugs\" segments for \"Salty's Lighthouse\", \"Stockard Channing in Just Friends\", \"The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour\", \"\", \"A Knife for the Ladies\", several sketches of \"Cher\", \"CBS Library\", \"Starsky and Hutch\", \"Chico and the Man\", \"Alice\", \"Jem and the Holograms\", \"Conan the Adventurer\", \"Romance Theatre\", \"Throb\", \"All in the Family\", \"The New Dick Van Dyke Show\", three of the \"Shades of Love\" films, \"Solid Gold\", \"The Dean Martin", "title": "George Arthur Bloom" }, { "docid": "15485258", "text": "in numerous bands leading up to Hyperbubble. An example is Spleen, a Jem and the Holograms tribute band, Jeff co-founded in 1989 and in which he played drums under the name Stormer. Jeff first performed together with Jess Barnett DeCuir in the experimental dark ambient group Crevice and later, the \"bouncy AM retro-pop\" Pink Filth, both recording primarily with Uncle Buzz Records. In the latter band, the duo played under the stage names, Nick Velvet and Baby Jessica, working lead vocals and keyboards. The two married in 2000. Both bands mixed art with music, foreshadowing the pair's efforts with Hyperbubble.", "title": "Hyperbubble" }, { "docid": "13400626", "text": "Jon M. Chu Jonathan Murray Chu (; born November 2, 1979) is an American filmmaker who directed the films \"\", \"Step Up 3D\", \"\", Hasbro franchises \"Jem and the Holograms\" and \"\" and \"Crazy Rich Asians\". Chu is an alumnus of the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. There, he won the Princess Grace Award, the Dore Schary Award presented by the Anti-Defamation League, the Jack Nicholson directing award, and was recognized as an honoree for the IFP/West program Project: Involve. Chu was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up in nearby Los Altos. His mother, Ruth Chu", "title": "Jon M. Chu" }, { "docid": "12880492", "text": "\"House of Mystery\" written by Bill Willingham. Beginning in 2012 she drew a run of Image Comics' \"Glory\" series written by Joe Keatinge. She drew issues of \"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\" for IDW, and in March 2015 she became the artist for their new \"Jem and the Holograms\" series written by Kelly Thompson. Meanwhile, she has done podcasts. From June 2009 to March 2013, then known as Ross Campbell, she was co-host on AudioShocker's \"A Podcast with Ross and Nick\", followed by \"Everything Blows with Ross and Nick\". Campbell was named Ross at birth, and began her career under that", "title": "Sophie Campbell" }, { "docid": "12116188", "text": "been featured on the soundtracks for the Melissa McCarthy comedy \"Spy\" and the musical drama \"Jem and the Holograms\". The song \"I eat boys like you for breakfast\" was used in the first episode of Season 10 of \"Jenter\" (Girls), a Norwegian TV and web series directed at children and teenagers on NRK Super. The song “Devil” is featured on the trailer for Vampyr (video game). In 2007, Maria sang vocals for the track \"I Love You, You Imbecile\" by Pelle Carlberg. In 2008, she sang backing vocals for the track \"Words\" on Guillemots' album \"Red\". In 2009, she collaborated", "title": "Ida Maria" }, { "docid": "18980464", "text": "fantasy film \"Jem and the Holograms\", which was directed by Jon M. Chu. Rice portrayed Lily in the female-centric thriller film \"Unforgettable\" (2017), along with Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, and Geoff Stults for Warner Bros. Isabella Rice Isabella Kai Rice is an American child actress, best known for her role of young Alison DiLaurentis in the series \"Pretty Little Liars\" and Sarah Compton in \"True Blood\". In 2014, Rice played the role of Sarah Compton, Bill Compton's daughter in the season 7 of the HBO's fantasy horror series \"True Blood\". Later, she appeared in the season 5 and 6 of", "title": "Isabella Rice" }, { "docid": "13226880", "text": "\"Jem and the Holograms\", \"1 Mile to You\", and \"Caught\". \"Caught\" was screened at the premiere of the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 12, 2015. Also in 2015, Scott appeared in Hayley Kiyoko's music video for \"Girls Like Girls\". In 2015, Scott appeared as the daughter of Pierce Brosnan and Anna Friel, in crime thriller film \"I.T.\" (2016), directed by John Moore. In August 2016, it was announced that Scott would play the lead role in the independent sci-fi feature film \"First Light\" (2018), directed by Jason Stone. Scott sponsors girls through Shoeboxes for Haiti and is a", "title": "Stefanie Scott" }, { "docid": "19863780", "text": "a special vehicle. On March 28, 2014, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura announced that he is open to doing a crossover film between \"Transformers\" and \"G.I. Joe\" film series (distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures and MGM). On June 23, di Bonaventura stated that a crossover was not likely to happen, but on July 9, he reassured there would still be a possibility. On October 23, 2015, Chu confirmed his intentions to make a crossover film between \"Transformers\", \"G.I. Joe\" and \"Jem and the Holograms\" (distributed by Universal Studios). On October 29, he hinted about \"Transformers\" possibly doing crossover with other", "title": "Hasbro Universe" }, { "docid": "17324199", "text": "band the Rolling Stones) for the soundtrack of the 2015 film. On 13 November 2015, \"The Last Witch Hunter Soundtrack\", with music composed by Steve Jablonsky was released. The film's New York City premiere was held October 13, 2015 at the Loews Lincoln Square. \"The Last Witch Hunter\" grossed $27.4 million in North America and $113 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $140.4 million, against a budget of $90 million. The film opened on October 23, 2015 alongside \"\", \"Rock the Kasbah\" and \"Jem and the Holograms\", as well as the expanded release of \"Steve Jobs\". In", "title": "The Last Witch Hunter" }, { "docid": "17845454", "text": "Films announced the film would be released on April 24, 2015. On May 13, 2015, the film's release date was pushed up from November 13, 2015, to October 23, 2015. This film opened on October 23, 2015, alongside \"The Last Witch Hunter\", \"\", \"Jem and the Holograms\", and the expanded release of \"Steve Jobs\". In its opening weekend, the film was originally projected to gross $6 million from 2,012 theaters; however, after grossing $75,000 during its Thursday preview screenings ($60 per theater), projections were lowered to $4 million. The film grossed $529,000 on its first day, and opening weekend projections", "title": "Rock the Kasbah (film)" }, { "docid": "13400630", "text": "reported that a sequel was already in development by Warner Bros. with Chu scheduled to direct. Director Chu is part of Rachel Chu's family in the book, as a distant cousin, making life surrealistically linked to art. Jon M. Chu Jonathan Murray Chu (; born November 2, 1979) is an American filmmaker who directed the films \"\", \"Step Up 3D\", \"\", Hasbro franchises \"Jem and the Holograms\" and \"\" and \"Crazy Rich Asians\". Chu is an alumnus of the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. There, he won the Princess Grace Award, the Dore Schary Award presented by the", "title": "Jon M. Chu" }, { "docid": "6449553", "text": "the Sunbow catalogue. The rights then changed hands to Sony Wonder with its acquisition of the catalogue. However, Sony Wonder was shut down in March 2007. On June 20, 2007, it was announced that Sony Wonder had been moved into Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which at the time owned the U.S. rights to the Sunbow catalogue. On May 14, 2008, Hasbro announced that it had obtained the rights to all the Sunbow Productions animated series based on Hasbro properties. This includes \"Transformers\", \"\", \"My Little Pony\", \"Jem and the Holograms\", and many more. These titles are currently managed as part", "title": "Sunbow Entertainment" }, { "docid": "18484088", "text": "for Pop Single of the Year and Solo Performer of the Year for the 2014 LA Music Awards. Her song \"Partypocalypse\" was featured on the 20th Century Fox Film, \"The Longest Ride\" which was released in theaters April 10, 2015. Djoir also appeared in the October 2015 release of the movie \"Jem and The Holograms\". On October 11, 2016, Djoir released her single \"Warrior\", the first track to be released off her upcoming EP entitled \"Name On It\", due on January 27, 2017. She performed 5 songs off her EP live, as part of a Guinness World Record, set by", "title": "Djoir" }, { "docid": "18428772", "text": "\"Sicario\" ($67,000) for the best average theater gross of 2015. The film began its wide release on October 23, 2015, alongside \"The Last Witch Hunter\", \"\", \"Rock the Kasbah\", and \"Jem and the Holograms\". In its opening weekend, the film was originally projected to gross $11–12 million from 2,491 theaters; however, after grossing just $2.5 million on its first day, it was revised to $7.4 million. It ended up grossing $7.1 million, finishing seventh at the box office. On November 10, 2015, just over two weeks after its wide release, Universal pulled the film from 2,072 theaters in the United", "title": "Steve Jobs (film)" }, { "docid": "1441556", "text": "that had been a problem for several albums and had come to a head with the more complex music of \"Coup D'Etat\". Gene also pulled in the talents of Ace Frehley, who had not played with KISS since leaving the band years before, Paul Stanley, and then-current KISS drummer Eric Carr and guitarist Vinnie Vincent each did one song as guests. The record was released on Passport (international and U.S. distribution by JEM). Review copies were sent out to the various media outlets. Malcolm Dome, a reviewer for \"Kerrang!\" magazine, had picked the \"WOW\" album as his album of the", "title": "Plasmatics" }, { "docid": "1508360", "text": "superheroes, teen mysteries, science fiction and live-action adaptations) continued to appear as well, with the exception of the musical band cartoons (only one of note, the syndicated \"Jem and the Holograms\", emerged in the 1980s); by this time, the bands were engaged in making music videos of their own, and listeners looking for their favorite bands ended up migrating to MTV. CBS and the producing team of Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez, acclaimed for their Emmy-winning prime time specials adapted from Charles M. Schulz's comic strip \"Peanuts\", brought Schulz's characters to Saturday mornings in \"The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show\";", "title": "Saturday-morning cartoon" }, { "docid": "2071016", "text": "Blue formed in Hershey. Death metal band Incantation are from Johnstown. Studio session guitar player, and Grammy winning songwriter, Richard Martin Madenfort began his career as a performer in Harrisburg in 1983 and touring with such acts as Alice Cooper, Dirty Looks, Luke Bryan and Lady Gaga. He has also worked on TV and movies, such as Nashville, Jem and The Holograms, and The Muppets The Clarks, a rock/pop band who achieved major success in the 1990s with the songs \"Born too late\", \"Penny on the floor\", \"Cigarette\", \"Better Off\", are native to Pittsburgh. Rusted Root, a jam band who", "title": "Music of Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "3051596", "text": "rights issue since the late 1970s. After leaving DC, Slifer found work with Sunbow Entertainment, an animation production company with ties to Marvel Comics and Marvel Productions. Slifer eventually became a supervising producer, story editor, and writer for the animated television program \"Jem and the Holograms\". He produced and was story editor on other animated series including \"G.I. Joe Extreme\", \"My Little Pony 'n Friends\", \"Transformers\", \"Street Fighter\", \"Conan the Adventurer\", and \"Bucky O'Hare\". During his time at Sunbow, Slifer's colleagues included former Marvel Comics writers Steve Gerber and Marv Wolfman. Slifer co-produced the first season of \"Yu-Gi-Oh!\" for 4Kids", "title": "Roger Slifer" }, { "docid": "19649845", "text": "Jamie Bernadette Jamie Bernadette is an American actress and producer. Her first roles include the thriller \"Son of Sam\" and the short \"Struck\" (both 2008), co-starring Kelly Preston and Jenna Elfman. In 2009 she had a bigger role besides David Carradine in \"Absolute Evil\". Since 2010 she was seen in more popular movies such as \"MILF\" (2010), \"Axeman\" (2013), \"What Now\" (2015), starring Ice-T, \"Mortdecai\" (2015), starring Johnny Depp, \"Jem and the Holograms\" (2015), and \"The Darkness\", (2016), starring Kevin Bacon. She also appeared in an episode of \"The Neighbors\". In 2016 she starred in \"Let's Be Evil\" and \"All", "title": "Jamie Bernadette" }, { "docid": "5579549", "text": "has, in his illustrious career, encountered \"G.I. Joe,\" \"Jem and the Holograms,\" and the \"Transformers.\" His shared presence on \"Inhumanoids\" tacitly links the four animated series in a shared universe (as with a pseudonymous appearance by Cobra Commander in an episode of \"The Transformers\" and the establishment of Transformers ally Marissa Faireborn as the daughter of Flint and Lady Jaye). He was, however, easily most prominent in his reporting stints on the Inhumanoids, although he is not regarded as a popular public figure and is hated by Auger of Earth Corps more than most (the majority of Auger's \"shoe-through-the-television\" incidents", "title": "Inhumanoids" }, { "docid": "19759994", "text": "Kelly Thompson Kelly Thompson is an American writer of novels and comic books. She is best known for the \"Jem and the Holograms\" comic with co-creator and artist Sophie Campbell, a modern reimagining of the 1980s cartoon of the same name. Her other works include \"A-Force\", \"Heart in a Box\", \"The Girl Who Would Be King\", \"Storykiller and\" among others. Thompson stated she had \"been writing in some way shape or form for about as long as [she] can remember.\" Thompson graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in Sequential Art. In January 2018, Marvel", "title": "Kelly Thompson" }, { "docid": "3673968", "text": "a few months later, John Barber replaces him. On December, Ryall returns to IDW, replacing Greg Golstein as President and Publisher. For January 2019, IDW will be releasing series of one-shots titled \"IDW 20/20\" to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Those one-shots feature \"Ghostbusters\", \"Jem and the Holograms\", \"My Little Pony\", \"Star Trek\" and \"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\". IDW and Hasbro have also revealed plans for reboot of various Hasbro comics. The Library of American Comics Titles In 2008, the first volume of \"The Complete Terry and the Pirates\" received an Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection. IDW Publishing launched two", "title": "IDW Publishing" }, { "docid": "19649846", "text": "Girls Weekend\". She's up to star in \"I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu\". Jamie Bernadette Jamie Bernadette is an American actress and producer. Her first roles include the thriller \"Son of Sam\" and the short \"Struck\" (both 2008), co-starring Kelly Preston and Jenna Elfman. In 2009 she had a bigger role besides David Carradine in \"Absolute Evil\". Since 2010 she was seen in more popular movies such as \"MILF\" (2010), \"Axeman\" (2013), \"What Now\" (2015), starring Ice-T, \"Mortdecai\" (2015), starring Johnny Depp, \"Jem and the Holograms\" (2015), and \"The Darkness\", (2016), starring Kevin Bacon. She also appeared in an", "title": "Jamie Bernadette" }, { "docid": "17902996", "text": "there will be a third \"G.I. Joe\" film, and that it would potentially be in 3D. The studio initially announced that Chu would return to direct the third film, though the filmmaker would leave the project in favor of directing \"Jem and the Holograms\" for the studio instead. Producer, di Bonaventura, stated that he hoped Johnson and Willis would return, and that they plan to add a third important role. By September of the same year, Evan Daugherty was hired to act as screenwriter on the project. Chu told MTV that Tatum may return to the series, reprising his role", "title": "G.I. Joe (film series)" }, { "docid": "19759995", "text": "Comics announced it had signed Thompson to an exclusive contract. Starting July, 2018, Thompson took over Jessica Jones from Brian Michael Bendis. For her work on \"Hawkeye\", Thompson was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2018. Kelly Thompson Kelly Thompson is an American writer of novels and comic books. She is best known for the \"Jem and the Holograms\" comic with co-creator and artist Sophie Campbell, a modern reimagining of the 1980s cartoon of the same name. Her other works include \"A-Force\", \"Heart in a Box\", \"The Girl Who Would Be King\", \"Storykiller and\" among others.", "title": "Kelly Thompson" }, { "docid": "18649382", "text": "January 2013, she created a spinoff of \"Ménage à 3\", called \"Sticky Dilly Buns\", which tells the story of Dillon, a gay actor. Lagacé has penciled some Archie Comics, including #635, #636, #639, and #646. She illustrated the Ramones-themed one-shot, \"Archie Meets Ramones\", in 2016. She drew a \"Betty Boop\" mini series for Dynamite Entertainment in 2016, and issues #24-26 of \"Jem and the Holograms\" from IDW Publishing. She is the artist of \"Exorsisters\", an ongoing series from Image Comics written by Ian Boothby. Gisele Lagace Gisele Lagace (French: Gisèle Lagacé) is a writer and illustrator of webcomics. She was", "title": "Gisele Lagace" }, { "docid": "3049098", "text": "colors by M. Victoria Robado. The comic book offers a modern re-imagining of the series with new character designs and different situations, such as the Holograms and the Misfits being unsigned bands at the start with Eric Raymond being hired as the Misfits' manager during the second story arc. In addition, Kimber and Stormer begin a romantic relationship. As of Issue #16, which is Campbell's final issue as regular artist, The Stingers have been introduced to the series, with Raya being featured as a fourth member of the band. The title's current status within the new Hasbro Comic Book Universe", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "17845455", "text": "were again lowered to $1.6 million. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $1.5 million, finishing 13th at the box office. According to Box Office Mojo, the film had the fifth-worst opening of all-time for a film playing in 2,000+ theaters, grossing an average $731 per venue (fellow opener \"Jem and the Holograms\" had an even worse $570 average). On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 8% based on 119 reviews and an average rating of 3.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"The Shareef don't like \"Rock the Kasbah\", and neither will viewers hoping for a film", "title": "Rock the Kasbah (film)" }, { "docid": "16034426", "text": "published by IDW: \"Ghostbusters\", \"Jem and The Holograms\", \"My Little Pony\", \"Star Trek\", and \"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\". Each issue features a one-shot story set 20 years in the respective franchise's future; in the case of the Turtles, it entails a civil war between the Utroms which threatens to destroy Earth once again. The \"TMNT\" issue is set for release on January 2, 2019. \"Shredder in Hell\" is a limited five-issue series following up on \"The Secret History on the Foot Clan\" and \"Villains Micro-Series #8: Shedder\", set for publication in January 2019. This is a chronological listing of the", "title": "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW Publishing)" }, { "docid": "7485751", "text": "the Stark Gan-Dolla. He is known for carrying a knife (or more) wherever he goes. His last words are a cry for help after Kaine slashes his unit in half with his laser sword, which destroys the robot unit and sends the motorcycle unit, with Ganan on board, crashing into a cliff, killing him instantly. Zin Gon Jem Shittenoh member, and pilot of the Stark Dauzhen. The womanizer and somewhat more civilized one of the group. His weapon of choice is a pair of Sai. Zin's machine's unique attribute is the ability to generate holograms of itself to confuse the", "title": "Metal Armor Dragonar" }, { "docid": "18176180", "text": "the hit 1980's cartoon \"Jem and the Holograms\". The film came under fire for casting Perrineau, a light-skinned, straight-haired, biracial actress for the role of Shana, a character who had a dark complexion and afro-textured hair. The film was released on October 23, 2015, and was a box office flop, only making $1.4 million in its opening weekend. In July 2014, she was cast in Drake Doremus's film \"Equals\". The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2015. Perrineau had a small role in the film \"Passengers\", released on December 21, 2016. In", "title": "Aurora Perrineau" }, { "docid": "3049086", "text": "take from the audition was used as the first opening theme song, \"Truly Outrageous\". The remaining Holograms speaking voices were provided by Cathianne Blore (Kimber Benton/Aja Leith), Cindy McGee (Shana Elmsford), and Linda Dangcil (Carmen 'Raya' Alonso). The Misfits' speaking voices were provided by Patricia Alice Albrecht (Phyllis \"Pizzazz\" Gabor), Samantha Paris/Bobbie Block (Roxanne \"Roxy\" Pellegrini), Susan Blu (Mary \"Stormer\" Phillips), and Louise Dorsey (Sheila \"Jetta\" Burns), the daughter of Engelbert Humperdinck. Ellen Bernfeld provided the singing voice of Pizzazz. The Stingers' speaking voices were provided by Townsend Coleman (Rory \"Riot\" Llewelyn), Ellen Gerstell (Phoebe \"Rapture\" Ashe), and Kath Soucie", "title": "Jem (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1268525", "text": "standards to compete. The 1980s also saw a number of cartoons based on children's toys, such as \"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\", \"\", \"The Transformers\", \"My Little Pony 'n Friends\", \"He-Man\", \"\", \"Jem and the Holograms\" and \"Care Bears\". There were even cartoons based on \"Pac-Man\" video games and \"the Rubik's Cube\". Some of them even inspired feature films. While many of them were successful with children, shows like these were accused of being glorified toy commercials by parents' groups such as Action for Children's Television. These groups also objected to the level of violence in many of these shows. ACT's", "title": "Animation in the United States in the television era" }, { "docid": "18227128", "text": "2015. \"We Are Your Friends\" grossed $3.6 million in North America and $7.5 million in other territories for a total gross of $11.1 million. It made $1.8 million in its opening weekend, finishing 14th at the box office. Box Office Mojo reports with a 2,333 theater count, the film grossed an average $758 from each venue, making it the fourth worst debut for a film with a 2,000+ theater average. It was surpassed later in the year by \"Rock the Kasbah\" ($731 average) and \"Jem and the Holograms\" ($570), both of which opened on October 23, 2015. \"We Are Your", "title": "We Are Your Friends (film)" }, { "docid": "15661299", "text": "screenplay, and produced by Sweetpea Entertainment and Allspark Pictures. In January 2014, Hasbro announced a franchise film deal with 20th Century Fox for \"\" by its subsidiary Wizards of the Coast. In October 2014, the studio announced its film self-finance/co-finance label Allspark Pictures with its first existing project \"Jem and the Holograms\", along with \"\". Hasbro's first original film project, \"Hacker Camp\", was assigned to writer Tripper Clancy in February 2015. By July 2015, the Monopoly satire film with Emmett/Furla was set aside with Hasbro announcing that Lionsgate will distribute a Monopoly film with Andrew Niccol writing the film as", "title": "Hasbro Studios" }, { "docid": "13226877", "text": "and \"I Don't Wanna Let You Go\" in 2014. Alongside participating in a number of music videos from 2011-2015, her most recent musical work was in 2015's \"Hit Me Up\" for \"Jem and the Holograms.\" Scott was born in Chicago, Illinois. She has two older brothers. She lived in Indialantic, Florida and attended Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, before becoming home schooled in 2010. Scott was first a California Discovery Girl in the 2009 August/September issue of \"Discovery Girls\" magazine. She appeared in the role of Katie in \"Beethoven's Big Break\". She appeared in the feature film \"Flipped\" directed by Rob", "title": "Stefanie Scott" }, { "docid": "3018095", "text": "and was covered by the American band Avenged Sevenfold on their double live album/DVD, \"Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough\". Rhapsody of Fire have also recorded a cover of the song that is featured on the deluxe edition of their album \"From Chaos to Eternity\". \"Flash of the Blade\" can also be heard in the \"Jem and the Holograms\" episode \"Kimber's Rebellion\", just after the cartoon band members return home from Paris, on a boom-box stereo being carried by a passerby. In 2017, it was ranked 38th on \"Rolling Stone\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of \"100 Greatest Metal Albums of", "title": "Powerslave" }, { "docid": "18001543", "text": "second weekend, the film dropped 37% to finish at fifth place with $1,297. Its third week resulted in a steep 84% decline to $210. Its three-week total is $6,886. The film opened in Croatia on October 29, where it debuted in fifth-place with $1,421 from 11 screens. The film dropped over 40% in its second week with $870 from 7 screens, but the third week saw its screen count increase to 13 and it suffered a scant 8% decline to end the weekend with $801. The film's three-week total was $3,744. The film opened in Iceland a day later, where", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" }, { "docid": "18001539", "text": "to the May 2015 trailer, noting that the reboot seems to share little with its animated predecessor. Hillary Crosley Coker of \"Jezebel\" commented that the film \"looks like a less interesting version of \"Beyond the Lights\". \"Uproxx\" noted the trailer's low rating on its official YouTube page, while \"The Huffington Post\" in Canada wrote that the changes to the original plot have \"disappointed '80s kids everywhere\", then highlighted multiple negative fan reactions. Williesha Morris, also writing for \"The Huffington Post\", criticized the film's re-imagining of the Jerrica character, stating that the original cartoon \"represented female empowerment, not angst\". Actress Scott", "title": "Jem and the Holograms (film)" } ]
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who was in charge of the lost colony
[ "Sir Walter Raleigh" ]
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[ { "docid": "7803328", "text": "she had lost when he left to go to Battle School. On their way to the Shakespeare colony, Valentine begins writing her History of the Bugger Wars books while Ender has an unspoken power struggle with the Captain of the ship, Admiral Quincy Morgan. There is also a romance between Ender and a girl named Alessandra. Once the ship lands on Shakespeare, Ender, who had spent much of his trip learning the names and lives of the colony's residents, takes charge of the colony and wins the colonists over. Ender resides as Governor for a few years in Shakespeare. Near", "title": "Ender in Exile" }, { "docid": "816970", "text": "food as a result of the drought. The Lost Colony of Roanoke DNA Project was founded in 2007 by a group led by Roberta Estes, who owns a private DNA-testing company, in order to solve the mystery of the Lost Colony using historical records, migration patterns, oral histories and DNA testing. The project used Y chromosome, Mitochondrial DNA and Autosomal DNA. , they have not yet been able to positively identify any descendants of the colony. Roanoke Colony The Roanoke Colony (), also known as the Lost Colony, was the first attempt at founding a permanent English settlement in North", "title": "Roanoke Colony" }, { "docid": "19410430", "text": "to James Bickford, \"gradually and sulkily the discomfited chiefs gave in.\" Arthur, however, lost confidence in Bedford when he spread false rumours about Philip Palmer, a rural dean who in 1833 had replaced Bedford as head clergyman in the colony. Bedford's drinking and financial pilfering also discredited him with much of the community. In 1836 he was ordered to appear before the Executive Council on the charge of having made false returns regarding the schools in his parish. He refused to appear and was supported by Bishop William Broughton. Arthur accused Broughton of \"seeking to revive benefit of clergy,\" while", "title": "William Bedford (chaplain)" }, { "docid": "17218352", "text": "advantage of her offer, he is murdered by a native musician (Kamiyama Sojin) who has been hiding in the room. Hélène is immediately suspected of the murder, and the musician comes out of hiding and accuses her of the crime. Victor is placed in charge of the investigation and discovers that the musician is lying, and that he is the murderer. Tired of the dangers of life in the French colony, the couple head back to Paris, where Victor hopes to start a new career. Cast note: The film was considered a lost film, with only the Vitaphone soundtrack still", "title": "Careers (film)" }, { "docid": "13604724", "text": "Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony The Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony (also called \"Bookville\" by former residents) was an encampment of banished, registered sex offenders who were living beneath the Julia Tuttle Causeway—a highway in Miami, Florida, United States—from 2006 to April 2010. The colony was created by a lobbyist named Ron Book, who wrote ordinances in several different Miami-Dade County cities to restrict convicted sex offenders from living within of schools, parks, bus stops, or homeless shelters. Since Book was also head of the Miami Homeless Trust, he was also in charge of finding housing for the", "title": "Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony" }, { "docid": "5686123", "text": "of the Lost Colony and sent out search parties, but none were successful. Eventually they determined they were all dead. However, in her 2000 book \"Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony,\" Miller postulated that some of the Lost Colony survivors sought shelter with a neighboring Indian tribe, the Chowanoc, that was attacked by another tribe, identified by the Jamestown Colony as the \"Mandoag,\" but whom Miller thinks were actually the Eno, also known as the Wainoke. Survivors were eventually sold into slavery and held captive by differing bands of the Eno tribe, who, Miller wrote, were known slave", "title": "Ananias Dare" }, { "docid": "9490118", "text": "brought against the mine owners. Lawson was indicted for the killing of John Nimo, a mine guard, who was shot down in an open battle between miners and mine guards. Lawson was not within several miles of the scene, but he was indicted because he was in charge of the Ludlow tent colony, and they trumped up a charge that he was responsible for all the acts of the colony. He declared that Las Animas county was owned body and soul by the corporations. In proof he showed that although in the past 23 years over 1000 miners had been", "title": "Frank Hayes (unionist)" }, { "docid": "12534075", "text": "the Boy's Brigade opening their doors to younger children. A Beaver Colony is a section of the Scout Group aimed at children from 5 to 8 years. The Scout Leader in charge of the Colony will be a Beavermaster, assisted by Assistant Beavermasters and Instructors. Beaver Scout Colonies are controlled by the local Scout Group, with each colony being divided into a number of Lodges. The Beaver in charge of a Lodge is known as a 'Leading Beaver', who is assisted by a 'Second Beaver'. Where there is an outstanding Beaver, in the latter stages of the Training Scheme, they", "title": "Beaver Scouts (Baden-Powell Scouts' Association)" }, { "docid": "13970055", "text": "in the real world but still trying to hold on to whatever it was that made them who they were.\" In 2006, Lost Colony produced an unsold comedy pilot called \"Traveling Man\". The following year, it produced a second pilot, this one a fantasy adventure, entitled \"Breach of Heaven\". During this same period, it handled production for numerous music videos, including ones for such artists as Always Sunday (featuring Trent Dabbs), The Situationals, Rachel Merchand, Judson, Shawn Gallaway, and Randy Casey (formerly of P.J. & The Terrorists). On November 3, 2009, it was announced that Lost Colony was developing a", "title": "Lost Colony Entertainment" }, { "docid": "17251620", "text": "Mason (Bill Paxton) are the leaders of one such bunker, Colony 7. Briggs, Sam (Kevin Zegers) and Graydon (Atticus Dean Mitchell) travel to nearby Colony 5 after receiving a distress signal. Briggs leaves Sam's lover Kai (Charlotte Sullivan) in charge of the colony while he's gone, much to Mason's chagrin. Upon arrival, they find Colony 5 covered in blood. They eventually reach a locked door which Sam picks open. Inside they find Leland, who shows them a message they received from another group of people who fixed a weather machine and have caused the snow to thaw. The group offers", "title": "The Colony (2013 film)" }, { "docid": "12726049", "text": "at the location described in the patent, he instead chose the abandoned settlement at Wessagusset for his site. It was rechristened Weymouth after Weymouth, Dorset, the town where the expedition began. Over the following weeks, he visited Plymouth and ordered the arrest of Thomas Weston who had arrived in that colony in the \"Swan\". This was his only official act as Governor-General. Weston was charged with neglect in his colony and with selling weapons which were supposed to have been used for the defense of the colony. Weston denied the first charge, but confessed to the second. After consideration, Gorges", "title": "Wessagusset Colony" }, { "docid": "19357454", "text": "former Governor of Sierra Leone, who had been appointed by the Sierra Leone Company to govern during the pre-Crown colony era. Kenneth Macaulay arrived in the colony in 1808 at the age of sixteen years old to take up the position of government writer. Several Liberated Africans adopted the surname 'Macaulay' or 'Macauley' after Kenneth, who was in charge of distributing provisions to the Liberated African Department. Macaulay was appointed as a managing agent of Macaulay and Babington, the largest European mercantile firm in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Kenneth Macaulay served in several positions of influence in the Colony of Sierra", "title": "Kenneth Macaulay (colonialist)" }, { "docid": "17434448", "text": "Hugenholtz, who had no experience in colonial administration, in charge of a colony that had been put into a crisis due to a trade of forts with the United Kingdom about which the local African peoples had not been consulted. After just over three months of governorship, Hugenholtz went back to the Netherlands on sick leave, leaving the second-in-command of the navy, Johannes Wirix in charge of the colony. Hugenholtz married Elly Poolman on 21 April 1869 and had one son. Jan Albert Hendrik Hugenholtz Jan Albert Hendrik Hugenholtz (12 March 1825 – 24 February 1874) was a Dutch naval", "title": "Jan Albert Hendrik Hugenholtz" }, { "docid": "12726051", "text": "the original settlement was lost to history and development. The location of the original fort was not rediscovered until 1891. Wessagusset Colony Wessagusset Colony (sometimes called the Weston Colony or Weymouth Colony) was a short-lived English trading colony in New England located in present-day Weymouth, Massachusetts. It was settled in August 1622 by between fifty and sixty colonists who were ill-prepared for colonial life. The colony was settled without adequate provisions, and was dissolved in late March 1623 after harming relations with local Native Americans. Surviving colonists joined Plymouth Colony or returned to England. It was the second settlement in", "title": "Wessagusset Colony" }, { "docid": "11026485", "text": "Wraiths of Roanoke Wraiths of Roanoke (also known as Lost Colony or Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke), is a 2007 Sci Fi original movie, directed by Matt Codd and stars Adrian Paul, Frida Show, Rhett Giles, Michael Teh, and George Calil. The film follows the 16th-century English settlers in America, who are besieged by wraiths. Ostensibly, it is based on the disappearance of the third Roanoke Colony. The film premiered on the Sci Fi Channel on October 13, 2007. It was rated TV–14. The film opens with a 16th-century island colony in Virginia. A settler is running towards the", "title": "Wraiths of Roanoke" }, { "docid": "816954", "text": "2000 book \"Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony,\" historian Lee Miller postulated that some of the Lost Colony survivors sought shelter with the Chowanoke, who were attacked by another tribe, identified by the Jamestown Colony as the \"\"Mandoag\"\" (an Algonquian name commonly given to enemy nations). The Mandoag are believed to be either the Tuscarora, an Iroquois-speaking tribe, or the Eno, also known as the Wainoke. The so-called \"Zuniga Map\" (named for Pedro de Zúñiga, the Spanish ambassador to England, who had secured a copy and passed it on to Philip III of Spain), drawn about 1607 by", "title": "Roanoke Colony" }, { "docid": "11274926", "text": "Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (known as Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony in Europe) is the fifth book in the \"Artemis Fowl\" Series by Irish writer Eoin Colfer. The book, originally expected to be published in the UK and Ireland on 7 September 2006, was shipped to stores early. On 12 September of the same year, \"The Lost Colony\" became available in the US, and was released soon to other countries. It is followed by \"\". In Barcelona, Spain, Artemis Fowl II and Butler, his bodyguard, wait for a demon. They suddenly encounter a", "title": "Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "1569607", "text": "that same year but was unable to return to the colony due to war between England and Spain. When he finally did return in 1590, he found the colony abandoned. The houses were intact, but the colonists had completely disappeared. Although there are a number of theories about the fate of the colony, it remains a mystery and has come to be known as the \"Lost Colony\". Two English children were born in this colony; the first was named Virginia Dare – Dare County, North Carolina, was named in honor of the baby, who was among those whose fate is", "title": "Colony of Virginia" }, { "docid": "1173179", "text": "had the first American-born English child, Virginia Dare. In 1587, Manteo was friendly to White when he returned to find what the final stage of the Roanoke Colony became. When the colonists disappeared after supplies from England were delayed for three years, the ongoing mystery of \"The Lost Colony\" began. The \"Lost\" colony was established by Richard Grenville, who brought back two Indians, one of them Manteo. Manteo was named the seat of government for Dare County in 1870, and was incorporated in 1899. Dare County is named for Virginia Dare. In 1999, North Carolina public radio (NPR), WUNC, began", "title": "Manteo, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "3869166", "text": "on Earth: Reloaded\" under the \"Savage Worlds\" rulesets, Pinnacle have stated that \"Lost Colony\" will also receive a \"Reloaded\" release in the future. Deadlands: Lost Colony Deadlands: Lost Colony is a genre-mixing alternate history roleplaying game which combines the science fiction and horror genres. The tropes of Western fiction are also prominent. It was written by Shane Lacy Hensley and David D Hillman and originally published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. \"Lost Colony\" is the third game in the \"Deadlands\" setting, following on from \"\" and \"\". The story is a continuation of that featured in the \"Deadlands: Hell on Earth\"", "title": "Deadlands: Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "1696907", "text": "attitude towards the Transvaal Boers. There was another native uprising under a Bantu chief named Galeshwe in Griqualand West in 1897, but Galeshwe was arrested and the rebellion ended. Upon examination, Galeshwe stated that Bosman, a Transvaal magistrate, supplied him with ammunition and encouraged him to rebel against the government of Cape Colony. There was sufficient evidence to believe the charge to be true, and it was consistent with the methods the Boers sometimes used among the natives. Sir Alfred Milner was appointed high commissioner of South Africa and governor of Cape Colony in 1897, succeeding Sir Hercules Robinson, who", "title": "History of the Cape Colony from 1870 to 1899" }, { "docid": "13970063", "text": "shot as a feature-length motion picture entitled \"Lucha Ilimitado vs The State of Washington\" and released on DVD and VOD on July 28, 2017. In 2014, Lost Colony—in association with Vrai Moi—announced plans for an original dramatic series based on the childhood experiences of Gabriel Nunez (whose life as a young adult served as much of the basis for the HBO original series \"How to Make It in America\"). Lost Colony Entertainment Lost Colony Entertainment is an American-based film and television production company that was founded in 2001 by filmmaker Richard O'Sullivan. In 2001, Lost Colony began development of a", "title": "Lost Colony Entertainment" }, { "docid": "11274940", "text": "of twins. The book has received some positive praise. VOYA stated that \"Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony\" was \"fast-paced, funny, and wholly enjoyable\" as well as an \"action-packed thrill ride through fantastic worlds\". The fairy Code is written at the end of the book. This code can be used to solve the cryptic messages found in all of the \"Artemis Fowl\" books (usually found on the bottom of each page). Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (known as Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony in Europe) is the fifth book in the \"Artemis Fowl\" Series by", "title": "Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "9129341", "text": "that, along with everyone else in the \"Lost Colony\", she disappeared while her father went to get supplies back in England. In her 2000 book \"Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony\", anthropologist Lee Miller speculates that Eleanor and the other members of the Roanoke Colony were religious Separatists who left England at a time when the political climate in England was dangerous for such religious dissidents. She suggests that this might be why the colonists, two of whom were pregnant women and several of whom were parents with young children, were willing to undertake the dangerous journey to", "title": "Eleanor Dare" }, { "docid": "5530272", "text": "Drypeak and making contact with the pair of Shapers, Barzahl and Zakary, who were dispatched years ago to revitalize the colony. The gates of Drypeak are found unmanned, much to Shanti's disgust, the Agent and her charge are also attacked by rogue Shaper creations. When the pair gain access to the colony, they find a dishevelled Zakary who informs them that both he and Barzahl were unsuccessful in revitalizing the colony, which remains a barren desert. He also states that Barzahl has died. Zakary and the population of Drypeak behave suspiciously. Shanti is shadowed by an armed guard against her", "title": "Geneforge 2" }, { "docid": "16278606", "text": "in Guiana in the Yeare 1605\", London, 1607. He dedicated it to Sir Thomas Smythe. John Nicholl (mariner) John Nicholl (fl. 1605–1637?) was an English mariner and author who joined an expedition to the English colony Guiana in 1605. He was shipwrecked and rescued by Spaniards who imprisoned him as a spy. He returned to England in 1607 and published an account of his adventures. He was one of 67 Englishmen who on 12 April 1605 sailed in the \"Olive Branch\", at the charge of Sir Olyff Leigh, to join the colony which had been planted by Captain Charles Leigh", "title": "John Nicholl (mariner)" }, { "docid": "16278602", "text": "John Nicholl (mariner) John Nicholl (fl. 1605–1637?) was an English mariner and author who joined an expedition to the English colony Guiana in 1605. He was shipwrecked and rescued by Spaniards who imprisoned him as a spy. He returned to England in 1607 and published an account of his adventures. He was one of 67 Englishmen who on 12 April 1605 sailed in the \"Olive Branch\", at the charge of Sir Olyff Leigh, to join the colony which had been planted by Captain Charles Leigh on the river \"Wiapica\" (Oyapoc) in Guiana, their leader being Captain Nicholas St. John. Off", "title": "John Nicholl (mariner)" }, { "docid": "13970061", "text": "Seattle\", written by multiple-time \"New York Times\" bestselling author Kay Hooper. The following year, the company revealed plans for \"Sabrina's House\", a dramatic feature based on the true-life story of Sabrina Greenlee, a woman who overcame childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, and an attempt on her life which left her blind and facially disfigured, to guide her son DeAndre Hopkins to a career in the NFL. In 2014, Lost Colony announced plans for the 1920s dramatic feature \"She Rain,\" based on the novel by 29-time Emmy winning newsman Michael Cogdill. In 2015, Lost Colony optioned \"Starborn,\" a big-screen adaptation of", "title": "Lost Colony Entertainment" }, { "docid": "17564071", "text": "to work clearing their land in order to comply with the government contracts they signed. The Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation (ARRC) was the governing body of the colony. The ARRC regulated the commissary, what was planted, as well as the activities of the colonists. It was also in charge of removing colonists who did not continue to meet expectations. Colonists who were in poor health, broke major rules, or were bad farmers could be asked to leave. There were many major issues within this administration. Rules and regulations as well as administrators were constantly changing. Within a month of their", "title": "Matanuska Valley Colony" }, { "docid": "816969", "text": "The researchers concluded that the settlers of the Lost Colony landed at Roanoke Island in the summer of the worst growing-season drought in 800 years. \"This drought persisted for 3 years, from 1587 to 1589, and is the driest 3-year episode in the entire 800-year reconstruction,\" the team reported in the journal \"Science\". A map shows that \"the Lost Colony drought affected the entire southeastern United States but was particularly severe in the Tidewater region near Roanoke [Island].\" The authors suggested that the Croatan who were shot and killed by the colonists may have been scavenging the abandoned village for", "title": "Roanoke Colony" }, { "docid": "18857382", "text": "display. Alfaro had already been in charge of Costa Rica's pavilions in Madrid (Historical American Exposition) and Chicago Expos. Carlos Bolio Tinoco was the president of the delegation, and was the San José governor at the time. The United Kingdom sent admiral Leger Bury Palliser to give his respect in the name of the crown to the Guatemalan government. The British colony in Guatemala gave a grand ball in their honor in the \"Club Guatemalteco\". In charge of the celebrations were Stanley MacNider, in charge of the telegraph installations in Guatemala, consul J. Frederick Roberts -who had distinguished service with", "title": "Exposición Centroamericana" }, { "docid": "826384", "text": "Crystal Spring Colony, elder of the Schmiedleut group of Hutterites, tried to use the state to enforce the expulsion order. Daniel Hofer Sr. initially lost the case. Hofer also lost his first appeal but finally won on an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada who overturned the expulsion. The outcome of these two cases has strongly influenced the outcome of similar cases in Canada. When some members of The Nine sued their former colony in Manitoba in 2008 over lost wages and injuries the case was never even heard in court. In the United States judges have repeatedly dismissed", "title": "Hutterites" }, { "docid": "18944283", "text": "their keys on Steam. Because the game was greenlit, it is on Steam Early Access. The developers post a developer log on their channel, and only recently started scheduling them to every one to two weeks. PULSAR: Lost Colony PULSAR: Lost Colony is a science fiction space exploration video game being developed by independent developers Leafy Games, LLC. The video game was greenlit on Steam Greenlight on October 3, 2013, and was later funded successfully on Kickstarter on October 31, 2013. The game was released in an Alpha state on February 25, 2014. \"PULSAR: Lost Colony\" is a game about", "title": "PULSAR: Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "18944277", "text": "PULSAR: Lost Colony PULSAR: Lost Colony is a science fiction space exploration video game being developed by independent developers Leafy Games, LLC. The video game was greenlit on Steam Greenlight on October 3, 2013, and was later funded successfully on Kickstarter on October 31, 2013. The game was released in an Alpha state on February 25, 2014. \"PULSAR: Lost Colony\" is a game about space exploration, in which a procedurally generated galaxy is created with a ship of the player's choice. They may warp to several systems and upgrade/repair their ship when encountering a system with a trading post. Combat", "title": "PULSAR: Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "13970053", "text": "Lost Colony Entertainment Lost Colony Entertainment is an American-based film and television production company that was founded in 2001 by filmmaker Richard O'Sullivan. In 2001, Lost Colony began development of a dark political comedy entitled \"How to Suck the Brain of a President's Daughter\". Independent financing was raised; actors Anthony Stewart Head, Lindsay Felton, and Tanya Roberts were attached to star in the film; and Roddy Bottum (from the band Faith No More) came aboard to provide the musical score. However, before production began, the September 11 attacks occurred, and investors, sensitive to the controversial nature of the screenplay, pulled", "title": "Lost Colony Entertainment" }, { "docid": "3869162", "text": "Deadlands: Lost Colony Deadlands: Lost Colony is a genre-mixing alternate history roleplaying game which combines the science fiction and horror genres. The tropes of Western fiction are also prominent. It was written by Shane Lacy Hensley and David D Hillman and originally published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. \"Lost Colony\" is the third game in the \"Deadlands\" setting, following on from \"\" and \"\". The story is a continuation of that featured in the \"Deadlands: Hell on Earth\" roleplaying game. Shortly before the Last War, a devastating nuclear war that allowed the Reckoners to ravage the Earth and turn it into", "title": "Deadlands: Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "9129343", "text": "the group and killed most of the colonists. Powhatan showed Smith certain artifacts he said had belonged to the colonists, including a musket barrel and a brass mortar. The Jamestown Colony received reports of some survivors of the Lost Colony and sent out search parties, but none were successful. Eventually they determined they were all dead. However, in her 2000 book \"Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony,\" Miller postulated that some of the Lost Colony survivors sought shelter with a neighboring Indian tribe, the Chowanoc, that was attacked by another tribe, identified by the Jamestown Colony as the", "title": "Eleanor Dare" }, { "docid": "3869165", "text": "and Cyborgs are available as playable options, and while not expressly stated, many other character classes such as Hucksters, Martial Artists and Blessed are also playable. The following character classes are unique to \"Lost Colony\": The game was preceded by the card game \"Deadlands: Lost Colony - Showdown\", by the Clay and Susan Griffith novel called \"Banshee Screams\", and the Hell on Earth lead-in adventure \"The Unity\". \"Lost Colony\" saw only two rulebooks released, as well as the novel \"Banshee Screams\", before Pinnacle Entertainment Group ceased publication of \"Deadlands\" material. Following on from the releases of \"Deadlands: Reloaded\" and \"Hell", "title": "Deadlands: Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "826353", "text": "The Secretary is widely referred to as the colony \"Manager\", \"Boss\" or \"Business Boss\" and is responsible for the business operations of the colony, such as bookkeeping, cheque-writing and budget organization. The Assistant Minister helps in church leadership (preaching) responsibilities, but will often also be the \"German Teacher\" for the school-aged children. The Secretary's wife sometimes holds the title of \"Schneider\" (from German \"tailor\") and thus she is in charge of clothes making and purchasing the colony's fabric requirements for making of all clothing. The term \"boss\" is used widely in colony language. Aside from the Secretary who functions as", "title": "Hutterites" }, { "docid": "6298678", "text": "and public buildings in Iowa. The art colony was always plagued by financial difficulties; 1933 was its final summer and it was already suffering financial hardships even before opening for the year. When it did close that fall, its assets were sold off to pay its debts. Even though Wood and the other faculty taught there free of charge, the colony had never become financially self-sustaining. Stone City Art Colony The Stone City Art Colony was an art colony founded by Edward Rowan, Adrian Dornbush, and Grant Wood. The colony gathered on the John A. Green Estate in Stone City,", "title": "Stone City Art Colony" }, { "docid": "822239", "text": "lost Roanoke Colony. It fell to the third president of the Council Captain John Smith to deliver a bold and much-needed wake-up call in response to the investors in London, demanding practical laborers and craftsmen who could help make the colony more self-sufficient. After Smith was forced to return to England due to an explosion which gave him deep burn wounds during a trading expedition, the colony was led by George Percy, who proved incompetent in negotiating with the native tribes. There are indications that those in London comprehended and embraced Smith's message. The Third Supply mission of 1609 was", "title": "Jamestown, Virginia" }, { "docid": "24924", "text": "as Secretary of State for the Home Office, was the minister in charge, and in September 1786 he appointed Phillip commodore of the fleet which was to transport the convicts and soldiers who were to be the new settlers to Botany Bay. Upon arrival there, Phillip was to assume the powers of Captain General and Governor in Chief of the new colony. A subsidiary colony was to be founded on Norfolk Island, as recommended by Sir John Call, to take advantage for naval purposes of that island's native flax and timber. In October 1786, Phillip was appointed captain of and", "title": "Arthur Phillip" }, { "docid": "16711394", "text": "Plymouth, but without its valuable cargo. In the end, Weston lost his total investment in the \"Fortune\" voyage making it worthwhile only in providing Plymouth colony with new settlers, some of whom became notable persons in the history of the colony. At 55 tons displacement, and about one-third the tonnage of the \"Mayflower\", the \"Fortune\" was tasked with delivering thirty-five new settlers to Plymouth Colony. Their leader was Robert Cushman who, in 1620, had been the Leiden agent in London for the \"Mayflower\" and \"Speedwell\". It is believed that the majority of the passengers of the \"Fortune\" were gathered together", "title": "Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship)" }, { "docid": "13212602", "text": "tutelage of Frederick Koch, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Green was deeply influenced by his ideas about “folk drama” and a concern for ordinary people and their experiences. He was also a close collaborator with musician Lamar Stringfield who published a book of arrangements of Appalachian folk songs with Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1929 and founded the Institute of Folk Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1930. Stringfield provided the original music for the \"Lost Colony\". Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Green wrote those words about \"The Lost Colony\" in", "title": "Symphonic outdoor drama" }, { "docid": "822237", "text": "(Lost Colony) and the Popham Colony, unless there was a major relief effort. The Germans who arrived with the Second Supply and a few others defected to the Powhatans, with weapons and equipment. The Germans even planned to join a rumored Spanish attack on the colony and urged the Powhatans to join it. The Spanish were driven off by the timely arrival in July 1609 of Captain Samuel Argall in \"Mary and John\", a larger ship than the Spanish reconnaissance ship \"La Asunción de Cristo\". Argall's voyage also prevented the Spanish from gaining knowledge of the weakness of the colony.", "title": "Jamestown, Virginia" }, { "docid": "12481250", "text": "Vice Principal of the school is Mrs. Indu Mohan, who also heads the Senior wing of the branch. The Junior in charge is Mrs.Poonam Arora. Mrs. Victoria is the Primary in charge. CMS RDSO comprises four sections: The school is located in the calm and green RDSO Colony. In the year 2012 CMS RDSO produced the Lucknow city ICSE topper Gaurav Chandela who secured 98.6% in 2012 ICSE boards. The Top ten position holders of CMS RDSO branch scored 95% and above in the ICSE boards in the year 2011-2012. Ms.Anika Pandey was the ISC Board topper for the year", "title": "City Montessori School, RDSO Branch" }, { "docid": "2344588", "text": "lands on St George's Hill in Surrey. Other Digger colonies followed in Buckinghamshire, Kent, and Northamptonshire. Their action was to cultivate the land and distribute food without charge to any who would join them in the work. Local landowners took fright from the Diggers' activities and in 1650 sent hired armed men to beat the Diggers and destroy their colony. Winstanley protested to the government, but to no avail, and eventually the colony was abandoned. After the failure of the Digger experiment in Surrey in 1650 Winstanley temporarily fled to Pirton, Hertfordshire, where he took up employment as an estate", "title": "Gerrard Winstanley" }, { "docid": "13970056", "text": "romantic comedy feature entitled \"One Night With You\" in association with Scott M. Rosenfelt, producer of such films as \"Home Alone\" (1990), \"Mystic Pizza\" (1988) and \"Teen Wolf Too\" (1987). On November 19, 2009, it was reported that Lindsay Lohan, who at the time was in the midst of mounting legal problems centered around drug and alcohol problems, was in talks to play the lead role in \"One Night With You\". On April 27, 2010, Lost Colony head Richard O’Sullivan confirmed the rumors, telling WENN, \"It is ready-made for Lindsay. If it happens, it could be her Mickey Rourke comeback.", "title": "Lost Colony Entertainment" }, { "docid": "20825346", "text": "the East India Company's service. About 1778 he was married and shortly after received an appointment as surgeon to the Naval Hospital on the Island of Barbadoes, a position of great responsibility. In 1780 a terrible hurricane devastated the island, where upon he furnished aid and medicines to the afflicted inhabitants without stint and without compensation. In 1781 he returned to England on account of bad health and during the voyage lost his wife. In 1790 he received from the Dutch government the appointment of surgeon-major to the colony of Demerara in South America; there he had charge of a", "title": "John Crawford (physician)" }, { "docid": "18884569", "text": "the Japanese and also by an earthquake which had struck the island in 1941, and it now appears more like a \"jungle-clad Lost City.\" The earliest known effort to establish a penal colony was by Archibald Blair who found the remoteness of the island as ideal for such a colony. But his initiative failed to go beyond 1796 as malaria prevented it. The First War of Indian Independence in 1857 rekindled the interest of the British Administration in India to establish a penal colony in the Andaman Islands for political prisoners. The first group of 200 prisoners were transported under", "title": "Ross Island Penal Colony" }, { "docid": "15732770", "text": "one of the \"PAX 10\" (a selection of the years best indie games) for the PAX Prime 2011 convention. The game was added to the Humble Indie Bundle 4 on December 13, 2011. Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony, also known as simply Jamestown, is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed and released by Final Form Games in 2011. The game takes place on Mars in an alternate history steampunk 17th century, where the planet is a British colony contested by the Spanish and the indigenous martians. \"Jamestown\" features mechanics similar", "title": "Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "4825376", "text": "who was already known internationally for his work in the leper colony, and began to take over his burdens. She had met him shortly after her arrival in Hawaii. When Father Damien died on April 15, 1889, the government officially gave Cope charge for the care of the boys of Kalaupapa, in addition to her existing role in caring for the female residents of the colony. A prominent local businessman, Henry Perrine Baldwin, donated money for the new home. Mother Marianne and two assistants, Sister Leopoldina Burns and Sister Vincentia McCormick, opened and ran a new girls' school, which she", "title": "Marianne Cope" }, { "docid": "14168709", "text": "de Vries, a group of about thirty colonists restored an abandoned French fort on Mecoria island on the Cayenne River and tried to cultivate the land. The colonization attempt seems to have ended with De Vries' departure. In the late 1650s, a more serious attempt at colonization followed. Jan Claessen Langendyck's request to colonize the area again was approved by the Dutch West India Company, and he had set up a colony by 1659. He remained in charge of the colony until 1663, when Quirijn Spranger took over the leadership of the colony. The Langendyck colony was followed by a", "title": "Cayenne (Dutch colony)" }, { "docid": "17055864", "text": "award, a 2006 NYFA award, a 2006 Frederick Loewe award in Music-Theatre and the Will Glickman award for Best New Play in 2004 (for Dog Act). She has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Millay Colony for the arts, and the Djerassi Resident Artists program. She was profiled in \"American Theatre\" magazine, December 2004. Liz Duffy Adams Liz Duffy Adams is an American playwright who has written many plays including \"A Fabulous Beast\",\"The Reckless Ruthless\", \"Brutal Charge of It\"/\"Train Play\", \"Dog Act\", \"One Big Lie\", \"The Listener\", \"Or,\" and others. In 2012, she was rewarded the \"Women of Achievement Award\"", "title": "Liz Duffy Adams" }, { "docid": "8042126", "text": "were killed, others taken prisoner and the fort and goods were destroyed. Poutrincourt who had wintered in France to gather supplies returned to Port Royal the next spring. He was forced to return to France with the surviving settlers, and left his interest in the colony to his son. The young Biencourt and Charles de la Tour remained, living amongst the Mi'kmaq and engaging in the fur industry. Charles de Biencourt died in 1623 and left La Tour as his heir, though this was not recognized by the French crown. La Tour took charge of the colony and migrated from", "title": "Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour" }, { "docid": "9454092", "text": "Basnight was born in Manteo; he performed in the role of a colonist child in the play. Actors Leon Rippy, Chris Elliott, Eileen Fulton, Terrence Mann, Ira David Wood III and R.G. Armstrong got their stage legs at the Waterside Theatre. Ted Tally spent a summer in the production long before winning top Academy Award honors for his screenplay of \"Silence of the Lambs\". His niece appeared in the 2008 production. The current artistic team has members who started their careers with \"The Lost Colony.\" This includes Production Designer William Ivey Long, winner of six Tony Awards for Best Costume", "title": "The Lost Colony (play)" }, { "docid": "9454081", "text": "play was written during the Great Depression by Paul Green, who had earlier won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. \"The Lost Colony\" marked a shift in his work from more traditional forms of drama to focus on the creation of large-scale outdoor musical spectacles which he termed \"Symphonic Dramas.\" As of 2012, this is the United States' second longest-running historical outdoor drama, behind \"The Ramona Pageant\" produced in Southern California. Before Jamestown and Plymouth were founded, a group of about 120 men, women and children established one of the first English settlements in the New World on Roanoke Island in", "title": "The Lost Colony (play)" }, { "docid": "8252458", "text": "colony which would preserve the Welsh language and culture. The proposed site for the colony was in the Chubut River valley. On 15 September 1865 the first town in the Chubut colony was named Rawson, and the settlers went on to build the settlements at Gaiman and Trelew. The exact number of emigrants who sailed out to Patagonia on \"Mimosa\" remains uncertain. Although one of the original settlers, Richard Jones (\"Berwyn\"), maintained a register of births, marriages and deaths for many years, most of these original records were lost in the great flood in the Chubut Valley in 1899. In", "title": "Mimosa (ship)" }, { "docid": "8814643", "text": "charge of the Eastern Vicariate was Aidan Devereaux. He was consecrated bishop at Cape Town on 27 December 1847 by Griffith. When Pius IX erected the Vicariate of Natal, on 15 November 1830, the area of the new vicariate comprised all the portion of South Africa extending outside the then existing boundaries of Cape Colony. The first vicar Apostolic, Marie-Jean-François Allard , landed at Port Natal with five missionaries of the same French order. The name of this colony dates from Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese voyager, who sighted its headlands on Christmas Day, 1497, which suggested the name of", "title": "Apostolic Vicariate of Natal" }, { "docid": "16109681", "text": "colony, Benedict Arnold. A notable descendant of Joseph and Mary Sheffield, through their grandson, Joseph Arnold, was Stephen Arnold Douglas who debated Abraham Lincoln in 1858 before a senate race and later lost to him in the 1860 presidential election. Joseph Sheffield Joseph Sheffield (1661 - 1706) was an inhabitant of Portsmouth in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the last half of the 17th century. He held a number of important offices within the colony, including Deputy, Assistant and Attorney General. He is most noted for being selected as Rhode Island's agent to England on two", "title": "Joseph Sheffield" }, { "docid": "2924756", "text": "certainly benefits its artists-in-residence, but that doesn't strike us as being the general public.\" The colony's board of directors paid the bill, then successfully challenged the charge. A 2007 Superior Court opinion found that the MacDowell Colony, by promoting the arts, was a charitable institution, a ruling that was upheld by the New Hampshire Supreme Court in a subsequent appeal. The appeal court found that \"Contrary to the Town's assertions, MacDowell's articles of incorporation oblige it to use its property for its stated charitable purpose.\" MacDowell Colony The MacDowell Colony is an artists' colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States,", "title": "MacDowell Colony" }, { "docid": "3464058", "text": "a letter attaching conditions to his assent. The colony was expected, among other things, to expand religious tolerance to include the Church of England and religious minorities like the Quakers. The agents were harshly criticized by hardline factions of the legislature, but Bradstreet defended the need to accommodate the king's wishes as the safest course to take. How to respond to the king's demands divided the colony; Bradstreet was part of the moderate \"accommodationist\" faction arguing that the colony should obey the king's wishes. This faction lost the debate to the hardline \"commonwealth\" faction, who were in favor of aggressively", "title": "Simon Bradstreet" }, { "docid": "18358729", "text": "the new nest site. The potent smell attracts the wasps that may have lost their way along the emigration route. This venom is sprayed by the foragers when they finally decide on a new nest site. When the envelope and comb of a \"Parachartergus fraternus\" nest are removed or manipulated, the wasps to make defensive buzzing patterns and then disperse. Brood cannibalism is additionally observed. Eventually, the disturbance leads to colony emigration. Scouts are in charge of finding the new nesting site. They visit leaves, trees, fences, and walls in different directions within 50 meters of the old nest. They", "title": "Parachartergus fraternus" }, { "docid": "17751944", "text": "Ranjan is a member of the State BJP Executive Committee and was in charge of Mysore division. In 2012, he was inducted as Cabinet Minister for Youth Services and Sports in Jagadish Shettar’s cabinet and was made the District in-charge minister of Kodagu District. Another highlighted feature of his political career is Hadi Vasthavya in 2011; he became the first M.L.A of Karnataka to stay in forest-covered areas and remote villages to understand and solve the issues of people living in highly backward regions. He stayed in Balegundi ST Colony, Taluk SC Colony ChikkaBandara, and in a remote village in", "title": "Appachu Ranjan" }, { "docid": "16735251", "text": "and that God did thereby call and design me to sit still and be sequestered from all publick transactions, which condition suits me so well that I have received more satisfaction and contentment therein, than ever I did in sustaining any publick place.\" Cudworth was chosen again as Assistant from 1674 to 1680 inclusively. In 1675 he was appointed to take charge of the Plymouth Colony military forces, and during that summer was in charge of one hundred Plymouth men and two hundred Massachusetts (Bay Colony) men. In December Governor Winslow became commander-in-chief of the United Colonies forces, and planned", "title": "James Cudworth (colonist)" }, { "docid": "13970060", "text": "distinguish the film’s character from his real-life persona, Hutchison asked O’Sullivan to make changes in the script. When O’Sullivan refused, Hutchison dropped out of the project. In February 2012, Lost Colony produced \"The Dress\", a film based on the stage play \"That Dress\", written by Steve Strangio. It starred Castille Landon, James Mount, and Joe Sernio and was produced by Sandra Rayne Garcia. \"The Dress\" premiered the following year at the Garden State Film Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Also in 2012, it was announced that Lost Colony was developing a big-screen adaptation of the novel \"The Wizard of", "title": "Lost Colony Entertainment" }, { "docid": "13236178", "text": "four horses wide. After the first battery was taken, chevaulegers, without slowing the full gallop charge gained the top of the Pass in about eight minutes. All four batteries were taken, and the road to Madrid opened for Napoleon's Army. The charge was led by Kozietulski who, however, lost his horse after taking the first battery. The squadron was then joined by Lt. Andrzej Niegolewski, who had previously been on reconnaissance with his troop. The charge was continued under Dziewanowski, and when he fell from his horse after taking the third battery, by Piotr Krasiński. The charge, which continued to", "title": "1st Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard" }, { "docid": "10576173", "text": "War. Stone quickly returned and retracted the declaration, but the event was enough to convince Parliament to appoint Protestant commissioners Richard Bennett and William Claiborne to help oversee the colony. Bennett and Claiborne appointed a Protestant council to oversee the colony, creating some confusion as to whether this council of the proprietary governor and his deputies was in charge. The council, among other decisions, rescinded the Maryland Toleration Act which had guaranteed religious freedom in the colony and banned Catholics from worshiping openly. Stone attempted to regain control of the colony by force, but was defeated in the Battle of", "title": "Thomas Greene (governor)" }, { "docid": "14937262", "text": "springbok was chosen as the principal charge in the arms. Although it had made its appearance in heraldry nearly thirty years earlier (in the crest of the arms granted to Edward Randles of Port Natal in 1875), this appears to have been the first time that the animal was used as a charge on a shield. When the colony became a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the provincial administration took over the arms, which it used until 1925. In 1937, after a twelve-year period without official arms, the provincial administration adopted the old republican arms, which", "title": "Coat of arms of the Orange River Colony" }, { "docid": "5038881", "text": "units, with little organized resistance. In the rout and mop-up the English lost over 2,000 men out of a force of about 5,000, many of them archers. By contrast the French lost only about one hundred men. Fastolf, the only English commander who remained on horseback, managed to escape. Talbot, Scales and Sir Thomas Rempston were captured. Talbot later accused Fastolf of deserting his comrades in the face of the enemy, a charge which he pursued vigorously once he had negotiated his release from captivity. Fastolf hotly denied the charge and was eventually cleared of the charge by a special", "title": "Battle of Patay" }, { "docid": "9918299", "text": "Pleasant Colony lost 3 of 4 races to Akureyri. He lost the Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Pilgrim Stakes besides finishing behind Akureyri in the Florida Derby. He also was defeated by Akureyri in the Remsen Stakes but was placed first through disqualification. After Pleasant Colony's fifth-place finish in March's Florida Derby, his owner dismissed his trainer and replaced him with John P. Campo. Ridden by jockey Jeffrey Fell, Pleasant Colony then won April's Wood Memorial Stakes by three lengths. In the 1981 Kentucky Derby under regular jockey Jorge Velasquez, Pleasant Colony held off a powerful stretch drive by", "title": "Pleasant Colony" }, { "docid": "6091787", "text": "the American colonists. He arrived at Boston in October 1635 and was given charge of the church at Salem. He played a significant role during the 1637 trial of Anne Hutchinson during the Antinomian Controversy, being one of the ministers wanting her banished from the colony. He took a leading part in the affairs of the colony, and interested himself in the founding of the new colony in Connecticut. He was also active in the establishment of Harvard College. In 1641, Peters returned to England as agent of the colony, but soon became involved in the political troubles which now", "title": "Hugh Peter" }, { "docid": "11071253", "text": "to take over the leadership of the mission, with the assistance of Joseph F. Smith, who had been a missionary in Hawaii for much of the 1850s. Most of the membership followed Benson, Snow, and Smith, but in the process ownership of the property on Lanai was lost. A new colony for Hawaiian Latter-day Saints was established in Lāie. In 1889, Iosepa, Utah was founded as a colony for Hawaiian Latter-day Saints. This colony functioned until 1915 when the saints there were encouraged to return to Hawaii in anticipation of the building of a temple there. The first stake in", "title": "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii" }, { "docid": "816950", "text": "the Powhatan tribe about Roanoke. The first definitive information concerning the fate of the Lost Colony came from Captain John Smith, leader of the Jamestown Colony from 1608 to 1609. According to chronicler Samuel Purchas, Smith learned from Chief Powhatan that he had personally conducted the slaughter of the Roanoke colonists just prior to the arrival of the Jamestown settlers because they were living with the Chesepians, a tribe living in the eastern portion of the present-day South Hampton Roads sub-region who were related to the Pamlico tribe in Carolina and who refused to merge with the Powhatans. This shocking", "title": "Roanoke Colony" }, { "docid": "12138083", "text": "and Roanoke was given the nickname of \"the Lost Colony\". English settlement in America recommenced with Jamestown in the Virginia Colony in 1607. With the permission of James I, three ships (the \"Susan Constant, The Discovery\" and \"The God Speed\") sailed from England and landed at Cape Henry in April, under the captainship of Christopher Newport, who had been hired by the London Company to lead expeditions to what is now America. In 1630 another religious group left England in search of religious freedom. This group was called the Puritans who represented the next wave of English Immigration to America.", "title": "English diaspora" }, { "docid": "9454091", "text": "is one of three that in the early 21st century continues. The drama has been a community effort, and many local Roanoke Islanders and North Carolinians have performed in it. Marjalene Thomas first performed with the show in 1938 and throughout the years played every female role — with the exception of one. Robert Midgette (fight director of \"The Lost Colony\") has been with the show 38 years. Actor Andy Griffith, who performed at the production's Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island from 1947 to 1953, liked Manteo so much he decided to live there permanently. North Carolina State Senator Marc", "title": "The Lost Colony (play)" }, { "docid": "3897426", "text": "away to join the new colony, befriending Timothy, while saving the colony from a flood along the way. In \"R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH\", the rats rescue two lost human children who in turn help to save the colony before winter. In 1982, the animated film \"The Secret of NIMH\" was released, directed by Don Bluth. The film adds a mystical element completely absent from the novel, with Nicodemus portrayed as a wise, bearded old wizard with magic powers and an enchanted amulet, rather than an equal of the other rats. The character of Jenner is made a", "title": "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" }, { "docid": "6689048", "text": "educated with the help of Northern teachers. By 1864 the colony had more than 2200 freedpeople as residents. It had a sawmill, fisheries and 600 cabins. More than 150 freedmen from the colony were among the nearly 4000 freedmen from North Carolina who served with the United States Colored Troops. The colony is commemorated with a marble monument erected at the fort site in 2001 by Dare County. The Fort Raleigh historic site is home to Paul Green's outdoor symphonic drama, \"The Lost Colony.\" This work about the earliest colonists has been performed in the Waterside Theatre during the summer", "title": "Fort Raleigh National Historic Site" }, { "docid": "9910295", "text": "of The Lost Colony is one of America's first great mysteries. Rising Shore Roanoke The Rising Shore - Roanoke is a novel about The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island by Deborah Homsher. The novel tells the story of two women who sailed from London to the shore of the Virginia wilderness in 1587. Elenor White Dare is daughter of the expedition's leader and mother of Virginia Dare, the first English child born on the American continent. Freshly married and newly pregnant when she boards the ship, Elenor longs to explore and paint pictures of the New World, as her father", "title": "Rising Shore Roanoke" }, { "docid": "15732767", "text": "Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony, also known as simply Jamestown, is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed and released by Final Form Games in 2011. The game takes place on Mars in an alternate history steampunk 17th century, where the planet is a British colony contested by the Spanish and the indigenous martians. \"Jamestown\" features mechanics similar to many other shooters. There are 4 types of ships available, each with a primary and secondary attack, and a \"Vaunt Mode\" which the player can trigger when enough gold from destroyed enemies", "title": "Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "3917694", "text": "Presbyterian Scots and the Anglicans, the Company needed someone like Colvile who would wield a firm hand in the Settlement. However, he spent his first winter on the Pacific coast, sorting out the affairs of the troubled Pugets Sound Agricultural Company. In August 1850, he arrived in the Red River Colony with his wife, Anne Maxwell. They took up residence in the \"Big House\" at Lower Fort Garry. He quickly took charge of the affairs of the colony. He took over as president of the Council of Assiniboia, removed Adam Thom from his position of power, and arranged a compromise", "title": "Eden Colvile" }, { "docid": "3869164", "text": "the planet, surrounded by hostile Anouks and various bands of human radicals. Uneasy tensions and a long, grueling war have left both the human colonists and the Anouks with massive death tolls, and fights occasionally still break out between the two. In addition, horrific supernatural monsters are beginning to appear on the planet as a consequence of the Reckoners, who (unbeknownst to the Banshee colonists) have found themselves also stranded on Banshee. As a continuation of \"Deadlands: Hell on Earth\", \"Lost Colony\" features a number of similar character types to both \"the Weird West\" and \"Hell on Earth\". Sykers, Harrowed,", "title": "Deadlands: Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "10397976", "text": "doing so, he receives a message from MacTiernan (voiced by Jay Simon), who is in charge of the defence of the colony. He asks all survivors to come and rescue him, so that he can find a way to fight back. Meanwhile, Bruno is waging his own battle for survival, and trying to find his own path back to New Atlantis. Luke eventually finds MacTiernan and, with him in toe, commandeers a small ship which they hope to take back to the colony. However, the ship fails and crashes far from New Atlantis, forcing Luke to find his own way", "title": "Shadowgrounds: Survivor" }, { "docid": "18944279", "text": "the Fluffy Biscuit Company and a \"secret faction\" known as the Polytechnic Federation. For each playable faction one type ship is available, the Intrepid, W.D. Cruiser, and the Stargazer. Each ship has its own strengths and weaknesses. The developers plan to tie in the factions with the story. Currently \"PULSAR: Lost Colony\" features are the following When the Kickstarter page for PULSAR: Lost Colony was created on October 2, 2013 they highlighted several features that were planned if their funding goals were achieved. The funding goals were achieved as highlighted on their website. These are the features that are planned", "title": "PULSAR: Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "18944281", "text": "the Captain has the ability to Upgrade paths/perks which the entire crew receive (Note: this is not the same as the skills the crew assign for themselves.) On July 2012, Leafy Games, LLC was created. Shortly after the founding of the indie studio they started their first project, PULSAR: Lost Colony, after several attempts at prototypes for a new game. They released their first development log or \"devlog\" on their Official YouTube Channel on August 2, 2013 titled \"PULSAR: Lost Colony - Video Devlog #0\" which marked their first public showcase of the game. Since then they have updated the", "title": "PULSAR: Lost Colony" }, { "docid": "20086344", "text": "out in on land in the Jhelum colony owing to the policy of horse-breeding. Special grants were also given to those who had distinguished themselves, or to the heirs of those who had lost their lives, in offering resistance to criminals, or by assisting in the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime. This Colony was last built under British rule. Colonisation began in 1926, however was never completed. It differed from the previous two large scale colonies in Jhelum and the Lower Bari Doab in that it did not reserve space for horse breeders. However military provision was provided for", "title": "Punjab Canal Colonies" }, { "docid": "9454094", "text": "production's costumes suffered a total loss. The destroyed costumes include vintage costumes created by Irene Rains in the 1940s and 1950s; all of Fred Voelpel's costumes made in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, and the later costumes designed by Tony award-winner William Ivey Long. Recovery from the 2007 event relied on assistance from federal, state, and local sources in additions to donations from individuals and foundations. The costumes were replaced and the building was rebuilt for opening night on May 30, 2008. The Lost Colony (play) The Lost Colony is an historical outdoor drama, written by American Paul Green", "title": "The Lost Colony (play)" }, { "docid": "9454083", "text": "evidence of the colony. People believe the word \"CROATOAN\" was carved on a post. The fate of those first colonists remains a mystery for some, but the consensus of historians of this period is that the colonists died at the site. On July 4, 1937, \"The Lost Colony\" first opened. Annual celebrations of Virginia Dare's birthday, August 18, had been celebrated by the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association since its founding in 1894. The early events were primarily picnic meetings, featuring hymn singing and commemorative speeches. In 1923, the festivities were expanded to include dramatic sketches. By 1925 local residents performed", "title": "The Lost Colony (play)" }, { "docid": "5316336", "text": "his accounts were often described as unreliable and, again, both Dautancourt and the Poles denied his role in it. The charge was led by Kozietulski, but he lost his horse after taking the first battery. The squadron was then joined by Lt. Andrzej Niegolewski, who had previously been on reconnaissance with his soldiers. The charge was continued under Dziewanowski, and when he fell from his horse after taking the third battery he was replaced by Piotr Krasiński. The charge that continued to the last battery was led by Niegolewski, who miraculously survived a fierce attack by Spanish troops – he", "title": "Battle of Somosierra" }, { "docid": "560753", "text": "tribes. Colonization efforts began with the Virginia Company of London, but European settlement did not flourish until after the company lost its charter and Virginia became a royal colony in 1624. In order to stimulate migration to the colony, the headright system was used. Under this system, those who funded an emigrant’s transportation costs (not the actual colonizers) were compensated with land. During the early 17 century, King Charles II granted several acres of colonial Virginia lands to “seven loyal supporters,” including Lord Fairfax. This passed to Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, who married the daughter of Thomas", "title": "Frederick County, Virginia" }, { "docid": "20189147", "text": "keeping or military nature were expected of them. Many of these men became warders in charge of convicts. The decision to turn the colony into a penal settlement occurred after a good many settlers petitioned the Government to do so. The colony had struggled to survive during the 1840s. Governor Charles Fitzgerald supported the proposal and the colony became a penal settlement in 1849. The number of convicts sent to the colony was relatively small to start with. However, all that changed on 28 June 1851 when 293 convicts arrived on board \"Pyrenees\". Their arrival had been unexpected. In addition,", "title": "Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (1851)" }, { "docid": "553883", "text": "Cape Colony The Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape Colony (), was a British colony in present-day South Africa, named after the Cape of Good Hope. The British colony was preceded by an earlier Dutch colony of the same name, the \"Kaap de Goede Hoop\", established in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company. The Cape was under Dutch rule from 1652 to 1795 and again from 1803 to 1806. The Dutch lost the colony to Great Britain following the 1795 Battle of Muizenberg, but had it returned following the 1802 Peace of Amiens. It was re-occupied", "title": "Cape Colony" }, { "docid": "12478026", "text": "a colony of Earthmen, and he sets off to destroy them, while Arthur attempts to get Wowbagger to stop the Vogons. On the Earth colony, Nano, the excessively stereotypical Irish leader, Hillman Hunter, is seeking applicants to be the planet's god, who would keep Hillman in charge due to divine providence. Meanwhile, Prostetnic Jeltz's son, Constant Mown, is having rather \"un-Vogonly\" thoughts, including an enjoyment of poetry and sympathy for humans. Wowbagger and Random start arguing, and Wowbagger drugs and imprisons Random. Afterwards, Trillian and Wowbagger fight, but they share a kiss at the end of the argument. Random is", "title": "And Another Thing... (novel)" }, { "docid": "553898", "text": "May 1910, when it joined the Union of South Africa. Population Figures for the 1904 Census. Source: Cape Colony The Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape Colony (), was a British colony in present-day South Africa, named after the Cape of Good Hope. The British colony was preceded by an earlier Dutch colony of the same name, the \"Kaap de Goede Hoop\", established in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company. The Cape was under Dutch rule from 1652 to 1795 and again from 1803 to 1806. The Dutch lost the colony to Great Britain following the", "title": "Cape Colony" }, { "docid": "6143547", "text": "up; they charge horses and men; when spooked, they flee into the sea and swim around till it is safe to come out. The late Dr. Lydia Black, a leading scholar of the Russian-American period in Alaska, rebutted the legend that there was once a Russian penal colony on Chirikof. Among those who perpetuated that myth was artist, traveler and writer Henry Wood Elliott, who wrote accurately and alarmingly of the fur trade slaughter but fictitiously of much else. Few people at the time were knowledgeable enough to refute Elliott's fantasies. One who could was Capt. Arthur Morris, administrator of", "title": "Chirikof Island" }, { "docid": "7314330", "text": "assumed leadership of the company from his father, founder Ray Kubly, in 1969. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board. Colony Brands, Inc. President John Baumann is in charge of day-to-day operations. Ray Kubly's grandson, Ryan Kubly, is the Director of Strategic Planning. Colony Brands Colony Brands, Inc. (formerly, \"The Swiss Colony, Inc.\") is a mail-order and electronic retail company known for its cheese, sausage, chocolate, fruitcakes, and other food products. The company also features extensive offerings in furniture, home decor, apparel, entertainment products, and electronics. It is one of the largest direct marketers in the United States. The", "title": "Colony Brands" }, { "docid": "18854204", "text": "Dzama Dzama (/ˈzɑːmə/) \"Rhum\" is the brand name for rums produced by Groupe Vidzar in Madagascar. These rums are exported throughout the world, and have won numerous awards and high praise from rum critics. When France lost its colony of St. Domingue in 1803, then the richest European colony in the world, it looked for a substitute suitable for the kind of sugar cane and aromatic plant cultivation it had practiced in the Caribbean. The opportunity came in 1861 when Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar, who had expelled most Europeans from that island, died. It eventually became a French colony", "title": "Dzama" }, { "docid": "8786972", "text": "in the settlement on 27 March 1613, when Nicholas Guy and his wife had a baby boy. Prowse claims that Guy abandoned Newfoundland in 1613, and left Colston in charge of the colony. William Colston William Colston (fl. 1610–1612) was an Englishman and one of the first settlers in the colony at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was almost certainly a native of Bristol, England, and travelled to Newfoundland in 1610 as one of the first settlers in a scheme for the plantation of Newfoundland. They settled at Cuper's Cove and the colony was governed by John Guy,", "title": "William Colston" }, { "docid": "18576007", "text": "Kaitlyn Thumann (Baylor), and pitcher Farish Beard (South Alabama). Before opening day, the Charge signed draftees Ashley Burkhardt, Kahley Novak, Kaitlyn Richardson, Danielle Henderson, and Renada Davis. Other free agents who signed with the Charge included Renee Erwin of West Texas A&M, Nadia Taylor of Texas and Akron Racers, and Victoria Valos of George Washington. The Charge finished their inaugural season in fourth place at 17-31. The Charge then lost in the 2015 NPF Championship semifinals to the USSSA Pride. 2016 season For the 2016 season, Jennifer Rocha was named head coach succeeding Jennifer McFalls. They ultimately finished in fifth", "title": "Texas Charge" } ]
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4 . what does c stand for in case of disk scheduling algorithms
[ "Circular Elevator Algorithm" ]
[ { "docid": "4154165", "text": "all requests are serviced in only one direction, that is, once the head has arrived at the outer edge of the disk, it returns to the beginning and services the new requests in this one direction only (or vice versa). This is known as the \"Circular Elevator Algorithm\" or C-SCAN. Although the time of the return seek is wasted, this results in more equal performance for all head positions, as the expected distance from the head is always half the maximum distance, unlike in the standard elevator algorithm where cylinders in the middle will be serviced as much as twice", "title": "Elevator algorithm" } ]
[ { "docid": "1769932", "text": "avoided. The time it takes for the dispatcher to stop one process and start another is known as the \"dispatch latency\". Scheduling disciplines are algorithms used for distributing resources among parties which simultaneously and asynchronously request them. Scheduling disciplines are used in routers (to handle packet traffic) as well as in operating systems (to share CPU time among both threads and processes), disk drives (I/O scheduling), printers (print spooler), most embedded systems, etc. The main purposes of scheduling algorithms are to minimize resource starvation and to ensure fairness amongst the parties utilizing the resources. Scheduling deals with the problem of", "title": "Scheduling (computing)" }, { "docid": "6587957", "text": "(jobs) into two equal sets (processors). A simple, often-used algorithm is the LPT algorithm (Longest Processing Time) which sorts the jobs by their processing time, longest first, and then assigns them to the machine with the earliest end time so far. This algorithm achieves an upper bound of 4/3 - 1/(3m) OPT. Multiprocessor scheduling algorithms are static or dynamic. A scheduling algorithm is static if the scheduling decisions as to what computational tasks will be allocated to what processors are made before running the program. An algorithm is dynamic if it is taken at run time. For static scheduling algorithms,", "title": "Multiprocessor scheduling" }, { "docid": "16550867", "text": "after changes to the scheduling System are considered in a case by case basis. Testing and verification of real-time systems should not be limited to input/output and codes verifications but are performed also in running applications using intrusive or non-intrusive methods. Scheduling analysis real-time systems The term scheduling analysis in real-time computing includes the analysis and testing of the scheduler system and the algorithms used in real-time applications. In computer science, real-time scheduling Analysis is the evaluation, testing and verification of the scheduling system and the algorithms used in real-time operations. For critical operations, a real-time system must be tested", "title": "Scheduling analysis real-time systems" }, { "docid": "1775367", "text": "the channel conditions are improved, or at least to give scheduling priority to less expensive users. Round-robin scheduling does not utilize this. Higher throughput and system spectrum efficiency may be achieved by channel-dependent scheduling, for example a proportionally fair algorithm, or maximum throughput scheduling. Note that the latter is characterized by undesirable scheduling starvation. This type of scheduling is one of the very basic algorithms for Operating Systems in computers which can be implemented through circular queue data structure. Round-robin scheduling Round-robin (RR) is one of the algorithms employed by process and network schedulers in computing. As the term is", "title": "Round-robin scheduling" }, { "docid": "9329870", "text": "time, only one student should be able to register for it. Real-time databases can process these requests utilizing scheduling algorithms for concurrency control, prioritizing both students’ requests in some way. Throughout this article, we assume that the system has a single processor, a disk based database, and a main memory pool. In real-time databases, deadlines are formed and different kinds of systems respond to data that does not meet its deadline in different ways. In a real-time system, each transaction uses a timestamp to schedule the transactions. A priority mapper unit assigns a level of importance to each transaction upon", "title": "Real-time database" }, { "docid": "17808582", "text": "dimensions the MDS problem becomes NP-complete, and thus has either exact super-polynomial algorithms or approximate polynomial algorithms. When \"C\" is a set of unit disks, \"M\"=3, because the leftmost disk (the disk whose center has the smallest \"x\" coordinate) intersects at most 3 other disjoint disks (see figure). Therefore the greedy algorithm yields a 3-approximation, i.e., it finds a disjoint set with a size of at least \"MDS(C)\"/3. Similarly, when \"C\" is a set of axis-parallel unit squares, \"M\"=2. When \"C\" is a set of arbitrary-size disks, \"M\"=5, because the disk with the smallest radius intersects at most 5 other", "title": "Maximum disjoint set" }, { "docid": "9296264", "text": "scheduling could dynamically prioritize task deadlines achieving optimal schedulable utilization in the preemtible case. Dynamic priority scheduling Dynamic priority scheduling is a type of scheduling algorithm in which the priorities are calculated during the execution of the system. The goal of dynamic priority scheduling is to adapt to dynamically changing progress and form an optimal configuration in self-sustained manner. It can be very hard to produce well-defined policies to achieve the goal depending on the difficulty of a given problem. Earliest deadline first scheduling and Least slack time scheduling are examples of Dynamic priority scheduling algorithms. The idea of real-time", "title": "Dynamic priority scheduling" }, { "docid": "10217595", "text": "was described by Catanzaro et al. (2014). For the case where is small, Dow (1995) describes another algorithm requiring additional storage, involving a square transpose preceded or followed by a small out-of-place transpose. Frigo & Johnson (2005) describe the adaptation of these algorithms to use cache-oblivious techniques for general-purpose CPUs relying on cache lines to exploit spatial locality. Work on out-of-core matrix transposition, where the matrix does not fit in main memory and must be stored largely on a hard disk, has focused largely on the \"N\" = \"M\" square-matrix case, with some exceptions (e.g. Alltop, 1975). Recent reviews of", "title": "In-place matrix transposition" }, { "docid": "1775318", "text": "is \"optimal\", meaning that if any static-priority scheduling algorithm can meet all the deadlines, then the rate-monotonic algorithm can too. The deadline-monotonic scheduling algorithm is also optimal with equal periods and deadlines, in fact in this case the algorithms are identical; in addition, deadline monotonic scheduling is optimal when deadlines are less than periods. For the task model in which deadlines can be greater than periods, Audsley's algorithm endowed with an exact schedulability test for this model finds an optimal priority assignment. In many practical applications, resources are shared and the unmodified RMS will be subject to priority inversion and", "title": "Rate-monotonic scheduling" }, { "docid": "11092350", "text": "example of this, where it is necessary to schedule which jobs need to be completed on which machines, by which employees, in what order and at what time. In very complex problems such as scheduling there is no known way to get to a final answer, so we resort to searching for it trying to find a “good” answer. Scheduling problems most often use heuristic algorithms to search for the optimal solution. Heuristic search methods suffer as the inputs become more complex and varied. This type of problem is known in computer science as an NP-Hard problem. This means that", "title": "Genetic algorithm scheduling" }, { "docid": "3907372", "text": "swap in and swap out processes from memory. It does its scheduling much less often than the lower-level scheduler since swapping takes so much time. Thus, the higher-level scheduler selects among those processes in memory that have run for a long time and swaps them out. They are replaced with processes on disk that have not run for a long time. Exactly how it selects processes is up to the implementation of the higher-level scheduler. A compromise has to be made involving the following variables: Two-level scheduling Two-level scheduling is a computer science term to describe a method to more", "title": "Two-level scheduling" }, { "docid": "9909205", "text": "be accessed with minimal arm/head movement. I/O schedulers can have many purposes depending on the goals; common purposes include the following: Common scheduling disciplines include the following: I/O scheduling Input/output (I/O) scheduling is the method that computer operating systems use to decide in which order the block I/O operations will be submitted to storage volumes. I/O scheduling is sometimes called disk scheduling. I/O scheduling usually has to work with hard disk drives that have long access times for requests placed far away from the current position of the disk head (this operation is called a seek). To minimize the effect", "title": "I/O scheduling" }, { "docid": "8373596", "text": "Anticipatory scheduling Anticipatory scheduling is an algorithm for scheduling hard disk input/output (I/O scheduling). It seeks to increase the efficiency of disk utilization by \"anticipating\" future synchronous read operations. \"Deceptive idleness\" is a situation where a process appears to be finished reading from the disk when it is actually processing data in preparation of the next read operation. This will cause a normal work-conserving I/O scheduler to switch to servicing I/O from an unrelated process. This situation is detrimental to the throughput of synchronous reads, as it degenerates into a seeking workload. Anticipatory scheduling overcomes deceptive idleness by pausing for", "title": "Anticipatory scheduling" }, { "docid": "5910146", "text": "in 1992, but only for six-digit codes or less. Source code for seven and eight digit codes was written in C and Perl and posted anonymously in 2003. Video recorder scheduling code VCR Plus+, G-Code, VideoPlus+ and ShowView are different names for the same scheduling system for programming video recorders. These names are all registered trademarks of Macrovision, whose corporate predecessor, Gemstar, developed these algorithms for use in integrated endecs. Before the advent of on-screen displays, the only interface available for programming a home video recorder was a small VFD, LED or LCD panel and a small number of buttons.", "title": "Video recorder scheduling code" }, { "docid": "9909204", "text": "I/O scheduling Input/output (I/O) scheduling is the method that computer operating systems use to decide in which order the block I/O operations will be submitted to storage volumes. I/O scheduling is sometimes called disk scheduling. I/O scheduling usually has to work with hard disk drives that have long access times for requests placed far away from the current position of the disk head (this operation is called a seek). To minimize the effect this has on system performance, most I/O schedulers implement a variant of the elevator algorithm that reorders the incoming randomly ordered requests so the associated data would", "title": "I/O scheduling" }, { "docid": "16053459", "text": "30, 2014. From Linux kernel version 3.15 onwards (released on June 8, 2014), zram supports multiple compression streams and multiple compression algorithms. Compression algorithms include LZ4 and LZO. The default is LZ4, which is faster at compressing/decompressing, but does not compress quite as efficiently as LZΟ. Like most other system parameters, the compression algorithm can be selected via sysfs. When used as a compressed swap space, zram is similar to zswap, which is not a general-purpose RAM disk, but rather an in-kernel compressed cache for swap pages. However, unlike zswap, zram cannot use a hard disk as a backing store,", "title": "Zram" }, { "docid": "15654668", "text": "so that the channel state process does not depend on past decisions). Hence, the resulting throughput of this distributed implementation is optimal over the class of all routing and scheduling algorithms that use such randomized transmissions. Alternative distributed implementations can roughly be grouped into two classes: The first class of algorithms consider constant multiplicative factor approximations to the max-weight problem, and yield constant-factor throughput results. The second class of algorithms consider additive approximations to the max-weight problem, based on updating solutions to the max-weight problem over time. Algorithms in this second class seem to require static channel conditions and longer", "title": "Backpressure routing" }, { "docid": "11092351", "text": "there are no known algorithms for finding an optimal solution in polynomial time. Genetic algorithms are well suited to solving production scheduling problems, because unlike heuristic methods genetic algorithms operate on a population of solutions rather than a single solution. In production scheduling this population of solutions consists of many answers that may have different sometimes conflicting objectives. For example, in one solution we may be optimizing a production process to be completed in a minimal amount of time. In another solution we may be optimizing for a minimal amount of defects. By cranking up the speed at which we", "title": "Genetic algorithm scheduling" }, { "docid": "2900400", "text": "goes to infinity as \"n\" does. In this case, the approximation ratio is \"c\" ∓ \"k\" / OPT = \"c\" ∓ o(1) for some constants \"c\" and \"k\". Given arbitrary ϵ > 0, one can choose a large enough \"N\" such that the term \"k\" / OPT < ϵ for every \"n ≥ N\". For every fixed ϵ, instances of size \"n < N\" can be solved by brute force , thereby showing an approximation ratio — existence of approximation algorithms with a guarantee — of \"c\" ∓ ϵ for every ϵ > 0. Approximation algorithm In computer science and", "title": "Approximation algorithm" }, { "docid": "16550860", "text": "Scheduling analysis real-time systems The term scheduling analysis in real-time computing includes the analysis and testing of the scheduler system and the algorithms used in real-time applications. In computer science, real-time scheduling Analysis is the evaluation, testing and verification of the scheduling system and the algorithms used in real-time operations. For critical operations, a real-time system must be tested and verified for performance. In computer science, testing and verification is also known as model checking. A real-time scheduling System is composed of the scheduler, clock and the processing hardware elements. In a real-time system, a process or task has schedulability;", "title": "Scheduling analysis real-time systems" }, { "docid": "11285882", "text": "37, 14. LOOK behaves almost identically to Shortest seek time first (SSTF), but avoids the starvation problem of SSTF. This is because LOOK is biased against the area recently traversed, and heavily favors tracks clustered at the outermost and innermost edges of the platter. LOOK is also biased towards more recently arriving jobs (on average). LOOK has slightly better average seek times than SCAN. C-LOOK has a slightly lower variance in seek time than LOOK since the worst case seek time is nearly cut in half. Other variations include: LOOK algorithm LOOK is a disk scheduling algorithm used to determine", "title": "LOOK algorithm" }, { "docid": "6384893", "text": "is not currently possible to find the optimal solution without checking nearly every possibility. What has been done follows two approaches: restricting the solution to be of a specific type (which makes it possible to find the optimal solution for the narrower problem), or approximate solution of the full problem using heuristics or genetic algorithms. Economic lot scheduling problem The economic lot scheduling problem (ELSP) is a problem in operations management and inventory theory that has been studied by a large number of researchers for more than 50 years. The term was first used in 1958 by professor Jack D.", "title": "Economic lot scheduling problem" }, { "docid": "4298491", "text": "performance is a function of the sequence of observed values (and not e.g. of wall-clock time), so it follows easily that all algorithms have identically distributed performance when objective functions are drawn uniformly at random, and also that all algorithms have identical mean performance. But identical mean performance of all algorithms does not imply Theorem 1, and thus the folkloric theorem is not equivalent to the original theorem. Theorem 2 establishes a similar, but \"more subtle\", NFL result for time-varying objective functions. The NFL theorems were explicitly \"not\" motivated by the question of what can be inferred (in the case", "title": "No free lunch theorem" }, { "docid": "12486167", "text": "time. Key switches may be installed on the ground floor so that the elevator can be remotely switched on or off from the outside. In destination control systems, one selects the intended destination floor (in lieu of pressing \"\"up\"\" or \"\"down\"\") and is then notified which elevator will serve their request. The elevator algorithm, a simple algorithm by which a single elevator can decide where to stop, is summarized as follows: The elevator algorithm has found an application in computer operating systems as an algorithm for scheduling hard disk requests. Modern elevators use more complex heuristic algorithms to decide which", "title": "Elevator" }, { "docid": "18901228", "text": "(k-tMM clustering); and for introducing the open-shop scheduling problem as well as algorithms for its solution that have found numerous applications in several research areas as well as for his research on flow shop scheduling, and job shop scheduling algorithms. He is the editor of the \"Handbook on Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics\", and he is co-editor of Volume 1 (Computer Science and Software Engineering) of the \"Computing Handbook Set\". Teofilo F. Gonzalez Teofilo Francisco Gonzalez Arce (born January 26, 1948 in Monterrey, Mexico) is a Mexican-American computer scientist who is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California,", "title": "Teofilo F. Gonzalez" }, { "docid": "7146260", "text": "Åhlander. The C++ standard requires that a call to performs comparisons when applied to a range of elements. In previous versions of C++, such as C++03, only average complexity was required to be .<ref name=\"C++03 25.3.1.1/2\">ISO/IEC (2003). \"ISO/IEC 14882:2003(E): Programming Languages - C++ §25.3.1.1 sort [lib.sort]\" para. 2</ref> This was to allow the use of algorithms like (median-of-3) quicksort, which are fast in the average case, indeed significantly faster than other algorithms like heap sort with optimal worst-case complexity, and where the worst-case quadratic complexity rarely occurs. The introduction of hybrid algorithms such as introsort allowed both fast average performance", "title": "Sort (C++)" }, { "docid": "11632201", "text": "allow users to express uncertainty in their task estimates using ranges. The application employs a probabilistic scheduling engine that is claimed to build more accurate schedules. Several authors have noted that estimating in ranges (e.g. 3–4 days, 1–3 hours) is preferable to single point estimates (e.g. 1 hour, 2 days). Steve McConnell states \"simplistic single-point estimates are meaningless because they don't include any indication of the probability associated with the single-point.\" Project management and scheduling methodologies such as Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) generate best-case/worst-case ranges. However the preponderance of popular project management software does not readily accept ranges", "title": "LiquidPlanner" }, { "docid": "20588773", "text": "C. Jha is Executive Vice President of Optym. Jha joined Ahuja in 2000 as his doctoral student and transitioned to working with Optym as one of the company's first team members in 2004. Jha focuses on the design and development of algorithms that solve real-life problems in scheduling, transportation and logistics, such as train scheduling, railroad blocking and crew scheduling. Dr. Wei Huang is Vice President – System Architecture at Optym and was one of Optym's first team members, having joined the company in 2004. He utilizes his academic experience to develop large-scale optimization models and guide Optym's software architecture", "title": "Optym" }, { "docid": "8991713", "text": "group, i.e., this is the edge union of an interval graph and a graph consisting of n disjoint cliques of size \"k\". An important class of scheduling algorithms is the class of dynamic priority algorithms. When none of the intervals overlap the optimum solution is trivial. The optimum for the non-weighted version can found with the earliest deadline first scheduling. Weighted interval scheduling is a generalization where a value is assigned to each executed task and the goal is to maximize the total value. The solution need not be unique. The interval scheduling problem is 1-dimensional – only the time", "title": "Interval scheduling" }, { "docid": "17478864", "text": "2), (11, 3), (13, 4), (15, 5), (17, 6), (19, 7), etc. The performance of PMS algorithms is customarily shown only for challenging instances. Following is a table of time comparison of different PMS algorithms on the challenging instances of DNA sequences for the special case. This table is taken from the paper qPMS7. In this table several algorithms have been compared: qPMSPrune, qPMSPruneI, Pampa, Voting, RISOTTO, PMS5, PMS6, qPMS7. In the following table, the alphabet ∑={\"A\",\"C\",\"G\",\"T\"}, \"n\"=20, \"m\"=600, and \"q\"=\"n\"=20. Planted motif search In the field of computational biology, a planted motif search (PMS) also known as a (\"l,", "title": "Planted motif search" }, { "docid": "179341", "text": "servo technology), or segments interspersed with real data (in the case of embedded servo technology). The servo feedback optimizes the signal to noise ratio of the GMR sensors by adjusting the voice-coil of the actuated arm. The spinning of the disk also uses a servo motor. Modern disk firmware is capable of scheduling reads and writes efficiently on the platter surfaces and remapping sectors of the media which have failed. Modern drives make extensive use of error correction codes (ECCs), particularly Reed–Solomon error correction. These techniques store extra bits, determined by mathematical formulas, for each block of data; the extra", "title": "Hard disk drive" }, { "docid": "1769939", "text": "use extended or combinations of the scheduling algorithms above. For example, Windows NT/XP/Vista uses a multilevel feedback queue, a combination of fixed-priority preemptive scheduling, round-robin, and first in, first out algorithms. In this system, threads can dynamically increase or decrease in priority depending on if it has been serviced already, or if it has been waiting extensively. Every priority level is represented by its own queue, with round-robin scheduling among the high-priority threads and FIFO among the lower-priority ones. In this sense, response time is short for most threads, and short but critical system threads get completed very quickly. Since", "title": "Scheduling (computing)" }, { "docid": "1769933", "text": "deciding which of the outstanding requests is to be allocated resources. There are many different scheduling algorithms. In this section, we introduce several of them. In packet-switched computer networks and other statistical multiplexing, the notion of a scheduling algorithm is used as an alternative to first-come first-served queuing of data packets. The simplest best-effort scheduling algorithms are round-robin, fair queuing (a max-min fair scheduling algorithm), proportionally fair scheduling and maximum throughput. If differentiated or guaranteed quality of service is offered, as opposed to best-effort communication, weighted fair queuing may be utilized. In advanced packet radio wireless networks such as HSDPA", "title": "Scheduling (computing)" }, { "docid": "7698660", "text": "be solved efficiently with linear programming, but many scheduling problems require integer variables. Although efficient algorithms exist to give integer solutions in some situations (see network flow models), most problems that require integer solutions cannot yet be solved efficiently. Scheduling is useful in transportation planning. The important components of transportation improvement proposals include (a) comprehensive evaluations of the scope of work to be completed, (b) reasonably accurate cost estimates for finishing the task, and (c) a feasible project schedule. If any of these factors are not accurately defined, then there is a strong possibility of unexpected difficulties. Poor scoping and/or", "title": "Schedule" }, { "docid": "11090078", "text": "Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications\" by Giorgio C. Buttazzo featured a dedicated section to reviewing SRP from Baker 1991 work. Stack Resource Policy The Stack Resource Policy (SRP) is a resource allocation policy used in real-time computing, used for accessing shared resources when using earliest deadline first scheduling. It was defined by T. P. Baker. SRP is not the same as the Priority ceiling protocol which is for fixed priority tasks (FP). Each task is assigned a preemption level based upon the following formula where formula_1 denotes the deadline of task formula_2 and formula_3 denotes the preemption level of", "title": "Stack Resource Policy" }, { "docid": "8373598", "text": "been removed from the Linux kernel. The reason being that while useful, the scheduler's effects could be achieved through tuned use of other schedulers (mostly CFQ, which can also be configured to idle with the slice_idle tunable). Since the anticipatory scheduler added maintenance overhead while not improving the workload coverage of the Linux kernel, it was deemed redundant. Anticipatory scheduling Anticipatory scheduling is an algorithm for scheduling hard disk input/output (I/O scheduling). It seeks to increase the efficiency of disk utilization by \"anticipating\" future synchronous read operations. \"Deceptive idleness\" is a situation where a process appears to be finished reading", "title": "Anticipatory scheduling" }, { "docid": "2237808", "text": "is a torus. A torus, of course, is the same as a torus with a disk removed with a disk (a 2-cell) attached. One therefore appears to have the following rule: the topology of formula_11 does not change except when formula_12 passes the height of a critical point, and when formula_12 passes the height of a critical point of index formula_14, a formula_14-cell is attached to formula_11. This does not address the question of what happens when two critical points are at the same height. That situation can be resolved by a slight perturbation of \"f\". In the case of", "title": "Morse theory" }, { "docid": "4154438", "text": "4, for example, is transforming the digits a → c, b → d, c → e... Halving is the reverse: change all the digit by the previous digit. For example, the half of bdgh is acfg. One sees immediately that it is only feasible when the numeral to be halved does not contains an a (or, if the numeral is extended, an odd number of as). In other words, an abbreviated numeral is odd if it contains an a and even if it does not. With these basic operations (doubling and halving), we can adapt all the binary algorithms starting", "title": "Location arithmetic" }, { "docid": "673549", "text": "from a peg to another peg are symmetric with respect to the center points. 2)The smallest disk is the first and last disk to move. 3)Groups of the smallest disk moves alternate with single moves of other disks. 4)The number of disks moves specified by C(n) and A(n) are minimal. Although the three-peg version has a simple recursive solution as outlined above which has long been known, the \"optimal\" solution for the Tower of Hanoi problem with four pegs (called Reve's puzzle) was not verified until 2014, and in the case of more than four pegs a proof that the", "title": "Tower of Hanoi" }, { "docid": "14911616", "text": "\"Gene would invariably comment that this is why a world with two sexes has been devised.\" During the 1970s, Lawler made great headway in systematizing algorithms for job shop scheduling. His 1979 survey on the subject introduced the three-field notation for theoretic scheduling problems, which (despite the existence of earlier notations) became standard in the study of scheduling algorithms. Another later survey is also highly cited (over 1000 citations each in Google scholar). In the late 1980s, Lawler shifted his research focus to problems of computational biology, including the reconstruction of evolutionary trees and several works on sequence alignment. In", "title": "Eugene Lawler" }, { "docid": "15836113", "text": "Patterns Library as an \"imperative programming model that promotes scalability and ease-of-use for developing concurrent applications.\" It uses the Concurrency Runtime for scheduling and resource management and provides generic, type-safe algorithms and containers for use in parallel applications. Parallel Patterns Library The Parallel Patterns Library is a Microsoft library designed for use by native C++ developers that provides features for multicore programming. It was first bundled with Visual Studio 2010. It resembles the C++ Standard Library in style and works well with the C++11 language feature, lambdas, also introduced with Visual Studio 2010. For example, this sequential loop: Can be", "title": "Parallel Patterns Library" }, { "docid": "13036024", "text": "measurement can be found in Malakooti(2013). As presented by Garey et al. (1976), most of extensions of the flow shop scheduling problems are NP-Hard and few of them can be solved optimally in O(nlogn), for example F2|prmu|C can be solved optimally by using Johnson's Rule. The proposed methods to solve flow shop scheduling problems can be classified as exact algorithm such as Branch and Bound and Heuristic algorithm such as genetic algorithm. F2|prmu|C and F3|prmu|C can be solved optimally by using Johnson's Rule (1954) but for general case there is no algorithm that guarantee the optimality of the solution.<br> Here", "title": "Flow shop scheduling" }, { "docid": "7099997", "text": "genetic algorithms\" are also employed. Furthermore, many people term their memetic techniques as \"genetic algorithms\". Researchers have used memetic algorithms to tackle many classical NP problems. To cite some of them: graph partitioning, multidimensional knapsack, travelling salesman problem, quadratic assignment problem, set cover problem, minimal graph coloring, max independent set problem, bin packing problem, and generalized assignment problem. More recent applications include (but are not limited to) training of artificial neural networks, pattern recognition, robotic motion planning, beam orientation, circuit design, electric service restoration, medical expert systems, single machine scheduling, automatic timetabling (notably, the timetable for the NHL), manpower scheduling,", "title": "Memetic algorithm" }, { "docid": "11329848", "text": "access it. The techniques of mutual exclusion are used to prevent this concurrent use. When the other task is blocked, it is unable to execute until the first task has finished using the shared resource. Programming languages and scheduling algorithms are designed to minimize the over-all effect blocking. A process that blocks may prevent local work-tasks from progressing. In this case \"blocking\" often is seen as not wanted. However, such work-tasks may instead have been assigned to independent processes, where halting one has no or little effect on the others, since scheduling will continue. An example is \"blocking on a", "title": "Blocking (computing)" }, { "docid": "492598", "text": "choice of algorithms is rarely based on best-case performance: most academic and commercial enterprises are more interested in improving Average-case complexity and worst-case performance. Algorithms may also be trivially modified to have good best-case running time by hard-coding solutions to a finite set of inputs, making the measure almost meaningless. Worst-case performance analysis and average-case performance analysis have some similarities, but in practice usually require different tools and approaches. Determining what \"best input\" means is difficult, and often that average input has properties which make it difficult to characterise mathematically (consider, for instance, algorithms that are designed to operate on", "title": "Best, worst and average case" }, { "docid": "15313375", "text": "with \"C\" for all \"m\" dividing \"n\". This is an inductive definition on \"n\": the base case is \"C\"(\"x\") = \"x\" − \"α\" where \"α\" is the lexicographically minimal primitive element of F. The notion of lexicographical ordering used is the following: Since there does not appear to be any natural mathematical criterion that would single out one monic primitive polynomial satisfying the compatibility conditions over all the others, the imposition of lexicographical ordering in the definition of the Conway polynomial should be regarded as a convention. Algorithms for computing Conway polynomials that are more efficient than brute-force search have", "title": "Conway polynomial (finite fields)" }, { "docid": "2774791", "text": "update to the next, do not require updates with the same frequency as other nodes, whose sign and magnitude fluctuate more widely. These scheduling algorithms show greater speed of convergence and lower error floors than those that use flooding. These lower error floors are achieved by the ability of the Informed Dynamic Scheduling (IDS) algorithm to overcome trapping sets of near codewords. When nonflooding scheduling algorithms are used, an alternative definition of iteration is used. For an (\"n\", \"k\") LDPC code of rate \"k\"/\"n\", a full \"iteration\" occurs when \"n\" variable and \"n\" − \"k\" constraint nodes have been updated,", "title": "Low-density parity-check code" }, { "docid": "19980606", "text": "What Does the K Stand For? What Does the K Stand For? is a BBC Radio Four sitcom series based on the experiences of comedian Stephen K. Amos growing up as a teenager in south London in the 1980s. The broadcast of the first series began in November 2013; the third series commenced in January 2017. Reviewing Series 1, Episode 1 for \"Radio Times\", Tristram Fane Saunders found the show suited Amos \"down to the ground; there's a touch of \"Seinfeld\" about \"What Does the K Stand for?\" in the way it flows from stand up into a deliciously awkward", "title": "What Does the K Stand For?" }, { "docid": "16550863", "text": "feasible to implement a uniprocessor scheduling algorithm in a multiprocessor. The algorithms used in scheduling analysis “can be classified as pre-emptive or non-pre-emptive\". A scheduling algorithm defines how tasks are processed by the scheduling system. In general terms, in the algorithm for a real-time scheduling system, each task is assigned a description, deadline and an identifier (indicating priority). The selected scheduling algorithm determines how priorities are assigned to a particular task. A real-time scheduling algorithm can be classified as static or dynamic. For a static scheduler, task priorities are determined before the system runs. A dynamic scheduler determines task priorities", "title": "Scheduling analysis real-time systems" }, { "docid": "3692819", "text": "GiNaC GiNaC is a free computer algebra system released under the GNU General Public License. The name is a recursive acronym for \"GiNaC is Not a CAS\" (Computer Algebra System). This is similar to the GNU acronym \"GNU is not Unix\". What distinguishes GiNaC from most other computer algebra systems is that it does not provide a high-level interface for user interaction. Rather, it encourages its users to write symbolic algorithms directly in C++, which is GiNaC's implementation programming language. Algebraic syntax is achieved in C++ through the use of operator overloading. The name GiNaC is also explained by its", "title": "GiNaC" }, { "docid": "8991703", "text": "Interval scheduling Interval scheduling is a class of problems in computer science, particularly in the area of algorithm design. The problems consider a set of tasks. Each task is represented by an \"interval\" describing the time in which it needs to be executed. For instance, task A might run from 2:00 to 5:00, task B might run from 4:00 to 10:00 and task C might run from 9:00 to 11:00. A subset of intervals is \"compatible\" if no two intervals overlap. For example, the subset {A,C} is compatible, as is the subset {B}; but neither {A,B} nor {B,C} are compatible", "title": "Interval scheduling" }, { "docid": "6520368", "text": "output. Key concepts here are: Production scheduling can take a significant amount of computing power if there are a large number of tasks. Therefore, a range of short-cut algorithms (heuristics) (a.k.a. dispatching rules) are used: Batch production scheduling is the practice of planning and scheduling of batch manufacturing processes. See Batch production. Although scheduling may apply to traditionally continuous processes such as refining, it is especially important for batch processes such as those for pharmaceutical active ingredients, biotechnology processes and many specialty chemical processes. Batch production scheduling shares some concepts and techniques with finite capacity scheduling which has been applied", "title": "Scheduling (production processes)" }, { "docid": "7357594", "text": "Lottery scheduling Lottery scheduling is a probabilistic scheduling algorithm for processes in an operating system. Processes are each assigned some number of lottery tickets, and the scheduler draws a random ticket to select the next process. The distribution of tickets need not be uniform; granting a process more tickets provides it a relative higher chance of selection. This technique can be used to approximate other scheduling algorithms, such as Shortest job next and Fair-share scheduling. Lottery scheduling solves the problem of starvation. Giving each process at least one lottery ticket guarantees that it has non-zero probability of being selected at", "title": "Lottery scheduling" }, { "docid": "19980607", "text": "sitcom\". Writing in \"The Guardian\" in February 2015, Priya Elan judged that, \"Standup comedian Stephen K Amos's jaunty sitcom \"What Does The K Stand For?\" (Radio 4) reaches the end of its second series with possibly the best episode yet. With shades of Chris Rock's \"Everybody Hates Chris\", Amos takes us back to his 80s childhood, growing up gay and black in a dysfunctional household\". However, he added, \"Playing it broad by mixing farce with double entendres, the sitcom is slightly uneven: although the family are drawn with wit and sympathy, minor characters like the actress turned teacher Miss Bliss", "title": "What Does the K Stand For?" }, { "docid": "11718308", "text": "a polynomial-time approximation scheme in 1987 that finds an approximate solution to the offline makespan minimisation problem with atomic jobs to any desired degree of accuracy. The basic form of the problem of scheduling jobs with multiple (M) operations, over M machines, such that all of the first operations must be done on the first machine, all of the second operations on the second, etc., and a single job cannot be performed in parallel, is known as the open shop scheduling problem. Various algorithms exist, including genetic algorithms. A heuristic algorithm by S. M. Johnson can be used to solve", "title": "Job shop scheduling" }, { "docid": "4154166", "text": "as often as the innermost or outermost cylinders. Other variations include: The following is an example of how to calculate average disk seek times for both the SCAN and C-SCAN algorithms. Both SCAN and C-SCAN behave in the same manner until they reach the last track queued. For the sake of this example let us assume that the SCAN algorithm is currently going from a lower track number to a higher track number (like the C-SCAN is doing). For both methods, one takes the difference in magnitude (i.e. absolute value) between the next track request and the current track. At", "title": "Elevator algorithm" }, { "docid": "20839721", "text": "He is most notable for his research into DNA sequencing, DNA computing and the theory of algorithms. In 2012, he shared the Copernicus Award (together with Erwin Pesch) \"for their joint research and development of algorithms in the field of scheduling and bioinformatics\". He is a member of a number of scientific associations including Polish Cybernetics Association, Polish Society of Bioinformatics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Mathematical Society and Polish Information Processing Society. Błażewicz is also a member of editorial boards of numerous scientific journals and magazines such as \"Journal of Heuristics\", \"Journal of Scheduling\", \"Parallel Computing\",", "title": "Jacek Błażewicz" }, { "docid": "14260542", "text": "to the C and Pascal languages. In TNSDL processes are created by the CREATE command. (It is somewhat similar to the POSIX fork or pthread_create commands.) The CREATE command creates either an operating system process or a cooperative task. The process model can be selected by configuration. The source code itself does not reflect which scheduling method is used. Still, to avoid certain race conditions, developers may need to be prepared for parallel execution. TNSDL explicitly supports critical sections to be marked in the code. In case of cooperative multitasking a program is scheduled as one operating system process. When", "title": "TNSDL" }, { "docid": "9296262", "text": "Dynamic priority scheduling Dynamic priority scheduling is a type of scheduling algorithm in which the priorities are calculated during the execution of the system. The goal of dynamic priority scheduling is to adapt to dynamically changing progress and form an optimal configuration in self-sustained manner. It can be very hard to produce well-defined policies to achieve the goal depending on the difficulty of a given problem. Earliest deadline first scheduling and Least slack time scheduling are examples of Dynamic priority scheduling algorithms. The idea of real-time scheduling is to confine processor utilization under schedulable utilization of a certain scheduling algorithm,", "title": "Dynamic priority scheduling" }, { "docid": "19297350", "text": "flow diagram, read/write operations and IO activity. The mapping of the application to the system platform is defined in a spreadsheet. Communication architecture between different systems or sub-systems can be defined using VisualSim networking and wireless libraries. Software task arbitration and scheduling can be defined using VisualSim schedulers or the scripting language. The legacy models can be obtained by importing third-party models built in SystemC or C/C++. Algorithms developed using MatLab and Simulink can be used as a part of VisualSim model. VisualSim provides modeling libraries for model-driven systems engineering activities. Libraries are used during the specification to optimize and", "title": "VisualSim Architect" }, { "docid": "15563263", "text": "offline algorithm. The optimum list update problem was proven to be NP-hard by . An online algorithm \"ALG\" has a competitive ratio \"c\" if for any input it performs at least as good as \"c\" times worse than OPT. i.e. if there exists an formula_6 such that for all finite length request sequences formula_1, formula_8. Online algorithms can either be deterministic or randomized and it turns out that randomization in this case can truly help against oblivious adversaries. Most deterministic algorithms are variants of these three algorithms : Observe that all these use just free transpositions. It turns out that", "title": "List update problem" }, { "docid": "7401821", "text": "but starvation would be avoided. Max-min fairness would result in even lower throughput, but higher level of fairness, meaning that the service quality that each data flow achieves would be even more stable. Unlike max-min fair scheduling based on the fair queuing or round robin algorithms, a maximum throughput scheduling algorithm relies on the calculation of a cost function, which in wireless networks may require fast and truthful measurement of the path loss. Proportional fairness based on weighted fair queuing also require measurement or calculation of the cost function. Maximum throughput scheduling Maximum throughput scheduling is a procedure for scheduling", "title": "Maximum throughput scheduling" }, { "docid": "16567232", "text": "a Java-based visual environment for discrete-event simulation. In this approach computed nodes and network topology is visually modeled. Jobs and their duration and complexity are represented with specific probability distributions allowing various parallel job scheduling algorithms to be proposed and experimented with. The communication overhead for MPI message passing can thus be simulated and better understood in the context of large-scale parallel job execution. Other simulation tools include MPI-sim and BIGSIM. MPI-Sim is an execution-driven simulator that requires C or C++ programs to operate. ClusterSim, on the other hand uses a hybrid higher-level modeling system independent of the programming language", "title": "Message passing in computer clusters" }, { "docid": "14084531", "text": "Advanced Format Advanced Format is a generic term pertaining to any disk sector format used to store data on magnetic disks in hard disk drives (HDDs) that exceeds 512, 520, or 528 bytes per sector, such as the 4096, 4112, 4160, and 4224-byte (4 KB) sectors of the Advanced Format hard disk drives. Larger sectors enable the integration of stronger error correction algorithms to maintain data integrity at higher storage densities. Advanced Format is also considered a milestone technology in the history of HDD storage, where data has been generally processed in 512-byte segments since at least the introduction of", "title": "Advanced Format" }, { "docid": "4170897", "text": "studio in Hull what the 'out-cue' was going to be. Breaks were balanced by the tech-op, not by the scheduling department. A tale about Keith Skues was that he would give an out-cue of \"time-check\", and would then announce \"the time is three little ducks\". This was followed by a long pause, causing the local tech-ops to fire off the ad-break once they'd realised it was 2:22pm. The talkback was some kind of radio link, and occasionally was interfered with by Hull taxis. A stand-by CD was in satellite studios in case of line failure; in Bradford, the dulcet tones", "title": "Classic Gold" }, { "docid": "17478838", "text": "the known algorithms for PMS consider DNA strings for which Σ ={G, C, T, A}. There exist algorithms that deal with protein strings as well. The PMS problem is also known as the (\"l\", \"d\")-motif search (LDMS) problem. The following mathematical notation is often used to describe PMS algorithms. Assume that S = {\"s, s, s, …, s\"} is the given set of input strings from an alphabet Σ. An \"l\"-mer of any string is nothing but a substring of the string of length \"l\". Let \"d(a, b)\" stand for the Hamming distance between any two \"l\"-mers \"a\" and \"b\".", "title": "Planted motif search" }, { "docid": "2314163", "text": "ever-growing disk capacities, file sizes, and increases in the amount of data stored on a disk, the likelihood of the occurrence of data decay and other forms of uncorrected and undetected data corruption increases. Higher-level software systems may be employed to mitigate the risk of such underlying failures by increasing redundancy and implementing integrity checking and self-repairing algorithms. The ZFS file system was designed to address many of these data corruption issues. The Btrfs file system also includes data protection and recovery mechanisms, as does ReFS. Data degradation Data degradation is the gradual corruption of computer data due to an", "title": "Data degradation" }, { "docid": "9838634", "text": "alpha 5, Wubi was also on the Ubuntu Live CD. The project's aim was to enable existing Windows users, unacquainted with Linux, to try Ubuntu without risking any data loss (due to disk formatting or partitioning mistakes). It could also safely uninstall Ubuntu from within Windows. It is not a virtual machine, but creates a stand-alone installation within a loopmounted device, also known as a disk image, like Topologilinux does. It is not a Linux distribution of its own, but rather an installer for Ubuntu. While Wubi does not install Ubuntu directly to its own partition this can also be", "title": "Wubi (software)" }, { "docid": "3886918", "text": "different methods of applying this leaky bucket analogy are described in the literature. These give what appear to be two different algorithms, both of which are referred to as the leaky bucket algorithm and generally without reference to the other method. This has resulted in confusion about what the leaky bucket algorithm is and what its properties are. In one version of applying the analogy, the analogue of the bucket is a counter or variable, separate from the flow of traffic or scheduling of events. This counter is used only to check that the traffic or events conform to the", "title": "Leaky bucket" }, { "docid": "3493432", "text": "papers and written 15 textbooks. His research publications are on the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, data structures, parallel computing, interconnection networks, design automation, and medical algorithms. With his advisor Ellis Horowitz, Sahni wrote two widely used textbooks, \"Fundamentals of Computer Algorithms\" and \"Fundamentals of Data Structures\". He has also written highly cited research papers on the NP-completeness of approximately solving certain optimization problems, on open shop scheduling, on parallel algorithms for matrix multiplication and their application in graph theory, and on improved exponential time exact algorithms for the subset sum problem, among his many other research results. In", "title": "Sartaj Sahni" }, { "docid": "8045653", "text": "and view were not dependent on a common record size. Ross' research focused on scheduling of disk I/O when multiple clients were accessing the same file. Previous results had shown that scheduling according to the best possible disk access pattern was preferable. Ross showed that this depended on a number of factors including the relative speed of the network and the details of the file view. In some cases a scheduling based on network traffic was preferable, thus a dynamically adaptable schedule provided the best overall performance. In late 1994 Ligon met with Thomas Sterling and John Dorband at Goddard", "title": "Parallel Virtual File System" }, { "docid": "10257548", "text": "can be comprised in bigger lot sizes of production orders of similar type in such a way that the workshops own scheduling system (MES) is then able to use the available machine-capacity better by bringing the production orders into an optimal sequence using suitable algorithms. This is usually the case when the machines are expensive, their number is relatively small and they have big output-capacities and setup time is expensive. Implementing Kanban in such a case would require to use a bigger number of smaller\\cheaper machines, dedicated to certain production lines, in order to react more flexibly to the demand.", "title": "Backflush accounting" }, { "docid": "9367388", "text": "never waits for an answer to come back. The hardware or operating system can guarantee that the message arrives at its destination so the program does not have to worry about anything anymore after it forwards the job. TDS yields spectacular results compared to traditional algorithms, even attaining superlinear speedup (although only in one sense of the word). This property is attained because computers have a limited amount of memory and for large problems, not all transpositions can be stored. Therefore, some transpositions will be calculated more than once. Because 16 computers have 16 times as much memory as 1", "title": "Transposition-driven scheduling" }, { "docid": "12901648", "text": "to be accessed off a common shared disk. CSV also increases the resiliency of the cluster by having I/O fault detection and recovery over alternate communication paths between the nodes in the cluster. While CSV is not required for Live Migration of VMs, it reduces the potential disconnection period at the end of the migration since the NTFS file system does not have to be unmounted/mounted as is the case with a traditional cluster disk. This helps ensure seamless live migration since the physical disk resource does not need to be moved between nodes. CSV increases the chance that a", "title": "Cluster Shared Volumes" }, { "docid": "4248183", "text": "embedded systems that lack any kind of operating system; in that case it calls a board support package that can do things like write a byte of output on a serial port, or read a sector from a disk or other memory device. Newlib is included in commercial GCC distributions by Atollic, CodeSourcery, Code Red, KPIT, Red Hat and others, and receives support from major embedded-processor architecture vendors such as ARM and Renesas. It is used as the standard C library in Cygwin, as well as being one standard C library among several for AmigaOS version 4. , devkitARM, a", "title": "Newlib" }, { "docid": "3408830", "text": "previous formula: the complete marginalization is reduced to a sum of products of simpler terms than the ones appearing in the full joint distribution. This is the reason why it is called the sum-product algorithm. In a typical run, each message will be updated iteratively from the previous value of the neighboring messages. Different scheduling can be used for updating the messages. In the case where the graphical model is a tree, an optimal scheduling allows to reach convergence after computing each messages only once (see next sub-section). When the factor graph has cycles, such an optimal scheduling does not", "title": "Belief propagation" }, { "docid": "9780569", "text": "Logical disk A logical disk, logical volume or virtual disk (VD or vdisk for short) is a virtual device that provides an area of usable storage capacity on one or more physical disk drive(s) in a computer system. The disk is described as \"logical\" or \"virtual\" because it does not actually exist as a single physical entity in its own right. The goal of the logical disk is to provide computer software with what seems a contiguous storage area, sparing them the burden of dealing with the intricacies of storing files on multiple physical units. Most modern operating systems provide", "title": "Logical disk" }, { "docid": "5551434", "text": "All the above-mentioned algorithms, the initial placement policy is fixed and jobs are allocated to the PEs based on that. But this algorithm is different in a way that, as the name suggests, this scheme migrate jobs from one set of PEs to another set of PEs which in turn improves the run fraction of the system. Although there are system which had been implemented with this algorithm but the migration rate is kept low. See also Gang scheduling In computer science, gang scheduling is a scheduling algorithm for parallel systems that schedules related threads or processes to run simultaneously", "title": "Gang scheduling" }, { "docid": "16550862", "text": "be completed “neither too early nor too late;..”. A system is said to be unschedulable when tasks can not meet the specified deadlines. A task can be classified as either a periodic or aperiodic process. The criteria of a real-time can be classified as hard, firm or soft. The scheduler set the algorithms for executing tasks according to a specified order. There are multiple mathematical models to represent a scheduling System, most implementations of real-time scheduling algorithm are modeled for the implementation of uniprocessors or multiprocessors configurations. The more challenging scheduling algorithm is found in multiprocessors, it is not always", "title": "Scheduling analysis real-time systems" }, { "docid": "1775360", "text": "Round-robin scheduling Round-robin (RR) is one of the algorithms employed by process and network schedulers in computing. As the term is generally used, time slices (also known as time quanta) are assigned to each process in equal portions and in circular order, handling all processes without priority (also known as cyclic executive). Round-robin scheduling is simple, easy to implement, and starvation-free. Round-robin scheduling can also be applied to other scheduling problems, such as data packet scheduling in computer networks. It is an operating system concept. The name of the algorithm comes from the round-robin principle known from other fields, where", "title": "Round-robin scheduling" }, { "docid": "8991706", "text": "most \"k\". This problem is often called JISPk, where J stands for Job. GISMP is the most general problem; the other two problems can be seen as special cases of it: Several algorithms, that may look promising at first sight, actually do not find the optimal solution: The following greedy algorithm does find the optimal solution: Whenever we select an interval at step 1, we may have to remove many intervals in step 2. However, all these intervals necessarily cross the finishing time of \"x\", and thus they all cross each other (see figure). Hence, at most 1 of these", "title": "Interval scheduling" }, { "docid": "14697511", "text": "networking) may be remotely rented in virtualized form under precise service-level agreements, it would be highly desirable that the performance of the virtualized resources be as stable and predictable as possible. Multiple techniques may be used to face with the aforementioned problem. They aim to achieve some degree of temporal isolation across the concurrently running VMs, at the various critical levels of scheduling: CPU scheduling, network scheduling and disk scheduling. For the CPU, it is possible to use proper scheduling techniques at the hypervisor level to contain the amount of computing each VM may impose on a shared physical CPU", "title": "Temporal isolation among virtual machines" }, { "docid": "13336057", "text": "Control and Operations Research from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Jahar Saha obtained his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. His Ph.D. thesis was titled \"Some Problems in Railway Networks\" which focused on two kinds of problems in railway networks: (i) scheduling trains, (ii) selecting an optimal configuration for railway networks. Many of the problems were structured mathematical programming problems and Saha made attempts to develop efficient algorithms to the problems. Saha started his career as a Trainee Technical Officer of SQC Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Mumbai. He also worked as a Junior System Consultant", "title": "Jahar Saha" }, { "docid": "7125660", "text": "a function chooseQueue() that selects the queue where the packet is enqueued. The function selectQueue() selects the queue with the minimal virtual finish time. For the sake of readability, the pseudo-code presented here does a linear search. But maintaining a sorted list can be implemented in logarithmic time, leading to a \"O(log(n))\" complexity, but with more complex code. Fair queuing Fair queuing is a family of scheduling algorithms used in some process and network schedulers. The algorithm is designed to achieve fairness when a limited resource is shared, for example to prevent flows with large packets or processes that generate", "title": "Fair queuing" }, { "docid": "18296456", "text": "in the field of the vehicle routing problem, specifically for \"integrated vehicle and crew scheduling in the multiple-depot case.\" they explained: The algorithms are both based on a combination of column generation and Lagrangian relaxation. Furthermore, we compare those integrated approaches with each other and with the traditional sequential one on random generated as well as real-world data instances for a suburban/extra-urban mass transit system. To simulate such a transit system, we propose a new way of generating randomly data instances such that their properties are the same as for our real-world instances. Wagelmans has authored and co-authored numerous publications.", "title": "Albert Wagelmans" }, { "docid": "6996387", "text": "by Windows as a \"Local Disk\" as opposed to a \"Removable Disk\". Thus a CompactFlash (CF) card capable of true IDE mode connected to a PC running Windows through an IDE port or a USB to ATA bridge, a mobile HDD enclosure case for instance, would get this reservation in contrast to one being connected through a normal USB card reader or a passive 16-bit CF to PCMCIA adapter where it does not deserve this reservation. \"Dynamic disk\" is a proprietary format of Microsoft developed together with Veritas. A basic volume is a volume stored on a basic disk, while", "title": "Logical Disk Manager" }, { "docid": "935053", "text": "built from primitive types. A type system associates types with computed values. By examining the flow of these values, a type system attempts to prove that no \"type errors\" can occur. The type system in question determines what constitutes a type error, but a type system generally seeks to guarantee that operations expecting a certain kind of value are not used with values for which that operation does not make sense. A compiler may use the static type of a value to optimize the storage it needs and the choice of algorithms for operations on the value. In many C", "title": "Data type" }, { "docid": "16123185", "text": "are available as a part of the list class and there are algorithms that are part of the C++ STL (Algorithm (C++)) that can be used with the codice_3 and codice_4 class: The following example demonstrates various techniques involving a vector and C++ Standard Library algorithms, notably shuffling, sorting, finding the largest element, and erasing from a vector using the erase-remove idiom. The output will be the following: \"The largest number is 8\"<br> \"It is located at index 6\" (implementation-dependent)<br> \"The number 5 is located at index 4\"<br> \"1 2 3 4\" Sequence container (C++) In computing, sequence containers refer", "title": "Sequence container (C++)" }, { "docid": "725051", "text": "the patents have expired. Techniques covered by patents may be essential for implementing the algorithms for arithmetic coding that are specified in some formal international standards. When this is the case, such patents are generally available for licensing under what is called \"reasonable and non-discriminatory\" (RAND) licensing terms (at least as a matter of standards-committee policy). In some well-known instances, (including some involving IBM patents that have since expired), such licenses were available for free, and in other instances, licensing fees have been required. The availability of licenses under RAND terms does not necessarily satisfy everyone who might want to", "title": "Arithmetic coding" }, { "docid": "15333519", "text": "require the CA Clarity PPM suite if they want to use a central database to manage enterprise collaboration. Clarity’s Schedule Connect module adds database access to Open Workbench’s screens; it must be installed on both the central server and the desktops. Open Workbench claims to be open source. However, the source code available through SourceForge does not include “scheduling algorithms [which] are currently not open sourced and will be maintained by CA Technologies (Computer Associates)”. Furthermore, the available source code is old, dating back to version 1.1.4 of 2005. The source code for Open Workbench 1.1.6 is not available. Open", "title": "Open Workbench" }, { "docid": "2973909", "text": "hard-disk-platter concept. However the Jaz design does not put the drive motor in the disk case. In some circles, REV drives are referred to as \"RRD,\" for \"Removable Rigid Disk,\" because SCSI REV drives identify themselves as \"RRD\" drives to the host OS. The disks are formatted with the UDF file system on Windows and Unix/Linux. On Apple systems, they may be formatted as HFS+ or UDF in Mac OS X. A \"seemingly\"-similar competing technology is RDX Technology. A key distinction, however, is that the REV drive heads and drive controller remain inside the drive when the hard-disk platter is", "title": "REV (disk)" }, { "docid": "868685", "text": "the batch job are copied from the user disk to the work disk before the job execution. This process is called \"stage-in.\" It is important to hide this staging time for the job scheduling. Main steps of the job scheduling are summarized as follows; When a new batch job is submitted, the scheduler searches available nodes (Step.1). After the nodes and the estimated start time are allocated to the batch job, stage-in process starts (Step.2). The job waits until the estimated start time after stage-in process is finished. If the scheduler find the earlier start time than the estimated start", "title": "Earth Simulator" }, { "docid": "514256", "text": "scheduling problems, and many scheduling software packages are based on GAs. GAs have also been applied to engineering. Genetic algorithms are often applied as an approach to solve global optimization problems. As a general rule of thumb genetic algorithms might be useful in problem domains that have a complex fitness landscape as mixing, i.e., mutation in combination with crossover, is designed to move the population away from local optima that a traditional hill climbing algorithm might get stuck in. Observe that commonly used crossover operators cannot change any uniform population. Mutation alone can provide ergodicity of the overall genetic algorithm", "title": "Genetic algorithm" }, { "docid": "1769940", "text": "threads can only use one time unit of the round-robin in the highest-priority queue, starvation can be a problem for longer high-priority threads. The algorithm used may be as simple as round-robin in which each process is given equal time (for instance 1 ms, usually between 1 ms and 100 ms) in a cycling list. So, process A executes for 1 ms, then process B, then process C, then back to process A. More advanced algorithms take into account process priority, or the importance of the process. This allows some processes to use more time than other processes. The kernel", "title": "Scheduling (computing)" }, { "docid": "10186988", "text": "Introselect In computer science, introselect (short for \"introspective selection\") is a selection algorithm that is a hybrid of quickselect and median of medians which has fast average performance and optimal worst-case performance. Introselect is related to the introsort sorting algorithm: these are analogous refinements of the basic quickselect and quicksort algorithms, in that they both start with the quick algorithm, which has good average performance and low overhead, but fall back to an optimal worst-case algorithm (with higher overhead) if the quick algorithm does not progress rapidly enough. Both algorithms were introduced by David Musser in , with the purpose", "title": "Introselect" }, { "docid": "6706850", "text": "can be overlapped with device detection and initialization that occurs during boot. The prefetcher works by tracing frequently accessed paged data which is then used by the \"Task Scheduler\" to create a prefetch-instructions file at %WinDir%\\Prefetch. Once the system boots or an application is started, any data and code specified in the trace that is not already in memory is prefetched from the disk. The previous prefetching results determine which scenario benefited more and what should be prefetched at the next boot or launch. The prefetcher also uses the same algorithms to reduce application startup times. To reduce disk seeking", "title": "Features new to Windows XP" }, { "docid": "3080580", "text": "CFQ Completely Fair Queuing (CFQ) is an I/O scheduler for the Linux kernel which was written in 2003 by Jens Axboe. CFQ places synchronous requests submitted by processes into a number of per-process queues and then allocates timeslices for each of the queues to access the disk. The length of the time slice and the number of requests a queue is allowed to submit depends on the I/O priority of the given process. Asynchronous requests for all processes are batched together in fewer queues, one per priority. While CFQ does not do explicit anticipatory I/O scheduling, it achieves the same", "title": "CFQ" }, { "docid": "94631", "text": "the 1572 DOS. It would have had four times as much RAM as the 1571 (8 kB), and twice as much ROM (64 kB). The 1572 would have allowed for fast disk backups of non-copy-protected media, much like the old 4040, 8050, and 8250 dual drives. The 1571 built into the European plastic-case C128 D computer is electronically identical to the stand-alone version, but 1571 version integrated into the later metal-case C128 D (often called C128 DCR, for D Cost-Reduced) differs a lot from the stand-alone 1571. It includes a newer DOS, version 3.1, replaces the MOS Technology CIA interface", "title": "Commodore 1571" }, { "docid": "711001", "text": "and preventing attacks on the kernel's network stack or unrelated services running on other ports. Some load balancers provide a mechanism for doing something special in the event that all backend servers are unavailable. This might include forwarding to a backup load balancer, or displaying a message regarding the outage. It is also important that the load balancer itself does not become a single point of failure. Usually load balancers are implemented in high-availability pairs which may also replicate session persistence data if required by the specific application. Numerous scheduling algorithms, also called load-balancing methods, are used by load balancers", "title": "Load balancing (computing)" }, { "docid": "9219166", "text": "Modified due-date scheduling heuristic The modified due-date (MDD) scheduling heuristic is a greedy heuristic used to solve the single machine total weighted tardiness problem (SMTWTP). The modified due date scheduling is a scheduling heuristic, created in 1982 by Baker and Bertrand, used to solve the NP-hard single machine total-weighted tardiness problem. This problem is centered around reducing the global tardiness of a list of tasks which are characterized by their processing time, due date and weight by re-ordering them. This heuristic works the same way as other greedy algorithms. At each iteration, it finds the next job to schedule and", "title": "Modified due-date scheduling heuristic" } ]
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what is the second book of the old testament
[ "Exodus" ]
[ { "docid": "305839", "text": "– Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, book of Numbers and Deuteronomy – reached their present form in the Persian period (538–332 BC), and their authors were the elite of exilic returnees who controlled the Temple at that time. The books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings follow, forming a history of Israel from the Conquest of Canaan to the Siege of Jerusalem c. 587 BC. There is a broad consensus among scholars that these originated as a single work (the so-called \"Deuteronomistic history\") during the Babylonian exile of the 6th century BC. The two Books of Chronicles cover much the same material", "title": "Old Testament" }, { "docid": "19105380", "text": "John N. Oswalt John N. Oswalt is an American scholar and distinguished professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He teaches in theology, Old Testament and ancient semitic languages including Hebrew. He is the author of 11 scholarly books; foremost is the 2-volume commentary on the Book of Isaiah in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series. \"Exodus: The Way Out\" (2013) is a recent work. Oswalt adheres to single, unitary authorship of the Book of Isaiah. Numerous scholarly journals, biblical encyclopedias and academic religious periodicals have included articles by him. He earnt his B.A. at Taylor", "title": "John N. Oswalt" }, { "docid": "19175448", "text": "Proba dedicates only a few lines to Exodus before moving onto the New Testament. Cullhed reasons that this is because the Book of Exodus and the remaining Old Testament is replete with violence and warfare that is stylistically too close to the tradition of pagan epic poetrya tradition that Proba expressly rejects in the proem of \"De laudibus Christi\". In the transitional section between the Old and New Testaments, Proba appropriates the invocation of the Muses of war that immediately precedes the Catalogue of Italians (from Book VII, \"Aeneid\") and verses that originally described Aeneas's prophetic shield (from Book VIII,", "title": "Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi" }, { "docid": "126591", "text": "Book of Exodus The Book of Exodus or Exodus is the second book of the Torah and the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) immediately following Genesis. The book tells how the Israelites leave slavery in Egypt through the strength of Yahweh, the god who has chosen Israel as his people. Led by their prophet Moses they journey through the wilderness to Mount Sinai, where Yahweh promises them the land of Canaan (the \"Promised Land\") in return for their faithfulness. Israel enters into a covenant with Yahweh who gives them their laws and instructions to build the Tabernacle, the means by", "title": "Book of Exodus" }, { "docid": "126609", "text": "humanity's state in Eden, so that God can dwell with the Israelites as he had with Adam and Eve through the Ark and Tabernacle, which together form a model of the universe; in later Abrahamic religions this came to be interpreted as Israel being the guardian of God's plan for humanity, to bring \"God's creation blessing to mankind\" begun in Adam. Book of Exodus The Book of Exodus or Exodus is the second book of the Torah and the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) immediately following Genesis. The book tells how the Israelites leave slavery in Egypt through the strength", "title": "Book of Exodus" } ]
[ { "docid": "46230", "text": "of Christian Bibles is called the Old Testament, which contains, at minimum, the above 24 books but divided into 39 books and ordered differently. The Catholic Church and Eastern Christian churches also hold that certain deuterocanonical books and passages are part of the Old Testament canon. The second part is the New Testament, containing 27 books; the four Canonical gospels, Acts of the Apostles, 21 Epistles or letters and the Book of Revelation. The King James Bible—which has been called \"the most influential version of the most influential book in the world, in what is now its most influential language\"", "title": "Books of the Bible" }, { "docid": "4667291", "text": "of Chronicles, The Second Book of Chronicles, The Book of Ezra, The Book of Nehemiah, The Book of Esther, The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or the Preacher, Cantica or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets the Greater, Twelve Prophets the Less. All the books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive and account canonical. Article VI - Of the Old Testament The Old Testament is not contrary to the New; for both in the Old and New Testaments everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between", "title": "Articles of Religion (Methodist)" }, { "docid": "17021081", "text": "Michigan, USA. He has also published on the theological implications of the Israel-Palestine conflict. His \"Whose Land, Whose Promise: What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians\" (2003, revised 2013) was his first book in this area. His second volume, \"Jesus and the Land: The New Testament Challenge to Holy Land Theology\" (2010) is a theological examination of how the New Testament interprets the land promises of the Old Testament. Burge also provides development workshops for college and seminary faculty. This is based on his recent work on the integration of psychology with faculty career development. His", "title": "Gary M. Burge" }, { "docid": "12428871", "text": "Hebrew for the Old Testament, Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece in Greek, and the Greek Old Testament for the Deuterocanonical books. Its publication is done by Japan Bible Society (日本聖書協会), a member of the United Bible Societies (UBS). It is published in various forms, such as the whole Old and New Testament book, Old Testament only book, New Testament only book, Old Testament with or without the Deuterocanonical books, Japanese translation with the English translation (Good News Bible (TEV) or New International Version (NIV)), with the Korean translation, etc. It is now the most widely read Japanese Bible, by both Catholics", "title": "Japanese New Interconfessional Translation Bible" }, { "docid": "11038173", "text": "the \"protoIsraelites.\" It followed an earlier book, \"What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?\", in which Dever, contrary to the \"minimalists\", asserted that the writers of the Old Testament knew a good deal about the Israelites' past. Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come from? Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? is a book by American biblical scholar and archaeologist William G. Dever. Dever has been prominent in the debate between biblical \"maximalists\" and \"minimalists\" over the historicity of the Bible (specifically the Old Testament). This book,", "title": "Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come from?" }, { "docid": "11757232", "text": "at Eastern University (St. Davids, Pennsylvania) Enns is married to Susan (1984) and has three children, Erich (1987), Elizabeth (1990), and Sophia (1993). Enns's academic interests include Old Testament theology, Biblical Theology, Wisdom Literature (especially Ecclesiastes), the New Testament use of the Old Testament, Second Temple literature, and the general issue of how the historical context of the Bible affects how the nature of Scripture is understood within Reformed tradition and Evangelical commitments. He has written many articles, essays, dictionary and encyclopedia entries, and book reviews on varied topics surrounding the Old Testament and its interpretation (see \"Books\" and \"Articles", "title": "Peter Enns" }, { "docid": "7944390", "text": "the Gospel Advocate Company \"circa\" 1934. 4. \"The Certified Gospel\", First Edition – 1937. This is a book of sermons delivered at Port Arthur, Texas in 1937. The sermons are: The Certified Gospel, Who Wrote the Bible?, Christ and the Church, How and When the Church Began, The Last Will and Testament, What It Means to Preach Christ, The Gospel in Old Testament Example, The Lord's Day, Restoring the Ancient Order, Why Send for Peter?, What To Do To Be Saved, God's Call to Repentance and The Origin and Doctrines of Seventh Day Adventism. This book contains 110 pages and", "title": "Foy E. Wallace" }, { "docid": "305845", "text": "account for the many different Old Testaments which exist today. Timothy H. Lim, a professor of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism at the University of Edinburgh, identifies the Old Testament as \"a collection of authoritative texts of apparently divine origin that went through a human process of writing and editing.\" He states that it is not a magical book, nor was it literally written by God and passed to mankind. By about the 5th century BC Jews saw the five books of the Torah (the Old Testament Pentateuch) as having authoritative status; by the 2nd century BC the Prophets", "title": "Old Testament" }, { "docid": "11035742", "text": "City of Gold (book) City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament is a collection of 33 Old Testament Bible stories retold for children by Peter Dickinson, illustrated by Michael Foreman, and published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1980. The British Library Association awarded Dickinson his second Carnegie Medal recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject and highly commended Foreman for the companion Kate Greenaway Medal. \"City of Gold\" is a \"radical\" retelling of Bible stories, according to the retrospective online Carnegie Medal citation. \"It is set in a time before the Bible was written", "title": "City of Gold (book)" }, { "docid": "13007685", "text": "epoch without resorting to generalities and reductionism. By far the most frequently reprinted chapter is chapter one, \"Odysseus' Scar\" in which Auerbach compares the scene in book 19 of Homer’s \"Odyssey\", when Odysseus finally returns home from his two decades of warring and journeying, to Genesis 22, the story of The Binding of Isaac. Highlighting the rhetorically determined simplicity of characters in the \"Odyssey\" (what he calls the \"external\") against what he regards as the psychological depth of the figures in the Old Testament, Auerbach suggests that the Old Testament gives a more powerful and historical impression than the \"Odyssey\",", "title": "Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature" }, { "docid": "8226030", "text": "Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament The New Testament frequently cites Jewish scripture to support the claim of the Early Christians that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, and to support faith in Jesus as the Christ and his imminent expected Second Coming. The majority of these quotations and references are taken from the Book of Isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of Jewish writings. People of the Jewish faith do not regard any of these as having been fulfilled by Jesus, and in some cases do not regard them as messianic prophecies at all.", "title": "Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament" }, { "docid": "14683627", "text": "the matter, however, they were not defining something new, but instead \"were ratifying what had already become the mind of the Church\". Thus from the 4th century there existed unanimity in the West concerning the New Testament canon (as it is today), and by the 5th century the East, with a few exceptions, had come to accept the Book of Revelation and thus had come into harmony on the matter of the New Testament canon. As the canon crystallised, non-canonical texts fell into relative disfavour and neglect. Martin Luther (1483–1546) moved seven Old-Testament books (Tobit, Judith, 1-2 Maccabees, Book of", "title": "Biblical canon" }, { "docid": "10670822", "text": "Church, first found as last chapter of the eighth book of the Apostolic Constitutions. Canon n. 85 of the \"Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles\" is a list of canonical books, includes 46 books of Old Testament canon which essentially corresponds to that of the Septuagint. The Old Testament part of the Canon n. 85 stated as follows: Karl Josef von Hefele argues that \"This is probably the least ancient canon in the whole collection\"; even he and William Beveridge believe that the writings of the Apostolic Canons dating from end of the second or early of the third", "title": "Development of the Old Testament canon" }, { "docid": "14683719", "text": "and 26-book NT (excludes Revelation). In his Easter letter of 367, Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, gave a list of exactly the same books as what would become the 27-book NT canon, and he used the word \"canonized\" (kanonizomena) in regard to them. The Cheltenham List, c. 365–90, is a Latin list discovered by the German classical scholar Theodor Mommsen (published 1886) in a 10th-century manuscript (chiefly patristic) belonging to the library of Thomas Phillips at Cheltenham, England. The list probably originated in North Africa soon after the middle of the 4th century. It has a 24-book Old Testament and 24-book", "title": "Development of the New Testament canon" }, { "docid": "14672187", "text": "the Old Testament translation was roughly half completed. Bible translations into Hawaii Pidgin At the current time, there is one translation of the Bible's New Testament into Hawaiian Pidgin. An Old Testament translation is in progress. \"Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament\" is a translation of the New Testament into Hawaiian Pidgin. The book is 752 pages long, and was published by Wycliffe Bible Translators in 2000. It was translated by retired Cornell University linguistics professor Joseph Grimes, who worked on it with 27 pidgin speakers for 12 years. In 1994 it was reported that an Old Testament \"Da", "title": "Bible translations into Hawaii Pidgin" }, { "docid": "2820749", "text": "and certainly the nation's biggest-selling recording artist. Rastafari itself is a monotheistic belief system, based on teachings found in the Old Testament and the New Testament – particularly the Book of Revelation. However, what distinguishes Rastafari from Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, (which also cite Abrahamic beliefs), is that Rastas believe in the divinity of the Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. Hailed by Rastas as H.I.M. (His Imperial Majesty), Haile Selassie I is regarded as God himself, the true descendant of Solomon, and the earthly embodiment of Jah (God) – in what believers see as a fulfillment of prophecy regarding the", "title": "Culture of Jamaica" }, { "docid": "19417877", "text": "adults (the subjects include the Book of Amos, the Book of Job and the Song of Songs). He also has created stained glass windows and triptychs with religious subjects. De Kort lives in Bergen, North Holland, is married, and has two sons who are also artists. The following titles comprise the \"What the Bible Tells Us\" series, published by The Bible Societies in the U.K. and by the Augsburg Publishing House in the U.S.: Old Testament stories: New Testament stories: Kees de Kort Kees de Kort (born 2 December 1934, Nijkerk) is a Dutch artist best known for his illustrations", "title": "Kees de Kort" }, { "docid": "14672186", "text": "Bible translations into Hawaii Pidgin At the current time, there is one translation of the Bible's New Testament into Hawaiian Pidgin. An Old Testament translation is in progress. \"Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament\" is a translation of the New Testament into Hawaiian Pidgin. The book is 752 pages long, and was published by Wycliffe Bible Translators in 2000. It was translated by retired Cornell University linguistics professor Joseph Grimes, who worked on it with 27 pidgin speakers for 12 years. In 1994 it was reported that an Old Testament \"Da Befo Jesus Book\" was planned. As of 2015,", "title": "Bible translations into Hawaii Pidgin" }, { "docid": "16659116", "text": "scripture are amenable to having some or part of the work copied and distributed without formal permission from the original publisher. An 18cm x 13cm booklet -- 8 color maps of the \"ancient biblical world\" with index of place names -- is inserted and bound into the book after the final printed page (p740). 1987 Old and New Testament. 1947 New Testament, 1988 and 2004 Old and New Testament 2006 New Testament 1922 New Testament, 1993, 1997 and 2004 Old and New Testament 2004 New Testament 2004 New Testament 1997 Old and New Testament 2011 Old and New Testament 1954", "title": "Bible translations into Native South American languages" }, { "docid": "13618641", "text": "On the Reliability of the Old Testament On the Reliability of the Old Testament (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids and Cambridge,2003: ) is a book by British Egyptologist Kenneth Kitchen (1932-). The book provides the reader with \"the most sweeping scholarly case in a generation for the traditional beliefs held by Orthodox Jews and Christian conservatives\", according to Richard Ostling. The book was intended to serve as a counterpart to F.F. Bruce's \"Are the New Testament Documents Reliable?\" (1943), and in so doing to counter the arguments of Biblical minimalism, which casts doubt upon the historical value of", "title": "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" }, { "docid": "13618644", "text": "10. On the Reliability of the Old Testament On the Reliability of the Old Testament (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids and Cambridge,2003: ) is a book by British Egyptologist Kenneth Kitchen (1932-). The book provides the reader with \"the most sweeping scholarly case in a generation for the traditional beliefs held by Orthodox Jews and Christian conservatives\", according to Richard Ostling. The book was intended to serve as a counterpart to F.F. Bruce's \"Are the New Testament Documents Reliable?\" (1943), and in so doing to counter the arguments of Biblical minimalism, which casts doubt upon the historical value", "title": "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" }, { "docid": "6932492", "text": "support WaterAid, an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping people escape the poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation. Bell's second book, titled \"Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality\", was released in March 2007. In February and March 2007 Bell hosted a \"Sex God\" tour on six university campuses to promote his book. The tour functioned more as a time for engaging questions and conversation. Questions ranged from Old Testament codes to homosexuality to what should Christians do with the word \"evangelical\". Each night ended with the showing of NOOMA number 15", "title": "Rob Bell" }, { "docid": "2509243", "text": "was wishing \"some wise man would now write a book…and show up the absurdity of…the Old Testament miracles, prophecies, dreams, miraculous births, etc.'\" He was hardly alone. \"'What shall we do with the Old Testament?' asked James Walker in 1838. 'That question is of such frequent recurrence among laymen as well as clergymen, that any well-considered attempt to answer it, or supply the means of answering it, is almost sure of hearty welcome.\" Questions regarding biblical realism and meaning, and the answers clergy increasingly found through the German-based higher criticism, formed the basis of liberal Christianity as it emerged and", "title": "Theodore Parker" }, { "docid": "11095971", "text": "provided the framework for the artists' efforts. This book of hours contains: On every page not occupied by a full page miniature, The Hours has a marginal scene from the Old Testament. As a whole, this series of marginal miniatures forms a secondary book, a \"Bible moralisée\". Each marginal miniature depicts an Old Testament scene that is somehow related to the principal New Testament picture on the same page. The purpose of the marginal scene was to show how the Old Testament paved the way for that particular New Testament scene, according to the theological theory called typology. Some marginal", "title": "Rohan Hours" }, { "docid": "10081419", "text": "of the biblical tradition is folkloristic in essence. The concept of a \"benei Israel\" ... is a reflection of no sociopolitical entity of the historical state of Israel of the Assyrian period...\" In \"\" (U.S. title: \"The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology and the Myth of Israel\"), he argued that the Old Testament was entirely, or almost entirely, a product of the period between the fifth and second centuries B.C. Thompson's arguments were criticized by many Biblical scholars, prominent among them William G. Dever in his book \"What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?\", which has", "title": "Thomas L. Thompson" }, { "docid": "2040290", "text": "least by the author of the Second Epistle of Peter, as comparable to the Old Testament. The view that biblical inerrancy can be justified by an appeal to prooftexts that refer to its divine inspiration has been criticized as circular reasoning, because these statements are only considered to be true if the Bible is already thought to be inerrant. In the introduction to his book \"Credible Christianity\", Anglican Bishop Hugh Montefiore, makes this comment: Much debate over the kind of authority that should be accorded biblical texts centers on what is meant by the \"Word of God\". The term can", "title": "Biblical inerrancy" }, { "docid": "14712108", "text": "Schrifttum ausserhalb der Bibel, Augsburg 1928, 1104–1134) follows the edition ofJames. For a more recent translation, see L. Wills, Ancient Jewish Novels, New York 2002. 13. Cf. Kohler, Testament, 264; James, Testament, LXXIII. 14. E. Kautzsch, Die Apokryphen und Pseudepigraphen des Alten Testaments, I-II, Tübingen 1900; R.H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, I-II, Oxford 1913. In neitherof these collections is the Testament of Job included. See also J. Reeves (ed.), Tracing the Threads: Studies in the Vitality of Jewish Pseudepigrapha, Atlanta 1994. 15. Cf. James, Testament, LXXXIV and Philonenko, op. cit., 12-13. Date: Second half of", "title": "Book of Job in Byzantine illuminated manuscripts" }, { "docid": "18945277", "text": "Reception\" (London: SPCK, 2015). The 2003 co-authored volume \"A Biblical History of Israel\" (with Phil Long and Tremper Longman) was the winner of the 2005 Biblical Archaeology Society prize for the best popular book on archaeology; it has now appeared in a second edition (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2015). \"Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says, and Why It Matters\" (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2014) won the 2016 R. B. Y. Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, recognizing an outstanding book in the areas of Hebrew Bible and/or the Ancient Near East. Provan has been", "title": "Iain Provan" }, { "docid": "3354669", "text": "Testament of Job The Testament of Job is a book written in the 1st century BC or the 1st century AD (thus part of a tradition often called \"intertestamental literature\" by Christian scholars). The earliest surviving manuscript is in Coptic, of the 5th century; other early surviving manuscripts are in Greek and Old Slavonic. In folktale manner in the style of Jewish aggada , it elaborates upon the Book of Job making Job a king in Egypt. Like many other \"Testament of ...\" works in the Old Testament apocrypha, it gives the narrative a framing-tale of Job's last illness, in", "title": "Testament of Job" }, { "docid": "2678795", "text": "Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies. FARMS supported and sponsored what it considered to be \"faithful scholarship\", which includes academic study and research in support of Christianity and Mormonism, and in particular, the official position of the LDS Church. This research primarily concerned the Book of Mormon, the Book of Abraham, the Old Testament, the New Testament, early Christian history, ancient temples, and other related subjects. While allowing some degree of academic freedom to its scholars, FARMS was committed to the conclusion that LDS scriptures are authentic, historical texts written by prophets of God. FARMS has been criticized by", "title": "Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies" }, { "docid": "16614013", "text": "an e-book for Amazon Kindle, and as a Bible software add-on for products including Accordance, Logos, QuickVerse and WORDsearch. Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament was edited by G. K. Beale and D. A. Carson, and published by Baker Books in 2007. It is a comprehensive Bible commentary on Old Testament references within the New Testament. The editors headed a team of scholars to identify, explain and comment on both the direct quotations within the text of the New Testament and its many other probable allusions", "title": "Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament" }, { "docid": "13776944", "text": "Codex Complutensis I The Codex Complutensis I, designated by C, is a 10th-century codex of the Christian Bible. It is written on vellum with Latin text mainly following the Vulgate. Parts of the Old Testament present an Old Latin version. The Latin text of the Gospels is a representative of the Spanish type of Vulgate, but with peculiar readings in the Epistles and Acts. In some portions of the Old Testament it represents the Old Latin version (Book of Ruth, Book of Esther, Book of Tobit, Book of Judith, 1-2 Maccabees). It contains apocryphal 4 Book of Esdra. It contains", "title": "Codex Complutensis I" }, { "docid": "10670833", "text": "of the Catholic Church. All of these we also judge to be Canonical Books, and confess them to be Sacred Scripture. Not all books of the Old Testament are covered in the \"Prophetologion\", the official Old Testament lectionary: \"Because the only exposure most Eastern Christians had to the Old Testament was from the readings during services, the Prophetologion can be called the Old Testament of the Byzantine Church.\" Development of the Old Testament canon The Old Testament is the first section of the two-part Christian Biblical canon; the second section is the New Testament. The Old Testament includes the books", "title": "Development of the Old Testament canon" }, { "docid": "19490647", "text": "Ruth 2 Ruth 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter contains the story of Ruth gleaning in the fields of Boaz, her deceased husband's near kinsman, and he taketh knowledge of her, Ruth 2:1-7; Boaz showeth her great kindness, and blesseth her, Ruth 2:8-16; that which she got she brings to Naomi; and telleth her what had befallen her; she giveth God thanks, and exhorteth Ruth to continue in the field, Ruth 2:17-23. It is a part of the Ketuvim (\"Writings\"). Some most", "title": "Ruth 2" }, { "docid": "10196053", "text": "physical appearance of the royal messiah: There seems to be some conjecture as to what exactly was contained in the Book of Noah. Cana Werman, who wrote a paper \"Qumran and The Book of Noah\", notes the inconsistency of various sources. Book of Noah The Book of Noah is thought to be a non-extant Old Testament pseudepigraphal work, attributed to Noah. It is quoted in several places in another pseudepigraphal work, 1 Enoch, and is mentioned in another, the Book of Jubilees. There have also been fragments attributed to a Book of Noah in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Though this", "title": "Book of Noah" }, { "docid": "1556940", "text": "complement the main allusions to Hannah's \"magnificat of rejoicing\". Along with the \"Benedictus\", as well as several Old Testament canticles, the \"Magnificat\" is included in the Book of Odes, an ancient liturgical collection found in some manuscripts of the Septuagint. In a style reminiscent of Old Testament poetry and song, Mary praises the Lord in alignment with this structure: Traditional Modern The first written variant of the \"Magnificat\" was in Koine Greek In Eastern Orthodox worship, the \"Ode of the Theotokos\" is accompanied by the following refrain sung between the verses (a sticheron) and a megalynarion, which is the second", "title": "Magnificat" }, { "docid": "3969505", "text": "is true to its Holy Book; the Old Testament? [...] It seems that many political leaders in the Christian West are not living the teaching of their Holy Book while Israel is living its own. Elmasry supported this view by citing a 1953 book by French pacifist Jean Lasserre, \"La Guerre et L'Evangile\". Drawing on Lasserre's view that by and large, \"the Old Testament ignores that respect for human life, that unconditional love, that non-violence, which [is] the general climate of the New Testament.\" Previously, he had stated that \"very few people would sanely suggest that the Torah [which is", "title": "Mohamed Elmasry" }, { "docid": "156826", "text": "mines were also present across the Red Sea in what is now Saudi Arabia. Gold is mentioned in the Amarna letters numbered 19 and 26 from around the 14th century BC. Gold is mentioned frequently in the Old Testament, starting with Genesis 2:11 (at Havilah), the story of The Golden Calf and many parts of the temple including the Menorah and the golden altar. In the New Testament, it is included with the gifts of the magi in the first chapters of Matthew. The Book of Revelation 21:21 describes the city of New Jerusalem as having streets \"made of pure", "title": "Gold" }, { "docid": "8738332", "text": "Remnant (Bible) The remnant is a recurring theme throughout the Hebrew and Christian Bible. The \"Anchor Bible Dictionary\" describes it as \"What is left of a community after it undergoes a catastrophe\". The concept has stronger representation in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament than in the Christian New Testament. According to the Book of Isaiah, the \"remnant\" ( \"shear\") is a small group of Israelites who will survive the invasion of the Assyrian army under Tiglath-Pileser III (). The remnant is promised that they will one day be brought back to the Promised Land by Yahweh (). Isaiah", "title": "Remnant (Bible)" }, { "docid": "384557", "text": "further, extensive commentary from an Eastern Orthodox perspective. Father Nicholas King, SJ has completed a Catholic translation of the Septuagint into English. The work is available in either four separate volumes or one single volume. Father King is a Jesuit priest who lectures in New Testament Studies at Oxford University. The translation began in 2010 and was finished in 2013; it is available from Kevin Mayhew Publishers, entitled \"The Old Testament\" (volumes 1 through 4), and \"The Bible\" in hardcover and presentation editions. It contains a very useful mini commentary on each book which gives a flavour of what is", "title": "Septuagint" }, { "docid": "19490648", "text": "ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language: Ancient translations in Koine Greek: NKJV groups this chapter into: Masoretic text Transliteration Ruth 2 Ruth 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter contains the story of Ruth gleaning in the fields of Boaz, her deceased husband's near kinsman, and he taketh knowledge of her, Ruth 2:1-7; Boaz showeth her great kindness, and blesseth her, Ruth 2:8-16; that which she got she brings to Naomi; and telleth her what had befallen her; she giveth God", "title": "Ruth 2" }, { "docid": "5523575", "text": "692 but rejected by Pope Constantine. In the Western Church only fifty of these canons circulated, translated to Latin by Dionysius Exiguus on about 500 AD, and included in the Western collections and afterwards in the \"Corpus Juris Canonici\". Canon n. 85 is a list of canonical books: a 46-book Old Testament canon which essentially corresponds to that of the Septuagint, 26 books of what is now the New Testament (excludes Revelation), two Epistles of Clement, and the Apostolic Constitutions themselves, also here attributed to Clement, at least as compiler. It is also known as the Epitome, and usually named", "title": "Apostolic Constitutions" }, { "docid": "16179080", "text": "Power and the Wisdom: An Interpretation of the New Testament\". 1965. Reprinted, John L. McKenzie Reprint Series. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009. \"Second Isaiah\". Anchor Bible 20. 1968. Reprinted, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. \"Source: What the Bible Says About the Problems of Contemporary Life\". 1984. Reprinted, John L. McKenzie Reprint Series. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009. \"A Theology of the Old Testament\". 1976. Reprinted, John L. McKenzie Reprint Series. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009. \"The Two-Edged Sword: An Interpretation of the Old Testament\". 1956. Reprinted, John L. McKenzie Reprint Series. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock,", "title": "John L. McKenzie" }, { "docid": "687099", "text": "Balaam Balaam /ˈbeɪlæm/ (, \"Bilʻam\" \"Bilʻām\") is a diviner in the Torah (Old Testament), his story begins in Chapter 22 in the Book of Numbers (). Every ancient reference to Balaam considers him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the \"son of Beor\", though \"Beor\" is not clearly identified. Though some sources may only describe the positive blessings he delivers upon the Israelites, he is reviled as a \"wicked man\" in both the Torah and the New Testament (). Balaam refused to speak what God did not speak and would not curse the Israelites, even though King Balak of Moab offered", "title": "Balaam" }, { "docid": "16171649", "text": "Liken The Liken Series is a continuing musical based on events in the Old Testament and New Testament of the Holy Bible, as well as stories from the Book of Mormon. The series is popular among many LDS/Mormon families. They have a Bible Site, a Scriptures site, a Studio Site, and a Beta TV Site where you can watch select movies and clips. It remains unannounced as to whether they might create musicals based on stories in the Doctrine and Covenants or Pearl of Great Price. According to the Liken website, \"If you're concerned about what is going on in", "title": "Liken" }, { "docid": "10972164", "text": "The Suffering of God The Suffering of God: An Old Testament Perspective is a book by Old Testament scholar Terence E. Fretheim. In 1984 it appeared as number 14 in the Overtures to Biblical Theology series published by Fortress Press. Most Christians believe the incarnation of God is an exclusively New Testament idea, but in \"The Suffering of God: An Old Testament Perspective\", Terence E. Fretheim argues that incarnation has always been God's standard method of interaction with humanity. Through exegesis and a literary and philosophical approach to Scripture, Fretheim draws the elusive God of the Old Testament close. Indeed,", "title": "The Suffering of God" }, { "docid": "8153497", "text": "Story of the Book of Kings The Story of the Book of Kings is one of the Lost books of the Old Testament. The book is described in . The passage reads: \"Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.\" This book is sometimes called \"Midrash on the Book of Kings\". The book is found nowhere in the Old Testament, so it is presumed to have", "title": "Story of the Book of Kings" }, { "docid": "8152865", "text": "Judah\". The book may be identical with the Books of Kings in the Old Testament, or it may have been lost or removed from the earlier texts. The Book of the Kings, which is also called the \"Book of the Chronicles of the Kings\", is referenced 45 times in the King James Bible, and the 46th reference to the Book appears at . Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel is one of the lost books of the Old Testament. The book is described at . The passage reads: \"And,", "title": "Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel" }, { "docid": "2444542", "text": "formation is rooted in the Adventist teachings begun by Baptist preacher William Miller of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. For many years, Miller studied the prophecies recorded in the Old Testament, especially the book of Daniel, and the book of Revelation from the New Testament. After many calculations, he announced in 1831 that the Second Advent would occur in 1844. Thousands of people believed him and sold their possessions. His followers, called Millerites, waited for the coming of Christ and the end of the world and were greatly disappointed when his predictions proved incorrect. The Albany Conference, formed in the aftermath of Miller's", "title": "Advent Christian Church" }, { "docid": "633767", "text": "not with the left hand.\" If two men are walking and one who is carrying a sacred books should be given the courtesy of entering and leaving the room first, as the second is enjoined to pursue knowledge.\" Rabbi David ibn Zimra of the 16th century comments that \"if one buys a new book he should recite the benediction of the She-Heheyanu.\" In the early Christian experience the New Testament was added to the whole Old Testament, which after Jerome's translation tended more and more to be bound up as a single volume, and was accepted as a unified \"locus\"", "title": "People of the Book" }, { "docid": "305857", "text": "Elijah (as promised by the prophet Malachi, whose book now ends the Old Testament and precedes Mark's account of John the Baptist). None predicted a Messiah who suffers and dies for the sins of all the people. The story of Jesus' death therefore involved a profound shift in meaning from the tradition of the Old Testament. The name \"Old Testament\" reflects Christianity's understanding of itself as the fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecy of a New Covenant (which is similar to \"testament\" and often conflated) to replace the existing covenant between God and Israel (Jeremiah 31:31). The emphasis, however, has shifted from", "title": "Old Testament" }, { "docid": "1271157", "text": "law.\" These writings take several forms: For Christians, the Bible refers to the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Protestant Old Testament is largely identical to what Jews call \"the Bible\"; the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Old Testament (held to by some Protestants as well) is based on the prevailing first century Greek translation of the Jewish Bible, the Septuagint. The Bible as used by Christianity consists of two parts: Christians disagree on the contents of the Old Testament. The Catholic Church, the Orthodox Churches and some Protestants recognize an additional set of Jewish writings, known as the deuterocanonical", "title": "Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture" }, { "docid": "10670788", "text": "Development of the Old Testament canon The Old Testament is the first section of the two-part Christian Biblical canon; the second section is the New Testament. The Old Testament includes the books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) or protocanon, and in various Christian denominations also includes deuterocanonical books. Orthodox Christians, Catholics and Protestants use different canons, which differ with respect to the texts that are included in the Old Testament. Martin Luther, holding to Jewish and other ancient precedent, excluded the deuterocanonical books from the Old Testament of his translation of the Bible, placing them in a section he labeled", "title": "Development of the Old Testament canon" }, { "docid": "2904876", "text": "This latest text, titled the \"New American Bible, Revised Edition\" (NABRE), being the fourth edition of the NAB, includes the newly revised Old Testament and its \"Book of Psalms\", and the revised New Testament of the second edition. While the NABRE is a revision of the NAB toward greater conformity to \"Liturgiam Authenticam\", no plan has been announced to use the NABRE for the lectionary in the United States. In 2012, the USCCB \"announced a plan to revise the New Testament of the New American Bible Revised Edition so a single version can be used for individual prayer, catechesis and", "title": "New American Bible" }, { "docid": "49851", "text": "the Book of Job. The message is that everything in Revelation will happen in its previously appointed time. Steve Moyise uses the index of the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament to show that \"Revelation contains more Old Testament allusions than any other New Testament book, but it does not record a single quotation.\" Perhaps significantly, Revelation chooses different sources than other New Testament books. Revelation concentrates on Isaiah, Psalms, and Ezekiel, while neglecting, comparatively speaking, the books of the Pentateuch that are the dominant sources for other New Testament writers. Methodological objections have been made to this course as", "title": "Book of Revelation" }, { "docid": "20515952", "text": "and a PhD in New Testament at Northwestern University under Robert Jewett in 1992. Yeo was a professor of New Testament at Alliance Bible Seminary in Hong Kong from 1992-1996, before becoming Harry R. Kendall Professor of New Testament at Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary. Yeo is best known for his work advocating from cross-cultural hermeneutics, as found in his dissertation, which was later as \"Rhetorical Interaction in 1 Corinthians 8 and 10\", and his second book \"What has Jerusalem to do with Beijing.\" His approach includes the comparison of biblical and Chinese classical texts, in order to look for similar themes", "title": "K. K. Yeo" }, { "docid": "20017717", "text": "Old Testament at the time of publication, namely The People and the Book (ed. A.S. Peake; Oxford, 1925), Record and Revelation (ed. H.W. Robinson; Oxford, 1938), The Old Testament and Modern Study (ed. H.H. Rowley; Oxford, 1951), Tradition and Interpretation (ed. G.W. Anderson; Oxford, 1979), and Text in Context (ed. A.D.H. Mayes; Oxford, 2000). The Society has also commissioned from time to time other multi-essay volumes devoted to specific topics, namely Documents from Old Testament Times (ed. D.W. Thomas; London, 1958), Archaeology and Old Testament Study (ed. D.W. Thomas; Oxford, 1967), Peoples of Old Testament Times (ed. D.J. Wiseman; Oxford,", "title": "Society for Old Testament Study" }, { "docid": "270265", "text": "Septuagent or Greek Old Testament, the Prophetic Books are placed last, making Book of Malachi the last protocanonical book before the Deuterocanonical books or The New Testament. According to the 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary, it is possible that Malachi is not a proper name, but simply means \"messenger of YHWH\". The Greek Old Testament superscription is ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ, (by the hand of his messenger). Because Malachi's name does not occur elsewhere in the Bible, some scholars doubt whether \"Malachi\" is intended to be the personal name of the prophet. None of the other prophetic books of the Hebrew", "title": "Malachi" }, { "docid": "13152671", "text": "where he was one of the more influential Old Testament scholars of his time. Duhm is remembered for his exegetical work on the prophets of the Old Testament, particularly studies dealing with the complexities of the Books of Jeremiah and Isaiah. He pioneered the theory of multiple authors of the Book of Isaiah and was the first to identify its servant songs as such. His commentary outlined the structure and content of Isaiah chapters 1-39 (called \"First Isaiah\" or \"Isaiah of Jerusalem\"). Duhm in the same commentary provides an in-depth analysis of Deutero-Isaiah or \"Deuterojesaja\" (Second Isaiah, chapters 40-55), and", "title": "Bernhard Duhm" }, { "docid": "6609006", "text": "were originally published, a great deal more is known about the Apostolic Fathers (including a good deal of the original text that was not available in 1693) and New Testament apocrypha. The second half of the book, \"The Forgotten Books of Eden\", includes a translation originally published in 1882 of the \"First and Second Books of Adam and Eve\", translated first from ancient Ethiopic to German by Ernest Trumpp and then into English by Solomon Caesar Malan, and a number of items of Old Testament pseudepigrapha, such as reprinted in the second volume of R.H. Charles's \"Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of", "title": "The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden" }, { "docid": "9634092", "text": "Seminary. Upon graduation, he remained at Southern Seminary as an instructor in Old Testament. His son Don Francisco is a Christian singer/songwriter. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary offers an annual Clyde T. Francisco Preaching Award. Clyde T. Francisco Clyde Taylor Francisco (June 2, 1916 – August 21, 1981) was born in Virgilina, Virginia and was the John R. Sampey Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He taught Old Testament for over 30 years and his book titled \"Introducing the Old Testament\" remained in print for more than 25 years. He also wrote \"Studies", "title": "Clyde T. Francisco" }, { "docid": "11239010", "text": "Book II (consisting only of \"Christ and Satan\") was entered “by three different scribes with rounder hands”. Unlike the poems in Book I of the Junius manuscript, which rely on Old Testament themes, \"Christ and Satan\" encompasses all of biblical history, linking both the Old Testament and New Testament, and expounding upon a number of conflicts between Christ and Satan. The composite and inconsistent nature of the text has been and remains some cause for confusion and debate. Nevertheless, \"Christ and Satan\" is usually divided into three narrative sections: In addition, the poem is interspersed with homiletic passages pleading for", "title": "Christ and Satan" }, { "docid": "10670804", "text": "in 1873. The list is written in Koine Greek letters, transcribing Aramaic and/or Hebrew names, each with a corresponding book title from the Greek Septuagint; and is dated to the first or early second century by Jean-Paul Audet in 1950. Some scholars believe it should be assigned a later date. Audet lists 27 books: \"Jesus Nave\" was an old name for the Book of Joshua. the \"2 of Esdras\" are linked in the list to Esdras A and Esdras B from the surviving pandect witnesses to Septuagint, but otherwise Audet proposed that the 'further' book of Esdras in the list", "title": "Development of the Old Testament canon" }, { "docid": "16280205", "text": "more general subject matter. Most Mormon art is both Christian-themed and specific to the Mormon faith. It includes biblical depictions from the Old Testament and the life of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, as well as Book of Mormon scenes and the history of the LDS Church. Many of these LDS historical accounts depicted in art include, what Mormons believe to be, the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus in the mid-19th century, scenes from the life of Joseph Smith, Jr. such as his First Vision and his death, and the migration of the Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois", "title": "Mormon art" }, { "docid": "6791749", "text": "a four-year course of religious study. These one-year courses have annual focus on the following: The Old Testament, the New Testament, the Book of Mormon, and Church history and Doctrine and Covenants. The objective is to enable each student to be familiar with the scriptures and to assist them in applying gospel principles in their daily life. College age students between the ages of 18 and 30 are also encouraged to take religious classes known as \"Institute\". At private Church-sponsored universities and colleges, religion courses are required for graduation. Comparatively little of Mormon doctrinal teaching involves \"what traditional Christian catechism", "title": "Mormonism and history" }, { "docid": "49811", "text": "genre is apocalyptic, the author sees himself as a Christian prophet: Revelation uses the word in various forms twenty-one times, more than any other New Testament book. The predominant view is that Revelation alludes to the Old Testament although it is difficult among scholars to agree on the exact number of allusions or the allusions themselves. Revelation rarely quotes directly from the Old Testament, yet almost every verse alludes to or echoes older scriptures. Over half of the references stem from Daniel, Ezekiel, Psalms, and Isaiah, with Daniel providing the largest number in proportion to length and Ezekiel standing out", "title": "Book of Revelation" }, { "docid": "12775916", "text": "of the Old Testament entitled “The Book of God’s People”, Moses narrates the story of Genesis to a group of children. For a less conventional narrative style, the chronology of the books is sometimes changed or parts of one book are inserted in another one. So that for example the Book of Jonah is put between the two Books of Kings. The Book of Jonah is called “A Comedy Short” and is supposed to bring comic relief between the heavy issues of war and destruction that are persistent in the Old Testament. To emphasize the difference Siku uses a subgenre", "title": "The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation" }, { "docid": "8226087", "text": "to which Old Testament passages are messianic prophecies and which are not, and whether the prophecies they claim to have been fulfilled are intended to be prophecies. The authors of these Old Testament \"prophecies\" often appear to be describing events that had already occurred. For example, the New Testament verse states, \"\"So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called my son.'\"\" This is referring to", "title": "Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament" }, { "docid": "50048", "text": "Book of Proverbs The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew: מִשְלֵי, \"Míshlê (Shlomoh)\", \"Proverbs (of Solomon)\") is the second book of the third section (called Writings) of the Hebrew Bible and a book of the Christian Old Testament. When translated into Greek and Latin, the title took on different forms: in the Greek Septuagint (LXX) it became Παροιμίαι \"Paroimiai\" (\"Proverbs\"); in the Latin Vulgate the title was \"Proverbia\", from which the English name is derived. Proverbs is not merely an anthology but a \"collection of collections\" relating to a pattern of life which lasted for more than a millennium. It is an", "title": "Book of Proverbs" }, { "docid": "50063", "text": "of Proverbs\": Book of Proverbs The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew: מִשְלֵי, \"Míshlê (Shlomoh)\", \"Proverbs (of Solomon)\") is the second book of the third section (called Writings) of the Hebrew Bible and a book of the Christian Old Testament. When translated into Greek and Latin, the title took on different forms: in the Greek Septuagint (LXX) it became Παροιμίαι \"Paroimiai\" (\"Proverbs\"); in the Latin Vulgate the title was \"Proverbia\", from which the English name is derived. Proverbs is not merely an anthology but a \"collection of collections\" relating to a pattern of life which lasted for more than a millennium. It", "title": "Book of Proverbs" }, { "docid": "41125", "text": "Book of Jeremiah The Book of Jeremiah (; abbreviated Jer. or Jerm. in citations) is the second of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and the second of the Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. The superscription at chapter identifies it as \"the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah,\" and places the prophet historically from the reforms of king Josiah in 627 BC through to the assassination of the Babylonian-appointed governor of Judah in 582. Of all the prophets, Jeremiah comes through most clearly as a person, ruminating to his scribe Baruch about his role as a servant of", "title": "Book of Jeremiah" }, { "docid": "41146", "text": "obedience he demands. The Gospel's portrayal of Jesus as a persecuted prophet owes a great deal to the account of Jeremiah's sufferings in chapters 37–44, as well as to the \"Songs of the Suffering Servant\" in Isaiah. Book of Jeremiah The Book of Jeremiah (; abbreviated Jer. or Jerm. in citations) is the second of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and the second of the Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. The superscription at chapter identifies it as \"the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah,\" and places the prophet historically from the reforms of king Josiah in 627", "title": "Book of Jeremiah" }, { "docid": "305858", "text": "Judaism's understanding of the covenant as a racially or tribally-based contract between God and Jews to one between God and any person of faith who is \"in Christ\". Old Testament The Old Testament (abbreviated OT) is the first part of Christian Bibles, based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), a collection of ancient religious writings by the Israelites believed by most Christians and religious Jews to be the sacred Word of God. The second part of the Christian Bible is the New Testament. The books that comprise the Old Testament canon, as well as their order and names, differ", "title": "Old Testament" }, { "docid": "9619464", "text": "the latter ones had Sahidic Coptic and Arabic. The writing material employed were mostly parchment, because of its prevalence, but some of the later ones were found on paper. The first Category, and most abundant, is the Biblical manuscripts. Nearly every book of the Old Testament, including the Deuterocanonical Books is represented. The only exception is some of the Historical books, which were always in short supply in Egyptian monasteries. The New Testament on the other hand is represented in its entirety though in a fragmentary shape. A second category is the apocryphal Gospels, Acts, and Biblical lives that were", "title": "White Monastery" }, { "docid": "672909", "text": "a close by the Collect Prayer. On Sundays and solemnities, three Scripture readings are given. On other days there are only two. If there are three readings, the first is from the Old Testament (a term wider than \"Hebrew Scriptures\", since it includes the Deuterocanonical Books), or the Acts of the Apostles during Eastertide. The first reading is followed by a psalm, either sung responsorially or recited. The second reading is from the New Testament, typically from one of the Pauline epistles. A Gospel Acclamation is then sung as the Book of the Gospels is processed, sometimes with incense and", "title": "Mass (liturgy)" }, { "docid": "5506863", "text": "The site now contains over 400 illustrated stories, from both the Old and New Testaments, and over 4,500 images. It had an Alexa traffic rank of 53,191 in April 2007. Each story is tagged if it contains nudity, sexual content, violence and/or cursing. The website has had over two million visitors. Several hardcover Brick Testament books have been published, \"The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis\", \"The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas\", \"The Brick Testament: The Ten Commandments\"., and \"The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament\". The US retailer Sam's Club withdrew \"The Brick", "title": "The Brick Testament" }, { "docid": "38334", "text": "canonical Old Testament. The Eastern Orthodox Churches recognize 3 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh and Psalm 151 in addition to the Catholic canon. Some include 2 Esdras. The Anglican Church also recognizes a longer canon. The term \"Hebrew Scriptures\" is often used as being synonymous with the Protestant Old Testament, since the surviving scriptures in Hebrew include only those books, while Catholics and Orthodox include additional texts that have not survived in Hebrew. Both Catholics and Protestants (as well as Greek Orthodox) have the same 27-book New Testament Canon. The New Testament writers assumed the inspiration of the Old", "title": "Bible" }, { "docid": "107700", "text": "Book of Deuteronomy The Book of Deuteronomy (literally \"second law,\" from Greek \"deuteros\" + \"nomos\") is the fifth book of the Christian Old Testament and of the Jewish Torah, where it is called \"Devarim\" (Heb. ספר דברים). Chapters 1–30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land. The first sermon recounts the forty years of wilderness wanderings which had led to that moment, and ends with an exhortation to observe the law (or teachings), later referred to as the Law of", "title": "Book of Deuteronomy" }, { "docid": "13669412", "text": "corresponds to the Jewish Tanakh and Protestant canon, and does not include additional books which are found in the Greek Septuagint. According to Archibald Alexander, it is thought by many to include the Book of Wisdom, which is part of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Christianity Deuterocanon, but which others dispute. Melito's canon Melito's canon is attributed to Melito of Sardis, one of the early Church Fathers of the 2nd century. Melito provides what is possibly the earliest known Christian canon of what he termed the \"Old Testament\", having traveled to Palestine (probably to the library at Caesarea Maritima) seeking", "title": "Melito's canon" }, { "docid": "107718", "text": "While the exact position of Paul the Apostle and Judaism is still debated, a common view is that in place of the elaborate code of laws (\"mitzvah\") set out in Deuteronomy, Paul the Apostle, drawing on , claimed that the keeping of the Mosaic covenant was superseded by faith in Jesus and the gospel (the New Covenant). Deuteronomy in NIV Book of Deuteronomy The Book of Deuteronomy (literally \"second law,\" from Greek \"deuteros\" + \"nomos\") is the fifth book of the Christian Old Testament and of the Jewish Torah, where it is called \"Devarim\" (Heb. ספר דברים). Chapters 1–30 of", "title": "Book of Deuteronomy" }, { "docid": "10369707", "text": "Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic in 1887; examiner in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament in the University of London. He was a member of the Old Testament Revision Company; and accompanied Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Gibson on the 1893 trip to Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt following the sisters' discovery there the previous year of a palimpsest of the Gospels in Syriac. Bensly, together with Francis Crawford Burkitt, played an important role in deciphering the text on this second trip. He edited \"The Missing Fragment of the Latin Translation of the Fourth Book of Ezra, discovered and edited", "title": "Robert Lubbock Bensly" }, { "docid": "13187757", "text": "Old Testament scholar in a Theology Faculty. The turning point in his career came when his second doctorate (Dr. habil.) on an Old Testament topic, was not awarded by his conservative examiners at the University of Halle. This was not because of the standard of Schwally’s work but because that the conclusions and implications of his thesis and its methodology, were unpalatable to his Halle examiners’ conservative theology. This thesis was published as a book in 1892. Schwally’s love of Semitic languages led him to the University of Strasbourg in 1892 to again become a student of the leading German", "title": "Friedrich Schwally" }, { "docid": "305831", "text": "Old Testament The Old Testament (abbreviated OT) is the first part of Christian Bibles, based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), a collection of ancient religious writings by the Israelites believed by most Christians and religious Jews to be the sacred Word of God. The second part of the Christian Bible is the New Testament. The books that comprise the Old Testament canon, as well as their order and names, differ between Christian denominations. The Catholic canon comprises 46 books, and the canons of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches comprise up to 51 books and the most", "title": "Old Testament" }, { "docid": "3016854", "text": "The Boomer Bible The Boomer Bible is a book written by R. F. Laird. In structure, the book is based on the Christian Bible, but it is neither a simple parody of the Bible, nor is it sacrilegious specifically toward the Bible or Christianity. Laird described the book as expressing the things we really believe rather than the things we say we believe. The core of the \"Boomer Bible\" consists of The Past Testament and The Present Testament, which correspond roughly to the Old and New Testaments. The Past Testament contains a comprehensive view of science, history, philosophy, morality, and", "title": "The Boomer Bible" }, { "docid": "16469688", "text": "affirmed that those who were not impressed by arguments in its favour from the Old Testament, could not believe in the inspiration of the Old Testament books. Dick wrote his book to rebut this argument. He held the doctrine of plenary inspiration; but under the term \"inspiration\" he included supernatural influence. Dick also published during his lifetime \"Lectures on some Passages of the Acts of the Apostles\". In 1833, after his death, his theological lectures were published in 4 vols. a second edition being published in 1838. A few years after moving to Slateford he married Jane, daughter of the", "title": "John Dick (minister)" }, { "docid": "16964", "text": "God destroys the unjust, a remnant will remain; and God is free to judge whether to redeem Israel. Online translations of \"Book of Amos\": Book of Amos The Book of Amos is the third of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Tanakh/Old Testament and the second in the Greek Septuagint tradition. Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, was active c. 750 BC during the reign of Jeroboam II (788–747 BC), making the Book of Amos the first biblical book in the section of the prophets written. Amos lived in the kingdom of Judah but preached in the northern", "title": "Book of Amos" }, { "docid": "9025715", "text": "addressed universal questions - \"What is the purpose of life?\" \"What is the nature of God?\" \"Why does evil happen to good people?\" More Old Testament prophets followed and the concept of Yahweh became more abstract. No longer did He reside in a physical place but was everywhere. Therefore, he was within each of us. Job is the prophetic answer to the question of evil in our world. Ancient Greece gave us the philosopher: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. One factor in the rise of philosophy was the transition from oral to written knowledge. Complex thoughts could be retained, referenced and", "title": "The Seekers (book)" }, { "docid": "5869872", "text": "Douglas Stuart (biblical scholar) Douglas K. Stuart (born February 8, 1943) is Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, an interdenominational Evangelical Seminary. He received his B.A. \"magna cum laude\" from Harvard College in 1964, spent two years at Yale Divinity School, and in 1971 received his PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Literature from Harvard University, on meter in Hebrew Poetry. His books include \"How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth\", and \"How to Read the Bible Book-By-Book\" (both of which he co-authored with New Testament scholar and then fellow Gordon-Conwell professor Gordon Fee); \"Old Testament", "title": "Douglas Stuart (biblical scholar)" }, { "docid": "7480201", "text": "Asimov's Guide to the Bible Asimov's Guide to the Bible is a work by Isaac Asimov that was first published in two volumes in 1968 and 1969, covering the Old Testament and the New Testament (including the Catholic Old Testament, or deuterocanonical, books (See Catholic Bible) and the Eastern Orthodox Old Testament books, or \"anagignoskomena\", along with the Fourth Book of Ezra), respectively. He combined them into a single 1296-page volume in 1981. They included maps by the artist Rafael Palacios. Including numerous black-and-white maps, the guide goes through the books of the Bible in the order of the King", "title": "Asimov's Guide to the Bible" }, { "docid": "860777", "text": "\"Pontifex Maximus\" was rendered in Greek inscriptions and literature of the time as \"ἀρχιερεύς\" (literally, \"high priest\"|) or by a more literal translation and order of words as \"ἀρχιερεὺς μέγιστος\" (literally, \"greatest high priest\". The term \"ἀρχιερεύς\" is used in the Septuagint text of the Old Testament and in the New Testament to refer to the Jewish high priest. The \"Collegium Pontificum\" (College of Pontiffs) was the most important priesthood of ancient Rome. The foundation of this sacred college and the office of Pontifex Maximus is attributed to the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius. Much of what is known", "title": "Pontifex maximus" }, { "docid": "19376214", "text": "Malachi 4 Malachi 4 is the fourth chapter of the Book of Malachi in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Malachi, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language: Ancient translations in Koine Greek: After the glad tidings, Malachi, and the Old Testament in him, ends with words of awe, telling us of the consequence of the final hardening of the heart; the eternal severance, when the unending end of the everlasting", "title": "Malachi 4" }, { "docid": "19338446", "text": "history surrounding the creation and use of images two centuries before during opposition to icons in the Iconoclastic controversy. A psalter is a book made specifically to contain the 150 psalms from the book of Psalms. Psalters have also included the odes or canticles, which are songs or prayers in song form from the Old Testament. Psalters were created purely for liturgical purposes, and the Psalms were the most popular books of the \"Old Testament\" in Byzantium. The \"Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium\" observed, \"Like a garden, the book of \"Psalms\" contains, and puts in musical form everything that is to", "title": "Theodore Psalter" }, { "docid": "11994717", "text": "about God's nature and motivation. The book won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. God: A Biography God: A Biography is a nonfiction book by Jack Miles. The book recounts the tale of existence of the Judeo-Christian deity as the protagonist of the Hebrew Tanakh or Christian Bible Old Testament. The Tanakh and the Old Testament contain the same books, but the order of the books is different. Miles uses the ordering found in the Tanakh to provide the narrative on which his analysis is based. The book's central structure is that God's character develops progressively within the", "title": "God: A Biography" }, { "docid": "2225847", "text": "small Old Testament prophet portraits below, prefiguring and pointing up to events described in the New Testament scene above. The now incomplete codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and the majority of the Gospel of Mark, with only one lacuna (Mark 16:14-20). Probably it had companion second volume which is apparently lost. Like the Vienna Genesis and the Sinope Gospels, the Rossano Gospels are written in silver ink on purple dyed parchment. The large ( by ) book has text written in a square block with two columns of twenty lines each. There is a prefatory cycle", "title": "Rossano Gospels" }, { "docid": "19875197", "text": "the Septuagint translation: \"What has Aroer ... on the river Arnon, (see ) to do with Damascus?” Hugo Grotius, however, thought the Hebrew text was correct, and that this Aroer was a tract of ground in Syria. Isaiah 17 Isaiah 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. The New King James Version describes this chapter as a \"proclamation against Syria and Israel\". Some most ancient manuscripts", "title": "Isaiah 17" }, { "docid": "8241183", "text": "Svenska Folkbibeln Svenska Folkbibeln (\"Swedish People's Bible\") is a contemporary translation of the Bible in Swedish. The New Testament was published in 1996 and the entire Bible in 1998. During the autumn of 2014 a revised edition of the Book of Psalms and the New Testament was published. The translation project aims to revise the entire Old Testament. The reason for the translation was that many conservative Christians considered the contemporary official translation, Bibel 2000, to be heavily influenced by liberal theology and higher criticism. The Old Testament is for the most part a revision of the official Swedish translation", "title": "Svenska Folkbibeln" } ]
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badrinath ki dulhania alia bhatt name in movie
[ "Vaidehi Trivedi" ]
[ { "docid": "19374756", "text": "(Swetha Basu Prasad) through an arranged marriage and she is not allowed to work despite being very intelligent and professionally trained, more than Alok himself. Alok is also depressed at having to leave his love and be forced into a marriage, so he spends a lot of time drinking. Badri fears the same fate for himself so when he sees Vaidehi Trivedi (Alia Bhatt) at a wedding supposedly being looked after by her father Mayank (Swanand Kirkire), he becomes obsessed with her and makes it his mission to marry her with Ambar's approval. Vaidehi is more intelligent than Badri. She", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374756", "text": "(Swetha Basu Prasad) through an arranged marriage and she is not allowed to work despite being very intelligent and professionally trained, more than Alok himself. Alok is also depressed at having to leave his love and be forced into a marriage, so he spends a lot of time drinking. Badri fears the same fate for himself so when he sees Vaidehi Trivedi (Alia Bhatt) at a wedding supposedly being looked after by her father Mayank (Swanand Kirkire), he becomes obsessed with her and makes it his mission to marry her with Ambar's approval. Vaidehi is more intelligent than Badri. She", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" } ]
[ { "docid": "19374767", "text": "was third highest domestic opener for Bhatt and fourth highest domestic opener for Dhawan. Badrinath Ki Dulhania Badrinath Ki Dulhania (English: \"The Bride of Badrinath\") is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film, directed by Shashank Khaitan, and produced by Karan Johar under the Dharma Productions banner. Starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt in the lead, the film marks the second installment of a franchise that began with \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" (2014). Principal photography for the film began in May 2016, and the film was released on 10 March 2017, on the Holi weekend. The film received mixed to positive", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374754", "text": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania Badrinath Ki Dulhania (English: \"The Bride of Badrinath\") is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film, directed by Shashank Khaitan, and produced by Karan Johar under the Dharma Productions banner. Starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt in the lead, the film marks the second installment of a franchise that began with \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" (2014). Principal photography for the film began in May 2016, and the film was released on 10 March 2017, on the Holi weekend. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a box office success. It was the ninth-highest grossing", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374763", "text": "equally. She also starts working in the family's car showroom with Alok and even gets her own cabin. Badri and Vaidehi promise not to collect any dowry for any of their children. \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" marks the second installment of a franchise that began with the romantic comedy \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" (2014), which was also directed by Shashank Khaitan, produced by Karan Johar for Dharma Productions and starred Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles. The film was first announced on 3 May 2016 with the release of an online motion poster featuring Dhawan and Bhatt at", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "17652612", "text": "Chaudhary will write and direct another romantic comedy under the Dharma Productions banner with Dhawan and Bhatt playing the lead roles. Although the two films will have different plots and characters, the film is considered the second installment in the Dulhania franchise that began with \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\". The second installment, titled \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\", released on 10 March 2017. Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Kavya Singh (Alia Bhatt), who is set to be engage to an NRI American doctor, Angad (Siddharth Shukla), decides to go to Delhi to buy an expensive designer bridal dress for her wedding, after her", "title": "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374765", "text": "the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 78%, based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. Nihit Bhave from Times of India rated the film 3.5/5 and stated \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania is a rucksack full of radioactive social issues handled cautiously\". He also praised Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhat's chemistry saying, \" Together, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt are the best thing that could have happened to our screens\". Rohit Rats from Hindustan Times gave film 2.5/5 and noted that Varun Dhawan by portraying a Jhansi boy, reminds of Govinda. Shubhra Gupta from", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "16683840", "text": "her first leading role in Karan Johar's teen drama \"Student of the Year\" (2012). She went on to collaborate with Johar's studio Dharma Productions in a majority of her subsequent releases, including the romances \"2 States\" (2014), \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" (2014), and \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017); the drama \"Kapoor & Sons\" (2016); and the coming-of-age film \"Dear Zindagi\" (2016). The commercial success of these films established Bhatt in Hindi cinema. She also received critical acclaim for portraying emotionally intense characters in the road drama \"Highway\" (2014), which won her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress, and the crime", "title": "Alia Bhatt" }, { "docid": "19374766", "text": "The Indian Express gave film 3/5 saying, \"Alia Bhatt is pitch-perfect as dulhania with a mind of her own. Varun Dhawan impresses as a boy-struggling-to-be-a-man. Together, they offer us a flavourful romance which takes down patriarchy.\" Tushar Joshi from DNA India described the film as light, entertaining and likeable. He writes, \"Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt prove that on screen chemistry can be enough sometimes to keep you engaged in an average plot with a predictable narrative\". The film collected 19.5 million in the first week of release becoming fourth highest Indian first week collecting film of 2017. The film", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "20290156", "text": "celebrates nationalism that is devoid of the colors of religion.\" Suhani Singh from India Today gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars stating \"Alia Bhatt steals the show in Meghna Gulzar's spy thriller\". \"Raazi\" emerged as the sixth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2018. It became second film, driven by female lead, to gross more than 100 crore nett in India, after \"\". The film grossed more than 120 crore in India, emerging as highest-grossing film of Alia Bhatt, surpassing Badrinath Ki Dulhania. Raazi Raazi ( Agree) is a 2018 Indian spy thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced", "title": "Raazi" }, { "docid": "16683853", "text": "The film tells the story of an independent young woman (Bhatt) from rural India who refuses to conform to patriarchal expectations from her chauvinistic fiancée (Dhawan). Rachel Saltz of \"The New York Times\" took note of the film's statement on gender equality and wrote, \"Without ever falling into the clichés of spunky Bollywood heroine, [Bhatt] effortlessly embodies that admirable thing: a modern woman.\" With over in box office receipts, \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" proved to be Bhatt's highest-grossing release. She received another Filmfare nomination for Best Actress. Meghna Gulzar's espionage thriller \"Raazi\" (2018), featured Bhatt in the lead role of Sehmat,", "title": "Alia Bhatt" }, { "docid": "16683852", "text": "provides her character with \"a three-dimensionality in which the somewhat annoying nature of millennial angst is balanced with an innocence that's impossible not to recognize\". The film proved a box office success as well, earning a total of worldwide. \"Udta Punjab\" and \"Dear Zindagi\" earned Bhatt several awards and nominations; for the former, she won the Screen Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, and for the latter, she received an additional Best Actress nomination at Filmfare. The series of successful films continued with Bhatt's next projectthe romantic comedy \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017)which reunited her with Khaitan and Dhawan.", "title": "Alia Bhatt" }, { "docid": "17652611", "text": "by Kumaar, Irshad Kamil and movie director Shashank Khaitan. The song \"Saturday Saturday\" was the first single track released, which was originally composed by The Titans, Badshah and recreated by Sharib-Toshi. The song \"Samjhawan\" was originally taken from 2010 Punjabi film \"Virsa\" music done by Jawad Ahmed and sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Farah Anwar. The second single track \"Mein Tenu Samjhawan Ki\" is sung by actress Alia Bhatt while lyrics have been given by lyricist Kumaar. DJ Chetas composed \"The Humpty Mashup\" also known as \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Mashup\". In May 2016, it was announced that", "title": "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "16731671", "text": "Analysis\" noted that \"Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt prove that on screen chemistry can be enough sometimes to keep you engaged in an average plot with a predictable narrative\". Dhawan received his second Best Actor nomination at Filmfare for the film. Later in 2017, he starred in his father's comedy film \"Judwaa 2\", a reboot of the 1997 comedy film \"Judwaa\", alongside Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu. Both \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" and \"Judwaa 2\" proved to major commercial successes, with the latter earning over . \"Forbes\" published that with nine consecutive box office hits and a 100% success ratio, Dhawan", "title": "Varun Dhawan" }, { "docid": "7926607", "text": "became a commercial success. This was followed in November 2016 by Gauri Shinde's coming-of-age film \"Dear Zindagi\", which Dharma co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment and Hope Productions. Starring Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan, the film became a commercial success and was praised for addressing themes of mental health and wellness. In January 2017, Dharma released Shaad Ali's romantic film \"OK Jaanu\" starring Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor, a Hindi-language remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film \"O Kadhal Kanmani\" (2015). The film received a tepid response critically and commercially. This was followed by Shashank Khaitan's \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017)", "title": "Dharma Productions" }, { "docid": "16683847", "text": "Singh, a Punjabi girl who engages in a romantic affair with a stranger a few days prior to her wedding, in Shashank Khaitan's romantic comedy \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\". Co-starring Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Shukla, the film was described as a tribute to \"Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge\" (1995) by Johar, who served as producer. Writing for \"India Today\", Rohit Khilnani thought that Bhatt had pitched in \"one of her best performances so far\", though Nandini Ramnath of \"Mint\" found her performance to be lacking in subtlety, writing that she was \"more comfortable acting out her feelings through dialogue and actions\".", "title": "Alia Bhatt" }, { "docid": "19374755", "text": "Bollywood film of 2017. At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, it received eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Khaitan, Best Actor for Dhawan, and Best Actress for Bhatt. Badrinath \"Badri\" Bansal (Varun Dhawan) is the younger son of a wealthy family in Jhansi. In a flashback, it is shown that Badri's elder brother, Aloknath \"Alok\" Bansal (Yash Sinha) was in love with a girl and was going to leave the family for her because their father disapproved, but decided against it after their father Ambarnath \"Ambar\" Bansal's (Rituraj Singh) first heart attack. Now Alok is married to Urmila Shukla", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "17652604", "text": "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Kavya Singh (Alia Bhatt), who is set to be engage to an NRI American doctor, Angad (Siddharth Shukla), decides to go to Delhi to buy an expensive designer bridal dress for her wedding, after her father, Kamaljeet (Ashutosh Rana) refuses to get her the pricey dress. She meets Rakesh \"Humpty\" Sharma (Varun Dhawan) in Delhi, who falls in love with her. Humpty, with the help of his friends, Shonty (Gaurav Pandey) and Poplu (Sahil Vaid), chases and harasses Kavya, but she’s not interested. She, however, befriends him. Kavya confides in Humpty, that her friend in Delhi,", "title": "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "16683848", "text": "\"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" proved to be her second consecutive release to earn over . Her accomplishments in 2014 led Box Office India to label her as the top Bollywood actress of the year. Also in 2014, Bhatt appeared in a short film on women's safety, entitled \"Going Home\", from director Vikas Bahl. She next reunited with Bahl to film the romantic comedy \"Shaandaar\". Released in 2015, the film featured Shahid Kapoor and Bhatt as two insomniacs who fall in love during a destination wedding. Kunal Guha of \"Mumbai Mirror\" criticised the film and wrote that Bhatt \"socks life into", "title": "Alia Bhatt" }, { "docid": "7926604", "text": "three commercially successful romantic comedies all directed by first-time directors. The first was Vinil Matthews's \"Hasee Toh Phasee\" (2014) starring Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra, which Dharma co-produced with Phantom Films. They then teamed with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment to produce Abhishek Varman's \"2 States\" (2014) starring Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, a film adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s . After this came Shashank Khaitan’s \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" (2014) starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. After these three romantic comedies came Rensil D'Silva's relatively unsuccessful black comedy \"Ungli\" (2014). In July 2015, Dharma distributed the Hindi-dubbed version of S. S. Rajamouli's", "title": "Dharma Productions" }, { "docid": "18886517", "text": "Shashank Khaitan Shashank Khaitan is an Indian film writer and director, known for his work in Hindi cinema. He has directed films like \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" and \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\", which released in 2017. His work on the latter garnered him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. His latest movie \"Dhadak\" (2018) is an adaptation of the Marathi movie \"Sairat\". Khaitan was born in Kolkata and raised in Nashik, Maharashtra in a Marwari business family. Although he was interested in watching movies since a very young age, he was initially more into sports, playing cricket and", "title": "Shashank Khaitan" }, { "docid": "17652609", "text": "for local dresses. He gets the idea that her relationship would be fuller with Humpty, the local boy and not Angad, the American doctor. He brings everyone to Delhi where he approaches Humpty and gives his consent to marry his daughter. In August 2013, Dharma Productions confirmed that Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt would be portraying the main leads. This was the second time the pair will be seen together in a movie after Student of the Year. And it was also their second time working with the producer Karan Johar, who directed Student of the Year. Karan Johar in", "title": "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "7926608", "text": "starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. A follow-up to 2014's \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\", this film became a major commercial success. In April 2017, the company distributed the Hindi version of \"\", which emerged as a larger success than the original. It currently ranks as the highest-grossing film in India and the second-highest grossing Indian film. The next was Abhay Chopra's moderately successful mystery thriller Ittefaq, an adaptation of Yash Chopra's 1969 film of the same name. Co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment and BR Films, the film starred Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha, and Akshaye Khanna in the lead roles. Dharma's", "title": "Dharma Productions" }, { "docid": "16683857", "text": "of the song \"Samjhawan\", for the composers Sharib-Toshi, in \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\". In 2016, she sang an alternate version of the song \"Ikk Kudi\", for the soundtrack of \"Udta Punjab\", with her co-star Dosanjh. Bhatt has performed on stage at the Filmfare, Screen and Stardust award ceremonies, and has also participated in a stage show in Hong Kong alongside Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra. In 2013, she performed at a charity event with Dhawan, Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor and Huma Qureshi to raise funds for the flood-affected victims of Uttarakhand. In August 2016, she performed in various", "title": "Alia Bhatt" }, { "docid": "16731670", "text": "reviews from critics, the film was a major commercial success and rank among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. Dhawan next starred in the action drama \"Dishoom\" (2016), directed by his brother Rohit, alongside John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez. Despite mixed reviews, the film proved to be moderately successful at the box office. He then reunited with Khaitan and Bhatt for the romantic comedy \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017), in which he played the chauvinist fiancé of Bhatt's character. Shubhra Gupta of \"The Indian Express\" wrote that Dhawan \"impresses as a boy-struggling-to-be-a-man\". In addition, Tushar Joshi of \"Daily News and", "title": "Varun Dhawan" }, { "docid": "20042256", "text": "Sharma Ki Dulhania, where his character poplu was much appreciated. Sahil Vaid Sahil Vaid is an Indian actor popularly known for movies like Bittoo Boss, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Bank Chor and Badrinath Ki Dulhania. Vaid has starred in a number of plays over the past 17 years, and earned numerous accolades. He started his career with school theatre, professionally acting for stage since as early as 1997, He made his Bollywood debut in 2012 with Bittoo Boss. Early in his career, Sahil was recognised for portraying a variety of roles in the first online stand up comedy show Jay", "title": "Sahil Vaid" }, { "docid": "16731666", "text": "of the Telugu film \"Kandireega\", which was produced by Balaji Motion Pictures and directed by his father. He played the leading role of Sreenath \"Seenu\" Prasad, an impetuous brat, who is in love with Ileana D'Cruz's character but is seduced by the character played by Nargis Fakhri. Raedita Tandon of \"Filmfare\" commended Dhawan on his comic timing and compared him favorably to Govinda and Prabhudheva. Dhawan then played Rakesh \"Humpty Sharma\", a flirtatious Punjabi boy who engages in a romantic affair with an engaged woman, in Shashank Khaitan's romantic comedy \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\". Co-starring Alia Bhatt and Siddharth Shukla,", "title": "Varun Dhawan" }, { "docid": "18298860", "text": "Samjhawan \"Samjhawan\" is a romantic song from the 2014 Bollywood film \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\". Re-created by Sharib−Toshi, the song is sung by Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal, with lyrics by Ahmad Anees and Kumaar. The song was originally composed by Sahir Ali Bagga and sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for the Punjabi film \"Virsa\". An \"unplugged\" version of this song sung by the leading actress of the film, Alia Bhatt, was released on 2 July 2014. Producer Karan Johar bought rights to the original hit song \"Main Tenu Samjhawan\", which was sung by Pakistani singers Rahat Fateh Ali", "title": "Samjhawan" }, { "docid": "16373735", "text": "from the movie \"Raees\". Khan shared multiple teasers of the song before its full release. He provided vocals for Salim-Sulaiman's compositions \"Kuch Parbat Hilayein\" and \"Babul Mora\" written by Amitabh Bhattacharya from the inspirational movie \"Poorna\". He rendered \"Alvida\" from the film \"Rangoon\", which the \"Deccan Chronicle\" praised in its review of the movie. He also sang the song \"Roke Na Ruke Naina\", composed by Amaal Mallik written by Kumaar from the film \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\", and the chorus song \"Namami Brahmaputra\" (English: I Bow to the Brahmaputra) composed by Papon and dedicated to the river Brahmaputra which flows in", "title": "Arijit Singh" }, { "docid": "18886523", "text": "is considered the second installment in a franchise that began with \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\". The second installment, titled \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\", had been released on 10 of March 2017 which also became success. His third directional film is \"Dhadak\" starring Ishaan Khatter & Jhanvi Kapoor under Dharma Productions.The film release in 20 July 2018. On 19 Feb 2018 his fourth film Rannbhoomi was announced and has a tentative release date of Diwali 2020. Shashank Khaitan Shashank Khaitan is an Indian film writer and director, known for his work in Hindi cinema. He has directed films like \"Humpty Sharma Ki", "title": "Shashank Khaitan" }, { "docid": "20042255", "text": "Sahil Vaid Sahil Vaid is an Indian actor popularly known for movies like Bittoo Boss, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Bank Chor and Badrinath Ki Dulhania. Vaid has starred in a number of plays over the past 17 years, and earned numerous accolades. He started his career with school theatre, professionally acting for stage since as early as 1997, He made his Bollywood debut in 2012 with Bittoo Boss. Early in his career, Sahil was recognised for portraying a variety of roles in the first online stand up comedy show Jay Hind!. He then rose to prominence after starring in Humpty", "title": "Sahil Vaid" }, { "docid": "16731663", "text": "a Filmfare nomination for Best Male Debut. Dhawan rose to prominence with starring roles in the romance \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" (2014), the dance film \"ABCD 2\" (2015), and the action comedies \"Dilwale\" (2015), \"Dishoom\" (2016) and \"Judwaa 2\" (2017). He also received critical acclaim for playing an avenger in the crime thriller \"Badlapur\" (2015), a chauvinistic man in the romance \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017), and an aimless man coping with loss in the drama \"October\" (2018); the former two earned him nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Dhawan was born on 24 April 1987 to David Dhawan,", "title": "Varun Dhawan" }, { "docid": "20092683", "text": "the film Ankur Arora Murder Case in 2013. From then to now, he has shown his vesatility by singing in different genres. He has sung dance tracks, romantic tracks, rap songs & devotional. Some of his notable songs include the holi song \"Badri Ki Dulhania\" from the film Badrinath Ki Dulhania, \"Butterfly\" from the film Jab Harry Met Sejal & \"Ho Gaya Hai Pyar\" from the film Tanu Weds Manu Returns. Negi has sung a powerful rap song \"Rang Laal\" along with John Abraham in Force 2 which perfectly depicts the emotions of every Indian, post the Uri terror attack", "title": "Dev Negi" }, { "docid": "9503509", "text": "the industry, where a song breaks first on Fever FM for a few days and then on other Radio channels. Fever FM has also been the official movie partner for the biggest movies in Bollywood, like \"Jab Harry Met Sejal\", \"Dangal\", \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", \"Padmaavat\", \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\", \"Dilwale\" and \"Tamasha\". Fever FM is credited with the maximum sports alliances in the industry. In the Indian Premier League, it has been the official Radio Partner of Delhi Daredevils for 11 years, with Kolkata Knight Riders for 8 years and with Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore for 7 years. In", "title": "Fever 104 FM" }, { "docid": "3752380", "text": "Zindagi\" (2016), \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017), \"Raazi\" (2018) and \"Dhadak\" (2018). In addition to working as an assistant director on \"Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge\" (1995), Johar was an actor in the film, playing the minor role of a friend of Shah Rukh Khan’s character. Since then, he has made cameo appearances playing himself in films like \"Om Shanti Om\" (2007), \"Fashion\" (2008), and \"Luck by Chance\" (2009). He made his full-fledged acting debut alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma in Anurag Kashyap’s period drama \"Bombay Velvet\" (2015), in which he played the main antagonist. Although the film did not perform", "title": "Karan Johar" }, { "docid": "8891300", "text": "Doordarshan, named \"Apradhi Koun\". He became known in Indian Cinema after his movie \"Dushman\", where he played a cold blooded psychopathic killer. He is mostly given roles of antagonists in movies, particularly that of a killer. And in some movies he played supporting roles. He has acted in South Indian films. He frequently appears in Mahesh Bhatt's films. He played the role of Alia Bhatt's father in Karan Johar's \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\". He has acted in many Kannada films. He has shared screen space with South Indian Super Star Dr. Vishnuvardhan, a star of 220 movies in five different", "title": "Ashutosh Rana" }, { "docid": "20963301", "text": "– \"Sangam Sur Sangeet Ka\" \"Season 1\" (2013) organized by \"Cedar Productions\" in Himachal Pradesh. Three years later, he became one of the top 10 contestants in \"Benadryl Big Golden Voice\" – \"Season 4\". The judges of the show were Amaal Malik and Armaan Malik, who both appreciated his singing. He also assisted Amaal Malik on several of his films, including \"Golmaal Again, Badrinath Ki Dulhania, Sonu ke Titu ki\" \"Sweety\" and \"Chef\". After auditioning for Indian Idol Season 10 in June 2018, he was accepted, Amaal Malik tweeting in his favour soon after his first appearance on the show.", "title": "Ankush Bhardwaj" }, { "docid": "19966004", "text": "team. His brother Ayushmann Khurrana is a popular Bollywood actor. Aparshakti Khurana started his career working as a RJ and then switched to TV as an anchor. He worked with Big FM Delhi as RJ. He debuted in the film \"Dangal\", directed by Nitesh Tiwari and Aamir Khan in lead role. He was lauded for his performance in the supporting role of cousin to Phogat sisters. He has acted in \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" and \"Stree (2018 film)\" as well. Apart from this film, he has also been signed up for another film called \"Babbu Ki Baraat\". He hosted \"Super Night", "title": "Aparshakti Khurana" }, { "docid": "11068331", "text": "the fate of his sister and Pooja are the same, regains his lost strength. He fights his way back to Maharani by killing Inspector Irani and setting ablaze to Maharani's brothel and finally killing Maharani and rescuing Pooja. All songs were sung by Anuradha Paudwal along with Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Manhar Udhas, Debashish Dasgupta, Junaid Akhtar & Babla Mehta. The song \"Tumhein Apna Banaane Ki\" is a popular number till date. The Soundtrack of the movie is composed by the music duo Nadeem Shravan. A sequel, Sadak 2, is confirmed to release on 25th March 2020 with Alia Bhatt", "title": "Sadak" }, { "docid": "5450467", "text": "Tamil version of song also opened to positive reviews. In early 2017, Ghoshal rendered \"Aashiq Surrender Hua\" duet along with co-singer and composer Amaal Mallik from the film Badrinath Ki Dulhania. the song in itself was much appreciated for its quirky lyrics which were penned down by lyricist: Shabbir Ahmed. \"Aashiq Surrender Hua\" was one of the rare songs in which Ghoshal was heard in a lower register than what she usually sings in. As Swetha Ramakrishnan from Firstpost reiterated, \"The best thing about the song is Shreya Ghoshal singing in a lower pitch; something one rarely gets to hear.\"", "title": "Shreya Ghoshal" }, { "docid": "19630616", "text": "November 2017, the film grossed () in India, including a nett of . By the end of 2017, the film grossed in India. As of 28 January 2018, its domestic gross is , including a nett , with footfalls of 5.1million audiences. It was declared a hit at the Indian box office, and is domestically one of 2017's five most commercially successful Bollywood films, along with \"Tiger Zinda Hai\", \"Golmaal Again\", \"Raees\", and \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\". \"Secret Superstar\" grossed US$2.8 million overseas in its first weekend, performing well in unconventional markets, entering the top four in Turkey and the top", "title": "Secret Superstar" }, { "docid": "20401004", "text": "In December 2016, Furlenco partnered with Airbnb to offer personalized home interiors. It also partnered with Uber, Pocket Aces, CORT, The Viral Fever, NoBroker, Dharma Productions for ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’, and Red Chillies Entertainment for ‘Dear Zindagi’ The company raised $30 million in October 2016. Furlenco had secured $6 million in its Series A funding round led by LightBox VC in March 2015. Earlier, the company had received funds amounting to $100k via angel funding. Furlenco offers furniture for entire homes on a monthly rental subscription model. Furlenco's range of products includes solutions for living rooms, bedrooms, and dining rooms,", "title": "Furlenco" }, { "docid": "8023902", "text": "boating and want to spend a quality time in solitudeness. Some scenes of the 2017 Bollywood film \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" were also shot here. Chambal Garden The Chambal Garden is located in southeastern Rajasthan, India on the banks of the Chambal River in the town of Kota (once part of the Rajput kingdom). The well-groomed garden's centerpiece is a pond replete with gharials, which used to house magars as well. The pond can be crossed via a suspension bridge or by boat to allow a closeup view of the fish-eating reptiles. The garden draws large number of couples . The", "title": "Chambal Garden" }, { "docid": "18451608", "text": "film, and Rochak Kohli joined as a guest composer by composing a song for the Hindi soundtrack. In 2016, he composed a single which was sung by Shaan. In 2016, he earned two nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for \"Kapoor & Sons\" along with Badshah, Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Benny Dayal and Nucleya; and for \"Baaghi\" along with Meet Bros, Ankit Tiwari and Manj Musik. In 2017, he composed two songs for \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\", of which he sang \"Aashiq Surrender Hua\" with Shreya Ghoshal; another was sung by Arijit Singh. Singh won Filmfare Award for", "title": "Amaal Mallik" }, { "docid": "13552145", "text": "Tandon in 2013, but later they split. Sources conflict about her birth year, listing the year as 1983 or 1980. Gauhar Khan Gauhar Khan (also known as Gauahar Khan, born 23 August 1983) is an Indian model and actress. After pursuing modeling, she made her acting debut with Yash Raj Films' \"\" (2009). Khan also starred in films such as the action thriller \"Game\" (2011), the revenge drama \"Ishaqzaade\" (2012), the suspense thriller \"Fever\" (2016), the romantic comedy \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017) and the Indian period drama \"Begum Jaan\" (2017). She has featured in songs including \"Naa Pere Kanchan Mala\"", "title": "Gauhar Khan" }, { "docid": "13552138", "text": "Gauhar Khan Gauhar Khan (also known as Gauahar Khan, born 23 August 1983) is an Indian model and actress. After pursuing modeling, she made her acting debut with Yash Raj Films' \"\" (2009). Khan also starred in films such as the action thriller \"Game\" (2011), the revenge drama \"Ishaqzaade\" (2012), the suspense thriller \"Fever\" (2016), the romantic comedy \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017) and the Indian period drama \"Begum Jaan\" (2017). She has featured in songs including \"Naa Pere Kanchan Mala\" (\"Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.\", 2004), \"Nasha Nasha\" (\"\", 2004), \"Parda Parda\" (\"Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai\", 2010), \"Jhalla Walla\" and", "title": "Gauhar Khan" }, { "docid": "20440018", "text": "his inspiration for the remake. Khaitan, a Marwari Rajasthani who grew up in Kolkata, set Rajasthan and Kolkata as the premise for the film, and that required deviating from the original to stay \"true to [himself] and the story [he is] telling. Another reason for choosing the two cities was \"that they are visually and linguistically so different from each other\". Khaitan called \"Dhadak\" a tribute to \"Sairat\". After he was sure that he wanted to make \"Dhadak\", Khaitan worked to distance himself from \"Sairat\", making \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" (2017) in the meantime. He began writing \"Dhadak\" using those sequences", "title": "Dhadak" }, { "docid": "19374762", "text": "eye. She tells him that she loves him and wants to marry him. Together they stand up to Ambar and tell him that they will get married and Vaidehi will work as she pleases regardless of whether he agrees or not. In the epilogue, it is shown that Badri and Vaidehi maintain a long distance relationship while she finishes her training program in Singapore before moving back to India and starting her own flight attendant training center. Urmila gives birth to twins, one boy and girl, and it is shown that so far Ambar has been treating both of them", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374757", "text": "has completed her graduation and is secretly training to become a flight attendant while Badri only passed the tenth grade. She's initially uninterested in getting married and is even offended by his marriage proposal. But when Badri helps Vaidehi's elder sister, Kritika (Sukhmani Lamba) find a husband in Bhushan Mishra (Aparshakti Khurana) and even resolves a dowry crisis with Bhushan's father Jitendra Mishra (Rajendra Sethi), Vaidehi agrees to marry him. On their wedding day, however, Vaidehi does not show up. Badri is heartbroken and Ambar is furious. He commands Badri to find Vaidehi and bring her back so that they", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374759", "text": "police car pulls up and takes them to the police station. At the police station, Vaidehi covers for Badri despite him having kidnapped her and attempted to choke her. Over the next few days, Badri stalks Vaidehi. Alok calls and tells him that Ambar has started looking for other brides. This terrifies Badri and he attempts entry into Vaidehi's workplace. She stops him and tells him she'll marry him only if he can convince Ambar to let her work and live in Singapore. Badri gets drunk that night and causes a scene outside Vaidehi's residential building and they have to", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374758", "text": "can \"hang her from the ceiling.\" Despite being afraid of Ambar's words, Badri goes to Mumbai to find Vaidehi, where he discovers that she's already moved to Singapore for a flight attendant training program. Badri shows up on Vaidehi's doorstep in Singapore and kidnaps her. On the way, he pulls over and lets her out of the car trunk and they have an argument. Badri is furious at her for leaving him at the altar and she apologizes, trying to assure him that the reason she left was not because of him. Badri grabs her by the throat when a", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374760", "text": "go to the police again, where this time Vaidehi has to pay $1500 to bail him out. Badri moves into Vaidehi's apartment where she cares for him by cooking for him before leaving for work every day, which humbles him. They spend time together with friends and tour Singapore together. Over time Badri begins to respect Vaidehi's independence and is impressed by her job and intelligence. He also remembers Urmila and feels sorry that she doesn't get to work. Badri and Vaidehi begin to spend more time together which causes them to grow closer. When Ambar calls, Badri lies and", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "13323586", "text": "okayed. The tune was inspired by two songs from Mory Kanté's 1987 album \"Akwaba Beach\": \"Tama\" and \"Yé ké yé ké\". There were also plans to remix the song by director duo Abbas Mustan for their film \"Players\", but later these plans were scrapped due to there not being enough time before the release of the film. The song was reprised for the 2017 film \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\", by Tanishk Bagchi. Thanedaar was well received by a number of critics. The film scored well at the box office grossing 10.25 crore nett and was declared a superhit. It was also", "title": "Thanedaar" }, { "docid": "18553329", "text": "consecutive weekends. The only markets where the film did not top the weekend charts were Vietnam (behind \"\"), Turkey (with two local movies and \"Logan\" ahead) and India (where \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\" retained No. 1). It topped the box office for four straight weekends in Germany, Korea, Austria, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Switzerland and the UK (exclusive of previews). In the Philippines, it emerged as the most successful commercial film of all time—both local and foreign—with over $13.5 million. In just five weeks, the film became one of the top 10 highest-grossing film of all time in the", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "12565812", "text": "as leading actress Nandni. She is also coming back in Hindi film industry with the film, Badrinath Ki Dulhania by Dharma Productions. 2002 National Film Award for Best Child Artist for Makdee 2005 Best Supporting Actress Award at the 5th Karachi International Film Festival for Iqbal In 2014, she was caught for being involved in a high profile prostitution racket red-handedly, after the Hyderabad Police raided at a hotel in Banjara Hills. She was sent to rehabilitation centre for 6 months. The Nampally sessions court gave her clean chit.According to Shweta's lawyer, there was no evidence found to support allegations", "title": "Shweta Basu Prasad" }, { "docid": "18553325", "text": "Hindi releases—\"Machine\", \"Trapped\", and \"Aa Gaya Hero—\"combined. Disney reported a total of gross for its opening weekend there. It was ahead of all new releases and second overall behind Bollywood film \"Badrinath Ki Dulhania\". In Russia, despite receiving a restrictive 16 rating, the film managed to deliver a very successful opening with $6 million. In China, expectations were high for the film. The release date was announced on January 24, giving Disney and local distributor China Film Group Corporation ample time—around two months—to market the film nationwide. The release date was strategically chosen to coincide with White Day. Preliminary reports", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "19374764", "text": "a local village fair. Principal photography also began on the same day. Some of the scenes were also shot at the Ghatotkach Circle, Kishore Sagar Lake and Seven Wonders Park in Kota, Rajasthan. The music for the film has been composed by Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi, Akhil Sachdeva while the lyrics have been written by Kumaar, Shabbir Ahmed, Akhil Sachdeva and Badshah and Indeevar. The \"Tamma Tamma\" song which was originally composed by Bappi Lahiri from the 1990 film \"Thanedaar\" has been recreated by Tanishk Bagchi for this film. The soundtrack was released on 14 February 2017 by T-Series. On", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "19374761", "text": "tells him that he didn't find Vaidehi. When Badri receives his passport back and leaves for India, Vaidehi starts to miss him and becomes depressed by his absence. Back in Jhansi, Urmila is pregnant and Ambar holds a mega-pooja to ensure a boy is born. Badri feels sorry for her and misses Vaidehi at the same time, finally understanding why she ran away. Before the pooja, he gets heavily drunk and berates Ambar for being disrespectful to women. He blames Ambar for being the reason that he can't have Vaidehi when suddenly he sees Vaidehi from the corner of his", "title": "Badrinath Ki Dulhania" }, { "docid": "17813778", "text": "sessions with Rahman. The male version of \"Patakha Guddi\" was released on 24 January 2014 as a single. Imtiaz Ali had directed a special video with A. R. Rahman and Alia Bhatt; it was released on 14 February 2014. On July 24, 2014, the Pakistan based newspaper \"Roznama Express\" reported that singer Zeb Bangash, who co-sang the track \"Sooha Saahaa\" with Alia Bhatt would not be given credit for her performance. The record label's official website removed Zeb's name, and on YouTube, she was not credited alongside Alia, A. R. Rahman and Imtiaz Ali. The matter was reported to Alia", "title": "Highway (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "19051533", "text": "a gift by the invited celebrity. Guests on the show included Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Alia Bhatt, and Kapil Sharma. Popular television actress Sanaya Irani also made an appearance. In September 2015, Uday Shankar, CEO of STAR Plus, had the idea to create an Indian version of the British TV series \"Tonight's the Night\". The series was titled as \"Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi\" and was aimed to showcase common people who had accomplished something extraordinary. Shankar invited Amitabh Bachchan to host \"Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi\"; he accepted. Bachchan said, \"I got an invitation from the channel to", "title": "Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi" }, { "docid": "20290155", "text": "Meghna Gulzar's spy movie, but Alia Bhatt makes it hard to take Raazi seriously.\" Kennith Rosario of \"The Hindu\" reviewed the film saying that, \"There’s a lot going for Raazi yet there’s a nagging lack of novelty — whether it is the film’s plot, message or Bhatt’s ability to cry.\" Nandini Ramnath of \"Scroll\" said that, \"Alia Bhatt shines in a muddled and improbable spy thriller.\" Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 saying that, \"\"Raazi\" is an interesting thriller brilliantly narrated by Meghna Gulzar that makes for mature viewing. It is a film that", "title": "Raazi" }, { "docid": "16683839", "text": "Alia Bhatt Alia Bhatt (; born 15 March 1993) is an actress and singer of Indian origin and British citizenship, who works in Hindi films. The recipient of several accolades, including two Filmfare Awards, Bhatt is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. She has appeared in \"Forbes India\" Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by \"Forbes Asia\" in their 30 Under 30 list of 2017. Born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. After making her acting debut as a child in the 1999 thriller \"Sangharsh,\" Bhatt played", "title": "Alia Bhatt" }, { "docid": "4281668", "text": "to be released in 2016, but did not. She acted in Meghna Gulzar's \"Raazi\" which also starred her daughter Alia in the lead role. This was the first time when she shared the screen with Alia where she played the character of Alia's mother. Razdan married film director Mahesh Bhatt on 20th April 1986. Both converted to Islam as reportedly Mahesh Bhatt did not want to divorce his previous wife. She is the mother of actress Alia Bhatt (born 15 March 1993) & Shaheen Bhatt (born 28 November 1988) and step mother of Pooja Bhatt & Rahul Bhatt and the", "title": "Soni Razdan" }, { "docid": "16683860", "text": "for \"striking a balance between big-budget, all-star blowouts and more script-oriented films\". Alia Bhatt Alia Bhatt (; born 15 March 1993) is an actress and singer of Indian origin and British citizenship, who works in Hindi films. The recipient of several accolades, including two Filmfare Awards, Bhatt is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. She has appeared in \"Forbes India\" Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by \"Forbes Asia\" in their 30 Under 30 list of 2017. Born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. After making her", "title": "Alia Bhatt" }, { "docid": "13776098", "text": "movies, the director had to look at other options. It was later declared that Imran Khan will be playing the male lead in the movie. But then, due to clash of dates, Imran and Priyanka had to opt out of the movie as well. After a lot of brainstorming, it was finally confirmed by producers Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala that Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt will be seen playing the lead pair in the movie. Amrita Singh and Ronit Roy were cast as Arjun Kapoor's parents and Revathy and Shiv Kumar Subramaniam were cast as Alia Bhatt's parents. This", "title": "2 States: The Story of My Marriage" }, { "docid": "17510261", "text": "composed music for Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2012), Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (2012), (2012), Ajab Gazabb Love (2012), (2013), Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story (2013), Himmatwala (2013), I, Me Aur Main (2013), Go Goa Gone (2013), Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013). They composed music for the movie Issaq and collaborated with Yash Raj films via the interesting movie Shuddh Desi Romance directed by Maneesh Sharma. In 2014, they composed for albums Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania produced by Karan Johar under the banner of Dharma Productions directed by Shashank Khaitan which had hit songs such as 'Saturday Saturday' & 'Samjhavan'. It was", "title": "Sachin–Jigar" }, { "docid": "19621180", "text": "Arun Bhatt Arun Bhatt (1934–2001) was an Indian film director active in Hindi and Gujarati cinema. He is considered as one of the most prominent filmmakers of Gujarati cinema in the 1970s and 1980s. Arun Bhatt was born on 26 September 1934. He was the eldest son of the movie producer and director Vijay Bhatt, founder of Prakash Pictures. Bhatt started his career as an assistant to his father. He started independently as a writer with Himalaya Ki Godmein. In 1960, he floated a banner of Vijay Films with his brother-in-law, Kishore Vyas and under this banner he made short", "title": "Arun Bhatt" }, { "docid": "7073858", "text": "Shauqat Hashmi, migrated to Pakistan after the partition of India, while his grandmother, Meherbano Mohammad Ali (known by her screen name Purnima), was an actress, who stayed in India. Meherbano Mohammad Ali later married producer-director Bhagwan Dass Varma, and was the sister of Shirin Mohammad Ali, the mother of producers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt, who are thus Hashmi's uncles. Hashmi is the cousin of director Mohit Suri, with whom he has collaborated in several films. His other cousins are actresses Pooja Bhatt and Alia Bhatt, while another cousin is actor Rahul Bhatt. Hashmi studied at the Jamnabai Narsee School.", "title": "Emraan Hashmi" }, { "docid": "18826543", "text": "Badshah (rapper) Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, better known by his stage name Badshah, is an Indian rap-music composer rapper and co-singer known for his Hindi, Haryanvi, and Punjabi songs. He started his career in 2006 alongside Yo Yo Honey Singh in his Group Band Mafia Mundeer and gained spontaneous popularity among youth. He split from Honey in 2012 and gained fame with his independent Haryanvi song \"Kar Gayi Chull\", which was later adopted into the 2016 Bollywood movie, \"Kapoor & Sons\". His music has been featured in Bollywood soundtracks for films such as 2014 films \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" and", "title": "Badshah (rapper)" }, { "docid": "19895547", "text": "then illustrated, included a takeoff on the superhit Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Raheja’s most famous covers for Movie magazine include his first cover that featured then rising star Aamir Khan alongside contemporaneous box-office queen Sridevi; a body-painted picture of Pooja Bhatt, and the momentous cover when two megastars Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna came together for a photo-session and a joint interview that ran into reams of print. His annual feature for the magazine, 'The Movie Opinion Poll,' which let the public vote for ‘The Best Actor’ and ‘The Best Actress’ among 40 categories, inspired many clones. Raheja also conducted", "title": "Dinesh Raheja" }, { "docid": "14406418", "text": "Bhatt, was born to a Gujarati family on 12 June 1915 in Porbandar, British India. He started his early career in films as a sound recordist with Prakash Pictures, working under his brother Balwant Bhatt, and then by writing \"scripts and stories\" using the name Batuk Bhatt. He began his directorial venture when he joined Homi Wadia's team at Basant Pictures by co-directing two films with Babubhai Mistri, \"Muqabala\" (1942) and \"Mauj\" (1943), under the same name. He directed two more films as Batuk Bhatt, Homi Wadia's \"Hunterwali Ki Beti\" (1943) and Liberty Pictures \"Sudhar\" (1949). Bhatt left Basant Pictures", "title": "Nanabhai Bhatt" }, { "docid": "18523926", "text": "Khwab Ki Duniya Khwab Ki Duniya (Dreamland) is a 1937 Hindi fantasy film produced and directed by Vijay Bhatt for Prakash Pictures. The music director was Lallubhai Nayak with lyrics written by Pandit Anuj. The film starred Jayant, with costars Sardar Akhtar, Umakant, Zahur, Lallubhai, Shirin and Ismail. \"Khwab Ki Duniya\" was inspired by the film \"The Invisible Man\" (1933) based on H. G. Wells novel of the same name. The film marked the \"directorial debut\" of Vijay Bhatt. The film had elaborate special effects with the invisible man being the main draw. Babubhai Mistry trained as a special effects", "title": "Khwab Ki Duniya" }, { "docid": "17163131", "text": "Highway (2014 Hindi film) Highway is a 2014 Indian road drama film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda. Screened in the Panorama section of the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival, the film released worldwide on 21 February 2014. The film is based on the episode of the same name from the Zee TV anthology series Rishtey, starring Aditya Srivastava and Kartika Rane, which was also written and directed by Imtiaz Ali. It tells the story of a girl (Alia Bhatt) who develops Stockholm syndrome after being kidnapped.", "title": "Highway (2014 Hindi film)" }, { "docid": "18175457", "text": "Udaan (2014 TV series) Udaan (English: \"Flight, Fly\") (previously also known as Udann Sapnon Ki) (now also known as Udann Anjor Ki) is an Indian television drama show that premiered on 18 August 2014 and airs weekday evenings on Colors TV. It replaced the long-running Colors TV series \"Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon\". The show is produced by Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and is based on his unreleased movie of the same name. It previously starred child actor Spandan Chaturvedi in a lead role. It currently stars Meera Deosthale and Vijayendra Kumeria in the lead roles. The first promo", "title": "Udaan (2014 TV series)" }, { "docid": "18175547", "text": "Cánh Tự Do\", which airs on Echannel (VTVCab5). Udaan (2014 TV series) Udaan (English: \"Flight, Fly\") (previously also known as Udann Sapnon Ki) (now also known as Udann Anjor Ki) is an Indian television drama show that premiered on 18 August 2014 and airs weekday evenings on Colors TV. It replaced the long-running Colors TV series \"Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon\". The show is produced by Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and is based on his unreleased movie of the same name. It previously starred child actor Spandan Chaturvedi in a lead role. It currently stars Meera Deosthale and Vijayendra", "title": "Udaan (2014 TV series)" }, { "docid": "20127482", "text": "Bombay Mail (1935 film) Bombay Mail (बॉम्बे मेल) is a 1935 Hindi-language Indian film directed by Rasik Bhatt for Vijay Bhatt and Shanker Bhatt's Prakash Pictures. The cast includes leading lady Panna, supporting actress Rajukumari, both of whom had starred in the brothers' previous film, \"Sacred Scandal\" (1934), alongside senior character actor Jayant, Umakant, Esmail, Rajababu and S. Nazir. Music for Bombay Mail included ten songs by the Bhatt brothers' regular music director Lalubhai Nayak, including \"Kaaga re jaiyo piya ki\" and \"Kis ki aamad ka yoon\", both sung by the senior actress, later known by full name Rajkumari Dubey.", "title": "Bombay Mail (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "20127481", "text": "Bombay Mail (1935 film) Bombay Mail (बॉम्बे मेल) is a 1935 Hindi-language Indian film directed by Rasik Bhatt for Vijay Bhatt and Shanker Bhatt's Prakash Pictures. The cast includes leading lady Panna, supporting actress Rajukumari, both of whom had starred in the brothers' previous film, \"Sacred Scandal\" (1934), alongside senior character actor Jayant, Umakant, Esmail, Rajababu and S. Nazir. Music for Bombay Mail included ten songs by the Bhatt brothers' regular music director Lalubhai Nayak, including \"Kaaga re jaiyo piya ki\" and \"Kis ki aamad ka yoon\", both sung by the senior actress, later known by full name Rajkumari Dubey.", "title": "Bombay Mail (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "15039763", "text": "film is scheduled to release in 19 April 2019 .He will also star in Mahesh Bhatt directional triller drama \"Sadak 2\" opposite Alia Bhatt. Sanjay Dutt, Pooja Bhatt will also feature in the film. The film is a sequel of \"Sadak\" and is scheduled to release in 25th March 2020. In 2016, he did a music tour named \"Dream Team Bollywood\" and performed in Los Angeles, San Jose, Chicago, New York alongside Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, & Varun Dhawan. Aditya Roy Kapur Aditya Roy Kapur (; born 16 November 1985) is an Indian film actor who works in", "title": "Aditya Roy Kapur" }, { "docid": "18886522", "text": "Khaitan selected Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt for the movie after watching their performance in \"Student Of The Year\". One of Khaitan's goals with the filming was to \"keep it real\" and to make sure that all characters were well-prepared before they shot a scene. The film was released in July 2014 and became a success at the box office. In May 2016, it was announced that Khaitan will write and direct another romantic comedy under the Dharma Productions banner with Dhawan and Bhatt playing the lead roles. Although the two films will have different plots and characters, the film", "title": "Shashank Khaitan" }, { "docid": "16638514", "text": "Roshan, Onkaar Camera Asst- Chandra, Chandu, Raaju, Rajesh. 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130729024640/http://www.ammaakiboli.com/castcrew.html Ammaa Ki Boli Ammaa Ki Boli is a comical genre movie directed by Narayan Chauhan and produced by Mukesh Chaudhary under the banner of Street Act Production. The story revolves around an old-aged husbandless mother, her 5 grown-up children’s and a second-rate two-seater scooter. The movie features Faruk Zafar as Ammaa in lead role, following with Priyal Patil, Govind Namdev, Sitaram Panchal, Sanjay Mishra, Hrishita Bhatt, Zakir Hussain Actor, Ishtiaq Khan, Shekhar Singh and others in their respective important roles. The story revolves around an old-aged husband-less mother Ammaa (Faruk", "title": "Ammaa Ki Boli" }, { "docid": "16638511", "text": "Ammaa Ki Boli Ammaa Ki Boli is a comical genre movie directed by Narayan Chauhan and produced by Mukesh Chaudhary under the banner of Street Act Production. The story revolves around an old-aged husbandless mother, her 5 grown-up children’s and a second-rate two-seater scooter. The movie features Faruk Zafar as Ammaa in lead role, following with Priyal Patil, Govind Namdev, Sitaram Panchal, Sanjay Mishra, Hrishita Bhatt, Zakir Hussain Actor, Ishtiaq Khan, Shekhar Singh and others in their respective important roles. The story revolves around an old-aged husband-less mother Ammaa (Faruk Zafar), her 5 grown-up children’s and a second-rate two-seater scooter", "title": "Ammaa Ki Boli" }, { "docid": "6329758", "text": "life. Rumours of an affair with Katrina Kaif first emerged during the production of \"Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani\" in 2009. In August 2013, a set of paparazzi photographs of Kapoor and Kaif at a beach in Spain were published by \"Stardust\". Although Kapoor initially declined to speak of the relationship, he admitted to it in 2015: \"Both of us are sure about our relationship and if we don't open about it now, it would be showing disrespect to the relationship.\" As of February 2016, the media reported that they had broken up. In 2018, he began dating Alia Bhatt,", "title": "Ranbir Kapoor" }, { "docid": "19273249", "text": "Shivanku Bhatt Shivanku Bhatt (born 6 June 1989) is an Indian model and actor who won the title of Mr. India Worldwide in 2014. Born in Dehradun to a traditional Garhwali family, Shivanku originally hails from Pauri, Uttarakhand. He is the youngest child of Madhu and Shailendra Kumar Bhatt. With his mother being an active social worker and having served as the Vice-Chairperson in the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee, Shivanku was raised in a spiritually and ethically sound household. His father works as a Forest Officer with the Uttarakhand Government. Bhatt completed his academics in Law from the University of Petroleum", "title": "Shivanku Bhatt" }, { "docid": "18868986", "text": "Swarup Brahmachari for brief period. He was Vaishnav in his early life but became follower of Shakti later. He had three brothers; Heri, Dhola and name of third is not known. Hari and Dhola Bhatt were also poets. He wrote his first Garbo, \"Anandno Garbo\" on Falgun Sud 3 of Samvat 1709 as described in the Garba, at the age of 13. He wrote several Garba dedicated to Bahuchar Mata which are still popular across Gujarat. His name along with his brothers are perpetuated in cry of devotees in temple, \"Vallabh-Dhola Ki Jai\" or \"Vallabh-Hari Ki Jai\". He died on", "title": "Vallabh Bhatt" }, { "docid": "19051535", "text": "for me.\" Before the premiere of the series, Bachchan was nervous wondering how the audience would react to the show. He said, \"[...] the apprehensions of its receiving or rejection are foremost in the mind.\" The series premiered on 18 October 2015, on STAR Plus, and was broadcast on Sundays. Every episode featured leading Bollywood celebrities who were invited to gift something to everyday heroes who have helped others in some way. Alia Bhatt and Shilpa Shetty were the first guests to appear on the show. Being a finite series, it aired its last episode on 10 January 2016 due", "title": "Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi" }, { "docid": "16521706", "text": "with Bollywood again through the movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and offered a collection inspired by the movie. In 2014, Jabong partnered with Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. In October 2014, it was reported that Amazon was in the initial talks to acquire Jabong, but no take over deal happened and none of the party confirmed the reasons. As noted by Business Standard, Jabong added International brands to its catalogue. The brands include Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and River Island along with the Spanish brand Mango. In November 2013, Jabong entered into a partnership with the brand Jack & Jones, to sell", "title": "Jabong.com" }, { "docid": "4281666", "text": "Soni Razdan Soni Razdan (born 25 October 1956) is a British-born Indian actress and film director.She is the mother of Alia Bhatt and wife of Mahesh Bhatt. Razdan was born in Birmingham, UK, to Gertrude Hoelzer, a German and Narendra Nath Razdan, Kashmiri family. She is the mother of Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt. Razdan started her career in English theatre with John Fowler's \"The Collector\" and her Hindi stage career with \"Bund Darvaze\", Satyadev Dubey's adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre's \"No Exit\". Her photos were seen by Franco Zeffirelli who wanted to cast her as Mary in his miniseries, \"Jesus", "title": "Soni Razdan" }, { "docid": "4281669", "text": "aunt of Emraan Hashmi. Soni Razdan Soni Razdan (born 25 October 1956) is a British-born Indian actress and film director.She is the mother of Alia Bhatt and wife of Mahesh Bhatt. Razdan was born in Birmingham, UK, to Gertrude Hoelzer, a German and Narendra Nath Razdan, Kashmiri family. She is the mother of Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt. Razdan started her career in English theatre with John Fowler's \"The Collector\" and her Hindi stage career with \"Bund Darvaze\", Satyadev Dubey's adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre's \"No Exit\". Her photos were seen by Franco Zeffirelli who wanted to cast her as Mary", "title": "Soni Razdan" }, { "docid": "18886519", "text": "to accompany them to set. While at Whistling Woods, Khaitan worked on his first attempted movie, \"Sherwani Kahaan Hai\", with some of his fellow students at Whistling Woods, but the movie was not successfully completed. In 2008, Khaitan starred as Manohar in \"Roorkee By-Pass\", a 22-minute drama directed by Arundhati Sen Verma, and assisted on the set of Subhash Ghai's \"Black & White\" and Yuvvraaj. Khaitan's initial plan with \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" was to make it a story of two con artists, similar to \"Bunty Aur Babli\". However, as he worked on the script, he found the characters turning", "title": "Shashank Khaitan" }, { "docid": "18175450", "text": "Shaandaar Shaandaar (English: \"Magnificent\") is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film, directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. It stars Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in lead roles, with Pankaj Kapur and Sanjay Kapoor in supporting roles. \"The Times of India\" described \"Shaandar\" as \"India's first destination wedding film\". Principal photography began in August 2014 in Leeds, and the film released on 22 October 2015. Alia Arora(Alia Bhatt) is an orphan who is adopted by Bipin Arora (Pankaj Kapur) whose wife Geetu Arora (Niki Aneja Walia) and mother Kamla Arora (Sushma Seth) are extremely business", "title": "Shaandaar" }, { "docid": "14390836", "text": "Mukesh Bhatt Mukesh Bhatt (born 5 June 1953 in Mumbai), is an Indian film producer, who has produced several Bollywood films. He is the younger brother of Mahesh Bhatt, and also the co-owner of the production company Vishesh Films, set up in 1986. He is the uncle of Pooja Bhatt, Rahul Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt Emraan Hashmi and father of Alia Bhatt. Bhatt is the son of Nanabhai Bhatt (1915–1999), a Hindi film director and producer. His father was a Gujarati Hindu Brahmin and mother a Muslim. Nanabhai's brother, Balwant Bhatt (1909–1965) was also a Hindi film director. He is married", "title": "Mukesh Bhatt" }, { "docid": "17163148", "text": "shirts, all with fabric prints of title logo, were made available for online purchase. On 30 January 2014, Alia Bhatt promoted the film on the sets of Dance India Dance. On 13 February 2014, Hooda, Bhatt, Ali, A. R. Rahman and the director of Disney UTV made an appearance at Cineworld in Feltham to promote the film as well for its first International premiere at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Ali and Alia Bhatt promoted the film at an event in Taj West End, Bengaluru. The leading duo and Imtiaz Ali appeared on the show Comedy Nights with Kapil", "title": "Highway (2014 Hindi film)" }, { "docid": "8293684", "text": "him. Firm in his decision, he stays. He falls in love with Phoolwa. The music for the film was composed by the duo Kalyanji Anandji. The film was nominated in various categories at the 13th Filmfare Awards but only won for Best Film. Himalay Ki God Mein Himalay Ki God Mein (, ) is a 1965 Indian film directed by Vijay Bhatt starring Manoj Kumar and Mala Sinha in the lead roles and Shashikala in a supporting role. The film won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and was a \"Superhit\" at the box office, listed in the top 20 earners", "title": "Himalay Ki God Mein" }, { "docid": "8293682", "text": "Himalay Ki God Mein Himalay Ki God Mein (, ) is a 1965 Indian film directed by Vijay Bhatt starring Manoj Kumar and Mala Sinha in the lead roles and Shashikala in a supporting role. The film won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and was a \"Superhit\" at the box office, listed in the top 20 earners of the 1960s. The film was remade in Telugu as \"Dr. Babu\" with Sobhan Babu and in Tamil as \"Pudhiya Boomi\" with MGR. Sunil Mehra (played by Manoj Kumar) completes his medical studies and becomes a doctor. He is kidnapped by dacoits in", "title": "Himalay Ki God Mein" }, { "docid": "4312339", "text": "Pooja Bhatt Pooja Bhatt (born 24 February 1972) is an indian film director, actress, voice over artist, model and film maker. She is the eldest child of Indian film director, Mahesh Bhatt. Bhatt was born on 24 February 1972 to Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt (born Loraine Bright). On her father's side, Bhatt is of predominately Gujarati descent and on her mother's side, she is of English, Scottish, Armenian, and Burmese ancestry. She is the step-daughter of Soni Razdan. She has a brother, Rahul Bhatt and half-sisters Shaheen and Alia Bhatt. Her cousins are Hitarth Bhat and Emraan Hashmi. Bhatt", "title": "Pooja Bhatt" }, { "docid": "15298544", "text": "some of the greatest filmmakers in his career. Many of his films have gone on to become high grossers at the box office, such as \"\", \"Sadak\", \"Aashiqui\" and many more. He was nominated for \"Omkara\", \"Koi Mil Gaya\" and \"Krrish\" and won an award for \"Baazigar\" for best screenplay. Bhatt was born to film director Nanabhai Bhatt and Hemlata Bhatt. Bhatt's father and mother were Gujarati Brahmin. Among his siblings are producer Mukesh Bhatt and director Mahesh Bhatt. Actresses Alia Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt are his nieces and actors Emraan Hashmi and Mohit Suri are his nephews. Robin Bhatt", "title": "Robin Bhatt" }, { "docid": "17163141", "text": "the go. I had to have very suitable, good actors and a low maintenance crew.\" For \"Highway\", Randeep Hooda prepared for his role with such sincerity that in order to keep the initial distance with Alia Bhatt’s character, he didn’t speak to her for about 25 days. Ali said that earlier he was looking out for an older actress to match up with Hooda. However, the role went to Alia Bhatt that made effect on his film script. Later he added, \"I needed somebody who is city slick girl (Alia Bhatt), who has never been out. But the guy (Randeep", "title": "Highway (2014 Hindi film)" }, { "docid": "1946482", "text": "\"Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge\" became the first Hindi film blockbuster to feature NRIs as main characters. It helped to establish the diaspora market as a vital source of revenue for the industry; that market was seen as a safer financial investment than the desi market. Several later films have paid homage to \"Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge\". The Karan Johar-produced \"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania\" (2014) was directly inspired by it. The films \"Jab We Met\" (2007), \"Bodyguard\" (2011), \"Chalo Dilli\" (2011), \"Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani\" (2013) and \"Chennai Express\" (2013) include scenes similar to the climactic train sequence, wherein a woman", "title": "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" }, { "docid": "4312355", "text": "a daughter Pooja Bhatt, a former actress, now a producer, and a son Rahul Bhatt, an aspiring actor. The marriage ended when Bhatt had an affair with the glamorous actress of the 1970s, Parveen Babi. The affair did not last long. Bhatt later married Soni Razdan in 1986. The couple have two daughters, Shaheen Bhatt and Alia Bhatt. Emraan Hashmi is his cousin Anwar Hashmi's son and thus his nephew. In the 1970s, he became a follower of Osho, and later found spiritual companionship and guidance with philosopher, U.G. Krishnamurti. Bhatt calls Krishnamurti his lifeline and says \"Take him away,", "title": "Mahesh Bhatt" }, { "docid": "19699079", "text": "Urfi Javed Urfi Javed is an Indian television actress. She is known for portraying the role of Avni in \"Bade Bhaiyya Ki Dulhania\", Aarti in \"Meri Durga\" and Bella in \"Bepannaah\". Born and brought up in Lucknow, Urfi did her schooling from City Montessori School and then did her mass communication from Amity University. She was working in Delhi as an assistant to a fashion designer and then came to Mumbai. In 2016, Javed appeared in Sony TV's \"Bade Bhaiyya Ki Dulhania\" as Avni Pant. In the same year, she played the role of Chhaya on Star Plus's \"Chandra Nandini\".", "title": "Urfi Javed" }, { "docid": "13951597", "text": "to become a commercial and critical success. Mukerji's next film, also under Karan Johar's banner Dharma Productions, was \"Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani\", with Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in lead roles. It was a huge commercial success. The movie grossed Rs. 1 billion at the box office in just 7 days. It became the fourth highest grossing Indian movie of all time. Currently, Mukerji is involved in his next film, a superhero trilogy titled Brahmastra, starring starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy, and Akkineni Nagarjuna. Although Mukerji belongs to a Bengali family, he said he will never", "title": "Ayan Mukerji" } ]
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who has the largest contract in the nba
[ "Stephen Curry" ]
[ { "docid": "16017941", "text": "has earned on a 1 year contract, Jordan also holds the record for the second largest 1 year contract at $30,140,000 in the 1996-97 season. Kobe Bryant become just the second player to reach this milestone when the 2013–14 season began. LeBron James became the third in the 2016–17 season. Stephen Curry became the first player to eclipse $40-Million per year when he signed a record 5-year contract worth $201-Million in 2017, starting with $34,682,550 in the 2017-18 season and ending with the largest earnings in the 2021-22 season with a record payout of $45,780,966. Beginning in the 1984–85 NBA", "title": "Highest-paid NBA players by season" }, { "docid": "16017941", "text": "has earned on a 1 year contract, Jordan also holds the record for the second largest 1 year contract at $30,140,000 in the 1996-97 season. Kobe Bryant become just the second player to reach this milestone when the 2013–14 season began. LeBron James became the third in the 2016–17 season. Stephen Curry became the first player to eclipse $40-Million per year when he signed a record 5-year contract worth $201-Million in 2017, starting with $34,682,550 in the 2017-18 season and ending with the largest earnings in the 2021-22 season with a record payout of $45,780,966. Beginning in the 1984–85 NBA", "title": "Highest-paid NBA players by season" }, { "docid": "6569381", "text": "allowing them to sign DVPE contracts should they otherwise qualify. The most recent player to qualify for a supermax contract is Anthony Davis, who has played his entire NBA career to date with the New Orleans Pelicans. He qualified by being named to the All-NBA first team in , enabling the Pelicans to offer him a five-year extension worth up to $230 million, effective with the 2019–20 season. The first player to sign a supermax contract was Stephen Curry, who agreed to a new five-year DVPE deal with the Warriors, worth $201 million, that runs through the 2021–22 season. Curry", "title": "NBA salary cap" } ]
[ { "docid": "5812858", "text": "waived on May 19, for failing to arrive in Los Angeles due to a conflicting contract with Chanson Cosmetics of the Japanese league. On July, 2006, she signed with Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds of the WKBL. Ha Seung-jin Ha Seung-Jin (born August 4, 1985) is a South Korean professional basketball player who has played in the NBA and the NBA D-League. He was a second round draft pick (46th overall) of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2004 NBA Draft. At 7 ft 3 in, 305 lb, he was among the largest players in the NBA. He is also the", "title": "Ha Seung-jin" }, { "docid": "6259719", "text": "largest fine ever levied against a coach or player in the NBA. His title was changed to \"commissioner\" in 1967. Kennedy was also the commissioner who upheld the first protest ever in the NBA, which was the one filed by the Chicago Bulls for \"the Phantom Buzzer Game\" against the Atlanta Hawks in 1969. Kennedy assumed the helm of the NBA when the league was struggling with only nine teams, no television contract, sagging attendance and competition from the American Basketball League (1961–1963). When Kennedy retired in 1975 as commissioner, the league had increased to 18 teams, landed a lucrative", "title": "J. Walter Kennedy" }, { "docid": "6569374", "text": "extensions, but both failed to meet the criteria. The only player in the NBA who was attempting to qualify for a full 30% contract in 2013–14 was Paul George, who signed a provisional 30%/5 year contract in September 2013. George, who had made the All-NBA third team in 2012–13, qualified by again making the All-NBA third team. The 2017 CBA changed the qualification criteria for \"5th Year, 30% Max\" contracts. Players who come off rookie contracts at the end of the 2017–18 season, or later, must meet any of the following criteria to qualify: These criteria are identical to those", "title": "NBA salary cap" }, { "docid": "18191434", "text": "negotiations for Klutch Sports Group and all of its NBA clients. Paul sought the help of Termini for contract negotiations, his experience, and connections with NBA executives. Termini, who specialized in contract negotiation and construction, was a key figure in the free agency process that ultimately led to the return of LeBron James to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014. He developed a contract negotiation strategy prior to the 2014 NBA free agency signing period that led to James signing a two-year max contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. That contract gave James more flexibility and the potential for greater earnings. Robert", "title": "Mark Termini" }, { "docid": "20616545", "text": "were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month. This will be the third year of the current nine-year contracts with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV. In April 2016, the NBA announced that teams would be permitted to sign a uniform sponsorship contract for the 2017–18 season. Prior and during the 2017–18 season, 21 teams signed a uniform sponsorship contract. Before and during the 2018–19 season seven more teams signed such contracts: As of December 19, 2018, one team has not signed a uniform sponsorship contract: Oklahoma City Thunder. 2018–19 NBA season The 2018–19 NBA season is", "title": "2018–19 NBA season" }, { "docid": "539478", "text": "team. FIBA, the body which governs international basketball, has selected two players associated with the Celtics to the FIBA Hall of Fame for contributions to international basketball. The Celtics hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player is ostensibly either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA", "title": "Boston Celtics" }, { "docid": "8673119", "text": "team Real Madrid, valid only while a new NBA collective bargaining agreement remained under negotiation. Fernández signed for a reported salary of 2.7 million euros net income per season, the largest contract in Spanish league history, at that time. His deal also gave him the option to return to Real when his NBA contract ended. On July 4, 2012, Fernández returned to Real Madrid by signing a three-year deal worth 9 million euros net income. In May 2014, alongside his teammate Sergio Rodríguez, he was named to the All-EuroLeague First Team of the EuroLeague, the second consecutive in his career.", "title": "Rudy Fernández (basketball)" }, { "docid": "5787774", "text": "rookies in the NBA, and his life story was the subject of a short presentation narrated by Jamie Foxx, on ABC, during the 2005 NBA Finals. Jenkins took the long route to the NBA, working to support his family, and then playing in Europe, before signing his first NBA contract, at the age of 29. In 2005, Jenkins signed a contract with the Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem, who had gotten sponsored by billionaire Arkadi Gaydamak shortly before. He quickly became the star of the team (rivaling the former star from 2 years prior, Will Solomon, who played for their arch", "title": "Horace Jenkins" }, { "docid": "2586813", "text": "to enter the NBA Draft. Since 2006, players that are not at least 19-years-old by the end of the calendar year have been ineligible, creating what became known as the \"one-and-done\" rule where players joined a college basketball team for one season and then leave for the NBA. The new Select Contract is to be an alternative for players who do not want or cannot attend a college, worth up to $125,000 for a season. Ownership models vary across the NBA G League. Growing willingness among NBA organizations to invest in the G League has led to two main models:", "title": "NBA G League" }, { "docid": "5331173", "text": "contract with an NBA team. On April 25, 1950 the 1950 NBA draft was held; Clifton became the first African-American player to be drafted by the NBA before Chuck Cooper second and Earl Lloyd, (May 24) the third to sign an NBA contract after Harold Hunter (April 26), who was cut in training camp. He played his first game for the New York Knicks on November 4, four days after the debut of Washington Capitols player Earl Lloyd, the first black player to appear in an NBA game. Already 27 years old when he made his debut, Clifton in his", "title": "Nathaniel Clifton" }, { "docid": "5812854", "text": "Ha Seung-jin Ha Seung-Jin (born August 4, 1985) is a South Korean professional basketball player who has played in the NBA and the NBA D-League. He was a second round draft pick (46th overall) of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2004 NBA Draft. At 7 ft 3 in, 305 lb, he was among the largest players in the NBA. He is also the first (and as of 2018, only) South Korean to play in the NBA. Before playing in the NBA, Ha played for in high school for Samil Commercial School and in college for Yonsei University in Seoul,", "title": "Ha Seung-jin" }, { "docid": "15854910", "text": "of 10 D-League players, but the maximum roster size is 12 players, including NBA assignees. If a team had more than two NBA assignees, the team must reduce its roster to avoid having more than 12 players. In the D-League, all players sign a one-year NBA D-League Standard Player Contract with the league, not with the specific D-League teams. Returning players are players who played in the league during the previous season and are retained by their respective teams. The D-League teams are allowed to invite a limited number of returning players. Players who signed a D-League contract but are", "title": "2011–12 NBA Development League season" }, { "docid": "5865496", "text": "Thomas did not play in 1996–97, and only ended up playing in five games as a Maverick before signing as a free agent with the New York Knicks. Danilović played in 13 games for the Mavs before opting out of his contract and signing with Bucker Bologna of the Italian League, and Müürsepp played in 73 games for the Mavericks over the next two years before leaving the NBA. Chris Gatling was the Mavericks' sole representative in the NBA All-Star Game, but he did not last much longer in Dallas. In one of the largest two-team trades in NBA history,", "title": "History of the Dallas Mavericks" }, { "docid": "803268", "text": "contract and signing with Bucker Bologna of the Italian League, and Müürsepp played in 73 games for the Mavericks over the next two years before leaving the NBA. Chris Gatling was the Mavericks' sole representative in the NBA All-Star Game, but he did not last much longer in Dallas. In one of the largest two-team trades in NBA history, the Mavericks traded Gatling, Jim Jackson, Sam Cassell, George McCloud and Eric Montross to the New Jersey Nets for 7 ft 6 in center Shawn Bradley, forward Ed O'Bannon and guards Khalid Reeves and Robert Pack. Nelson claimed the trades were", "title": "Dallas Mavericks" }, { "docid": "20099774", "text": "joined in Indiana by UCLA teammate Leaf, who Indiana had selected in the first round. Anigbogu missed the NBA Summer League while rehabbing his knee. On July 12, the Pacers signed him to a rookie NBA contract. Anigbogu made his debut on October 20, 2017, playing two minutes in a 114–96 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. At just 18 years old, he was the youngest player in the NBA in 2017–18. He has also been on assignment with the Pacers' NBA G League affiliate, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants multiple times. Ike Anigbogu Christopher Ike Anigbogu (born October 16,", "title": "Ike Anigbogu" }, { "docid": "19303675", "text": "the Bucks after previously promoting him to a regular season contract as well. Munford played with the senior United States national team at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, where he won a gold medal. Munford is the son of Zamora and Darren Munford, and has a younger brother, Elijah. Xavier Munford Xavier Munford (born June 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played two seasons of college basketball for the Rhode Island Rams.", "title": "Xavier Munford" }, { "docid": "12159664", "text": "who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams. For details on Seattle SuperSonics history, see \"Seattle SuperSonics records\". NBA Most Valuable Player NBA All-Star head coach NBA Coach of the Year NBA Sixth Man", "title": "Oklahoma City Thunder" }, { "docid": "15263593", "text": "as those who believe an organizational investment in them is beneficial to their development. Some player agents are concerned about this system, because in exchange for guaranteed employment at a higher salary than a typical G League player, two-way players give up the freedom to be called up from the G League by any NBA team, possibly one with intent to sign the player to a 10-day contract, which could eventually lead to a full-time NBA roster spot sooner than with a two-way contract. Two-way contract A two-way contract is a professional sports contract which stipulates that an athlete’s salary", "title": "Two-way contract" }, { "docid": "17281203", "text": "Raptors and their G League affiliate, the Raptors 905. He also became the first player who previously had NBA experience to sign a two-way contract with an NBA team. He won the NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award for the season with Raptors 905. Prior to the close of the season, Brown's contract was upgraded to a standard deal. On July 20, 2018, the Toronto Raptors announced that they had re-signed Brown. Lorenzo Brown Lorenzo Brown (born August 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Toronto Raptors. He played college", "title": "Lorenzo Brown" }, { "docid": "3569443", "text": "as their premier target. On September 15, 1982, they traded for Malone, who was also the league's reigning MVP. With the new duo of Malone and Erving, the 76ers won the 1983 NBA Finals, losing only once in the entire playoffs, as well as sweeping the Lakers. However, the 1984 NBA Finals was conducted by the Celtics and Lakers, who faced each other for the first time since 1969. After an inspired performance from Bird, the Celtics toppled the Lakers 4–3. The final game of this series attracted the largest ever TV audience for an NBA game, and the second-largest", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "8313072", "text": "Anthony Miller (basketball) Anthony Miller (born October 22, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the second round (39th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft. He was born and raised in Benton Harbor, Michigan. A 6'9\" forward from Michigan State University, Miller played in eight NBA seasons for 4 different teams. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers. He has also been under contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors. The last time Miller played in the NBA was during the", "title": "Anthony Miller (basketball)" }, { "docid": "17900227", "text": "degree in Exercise Science at UNM; he aspires to study physiotherapy after his playing career has ended. On 26 June 2014, Bairstow was selected with the 49th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. He joined the Bulls for the 2014 NBA Summer League, where he was reunited with his former Lobo teammates Tony Snell, who was drafted by the team in 2013, and Kendall Williams. On 21 July, he signed a three-year contract with the Bulls, with one and a half years guaranteed. On 29 October, he made his NBA debut in the team's season", "title": "Cameron Bairstow" }, { "docid": "6569378", "text": "NBA, and have either: Additionally, the team offering the extension must have originally drafted the player, or obtained him in a trade while he was on his rookie contract. Players who qualify can be offered contracts with a starting salary between 30 and 35% of the salary cap. The extension cannot last more than five years after the expiration of the player's current contract (or five years for a player who is a free agent when signed), but can be negotiated and signed one year before the current contract expires. The extension can be offered to a team's own free", "title": "NBA salary cap" }, { "docid": "296031", "text": "with television networks in the United States. The NBA signed a contract with DuMont Television Network in its eighth season, the 1953–54 season, marking the first year the NBA had a national television broadcaster. Similar to the National Football League, the lack of television stations led to NBC taking over the rights from the 1954-55 season until April 7, 1962–NBC's first tenure with the NBA. Currently in the U.S., the NBA has a contract with ESPN and TNT through the 2024–25 season. Games that are not broadcast nationally are usually aired over regional sports networks specific to the area where", "title": "National Basketball Association" }, { "docid": "3678779", "text": "over Nike to sign NBA MVP Kevin Durant to an endorsement deal. However, Nike ultimately re-signed Durant after agreeing to structure a contract, offering . On January 21, 2014, it was announced that the University of Notre Dame and Under Armour had come to terms on providing uniforms and athletic equipment for the university. This 10-year deal was the largest of its kind in the history of college athletics and became effective July 1, 2014. As of 2014, Under Armour has operated revenue and operating profit more than 30%, accelerating from their 2013 pace. Its share price has soared 62.5%", "title": "Under Armour" }, { "docid": "3932859", "text": "of secondary school to Americans (who are currently barred from the NBA draft until one year after graduation), as well as Australians and New Zealanders considering U.S. college basketball. The team was assigned American Brian Bowen, who was unable to play college basketball after being caught up in the sport's ongoing corruption scandal and signed a \"Next Stars\" contract with the league. The Sydney Kings' first home venue was the State Sports Centre located at Homebush. After playing at the 5,006-seat venue in 1988 and 1989, the Kings then moved into Sydney's largest indoor venue, the 12,500-seat Sydney Entertainment Centre", "title": "Sydney Kings" }, { "docid": "2586827", "text": "an NBA contract or be eligible for the draft. The tallest player ever to be assigned was Hasheem Thabeet at 7'3\", the second player selected in the 2009 NBA draft. The tallest player to ever play in the G League was England's Paul Sturgess at 7'8\", who played with the Texas Legends during the 2013–14 season. The NBA G League Draft occurs each season and is the major source from which teams build their rosters. Team rosters are made up of returning players (players who were on the team during the previous season), players waived by an NBA team who", "title": "NBA G League" }, { "docid": "18191433", "text": "shoe manufacturer Li Ning. Termini has negotiated almost $1 billion in professional sports contracts. He has represented more than 30 selections in the NBA Draft, including former Ohio State star Kosta Koufos, who has been a Termini client for his entire career. Koufos currently plays for the Sacramento Kings. Termini’s agency also represents players in foreign professional leagues. In January 2013, Termini began working with agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports Group. Paul’s agency represents NBA star LeBron James, as well as talented young players Eric Bledsoe and Tristan Thompson. As part of their working relationship, Termini runs the contract", "title": "Mark Termini" }, { "docid": "2094858", "text": "Royals protested and admission fees were added to the Cleveland deal. Unable to make all the considerable payments, Steinbrenner's team collapsed and folded. By then, Lucas had signed a business deal with Cleveland advertiser Howard Marks, and spoke often of having an NBA franchise for Cleveland. Because of this contract, he missed the 1962–63 NBA season. When the Marks expansion deal was denied by the NBA, Lucas was released from that contract. He decided he wanted to play pro basketball after all, and the Royals retained his rights. In August, 1963, Lucas signed with Warren Hensel, who was then in", "title": "Jerry Lucas" }, { "docid": "802912", "text": "erupted, one of the largest fan-player incidents in the history of American sports. It resulted in heavy fines and suspensions for several players, and a great deal of NBA and media scrutiny. Meanwhile, Brown was forced to leave the team on two occasions due to health concerns. During this time, he became involved in a series of rumors linking him to other job openings. Concerned about Brown's health, and angered over his alleged pursuit of other jobs during the season, the Pistons bought out his contract soon after the 2005 NBA Finals. Brown was promptly named head coach of the", "title": "Detroit Pistons" }, { "docid": "6569354", "text": "the player's salary becoming the NBA minimum for the player's years of service, prorated from the time of the conversion; a converted contract also does not count in cap calculations. Related to the two-way contract, and also introduced in the 2017 CBA, is an attachment to the standard NBA contract known as Exhibit 10. A contract that contains this attachment may be converted to a two-way contract at the team's option. Exhibit 10 can be used only in one-year, non-guaranteed contracts for the minimum NBA salary, with no bonuses except for an \"Exhibit 10 bonus\" of $5,000 to $50,000. The", "title": "NBA salary cap" }, { "docid": "9275722", "text": "Warriors, Logan did not sign a contract. His draft rights were later traded to the Dallas Mavericks. In 2006, he played in Poland (Znicz Jarosław), and the next year in Israel. , Logan remains one of the few first-team All-Americans who has never been on an NBA roster and has yet to appear in an NBA game. In a May 2011 interview, Logan stated he had not played competitively for two to three years due to surgery to repair a meniscus tear. , Logan coaches the Logan Elites. Steve Logan Steve Deontay Logan (born March 20, 1980) is an American", "title": "Steve Logan" }, { "docid": "14607456", "text": "created by the Big Baller Brand, thus being the first NBA player not related to Lonzo Ball's family to wear apparel from the family's company. On November 19, 2018, Crawford signed a one-month contract with the German team Alba Berlin. However, Two days later, Crawford didn't pass the physicals and parted ways with Alba. Jordan Crawford Jordan Lee Crawford (born October 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He played collegiately at Indiana and then Xavier. His brother is Joe Crawford, who has also played in the NBA. Crawford was born to parents", "title": "Jordan Crawford" }, { "docid": "14241001", "text": "also the commissioner who upheld the first protest ever in the NBA, which was the one filed by the Chicago Bulls for \"the Phantom Buzzer Game\" against the Atlanta Hawks in 1969. The new commissioner came into the NBA when the league was struggling with only nine teams, no television contract, sagging attendance and competition from the increasingly popular American Basketball Association. When Kennedy retired in 1975 as commissioner, the league had increased to 18 teams, landed a lucrative television contract and improved its financial standing considerably, experienced a 200 percent boost in income and attendance figures tripled during his", "title": "Commissioner of the NBA" }, { "docid": "19867788", "text": "in 2009, becoming one of the youngest CEOs of a basketball agency at the time. Andrew Goudelock, the 46th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft was Walton's first client. Walton has represented basketball players including NBA and international players. Most notably, he is known as being the agent for Kent Bazemore. Bazemore came into the NBA as an undrafted rookie, playing with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors summer league teams, eventually signing with the Golden State Warriors. On July 1, 2016, Walton negotiated a $70 million contract over 4 years for Bazemore. The contract made Bazemore", "title": "Austin Walton" }, { "docid": "10276707", "text": "covering the NBA and her interviewing skills, in 2015 she became the first female lead-host on SiriusXM NBA Radio. Over her career, Cervasio has worked as a sideline reporter for the NFL on FOX and NBA on TNT. In 2007 at NESN, she earned a personalized World Series Ring as a team broadcaster, following the Boston Red Sox World Series Championship. Cervasio left NESN when her contract expired at the end of March 2008. She expressed a desire to pursue other opportunities with less travel requirements so that she could be closer to her family. Cervasio then signed a contract", "title": "Tina Cervasio" }, { "docid": "2586829", "text": "and up until the start of the regular season can be designated as \"affiliate players\" and allocated to the NBA team's G League affiliate. Each team is allowed four affiliate players. These are players that an NBA team is interested in developing in their own system. The affiliate players, however, still remain as free agents that any NBA team can sign. Each NBA team can assign two first-year or second-year players who are under a standard NBA contract to its affiliated G League team. If more than two NBA players are assigned to a team, the team must reduce the", "title": "NBA G League" }, { "docid": "6569369", "text": "the salary cap will be applied to all dollar amounts in the previous season's scale. Amounts that are expressed as a percentage of salary, such as the allowable salary change from the third to the fourth season of the rookie contract, remain the same from season to season. Since the 2011 CBA, each NBA team has been able to nominate a player on his rookie contract to receive a \"Designated Player\" contract extension. A Designated Player is eligible for a 5-year contract extension, instead of being held to the standard 4-year restriction. From 2011 through the 2016–17 season, a team", "title": "NBA salary cap" }, { "docid": "5050258", "text": "shot-blockers in the league during his career. He led the NBA in blocked shot percentage twice (in 2000 and 2002) and was particularly good at gaining possession of the ball after blocking a shot. Ostertag's contract expired in 2004, making him a free agent in the league. After nine seasons in Utah, he joined the Sacramento Kings. He played one year in Sacramento, before the Kings sent him back to Utah in a \"mega-trade\" that involved five teams and 13 players—the largest trade in NBA history. Ostertag played one final season (2005-06) with the Jazz, seeing limited action. He played", "title": "Greg Ostertag" }, { "docid": "13986512", "text": "Allegiant Athletic Agency Allegiant Athletic Agency (a3) is an athletic agency that represents professional football (NFL) and Basketball (NBA, International) players, as well as coaches. a3 is located in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee near the University of Tennessee. Most recently a3 has been in the news for representing Defensive Tackle Albert Haynesworth of the Washington Redskins. Haynesworth was represented by [Chad Speck] as he signed his contract in the free agency market that included the largest guaranteed package in NFL history. a3 currently represents the following NFL players: Safety and 2011 NFL Pro Bowl Selection Eric Berry of the Kansas City", "title": "Allegiant Athletic Agency" }, { "docid": "12683622", "text": "as long as they withdraw before the new deadline without hiring an agent or signing a professional basketball contract, and are now allowed to attend the draft combine and one tryout per year for each NBA team without losing college eligibility. However, it has been stated that current commissioner Adam Silver has been working to change this rule and meeting with NCAA officials to make the changes for the betterment of the NBA and NCAA basketball players, teams, and coaches alike. Eligibility for the NBA draft The NBA draft is an annual event in which the 30 franchises in the", "title": "Eligibility for the NBA draft" }, { "docid": "3923512", "text": "their first NBA Finals appearance since 1979. They faced Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, who were coming off an NBA record 72 wins. The Sonics pushed the heavily favored Bulls to six games before losing. In the Finals, Kemp posted per game averages of 23.3 points on 55% shooting from the field, 10.0 rebounds and two blocks. Kemp signed a contract extension with the Sonics in 1994. The league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) precluded any adjustment to that contract until October 1997. He eventually became outraged, despite his agent, Tony Dutte, clearly understanding that contract renegotiating, and even discussions", "title": "Shawn Kemp" }, { "docid": "16017940", "text": "Highest-paid NBA players by season The highest-paid NBA players by season over the past twelve seasons have received contracts with salaries noted in the twenty-million-dollar range. In this twelve-year span, Kevin Garnett received $28,000,000, which was the highest salary payment of any NBA player, during the 2003–04 season. Garnett has been the highest-paid NBA player per year in seven of the past twelve NBA seasons. Michael Jordan was the first NBA player to sign a contract worth over thirty million dollars in a season. During the 1997–98 season, Jordan earned $33,140,000, which still stands as the most any NBA player", "title": "Highest-paid NBA players by season" }, { "docid": "9632238", "text": "award winner. His contract with Olimpia Milano had an escape clause for playing professionally in the United States, effectively eliminating major encumbrances that would have prevented him from joining the NBA. On April 23, 2008, he decided to declare himself eligible for the 2008 NBA draft. Gallinari signed an endorsement deal with Reebok before being drafted into the NBA. He has his own sneaker, made by Reebok, called \"The Rooster.\" Gallinari was drafted 6th overall in the 2008 draft by the New York Knicks. He then signed a two-year contract with the team. Just one game into the 2008–09 season,", "title": "Danilo Gallinari" }, { "docid": "15544801", "text": "circumstances, some affiliation changes occurred. An NBA D-League team roster consists of draftees, returning, allocation and tryout players. In addition, NBA teams can assign players who are on their first or second NBA season to their D-League affiliates. The roster must consist of 10 D-League players, but the maximum roster size is 12 players, including NBA assignees. If a team had more than two NBA assignees, the team must reduce its roster to avoid having more than 12 players. In the D-League, all players sign a one-year NBA D-League Standard Player Contract with the league, not with the specific D-League", "title": "2010–11 NBA Development League season" }, { "docid": "5340877", "text": "million contract, which once stood as the richest NBA contract ever signed by a rookie. A fixed salary cap for rookies was implemented by the NBA the following season. Robinson himself had a productive NBA career, becoming a two-time NBA All-Star and winning an NBA Championship in 2005 in his final year with the San Antonio Spurs. Notably, this is the final draft to date to see all of the first three picks make All-Star rosters with the teams that originally drafted them. These players went undrafted in 1994 but played in the NBA. 1994 NBA draft The 1994 NBA", "title": "1994 NBA draft" }, { "docid": "10747920", "text": "three Boston Celtics home games included in the 1953-54 package were blacked-out in Boston, however, WJAR-TV in nearby Providence (whose signal covers most of the metropolitan Boston area) did carry the two regular-season Celtics' home games that were part of the DuMont package. Marty Glickman and Lindsay Nelson called Games 2 and 5 of the 1954 NBA Finals for DuMont. NBA on DuMont For the 1953–54 NBA season, the National Basketball Association began a contract with the DuMont Television Network. This marked the first year the NBA had a national television contract. The contract had the DuMont Television Network televising", "title": "NBA on DuMont" }, { "docid": "6681332", "text": "with the league's 1988-89 season, with TNT assuming rights to the NBA Draft and most NBA regular season and playoff games and TBS's NBA telecasts being relegated to a single game or a double-headers one night per week. In 2001, Turner Sports signed a new television contract with the NBA, in which TNT would become Turner Broadcasting's exclusive rightsholder of NBA telecasts beginning with the 2002–03 season. (ESPN assumed TBS's portion of the league's cable television contract.) In 1981, WTBS acquired the television rights to broadcast college football games under a special \"supplemental\" television contract with the National Collegiate Athletics", "title": "WPCH-TV" }, { "docid": "18743288", "text": "as an affiliate player. Subsequent to the 2017 All-NBA G League Showcase, on January 15, 2018, the Minnesota Timberwolves signed Amile Jefferson to a two-way contract. On April 11, 2018, at the end of the 2017-18 NBA season, the Timberwolves converted Jefferson's contract to a standard NBA contract, thus making him playable in time for the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Jefferson remained with the Minnesota Timberwolves for 2018 summer league, leading the league with 12.6 rebounds per game. Jefferson also averaged 8.6 points per game. Subsequently, on July 27, 2018, Jefferson and the Orlando Magic agreed to a two-way contract. As", "title": "Amile Jefferson" }, { "docid": "18128488", "text": "Klimenko signed a contract with UNICS Kazan until the end of the 2016-2017 season. On July 10, 2018, Klimenko signed a three-year contract with UNICS. Artem Klimenko Artem Anatolevich Klimenko (; born January 10, 1994) is a Russian professional basketball player who currently plays for UNICS of the VTB United League. In 2011, Klimenko joined BC Avtodor Saratov. In March 2014, Klimenko announced his intentions to enter the 2014 NBA draft. In May 2014, Avtodor added a buy-out clause to his contract, and he later travelled to the United States to attend various NBA workouts. On June 26, 2014, he", "title": "Artem Klimenko" }, { "docid": "804384", "text": "agency (Howard to the Houston Rockets) in the following season. The Kings hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams. All of the Kings", "title": "Sacramento Kings" }, { "docid": "804102", "text": "While the team played in Minneapolis, the team played their home games at the Minneapolis Auditorium, from 1947 to 1960. The Lakers hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were", "title": "Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "docid": "802870", "text": "facility \"Cavaliers Way\" in November 2016. The Cavaliers hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams. The following is a list of past Cavaliers", "title": "Cleveland Cavaliers" }, { "docid": "802726", "text": "Pelicans’ partial logo is on both sides of the shorts in Mardi Gras colors. The Pelicans hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams.", "title": "New Orleans Pelicans" }, { "docid": "804191", "text": "until the end of the 2011–12 season. Bob Woolf ended up resuming his role as Go once Devin Nelson left, fulfilling his role as the all-time best mascot. The Suns hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team", "title": "Phoenix Suns" }, { "docid": "802635", "text": "\"Baltimore Pride\" uniform, the uniform is intended to be worn for six select games during the Wizards' 2015–16 season. The Wizards hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired", "title": "Washington Wizards" }, { "docid": "802426", "text": "and Bonnie Erickson of Acme Mascots, Inc, his name is a pun on Puff the Magic Dragon, and how a slam dunk is also known as \"stuffing\". The Magic hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends.", "title": "Orlando Magic" }, { "docid": "802193", "text": "following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams. The Heat have retired four numbers, although only three of the players played for the franchise. Michael Jordan was the first player", "title": "Miami Heat" }, { "docid": "803213", "text": "by Drake, such as Welcome Toronto jerseys, which are black with gold text. The Raptors hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA team. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams. General", "title": "Toronto Raptors" }, { "docid": "1823660", "text": "Warner's merger with Charter Communications. Charter's all-digital TV, internet and voice offering's brand name is Spectrum. The Hornets hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player is ostensibly either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from", "title": "Charlotte Hornets" }, { "docid": "803590", "text": "to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams. The Grizzlies have yet to formally retire a number, but have announced plans to retire their first number at an", "title": "Memphis Grizzlies" }, { "docid": "5770646", "text": "2009-10 season. He parted ways with Gdynia in December 2009. In January 2010, Sow signed a contract with Meridiano Alicante in Spain, but the contract was terminated by mutual consent in December 2010. He then signed a temporary contract with Caja Laboral. In 2012, he signed with Amchit of Lebanon. Pape Sow Pape Sow (pronounced Pop So) (born November 22, 1981) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who has played for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA and for several European and Asian teams. Sow is fluent in three different languages, English, French, and his native Wolof. Sow attended", "title": "Pape Sow" }, { "docid": "1914929", "text": "arena management elected to extend Global Spectrum's management contract by one year in the summer of 2007. In September 2007, Global Spectrum announced that the arena would undergo $13 million in renovations. While Moda Center has never hosted the NBA Finals (Portland's last appearance in the Finals was in 1992, three years before the arena opened), it has hosted two NBA Western Conference Finals series, in 1999 and 2000. In 1999, the Trail Blazers were defeated by the San Antonio Spurs; in 2000 by the Los Angeles Lakers. Both teams would go on to win the NBA championship. One NBA-related", "title": "Moda Center" }, { "docid": "10747918", "text": "NBA on DuMont For the 1953–54 NBA season, the National Basketball Association began a contract with the DuMont Television Network. This marked the first year the NBA had a national television contract. The contract had the DuMont Television Network televising 13 Saturday afternoon games. According to the book \"Tall Tales\", NBA owners wanted the presumably \"worst\" game of the week to be shown on DuMont, because they were afraid if the \"best\" games were shown, it would negatively affect the gate for that game. Also, even though DuMont wanted the games on Saturday afternoons, a number of owners resisted because", "title": "NBA on DuMont" }, { "docid": "9747592", "text": "million contract with the Chicago Bulls. In addition to 2011 NBA Draft prospect Williams, Pelinka had to represent unsigned Peterson and Vujacic; team option players Gordon and Harden and qualifying option player Wright following the 2010–11 NBA season. Williams was selected 2nd overall. O. J. Mayo signed with Pelinka in the offseason, bringing Pelinka's client list up to 18 NBA players. On June 28, the Oklahoma Thunder exercised team options on several players including Harden. At the beginning of the 2011 NBA lockout, Pelinka, who represented 18 NBA players at the time, was considering putting together a touring team to", "title": "Rob Pelinka" }, { "docid": "7344433", "text": "Finals for ABC Sports. In 2010, she was featured as the new sideline reporter for 2K Sports's \"NBA 2K11\" video game. She has appeared in each edition since, including the latest in the series, \"NBA 2K18\". In October 2013, Burke signed a multiyear contract extension to serve as an NBA commentator for ESPN. On November 13, Burke debuted on ESPN's NBA pre-game show \"NBA Countdown\", alongside analysts Jalen Rose and Avery Johnson. In 2017, Doris Burke became a regular NBA game analyst for ESPN, becoming the first woman at the national level to be assigned a full regular-season role. Burke", "title": "Doris Burke" }, { "docid": "12596186", "text": "Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, and some minor leagues around the country. Many European leagues, mostly professional soccer and basketball, also implement these contract amendments. Each league usually has its own rules regarding these clauses; for example in the NBA, no-trade clauses can only be negotiated into contracts when a player has at least four years of service for the team he is signing the contract with and at least eight years total in the NBA. Other leagues have other varying rules, for example in MLB the \"Ten and Five\" rule gives mostly every player limited control", "title": "Trade (sports)" }, { "docid": "18743291", "text": "season for the Iowa Wolves, Amile Jefferson broke the single-season record for NBA G-League double-doubles with 36 double-doubles in 47 games. On April 16, 2018, the NBA G League named Amile Jefferson to three All-NBA G-League teams: the 2017-18 All-NBA G League All-Rookie First Team, All-NBA G League All-Defensive First Team and All-NBA G League Second Team. On April 11, 2018, at the end of the 2017-18 NBA season, after the Timberwolves squeezed by with an overtime win over the Denver Nuggets to keep their playoff dreams intact, the Timberwolves converted Jefferson's contract to a standard NBA contract, thus making", "title": "Amile Jefferson" }, { "docid": "11572999", "text": "(among others), which would help get the Celtics to their first Eastern Conference finals in over a decade, but the trade became problematic over the long term when Johnson became a major star with Phoenix and Atlanta, while Rogers left the Celtics after Wallace failed to sign him to a contract extension. Wallace drafted Paul Pierce, who fell to the Celtics with the No. 10 pick in the 1998 NBA draft. He also traded for Vin Baker, who had been signed to a large contract and tied up Boston's salary cap for three years while battling alcoholism. He has been", "title": "Chris Wallace (basketball)" }, { "docid": "20829665", "text": "SEC Player of the Week in the fifth week. After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Reath joined the Dallas Mavericks for the NBA Summer League. On August 1, 2018, Reath signed a three-year contract with Serbian team FMP. Reath was born in the southern part of Sudan, nowadays in South Sudan. At the age of 9 (2005), he has moved to Perth, Australia alongside his parents and six brothers and sisters due to the civil war in Sudan. Duop Reath Duop Thomas Reath (born June 26, 1996), is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for FMP", "title": "Duop Reath" }, { "docid": "15456400", "text": "to 20 early round conference playoff games beginning with the 1985 NBA Playoffs as well as the NBA Draft. Under a joint broadcast contract signed between Turner Broadcasting and the NBA in the summer of 1987, the rights to NBA telecasts began to be split between TBS and upstart sister network TNT beginning with the league's 1988-89 season, with TNT assuming rights to the NBA Draft and most NBA regular season and playoff games and TBS's NBA telecasts being relegated to a single game or a double-headers one night per week. In 2001, Turner Sports signed a new television contract", "title": "TBS (U.S. TV channel)" }, { "docid": "6829876", "text": "Orlando. In two seasons with the Magic, he played in 111 games, starting 12, and participated in the 2009 NBA Finals. His contract expired at the conclusion of the 2009-10 NBA season, making him a free agent. Anthony Johnson (basketball) Anthony Mark Johnson (born October 2, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player who last played with the Orlando Magic of the NBA. At 6'3\" (1.91 m), he played the point guard position. He found success in pro basketball, becoming the first NBA D-League player to participate in an NBA Finals. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Johnson played", "title": "Anthony Johnson (basketball)" }, { "docid": "5014263", "text": "a brief comeback as part of NBC's Olympic basketball coverage in 2008, and again in 2016. The pre-game show for NBC's NBA telecasts was \"NBA Showtime\", a title that was used from 1990 until 2000, with the pre-game being unbranded afterward. \"Showtime\" was originally hosted by Bob Costas from the inaugural season of the 1990 contract to the 1995–96 season; Hannah Storm took over as host beginning with the 1996–97 season, who in turn was replaced by Ahmad Rashād in 2001 when Storm went on maternity leave. The video game \"NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC\", by Midway Games, was named", "title": "NBA on NBC" }, { "docid": "18823502", "text": "Stefan Nastić Stefan Nastić (, born November 22, 1992) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for the Orangeville A's of the National Basketball League of Canada. Standing at , he plays at the center position. He played collegiate basketball for Stanford University. After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Nastić played with the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs in the 2015 NBA Summer League. On July 29, 2015, Bosnian club Igokea announced that they have signed Nastić, after which the player denied that he has signed a contract with them. On August 12,", "title": "Stefan Nastić" }, { "docid": "4803458", "text": "accused Dunleavy of defrauding the team, and he sued the club for money owed on the remainder of his contract. An arbitrator ordered the Clippers pay Dunleavy $13 million in 2011. On March 28, 2016, Tulane University announced Dunleavy as the coach of the men's basketball team. This marks Dunleavy's first job as a college coach. Dunleavy has three sons: Mike Jr., who starred at Duke University and played for six NBA teams from 2002 to 2017; Baker, the head coach at Quinnipiac University; and James, an NBA player agent. Mike Dunleavy Sr. Michael Joseph Dunleavy Sr. (born March 21,", "title": "Mike Dunleavy Sr." }, { "docid": "12004317", "text": "Cooper became the first black player drafted by an NBA team. Shortly after the draft, Nat Clifton became the first black player to sign an NBA contract. Finally, Earl Lloyd became the first black player to appear in an NBA game as his team started its season before either Cooper's or Clifton's. After the integration of the NBA, the Harlem Globetrotters started to focus on international touring and exhibition performances, including comic routines. These tours helped to popularize basketball internationally, and gave the Globetrotters the reputation as Basketball's goodwill ambassadors. The NBA has helped popularize basketball all over the world.", "title": "History of basketball" }, { "docid": "20143285", "text": "4.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. He was named first-team All-Pac-12 and a member of the five-man All-Defensive team. White was one of 60 NBA prospects invited to the 2017 NBA Draft Combine. He was one of only 15 combine invitees who had not been Rivals top-150 prospects in high school, and one of only three who did not sign with Division I programs out of high school. In addition, according to Yahoo! Sports writer Jeff Eisenberg, he was also \"the only one who will use part of his first NBA contract to pay off student loans he accumulated", "title": "Derrick White (basketball)" }, { "docid": "17053820", "text": "On November 2, 2012, Johnson was selected by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers with the seventh overall pick in the 2012 NBA Development League Draft. On January 23, 2013, he signed a 10-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. He made his NBA debut the same day in a win over the Los Angeles Lakers. He signed a second 10-day contract with the Grizzlies on February 3, but returned to the Vipers on February 20 after the contract expired. In July 2013, Johnson joined the NBA D-League Select Team for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 30, 2013, he signed", "title": "Chris Johnson (basketball, born 1990)" }, { "docid": "15263591", "text": "to play with the NHL team, but will receive a lower salary if assigned to play for a team in the minor leagues such as the American Hockey League or the ECHL. Beginning in the 2017–18 season, the National Basketball Association added two-way contracts between NBA teams and their NBA G League affiliates. Unlike in the NHL, these contracts are not offered to every aspiring NBA player, but only to undrafted players whom a team would like to keep \"on retainer\" without having to sign to a full-time contract. Each NBA team can have up to two two-way contract players", "title": "Two-way contract" }, { "docid": "3620838", "text": "a contract holdout that lasted until the beginning of training camp after it was rumored that he desired a 13-year, $100 million contract. Robinson eventually signed a rookie-record 10-year, $68 million deal that stands as the richest NBA rookie contract, as a salary cap for rookies was implemented the following season. During his first year in the NBA, Robinson was twice named the Schick NBA Rookie of the Month and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team after leading all rookies with an average of 21.9 points per game. Robinson finished third in Rookie of the Year voting behind", "title": "Glenn Robinson" }, { "docid": "5670167", "text": "ranking in the AP Top 25 poll since 2005. Hoiberg was declared 2012 Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year after winning nine more games during the 2012 conference season than in 2011, the largest season-to-season improvement in Big 12 history. In April 2013, Hoiberg signed a 10-year contract extension with Iowa State worth $20 million. Hoiberg's contract had a $2 million buyout clause if he left for another college coaching position, but the buyout was only $500,000 if he left to become an NBA head coach or general manager. Hoiberg became the fastest coach in Iowa State history to notch", "title": "Fred Hoiberg" }, { "docid": "8588588", "text": "part of the largest trade in NBA history, involving five teams, 13 players, and two draft picks. He was subsequently cut from the Memphis Grizzlies 2005–06 roster. López returned to Real Madrid after signing a contract in July 2006. In 2009, he moved to the VTB United League club Khimki Moscow Region. In July 2011, he returned to Spain, and signed a two-year contract with Bilbao Basket. On 3 March 2016, López announced that he would to retire from playing basketball at the end of the 2015–16 ACB season. López was a member of the Spanish junior national teams that", "title": "Raül López" }, { "docid": "2510875", "text": "Diego during the season. Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes called the contract \"one of the worst deals ever from a team's point of view\" because Brown averaged only nine wins per season and was frequently injured during the seven years of the deal. That contract is currently listed as the 82nd largest in the history of sports tied with NBA Star Juwan Howard. His first season in Los Angeles, he posted an 18–9 record with 221 strikeouts and a 3.00 ERA. After leading the NL in ERA during an injury-plagued season, his performance began to dwindle as Brown was hampered", "title": "Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher)" }, { "docid": "18743272", "text": "team’s final preseason roster cuts. He joined the Iowa Wolves, Minnesota's development team, in the NBA G League as an affiliate player. Subsequent to the 2018 NBA G League Showcase, on January 15, 2018, the Minnesota Timberwolves signed Amile Jefferson to a two-way contract. On April 11, 2018, at the end of the 2017-18 NBA season, the Timberwolves converted Jefferson's contract to a standard NBA contract. Jefferson remained with the Minnesota Timberwolves for 2018 summer league, leading the league with 12.6 rebounds per game. Jefferson also averaged 8.6 points per game. Subsequently, on July 27, 2018, Jefferson and the Orlando", "title": "Amile Jefferson" }, { "docid": "10354540", "text": "David Young (basketball) David Young (born August 18, 1981) is an American basketball player who graduated from Xavier University and North Carolina Central University and was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2004 NBA Draft. He was signed to a contract but waived a month later, before he played in any NBA games. He played the 2009-2010 season in Trikala 2000 in the Greek League. He has played professionally in Italy for Air Avellino (2005–2006) and Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Serie A2, 2006–2007) and also in the Greek League with Rethymno. In 2007/08 season, he joined France's Élan Béarnais", "title": "David Young (basketball)" }, { "docid": "7445150", "text": "ESPN and USA Network as national cable partners) under a four-year deal, in which TBS shared the NBA television package along with CBS. In the summer of 1987, Turner Broadcasting System signed a new joint broadcast contract between TBS and TNT to split broadcast NBA games starting from the 1988-89 season. TNT held rights to broadcast the NBA draft, most NBA regular season and playoff games, while TBS only aired single games or doubleheaders once a week. The 2001-02 season would mark the final year of regular NBA coverage on TBS, Turner Sports signed a new NBA television contract in", "title": "National Basketball Association on television" }, { "docid": "9118441", "text": "team in history to win Game 7 of a seven-game series in which the home team won each of the first six games, after the Boston Celtics in the 1969 NBA Finals and the Baltimore Bullets in the 1971 Eastern Conference Finals. Houston's Tracy McGrady lost his sixth straight post-season series (out of 10 seasons) and has never played past the first round in his entire career. After losing the series, the Rockets failed to reach a new contract agreement with their head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who was subsequently fired. This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two", "title": "2007 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "5788258", "text": "New Zealand Breakers in late November 2007. He was signed to replace Wayne Turner, who was out for the season. In 2010 Greene has been banned for two years for trying to dupe drug testers, backdated to 12 March 2009. He later played for the Utah Flash of the NBA Development League. On February 1, 2011 Greene re-joined the NBA as he signed a 10-day contract with the New Jersey Nets. Afterwards, he rejoined the Flash. On November 10, 2011 Orien Greene signed to play basketball for the Halifax Rainmen of the NBL. Shortly afterwards, he joined the Los Angeles", "title": "Orien Greene" }, { "docid": "18191435", "text": "Lanza, former NBA Players Association General Counsel, called Termini \"one of the finest contract attorneys in the country\" following the contract. By signing a shorter deal than the four year maximum contract, James was able to take advantage of the rising NBA salary cap two years later. During the 2014 offseason, contract negotiations for Klutch Sports Group client Eric Bledsoe and the Phoenix Suns continued into September. A restricted free agent, Bledsoe finally signed a 5-year, $70 million deal on September 24. Paul and Termini advised the new National Basketball Players Association leaders to formally warn the NBA about their", "title": "Mark Termini" }, { "docid": "9747591", "text": "the two-year offer he agreed to with the Phoenix Suns. Toward the end of the 2009–10 NBA season Pelinka negotiated a three-year extension for Bryant, committing him to the Lakers through the 2013–14 season. Boozer becomes an unrestricted free agent when the 2009–10 season ends. Fisher is also unsigned. Pelinka has signed both Johnson and Davis who were chosen 4th and 13th respectively in the 2010 NBA Draft. On July 14, the Lakers announced that they resigned Fisher to what was reported to be a 3-year $10.5 million contract according to ESPN. NBA.com reported that Boozer signed a 5-year $75", "title": "Rob Pelinka" }, { "docid": "803826", "text": "was named an NBA All-Star, while Gobert was named to the NBA Defensive First Team and All NBA Second Team. Hayward left the Jazz to sign with the Boston Celtics as a free agent on July 4, 2017, announcing his decision in a letter published by \"The Players' Tribune\". Hayward's contract was finalized on July 14, 2017. On June 22, 2017, Donovan Mitchell was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets, who immediately traded Mitchell's rights to the Jazz in exchange for Trey Lyles. It would mark the beginning of a new", "title": "Utah Jazz" }, { "docid": "8232424", "text": "of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 22. The Bulls' winning of the lottery was the second-largest upset in NBA Draft Lottery history behind the Orlando Magic, who won it in 1993 with just a 1.5% chance. The Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves obtained the second and third picks respectively. For the first time in draft history the first three draft picks were all freshmen. The Chicago Bulls used the first overall pick to draft Chicago native Derrick Rose from the University of Memphis, who later went on to win the NBA Rookie of", "title": "2008 NBA draft" }, { "docid": "4448624", "text": "CAT of San Antonio, Texas, the United States' largest Caterpillar dealership and one of the largest dealerships in the world. He is best known as the owner of the five-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, the WNBA's San Antonio Stars, the AHL's San Antonio Rampage, and the NBA Development League's Austin Toros. Caterpillar Inc. as of 2008 was the 133rd largest company in the world with a market value of US$45.13 billion. Holt is buried at Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, California. Benjamin Holt Benjamin Leroy Holt (January 1, 1849 – December 5, 1920) was an American inventor who patented", "title": "Benjamin Holt" }, { "docid": "1851076", "text": "roster. Since the Spirits played in the same city as the NBA's Pistons, the NBA did not renew its year-to-year agreement with the CBA. The CBA then began binding individual NBA teams to a form contract, permitting those teams to sign CBA players to 10-day contracts. The CBA player could sign a second 10-day contract; after the completion of the second 10-day contract, the NBA team would have to sign the player for the rest of the season or return him to the CBA. The CBA teams, in turn, would receive compensation for each 10-day contract. After one year, the", "title": "Continental Basketball Association" }, { "docid": "3146658", "text": "the 2004 NBA Finals and were heavy favorites to regain the title. However, they were upset by the Detroit Pistons, who used their strong defense to dominate the Lakers, winning the title four games to one. This marked the first time in ten attempts as head coach that Jackson had lost in the NBA Finals. On June 18, 2004, three days after the loss to the Pistons, the Lakers announced that Jackson would leave his position as Lakers coach. Jackson was seeking to double his salary from $6 million to $12 million on his expiring contract. He had a contract", "title": "Phil Jackson" }, { "docid": "15854914", "text": "starting February 6. A player can only sign two 10-day contracts with the same team in one season. If the team want to retain the player after the second 10-day contract expired, the team has to sign the player for the remainder of the season. Due to the 2011 NBA lockout, the D-League season started earlier than the NBA season. Therefore, the NBA training camps, which are usually attended by a number of D-League players to compete for a spot on NBA roster, started on December 9, three weeks after the D-League season started. A total of 62 D-League players", "title": "2011–12 NBA Development League season" }, { "docid": "4311345", "text": "17, 2010 and scored 2 points against the New Orleans Hornets. In September 2011, Okur signed a contract with Türk Telekom B.K. His contract had an out-clause, which allowed him to return to the NBA when the 2011 NBA lockout was resolved. On December 22, 2011, Okur was traded to the New Jersey Nets for a 2015 second round pick. This reunited him with former Jazz teammate, PG Deron Williams, who was traded to the Nets the previous season. On March 15, 2012, Okur was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers along with Shawne Williams and a 2012 1st round", "title": "Mehmet Okur" }, { "docid": "10998520", "text": "1998–99 Chicago Bulls season The 1998–99 Chicago Bulls season was the franchise’s 33rd season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the three-time defending NBA champions, having defeated the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA Finals in six games, winning their sixth NBA championship, and completing a second three-peat in the 1990s. However, with Phil Jackson’s contract expiring, and the departures of Scottie Pippen (who stated his desire to be traded during the season, and was later traded to the Houston Rockets) and Dennis Rodman (who would sign with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free", "title": "1998–99 Chicago Bulls season" } ]
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who wrote the notes in when you reach me
[ "Rebecca Stead" ]
[ { "docid": "14127362", "text": "When You Reach Me When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal-winning science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, published in 2009. It takes place in the Upper West Side in New York during 1978 and 1979 and follows the protagonist, Miranda Sinclair. She receives a strange note asking her to record future events and write down to the location of her spare key. As the novel progresses, Miranda receives three more notes with requests. The novel contains three story lines — the appearance of Miranda's mom on the game show, \"The $20,000 Pyramid\", Miranda's best friend Sal suddenly", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14127362", "text": "When You Reach Me When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal-winning science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, published in 2009. It takes place in the Upper West Side in New York during 1978 and 1979 and follows the protagonist, Miranda Sinclair. She receives a strange note asking her to record future events and write down to the location of her spare key. As the novel progresses, Miranda receives three more notes with requests. The novel contains three story lines — the appearance of Miranda's mom on the game show, \"The $20,000 Pyramid\", Miranda's best friend Sal suddenly", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14127395", "text": "worker at Random House had tweeted the result 17 minutes prior to the official announcement. The tweet was quickly taken down when the mistake was noticed. In 2012, \"When You Reach Me\" was ranked number 11 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by \"School Library Journal\", a monthly with primarily U.S. audience. It was the only 21st-century work among the top 20. When You Reach Me When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal-winning science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, published in 2009. It takes place in the Upper West Side in New York during", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14705225", "text": "Brabander also found the tone given to Thea appropriate and compared the novel to Stead's second work, \"When You Reach Me\", feeling that \"[t]hough First Light doesn't reach the excellence of Stead's second novel, the Newbery-winning \"When You Reach Me\", this audio will nevertheless draw listeners in with its narrators' strong talent\". First Light (Stead novel) First Light is a young adult science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, first published in 2007. The novel follows Peter, who is in Greenland with his father and mother for research on global warming, and Thea, who lives in Gracehope, an underground", "title": "First Light (Stead novel)" }, { "docid": "18611370", "text": "to appear to her. After several days of private grieving Cadence rejoins her family and decides to build her life anew. E. Lockhart wrote \"We Were Liars\" with knowledge of the ending. She was particularly inspired by the twist endings in Gillian Flynn's \"Gone Girl\", because the first twist still kept the reader interested, as well as Rebecca Stead's \"When You Reach Me\" which contained a lot of small details that fell into place at the end. The novel is written in five acts, though pieces of each were rearranged, particularly the middle three. Lockhart wrote the novel on the", "title": "We Were Liars" } ]
[ { "docid": "14127372", "text": "encounter as \"the anchor as she wrote \"When You Reach Me\"\". \"When You Reach Me\" follows a sixth-grade protagonist, a girl named Miranda. She lives with her single mother who has a kindhearted boyfriend, Richard. Miranda's best friend Sal, whom she has known since she was a small child, had recently started ignoring Miranda after he had been punched in the stomach by another boy named Marcus. A homeless man lives on the corner of Miranda's street. She calls him the \"laughing man\" for his tendency to laugh without cause. Miranda notices that he always utters the words \"book bag", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "18268176", "text": "a pedophile priest, was described by \"Q\"s Tom Doyle as featuring \"deceptively lullaby-like... synth pulses\" reminiscent of Kraftwerk. Their album \"The Man-Machine\" was gifted by Bono to Ali when they were dating as teenagers and is name-checked in \"Iris (Hold Me Close)\" in the line, \"But it was you who made me your man/Machine\". \"This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now\" takes musical cues from one of the group's childhood inspirations, the Clash; according to the liner notes, the song is dedicated to the Clash's guitarist/vocalist Joe Strummer. The lyrics were inspired by Bono's realisation that he had found", "title": "Songs of Innocence (U2 album)" }, { "docid": "10090705", "text": "which reached the top 20 country songs chart, \"Say When\" (May 1973), \"It's a Man's World (When You Have a Man Like Mine)\" (August) and \"When I Get My Hands on You\" (February 1974). She followed with \"Lean It all on Me\" (July 1974) and its title single, \"Lean It All on Me\" (May 1974) – her highest charting track, reaching No. 13 on the country charts. It was also issued as a single in the United Kingdom via Ember Records, backed with \"Behind Closed Doors\". She also toured the UK with Glen Campbell who wrote the sleeve notes for", "title": "Diana Trask" }, { "docid": "17988525", "text": "The first co-written song, \"You Can't Help Me Now,\" was started by Leo, who described himself as \"shaken\" when he received Mann's initial notes on the song, because \"a person who I respect so much is handing me negative notes about something I wrote. It was really just my own quaking ego... But we got past that pretty quickly.\" Leo described the partnership with Mann as \"literally the best thing that has happened to my writing process in my life.\" According to Mann, the song \"Bedtime Stories\" was written about Scott Miller, as an expression of mourning and as \"a", "title": "The Both" }, { "docid": "14127364", "text": "Lamb, who liked it. They expanded on the initial concepts and published \"When You Reach Me\" on July 14, 2009, under Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House. The book was well received by critics, who praised its realistic setting and the author's deft handling of small details. The novel has reached the best-seller lists of \"The New York Times\", \"Los Angeles Times\" and \"USA Today\". In addition to receiving the 2010 Newbery Medal, \"When You Reach Me\" won several Best Book of the Year awards. The two main characters are Miranda, and Marcus (Laughing Man). Stead began writing", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14127379", "text": "ends as Miranda reflects on the events in an epilogue. \"When You Reach Me\" is classified in the science fiction and mystery genres, but includes features of some other genres. Monica Edinger of \"The New York Times\" found \"When You Reach Me\" to be \"a hybrid of genres, it is a complex mystery, a work of historical fiction, a school story and one of friendship, with a leitmotif of time travel running through it.\" Augusta Scattergood of the \"Christian Science Monitor\" wondered, \"Is \"When You Reach Me\" science fiction? Time travel? A highly imaginative girl's completely conceived experience? Maybe it's", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "18300611", "text": "dance album that's both totally of the moment and also mindful of its lengthy list of pop predecessors.\" Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Take Me When You Go\". Take Me When You Go Take Me When You Go is the debut studio album by Australian recording artist Betty Who, released on 3 October 2014 by RCA Records. The album is preceded by the extended plays \"The Movement\", \"Slow Dancing\" and \"Worlds Apart\". Who writes from the perspective of a millennial learning to navigate breakups, loves of all shapes and sizes, and coming to terms with her own growing", "title": "Take Me When You Go" }, { "docid": "18295080", "text": "1987, \"Strap Me In\" also saw single release in America (as well in Japan, Germany, and Australia) as the follow-up to the top-twenty single \"You Are the Girl\". However, it was unable to match the chart success of its predecessor, only managing to reach #85 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, although it did reach #4 on the \"Billboard\" Mainstream Rock chart. A follow-up single, \"Coming Up You\" performed marginally better, hitting #74 in America. \"Strap Me In\" was noted in the \"\" liner notes as the \"standout track\" from \"Door to Door\", which also said, \"'Strap Me In' proved that", "title": "Strap Me In" }, { "docid": "4247743", "text": "statement made by a local when she caught him making notes on the sleeve of his shirt: \"Whatever you bin makin' them little owd squiggles on y'r cuff fower?\" Bensusan replied that he was \"writing history\". He then recorded her retort: \"You dedn't wanter done that. Telly f'r why. When you've got y'r shirt washed there won't be nawthen left. I've never wrote nawthen all me born days, ne yet me husban', an he got all his teeth an' I kin thread me needle without spectacles. Folk don't wanter write in this world, they wanter do a job o' work.\"", "title": "East Anglian English" }, { "docid": "14127365", "text": "\"When You Reach Me\" in 2007 after reading an article in \"The New York Times\" gave her an idea for a novel about traveling in time to save someone's life. The article was about a man who woke up in Denver suffering from amnesia, having forgotten who he was or why he was there. Many people worked with the man to help him regain his memory. Under hypnosis, he spoke about his apparent wife, Penny, and two daughters who died in a car crash. However, when he and Penny reunited, the man found out she was only his fiancée —", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "12371346", "text": "\"Saturday Evening Post\" had a weekly circulation of 2,000,000 copies when he wrote for it – he did not reach a large book readership. \"You Know Me Al\" required just one printing in 1916 and was not reprinted until 1925 as part of the Scribners program of launching Lardner as a serious writer.\" Lardner published a total of 26 \"busher\" stories, featuring Keefe's fictional letters to Al, between 1914 and 1919 in the \"Post\". The first six of these stories were collected as \"You Know Me Al\" in 1916. Stories 13 through 15 were collected as \"Treat 'Em Rough\" (1918),", "title": "You Know Me Al" }, { "docid": "9965612", "text": "in Nashville that needed a kidney transplant. \"Make Me Over\" was inspired by the band's love of British rock, while strains of \"Learn You Inside Out\" were inspired by the Plastic Ono Band. When asked about the song \"Learn You Inside Out\", Wade said, \"I wrote it really quick. We decided just to freestyle. It was one of those moments when we really grew as a band, being able to reach each other and know where we're going.\" The song \"Disarray\" was inspired by Wade's strict and religious family. When asked about the song, he said, \"Angels, demons. We all", "title": "Who We Are (Lifehouse album)" }, { "docid": "1733848", "text": "as \"what you should see every day when you look in the mirror in the early morning hours... a combination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Angela Davis, Albert Einstein [ ⁠and ⁠] Chairman Mao\". Harvey Milk, who spoke at political rallies at the Temple, wrote to Jones after one such visit: \"Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. I found something dear today. I found a sense of being that makes up for all the hours and energy placed in a fight. I found what you wanted", "title": "Jim Jones" }, { "docid": "20313681", "text": "2018. The song served as the opening song on her sixth headlining tour the Tell Me You Love Me World Tour. While reviewing the show in Phoenix, Ashley Naftule of \"Phoenix New Times\" praised Lovato for the performance. \"Her voice was loud and clear, while her presence and technique are impressive,\" she wrote. Recording and management Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Tell Me You Love Me\". You Don't Do It for Me Anymore \"You Don't Do It For Me Anymore\" is a song recorded by American singer Demi Lovato for her sixth studio album, \"Tell Me You", "title": "You Don't Do It for Me Anymore" }, { "docid": "6002819", "text": "his demeanour changed, according to the notes. The notes show him asking: \"Who told you that?\" When the detectives said they had witnesses, he reportedly said: \"They are only kids. No one is going to believe them.\" The notes say he walked around the interview room with tears in his eyes, saying: \"You cunts, you cunts\", and \"Jesus, Jesus\", then: \"You ain't got enough evidence. Those kids will never go to court. You wait and see. No one else will talk to you. You can't keep me away from them.\" The notes show him saying of the murder weapons: \"You're", "title": "Death of Keith Blakelock" }, { "docid": "14127370", "text": "a talisman for Miranda; she included it in the first draft and planned to remove it, \"because you can't just toss \"A Wrinkle in Time\" in there casually\". Her editor suggested leaving it in if it could be better tied into the story. Stead was aware that she did not want \"A Wrinkle in Time\" to have too big an influence on \"When You Reach Me.\" Keeping this in mind, she reread \"A Wrinkle in Time\" through the perspective of different characters, which enabled her to develop new connections and ideas in her own work. \"When You Reach Me\" takes", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14127390", "text": "seemed to add more detail about the book, but can be easily skipped over when reading. M.V.P criticized the voicing of Miranda's mom. \"AudioFile\" praised Halloway for \"a strong reading ... [that] makes listeners curious about this story's nonlinear structure\" and for managing the different elements of the story. \"When You Reach Me\" was published on July 14, 2010, in hardcover format by Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books. Reception of \"When You Reach Me\" was positive. Reviewers praised the details and characters. The novel has reached many bestseller lists; it was on the \"New York", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14127373", "text": "pocket shoe.\" She later realizes the phrase refers to the order and place he will send Miranda notes—her library book, a bread bag, her coat pocket and Richard's shoe. The first three notes instruct Miranda to write a letter describing the future events. The notes, whose writer claims to be coming to Miranda's time to save a life, offer three signs of the truth of the messages. As the plot develops, the proofs come true, and Miranda is intrigued. Miranda and her new friends, Annemarie and Colin find a sandwich shop on the corner, wondering if they can get a", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "12493243", "text": "Milk wrote to Jones: \"Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. I found something dear today. I found a sense of being that makes up for all the hours and energy placed in a fight. I found what you wanted me to find. I shall be back. For I can never leave.\" In a hand-written note, Milk wrote to Jones \"my name is cut into stone in support of you - and your people.\" Jim Rivaldo, who attended Temple meetings with Milk, explained that, until Jonestown, the", "title": "Peoples Temple in San Francisco" }, { "docid": "11567547", "text": "It's About Time (Tracy Byrd album) It's About Time is the sixth studio album, and seventh album overall, to be released by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was his first album to be released on RCA Nashville after leaving MCA Nashville, his previous label, in 1999. The album produced the singles \"Put Your Hand in Mine\" (co-written by Jimmy Wayne), \"Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me\", and \"Take Me with You When You Go\". \"Undo the Right\" was originally recorded by Willie Nelson on his 1962 album \"And Then I Wrote\". As listed in liner notes.", "title": "It's About Time (Tracy Byrd album)" }, { "docid": "11567546", "text": "It's About Time (Tracy Byrd album) It's About Time is the sixth studio album, and seventh album overall, to be released by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was his first album to be released on RCA Nashville after leaving MCA Nashville, his previous label, in 1999. The album produced the singles \"Put Your Hand in Mine\" (co-written by Jimmy Wayne), \"Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me\", and \"Take Me with You When You Go\". \"Undo the Right\" was originally recorded by Willie Nelson on his 1962 album \"And Then I Wrote\". As listed in liner notes.", "title": "It's About Time (Tracy Byrd album)" }, { "docid": "18843718", "text": "\". \"Vibe\" Marjua Estevez wrote the song \"could potentially be summer's bae anthem\" and called it \"a perfect tune for drop-top weather\", while also commending the harmony of both singers. Jeff Benjamin of \"Fuse\" wrote: \"Vocally, the best moments in the track come when the singers' high and low notes are layered, serving the listener some wonderfully sensual harmonies.\" The song's accompanying music video was planned to be released, however, Derulo has confirmed that was made: \"It's in the concept; the guys have to be really strong. You will understand when you actually see [the video]. It's a competition of", "title": "Try Me (Jason Derulo song)" }, { "docid": "17345243", "text": "in the issue of the magazine dated July 24, 1976, and peaked at number 44 over the course of three weeks. A second song, \"Do Me Wrong, but Do Me\", entered that same chart in the October 2, 1976, issue, eventually getting as high as number 25 during its nine weeks there. The only song to reach the UK charts, \"When a Child Is Born\", began a 12-week stay there the following month, on November 13, during which time it enjoyed three weeks at number one. Joe Viglione of AllMusic wrote retrospectively: \"'Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)'\"", "title": "I Only Have Eyes for You (Johnny Mathis album)" }, { "docid": "15028037", "text": "definitely happy to be part of an organization that helps children reach their dreams. When I was younger, my parents always dared me to dream and I haven't stopped. So this is my tribute to the families, teachers and communities who help children reach their dreams through PTA,\"\" said Peniston. The PTA's message of parent involvement and student success is captured in the chorus: \"We are the shoulders you can stand on, when you reach for something higher. These are the arms that you can count on, when your dreams have been delayed. We are the parents, we are the", "title": "Above Horizons" }, { "docid": "6350562", "text": "the song to reach the top 10 in the Netherlands. The song was subsequently released as the final track on his debut album \"Vandaag en morgen\" (meaning \"Today and Tomorrow\" in Dutch). Notes You Raise Me Up \"You Raise Me Up\" is a song originally composed by Irish-Norwegian duo Secret Garden. The music was written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and the lyrics by Brendan Graham. After the song was performed early in 2002 by the Secret Garden and their invited lead singer, Brian Kennedy, the song only became a minor UK hit. The song has been recorded by more", "title": "You Raise Me Up" }, { "docid": "18942313", "text": "the words. Jones would record several more Braddock compositions, including \"He Stopped Loving Her Today.\" Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) (song) \"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)\" is a novelty song written by Bobby Braddock and recorded by American country singer George Jones. The song was recorded at a blistering speed and contains tongue twisting lyrics about a country boy for whom nothing ever went right. The song would reach #7 on the charts. In the liner notes to the 1982 Jones compilation \"Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits\", producer Billy", "title": "Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) (song)" }, { "docid": "18942312", "text": "Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) (song) \"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)\" is a novelty song written by Bobby Braddock and recorded by American country singer George Jones. The song was recorded at a blistering speed and contains tongue twisting lyrics about a country boy for whom nothing ever went right. The song would reach #7 on the charts. In the liner notes to the 1982 Jones compilation \"Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits\", producer Billy Sherrill writes that Jones rarely performed the song live because he could never remember all", "title": "Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) (song)" }, { "docid": "4914639", "text": "on Nov. 19 on ABC as performed by Christina Aguilera. Ahead of the performance, Aguilera wrote on Instagram, “I am excited, honored and humbled to perform a tribute to one of my idols.” All songs performed by Whitney Houston, except where noted. Notes \"I Will Always Love You\" \"I Have Nothing\" \"I'm Every Woman\" \"Run to You\" \"Queen of the Night\" \"Jesus Loves Me\" \"Even If My Heart Would Break\" \"Someday (I'm Coming Back)\" \"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day\" \"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding\" \"Theme from \"The Bodyguard\"\" \"Trust in Me\" Notes: !scope=\"row\"|Worldwide Notes: The Bodyguard", "title": "The Bodyguard (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "14127378", "text": "boyfriend Richard prep her for the show. Miranda and Sal are friends again. While her mother is on-stage, Miranda reminisces about a conversation with Marcus about how no one would recognize a time-traveler from a different age. She suddenly realizes that the laughing man is an older incarnation of Marcus, who has come from the future to save Sal's life. He needed to deliver the notes to the young Marcus through Miranda. Later on Miranda goes to the mailbox the laughing man (Marcus) slept under, where she finds a picture of an older version of Julia smiling happily. The novel", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "12773636", "text": "100 Billboard hits, including \"Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)\", \"Cry to Me\", \"Can't Nobody Love You\", \"If You Need Me\", \"You're Good For Me\", \"Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)\", and \"He'll Have to Go\". The \"New Rolling Stones Album Guide\" singles out Burke's version of the 1959 hit \"He'll Have to Go\" here as \"a heartbreaking interpretation\" and his version of Woody Guthrie's \"Hard, Ain't It Hard\" as a \"lively stab\". Allmusic notes that Burke's version of \"Cry to Me\" is \"vaguely Caribbean in rhythmic feel\", contributing to an \"upbeat tempo\" that stands \"at odds\" from the", "title": "Rock 'n Soul (Solomon Burke album)" }, { "docid": "9143869", "text": "of violence and recklessness ... a true personality amidst the amiable inanity that characterized Austrian society at this time.\" As his sometime admirer Karl Kraus put it, \"he was not one who would greet you ... he felt no compulsion to reach out for the unexplored region which the Viennese call their heart.\" His relations with Emperor Franz Joseph were tense; the emperor's personal servant recalled in his memoirs that \"thunder and lightning always raged when they had their discussions.\" The commentaries and orders which the heir to the throne wrote as margin notes to the documents of the Imperial", "title": "Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria" }, { "docid": "17136922", "text": "the band's 1993 self-released EP, \"Kootchypop.\" The EP's liner notes explain the origin of the song: I was walking on Santee Street in Columbia leaving Monterrey Jack's and an older man came up to me. He asked for some change and me being in a bad mood (not me) I gave him some smart ass \"BUM\" remark. I went for a block on my way to the Elbow Room and I felt like the biggest pompous asshole. So I woke up the next morning and wrote this fictitious conversation about his life because you never know what has happened to", "title": "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" }, { "docid": "5370606", "text": "an A+ to F scale. Lisa Schwarzbaum of \"Entertainment Weekly\" wrote, \"By the time \"Desperate Measures\" degenerates into an old-fashioned car chase, you may wish you were watching \"General Hospital\". Although I suspect there is plenty of bone-marrow-and leukemia-related preposterousness here, my limited medical education precludes me from informed eyeball rolling. I may not be a doctor, but I know a movie with iron-poor blood when I see one.\" Online film critic James Berardinelli stated, \"when you consider how many contrivances the characters have to endure to reach the ending, you may think that the title has more to do", "title": "Desperate Measures (film)" }, { "docid": "19975088", "text": "a good mentoring relationship with Frederick. He stayed with the Crown Prince from early 1734 through December, when Frederick returned to Berlin. Bredow traveled between the front, Berlin, and Bayreuth several times. In February of that year, Frederick wrote to his sister: \"Captain Bredow has scared us all so much, especially me, when he said he found you so altered he did not recognize you and that you would not eat anything.\" Bredow remained within Frederick's reach upon his ascension to the throne in 1740. During the War of Austrian Succession, in the First Silesian War, Bredow served in several", "title": "Kaspar Ludwig von Bredow" }, { "docid": "5794735", "text": "of the album's \"three most wonderful songs\", along with the Lennon-composed \"I'm the Greatest\" and the Harrison–Mal Evans collaboration \"You and Me (Babe)\".<ref name=\"Gerson/RS\"></ref> Gerson noted how the song's intro provided an effective \"pull on the listener\" and wrote that, while the lyrics had a sorrowful quality, \"the effect is warming\". \"Billboard\"s album reviewer praised Perry's \"stunning production\" on \"the best Ringo album ever\", adding: \"We all know already that 'Photograph' has got to be a No. 1 single this month, right?\" Although less impressed with \"Ringo\", Alan Betrock wrote in \"Phonograph Record\": \"It's also clear when you reach 'Photograph'", "title": "Photograph (Ringo Starr song)" }, { "docid": "18339915", "text": "me / I give you more, just let me know.\" She also talks about love, saying: \"When it's right, you don't let go\" and \"You don’t give it up to nobody / When you love somebody.\" \"Let Me Know\" ends with Braxton singing in belts and whistle notes. Future does not sing a separate verse, but provides the song's hook instead; his vocals are processed through Auto-Tune, which Benjamin described as part of the performer's \"signature\" style. Future's lyrics include: \"Do you love the way I do / When I’m loving your body.\" Wetpaint's Afiya Augustine described Future as \"the", "title": "Let Me Know (Tamar Braxton song)" }, { "docid": "233723", "text": "notes, with Wittgenstein falling into a rage when Moore got something wrong. When he returned to Cambridge, Moore asked the university to consider accepting \"Logik\" as sufficient for a bachelor's degree, but they refused, saying it wasn't formatted properly: no footnotes, no preface. Wittgenstein was furious, writing to Moore in May 1914: \"If I am not worth your making an exception for me \"even in some STUPID details\" then I may as well go to Hell directly; and if I \"am\" worth it and you don't do it then—by God—\"you\" might go there.\" Moore was apparently distraught; he wrote in", "title": "Ludwig Wittgenstein" }, { "docid": "20623366", "text": "Audi, and BMW. His art is instantly recognized by its colourful surrealism, which he accredits to the style to his early mentors. Requiring almost complete creative freedom when working for a client, he notes, “If you call me, and you have a picture in mind and you want me to do that picture—you need to call someone else. Someone who is good at interpreting your ideas. We want to know the feeling that you’re going for, but after that we go our own way.” His work has been featured in advertisements for Kenzo and Alitalia, and in publications including The", "title": "Toiletpaper magazine" }, { "docid": "17874430", "text": "used by the Chinese, but observed in imported Western textiles. Although the source for this tradition of the bloody dye remains untraced, Edward H. Schafer (1963:210) notes a Western analogue in \"St. John's blood\", a variety of the red dye kermes, which derives from the insect kermes. The Tang dynasty chancellor Pei Yan wrote, The \"hu\" [\"barbarians\"] of the Western countries take its blood for dyeing their woolen rugs; its color is clean and will not turn black. Some say that when you prick it for its blood, if you ask, \"How much will you give me?\" the [\"xingxing\"] will", "title": "Monkeys in Chinese culture" }, { "docid": "12680820", "text": "of a state trooper. Haggard, the \"guitar playing friend\", wrote the song as a tribute. Writing in the liner notes for the 1994 retrospective \"Down Every Road\", Daniel Cooper calls it, \"a ballad that works on so many different levels of the soul it defies one's every attempt to analyze it.\" In a 1977 interview in \"Billboard\" with Bob Eubanks, Haggard reflected, \"Even though the crime was brutal and the guy was an incorrigible criminal, it's a feeling you never forget when you see someone you know make that last walk. They bring him through the yard, and there's a", "title": "Sing Me Back Home" }, { "docid": "10676391", "text": "by Alan Jackson himself, for their 1992 album \"Chipmunks in Low Places\". The song is sung from the perspective of a heartbroken bar patron who wishes to hear country music to ease his heartbreak. As such, he tells the other patrons in the bar, \"don't rock the jukebox\" (i.e. play country instead of rock). Alan wrote about the inspiration for the song in the liner notes from \"The Greatest Hits Collection\": \"\"I wanna tell you a little story about an incident that happened on the road a couple years ago when me and my band, The Strayhorns, were playing this", "title": "Don't Rock the Jukebox (song)" }, { "docid": "8470295", "text": "Let Me Rock You Let Me Rock You is the third album released by American musician and former Kiss drummer Peter Criss. Due to poor sales for his previous album, \"Out of Control\", \"Let Me Rock You\" was not released in the United States until 1998, when it was reissued on CD. The album was produced by Vini Poncia, who previously produced Criss's 1978 solo album (officially released as a Kiss album). \"Let Me Rock You\" features the song \"Feels Like Heaven\", written by Criss's former bandmate, Gene Simmons. Vinnie Cusano also co-wrote a song for the album; at the", "title": "Let Me Rock You" }, { "docid": "10473031", "text": "the country charts. The album also produced his highest-charting single in \"Slow Down\" at No. 46, followed by \"Baby Ain't Rockin' Me Right\" at No. 62. He also co-wrote Aaron Tippin's late-1998 single \"For You I Will.\" Also in 1998, Nesler married country music artist Jennifer Hanson. Although he exited Elektra in 1999, Nesler continued to write for Byrd, who released \"Take Me with You When You Go\" (which Hanson co-wrote) and \"Just Let Me Be in Love\" in 2000 and 2002 respectively. George Strait recorded two of his songs: \"Go On\"; and \"Living and Living Well\" which was a", "title": "Mark Nesler" }, { "docid": "7757735", "text": "combining two exciting voices. Soloing or combining, this duo balances out to singing that's exceptional. Miss Parton wrote four of the songs. The twangy arranging is groovy.\" The album peaked at No. 8 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Albums chart. The album's only single, \"The Last Thing on My Mind\", peaked at No. 7 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart and No. 4 on the Canada \"RPM\" Country Singles chart. Adapted from the album liner notes. Album Singles Just Between You and Me (Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton album) Just Between You and Me is the first", "title": "Just Between You and Me (Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton album)" }, { "docid": "6664830", "text": "make the top 40 in Germany and Austria. The lower than usual peaks can be attributed to Twain's health, as she had to cancel several promotional performances since at the time she was sick. When \"Up!\" was released in 2002, \"When You Kiss Me\" gained enough album play to reach number 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. These are the formats for the major releases. Germany & Australia CD Maxi Germany 3\" CD Single Europe CD Single UK CD Single - \"When You Kiss Me / Up!\" UK CD Single - 'Up! / When You Kiss", "title": "When You Kiss Me" }, { "docid": "15802073", "text": "God Gave Me You \"God Gave Me You\" is a song written and originally recorded by American contemporary Christian music singer Dave Barnes. It was released in January 2010 as the lead single from the album, \"What We Want, What We Get\". Barnes wrote the song after the title came to him while he was walking through London, England. He told \"Country Weekly\" that \"the lyrics just flowed together with the melody\" when he wrote it. Barnes also said that he was inspired by his wife, Annie, who supported him \"through all the ups and downs of an artist's career.\"", "title": "God Gave Me You" }, { "docid": "12045732", "text": "his demons and actually winning. There’s nothing quite like it. And it offers a story of hope to every weirdo who hears it.\" Credits adapted from \"You Think You Really Know Me\" liner notes. You Think You Really Know Me You Think You Really Know Me is the debut album by American experimental music icon Gary Wilson. It was reissued by Motel Records in 2002. \"You Think You Really Know Me\" did not gain substantial attention upon its initial 1977 release. Though re-released again in 1979, to little fanfare, the album eventually gained a cult following. In the late 1990s,", "title": "You Think You Really Know Me" }, { "docid": "12830283", "text": "Cry,” and original compositions, including the prophetic “What Can You Do to Me Now?,” a forlorn ballad Nelson wrote with Hank Cochran in December 1970 just days before his house burned down on December 23. The Texan later quipped, “Even though the title – “What Can You Do to Me Now?” – seemed to invite trouble, the story was really about getting strong in the face of adversity.” Nelson also wrote “I’m a Memory,” which would be released as a single and reach number 28 on the country singles chart. \"Willie Nelson and Family\" also contains Nelson’s first cover of", "title": "Willie Nelson and Family" }, { "docid": "4070876", "text": "descendant of a district represented by his grandfather A.S.J. Carnahan in the years 1945-47 and 1949-61. Carnahan was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor. \"Many of you have consistently encouraged me to continue serving our state in new ways — especially at a time when so many of our state officials are so very disconnected from the everyday needs and aspirations of Missourians,\" he wrote. He lost the general election to Republican Mike Parson. Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, Joseph L. Badaracco received 11 votes. In 2010, Brian Wallner received 3 votes. Write in notes: Jake Wilburn", "title": "Russ Carnahan" }, { "docid": "5632209", "text": "and gradually fades out. \"You Must Love Me\" is set in common time, with a moderate tempo of 92 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of B major, with Madonna's vocals spanning from G to B. The song has a basic sequence of B–E/B–F/B–B in the beginning and changes to B–F when Madonna sings the opening verse \"Where do we go from here?\". \"You Must Love Me\" received generally positive reviews from critics. J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of \"\", wrote: \"Who can deny that her voice has remarkable and unmistakable presence when heard during 'You Must Love", "title": "You Must Love Me" }, { "docid": "20241735", "text": "Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and United Kingdom, where it became Lovato's sixth top 10 single. Recording and management Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Tell Me You Love Me\". Sorry Not Sorry (Demi Lovato song) \"Sorry Not Sorry\" is a song recorded by American singer Demi Lovato. She co-wrote the song with Sean Douglas, Trevor Brown, William Zaire Simmons and its producer Oak Felder. It was released on July 11, 2017, through Island Records, Republic Records, Hollywood Records, and Safehouse Records, as the first single from her sixth album, \"Tell Me You Love Me\". An acoustic version of", "title": "Sorry Not Sorry (Demi Lovato song)" }, { "docid": "11052750", "text": "self-seekers. You wrote to me that you were coming for my support, but you did not make your promise good. If you had advanced into Bengal as was planned, we could have paralyzed the British Government. It is no use of now talking of past things. When I found myself abandoned on all sides, I accepted the offer which the British agents brought to me and concluded the war.\" Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar again tried to unite the Maratha Confederacy and wrote to Daulatrao Scindia about this. However, Scindia gave the information about this letter to British resident Marsor, who appraised", "title": "Yashwantrao Holkar" }, { "docid": "4017578", "text": "(About It)\" and Rob Base's \"It Takes Two\" on \"Make It Last Forever\", Jive Rhythm Trax's 80's electro cut \"122 BPM\" on \"C.R.U.S.H\" and also Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' \"If You Don't Know Me by Now\", sampling the chorus of the song onto \"Never Ever\". Ciara said that watching Destiny's Child and Janet Jackson perform on television inspired her to pursue a career in music, and cites Jackson and her brother Michael as her biggest inspirations. Ciara considered herself to reach \"a career pinnacle\" when she featured on Janet Jackson's 2008 album \"Discipline\". She has cited Beyoncé as", "title": "Ciara" }, { "docid": "6552934", "text": "who will support her, not disappear when she needs him the most. She asks if he thinks the relationship is worth fighting for. \"I wanna love/ I want a fire/ To feel the burn/ My desires/ I wanna man by my side/ Not a boy who runs and hides/ Are you gonna fight for me?/ Die for me?/ Live and breathe for me?/ Do you care for me?/ 'Cause if you don't then just leave,\" she sings. Pam Avoledo of Blogcritics wrote that \"[...] Clarkson vocals fiery and smoldering. She's come a long way from American Idol where she had", "title": "Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson song)" }, { "docid": "13814448", "text": "\"Asco Que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos\" was released on YouTube on November 30, 2009. According to drummer Thomas Pridgen, while he was recording for the album he was under the impression \"Xenophanes\" would be a Mars Volta album. In the liner notes, Omar wrote: \"This album is dedicated to and exists in celebration of Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Ximena Sariñana Rivera who have always believed in me and pushed me to be my true self. Thank you.\" Each track of the record, except for \"Azoemia\" & \"Sangrando Detrás de los Ojos\", appear in completely different versions on the 2017 album \"Ensayo", "title": "Xenophanes (album)" }, { "docid": "4615406", "text": "number of notes he wrote to friends while taking cover inside the cabin. \"Boys, I feel pretty lonesome just now. I wish there was someone here with me so we could watch all sides at once.\" he wrote. The last journal entry read: \"Well, they have just got through shelling the house like hail. I heard them splitting wood. I guess they are going to fire the house tonight. I think I will make a break when night comes, if alive. Shooting again. It's not night yet. The house is all fired. Goodbye, boys, if I never see you again.\"", "title": "Nate Champion" }, { "docid": "8065473", "text": "fad dances of the 1960s. The song is noted for the spoken recitation heard in the introduction which goes: \"You broke my heart / 'Cause I couldn't dance / You didn't even want me around / And now I'm back / To let you know / I can really shake 'em down\" The song is noted for its false ending at 2:26. Berry Gordy wrote \"Do You Love Me\" with the intention that The Temptations, who had no Top 40 hits to their name yet, would record it. However, when Gordy wanted to locate the group and record the song,", "title": "Do You Love Me" }, { "docid": "10939111", "text": "(\"Christmas\"). Everyone is stunned when Tommy responds only to his uncle Ernie's playing the French horn. Mr Walker, in a desperate attempt to reach his son, shouts \"Tommy, can you hear me?\" multiple times. Older Tommy, only visible to young Tommy, who persistently stares at the mirror, sings to him (\"See Me, Feel Me\"). The Walkers leave Tommy with a slew of vicious babysitters, including alcoholic and sexually abusive Uncle Ernie (\"Do You Think It's Alright?\" and \"Fiddle About\"), as well as his cousin Kevin, a sadistic bully (\"Cousin Kevin\"). Cousin Kevin and his friends take Tommy to a youth", "title": "The Who's Tommy" }, { "docid": "18519506", "text": "a long-time dream by vacationing in Europe. When Gregory remarried in 1978, Mischa and Marguerite visited Canada with the new couple and welcomed three additional grandchildren into their family circle. The pleasure Mischa took in such activities, in friends and in Marguerite is reflected in an excerpt from a letter to Gregory. On Marguerite's recreational eight-hand piano playing in their home, he wrote: \"It’s not just the playing, but the company of good friends, and believe me, you hear as much laughter and honest-to-goodness giggles as you hear notes.\" Until his sudden death from a heart attack late in 1979,", "title": "Mischa Portnoff" }, { "docid": "14492278", "text": "When You Lie Next to Me (song) \"When You Lie Next to Me\" is the title of a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Kellie Coffey. It was released in December 2001 as the lead-off single and title track from her album \"When You Lie Next to Me\". To date, it is Coffey's only Top 10 hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Coffey wrote this song with J.D. Martin and Trina Harmon. \"When You Lie Next to Me\" is a country ballad, backed by piano and strings with steel guitar fills.", "title": "When You Lie Next to Me (song)" }, { "docid": "2781436", "text": "Pop Artist. In November 2006, Pausini released the album \"Io canto\" / \"Yo canto\", consisting of covers of Italian pop rock songs. On the album liner notes, Pausini wrote: \"here is the music I listen to when I'm at my saddest, or when I feel a moment is special, the songs I used to sing as a young girl when I first started performing, and above all those which taught me to love music, and how music can move you so deeply, regardless of its genre or style\". The album also features duets with Tiziano Ferro, Juanes and Johnny Hallyday.", "title": "Laura Pausini" }, { "docid": "18778870", "text": "also performed at Glastonbury in 2016 where she sang Don't Be So Hard on Yourself\", \"Rather Be\", \"No Rights No Wrongs\", \"Gave Me Something\", \"Not Letting Go\", \"My Love\", \"Ain't Got Far to Go\", \"Love Me\", \"Right Here\", \"Why Me\", \"Take Me Home\", \"You Can Find Me\", \"I Feel For You\" and \"Hold My Hand\". Notes I Cry When I Laugh I Cry When I Laugh is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Jess Glynne. It was released on 21 August 2015 in the United Kingdom and 11 September 2015 in the United States by Atlantic Records", "title": "I Cry When I Laugh" }, { "docid": "18603017", "text": "musician and singer in her own right (she had played bass in Loretta Lynn's first touring band) and wrote two #1 hits for Haggard: the telling \"You Take Me For Granted\" in 1982 and \"Someday When Things Are Good\" in 1983. According to the liner notes for the 1994 retrospective \"Down Every Road\" written by music journalist Daniel Cooper, she wrote the former while sitting on the bus in Ohio, then played it for Merle in front of several of his friends after Merle had reduced her to tears during a duet session they were recording. \"He got big old", "title": "Heart to Heart (Merle Haggard album)" }, { "docid": "7102745", "text": "again, so I said, 'Do as you please, in any case, the story will talk for me because I wrote it.'\" Working from Nicolodi's original story notes, Argento wrote the screenplay while staying in a New York hotel room with a view of Central Park. The filming of \"Inferno\" took place mainly on interior studio sets in Rome, but a short amount of time was also set aside for location shooting in New York, including Central Park. Sacha Pitoëff's death scene was filmed on location in Central Park during the summer of 1979. William Lustig, who was credited as the", "title": "Inferno (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "7552181", "text": "lille melodi\" and preceding Yugoslavia's Novi Fosili with \"Ja sam za ples\". At the close of voting, it had received 172 points, placing 1st in a field of 22. After Logan had been proclaimed the winner with this song, he was overcome with emotion during the reprise and was unable to reach the high notes in this part of the song. As he had when he won in 1980 with \"What's Another Year?\", he shouted \"I still love you, Ireland\". Lyrically, the song is a ballad sung from the point of view of a man whose love interest is leaving", "title": "Hold Me Now (Johnny Logan song)" }, { "docid": "15585887", "text": "released, but after September 11 terrorist attacks, Sony refused to promote a third single, which Joe Simpson believed critical for Jessica's prospects. In an interview in 2004 he said:\"When those planes crashed into those buildings, it nearly demolished our career.\" \"When You Told Me You Loved Me\" was released as a promotional single in Brazil. The single however charted and peaked at number 192 on the South Korean Download Chart. Credits adapted from \"Irresistible\" liner notes. <br> Adapted from \"Irresistible\" liner notes. Irresistible (Jessica Simpson album) Irresistible is the second studio album by American recording artist Jessica Simpson, released on", "title": "Irresistible (Jessica Simpson album)" }, { "docid": "14127387", "text": "school students, routinely walk around the Upper West Side by themselves, a rare freedom in today's city.\" Julianna Helt from the \"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\" found that time travel forms a central theme as Miranda constantly wonders how time travel could be possible. In \"When You Reach Me\", Marcus helps Miranda realize that the three old ladies from \"A Wrinkle in Time\" lied to Meg by promising they would return five minutes before they left. Marcus explains: So the \"garden\" is where they appear when they get home at the end of the book. Remember? They land in the broccoli. So if", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "10305644", "text": "Checker Records, a Chess Records subsidiary, but did not reach the record charts. It reached a bigger audience when it was included on his first compilation album, \"Bo Diddley\", released in 1958. \"Who Do You Love?\" appears on numerous later compilations, including \"His Best\". Music critic Cub Koda calls \"Who Do You Love?\" one of Bo Diddley's strongest lyrical efforts. Writer Don Snowden notes that it is \"an enduring lyric archetype on the order of 'Johnny B. Goode' and 'Hoochie Coochie Man'\". White describes it as \"a stunning display of voodooesque braggadocio\". He adds that the song is \"spine-chilling ...", "title": "Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song)" }, { "docid": "20308239", "text": "Notes Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Tell Me You Love Me\". Tell Me You Love Me (album) Tell Me You Love Me is the sixth studio album by American singer Demi Lovato. It was released on September 29, 2017, by Island, Hollywood, and Safehouse Records. Primarily a pop record, the album also incorporates elements of R&B. Lovato described the album as having a more \"soulful\" side than her previous work, and named Christina Aguilera, Aretha Franklin, and Kehlani as its major influences. Contributions to the album's production came from several producers, including Mitch Allan, David Massey, Oak Felder,", "title": "Tell Me You Love Me (album)" }, { "docid": "17207637", "text": "EP was released containing the singles \"Ignore Me\", \"Look Back\" and \"Taste\" as well as 2 other previously unreleased songs: \"Just Thought You Should Know\" and \"Friend Like Me\". On 14 November 2018, \"Between Me and You\" was released as another new single. In 2014, Who began dating photographer Zak Cassar, son of director and producer Jon Cassar. The couple announced their engagement on November 21, 2017. Notes Betty Who Jessica Anne Newham (born 5 October 1991), known by her stage name Betty Who, is an Australian singer and songwriter. After independently releasing her debut single \"Somebody Loves You\" (2012)", "title": "Betty Who" }, { "docid": "431450", "text": "with an assistant to edit on the film, \"Why did you call me, if you want to do it on your own?\" He surprised me, he said – \"I got married to your music. This is why I've called you.\" ... Then when he showed me the film, later when I wrote the music, we didn't exchange ideas. He ran away, nearly ashamed of showing it to me. I wrote the music on my own without his advice. Naturally, as I had become quite clever since 1982, I've written several scores relating to my life. And I had written one,", "title": "The Thing (1982 film)" }, { "docid": "18526787", "text": "for the guitarists. \"Its very existence is a contradiction. I mean, when have you ever heard a song on a rock'n'roll record that absolutely \"cannot\" be played on a guitar?\" Specifically, he cited \"clusters where the notes are so close together that you can't stretch your fingers far enough to get all the notes out at the same time ... [and] open voicings that are so wide apart that you can't reach the notes\" The final recording used much of his work, including the long solo during the song's instrumental break; it would be his last appearance with Steely Dan,", "title": "Aja (song)" }, { "docid": "12987706", "text": "Soul Sisters. In 1962, Johnson signed as a solo singer with Bigtop Records, run by the Hill & Range music publishing company in the Brill Building. There, he met the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who wrote Johnson's first single, \"If I Never Get to Love You\". Neither that song nor his second record, \"You Better Let Him Go\", were hits, but his third single, \"Reach Out for Me\", also written by Bacharach and David and this time produced by Bacharach, reached # 74 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in late 1963. However, as it rose up", "title": "Lou Johnson (singer)" }, { "docid": "16273704", "text": "\"Eight Arms to Hold You\" authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter, Harrison's working title for the new composition was \"Herb's Tune\". In her introduction to the 2002 edition of \"I, Me, Mine\", Olivia Harrison notes that it is her handwriting on the original song lyrics for \"Learning How to Love You\",<ref name=\"Olivia/IMM p 1\">Olivia Harrison, \"Introduction\", in Harrison, p. 1.</ref> which appear on an airmail envelope reproduced in the book. \"I wrote the first line of lyrics down for him as he was working out the melody,\" she writes. \"Then he took the pen from my hand and wrote words", "title": "Learning How to Love You" }, { "docid": "4167786", "text": "\"Never Let Me Go\" (2010). <poem> Forty years on, when afar and asunder Parted are those who are singing today, When you look back, and forgetfully wonder What you were like in your work and your play, Then, it may be, there will often come o’er you, Glimpses of notes like the catch of a song – Visions of boyhood shall float them before you, Echoes of dreamland shall bear them along, \"Follow up! Follow up! Follow up\" \"Follow up! Follow up\" \"Till the field ring again and again,\" \"With the tramp of the twenty-two men.\" \"Follow up! Follow up!\"", "title": "Forty Years On (song)" }, { "docid": "10621285", "text": "Country hits, while the other single didn't even reach the Top 40. This album set the stage for West's other United Artists albums to come. The album also entered the \"Top Country Albums\" chart and reached No. 44 there, her first album to chart a list since 1975. Album – Billboard (North America) Singles – Billboard (North America) When It's Just You and Me (album) When It's Just You and Me is the name of a Country music album by Country singer, Dottie West, released in 1977. This album was Dottie West's first album under her new record label, United", "title": "When It's Just You and Me (album)" }, { "docid": "5625786", "text": "to \"Cry Me a River\"; she denied the rumors, explaining, \"You know, it's funny. I read that I wrote this song and I wrote these lyrics and that's not my style. I would never do that.\" Annet Artani, who co-wrote Spears' 2003 song \"Everytime\", stated that the song was written as a response to \"Cry Me a River\". When asked during an interview with Diane Sawyer on \"PrimeTime\" in 2003, if \"Everytime\" was about Timberlake, Spears responded, \"I'll let the song speak for itself.\" \"Cry Me a River\" is an R&B song with an instrumentation that features clavinet, guitars, beatboxing,", "title": "Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)" }, { "docid": "9865246", "text": "\"When I Close My Eyes\" had been recorded by Restless Heart lead singer Larry Stewart on his 1993 debut album \"Down the Road\", and by Keith Palmer before that. \"It's Never Easy To Say Goodbye\" had been recorded by singer Wynonna Judd on her eponymous debut album. As listed in liner notes Me and You (Kenny Chesney album) Me and You is the third studio album by country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in 1996 via BNA Records. Although its lead-off single \"Back in My Arms Again\" failed to make Top 40, the album's title track and \"When", "title": "Me and You (Kenny Chesney album)" }, { "docid": "667575", "text": "amount of damage inflicted upon the opponent. Rapidity aims to reach the target before the opponent can react, which is half-beat faster timing, as taught in Wing Chun and Western boxing. Learned techniques are utilized in JKD to apply these principles to a variety of situations. \"When the distance is wide, the attacking opponent requires some sort of preparation. Therefore, attack him on his preparation of attack. To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you.\" This means intercepting an opponent's attack with an attack of one's own instead of simply blocking", "title": "Jeet Kune Do" }, { "docid": "20772915", "text": "album units came from pure album sales. The 15-track project also has a total of 62.5 million on-demand audio streams. \"Love Me Now?\" received generally mixed reviews from critics. In a review for Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre wrote, \"There isn’t anything new \"LoVE me NOw\" will teach you about Tory Lanez. He still craves respect and wants to be recognized by his peers and fans alike as the hip-hop and R&B savant that he thinks he is.\" Credits were adapted from iTunes and Tidal. Notes Credits adapted from Tidal. Love Me Now? Love Me Now? (stylized as LoVE me NOw?) is", "title": "Love Me Now?" }, { "docid": "14127363", "text": "not talking with Miranda, and the appearance of a laughing man. Central themes in the novel include independence, redemption and friendship. Stead also wanted to demonstrate the possibilities that she saw in time travel. The author hoped to show her children what New York was like in her childhood, and demonstrate how in an earlier time children were more independent. \"When You Reach Me\" was inspired by a man suffering from amnesia, and by parts of her childhood and her favorite book, \"A Wrinkle in Time\". After completing much of the novel, Stead gave the draft to her editor, Wendy", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14127369", "text": "Stead's debut novel \"First Light\", which Lamb heavily edited, Lamb modified nothing on the first draft of \"When You Reach Me.\" Throughout the process, Stead helped Lamb understand the complicated concepts in the book and had drafts read by others to make sure, \"revision hadn't created any holes or contradictions in the plot\". Throughout the story, the main character Miranda is often reading Madeleine L'Engle's \"A Wrinkle in Time\", Stead's favorite book as a child; she read and reread it multiple times. She recalls that L'Engle was the only author she met in her childhood. Stead described the novel as", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "15872472", "text": "Exec Prod) as script supervisor. Season One was awarded the Best New Drama Award in the 2011 New Zealand Radio Awards. Season Two added 2010 graduate of the acting course Toi Whakaari Simon Leary to the writing team. With a writing team of five, each member wrote five episodes a (25 episode) season and after notes from Adam Macaulay, edited each other's episodes to get a consistent tone for the season. The music in the series is composed and performed by Kane Parsons. The title song \"You Me Now\" begins and ends every episode in the series. In the world", "title": "You Me Now" }, { "docid": "11613772", "text": "then barely nineteen, served with Locker for fifteen months. His experiences with Locker, and Locker's teachings had a lasting effect on Nelson. Twenty years later, on 9 February 1799, Nelson wrote to his old captain: \"I have been your scholar; it is you who taught me to board a Frenchman by your conduct when in the Experiment; it is you who always told me ‘Lay a Frenchman close and you will beat him;’ and my only merit in my profession is being a good scholar. Our friendship will never end but with my life, but you have always been too", "title": "William Locker (Royal Navy officer)" }, { "docid": "14764109", "text": "Bombay. After reaching America, Vivekananda learned that the Parliament would not start until September 1893. He started facing financial trouble. On 20 August he wrote a letter to Alasinga where he related— The expense I am bound to run into here is awful. You remember, you gave me £170 in notes and £9 in cash. It has come down to £130 in all!! On an average it costs me £1 every day; a cigar costs eight annas of our money. The Americans are so rich that they spend money like water, and by forced legislation keep up the price of", "title": "Alasinga Perumal" }, { "docid": "14127380", "text": "historical fiction. After all, it is set in 1979.\" According to Mary Quattlebaum of \"The Washington Post\", the novel is of the science fiction and time travel genres. Quattlebaum found that, unlike the usual time travel stories, \"When You Reach Me\" does not involve \"cheesy time travel machines and rock-'em-sock-'em action [but instead] far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.' \" Both \"Kirkus Reviews\" and \"Publishers Weekly\" found that despite the book's science-fiction devices, the setting was still \"firmly rooted in reality.\" Some reviewers have", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14127393", "text": "found in the way she weaves subplots and settings together seamlessly. Richard's stolen shoe drops into place. A reference to forbidden grapes is tied up sweetly. Stolen $2 bills? Another part of the enigma explained by the end.\" Edginer agreed, commenting that despite the small size of the novel compared to other popular books, \"When You Reach Me\" is a \"taut novel, every word, every sentence, has meaning and substance.\" \"Publishers Weekly\" added that even the smallest of details—Miranda's name, her strange habits and why she carries \"A Wrinkle in Time\" with her—have a reason for their inclusion by the", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "19609015", "text": "III: Robert Kirzinger, in his programme notes to performance by Barbara Hannigan with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, describes the three parts as being focused on time and memory (Part I), love (Part II) and Part III with what Abrahamsen calls a \"snow landscape\" – an overarching mental state of snow, as in Schubert’s Winterreise . The work is scored for soprano solo and a large orchestra consisting of the following instruments. \"Let me tell you\" has been highly praised by music critics. Andrew Clements of \"The Guardian\" called the piece \"ravishingly and astonishingly beautiful\" and wrote: He concluded, \"Hannigan soared", "title": "Let me tell you (Abrahamsen)" }, { "docid": "16816386", "text": "making it Murs' fourth solo single to reach number one and his first to spend more than a week at the top spot. It also served as the closing song at Murs's 2013 arena tour. As of November 2016, it is Murs' biggest-selling single to date. \"Troublemaker\" was written by Olly Murs along with Claude Kelly and Steve Robson, with whom he also wrote his previous hits \"Please Don't Let Me Go\" and \"Dance with Me Tonight\". Lyrically Murs has said that the song is about \"that special girl that you can't shake off, even if you know you should", "title": "Troublemaker (Olly Murs song)" }, { "docid": "14127389", "text": "the future, rather than changing it. She hoped to make the time travel element logical to show that \"Miranda wasn't struggling to understand the seeming randomness and infinity of the universe, but learning that her world has value and that people do care about her\". The audiobook adaption of \"When You Reach Me\" was released by Listening Library and contains four disks. In praise of Cynthia Holloway's performance of Miranda, M.V.P from \"Horn Book Magazine\" stated that her tone \"emphasized the novel's interpersonal aspects\". The reviewer found it beneficial that the chapter titles were added to the audio, since they", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "14127368", "text": "focused the novel too much on her own personal life and problems. By her 40th birthday in January 2007, she had stopped writing. One week after her birthday celebration, Stead went to a writers' conference where the presenter advised attendees to stop thinking and just write?. This speech worked as an antidote to Stead's writer's block; she started working on \"When You Reach Me\" again. After she had written two-thirds of the novel, Stead sent the draft to her editor Wendy Lamb at Random House. Perusing the script, Lamb found herself absorbed and wanted to help develop the book. Unlike", "title": "When You Reach Me" }, { "docid": "9787899", "text": "to finish it out\".\" Coltrane invited Weinstock to write the song on the spot, but he didn't know music, so Coltrane replied \"Just tell me what you want me to play. Should it go like this?\" and he would play some notes. After having played a rough melody, he'd say \"Okay, you wrote it.\" That was the genesis of \"Sweet Sapphire Blues\". Black Pearls Black Pearls is an album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1964 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7316. It is assembled from the results of a single recording session at the studio of Rudy Van", "title": "Black Pearls" }, { "docid": "9542821", "text": "Here\" on his 2003 album \"Comin' On Strong\", while \"No Way Out\" was previously released as a single by Suzy Bogguss from her 1996 album \"Give Me Some Wheels\". Additionally, Jann Browne previously released \"You Ain't Down Home\" as a single from her 1990 album \"Tell Me Why\". As listed in liner notes. Julie Roberts (album) Julie Roberts is the debut album from American country music artist Julie Roberts. Released in 2004 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced three singles for Roberts on the \"Billboard\" country charts. \"Break Down Here\" was the only one of these singles to reach", "title": "Julie Roberts (album)" }, { "docid": "1755802", "text": "singers and conduct a quick poll, George nearly always tops it.\" In the wake of Jones's death, Merle Haggard pronounced in \"Rolling Stone\", \"His voice was like a Stradivarius violin: one of the greatest instruments ever made.\" Emmylou Harris wrote, \"when you hear George Jones sing, you are hearing a man who takes a song and makes it a work of art - always,\" a quote that appeared on the sleeve of Jones' 1976 album \"The Battle\". In the documentary \"Same Ole Me\", several country music stars offer similar thoughts. Johnny Cash: \"When people ask me who my favorite country", "title": "George Jones" }, { "docid": "5813982", "text": "business merchant from Venice, yet had the same interests in academia. Difficulties between the two emerged in their marriage. In her letters to him, she wrote “You charge me with laziness and attack me for my long silence as though I were a defendant in court. You act as if I were the sort of person who would write to strangers and only neglect you, as though I were forgetful of you when in fact I accord you a place of honor above that of other learned men.” Despite the arguments, for Cereta, this was one of the happiest moments", "title": "Laura Cereta" }, { "docid": "14127394", "text": "end of the novel. Stead won the annual Newbery Medal recognizing \"When You Reach Me\" as the year's \"most distinguished contribution to American literature for children\". The judges chose the novel for making the small details important to the plot. Chairwoman of the Newbery committee Katie O'Dell felt that \"Every scene, every nuance, every word is vital both to character development and the progression of the mystery that really is going to engage readers and satisfy them\". The committee was \"very excited about this book because it is exceptionally conceived, finely crafted and highly original\". On January 18, 2010, a", "title": "When You Reach Me" } ]
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the law or bill that changes the legal consequences of acts committed on the legal status of facts
[ "ex post facto law" ]
[ { "docid": "2028100", "text": "Ex post facto law An \"ex post facto\" law (corrupted from ) is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law. In criminal law, it may criminalize actions that were legal when committed; it may aggravate a crime by bringing it into a more severe category than it was in when it was committed; it may change the punishment prescribed for a crime, as by adding new penalties or extending sentences; or it may alter the rules of evidence in order to make", "title": "Ex post facto law" }, { "docid": "8931498", "text": "make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. An ex post facto law or retroactive law, is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of acts committed or the legal status of facts and relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law. The holding in this case still remains good law: the ex post facto provision of the Constitution applies solely to criminal cases, not civil cases. In this", "title": "Calder v. Bull" }, { "docid": "2028100", "text": "Ex post facto law An \"ex post facto\" law (corrupted from ) is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law. In criminal law, it may criminalize actions that were legal when committed; it may aggravate a crime by bringing it into a more severe category than it was in when it was committed; it may change the punishment prescribed for a crime, as by adding new penalties or extending sentences; or it may alter the rules of evidence in order to make", "title": "Ex post facto law" } ]
[ { "docid": "4825706", "text": "retroactively worsen the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, by bringing it into a more severe category than it was in when it was committed; by changing the punishment or recompense prescribed, as by adding new penalties, extending sentences, or increasing fines and damages payable; or it may alter the rules of evidence in order to make exoneration more difficult than it would have been. Conversely, a form of retrospective law commonly called an amnesty law may decriminalize certain acts. A pardon has a similar effect, in a specific case instead of a", "title": "Retrospective" }, { "docid": "15236928", "text": "BDSM and the law The relationship between BDSM and the law changes significantly from nation to nation. It is entirely dependent on the legal situation in individual countries whether the practice of BDSM has any criminal relevance or legal consequences. Criminalization of consensually implemented BDSM practices is usually not with explicit reference to BDSM, but results from the fact that such behavior as spanking or cuffing someone could be considered a breach of personal rights, which in principle constitutes a criminal offense. In Germany, Netherlands, Japan and Scandinavia, such behavior is legal in principle. In Austria the legal status is", "title": "BDSM and the law" }, { "docid": "4825705", "text": "result in retrospective awards being presented to persons who would have won the award under present rules. Comparatively few awards are presented retrospectively. The term is used in situations where the law (statutory, civil, or regulatory) is changed or reinterpreted, affecting acts committed before the alteration. When such changes make a previously committed lawful act now unlawful in a retroactive manner, this is known as an \"ex post facto\" law or retroactive law. Because such laws punish the accused for acts that were not unlawful when committed, they are rare, and not permissible in most legal systems. More commonly, changes", "title": "Retrospective" }, { "docid": "10616176", "text": "compensation have no legal basis. This alternate thesis on continuity of the Baltic states and its related consequences has fueled a fundamental confrontation between Russia and the Baltic states. The legal principle, \"ex injuria jus non oritur\" (law cannot arise from unjust acts), differs from the competing principle of \"ex factis jus oritur\" (the facts determine the law). On one hand, legal recognition of Baltic incorporation on the part of other sovereign nations outside the Soviet bloc was largely withheld based on the fundamental legal principle of \"ex injuria jus non oritur\", since the annexation of the Baltic states was", "title": "State continuity of the Baltic states" }, { "docid": "220618", "text": "finds and introduces the prospective bride and groom and receives a \"brokerage-fee\" for his or her services. The young couple is not forced to marry if either does not accept the other. In Jewish law, marriage consists of two separate acts, called \"erusin\" (or \"kiddushin\", meaning \"sanctification\"), which is the betrothal ceremony, and \"nissu'in\" or \"chupah\", the actual Jewish wedding ceremony. \"Erusin\" changes the couple's interpersonal status, while \"nissu'in\" brings about the legal consequences of the change of status. In Talmudic times, these two ceremonies usually took place up to a year apart; the bride lived with her parents until", "title": "Jewish views on marriage" }, { "docid": "16043880", "text": "estate to anyone in his will. There is considerable debate over the future status of domestic partnerships in South Africa, particularly among feminists. The South African Law Reform Commission published a Discussion Paper on the subject in March 2006. The Civil Union Act requires registration and has a same-sex focus. The Domestic Partnerships Bill, providing for the legal recognition of domestic partnerships and the enforcement of their legal consequences, was tabled on 14 January 2008. Its preamble observes that, under the Constitution, everyone is equal before the law and has the right to its equal protection and benefit. The Bill", "title": "South African family law" }, { "docid": "3030933", "text": "legal immigration status in Canada after the loss of citizenship. Accordingly, they must take steps to restore their Canadian citizenship under section 11 of the Act. It is worth noting that neither Bill C-37 nor Bill C-24 restored these persons' citizenship, and those affected must take voluntary action or may face legal consequences as illegal immigrants with respect to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Under section 6 the original 1947 Act in force until 1970, Canadian citizens by descent were required to renounce all foreign citizenship and make a declaration of retention after they attained 21 years of age.", "title": "Canadian nationality law" }, { "docid": "13995202", "text": "Sub-Committee on the Legal Status of the Aircraft to consider comments from States and from international organisations on the Münich Draft of 1959. The Legal Committee acted accordingly with the Sub-Committee convening in Montreal from 26 March to 5 April 1962. The Sub-Committee made some changes and offered substitute provisions in addition to new ones. During its 14th Session held in Rome in 1962 the Legal Committee after considering the Sub-Committee's report further studied and revised the Montreal Redraft. A Final Draft \"Draft Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft\" was prepared. The US representative considered", "title": "Tokyo Convention" }, { "docid": "17167617", "text": "access to legal alternatives to sex work, legal sex work venues, and government-provided social services. The consequences are that migrant sex workers are unable to turn to law enforcement during sexual assaults and rapes or access services available to sex workers with appropriate legal status and citizenship. The possibility of facing deportation and anti-immigration sentiments are critical ways in which migrant sex workers are marginalized. Migrant workers who initially migrate under legal means can become illegal migrants in violation of their visas if they decide to enter sex work. Migrant sex workers who have legal status largely do not exist", "title": "Migrant sex work" }, { "docid": "17668995", "text": "principle that the Bill of Rights should not be applied directly in a legal dispute unless it is necessary to do so. The principle has “a number of important consequences.” Even when the Bill of Rights applies directly, a court must apply the provisions of ordinary law to resolve the dispute, especially in so far as the ordinary law is intended to give effect to the rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Many recent statutes, such as the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 and the Equality and Administrative Justice Acts are intended to implement the Bill of Rights.", "title": "South African constitutional litigation" }, { "docid": "5524883", "text": "under 19 U.S.C. § 1520(c) as a mistake of fact or clerical error not amounting to an error in the construction of a law, and because the failure to file a protest within ninety days of the liquidation of the entries is without legal consequence in this context …” Id. at 1319. The \"Hynix\" court explains the difference between a mistake of law “…where the facts are known but the legal consequences are not, or are believed to be different than they really are…,” \"Century Importers, Inc. v. United States\", 205 F.3d 1308, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2000), and a mistake", "title": "Mistake (contract law)" }, { "docid": "308880", "text": "Precedent In common law legal systems, precedent is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts. Common-law legal systems place great value on deciding cases according to consistent principled rules, so that similar facts will yield similar and predictable outcomes, and observance of precedent is the mechanism by which that goal is attained. The principle by which judges are bound to precedents is known as stare decisis. Common-law precedent is a third kind of law, on", "title": "Precedent" }, { "docid": "15645184", "text": "June 23, 2010 (Yeas: 105 Nays: 1) and after minor changes, approved by the Senate (YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 1) on September 22, 2010. The bill was signed into law by Governor Granholm September 30, 2010 and took effect October 1, 2010. On February 28, 2008, Representative Joe Atkins introduced House bill HF2949 which proposes that \"Salvia divinorum\" be added to schedule IV of the controlled substance schedules in Minnesota. Atkins was reportedly concerned that \"It's becoming a drug of choice for college kids on campus, because it's legal and readily available.\" Matt Snyders, a journalist", "title": "Legal status of Salvia divinorum in the United States" }, { "docid": "15645224", "text": "said that flaw can be further addressed when the Senate next considers the bill. In March 2009, it was reported that the South Dakota Legislature had given final approval, with the House voting 61-7 to accept changes the Senate had made in the bill. The bill went into effect immediately after it was signed by Gov. Michael Rounds (R) on March 11, as the bill had declared an \"emergency\" regarding salvia's use. Tennessee has passed a law (SB3247/HB2909/TCA 39-17-452) that makes knowingly possessing, producing, manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to produce, manufacture, or distribute the active chemical ingredient in", "title": "Legal status of Salvia divinorum in the United States" }, { "docid": "17235788", "text": "bill had been passed, U.S. wages would have been 0.1 percent lower in 2023 and 0.5 percent higher in 2033 than under current law. The Social Security Administration said that it would help add $276 billion in revenue over the next 10 years while costing only $33 billion. The legislation would make deep and broad changes to existing U.S. immigration law. S.744 would create a program to help the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States gain legal status in conjunction with efforts to secure the border. It would also make changes to the existing system of legal", "title": "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013" }, { "docid": "17235818", "text": "of time. Workers who obtain this status will have the opportunity later to adjust to legal permanent resident status if they meet certain conditions. Subtitle C--Future Immigration \"This section begins on page 256.\" Subtitle C focuses on reforming current legal immigration law. This includes provisions about family members of U.S. citizens immigrating into the country, merit-based systems of immigration, and immigration related to work visas. The bill makes many changes to current immigration system designed to control future flows of immigration. These include repeal of the diversity visa program, changes in several family-based visa classifications (e.g. elimination of sibling petitions", "title": "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013" }, { "docid": "2712799", "text": "potatoes, but they too were killed. In an effort to conciliate Aboriginal people, Arthur arranged for the distribution of \"proclamation boards\" comprising four panels that depicted white and black Tasmanians dwelling together peaceably, and also illustrated the legal consequences for members of either race that committed acts of violence—that an Aboriginal would be hanged for killing a white settler and a settler would be hanged for killing an Aboriginal person. No colonist was ever charged in Van Diemen's Land, or committed for trial, for assaulting or killing an Aboriginal person. Aboriginal people maintained their attacks on settlers, killing 19 colonists", "title": "Black War" }, { "docid": "8762", "text": "court and the law that the lower court applied and decides whether that decision was legally sound or not. The appellate court will typically be deferential to the lower court's findings of fact (such as whether a defendant committed a particular act), unless clearly erroneous, and so will focus on the court's application of the law to those facts (such as whether the act found by the court to have occurred fits a legal definition at issue). If the appellate court finds no defect, it \"affirms\" the judgment. If the appellate court does find a legal defect in the decision", "title": "Appellate procedure in the United States" }, { "docid": "12236033", "text": "not preclude liability. A person may be liable for conversion even though he was reasonably mistaken in thinking the facts to be such as would give him a legal right to the goods. There are cases in which the defendant does not clearly appropriate the property to his own use, and in which the question whether there is a conversion therefore depends on the intent of the defendant either express or implied. Conversion, being a wrongful act, cannot spring from the exercise of a legal right. Such acts include the right of execution on a legal judgment or contesting rights", "title": "Conversion (law)" }, { "docid": "6322624", "text": "the Hawaiian Revolution was placed squarely on the shoulders of Queen Liliuokalani.<ref name=\"http://morganreport.org\"></ref> Considering the Akaka Bill on May 4, 2006, the USCCR found that the Hawaiian Kingdom \"included Native Hawaiians, but also included residents of other races and ethnicities.\" They recommended strongly against the Akaka Bill as \"legislation that would discriminate on the basis of race or national origin and further subdivide the American people\". Legal status of Hawaii The legal status of Hawaii—as opposed to its political status—is a settled legal matter but there has been scholarly and legal debate. While Hawaii is internationally recognized as a state", "title": "Legal status of Hawaii" }, { "docid": "5316909", "text": "are entitled to under international law. These safeguards include the right to guardianship, legal assistance and representation, safety and protection, support for physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration, regularisation of immigration status, the right to compensation, and the right to act as a party, or plaintiff, in criminal proceedings. An important safeguard for trafficked children who have been exploited in illegal or criminal activities is the ‘non-punishment clause’. It means that child victims of criminal offences, including human trafficking, are to be protected from sanctions or prosecution for acts that they committed in relation to their situation as victims.", "title": "Trafficking of children" }, { "docid": "15246149", "text": "of Harwich said that given the seriousness of the allegations against a detainee and the consequences of the detention, \"the court should not be satisfied with anything less than probability of a high degree\". In addition to prerogative orders, the equitable remedy of a declaration can be employed to control an excess of legal authority. A declaration is a pronouncement by a court stating the legal position between the parties to an action, based on the facts that have been presented to the court. In contrast to the prerogative orders which are termed public law remedies, the declaration is called", "title": "Remedies in Singapore administrative law" }, { "docid": "17487359", "text": "against sequestration, notwithstanding proof of an act of insolvency and the other requirements. The chief effects of a sequestration order are Other consequences include criminal liability on the part of the insolvent for certain acts committed both before and during sequestration. The insolvent may also obtain relief from the effects of certain legal proceedings. The insolvent is divested of all his estate: that is, all the property he owned at the date of sequestration and that he may acquire during the sequestration—except such property as the insolvent is entitled to retain as a separate estate. \"Property\" in this context is", "title": "South African insolvency law" }, { "docid": "12969446", "text": "to this rule is that when a party alleges fraud, that party must plead the facts of the alleged fraud with particularity. (FRCP 9(b)). There has been some controversy over whether the FCRP violate the Eighth Amendment requirement of common law rules, but the usual answer has been that the changes are only in form and not in substance. Legal practice Legal practice is sometimes used to distinguish the body of judicial or administrative precedents, rules, policies, customs, and doctrines from legislative enactments such as statutes and constitutions which might be called \"laws\" in the strict sense of being commands", "title": "Legal practice" }, { "docid": "13170170", "text": "deminutio minima\", consisted of a person ceasing to belong to a particular family, without loss of liberty or citizenship. Capitis deminutio Capitis deminutio or capitis diminutio (diminished capacity) is a term used in Roman law, referring to the extinguishing, either in whole or in part, of a person's former status and legal capacity. There were three changes of state or condition attended with different consequences: \"maxima\", \"media\", and \"minima\". The greatest, \"capitis deminutio maxima\", involved the loss of liberty, citizenship, and family (e.g. being made a slave or prisoner of war). The next change of state, \"capitis deminutio media\", consisted", "title": "Capitis deminutio" }, { "docid": "15645242", "text": "session in early 2008. Assembly Bill 186, created in April 2009, passed through three votes and as of February 17, 2010, returned to the Assembly successfully. A summary of the bill: AB 186 was signed into law by Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle on March 3, 2010. On February 13, 2006, Representative Stephen Watt (R) proposed adding \"Salvia divinorum\" to Wyoming's list of Schedule I controlled substances (House Bill 0049). The bill died without coming up for a vote. Legal status of Salvia divinorum in the United States The legal status of \"Salvia divinorum\" in the United States varies, with 29", "title": "Legal status of Salvia divinorum in the United States" }, { "docid": "11407422", "text": "for committing unlawful acts. Nuremberg Principle II responds to that dilemma by stating: \"The fact that internal law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under international law.\" The above scenario might present a \"legal\" dilemma, but Nuremberg Principle IV speaks of \"a \"moral\" choice\" as being just as important as \"legal\" decisions: It states: \"The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided", "title": "Superior orders" }, { "docid": "13170169", "text": "Capitis deminutio Capitis deminutio or capitis diminutio (diminished capacity) is a term used in Roman law, referring to the extinguishing, either in whole or in part, of a person's former status and legal capacity. There were three changes of state or condition attended with different consequences: \"maxima\", \"media\", and \"minima\". The greatest, \"capitis deminutio maxima\", involved the loss of liberty, citizenship, and family (e.g. being made a slave or prisoner of war). The next change of state, \"capitis deminutio media\", consisted of a loss of citizenship and family without any forfeiture of personal liberty. The least change of state, \"capitis", "title": "Capitis deminutio" }, { "docid": "16653678", "text": "Decree of the President of Russia A Decree of the President of the Russian Federation (; \"Ukaz Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii\") or Executive Order (Decree) of the President of Russia is a legal act (\"ukase\") with the status of a by-law made by the Russian president. As normative legal acts, such \"ukazes\" have the status of by-laws in the hierarchy of legal acts (along with Decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation and instructions and directions of other officials). Presidential decrees may not alter existing laws of higher precedence - , the Constitution of Russia, Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws", "title": "Decree of the President of Russia" }, { "docid": "17616638", "text": "were no mechanisms through which abused women could seek legal reparations in the 20th century. The first form of legal defense for victims of domestic violence appeared in the 2001 amendment to the Second Marriage Law. In a judicial interpretation of the law, the Supreme People's Court legally defined domestic violence as \"behavior towards a family member that results in injurious consequences physically, emotionally, or in other ways by 'beating, tying up, injuring, forcibly restricting one's personal freedom, or by other means.'\" The amendment included three important changes: The 2005 amendments to the \"Women's Protection Law\" affirmed the steps taken", "title": "Domestic violence in China" }, { "docid": "15174322", "text": "addition to the lack of a witness protection program. Some victims may not have pursued legal redress because they could not afford legal representation. The government did not penalize victims for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked. Trafficking victims were eligible for temporary and permanent residency status under Peruvian refugee law, and at least 11 victims were granted such permanent residency. During the year, authorities assisted foreign trafficking victims with voluntary repatriation. Many of the country’s 412 labor inspectors have received training on forced labor; in 2009, the government created an elite team of five inspectors", "title": "Human trafficking in Peru" }, { "docid": "2553629", "text": "it was not necessary to explicitly state the adjudicator's findings. There is no inherent common law right to legal representation before a domestic tribunal. A tribunal has the discretion to admit either a legally qualified or unqualified counsel to assist the person appearing before it, based on the facts of the case. When assessing whether a party should be offered legal assistance, the adjudicator should first ask whether the right to be heard applies, and, secondly, whether counsel's assistance is needed for an effective hearing given the subject matter, bearing in mind the consequences of such a denial. In \"R", "title": "Natural justice" }, { "docid": "18475652", "text": "Adelaide law lecturer Dr George Duncan at a known gay beat at the hands of alleged police officers, and the significant public outrage that followed, Hill proceeded to introduce a private member's bill, with implicit support from the Labor Party, on 26 July 1972 to amend the Criminal Law Consolidation Act that criminalised homosexuality, thus being the first serious attempt to decriminalise homosexuality in Australia. While Hill's amendment was assented to on 9 November 1972, a further amendment weakened it to only allow a legal defense for homosexual acts committed in private. Labor member Peter Duncan went further however when,", "title": "Murray Hill (politician)" }, { "docid": "15474860", "text": "Union held that public sector compensation does not constitute State Aid if the following four criteria are all met: The European Commission has stated that an \"act of entrustment\" is necessary in order to set out the public service obligations of the undertaking and must have been committed to the organisation through an official act having legal force under the national law of the relevant EU member state. There need not be any specific legal framework covering acts of entrustment, but the act must extend sufficiently to create an obligation or accountability: permission, such as legal recognition or regulatory approval", "title": "Act of Entrustment" }, { "docid": "14530103", "text": "status of the mentally ill and prohibited the domestic containment of mental patients in medical institutions. However, the Mental Hygiene Act had unforeseen consequences. Along with many other reforms, the law prevented the mentally ill from being charged with any sort of crime in Japanese courts. Anyone who was found to be mentally unstable by a qualified psychiatrist was required to be hospitalized rather than incarcerated, regardless of the severity of any crime that person may have committed. The Ministry of Justice tried several times to amend the law, but was met with opposition from those who believed the legal", "title": "Political abuse of psychiatry" }, { "docid": "7323295", "text": "consumption of alcohol, truancy, and running away from home. These acts may be illegal for persons under a certain age, while remaining legal for all others, which makes them status offenses. Status offense may also apply to other classes, including laws forbidding ownership of firearms by felons, where such ownership is otherwise legal. Laws that prohibit certain actions to certain persons based on their sex, race, nationality, religion, etc., are also status offenses. A law that prohibits men from using public toilets intended for women, as well as a law that sets a curfew for people below a certain age,", "title": "Status offense" }, { "docid": "20862877", "text": "which dictates that acts that are contrary to international law cannot have legal jurisdiction by the wrongdoer… To grant recognition of illegal acts will allow them to perpetuate and then only benefit the state which has acted illegally\"The Advisory Opinion was then issued to underline the basic human rights for the inhabitants of the territory based on birth, marriage, and death certification. Namibia exception The “Namibia exception” identifies the Advisory Opinion issued on 21 June 1971 by the International Court of Justice (I.C.J), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). The opinion refers to the \"Legal Consequences for", "title": "Namibia exception" }, { "docid": "12942564", "text": "Act (document) An act is an instrument that records a fact or something that has been said, done, or agreed. Acts generally take the form of legal instruments of writing that have probative value and executory force. They are usually accepted as self-authenticating demonstrative evidence in court proceedings, though with the precarious status of notaries public and their acts under common law, this is not always so. Common types of acts are legislative, judicial, and notarial acts. Legislative acts (fully, acts of statute), or more commonly statutes, are the cornerstone of statutory and regulatory law. They may include in a", "title": "Act (document)" }, { "docid": "1387727", "text": "Indeed it would not be difficult to reduce all under two: 'Equity will not suffer a wrong to be without a remedy' and 'Equity acts on the person'\". Sometimes phrased as \"equity regards as done what should have been done\", this maxim means that when individuals are required, by their agreements or by law, to perform some act of legal significance, equity will regard that act as having been done as it ought to have been done, even before it has actually happened. This makes possible the legal phenomenon of equitable conversion. The consequences of this maxim, and of equitable", "title": "Maxims of equity" }, { "docid": "2028128", "text": "to earn a reduction in the length of their sentences by a Spanish court ruling in 2006 was judged by the European Court of Human Rights to be contrary to relevant articles on retroactivity & liberty and security in 2013. Section 35(3) of the South African Bill of Rights prohibits \"ex post facto\" criminal laws, except that acts which violated international law at the time they were committed may be prosecuted even if they were not illegal under national law at the time. It also prohibits retroactive increases of criminal punishments. In Sweden, retroactive penal sanctions and other retroactive legal", "title": "Ex post facto law" }, { "docid": "4553245", "text": "on crimes for which evidence was still available. The law retained the important legal principle of analogy, according to which acts not specifically defined might be considered crimes. Criminal charges could not be brought unless there was evidence that a crime had been committed; the sole basis for prosecution was verifiable evidence. The law also defined basic understandable rules of evidence. The death penalty could be imposed for flagrant counterrevolutionary acts and for homicide, arson, criminal intent in causing explosions, and other offenses of this nature. The 1983 revision of the law considerably increased the number of offenses punishable by", "title": "Legal history of China" }, { "docid": "16965130", "text": "Asega An asega (legal interpreter or law-speaker) was, in the Middle Ages, an official legal advisor to the court of law in the Westerlauwers district (i.e. west of the River Lauwers) in western Friesland. Unlike a modern judge, the asega gave in most cases only an expert opinion on the law itself rather than on the facts of the case. As can be seen from the legal system known as \"Oudere Schoutenrecht\", in the Old Frisian legal system with its formal approach to evidence, there was little room for appreciation of the facts of the case. Nevertheless, in exceptional circumstances,", "title": "Asega" }, { "docid": "581083", "text": "18 U.S.C. § 2340 \"et seq.\" define and forbid torture committed by U.S. nationals outside the United States or non-U.S. nationals who are present in the United States. As the United States recognizes customary international law, or the law of nations, the U.S. Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victim Protection Act also provides legal remedies for victims of torture outside of the United States. Specifically, the status of torturers under the law of the United States, as determined by a famous legal decision in 1980, \"Filártiga v. Peña-Irala\", 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980), is that, \"the torturer", "title": "Torture" }, { "docid": "16912501", "text": "in South Africa, but it has even greater importance in that context. The following are a few of the requirements for legal professional privilege to operate: Payment or non-payment of fees to legal counsel is not automatically decisive. The situation appears to cover communications to salaried legal advisers. Whether or not the communication was made in confidence depends on the facts of each case. Whether or not it was made for the purpose of legal advice, again, depends on facts of each case. There will be no privilege if the statement made for the purpose of furthering some criminal plan.", "title": "Law of evidence in South Africa" }, { "docid": "16653679", "text": "and laws of Russian regions - and may be superseded by any of these laws. For example, because of Article 15 of the Constitution of Russia, the European Convention on Human Rights, as an international document, has higher status than any Russian law or presidential executive order. Decree of the President of Russia A Decree of the President of the Russian Federation (; \"Ukaz Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii\") or Executive Order (Decree) of the President of Russia is a legal act (\"ukase\") with the status of a by-law made by the Russian president. As normative legal acts, such \"ukazes\" have the", "title": "Decree of the President of Russia" }, { "docid": "5931229", "text": "the law states that child pornography ‘means a film, photograph, publication or computer game that describes or depicts a person who is, or who looks like, a minor under 18 engaging in sexual activity or depicted in an indecent manner or context. Under this law, ‘publications’ also include stories, poems, essays, drawings and cartoons. Finnish law specifically prohibits either real or realistic imagery which sexually depicts children. The illegality thus discludes non-realistic imagery. The legal situation in Indonesia tightened sharply in 2008 with the passing of the Bill against Pornography and Pornoaction. Law books of Indonesia KUHP (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum", "title": "Legal status of Internet pornography" }, { "docid": "4409877", "text": "made postliminium to a great extent superfluous though. It may either be seen as a historical concept, or a term generally describing the consequences to legal acts of an occupant after the termination of occupation. Woltag, J.-C., 'Postliminium' in Wolfrum, R. (ed) Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Oxford University Press 2009). * Postliminium The principle of postliminium, as a part of public international law, is a specific version of the maxim \"ex injuria jus non oritur\", providing for the invalidity of all illegitimate acts that an occupant may have performed on a given territory after its recapture by", "title": "Postliminium" }, { "docid": "1574428", "text": "Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act. The NCCUSL website should be consulted for the latest uniform acts or revisions thereof. A state may adopt a uniform act as written by NCCUSL, or a state may adopt a modified version. Unless such changes are minor, they can seriously obstruct the purpose of uniform acts—legal harmonization. Therefore, persons doing business in different states must \"always\" still check local law to ensure that (1) a uniform act was enacted in the state that governs a particular legal issue, and (2) the local act actually conforms to the text promulgated by NCCUSL. For", "title": "Uniform Act" }, { "docid": "1892016", "text": "of Middlesex was a legal fiction used by the Court of King's Bench to gain jurisdiction over cases traditionally in the remit of the Court of Common Pleas. Hingeing on the King's Bench's remaining criminal jurisdiction over the county of Middlesex, the Bill allowed it to take cases traditionally in the remit of other common law courts by claiming that the defendant had committed trespass in Middlesex. Once the defendant was in custody, the trespass complaint would be quietly dropped and other complaints (such as debt or detinue) would be substituted. Another legal fiction involves resignation from Parliament in the", "title": "Legal fiction" }, { "docid": "2905159", "text": "legal status Blackwater Worldwide operates under in the U.S. and other countries, or what protection the U.S. extends to Blackwater Worldwide's operations globally. A number of Iraqi families took Blackwater to court over alleged \"random killings committed by private Blackwater guards\". Legal specialists say that the U.S. government is unlikely to allow a trial in the Iraqi courts, because there is little confidence that trials would be fair. Contractors accused of crimes abroad could be tried in the United States under either military or civilian law; however, the applicable military law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, was changed in", "title": "Academi" }, { "docid": "20270783", "text": "On one occasion, he said that UNMIK leader Bernard Kouchner \"does not respect any law, either international law or local law ... and has formed an army of Albanian terrorists.\" Concerning the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, Jojić remarked that its most important consequences were those pertaining to the breakdown of international law and the violation of Yugoslavia's legal status as a sovereign state and United Nations member. Jojić met with representatives of the Association for Criminal Law and Criminology of Yugoslavia on August 30, 1999; the group concluded that the country's constitution and law on criminal procedure did not permit", "title": "Petar Jojić" }, { "docid": "3872580", "text": "Civil law (legal system) Civil law, or civilian law, is a legal system originating in Europe, intellectualized within the framework of Roman law, the main feature of which is that its core principles are codified into a referable system which serves as the primary source of law. This can be contrasted with common law systems, the intellectual framework of which comes from judge-made decisional law, and gives precedential authority to prior court decisions, on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different occasions (doctrine of judicial precedent, or \"stare decisis\"). Historically, a civil law is", "title": "Civil law (legal system)" }, { "docid": "8258635", "text": "Therapeutic jurisprudence Therapeutic jurisprudence (\"TJ\") studies law as a social force (or agent) which inevitably gives rise to unintended consequences, which may be either beneficial (therapeutic) or harmful (anti-therapeutic). These consequences flow from the operation of legal rules or legal procedures—or from the behavior of legal actors (such as lawyers and judges). TJ researchers and practitioners typically make use of social science methods and data to study the extent to which a legal rule or practice affects the psychological well-being of the people it affects, and then explore ways in which anti-therapeutic consequences can be reduced, and therapeutic consequences enhanced,", "title": "Therapeutic jurisprudence" }, { "docid": "16295273", "text": "in turn on \"boni mores\" or the legal convictions of the community. The following defences or grounds of justification, among others, will exclude unlawfulness: A person acts in private defence if he uses force to repel an unlawful attack by another upon his person or his property or another recognised legal interest. In these circumstances, any harm or damage inflicted upon the aggressor is not unlawful. The following are the requirements relating to the attack. There must be In \"R v K\", the court held that the assault need not be committed culpably. It is also possible to act in", "title": "South African criminal law" }, { "docid": "4377766", "text": "historical and ancient China were considered inferior and had subordinate legal status based on the Confucian law. In Imperial China, the “Three Obediences” promoted daughters to obey their fathers, wives to obey their husbands and widows to obey their sons. Women could not inherit businesses or wealth and man had to adopt a son for such financial purposes. Late imperial law also features seven different types of divorces. A wife could be ousted if she failed to birth a son, committed adultery, disobeyed her parent's in law, spoke excessively, stole, received bouts of jealousy or suffered from an incurable or", "title": "Legal rights of women in history" }, { "docid": "17979487", "text": "Legal Bill Review Legal Bill Review (LBR) refers to process of reviewing and analyzing legal bills against any billing guidelines, service level agreements, applicable laws and other generally accepted standards. LBR plays a vital role in litigation spend management through the review and analysis of law firm invoices. LBR is seen as a standard practice among larger insurers and third-Party administrators. One of the key advantages of LBR is litigation cost savings by flagging and reducing invoice billing entries against non-compliance with the billing standards. LBR acts as a preventive measure when conducted prior to payment of a legal bill.", "title": "Legal Bill Review" }, { "docid": "6998348", "text": "Question of law In law, a question of law, also known as a point of law, is a question that must be answered by applying relevant legal principles to interpretation of the law. Such a question is distinct from a question of fact, which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence as well as inferences arising from those facts. Answers to questions of law are generally expressed in terms of broad legal principles and can be applied to many situations rather than be dependent on particular circumstances or factual situations. An answer to a question of law as", "title": "Question of law" }, { "docid": "2018673", "text": "or may not coincide with the decisions\". Holmes next introduces his most important and influential argument, the \"bad-man\" theory of law: \"[I]f we take the view of our friend the bad man we shall find that he does not care two straws\" about either the morality or the logic of the law. For the bad man, \"legal duty\" signifies only \"a prophecy that if he does certain things he will be subjected to disagreeable consequences by way of imprisonment or compulsory payment\". The bad man cares nothing for legal theorizing and concerns himself only with practical consequences. In the spirit", "title": "Legal realism" }, { "docid": "15246077", "text": "its discretion on a proper self-direction as to those facts, and that the authority has not taken into account matters it ought not to have considered. Law professor Thio Li-ann has expressed the view that this decision indicates a court is primarily concerned with whether an error that has been committed is serious – if so, the court will exercise judicial review, regardless of whether the error is jurisdictional or non-jurisdictional in nature. \"Since the law/fact boundary becomes indistinct, this fudges the conceptual moorings of judicial review as confined to scrutinising legal error. An intrusive review of factual findings threatens", "title": "Precedent fact errors in Singapore law" }, { "docid": "21002633", "text": "Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) before the 19th century Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. That includes actual law reforms as well as other formal changes, such as reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents. The right to vote is exempted from the timeline: for that right, see \"Timeline of women's suffrage\". The timeline excludes ideological changes and events within feminism and antifeminism: for that, see \"Timeline of feminism\". One of the aspects highlighted in the Twelve Tables is a woman's legal status and standing in", "title": "Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) before the 19th century" }, { "docid": "8258645", "text": "whether psychological interventions are conducted fairly and consistently with legal concepts of justice. Therapeutic jurisprudence is also linked to the positive criminology perspective, which is a conceptual approach to criminology that places an emphasis on social inclusion and on forces at individual, group, social and spiritual levels that are associated with the limiting of crime. Therapeutic jurisprudence Therapeutic jurisprudence (\"TJ\") studies law as a social force (or agent) which inevitably gives rise to unintended consequences, which may be either beneficial (therapeutic) or harmful (anti-therapeutic). These consequences flow from the operation of legal rules or legal procedures—or from the behavior of", "title": "Therapeutic jurisprudence" }, { "docid": "15193088", "text": "traffickers, most victims did not file complaints due to fear of violence or reprisals and the inadequacy of the government’s limited witness protection program. A recent advisory opinion issued by the Supreme Court allowing for victim testimony via video could improve low rates of victim participation in prosecutions. The government did not detain, fine, or otherwise penalize victims for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked. Many foreign trafficking victims, however, may not have had their victim status recognized by Guatemalan authorities before being deported as undocumented migrants. Guatemalan law establishes legal alternatives to removal of foreign", "title": "Human trafficking in Guatemala" }, { "docid": "6673328", "text": "Legal advice Legal advice is the giving of a professional or formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law in relation to a particular factual situation. The provision of legal advice will often involve analyzing a set of facts and advising a person to take a specific course of action based on the applicable law. Legal advice is ordinarily provided in exchange for financial or other tangible compensation. Advice given without remuneration is normally referred to as being \"pro bono publico\" (in the public good), or simply \"pro bono\". In the common law systems it is usually received", "title": "Legal advice" }, { "docid": "9877991", "text": "however, a further amendment weakened it to only allow a legal defence for homosexual acts committed in private. In 1973 the Labor Member for Elizabeth, Peter Duncan, introduced the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill into Parliament which, although passed by the Lower House, was defeated twice in the Legislative Council. On 27 August 1975 the unaltered bill was again introduced, defeated, reintroduced, defeated, reintroduced a third time and passed, all on the same day, making South Australia the first Australian State to fully decriminalise homosexuality. On 10 May 2002, the 30th anniversary of Duncan's death, a memorial monument was erected", "title": "Murder of George Duncan" }, { "docid": "6143887", "text": "Color (law) In United States law, the term color of law denotes the \"mere semblance of legal right\", the \"pretense or appearance of\" right; hence, an action done under color of law adjusts (colors) the law to the circumstance, yet said apparently legal action contravenes the law. Under color of authority is a legal phrase used in the US indicating that a person is claiming or implying the acts he or she is committing are related to and legitimized by his or her role as an agent of governmental power, especially if the acts are unlawful. Color of law refers", "title": "Color (law)" }, { "docid": "3872607", "text": "of Hadley v Baxendale from English common law system. Civil law (legal system) Civil law, or civilian law, is a legal system originating in Europe, intellectualized within the framework of Roman law, the main feature of which is that its core principles are codified into a referable system which serves as the primary source of law. This can be contrasted with common law systems, the intellectual framework of which comes from judge-made decisional law, and gives precedential authority to prior court decisions, on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different occasions (doctrine of judicial", "title": "Civil law (legal system)" }, { "docid": "1322175", "text": "influence the parliament not to adopt it, predicting that \"the law will cause negative consequences soon, and the state will be responsible for it\". Prior to this 2011 change, religious groups other than the GOC had only been allowed to register as \"noncommercial legal entities of private law\"—a status (similar to that of a charitable foundation or an NGO) which some churches considered unacceptable and refused to apply for. Public debate over the new law included concerns that the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) would use the new, improved status to renew challenges over the ownership of numerous churches claimed by", "title": "Freedom of religion in Georgia (country)" }, { "docid": "10784481", "text": "on language and symbols and any attempt to analyze non-western legal systems in terms of categories of modern western law can result in distortion attributable to differences in language. So while legal constructs are unique to classical Roman, modern civil and common law cultures, legal concepts or primitive and archaic law get their meaning from sensed experience based on facts as opposed to theory or abstract. Legal culture therefore in the former group is influenced by academics, learned members of the profession and historically, philosophers. The latter group’s culture is harnessed by beliefs, values and religion at a foundational level.", "title": "Legal culture" }, { "docid": "6673332", "text": "the form, and the definition of legal terms used on a form constitute the provision of legal information. Instructing a person on how to phrase information in a legal document or form, or advising the person as to what he or she should say in court, is the provision of legal advice. Similarly, application of legal rules and principles to a specific set of facts and advising a course of conduct is almost always held to constitute legal advice. Legal advice Legal advice is the giving of a professional or formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law", "title": "Legal advice" }, { "docid": "13522275", "text": "received royal assent on 5 August 1943. In essence, this Act provides: The first section of the Act changes the rights of parties, subject to frustrated contracts, to claim payments or damages. Section 1(1) states that the Act applies, subject to following subsections, as follows. Where a contract governed by English law has become impossible of performance or been otherwise frustrated, and the parties thereto have for that reason been discharged from the further performance of the contract ... It therefore does not modify any previous common law developments on when contracts are frustrated, merely the legal consequences that may", "title": "Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943" }, { "docid": "4377704", "text": "place: a married woman could have sex only with her husband, but a married man did not commit adultery when he had sex with a prostitute, slave, or person of marginalized status \"(infamis)\". Childbearing was encouraged by the state: the \"ius trium liberorum\" (\"legal right of three children\") granted symbolic honors and legal privileges to a woman who had given birth to three children, and freed her from any male guardianship. Roman law recognized rape as a crime in which the victim bore no guilt. Rape was a capital crime. As a matter of law, however, rape could be committed", "title": "Legal rights of women in history" }, { "docid": "4574428", "text": "May 7, 2017, Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 4 into law, targeting sanctuary cities by charging county or city officials who refuse to work with federal officials and by allowing police officers to check the immigration status of those they detain if they choose. Abbott believes that Earth's climate is changing, but he thinks that further study is necessary to determine human role in such changes. In early 2014, Abbott participated in strategy sessions held at the headquarters of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D. C. devising a legal strategy for dismantling climate change regulations. In 2016,", "title": "Greg Abbott" }, { "docid": "1407033", "text": "the case and the reasons for the judgment. Specifically, the legislation requires that \"the claims asserted and the means of challenge or defence [be] brought before the court, highlighting the petitions filed. The details of the circumstances and facts as well as the status of the dispute thus far are to be included by reference being made to the written pleadings, the records of the hearings, and other documents ... [and] a brief summary of the considerations of the facts and circumstances of the case and the legal aspects on which the decision is based.\" An appellate court judgment must", "title": "Judgment (law)" }, { "docid": "3799147", "text": "IRAC IRAC ( ) is an acronym that generally stands for: Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion. It functions as a methodology for legal analysis. The IRAC format is mostly used in hypothetical questions in law school and bar exams. In the IRAC method of legal analysis, the \"issue\" is simply a legal question that must be answered. An issue arises when the facts of a case present a legal ambiguity that must be resolved in a case, and legal researchers (whether paralegals, law students, lawyers, or judges) typically resolve the issue by consulting legal precedent (existing statutes, past cases, court", "title": "IRAC" }, { "docid": "2801337", "text": "formally recognizes the insurgents as belligerents, although it may in fact treat them as such by carrying on war against them in accordance with the rules and usages of international warfare.\") Examples of recognition of belligerent status include: Diplomatic recognition Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state (may be also a recognized state). Recognition can be accorded either \"de facto\" or \"de jure\". Recognition can be a declaration to that effect by the", "title": "Diplomatic recognition" }, { "docid": "8022330", "text": "people's fair. The legal status of the Fair does not depend on a charter, therefore, but on the legal concept of 'prescriptive right,' that is to say easement by prescription or custom. \"Praescriptio est titulus ex usu et tempore substanniam capiens ab auctoritate legis.\" 'Prescription is a title by authority of law, deriving its force from use and time.' The fair is a regular but spontaneous gathering, and is not organised by any individual or group, although the Gypsies and Travellers have a \"Shera Rom\" (Head Romani) who arranges toilets, rubbish skips, water supplies, horse grazing etc., and acts as", "title": "Appleby Horse Fair" }, { "docid": "14786064", "text": "Commanding precedent In law, a commanding precedent is a precedent whose facts are \"on all fours\" with the case at hand. In other words, it almost exactly tracks it, sharing near-identical facts and issues. A commanding precedent is also referred to as a \"Goose\" case in Louisiana; \"Spotted Horse\" or \"Spotted Dog\" cases in Alabama; \"Cow\" case in Kansas; and \"White Horse\" or \"White Pony\" cases in Texas. A legal rule can be \"clearly established\" without commanding precedent existing. For example, in the United States, a governmental official is generally protected by qualified immunity if his acts were objectively legally", "title": "Commanding precedent" }, { "docid": "14786062", "text": "Commanding precedent In law, a commanding precedent is a precedent whose facts are \"on all fours\" with the case at hand. In other words, it almost exactly tracks it, sharing near-identical facts and issues. A commanding precedent is also referred to as a \"Goose\" case in Louisiana; \"Spotted Horse\" or \"Spotted Dog\" cases in Alabama; \"Cow\" case in Kansas; and \"White Horse\" or \"White Pony\" cases in Texas. A legal rule can be \"clearly established\" without commanding precedent existing. For example, in the United States, a governmental official is generally protected by qualified immunity if his acts were objectively legally", "title": "Commanding precedent" }, { "docid": "10437052", "text": "The decree took effect on 11 November 2013. In November 2013, the Parliament repealed the constitutional provision defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. On 27 May 2014, the National Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs removed the provision giving legal status and some rights to cohabiting same-sex couples from the bill. The bill was approved by the National Assembly on 19 June 2014. On 1 January 2015, the \"2014 Law on Marriage and Family\" officially went into effect. It states that while Vietnam allows same-sex weddings, it will not offer legal recognition or protection to unions", "title": "LGBT rights in Vietnam" }, { "docid": "14814553", "text": "may have sexually abused children and forced them into prostitution. The anti-trafficking law permits foreign victims to remain in Afghanistan for at least six months; there were no reports of foreign victims making use of this provision of immigration relief. Serious concerns remain regarding government officials who punish victims of trafficking for acts they may have committed as a direct result of being trafficked. In some cases, trafficking victims were jailed pending resolution of their legal cases, despite their recognized victim status. Female trafficking victims continued to be arrested and imprisoned or otherwise punished for prostitution and fleeing forced marriages", "title": "Human trafficking in Afghanistan" }, { "docid": "17047583", "text": "Royal Succession Bills and Acts Royal Succession Bills and Acts are pieces of (proposed) legislation to determine the legal line of succession to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom. A Succession to the Crown Bill is a proposed piece of legislation in the United Kingdom, presented as a Private Members Bill or Government Bill, in either the House of Commons or House of Lords, which aims to alter the laws of succession to the UK Monarchy. The Crown is a corporation sole that represents the legal embodiment of executive, legislative, or judicial governance. It evolved as a separation of the", "title": "Royal Succession Bills and Acts" }, { "docid": "15645203", "text": "legal in the state of New York. Bills to outlaw the sale and possession of Salvia have stalled in the state assembly. One such bill failed to pass during the 2005-06 session. In January 2011, State Sen. John J. Flanagan renewed attempts to have the substance criminalized by drawing attention to the alleged use of Salvia by mass murderer Jared Lee Loughner. State Law 2009-0538 was signed into law by Governor Bev Perdue on August 28, 2009 and came into effect Dec 1st, 2009. The bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, deliver, or possess \"Salvia divinorum\". A violation of", "title": "Legal status of Salvia divinorum in the United States" }, { "docid": "3825573", "text": "creating alternative models, such as the capability approach and incorporating gender into the analysis of economic data to affect policy. Marilyn Power suggests that feminist economic methodology can be broken down into five categories. Feminist legal theory is based on the feminist view that law's treatment of women in relation to men has not been equal or fair. The goals of feminist legal theory, as defined by leading theorist Claire Dalton, consist of understanding and exploring the female experience, figuring out if law and institutions oppose females, and figuring out what changes can be committed to. This is to be", "title": "Feminist theory" }, { "docid": "13622660", "text": "Plea in equity A plea in equity, in the common law, is a statement of facts raised by a defendant which operates as a defense to an equitable claim raised by the plaintiff. Traditionally, the plea is required to state new facts, additional to those set forth in the plaintiff's bill in equity, and these facts must support a dispositive defense to the claim such as the passage of a statute of limitations, plaintiff's prior waiver or settlement of the claim, or \"res judicata\". In the United States, the legal and equitable jurisdiction of most courts has been merged, and", "title": "Plea in equity" }, { "docid": "1957605", "text": "of Justice is judicial review of the acts of the EU itself. Under Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) article 263(1) the Court can review the legality of any EU legislative of other \"act\" against the Treaties or general principles, such as those in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. This includes legislation, and most other acts that have legal consequences for people. For example, in \"Société anonyme Cimenteries CBR Cementsbedrijven NV v Commission\" the Commission made a decision to withdraw an assurance to a Dutch cement company that it would be immune from", "title": "European Union law" }, { "docid": "9847530", "text": "through monetary orders in this bill. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. That includes actual law reforms as well as other formal changes, such as reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents. The right to vote is exempted from the timeline: for that right, see \"Timeline of women's suffrage\". The timeline excludes ideological changes and events within feminism and antifeminism: for that, see \"Timeline of feminism\". See Darlene Jespersen was a 20-year employee at Harrah's Casino in Reno, Nevada. In 2000,", "title": "Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting)" }, { "docid": "5664982", "text": "legal situation changes, the rightsholders for an indexed work can apply for the proceedings to be re-opened under Article 51 of the \"Verwaltungsverfahrengesetz\" (the Administrative Proceedings Law) with the aim of removing the work from the list. The List is subdivided into various sublists, and these in turn are subdivided into various indexes: The legal consequences of a work being listed on the \"Index\" are enumerated in § 15 Jugendschutzgesetz (law for the protection of minors): Indexed content of lists A and C can, however, be advertised and sold to adults on the internet, if it is technically ensured that", "title": "Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons" }, { "docid": "17979489", "text": "workers' compensation claims. Legal Bill Review Legal Bill Review (LBR) refers to process of reviewing and analyzing legal bills against any billing guidelines, service level agreements, applicable laws and other generally accepted standards. LBR plays a vital role in litigation spend management through the review and analysis of law firm invoices. LBR is seen as a standard practice among larger insurers and third-Party administrators. One of the key advantages of LBR is litigation cost savings by flagging and reducing invoice billing entries against non-compliance with the billing standards. LBR acts as a preventive measure when conducted prior to payment of", "title": "Legal Bill Review" }, { "docid": "2013065", "text": "particular facts to generalisations concerning all such facts).' During these investigations, matters of ethics, social policies and morality are eschewed; as Julius Stone wrote, it is concerned primarily with 'an analysis of legal terms, and an enquiry into the logical interrelations of legal propositions'. Further, law and its authority is seen as source-based; i.e., the validity of a legal norm depends not on the moral value attached thereto, but from the sources determined by a social community's rules and conventions. The source-based conception of law is reminiscent of the logical positivist, Carnap, who starkly rejected metaphysics on the basis that", "title": "Legal positivism" }, { "docid": "3218203", "text": "as comprising the Supreme Court of Judicature, a concept wholly distinct from the current Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The most important matter dealt with by the rules is the mode of pleading. The authors of the Judicature Act had before them two systems of pleading, both of which were open to criticism. The common law pleadings (it was said) did not state the facts on which the pleader relied, but only the legal aspect of the facts or the inferences from them, while the chancery pleadings were lengthy, tedious and to a large extent irrelevant and useless. There", "title": "Judicature Acts" }, { "docid": "17074213", "text": "homosexual couple \"a legal status preferable to the current situation,\" while expressing reservations \"on the method of preparation of bill\". \"Although parental marital situations and all spouses [...] are not identical in all respects, the project seeks to confuse\", \"the result of this confusion may be many legal uncertainties harmful\" to \"all children\". On 15 and 16 January, the debate in the Law Commission went over the text of the bill, including an amendment by the rapporteur Erwann Binet to Article 4 of the draft stating that the provisions of the Civil Code apply to \"same-sex parents when referring to", "title": "Law 2013-404" }, { "docid": "19663221", "text": "rather an abstract person incarnated by its representatives or agents. RPPM is a mechanism that imputes to the corporation the offenses of one or more physical persons: the representative or the agent, in other words persons with the legal, statutory of conventional power to engage the corporation, and notably the delegate of a representative with the ability, authority and means necessary to perform this mission. An infraction committed by a stranger to the corporation, and sometimes by acts foreign to the scope of representation, or a crime which is not committed on behalf of the corporation (i.e. in its interest", "title": "Criminal responsibility in French law" }, { "docid": "9225600", "text": "The Act provides a comprehensive code of company law for the United Kingdom, and made changes to almost every facet of the law in relation to companies. The key provisions are: The Bill for the Act was first introduced to Parliament as \"the Company Law Reform Bill\" and was intended to make wide-ranging amendments to existing statutes. Lobbying from directors and the legal profession ensured that the Bill was changed into a consolidating Act, avoiding the need for cross-referencing between numerous statutes. The reception of the Act by the legal professions in the United Kingdom has been lukewarm. Concerns have", "title": "Companies Act 2006" }, { "docid": "7518306", "text": "ability of a party to enter into a legally binding contract. Minors, drunks, and the mentally impaired may not possess adequate capacity however the ordinary reasonable person is presumed by default to have contractual capacity. Where there is a lack of capacity to contract, an agreement may be rendered void. The fourth element is that the parties must create an intention to create legal relations. The intention requirement has often been approached on the basis that parties to commercial arrangements are presumed to intend legal consequences, while parties to social or domestic agreements are presumed not to intend legal consequences.", "title": "Australian contract law" }, { "docid": "308960", "text": "\"stare decisis\". Supporters of the system, such as minimalists, argue that obeying precedent makes decisions \"predictable\". For example, a business person can be reasonably assured of predicting a decision where the facts of his or her case are sufficiently similar to a case decided previously. This parallels the arguments against retroactive (ex post facto) laws banned by the U.S. Constitution. Precedent In common law legal systems, precedent is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.", "title": "Precedent" }, { "docid": "12117677", "text": "Bill of Middlesex The Bill of Middlesex was a legal fiction used by the Court of King's Bench to gain jurisdiction over cases traditionally in the remit of the Court of Common Pleas. Hinging on the King's Bench's remaining criminal jurisdiction over the county of Middlesex, the Bill allowed it to take cases traditionally in the remit of other common law courts by claiming that the defendant had committed trespass in Middlesex. Once the defendant was in custody, the trespass complaint would be quietly dropped and other complaints (such as debt or detinue) would be substituted. The bill was part", "title": "Bill of Middlesex" }, { "docid": "17496612", "text": "Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998) is a South African statute in terms of which marriages performed under African customary law, including polygynous marriages, are recognised as legal marriages. It also reformed the law relating to the legal status of women in customary marriages, the financial consequences of a customary marriage and the dissolution of customary marriages, replacing the customary law with statutory provisions. The act was signed by President Nelson Mandela on 20 November 1998 but only came into force on 15 November 2000. All customary marriages", "title": "Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998" }, { "docid": "2688333", "text": "under the principle of \"stare decisis\" – a system of legal precedents – to ensure the courts deliver consistent rulings on similar legal issues, regardless of the political or social status of the parties involved. As such, legal professionals must be certain that the legal citations they use to reinforce their arguments are accurate and still \"good law.\" KeyCite leverages Westlaw technologies, West's attorney-authored case law headnotes and the West Key Number System to determine and immediately alert legal professionals that case law they are reviewing has been either overturned, or may have history that deems the precedential value of", "title": "Westlaw" } ]
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when is the place beyond the pines set
[ "1997" ]
[ { "docid": "16027290", "text": "Pärt. The title is the English meaning of the city of Schenectady, New York, which is derived loosely from a Mohawk word for \"place beyond the pine plains.\" In 1997, Luke Glanton (Gosling) is a motorcycle stuntman. In Schenectady, New York, Luke reunites with his ex-lover Romina Gutierrez (Mendes), who is dating another man named Kofi Kancam (Ali). Luke discovers that Romina has a baby son named Jason that he fathered which she never revealed to him, so Luke quits his job to stay with Romina and their son. Luke begins working part-time for auto mechanic Robin Van Der Hook", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "16027290", "text": "Pärt. The title is the English meaning of the city of Schenectady, New York, which is derived loosely from a Mohawk word for \"place beyond the pine plains.\" In 1997, Luke Glanton (Gosling) is a motorcycle stuntman. In Schenectady, New York, Luke reunites with his ex-lover Romina Gutierrez (Mendes), who is dating another man named Kofi Kancam (Ali). Luke discovers that Romina has a baby son named Jason that he fathered which she never revealed to him, so Luke quits his job to stay with Romina and their son. Luke begins working part-time for auto mechanic Robin Van Der Hook", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "9048376", "text": "of the Civilization V Battle Royale Mk. II - an event hosted by the Reddit community for the Civilization V Video Game. Ben Coccio Benjamin Coccio (born August 2, 1975) is an American filmmaker from Niskayuna, New York. He is best known for his feature film work, directing \"Zero Day\" and co-writing \"The Place Beyond The Pines\". Coccio attended the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1997 with a BFA Film/Animation/Video. Coccio's first directorial effort was the short film \"5:45am\", released in 2000 by IFC. His next project was \"Zero Day\", a fictionalized account of two high-school teens who", "title": "Ben Coccio" }, { "docid": "9048374", "text": "Ben Coccio Benjamin Coccio (born August 2, 1975) is an American filmmaker from Niskayuna, New York. He is best known for his feature film work, directing \"Zero Day\" and co-writing \"The Place Beyond The Pines\". Coccio attended the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1997 with a BFA Film/Animation/Video. Coccio's first directorial effort was the short film \"5:45am\", released in 2000 by IFC. His next project was \"Zero Day\", a fictionalized account of two high-school teens who plan and then execute a violent attack on their peers inside their high school. The film was admittedly a study of the", "title": "Ben Coccio" } ]
[ { "docid": "16027300", "text": "a long, slow watch in the final act, a detour into the next generation that sees the sons of Luke and Avery pick away at their daddy issues together. Cianfrance signposts the ripple effects of crime with giant motorway billboards, then pootles along, following a storyline that drops off Mendes and Byrne before winding on to its obvious conclusion.\" A negative review came from \"Slant Magazine\"s Ed Gonzalez, who criticized the film's plot, themes, \"self-importance\", shallow characters, and melodramatic nature. The Place Beyond the Pines The Place Beyond the Pines is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Derek", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "16027289", "text": "The Place Beyond the Pines The Place Beyond the Pines is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance with a screenplay by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, and Darius Marder from a story by Cianfrance and Coccio. It stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Emory Cohen and Dane DeHaan, with Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Bruce Greenwood, Harris Yulin, and Ray Liotta in supporting roles. The film reunites Cianfrance and Gosling, who worked together on the 2010 film \"Blue Valentine\". The film was scored by Mike Patton and also featured previously written music by Estonian composer Arvo", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "16027299", "text": "and score, but criticized the film's narrative flow. In \"The Daily Telegraph\", Robbie Collin drew attention to the film's \"lower-key and largely unstarry third act\" that was criticized in early reviews. \"In fact, it’s the key to deciphering the entire film,\" he wrote. Collin drew parallels between Gosling's character and James Dean's Jim Stark in \"Rebel Without a Cause,\" and said Cianfrance's film was \"great American cinema of the type we keep worrying we’ve already lost.\" Henry Barnes of \"The Guardian\" gave a mixed review, writing: \"\"The Place Beyond the Pines\" is ambitious and epic, perhaps to a fault. It's", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "16027298", "text": "Place Beyond the Pines\" finds writer/director Derek Cianfrance reaching for—and often grasping—thorny themes of family, fatherhood, and fate.\" On Metacritic has a score of 68 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Writing for the Indiewire \"Playlist\" blog, Kevin Jagernauth praised the film as an \"ambitious epic that is cut from some of the same thematic tissue as Cianfrance's previous film, but expands the scope into a wondrously widescreen tale of fathers, sons and the legacy of sins that are passed down through the generations\". David Rooney of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" praised the acting, cinematography, atmosphere,", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "2293329", "text": "the kind that makes every line funnier, even the small asides.\" At the 38th People's Choice Awards, he was nominated for Favorite Comedic Movie Actor. The year 2012 saw Cooper star in four films—\"The Words\", \"Hit and Run\", \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", and \"Silver Linings Playbook\". The mystery drama \"The Words\" failed commercially, as did the action comedy \"Hit and Run\". In Derek Cianfrance's critically acclaimed crime drama \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", Cooper played a rookie police officer, a role Cianfrance specifically wrote for him. The director drove five hours to Montreal to meet with Cooper to convince", "title": "Bradley Cooper" }, { "docid": "16027297", "text": "7, 2012; it received a limited release in the United States on March 29, 2013 and was widely released on April 12, 2013. The film grossed $279,457 from 4 theaters with an average of $69,864 per theater. The film ended up earning $21,403,519 in North America and $14,082,089 internationally for a total of $35,485,608, above its $15 million production budget. \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 80%, based on 211 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Ambitious to a fault, \"The", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "16027296", "text": "breaks down and tearfully apologizes for killing Jason's father. Instead of killing him, Jason steals Avery's wallet and leaves him unharmed. In the wallet, Jason finds the photo of him and his parents eating ice cream, which Avery had stolen from the evidence locker. Sometime later, Avery wins his bid for New York Attorney General, with A.J. at his side. Romina receives an envelope addressed to \"Mom\", with the old photograph inside. Jason purchases a motorcycle, starts the bike, and rides away from his old life. \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "18345265", "text": "parallel to the front of the house and incorporates an early gate. Beyond this is a pagoda and another outbuilding, with recent additions. The main house is surrounded by mature plantings including jacarandas, bunya pines, palms and figs. In the centre of the carriage loop is a circular grassed area with a standard rose in the centre, and to one side is a circular rose garden. On the opposite end of the house to the entrance is a grassed terrace with new plantings around the edges. At one end are large pines which flank a set of stone steps. The", "title": "Gabbinbar Homestead" }, { "docid": "9580926", "text": "fifty yards beyond the road, into the woods, is also included, to preserve the \"woodland retreat\" character of the site. The architecture of the lodge and cabins at White Pines was probably most influenced by the limitations on size instilled by the conservation effort underway at the southernmost stand of native white pines in the United States. When the site was under consideration for the lodge and cabins it had already seen extensive recreational use by the surrounding population. That use threatened to unhinge the delicate balance that existed within White Pines fragile ecosystem. As such, the Illinois State Park", "title": "White Pines State Park Lodge and Cabins" }, { "docid": "3839880", "text": "was voted number four in the 2008 edition, and number one in the 2009 edition, of AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women. \"People\" also named her one of 2012's Most Beautiful at Every Age. Mendes was in a relationship with filmmaker George Augusto from 2002 to 2010. In 2011, she began dating Ryan Gosling, whom she met on the set of \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", in which they both starred. The couple have two daughters: Esmeralda (born September 12, 2014) and Amada Lee (born April 29, 2016). Her first daughter's middle name and her second daughter's first name (Amada)", "title": "Eva Mendes" }, { "docid": "3839874", "text": "creative thing I've ever done\". In \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" (also 2012), a generational drama directed by Derek Cianfrance and alongside Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, Mendes portrayed the former lover of a motorcycle stuntman. The film was a moderate commercial success, and \"Entertainment Weekly\", in its review, described her performance as \"quietly heartbreaking\". She also visited Sierra Leone and was featured in the PBS documentary \"\", which aired in October 2012. In 2013, Mendes appeared in the HBO comedy film \"Clear History\", as a formerly heavy-set woman, and in 2014, she starred as a cabaret show performer in", "title": "Eva Mendes" }, { "docid": "16027292", "text": "Luke is arrested after hitting Kofi in the head with a wrench. After Robin bails him out of jail, Luke gives his savings to Romina to give to Jason when he's older. Luke insists on resuming their bank robberies, but Robin objects, and the two have a falling-out that results in Robin dismantling Luke’s motorcycle. Luke robs Robin at gunpoint, and uses the money to buy a new bike. Luke attempts to rob a bank alone, but is pursued by police. Luke is cornered in a house by rookie police officer Avery Cross (Cooper) and calls Romina, asking her not", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "16027294", "text": "the recording to get a position as an assistant district attorney. Fifteen years later, Avery is running for Attorney General of New York. He has his troubled teenage son A.J., who had been living with Avery’s ex-wife, move in with him and transfer to Schenectady High School. There, A.J. befriends Jason (DeHaan), but neither know the history between their fathers. The two are later arrested for felony drug possession, but when Avery is called in to pick up his son, he recognizes Jason's name. He gets Jason's charge dropped to a misdemeanor and orders A.J. to stay away from him.", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "14359328", "text": "The Cruelest Month The Cruelest Month, by Louise Penny, is the third novel in the Three Pines Mysteries series, which feature Inspector Armand Gamache. The novel, set in the small Canadian town of Three Pines, takes place around the Easter season. A group of friends visits a haunted house, hoping to rid it of the evil spirits that have haunted it, and the village, for decades. One of them ends up dead, apparently of fright. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team from the Sûreté du Québec investigate the old house and the villagers of Three Pines. \"The Cruelest Month\"", "title": "The Cruelest Month" }, { "docid": "9203434", "text": "White Pines State Park nearly became an Illinois State Park as early as 1903, when the state established its first state park at Fort Massac. Members of the Oregon, Illinois Woman's Council started the process by lobbying the Illinois legislature to set aside White Pines Woods as a state park. In 1903 the Illinois legislature appropriated US$30,000 for the purchase of White Pines Woods, the southernmost stand of virgin, native white pine trees in the state. The move was stalled when then-Illinois Governor Richard Yates vetoed the measure, citing costs. After 1903 and before 1927 (when the state park was", "title": "White Pines Forest State Park" }, { "docid": "19281191", "text": "to reduce erosion wilding pines. The solution was effective, with the pines spreading quickly over the western slopes of the mountain. In the early 1990s, however, it was noted that the pines were spreading beyond control and efforts have been made since that time to try to control them. Aerial spraying of the pines has been undertaken and has successfully reduced the area covered by the pines. Mid Dome Mid Dome is a prominent mountain in the northern Southland region that overlooks the township of Five Rivers and the Waimea Plain. It rises to a height of . Surrounding farms", "title": "Mid Dome" }, { "docid": "3500016", "text": "2011 it was featured on a Rochester episode of the Travel Channel's \"Man v. Food Nation\", starring Adam Richman. In the 2012 film \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" starring Ryan Gosling, Garbage Plates are mentioned as a \"must have\" for Bradley Cooper's character when he travels through Rochester, New York. In 2017, Youtuber Jenna Marbles (who grew up in Rochester) mentioned Garbage Plates as her favorite food and in \"My Boyfriend Cooks My Favorite Meal\" got her boyfriend, Julien Solomita, to make her a vegan version. Another YouTuber and Rochester native, Andrew Rea of \"Binging with Babish\", recreated the Garbage", "title": "Nick Tahou Hots" }, { "docid": "14999178", "text": "2016. As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Riverview Pines Subdivision had a population of 96 living in 33 of its 33 total dwellings, a -6.8% change from its 2006 population of 103. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2011. Riverview Pines Subdivision, Alberta Riverview Pines Subdivision is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 that is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. It is located on the east side of Range Road 72, south of Highway 43. As a designated place in", "title": "Riverview Pines Subdivision, Alberta" }, { "docid": "1744702", "text": "major characters in the Steve Balderson film \"Firecracker\". He has also expressed a desire to compose for film director David Lynch. Patton provided the voices of the monsters in the 2007 film \"I Am Legend\" starring Will Smith. He also worked on the Derrick Scocchera short film \"A Perfect Place\" for the score/soundtrack, which is longer than the film itself. In 2009, Patton created the soundtrack to the movie \"\". Patton composed the soundtrack to the 2012 film \"The Place Beyond the Pines\". In 2016, Patton provided the voice to lead character Eddy Table in a short animated film, \"The", "title": "Mike Patton" }, { "docid": "19828426", "text": "of it land. Whispering Pines, Gila County, Arizona Whispering Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. It is one of two locations in Arizona with this name, the other being a populated place in Greenlee County. The population was 148 at the 2010 United States Census. Whispering Pines is located in northern Gila County in the upper valley of the East Verde River, between Washington Park to the north and Beaver Valley to the south. It is north of Payson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Whispering Pines CDP has a total area", "title": "Whispering Pines, Gila County, Arizona" }, { "docid": "19828425", "text": "Whispering Pines, Gila County, Arizona Whispering Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. It is one of two locations in Arizona with this name, the other being a populated place in Greenlee County. The population was 148 at the 2010 United States Census. Whispering Pines is located in northern Gila County in the upper valley of the East Verde River, between Washington Park to the north and Beaver Valley to the south. It is north of Payson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Whispering Pines CDP has a total area of , all", "title": "Whispering Pines, Gila County, Arizona" }, { "docid": "1041109", "text": "Bay Pines, Florida Bay Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,931 at the 2010 census. The community is home to Bay Pines Veterans Hospital and Bay Pines National Cemetery. The Bay Pines Veterans Administration Home and Hospital Historic District is a U.S. historic district located at 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. in Bay Pines, Florida. The district contains prehistoric aboriginal sites, and 14 Mediterranean Revival style hospital buildings constructed from the 1930s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 2012. Bay Pines is located at (27.819235,", "title": "Bay Pines, Florida" }, { "docid": "14359329", "text": "was the recipient of the Agatha Award for best novel of 2008. It was also nominated for the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award and the Barry Award for best novel of 2008 The Cruelest Month The Cruelest Month, by Louise Penny, is the third novel in the Three Pines Mysteries series, which feature Inspector Armand Gamache. The novel, set in the small Canadian town of Three Pines, takes place around the Easter season. A group of friends visits a haunted house, hoping to rid it of the evil spirits that have haunted it, and the village, for decades. One of", "title": "The Cruelest Month" }, { "docid": "11148025", "text": "The Village at Castle Pines, Colorado The Village at Castle Pines (formerly Castle Pines Village) is a gated, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The Village at Castle Pines is situated south-southeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The community surrounds the Castle Pines Golf Club and the Country Club at Castle Pines. The Village at Castle Pines was founded as a gated residential community by Jack A. Vickers, and lies at an elevation of along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It is the northernmost incidence of tablelands along the Front Range", "title": "The Village at Castle Pines, Colorado" }, { "docid": "14999177", "text": "Riverview Pines Subdivision, Alberta Riverview Pines Subdivision is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 that is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. It is located on the east side of Range Road 72, south of Highway 43. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riverview Pines Subdivision recorded a population of 120 living in 38 of its 38 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 96. With a land area of , it had a population density of in", "title": "Riverview Pines Subdivision, Alberta" }, { "docid": "13629456", "text": "he made an unprecedented decision to abandon the trail and to ascend the northern peak in deep snow. \"After breakfast at one o’clock, being, as I conceive, on the highest part of the route, I became desirous of ascending one of the peaks, and accordingly I set out alone on snowshoes to that on the left hand or west side, being to all appearances the highest. The labour of ascending the lower part, which is covered with pines, is great beyond description, sinking on many occasions to the middle. Halfway up vegetation ceases entirely, not so much a vestige of", "title": "Hooker and Brown" }, { "docid": "5488666", "text": "District Attorney Thomas Reilly 52.67% to 47.27%. In 2002 she once again ran for Lieutenant Governor. She finished in second place in the Democratic primary (behind Chris Gabrieli and ahead of John P. Slattery). Lois Pines is currently a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank in Boston. Pines is married to Dr. Joseph Pines, a pulmonologist who is assistant clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both in Boston. They reside in Newton. Lois Pines Lois Pines is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court", "title": "Lois Pines" }, { "docid": "1041113", "text": "below the poverty line, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over. James H. Howard[http://www.cracked.com/article_19306_the-6-most-epic-one-man-armies-in-history-war.html ] 6. ↑ \"The 6 Most Epic One Man Armies in the History of War\". Cracked. 2011-08-04. Retrieved 2017-01-14. Bay Pines, Florida Bay Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,931 at the 2010 census. The community is home to Bay Pines Veterans Hospital and Bay Pines National Cemetery. The Bay Pines Veterans Administration Home and Hospital Historic District is a U.S. historic district located at 10000 Bay Pines Blvd.", "title": "Bay Pines, Florida" }, { "docid": "13279983", "text": "River Pines, California River Pines is a census-designated place in Amador County, California. It is located north-northeast of Fiddletown, at an elevation of 1985 feet (605 m). A post office opened at River Pines in 1948; it has the zip code of 95675. River Pines has a population of 379 (2010 census). In the 1920s, the growing middle class looked for weekend or summer vacation property to buy a cabin amid the pines. Developers Roy and Helen Brooke found suitable land along the south fork of the Cosumnes in the Bridgeport district, and developed River Pines Resort to sell cabin", "title": "River Pines, California" }, { "docid": "1013004", "text": "Lake of the Pines, California Lake of the Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) and a gated residential community in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 3,917 at the 2010 census. Lake of the Pines was laid out by property developers in the 1960s. Lake of the Pines is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (19.00%) is water. Lake of the Pines is commonly associated with", "title": "Lake of the Pines, California" }, { "docid": "8592958", "text": "(Class of 2008) represents the State Department in process of normalizing relations with Cuba 2013 - Gilbert King (Class of 1980) wins the Pulitzer Prize Award for non-fiction 2013 - Brian Chesky (Class of 1999) is on the cover of \"Forbes\" Magazine 2012 - Principal John Rickert appears live on ESPN's \"Outside the Lines\" to discuss concussions 2011 - Ben Coccio (Class of 1993) begins filming for the motion picture \"Place Beyond the Pines\" 2006 - David Holl (Class of 1982) is named the CEO of Mary Kay Cosmetics 2005 - Colin Angle (Class of 1985) is featured on the", "title": "Niskayuna High School" }, { "docid": "17224391", "text": "Emory Cohen Emory Isaac Cohen (born March 13, 1990) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in \"Afterschool\" (2008). He is best known for his roles as AJ Cross in Derek Cianfrance's film \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" (2012), Tony Fiorello in John Crowley's film \"Brooklyn\" (2015) and Homer in the Netflix series \"The OA\" (2016). Cohen was born in Manhattan, the only child of Donna (née Ackerman), a director of a preschool, and Noel Cohen, a music teacher. He is Jewish, a fourth generation New Yorker whose ancestors emigrated from Russia. Cohen made his stage debut", "title": "Emory Cohen" }, { "docid": "1010618", "text": "the CDP was $19,219. About 5.1% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.1% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over. In the state legislature, Pollock Pines is in , and . Federally, Pollock Pines is in . Pollock Pines, California Pollock Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pollock Pines lies at an elevation of 3,980 ft (1,213 m) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The population was 6,871 at the 2010 census,", "title": "Pollock Pines, California" }, { "docid": "8201687", "text": "films, Clohessy played a supporting role in \"Across the Universe\", playing the part of Jude's long-lost father. He played Jack Parker in \"The Crimson Mask\". His largest big budget film role was opposite Ryan Gosling in \"The Place Beyond the Pines\". Onstage, he played Mike in the Broadway Roundabout Theatre Company revival of \"Pal Joey\", from November, 2008 through February 2009. In 2012 he had a cameo in the film \"The Avengers\". Robert Clohessy Robert Clohessy (born June 10, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Correctional Officer Sean Murphy on the HBO prison drama \"Oz\"", "title": "Robert Clohessy" }, { "docid": "12431256", "text": "\"Adventureland\", \"Death at a Funeral\", \"Synecdoche, New York\", \"Gone\" (2012), \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" (2012) and \"The Age of Adaline\". Kimmel is an active philanthropist with an emphasis on healthcare, education, arts and culture. His goal is to donate $1 billion in total throughout his lifetime. In 1993, Kimmel founded the Sidney Kimmel Foundation. The foundation's Cancer Research division pledged to contribute $120 million to institutions serving healthcare, education, arts and culture. Later, in 2001, the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research donated $150 million to Johns Hopkins University. The donation became the largest single gift ever received by", "title": "Sidney Kimmel" }, { "docid": "5519762", "text": "Mahershala Ali Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (born February 16, 1974), known professionally as Mahershala Ali , is an American actor and rapper. Ali began his career as a regular on television series, such as \"Crossing Jordan\" and \"Threat Matrix,\" before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series \"The 4400\". His first major film release was in the 2008 David Fincher-directed romantic fantasy drama film \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\", and his other notable films include \"Predators\", \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", \"Free State of Jones\", \"Hidden Figures\", and as Boggs in \"The Hunger Games\" series. Ali is", "title": "Mahershala Ali" }, { "docid": "6870299", "text": "streams, lake, stone lanterns, and bridges set among naturalistic plantings. Plant collections include the Glendale Azalea Garden (150 varieties); the herb garden (100 species), the groundcover garden (28 varieties), and the pinetum (over 200 types of conifers). Per the Charlestown Township website, Swiss Pines is closed for the foreseeable future. Swiss Pines Swiss Pines is a arboretum and Japanese garden located on Charlestown Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania. It is open several days a week in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged for groups. Swiss Pines was established by Arnold Bartschi (1903-1996), born in Switzerland and by the mid-1930s, owner", "title": "Swiss Pines" }, { "docid": "1211053", "text": "18 and none of those age 65 or over. Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania Pocono Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,409 at the 2010 census. Pocono Pines is located at (41.114976, -75.460408). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (9.95%) is water. Pocono Pines is located in the heart of the Pocono Mountains and is home to the communities of Lake Naomi and Pinecrest Lake. Most of the land was originally owned by the Miller", "title": "Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "1211045", "text": "Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania Pocono Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,409 at the 2010 census. Pocono Pines is located at (41.114976, -75.460408). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (9.95%) is water. Pocono Pines is located in the heart of the Pocono Mountains and is home to the communities of Lake Naomi and Pinecrest Lake. Most of the land was originally owned by the Miller family. Frank C. Miller, his brother Rufus W. Miller,", "title": "Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "13279988", "text": "(63.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 137 people (36.1%) lived in rental housing units. River Pines, California River Pines is a census-designated place in Amador County, California. It is located north-northeast of Fiddletown, at an elevation of 1985 feet (605 m). A post office opened at River Pines in 1948; it has the zip code of 95675. River Pines has a population of 379 (2010 census). In the 1920s, the growing middle class looked for weekend or summer vacation property to buy a cabin amid the pines. Developers Roy and Helen Brooke found suitable land along", "title": "River Pines, California" }, { "docid": "1172290", "text": "Royal Pines, North Carolina Royal Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,272 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Royal Pines is located in southern Buncombe County at (35.477386, -82.509833). It is bordered to the west by U.S. Route 25A and the city limits of Asheville, and to the northeast by Mills Gap Road. Brown Mountain, with an elevation of , occupies the center of the CDP. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Royal Pines CDP has a total area of ,", "title": "Royal Pines, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "1035859", "text": "Timber Pines, Florida Timber Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,386 at the 2010 census. Timber Pines is located in southwestern Hernando County at (28.468625, -82.602006). It is bordered to the north, east, and south by Spring Hill and to the west by U.S. Route 19, which leads north to Weeki Wachee and south to Hudson. Brooksville, the Hernando County seat, is to the northeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Timber Pines CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.63%, are", "title": "Timber Pines, Florida" }, { "docid": "1013012", "text": "$52,105, and the median income for a family was $55,861. Males had a median income of $46,500 versus $32,155 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $23,357. About 4.7% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over. In the state legislature, Lake of the Pines is in , and . Federally, Lake of the Pines is in . Lake of the Pines, California Lake of the Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) and a gated residential community in", "title": "Lake of the Pines, California" }, { "docid": "3572042", "text": "A.O. Scott of \"The New York Times\" described the film as an excuse for the cast \"to earn some money trying out funny voices and suppressing whatever sense of nuance they might possess.\" Christy Lemire of the \"Boston Globe\" criticized Gosling's \"weird, whispery voice\" and his \"barely developed, one-note\" character. However, Betsy Sharkey of the \"Los Angeles Times\" felt that there was \"a seductive power\" in the scenes shared by Gosling and Stone: \"But like too much else in the film, it's a scenario that is only half played out.\" In \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", a generational drama directed", "title": "Ryan Gosling" }, { "docid": "17169764", "text": "on acquisition, distribution and marketing of Alex Gibney’s “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” “The Lifeguard” starring Kristen Bell, “C.O.G.,” “The World’s End,” “The Place Beyond the Pines,” and “Moonrise Kingdom.” Just before Sundance 2014, GoDigital announced that it was merging with Variance Films to form an all rights distribution company under the banner Amplify. GoDigital CEO Logan Mulvey is Amplify’s new CEO. GoDigital continues to exist as a label under the Amplify umbrella, remaining a major player in the digital distribution space. Broadband: iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, PlayStation, Xbox, Vudu, YouTube, Fandor, Bigstar, CinemaNow MSO's: Avail-TVN, Dish, InDemand", "title": "GoDigital" }, { "docid": "3839861", "text": "in \"Ghost Rider\" (2007) and \"The Spirit\" (2008), both film adaptations of comics, and ventured into more dramatic territory with \"We Own the Night\" (2007), \"\" (2009), \"Last Night\" (2010), and \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" (2012). Her other films include \"Out of Time\" (2003), \"The Women\" (2008), \"The Other Guys\" (2010), and \"Girl in Progress\" (2012). Mendes has appeared in several music videos for artists like Will Smith, and has also been an ambassador for brands, including Calvin Klein, Cartier, Reebok, Pantene shampoo, Morgan, and Peek & Cloppenburg. She has designed for New York & Company and is the", "title": "Eva Mendes" }, { "docid": "17060823", "text": "the Florida jury decided the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. The film grossed an estimated $127,445 on its first day and ended its first weekend of limited release with $377,285 from 7 theaters for a $53,898 per-theater-average. It is the third highest opening of the year for a film in limited release (behind \"Spring Breakers\" and \"The Place Beyond the Pines\") and it is also one of the best openings for a Sundance festival top prize winner. A week after its debut, \"Fruitvale Station\" expanded to 35 theaters and garnered $742,272 for $21,832 per-screen", "title": "Fruitvale Station" }, { "docid": "17841547", "text": "the first season of her Comedy Central show, Inside Amy Schumer, which earned high ratings in 2013 and went on to win a Peabody Award in 2014. Snider's short play, A Weekend Conference, debuted as part of The Collective's Fourth Annual C:10 Play Festival in September 2016. The dark comedy follows three men on their way to a gay reparative therapy weekend. The piece was directed by Richard Masur (Transparent, The Good Wife) and starred Snider, Mike Houston (Orange is the New Black, Sneaky Pete) and Gabe Fazio (Place Beyond the Pines, Homeland). The short play is currently being developed", "title": "Brandon T. Snider" }, { "docid": "19975349", "text": "housing units, of which 80 were occupied and 22 were vacant. As of July 2016, the average home value in Pinion Pines was $338,487. The average household income was $69,544, with a per capita income of $30,311. Pinion Pines, Arizona Pinion Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 186 at the 2010 census. Pinion Pines is located at (35.146630, −113.905814). According to the United States Geological Survey, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. As of the 2010 census, there were 186 people residing in the", "title": "Pinion Pines, Arizona" }, { "docid": "14829590", "text": "ownership of the Goodlad family until 1916 when it was sold. Hill Place Hill Place is a grade II listed Georgian country villa located near the village of Swanmore in Hampshire, England. Today, Hill Place is set within of well-tended parkland, beyond which is an apple farm and further afield the Meon Valley. It is hired out as a venue for weddings, private receptions and corporate events. In 2011, Hill Place was the subject of a Channel 4 television documentary presented by hotelier Ruth Watson as part of her \"Country House Rescue\" series. Richard Goodlad built Hill Place in about", "title": "Hill Place" }, { "docid": "1094051", "text": "Ocean Pines, Maryland Ocean Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,710 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical AreaIt shares the same ZIP code as Berlin, Maryland. The community began as a small resort in 1968 and today is the largest residential community in Worcester County with a diverse demographic and award-winning reputation. Ocean Pines has its own police department, fire department, water system, public works department and many awe-inspiring amenities that are managed by the Homeowner’s Association, Ocean Pines Association, Inc. (OPA). The community", "title": "Ocean Pines, Maryland" }, { "docid": "1010609", "text": "Pollock Pines, California Pollock Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pollock Pines lies at an elevation of 3,980 ft (1,213 m) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The population was 6,871 at the 2010 census, up from 4,728 at the 2000 census. Pollock Pines receives annual snowfall between 6 inches and 6 feet. The town sits on the westward side of the Sierra Nevada and receives several inches of precipitation each year. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area", "title": "Pollock Pines, California" }, { "docid": "17310599", "text": "50-city nationwide tour in the fall of 2012, opening for former musical group AER. Yonas has performed with many notable musicians including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Wale, Juicy J, Timeflies, Gorilla Zoe, The White Panda, and Logic. His music video \"Fall Back\" appeared in the motion picture, \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" (2012), starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper. His EP \"The Black Canvas\", released on February 4, 2013, appeared as no. 4 on iTunes Hip-Hop/ Rap charts and no. 25 on the iTunes overall album chart. Yonas is married to Shaelyn Mellesse. The couple's daughter was born in April", "title": "Yonas (hip hop artist)" }, { "docid": "16027295", "text": "Kofi finally tells Jason his father's name, allowing Jason to discover Luke's past on the Internet. Jason visits Robin, who tells him more about Luke and their robberies. Back in school, A.J. pressures Jason to steal Oxycontin, which Jason does, narrowly escaping the owner after failing to sneak back out undiscovered. Jason eventually realizes that A.J.'s father is the man who killed his own father. After a fight with A.J., which leaves Jason hospitalized, Jason buys a gun, breaks into the Cross family home, beats A.J., and takes Avery hostage. Jason forces Avery to drive into the woods, where Avery", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "2742015", "text": "(2002), Samuel Rhodes in \"Identity\" (2003), Markie Trattman in \"Killing Them Softly\" (2012), and Peter Deluca in \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" (2012). He also starred as Lieutenant Matt Wozniak in the television drama \"Shades of Blue\" (2016–2018). Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey, and adopted at the age of six months by Mary Liotta, an appointed township clerk, and Alfred Liotta, an auto-parts store owner, personnel director, and the president of a local Democratic club. His adoptive parents both unsuccessfully ran for local office. He has a sister, Linda Liotta, who is also adopted. Liotta has said he", "title": "Ray Liotta" }, { "docid": "10970979", "text": "as a stuntman. Miller was stunt double for Ryan Gosling in \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", and has worked as a stuntman in over fifty feature films. Rick Miller (speedway rider) Richard Leonard (Rick) Miller (born 12 January 1961, Reseda, California) is a former American international motorcycle speedway rider, and an automotive and motorcycle stuntman. Miller won two national BMX titles as a Webco-sponsored rider in his early teens. Miller then rode motocross in the southern California area before switching to Speedway. Miller started his speedway career in 1981, became pro the next year and won rookie of the year.", "title": "Rick Miller (speedway rider)" }, { "docid": "3572055", "text": "co-star from \"The Notebook\", fellow Canadian Rachel McAdams, from mid‑2005 to mid‑2007, and they briefly reunited in 2008. In September 2011, Gosling began dating his \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" co-star Eva Mendes. He has two daughters with Mendes, Esmeralda Amada Gosling (born September 12, 2014) and Amada Lee Gosling (born April 29, 2016). Gosling is supportive of various social causes. He has worked with PETA on a campaign to encourage KFC and McDonald's to use improved methods of chicken slaughter in their factories, and on a campaign encouraging dairy farmers to stop de-horning cows. Gosling volunteered in Biloxi, Mississippi", "title": "Ryan Gosling" }, { "docid": "11581149", "text": "Leonard Pines Leonard Pines (born Leonard Pinckowitz in 1911 - died July 2001) was a businessman who expanded Hebrew National Kosher Foods and introduced deli meats packaged for supermarkets. His most notable accomplishment was turning his Romanian immigrant father's business from selling deli meats out of a wagon into Hebrew National Kosher Foods, an industry leader. Leonard's revolutionary innovation consisted of packaging deli meats specifically for supermarkets. This successfully expanded his customer base beyond Kosher Jews to the general public. Leonard took over Hebrew National in 1935. He used a variety of promotions to expand sales to non-Jewish markets. For", "title": "Leonard Pines" }, { "docid": "10967075", "text": "It is said Evelyn planted two Scots pines by the front moat bridge, one of which still exists. On the steep hillsides within the forest are a series of contemporary gardens created in recent years. One famous garden is the drunken garden, a favourite of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's. It was at Groombridge Place that his world-famous Sherlock Holmes novel \"The Valley of Fear\" is set, although the House is renamed \"Birlstone Manor\". A zeedonk, a small donkey, and a herd of fallow deer inhabit the grounds. The gate to the secret garden leads to a tiny hidden corner where", "title": "Groombridge Place" }, { "docid": "7440589", "text": "a penal settlement where the convicts lived for several years. In 2005 L'Île-des-Pins gained attention when season 5 of French reality show Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta (\"The Adventurers of Koh Lanta\"), the French version of Survivor, was set on several small islands off the Isle of Pines. L'Île-des-Pins L'Île-des-Pins is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. L'Île-des-Pins is made up of the Isle of Pines, the smaller Kôtomo Island, and several islets around these two, as well as the distant island of Walpole, which is located almost to", "title": "L'Île-des-Pins" }, { "docid": "4120670", "text": "the pines were logged, and all we see left is a small percentage of survivors; or 2) that they were all planted. In reality, there is no evidence (stumps, historical accounts) that any significant logging took place, nor does the relatively wide extent of the stands and the great variety of age groups support a tree-planting theory. Most likely, the pines are relicts of a broader distribution during cooler climates. When the climate warmed, the only places the trees could survive were up on the high cooler ridges and shady slopes where they grow today. Chamise is undoubtedly the most", "title": "Henry W. Coe State Park" }, { "docid": "4364979", "text": "Hill, now strengthened by the arrival of Richard Anderson's brigade, hit the secondary Union line near Seven Pines, which was manned by the remnants of Casey's division, the IV Corps division of Brig. Gen. Darius N. Couch, and Brig. Gen. Philip Kearny's division from Heintzelman's III Corps. Hill organized a flanking maneuver, sending four regiments under Col. Micah Jenkins from Longstreet's command to attack Keyes's right flank. The attack collapsed the Federal line back to the Williamsburg Road, a mile and a half beyond Seven Pines. Meanwhile, another of Longstreet's brigades under Col. James L. Kemper, arrived on the field", "title": "Battle of Seven Pines" }, { "docid": "2633281", "text": "white pine blister rust. Mortality in white pines from rust is only about 3% today. It is listed as rare in Indiana. In the 19th century, the harvesting of Midwestern white pine forests played a major role in America's westward expansion through the Great Plains. A quarter million white pines were harvested and sent to lumber yards in Chicago in a single year. The white pine had aesthetic appeal to contemporary naturalists such as Henry David Thoreau (\"There is no finer tree.\") Beyond that, it had commercial applications. It was considered “the most sought and most widely utilized of the", "title": "Pinus strobus" }, { "docid": "9376619", "text": "promoted to production use and the XUL based staff client that required local machine installation will begin being phased out. Evergreen (software) Evergreen is an open source Integrated Library System (ILS), initially developed by the Georgia Public Library Service for Public Information Network for Electronic Services (PINES), a statewide resource-sharing consortium with over 270 member libraries. Beyond PINES, the Evergreen ILS is deployed worldwide in approximately 1,800 libraries, and is used to power a number of statewide consortial catalogs. In 2007, the original Evergreen development team formed a commercial company around the software, Equinox Software, which provides custom support, development,", "title": "Evergreen (software)" }, { "docid": "9376614", "text": "Evergreen (software) Evergreen is an open source Integrated Library System (ILS), initially developed by the Georgia Public Library Service for Public Information Network for Electronic Services (PINES), a statewide resource-sharing consortium with over 270 member libraries. Beyond PINES, the Evergreen ILS is deployed worldwide in approximately 1,800 libraries, and is used to power a number of statewide consortial catalogs. In 2007, the original Evergreen development team formed a commercial company around the software, Equinox Software, which provides custom support, development, migration, training, and consultation for Evergreen. As of 2014, several more companies and groups also provide support and related services", "title": "Evergreen (software)" }, { "docid": "13474684", "text": "California Pines, California California Pines is a census-designated place in Modoc County, California. It lies at an elevation of 4406 feet (1343 m). The population was 520 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 7.6 square miles (19.6 km²), 98.13% of it land, and 1.87% of it water. The 2010 United States Census reported that California Pines had a population of 520. The population density was 68.7 people per square mile (26.5/km²). The racial makeup of California Pines was 416 (80.0%) White, 11 (2.1%) African American, 16 (3.1%) Native American,", "title": "California Pines, California" }, { "docid": "15922355", "text": "Burt Pines Burt Pines (born May 16, 1939) is a California attorney and politician. He served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 1973 to 1981 and has served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2003. Pines was born (on 16 May 1939) Burt Landeau, the only child of Charles Landeau and Ruth Pines. His parents divorced when Pines was a year old, and his mother changed his name to Pines shortly thereafter. Pines graduated from the University of Southern California and then from the New York University Law School. Pines was elected Los Angeles City", "title": "Burt Pines" }, { "docid": "18345036", "text": "and beyond to more distant views. Approached from the east, the Baillie Henderson Hospital becomes apparent at some distance as a tree covered sanctuary on the east facing slope of the valley set back from the approach roads in a rural setting. On the site, significant and mature landscaping elements are planted along the principal driveways to the hospital proper and residences, around the buildings to provide shelter and restful gardens, to create vistas, pathways and to frame the recreation oval. These plantings include Bunya pines (Araucaria bidwilli) and many other species. Baillie Henderson Hospital was listed on the Queensland", "title": "Baillie Henderson Hospital" }, { "docid": "7490084", "text": "Bay Pines National Cemetery Bay Pines National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Pinellas County, northwest of the city of St. Petersburg, Florida. It encompasses , and as of the end of 2008, had 27,369 interments. Bay Pines address is 10,000 Bay Pines Blvd., North, Bay Pines, Florida in Pinellas County, adjacent to Bay Pines Veterans Administration Medical Center. The site is believed to have been used as a burial ground as early as the Indian Wars, but did not become an official cemetery until March 15, 1933, when it was used to inter those who died", "title": "Bay Pines National Cemetery" }, { "docid": "17695692", "text": "67% in target CO2 emissions. Hot water is supplied via solar thermal panels, while a small woodchips-fed biomass generator produces heat for an underfloor heating system if additional warmth is required. Water management is also another essential part of the design. The water supply comes from a sustainably managed bore-hole with all rainwater run-off feeding back into this supply. Grey and black water is fed through a reed bed filter and the resulting cleaned water is then can be used to feed the Pines Garden plants. It claims to be the first conference building in Europe to reach beyond carbon", "title": "Pines Garden" }, { "docid": "2853596", "text": "Italy, the stone pine has been an aesthetic landscape element since the Italian Renaissance garden period. The tree is among the symbols of Rome, where many historic Roman roads, such as the Via Appia, are embellished with lines of stone pines. Stone pines were planted on the hills of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul for ornamental purposes during the Ottoman period. In the 1700s, \"P. pinea\" began being introduced as an ornamental tree to other Mediterranean climate regions of the world, and is now often found in gardens and parks in South Africa, California, and Australia. It has naturalized beyond", "title": "Stone pine" }, { "docid": "5693694", "text": "in April 1994. It was posthumously released on the band's \"MTV Unplugged in New York\" album in November 1994, and as a promotional single from the album. In 2002 the song featured as a bonus track on Nirvana's \"best of\" compilation album \"Nirvana\". A solo Cobain home demo, recorded in 1990, appears on the band's 2004 rarities box set, \"With the Lights Out\". In the Pines \"In the Pines\", also known as \"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?\" and \"Black Girl\", is a traditional American folk song originating from two songs, \"In the Pines\" and \"The Longest Train\", both of", "title": "In the Pines" }, { "docid": "13273455", "text": "Minister Ehud Barak to immediately remove Rontzki from his post as chief military rabbi, due to his conduct during Operation Cast Lead. MK Ophir Pines-Paz asked Barak to order an immediate investigation into the activities of the military rabbinate. Pines-Paz wrote that \"The article gives cause for concern\" and that \"The [military] rabbinate is overstepping its authority, which is solely to provide religious services, and is acting in an aggressive manner in order to cause Israel Defense Forces soldiers to become religiously observant. This activity undermines religious-secular relations in the IDF and leads the army into dealing with areas beyond", "title": "Avichai Rontzki" }, { "docid": "18496581", "text": "for early colonial settlement, and which had been virtually removed from the Bald Hills district by the late 1860s. The two early Hoop Pines at St Paul's Anglican School are of horticultural interest and are rare specimens of trees of this age surviving in the Brisbane area. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. The Hoop Pines have aesthetic significance for their landmark value on the ridge at Bald Hills. The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. They also have a special association for", "title": "Hoop Pines, Bald Hills" }, { "docid": "9927518", "text": "include Salty Shores, Croatan Colony, Rolling Wood, Fox Lair, Bogue Pines, Whispering Pines, Karobi Park, Adams Harbor, Pearson Circle, Bar Harbor, Bluewater Banks. Businesses in Broad Creek include the former Broad Creek Family Restaurant, Cafe 24, Southern Beverage Inc., Clarks Cable co., Holland car group(?), McStore self-storage, Croatan Self Storage, The Fuel Market, \"Frank's Pizza and Subs\", The Gas Man, World Class auto Paint, and the Glass & Lighting place, a beauty salon and the Whispering Pines Campground and Mobile home park. Broad Creek, North Carolina Broad Creek is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Carteret County, North", "title": "Broad Creek, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "10963661", "text": "Point of Pines Sites Point of Pines Sites is a set of archaeological sites in the U.S. state of Arizona that are significant for associations with Ancestral Pueblo, Mogollon and Hohokam cultures. The sites were chosen as a field school location by Dr. Emil Haury because of the unusual presence of all three major prehistoric cultures of Arizona. Point of Pines, actually a series of pueblo sites on a spur off the Nantack Ridge, was also a good location for continuing research that had begun at Kinishba and Forestdale. For most of its early history the sites in the area", "title": "Point of Pines Sites" }, { "docid": "10963663", "text": "Historic Landmark in 1964. <br> Point of Pines Sites Point of Pines Sites is a set of archaeological sites in the U.S. state of Arizona that are significant for associations with Ancestral Pueblo, Mogollon and Hohokam cultures. The sites were chosen as a field school location by Dr. Emil Haury because of the unusual presence of all three major prehistoric cultures of Arizona. Point of Pines, actually a series of pueblo sites on a spur off the Nantack Ridge, was also a good location for continuing research that had begun at Kinishba and Forestdale. For most of its early history", "title": "Point of Pines Sites" }, { "docid": "18912269", "text": "Kauri pines (Agathis robusta); Bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii); and Hoop pines (Araucaria cunninghamii). Many of the trees, especially the Kauris along the southern boundary and the Bunyas near the former entrance drive off Anzac Avenue, have landmark value. The Dalaipi Forest, a plantation of Hoop pines (Araucaria cunninghamii) thought to be later re-growth, is not part of the heritage listing. Similarly, none of the school and church structures erected from the 1960s is part of the heritage listing. The Murrumba Homestead Grounds were listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 16 February 2009 having satisfied the following criteria. The place", "title": "Murrumba Homestead Grounds" }, { "docid": "1034560", "text": "females. The per capita income for the CDP was $32,908. None of the families and 1.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64. As of 2000, English was the first language for 100% of the population. Hillsboro Pines, Florida Hillsboro Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Broward County, Florida, United States. The population was 446 at the 2010 census. Hillsboro Pines is located at (26.326606, -80.196317). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²), all land. As", "title": "Hillsboro Pines, Florida" }, { "docid": "1034557", "text": "Hillsboro Pines, Florida Hillsboro Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Broward County, Florida, United States. The population was 446 at the 2010 census. Hillsboro Pines is located at (26.326606, -80.196317). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 406 people, 145 households, and 118 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 712.5/km² (1,810.0/mi²). There were 147 housing units at an average density of 258.0/km² (655.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.83% White (91.6% were Non-Hispanic", "title": "Hillsboro Pines, Florida" }, { "docid": "19975347", "text": "Pinion Pines, Arizona Pinion Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 186 at the 2010 census. Pinion Pines is located at (35.146630, −113.905814). According to the United States Geological Survey, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. As of the 2010 census, there were 186 people residing in the CDP: 87 male and 99 female. 35 were 19 years old or younger, 12 were ages 20–34, 33 were between the ages of 35 and 49, 57 were between 50 and 64, and the remaining 49 were", "title": "Pinion Pines, Arizona" }, { "docid": "11433888", "text": "Anatomy\"; \"The Wolves (Act I and II)\" was used in the first season of \"The United States of Tara\", the film \"The Place Beyond the Pines\" as well as in the final scenes of the film \"Rust and Bone\" ; \"Re:Stacks\" was featured in the Fox drama \"House\", as was \"Flume\" on May 16, 2011; \"Re:Stacks\" was also used for the closing sequence of the \"Silent Witness\" episode Death Has No Dominion, and \"Woods\" was used in the eighth episode of \"Skins\"' third series and appeared on the Series 3 soundtrack. In 2008 Bon Iver designed a T-shirt for the", "title": "Bon Iver" }, { "docid": "3489817", "text": "as one of the subjects in the \"Who's Who in Australia\" 2012 edition. In 2012, Mendelsohn played the supporting roles of John Daggett in Christopher Nolan's \"The Dark Knight Rises\" and Robin Van Der Hook in Derek Cianfrance's \"The Place Beyond the Pines\". In 2012, he appeared in Florence + the Machine's music video for \"Lover to Lover\". The video was directed by Vincent Haycock. In 2013, he guest starred in the TV series \"Girls\" as the father of Jessa, played by Jemima Kirke. In 2014, Mendelsohn joined the cast of \"Bloodline\", a Netflix original from the creators of \"Damages\".", "title": "Ben Mendelsohn" }, { "docid": "5519768", "text": "drama film \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\", and his other notable films include \"Predators\", \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", \"Free State of Jones\", \"Hidden Figures\", and as Boggs in \"The Hunger Games series\". For his performance as mentor and drug dealer Juan in the drama film \"Moonlight\" (2016), Ali received universal acclaim from critics and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the SAG Award and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, and received a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award nomination. His win at the 89th Academy Awards made him the first Muslim actor to", "title": "Mahershala Ali" }, { "docid": "3489721", "text": "Byrne, who's shaping up into an ace comedienne perfectly suited to screwball\". The film was a commercial success in the UK and Australia, where it was given a wide release in theaters. In \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", a generational drama directed by Derek Cianfrance, she appeared with Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, as the wife of a motorcycle stunt rider who robs banks to provide for his family. She played a Google executive in the film \"The Internship\", opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, as she was drawn for \"the way it addressed the generational gaps and the ever-changing", "title": "Rose Byrne" }, { "docid": "17224393", "text": "Place Beyond the Pines\" opposite Bradley Cooper and Dane DeHaan. The film received generally positive reviews and was a box office success. He had a recurring role as Debra Messing's character's son Leo during the first season of \"Smash\" and starred as Wendell Pierce's lover in the independent film \"Four\". In 2014, he appeared in the drama \"The Gambler\" playing a tennis player and in the independent film \"Beneath the Harvest Sky\". In 2015, he portrayed Tony, the love interest of Eilis, played by Saoirse Ronan, in \"Brooklyn\". Rex Reed praised his \"wonderful, warm and deeply touching performance\". In \"Variety\",", "title": "Emory Cohen" }, { "docid": "14631687", "text": "Records. For its 2011 collection, Parisian fashion house Givenchy used the band's song \"King Night\" to open and close the runway show, selected by Riccardo Tisci. Their song \"Trapdoor\" was featured in the 2012 film \"The Place Beyond the Pines\". Salem had been inactive since 2012, with no new releases since their 2011 EP 'I'm Still In The Night'. This lack of activity caused fans to question the status of the band, leading most to assume the band had ended. In July 2016, a new Salem album was announced via photographer Wolfgang Tillmans' Instagram account. Salem officially returned with a", "title": "Salem (American band)" }, { "docid": "5519766", "text": "full first name was \"a crazy thing to do considering that we're in Hollywood\", although he had never been pressured by managers or agents to change it. What persuaded him to use a shorter version of his first name was being told that his full name was too long to fit on the poster for \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", and not liking the alternative of \"M. Ali\" appearing on the poster, Ali changed it. He elaborated in an interview to \"Vanity Fair\" in October 2016: \"I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to", "title": "Mahershala Ali" }, { "docid": "20748049", "text": "place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. A superb unspoilt example of the fine domestic timber architecture once typical of this area set in a garden planted with palms, Norfolk pines, bougainvillea and other shrubs typical of the period. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The house and garden are particularly fine examples of early materials and designs adapted to the climate and conditions of the far northern areas of", "title": "Brundah" }, { "docid": "18774424", "text": "and is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a grand, two-storeyed brick residence with wide, ornate verandahs, observation tower, sandstone cellar, early water reticulation system, and set in substantial grounds [which include an olive grove, other significant plantings including Bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii), and disused dairy buildings], and with fine vistas over rural surroundings. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. The place has aesthetic significance, generated by the formal design, the use of rendered brick and stone, the large public rooms and fine joinery work and cedar panelling internally, the decorative verandahs with cast-iron posts, balustrading", "title": "Woodlands, Marburg" }, { "docid": "12490162", "text": "fragile of the state owned lands. The State Preserve covers the saltwater lagoon area of over adjacent to Torrey Pines State Beach and Torrey Pines State Reserve. An additional of marshland was added to this California State Parkland in 1987, when it was purchased from SDG&E for $2.25 million. SDG&E has originally purchased the land in 1966 as a possible site for a new nuclear power plant that was never built. In 1985, the California Coastal Conservancy created the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Enhancement Plan to deal with a number of human-caused problems. A lagoon management program is now in place", "title": "Los Peñasquitos Lagoon" }, { "docid": "5165517", "text": "Caledonian Forest The Caledonian Forest is the name given to the former (ancient old-growth) temperate rainforest of Scotland. The name comes to us from Pliny the Elder who reveals that 30 years after the Roman invasion of Britain their knowledge of it did not extend beyond the neighbourhood of \"silva caledonia\". He gives no information about where the \"silva caledonia\" was, but the known extent of the Roman occupation suggest that it was north of the River Clyde and west of the River Tay. The Scots pines of the Caledonian Forest are directly descended from the first pines to arrive", "title": "Caledonian Forest" }, { "docid": "1034745", "text": "toward the north of the city, which saw the strongest winds its residents had experienced in decades. The strongest wind officially recorded in the city was a sustained wind, with a wind gust. Most of the city was left without power for days, lights at intersections had been destroyed, a riot at a gas station which led to it being closed, most landscaping was destroyed or damaged beyond repair, and left minor structural damage (mainly roof and screen damage). In addition, schools remained closed for two weeks. Pembroke Pines is located in southern Broward County at . According to the", "title": "Pembroke Pines, Florida" }, { "docid": "6139651", "text": "Girl\" is a dark comedy about Moonie Pottie, a gifted teenager, who dreams of life beyond her small town. She becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door. Starring many local actors and mostly Canadian talent, it is set in the mid 1970s. Most of the scenes in the movie were actually filmed in the town of North Sydney. Canadian author Ann-Marie MacDonald set her #1 bestseller “Fall on Your Knees” in New Waterford, set in the early 20th century. Coal Dust Days is a week-long community celebration that takes place approximately the third week", "title": "New Waterford, Nova Scotia" }, { "docid": "16027293", "text": "to tell Jason who he was. Avery enters the room and shoots Luke in the stomach. Luke fires back, hitting Avery in the leg, but falls out the window to his death. Avery gains hero status after taking down Glanton, but feels remorse about the shooting. Avery and his fellow officers illegally seize the stolen money from Romina's home, but Avery tries to return the money to Romina, who rejects it. Avery then tries to turn the money in to the chief of police, who rebuffs him. Discouraged, Avery tape records other illegal practices in the police department, and uses", "title": "The Place Beyond the Pines" }, { "docid": "2293309", "text": "in the television series \"Sex and the City\". He made his film debut two years later in the comedy \"Wet Hot American Summer\". He first gained recognition as Will Tippin in the spy-action television show \"Alias\" (2001–2006), and achieved minor success with a supporting part in the comedy film \"Wedding Crashers\" (2005). His breakthrough role came in 2009 with \"The Hangover\", a critically and commercially successful comedy, which spawned two sequels in 2011 and 2013. Cooper's portrayal of a struggling writer in the thriller \"Limitless\" (2011) and a rookie police officer in the crime drama \"The Place Beyond the Pines\"", "title": "Bradley Cooper" }, { "docid": "12431307", "text": "Forster's \"The Kite Runner\", based on a novel of the same name, produced with DreamWorks, Participant Productions, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions, released by Paramount Vantage; the critical hit \"Breach\", the true story about an FBI traitor starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney; \"Lars and the Real Girl\", starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Craig Gillespie and released by MGM; and Oscar-nominated \"United 93\" directed by Paul Greengrass, based on the true story of the doomed flight of 9/11, in association with Universal Pictures. SKE also financed and produced \"The Place Beyond the Pines\", co-written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, starring", "title": "Sidney Kimmel Entertainment" } ]
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who played in the ghost and mrs. muir
[ "Hope Lange", "Charles Nelson Reilly", "Edward Mulhare", "Harlen Carraher", "Kellie Flanagan", "Reta Shaw" ]
[ { "docid": "10660621", "text": "dog. The cottage is haunted by the ghost of its former owner Daniel Gregg, a 19th-century sea captain, played by Edward Mulhare. Charles Nelson Reilly plays wacky local man Claymore Gregg, who rents the cottage to Mrs. Muir without telling her it is haunted by his ancestor. The book of the same name, by R.A. Dick, was published in 1945. It was brought to the silver screen in 1947 with Gene Tierney playing Mrs. Muir and Rex Harrison as Captain Gregg. While the movie had been a romantic fantasy combining comic and dramatic elements, the series focused much more on", "title": "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10660620", "text": "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series) The Ghost & Mrs. Muir is an American sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by R. A. Dick. It premiered in September 1968 on NBC. After NBC canceled the series, it aired on ABC for one season before being canceled a final time. The series stars Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir, a young widow and writer who rents Gull Cottage, near the fictional fishing village of Schooner Bay, Maine, along with her two children, a housekeeper (played by Reta Shaw) and their", "title": "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10660621", "text": "dog. The cottage is haunted by the ghost of its former owner Daniel Gregg, a 19th-century sea captain, played by Edward Mulhare. Charles Nelson Reilly plays wacky local man Claymore Gregg, who rents the cottage to Mrs. Muir without telling her it is haunted by his ancestor. The book of the same name, by R.A. Dick, was published in 1945. It was brought to the silver screen in 1947 with Gene Tierney playing Mrs. Muir and Rex Harrison as Captain Gregg. While the movie had been a romantic fantasy combining comic and dramatic elements, the series focused much more on", "title": "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10660624", "text": "& Mrs. Muir\" in the United States. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series) The Ghost & Mrs. Muir is an American sitcom based on the 1947 film of the same name, which was based on the 1945 novel by R. A. Dick. It premiered in September 1968 on NBC. After NBC canceled the series, it aired on ABC for one season before being canceled a final time. The series stars Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir, a young widow and writer who rents Gull Cottage, near the fictional fishing village of Schooner Bay, Maine, along with her two children, a", "title": "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)" }, { "docid": "5622644", "text": "and Mrs. Muir\" was adapted as an hour-long radio play on the December 1, 1947 broadcast of \"Lux Radio Theater\" with Charles Boyer and Madeleine Carroll, and was also adapted on the August 16, 1951 \"Screen Director's Playhouse\" with Boyer and Jane Wyatt. From 1968 to 1970, a TV series titled \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", starring Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare, aired on NBC and then ABC. It had the same premise and main characters as the book and film, but it was a situation comedy, downplaying the romantic fantasy elements and focusing on broad humor. The time and", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "5093261", "text": "of Esmeralda, a shy witch who served as a maid and babysitter to the Stephens' household. Ghostley's character of Esmeralda was created to replace Aunt Clara's role as a bumbler of magic. (Coincidentally, Ghostley and Lorne shared a brief scene together in the 1967 film \"The Graduate\", a few months prior to Lorne's death and before Ghostley was cast in \"Bewitched\".) On February 22, 1969, she appeared as Aggie on \"The Ghost & Mrs Muir\" (starring Edward Mulhare and Hope Lange). The episode was entitled \"Make Me A Match\". The captain and Mrs. Muir matched her with Claymore Gregg (Charles", "title": "Alice Ghostley" }, { "docid": "2510933", "text": "ischemic colitis infection at the age of 70. Hope Lange Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lange was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the 1957 film \"Peyton Place\". In 1969 and 1970, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". Lange was born into a theatrical family in Redding,", "title": "Hope Lange" }, { "docid": "2510921", "text": "Hope Lange Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lange was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the 1957 film \"Peyton Place\". In 1969 and 1970, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". Lange was born into a theatrical family in Redding, Connecticut. Her father, John George Lange (1885–1942), was", "title": "Hope Lange" }, { "docid": "8789211", "text": "Reta Shaw Reta Shaw (September 13, 1912 – January 8, 1982) was an American character actress known for playing strong, working women in film and on many of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. She may be best remembered as the housekeeper, Martha Grant, on the television series \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" and as the cook, Mrs. Brill, in the 1964 film \"Mary Poppins\". Reta Shaw was born in South Paris, Maine, on Friday, September 13, 1912, to Edna M. (née Easson) and Howard Walker Shaw. Her father was an orchestra", "title": "Reta Shaw" }, { "docid": "2409570", "text": "Edward Mulhare Edward Mulhare (8 April 1923 – 24 May 1997) was an Irish actor whose career spanned five decades. He is best known for his starring roles in two television series, \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" and \"Knight Rider\". Mulhare, one of three brothers, was born at 22 Quaker Road, Cork, County Cork, in what was then known as the Irish Free State, to John and Catherine (née Keane) Mulhare. As a child, he received his education at St. Nessan's Christian Brothers School, and later North Monastery. Mulhare, as a young adult, began schooling at the National University of", "title": "Edward Mulhare" }, { "docid": "2409574", "text": "the cancer for five months prior to his death. \"Team Knight Rider\" dedicated an episode titled \"K.R.O.\", to Mulhare's memory (broadcast 27 October 1997). He never married. He is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Tory Top Road, Cork City, Ireland. Edward Mulhare Edward Mulhare (8 April 1923 – 24 May 1997) was an Irish actor whose career spanned five decades. He is best known for his starring roles in two television series, \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" and \"Knight Rider\". Mulhare, one of three brothers, was born at 22 Quaker Road, Cork, County Cork, in what was then known as", "title": "Edward Mulhare" }, { "docid": "15450686", "text": "\"Macao\" (1952), starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. Rubin's feature film producing credits include \"The Narrow Margin\" (1952), \"River of No Return\" (1954) starring Marilyn Monroe, the comedy \"Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad\" (1967) starring Rosalind Russell, and the Clint Eastwood adventure drama \"White Hunter Black Heart\" (1990). His television producing credits include the series \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" (1968–1970) with Hope Lange and \"The Man and the City\" (1971–1972) with Anthony Quinn. For the former, he received an Emmy nomination as the producer of the Best Comedy Series.", "title": "Stanley Rubin" }, { "docid": "6220946", "text": "The townspeople yanking their collars after the rocket destroys the only bridge out of town is a reference to Charles Nelson Reilly's performance in \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". Waldo from \"Where's Waldo?\" appears near the top-left of a frame during the first group shot in the bomb shelter, imitating the style of the \"Where's Waldo?\" books. The bomb shelter scenes were based on \"The Twilight Zone\" episodes \"The Shelter\" and \"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street\". The episode makes references to \"Back to the Future\", including when Professor Frink accidentally sets his town model on fire, just like", "title": "Bart's Comet" }, { "docid": "10660622", "text": "laughs. The story was developed as a TV series by Jean Holloway and filmed at the Hollywood Studios. Hope Lange won two Emmy Awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 1968–1969 and 1969–1970. Despite Lange's consecutive Emmy wins, the show struggled in the ratings and only ran for two seasons. During its first year on NBC, it followed \"Get Smart\"; its Big Three competition was \"My Three Sons\" on CBS and \"The Lawrence Welk Show\" on ABC. In Spring 1969, NBC canceled the series. ABC picked it up and scheduled it to be shown on Thursday nights at", "title": "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)" } ]
[ { "docid": "5622634", "text": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) is a romantic-fantasy film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and is based on a 1945 novel written by Josephine Leslie under the pseudonym of R. A. Dick. In 1945, 20th Century Fox bought the film rights to the novel, which had been published only in the United Kingdom at that time. It was shot entirely in California. In the early 1900s, young widow Lucy Muir moves to the seaside English village of Whitecliff despite the disapproval of her mother-in-law and domineering", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "5622645", "text": "setting were changed, with the action taking place in a contemporary American coastal town (though the ghost was portrayed as being from the Victorian era). For the series, Mrs. Muir's first name was changed from Lucy to Carolyn and the children's names were changed from \"Cyril\" and \"Anna\" (in the original novel) to \"Jonathan\" and \"Candace\". The film was released on Blu Ray in 2013 by 20th Century-Fox after being selected in Fox's Voice Your Choice promotion. It was previously released on DVD as part of the 20th Century Fox Studio Classics collection. Streaming audio The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "3318695", "text": "the Grand Emir\"), she played an assassin who performs an exotic Arabian dance. She also played a Navy nurse with exotic Arabian dance skills in an episode of \"McHale's Navy\" (\"Pumpkin Takes Over\", 1965). She appeared in an episode of \"The Big Valley\" with Lee Majors and Barbara Stanwyck. In a 1968 episode of \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" (\"Haunted Honeymoon\"), she played Gladys Zimmerman, a bride-to-be who was stranded overnight at Gull Cottage. In a 1970 episode of \"Land of the Giants\" (\"Wild Journey\"), she played one-half of a humanoid, time-observing duo (alongside Bruce Dern) who chase two of", "title": "Yvonne Craig" }, { "docid": "5622643", "text": "the house into an ethereal mist. \"The New York Times\" reviewer called \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" \"a pleasurable film, despite its failings,\" singling out Edna Best for \"by far the best performannce \"[sic]\"\". In the writer's opinion, Harrison \"has such an ingratiating personality that this compensates in large measure for the lack of characterization in his role\", but Tierney \"is a pretty girl, but has no depth of feeling as an actress.\" Charles Lang received a 1947 Academy Award nomination for his cinematography on the movie. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: \"The Ghost", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "10660623", "text": "7:30 P.M. in September 1969, followed by \"That Girl\" and \"Bewitched\". The series was again unsuccessful in beating out another hit CBS series, \"Family Affair\". As a result, ABC canceled \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" in Spring 1970. The following year, \"Family Affair\" was canceled by CBS after a five-year run because it was in the same time slot as the NBC hit variety series \"The Flip Wilson Show\". On April 16, 2014, Madman Entertainment released both seasons on DVD in Region 4 (Australia ) for the first time. In July 2014 Amazon.com started selling both seasons of \"The Ghost", "title": "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)" }, { "docid": "8789217", "text": "department-store organist. In 1966, she appeared as Bessie, an undercover agent, in the episode of \"I Spy\" titled \"Lisa\". Shaw was a co-star on the sitcom \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" where she played housekeeper Martha Grant. The show took place in the fictional fishing village of Schooner Bay, Maine while Shaw was born in South Paris, Maine. Shaw also appeared on an episode (which aired September 23, 1968) in season 4 of \"I Dream of Jeannie\" titled \"Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks\", in which she played a strict dietician who has her innermost inhibition released (in her case a", "title": "Reta Shaw" }, { "docid": "4008635", "text": "experiences of modern people who are unexpectedly exposed to ghosts, and usually draw on traditional Indian literature or folklore. In some cases the Indian films are remakes of western films, such as \"Anjaane\", based on Alejandro Amenábar's ghost story \"The Others\". In fictional television programming, ghosts have been explored in series such as \"Ghost Whisperer\", \"Medium\", \"Supernatural\", the television series adaptation of \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" and \"Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)\". In animated fictional television programming, ghosts have served as the central element in series such as \"Casper the Friendly Ghost\", \"Danny Phantom\", and \"Scooby-Doo\", as well as minor", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "9128183", "text": "\"Tightrope\" (1959), \"General Electric Theater\" (1960–1962), \"The Tall Man\" (1961), \"Bachelor Father\" (1962), \"Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.\" (1965), and \"I Dream of Jeannie\" (1967). In 1962, Hughes played the role of murder victim Lita Krail in the 6th season, 1962 episode of \"Perry Mason\", entitled \"The Case of the Double-Entry Mind\". She played the recurring role of Mrs. Coburn on the television series \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". She appeared on \"M*A*S*H\" as Lorraine Blake, wife of unit commander Henry Blake, in a home movie she sent to him. Hughes portrayed Mitch, a secretary, on the NBC drama \"Bracken's World\" (1969-1971).", "title": "Kathleen Hughes" }, { "docid": "5746446", "text": "a lead actress Emmy and Golden Globe for her performance. In 1983, she appeared in the John Hughes movie \"Mr. Mom\" with Michael Keaton and Teri Garr. The same year, she appeared in the miniseries \"Malibu\", starring Kim Novak, Eva Marie Saint and James Coburn. That fall she starred on her own sitcom, \"Jennifer Slept Here\", in which she played a ghost in a variation on \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". By this time, \"It's a Living\" had become a surprise success in syndication. \"Jennifer Slept Here\" ended in 1984, enabling her to take a role in the miniseries \"Ellis", "title": "Ann Jillian" }, { "docid": "964510", "text": "for the 1964 film version, which earned him both a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Actor. In addition to his stage career, Harrison also appeared in numerous films, including \"Anna and the King of Siam\" (1946), \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), \"Cleopatra\" (1963), and played the title role of the English doctor who talks to animals, \"Doctor Dolittle\" (1967). In July 1989, Harrison was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1975, Harrison released his first autobiography. His second, \"A Damned Serious Business: My Life in Comedy\", was published posthumously in 1991. Harrison was married six times", "title": "Rex Harrison" }, { "docid": "4983482", "text": "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a 1966 American comedy-drama film starring Don Knotts as Luther Heggs, a newspaper typesetter who spends a night in a haunted house, which is located in the fictitious community of Rachel, Kansas. The working title was \"Running Scared\". The title is presumably a humorous variation of the film \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947). Luther Heggs (Don Knotts) is a typesetter at the \"Rachel Courier Express\" (the local newspaper in Rachel, Kansas), but he aspires to be a reporter. One night, observing what he believes to be a murder", "title": "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" }, { "docid": "5093262", "text": "Nelson Reilly). On March 6, 1970, she appeared on another episode of \"The Ghost & Mrs Muir\", \"Curious Cousin\". She played nosey Cousin Harriet. She interferes with Mrs Muir's private life. To divert her excessive attention, Claymore, posing as Captain Gregg, comes to court her. Ghostley's Esmeralda appeared in 15 episodes of \"Bewitched\" between 1969 and 1972. During her two years on \"Bewitched\", Ghostley also joined the cast of \"Mayberry R.F.D.\", playing Cousin Alice (the namesake of rock singer Alice Cooper) after Frances Bavier's character, Aunt Bee, was written out of the series. She appeared in 14 episodes. After eight", "title": "Alice Ghostley" }, { "docid": "19102826", "text": "and later had their own Australian television variety show \"The Delo and Daly Show\" (1963–64), which featured Australian and American performers. Daly also hosted the television interview show \"Daly at Night\" in Melbourne. Daly first appeared on American television in guest roles in such series as \"Bewitched\", \"The Flying Nun\", and \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". His first regular character role was in \"Petticoat Junction\", where he played game warden Orrin Pike, the love interest of Bobbie Jo Bradley (played by Lori Saunders). He later starred as Jimmy Stewart's adult son Peter Howard in \"The Jimmy Stewart Show\", and as", "title": "Jonathan Daly" }, { "docid": "9002051", "text": "the \"Visions of Sugarplums\" episode of \"Bewitched\". In 1967, Kellaway played the part of a lonely, megawealthy much older suitor of Ann Marie (played by Marlo Thomas) in an episode of \"That Girl\". Other TV appearances included \"Valentine's Day\", \"Burke's Law\", \"The FBI\", and \"The Greatest Show on Earth\". Kellaway's last films included \"Spinout\" (1966), \"The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin\" (1967) and \"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner\" (1967), which earned him another Oscar nomination. He appeared in episodes of \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" and \"Nanny and the Professor\" and the TV version of \"Kismet\" (1967). His final performances included", "title": "Cecil Kellaway" }, { "docid": "2409572", "text": "in Hollywood appearing in films and television shows. He earned a role in the films \"Von Ryan's Express\" in 1965, \"Our Man Flint\" in 1966, and \"Caprice\" in 1967. He guest-starred in television programs, including the \"Twelve O'Clock High\" episode \"Siren Voices\" as Luftwaffe Colonel Kurt Halland. He also guest-starred in \"Experiment In Terra\", an episode of the original \"Battlestar Galactica\". In \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", a supernatural sitcom that ran from 1968 to 1970, he starred as Captain Daniel Gregg, and again was something of a successor to Rex Harrison, who had originated the role of \"The Ghost\"", "title": "Edward Mulhare" }, { "docid": "12330142", "text": "studio. I am worth much more to the company than I was a year ago [when his contract was renegotiated] and an actor must insure himself against the time when he is no longer wanted.\" The dispute was ended when the studio increased his salary to $5,000 a week. Filming resumed in October 1946 and ended on March 1947. The budget by the end was $6.5 million. George Sanders was filming a part in \"The Ghost and Mrs Muir\" at the same time. The film was completed and released in New York in October 1947. The film played 451 dates", "title": "Forever Amber (film)" }, { "docid": "964034", "text": "\"Together Again\" (1944) with Dunne; \"Congo\" (1944), a short; and \"Confidential Agent\" (1945) with Lauren Bacall, at Warners. Boyer began his post war career with \"Cluny Brown\" (1946) with Jennifer Jones directed by Ernst Lubitsch. He was Warners highest paid actor at this stage earning $205,000 in 1945. In 1947, he was the voice of Capt. Daniel Gregg in the Lux Radio Theater's presentation of \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", played in the film by Rex Harrison. In 1948, he was made a \"chevalier\" of the French \"Légion d'honneur\". That year he did a thriller \"A Woman's Vengeance\" (1948). Another", "title": "Charles Boyer" }, { "docid": "3384639", "text": "house detective, a character whose distinctive mannerisms and catchphrases would soon carry over into his Maxwell Smart role on \"Get Smart\". In similar fashion, several of Harris's tropes from the series, such as \"Oh, the pain!\", along with the character's mannerisms and delivery, became part of the Dr. Zachary Smith character on \"Lost in Space\". In an apparent homage to his earlier role, Harris played a similarly pompous diplomat on \"Get Smart\" in 1970. His female assistant was named Zachary. Harris also guest-starred on \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". Harris was cast over two other actors for the role of", "title": "Jonathan Harris" }, { "docid": "16550788", "text": "part. I earn my eats by Shakespeare; thank God it's always coming up.\" Whitford Kane appeared in a handful of films over the 1930s and 40s, the most memorable probably being \"The Adventures of Mark Twain\" (1944) starring Fredric March, and the 1947 film \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", in which he played the publisher Mr. Sproule. His career extended into the early years of television where the \"round little man with a plum for a nose, a plump chin and ruddy full-blown cheeks\" was one Christmas Eve called upon to play Santa Claus. Kane was a member of the", "title": "Whitford Kane" }, { "docid": "8610662", "text": "always screen throughout the year and, more often than not, it was paired with another program at 6:00: most notably \"The Goodies\"; but also others such as \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Spike Milligan's Q\" or ABC productions such as \"Home\" or \"Sweet & Sour\". \"Doctor Who\" would usually be followed by a single music video clip or some other suitably short program to fill the remaining five minutes before the 7pm news (\"Doctor Who\" episodes were generally 25 minutes long at the time). However, in early 1981 those who were eagerly awaiting the return of \"Doctor Who\" after the", "title": "Doctor Who in Australia" }, { "docid": "4008631", "text": "of ghosts became common, and spanned a variety of genres. The works of Shakespeare, Dickens and Wilde have all been made into cinematic versions, as well as adaptations of other playwrights and novelists. One of the well known short films was \"Haunted Castle\" directed by Georges Méliès in 1896. It is also considered as the first silent short film depicting ghost and supernatural events. After the second World War, sentimental depictions of ghosts were more popular in cinema than horror, and include the 1947 film \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", which was later adapted to television with a successful 1968–70", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "6091407", "text": "Higginbotham in \"Gunga Din\" (1939). His acting career was interrupted by his service as a squadron leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He played Bob Trubshawe in Powell and Pressburger's \"A Matter of Life and Death\" (1946), chosen for the first-ever Royal Film Performance on 1 November 1946, before he returned to Hollywood, where his films included \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), \"Forever Amber\" (1947), \"The Three Musketeers\" (1948), and Orson Welles' \"Othello\" (1952). In 1956, Coote created the role of Colonel Pickering in the original Broadway production of \"My Fair Lady\" (1956–62), which", "title": "Robert Coote" }, { "docid": "159176", "text": "Hill House\" to \"The Haunting\" in 1963 is an exception. Sentimental depictions during this period were more popular in cinema than horror, and include the 1947 film \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", which was later adapted to television with a successful 1968–70 TV series. Genuine psychological horror films from this period include 1944's \"The Uninvited\", and 1945's \"Dead of Night\". The 1970s saw screen depictions of ghosts diverge into distinct genres of the romantic and horror. A common theme in the romantic genre from this period is the ghost as a benign guide or messenger, often with unfinished business, such", "title": "Ghost" }, { "docid": "1530689", "text": "Gene Tierney Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as a great beauty, she became established as a leading lady. Tierney was best known for her portrayal of the title character in the film \"Laura\" (1944), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ellen Berent Harland in \"Leave Her to Heaven\" (1945). Tierney's other roles include Martha Strable Van Cleve in \"Heaven Can Wait\" (1943), Isabel Bradley Maturin in \"The Razor's Edge\" (1946), Lucy Muir in \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947),", "title": "Gene Tierney" }, { "docid": "12079764", "text": "Cyrus Andrews Frederick Cyrus Andrews (8 December 1902 – March 1988) was born in Bushey, Herts. In 1947, he compiled and edited the \"Radio Who's Who\" for Pendulum Publications. This book was updated as \"Radio and Television Who's Who\" in 1950 and 1954. Andrews was educated at Christ's Hospital before working in banking for 25 years. After this he turned to journalism when he became the radio critic for Sunday Empire News. He was also a radio writer for other publications, including Sound and Band Wagon. In 1949 he adapted \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" for radio, and contributed many", "title": "Cyrus Andrews" }, { "docid": "11422381", "text": "Bill Francoeur Bill Francoeur (November 18, 1948 – February 2, 2015) was a musical theatre composer and actor, who produced over 75 musicals for the amateur theatre market in a career spanning over 25 years. Children who sing on Francoeur's CDs include Brooke Mercer, Kelsie Mercer, Kate Louis, Victoria Olona and Jessica Olona. Francoeur was a junior and senior high school teacher for ten years before turning to playwriting. His work includes the music and lyrics for the musical \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" (2005), co-written with longtime collaborator Scott DeTurk, with a book by James Mellon. With DeTurk, Francoeur", "title": "Bill Francoeur" }, { "docid": "10836556", "text": "They are still being shown in the U. K and in other parts of the world. One of the main characters in the series was Mrs Croker, played by Jean Marsh ( who also acted in Upstairs Downstairs). Will Theakston played Roddy Oliver. The ghost boy, William Povey, was played by Lee Godwin and Roddy's sister was played by Verity-Jane Dearsley. \"The Ghost Hunter\" and \"The Ghost Hunter at Chillwood Castle\" have also been published as an audiobook and in large print. The Ghost Hunter is also published in Japanese. \"The Ghost Hunter's House of Horror\" was the third book", "title": "Ivan Jones (author)" }, { "docid": "3906051", "text": "her role as the mother in the original 1934 film version of Alfred Hitchcock's \"The Man Who Knew Too Much\". Among her other film credits are \"\" (1939), \"Swiss Family Robinson\" (1940), \"The Late George Apley\" and \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (both 1947) and \"The Iron Curtain\" (1948). Best received a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1957 for her role in \"This Happy Breed\". She had appeared on television as early as 1938, in a live production of the play \"Love from a Stranger\", adapted from the Agatha Christie short story \"Philomel Cottage\" by Frank Vosper. Best was", "title": "Edna Best" }, { "docid": "5598822", "text": "Victoria Horne Victoria Horne (November 1, 1911 – October 10, 2003) was an American character actress, appearing in 49 films (uncredited in 25 of these) during the 1940s and 1950s. Horne was born on November 1, 1911, in New York City, New York, to Ignatz Hornstein (who emigrated from Braila, Romania) and Mary Louise Schoenwetter Hornstein. She was the second of four children. The family named was changed to \"Horne\" when she was a child. She was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. The films in which she appeared included \"Blue Skies\", \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\",", "title": "Victoria Horne" }, { "docid": "834534", "text": "three hours per day in the classroom, notes Harris. \"She was a straight A student\", and one of the few child actors to excel at arithmetic. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who directed her in \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), said that \"In all my years in the business, I never met a smarter moppet.\" Wood remembered that period in her life, saying, \"I always felt guilty when I knew the crew was sitting around waiting for me to finish my three hours. As soon as the teacher let us go, I ran to the set as fast as I", "title": "Natalie Wood" }, { "docid": "9730866", "text": "Studio One\", \"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour\", \"The Andy Griffith Show\", \"The Debbie Reynolds Show\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Mayberry R.F.D.\", \"I Dream of Jeannie\", \"Bewitched\", \"The Courtship of Eddie's Father\", \"Love, American Style\", \"That Girl\", \"Nanny and the Professor\", \"Room 222\", \"Mannix\", \"Here's Lucy\", \"Gunsmoke\", \"Marcus Welby, M.D.\", \"Phyllis\", \"Little House On The Prairie\", \"All in the Family\" (on which she had a recurring role during 1974 and 1975), and \"The Streets of San Francisco\", \"Naked City. Her film debut was in \"The Guy Who Came Back\" (1951), followed by memorable roles in \"The Parent Trap\" (as camp counselor", "title": "Ruth McDevitt" }, { "docid": "6834080", "text": "an episode of the popular The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV Series) sitcom, playing a gangster who sounds a lot like Humphrey Bogart. He ended the decade with an appearance as a thief trying to hold up Lucille Ball on the Here's Lucy show. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Marks made frequent appearances on \"The Dean Martin Show\", \"The Mike Douglas Show\", \"The Joey Bishop Show\"; on \"The Merv Griffin Show\" alone he appeared a total of 15 times over nine years. During this time he also continued to work in night clubs all over the country and in Las", "title": "Guy Marks" }, { "docid": "5568589", "text": "Philip Dunne (writer) Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 – June 2, 1992) was a Hollywood screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox crafting well regarded romantic and historical dramas, usually adapted from another medium. Dunne was a leading Screen Writers Guild organizer and was politically active during the \"Hollywood Blacklist\" episode of the 1940s-1950s. He is best known for the films \"How Green Was My Valley\" (1941), \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), \"The Robe\" (1953) and \"The Agony and the Ecstasy\" (1965).", "title": "Philip Dunne (writer)" }, { "docid": "5622640", "text": "thing has happened before with other women. She leaves, heartbroken, and returns to Whitecliff to spend the rest of her life as a recluse with Martha to look after her. Anna, now grown, returns with her fiancé, a Royal Navy lieutenant. In the course of a conversation with her mother, Anna reveals that she too had seen Gregg's ghost; it was her childhood companion. She also knew about her mother's relationship with Miles Fairley. Lucy reveals that Fate has not been kind to Fairley; he has become fat, bald and a heavy drinker, and his wife and children have finally", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "5622635", "text": "sister-in-law. She rents Gull Cottage despite its reputation of being haunted by the spirit of a seaman who committed suicide there, and moves in with her young daughter, Anna, and her maid, Martha. On the first night she is visited by the apparition of the former owner, a roguish but harmless sea captain named Daniel Gregg. He tells her that his death four years ago was not a suicide but was the product of accidentally kicking open the valve on a gas-fired room heater while asleep. He explains that he had wanted to turn Gull Cottage into a home for", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "11077583", "text": "first screen appearance during the silent film era (she frequently co-starred with Owen Nares) and appeared in nearly 100 films throughout her career. She met her first husband, director Maurice Elvey, when he cast her in his 1919 film \"Quinneys\". He went on to direct her in eight more films before they divorced. Elsom's other screen credits included \"The White Cliffs of Dover\" (1944), \"The Unseen\" (1945), \"Of Human Bondage\" (1946), \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", \"Monsieur Verdoux\", \"The Paradine Case\", and \"The Two Mrs. Carrolls\" (all 1947), \"The Secret Garden\" (1949), \"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing\" (1955), \"Lust for", "title": "Isobel Elsom" }, { "docid": "1422099", "text": "Bernard Herrmann Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herman; June 29, 1911December 24, 1975) was an American composer best known for his work in composing for motion pictures. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. An Academy Award-winner (for \"The Devil and Daniel Webster\", 1941; later renamed \"All That Money Can Buy\"), Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously \"Psycho\", \"North by Northwest\", \"The Man Who Knew Too Much\", and \"Vertigo\". He also composed scores for many other films, including \"Citizen Kane\", \"The Day the Earth Stood Still\", \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\",", "title": "Bernard Herrmann" }, { "docid": "16619310", "text": "He also played alongside Conor McCarron in the feature film \"Neds\" as PC Muir, directed by Peter Mullan. and Brendan O'Carrolls Mrs Browns Boys D'Movie. He has worked extensively in theatre, film, and television. It was whilst doing pantomime in Glasgow in 2000 that he met Brendan O'Carroll who asked him to work for him in his production company and tour with his theatre show \"Mrs. Brown's Boys\" which has since transferred to television on BBC One and has become a multi award winning show. Gary and his wife divorced in 2017. They have three sons Zachary, Jack and Charlie.", "title": "Gary Hollywood" }, { "docid": "964514", "text": "Garland in 1981, cementing his association with the plays of George Bernard Shaw, which included a Tony nominated performance as Shotover in \"Heartbreak House\", Julius Caesar in \"Caesar and Cleopatra\", and General Burgoyne in a Los Angeles production of \"The Devil's Disciple\". Harrison's film debut was in \"The Great Game\" (1930), other notable early films include \"The Citadel\" (1938), \"Night Train to Munich\" (1940), \"Major Barbara\" (1941), \"Blithe Spirit\" (1945), \"Anna and the King of Siam\" (1946), \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), and \"The Foxes of Harrow\" (1947). He was best known for his portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins", "title": "Rex Harrison" }, { "docid": "8978576", "text": "the aid of her future husband, Kris Kringle. Robie Lester provided the singing voice for Vera Ralston in \"Accused of Murder\" and for Eva Gabor's animated characters in Disney's \"The Aristocats\" and \"The Rescuers\". Other credits included vocal performances in \"House of Bamboo\" and \"Lisbon\" (both as Roby Charmandy), \"The Three Lives of Thomasina\", \"The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo\", \"The City That Forgot About Christmas\", \"Devlin\", and \"The Funny Company\" (as Polly Plum). She also contributed uncredited vocals to other films and television shows, and had small roles in The Sword of Ali Baba, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,", "title": "Robie Lester" }, { "docid": "10664405", "text": "meeting.\" Despite the apparent prejudice against him, his talent and tenacity landed him on Broadway, winning his first Tony Award for his role in \"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying\", as well as leading roles in the original Broadway casts of \"Bye Bye Birdie\" and \"Hello, Dolly!\" Reilly went on to become a fixture in television appearing in numerous episodes of \"Car 54, Where Are You?\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", and starring in \"Lidsville\". He also made hundreds of guest appearances on \"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson\", second in number of appearances only to Bob Hope,", "title": "The Life of Reilly" }, { "docid": "2631147", "text": "(1947). Sanders was the third lead in the elegiac \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947) at Fox, supporting Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. After playing the lead in \"Lured\" (1947) Fox cast him as Charles II in their expensive blockbuster \"Forever Amber\" (1949). The same studio used him in \"The Fan\" (1949). He was a villain in Cecil B. DeMille's biblical epic \"Samson and Delilah\" (1949), the most popular film of the year. For his role as the acerbic, cold-blooded theatre critic Addison DeWitt in \"All About Eve\" (1950), Sanders won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was", "title": "George Sanders" }, { "docid": "9896735", "text": "Debra and Tracy and his grandson Michael. He died in January 2016 at the age of 90. Mickey Manners Mickey Manners (October 12, 1925 – January 28, 2016) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and stand-up comedian. He was a regular panelist on the game show \"Pantomime Quiz\". He also appeared on \"Murphy Brown\", \"Here's Lucy\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Hogan's Heroes\", \"Lost in Space\", \"Get Smart\", and \"Perry Mason\". He had small roles in two Jerry Lewis films: \"The Errand Boy\" (1961) and \"Which Way to the Front?\" (1970). In the 1964-1965 season, he starred with John McGiver", "title": "Mickey Manners" }, { "docid": "14336096", "text": "of hit recordings entitled \"Popular Piano Concertos.\" As music tastes changed in the late 1960s, Greeley had already moved into television, composing themes and music for popular TV series like \"My Favorite Martian,\" \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,\" \"Nanny and the Professor,\" and \"Small Wonder.\" He performed as featured piano soloist and as guest conductor in concert appearances around the world. He died from emphysema at age 89 in Los Angeles, California. Greeley was born Georgio Guariglia in Westerly, Rhode Island on 23 July 1917, soon after his family emigrated from Italy. Most of the family's members were musically gifted", "title": "George Greeley" }, { "docid": "18545172", "text": "mostly in small and supporting roles. Notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland, whose ensemble cast included Cary Grant, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper and Edward Everett Horton; the classic \"Mutiny on the Bounty\" (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; the 1936 film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic, \"Last of the Mohicans\", directed by George B. Seitz, and starring Randolph Scott; \"The Prince and the Pauper\" (1937), starring Errol Flynn and Claude Rains; Howard Hawks' 1941 classic, \"Sergeant York\", with Gary Cooper; and \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), directed by Joseph", "title": "Will Stanton (actor)" }, { "docid": "9896733", "text": "Mickey Manners Mickey Manners (October 12, 1925 – January 28, 2016) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and stand-up comedian. He was a regular panelist on the game show \"Pantomime Quiz\". He also appeared on \"Murphy Brown\", \"Here's Lucy\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Hogan's Heroes\", \"Lost in Space\", \"Get Smart\", and \"Perry Mason\". He had small roles in two Jerry Lewis films: \"The Errand Boy\" (1961) and \"Which Way to the Front?\" (1970). In the 1964-1965 season, he starred with John McGiver in the role of Joe Foley on the short-lived CBS sitcom \"Many Happy Returns\", set in the", "title": "Mickey Manners" }, { "docid": "14959947", "text": "in \"Worse Than Murder\", a play by Lou Shaw at the Ventura Court Theater in California. After appearing on the \"Mister Ed\" TV series in 1961, Rose has guest starred on many television shows, including \"Pete and Gladys\", \"That Girl\", \"Gomer Pyle\" as Sgt Carter's sister on the Episode called My Fair Sister, \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", \"The Partridge Family\",\" Mannix\", \"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman\" (as coach's wife Blanche Fedders) and \"To Rome with Love\". She also had a regular role on \"Temperatures Rising\" as Nurse Mildred MacInerny. Rose has also appeared in such films as \"Three in the", "title": "Reva Rose" }, { "docid": "148706", "text": "World War II. These include \"Beyond Tomorrow\", \"The Devil and Daniel Webster\", and \"Here Comes Mr. Jordan\", all from 1941, \"Heaven Can Wait\" the musical \"Cabin in the Sky\" (1943), the comedy \"The Horn Blows at Midnight\" and romances such as \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), \"One Touch of Venus\" and \"Portrait of Jennie\", both 1948. An astonishing anticpation of the full \"sword and sorcery\" genre was made in 1941 in Italy by Alessandro Blasetti. \"La Corona di Ferro\" presents the struggles of two imaginary kingdoms around the legendary Iron Crown (historically the ancient crown of Italy), with war,", "title": "Fantasy film" }, { "docid": "2530650", "text": "the 1960s and 1970s included Excedrin and Bic Banana Ink Crayons. From 1968 to 1970, he appeared as the constantly flustered bumbler Claymore Gregg on the television series \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". He also appeared as a regular on \"The Dean Martin Show\" and had multiple guest appearances on various television series, including \"McMillan & Wife\", \"The Patty Duke Show\", \"Here's Lucy\", \"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In\", \"The Love Boat\", and \"Love, American Style\". In 1971, he appeared as the evil magician Hoodoo in \"Lidsville\", a children's program on ABC. Reilly was also a frequent guest on \"The Tonight Show", "title": "Charles Nelson Reilly" }, { "docid": "20030986", "text": "and \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", the latter of which he also served as a producer. In 1969, Leeds created his first television series, a short-lived CBS sitcom, \"The Queen & I\". After \"The Brady Bunch\" concluded production for good in 1974, Leeds joined Tandem Productions as a writer and producer for several of their series, including first working on the \"Sanford and Son\" spinoff, \"Grady\", and then became one of the lead producers of the NBC sitcom \"Diff'rent Strokes\", when the series debuted in 1978. Along with veteran writer/producer Ben Starr, they both went on to create the aforementioned", "title": "Howard Leeds" }, { "docid": "1394343", "text": "TV roles on shows such as \"Peyton Place\", \"Gidget\", \"That Girl\", \"Gunsmoke\", \"Bewitched\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", and \"The Big Valley\". During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he also performed on stage on Broadway, Off-Broadway, repertory, and improvisational theater. Dreyfuss appeared in the play \"The Time of Your Life\", which was revived on March 17, 1972 at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles, and directed by Edwin Sherin. Dreyfuss's first film role was a small, uncredited appearance in \"The Graduate\". He had one line, \"Shall I get the cops? I'll get the cops\". He was also briefly", "title": "Richard Dreyfuss" }, { "docid": "4141553", "text": "White, it also is home to a few Acadians, Mi'kmaq and people of German ancestry. Author Josephine Leslie (pseudonym R. A. Dick) frequently summer vacationed in Weymouth North. During her visits she would imagine living during Weymouth's heyday (age of sail) and was inspired to write \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\". Weymouth and Weymouth Falls appear mythologized in George Elliott Clarke's poetical work \"Whylah Falls\" (1990). Weymouth, Nova Scotia Weymouth is a rural village located in Digby County, Nova Scotia on the Sissiboo River near its terminus on Baie Ste. Marie. The area is served by the Weymouth Fire Department.", "title": "Weymouth, Nova Scotia" }, { "docid": "8433243", "text": "Go Around the World in a Daze\", \"That Girl\", \"Ironside\", \"The Monkees\", \"Hogan's Heroes\", \"Mayberry R.F.D.\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Daniel Boone\", \"Family Affair\", \"Bewitched\", \"The Partridge Family\", \"McMillan & Wife\", \"Land of the Lost\", \"Little House on the Prairie\", \"Punky Brewster\" and \"Murder, She Wrote\". In 1981, he did a Parkay margarine commercial. Main also did considerable voice work for Disney, having supplied the voice of Dr. Watson in the 1986 animated film \"The Great Mouse Detective\". He also narrated the animated shorts \"Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons\" (1981) and \"Winnie the Pooh and a Day for", "title": "Laurie Main" }, { "docid": "17413204", "text": "over eighty different television shows, among them \"The Donna Reed Show\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"The Andy Griffith Show\", \"Here's Lucy\", \"No Soap, Radio\", \"Centennial\" and \"Amen\". He also appeared in the movies \"Li'l Abner\" (1959), \"The Honeymoon Machine\" (1961), \"Sex and the Single Girl\" (1964), \"Hotel\" (1967), \"From Noon till Three\" (1976), \"On Golden Pond\" (1981) and \"Cold Steel\" (1987). He died of complications from heart surgery on November 3, 1993. William Lanteau William Lanteau (born William Lanctot) (November 17, 1922 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont - November 3, 1993 in Los Angeles, California) was an American character actor.", "title": "William Lanteau" }, { "docid": "1422145", "text": "\"Gromek\". The score for \"Cape Fear\" evokes both the gathering clouds of the destructive hurricane and the murderous intent of killer \"Max Cady\". Bernstein also recorded Herrmann's score for \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", which was released in 1975 on the Varèse Sarabande label later reissued on CD in the 1990s. Charles Gerhardt conducted a 1974 RCA recording entitled \"The Classic Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann\" with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. It featured Suites from \"Citizen Kane\" (with Kiri Te Kanawa singing Salammbo's Aria) and \"White Witch Doctor\", along with music from \"On Dangerous Ground\", \"Beneath the 12-Mile Reef\", and", "title": "Bernard Herrmann" }, { "docid": "4649250", "text": "cast her as the love interest of a young Hank Williams Jr. in \"A Time to Sing\" (1968). Film roles dried up in the late 60s and Fabares went back to guest starring on shows like \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Daniel Boone\", \"Medical Center\", \"Lancer\", \"Bracken's World\", and \"The Interns\". Fabares said she went through a period where she struggled to find work. \"I went to bed on Tuesday having worked since I was 3. I got up Wednesday morning and didn't work for four years, went to bed Wednesday night after four years, got up and interviewed for", "title": "Shelley Fabares" }, { "docid": "15503215", "text": "appeared on Broadway in \"Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?\" (1955). As a producer he worked on such series as \"That Girl\", \"Love, American Style\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" and \"The New Mike Hammer\". Gallo died on June 11, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, the day before his 72nd birthday. He was survived by his wife of 42 years, television producer Lillian Gallo. They had two children, Mary Ann and Tom. Lew Gallo Lew Gallo (June 12, 1928 – June 11, 2000) was an American character actor and producer, best known for his role as Maj. Joseph Cobb on the", "title": "Lew Gallo" }, { "docid": "2510927", "text": "as Elvis Presley's older psychologist love interest in \"Wild in the Country\" (1961), despite being only 13 months Elvis' senior. She then appeared in Frank Capra's final movie, \"Pocketful of Miracles\", alongside Glenn Ford. The next year, she appeared with Ford again in the romantic comedy \"Love Is a Ball\". Lange returned to television for a 1966 role on the series \"The Fugitive\" (1963). She starred from 1968 to 1970 on the television series, \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" for which she earned two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award nomination. This success was followed by three seasons on", "title": "Hope Lange" }, { "docid": "5622639", "text": "winds or foul, find your own way to harbour in the end.\" Afterwards, Gregg fades away. When Fairley sends a note cancelling a planned visit to Gull Cottage - saying he will be up in London for a few days - Lucy screws up the note she is writing to her publisher putting off her own London visit, to sign the book contract. After signing the contract, she obtains Fairley's London address from the office clerk and pays a surprise visit. There Lucy discovers that Miles is not only already married with two children, but also that this sort of", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "5622642", "text": "the hot milk, but it falls to the floor and she dies. Captain Gregg appears before her and beckons for her to join him. He tells her she will never be tired again. Her young spirit takes his hands and leaves her aged body. They stare lovingly at each other for a moment before walking arm in arm down the stairs - passing Martha going up with a cup of tea for herself. Lucy puts out a hand - as if to touch Martha's arm - before the front door opens by itself, and she and Gregg walk out of", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "16608885", "text": "duo continued to collaborate on projects throughout their career. Caruso and Gardner wrote 22 episodes of \"The Monkees\", which aired from 1966 to 1968. In 1965, Caruso and Gardner were part of the writing staff which won an Emmy for their work on David Frost's \"That Was The Week That Was\". They co-produced \"The Red Skelton Show\". Together, they wrote other episodes of \"The Smothers Brothers Show\", \"What's Happening!!\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Happy Days\" and \"The Bill Cosby Show\". Caruso and Gardner co-wrote a 1966 episode of \"Gilligan's Island\", \"The Producer,\" which guest starred Phil Silvers. Caruso and", "title": "Dee Caruso" }, { "docid": "9364944", "text": "of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, which ran from 1974 to 1982. In addition, he served as artistic director at Playwrights Horizons from 1991 to 1996. On television he appeared on the daytime soap operas \"The Guiding Light\", \"All My Children\", \"Love Is a Many Splendored Thing\", and \"Another World\" and the primetime series \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" and \"The Name of the Game\". Feature film credits include \"The People Next Door\", \"Rip-off\", \"Homer\", \"Squirm\", \"Cruising\" and \"He Knows You're Alone\". Following his acting on the network soap operas, Scardino began to direct them. He directed episodes of \"Another", "title": "Don Scardino" }, { "docid": "15905896", "text": "Hollingsworth Morse John Hollingsworth Morse (December 16, 1910 – January 23, 1988) was an American film and television director. He directed episodes of a wide variety of U.S. television series from the 1950s through the 1980s, including \"McHale's Navy\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Adam-12\", \"The Dukes of Hazzard\", \"H.R. Pufnstuf\", \"Mystery Island\" and \"Rocky Jones, Space Ranger\". Hollingsworth also directed a lesser number of feature films throughout his career, including \"Daughters of Satan\" and the 1972 adaptation of the children's novel \"Justin Morgan Had a Horse\". Morse began his career in the casting department of Paramount Pictures, and eventually", "title": "Hollingsworth Morse" }, { "docid": "5456334", "text": "Tierney, \"Tales of Manhattan\" (1942) for Rita Hayworth, \"The Razor's Edge\" (1946), \"It's a Joke Son!\" (1947), \"Born to Speed\" (1947), \"Lost Honeymoon\" (1947), \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), \"That Wonderful Urge\" (1948), \"Whirlpool\" (1949), \"Night and the City\" (1950), \"Where the Sidewalk Ends\" (1950), as well as \"The Mating Season\", \"Close to My Heart\", \"On the Riviera\" (all 1951), \"Rampage\" (1963), \"The Tammy Grimes Show\" (1966), \"The Day Dreamer\" (1966), \"Peligro ... ! Mujeres en acción\", (1967), \"The Ambushers\" (1967) for Dean Martin, \"SOS Conspiracion Bikini\" (1967), \"The Sentinel\" (2006) for Kim Basinger, and \"Say It in Russian\"", "title": "Oleg Cassini" }, { "docid": "7872972", "text": "George Davis (art director) George Davis (April 17, 1914 – October 3, 1998) was a celebrated art director. Davis began his career as a sketch artist at Warner Brothers Studio. He joined the U.S. Marines during World War II and was discharged as a colonel. He then began work at 20th Century Fox, his first film was Joseph L. Mankiewicz's fantasy \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" in 1947, a director for whom he frequently worked, notably on \"House of Strangers\" (1949), \"All About Eve\" (1950 \"No Way Out\" (both 1950) \"5 Fingers\" (1952) and more than 50 other films including", "title": "George Davis (art director)" }, { "docid": "9554729", "text": "David Gerber David Gerber (July 25, 1923 – January 2, 2010) was a television executive producer. His notable work on television included the 1970s TV series \"Police Story\" and \"Police Woman\". Other executive producer credits include \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Nanny and the Professor\", \"Cade's County\", \"Riker\", \"Eischied\", \"The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case\", \"Nakia\", \"Gibbsville\", \"Hunter\", \"Walking Tall\", \"Quark\", \"Today's F.B.I.\", \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", \"Lady Blue\" and \"Jack & Mike\". Gerber was executive producer of the 2006 made-for-TV docudrama, \"Flight 93\". During his long career, he was president of the television division of three major studios: 20th Century", "title": "David Gerber" }, { "docid": "1683601", "text": "as part of a comedy series called \"The Third Division\" and which featured actor Robert Beatty, was later performed by Peter Sellers for his LP, \"The Best of Sellers\" (1959). In the early 1960s Muir and Norden wrote the sitcom \"Brothers in Law\", an early series featuring Richard Briers, and its spin-off \"Mr Justice Duncannon\". In 1964, their writing partnership ended, as Muir moved into management with the BBC. Over the next several years, Norden, who had long had a fascination with Hollywood, wrote the scripts for several films, including \"Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell\" and \"The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom\".", "title": "Denis Norden" }, { "docid": "14355912", "text": "Muir Amateur Riders' Steeplechase. It was introduced by Mrs Evan Williams and was named in memory of her brother, Kim Muir, a cavalry officer who lost his life during World War II. The name of Fulke Walwyn was added to the title in 1991. This was in honour of the highly successful trainer, whose 211 victories at Cheltenham included 40 at the Festival. Most successful horse (2 wins): Leading jockey (4 wins): Leading trainer (4 wins): The 1947 running was abandoned due to snow and frost. The 1978 edition was cancelled because of snow. Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup", "title": "Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup" }, { "docid": "6384651", "text": "In 1967, Greer appeared in the series finale entitled \"Elizabeth's Odyssey\" of Barry Sullivan's NBC western series \"The Road West\". The 1960s brought Greer several more recurring roles in popular series, such as track coach Ossie Weiss in \"Hank\" and Sheriff Norris \"Norrie\" Coolidge in \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\". Greer also made many appearances on the very popular series \"The Rifleman\", starring Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford, playing both good-guy and bad-guy characters. In 1962, on the ABC/WB western series \"Lawman\", in an episode titled \"The Unmasked,\" starring John Russell and Peter Brown, Greer was cast in an entirely", "title": "Dabbs Greer" }, { "docid": "8495467", "text": "Light\" from 1963–64, followed by another daytime role as Karen Gregory on \"Another World\". In 1979 she appeared as Derek's ex-wife on \"The Young and the Restless\". Weston portrayed Betty Harrelson in \"S.W.A.T.\" and Dr. Steele in \"Get Smart\". She also appeared in \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", \"Bewitched\", \"Bonanza\", \"Wonder Woman\", and \"The Bob Newhart Show\", and television movies such as \"Letters from Three Lovers\" (1973), \"Miracle on 34th Street\" (1973), \"The Questor Tapes\" (1974) and \"Revenge of the Stepford Wives\" (1980). Weston's first feature film was \"Dangerous Relations\". In 1972, Weston co-wrote seven songs with singer Lesley Gore", "title": "Ellen Weston" }, { "docid": "1530702", "text": "Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947), opposite Rex Harrison. The following year, she co-starred again with Power, this time as Sara Farley in the successful screwball comedy \"That Wonderful Urge\" (1948). As the decade came to a close, Tierney reunited with \"Laura\" director Preminger to star as Ann Sutton in the classic film noir \"Whirlpool\" (1949), co-starring Richard Conte and José Ferrer. She appeared in two other film noirs: Jules Dassin's \"Night and the City\", shot in London, and Otto Preminger's \"Where the Sidewalk Ends\" (both 1950). Tierney was loaned to Paramount Pictures, giving a comic turn as Maggie Carleton in", "title": "Gene Tierney" }, { "docid": "3687787", "text": "guest appearances on such shows as \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In\", \"Cannon\", \"Hardcastle and McCormick\" and \"Cybill\". Kennedy retired in 1989 after several game show pilots produced by his production company failed to sell. In 2003, he appeared on \"Hollywood Squares\" during \"Game Show Week Part 2\". In 2005, he and his brother, Jack Narz, were co-recipients of the Game Show Congress' Bill Cullen Award for Lifetime Achievement. (Cullen was a brother-in-law to Narz and Kennedy.) Tom Kennedy (television presenter) James Edward Narz (born February 26, 1927), known professionally as Tom Kennedy, is an American television", "title": "Tom Kennedy (television presenter)" }, { "docid": "15774645", "text": "more humorous slant on the phenomenon of haunting of individuals and specific locations. With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common, and spanned a variety of genres; the works of Shakespeare, Dickens and Wilde have all been made into cinematic versions. Novel-length tales have been difficult to adapt to cinema, although that of \"The Haunting of Hill House\" to \"The Haunting\" in 1963 is an exception. Sentimental depictions during this period were more popular in cinema than horror, and include the 1947 film \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", which was later adapted to television", "title": "Ghosts in English-speaking cultures" }, { "docid": "12029655", "text": "even tried comedy (\"Hazel\", \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\", \"Bewitched\"), medical (\"Ben Casey\"), and science-fiction-adventure shows (\"Time Tunnel\", \"Land of the Giants\", and \"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea\"). He was also on \"Daktari\", \"Lassie\", \"Run for Your Life\", and the 1961 NBC series, \"The Americans\", a dramatization of family divisions in the American Civil War. On the 1960s gothic soap opera \"Dark Shadows\", he originated the role of Matthew Morgan (later assumed by actor Thayer David). In 1940, he married Katherine Squire, with whom he often worked on stage, in film, and on television. He died on January", "title": "George Mitchell (actor)" }, { "docid": "14336105", "text": "Even more ironic, Sinatra sold the label to Warner Bros., and Greeley was trimmed once more. Never on the street, Greeley had already begun working in television and more success were to come...in television and concerts across the country. Moving into television (between the 1960s and 1985), he composed the theme and background music for several popular TV series including \"My Favorite Martian\" starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby, \"My Living Doll\" starring Robert Cummings and Julie Newmar, \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,\" \"Nanny and the Professor,\" and \"Small Wonder\" (1985). Greeley's theme for \"My Favorite Martian\" (1963–66) is notable", "title": "George Greeley" }, { "docid": "5622636", "text": "retired seamen and does not appreciate her being there, nor previous renters he has chased away. He didn't leave a will - including his plans for the house - because he hadn't anticipated dying so soon. Due to Lucy's appreciation of the house, Daniel reluctantly agrees to allow her to live in Gull Cottage and promises to make himself known only to her. It is not long before Muir's mother-in-law and her sister arrive with the news that Lucy's investment income has dried up, and they insist that Lucy move back to London with them. After his ghostly eviction of", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "5622637", "text": "the two women, Captain Gregg comes up with an idea to save the house: he will dictate his memoirs to Lucy, she will have them published and keep the royalties. During the course of writing the book they fall in love. Both realise it is a hopeless situation, and Daniel tells her she should find a living man to marry. In London, Lucy becomes attracted to suave Miles Fairley, a writer of children's stories under the pen name of \"Uncle Neddy\". He connives an interview for her with his publisher. Despite a rocky beginning to the interview, the publisher is", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "5622638", "text": "taken with the manuscript and agrees to publish the Captain's book. The Captain's racy recollections, published under the title \"Blood and Swash\", become a bestseller, allowing Lucy to buy Gull Cottage. Fairley follows her back to Whitecliff and begins a whirlwind courtship. Captain Gregg, initially disgusted by their relationship, decides to cease being an obstacle to her happiness. While Lucy sleeps, Captain Gregg places the suggestion in her mind that she alone wrote the book and that he was just a dream. He suggests to her, \"You must make your own life amongst the living and, whether you meet fair", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "6685908", "text": "with all of Paramount's films during the 1930s and 1940s, though he occasionally worked for other studios, for instance on \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" (1947). In 1951, he began the second phase of his career, this time as a free-lance cinematographer. His credits include \"The Big Heat\" (1953) with Glenn Ford and Lee Marvin, \"Sabrina\" (1954) with Humphrey Bogart and William Holden, \"Gunfight at the O.K. Corral\" (1957) with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, \"The Matchmaker\" (1958), \"Some Like It Hot\" (1959) with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon, \"The Magnificent Seven\" (1960) with Steve McQueen, \"One-Eyed Jacks\" (1961) with", "title": "Charles Lang" }, { "docid": "5622641", "text": "left him. Many years later, now ailing and under a doctor's care, Lucy complains to Martha that her arm hurts and she wants to rest in her bedroom chair. On the wall again is the portrait Gregg painted of himself, long back from the sitting room where Lucy had asked Martha to hang it - that was until Miles Fairley's portrait of her was hung there too. Lucy refuses to drink the glass of hot milk Martha has brought for her, there is an exchange of words, and Martha leaves. A moment later she picks up the glass to drink", "title": "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" }, { "docid": "14706001", "text": "received a £400 advance for the novel. His second published novel, \"Wish Her Safe at Home\", was published by The Bodley Head the following year. The book was inspired by the 1947 film \"The Ghost and Mrs Muir\". It was runner-up for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He also won an Arts Council bursary. One novel, \"Such Men Are Dangerous\", was published by Scunthorpe Borough Council. However, sales of his published books were poor, and he took to self-publishing subsequent novels, including \"Father Of The Man\", \"Recovery\" and \"The Golden Voyage Of Samson Groves\". In 2007, he tried to", "title": "Stephen Benatar" }, { "docid": "16019972", "text": "\"Studio One in Hollywood\". He did not work in television again until 1958 when he authored an episode of Alfred Hitchcock's \"Suspicion\". From there on out, his career was chiefly centered on work as a screenwriter for television. He wrote episodes for such TV series as \"Bachelor Father\" (1960), \"Peter Loves Mary\" (1961), \"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre\" (1964), \"The Donna Reed Show\" (1964–1965), \"The Patty Duke Show\" (1965–1966), \"McHale's Navy\" (1964–1966), \"Gilligan's Island\" (1964–1967), \"Tammy\" (1965–1966), \"The Lucy Show\" (1966), \"Green Acres\" (1967), \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" (1969), \"The Flying Nun\" (1969–1970), \"The Brady Bunch\" (1970–1974), \"All", "title": "Sam Locke" }, { "docid": "11590927", "text": "divers, including abalone divers. Its restrooms have flush toilets, showers, and electrical outlets. Stillwater Cove Regional Park Stillwater Cove Regional Park is a regional park north of Jenner, California, U.S.A. that is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department. It is located near the mouth of Stockhoff Creek. Access is by means of State Route 1. It was one of the filming locations for 20th Century Fox's 1947 fantasy film, \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\". The park features beach access, a historic schoolhouse, and views of the Pacific Ocean. It also offers campsites, picnic facilities, hiking, and day use", "title": "Stillwater Cove Regional Park" }, { "docid": "11590926", "text": "Stillwater Cove Regional Park Stillwater Cove Regional Park is a regional park north of Jenner, California, U.S.A. that is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department. It is located near the mouth of Stockhoff Creek. Access is by means of State Route 1. It was one of the filming locations for 20th Century Fox's 1947 fantasy film, \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\". The park features beach access, a historic schoolhouse, and views of the Pacific Ocean. It also offers campsites, picnic facilities, hiking, and day use parking. It has a launch area for small boats, and is popular with", "title": "Stillwater Cove Regional Park" }, { "docid": "19921081", "text": "Pressburger to Kate Bush to Emma Rice... I have loved the film since I was a teenager...My challenge has been to capture some of that surreal, sensuous quality [of the film] within the more natural theatre setting.\" The production uses music written by Herrmann from a variety of his film scores, including those for \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\", \"Fahrenheit 451\", \"Hangover Square\", and \"Citizen Kane\". It does not include any of the music written by Brian Easdale for the original 1948 film score. Herrmann's music was reorchestrated for the ballet by Terry Davies for an ensemble of strings, pianos,", "title": "The Red Shoes (ballet)" }, { "docid": "13307661", "text": "only the second time in their history. That summer, the signing of John Aldridge at Tranmere led to the marginalisation of Ian Muir, who remained a regular goalscorer when called upon for the remainder of his Tranmere career. To a generation of Tranmere Rovers fans, Ian Muir is remembered as a legendary player, who played the starring role in the greatest period of the club's history and also the finest centre forward not to have played in the top tier of English football. Ian Muir Ian James Muir (born 5 May 1963) is an English former professional football striker who", "title": "Ian Muir" }, { "docid": "9635602", "text": "Space\" (1965–1968), \"The Green Hornet\" (1966–1967), \"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\" (1968–1970), \"Land of the Giants\" (1968–1970), and \"Room 222\" (1969–1972). Self's talents were rewarded by the studio as he was promoted progressively from his original position of Executive Producer/Twentieth Century Fox Television (1962) to Vice-President/Twentieth Century Fox Television (1964) to President/Twentieth Century Fox Television (1968), and finally to Vice-President/Twentieth Century Fox Corporation. Self left Fox in 1975 to partner with Mike Frankovich in the development and production of television and feature films. Although the partnership lasted just a little over a year, Frankovich/Self produced two feature films. These were", "title": "William Edwin Self" } ]
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when did midwest express go out of business
[ "in late 2011" ]
[ { "docid": "1285297", "text": "Midwest Airlines Midwest Airlines (formerly Midwest Express) was a U.S.-based airline and, for a short time, an operating brand of Republic Airways Holdings based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, operating from Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport. On April 13, 2010, parent company Republic announced that Midwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines would merge, with the Midwest brand disappearing in late 2011. Midwest Airlines' final flight operated with a Boeing 717-200 and staffed with Midwest Airlines flight crews landed in Milwaukee on November 2, 2009. Effective November 3, 2009, Midwest Airlines ceased to exist as an actual operating airline (allowing its DOT air", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "1285297", "text": "Midwest Airlines Midwest Airlines (formerly Midwest Express) was a U.S.-based airline and, for a short time, an operating brand of Republic Airways Holdings based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, operating from Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport. On April 13, 2010, parent company Republic announced that Midwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines would merge, with the Midwest brand disappearing in late 2011. Midwest Airlines' final flight operated with a Boeing 717-200 and staffed with Midwest Airlines flight crews landed in Milwaukee on November 2, 2009. Effective November 3, 2009, Midwest Airlines ceased to exist as an actual operating airline (allowing its DOT air", "title": "Midwest Airlines" } ]
[ { "docid": "2017618", "text": "America West and US Airways in 2007. Air Midwest further operated as US Airways Express at the major carriers' hubs in Charlotte, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh and with smaller operations at Omaha, Little Rock, and New Orleans. On January 8, 2003, Air Midwest had its first fatal accident when Air Midwest Flight 5481 operating as US Airways Express and departing out of Charlotte for Greenville-Spartanburg crashed 37 seconds after takeoff. All 19 passengers and two crewmembers were killed in the accident. For a period of three weeks in August 2006, Air Midwest operated as Delta Connection, flying three Beechcraft 1900D from", "title": "Air Midwest" }, { "docid": "3976198", "text": "Skyway Airlines Skyway Airlines was an American ramp and aircraft ground handling services and catering company based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Until April 5, 2008, it operated as a regional airline and banner carrier exclusively for Midwest Express Airlines (which subsequently changed its name to Midwest Airlines) under the business name Midwest Connect (previously Midwest Express Connection), feeding Midwest's hub at General Mitchell International Airport with twelve 32-seat Fairchild-Dornier 328JET regional jet aircraft, and four 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 commuter turboprops. Skyway Airlines, along with its parent corporation, Midwest Air Group, has since ceased operations. Skyway Airlines, operating as the Midwest", "title": "Skyway Airlines" }, { "docid": "2017617", "text": "Midwest operated twelve Beechcraft 1900C commuter turboprops flying from its Kansas City hub as USAir Express. In 1997, Mesa Air Group underwent a corporate reorganization: Mesa Airline's FloridaGulf, Liberty Express, and Independent divisions were merged into Air Midwest. Air Midwest operated to many smaller cities for Essential Air Service including an America West Express operation in Phoenix and Las Vegas under an agreement with America West Airlines. Also independent operations were run as \"Mesa Airlines\" brand with divisions out of Albuquerque, Chicago, and Dallas/Fort Worth. The America West Express operation was transferred to US Airways Express with the merger of", "title": "Air Midwest" }, { "docid": "3976212", "text": "months. As of April 5, 2008, the Skyway Airlines fleet included 16 aircraft: Skyway Airlines Skyway Airlines was an American ramp and aircraft ground handling services and catering company based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Until April 5, 2008, it operated as a regional airline and banner carrier exclusively for Midwest Express Airlines (which subsequently changed its name to Midwest Airlines) under the business name Midwest Connect (previously Midwest Express Connection), feeding Midwest's hub at General Mitchell International Airport with twelve 32-seat Fairchild-Dornier 328JET regional jet aircraft, and four 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 commuter turboprops. Skyway Airlines, along with its parent corporation,", "title": "Skyway Airlines" }, { "docid": "1285300", "text": "corporate aviation department. The airline slowly grew by adding additional DC-9 aircraft to its fleet, including larger McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets, with a total of 24 by the end of 1996. Eventually, Midwest Express served most major Midwestern and East Coast destinations. Its longtime slogan, \"The Best Care in the Air\", represented its inflight product. For many years, all flights featured 2-by-2 leather seating (in aircraft usually fitted with 3-2 seating), ample legroom, complimentary gourmet meals, and warm chocolate chip cookies. This made the airline popular with business travelers. In addition, Midwest Express operated a sizable executive charter operation with", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "2017579", "text": "division was Mesa's first foray into the Midwest. Skyway was formed in 1989 when Mesa established a code share agreement with Midwest Express and a Milwaukee hub. From Milwaukee, Mesa served 25 cities in nine states in the upper Midwest region, using Beechcraft 1900 aircraft. Upon expiration of the code share in 1994, it was not renewed. Midwest Express kept the Skyway Airlines name and routes, forming Astral Airways to fill the void as Mesa ceased service in Milwaukee. Mesa reallocated the aircraft and crews to start Superior Airlines in its Columbus hub for America West Express. The FloridaGulf Airlines", "title": "Mesa Airlines" }, { "docid": "12190791", "text": "1972 with a bachelor of science in aviation engineering technology. In 1974, he became chief pilot for Kimberly-Clark. In 1977 after receiving a master's degree in business administration while on a Kimberly-Clark scholarship to the University of Chicago Executive Program, he was named director of air transportation for the company and president of K-C Aviation. In 1984 he was responsible for transforming K-C Aviation into a commercial company Midwest Express which started out with two DC-9 planes. In 1988 he was named head of Kimberly Clark's transportation sector. In 1995 the airline's parent Midwest Airgroup was listed on the American", "title": "Timothy E. Hoeksema" }, { "docid": "13500784", "text": "Braun's Express Braun’s Express, Inc. is a privately owned and operated American freight company serving the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest United States. Braun's specializes in supply-chain management for carpeting and flooring products, but also offers transportation applicable to any industry. Braun's operates eight terminal locations and delivers to a service area which stretches from northern Virginia to Maine and as far west as North and South Dakota. Braun's Express has been in the trucking business since the early 1930s. The original owner was Joe Braun of Medway, Massachusetts who started his business with only one truck. The business grew modestly", "title": "Braun's Express" }, { "docid": "9404731", "text": "In an effort to establish a larger regional identity, Business Express launched the 'Fly BEX Jets' program in 1994 on the Boston-Baltimore-Washington sector. The aggressive marketing scheme offered free round-trip flight vouchers for every round-trip flown on BAe-146 aircraft. The program was popular and heightened awareness, however failed to generate significant revenue. Using its radial approach to route development, Business Express launched service to Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport in 1994, competing directly with Midwest Express. The carrier operated two daily nonstop flights in the marketplace with 70-passenger Avro RJ-70 aircraft, but generated lower-than-anticipated passenger traffic, and suspended the service", "title": "Business Express Airlines" }, { "docid": "6357068", "text": "aircraft were operated by Mesa Air Group. In 1994, Astral Aviation, later named \"Skyway Airlines, Inc.\", was formed to own and operate \"The Midwest Express Connection\" tuboprop aircraft feeding passengers to the larger aircraft operated by Midwest Express. An IPO in September 1995 took the company public. In March 2003, the company changed the names of its operational airlines with \"The Midwest Express Connection\" becoming Midwest Connect and Midwest Express becoming Midwest Airlines. In January 2004 the company changed its name to Midwest Air Group, Inc, which was subsequently acquired by TPG Capital on January 31, 2008. Since this acquisition", "title": "Midwest Air Group" }, { "docid": "9404732", "text": "in January 1995. Apart from its independent Northwest Airlink codeshare on Minneapolis-Aspen/Snowmass service, Milwaukee was the westernmost destination of the fully integrated BEX system. Its severely weather-affected market in the Northeast, Canada, and Upper Midwest made Southern routes both attractive and potentially feasible. Nevertheless, Business Express was unable to penetrate Southern vacation travel markets due to overlap with other Delta Connection carriers in Cincinnati and Atlanta. The airline lacked true 'feed' into one of Delta's largest mainline hubs. Constricted by a fierce operating culture in the Northeast and lack of viable markets, Business Express was unable to identify a consistently", "title": "Business Express Airlines" }, { "docid": "5444866", "text": "and lounge for private pilots Air Midwest operating as US Airways Express on behalf of US Airways via a code sharing agreement commenced service on October 29, 2006 with two daily flights to Omaha Eppley Airfield and one daily flight to Kansas City International Airport. Air Midwest ended their service in May 2008, and local commuter air carrier Island Air then announced plans to take over but did not begin this new replacement service. The airport presently has scheduled passenger jet service provided by two airlines. Allegiant Air began flights out of Grand Island to Las Vegas on September 4,", "title": "Central Nebraska Regional Airport" }, { "docid": "1416501", "text": "However, the move caused some confusion amongst the public, as the two brands did not offer the same amenities and did not match the amenities mentioned on the airfare. As a result, in the Spring of 2010, Frontier and Midwest Airlines announced that their brands would merge, with Frontier being the surviving brand. This was a merger of brands only—no Midwest Airlines aircraft was ever operated by Frontier, as by this time, all Midwest Airlines flights were operated on its behalf by other Republic Airways Holdings subsidiaries. On April 13, 2011, Frontier formed a new subsidiary, Frontier Express, that was", "title": "Frontier Airlines" }, { "docid": "9957919", "text": "Heartland Airlines Heartland Airlines is a defunct airline that planned to fly out of Dayton International Airport. While the airline existed for 3 years, no flights ever took place and no planes were ever purchased. The airline was created in 1998 by John Weikle, a 20-year veteran at Airborne Express. Plans were to cater to business travelers, offering amenities such as plush leather seating and dinner served on real china. The airline would travel to other business centers in the midwest region. Heartland announced they would cease operations on February 9, 2001, however, after failing to raise enough funds from", "title": "Heartland Airlines" }, { "docid": "6357067", "text": "Midwest Air Group Midwest Air Group, Inc. (formerly listed AMEX:MEH) was an American airline holding company based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin which owned Midwest Airlines which previously operated as Midwest Express Airlines. It was ultimately controlled by parent company, TPG Capital Texas Pacific Group. Delta with the merger of Northwest Airlines Inc. now owns 47% of the reformulated company's stock in a \"silent partnership,\" which has now evolved into a full codeshare partnership between the two airlines. The company began as Midwest Express Holdings, Inc. On April 17, 1989, \"The Midwest Express Connection\" was created and based in Milwaukee. The", "title": "Midwest Air Group" }, { "docid": "2431209", "text": "also owns Chautauqua and Midwest Express and bought Shuttle America in 2005, it has been suggested that the old monopolies and oligopolies still exist regardless of regulation. Instead of using their political connections to keep competition out, now, larger airlines simply price-war new entrants out of business, or simply buy them. This leaves the weaker airlines to merge, eliminating market choices and creating an oligopoly market. Various solutions have been proposed by labor unions, former management and industry analysts, including, for the first time since 1978, federal control over some of the prices charged and routes served by major airlines", "title": "Airline deregulation" }, { "docid": "16492555", "text": "partial custody. An alcoholic binge follows for Earl, who is shattered. Nina comes to inform him that business matters are suffering from his neglect. She takes care of Earl when he drunkenly passes out, after he claimed that he never loved Gwen and only married her so a son could take over his business someday. Ted comes over to Earl's to express his unhappiness with the situation. Earl, his business shut down, impulsively gives Sam power of attorney and decides to go to Europe \"for some peace of mind.\" Nina realizes that Earl is planning to take Ted with him,", "title": "Man on Fire (1957 film)" }, { "docid": "5155913", "text": "and that the airline was already teaching the concept to their employees. The NTSB believed that the officer from the FAA who worked with Midwest Express didn't work at an optimum level. As per the final report: \"The safety board believes that the FAA oversight of Midwest Express procedures and training during certification and ongoing day-to-day activity in the carrier's first 2 years of operation was less than optimum and probably suffered as a direct result of the inexperience of the POI. The POI testified that she devoted only 20 percent of her worktime to Midwest Express, her only FAR", "title": "Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105" }, { "docid": "5155897", "text": "Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 (YX105/MEP105) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight which crashed into an open field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin shortly after taking off from General Mitchell International Airport on 6 September 1985. The airplane, a Douglas DC-9-14 twin engine jet operated by Midwest Express Airlines, was carrying 31 passengers and crew. None of them survived the crash. Multiple eyewitnesses reported that the plane was on fire shortly after it took off from the airport. The fire was caused due to a failure on the right engine where one of its removable sleeve spacers", "title": "Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105" }, { "docid": "20255103", "text": "a child, but we all knew of each other. When Albert came to Milwaukee I showed him around and we did some gigs together. Every time he came to town we would go out and eat supper together, he was a good friend to me\". Gates found employment with the house band at Wilson’s Club in Milwaukee, and remained there for 15 consecutive years. Over the years Gates has performed across the Midwest, plus his traveling has led him to play in California, Kansas, Alabama, and in Europe. He also played alongside Sonny Boy Williamson II, who also lived in", "title": "Lee Gates" }, { "docid": "9507793", "text": "Express continued its operations until 1918 when the government forced the company to consolidate its domestic operations with those of the other major express companies. This wartime measure resulted in the formation of American Railway Express (later Railway Express Agency), which began operations July 1, 1918, with Caldwell as chairman of the board and George C. Taylor of American Express as president. Wells Fargo continued some overseas express operations until the 1960s; as an operator of bank armored cars, it did business as Wells Fargo Armored Security Corporation and Wells Fargo Armored Service. The armored car business merged with competitor", "title": "History of Wells Fargo" }, { "docid": "6357071", "text": "the only remnant of Midwest Airlines which truly remains is the two letter IATA designator YX which has since been reassigned to Republic Airlines with the complete shut down of Midwest (Express) Airlines. Even the notion of Frontier and Midwest Routes as part of the Republic Airways Holdings System do not apply as Frontier Airlines was completely divested from Republic in 2013. Midwest Air Group Midwest Air Group, Inc. (formerly listed AMEX:MEH) was an American airline holding company based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin which owned Midwest Airlines which previously operated as Midwest Express Airlines. It was ultimately controlled by parent", "title": "Midwest Air Group" }, { "docid": "7585527", "text": "mid-1970s to late-1980s, including Air Midwest, the original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986), the original Midway Airlines (1976-1991), Trans World Airlines(TWA) and United Airlines. During this period, Forbes Field handled up to 180,000 passengers per year. After the major carriers pulled out, commuter flights remained at Forbes Field. As recently as November 2003 Air Midwest had flights, codeshared with US Airways Express, on 19-passenger planes between Topeka and Kansas City. Scheduled passenger service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until May 2003, when it was terminated due to federal law not allowing a subsidy over $200 per passenger for communities", "title": "Topeka Regional Airport" }, { "docid": "13500787", "text": "the company's efforts to reduce fuel consumption. In 2010, Braun's was awarded an Environmental Merit Award by the US EPA. Braun's Express Braun’s Express, Inc. is a privately owned and operated American freight company serving the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest United States. Braun's specializes in supply-chain management for carpeting and flooring products, but also offers transportation applicable to any industry. Braun's operates eight terminal locations and delivers to a service area which stretches from northern Virginia to Maine and as far west as North and South Dakota. Braun's Express has been in the trucking business since the early 1930s. The", "title": "Braun's Express" }, { "docid": "2017605", "text": "Air Midwest Air Midwest, Inc., was a Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificated air carrier that operated under air carrier certificate number AMWA510A issued on May 15, 1965. It was headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, United States, and was a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. Besides initially flying as an independent air carrier, it later operated code sharing feeder flights on behalf of Eastern Air Lines as Eastern Air Midwest Express, on behalf of Trans World Airlines (TWA) as Trans World Express and on behalf of US Airways as US Airways Express. It also operated feeder flights on behalf of Braniff", "title": "Air Midwest" }, { "docid": "2017623", "text": "a single round-trip ticket on Mesa Airlines flights. Air Midwest Air Midwest, Inc., was a Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificated air carrier that operated under air carrier certificate number AMWA510A issued on May 15, 1965. It was headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, United States, and was a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. Besides initially flying as an independent air carrier, it later operated code sharing feeder flights on behalf of Eastern Air Lines as Eastern Air Midwest Express, on behalf of Trans World Airlines (TWA) as Trans World Express and on behalf of US Airways as US Airways Express. It", "title": "Air Midwest" }, { "docid": "9170264", "text": "(although he originally tried to teach Michael to express his problems through song, Michael did not understand). In \"Customer Survey\", Darryl states that although he is not a believer in therapy, he thinks that Michael should have some, saying \"I'll go into my own pocket to cover his co-pay.\" In \"Business Trip\", Kelly breaks up with Darryl, who takes it well as evidenced by how he walks toward his truck after doing it, with an obviously delighted bounce in his step. During \"The Meeting\", Darryl files for a worker's comp claim with Toby when a ladder broke his leg. But", "title": "Darryl Philbin" }, { "docid": "2017614", "text": "KS and Waterloo, IA operated with Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner and Saab 340 turboprops. By 1990, the airline had added Trans World Express service between St. Louis and Fort Smith, AR; Manhattan, KS and Salina, KS. By June 1988, Air Midwest had built up the Kansas City hub with 89 flights per day to 20 cities. Eastern then abruptly pulled out of Kansas City thus leaving Air Midwest with no one to connect passenger traffic to. Air Midwest quickly negotiated a codeshare agreement with the second incarnation of Braniff (1983-1990) as Braniff was now building up Kansas City", "title": "Air Midwest" }, { "docid": "1285302", "text": "8, 1996. The airline's new parent company, Midwest Air Group, traded on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol \"MEH.\" Midwest Express also added Midwest Vacations in the 1990s, naming GOGO Worldwide Vacations as the original partner to provide hotel service and later partnering with Mark Travel. Midwest Airlines Vacations continues to operate as a vacation provider. In 1997, according to the Midwest Express timetable, the airline was code sharing with Virgin Atlantic Airways for flights between London Heathrow Airport and Milwaukee and Kansas City with passengers connecting between the two air carriers in Boston. After fourteen years of", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "1285301", "text": "a specially configured DC-9. In 1989, Midwest Express added two McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft to its fleet, eventually acquiring eleven additional aircraft between 1998 and 2001. These enabled the airline to expand services to the West Coast and Florida. The airline experienced steady growth and continued profitability, opening an additional hub in Omaha, Nebraska in early 1995. Midwest Express also started its own regional subsidiary, Skyway Airlines, The Midwest Express Connection, to provide commuter airline service to small communities in Wisconsin and the surrounding region. Kimberly-Clark relinquished its ownership in two initial public offerings on September 22, 1995 and May", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "1285330", "text": "they sit. Only three MD-80 aircraft, registered N813ME, N822ME, and N823ME ever wore the full new livery; all other MD-80s wore a hybrid livery until retirement, combining the second Midwest Express livery with the current logo and titling of Midwest Airlines. In the transitional period, some MD-80s also received the new titles before the new tail logo, resulting in another variation on the livery. Midwest Airlines Midwest Airlines (formerly Midwest Express) was a U.S.-based airline and, for a short time, an operating brand of Republic Airways Holdings based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, operating from Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport. On", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "2151840", "text": "was renamed Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. However, when Harvey Golub became CEO of American Express in 1993, American Express decided to get out of the investment banking business and negotiated the sale of Shearson's retail brokerage and asset management business to Primerica. The Shearson business was merged with Primerica's Smith Barney to create Smith Barney Shearson. Ultimately, the Shearson name was dropped in 1994. In 1994, American Express spun off of the remaining investment banking and institutional businesses as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. After almost fifteen years of independence, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection in 2008 as part of", "title": "American Express" }, { "docid": "6339451", "text": "more rock-oriented, but because he was unsure of what direction the arrangement should go in, the final track came out \"jazzy\", which Partridge characterised as \"the place you go when you're searching,\" Closing track \"Train Running Low on Soul Coal\" was the first song Partridge wrote for the album. He denied that he was inspired by the Kinks' \"Last of the Steam-Powered Trains\" (1968), explaining that the song was actually inspired by the Rolling Stones' \"Can't You Hear Me Knocking\" (1971), and that he did not listen to any Kinks albums until several years later. Partridge called \"Train Running Low\"", "title": "The Big Express" }, { "docid": "9510746", "text": "its Go West Midlands operation with the People's Express name dropped from use. In March 2008, Go West Midlands was sold to Rotala and is now part of Diamond Bus. People's Express People's Express was a bus company in the West Midlands which was acquired by Probus Management (trading as Pete's Travel) in June 1998 and then by the Go-Ahead Group in March 2006. In May 1997, Probus Management acquired a 50% stake in People's Express which, at the time, operated 13 buses in West Bromwich. The remainder of the business was purchased by Probus Management in June 1998. On", "title": "People's Express" }, { "docid": "7570467", "text": "move to Russia, Pavlyuchenko says if Tottenham did not let him sign for Lokomotiv Moscow, he would sit out the remaining 18 months of his contract and leave for nothing and also tell Russian newspaper Sports Express saying \"I explained that if they did not let me go now, when match practice for the European Championship is particularly important, then I would not consider a transfer in the summer.\" On 3 March 2012, Pavlyuchenko made his debut in his first match back at Russia since 2008 against Kuban Krasnodar in a 2–0 win. On 24 March 2012, Pavlyuchenko scored his", "title": "Roman Pavlyuchenko" }, { "docid": "5131768", "text": "Sagawa Express Osaka SC Sagawa Express Osaka Soccer Club(佐川急便大阪サッカー部) were a Japanese soccer team based in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. They were founded in 1965 and played in the Japan Football League (JFL) from 2002 to 2007, when they merged with Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C. to form what is now Sagawa Shiga F.C. As the name implies they were run by Sagawa Express, a Japanese transportation business. Prior to joining the JFL the team played in the Kansai Soccer League, in which they won four championships. They joined the JFL in 2002, one year after their Tokyo counterparts did. They did not", "title": "Sagawa Express Osaka SC" }, { "docid": "20214684", "text": "huge action sequences and ultimate performance of Vijay in different roles.\"The Times of India\" rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and said \"With Mersal, we have got this year's most engaging mass masala movie. When you have a mass hero in full form like Vijay is in the film, how can things go wrong?\". \"The Indian Express\" gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating: \"Atlee has not just exploited Vijay's stardom to deliver a flamboyant crowd-pleaser (which he did in Theri already) but has fleshed out an interesting script that plays up the best onscreen traits of the", "title": "Mersal (film)" }, { "docid": "13847020", "text": "Air colors. Go!Express Go!Express (marketed as go!Express) was the brand name for the regional airline service of go!, rather than a certificated airline carrier. Mokulele Airlines was the sole operator of Go!Express between April 17, 2007 and March 24, 2009, when their contract was canceled due to Mokulele's partnership with Shuttle America. On the same day, Go! began selling flights operated by Island Air as Go!Express. Rather than using dedicated aircraft on flights sold exclusively as Go!Express, Island Air's Go!Express service was provided by the carrier's existing flights and aircraft. In September 2006, Mesa announced that it had reached an", "title": "Go!Express" }, { "docid": "13847016", "text": "Go!Express Go!Express (marketed as go!Express) was the brand name for the regional airline service of go!, rather than a certificated airline carrier. Mokulele Airlines was the sole operator of Go!Express between April 17, 2007 and March 24, 2009, when their contract was canceled due to Mokulele's partnership with Shuttle America. On the same day, Go! began selling flights operated by Island Air as Go!Express. Rather than using dedicated aircraft on flights sold exclusively as Go!Express, Island Air's Go!Express service was provided by the carrier's existing flights and aircraft. In September 2006, Mesa announced that it had reached an agreement with", "title": "Go!Express" }, { "docid": "3911923", "text": "Later he worked for Harnden's Express in Albany. When Wells suggested that service could be expanded west of Buffalo, New York, William F. Harnden urged Wells to go into business on his own account. In 1841, the firm of Pomeroy & Company was formed by George E. Pomeroy, Henry Wells and Crawford Livingston. In the express business they competed with the United States Post Office by carrying mail at less than the government rate. Popular support, roused by the example of the penny post in England, was on the side of the expressmen, and the government was compelled to reduce", "title": "Henry Wells" }, { "docid": "2520614", "text": "the US World Airways will be relaunched in 2019. On 9 September 2011, EasySky started operations in Honduras, using the low-cost model, serving the mainland City of La Ceiba and the island of Roatán in the Western Caribbean using a Boeing 737-200. The flight time is 8 minutes over a distance of 40 nautical miles. A trend from the mid-2000s was the formation of new low-cost carriers exclusively targeting the long-haul business market. Aircraft are generally configured for a single class of service, initially on transatlantic routings. Similarly, Midwest Express (later Midwest Airlines) which operated from 1984 until it was", "title": "Low-cost carrier" }, { "docid": "15479641", "text": "interview for the \"Sacramento Bee\", that he \"couldn't get up in the morning\" so he'd get there about an hour before lunch and go home soon afterward. Solomon said he \"was thrown out of high school,\" although he did take some classes at Sacramento Junior College. His lack of formal education did not appear to hinder him especially since he learned valuable business lessons from his father. Solomon also spent a lot of time with the photographers who processed film. In 1941, when only sixteen, he sold used juke box records out of his father's drug store. When war broke", "title": "Russell Solomon" }, { "docid": "5163179", "text": "Air Midwest Flight 5481 On January 8, 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 (operating as US Airways Express Flight 5481), a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Air Midwest using a Beechcraft 1900D turboprop aircraft stalled while departing Charlotte Douglas International Airport and crashed into an aircraft hangar. All 21 people on board were killed, and one person on the ground was also injured. Air Midwest Flight 5481 (operating as US Airways Express Flight 5481 under a franchise agreement with US Airways) was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Charlotte Douglas International Airport near Charlotte, North Carolina to Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport", "title": "Air Midwest Flight 5481" }, { "docid": "17526508", "text": "Delta Express Delta Express was a no-frills \"airline within an airline\" brand owned and operated by Delta Air Lines from 1996 to 2003. The airline was headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Delta Express was based out of Orlando International Airport, and focused on leisure routes between Florida and the northeast United States, as well as certain parts of the Midwest. It primarily competed with low-cost brands such as Continental Lite and US Airways' MetroJet, and low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines and in the final years of its operation, JetBlue Airways. The Delta Express aircraft fleet only consisted of the Boeing", "title": "Delta Express" }, { "docid": "8601774", "text": "down express went through he noticed that one of the signals did not go to 'danger' after it had passed. This appeared considerably at variance with other testimony. The platelayers had to be sent for because they had been allowed to go home at the end of their normal working day, despite the weather. Their foreman was uneasy about this and came out of his house to watch the up distant signal whilst two trains went past: the first of these was the Manchester express, running about 13 minutes behind the Scotsman; the second a slow stopping passenger train, a", "title": "Abbots Ripton rail accident" }, { "docid": "5155902", "text": "37-year old Captain Roger William Weiss. Captain Weiss was employed by Midwest Express in 1984 and later received his DC-9 type rating. At the time, he had accrued 1,100 total flight hours, including 500 hours as First Officer of the DC-9. He was a former employee of KC Aviation, the parent company of Midwest Express. Captain Weiss was also a former US Air Force pilot, flying an F-4. Roughly 100 eyewitnesses stated that they saw flames and smoke from the right engine shortly after the explosion and that some parts of the plane detached and fell to the ground. They", "title": "Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105" }, { "docid": "5155909", "text": "by Midwest Express' \"silent cockpit\" philosophy. Midwest Express expected its pilots to adhere to an unwritten policy called the \"silent cockpit\", where pilots would make no unnecessary callouts or even verbalize the nature of an emergency after 100 knots and before reaching an altitude of 800 ft. The emergency on board Flight 105 that day started at roughly 700 ft above the ground, meaning that the \"silent cockpit\" rule was in effect at the time. Investigators stated that the pilots should have worked together immediately since an emergency that occurred at low altitude was dangerous. With the silent cockpit rule,", "title": "Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105" }, { "docid": "4832396", "text": "negotiated a codeshare agreement with America West for its Phoenix hub to be operated as America West Express. In 1993, Mesa's codeshare with Midwest Express expired. Midwest Express kept the name Skyway for its future regional of the same name. Using the aircraft from the former Skyway operation, Mesa established Superior Airlines with a Columbus hub operating as America West Express. Mesa created CalPac (California Pacific) with a Los Angeles hub operating as United Express. Both Superior and CalPac were short-lived operations, with both airlines being folded back into Mesa Airlines United Express operations. In 1994, Mesa acquired Pittsburgh-based Crown", "title": "Mesa Air Group" }, { "docid": "1285305", "text": "between Milwaukee and these destinations, with the exception of a nonstop route between Appleton and Newark in 1984 that had been discontinued by 1985. The airline was serving the following destinations in June 2001: In early 2002 Kansas City became a secondary hub for the airline while Omaha became a focus city. In 2002, the airline made another major change, shortening its name from Midwest Express to simply Midwest. A major reason for the change was the modern association of \"express\" with a regional airline, which Midwest was not. At the same time, Midwest's commuter airline subsidiary changed its name", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "6189138", "text": "various West Coast, Midwest, East Coast and Southern cities. In 1994, city and business officials from Denver, Colorado hoped to persuade MarkAir to move its headquarters to Denver. In 1995, faced with bankruptcy again, the airline cut all jet services within the state of Alaska and in order to concentrate on its Denver hub, which was the new location of the new MarkAir headquarters. MarkAir Express (known to the locals and the competition as \"Skidmark\") continued services within the state of Alaska, taking over all of MarkAir's jet routes. MarkAir was forced to shut down in 1995 and MarkAir Express", "title": "MarkAir" }, { "docid": "629653", "text": "\"more accurate knowledge in realtime of who is on the train which greatly improves the safety and security of passengers; en route reporting of onboard equipment problems to mechanical crews which may result in faster resolution of the issue; and more efficient financial reporting\". Amtrak first offered free Wi-Fi service to passengers aboard the \"Downeaster\" in 2008, the \"Acela Express\" and the \"Northeast Regional\" trains on the NEC in 2010, and the \"Amtrak Cascades\" in 2011. In February 2014, Amtrak rolled out Wi-Fi on corridor trains out of Chicago. When all the Midwest cars offer the AmtrakConnect service, about 85%", "title": "Amtrak" }, { "docid": "3680524", "text": "acquiring airport-focused Meteor Parking. In August 2003 the Wilts & Dorset bus business was purchased. Included in the purchase of Gatwick Handling International in 1998 was a 50% shareholding in Plane Handling. In August 2004 Go-Ahead purchased the remaining 50% from Virgin Aviation. In June 2005 Solent Blue Line and Southern Vectis were purchased. In September 2005 the Lewes and Seaford operations of Stagecoach South were acquired and integrated into the Brighton & Hove business. In December 2005 Go-Ahead purchased The Birmingham Coach Company, which operated express coach under contract for National Express and local bus services in the West", "title": "Go-Ahead Group" }, { "docid": "6068490", "text": "mounted riders rather than traditional stagecoaches, they established a fast mail service between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, with letters delivered in 10 days, a duration many at the time said was impossible. Russell, Majors, and Waddell had hoped to win an exclusive government mail contract to continue running the Pony Express, but that did not come about and the business venture proved to be a failure, losing upwards of $1,000 a day. By October 1861, the Pony Express was out of business due to the completion of the telegraph lines and the unwillingness of the national government to", "title": "William Hepburn Russell" }, { "docid": "6869771", "text": "the business by selling rhinestone-studded hair combs out of a pushcart. The Goodman business quickly grew and by 1921 their growing variety of products were being sold in the Midwest and throughout the Northeast. The products were sold under the name H. Goodman and sons. A few years later their products were sold nationwide in national variety stores. The company’s growth was directly proportional to the increase in discount stores and shopping centers. As the styles changed throughout the years, so did the products sold by Goody. Goodman’s son, Abraham, went to New York University and earned a degree in", "title": "Goody (brand)" }, { "docid": "3221823", "text": "other cities across the United States. It is usually held in the Midwest as approximately 85% of the New Testament Churches are in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. The average attendance is 8,000-12,000 for an average of three and a half nights. When the location is moved outside of the Midwest attendance can drop as low as 50%. Churches and Christian organizations from all across the United States fund the NACC. The supporting churches help the NACC continue to reach out to people all over the world who come to the event. The range of donations can go from", "title": "North American Christian Convention" }, { "docid": "818242", "text": "next day. However, Vettius was killed in prison during the night. Caesar claimed that he was killed by the optimates who did not want to be exposed. The crowd gave Caesar a bodyguard. According to Appian, it is at this point that Bibulus withdrew from public business and did not go out of his house for the rest of his term of office. Caesar, who ran public affairs on his own, did not make any further investigations into this affair. In Cassius Dio's version, Vettius was sent by Cicero and Lucullus. He did not say when this happened and did", "title": "First Triumvirate" }, { "docid": "7481374", "text": "to other Canadian cities and Amtrak's daily New York City trains through Union Station, a grand neoclassical structure in the heart of the city's downtown, which is shared with GO Transit's commuter trains. The Union Pearson Express, an airport rail link from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Union Station and the central business district, started operation on June 6, 2015. It was completed in time for the 2015 Pan American Games. GO Transit operates all of its commuter bus services into and out of downtown Toronto from the Union Station Bus Terminal, a terminal owned and operated by GO Transit", "title": "Transportation in Toronto" }, { "docid": "9510745", "text": "People's Express People's Express was a bus company in the West Midlands which was acquired by Probus Management (trading as Pete's Travel) in June 1998 and then by the Go-Ahead Group in March 2006. In May 1997, Probus Management acquired a 50% stake in People's Express which, at the time, operated 13 buses in West Bromwich. The remainder of the business was purchased by Probus Management in June 1998. On 28 March 2005, Probus Management changed its trading name from Pete's Travel to People's Express. On 21 March 2006, Probus Management was purchased by the Go-Ahead Group and integrated into", "title": "People's Express" }, { "docid": "3976211", "text": "Milwaukee* and Rockford) Omaha* (to Milwaukee*, Kansas City and Cedar Rapids+) Newark Buffalo (to Columbus+) New York LaGuardia (to Grand Rapids) Rochester (to Columbus+ and Flint+) Raleigh/Durham Cincinnati Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (to Detroit City Airport+) Cleveland Hopkins Airport* Columbus* (to Milwaukee*, Grand Rapids, Baltimore+, Buffalo+, and Rochester+) Dayton* (to Milwaukee*, Grand Rapids, Nashville and South Bend) Appleton* Eau Claire (to Milwaukee+ via Wausau/Central Wisconsin Airport) Green Bay* La Crosse Madison* Milwaukee* Oshkosh+ Rhinelander* Wausau/Central Wisconsin Airport* Some markets listed also were served by Midwest Express / Midwest Airlines mainline service. Most non-Milwaukee markets did not last more than 6–18", "title": "Skyway Airlines" }, { "docid": "4357330", "text": "to Kansas City. When Eastern closed its hub at Kansas City, Air Midwest sold their Saabs and signed a new codeshare agreement with the second incarnation of Braniff Airlines, which had started a small hub at MCI, and began flights to Kansas City on Fairchild Metroliner IIIs. In 1991 Air Midwest was sold to the Mesa Air Group of Nevada. Subsequently, Air Midwest (a Mesa Air Group subsidiary), acting under a codeshare agreement with U.S. Airways and operating as US Airways Express, served Kansas City, Missouri from Manhattan, Kansas with three daily flights using 19-passenger Beechcraft 1900D turboprop aircraft. The", "title": "Manhattan Regional Airport" }, { "docid": "16109933", "text": "the crash was determined to be engine failure when the No. 4 connecting rod failed and breached the engine crankcase. The commercial pilot was seriously injured. VFR, night time conditions prevailed and the airplane was operating on an IFR flight plan. The flight had originated from Valdosta Regional Airport (VLD), about 23:07. Flight Express, Inc. Flight Express, Inc. is a cargo airline owned by Bayside Capital. Bayside Capital acquired Flight Express on November 4, 2008. Flight Express, Inc. operates as an air courier company in the Southeast and Midwest United States. It offers air freight and ground courier services. The", "title": "Flight Express, Inc." }, { "docid": "5231059", "text": "Year. Cuddyer was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign until August. Cuddyer initially committed to play college baseball at Florida State but waited for the Twins' signing bonus offer to increase from $700,000 to $1.3 million before deciding to go professional. Consequently, he did not make his professional debut until 1998 when he was assigned to the Fort Wayne Wizards in the single-A Midwest League. Showing the tools that made him a first round draft pick and regularly named to the Baseball America's top minor league", "title": "Michael Cuddyer" }, { "docid": "435687", "text": "Delta pilot to take evasive action. Bottiglia was the first person in the control center to realize that Flight 175 was hijacked when he gave directions for a turn. Flight 175 did not respond, instead accelerating and heading toward the Delta plane. The controller commanded the Delta pilot, \"Take any evasive action necessary. We have an airplane that we don't know what he's doing. Any action at all.\" Moments before Flight 175 crashed, it avoided another near collision with Midwest Express Flight 7, which was flying from Milwaukee to New York. At 08:55, a supervisor at the New York Air", "title": "United Airlines Flight 175" }, { "docid": "2017581", "text": "in 1997, it was operating 44 Beechcraft 1900 and 9 Embraer EMB 120 aircraft serving 49 destinations. After Midwest Express notified Mesa they would not be renewing the contract to operate their Skyway Airlines division, Mesa allocated the aircraft and crews to form Superior Airlines in 1994. Superior initially competed against their former Midwest Express partner as America West Express and also provided service from the new America West Columbus hub. Superior operated America West Express flights to compete against their former partner from Milwaukee to Flint, Lansing, Columbus, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, as well as", "title": "Mesa Airlines" }, { "docid": "5836988", "text": "and Washington Dulles International Airport in April 2000. United Express service at the airport ended in December 2001. Air Midwest offered US Airways Express' connector service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport in June 2000. Its service ended in April 2003. Colgan Air began offering US Airways Express' connector service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport in April 2003, when the airport became eligible for federal subsidies under the Essential Air Service program. The service to Pittsburgh ended in July 2004 when US Airways downgraded Pittsburgh's status from a hub to a focus city.", "title": "Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport" }, { "docid": "13947911", "text": "Abellio (London & Surrey) Abellio London is a bus company operating services in Greater London. A subsidiary of Abellio, it operates services under contract to Transport for London. Until September 2018, services were operated in Surrey under the Abellio Surrey brand. The origins of Abellio can be traced back to June 1998 when National Express commenced operating routes C1 and 211 under the Travel London brand. In August 2000, National Express sold the business to Limebourne, who in July 2001 sold out to Connex. In February 2004, National Express repurchased the business. Further expansion in 2005 saw the purchases of", "title": "Abellio (London & Surrey)" }, { "docid": "17000887", "text": "cover for the \"Record\", and her reputation as a reporter grew. She was offered a job at William Randolph Hearst's \"Herald-Express\", but she turned it down. The \"Herald-Express\" expected her to provide her own automobile, but she did not own a car. In addition, she felt that she was gaining valuable experience in every aspect of the newspaper business at the perennially short-staffed \"Record\", and she worried that she would be more constricted at the \"Herald-Express\". Early in January 1935 the \"Herald-Express\" again offered Underwood a job. She had decided to decline the offer when a couple of days later", "title": "Agness Underwood" }, { "docid": "6349453", "text": "a/k/a Group W. Szerszen was entered into the U.S. Congressional Record for that achievement. The \"Chicago Sun-Times\" \"Midwest Magazine\" made her a cover story, crediting her as \"The Woman Who Invented Strip Radio.\" CBS-2 in Chicago did a feature story on her show for its 5 PM newscast with Bill Kurtis on May 7, 1976 and broadcast on Channel 2 News in Chicago= Szerszen was also an on-air personality for several other Chicago stations, including WJMK, WJEZ, WJJD, and WUSN \"US-99.\" She appeared on local TV shows and guest-hosted WCIU-TV's \"Kiddie-A-Go-Go \"in October, 1970. When ABC7 was searching for a", "title": "Connie Szerszen" }, { "docid": "14197477", "text": "Varsity Express embraced social networking and microblogging media, using Twitter and Facebook to reach out to its potential clientele in the university cities where it planned to operate. Even before its maiden flight, Varsity Express announced new routes linking Newcastle-upon-Tyne with both Edinburgh and Oxford. The company was set up and managed by Martin Halstead. Halstead secured some publicity in 2005 when, at the age of 18, he announced that he would launch his own aviation business. Halstead's 2005 business was called AlphaOne Airways. It had a number of false starts. Halstead announced services from Oxford in March 2005 and", "title": "Varsity Express" }, { "docid": "5155915", "text": "Apparently, she had become so dependent on other inspectors in surveilling Midwest Express that her own role was reduced primarily to administrative matters. The absence of first-hand knowledge of the carrier and her lack of experience in turbojet air carrier operations severely handicapped her ability to perform the quality of surveillance required to detect shortcomings of FAR 121 airline operation. The Safety Board believes that the experience level of the POI was inappropriate for her assignment as the POI of a new air carrier operating turbojet equipment. She even testified that she was not totally comfortable with the arrangement.\" Midwest", "title": "Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105" }, { "docid": "5155901", "text": "from runway 19R, killing everyone on board instantly. The plane was carrying 27 passengers and 4 crew members. Most of the passengers were businessmen. The pilot of the flight was 31-year old Captain Danny Watkin Martin. Captain Martin was employed by Midwest Express in 1984 as a First Officer. He was promoted as a Captain in 1985 and had accumulated a total flying hours of 4,000 flight hours, including 600 flight hours as a First Officer on the DC-9. Before he was an employee of Midwest, he was a corporate pilot of a Beechcraft 90 King Air. The copilot was", "title": "Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105" }, { "docid": "1285320", "text": "then redirected to Frontier Airlines' website. Midwest's YX code was retired in early November 2010 and adopted by Republic Airlines. In August 2017, reports surfaced that there are ongoing efforts to revive the Midwest brand. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a group of people are trying to secure investors to relaunch the airline using the original \"Midwest Express\" brand. This is a list of destinations that Midwest Airlines, operated by Frontier Airlines and Republic Airlines served as of April 2010. Midwest Connect destinations are not included. Midwest Airlines' frequent flyer program was called Midwest Miles. It maintained one airport", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "10768631", "text": "allowing any of his troops to do so, (nor did any express any desire to go out and meet a Comanche challenge to single combat). Ford put an end to his Indian allies accepting these challenges when they lost most of the combats. Ford, already irritated by his allies losing many fights to the Comanche, absolutely forbid any further single combats. After the end of the single battles between Tonkawa and Comanche, he first ordered the Tonkawa to attack the Comanches in mass, hoping that this would lure Peta Nocona to commit his forces wholesale to battle, at which point", "title": "Battle of Little Robe Creek" }, { "docid": "18401891", "text": "2012 when Gregson found an old typewriter in a Helena antique store and typed out a poem spontaneously. He said, \"I just did it all at once and it was like stream of consciousness, I didn't plan it or think it through—I just let it go.\" The poet now challenges himself to post one of these every single day. Gregson's main incentive for writing is to express that poetry is not dead and is something to be valued. Writing about various themes like love, hope, sadness, and wanderlust, has enabled his readers to relate their own experiences to his words.", "title": "Tyler Knott Gregson" }, { "docid": "13987277", "text": "brand. go! Mokulele did not hold its own air operator's certificate. Instead, flights were operated by Mesa Airlines and Mokulele Airlines for Go! Mokulele. All destinations served by go! Mokulele were in the state of Hawaii in the United States. The following destinations were served: Go! Mokulele go! Mokulele was an American business marketing inter-island flights within the state of Hawaii. The airline was a joint venture between Mesa Airlines and Mokule Flight Services formed in October 2009 when the companies merged their competing airline business subsidiaries, go! and Mokulele Airlines, under one umbrella company. Mesa Air Group owned approximately", "title": "Go! Mokulele" }, { "docid": "4832408", "text": "settled with its pilot union regarding operating Freedom as a separate air carrier, Freedom's aircraft and pilots were merged back into Mesa Airlines in 2003. As Mesa completed its restructuring, it proceeded to reestablish it codeshares. In 1998, it negotiated a new codeshare with America West and expanded its codeshare with USAir. In 2001, Mesa reestablished a codeshare agreement with Midwest Express for its Air Midwest Kansas City hub. Also that same year, Mesa negotiated an agreement with Frontier to operate as Frontier JetExpress out of Denver. The Frontier codeshare ended in 2003. In 2003, Mesa reestablished a codeshare agreement", "title": "Mesa Air Group" }, { "docid": "5647965", "text": "of \"sheer spite\" and \"consistent incompetence\". The lawsuit is formally brought by Kelleher's company, Shelbourne North Water Street Corporation. In 2016, \"Crain's Chicago Business\" reported that Related Midwest had hired former SOM architect Michael Pfeffer to guide the design of developments on the former Chicago Spire site. Although President Curt Bailey disclosed no project details—such as whether, for example, Related Midwest plans to build one big tower or multiple structures on the site—he did announce the development firm's intent to discuss plan outlines with the public in 2017. In 2018, it was revealed that Related Midwest will build two skyscrapers", "title": "Chicago Spire" }, { "docid": "10811813", "text": "and Toronto Transit Commission routes within York Region, with the exception of five express routes. As well as local service, YRT provides two different types of express services in Markham. The 91E Bayview Express is a limited-stop branch of the 91 Bayview bus and operates along Bayview, and requires regular YRT fare. The 300 (Business Express), 301 (Markham Express), 302 (Unionville Express), 303 (Bur Oak Express), and 304 (Mount Joy Express) are express routes that travel from Markham to Finch Bus Terminal via Highway 407 and require a YRT express fare. YRT has two major terminals in Markham: Unionville GO", "title": "Transportation in Markham, Ontario" }, { "docid": "5945007", "text": "Missouri, to Denver and Salt Lake City and it succeeded the George Chorpenning contract for mail service from Utah to California in May 1860. In an attempt to win a more lucrative contract with the United States government, it started an express mail service between St. Joseph and San Francisco on April 3, 1860, known as the Pony Express. Maintenance of frequent stage service and heavy losses from the Pony Express brought embarrassment to the C. O. C. & P. P. Express. When the Pony Express became obsolete upon completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph, the business ran out of cash", "title": "Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company" }, { "docid": "2518344", "text": "the federal government into their business practices, and immediately started challenging the legality of these new rules. Two important United States Supreme Court cases involved a company known as Midwest Video. In \"United States v. Midwest Video Corp.\", 406 U.S. 649 (1972), the Supreme Court upheld the FCC's requirements for Local Origination facilities. However the public-access television requirement did not survive legal scrutiny seven years later. In 1979 the U.S. Supreme Court sided against the FCC in the case \"FCC v. Midwest Video Corp.\", 440 U.S. 689 (1979), determining that the FCC's new requirements exceeded the agency's statutory powers as", "title": "Public-access television" }, { "docid": "18314567", "text": "as per Indian Railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge. The 12074 / 73 Bhubaneswar Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express runs from Bhubaneswar via Cuttack, Balasore, Kharagpur Junction to Howrah Junction . When the train was extended up to Bhubaneswar the train did not used to go via Cuttack it had other route later on the train connected via Cuttack. As the route is fully electrified, it is powered by a Visakhapatnam based WAP 7 for its entire journey. 12074 Bhubaneswar Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express departs from Bhubaneswar daily at 06:00 IST and arrives Howrah Junction the same day at", "title": "Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express" }, { "docid": "8109808", "text": "to win a third consecutive Division 2 title. HHS has two competitive show choirs, a unisex women's group called Midwest Magic and a mixed group called Midwest Express. Both Express and Magic have won numerous awards in their respective categories, as Express won two competitions in 2018. The choir program also hosts their own yearly competition, called Gathering of the Stars. Holmen High School Holmen High School is a high school in Holmen, Wisconsin operated by the Holmen School District. As of 2016, school enrollment was 1,112. The current facility was opened in 1994 and was expanded in 2000. Holmen", "title": "Holmen High School" }, { "docid": "837197", "text": "Conference USA Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are located in the Las Colinas business district of the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. C-USA was founded in 1995 by the merger of the Metro Conference and Great Midwest Conference, two Division I conferences that did not sponsor football. However, the merger did not include either Great Midwest member Dayton or Metro members VCU and Virginia Tech. Since this left an uneven number", "title": "Conference USA" }, { "docid": "13474487", "text": "speculate and impossible to rule out that Ibáñez’s could be steroid enhanced. In the post, Morris stated that he was withholding judgment on the issue and later clarified that he did not believe Ibanez was using steroids, only that such speculation is warranted for any Major League Baseball Player. The post on Midwest Sports Fans created a controversy when it was mentioned by John Gonzalez in a \"Philadelphia Inquirer\" article entitled \"A cheap shot at Ibanez\". Morris claimed that Gonzalez had mischaracterized the post. Once informed of the Philadelphia Inquirer article by Gonzalez that discussed the post by Morris, Raúl", "title": "Midwest Sports Fans" }, { "docid": "6720922", "text": "the Utility Employees Union, was deemed illegitimate by the NLRB in 1942. In June 2001, IBEW Local Union 15, with approximately 1,150 members working at seven fossil fuel generating stations throughout Illinois, went on strike against Midwest Generation when contract negotiations broke down. After two months, Local 15 members voted on August 31 to return to their jobs. The union made an unconditional offer to return to work while still negotiating an agreement. \"Some of the guys were hurting financially, that's why we voted to go back to work,\" said Tom O'Reilly, Ass't Business Manager for Local 15. \"We have", "title": "Fisk Generating Station" }, { "docid": "1884742", "text": "the \"Billboard\" Country Songs chart. The second single, “Let Me Go”, was released on July 11, 2011. Kane was born in Dallas, Texas. He claims Cherokee Native American ancestry - he has no documented evidence, but it is part of his family's oral history. His parents participated in, and met at, the rodeo. The family moved around the South and the Midwest because his father was in the oil business, and they finally settled in Norman, Oklahoma, when Kane was in eighth grade. While growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Kane was a collegiate-style wrestler and played football (as a", "title": "Christian Kane" }, { "docid": "17877817", "text": "makers out of business. Sima Andrejević moved to Aleksinac where he tried to open another snuff factory, but it did not work out. He then moved to Monastir (Bitola) (in modern Macedonia) to gather and sell leeches, but this business venture did not go well either because the Pasha of Monastir did not let him prosper. He sued the Pasha, and while the judicial proceedings were going on in Constantinople, Sima – despaired and with no more financial reserves left – risked it all and started trading in tobacco, which proved to be his calling. He made his fortune in", "title": "Sima Igumanov" }, { "docid": "625473", "text": "revenue in 2009, Supervalu enhanced the Express concept by enlarging the convenience store, added more marketing tie ins with the main store, and even added a car wash. This change did not help Supervalu's bottom line so in 2011 Supervalu announced that it was exiting the fuel business and that it would sell or close all fuel stations that it received when it purchased Albertsons which includes the 29 Jewel Express stations that it received. The same announcement said that 27 of the Jewel Express locations would be sold to Alimentation Couche-Tard, the parent of Circle K, and all remaining", "title": "Jewel (supermarket)" }, { "docid": "2713973", "text": "month. Rat Terriers were originally farm dogs who were bred to rid barns of mice and rats in barns and grain silos of the Midwest.. Jack Russell Terrier comes in two coats, one long and wiry and the other short: the short coated variety spent more time underground doing battle with badgers and foxes and did not need the wiry hair as much as it would be taken out of the hunter's saddle bag at the last moment to seek its prey. In fox hunting, they are often paired with hounds should prey go to ground, since most breeds of", "title": "Hunting dog" }, { "docid": "16844650", "text": "Stotesbery starred as one of the leads in the pilot \"Olympia\", which did very well in the festival circuit and won 5 awards. Later in 2012, she reunited with director Nick Lentz, and starred in the French comedic short film \"Cupcakes\". Stotesbery also wrapped as the female lead in the dramatic short film \"Cold Feet\". She also starred in the music video for Adele’s \"Don’t you remember\". As a freshman in high school, Stotesbery was chosen 1 out of 400 girls in the Ford Modeling search to represent Beauty in the Midwest. Stotesbery was selected to go to New York", "title": "Carolyn Stotesbery" }, { "docid": "10135647", "text": "European tour. On March 13, 1992, at the Munich, Germany show at Nachtwerk, Pearl Jam played \"Ten\" in its entirety in order mid-way through its set. The band then came back and did another tour of North America. Goldstone noted that the band's audience expanded, saying that unlike before \"everyone came.\" The band's manager, Kelly Curtis, stated, \"Once people came and saw them live, this lightbulb would go on. Doing their first tour, you kind of knew it was happening and there was no stopping it. To play in the Midwest and be selling out these 500 seat clubs. Eddie", "title": "Ten Tour" }, { "docid": "10070770", "text": "grew tired of backroom politics and opted to go overseas for a while in 1929. Traveling to New Zealand and Australia, he became a sensation there, winning 47 consecutive bouts. Pesek's reputation as a maverick held him back from holding many championships in his career, and he has been characterized as a \"trustbuster\" in his own right. It turned out that none of the titles he did hold were either won or lost in the ring. From 1931 to 1933, he was the recognized Midwest Wrestling Association (MWA) champion, until he forfeited the title to wrestle for another promotion. Later,", "title": "John Pesek" }, { "docid": "1618527", "text": "operations, and was dedicated to the maintenance of corporate aircraft. In 1982, K-C Aviation initiated shuttle flights for Kimberly-Clark employees between Appleton, Memphis, and Atlanta. From these experiences and considering the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, Kimberly-Clark and K-C Aviation decided to form a regularly scheduled passenger airline, and out of the initiative, Midwest Express Airlines was started on June 11, 1984. The name of the airline was shortened to Midwest Airlines in 2003. K-C Aviation divested itself from the airline in 1996. Two years later, Gulfstream Aerospace purchased K-C Aviation from Kimberly-Clark for $250 million, which included its operations", "title": "Kimberly-Clark" }, { "docid": "2474150", "text": "with tradition. Following this, Malley rejoined the Conservative caucus from the speaker's chair. This created some controversy and Graham's Liberals held up some business in the House as a procedural stalement ensued for some weeks. Finally the Conservative and Liberal House Leaders signed an agreement on May 31, 2006 which laid out a detailed plan for the conduct of the business of the House and which seemingly guaranteed that the next election would be held on Lord's preferred date of October 15, 2007. This protracted procedural battle did not seem to go well for the Liberals when, in an opinion", "title": "Shawn Graham" }, { "docid": "3976199", "text": "Express Connection, began flight operations on April 17, 1989. Skyway began operations as a division of Phoenix, Arizona-based Mesa Air Group. Mesa's Skyway Airlines division operated Beechcraft 1900C 19-passenger airliners, providing regional airline feed to Midwest Express Airlines in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Rockford, Illinois. In 1994, Midwest Express established Astral Aviation, Inc., as a wholly owned subsidiary to take over the operation of Skyway Airlines. The 1900C aircraft were replaced with 15 brand-new Beechcraft 1900D aircraft. The first flight took place from Milwaukee to Flint, Michigan, on February 15, 1994. Skyway grew to connect Milwaukee with communities in Wisconsin, Michigan,", "title": "Skyway Airlines" }, { "docid": "1285299", "text": "and K-C Aviation decided to form a regular scheduled passenger airline, and out of that initiative, Midwest Express began operations on June 11, 1984. At the time the airline had two Douglas DC-9-10 twin engine jets and 83 employees. Early plans for the airline called for it to serve Appleton, Chicago, and Atlanta. Kimberly-Clark opted against this plan after local resistance over the carrier's desire to serve Atlanta's Fulton County Airport, which is a general aviation airport on the city's west side. From 1983 to 1985, the airline also operated a single Convair 580 twin turboprop aircraft provided by Kimberly-Clark's", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "1285327", "text": "separated by a gold, white, and red cheatline. The tail logo also underwent minor changes, adding a circle around the lettering and the same cheatline from the fuselage connecting the circle to the leading edge of the tail. Despite the unchanged lettering on the tail, the titles on the fuselage were changed to all bold letters, rather than the script \"Express\" titles. In 2003, Midwest Express Airlines began to create a new identity, as the first Boeing 717's were being delivered, and the DC-9 aircraft were being retired. The company started with removing the \"Express\" from its name (and thus,", "title": "Midwest Airlines" }, { "docid": "16263093", "text": "the \"Chicago Express\" in order to get real-life training and progress their future in the industry. In October, the ship also welcomed aboard seven mechanic apprentices. The cadets sailed with the \"Chicago Express\" for one year to fulfill their training requirement. In September 2008, the \"Chicago Express\" was sailing out of Hong Kong when it ran into a typhoon. The resulting storm initially caused the ship to go in a parametric roll, in which the ship rocked side to side 32 degrees. To decrease this effect, the ship master was able to change direction of the ship and brought the", "title": "Chicago Express (ship)" }, { "docid": "19385469", "text": "classes at OSU ended for spring break the next week. Brian and Randy Shaffer, his father, celebrated the occasion by going out for a steak dinner together earlier that evening. The older man noted that his son seemed exhausted from having pulled all-nighters earlier in the week cramming for some important upcoming exams. He did not think Brian should go out with a friend, William \"Clint\" Florence, later that night as he planned to do, but did not express his reservations to his son. At 9 p.m., Brian met Florence at the Ugly Tuna Saloona, a bar in the South", "title": "Disappearance of Brian Shaffer" } ]
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drugs that are substrates of cytochrome p450 3a4 and cyp2d6
[ "codeine", "ciclosporin ( cyclosporin )", "diazepam", "erythromycin", "acetaminophen" ]
[ { "docid": "3827374", "text": "metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids, and other lipids components. The CYP3A4 protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum, and its expression is induced by glucocorticoids and some pharmacological agents. Cytochrome P450 enzymes metabolize approximately 60% of prescribed drugs, with CYP3A4 responsible for about half of this metabolism;, substrates include acetaminophen, codeine, ciclosporin (cyclosporin), diazepam, and erythromycin. The enzyme also metabolizes some steroids and carcinogens. Most drugs undergo deactivation by CYP3A4, either directly or by facilitated excretion from the body. Also, many substances are bioactivated by CYP3A4 to form their active compounds, and many protoxins being toxicated into their toxic forms", "title": "CYP3A4" }, { "docid": "3106246", "text": "adverse depressant effects. Protease inhibitors, nefazodone, sertraline, grapefruit, fluoxetine, erythromycin, diltiazem, clarithromycin inhibit the metabolism of midazolam, leading to a prolonged action. St John's wort, rifapentine, rifampin, rifabutin, phenytoin enhance the metabolism of midazolam leading to a reduced action. Sedating antidepressants, antiepileptic drugs such as phenobarbital, phenytoin and carbamazepine, sedative antihistamines, opioids, antipsychotics and alcohol enhance the sedative effects of midazolam. Midazolam is metabolized almost completely by cytochrome P450-3A4. Atorvastatin administration along with midazolam results in a reduced elimination rate of midazolam. St John's wort decreases the blood levels of midazolam. Grapefruit juice reduces intestinal 3A4 and results in less", "title": "Midazolam" }, { "docid": "4092050", "text": "Phase I CYP450 enzymes, the subfamilies CYP2D6 and CYP3A are responsible for hepatotoxicity during drug metabolism with a number of different drugs, including flucloxacilin, trioleandomycin, and troglitazone. Hepatotoxicity indicates the drug's toxicity to liver. Paracetamol (acetaminophen, APAP) is converted into the hepatotoxic metabolite NAPQI via the cytochrome P450 oxidase system, mainly by the subfamily CYP2E1. Hepatic reduced glutathione (GSH) will detoxify this formed NAPQI quickly by if APAP is taken at a proper level. In the case of overdoses, the storage of GSH will not be enough for NAPQI detoxication, thereby resulting in acute liver injury. Oxidoreductases are enzymes that", "title": "Toxication" }, { "docid": "1783545", "text": "(CYP 2C9, 2C19, 2B6, 3A4, and 3A5), hydroxylation (CYP 3A4 and 2C19) and glucuronidation in the liver as part of the cytochrome P450 enzyme system. It has several pharmacologically active metabolites. The main active metabolite of diazepam is desmethyldiazepam (also known as nordazepam or nordiazepam). Its other active metabolites include the minor active metabolites temazepam and oxazepam. These metabolites are conjugated with glucuronide, and are excreted primarily in the urine. Because of these active metabolites, the serum values of diazepam alone are not useful in predicting the effects of the drug. Diazepam has a biphasic half-life of about one to", "title": "Diazepam" }, { "docid": "3827374", "text": "metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids, and other lipids components. The CYP3A4 protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum, and its expression is induced by glucocorticoids and some pharmacological agents. Cytochrome P450 enzymes metabolize approximately 60% of prescribed drugs, with CYP3A4 responsible for about half of this metabolism;, substrates include acetaminophen, codeine, ciclosporin (cyclosporin), diazepam, and erythromycin. The enzyme also metabolizes some steroids and carcinogens. Most drugs undergo deactivation by CYP3A4, either directly or by facilitated excretion from the body. Also, many substances are bioactivated by CYP3A4 to form their active compounds, and many protoxins being toxicated into their toxic forms", "title": "CYP3A4" }, { "docid": "9467040", "text": "this class (codeine-based semi-synthetic narcotic antitussives), thebacon exerts its analgesic effect and a large part of its antitussive and antiperistaltic action as a prodrug for stronger and/or longer-lasting opioids, primarily hydromorphone, which is formed in the liver by the cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) enzyme pathway as well as acetylmorphone. As a result, the effectiveness of a given dose of thebacon will vary amongst patients, and some food and drugs can affect various parts of the liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination profile, and therefore a variable proportion of the potency of thebacon. Thebacon can be said to be the 3-monoacetylmorphine", "title": "Thebacon" }, { "docid": "2204629", "text": "found rats fed goldenseal constantly for two years had a greater tendency to develop tumors. Goldenseal has been found to have inhibited cytochrome P450 CYP2D6, CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 activity by approximately 40%, a statistically and clinically significant reduction. CYP2D6 is a known metabolizer of many commonly used pharmaceuticals, such as antidepressants (including all SSRIs except for fluvoxamine), neuroleptics and codeine. Combining goldenseal with such medications should be done with caution and under the supervision of a doctor as it can lead to serious, perhaps fatal, toxicity. Those with a genetic deficiency in these enzymes are at particular risk. Goldenseal became", "title": "Goldenseal" }, { "docid": "3925471", "text": "users. Codeine is more commonly used; however, as codeine is, in essence, a prodrug that requires \"in vivo\" metabolism for efficacy, it is ineffective for some individuals with the \"poor metabolizer\" genotype of the liver cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP2D6. In people with this low-function isoform, dextropropoxyphene is particularly useful, as its metabolism does not require CYP2D6. It is also used for patients with digestive complaints, as it is less liable to worsen their symptoms. Dextropropoxyphene has been found to be helpful in relieving the symptoms of restless legs syndrome. In pure form, dextropropoxyphene is commonly used to ease the withdrawal", "title": "Dextropropoxyphene" }, { "docid": "7609817", "text": "CYP2C19 Cytochrome P450 2C19 (abbreviated CYP2C19) is an enzyme. This protein, a member of the cytochrome P450 mixed-function oxidase system, is involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics, including many proton pump inhibitors and antiepileptics. In humans, the CYP2C19 protein is encoded by the \"CYP2C19\" gene. CYP2C19 is a liver enzyme that acts on at least 10% of drugs in current clinical use, most notably the antiplatelet treatment clopidogrel (Plavix) also drugs that treat pain associated with ulcers, such as omeprazole, antiseizure drugs such as mephenytoin, the antimalarial proguanil, and the anxiolytic diazepam. CYP2C19 has been annotated as (R)-limonene 6-monooxygenase and", "title": "CYP2C19" }, { "docid": "8884923", "text": "Erythromycin breath test The erythromycin breath test (ERMBT) is a method used to measure metabolism (oxidation and elimination from the system) by a part of the cytochrome P450 system. Erythromycin is tagged with carbon-14 and given as an intravenous injection; after 20 minutes the subject blows up a balloon and the carbon dioxide exhaled that is tagged with carbon-14 shows the activity of the CYP3A4 isoenzyme on the erythromycin. Therefore, this activity can predict how other drugs that are metabolized by the CYP3A4 part of the cytochrome P450 system will be acted upon by a particular person. The test allows", "title": "Erythromycin breath test" }, { "docid": "4258685", "text": "arms and legs. Common side effects, occurring in between 1% and 10% of people, include flushing, headache, heart palpitations, dizziness and fatigue. Felodipine can exacerbate gingivitis. Felodipine is metabolized by cytochrome P450 3A4, so substances that inhibit or activate CYP3A4 can strongly effect how much felodipine is present. CYP3A4 inhibitors, which increase the amount of felodipine available per dose, include cimetidine, erythromycin, itraconazole, ketoconazole, HIV protease inhibitors, and grapefruit juice. CYP3A4 activators, which decrease the amount of felodipine available per dose, include phenytoin, carbamazepine, rifampicin, barbiturates, efavirenz, nevirapine, and Saint John's wort. Felodipine is a calcium channel blocker. Felodipine has", "title": "Felodipine" } ]
[ { "docid": "3827791", "text": "CYP2D6 Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"CYP2D6\" gene. \"CYP2D6\" is primarily expressed in the liver. It is also highly expressed in areas of the central nervous system, including the substantia nigra. CYP2D6, a member of the cytochrome P450 mixed-function oxidase system, is one of the most important enzymes involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics in the body. In particular, CYP2D6 is responsible for the metabolism and elimination of approximately 25% of clinically used drugs, via the addition or removal of certain functional groups – specifically, hydroxylation, demethylation, and dealkylation. Other drugs,", "title": "CYP2D6" }, { "docid": "3827798", "text": "This variability is accounted for by the differences in the prevalence of various \"CYP2D6\" alleles among the populations–approximately 10% of whites are intermediate metabolizers, due to decreased CYP2D6 function, because they appear to have the non-functional \"CYP2D6*4\" allele, while approximately 50% of Asians possess the decreased functioning \"CYP2D6*10\" allele. Following is a table of selected substrates, inducers and inhibitors of CYP2D6. Where classes of agents are listed, there may be exceptions within the class. Inhibitors of CYP2D6 can be classified by their potency, such as: CYP2D6 Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the", "title": "CYP2D6" }, { "docid": "19449815", "text": "Cytochrome P450 omega hydroxylase Cytochrome P450 omega hydroxylases, also termed cytochrome P450 ω-hydroxylases, CYP450 omega hydroxylases, CYP450 ω-hydroxylases, CYP omega hydroxylase, CYP ω-hydroxylases, fatty acid omega hydroxylases, cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, and fatty acid monooxygenases, are a set of cytochrome P450-containing enzymes that catalyze the addition of a hydroxyl residue to a fatty acid Substrate (chemistry). The CYP omega hydroxylases are often referred to as monoxygenases; however, the monooxygenases are CYP450 enzymes that add a hydroxyl group to a wide range of xenobiotic (e.g. drugs, industrial toxins) and naturally occurring endobiotic (e.g. cholesterol) substrates, most of which are not fatty acids.", "title": "Cytochrome P450 omega hydroxylase" }, { "docid": "19449818", "text": "can be categorized into several groups based on their substrates and consequential function Cytochrome P450 omega hydroxylase Cytochrome P450 omega hydroxylases, also termed cytochrome P450 ω-hydroxylases, CYP450 omega hydroxylases, CYP450 ω-hydroxylases, CYP omega hydroxylase, CYP ω-hydroxylases, fatty acid omega hydroxylases, cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, and fatty acid monooxygenases, are a set of cytochrome P450-containing enzymes that catalyze the addition of a hydroxyl residue to a fatty acid Substrate (chemistry). The CYP omega hydroxylases are often referred to as monoxygenases; however, the monooxygenases are CYP450 enzymes that add a hydroxyl group to a wide range of xenobiotic (e.g. drugs, industrial toxins) and", "title": "Cytochrome P450 omega hydroxylase" }, { "docid": "3827372", "text": "CYP3A4 Cytochrome P450 3A4 (abbreviated CYP3A4) () is an important enzyme in the body, mainly found in the liver and in the intestine. It oxidizes small foreign organic molecules (xenobiotics), such as toxins or drugs, so that they can be removed from the body. While many drugs are deactivated by CYP3A4, there are also some drugs which are \"activated\" by the enzyme. Some substances, such as grapefruit juice and some drugs, interfere with the action of CYP3A4. These substances will therefore either amplify or weaken the action of those drugs that are modified by CYP3A4. CYP3A4 is a member of", "title": "CYP3A4" }, { "docid": "3234479", "text": "may metabolize multiple substrates. Both of these characteristics account for their central importance in medicine. Cytochrome P450 enzymes are present in most tissues of the body, and play important roles in hormone synthesis and breakdown (including estrogen and testosterone synthesis and metabolism), cholesterol synthesis, and vitamin D metabolism. Cytochrome P450 enzymes also function to metabolize potentially toxic compounds, including drugs and products of endogenous metabolism such as bilirubin, principally in the liver. The Human Genome Project has identified 57 human genes coding for the various cytochrome P450 enzymes. CYPs are the major enzymes involved in drug metabolism, accounting for about", "title": "Cytochrome P450" }, { "docid": "5620187", "text": "symptoms of overdose can occur within a half an hour after ingestion. Overdose symptoms include convulsions, drowsiness, headache, heart problems or heart failure, difficulty breathing and vision problems. Hydroxychloroquine has similar pharmacokinetics to chloroquine, with rapid gastrointestinal absorption and elimination by the kidneys. Cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP2D6, 2C8, 3A4 and 3A5) metabolize hydroxychloroquine to \"N\"-desethylhydroxychloroquine. Antimalarials are lipophilic weak bases and easily pass plasma membranes. The free base form accumulates in lysosomes (acidic cytoplasmic vesicles) and is then protonated, resulting in concentrations within lysosomes up to 1000 times higher than in culture media. This increases the pH of the lysosome", "title": "Hydroxychloroquine" }, { "docid": "3827793", "text": "result. So, the dose of the drug may have to be adjusted to take into account of the speed at which it is metabolized by CYP2D6. Other drugs may function as inhibitors of CYP2D6 activity or inducers of CYP2D6 enzyme expression that will lead to decreased or increased CYP2D6 activity respectively. If such a drug is taken at the same time as a second drug that is a CYP2D6 substrate, the first drug may affect the elimination rate of the second through what is known as a drug-drug interaction. The gene is located near two cytochrome P450 pseudogenes on chromosome", "title": "CYP2D6" }, { "docid": "9915608", "text": "regulator of ceramide levels which derives ceramide from sphingomyelin. The bioavailability of fluoxetine is relatively high (72%), and peak plasma concentrations are reached in 6–8 hours. It is highly bound to plasma proteins, mostly albumin and α-glycoprotein. Fluoxetine is metabolized in the liver by isoenzymes of the cytochrome P450 system, including CYP2D6. The role of CYP2D6 in the metabolism of fluoxetine may be clinically important, as there is great genetic variability in the function of this enzyme among people. CYP2D6 is responsible for converting fluoxetine to its only active metabolite, norfluoxetine. Both drugs are also potent inhibitors of CYP2D6. The", "title": "Fluoxetine" }, { "docid": "2153428", "text": "review found that overall risk of pneumonia is about 1 in 4 higher among H antagonist users. With regard to pharmacokinetics, cimetidine in particular interferes with some of the body's mechanisms of drug metabolism and elimination through the liver cytochrome P450 (CYP) pathway. To be specific, cimetidine is an inhibitor of the P450 enzymes CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, CYP2E1, CYP3A4. By reducing the metabolism of drugs through these enzymes, cimetidine may increase their serum concentrations to toxic levels. Many drugs are affected, including warfarin, theophylline, phenytoin, lidocaine, quinidine, propranolol, labetalol, metoprolol, methadone, tricyclic antidepressants, some benzodiazepines, dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers,", "title": "H2 antagonist" }, { "docid": "3816668", "text": "as an antacid is as a histamine H receptor antagonist. It has been found to bind to the H receptor with a K of 42 nM. Cimetidine is a potent inhibitor of certain cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes, including CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4. The drug appears to primarily inhibit CYP1A2, CYP2D6, and CYP3A4, of which it is described as a moderate inhibitor. This is notable since these three CYP450 isoenzymes are involved in CYP450-mediated drug biotransformations; however, CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4 are also involved in the oxidative metabolism of many commonly used drugs. As a", "title": "Cimetidine" }, { "docid": "7360074", "text": "metabolism is to detoxify, inactivate, solubilize and eliminate these drugs. As a result, the amount of the drug in its original form that reaches systemic circulation is reduced due to this first-pass metabolism. Furanocoumarins (see section above) irreversibly inhibit a metabolizing enzyme cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). CYP3A4 is a metabolizing enzyme for almost 50% of drugs, and is found in the liver and small intestinal epithelial cells. As a result, many drugs are impacted by consumption of citrus juice. When the metabolizing enzyme is inhibited, less of the drug will be metabolized by it in the epithelial cells. A decrease", "title": "Grapefruit–drug interactions" }, { "docid": "9162672", "text": "AmpliChip CYP450 Test AmpliChip CYP450 Test is a clinical test from Roche. The test aims to find the specific gene types (a genotype) of the patient that will determine how he or she metabolizes certain medicines, therefore guides the doctors to prescribe medicine for best effectiveness and least side effects. The AmpliChip CYP450 Test uses micro array technology from Affymetrix (GeneChip) to determine the genotype of the patient in terms of two cytochrome P450 enzymes: 2D6 and 2C19. CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 belong to the Cytochrome P450 oxidase family. CYP2D6 has over 90 variants, 2C19 has mainly three. They are responsible", "title": "AmpliChip CYP450 Test" }, { "docid": "7360069", "text": "about drug interactions. The effects are caused by furanocoumarins (and, to a lesser extent, flavonoids). These chemicals inhibit key drug metabolizing enzymes, such as cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). CYP3A4 is a metabolizing enzyme for almost 50% of drugs, and is found in the liver and small intestinal epithelial cells. As a result, many drugs are affected. Inhibition of enzymes can have two different effects, depending on whether the drug is either If the active drug is metabolized by the inhibited enzyme, then the fruit will stop the drug being metabolized, leaving elevated concentrations of the medication in the body, which", "title": "Grapefruit–drug interactions" }, { "docid": "15449131", "text": "Cooperstown cocktail The Cooperstown cocktail refers to a panel of four drug probes used in human pharmacokinetic studies to determine the activity of drug metabolising enzymes. The terminology 'cocktail' refers to the fact that the drug probes are given together. The Cooperstown cocktail consists of four drugs that are considered specific substrates for four cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoforms. One of the drugs (caffeine) provides, through its metabolites, substrates for two additional enzymes (see next paragraph). The drugs and the enzymes they probe are as follows - caffeine (probes CYP1A2, N-acetyltransferase 2, xanthine oxidase), midazolam (probes CYP3A), omeprazole (probes CYP2C19) and", "title": "Cooperstown cocktail" }, { "docid": "11324030", "text": "CYP2J2 Cytochrome P450 2J2 (CYP2J2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"CYP2J2\" gene. CYP2J2 is a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The enzymes are oxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in the metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotics) as well as in the synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. The CYP2J2 contains the following domains: • Hydrophobic binding domains • F-G loop (containing non-conservative mutations) primary membrane binding motif The protein also contains an N-terminal anchor. The F-G loop mediates the binding and passage of substrates, and its hydrophobic region containing residues", "title": "CYP2J2" }, { "docid": "189221", "text": "of hydrocodone is 20 to 50%. In the liver, hydrocodone is transformed into several metabolites, including norhydrocodone, hydromorphone, 6α-hydrocodol (dihydrocodeine), and 6β-hydrocodol. 6α- and 6β-hydromorphol are also formed, and the metabolites of hydrocodone are conjugated (via glucuronidation). Hydrocodone has a terminal half-life that averages 3.8 hours (range 3.3–4.4 hours). The hepatic cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP2D6 converts hydrocodone into hydromorphone, a more potent opioid (5-fold higher binding affinity to the MOR). However, extensive and poor cytochrome 450 CYP2D6 metabolizers had similar physiological and subjective responses to hydrocodone, and CYP2D6 inhibitor quinidine did not change the responses of extensive metabolizers, suggesting that", "title": "Hydrocodone" }, { "docid": "3827389", "text": "assay of drug binding, and may become integral in further high-throughput assays utilized in initial drug discovery testing. In addition to LSPR, CYP3A4-Nanodisc complexes have been found helpful in other applications including solid-state NMR, redox potentiometry, and steady-state enzyme kinetics. Following is a table of selected substrates, inducers and inhibitors of CYP3A4. Where classes of agents are listed, there may be exceptions within the class. Inhibitors of CYP3A4 can be classified by their potency, such as: CYP3A4 Cytochrome P450 3A4 (abbreviated CYP3A4) () is an important enzyme in the body, mainly found in the liver and in the intestine. It", "title": "CYP3A4" }, { "docid": "12272276", "text": "and infusion duration. Neither landiolol nor the metabolites M1 and M2 showed inhibitory effects on the metabolic activity of different cytochrome P450 molecular species (CYP1A2, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6 and 3A4) in vitro. The cytochrome P450 content was not affected in rats after repeated intravenous administration of landiolol. There are no data on a potential effect of landiolol or its metabolites on CYP P450 induction or time dependent inhibition available. Landiolol is indicated as an antiarrhythmic agent in Europe for The beneficial effects of landiolol have been demonstrated in over sixty clinical trials (pubmed search -August 2018). Landiolol was generally well", "title": "Landiolol" }, { "docid": "10000961", "text": "the anti-cancer drugs cyclophosphamide and ifosphamide. Transcript variants for this gene have been described; however, it has not been resolved whether these transcripts are in fact produced by this gene or by a closely related pseudogene, CYP2B7. Both the gene and the pseudogene are located in the middle of a CYP2A pseudogene found in a large cluster of cytochrome P450 genes from the CYP2A, CYP2B and CYP2F subfamilies on chromosome 19q. Following is a table of selected substrates, inducers and inhibitors of CYP2B6. Inhibitors of CYP2B6 can be classified by their potency, such as: CYP2B6 Cytochrome P450 2B6 is an", "title": "CYP2B6" }, { "docid": "7609720", "text": "CYP2C9 Cytochrome P450 2C9 (abbreviated CYP2C9) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"CYP2C9\" gene. CYP2C9 is an important cytochrome P450 enzyme with a major role in the oxidation of both xenobiotic and endogenous compounds. CYP2C9 makes up about 18% of the cytochrome P450 protein in liver microsomes (data only for antifungal). Some 100 therapeutic drugs are metabolized by CYP2C9, including drugs with a narrow therapeutic index such as warfarin and phenytoin and other routinely prescribed drugs such as acenocoumarol, tolbutamide, losartan, glipizide, and some nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. By contrast, the known extrahepatic CYP2C9 often metabolizes important", "title": "CYP2C9" }, { "docid": "4772958", "text": "is referred to as C's, Red Devils (Red D's), Skittles, Trips, or Triple C's. Long-term recreational abuse of dextromethorphan can result in psychosis and erectile dysfunction. Chlorpheniramine is an anticholinergic that can cause very serious reactions in high doses. This may be compounded by the fact that dextromethorphan and chlorpheniramine are both metabolized by CYP2D6 isozyme of cytochrome P450. This could increase the plasma concentration of both drugs by inhibiting metabolism and increasing blood serum concentrations. Another danger is chlorpheniramine's notably long half life (about a whole day), which may result in high levels of it building up in one's", "title": "Coricidin" }, { "docid": "446077", "text": "cause an erection. Other drugs that operate by the same mechanism include tadalafil (Cialis) and vardenafil (Levitra). Sildenafil is broken down in the liver by hepatic metabolism using cytochrome p450 enzymes, mainly CYP450 3A4(major route), but also by CYP2C9 (minor route) hepatic isoenzymes. The major product of metabolisation by these enzymes is N-desmethylated sildenafil, which is metabolised further. This metabolite also has an affinity for the PDE receptors, about 40% of that of sildenafil. Thus, the metabolite is responsible for about 20% of sildenafil's action. Sildenafil is excreted as metabolites predominantly in the feces (about 80% of administered oral dose)", "title": "Sildenafil" }, { "docid": "3794955", "text": "drug response compared to fraternal twins. The term pharmacogenomics first began appearing around the 1990s. The first FDA approval of a pharmacogenetic test was in 2005 (for alleles in CYP2D6 and CYP2C19). There are several known genes which are largely responsible for variances in drug metabolism and response. The focus of this article will remain on the genes that are more widely accepted and utilized clinically for brevity. The most prevalent drug-metabolizing enzymes (DME) are the Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes. The term Cytochrome P450 was coined by Omura and Sato in 1962 to describe the membrane-bound, heme-containing protein characterized by", "title": "Pharmacogenomics" }, { "docid": "7853824", "text": "be conferred via a single point of mutation, quinupristin/dalfopristin offers the benefit of requiring multiple points of mutation targeting both dalfopristin and quinupristin components to confer drug resistance. Comparatively, only 2-5% of staphylococcal isolates collected in France show resistance to a related streptogramin, pristinamycin, in over 35 years of use. Both dalfopristin and quinupristin are extensively hepatically metabolized, excreted from the feces, and serve as an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 enzyme pathway. Caution should be taken with concommitent use with drugs metabolized by the CYP3A4 pathway. Concomitant use of quinupristin/dalfopristin with cyclosporine for 2–5 days has shown to", "title": "Dalfopristin" }, { "docid": "4744646", "text": "exhibit detectable antibiotic activity, but did also inhibit the production of other biologically active molecules, including plantazolicin (antibiotic), listeriolysin S (cytolysin), and clostridiolysin S (cytolysin), by other bacteria. Nelfinavir's interaction profile is similar to that of other protease inhibitors. Most interactions occur at the level of the Cytochrome P450 isozymes 3A4 and CYP2C19, by which nelfinavir is metabolised. Nelfinavir Nelfinavir (brand name Viracept) is an antiretroviral drug used in the treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Nelfinavir belongs to the class of drugs known as protease inhibitors (PIs) and like other PIs is almost always used in combination with", "title": "Nelfinavir" }, { "docid": "9881284", "text": "may have limited use because they are metabolized by CYP3A4 may become viable medications when taken with a CYP3A4 inhibitor because the dose required to achieve a necessary concentration in the blood would be lowered. An example of the use of this effect in current medicines is the co-administration of ritonavir, a potent inhibitor of the CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 isoforms of cytochrome P450, with other antiretroviral drugs. Although ritonavir inhibits HIV replication in its own right its use in these treatment regimens is to enhance the bioavailability of other agents through inhibition of the enzymes that metabolize them. Bergamottin is", "title": "Bergamottin" }, { "docid": "3234481", "text": "drug, the second drug may accumulate within the body to toxic levels. Hence, these drug interactions may necessitate dosage adjustments or choosing drugs that do not interact with the CYP system. Such drug interactions are especially important to take into account when using drugs of vital importance to the patient, drugs with important side-effects and drugs with small therapeutic windows, but any drug may be subject to an altered plasma concentration due to altered drug metabolism. A classical example includes anti-epileptic drugs. Phenytoin, for example, induces CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and CYP3A4. Substrates for the latter may be drugs with critical", "title": "Cytochrome P450" }, { "docid": "7609729", "text": "responsible for at least some of the beneficial effects ascribed to dietary omega-3 fatty acids. CYP2C9 Cytochrome P450 2C9 (abbreviated CYP2C9) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"CYP2C9\" gene. CYP2C9 is an important cytochrome P450 enzyme with a major role in the oxidation of both xenobiotic and endogenous compounds. CYP2C9 makes up about 18% of the cytochrome P450 protein in liver microsomes (data only for antifungal). Some 100 therapeutic drugs are metabolized by CYP2C9, including drugs with a narrow therapeutic index such as warfarin and phenytoin and other routinely prescribed drugs such as acenocoumarol, tolbutamide, losartan,", "title": "CYP2C9" }, { "docid": "4827895", "text": "in the metabolism of doxepin are the cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP2D6 and CYP2C19, with CYP1A2, CYP2C9, and CYP3A4 also involved to a lesser extent. The major active metabolite of doxepin, nordoxepin, is formed mainly by CYP2C19 (>50% contribution), while CYP1A2 and CYP2C9 are involved to a lesser extent, and CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 are not involved. Both doxepin and nordoxepin are hydroxylated mainly by CYP2D6, and both doxepin and nordoxepin are also transformed into glucuronide conjugates. The elimination half-life of doxepin is about 15–18 hours, whereas that of nordoxepin is around 28–31 hours. Up to 10% of Caucasian individuals show substantially", "title": "Doxepin" }, { "docid": "2971909", "text": "inhibitor. Itraconazole is a relatively well-tolerated drug (although not as well tolerated as fluconazole or voriconazole) and the range of adverse effects it produces is similar to the other azole antifungals: The cyclodextrin used to make the syrup preparation can cause diarrhea. Side effects that may indicate a greater problem include: The following drugs should not be taken with itraconazole: The mechanism of action of itraconazole is the same as the other azole antifungals: it inhibits the fungal-mediated synthesis of ergosterol, via inhibition of lanosterol 14α-demethylase. Because of its ability to inhibit cytochrome P450 3A4 CC-3, caution should be used", "title": "Itraconazole" }, { "docid": "3142259", "text": "also occur as part of the dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome (a form of SCARs-see above) or dapsone syndrome (see below). Dapsone is metabolized by the Cytochrome P450 system, specifically isozymes CYP2D6, CYP2B6, CYP3A4, and CYP2C19. Dapsone metabolites produced by the cytochrome P450 2C19 isozyme are associated with the methemoglobinemia side effect of the drug. When used topically, dapsone can cause mild skin irritation, redness, dry skin, burning and itching. When used together with benzoyl peroxide products, temporary yellow or orange skin discolorations can occur. Other adverse effects include nausea, headache, and rash (which are common), and insomnia, psychosis, and peripheral neuropathy.", "title": "Dapsone" }, { "docid": "2925378", "text": "excretes toxins and drugs into the intestines. Azole antifungals also are both substrates and inhibitors of the cytochrome P450 family CYP3A4, causing increased concentration when administering, for example, calcium channel blockers, immunosuppressants, chemotherapeutic drugs, benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants, macrolides and SSRIs. Before oral antifungal therapies are used to treat nail disease, a confirmation of the fungal infection should be made. Approximately half of suspected cases of fungal infection in nails have a non-fungal cause. The side effects of oral treatment are significant and people without an infection should not take these drugs. Azoles are the group of anti fungals which act", "title": "Antifungal" }, { "docid": "4258947", "text": "to their genetic make-up. DNA Drug Safety Testing can examine DNA variations in the CYP2D6 and other important drug processing pathways. More than 20% of all clinically used medications are metabolized by CYP2D6 and knowing the CYP2D6 status of a person can help the doctor with the future selection of medications. Other molecular biomarkers may also be used to select appropriate patients likely to benefit from tamoxifen. Tamoxifen itself is a prodrug, having relatively little affinity for its target protein, the estrogen receptor (ER). It is metabolized in the liver by the cytochrome P450 isoform CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 into active", "title": "Tamoxifen" }, { "docid": "3827792", "text": "known as prodrugs, are activated by the action of CYP2D6. This enzyme also metabolizes several endogenous substances, such as hydroxytryptamines, neurosteroids, and both \"m\"-tyramine and \"p\"-tyramine which CYP2D6 metabolizes into dopamine in the brain and liver. Considerable variation exists in the efficiency and amount of CYP2D6 enzyme produced between individuals. Hence, for drugs that are metabolized by CYP2D6 (that is, are CYP2D6 substrates), certain individuals will eliminate these drugs quickly (ultrarapid metabolizers) while others slowly (poor metabolizers). If a drug is metabolized too quickly, it may decrease the drug's efficacy while if the drug is metabolized too slowly, toxicity may", "title": "CYP2D6" }, { "docid": "5117695", "text": "from surgical paralysis. Variation in the N-acetyltransferase gene divides people into \"slow acetylators\" and \"fast acetylators\", with very different half-lives and blood concentrations of such important drugs as isoniazid (antituberculosis) and procainamide (antiarrhythmic). As part of the inborn system for clearing the body of xenobiotics, the cytochrome P450 oxidases (CYPs) are heavily involved in drug metabolism, and genetic variations in CYPs affect large populations. One member of the CYP superfamily, CYP2D6, now has over 75 known allelic variations, some of which lead to no activity, and some to enhanced activity. An estimated 29% of people in parts of East Africa", "title": "Pharmacogenetics" }, { "docid": "3135014", "text": "2013 showed a possible association between amiodarone and an increased risk of cancer, especially in males, with a dose-dependent effect. Amiodarone is extensively metabolized in the liver by cytochrome P450 3A4 and can affect the metabolism of numerous other drugs. It interacts with digoxin, warfarin, phenytoin, and others. The major metabolite of amiodarone is desethylamiodarone (DEA), which also has antiarrhythmic properties. The metabolism of amiodarone is inhibited by grapefruit juice, leading to elevated serum levels of amiodarone. On August 8, 2008, the FDA issued a warning of the risk of rhabdomyolysis, which can lead to kidney failure or death, when", "title": "Amiodarone" }, { "docid": "5718158", "text": "Astex Astex Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of drugs in oncology and other areas. Astex was founded in 1999 by Sir Tom Blundell, Chris Abell & Harren Jhoti, and is located in Cambridge, England. The company's research efforts focus on utilization of a proprietary \"drug discovery engine\" dubbed Pyramid. Astex has also solved the structure of two key cytochrome P450 isoenzymes involved in drug metabolism, 2C9 & 3A4, which the company hopes will help in optimizing the pharmacokinetic properties and safety of their lead compounds. Astex Therapeutic's first drug candidate, a cell cycle inhibitor,", "title": "Astex" }, { "docid": "3234472", "text": "Cytochrome P450 Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) are proteins of the superfamily containing heme as a cofactor and, therefore, are hemeproteins. CYPs use a variety of small and large molecules as substrates in enzymatic reactions. They are, in general, the terminal oxidase enzymes in electron transfer chains, broadly categorized as P450-containing systems. The term \"P450\" is derived from the spectrophotometric peak at the wavelength of the absorption maximum of the enzyme (450 nm) when it is in the reduced state and complexed with carbon monoxide. CYP enzymes have been identified in all kingdoms of life: animals, plants, fungi, protists, bacteria, archaea, and", "title": "Cytochrome P450" }, { "docid": "4766305", "text": "act by competitively binding to H-receptor sites, thus blocking the binding endogenous histamine. Antihistamines do not chemically inactivate or prevent the normal release of histamine. Clemastine does also act as FIASMA (functional inhibitor of acid sphingomyelinase). Clemastine is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and peak plasma concentrations are attained in 2–4 hours. Antihistamines are thought to be metabolized in the liver, mostly by mono-/didemethylation and glucuronide conjugation. It is an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 CYP2D6 and may interfere with other drugs metabolized by this isozyme. Clemastine is a selective histamine H antagonist. It binds to the histamine H receptor,", "title": "Clemastine" }, { "docid": "4723158", "text": "result in altered absorption and bioavailability of drugs that are P-glycoprotein substrates. It has been reported that silymarin inhibits cytochrome P450 enzymes and an interaction with drugs primarily cleared by P450s cannot be excluded. A phase I clinical trial in humans with prostate cancer designed to study the effects of high dose silibinin found 13 grams daily to be well tolerated in patients with advanced prostate cancer with asymptomatic liver toxicity (hyperbilirubinemia and elevation of alanine aminotransferase) being the most commonly seen adverse event. Silymarin is also devoid of embryotoxic potential in animal models. Silibinin is available as drug (Legalon", "title": "Silibinin" }, { "docid": "9881283", "text": "They are inhibitors of some isoforms of the cytochrome P450 enzyme, in particular CYP3A4. This prevents oxidative metabolism of certain drugs by the enzyme, resulting in an elevated concentration of drug in the bloodstream. Under normal circumstances, the grapefruit juice effect is considered to be a negative interaction, and patients are often warned not to consume grapefruit or its juice when taking medication. However, some current research is focused on the potential benefits of cytochrome P450 inhibition. Bergamottin, dihydroxybergamottin, or synthetic analogs may be developed as drugs that are targeted to increase the oral bioavailability of other drugs. Drugs that", "title": "Bergamottin" }, { "docid": "2340196", "text": "the H receptor, with a 9% potency. Bupropion is metabolized in the liver by the cytochrome P450 isoenzyme CYP2B6. It has several active metabolites: \"R,R\"-hydroxybupropion, \"S,S\"-hydroxybupropion, \"threo\"-hydrobupropion and \"erythro\"-hydrobupropion, which are further metabolized to inactive metabolites and eliminated through excretion into the urine. Both bupropion and its primary metabolite hydroxybupropion act in the liver as potent inhibitors of the enzyme CYP2D6, which metabolizes not only bupropion itself but also a variety of other drugs and biologically active substances. This mechanism creates the potential for a variety of drug interactions. The biological activity of bupropion can be attributed to a significant", "title": "Bupropion" }, { "docid": "418760", "text": "and they can then be transformed into epiandrosterone and epietiocholanolone, respectively. A small portion of approximately 3% of testosterone is reversibly converted in the liver into androstenedione by 17β-HSD. In addition to conjugation and the 17-ketosteroid pathway, testosterone can also be hydroxylated and oxidized in the liver by cytochrome P450 enzymes, including CYP3A4, CYP3A5, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and CYP2D6. 6β-Hydroxylation and to a lesser extent 16β-hydroxylation are the major transformations. The 6β-hydroxylation of testosterone is catalyzed mainly by CYP3A4 and to a lesser extent CYP3A5 and is responsible for 75 to 80% of cytochrome P450-mediated testosterone metabolism. In addition to 6β-", "title": "Testosterone" }, { "docid": "7609821", "text": "ability to metabolize (S)-mephenytoin or other CYP2C19 substrates, individuals can be classified as extensive metabolizers (EM) or poor metabolizers (PM). Eight variant alleles (CYP2C19*2 to CYP2C19*8) that predict PMs have been identified. The following is a table of selected substrates, inducers and inhibitors of CYP2C19. Where classes of agents are listed, there may be exceptions within the class. Inhibitors of CYP2C19 can be classified by their potency, such as: CYP2C19 Cytochrome P450 2C19 (abbreviated CYP2C19) is an enzyme. This protein, a member of the cytochrome P450 mixed-function oxidase system, is involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics, including many proton pump", "title": "CYP2C19" }, { "docid": "12576557", "text": "being oxidized via the cytochrome P450 enzyme system. Cytochromes and 3A4 convert approximately 5% of paracetamol to a highly reactive intermediary metabolite, \"N\"-acetyl-\"p\"-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI). Under normal conditions, NAPQI is detoxified by conjugation with glutathione to form cysteine and mercapturic acid conjugates. In cases of paracetamol overdose, the sulfate and glucuronide pathways become saturated, and more paracetamol is shunted to the cytochrome P450 system to produce NAPQI. As a result, hepatocellular supplies of glutathione become depleted, as the demand for glutathione is higher than its regeneration. NAPQI therefore remains in its toxic form in the liver and reacts with cellular", "title": "Paracetamol poisoning" }, { "docid": "5402042", "text": "is the cytochrome P450 enzyme known as 2D6, or CYP2D6. A significant portion of the population has a functional deficiency in this enzyme and are known as poor CYP2D6 metabolizers. O-demethylation of DXM to DXO contributes to at least 80% of the DXO formed during DXM metabolism. As CYP2D6 is a major metabolic pathway in the inactivation of dextromethorphan, the duration of action and effects of dextromethorphan can be increased by as much as three times in such poor metabolizers. In one study on 252 Americans, 84.3% were found to be \"fast\" (extensive) metabolizers, 6.8% to be \"intermediate\" metabolizers, and", "title": "Dextromethorphan" }, { "docid": "20103914", "text": "and it has been determined that the AEBS represent the substrate binding site of certain microsomal cytochrome P450 enzymes including CYP3A4, CYP2D6, and CYP1A1. Tesmilifene binds to and displaces histamine from these sites equipotently to tamoxifen and more strongly than conventional antihistamines, and this action has been found to correlate with the cytotoxic effects of tesmilifene in breast cancer cells \"in vitro\". Moreover, in spite of its lack of affinity for the ER, tesmilifene antagonizes the uterotrophic effects of exogenous estrogen \"in vivo\". In addition to cytochrome P450 enzymes, tesmilifene also binds to and inhibits efflux of P-glycoprotein, and this", "title": "Tesmilifene" }, { "docid": "6869047", "text": "bonds between amino acid residues; and intra- and interchain hydrogen bonds are also indicated on the plots. Three classes of hydrogen bondings are distinguished by color-coding; short (distance smaller than 2.5 Å between donor and acceptor), intermediate (between 2.5 Å and 3.2 Å) and long hydrogen bonds (greater than 3.2 Å). In representations of the HB plot, characteristic patterns of secondary structure elements can be recognised easily, as follows: The cytochrome P450s (P450s) are xenobiotic-metabolizing membrane-bound heme-containing enzymes that use molecular oxygen and electrons from NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase to oxidize their substrates. CYP2B4, a member of the cytochrome P450", "title": "Protein contact map" }, { "docid": "3234492", "text": "amines Inducible and CYP1A2 5-10% deficient oxidize uroporphyrinogen to uroporphyrin (CYP1A2) in heme metabolism, but they may have additional undiscovered endogenous substrates. are inducible by some polycyclic hydrocarbons, some of which are found in cigarette smoke and charred food. These enzymes are of interest, because in assays, they can activate compounds to carcinogens. High levels of CYP1A2 have been linked to an increased risk of colon cancer. Since the 1A2 enzyme can be induced by cigarette smoking, this links smoking with colon cancer. Cytochrome P450 Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) are proteins of the superfamily containing heme as a cofactor and, therefore,", "title": "Cytochrome P450" }, { "docid": "15438501", "text": "introduce reactive and polar groups into their substrates) and II (conjugation enzymes) of the xenobiotic metabolism, as do mammals. Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, aryl sulfotransferase, glutathione S-transferase, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, UDP-glucosyltransferase activities have been detected in cytosolic or microsomal fractions. Cytochrome P-450 and cytochrome P-450 reductase in \"C. elegans\" are part of the phase I enzymes. They are induced by the corticosteroid cortexolone and by phenanthrene. \"C. elegans\" also possesses a lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase, another enzyme in the cytochrome P450 family. \"C. elegans\" also possesses a glutathione S-transferase. \"Cunninghamella elegans\" is a microbial model of mammalian drug metabolism. The use of this fungus", "title": "Cunninghamella elegans" }, { "docid": "18188901", "text": "to the lung and exhaled. Cytochrome P450 1A2 is evenly distributed over all the cells of a liver acinus, and is in contrast to other members of the cytochrome P450 family exclusively expressed in the liver. Cytochrome P450 A2 is usually not inducible by clinically frequently used drugs making it ideal even in complex clinical situations (exceptions are oral contraceptives resulting in a strong induction of P450 A2). Nutrition and lifestyle can strongly influence P450 A2 induction e.g. smoking or coffee consumption. The test substance C methacetin itself is considered as is non-toxic and very well tolerated in the used", "title": "LiMAx test" }, { "docid": "4092024", "text": "S-dealkylation of substrates. The reaction mechanism of the P-450 oxidases proceeds through the reduction of cytochrome-bound oxygen and the generation of a highly-reactive oxyferryl species, according to the following scheme: Phase I reactions (also termed nonsynthetic reactions) may occur by oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis, cyclization, decyclization, and addition of oxygen or removal of hydrogen, carried out by mixed function oxidases, often in the liver. These oxidative reactions typically involve a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (often abbreviated CYP), NADPH and oxygen. The classes of pharmaceutical drugs that utilize this method for their metabolism include phenothiazines, paracetamol, and steroids. If the metabolites of phase", "title": "Drug metabolism" }, { "docid": "7291558", "text": "fatty acid α-hydroxylase P450 from \"Pseudomonas paucimobilis\" (CYP152B1) catalyse the hydroxylation reaction of long-chain fatty acids using hydrogen peroxide (HO) as an oxidant. These enzymes do not require any reduction system for catalysis. Allene oxide synthase (CYP74A; ), fatty acid hydroperoxide lyase (CYP74B), prostacyclin synthase (CYP8; ) and thromboxane synthase (CYP5; ) are examples of P450 enzymes that do not require a reductase or molecular oxygen for their catalytic activity. Substrates for all these enzymes are fatty acid derivatives containing partially reduced dioxygen (either hydroperoxy or epidioxy groups). P450-containing systems Any enzyme system that includes cytochrome P450 protein or domain", "title": "P450-containing systems" }, { "docid": "11740612", "text": "glabra) gave better liver protective and anti-hepatocarcinogenic effects than licorice or Sophora alone. In addition, glycyrrhiza + sophora had a protective effect on immunosuppression, a strong non-specific anti-inflammatory effect, and reduced the incidence of sodium and water retention, protecting against pseudohypercorticosteroidism. Sophora could possibly be used as a treatment for mast cell-derived allergic inflammatory diseases. Inhibitory effects on cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP450 3A4) The methanol extract of \"Sophora flavescens\" showed a potent glycosidase inhibitory activity. A promising source of a natural, novel, new antifoulant. May make skin whiter color by inhibition on tyrosinase-dependent melanin biosynthesis. Therefore, a potential source of", "title": "Sophora flavescens" }, { "docid": "3868536", "text": "1.2 L/kg. Zileuton is 93% bound to plasma proteins, primarily to albumin, with minor binding to alpha-1-acid glycoprotein. Elimination of zileuton is primarily through metabolites in the urine (~95%) with the feces accounting for the next largest amount (~2%). The drug is metabolized by the cytochrome P450 enzymes: CYP1A2, 2C9, and 3A4. The most common adverse reactions reported by patients treated with Zyflo CR were sinusitis (6.5%), nausea (5%), and pharyngolaryngeal pain (5%) vs. placebo, 4%, 1.5%, and 4% respectively. Zileuton is a minor substrate of CYP1A2, 2C8/9, 3A4, and a weak inhibitor of CYP 1A2. The drug has been", "title": "Zileuton" }, { "docid": "427395", "text": "protein bound and become less bound in more acidic conditions, so by reversing the acidosis, protein binding increases and bioavailability thus decreases – the sodium load may also help to reverse the Na+ channel blocking effects of the TCA). The TCAs are highly metabolised by the cytochrome P450 hepatic enzymes. Drugs that inhibit cytochrome P450 (for example cimetidine, methylphenidate, fluoxetine, antipsychotics, and calcium channel blockers) may produce decreases in the TCAs' metabolism, leading to increases in their blood concentrations and accompanying toxicity. Drugs that prolong the QT interval including antiarrhythmics such as quinidine, the antihistamines astemizole and terfenadine, and some", "title": "Tricyclic antidepressant" }, { "docid": "9488176", "text": "enzyme consists of 13 􏰁􏰁α-helices and 9 ß-strands, formed into a triangular prism-like tertiary structure. The iron(III) heme group that defines the active site resides in the center of each subunit. The human enzyme binds one substrate at a time. In contrast, the well-characterized bovine enzyme can bind two substrates. The human and bovine enzyme share 80% amino acid sequence identity, but are structurally different, particularly in loop regions, and also evident in secondary structure elements. This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in", "title": "21-Hydroxylase" }, { "docid": "19034129", "text": "and alpha adrenergic compounds (e.g. norepinephrine). Nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and superoxide inhibit 20-HETE production; these non-pharmacological agents do so by binding to the Heme binding site of the 20-HETE producing cytochrome p450 enzymes. Drugs that are substrates for the UGT enzymes which metabolize 20-HETE such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, opioids, gemfibrozil, Lasix, propanol, and various COX-2 inhibitors may act as perhaps unwanted side effects to increase the levels of 20-HETE. There are a variety of pharmacological agents which inhibit the synthesis of 20-HETE including various fatty acid analogs that compete reversibly with arachidonic acid for the substrate binding site", "title": "20-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid" }, { "docid": "11292443", "text": "adults, when supervised by a qualified medical professional. Testosterone is metabolized by the cytochrome P450 enzyme system (specifically CYP3A isoforms) in the liver. There are certain drugs that increase or decrease the activity of cytochrome P450 enzymes and may cause increased or decreased levels of testosterone: Testosterone can also alter the effects of other drugs: Because of these interactions, it is advised that trans men make their healthcare providers aware of their hormone therapy, when this is relevant to their treatment for other medical issues. The terminal half-life of testosterone in blood is about 70 minutes, so it is necessary", "title": "Transgender hormone therapy (female-to-male)" }, { "docid": "12197271", "text": "found in Japanese and Korean, too. CYP2C9*13 allele frequencies in East Asian populations is summarized in Table S of this paper. CYP2C9*13 allele was correlated with reduced plasma clearance of drugs that are substrates for CYP2C9. CYP2C9*13 Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9), a member of the CYP2C enzyme subfamily, ranks amongst the most important drug metabolizing enzymes in humans. Human CYP2C9 has been shown to exhibit genetic polymorphism. In addition to the wild-type protein CYP2C9*1, at least 30 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been reported within the coding region of the CYP2C9 gene producing the variant allozymes. CYP2C9*13 is one of", "title": "CYP2C9*13" }, { "docid": "15319692", "text": "are advised to reduce the patient's dosage when combined with \"potent inhibitors of Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4),\" such as ketoconazole), or one or more combined medications that result in both moderate inhibition of CYP3A4 and potent inhibition of CYP2C19 such as fluconazole. Furthermore, immunizations with live vaccines should be avoided by tofacitinib users. It is an inhibitor of the enzyme janus kinase 1 (JAK1) and janus kinase 3 (JAK 3), which means that it interferes with the JAK-STAT signaling pathway, which transmits extracellular information into the cell nucleus, influencing DNA transcription. In a mouse model of established arthritis, tofacitinib rapidly", "title": "Tofacitinib" }, { "docid": "5861141", "text": "cluster of cytochrome P450 genes from the CYP2A, CYP2B and CYP2F subfamilies on chromosome 19q. The gene was formerly referred to as CYP2A3; however, it has been renamed CYP2A6. CYP2A6 localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and is found predominantly in the liver. Significant interindividual variability in CYP2A6 apoprotein and mRNA levels has been observed. CYP2A6 is known to be inducible by phenobarbital and rifampicin, and it is suspected that other antiepileptic drugs may also have this effect. CYP2A6 Cytochrome P450 2A6 (abbreviated CYP2A6) is a member of the cytochrome P450 mixed-function oxidase system, which is involved in the metabolism of", "title": "CYP2A6" }, { "docid": "56887", "text": "benzodiazepines may have different interactions with certain drugs. Depending on their metabolism pathway, benzodiazepines can be divided roughly into two groups. The largest group consists of those that are metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes and possess significant potential for interactions with other drugs. The other group comprises those that are metabolized through glucuronidation, such as lorazepam, oxazepam, and temazepam, and, in general, have few drug interactions. Many drugs, including oral contraceptives, some antibiotics, antidepressants, and antifungal agents, inhibit cytochrome enzymes in the liver. They reduce the rate of elimination of the benzodiazepines that are metabolized by CYP450, leading to", "title": "Benzodiazepine" }, { "docid": "12257727", "text": "8650 L) although it is slower to absorb into the central compartment. Blonanserin does not meet the criteria in Lipinski's rule of five. Food intake slows the absorption of blonanserin and increases the bioavailability peripherally relative to centrally. Single fasting doses are safe and the effects of feeding intake are possibly explained by an interaction between blonanserin and Cytochrome P450 3A4 in the gut. Blonanserin Blonanserin, sold under the brand name Lonasen, is a relatively new atypical antipsychotic (approved by PMDA in January 2008) commercialized by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma in Japan and Korea for the treatment of schizophrenia. Relative to", "title": "Blonanserin" }, { "docid": "1824252", "text": "demonstrated to elicit a statistically significant increase in extracellular dopamine D1 and D2 concentrations in the striatum. Alprazolam is taken orally, and is absorbed well – 80% of alprazolam binds to proteins in the serum (the majority binding to albumin). The concentration of alprazolam peaks after one to two hours. Alprazolam is metabolized in the liver, mostly by the enzyme cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). Two major metabolites are produced: 4-hydroxyalprazolam and α-hydroxyalprazolam, as well as an inactive benzophenone. The low concentrations and low potencies of 4-hydroxyalprazolam and α-hydroxyalprazolam indicate that they have little to no contribution to the effects of", "title": "Alprazolam" }, { "docid": "1268112", "text": "of locations: In plants and bacteria, the non-mevalonate pathway uses pyruvate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate as substrates. During diseases pathways otherwise not significant in healthy humans can become utilized. For example, in one form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia a deficiency in the 21-hydroxylase enzymatic pathway leads to an excess of 17α-Hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) – this pathological excess of 17-OHP in turn may be converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT, a potent androgen) through among others 17,20 Lyase (a member of the cytochrome P450 family of enzymes), 5α-Reductase and 3α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Steroids are primarily oxidized by cytochrome P450 oxidase enzymes, such as CYP3A4. These reactions", "title": "Steroid" }, { "docid": "11115678", "text": "Cholesterol 24-hydroxylase In enzymology, a cholesterol 24-hydroxylase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction The 4 substrates of this enzyme are cholesterol, NADPH, H, and O, whereas its 3 products are (24S)-24-hydroxycholesterol, NADP, and HO. The systematic name of this enzyme class is cholesterol,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (24-hydroxylating). Other common names include cholesterol 24-monooxygenase, CYP46, CYP46A1, cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase, and cytochrome P450 46A1. This enzyme belongs to the highly conserved family of enzymes known as cytochrome P450s (CYP). Like many other cholesterol-targeting cytochrome P450s, Cholesterol-24 hydroxylase is a monooxygenase that hydroxylates the side-chain of cholesterol. Present mainly in the brain, this", "title": "Cholesterol 24-hydroxylase" }, { "docid": "3827879", "text": "selected substrates of CYP2E1. Where classes of agents are listed, there may be exceptions within the class. CYP2E1 exhibits structural motifs common to other human membrane-bound cytochrome P450 enzymes, and is composed of 12 major α-helices and 4 β-sheets with short intervening helices interspersed between the two. Like other enzymes of this class, the active site of CYP2E1 contains an iron atom bound by a heme center which mediates the electron transfer steps necessary to carry out oxidation of its substrates. The active site of CYP2E1 is the smallest observed in human P450 enzymes, with its small capacity attributed in", "title": "CYP2E1" }, { "docid": "6648932", "text": "system is not involved in moxifloxacin metabolism, and is not affected by moxifloxacin. The sulfate conjugate (M1) accounts for around 38% of the dose, and is eliminated primarily in the feces. Approximately 14% of an oral or intravenous dose is converted to a glucuronide conjugate (M2), which is excreted exclusively in the urine. Peak plasma concentrations of M2 are about 40% those of the parent drug, while plasma concentrations of M1 are, in general, less than 10% those of moxifloxacin. \"In vitro\" studies with cytochrome (CYP) P450 enzymes indicate that moxifloxacin does not inhibit 80 CYP3A4, CYP2D6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, or", "title": "Moxifloxacin" }, { "docid": "2810846", "text": "have been attributed to mirtazapine overdose. The fatal toxicity index (deaths per million prescriptions) for mirtazapine is 3.1 (95% CI: 0.1 to 17.2). This is similar to that observed with SSRIs. Concurrent use with inhibitors or inducers of the cytochrome (CYP) P450 isoenzymes CYP1A2, CYP2D6, and/or CYP3A4 can result in altered concentrations of mirtazapine, as these are the main enzymes responsible for its metabolism. As examples, fluoxetine and paroxetine, inhibitors of these enzymes, are known to modestly increase mirtazapine levels, while carbamazepine, an inducer, considerably decreases them. Liver impairment and moderate renal impairment have been reported to decrease the oral", "title": "Mirtazapine" }, { "docid": "3234489", "text": "combined with the remarkable chemistry they catalyse, has led to many studies using the heterologously expressed proteins in vitro. Few studies have investigated what P450s do in vivo, what the natural substrate(s) are and how P450s contribute to survival of the bacteria in the natural environment.Three examples that have contributed significantly to structural and mechanistic studies are listed here, but many different families exist. The commonly used azole class antifungal drugs work by inhibition of the fungal cytochrome P450 14α-demethylase. This interrupts the conversion of lanosterol to ergosterol, a component of the fungal cell membrane. (This is useful only because", "title": "Cytochrome P450" }, { "docid": "11115688", "text": "a prime candidate for drug therapy for AD or other brain injuries. Cholesterol 24-hydroxylase In enzymology, a cholesterol 24-hydroxylase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction The 4 substrates of this enzyme are cholesterol, NADPH, H, and O, whereas its 3 products are (24S)-24-hydroxycholesterol, NADP, and HO. The systematic name of this enzyme class is cholesterol,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (24-hydroxylating). Other common names include cholesterol 24-monooxygenase, CYP46, CYP46A1, cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase, and cytochrome P450 46A1. This enzyme belongs to the highly conserved family of enzymes known as cytochrome P450s (CYP). Like many other cholesterol-targeting cytochrome P450s, Cholesterol-24 hydroxylase is a monooxygenase", "title": "Cholesterol 24-hydroxylase" }, { "docid": "11324036", "text": "both positive and negative effects in the heart, and the production of EETs has been shown to produce vascular protective and vascular depressive mechanisms. The over-expression of CYP2J2 enhances the activation of mitoKATP, and is believed to confer a physiological benefit by altering the production of reactive oxygen species. CYP2J2 Cytochrome P450 2J2 (CYP2J2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"CYP2J2\" gene. CYP2J2 is a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The enzymes are oxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in the metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotics) as well as in the synthesis", "title": "CYP2J2" }, { "docid": "5670927", "text": "delivers approximately eightfold more active drug than Invirase, also at the standard dosage. In the clinic, it was found that the oral bioavailability of saquinavir in both formulations significantly increases when patients also receive the PI ritonavir. For patients, this has the major benefit that they can take less saquinavir, while maintaining sufficient saquinavir blood plasma levels to efficiently suppress the replication of HIV. The mechanism behind this welcome observation was not directly known, but later it was determined that ritonavir inhibits the cytochrome P450 3A4 isozyme. Normally, this enzyme metabolizes saquinavir to an inactive form, but with the ritonavir", "title": "Saquinavir" }, { "docid": "2727018", "text": "can be produced by submerged fermentation, but this process presents low yield with high production costs and hence higher sale value, nevertheless other alternative process to reduce costs of the GA3 production is Solid-State Fermentation (SSF) that allows the use of agro-industrial residues. Several mechanisms for inactivating GAs have been identified. 2β-hydroxylation deactivates GA, and is catalyzed by GA2-oxidases (GA2oxs). Some GA2oxs use C19-GAs as substrates, and other GA2oxs use C20-GAs. Cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase, encoded by elongated uppermost internode (eui), converts GAs into 16α,17-epoxides. Rice eui mutants amass bioactive GAs at high levels, which suggests cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase is a", "title": "Gibberellin" }, { "docid": "10869507", "text": "cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) into . It has a longer half-life than tesofensine, i.e. approximately 16 days (374 h) in humans, and has an exposure of 31–34% of the parent compound at steady state. \"In vivo\" data indicate that NS2360 is responsible for approximately 6% of the activity of tesofensine. As in animals, the kidney appears to play only a minor role in the clearance of tesofensine in humans (about 15–20%). Originally it had been reported that Tesofensine has IC of 8.0, 3.2 and 11.0nM at the DAT, NAT and 5HTT. More recently, though, the following data was submitted: IC", "title": "Tesofensine" }, { "docid": "8764164", "text": "bound with plasma albumin of healthy volunteers in a trial. This is also approximately close to patients with atrial fibrillation and flutter. Ibutilide has a high systemic plasma clearance that closes to the hepatic blood flow (29mL/min/kg). Its metabolic pathway is via liver’s cytochrome P450 system by isoenzymes other than CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 by which the heptyl side chain of ibutilide is oxidized. With eight metabolites are detected in the urine, however, only one is an active metabolite that shares the similar electrophysiologic property of the Class III antiarrhythmic agents. The plasma concentration of this metabolite is only less than", "title": "Ibutilide" }, { "docid": "4269346", "text": "state is achieved. These are mainly for drugs without much first-pass liver metabolism. The principal plasma proteins for drug binding are: Some drug interactions with warfarin are due to changes in protein binding. Patients have abnormal metabolism by cytochrome P450 due to either inheriting abnormal alleles or due to drug interactions. Tables are available to check for drug interactions due to P450 interactions. An example of synergism is two drugs that both prolong the QT interval. Causality assessment is used to determine the likelihood that a drug caused a suspected ADR. There are a number of different methods used to", "title": "Adverse drug reaction" }, { "docid": "3076672", "text": "by 30% each. However, time of administration does not affect the plasma LDL-C-lowering efficacy of atorvastatin. The mean volume of distribution of atorvastatin is approximately 381 L. It is highly protein bound (≥98%), and studies have shown it is likely secreted into human breastmilk. Atorvastatin metabolism is primarily through cytochrome P450 3A4 hydroxylation to form active ortho- and parahydroxylated metabolites, as well as various beta-oxidation metabolites. The ortho- and parahydroxylated metabolites are responsible for 70% of systemic HMG-CoA reductase activity. The ortho-hydroxy metabolite undergoes further metabolism via glucuronidation. As a substrate for the CYP3A4 isozyme, it has shown susceptibility to", "title": "Atorvastatin" }, { "docid": "15385792", "text": "however, like several HIV protease inhibitors, its blood levels are greatly increased by low doses of ritonavir, a potent inhibitor of cytochrome P450 3A4. Abbott therefore pursued a strategy of co-administering lopinavir with sub-therapeutic doses of ritonavir, and lopinavir is only marketed as a co-formulation with ritonavir. It is the first multi-drug capsule to contain a drug not available individually. Lopinavir/ritonavir was approved by the USA FDA on 15 September 2000, and in Europe in April 2001. Its patent was scheduled to expire in the US on June 26, 2016. Abbott Laboratories was one of the earliest users of the", "title": "Lopinavir/ritonavir" }, { "docid": "3482527", "text": "with 450 mg buspirone together with alprazolam, diltiazem, alcohol, cocaine. Buspirone has been shown \"in vitro\" to be metabolized by the enzyme CYP3A4. This finding is consistent with the \"in vivo\" interactions observed between buspirone and these inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4), among others: Elevated blood pressure has been reported when buspirone has been administered to patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). Buspirone acts as an agonist of the serotonin 5-HT receptor with high affinity. It is a preferential full agonist of presynaptic 5-HT receptors, which are inhibitory autoreceptors, and a partial agonist of postsynaptic 5-HT receptors.", "title": "Buspirone" }, { "docid": "15084843", "text": "dopamine levels are low, cariprazine acts more as an agonist, increasing dopamine receptor activity. In monkey studies, the administration of increasing doses of cariprazine resulted in a dose-dependent and saturable reduction of specific binding. At the highest dose (300 \"μ\"g/kg), the D/D receptors were 94% occupied, while at the lowest dose (1 \"μ\"g/kg), receptors were 5% occupied. Cariprazine has high oral bioavailability and can cross the blood brain barrier easily in humans because it is lipophilic. In rats, the oral bioavailability was 52% (with a dose of 1 mg/kg). Cariprazine is metabolized primarily by the cytochrome P450 3A4 isoenzyme (CYP3A4),", "title": "Cariprazine" }, { "docid": "4269345", "text": "study of the inherited basis for abnormal drug reactions. Inheriting abnormal alleles of cytochrome P450 can alter drug metabolism. Tables are available to check for drug interactions due to P450 interactions. Inheriting abnormal butyrylcholinesterase (pseudocholinesterase) may affect metabolism of drugs such as succinylcholine Inheriting abnormal \"N\"-acetyltransferase which conjugated some drugs to facilitate excretion may affect the metabolism of drugs such as isoniazid, hydralazine, and procainamide. Inheriting abnormal thiopurine \"S\"-methyltransferase may affect the metabolism of the thiopurine drugs mercaptopurine and azathioprine. The risk of drug interactions is increased with polypharmacy. These interactions are usually transient and mild until a new steady", "title": "Adverse drug reaction" }, { "docid": "3542688", "text": "its own antiviral activity, but remains widely used as a booster of other protease inhibitors. More specifically, ritonavir is used to inhibit a particular liver enzyme that normally metabolizes protease inhibitors, cytochrome P450-3A4 (CYP3A4). The drug's molecular structure inhibits CYP3A4, so a low dose can be used to enhance other protease inhibitors. This discovery, which has drastically reduced the adverse effects and improved the efficacy of protease inhibitors and HAART, was first communicated in an article published in the journal \"AIDS\" in 1997 by researchers at the University of Liverpool. This effect does come with a price: it also affects", "title": "Ritonavir" }, { "docid": "7609818", "text": "(S)-limonene 6-monooxygenase in UniProt. The gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. These proteins are monooxygenases that catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. This protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and is known to metabolize many drugs. Polymorphism within this gene is associated with variable ability to metabolize mephenytoin, known as the poor metabolizer and extensive metabolizer phenotypes. The gene is located within a cluster of cytochrome P450 genes on chromosome no.10 arm q24. CYP2C19 also possesses epoxygenase activitiy: it is one of the principal enzymes responsible", "title": "CYP2C19" }, { "docid": "1552342", "text": "bioavailability of the drug is reduced by approximately 50%. Ziprasidone is hepatically metabolized by aldehyde oxidase; minor metabolism occurs via cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). Medications that induce (e.g. carbamazepine) or inhibit (e.g. ketoconazole) CYP3A4 have been shown to decrease and increase, respectively, blood levels of ziprasidone. Its biological half-life time is 10 hours at doses of 80-120 milligrams. Ziprasidone is a structural analogue of Risperidone. Ziprasidone is similar chemically to Risperidone. In 1987, ziprasidone was first synthesized on the Pfizer central research campus in Groton, Connecticut. Phase I trials started in 1995. In 1998 ziprasidone was approved in Sweden. After", "title": "Ziprasidone" }, { "docid": "20748335", "text": "sex steroid hormone and in growth or differentiation. Alternative promoter use and alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that have different tissue specificities. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2016]. Cytochrome p450 family 19 subfamily a member 1 Cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP19A1 gene. This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. This protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and catalyzes", "title": "Cytochrome p450 family 19 subfamily a member 1" }, { "docid": "20748334", "text": "Cytochrome p450 family 19 subfamily a member 1 Cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP19A1 gene. This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. This protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and catalyzes the last steps of estrogen biosynthesis. Mutations in this gene can result in either increased or decreased aromatase activity; the associated phenotypes suggest that estrogen functions both as a", "title": "Cytochrome p450 family 19 subfamily a member 1" }, { "docid": "6701410", "text": "Thromboxane-A synthase Thromboxane A synthase 1 (platelet, cytochrome P450, family 5, subfamily A), also known as TBXAS1, is a cytochrome P450 enzyme that, in humans, is encoded by the \"TBXAS1\" gene. This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases that catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids, and other lipids. However, this protein is considered a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily on the basis of sequence similarity rather than functional similarity. This endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein catalyzes the conversion of prostaglandin H to thromboxane", "title": "Thromboxane-A synthase" } ]
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who is the founder of portuguese power in india
[ "Francisco de Almeida" ]
[ { "docid": "2723669", "text": "Portuguese India The State of India (), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (\"Estado Português da Índia\", EPI) or simply Portuguese India (\"Índia Portuguesa\"), was a state of the Portuguese Overseas Empire, founded six years after the discovery of a sea route between Portugal and the Indian Subcontinent to serve as the governing body of a string of Portuguese fortresses and colonies overseas. The first viceroy, Francisco de Almeida, established his headquarters in Cochin (\"Cochim\", Kochi). Subsequent Portuguese governors were not always of viceroy rank. After 1510, the capital of the Portuguese viceroyalty was transferred to Goa. Until", "title": "Portuguese India" }, { "docid": "14920352", "text": "was sent to India in 1507. The Mamluks allied themselves with the Muslim Gujarat Sultanate, the first naval power of India at that time. The fleet was warmly welcome in Diu, and Husain Al-Kurdi joined Meliqueaz, a Mamluk admiral of Dalmatian origin serving Gujarat, as leader of the Mamluk fleet at the battle of Chaul, where they faced and defeated the fleet of Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Portuguese viceroy of India, D. Francisco de Almeida. Following this battle, the Portuguese fiercely fought back led by the viceroy himself, who was seeking to avenge the death of his son", "title": "Portuguese–Mamluk naval war" }, { "docid": "14812466", "text": "knock out the main regional threats to Portuguese power – specifically, the city-states of Calicut (India) and Kilwa (Africa). Simultaneously, the fleet should shore up regional Portuguese allies – Cochin, Canannore and Quilon in India, and Malindi and Sofala in Africa – and establish and garrison forts at the key staging posts (e.g. Angediva) to ensure the Portuguese navy could operate across the Indian Ocean. As noted, D. Francisco de Almeida was given commissions as captain-major of the 7th Armada upon departure, with permission to assume the title of 'Viceroy of the Indies' (and associated privileges) only upon the erection", "title": "7th Portuguese India Armada (Almeida, 1505)" }, { "docid": "12563993", "text": "Salsette group of islands were located east of Bombay, separated by the Mahim Bay. Important strategic towns located near Bombay were; Bassein (\"Baçaim\") to the north, Thana to the east, and Chaul to the south. The Portuguese first reached the west coast of India when the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut in 1498. For several years after their arrival in India, they had been consolidating their power in north Konkan. They had established a strong foothold in Goa, which they captured from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510. Portuguese explorer Francisco de Almeida's ship sailed into the", "title": "History of Bombay under Portuguese rule (1534–1661)" }, { "docid": "1526288", "text": "– the name \"India\" and the official name \"Estado da India\" (\"State of India\") including all Portuguese possessions in the Indian Ocean, from southern Africa to Southeast Asia and Australasia, until 1752- was governed either by a Viceroy (Portuguese \"Vice-Rei\") or Governor from its headquarters, in Goa since 1510. The government started six years after the discovery of sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, in 1505, under first Viceroy Francisco de Almeida (b.1450–d.1510). Initially, King Manuel I of Portugal tried a power distribution with three governors in different areas of jurisdiction: a government covering the area and possessions", "title": "Viceroy" } ]
[ { "docid": "4842454", "text": "orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Augustinians, etc.) flocked out with the conquerors, and began at once to build churches along the coastal districts where the Portuguese power made itself felt. The history of Portuguese missionaries in India starts with the neo-apostles who reached Kappad near Kozhikode on 20 May 1498 along with the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who was seeking to form anti-Islamic alliances with pre-existing Christian nations. The lucrative spice trade was further temptation for the Portuguese crown. When he and the Portuguese missionaries arrived, they found Christians in the country in Malabar known as St. Thomas Christians who", "title": "Christianity in India" }, { "docid": "7489932", "text": "for the propagation of the Christian faith (see \"Padroado\") in Asia was given to the Portuguese. The missionaries of the different orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Augustinians, etc.) flocked out with the conquerors, and began at once to build churches along the coastal districts where the Portuguese power made itself felt. The history of Portuguese missionaries in India starts with the neo-apostles who reached Kappad near Kozhikode on 20 May 1498 along with the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who was seeking to form anti-Islamic alliances with pre-existing Christian nations. The lucrative spice trade was further temptation for the Portuguese crown.", "title": "Catholic Church in India" }, { "docid": "4842468", "text": "the arrival of Vasco de Gama in 1498, the Portuguese came to South India and established their political power there. They brought missionaries to carry out evangelistic work in order to establish churches in communion with Rome under the Portuguese patronage. These missionaries were eager to bring the Indian Church under the Pope's control. They succeeded in their efforts in 1599 with the Synod of Diamper. The representatives of various parishes who attended the assembly were forced by Portuguese authorities to accept the Papal authority. Following the synod, the Indian Church was governed by Portuguese prelates. They were generally unwilling", "title": "Christianity in India" }, { "docid": "8574788", "text": "600 – 700 Parava Catholics in the island of Mannar who were brought from India to Mannar by the Portuguese to take over the lucrative pearl fisheries from the Jaffna kings. He was removed from power due to a local uprising that led his son Puviraja Pandaram take nominal power. He wielded real power behind the throne until his death in 1565. Cankili I Cankili I () (died 1565), also known as Segarasasekaram, is the most remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Sri Lankan Tamil history. He was very active in resisting Portuguese colonial inroads into Sri Lanka. He also", "title": "Cankili I" }, { "docid": "14812439", "text": "opened hostilities with Calicut (\"Calecute\", Kozhikode), the principal entrepot of the Kerala pepper trade and dominant city-state on the Malabar coast of India. To counter the power of the ruling Zamorin of Calicut, the Portuguese had forged alliances and established factories in three smaller rival coastal states, Cochin (\"Cochim\", Kochi), Cannanore (\"Canonor\", Kannur) and Quilon (\"Coulão\", Kollam). When the Portuguese India Armadas were in India (August to January), the Portuguese position in India was safe – the Calicut fleet was no match against the superior Portuguese naval and cannon technology of the armada. But in the spring and summer months,", "title": "7th Portuguese India Armada (Almeida, 1505)" }, { "docid": "1714052", "text": "Socialist Revolution. Panama in 1916 decided to adopt the Argentine code, replacing its code of 1903. Cuba had the old Civil Code of Spain until the year 1987 when the National Assembly of People's Power approved the Cuban Civil Code, Law 59. The Portuguese Civil Code of 1868 was introduced in the Portuguese overseas territories of Asia (Portuguese India, Macau and Portuguese Timor) from 1870, with local modifications being latter introduced. It continued to be in effect in the former Portuguese India even after the end of the Portuguese rule in 1961. It is still in force in the present", "title": "Civil code" }, { "docid": "8259838", "text": "two British MP's, Keith Vaz and Valerie Vaz. Roman Catholics who originate from the present state of Goa, a region on the west coast of India, and their descendants are generally referred to as Goan Catholics. After the Portuguese possession of Goa in 1510, the Portuguese consolidated their power by imposing their own government and cultural traditions some of which are still retained in Goa. Many pre-Portuguese Hindu (and some Islamic) traditions were adapted or retained by the Goan Catholics. This often includes the Hindu caste system although it is not widely practiced. Throughout the Portuguese Empire a large part", "title": "Goan Catholics" }, { "docid": "10396463", "text": "right of conquest. The missionaries of the different orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Augustinians, etc.) flocked out with the conquerors, and began at once to build churches along the coastal districts wherever the Portuguese power made itself felt. The history of Portuguese missionaries in India starts with the neo-apostles who reached Kappad near Kozhikode on 20 May 1498 along with Vasco da Gama, which represented less than 2% of the total population and was the largest Christian church within India. He was seeking to form anti-Islamic alliances with pre-existing Christian nations. The lucrative spice trade attracted the Portuguese crown. During the", "title": "Catholic missions" }, { "docid": "18879627", "text": "Mrs. Anjali Nashier who is also the Vice-President of the group. RattanIndia RattanIndia group, formerly named India Bulls Power, is a US $1 billion (INR 6500 crore) net worth business conglomerate with business interests in power generation, cement and mining. RattanIndia Power Limited is developing 5400 MW of coal based thermal power projects Amravati and Nasik in Maharashtra. It has currently installed and operational capacity of 2700 MW. Rajiv Rattan is the founder chairman of the group. Rattan co-founded Indiabulls group in year 1999. As a co-founder and ex-Vice Chairman of Indiabulls group, he played an important role in scaling", "title": "RattanIndia" }, { "docid": "18246335", "text": "Kunwer Sachdev Kunwer Sachdev (born 16 November 1962) is an Indian entrepreneur who is the founder and Managing Director of Su-kam Power Systems Ltd, an India-based power solutions provider. He founded Su-Kam in 1998. Due to his contribution towards creating solar technologies in India, he has been called 'Solar Man of India' by India Today, a news magazine. . . He has been awarded with the title of 'India's Most Respected Entrepreneurs' by Hurun, a media publishing group Kunwer Sachdev was born in a middle-class family on 16 November 1962. He studied in a government school in Punjabi Bagh in", "title": "Kunwer Sachdev" }, { "docid": "14945133", "text": "known as \"Sindhu\" in Sanskrit. When Yunnan was annexed by the Han Dynasty in the first century, Chinese authorities reported an Indian \"Shendu\" community living there. After the transmission of Buddhism from India to China from the first century onwards, many Indian scholars and monks travelled to China, such as Batuo (fl. 464-495 AD)—founder of the Shaolin Monastery—and Bodhidharma—founder of Chan/Zen Buddhism. Indians (as well as people from elsewhere in the Portuguese colonial empire) were among the crew of the Portuguese ships trading on the Chinese coast beginning in the sixteenth century. For example, Galeote Pereira, one of the Portuguese", "title": "Indians in China" }, { "docid": "6899938", "text": "set by Afonso de Albuquerque, then Viceroy of India. To promote settlement, the King of Portugal granted freeman status and exemption from Crown taxes to Portuguese men (known as \"casados\", or \"married men\") who ventured overseas and married local women. With Albuquerque's encouragement, mixed marriages flourished and some 200 were recorded by 1604. By creating families, the Portuguese men would make more settled communities, with families whose children would be Catholic and loyal to the Crown. A powerful sea power, the rising Dutch nation took Malacca from the Portuguese in 1641. This coincided with the Portuguese Restoration War in Portugal", "title": "Kristang people" }, { "docid": "1760213", "text": "World War II, decolonization movements began to gain momentum in the empires of the European powers. The ensuing Cold War also created instabilities among Portuguese overseas populations, as the United States and Soviet Union vied to increase their spheres of influence. Following the granting of independence to India by Britain in 1947, and the decision by France to allow its enclaves in India to be incorporated into the newly independent nation, pressure was placed on Portugal to do the same. This was resisted by António de Oliveira Salazar, who had taken power in 1933. Salazar rebuffed a request in 1950", "title": "Portuguese Empire" }, { "docid": "14492505", "text": "that however exaggerated these claims were, there is little reason to doubt that Ahatallah was at least a bishop, who had converted from the Syriac Orthodox Church to Catholicism. Ahatallah's appearance had joyed the Saint Thomas Christians, who had hoped for a new ecclesiastical leader to free them from the power of the Portuguese \"Padroado\", which since the Synod of Diamper in 1599 had formally controlled church life in India. Soon, however, the Jesuit Manoel de Leira secretly alerted the Portuguese authorities about Ahatallah's activities, and they put him on a ship headed for Cochin and Goa. Hearing of this,", "title": "Ahatallah" }, { "docid": "1760157", "text": "went to India to take over as governor after Almeida's three-year term ended. Almeida refused to turn over power and soon placed Albuquerque under house arrest, where he remained until 1509. Although requested by Manuel I to further explore interests in Malacca and Sri Lanka, Almeida instead focused on western India, in particular the Sultanate of Gujarat due to his suspicions of traders from the region possessing more power. The Mamlûk Sultanate sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri along with the Gujarati sultanate attacked Portuguese forces in the harbor of Chaul, resulting in the death of Almeida's son. In retaliation, the Portuguese", "title": "Portuguese Empire" }, { "docid": "8810607", "text": "be named as Achipur, after Tong Achew. Achew's grave and a Chinese temple is still seen in Achipur. Chinese children who were kidnapped by the Portuguese from China were sold as slaves in Portuguese India. The Portuguese were alleged to have eaten some of the Chinese children. In Portuguese India, the Indian Muslim Kunjali Marakkars fought against the Portuguese and raided their shipping. One of the Kunjali Marrakars (Kunjali IV) rescued a Chinese boy, called Chinali, who had been enslaved on a Portuguese ship. The Kunjali was very fond of him, and he became one of his most feared lieutenants,", "title": "Chinese community in India" }, { "docid": "18246338", "text": "crores from scratch. He was also interviewed for ET Now's show Tee Time where he talked about his success mantra. Kunwer Sachdeva has been awarded ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2011’ at Entrepreneur India awards. According to EFY times, the award recognizes achievers, innovators for contributing to the development of entrepreneurship in India. He has won an award for being one of India's most respected entrepreneurs Kunwer Sachdev Kunwer Sachdev (born 16 November 1962) is an Indian entrepreneur who is the founder and Managing Director of Su-kam Power Systems Ltd, an India-based power solutions provider. He founded Su-Kam in 1998. Due", "title": "Kunwer Sachdev" }, { "docid": "3830013", "text": "by the ruler of Cochin with the help of the Portuguese. Slowly, the Portuguese armory at Cochin was increased, presumably to help the king protect Cochin. However, the measured led to a reduction of the power of the king and an increase in Portuguese influence. From 1503 to 1663, Cochin was virtually ruled by Portugal through the namesake Cochin raja. Cochin remained the capital of Portuguese India until 1530. And for a long a time, right after Goa, Cochin situated in the center of East Indies, was the best place Portugal had in India. From there the Portuguese exported large", "title": "Kingdom of Cochin" }, { "docid": "7810218", "text": "his reign, Gujarat was under pressure from the expanding Mughal Empire under emperors Babur (died 1530) and Humayun (1530–1540), and from the Portuguese, who were establishing fortified settlements on the Gujarat coast to expand their power in India from their base in Goa. He preferred Champaner to Ahmedabad and expanded his reign to central India and to South Gujarat. Bahadur Shah repelled Siege of Diu by Portuguese in 1531 with help of Ottoman Empire and signed Treaty of Bassein. For short period of 1535, Mughal emperor Humayun conquered Gujarat and appointed his brother Aaskari, the governor of Ahmedabad. Bahadur Shah", "title": "History of Ahmedabad" }, { "docid": "19855769", "text": "half a century ago to the Portuguese, and altogether expel them from the western coast of India. Realizing that Portuguese naval power was key to their resilience, allowing them to reinforce any of their strongholds by sea, the Adil Shah attempted to deny this advantage by convincing as many rulers to attack the Portuguese simultaneously, particularly the Sultan of Ahmadnagar, and the Zamorin of Calicut, who commanded considerable naval forces. Religious anymosity between the Portuguese and several Muslim dynasties of Asia would provide an easy point of accord towards this endeavour. Thus, envoys were dispatched to the Sultanate of Aceh", "title": "War of the League of the Indies" }, { "docid": "6494114", "text": "countries such as Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, India (specifically Goa and Kerala) and Sri Lanka. \"Pereire\", for example, is a French variant. Many Portuguese immigrants to the United States, especially Massachusetts, chose to \"Americanize\" their surname to Perry. As a toponymic surname, it does not refer to a single lineage with a single founder, but to various unrelated lineages. See also Perera Pereira (surname) Pereira is a common surname in the Portuguese and Galician languages, common mostly in Portugal, the Galicia region of Spain, Brazil, other regions of the former Portuguese Empire, among Galician descendants in Spanish-speaking Latin America and", "title": "Pereira (surname)" }, { "docid": "13391066", "text": "Orlim. His great-grandfather José Inácio de Loyola was a fierce patriot, much before the mainstream Goa freedom struggle and the founder of Partido Indiano. His father, Dr. Miguel de Loyola Furtado, was also an eminent doctor. He was also an activist who edited the \"A India Portuguesa\" . His elder brother, Mario de Loiola Furtado, was the icon behind Goa's oldest publication the \"A India Portuguesa\" and is considered a legal luminary amongst Goan lawyers from the Portuguese era, although he died at the young age of 33. After primary school he joined the Rachol Seminary. He moved to Bangalore", "title": "Alvaro de Loyola Furtado" }, { "docid": "20016629", "text": "language]] is a sign of prestige and social status: one who speaks Portuguese is considered to come from a good family. Currently, the Portuguese is spoken and learned as a second language for a small section of the Goans. [[Category:Culture of Goa]] [[Category:Portuguese dialects]] [[Category:Geographical distribution of the Portuguese language|Goa]] Portuguese language in Goa The Portuguese of Goa refers to the Portuguese language spoken in Goa, India. The history of the Portuguese dialect began in Goa due to Portuguese rule in the region that lasted for over 450 years. During the existence of the Portuguese State of India, Portuguese was", "title": "Portuguese language in Goa" }, { "docid": "8593976", "text": "from Kai which in the Malayalam language means hand, signifying power. The Fifth Portuguese India Armada under Afonso de Albuquerque arrived in 1503, just in time to save the Cochin king from the Zamorin of Calicut. The Portuguese then turned their attention to the chieftains who had fought against the Cochin and committed many atrocities where they killed inhabitants in large numbers and indiscriminately burnt down towns and villages. The Portuguese impressed upon the king the need to deal with his chiefs and entered into a treaty with the Anchi Kaimals whereby they accepted the overlordship of the Cochin throne.", "title": "Kaimal" }, { "docid": "7072401", "text": "as the \"Estado da Índia\" this territory was an integral part of Portugal (as distinct from a colony) under Portugal's Constitution of 1910. On 19 December 1961 India invaded and annexed the territory. The annexation was not recognised by Portugal until 1975, at which time Portugal re-established diplomatic relations with India. The recognition of Indian sovereignty over Portuguese India was backdated to 19 December 1961. Portuguese nationality law allows those who were Portuguese citizens connected with Portuguese India before 1961 to retain Portuguese nationality. Acquisition of Indian citizenship was determined to be non-voluntary at the time. One practical obstacle is", "title": "Portuguese nationality law" }, { "docid": "3001078", "text": "naval power had started to decline, and had reached its low by the time the Portuguese entered India. Soon after they set foot in India, the Portuguese started to hunt down all Asian vessels not permitting their trade. Amidst this, in 1529, a naval war at Bombay Harbour resulted in the surrender of Thane, Karanja, and Bandora. By 1534, the Portuguese took complete control over the Bombay Harbour. The Zamorin of Calicut challenged the Portuguese trade when Vasco da Gama refused to pay the customs levy as per the trade agreement. This resulted in two major naval wars, the first", "title": "Indian Navy" }, { "docid": "3475783", "text": "the independence of India to be the moment that the British Empire ceased to be a world power, following Curzon's dictum that, \"[w]hile we hold on to India, we are a first-rate power. If we lose India, we will decline to a third-rate power.\" Following the Portuguese, English, and Dutch, the French also established trading bases in India. Their first establishment was in Pondicherry on the Coromandel Coast in southeastern India in 1674. Subsequent French settlements were Chandernagore in Bengal, northeastern India in 1688, Yanam in Andhra Pradesh in 1723, Mahe in 1725, and Karaikal in 1739. The French were", "title": "Colonial India" }, { "docid": "14995886", "text": "codenamed Operation Vijay by the Indian government, involved air, sea and land strikes for over 36 hours. A decisive victory for India, it drove the Portuguese to surrender. Following the surrender, Goa was incorporated into India as a federally administered Union Territory. Portugal refused to accept Indian sovereignty over the seized territories and allowed them continued representation in Portuguese Parliament until 1974. In 1974 a democratic government took power in Portugal. The two countries signed a treaty in New Delhi on 31 December 1974, re-establishing diplomatic relations. Embassies were reopened, the Indian Embassy in June 1975, and the Portuguese Embassy", "title": "India–Portugal relations" }, { "docid": "3947084", "text": "Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1961. In the first elections held after India took over the former Portuguese colony, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed on, till being ousted from power by defections in early 1979. The party has its base amongst non-Brahmin Hindus, a group that make up a large section of the poorer half of the Goan society, and was particularly deprived during Portuguese rule in Goa. It held on to power despite being affected by some defections, for much", "title": "Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party" }, { "docid": "11354858", "text": "up the name \"Dom Luis\". Migapulle joined other Christian mudaliyars and with other local support who were dissatisfied with the cruel rule of Cankili, rose to revolt. However Migapulle broke off with the Portuguese and upon then seen as an enemy of them. Cankili II was under the Portuguese made the governor of Jaffna in 1591 and paid tribute to them on the promise that he had no contact with the Karaiyar kinglet, who was wielding the power of the Jaffna Peninsula at that time. Migapulle, a Karaiyar himself, later on aligned with Cankili II and went to India and", "title": "Migapulle Arachchi" }, { "docid": "1779942", "text": "military force against Portugal to capture the Portuguese enclave of Goa was criticised by Rajagopalachari who said of the operation and subsequent acts of international diplomacy, \"India has totally lost the moral power to raise her voice against the use of military power.\" On 26 January 1950, the Government of India adopted Hindi as the official language of the country, but because of objections in non-Hindi-speaking areas, it introduced a provision tentatively making English the second official language on a par with Hindi for a stipulated fifteen-year period to facilitate a switch to Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states. From 26", "title": "C. Rajagopalachari" }, { "docid": "4109838", "text": "made the sea voyage to India. Vasco da Gama, the first European to reach India by sea (in 1498), hired an Indian pilot at Malindi (a coastal settlement in what is now Kenya) to steer the Portuguese ship across the Indian Ocean to the Malabar Coast in southwestern India. Portuguese ships continued to employ lascars from the Indian Subcontinent in large numbers throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, mainly from Goa and other Portuguese colonies in India. The Portuguese applied the term \"lascar\" to all sailors on their ships who were originally from the Indies, which they defined as the", "title": "Lascar" }, { "docid": "18955667", "text": "Portuguese people in Pakistan Portuguese people in Pakistan are citizens or residents of Pakistan who are of Portuguese background. The presence of a small Portuguese community in what is modern-day Pakistan is historically known. Most people of Portuguese extract can be found among the country's Goan community, concentrated in Karachi much before the independence of Pakistan. These settlers hailed from Goa in Western India and in order to avail economic opportunities, migrated to major commercial centres during the British Raj, Karachi being among them. In 1510, Goa was annexed by the Portuguese as one of its overseas colonies in India,", "title": "Portuguese people in Pakistan" }, { "docid": "8643275", "text": "much disturbed that these enemies, who had never dared to leave their settlements, should have been so daring as to come to the very gates of the city, doing great damage and taking captives. Some years before this the king of Spain had ordered an expedition be sent from Portuguese India for the capture of the fort of Terrenate in the Moluccas. (From 1580 to 1640 Spanish kings ruled in Portugal.) Terrenate was in the power of a Moro who had rebelled and driven out the Portuguese. The necessary preparations of ships, munitions, and men were made for this undertaking", "title": "Pedro Bravo de Acuña" }, { "docid": "4414332", "text": "years (1534-1739 A.D). In 1498 A.D Vasco da Gama arrived at the harbour of Calicut (Kozhikode) on the western coast of India. It was after this that the Portuguese established their power on the western coast of India. During that time John III of Portugal had ascended the throne of Portugal. He appointed Nuno da Cunha as the Governor of Goa in order to conquer the island of Diu from the sultan of Gujarat. Under his leadership, the Portuguese started endeavours to conquer the island of Diu. The Portuguese tried to siege Bassein, because they believed that conquering Bassein would", "title": "Gonsalo Garcia" }, { "docid": "255324", "text": "\"mestiço\" minority with mixed African and Portuguese heritage. The remaining non-Blacks in Mozambique are primarily Indian Asiatics, who have arrived from Pakistan, Portuguese India, and numerous Arab countries. There are various estimates for the size of Mozambique's Chinese community, ranging from 1,500 to 12,000 . Portuguese is the official and most widely spoken language of the nation, but in 2007 only 50.4% of Mozambique's population speak Portuguese as either their first or second language, and only 10.7% speak Portuguese as their first language. Arabs, Chinese, and Indians speak their own languages (Indians from Portuguese India speak any of the Portuguese", "title": "Demographics of Mozambique" }, { "docid": "14710831", "text": "were designated to return to Lisbon with spice cargoes, the three or four small ships (navetas or caravels) were slated to remain in India, to bolster the local Portuguese coastal patrol. The 2nd India Armada (1500) under Pedro Álvares Cabral had opened hostilities between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Zamorin (king) of Calicut (\"Calecute\", Kozhikode), the dominant maritime power on the Malabar Coast of India. The large and well-armed 4th Armada of 1502 led by Vasco da Gama had hoped, by means of strong show of force, persuade the Zamorin to sue for terms. But in spite of terror,", "title": "6th Portuguese India Armada (Albergaria, 1504)" }, { "docid": "15966752", "text": "Satya Brahma founded India Leadership Conclave and won the 2016 ILC Power Brand Awards in the category of the Business Woman of the Year 2016. She won the Business Woman of the Year 2016 at India Leadership Conclave 2016 Annual Edition. She was also a columnist for \"The Wall Street Journal\". In 2017, Saraf bought a full page ad in the Times of India newspaper, where she congratulated Donald Trump on becoming President of the United States. Some on Twitter called the action narcissistic. Devita Saraf Devita Saraf is an Indian businessperson who is the founder and CEO of Vu", "title": "Devita Saraf" }, { "docid": "4863258", "text": "de Sousa, also known as Gouveia, a settler from Portuguese India, who by the middle of the 19th century controlled most of the southern Zambezi Valley and a huge swath of land to its south. North of the Zambezi, Islamic slave traders rose to power from their base in Angoche, and the Yao chiefs of the north migrated south to the highlands along the Shire River, where they established their military power.[1] As a result of this settlement in Chipinge, some Ndau settled in what is now modern day Mozambique for it has to be borne in mind that prior", "title": "Ndau people" }, { "docid": "20622274", "text": "St. Francis Xavier Forane Church, Velur St. Francis Xavier Forane Church is at the center of Velur, Kerala, India. It is a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and a protected monument in the Archdiocese of Thrissur with considerable antiquity and spiritual heritage. Historically this Forane church has been the mother church of many parishes. Four Forane divisions have come into existence out of this church. The church's founder, Fr. Johann Ernst Hanxleden, who is popularly known as Arnos Padiri, wrote the first Malayalam – Portuguese Encyclopedia He was a Jesuit priest from Germany. It is believed that the Velur church was founded", "title": "St. Francis Xavier Forane Church, Velur" }, { "docid": "20622277", "text": "of the Kerala Press Academy, will be screened on the occasion. St. Francis Xavier Forane Church, Velur St. Francis Xavier Forane Church is at the center of Velur, Kerala, India. It is a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and a protected monument in the Archdiocese of Thrissur with considerable antiquity and spiritual heritage. Historically this Forane church has been the mother church of many parishes. Four Forane divisions have come into existence out of this church. The church's founder, Fr. Johann Ernst Hanxleden, who is popularly known as Arnos Padiri, wrote the first Malayalam – Portuguese Encyclopedia He was a Jesuit priest", "title": "St. Francis Xavier Forane Church, Velur" }, { "docid": "18634850", "text": "He is also reported to be writing an encyclopedia on yoga and is in the process of translating Yoga Sutra of Patanjali into Portuguese language. The Government of India honoured him in 2015 with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. http://www.jagatguruamrtasuryananda.org/ Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja is a Portugal-based Yoga guru, the president of the \"Yoga Portuguese Confederation\" and the founder of \"Yoga Sámkhya Institute\", Portugal. Born in Portugal in 1952, he started learning the Indian tradition of Yoga in his twenties from Krshnánandaji of the Shivánanda Áshrama, located in Rishikesh in", "title": "Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja" }, { "docid": "7326989", "text": "rulers accepted the British Paramountcy. In the 1600s, the Dutch, French, English and Portuguese all established bases along the western coast of the region. Portugal was the first European power to arrive in Gujarat, and after the Battle of Diu and Treaty of Bassein, acquired several enclaves along the Gujarati coast, including Daman and Diu as well as Dadra and Nagar Haveli. These enclaves were administered by Portuguese India under a single union territory for over 450 years, only to be later incorporated into the Republic of India on 19 December 1961 by military conquest. The British East India Company", "title": "History of Gujarat" }, { "docid": "1636888", "text": "his way up into the civil service of the company and lived in Bombay from 1728 to 1740. He returned to London when recalled by his father, who was dying. Upon William's death, the estate went to Lucy for administration. She, in turn, did not choose to support John. Meanwhile, Cleland's two brothers had finished their education at Westminster and gone on to support themselves. John Cleland began courting the Portuguese in a vain attempt to refound the Portuguese East India Company. In 1748, Cleland was arrested for an £840 debt (equivalent to a purchasing power of about £100,000 in", "title": "John Cleland" }, { "docid": "14687802", "text": "port towns of Shirazi rulers. The Portuguese military power and direct trading with India in the beginning, followed by other European powers, led to a rapid decline of the Shirazi towns which thrived and depended primarily on the trade. In parallel to European competition, non-Swahili-speaking Bantu groups began attacking Shirazi towns in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Thus, the Shirazi sultanates faced war from sea and land, leading to a rapid loss of power and trading facilities. The Omani Arabs re-asserted their military in the seventeenth century, and they defeated the Portuguese in 1698, at Mombasa. The Portuguese agreed to", "title": "Shirazi people" }, { "docid": "17663914", "text": "made the castle of Rustaq his residence, adding the Burj al Riah wind tower. In 1696 the Omanis again attacked Mombasa, besieging 2,500 people who had taken refuge in Fort Jesus. The Siege of Fort Jesus ended after 33 months when the thirteen survivors of famine and smallpox surrendered to the Omanis, who now became the dominant power on the coast. The expansion of Omani power included the first large-scale settlement of Zanzibar by Omani migrants. The Omanis became known to the Europeans as pirates, and attacked Portuguese bases in western India. The Omanis also moved into the Persian Gulf,", "title": "Yaruba dynasty" }, { "docid": "4329595", "text": "the first Jesuit priests to South-east Asia via Goa in Portuguese India. Afonso de Albuquerque, the viceroy of India, conquered Malacca (today just a few hours' drive from Singapore) in 1511, while Jesuit Francis Xavier, (a Basque Spaniard serving the Portuguese Crown) arrived in Malacca in 1545. Descendants of Portuguese and Spanish colonialists who lived in Malacca and are of mixed Portuguese/Spanish and mostly Malay, but also Indian or Chinese descent, are collectively known as the Gente Kristang. This group is characterised by being Catholic, sporting Portuguese surnames and having its own distinctive Portuguese creole, the Kristang language, although it", "title": "Eurasians in Singapore" }, { "docid": "6849880", "text": "to restore to the French their settlements in India, and Mahé, India was handed over to the French in 1785 The weakened Portuguese were ousted by the Dutch East India Company, who took advantage of continuing conflicts between Kozhikode and Kochi to gain control of the trade. The Dutch Malabar (1661-1795) in turn were weakened by their constant battles with Marthanda Varma of the Travancore Royal Family, and were defeated at the Battle of Colachel in 1741, resulting in the complete eclipse of Dutch power in Malabar. The Treaty of Mavelikkara was signed by the Dutch and Travancore in 1753,", "title": "History of Kerala" }, { "docid": "12740367", "text": "Viswanatha Nayak Viswanatha Nayak was the Vijayanagara viceroy to Madurai in south India during the 16th century. He later became the ruler of Madurai after the fall of the Vijayanagara empire. He is the founder of the Nayak dynasty of Madurai. He was supported by his general Ariyanatha Mudaliar who led Viswantha Nayak's army became second in command and took power along with the latter in Tirunelveli in southern India. Viswantha Nayak was then succeeded by his son Krishnappa Nayak who along with his father's able minister Ariyanatha expanded the Madurai Kingdom under the Nayaks and brought most of the", "title": "Viswanatha Nayak" }, { "docid": "18879622", "text": "RattanIndia RattanIndia group, formerly named India Bulls Power, is a US $1 billion (INR 6500 crore) net worth business conglomerate with business interests in power generation, cement and mining. RattanIndia Power Limited is developing 5400 MW of coal based thermal power projects Amravati and Nasik in Maharashtra. It has currently installed and operational capacity of 2700 MW. Rajiv Rattan is the founder chairman of the group. Rattan co-founded Indiabulls group in year 1999. As a co-founder and ex-Vice Chairman of Indiabulls group, he played an important role in scaling up various businesses and transforming it into US $3 billion (INR", "title": "RattanIndia" }, { "docid": "17436988", "text": "by the National Commission on Population based on the 12 Indicators. Panaji is the state's capital, while Vasco da Gama is its largest city. The historic city of Margao still exhibits the cultural influence of the Portuguese, who first landed in the early 16th century as merchants and conquered it soon thereafter. Goa is a former Portuguese province; the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. Goa is visited by large numbers of international and domestic tourists each year for its white sand beaches, nightlife, places of worship", "title": "Goa" }, { "docid": "9925056", "text": "called \"Kaniyalar\" or \"Kodikkalar\". The Vellalar tribes are described as a landed gentry who irrigated the wet lands and the Karalar (use Vellalar as title) were the landed gentry in the dry lands. Karalar means \"\"Lord of clouds\"\". The \"Kailayamalai\", an account on Kalinga Magha, the founder of Jaffna Kingdom, narrates the migration of Vellalar Nattar chiefs from the Coromandel Coast of South India. It was a common practice by the Jaffna kings to take Vellalar women as concubines. The offsprings were known as Madapallis. In the time of Portuguese Ceylon, were the Vellalars described as husbandman, who were involved", "title": "Sri Lankan Vellalar" }, { "docid": "6222427", "text": "Goa, is named after the famous Portuguese explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama, who held the title of Governor of Portuguese India. This city serves as the headquarters of the Mormugao sub-district. It was founded in 1543 and remained in Portuguese hands until 1961, when the territory was lost to India. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and, in this way, the West and the", "title": "Vasco da Gama, Goa" }, { "docid": "14692893", "text": "chroniclers were aware of its existence. António de Saldanha was a Castilian nobleman in Portuguese service, Diogo Fernandes Pereira an experienced sailing master, probably commanding a ship outfitted by the merchant community of Setúbal. The 2nd India Armada (1500) under Pedro Álvares Cabral had opened hostilities between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Zamorin of Calicut (\"Calecute\", Kozhikode), the dominant maritime power on the Malabar Coast of India. News of the war had arrived in Lisbon too late to affect the 3rd Armada (1501), but the 4th Armada (under Vasco da Gama in 1502) had been dispatched with more purpose.", "title": "5th Portuguese India Armada (Albuquerque, 1503)" }, { "docid": "15378659", "text": "unify the tribes with a common goal of expelling the Portuguese. Nasir bin Murshid drove the Portuguese out of all their bases in Oman except Muscat. He was succeeded by his cousin Sultan bin Saif in 1649. In December 1649 the forces of Sultan bin Saif captured the town of Muscat. About 600 Portuguese managed to escape by sea, while others fled into Forte do Almirante (al Mirani). They surrendered on 23 January 1650. The capture of Muscat from the Portuguese marked the beginning of an expansion of Omani sea power in which the Portuguese possessions in India and East", "title": "Al Jalali Fort" }, { "docid": "9317411", "text": "Annals of Semarang and Cerbon\". The Chinese traders did business with the Malays and Javanese instead of the Portuguese. By the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company () began contesting Portuguese power in the East. At that time, the Portuguese had transformed Malacca into an impregnable fortress, the \"Fortaleza de Malaca\", controlling access to the sea lanes of the Straits of Malacca and the spice trade there. The Dutch started by launching small incursions and skirmishes against the Portuguese. The first serious attempt was the siege of Malacca in 1606 by the third VOC fleet from Holland with", "title": "Portuguese Malacca" }, { "docid": "12960322", "text": "been found. Dantidurga was the real founder of the Rashtrakuta imperial power. Dantidurga made extensive conquests. Dantidurga was succeeded by his uncle Krishna I. who completed the conquests and shattered the power of the Early Chalukyas completely. Krishna I was not only a great conqueror but also a great builder. The Rashtrakuta family produced several great conquerors who boldly invaded North and South India and achieved memorable victories such as Druva, Govinda II . Several copper-plate grants of Govinda III have been found in the Vidarbha and Marathwada Divisions of Maharashtra. It is not possible to give a description of", "title": "History of Nashik" }, { "docid": "806791", "text": "introduction to Portuguese traders; who, aware of its trade value, would have likely promoted its commerce in the Asian spice trade routes then dominated by Portuguese and Arab traders. It was introduced in India by the Portuguese towards the end of 15th century. Today chilies are an integral part of Indian and Southeast Asian cuisines. The chili pepper features heavily in the cuisine of the Goan region of India, which was the site of a Portuguese colony (e.g., vindaloo, an Indian interpretation of a Portuguese dish). Chili peppers journeyed from India, through Central Asia and Turkey, to Hungary, where they", "title": "Chili pepper" }, { "docid": "9962391", "text": "Fernando Nobre Fernando José de La Vieter Ribeiro Nobre (born 16 December 1951) is a Portuguese doctor who is the founder and president of the Portuguese NGO AMI (Global Humanitarian Action). In 2007 he was voted as the 25th greatest Portuguese ever in the contest Os Grandes Portugueses, being the 5th most voted among Portuguese living people at that date. He was a candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 2011. He was born in Luanda, Angola (it was then a Portuguese territory), in 1951. He moved to the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) by the age of 12. He spent", "title": "Fernando Nobre" }, { "docid": "18439549", "text": "Infant Jesus Cathedral The Infant Jesus Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church established by Portuguese during 1614, situated at Tangasseri in the city of Quilon (Kollam), India. It is now the cathedral i.e the Seat of the Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the ancient and first catholic diocese of India. The Church remains as a memento of the Portuguese rule of old Quilon city. The history of Infant Jesus Cathedral dates back to 1503 when Tangasseri came under the control of the Portuguese. The Portuguese who came to Quilon in 1503 led by Afonso de Albuquerque made", "title": "Infant Jesus Cathedral" }, { "docid": "5776009", "text": "synod of Diamper inde 1599 A.D. convoked by the Portuguese Archbishop Dom Alexio De Menezes. The Saint Thomas Christians remain in communion with the Church of the East. It is believed that Malabar Church was in communion with the Church of the East from CE 300 to CE 1599. With the establishment of Portuguese power in parts of India, clergy of that empire, in particular members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), attempted to Latinise the Indian Christians. The Portuguese started a Latin Rite diocese in Goa (1534) and another at Cochin (1558), and sought to bring the St.Thomas Christians", "title": "Coonan Cross Oath" }, { "docid": "17800595", "text": "be noted that many Anglo-Indians and Eurasians have Luso-Indian ancestors especially on their female side. There is also a distinct Konkani-speaking Catholic community who call themselves East Indians and reside in Mumbai and who were under Portuguese rule prior to Bombay being handed to the British in 1661. Luso-Indians and Luso-Goans are people who have mixed varied Asian, Indian subcontinent and Portuguese ancestry and are either citizens of India, Pakistan or Bangladesh today. They may also be people of Portuguese descent born or living in the Republic of India and resident in other parts of the world. Most Luso-Indians and", "title": "Luso-Asians" }, { "docid": "2723682", "text": "fortress-town of Baçaim. In 1526, under the viceroyship of Lopo Vaz de Sampaio, the Portuguese took possession of Mangalore. The territory included parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka state, and Kasaragod in Kerala state (South Canara). Mangalore was named the islands of \"O Padrão de Santa Maria\"; later came to be known as St. Mary's Islands. In 1640, the Keladi Nayaka Kingdom defeated the Portuguese. Shivappa Nayaka destroyed the Portuguese political power in the Kanara region by capturing all the Portuguese forts of the coastal region. Bombay (present-day Mumbai) was given to Britain in 1661 as part of", "title": "Portuguese India" }, { "docid": "9375478", "text": "him on the throne. However, it was the younger son Alauddin who would lay the real basis for Aceh's power after 1539. Ali Mughayat Syah Sultan Ali Mughayat Syah (died 7 August 1530) was the first sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra, reigning from about 1514 until his death. Although he was not the first ruler of the Aceh heartland, he is considered the founder of the greater Aceh kingdom. His time also saw the emergence of the long struggle with the Portuguese for the political and economic supremacy in the Melaka Straits. Sultan Ali's life and career are nevertheless", "title": "Ali Mughayat Syah" }, { "docid": "16716381", "text": "Force India, which provided officers to the Army during World War II, was disbanded in 1947. The first Europeans who came to India were the Portuguese, followed by the Dutch, British and the French. In 1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut. Calicut was the capital of the Zamorin, the most powerful ruler in south-west India. Portuguese women in the east were few in number, and Portuguese men began to live with local women. The Portuguese, Dutch and British instituted systems of encouraging their men to marry local women, paying a gold mohur for each child born of", "title": "Nilgiri Malabar Battalion" }, { "docid": "2082124", "text": "of land, later came to be known as Hajara Pukhuri (Harjjara Pukhuri). Christian cemetery: The cemetery dates to the 17th century. It contains the grave of Alexander Bruce, founder of the tea industry in India, and of Europeans who died here before independence. The first electric power station in this part of India was established at Tezpur by the British in 1913. Jonaki: The first cinema hall of Northeast India was established by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala in 1935. Chitraban: The first film studio of Northeast India was established by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala in 1934. The twin lakes Bor Pukhuri and", "title": "Tezpur" }, { "docid": "18480786", "text": "use Gujarati language for communication. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per constitution of India and Panchayati raj (India). The last elections were held on December, 2016 and Shirimati Kanchanben Lunagariya was elected as Sarpanch. 8 other people were elected as panches. The main person behind the development of the village is Bhaya Nathu Wala, He is King of Bhayavadar Village and also Founder of Bhayavadar Village. Villagers enjoy a good drinking water supply, and a steady electricity supply with few power shortages. Telephones are common, and nearly all of the", "title": "Bhayavadar, Gujarat" }, { "docid": "16295726", "text": "Nabob A nabob is a conspicuously wealthy White man deriving his fortune in the Orient, especially in India during the 18th century with the privately held East India Company. \"Nabob\" is an Anglo-Indian term that came to English from Urdu, possibly from Hindustani \"nawāb\"/\"navāb\", borrowed into English during British colonial rule in India. It is possible this was via the intermediate Portuguese \"nababo\", the Portuguese having preceded the British in India. The word entered colloquial usage in England from 1612. Native Europeans used \"nabob\" to refer to those who returned from India after having made a fortune there. The term", "title": "Nabob" }, { "docid": "17800596", "text": "Luso-Goans live in former Portuguese overseas territories of the Estado da India that are currently part of the Republic of India. Luso-Asians are primarily from the Indian states of Goa, Daman and Diu, Korlai, parts of Tamil Nadu, and parts of Kerala. In the Coromandel Coast, Luso-Indians were generally known as Topasses. They are majority Catholic and may have spoken or presently speak Portuguese Creole. There are currently about 2000 people who speak Portuguese Creole in Daman. In Diu, the Portuguese Creole language is nearly extinct. However, the Catholic community is very much alive. Goa was the capital of a", "title": "Luso-Asians" }, { "docid": "2859229", "text": "seas that would last until World War Two. Just two years after Vasco da Gama reached India by sea, the Portuguese realized that the prospect of developing trade such as that which they had practiced in West Africa had become an impossibility, due to the opposition of Muslim merchant elites in the western coast of India, who incited attacks against Portuguese \"feitorias\", ships and agents, sabotaged Portuguese diplomatical efforts, and led the massacre of the Portuguese in Calicut in 1500. Thus, the Portuguese signed an alliance with a rebellious vassal of Calicut instead, the raja of Cochin, who invited them", "title": "Battle of Diu (1509)" }, { "docid": "6997069", "text": "of major rivers. Unlike Christopher Columbus who thought he had reached India, the Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama had already reached India sailing around Africa two years before Pedro Álvares Cabral reached Brazil. Nevertheless, the word \"índios\" (\"Indians\") was by then established to designate the peoples of the New World and remains so (it is used to this day in the Portuguese language, the people of India being called \"indianos\"). Initially, the Europeans saw the natives as noble savages, and miscegenation began straight away. Tribal warfare and cannibalism convinced the Portuguese that they should \"civilize\" the Amerindians, even if one", "title": "Civilizing mission" }, { "docid": "16842368", "text": "Bryan Kest Bryan Kest is an American yoga teacher. Recognized as a creator of Power Yoga, he is the founder of Santa Monica Power Yoga, based in Santa Monica, California. Kest has led yoga classes, retreats and workshops worldwide. He is credited with pioneering the practice of donation-based yoga in the United States. Kest was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1964. He began practicing yoga in 1979, at the insistence of his father, a physician. While still a teenager, Kest studied in Hawaii with David Williams, who brought Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga from India to the United States. In 1983, Kest", "title": "Bryan Kest" }, { "docid": "2723680", "text": "treaty with the Zamorin in 1513 to protect Portuguese interests in Malabar. Hostilities were renewed when the Portuguese attempted to assassinate the Zamorin sometime between 1515 and 1518. In 1510, Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the Bijapur sultans with the help of Timayya, on behalf of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire, leading to the establishment of a permanent settlement in Velha Goa (or Old Goa). The Southern Province, also known simply as Goa, was the headquarters of Portuguese India, and seat of the Portuguese viceroy who governed the Portuguese possessions in Asia. There were Portuguese settlements in and around Mylapore. The Luz", "title": "Portuguese India" }, { "docid": "20653600", "text": "Prabhakar Karekar Pandit Prabhakar Karekar is a Hindustani classical vocalist, a disciple of Jitendra Abhisheki and C. R. Vyas,born in Goa,India. He was awarded Tansen Samman in 2014 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2016. Prabhakar Janardan Karekar was born in 1944, in what was then Portuguese Goa. His Hindustani vocal music training came also from Suresh Haldankar. He has been known as an outstanding performer and teacher, and is a graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. Karekar is also the founder and Chairman of the Swarprabha Trust. Karekar has trained several promising and accomplished young", "title": "Prabhakar Karekar" }, { "docid": "19103177", "text": "of the same period. During this period, important local Tamil literature was produced and Hindu temples were built, including an academy for language advancement. The arrival of the Portuguese colonial power to the island of Sri Lanka in 1505, along with its strategic location in the Palk Strait of connecting all interior Sinhalese kingdoms to South India, created political problems. Many of its kings confronted and ultimately made peace with the Portuguese colonials. In 1617, Cankili II, a usurper to the throne, confronted the Portuguese but was defeated, bringing the kingdom’s independent existence to an end in 1619. Dambadeniya is", "title": "Transitional period of Sri Lanka" }, { "docid": "15632556", "text": "Luso-Indian Luso-Indian is a subgroup ethnicity from Luso-Asians and are people who have mixed varied Indian subcontinent and Portuguese ancestry or people of Portuguese descent born or living in the Republic of India and the world. Most of them live in former Portuguese overseas territories of the Estado da India which are currently a part of the newly formed independent nation as a Union in 1947 called the Republic of India from British raj. Luso-Asians of the Indian subcontinent are primarily from Goa, Daman and Diu, Korlai, Silvassa, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. In the 16th Century, a thousand years after", "title": "Luso-Indian" }, { "docid": "6326509", "text": "da Gama in Calicut and Pedro Álvares Cabral in Kochi. The Maharaja of Kochi felt threatened by the Zamorin of Calicut, and he hoped that the Portuguese would help him in his defense from the neighbouring king of Calicut. The Maharaja welcomed the Portuguese, and they founded their first trading center in Kochi. However, the Maharaja of Cochin was largely deprived of his power, and Kochi became the first European colony in India. The Portuguese put pressure upon the small Jewish community, and even the Syrian Christians as they were practising Nestorianism. The Portuguese tried to merge the Syrian Christian", "title": "Fort Kochi" }, { "docid": "12177595", "text": "Topasses Topasses (Tupasses, Topas, Topaz) were a group of people led by the two power families – Da Costa and Hornay – that resided in Oecussi and Flores. The Da Costa families were descendants of Portuguese Jewish merchants and Hornay were Dutch. Topasses were found in the various places of South Asia and Southeast Asia which were frequented by the Portuguese, such as Goa, Malacca and Batavia. In particular they are associated with the ethnically mixed Portuguese group that dominated politics on Timor in the 17th and 18th centuries. Topasses (Topaze Indo-Portuguese) was a term applied in India by the", "title": "Topasses" }, { "docid": "7901591", "text": "to enter into an alliance with the Zamorins. Later attempts by the Zamorin at conquering the Kochi port was thwarted by the Cochin Raja with the help of the Portuguese. Slowly, the Portuguese armory at Kochi was increased, with the presumed notion of helping the raja protect Kochi. However, the measure led to decrease in the power of the Cochin Raja, and an increase in the Portuguese influence. From 1503 to 1663, Kochi was ruled by Portugal through the namesake Cochin Raja. Kochi remained the capital of Portuguese India till 1510. In 1530, Saint Francis Xavier arrived and founded a", "title": "History of Kochi" }, { "docid": "14678415", "text": "seashore, where they can meet in person without violating the vow. Gama presents the raja with royal letters and munificent gifts (a jeweled sword, a brocaded armchair) and discussions immediately begin. A commercial treaty is negotiated, establishing a Portuguese crown factory in Cannanore, and arranging a fixed-price schedule, which the Raja personally guarantees, for the sale of spices to the Portuguese. The negotiation for the commercial treaty did not go smoothly, particularly the fixed price clause. The Kolathiri Raja protested that he had no power over market prices nor the right to dictate how private merchants disposed of their property.", "title": "4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502)" }, { "docid": "14486665", "text": "Battle of Malacca (1641) The Battle of Malacca (2 August 1640 – 14 January 1641) was a successful attempt by the Dutch to capture Malacca from the Portuguese. In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company (\"Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie\", \"VOC\") began the campaign to destroy Portuguese power in the East. At that time, the Portuguese had transformed Malacca into an impregnable fortress (the \"Fortaleza de Malaca\"), controlling access to the sea lanes of the Straits of Malacca and the spice trade there. The Dutch started by launching small incursions and skirmishes against the Portuguese. The first serious attempt", "title": "Battle of Malacca (1641)" }, { "docid": "14943043", "text": "Dutch East India Company (\"Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie\", \"VOC\") began the campaign to destroy Portuguese power in the East. At that time, the Portuguese had transformed Malacca into an impregnable fortress (the \"Fortaleza de Malaca\", controlling access to the sea lanes of the Straits of Malacca and the spice trade there. The Dutch started by launching small incursions and skirmishes against the Portuguese. The first serious attempt was the siege of Malacca in 1606 by the third VOC fleet from Holland with eleven ships, led by Admiral Cornelis Matelief de Jonge that lead to the naval battle of Cape Rachado. Although", "title": "Malayan–Portuguese war" }, { "docid": "12661166", "text": "Sanskrit, a classical language used in Buddhism and Hinduism, is still used by some ancient Chinese priests who immigrated to Japan, and the Siddhaṃ script is still written to this day, despite having passed out of usage in India. It is also thought that the distinctive torii gateways at temples in Japan, may be related to the torana gateways used in Indian temples. In the 16th century, Japan established political contact with Portuguese colonies in India. The Japanese initially assumed that the Portuguese were from India and that Christianity was a new \"Indian faith\". These mistaken assumptions were due to", "title": "India–Japan relations" }, { "docid": "4964417", "text": "their empire. The [[Calcutta High Court]] ruled in 2003 that [[Job Charnock]], the Englishman generally believed to be the founder of the Calcutta, is not the founder of the city and that hence Kolkata has no birthday. According to the Court, the city has its genesis in the [[Maurya Empire|Maurya]] and [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] period and it was an established trading post long before the Slave Dynasty of the [[Delhi Sultanate]], the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]], the [[Portugal|Portuguese]], the [[France|French]] or the [[United Kingdom|British]] established a modern township there. The [[British East India Company]] chose the place for a trade settlement. In 1698,", "title": "History of Kolkata" }, { "docid": "4140243", "text": "the Gajapati empire and eventually surrendered to Vijaynagar, giving his daughter Princess Annapurna Devi in marriage to Sri Krishna Deva Raya. As per treaty Krishna river became boundary of Vijaynagar and Odisha Kingdom. Thereafter peace between the two strongest Hindu empires in India ensured a period of harmony and the safety of Sanatana Dharma in India. Krishna Deva Raya established friendly relations with the Portuguese, who set up the Portuguese Dominion of India in Goa in 1510. The Emperor obtained guns and Arabian horses from the Portuguese merchants. He also utilized Portuguese expertise in improving water supply to Vijayanagara City.", "title": "Krishnadevaraya" }, { "docid": "5347917", "text": "100 km along the coast of present-day Maharashtra and Gujarat, from Chaul in the south to Daman in the north. The headquarters of the northern province was at Baçaim (modern Vasai) north of Bombay. During the later 17th and early 18th centuries Portuguese India declined economically and politically, and Chaul lost its former importance. As the power of the Mughal Empire declined in the early 18th century, the Marathas expanded their control of central and western India. The Portuguese colony of Kalyan was captured by the Marathas in 1720, and in 1737 the Maratha general Angria began a concerted campaign", "title": "Chaul" }, { "docid": "5901794", "text": "It was head of district under the Seuna (1184-1318). Later being conquered by the Gujarat Sultanate, a few years later Barbosa (1514) described it under the name Baxay (pronounced Basai) as a town with a good seaport belonging to the king of Gujarat. The Portuguese first reached the west coast of India when the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut in 1498. For several years after their arrival in India, they had been consolidating their power in north Konkan. They had established a strong foothold in Goa, which they captured from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510. According", "title": "Fort Bassein" }, { "docid": "7246786", "text": "which tried to seize the Portuguese colonies in Africa and America as part of the \"Groot Desseyn\" plan. After failing in 1625, the company managed to capture Elmina Castle from the Portuguese in 1637. Fort San Sebastian at Shama and Fort Santo Antonio at Axim followed in 1640 and 1642 respectively. The Dutch West India Company was given the monopoly on trade in the West Indies, including the Gold Coast, in 1621. Mismanagement meant that several disillusioned employees of the Dutch West India Company left the company to work for another European power. Hendrik Carloff, for example, was a former", "title": "Dutch Gold Coast" }, { "docid": "5097851", "text": "Goa being a central base for the Portuguese East India Company and due to a significant portion of the crew on Portuguese ships being Indian Christians. Portuguese visitors and their South Asian and African crew members often engaged in slavery in Japan. They bought or captured young Japanese women and girls, who were either used as sexual slaves on their ships or taken to Macau and other Portuguese colonies in Southeast Asia, the Americas, and India, where there was a community of Japanese slaves and traders in Goa by the early 17th century. Later European East India companies, including those", "title": "Prostitution in Japan" }, { "docid": "10075831", "text": "of the major rivers, where they raised private armies and raided for slaves in the interior. The most powerful of these warlords was Manuel António de Sousa, also known as Gouveia, a settler from Portuguese India, who by the middle of the 19th century controlled most of the southern Zambezi Valley and a huge swath of land to its south. North of the Zambezi, Islamic slave traders rose to power from their base in Angoche, and the Yao chiefs of the north migrated south to the highlands along the Shire River, where they established their military power. The Shangaan descend", "title": "Gaza Empire" }, { "docid": "11785423", "text": "Indian peninsula and preserve their culture and religion. Such cases strongly suggest that rather than living like Indians, Jews created diasporas which helped them preserve their identity. Jews in India were able to trade and practice their religion unlike in Europe, where they were oppressed and killed. This meant that “a Jew could rise to power and prominence in public life and could become an agent and diplomat in the service of the Portuguese viceroy in Goa.” As Fischel states Jews were also used by the Portuguese to negotiate with the Muslim rulers of India. This was due to the", "title": "Trading diaspora" }, { "docid": "7901592", "text": "Christian mission. The following Portuguese period was difficult for the Jews living in the region, since the Inquisition was established in Portuguese India in 1560. Kochi hosted the grave of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese viceroy, who was buried at St. Francis Church until his remains were exhumed and interred in Portugal in 1539. Soon after the time of Albuquerque, the Portuguese rule in Kerala declined. The failure is attributed to intermarriages, forcible conversions, religious persecution, etc. The Portuguese rule was followed by that of the Dutch, who had by then conquered Quilon, after various encounters with the Portuguese and", "title": "History of Kochi" }, { "docid": "13327300", "text": "became a distinctive dialect that combined archaisms and loan words from Turkish, Greek and Slavic languages, besides some Italian and French. Most of the Sephardic Jews who came to India were from Portugal and their communities are found in and around the former Portuguese dominions and territories in India. The first Portuguese Jews to arrive in India were sailors. Portuguese were able mariners and Sephardic Jews were essential in helping navigate the waters of India. As K. M. Mathew documents, Jews such as Abraham Zacuto, Pedro Nunes, Joao Baptista Lavanha, and Duarte Gomes de Solis were instrumental in charting the", "title": "Sephardic Jews in India" }, { "docid": "20453143", "text": "Jorge Cabral Jorge Cabral () (1500 – ???) was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier (military officer) and explorer who was the 15th ruler of Portuguese India as governor from 13 of June 1549 to November 1550. Jorge Cabral was a son of João Fernandes Cabral (), Senor de Azurara, and his mother was Joanna de Castro (). He was also the nephew of Portuguese explorer and navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral which discovered Brazil. To get along in Porturuese India, the wife of Jorge Cabral was Lucretia Fialho, she was the first wife of one of previous Viceroys of Portuguese India. Jorge", "title": "Jorge Cabral" }, { "docid": "3479984", "text": "Alphonso (mango) The 'Alphonso' mango, also called Hafoos, Hapuz, or Aapoos, is a named mango cultivar that originated in India more than 4,000 years ago. Considered to be among the most superior varieties of mango in terms of sweetness, richness and flavour, the Alphonso is often called the King of Mangoes. The variety is named after Afonso de Albuquerque, a Portuguese general and military expert who helped establish Portuguese colonies in India. The Portuguese introduced grafting on mango trees to produce extraordinary varieties like Alphonso. The fruit was then introduced to the Konkan region in Maharashtra and Goa. The Alphonso", "title": "Alphonso (mango)" }, { "docid": "12065720", "text": "to William's will, he was a cousin of Sir Leonard Holliday, who was later Lord Mayor of London. William was later sent to London, probably in the 1580s, where he served an apprenticeship in the Worshipful Company of Mercers, which controlled the city's textile industry. In 1594 he took part in the Duke of Cumberland's expedition to the Azores which involved the sinking of the great Portuguese carrack the \"Cinco Chagas\". William evidently had a successful career as a mercer. He was also involved in the East India Company, of which his cousin Sir Leonard had been a founder, and", "title": "William Holliday" } ]
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who sang the theme song for as told by ginger
[ "Macy Gray" ]
[ { "docid": "2180145", "text": "Ginger. But this version was replaced before initial North American broadcasts with another version performed by Cree Summer. This would be used for half of the first season before a third version, featuring vocals by R&B artist Macy Gray, which was used for the rest of the series' run. In international English speaking broadcasts, the Melissa Disney and Cree Summer versions were used for seasons one and two broadcasts, while the Macy Gray version was used for season three. Internationally, the Macy Gray version is the more recognizable version. The closing credits are generally designed backgrounds with the show's signature", "title": "As Told by Ginger" } ]
[ { "docid": "1450813", "text": "Poker Showdown\", playing for Habitat for Humanity. She finished in third place. In 2002, she was the voice for Seeiah Owens in the video game \"SSX Tricky\". Gray sang the theme song for the Nickelodeon animated series \"As Told by Ginger\", composed by Jared Faber and Emily Kapnek. Gray also performed the song on the short-lived UPN romantic comedy \"Second Time Around\" starring Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker in 2004. In August 2008, Gray headlined at the 2008 Summer Sundae music festival in Leicester, England, performing cover versions of Rod Stewart's \"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?\", Deee-Lite's \"Groove Is", "title": "Macy Gray" }, { "docid": "2180147", "text": "Little Seal Girl\" blended together. In \"About Face\", a song called \"Diamonds Are Expensive\", presumably sung by the engaged Lois and Dr. Dave, is played over the credits. \"Next Question\" ended with \"The Teen Seal Girl\" song. Finally, the episode \"No Hope for Courtney\" had no music during the credits, being dedicated to the memory of Kathleen Freeman. As Told by Ginger As Told by Ginger (also known as As Told by Ginger Foutley) is an American animated television series aimed at teenagers, produced by Klasky Csupo and aired on Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a middle schooler (and later", "title": "As Told by Ginger" }, { "docid": "526099", "text": "in some cases with unexpected dance routines. Most of the performers sing in their own voices, with two exceptions: Goldie Hawn, who was told by Allen to intentionally sing worse because she sang too well to be believable as a normal person just breaking into song, and Drew Barrymore, who convinced Woody Allen that her singing was too awful even for the \"realistic singing voice\" concept he was going for. Her voice was dubbed by Allen regular Olivia Hayman. The title song was written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, and was used as a recurring theme song in the", "title": "Everyone Says I Love You" }, { "docid": "14179342", "text": "also featured a song Faber co-wrote and produced, performed by Chris Pierce and Sy Smith. VIDEO GAME CREDITS Jared Faber Jared Faber (also known as J-Radical) is an American musician, composer, and producer who works primarily in television and film. He composed the theme songs for \"Oobi\", \"As Told by Ginger\", and \"Clifford's Puppy Days\". For his work on the latter, he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Faber was raised in New York City, where he attended High School of Performing Arts, and later continued his music education at Berklee College of Music, studying jazz arranging and composition. He", "title": "Jared Faber" }, { "docid": "2180134", "text": "As Told by Ginger As Told by Ginger (also known as As Told by Ginger Foutley) is an American animated television series aimed at teenagers, produced by Klasky Csupo and aired on Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a middle schooler (and later a high schooler) girl named Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to become more than a social geek. \"As Told by Ginger\" ended production in 2004, although some episodes remain unaired on U.S. television. It was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour). The series was praised and", "title": "As Told by Ginger" }, { "docid": "2402737", "text": "of Lithuanian descent. The show was known for its distinctive animation style, similar to shows produced by Klasky-Csupo such as \"Rocket Power\" and \"As Told by Ginger\", and also for being one of the few animated series where characters' outfits change from episode to episode. The series takes place in the fictional city of Bahia Bay, which is based on San Diego, California where the creator lived. The show's theme song, \"Livin' for the Weekend\", was performed by Wayne Brady and written by Brady and Roger Neill. \"The Weekenders\" premiered on February 26, 2000, as part of Disney's One Saturday", "title": "The Weekenders" }, { "docid": "4721977", "text": "In 1983, Monroig recorded \"\"No Finjas\"\", the first Spanish language rap song. In 1984, he recorded and sang the song \"\"Me Dijeron\"\" (I was told), which treated the sensitive subject of homosexuality in a respectful way. In 1986, Monroig had one of his greatest \"hits' with \"\"Por Siempre\"\" (Forever). He started composing by converting English songs into Spanish, such as \"\"Forever\"\" which was originally written by Kenny Loggins. Among the singers who have worked with Glenn are: With Lunna, Monroig recorded \"\"A Todo Dar\"\" (Everything Goes), the \"first\" digitally produced album in Puerto Rico. Monroig also wrote the anti-drug theme", "title": "Glenn Monroig" }, { "docid": "2180146", "text": "font. These backgrounds include the ice cream cones from Ginger's bedroom walls, ladybugs from Dodie's bedroom walls, pencils, lizards and more. In most episodes, the ending theme is an instrumental rock-based song, although there have been exceptions. \"Piece of My Heart\" ends with a different and softer instrumental melody. The episode \"Never Can Say Goodbye\" ended with a song called \"Wrong\", sung by voice actor Kenny Blank as Darren Patterson, and \"And She Was Gone\" ended with a musical version of Ginger's poem during the credits. The episode \"Come Back, Little Seal Girl\" featured the songs \"Courtney's World\" and \"The", "title": "As Told by Ginger" }, { "docid": "5887831", "text": "Gissara sang \"Don't Play That Song\" by Aretha Franklin. The judges said it was pretty good but she did not put enough feeling into the song. The next night she was told she was part of the bottom three along with James Kannis and Natalie Zahra; Zahra was eliminated and Gissara was safe for another week. On the Supergroups theme, a week later, Gissara performed \"The Greatest View\" by Silverchair. All judges were disappointed with her performance, she was part of the bottom three along with Kannis and Daniel Spillane. Gissara was told she had the least number of votes", "title": "Laura Gissara" }, { "docid": "2180144", "text": "show was a part of the Nicktoons channel since its inception in 2002, and started airing the remaining third-season episodes in November 2004, when \"Ten Chairs\" premiered. The \"high school\" episodes were slated to premiere during November 2006, but only one, \"Stuff'll Kill Ya\", premiered. The aforementioned Season 3 episodes remain unaired, however, they instead aired on teen-oriented block The N on Saturday nights, on January 20, 2007. The opening theme, \"I'm in Between\", was written for the show by series composer, Jared Faber, and Emily Kapnek. The song was first recorded with vocals by Melissa Disney, in character as", "title": "As Told by Ginger" }, { "docid": "7322346", "text": "is Michi Miyazaki (宮崎 道), who are both composers. He was a guest at Expo Anime Brasil 2006 in São Paulo. Ayumi Miyazaki Miyazaki has sung several songs in the Digimon series. He sang the evolution theme song for \"Digimon Adventure\" called \"Brave Heart\" and its \"Digimon Adventure Tri\" remix. He also sang the two evolution theme songs for \"Digimon Adventure 02\", called \"Break Up\" and \"Beat Hit!\" In addition, he sang the second evolution theme for \"Digimon Frontier\", called \"The Last Element\". Moreover, he collaborated with other Digimon song artists in and \"WE ARE Xros Heart! ver. X7\". He", "title": "Ayumi Miyazaki" }, { "docid": "14674191", "text": "Kansas City Bomber (song) \"Kansas City Bomber\" is a song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. singer-songwriter best known for the protest songs he wrote in the 1960s. In 1972, record producer Lee Housekeeper asked Ochs to write the theme song for the film \"Kansas City Bomber\", a film about roller derby starring Raquel Welch. Although Ochs enjoyed watching the sport on television, composing the song proved difficult, as Ochs was suffering from writer's block. At last, he made a demo, on which Micky Dolenz of The Monkees sang back-up vocals. Months later, Ochs was traveling in Australia. Housekeeper told him", "title": "Kansas City Bomber (song)" }, { "docid": "9632693", "text": "Wrote and sang the theme songs“Even…if” for Opening theme, “yes” for Ending theme- of Japanese TV anime \"Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory\" . And also Tamaru produced the theme songs for \"Full Metal Panic! Director's Cut Editions\". http://fullmeta-iv.com/music/ http://fullmeta-iv.com/ http://fullmeta-iv.com/music/ http://fullmeta-iv.com/music/ ・Sang the Ending theme song of the special TV program (BS-TBS) ,“Koi wo Shinasai”, and Tamaru also produced-wrote and sang the theme. http://www.bs-tbs.co.jp/inca2018/ 2017 • The song “Always in my heart”-Tamaru wrote the lyrics and sang- and ”Scarborough Fair”-Tamaru covered- for the anime [\"Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?\" (also known as \"SukaSuka\")", "title": "Yamada Tamaru" }, { "docid": "4295474", "text": "Bells (a Hip-Hop Carol)\". He sang the theme song for \"Cory in the House\". Massey also raps a song called \"It's a Dog\" on the \"Life is Ruff\" soundtrack. He also sang the theme song for \"Yin Yang Yo!\". Massey and his brother Christopher Massey have performed rap as the duo, The Massey Boyz. He also sang the music video for Disney's \"Underdog\". On June 12, 2016, Massey was featured using his surname as a mononym on the song 'Verse' by Lebanese-American rapper Skate, making it the first time in nearly 10 years since Massey has done anything musically. Massey", "title": "Kyle Massey" }, { "docid": "7322345", "text": "Ayumi Miyazaki Miyazaki has sung several songs in the Digimon series. He sang the evolution theme song for \"Digimon Adventure\" called \"Brave Heart\" and its \"Digimon Adventure Tri\" remix. He also sang the two evolution theme songs for \"Digimon Adventure 02\", called \"Break Up\" and \"Beat Hit!\" In addition, he sang the second evolution theme for \"Digimon Frontier\", called \"The Last Element\". Moreover, he collaborated with other Digimon song artists in and \"WE ARE Xros Heart! ver. X7\". He also sang the theme song for Mushrambo, called \"Power Play\". His father is Naoshi Miyazaki (宮崎 尚志) and his elder brother", "title": "Ayumi Miyazaki" }, { "docid": "3237594", "text": "who transfers schools so she can see her high jump idol every day. During its 15-episode run, the drama never relinquished its ratings crown. S.H.E sang the song, \"What to Do?\" () as the drama's opening theme. In June 2007, SET TV selected Hebe to star in \"Bull Fighting\" as the daughter of the man who owns 13th Street. S.H.E sang \"How Have You Been Lately?\" () as the drama's ending theme. In the movie CJ7, S.H.E sang one of its OST entitled \"Qi Zai\". In May 2009, Ella was cast for the lead female role for the Taiwanese idol", "title": "S.H.E" }, { "docid": "5623589", "text": "and movies afterwards. In 2001, she was given the \"Best Smile of the Year\" award and the following year, she was dubbed the \"Best Newcomer\" at the \"Golden Arrow Awards\". In 2003, she debuted as a singer when she sang the theme song to \"Churasan 2\" titled \"Ryukyu Moon\". In 2004, she released her first album \"Furusato\" and her second single \"Meguri aeta ne\", the theme song to \"Churasan 3\". In 2005, she was cast as \"Chisato Tamura\" in the TBS drama \"Brother Beat\". Ryoko was amused when she was told she resembled actress / model Rosa Kato in the", "title": "Ryoko Kuninaka" }, { "docid": "10426205", "text": "His single \"One World One Dream\" was chosen as an Olympic Games participation song. The single was written, sung, produced, and scored entirely by himself. He sang along with Jackie Chan, Stephanie Sun, and Han Hong in the song for \"The One Man Olympics\" which was about the first Chinese to be in the Olympics. He also sang in the 100 days countdown theme song \"Beijing Welcomes You\". He also sang alongside Stefanie Sun, Wang Feng, and Jane Zhang in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Torch Relay theme song \"Light the Passion, Share the Dream\". He is also one of", "title": "Wang Leehom" }, { "docid": "2173669", "text": "Several notable covers of the theme song have been made. The original song was sung by Robert Ragaini. \"As a struggling singer in New York, I'd gotten a job singing a theme song for a newly proposed TV cartoon series named 'Underdog.\" I went to the studio, I think \"O.D.O.\" on West 54th Street, sang as part of the backup group (ah-ooo, ah-ooo), then quickly sang the theme song over the track and left. I remember how pleased I was that I'd taken that mouthful of words and made them understandable. Oh yes, they paid me 50 dollars. No contract", "title": "Underdog (TV series)" }, { "docid": "4249416", "text": "singing on weekends when he was asked to sing the theme song for a new sitcom, called \"The Beverly Hillbillies\". Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs played guitar and banjo while he sang the lyrics. \"The Ballad of Jed Clampett\" was a smash hit on the charts, with Flatt singing on the single. In 1993, a retired Scoggins learned that 20th Century Fox was making a film version of the series. He called their offices only to be told that they'd had no idea he was still alive. The studio preferred Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson to sing the theme song,", "title": "Jerry Scoggins" }, { "docid": "4731375", "text": "the tops of their heads and sang the opening theme song. Once inside the General Store, Gene, an accomplished artist and story-teller, told stories and used a large drawing pad to illustrate key scenes and characters from the tales, as children sat around him. With little budget, he and his cast also did clever interpretations of classic novels such as \"She Who Must Be Obeyed\" and various Greek myths. Originally called variously \"Gene London's Cartoons & Stuff\", \"The Wonderful World of Gene London\", and \"Cartoon Corners\", the format for \"The Gene London Show\" changed over the years. At first Gene", "title": "Gene London" }, { "docid": "9777818", "text": "Down on Main Street\". They also sang \"The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh\" theme and the introduction of \"Zorro\". Henry Calvin, who portrayed Sergeant Garcia on that television series, also sang and released a version of the \"Zorro\" theme song. (A longer version of the \"Zorro Theme\", recorded by the female quartet, the Chordettes, became a Top Ten hit). This quartet performed singing voices for the elephants along with J. Pat O'Malley in \"The Jungle Book\". The Mellomen were also featured in the UPA animated feature Gay Purr-ee which starred Judy Garland as the voice of a beautiful cat named Mewsette", "title": "The Mellomen" }, { "docid": "17395900", "text": "told me she auditioned for The Voice Philippines and came 2nd... So great! So I invited her out to sing with me. Love when this happens.” In March 2015, Star Records released her first studio album, the self-titled album, \"Morissette\". The carrier single, \"Di Mapaliwanag\" was used as a theme song for the Koreanovela, \"My Lovely Girl\" on Kapamilya ABS CBN and won as Asianovela Themesong of the Year (2015). The album was launched at Shangri-La Plaza EDSA on April 12, 2015 and eventually reached platinum status. Amon sang theme songs for big movies under Star Cinema including a cover", "title": "Morissette Amon" }, { "docid": "8840504", "text": "(\"Pokémon\"), he formed the \"supergroup\" JAM Project. He later reduced his membership in the group to \"part-time\", allowing for the entry of Hiroshi Kitadani (\"One Piece\"), Masami Okui (\"Revolutionary Girl Utena\"), and Yoshiki Fukuyama (\"Macross 7\" as Basara Nekki's in Fire Bomber). He would return to recording in 2007 with his performances on the soundtrack of \"Juken Sentai Gekiranger\", singing its ending theme \"Tao\", an image song \"Chikai\", and on another image song \"Burning up! ~Jōnetsu o Uketsui de~\" performed as a duet with Takayoshi Tanimoto who sang the series' opening theme. He also sang on JAM Project's single \"STORMBRINGER\",", "title": "Ichirou Mizuki" }, { "docid": "15964974", "text": "that \"Nur Kasih\" drama will be filmed and will run on 2011 and Tiz will sing a theme song for that film and duet with Yassin who sang the theme song for \"Nur Kasih\" drama. In 2011, she starred in such hit dramas as \"Gemilang\" and \"Soffiya\". In drama \"Gemilang\" she played a character as a teacher who wanted her student excel in their studies and in drama \"Soffiya\" Tiz played role as a person who has many problems and was raped by her own father. In March 2011, it was reported that Tiz will acting in her second film", "title": "Tiz Zaqyah" }, { "docid": "17254893", "text": "where she won the contest at the age of 17. She started her playback singing career with the songs \"Tum Hi Ho\" and \"Aag\", which she sang with the band The Milestones. She then sang the Theme song of Urdu dubbed Turkish serial \"Noor\", aired on Geo TV. After this she sang the theme song of \"Daagh\" aired on ARY Digital. She also sang the song \"Yahan Zindagi Bhi Fareb Hai\" for the serial \"Fareb\" song aired on Express Entertainment. Her next song was for the Geo TV series \"Nanhi\". Dias won the Best Original Soundtrack at the Hum Awards", "title": "Alycia Dias" }, { "docid": "9602442", "text": "Innerst i sjelen (album) Innerst i sjelen, in the United Kingdom: Deep Within My Soul, is a 1994 album from Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. It is named for the song \"Innerst i sjelen\" that Sissel Kyrkjebø sang as initial track in the album, but was originally by Ole Paus and Lars Børke. After a tour in Scandinavia countries, Sissel wanted to gather songs that could comfort and give hope, songs that told the story of longing, strong beliefs and hope, trust and love through countries and generations. As a special treat, the Olympic Hymn and Olympic Theme song from Lilehammer", "title": "Innerst i sjelen (album)" }, { "docid": "20909032", "text": "song in episode 49, and the ending theme is by Itowokashi. From episodes 14 to 27, the second opening theme is \"PAiNT it BLACK\" by BiSH, and the ending theme is \"Amazing Dreams\" by SWANKY DANK. From episodes 28 to 39, the third opening theme is \"Black Rover\" by Vickeblanka, and the ending theme is \"Black to the dreamlight\" by EMPiRE. From episodes 40 to 51, the fourth opening theme is \"Guess Who Is Back\" by Koda Kumi, and the ending theme is \"Four\" by Faky. For episode 50, Megumi Han sang the ending theme \"Four\" as her character Kahono.", "title": "Black Clover (season 1)" }, { "docid": "12939422", "text": "case; Reverend Jimmy Creech, a Methodist minister who was defrocked for marrying same-sex couples and leader of Soulforce; Dr. Sylvia Rhue of the National Black Justice Coalition; Robin Tyler, organizer for gay rights marches in Washington, DC and founder of StopDr.Laura.com; Kathy Kelly, Marriage Equality Georgia; Musicians Tuck and Patti, who sang what Davina, Molly and the husband and wife duo agree is the theme song to the Marriage Equality Movement--\"Love Warriors\"; and politicians Mark Leno and Eleanor Holmes Norton. Marriage Equality Caravaners also told their stories. \"Time\" and \"Parade\" magazines included the rally when citing the importance of same-sex", "title": "Marriage Equality Express" }, { "docid": "673605", "text": "performed by Julie Driscoll and Saunders' husband Adrian Edmondson. The song was also sung by Marianne Faithfull and P. P. Arnold for the \"Last Shout\" special in 1996. Hermine Demoriane sang a French version of the theme song over the closing credits of the episode \"Paris\". At the end of the episode \"Birthday\", Edina and Patsy sang the song together using a karaoke machine. More recently, it has been sung by Debbie Harry, who also guest-starred in the 2002 Christmas special \"Gay\". For series four, a line sung by David Bowie, \"Ziggy played guitar\", from the song \"Ziggy Stardust\" played", "title": "Absolutely Fabulous" }, { "docid": "16676291", "text": "were filmed. It resumed on February 7. The filming locations are Corredor Madero, Eje vial Lázaro Cárdenas (Bellas Artes, Torre Latinoamericana), Parque Hundido, Xochimilco Light Rail and San Ángel. Aranza, best known as the singer of \"Dime\", the theme song to \"Mirada de Mujer\", sang the opening theme of the series. The song was written and produced by Jorge Avendaño Lührs, who wrote the theme song to 1993's \"Corazón Salvaje\" starring Edith González. In the opening sequence, the second verse is sung in a higher note. On August 1, Azteca Musica launched the album \"\"Vivir a Destiempo\"\" featuring the theme", "title": "Vivir a destiempo" }, { "docid": "14179340", "text": "Jared Faber Jared Faber (also known as J-Radical) is an American musician, composer, and producer who works primarily in television and film. He composed the theme songs for \"Oobi\", \"As Told by Ginger\", and \"Clifford's Puppy Days\". For his work on the latter, he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Faber was raised in New York City, where he attended High School of Performing Arts, and later continued his music education at Berklee College of Music, studying jazz arranging and composition. He is half of the production team Urban Legend, with partner Kool Kojak, and founded the label \"Blind Lemon", "title": "Jared Faber" }, { "docid": "3091169", "text": "in the movie \"Fame\" and sang the vocals for the theme song. The music for the song was by Michael Gore and the lyrics were by Dean Pitchford. The song earned Cara Grammy nominations for Best New Female Artist and Best New Pop Artist. The movie became an \"overnight sensation\". The song won an Oscar for best film theme song in 1981. In July 1982 it topped the British charts. The movie was adapted into a TV series and stage show which toured Europe. The song was later used as the theme song for the \"Fame\" television series, which aired", "title": "Fame (Irene Cara song)" }, { "docid": "5724257", "text": "an excellent pursuit vehicle for their needs. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, \"Tenspeed and Brown Shoe\". It was created by Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell, serving as the executive producers, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions for ABC. The opening theme song during season one was entitled \"Drive\". It was composed by Mike Post and Stephen Geyer and sung by David Morgan. For the first 12 episodes of season two, the theme song was \"Back to Back\", also composed by Post and Geyer, but sung by Joey Scarbury (who also sang Post", "title": "Hardcastle and McCormick" }, { "docid": "6605505", "text": "explain the issue Stanley is grappling with. Junkanoo and reggae fusion group Baha Men, known for their hit song \"Who Let the Dogs Out?\", sang the theme song for the series, \"My Man Stanley\". Relient K later re-recorded the theme song in 2011, as part of Disney Junior - Live on Stage! Each episode shows Stanley (voiced by Jessica D. Stone) in a situation he does not fully understand. He discusses it with his pet goldfish Dennis (Charles Shaughnessy) before consulting the \"Great Big Book of Everything\", a remarkably complete zoology book aimed at young children or his computer. By", "title": "Stanley (2001 TV series)" }, { "docid": "4924636", "text": "track was previously recorded on \"Native American\" in 1995. The album received two Dove Award nominations and a second gospel album, \"Pray for Me\", was released in 2012. They had many guest singers on this album. Their sister, Ginger, sang with them on the song \"Suppertime\" and Deborah Allen sang background vocals with Vicky Hampton on the album. Irish actor and musician Kieran McHugh played penny whistle for the song \"Hymn to Him\". In 2008, the song \"Let Your Love Flow\" was used in the Barclaycard advert for their new contactless cards. The song re-entered the UK singles chart at", "title": "The Bellamy Brothers" }, { "docid": "1773582", "text": "has a romantic relationship with a princess. Lai and Kelly Chen sang the theme song, \"\"Fly With Your Dreams\"\" written by Albert Leung and composed by Mark Lui. He underwent training in Peking Opera for playing the lead role as \"Méi Lánfāng\" in the biographical film \"Forever Enthralled\" which was directed by Chen Kaige. He directed the music video for the film where he and Zhang Ziyi sang the theme song, \"You Understand My Love\". For the first time in his career, Lai played the role of a beggar in the Peter Chan directed film \"Bodyguards and Assassins\". For his", "title": "Leon Lai" }, { "docid": "15155836", "text": "2010, that it would be adapting the manga for its 2011 summer release film. The staff announced for the film include Gorō Miyazaki as the director, with a screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, and music composed by Satoshi Takebe. Aoi Teshima, who played the role of Theru and sang the theme song in the 2006 Ghibli film \"Tales from Earthsea\" would also sing the theme song for this film. Toshio Suzuki was to produce \"Kokurikozaka kara\", to be distributed domestically by Toho. In the film adaptation, Umi's family name is shortened to Matsuzaki. Kokurikozaka kara Studio Ghibli adapted", "title": "Kokurikozaka kara" }, { "docid": "13801473", "text": "\"Theme\" appeared on Mountain's \"Climbing!\" album. Mountain bassist/vocalist Felix Pappalardi, who sang the song with Mountain, had helped produce Bruce's album and brought the song to guitarist/vocalist Leslie West's attention for their album. Mountain performed the song at the Woodstock Festival in 1969; this version appeared on the \"Woodstock 2\" album. In 1988, Bruce teamed up with Mountain guitarist Leslie West, and performed the song again on West's \"Theme\" album, which was named after the song. West also performed it on \"Leslie West Live!\". The song is a standard on Colosseum gigs and it is also recorded on \"Daughter of", "title": "Theme for an Imaginary Western" }, { "docid": "5300852", "text": "had a rare \"Handshake Session\" with hundreds of thousands of fans in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka. As separate bands, both of them performed the opening song for the anime, \"Eyeshield 21\". Coming Century performed \"Breakthrough\", the first opening theme song and 20th Century performed \"Innocence\", the second opening theme song. As V6, they performed \"Chain of Power\" as an insert song. They also sang \"Change the World\" and \"Brand New World\", the 1st opening and 8th ending themes, respectively of the popular anime \"InuYasha\" . they even sang ' Break out ' as the 18th opening of popular anime", "title": "V6 (band)" }, { "docid": "4196907", "text": "on \"Kids Incorporated\" with Martika from 1983-1986. Sands provided the singing voice for Princess Fiona in the movies \"Shrek\" and \"Shrek 2\", appearing alongside former \"Kids Incorporated\" cast member Moosie Drier, who did ADR voice work for the films. She was also in \"Far Far Away Idol\" and played Young Darlene in \"California Indian\". Sands sang \"Pump it Up\", which was used as the theme song on the Crystal Light commercials, according to Kraft Foods, Inc.. She sang \"Just Like We Dreamed It\" with Ruben Martinez as the 15th anniversary theme for Disneyland Paris. She had a role in the", "title": "Renee Sands" }, { "docid": "2480943", "text": "a positive influence on society, and that he did actually enjoy Sega Saturn games and felt \"they put out a message to the world.\" As part of the television advertisements, Segata Sanshiro's theme song, \"Sega Satān, shiro!\", was played. For the advertisements, the song was sung by Ichiro Tomita. As Segata gained popularity, the theme song became popular enough to warrant the recording of a CD single. Fujioka recorded this version himself, having previously sang the theme song for \"Kamen Rider\", \"Let's Go!! Rider Kick\", for its first thirteen episodes as well as a few singles between 1971 and 1985.", "title": "Segata Sanshiro" }, { "docid": "10668561", "text": "Patti, who sang what Davina, Molly and the husband and wife duo agree is the theme song to the Marriage Equality Movement-\"Love Warriors\"; politicians Mark Leno and Eleanor Holmes Norton. Marriage Equality Caravaners also told their stories. Caravan Riders remember their \"Cross Country Journey for Equality\" 14 years later. In November 2004, she became the Deputy Director of Marriage Equality USA and co-organized a LIFT THE BAN rally in Oakland, CA with the Service Members Legal Defense Network, Equality California, and Bay Area American Two Spirits. In June 2005 she became the Executive Director of Marriage Equality USA, replacing Connie", "title": "Davina Kotulski" }, { "docid": "2720357", "text": "October 23, 1989, to April 24, 1990, and a DVD box set was released on September 26, 2003. Both the opening theme song, \"Ace o Nerae!\", and the ending theme song, , from the original anime series were performed by Kumiko Ōsugi. VIP performs and , the opening and ending theme from \"Shin Ace o Nerae!\". The film only used an opening theme, by Shōnen Tanteidan. Hiroko Moriguchi sang \"Ace o Nerae! 2\"s theme, , as well as \"Never Say Goodbye\", \"Final Stage\"s theme. On January 9, 1993, King Records released a CD containing the soundtracks from both anime television", "title": "Aim for the Ace!" }, { "docid": "20793249", "text": "as a network anchor. In September 2016, Timo covered Tanya Chua's song \"Don't Ask Me for Trouble\" (). In December that year, she sang the theme song \"You Don't Understand Me\" () for the film \"Age 28\" (). She released her first single, \"The Food is Junjie\" (), in June 2017. In November, she appeared in a concert of \"League of Legends\" with Chen Yifa and A Leng. In December, she sang the theme song \"Goodbye, My Predecessor\" () for the film \"Predecessor 3: Goodbye, My Predecessor\" (). In February 2018, her single \"The Girl of the Buddha\" () was", "title": "Feng Timo" }, { "docid": "14121163", "text": "during the 2006–07 Ashes series. The '80s version of the theme song was also featured in the Lily Allen song \"Fuck You\", where the song contained the piano tune from the theme music at the beginning of Allen's song. In April 2014, American actor Seth Rogen sang the theme song in a television commercial promoting his film \"Bad Neighbours\" in Australia. Neighbours theme song The \"Neighbours\" theme song is the theme tune to the Australian soap opera \"Neighbours\". Composed by British-born Tony Hatch with the lyrics written by his then wife, Jackie Trent, it has been voted the world's most", "title": "Neighbours theme song" }, { "docid": "15077354", "text": "the song, with the vocal collaboration of Alex Boye and Lindsey Stirling, it was released as a single on July 13, 2012. Gerrie van Dijk-Dantuma and Michelle Chamuel, contestants on \"The Voice of Holland\" and its US version, respectively, sang the theme for the competition and released it digitally through iTunes. Japanese singer Gille included her version of the track on her debut EP \"Lead the Way\", released on May 16, 2012. Will Chase, who guest starred as Michael Swift in the TV series \"Smash\", sang the song during the episode titled \"Enter Mr. DiMaggio\", which originally aired on January", "title": "Grenade (song)" }, { "docid": "2194840", "text": "used for illegal drugs. Because of that, the song's name had to be changed for the Mexican audience, who knew the song as \"Subete a mi Moto\". The Mexican version also became known across Latin America, and was used in Menudo's 1982 movie, \"Una Aventura Llamada Menudo\", where Farrait's substitute, Charlie Masso, sang it. Later, Roy Rossello also sang the theme as lead singer. \"Sube a mi Motora\" was usually the last song performed at Menudo concerts during the era that the song was a hit. When six members of Menudo returned to the stage in 1998 during their \"El", "title": "Sube a mi Motora" }, { "docid": "18601753", "text": "On 24 January 2017, she released her second album, \"\", which reached No.1 Album in Asian Pop at HMV. It also came in 1st runner-up in the KKBOX Top Albums of 2017. In March, she sang a duet with Fred Cheng, \"真心真意\" (With All My Heart), as the theme song for \"Married but Available\". In May, she sang \"我不會撒嬌\" (I Would Not Pout) as the opening theme song for \"My Unfair Lady\". The music video received more than 1 million views in less than a month. It topped Itunes, KKBOX, JOOX, MOOV charts as well as achieving a gold song", "title": "Stephanie Ho" }, { "docid": "4198740", "text": "\"When the Wind Blows\" and to his 1987 album \"Radio K.A.O.S.\". She sang with the David Gilmour-led Pink Floyd at a 1990 concert at Knebworth. Torry also sang the Dolly Parton song \"Love Is Like a Butterfly\" as the theme music to the 1970s Wendy Craig/Geoffrey Palmer sitcom \"Butterflies\". The song was released as a single in 1981. Torry also released the song \"Love for Living\" in 1969, which was produced by Ronnie Scott and Robin Gibb. Torry sang backing vocals on the track \"The War Song\" from Culture Club's \"Waking Up with the House on Fire\" album in 1984,", "title": "Clare Torry" }, { "docid": "20266414", "text": "the pageant. On September 11, 1955, Bert Parks, who was hired by the Miss America pageant to host the ceremonies, sang the song to Meriwether who won the pageant that same year. In 1977, the band Styx referenced the theme in their song \"Miss America\" from the album \"The Grand Illusion\". In 1982, there was a disagreement over royalties with the Miss America pageant, which resulted in the song not being used again until 1985. Master of Ceremonies, Parks sang the song every year from 1955 until 1979 when he was suddenly dismissed from his duties. In 1980, pageant chairman", "title": "There She Is, Miss America" }, { "docid": "718636", "text": "the film. Stallone has occasionally sung in his films. He sang \"Too Close To Paradise\" for \"Paradise Alley\" (1978), with the music provided by Bill Conti (who also collaborated with Stallone in prior years, having recorded the famous \"Gonna Fly Now\" theme for his Academy Award-nominated film, \"Rocky\" (1976) which was a U.S. #1 hit). In \"Rocky IV\" (1985), Stallone (as Rocky Balboa) sang \"Take Me Back\" to his on-screen wife, Adrian (Talia Shire), as they lay in bed. The song was first performed by his younger brother, Frank, who had a small role in the original \"Rocky\" as a", "title": "Sylvester Stallone" }, { "docid": "12222955", "text": "Hidenori Iwasaki is filling that role for \"The Crystal Bearers\". Nobuo Uematsu, the main composer for the regular \"Final Fantasy\" series, contributed one track to the \"Ring of Fates\" soundtrack. Yae and Donna Burke sang the Japanese and English versions of the theme song for \"Crystal Chronicles\", respectively, while Aiko sang the theme song for \"Ring of Fates\". \"Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Original Soundtrack\" was released by Pony Canyon in 2003, as was its single, \"Kaze no Ne\", and a promotional album \"Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - A Musical Journey\". \"Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates Original Soundtrack\" and", "title": "Music of the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series" }, { "docid": "10198750", "text": "Andrew Lloyd Webber Mentor: Neil Diamond Each contestant sang two songs. Each contestant sang two songs. Each contestant sang three songs. Each contestant sang three songs. During the Hollywood weeks, \"Hollywood's Not America\" by Ferras played when contestants were eliminated, while \"Best Days\" by Graham Colton was the elimination song for the semi-finals round. For the finals, season 2 winner Ruben Studdard remade Kenny Loggins' \"Celebrate Me Home\" as the exit song. The contestants also performed medleys of songs from that week's theme. Guest artists may perform songs to promote their work or the show itself, or for charitable purpose.", "title": "American Idol (season 7)" }, { "docid": "2012422", "text": "to benefit various charities, including ones that helped those who suffered from AIDS and SARS. She sang on tracks with other celebrities such as Tony Leung, Anita Mui, and Aaron Kwok. She also starred in a Japanese TV serial, \"Usokoi\", and the film \"Leaving Me Loving You\" with Leon Lai. The theme song for \"Usokoi\", titled \"Separate Ways\", was released as a single; it was one of her few Japanese songs (another being \"Valentine's Radio\"). She recorded several other solo non-album tracks, such as the eponymous hit theme song to \"Hero\" and a Buddhist song containing similar sounds to some", "title": "Faye Wong" }, { "docid": "9347365", "text": "Peter Auty Peter Robert Auty (born 1969) is an English operatic tenor who has worked with most of the major opera companies in Britain and a number of companies in continental Europe. Auty is a former choirboy who sang at St Paul's Cathedral. At the age of 13, he sang \"Walking in the Air\", the theme song to the 1982 animated film \"The Snowman\". Some people thought Aled Jones was the original singer, but his version was a cover of the song released as a single in 1985. Auty's version, which was recorded especially for \"The Snowman\", had been released", "title": "Peter Auty" }, { "docid": "11423292", "text": "gained admiration. He then sang \"Yun Hi\" from Tanu Weds Manu. He sang for the movie Rockstar (2011 film). He sang his first Bengali song for the movie Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo and also he sang his second Bengali song for the movie Paglu. He sang his first Tamil Song \"Po Nee Po\" for the Movie 3 with Anirudh. In addition to film playback singing, Chauhan has sung many advertisement jingles for products including Alpenlibe, Parachute, Wheel (detergent), Nescafe, Hippo Munchies, Vicks Vapor Rub, Alchemist & Maruti Suzuki Alto (2011). He has also sung the theme song for Star Parivaar Awards", "title": "Mohit Chauhan" }, { "docid": "9256734", "text": "morning on October 11, 2006. The soundtrack was released on November 14, 2006. Various names were reported in the media prior to the announcement, some reports going so far as to have the performers apparently claim they were working on the theme. This list includes Tina Turner who previously sang \"GoldenEye\" for the 1995 Bond film of the same name, and Tony Christie. The \"Casino Royale\" title song \"You Know My Name\" by Chris Cornell is not featured on the soundtrack album, but released separately as a single. However, motifs from the song serve as Bond's theme throughout the film,", "title": "Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "5116945", "text": "Townsend was originally keen to use the 1976 Bill Danoff song \"Afternoon Delight\" as the theme song for his afternoon TV show. In fact, this song was used as the opener when the show first went to air. However, when the meaning of the lyrics was pointed out to him, Townsend decided to commission a new and original theme song clearly linked to the eponymous host of the show. As a consequence, Townsend hired Australian songwriter/producer Chris Pelcer to write a theme song for \"Simon Townsend's Wonder World!\". John St Peeters sang this original theme. It was arranged and produced", "title": "Simon Townsend's Wonder World" }, { "docid": "586965", "text": "of which Berlin was a founder, said, \"What to me is fascinating about this unique genius is that he touched so many people in so many age groups over so many years. He sounded our deepest feelings—happiness, sadness, celebration, loneliness.\" Ginger Rogers, who danced to Berlin tunes with Fred Astaire, told The Associated Press upon hearing of his death that working with Berlin had been \"like heaven.\" \"The New York Times\", after his death in 1989, wrote, \"Irving Berlin set the tone and the tempo for the tunes America played and sang and danced to for much of the 20th", "title": "Irving Berlin" }, { "docid": "1502144", "text": "appeared in \"The Flintstones\" live-action movie and sang the title song. When released as a single, it reached No. 33 in the U.S. and No. 3 in the UK. In 1994, Pierson and Schneider also sang on the theme song for the Nickelodeon series \"Rocko's Modern Life\" from the second season on. In the 1990s, former Duran Duran drummer Sterling Campbell joined the band, but left in 2000 to tour with David Bowie and was replaced that year by Zachary Alford, who had recorded and toured with the band during the \"Cosmic Thing\" era. Pierson and Cindy Wilson recorded the", "title": "The B-52's" }, { "docid": "8075668", "text": "the backing vocals and sang along with Billy Joel during the bridge and in the outro (\"Keep it to yourself, it's my life\"). \"My Life\" was used as the theme song for the ABC television series \"Bosom Buddies\" (1980–82), albeit in a re-recorded version with a different vocalist. However, due to licensing issues it does not appear on the VHS and DVD releases of the series, nor is it used in the show's syndicated airings; in both cases, it is replaced by a vocal version of the show's closing instrumental theme, \"Shake Me Loose\", sung by Stephanie Mills, who, like", "title": "My Life (Billy Joel song)" }, { "docid": "15233606", "text": "major as it was by both Evans and Peterson. Alice in Wonderland (song) Alice in Wonderland is the theme song composed by Sammy Fain for the Walt Disney 1951 animated film \"Alice in Wonderland\". It was performed by The Jud Conlon Chorus and The Mellomen.The lyrics were written by Bob Hilliard and was arranged by Harry Simeone for treble voices. The song plays during the opening and end credits. Izumi Yukimura sang her own theme song for the Japanese release of the film. The \"dreamy\" song has become a jazz standard that has been performed by Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson,", "title": "Alice in Wonderland (song)" }, { "docid": "15852796", "text": "Butter-Fly (Kōji Wada song) \"Butter-Fly\" is a song recorded by Japanese vocalist Kōji Wada as the opening theme song to \"Digimon Adventure\". The song was released as Wada's debut single on April 23, 1999. \"Butter-Fly\" was performed as the ending theme song to the 1999 film \"Digimon Adventure\" and later became the opening theme song to the television series of the same name. It was the first time Wada had sang a rock song, as he originally performed \"Butter-Fly\" as a ballad. Originally released on April 23, 1999, the single was re-released on August 1, 2004 with new CD artwork", "title": "Butter-Fly (Kōji Wada song)" }, { "docid": "10228417", "text": "of the theme song was directed by the renowned director Gautham Menon which had an extremely positive response from the audience. The song features the fusion of various musical cultures including Carnatic, Folk, Acoustic, Sufi, Rock and Rap. The Lyrics of the song was written by the popular politician M. Karunanidhi and composed by A. R. Rahman. The other popular singers who sang the theme song are T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela, T. L. Maharajan, Aruna Sayeeram, Nithyasree Mahadevan, S. Sowmya, T. M. Krishna, Srinivas, Naresh Iyer, Harini, Chinmayi, Karthik, Hariharan, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vijay Yesudas, G. V. Prakash Kumar,", "title": "Bombay Jayashri" }, { "docid": "6209444", "text": "Her first single off the album was a cover of a Leah Navarro original, Ang Pag-Ibig Kong Ito. Sheryn's remake of Joey Albert's I Remember the Boy was chosen as Jasmine's Theme Song for ABS-CBN's teleserye featuring Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson, \"Sana Maulit Muli\". She also sang the theme song of the teleserye, Maria Flordeluna. She also revived the popular Kuh Ledesma hit Dito Ba from the Hit Afternoon Drama Prinsesa ng Banyera which served as the theme song. She later launched her second official single from the album, a song penned by Ricky Sanchez, Ang Lahat Para Sa", "title": "Sheryn Regis" }, { "docid": "13515906", "text": "Celest Chong Celest Chong is a Singaporean actress, singer and former cover model who is currently based in Canada. Chong began her acting career as a secretary in Eric Khoo's \"Stories about Love\" performing a Turkish inspired belly-dance. She also sang the show's theme song, \"Sorry, My Love\". Later, she moved on to Channel 5's sitcom, \"Making Love\", in which she played a sultry receptionist named Pamela. She later played the character of a child social worker in the Channel 8 television drama, \"You Light Up My Life\". She sang the theme songs for the new show, which were on", "title": "Celest Chong" }, { "docid": "2827306", "text": "Moon River \"Moon River\" is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie \"Breakfast at Tiffany's\", winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also won the 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The song has been covered by many other artists. It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1962 (and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremony that year). He sang the first eight bars of the song at the", "title": "Moon River" }, { "docid": "18818853", "text": "Sakurako Ohara Ohara likes western songs with catchy, upbeat melody. She also likes many Japanese songs with good lyrics. The first CD she bought was Annie's theme song \"Tomorrow\". The first time she sang a Japanese song in front of other people was when she was in her first year of elementary school: during the birthday of her mom, she sang BoA's \"Every Heart -Minna no kimochi-\". The first song she sang in English was the theme song \"Part of your world\" from the movie \"The little mermaid\". Ohara's talents include dancing, piano, ballet, singing, swimming, imitating. Ohara being a", "title": "Sakurako Ohara" }, { "docid": "6946707", "text": "for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Song. Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III) \"Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from \"The Godfather Part III\")\" is a song written for \"The Godfather Part III\" (1990), the third film in \"The Godfather\" trilogy. \"Promise Me You'll Remember\" is the vocal version of the love theme. The music is written by Carmine Coppola, the lyrics by John Bettis. The song is sung by Harry Connick Jr. It is track #12 on \"The Godfather Part III\" soundtrack. Harry Connick Jr. sang \"Promise Me You'll", "title": "Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)" }, { "docid": "17296514", "text": "with Jessica Meuse and Alex Preston each performing their own, respective original compositions. They also performed duets for the first time this season. Every finalist chose a song for each remaining contestant, who then selected one song choice to perform. The songs used for the duets and trios were not a product of the theme. For the first time in the competition, each finalist sang two songs each: one from the rock 'n' roll genre, and the other from the country genre. The finalists sang songs requested by the voting public. On results night, the contestants were given the option", "title": "American Idol (season 13)" }, { "docid": "16816167", "text": "theme song for their next Bond film, later revealed to be titled \"Skyfall\". Vollack thought that Adele would be a good choice to ask to record a Bond theme song because her music had a \"soulful, haunting, evocative quality\", which Vollack considered would bring back the \"classic Shirley Bassey feel\" associated with several early Bond films. Adele, who had just released her second album, \"21\", admitted that initially she was a \"little hesitant\" about agreeing to write a Bond theme song. On meeting with the \"Skyfall\" film crew, the singer had told \"Skyfall\" director Sam Mendes that she felt as", "title": "Skyfall (Adele song)" }, { "docid": "11822644", "text": "on February 11, 2009. Wakeshima performed at Japan Expo 2009 in Paris, France, and appeared at Otakon 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. The song \"Toumei no Kagi\" was released as a digital single on September 16, 2009. The song was used as the theme song of the online game \"Avalon no Kagi\". On July 27, 2010 Wakeshima released her second album, \"Lolitawork Libretto\" along with a music video for the song \"Lolitawork Libretto ~Storytelling by Solita~\". In 2010, Wakeshima formed a duo with An Cafe's bassist Kanon, called Kanon x Kanon. The duo sang the second theme song for the anime", "title": "Kanon Wakeshima" }, { "docid": "18025880", "text": "Sang Weihan and Li Song assume those positions. This displeased Liu (who had design on the position himself) and the eunuchs. During the Guangjin siege, when Sang often rejected Yang's requests, Yang complained to Liu. Liu told Yang that this was all decided by the chancellors (and not by the emperor). Once Fan surrendered, Yang, who was then the preeminent general of the realm, submitted a secret list of policy proposals in which he severely criticized Sang and Li. Not wanting to alienate Yang, Shi removed Sang and Li from their chiefs of staff positions, making Liu the chief of", "title": "Liu Churang" }, { "docid": "6409893", "text": "He also co-wrote \"\"Posible\"\", which has been used as a theme song for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. During his hiatus from music in 2007, Blanco spent his time with philanthropic work. In late 2007 he came out of retirement to sing for the Sumilao farmers who walked 1,700 km from Bukidnon to reach Department of Agrarian Reform in Metro Manila. Rico sang together with Imago vocalist Aia de Leon, and Sandwich frontman Raimund Marasigan, on \"\"Ako ang Simula\"\", the theme song for a campaign which calls on Filipinos, especially the youth, to actively participate in the 2010 elections. When", "title": "Rico Blanco" }, { "docid": "15745026", "text": "hi Tumse\" for which she which she received a co-writing credit. In the movie Hum Tum Aur Ghost, she performed the song 'Kal Tum The Yahan' which was a duet with Shankar Mahadevan. She also sang on \"Sam's Theme\" from the movie New York (film) and on Kabul Express she also performed the theme for Kaal while on Salaam Namaste she performed a duet with Shaan. She also sang in Tamil Cinema, including \"Maaricham\" a song written by music director A. R. Rahman from the movie \"Sillunu Oru Kaadhal\" in 2006 and \"Porkkalam\" from the movie \"Yaaro Iran Yaaro\". Monteiro", "title": "Caralisa Monteiro" }, { "docid": "17885251", "text": "an uptempo, dance-pop song built over drums and chants. A Spanish-language translation of the song titled \"La La La\" was also released. A reworked version of the song entitled \"La La La (Brazil 2014)\" was released on 27 May as the second theme song for the 2014 World Cup Official Album. This was Shakira's second time singing a theme song for the FIFA World Cup (the first being in 2010); she also sang the 2006 World Cup theme song, Hips Don't Lie/Bamboo (featuring Wyclef Jean) which was a remake of her worldwide hit Hips Don't Lie. The song included new", "title": "Dare (La La La)" }, { "docid": "14105047", "text": "1976–77 TV variety show \"Dolly!\". She also uses a butterfly as the \"W\" in the trade dress for her Dollywood theme park. A version of this song, sung by Clare Torry, was also used as the theme to BBC TV comedy series \"Butterflies\". On November 27, 2012, Parton sang the song in a duet with Stephen Colbert on \"The Colbert Report\". Love Is Like a Butterfly (song) \"Love Is Like a Butterfly\" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1974 as the first single and title track from the", "title": "Love Is Like a Butterfly (song)" }, { "docid": "12829577", "text": "Let There Be Peace on Earth (song) \"Let There Be Peace on Earth\" is a song written by Jill Jackson-Miller and Sy Miller in 1955. It was initially written for and sung by the International Children's Choir created by Easter Beakly and Arthur Granger of the Granger Dance Academy in Long Beach, California. The song's composers led a number of rehearsals for the children's choir from 1955 to 1957, and the song continues to be the theme for this group of children who represent a host of nations and who sang in Washington, DC at the JW Marriott next to", "title": "Let There Be Peace on Earth (song)" }, { "docid": "3180682", "text": "title was \"The Out of Timers\". The title theme song for \"Phil of the Future\" was written by John Adair and Steve Hampton. It was sung by Loren Ellis and The Drew Davis Band, who also sang the theme song of \"The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\". A DVD of the show titled \"Gadgets & Gizmos\" was released on August 16, 2005. It contains four episodes including a never-before-seen episode. A video game based on \"Phil of the Future\" was released for the Game Boy Advance on August 22, 2006. In the game, Pim uses a cloning machine to", "title": "Phil of the Future" }, { "docid": "20943162", "text": "Go! (Noise International song) \"Go!\" is a song by Sydney based sound house group Noise International featuring vocals from Sharon Muscat of Sister2Sister fame. It was produced by member Bruce Heal specially as the original theme song for GO! along with many shorts riffs resembling the song. After many demands for who sings the song, TVCentral.com.au told Nine about it, who revealed info about the song along with a hint of the song coming to iTunes. He also stated that people were dancing to remixes of the short one-minute version played by DJs in nightclubs. The song was finally released", "title": "Go! (Noise International song)" }, { "docid": "14921177", "text": "Affairs trilogy, Initial D, Daisy, The Warlords, and several DreamWorks animations. In 2003, Fung was commissioned to sing the theme English song \"Proud of You\" for a real estate advertisement, the song was later re-written into the Cantonese song \"My Pride\", performed by Joey Yung, released in her 2003 album, and achieved critical acclaim and commercial success. Fung also sang \"Shining Friends\", the theme song of TVB television series \"Hearts of Fencing\" and \"Find your love\", the theme song of the series sequel \"Sunshine Heartbeat\". \"Proud of You\" and \"Shining Friends\" were included in the album \"TV Magic\". Another song", "title": "Fiona Fung" }, { "docid": "6192805", "text": "the first contestants eliminated. In Season 8, contestant Ardian Bujupi sang the song for the theme \"English v. German\". A year later, in 2016, contestants of the tenth season of \"X Factor Italy\" sang a medley of \"Feel\" and \"Angels\", before being joined by Williams himself to sing his single \"Party Like a Russian\". Feel (Robbie Williams song) \"Feel\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on 18 November 2002 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, \"Escapology\" (2002). The song became an international hit, reaching the top of the charts in Austria, Poland,", "title": "Feel (Robbie Williams song)" }, { "docid": "20557088", "text": "In 1997, he had a supporting role and sang the theme song in \"Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito\", a historical television series starring Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie. In 2005, he appeared as Taksi in You Xiaogang's \"Taizu Mishi\", which starred Steve Ma, Vivian Chen, Wu Qianqian, and Jin Qiaoqiao, and sang the theme song for the series. In 2015, he participated in two films. He had a minor role as Chen Xuanli in \"Lady of the Dynasty\", which starred Fan Bingbing, Leon Lai, Wu Chun and Joan Chen. He had a cameo appearance in \"Let's Get Married\", a romantic", "title": "Tu Honggang" }, { "docid": "16619464", "text": "for the show's theme song. Many years later, Smiley sang the song live on Harold's TV show. Mr. Ensley moved to Kansas City in 1949. There he wrote a syndicated newspaper column, while working for another radio station selling advertising. He convinced the radio station to air \"The Fisherman's Friend\", in 1951 by working for free. The radio show began with a new theme song, \"Gone Fishin'\" written by Nick and Charles Kenny. This became Ensley's theme song throughout his career. In 1953, Ensley decided to try something relatively new: a prime-time television show on fishing. The weekly half-hour program,", "title": "Harold Ensley" }, { "docid": "3511746", "text": "One's \"Q\" on October 28 — and performing an impromptu duet of \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\" with host Jian Ghomeshi. O'Hara sings the theme song for Someone Knows Something, a true-crime podcast from the CBC. The song was written by Bob Wiseman. On Sunday, November 12, 2017 O'Hara performed a rare live show at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. O'Hara was invited by artist Perfume Genius who curated a program for the festival. O'Hara sang backup vocals for Morrissey on his song, \"November Spawned a Monster\". She also contributed to four albums by Bob Wiseman: \"In Her", "title": "Mary Margaret O'Hara" }, { "docid": "13716913", "text": "lead playback singer for daily soap \"Kashi\" being broadcast on NDTV Imagine This marked the first time she sang a Hindi song, as well as her first assignment as a playback singer on television. Her song was recorded in March 2010 and featured in several episodes as a theme song. In April 2010, sang a playback for Marathi films when Nandu Ghanekar offered her a song in Balaji Telefilm's first Marathi movie named Taaryaanche Bayt (} (The Island of stars). Her song \"Kamaal aahe\" is the main song of the film which is getting released on 14-April-2011. Mugdha has also", "title": "Mugdha Vaishampayan" }, { "docid": "6946706", "text": "Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III) \"Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from \"The Godfather Part III\")\" is a song written for \"The Godfather Part III\" (1990), the third film in \"The Godfather\" trilogy. \"Promise Me You'll Remember\" is the vocal version of the love theme. The music is written by Carmine Coppola, the lyrics by John Bettis. The song is sung by Harry Connick Jr. It is track #12 on \"The Godfather Part III\" soundtrack. Harry Connick Jr. sang \"Promise Me You'll Remember\" on the Academy Awards telecast in 1991. The song was nominated", "title": "Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)" }, { "docid": "9444116", "text": "Aspen Miller Aspen Vincent (née Aspen Miller) is an American Broadway actress, voice actress and pop singer. She played the role of Dodie Bishop in Nickelodeon's Emmy-nominated \"As Told by Ginger\", she also performed the role of Baby Alice in the \"Rugrats\" episode 'Hurricane Alice', was the voice of Amanda Payne in the pilot for Constant Payne, and has done voice-over work for several CD-ROM games including three different characters for Everquest II. Vincent sang the National Anthem for the L.A. Lakers, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and the San Diego Chargers and performed in an a cappella group called", "title": "Aspen Miller" }, { "docid": "18230342", "text": "students and teachers from different schools. The Shine Singapore Project raised SGD $200,000 for the Straits' Times School Pocket Money Fund. In the same year, Tan was also commissioned by National Parks Board to compose the official theme song to celebrate Singapore's 50th year of greening. This song was aired on Channel 5, 8 & CNA as a TV interstitial. In April 2014, Tan was selected as the \"Kindness Ambassador\" for The Singapore Kindness Movement. She wrote and sang the theme song titled \"Kindness is in Me\" to promote kindness and a more loving and caring society. This song can", "title": "Lorraine Tan" }, { "docid": "21005301", "text": "Say It with Music (song) \"Say It with Music\" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin. It was introduced in the Music Box Revue of 1921, where it was the \"de facto\" theme song and sung as a duet. The song was popularised by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra on 30 August 1921; this recording debuted on the charts on 12 November of that year, remained there for 14 weeks and peaked at number 1. \"Say It with Music\" became the theme song of all subsequent Music Box Revues. Ethel Merman sang it in the 1938 film \"Alexander's Ragtime", "title": "Say It with Music (song)" }, { "docid": "16147868", "text": "the Ultimate Squad title each week based on their song-and-dance performances. Kewei's solo performances included playing the erhu and singing \"True Colours\", as well as dueting \"Kiss from a Rose\" with Alfred Sim. In July 2016, she and Alfred Sim were selected to sing for Lianhe Zaobao's theme song as part of their revamp, and the song \"Zhao Hui Na Gan Jue\" is written by Liang Wenfu. In August 2016, she sang the theme song for Mediacorp Channel 8 drama series \"Dream Job\", called \"Xue Hui\". In September 2016, she performed for the annual MILK Charity Dinner at Shangri-La Hotel.", "title": "Tay Kewei" }, { "docid": "5586317", "text": "gangs and drug dealers who lived there and attacked his parishioners. The series' theme song was performed by Sammy Davis, Jr., who also sang the theme for Blake's previous series, \"Baretta\". The Hell Town pilot film aired on NBC on March 6, 1985. Hell Town (TV series) Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features Robert Blake. Blake stars as Noah \"Hardstep\" Rivers, a hard-living Catholic priest at a church in a crime-ridden neighborhood on the east side of Los Angeles. Rivers was rather unusual for", "title": "Hell Town (TV series)" }, { "docid": "15395213", "text": "16 May 2012, and reached number 17 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts. Ashida starred as Miu Kinoshita, the daughter of a single father who suffered from juvenile Alzheimer's disease, in Fuji Television's summer drama series \"Beautiful Rain\". She also sang its theme song, entitled \"Ame ni Negai o\". Written by singer Yumi Matsutoya, \"Ame ni Negai o\" was the first drama theme song Mana performed solo. The single was released in Japan on 1 August 2012. On 27 December 2012, she held her first solo concert at the Curian Shinagawa General Citizen Hall in Tokyo. Ashida made her Hollywood", "title": "Mana Ashida" }, { "docid": "16985419", "text": "making Natanya to date the 2nd youngest NDP theme song singer after Shanice Nathan (who was then 7 when she sang the 2004 theme song, \"Home\"). On the 12 July 2012, it was officially announced and released in a press conference at Gardens by the Bay. Olivia gave her comment on the song, stating that \"\"Love At First Light\" is about the determination of Singaporeans in a young nation, (and how they) are trying to build their dreams and goals.\". The video, which was sponsored by the Defence Science and Technology Agency, is directed by Aaron Tan. It takes viewers", "title": "Love at First Light" }, { "docid": "12557629", "text": "suited to their lead parts, scoring vocally and in stage presence.\" In September 1957, Robbins signed with Vik Records and made her first recordings for that label. Robbins signed a contract with 20th Century Fox late in 1942. She made her film debut in \"In the Meantime, Darling\" in 1944. She appeared in several films, such as \"Calamity Jane\" and \"My Dear Secretary\", and briefly sang parts of two songs in \"The Barkleys of Broadway\", playing Shirlene May, the potential understudy to Ginger Rogers' character. Robbins sang another song, \"All Alone Monday,\" in another Fred Astaire vehicle, \"Three Little Words\"", "title": "Gale Robbins" }, { "docid": "19158977", "text": "an album on Atlantic titled \"The Joe Brooks Group.\" An original soundtrack double album for the film was also released on Warner Bros., which contained instrumental music from the film, Boone's versions of \"California\" and \"Come Share My Love\", and other songs performed by studio musicians including male vocalist Jamie Carr (who sang the theme song in the film). The album did not contain Flack's version of the theme song or any other contributions by Flack. Side 1: Side 2: Side 3: Side 4: Nothwithstanding the moderate success of Flack's single, and the considerable effort and cost put into promoting", "title": "If Ever I See You Again (film)" }, { "docid": "17038017", "text": "Mai Endo Two weeks before being scouted for the Idoling!!! audition, she was a normal high school student who was planning on entering a school for cosmetology. On November 2006, she passed the Idoling!!! audition and entered the group as number 3. On March 2009, when the former leader, Sayaka Katō, graduated, she became the next leader of the group. On May 2011, she starred in, and sang the theme song for an independent film \"Koneko no Kimochi\" (コネコノキモチ). The theme song was entitled \"Sora no Ki\" (空の木). Her number in Idoling!!! is 3, and her image flower is the", "title": "Mai Endo" }, { "docid": "12656466", "text": "Launch Trailer for the upcoming first-person-shooter \"Crysis 2\" which featured a song by B.o.B titled \"New York New York\" containing the main piano chorus from the song \"Theme from New York, New York\" commonly sung by Frank Sinatra; the artist who sang the chorus is unconfirmed. The full song later appeared on his eighth mixtape \"E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial)\", which revealed that the song was produced by Mike Caren. In early 2011, Odd Future's Tyler, the Creator released a song titled \"Yonkers\". In the song Tyler raps \"(What you think of Hayley Williams?) Fuck her, Wolf Haley robbing 'em", "title": "B.o.B" }, { "docid": "9852489", "text": "Hope\",\" was created as the theme song for the 1962 Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Session in San Francisco. The song was used again as the theme song for the General Conference sessions of 1966, 1975, 1995 and 2000 and has been translated into numerous languages. Hooper traveled widely with the King's Heralds throughout the United States and Canada, as well as tours to Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. He sang in several languages used by Voice of Prophecy affiliates around the world. Known as Los Heraldos del Rey in Spanish, the quartet was also featured regularly on", "title": "Wayne Hooper" } ]